[APP][2.3+] Lux Auto Brightness

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marsexpress said:
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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Collapsing it can sometimes be a little tricky. The method I've found to work the most reliably is to drag your finger down from above the Lux notification (like you were trying to expand the one above it), past the bottom of the Lux notification, and then drag it back up. This should get it to collapse correctly.
 
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Hmm can't expand the notification now, no matter what I do. Sometimes it appears to be expanded and when it is I can't collapse it.

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trunkmonkey1972

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Update : I added back the other ongoing notifications and can't expand Lux as before. When it was solo I could collapse quickly (followed my fingers in real time just like email, etc). But expanding always delayed, sometimes by several seconds and worked only half the time. App info always appeared, even when it did eventually expand. Hmmm...

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CloudyPear

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Tasker I think updated for me either yesterday or today and now when I try and add a task to use the Tasker plug in to set a manual brightness I get the error in the screen shot.

Is anyone else getting this or can suggest something I'm doing wrong? My old Tasker tasks that use the plugin are still working but cannot be modified.

Thanks for your help and thanks dev for an awesome app!

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CloudyPear

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CloudyPear said:
Tasker I think updated for me either yesterday or today and now when I try and add a task to use the Tasker plug in to set a manual brightness I get the error in the screen shot.

Is anyone else getting this or can suggest something I'm doing wrong? My old Tasker tasks that use the plugin are still working but cannot be modified.

Thanks for your help and thanks dev for an awesome app!

Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

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This sorted after I updated my ROM. Maybe the permissions fix or something.
 
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Hi Cyb3rGlitch,

At first I want to thank you for this wonderful app! I bought an Android phone a few days back and had issues with the always to bright screen. Your application is well worth the investment of ~2 Euro!

I've got a question regarding the "sub zero" brightness. Does it have any (possible) negative effects on an OLED (Super AMOLED) screen? I mean there *must* be a reason why there is a 0% brightness limitation ...

Regards,

Andy
 
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Anyone experienced increased brightness when a text (e.g. whatsapp) is received? I'm playing a game (Subway Surfers) and at times the screen will just increased the brightness then decreased back to normal (during the adjustment of brightness touch sensitivity is being affected). I'm using the adjust upon unlock setting.
 
Cyb3rGlitch

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andy_0 said:
Hi Cyb3rGlitch,

At first I want to thank you for this wonderful app! I bought an Android phone a few days back and had issues with the always to bright screen. Your application is well worth the investment of ~2 Euro!

I've got a question regarding the "sub zero" brightness. Does it have any (possible) negative effects on an OLED (Super AMOLED) screen? I mean there *must* be a reason why there is a 0% brightness limitation ...

Regards,

Andy
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It's probably limited to stop people putting the brightness so low that they can't see anything during daylight.

eden1988 said:
Anyone experienced increased brightness when a text (e.g. whatsapp) is received? I'm playing a game (Subway Surfers) and at times the screen will just increased the brightness then decreased back to normal (during the adjustment of brightness touch sensitivity is being affected). I'm using the adjust upon unlock setting.
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Do you have the persistent notification on? It sounds like the system might be killing Lux to free memory, and then restarts it.
 
eden1988

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Cyb3rGlitch said:
Do you have the persistent notification on? It sounds like the system might be killing Lux to free memory, and then restarts it.
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Yup I did have it off, I already have like 5 persistent notification (JD, Screebl. avast etc etc) on my notification bar so I was trying to keep it as minimal as possible. Well I shall try using it with the persistent notification and report back on how things goes :)

Thanks for clarifying Cyb3r!!

Regards,
Eden~
 
berardi

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I would like to integrate into shell but am also getting the message about insufficient space in system/app. Anything special I need to do? Su is giving it privilege and I am rooted. Please advise.
 
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What exactly does "integrate in Android"

Hi Cyb3rGlitch,

thank you for the app. I liked it and purchased it.

Can you tell me what the option "integrate to android" exactly does?

Thank you in advance.

Greetings
Oli
 
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zetsui

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I played around with app all of last night, but I don't get it. It say it sets the lums by 'environment' That's a very general term. It doesn't seem to do it by app. I'm wondering if this is possible. I put on automation and then turned it off and set custom lums by app, but it just stuck to the last lum selected.

Any quick idea on what I'm missing here. I feel like its something simple. I read through the tutorial and setup multiple times
 
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berardi said:
I would like to integrate into shell but am also getting the message about insufficient space in system/app. Anything special I need to do? Su is giving it privilege and I am rooted. Please advise.
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Don't worry about it, this feature will be removed in the next update.

ojbmuc said:
Hi Cyb3rGlitch,

thank you for the app. I liked it and purchased it.

Can you tell me what the option "integrate to android" exactly does?

Thank you in advance.

Greetings
Oli
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At this point nothing, because Android handles paid apps differently to free ones, so they're stored in a protected area in memory. I don't know the details.

zetsui said:
I played around with app all of last night, but I don't get it. It say it sets the lums by 'environment' That's a very general term. It doesn't seem to do it by app. I'm wondering if this is possible. I put on automation and then turned it off and set custom lums by app, but it just stuck to the last lum selected.

Any quick idea on what I'm missing here. I feel like its something simple. I read through the tutorial and setup multiple times
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It links backlight levels to the brightness of the room. You can't set brightness on a per app basis.
 
