[APP][2.3+] Lux Auto Brightness

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code010101

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I realised that using the alternate overlay method Lux cannot manage sub-zero values (that is, the screen remains too bright in a dark room)
while every thing is OK with the default one ...

any hint?

thanks!

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voilsb

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Is there any way to make the lux smart move behave like the old auto mode? It likes to pick values somewhere between my day and night mode. I'd prefer it to be in day mode during the day, and night mode at night, and don't want to have to force it with tasker

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xtam

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I have kcal enabled and all works fine but astro mode does not work. With KCAL disabled astro mode works but i prefer kcal
 
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wwwryan

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Does anyone know if it's possible to change the notification shade to match default Android ui? I love Lux but it just looks so weird being a different color than my other notifications. Thanks!
 
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Unfortunately, Lux won't remove the original brightness slider on my Samsung S6 with Marshmallow/stock ROM. So I now have got 2 brightness sliders, which is, of course, a huge and ugly waste of place. Same problem here: http://bit.ly/25TdwKn

Any chance to remove the original slider? Root and Xposed are available. Any thoughts?

Best regards
Mick
 

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killerm said:
Unfortunately, Lux won't remove the original brightness slider on my Samsung S6 with Marshmallow/stock ROM. So I now have got 2 brightness sliders, which is, of course, a huge and ugly waste of place. Same problem here: http://bit.ly/25TdwKn

Any chance to remove the original slider? Root and Xposed are available. Any thoughts?

Best regards
Mick
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Does your rom not have that option?


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No, unfortunately :(

There are not that many options for the notification panel for samsung s6 MM:
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killerm said:
Unfortunately, Lux won't remove the original brightness slider on my Samsung S6 with Marshmallow/stock ROM. So I now have got 2 brightness sliders, which is, of course, a huge and ugly waste of place. Same problem here: http://bit.ly/25TdwKn

Any chance to remove the original slider? Root and Xposed are available. Any thoughts?

Best regards
Mick
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Good lock allows disable slider, but you lose quick settings as well.
 
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killerm

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AaronCompNetSys said:
Good lock allows disable slider, but you lose quick settings as well.
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I need quick settings daily, so this is not really an option.

Unfortunately Lux has turned out to be not very reliable. In particular, the screen stays dark very long too often when coming into bright light (yes, lux removed from app optimization etc.).

So I have dumped lux and went back to Samsung's auto-light settings for screen brightness with only 1 slider altogether. CF.Lumen's own settings for screen color at day/night are more customizable than those of Lux, so there is no loss in that direction as well.
 
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kurci2

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Lowest brightness and sub-zero

Hello!

I have two questions about Lux Autobrightness app (namely, two issues I encountered).
I use rooted Nexus 5x.

1. Lowest brightness
First the lowest brightness I can set with Lux is not as low as the lowest brightness i can set with Android brightness slider. And when I checked the "brightness" file (/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness) the lowest number was 3 and not 1 as with native android brightness slider.
Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug?

2. Sub-zero
It seems that sub-zero hasno effect on my case. Brightness is the same all the way from -1 to -99.
Is this a known issue with my phone or am i (again) doing something wrong?

Thank you!
 
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andreidi

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andreidi said:
Anyone have the Smart profile issue as it doesn't automatically switch between day and night? I have to go to settings manually and change from auto to manual location and then back to auto. This way the profile changes to the correct one, but only this time. Let's say in my location sunset is at 5PM but when 5PM comes, it still uses the day profile and it wont change until i get into the location settings manually. Using dynamic method and Lollipop 5.0.2. Also, I can't manually adjust the brightness using built in Android slider, any way to fix this?
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THIS ISSUE IS STILL NOT FIXED WITH THE LATEST VERSION! Even if I input the location or sunrise/sunset time manually, it won't switch from day to night or from night to day until I activate location and data and update my location automatically in the settings of Lux, which is very, VERY annoying to do twice a day...
 
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andreidi said:
THIS ISSUE IS STILL NOT FIXED WITH THE LATEST VERSION! Even if I input the location or sunrise/sunset time manually, it won't switch from day to night or from night to day until I activate location and data and update my location automatically in the settings of Lux, which is very, VERY annoying to do twice a day...
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Same here. Galaxy S6
 
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lolmaus

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I've purchased Lux, using it on a rooted device running CyanogenMod. There are three root options that I don't understand: plugins, KCAL and CF.lumen Pro.

What plugins are available? What are KCAL and CF.lumen Pro?
 
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count_martin3z

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Somebody can help with notification on lock screen? I can not remove it... I tried with permissions but it also remove it from status and notification bar...
 
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