[APP][2.3+] Lux Auto Brightness

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Ya I have messed with app manager toggle in phone settings and of course in the app. I'm assuming the notification is supposed to be down below with the other expandoids. Is that true? I've actually never seen a screenshot of it. Also why does the app menu refer to touching top of widget. The widget I have has a small arrow pointing down, tapping the top does nothing.

Beginning to wonder if I have mixed components or something.

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jeriel05 said:
Is there a way to change the speed of the of the transition when the screen brightness is changing? In other words to change the smoothness of the transition.

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Not yet. Will look into it for a future release.

trunkmonkey1972 said:
I have yet to see the expandable notification. I've reinstalled with the same results. I haven't been able to root the app, although it seems to be functioning ok. The JB ota update arrived at recently so I'm just now exploring how lux runs. I really want the notification dashboard to work and haven't noticed any other posts having the issue. Any ideas? I messed with Notification settings in lux dash and system app manager but no luck.

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Stock rom 4.1.1 (new this week and installed on top of existing lux)
Current lux version (0.76)
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Are you sure you're doing a two finger swipe? My main development device is exactly what you have.

trunkmonkey1972 said:
Ya I have messed with app manager toggle in phone settings and of course in the app. I'm assuming the notification is supposed to be down below with the other expandoids. Is that true? I've actually never seen a screenshot of it. Also why does the app menu refer to touching top of widget. The widget I have has a small arrow pointing down, tapping the top does nothing.

Beginning to wonder if I have mixed components or something.

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Tapping the top is the same as pressing 'refresh' on the Dashboard.
 
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Cyb3rGlitch said:
Not yet. Will look into it for a future release.


Are you sure you're doing a two finger swipe? My main development device is exactly what you have.


Tapping the top is the same as pressing 'refresh' on the Dashboard.
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Check the screen shots. Widget has arrow pointing down, tapping upper part doesn’t do anything. Tapping lower part opens whole dash. Yes, 2 fingers but only get app info pop up. Looks exactly the same as notifications I've had since July.
 
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Interesting bug I'm experiencing (is it a bug?) on my gs2 the light sensor always reads at least 10 lux, in Lux. On the debug sensor page it reads no lower than 10 even in a completely dark room. In my phones diagnostic page (*#0*#) I can get direct access to the sensor output and it clearly reads 0 in a dark room, if I then cup my hand to reflect some light from the screen the sensor will read 5 so it's definitely not a physical fault with the sensor.

Upshot is that screen is always too bright in dark room. Tried the market version plus Dropbox version.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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trunkmonkey1972 said:
Check the screen shots. Widget has arrow pointing down, tapping upper part doesn’t do anything. Tapping lower part opens whole dash. Yes, 2 fingers but only get app info pop up. Looks exactly the same as notifications I've had since July.
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All my other expandable notifications function fine and I'm having no OS issues with sprint ota update. What to do.... I guess my first question is do my screen shots look like the correct components. I've had lux since July and 0.76 was installed when JB update was applied. I've uninstalled and reinstalled once since JB, no change. Do I need to clean up the uninstall more before reinstall? Ideas?

Thanks

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marsexpress said:
Interesting bug I'm experiencing (is it a bug?) on my gs2 the light sensor always reads at least 10 lux, in Lux. On the debug sensor page it reads no lower than 10 even in a completely dark room. In my phones diagnostic page (*#0*#) I can get direct access to the sensor output and it clearly reads 0 in a dark room, if I then cup my hand to reflect some light from the screen the sensor will read 5 so it's definitely not a physical fault with the sensor.

Upshot is that screen is always too bright in dark room. Tried the market version plus Dropbox version.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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Same thing on my SGS2. Also, the proximity sensor is either 0 or 5 and nothing in between..
 
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trunkmonkey1972 said:
Ya I have messed with app manager toggle in phone settings and of course in the app. I'm assuming the notification is supposed to be down below with the other expandoids. Is that true? I've actually never seen a screenshot of it. Also why does the app menu refer to touching top of widget. The widget I have has a small arrow pointing down, tapping the top does nothing.

