yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.65.226 (17.07.2017)

Updated italian language

Top activity check uses much less battery now (Android 5 and above)

Major remodel of internal workings. Also less battery usage

Setting: brightness update interval: Reduce number of updates which would reduce battery usage

Setting: Turn VAB on when screen turns on

Setting: enable direct sun screen brightness boost

(hopefully) more resilient service (should be stopped by system less often)

When change is applied from notification, it's not lost on reboot any more

Published to beta channel only for now. The third bullet still worries me even though it performs tons better than the previous model.

I'd appreciate any comments. Also, if I forgot something, let me know - I'm in the zone :)
[Android Apps and Games] Neejay:
So far, so good. I can definitely tell it's more responsive. The direct sunscreen brightness boost is great too. It's less than the generic "high brightness mode", right? Is it still sensor based vs. a static high brightness mode?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Well, technically, I simply enable system auto brightness and hope the device-specific boost code will take effect. If that needs to be enabled by another setting, I can't do that since I don't know that setting.
[Android Apps and Games] ghandii:
Hi!

I first want to thank and congratulate the dev of this app: I really enjoy VAB for my Samsung J5 2016 (dual sim version), which allow to have adaptative brightness despite no ambient sensor. I use the front camera as sensor.

I've subscribed to the beta program on the Play Store, hoping that the following will be fixed:

- Sometimes, and apparently quite randomly, the front light flashes once very quickly. When happening during car navigation at night, I thought I was snapped by a speed camera! ;)

- The app seems to be frozen and unresponsive after 1 to 3 days of continuous use. I don't have any error message. It seems that VAB is properly running, without crash. However, I noticed that despite I'm able to launch the native camera app (the same I used to shoot a picture), the preview is a black screen. I other words: the camera is unresponsive, not VAB. I don't know however if VAB may be the source of this?

Did anyone else experienced behaviors like this? (I tried to retrieve such post in this long thread, please apologize if already asked)
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
I have heard of the flash issue before: seems this is a feature of your camera where it assists itself to taking a better picture by using flash. That - as far as VAB is concerned - is a mistake as it corrupts the sensory data (naturally, it's desired when taking selfies :) ). I will check if I can manually instruct the camera NOT to use flash, but I'm not telling it to use the flash in the first place. Add: checked, seems to be relatively straight-forward in camera API V2, not so much in V1 which VAB uses by default.

The unresponsive camera issue might be caused by faulty / leaky camera drivers. Try increasing camera sampling interval, see if that increases the time until it becomes unresponsive. But this is pretty much all I can do for you here as VAB deliberately tries to use camera as little as possible so that you can use it in camera app, etc. Also to save battery. But this means that camera is acquired, used and released quite often. A leaky driver will forget to release some of allocated memory leading to eventual failures. You could also try to change the camera API used: you can do that from developer options dialog (long-press proximity reading on main app screen).

Hope this helps somewhat.
[Android Apps and Games] Marc Jarry:
Hello,

Congratulation for your application.

I'm using it since some weeks. I found it perfect to adjust screen luminosity.

However, I encountered a small problem when I use it on my Galaxy S7 with android version 7.0. It is jerk or a slowing down while I open the rapid adjustment. The phenomenom is not systematic but happens frequently.

Have you any idea or advice in order to avoid this problem ?

Besides, I propose an idea to improve the adjustment while we are on the graph screen.

It is to pass the graph with a white background because a black background is not convenient to judge the final luminosity while we go back on the welcome screen of the smartphone.

Since the last update of play store that I got yesterday. I have the feeling that the phenomenon of jerk has been improved (it is less frequent).

For the improvement idea, I finally think that it would be perfect to have the main screen of the smartphone on the background of the graph but I don't know if it is possible ?

Regards,
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
What rapid adjustment are you talking about?

As for black graph background, just go to themes and select a light theme. The whole app will be white then.

Unfortunately VAB cannot know what launcher you are using nor how it's set up. Therefore it's impossible to duplicate the launcher screen within VAB. Even a screenshot would have to be overlaid with the graph, so that's not really useful anyway. However, this problem is lessened by notification which allows adjusting brightness as well.
[Android Apps and Games] bieniu79:
As promised. After a few days of using the new version of VAB i confirm it works great on my phone even when the sensor returns negative readings. Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] Marc Jarry:
The notifications panel

I had not seen this option because I was not scrolling. sorry

Ok
[Android Apps and Games] kepek:
I need older version of VAB

Hello..seems like this updated version give problem to my phone. Every time I unlock my phone, the brightness is set to maximum. It gave me problem at night when i woke up to use my phone.

So, where can I get the older version of VAB before this new update.

