[APP][2.3+] Lux Auto Brightness

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Shyuan

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Heard that downloading Lux can fix the screen flickering issue on Nexus 7, but I do not know what can I do with it. I tried making some settings but screen still flicker, I supposed that's because I do not know what I am doing. Can anyone lead me in this?

Your help would be much appreciated. Thank you. :)
 
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Re: [APP][Official][2.1+] Lux Auto Brightness 0.76

Wondering if ascend and descend offset timing should be greyed out for all modes except dynamic.

Like the latest beta quite a bit. She's getting shinier with each polishing :)

S3 on Sprint - 16gb pebble blue + 64
 
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Shyuan said:
Heard that downloading Lux can fix the screen flickering issue on Nexus 7, but I do not know what can I do with it. I tried making some settings but screen still flicker, I supposed that's because I do not know what I am doing. Can anyone lead me in this?

Your help would be much appreciated. Thank you. :)
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Lux was never a fix for the Nexus 7 flicker issue. Whether it solves that problem or not I don't know.

ikjadoon said:
Dude, you're awesome. :) Thank you hugely! You win everything.
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^_^

flash5000 said:
Please include an option to disable this feature, I prefer to not have night mode set.
Thank you!

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 2
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You can disable/enable night mode with the new UI I'm working on. Enabling night mode turns on the automated sunrise/sunset adjustment, disabling means it'll never activate.

trunkmonkey1972 said:
Wondering if ascend and descend offset timing should be greyed out for all modes except dynamic.

Like the latest beta quite a bit. She's getting shinier with each polishing :)

S3 on Sprint - 16gb pebble blue + 64
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I considered that, but I might wait until I revamp the preferences code Lux uses. That'll probably happen after the next release.
 
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trunkmonkey1972

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I'm getting some weird screen flashing tonight during the mandatory night mode. Still trying to do a process of elimination to see if I can narrow down the scenario. May have coincided with the 5 sec periodic adjustment cycle.

S3 on Sprint - 16gb pebble blue + 64
 
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hagam

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Lx value???

Hi,

I installed lux in my xperia tipo(dual).....It seems to be good
But it always shows lx value as -1..in auto brightness mode and also in adding new linked value even in various daylight condition

How to slove this???/

Pls provide solution////

Thanks in advance
 
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hagam said:
Hi,

I installed lux in my xperia tipo(dual).....It seems to be good
But it always shows lx value as -1..in auto brightness mode and also in adding new linked value even in various daylight condition

How to slove this???/

Pls provide solution////

Thanks in advance
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+1 on Xperia Ray.
 
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hagam said:
Hi,

I installed lux in my xperia tipo(dual).....It seems to be good
But it always shows lx value as -1..in auto brightness mode and also in adding new linked value even in various daylight condition

How to slove this???/

Pls provide solution////

Thanks in advance
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CGA1 said:
+1 on Xperia Ray.
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Xperia phones don't report valid light sensor readings. I can't do anything about this.
 
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Hey! I'm getting a value of -1 when using Lux on my LG E739, is there anything I can do to fix it?
 
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If you aren't getting valid readings when you go to the Debug screen under the advanced section of Lux settings, then the issue lies with your device, not Lux.
 
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Re: [APP][Official][2.1+] Lux Auto Brightness 0.76

With superuser granted it restarts itself just fine. The new icon style looks great, though the question mark does not appear to have a function. I am thinking that it would explain the different brightness refresh modes ( ascendingly, periodically, manually, dynamically, on wake), or if not, that would be a great function.
 
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digital box said:
With superuser granted it restarts itself just fine. The new icon style looks great, though the question mark does not appear to have a function. I am thinking that it would explain the different brightness refresh modes ( ascendingly, periodically, manually, dynamically, on wake), or if not, that would be a great function.
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Yep, the change log says the help buttons do nothing yet.
 
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Very nice ;)

Root granted .nice changes.Will fiddle today thanks for your hard work
 
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Cyb3rGlitch said:
Thanks.

Oh, and if people with Nexus 4's can tell me in their posts, that'd be very helpful (since they use different display code paths).
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Hey. This is great on my N4. Works like a charm, even with SwipePad. I really like the new UI. Very clean and intuitive. I apologize if this is in the release notes, but will there be an option to have an invisible icon displayed in the notification bar?
 
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Hey. This is great on my N4. Works like a charm, even with SwipePad. I really like the new UI. Very clean and intuitive. I apologize if this is in the release notes, but will there be an option to have an invisible icon displayed in the notification bar?
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There will be an option to select notification priority, where 'lowest' makes the icon invisible.
 
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