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[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
No worries about that. I've been busy lately + notifications are a pain, but i'm getting there. Will explain more when I release next update, right now I'm packing for a week in UK. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Cool UK welcome s you

s2..CyanFox dorimanx
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
Is he allowed to enter, what do think ;)
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I already passed the watersurfing tests. Those nice guys wearing black suits said they ran out of water so i was free to go. ;D

Update: customs didn't seem to mind either. :)

Anyway, driving on the left side feels like i'm overtaking all the time. But then why is everyone on the right lane going faster than me? :P
[Android Apps and Games] schizovivek:
[MENTION=2424510]velis74[/MENTION] .. installed the app on my S4 (9505) running on stock with custom kernel (tried diff kernels) ..

once i disabled ur app the system brightness is still disabled .. somehow ur app has broken the system brightness setting ... anything that can be done to fix this?

(i have xposed also installed.. maybe thats conflicting?)
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This is intended behaviour. Disabling VAB does not necessarily mean you want to enable system AB. In fact - the implementation does nothing to such effect. Why would you even want that unless you uninstall VAB, but then I have no way of reverting the setting since my app no longer runs.
[Android Apps and Games] schizovivek:
when indoors I like to be in control of the brightness settings.. sometimes I just like it completely dark no matter what and sometimes adjust brightness to a certain point and keep it that way .. wanted to use you app only when outdoors (never use automatic brightness.. was always a manual adjuster) ..

so from what I understand .. only way to enable system brightness again would be to un-install your app?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
No, that is not the case. The app doesn't enable system AB when you disable it, but that doesn't mean you can't do that yourself.

Your scenario can easily be supported with Locale / Tasker or some such, but VAB itself can't do that.

That said, I'll soon release the notification add-on and it will support manually setting brightness and keeping it there (at least until you manually cancel the setting, that is)
[Android Apps and Games] schizovivek:
thanks ! so.. how do I go about enabling the system brightness again? :silly:
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Settings / Display / Brightness / Check the "Automatic brightness" checkbox
[Android Apps and Games] schizovivek:
for a sec there I thought u were kidding ! :D

this worked .. thanks mate ..
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
For a sec there I though YOU were kidding :P This is basic Android :silly:
[Android Apps and Games] schizovivek:
I NEVER go into the Display settings :o .. always used through Notifications Panel .. that functionality was broken (had tried automatic brightness from there)

apologize for flooding ur thread with my apparent noobness :angel:

I will let you be now and bug u no more :p
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Bug all you want. That's why I opened this thread. I like / want to see what my users have issues with.
[Android Apps and Games] aka120:
Hello Velis,

First, I would like to thank you for the amazing app you have developed for us. I also appreciate all the time and effort you have put into Auto Brightness. Seriously, awesome job ☆☆☆☆☆

I've been using your auto brightness app for a few days, and have configured it to my preferences. However, for some reason, I am unable to make any adjustments stick with the Sensitivity options.

Brightness Change Sensitivity, Smoothing time, and Smoothing time downwards are the 3 options I am trying to change. I enter my preferred values to any one of these 3 options, and the value is entered and saved. But, regaurdless of what value is entered, it is not honored and seems the default value is what is truely still being used. i.e. I change "Brightness change sensitivity" from the default value of 5 to 100. But the sensitivity does not change even tho the value entered is still 100.

I read through several pages of this thread... As well as double checked the manual. I'm wondering if I am overlooking something here for these values to take effect. But, I haven't come across any info requiring any other steps to make the adjustments. Or, is there possibly a compatibility issue?

I have Velis Auto Brightness v3.10.137 installed from the Play Store on my AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337. The rom I have installed is MDOB v2.2 (if that makes any difference).

All settings are default in the Auto Brightness app except a custom profile and a few excluded apps like the Camera app, MX Player, and a couple of games.

Well, other than that, its working great and I really do consider this a must have app for any compatible amoled display device... or any compatible Android device for that matter. Thanks again Velis. Just outstanding app and support you have given us!
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Thanks

So you are saying that even though you set smoothing time to 30000 (30 seconds), the change is performed immediately? Even though you have set "Smoothing override" to 0?

And if you change "Brightness change sensitivity" to 100, your phone still reacts to environment light changes?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I have created a google group to support Google's beta testing functionality in developer console.

If I understand correctly, I will be able to provide you with a link when I publish the next beta. That link will enable you to participate in beta testing.

Hopefully that will enable your purchased content to still work even though you will have installed a testing apk.