Thank you. :D
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
What is your "screen on sensor value override" setting?
[Android Apps and Games] kepek:
Value overide disabled

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[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Hm, my phone doesn't do this. As I'm on vacation right now, I can't really do much, but I will take a look when I get back.
[Android Apps and Games] jaydee 77:
Maybe Velis service is killed when screen is off.
[Android Apps and Games] mauricewal:
Unfortunately on the latest Google play version the disabled apps option won't work anymore.

When I open an disabled app nothing happens.

When I disable velis (in notification bar) the brightness goes up.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Thanks. Also got a couple of mails on the subject. Will try to fix ASAP.
[Android Apps and Games] MyronAz:
High CPU Outside

I really like VAB but I stopped using it months ago because when outside in brite sunlight, it would start having very high CPU utilization. So much so that the phone was basically unusable until I either went indoors or managed to disable VAB. That was on an Alcatel Idol 3 running Android 6.1. I now have a ZTE Axon 7, running Android 7.1.1. I tried using VAB again and ran into the same problem. I have noticed that increasing the Brightness Change Sensitivity helps a little, but that does not solve the problem. Has anyone else noticed this problem? Any ideas about a solution?
[Android Apps and Games] gaich:
Hi, [MENTION=2424510]velis74[/MENTION]

I`ve updated Russian strings, here they are:View attachment 4242188

By the way, I woudn`t mind if you include my name in app`s credits section...:D
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.65.231 (21.08.2017)

Fix for Samsung glitch in excluded apps detection

Fix for settings mode

Fix for notifications freezing under full sunlight

Updated russian translation

Uploaded to play store. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] MyronAz:
Excluded apps is still not working for me. It DOES make VAB freeze the current brightness level (which it did not do previously) but it doesn't go to the value I set in "Excluded apps sensor value override".

ZTE Axon 7, Android 7.1
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This would mean that the app cannot modify system settings. Did you perchance revoke that permission?
[Android Apps and Games] MyronAz:
"Allow modify system settings" is enabled. The app is able to control display brightness as expected under normal operation, it just doesn't go to the excluded app override value when I start an excluded app, just freezes at the current brightness level until I close the excluded app.

---------- Post added at 11:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:46 PM ----------

I found a solution.

Previously I had set the excluded app override value to 1000, which is outside my graph range (i.e. over 255 brightness level). (I just wanted it to go to the max brightness). However if I instead set the excluded app override value to the highest reading that is still within my graph (i.e. the sensor reading for 255 brightness), everything seems to be working.

---------- Post added 23rd August 2017 at 12:14 AM ---------- Previous post was 22nd August 2017 at 11:58 PM ----------

The solution is not really ideal. What happens if I want to use different profiles? There is no way I could set the override value to max brightness for both profiles. I think it would make more sense for the override value to be a brightness level (0-255) rather than a sensor reading.
[Android Apps and Games] MyronAz:
One other little problem. When I long press on an existing profile I get a little popup menu. But I can't read it, it seems like it is white text on a white background.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Confirmed. WTH? I was just clicking this a couple of days ago and it was fine :( Will fix ASAP
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Would you try the attached .apk and tell me if it fixes the issue for you?

Edit: removed the attachment
[Android Apps and Games] MyronAz:
The excluded app sensor value override is now working with high values.

I will test the direct sunlight fix in the morning.

The profile menu is still not visible.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Thanks. I have just fixed the profile menu. Publishing now.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.65.233 (27.08.2017)

Fix for very high sensor values (direct sunlight)

Fix for excluded apps sensor value override (high value)

Fix for profile button menu colours

Published to production on play store.
[Android Apps and Games] wilpang:
I've had this issue too, it was working fine this morning then all of a sudden it's froze to 100% brightness even in a dark room. I'll try that work around to see if it works for my HTC U11....
[Android Apps and Games] Usul´:
I have a problem with the app, when I put the mobile phone under the sun the app sets the light sensor to zero and therefore sets the brightness of the screen to minimum.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This will be fixed soon.
[Android Apps and Games] wilpang:
I've used the apk provided by yourself and restarted my phone and everything seems to be working, not sure what caused it to go funny in the first place.

But thanks for the continuous updates
[Android Apps and Games] Neejay:
[MENTION=319074]velis[/MENTION]74 - not sure if you're on oreo or not, but here's how it shows up for me (v4.65.233):

Edit: tagged the wrong username lol
[Android Apps and Games] dlau1973:
I'm seeing the same thing on Oreo.