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zetsui

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hey cyber thanks for the clarification. is there a possibility of the app including application custom brightness in the future.

what comes to mind is my amazon kindle. it is ALWAYS a night time app for me in a dim light and I want it set to a certain brightness rather than the very bright auto that doesn't allow me to start to get sleepy in bed. I sort of want to 'dim down' for the night.

I still don't get the point of linking if you can't change it by app though.
 
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trunkmonkey1972

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Bring up the Dashboard when you're in bed, slide brightness down to your comfort level, long press link icon to set that brightness for the dark environment. Or try the night mode.

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>>Can you tell me what the option "integrate to android" exactly does?
>At this point nothing, because Android handles paid apps differently to
>free ones, so they're stored in a protected area in memory. I don't know the details.

What do you mean with nothing? Because it works. If I integrate it then Lux will not been killed.

Maybe you got me wrong. My question was what exactly happens when you press 'integrate to android' before the reboot. And why is the reboot necessary?

And please do NOT remove that feature, because otherwise when Lux gets killed you allways have the change in screen brightness which is very annoying.

BTW I am using a Galaxy Note running 4.0.4 with speedmod kernel.

Thanks
Oli
 
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    Lux - The Original Android Auto-Brightness App

    So I thought I should make an XDA thread for Lux, over a year after releasing it to the Play Store!

    FULL or FREE
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    Issues/Suggestions

    If you have any issues or suggestions, please add them to the public issue tracker found here. Be sure to search first, duplicated issues will not work in your favour.


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    • Update to 1.51 released to Play Store!
      - Profiles. Have different behaviour for day and night!
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      - Improved notification
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      - Cubic interpolation
      - Polish/French/Russian/German/Italian translation
      - Manual sunrise location input
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    • Update to 1.06 released to Play Store!
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    • Update to 0.74 released to Play Store!
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    • Update to 0.70 released to Play Store!
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      - Improved persistence (Android won't kill it!)
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    App Description

    Lux isn't your ordinary brightness app. It intelligently adjusts the brightness of your display based on the environment you're in. If, for example, you step into a dimly lit room, Lux will automatically lower the brightness of your display to make it not only comfortable to read, but to also preserve battery power.
    Lux provides the option to automatically adjust the backlight at fixed intervals (periodic mode), when a change in environment is detected (dynamic mode), or when the phone wakes from sleep. It's also possible to adjust the backlight manually. Simply disable automatic mode and you can use it like a traditional brightness tool!
    Perhaps the best thing about Lux is that you can teach it how to behave. If the backlight is too bright or dim for your liking, simply open the provided Dashboard, adjust the brightness slider to the level you desire, then hold the link button. Lux will use this new 'link' as a reference in future.

    Give it a go! I want you to test Lux for more than the 15 minute refund period offered by Google. I understand that some devices may not have the best quality light sensor, and that you may need more time to play around with settings. If you find that Lux doesn't suit you after the 15 minutes is up, you can request a refund at any time via e-mail - no questions asked.

    ★FEATURES★
    ■ Custom auto brightness.
    ■ Sub-zero brightness to make reading in the dark significantly less irritating.
    ■ Battery efficient
    ■ Handy brightness widget
    ■ Option to use the camera to read in ambient light.
    ■ Power-user settings such as choice of interpolation, sensor debugging, and linked sample editing.
    ■ Backup to SD.
    ■ 'Ascending' auto mode for phones with inaccurate light sensors.
    ■ Gradual fade for backlight adjustments.
    ■ Astronomer mode adds a red filter to the screen to preserve the eyesight of stargazers.
    ■ Jitter control to prevent constant small changes to the backlight.
    ■ Automatic night mode, to change the colour temperature of the display for comfortable night time viewing.
    ■ Add app specific exceptions via sleep mode
    ■ No ads, or other nuisances.
    ■ Tasker and Locale support!
    Note: Please disable other brightness apps before using Lux. The author is not liable for any issues caused when using this app.

    ★PERMISSIONS★
    TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS: Used to read in luma values, if camera input is selected.
    DRAW OVER OTHER APPS: Required for night/astro mode.
    READ PHONE STATE: Required to prevent Lux from interfering with phone controls in Android 4.1.
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    RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS: Required to make the 'sleep list' functionality work, so Lux can disable itself when certain apps are in the foreground.
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    Soon Lux will support plug-ins to bypass Android API limitations. These plug-ins serve to replace the overlay system Lux uses to make adjustments for Night/Astronomer modes and brightness in general. The plug-in library is free to use for non-commercial development, and can be found here:

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        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
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            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
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        android:exported="true" >
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    <service
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    Lux v1.99.8 released (staged rollout)

    - Added CF.lumen support (don't need CF.lumen active, just install the driver). Acts as a plug-in for all Android 4.4+ devices. Please buy the pro version to support his work.
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    - Option to shake at lockscreen to increase brightness
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    - Fixed dashboard width issue
    - Fixed notification priority resetting at boot
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    Hey everyone. Sorry to hear that people are having issues with the paid version. I'm working on hotfixes at the moment. A lot of these bugs don't appear on my test devices, which is why regressions happen seemingly randomly. I'm working hard on finding a reliable way to reproduce and test these issues to prevent this happening again.
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    Apologies to everyone for not being around lately. I've been answering support via email.

    A new release is rolling out on the market to 5% of users. Please use the 'Send Feedback' button in Lux preferences if you experience issues. Also, feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.
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