Please let me know what you think of this: was current method, where I placed the apk only in this thread sufficient, or do you prefer Google's method?
[Android Apps and Games] RovG:
Hi [MENTION=319074]velis[/MENTION], my preference is for the current method :thumbup: not Google's Beta program. :thumbdown:
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
I prefer the G+ way. I'm using it for quite a few apps. The nice thing is that if you opt in you will receive all beta versions via playstore.

But if I understand you correctly it won't do what you described. If you opt to participate in the beta programme you will always receive the beta when available and it will override the released version. The only way to go back to the released version is by leaving the beta programme and reinstall the app again. So know what you are doing when entering the beta programme.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
So you are saying that opting for beta will always provide beta versions, even if proper release is newer than beta?
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
No sorry, opting for the beta program will always gives you the latest version, that can be a beta or released version. So if the released version is the latest, that one will be installed via play store.

If the most recent version is a beta and you want/need to go back to the released version you need to "temporarily" leave the beta program to be able to install the released version from play store.
[Android Apps and Games] aka120:
Yes, if I set "Smoothing time" to 30000 the change is performed immediately. As well as "Brightness change sensitivity" changed to 100 still resulting in the phone reacting to light changes.

As far as "Smoothing override" goes, if I set it to 0 disabling override then "Smoothing time" and "Brightness change sensitivity" perform as expected with the new values. However, if "Smoothing override" is set to any number other than 0, "Smoothing time" and "Brightness change sensitivity" do not perform as expected with the new values.

I have tested "Smoothing override" at the following values: 0, 1, 10, 30, 50, 70, 100. It doesn't appear to make a difference with light threshold...

If I set "Smoothing override" to 100, "Smoothing time" will be instant even though the value is set to 30000, and "Brightness change sensitivity" set to 100 still reacts to environment light changes.

So, does this mean that "Smoothing override" will override user settings for "Smoothing time", "Brightness change sensitivity", and "Smoothing time downwards" regardless of the value entered for the override? I set "Smoothing override" to 100 but all sensitivity options perform as if it were set to 30.

Or, perhaps I do not fully understand which values for "Smoothing override" will allow higher thresholds of light before overriding "Smoothing time", "Smoothing times downwards", and "Brightness change sensitivity".

Well, thank you for your time Velis, and I do apologize for my long winded post. Maybe I need to start including a tl;dr :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I'm back. Sorry for the long pause, these are a few of the things that happened to me in the recent months:

Moved to a new house

Was without internet for the better part of a month due to moving

Bought me a Nexus 10

My youngest daughter went to kindergarden for the first time

The first two just took me lots of time (and still do). The last one is also quite time-consuming as she's getting sick / has to deal with loss of 24/7 mother-service :)

Buying Nexus 10 makes me feel the pain some users experience with their phones / tablets. The flicker is insane. Not to mention N10 doesn't have a proximity sensor which makes it pretty hard to detect when changes should be performed and when not. Anyway, fixing this flicker will hopefully help all those Note2, SGS4, Nexus 4 etc. users as well as me. Seems I was lucky choosing this tablet as I have never seen such flicker on my Galaxy Nexus or any other phone I worked on for that matter. Currently no idea on how to solve this though. I have noticed, just like [MENTION=5444397]aka120[/MENTION] that some settings don't always work correctly, so maybe that's a start.

I have finished support for notification and will publish it tomorrow (ran out of time for today - family chores to do first :( :angel: ). The devil is in the details though:

users with android 2.x won't have the new notification as I can't make it work interactively. Consequently there's no use in fancy rendering either.

users with android 4.3+ won't be able to select silent notification (solution that was available until now) because I can't hide the notification any more. Ridiculously, this has cost me a couple of 1 star ratings @ play store :silly:

I have noticed though that Viber doesn't have notification, but it still works as if it were running all the time. So I guess it's possible to get rid of the notification, just that I can't find anything on the subject. Any pointers appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] broky:
allow me one noob question too..the app is great of course but i have only one problem :

i have always to drag brightess slider for the app to take effect..

what do i miss?(i read many pages of your thread,did not find answer)

my device is samsung galaxy s3 mini,thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I still have issues with camera detection on this phone. Your issue is because cameras are not set up in VAB. Since i will soon have permanent access to this phone, i guess fixing this issue will be easier.

In the mean time, try turning camera support on and off in developer dialog.
[Android Apps and Games] broky:
excuse me to ask,the above answer is for me?and if yes,i can not find developer dialog in settings
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Long press proximity reading on main screen
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
The Xposed framework and Greenify donate can hide notifications without turning them off or limiting the app, maybe look at that and contact the Dev.

SG S4 Active / jb 4.2.2 GDE rom / tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] lklaus:
Hi Velis,

back again, with more questions :)

I switched to Oliver96's Implementation of CM10.1. The behaviour is the same (that of the ROM, not of the maintainer :) ). VAB can't read exif data from the (front camera) picture. This is the answer I got from Oliver. Maybe it makes some sense for you?