Tagging [MENTION=2424510]velis74[/MENTION] since prev posted tagged the wrong user I think
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
[MENTION=1927832]Neejay[/MENTION]

WOW, they really messed up notifications, didn't they. Typical Google, I'd say :silly::silly::silly:

Will see if I can get oreo for my G3 & read the docs about what exactly they want me to do.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I'm recently upgraded to Oreo on my pixel xl. Velis setup wizard doesn't seem to preview the brightness level when i select through TFT or AMOLED levels (i see same brightness when i toggle each radio button)

Can u pls fix it on Oreo please? :)))
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
4.65.234 (09.09.2017)

Fix for crashes in Androids < 5 (sorry)

Fix for widget graph getting cleared

Fix for direct sunlight issues

Fix for Android 8 notification

Published to production.
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
and a nice new on/off notification icon! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Never before seen Google to deploy so fast. Less than 20 minutes between publish and your report :D
[Android Apps and Games] Pkt_Lnt:
Yes, I actually got the update 15 minutes before I was on XDA and posted, had to get my morning coffee first. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Usul´:
With this new update my problem continues, I have used another app to check my light sensor and it has the same problem as Velis, so maybe the problem is with my sensor.
[Android Apps and Games] Protsenkoalexlab:
The name of the current profile

Hi!

Very much your application is pleasant!

Thanks! Make please that in the main form, a widget and area of notices the name of the current profile was displayed.

Thanks for your Work!

The best regards, Alexander.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Yes, perhaps it will soon really be time to get those profiles right :) No promises on the ETA though.
[Android Apps and Games] jackeill:
App stopped working properly for me after I updated to Oreo. The brightness on lockscreen is constant, taken from system settings, it is not updated. The same with permissions screen - once I get to permission screen, app seems like it stops working.

Android 8.0 on Nexus 5X. Didn't have such issues on previous systems.
[Android Apps and Games] donjoe0:
Would it be possible to include the Superdimming settings in the different switchable profiles, so we can switch Superdimming settings together with the brightness curves they correspond to?

There's a profile I'm using when casting my screen image to my TV, and I need Superdimming to be off for that one, or it will affect what gets sent to the TV and the image will be way too dark. And switching from my normal profile to this screen-casting profile is quite tedious if I always have to also go into Settings and scroll almost all the way down to find Superdimming, and then I can't even easily toggle it on/off but instead have to edit the threshold value to get what I want etc.

Or maybe add a toggle for it on the Main screen? That could make things easier in my specific scenario, but I'd still say it makes more sense in general to include the Superdimming settings into each custom profile.
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
[MENTION=5184108]donjoe0[/MENTION]: The TODO for profiles fixing includes also some way of setting the settings (other than just the curve) that should be saved along the profile. I'm still contemplating on how that should be done in terms of UX, but it will presumably solve your issue as well.
[Android Apps and Games] appro77:
Anyone got Velis working reliably on the OnePlus 5? I've used Velis before and I know that it's good but on my OP5 it works for a few minutes then stops. The crosshairs just freeze on the graph when I'm viewing it. If I go into Settings and toggle a few things it starts working again then stops shortly afterwards. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Hm, I've had a simiar report for Huawei Honor 8, but so far I wasn't able to get my hands on any of these phones. I think I could for Honor 8. Will try, let you know what I find.
[Android Apps and Games] appro77:
Thanks. Much appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] netgar:
Does this improve autobrighness on lg v20?
[Android Apps and Games] jshika:
sudden brightness change when using snap swipe drawer as overlay

I get sudden brightness change when using snap swipe drawer (apkmirror.com/apk/francisco-barroso-2/snap-swipe-drawer)

and it seems due to the overlay detection within VAB. however excluding snap swipe drawer from the excluded apps list doesnt work and still the sudden brightness change happens. Any solution for this? thank you
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Then it would seem snap swipe drawer sets its own brightness. You should check with its author.
[Android Apps and Games] surfer1000:
Getting app suddenly just stop working no errors no nothing just stops and phones brightness setting kicks back on, this since updated to Oreo 8.0.0 on Galaxy S8+
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
This sounds like "Use device's boost brightness" setting at work. Please set to an absurdly high value (e.g. 1500000) and see if this stops?
[Android Apps and Games] surfer1000:
ok will do, thank you
[Android Apps and Games] gaetanolip:
Hi

how can I set a specific custom brightness level for a desired app?

Thanks

Inviato dal mio P027 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
Use Tasker / Locale to set brightness based on current top app.
[Android Apps and Games] gaetanolip:
Thanks , i knew it. but why don't you consider developing a per app configuration ?
[Android Apps and Games] velis74:
It is on the TODO, but figuring out a nice UI for it is proving to be somewhat challenging.
[Android Apps and Games] djparent:
May I offer a suggestion? A list format similar to the 'exclude apps' list would work great, then for each app selected allow input of either a predefined profile or an exact variable. This would allow users to either set a unique profile or lock the brightness on a per app basis. It would keep the UI simple and keep profiles stored where they belong. ?

On another note, it would also be great to be able to manually draw a curve by finger when defining a new profile in addition to the current manual editing methods. I'm not good with numbers or graphs but could easily draw the relative curve I want with my finger, then fine tune with the existing methods. Just a thought for those of us not so good with programming lol. ?