Beginning to wonder if I have mixed components or something.

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S3 on Sprint - 16gb pebble blue + 64
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Is this the current widget? Anyone? (click attachment above) Tapping upper portion does nothing. Tapping lower portion, where the small down arrow is, opens dash. I'm beginning to think my install is somehow messed up. All updates since July were auto via Play Store. For the first month I had the free version.

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Here's what's running for lux currently :

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Do these look correct? Issues are : notification doesn't expand, click it shows dash board.
Widget is attachment link in quote above. Tapping lower half of widget bring up dashboard, also has no sleep button as described. Tapping upper half of widget does nothing.
Currently running lux components are last 2 screen shots above.

4.1.1 stock sprint rom, installed latest update (jb) after 0.76 was already installed.
Have no other JB issues, other expandables ok.
Have had lux since free app in July and no issues until trying 0.76 with JB.
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marsexpress said:
Interesting bug I'm experiencing (is it a bug?) on my gs2 the light sensor always reads at least 10 lux, in Lux. On the debug sensor page it reads no lower than 10 even in a completely dark room. In my phones diagnostic page (*#0*#) I can get direct access to the sensor output and it clearly reads 0 in a dark room, if I then cup my hand to reflect some light from the screen the sensor will read 5 so it's definitely not a physical fault with the sensor.

Upshot is that screen is always too bright in dark room. Tried the market version plus Dropbox version.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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I don't think it's a bug. The SGS2 was known for reporting lux values in multiples of 10. For some reason Samsung decided not to give apps raw readings.

trunkmonkey1972 said:
All my other expandable notifications function fine and I'm having no OS issues with sprint ota update. What to do.... I guess my first question is do my screen shots look like the correct components. I've had lux since July and 0.76 was installed when JB update was applied. I've uninstalled and reinstalled once since JB, no change. Do I need to clean up the uninstall more before reinstall? Ideas?

Thanks

S3 on Sprint - 16gb pebble blue + 64
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I added you to the Dropbox. Try that build.

testrider said:
Same thing on my SGS2. Also, the proximity sensor is either 0 or 5 and nothing in between..
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Proximity sensor is supposed to give two values, it just tells the apps whether it's covered or not.
 
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That's fair enough, hence why I didn't declare it a bug, I wasn't sure. I ran cm10 for so long that going back to stock I actually forgot about little bits and pieces like that!

Thanks :)

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Cyb3rGlitch said:
I added you to the Dropbox. Try that build.
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Still no expanding notification. The only change is that I see the notification restart each time I wake up the phone. Lux is set for periodic adjustment, 9 second. Initially rooting option in menu generated no response, and now I get the failed response.

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Notifications screenshot

Screenshot from notification shade after attempting to expand Lux notification.

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Either your ROM is doing something odd, or you're holding down the notification instead of using two fingers to pull down.
 
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xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1774291&page=2

Found the above thread.
I turned off my other two ongoing notifications and finally see the Dashboard.

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Wonder if I now add the other 2 back it will still work or if boot order of apps on startup is the main issue. Any thoughts, Vito?

It's taking up to 2 seconds to expand. Collapsed doesn’t seem to delay.
I'll keep playing with it and update with my results.

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I'm experiencing an issue on GN 4.2 with the navbar not dimming with the screen along with the entire screen. Is this part of the design, or a known issue?
 
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trunkmonkey1972 said:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1774291&page=2

Found the above thread.
I turned off my other two ongoing notifications and finally see the Dashboard.

gedu8edu.jpg


Wonder if I now add the other 2 back it will still work or if boot order of apps on startup is the main issue. Any thoughts, Vito?

It's taking up to 2 seconds to expand. Collapsed doesn’t seem to delay.
I'll keep playing with it and update with my results.

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You got there at last victory:p


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Hi, I don't seem to be able to collapse the lux notification bar on galaxy s2 Samsung 4.1.2 leak. Anyone else got the same problem or any suggestions?

Thanks.

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---------- Post added at 04:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:54 PM ----------

Lol just grabbed the latest Dropbox version and now can't expand the notification :D

Would rather that than being unable to collapse it...

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