Is it possible that a failed dependency from a library is not fatal, and it continues just with some default values?

Klaus
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.15.140 (5.10.2013)

Interactive notification

Currently deployed to beta and OP.

For those that wish to join beta program via Play Store, please visit link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.velis.auto.brightness

Please note that the link will only be live a few hours from now.

The manual has been updated. Please see "interactive notification" section.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Play Store link gives a 404 nor found.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Yes, sorry, seems I forgot one more operation. It should be fine now.

LP,

Jure
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
Installed the latest version and noticed the following.

The disable notifications in the settings doesn't clear the current notification, a reboot is needed to clear that. It looks like the "clear notification"command is missing.

What are the check mark and X support to do at the far right off the notification, they don't seem to do anything.

Sorry for wanting to disable the notification, but I have no reason to ever stop VAB ;)

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The G+ link is still not working.
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
It's still "404 not found"…

So wanted to try it...

Sent from my Boeffla I9300
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
Just wanna report that my fd claims that Velis auto brightness consume more power than lux auto brightness. Don't know if this helps. He is using stock s3.

I myself can't compare coz I didn't install this app sucker thing and I played with my phone a lot more today plus switching from a normal wallpaper to a live wallpaper ( Which is quite cute, called Node)
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
He said lux usually consume 2-3%, while in the above screen Velis is consuming 7.7%.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I'm taking on power consumption next. Though it will be hard for me to debug this since the app still doesn't register at all on my phone.

Perhaps a live SGS device will light things up, so to speak.

BTW: Can you tell me if lux is set to periodic or real-time when it consumes 3%?
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
It doesn't register on my phone either, but the battery seems last less and I can only get 3hrs of screen time as opposed to 4hrs normally.

My fd setting in lux was dynamic. And he uses gsm battery monitor for tracking. Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This can only be caused by higher brightness presets. Even if the app would consume battery, it has no chance of competing with the screen's power guzzling.
[Android Apps and Games] orb3000:
.

Ok people, please keep on topic and with respect please
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Nice and clean:D

battery still:( but still living the app dude spot on:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:

s2 RR 308 dori
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
1.10.25

Fixed sensitivity threshold

Removed unnecessary calculations

Optimized moving average routine

Lower power consumption

This should bear at least some impact on battery usage. Please let me know.

I also checked out the SGS 2. Naturally, it was a stock 2.3.5. The sensor only reported 10, 100 and 1000 lux (these three values and only these values). No wonder custom ROM devs overcompensated with trigger happy sensor drivers :D
[Android Apps and Games] MrMastodon:
Loving this app! Will spread the word to every android owner I know!

The application does come pretty high in reported power consumption (both appsucker and android, see attached pictures) , but I can't really say that I have noticed any significant reduction in battery time...

And Velis, please make a pro version so that I can pay you for your work :)

SGS2

Primary ROM: RR 3.0.8

with Velis auto brightness

2nd ROM: Stock LPX

Kernel: Dorimanx 5.83
[Android Apps and Games] jackattack:
This is my new favorite brightness app. In my opinion, this is better and easier to use than CM and Lux. The transitions are smooth and instant and I don't have any of the problems with this that I had with the other ones.

I'd pay for a pro version with Tasker integration. The ability to switch profiles and turn off auto brightness altogether based on conditions would make this perfect.

Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
I think I know why I hv more screen time with lux, would it be the ability to control subzero value of screen brightness? I usually use pretty low brightness. Zero in velis seems still bright. Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
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[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
If

I remember correctly, subzero meant brightness under 15%. This app does that by default, there's just no fancy name for it.

Tasker is next.
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
Um... Strangely it seems a bit brighter than my normal setting. Already set it to the lowest.
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
P.s. I think this version is a bit brighter than ur last one, the cross is always higher than zero when it should be zero.

And I don't always get lux reading, such as the capture below, there is no reading. Is that normal?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
The brightness calculations are the same and unchanged. The cross follows the curve (even if you have extra brightness set up for charging).

The no reading part worries me. That should not happen. The phone should have sensors at all times. Can you identify a pattern that leads to this situation?
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
I'm seeing the same behaviour. It seems to happen when coming from a dim lit environment. Putting the phone in bright light (under a lamp or something like that) brings back the sensor reading.

Also I have had situations where the sensor isn't giving a reading at all and a reboot is needed to get it working again. This seems to happen when the phone has been in the pouch for some time, so a totally dark environment.