Thanks so much, this is easily the best auto brightness app out there!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] orine:
Hey, anyone know of any cool games to play with friends, on a single device? Anything fun that can be played by 2 or more people?

I mean on the iphone TapTap revenge was cool, something like that, or hockey games kind of, or word scrambles, anything that doesnt need internet and can be played by 2people? or something with mini games, so we can pass the phone about, i dont really know, just something social and fun.. :P

any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Astrokarim:
Here try out these 2 Games , you can play with friends on the same device :

Glow Hockey

Glow Hockey 2

Hit thanks if I helped you in any way :) It's on teh left :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] akshatsourav:
or fruit ninja hd
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] coolprateek.kumar:
Best would be "the game of life"

If i helped you in any way then do click thanks

Sent by XDA Premium
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] snOwjAwk:
I would recommend you ski safari. It is really awesome!

sj
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] f3n0m3no:
Monopoly by Ea
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onearmedscissor:
I've been using CM10 superlite for a while now, and was thinking of trying slimbean out. From what I read in the thread, they sound pretty similar, so I was wondering if anyone who has tried both wouldn't mind letting me know of the key differences between them, and whether or not the differences are big enough to be worth switching? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] aycockonxion:
There is a Jelly Bean discussion thread specifically for questions like this, and "best" threads are not allowed. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1738817
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onearmedscissor:
thanks but I'm not asking which is better, just what the differences are between them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
I bet if you read the first three pages and the last three pages of each thread you would know:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onearmedscissor:
no luck, I already tried that. Thanks anyway though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
Ah, OK then flash them:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] myNote3:
skyrocket

Just make a backup, you can always go back
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] XawenB:
I've tried both, I prefer SlimBean to be honest.

But be sure BOTH are good, It's a personnal preference.

Also both can support CM10 kernel so :good: to both devs to let us many options!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] danaholic86:
Both are similar and great
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kchen96:
Well slim bean is slimmer than Superlite... So if you want as bare bones as possible. I've tried both and I like slim bean more too. Although now I'm on liquid r2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] The_Blue_Waffle:
You guys are walking a fine line on best thread now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] greekunit690:
I would say the more gapps you load and the more you use your phone between both roms it wouldn't matter...either rom is going to give you the same end result basically
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] danaholic86:
That ^
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] quatis7:
Ive tried them both and I believe it depends on your phone. I have a Samsung Infuse 4g. The CM 10 didnt seem to run as smoothly or as fast as SB. Of course, that was before the "stable" version was released the other day. Slim seems to take up a lot less space (memorywise too.) Im pretty happy with the bean (running 2.9)

Basically they are the same. Im no developer so I dont test all the intricacies but I would consider myself above novice level.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ro_explorer:
Being curious about ... basically everything, I investigated the possiblity of modding the back housing of my Acro S device.

I opened it with great care... and this is the look I've got after the first layer.

I will probably go deeper with another ocasion but until then, enjoy the first level :)

Please observe the battery capacity .. which is slightly smaller than the officially reported one.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kitsune_12:
so that's why it's waterproof, it has a cover on its battery... i wrap mine with condom! :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Yo, im probably just spit balling here but is there ever gonna be a time where i can update my paranoid android via ota? or am i gonna just have to flash..... a new one again...?
[Android Themes] xeper:
I'd like to make my Swype keyboard white like my JB keyboard.

Is there any info on editing the apk?
[Android Themes] sy224048:
If it's the beta then look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1467097

Also, distributing apps is ok as long as they are free and you have permission
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] paljets:
I've been a fan of Franco's work since I bought my Samsung GNEX..

He's agreed to work on Dev'ing a Kernel for our phones.. But he lives out of country.

That being said he needs a phone.. Phones are going for between $400 - $550 on swappa so let's set that as our goal.

Here is an example of his work: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1708763

He has agreed to support the Bounty process here.. https://plus.google.com/10687350010...jNUg5#106873500108976028532/posts/imxHBDjNUg5

Click the Donation Link here: http://xdaforums.com/donatetome.php?u=3292224

please reply in this thread if you donate.. So we can keep track..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ExodusC:
Franco is an extremely talented developer, and one of the few that seriously know how to code a great modified kernel.

Put me down for $20 to start!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] franciscofranco:
Thanks. I think this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1367341 is a much better example of my work :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] paljets:
It's hard to keep track Franco :) You do so many good kernels :)

My only question is can you give an "Updated" link so the paypal donation comes in to you as "marked" for this project? I don't want you to have to keep track :)

--paul
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] franciscofranco:
Dunno if thats possible. But I'll consider all the following donations for this, even if its outside this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thadrow:
Def get him this phone guys ! Ran it from my gnex and it was great ! He updates alot, has great customizations , stable reliable. He usually adds new fixes patches and his work speaks for itself. Hes a good guy as well .