I have no idea if the light sensor is (supposed to be) working when the scree is of, or Tasker is able to do that.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Hm, I see. This would mean that I messed up sensor reacquisition after screen_on event. Will try to fix. It also suggests that I really do need to implement the "no kill" code since it seems that your phone turns the service off and it restarts too late.

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To users with excessive battery usage:

Would someone please try the following steps and report battery usage for each step to me, thanks:

1. activate sensitivity threshold, set it to 2-4%

2. Do a 1 - 5 minute test with screen on

3. Do a 1 - 5 minute test with screen off

For my phone, points 2 and 3 reflect like this in GSam Battery monitor (the App sucker thingie):

2: Screen 68%, app takes 1.5% of remaining ~30%

3: app takes 0.2% of ~70% app batery usage

It's mostly the screen off test that interests me. I suspect some phones don't report screen off events so the app leaves sensors on and thus burns battery and CPU.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Transitions are alot smoother now thank you. One little thing left on the HTC One S it seems to jump around the lower end of the scale. In a dark room tilting the phone back I get 90, move the phone up straight and it hits 160 and tilt forward back to 90 again without any change in light. Seems to me that the sensor is a tad over sensitive on the phone, other than that it works beautifully.

One feature I would like to see if possible is instead of a graph to control things for the more able numerical values. It would mean better control for those that need it as at the moment getting 90 & 160 the same is hard to do.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Hm, that's funny :) Your sensor reports 90 & 160 in a dark room? Those are pretty high values, not to mention they are quite a bit apart and represent a pretty significant change of lighting. Perhaps it just reports values differently...

You would like to edit the graph manually as text?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Hm, when I tested in emulator, the notification WAS cleared. I will check again / make the code more insistent.

Is the manual so vague about this?!? They are meant to confirm / reject your manual brightness setting - I don't know how else to put it.

G+ link?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
It works for me?!? Can you please try again?
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
Sorry my bad, I didn't read the manual.

G+, again my bad, Play Store link isn't working for me. But don't we need to register as a beta tester on G+ first to be able to use that link?

I going to take a few coffee before posting anything new :o
[Android Apps and Games] spupuz:
Same question for me

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 4

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We do need to join a g+ group

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 4
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
ops, that explains. I am not in the g+ group hence 404 not found...
[Android Apps and Games] lklaus:
Hi,

Still with my CyanogenMod problems... Just a question, how do you read the exif data, and where from? I see shutter speed only in the jpg image, not in the png that's also saved. And then something strange, which I do not get right now: Excerpted from an Image:

0x920a Focal Length : 1.3
0xa001 Color Space : 1
0xa401 Custom Rendered : 0
0xa402 Exposure Mode : 0
0x0202 Other Image Length : 0
- Aperture : 2.8
- Image Size : 640x480
- Shutter Speed : 0.0625

Which looks to me like Shutter Speed does not have a tag ID number? Do you ask for the tag id number?
[Android Apps and Games] spupuz:
where the G+ Comunity link is?
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
I haven't been able to find it
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Seems I forgot something. My google beta page clearly says this is the link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.velis.auto.brightness

The link to google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/velisworks-autobrightness-beta

I don't see how the first link wouldn't work, but maybe you need to do something with the google groups link as well?

I haven't forgotten about you. I'm using metadata extractor to get EXIF info and its site doesn't say anything about any new formats. I will just have to parse your images to see what I can read from them - maybe I'm not reading the right attributes. I just haven't yet had the time to go about fixing this yet (see a few posts above).
[Android Apps and Games] spupuz:
it the google group is closed you need do accept all of us that want to use the beta... if not we can't access the play store beta link but only see a 404 not found error.

And yes all beta on play store are tide to a G+ comunity or google group!
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
I just requested access to the closed Google Group to see if that will give access to the play store link
[Android Apps and Games] lklaus:
Hi Velis,

didn't mean to push you, just wanted to try to investigate a bit on my own, and share findings...

Klaus
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I see now. I just didn't receive any e-mails with requests for membership. Seems both links are necessary. Much ado about nothing :P

No pushing but no time either :D Working on it though ;)
[Android Apps and Games] spupuz:
now i can access the beta test :P
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
+1, I'm now a beta tester :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Me to thanks
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
yes, seems to be working now. I also get e-mails about applications.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
[MENTION=265936]beta[/MENTION] testers: Can anyone else confirm that notification doesn't go away when you switch from interactive to hidden? I have just re-verified and it goes away in my emulator. Unfortunately both my phone and tablet are 4.3 already so I can't really verify on a physical device.
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Where's the switch?
[Android Apps and Games] kantjer:
Settings=>Interactive notification
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Am i missing something I got notification showing in statusbar.... But no interactive notification In settings...

I've got apps on auto update maybe not got my beta yet..... Noob..... Lol