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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alovell83:
Android default min brightness is 8% (even though it reads 0%).

Two apps that give you less than 8%, both goes to 0% :

- Brightness Level by CurveFish

- Dimmer (Night Mode) by geekyouup

Also, look into changing your background color to black, it'll save you battery and be easier on your eyes. Lastly, the browser has its own brightness setting, found by hitting menu > settings.

Alternatively, only use under direct sunlight.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Lolz. I am just a human with sensitive eyes.

Thanks. I would try the dimmer and see if 0% helps somewhat though I have read that its only marginally better.

I am hoping that there should be a way to reduce it somehow since it gets reduced when we see some error just like I mentioned in 1st post.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THUDUK:
I agree even at the lowest level its way to bright.

I have the curvefish brightness app, but even set to 0 its too bright for use in the darkness.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alovell83:
I've actually written that it's only a marginal improvement, but I omitted that opinion here since I think my opinion is less applicable to someone with sensitive eyes. You might perceive a 3x decrease than what I did, not sure if that'd still be enough.

Again, I think changing to a dark background will get you more mileage, if you haven't already done so.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Currently I am using a relatively black background but when surfing most webpages have white background and that really is painful! I guess I may have to look for some tinted screen protector!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THUDUK:
i know this may sound strange, but If I wear my sunglasses at night while browsing it works quite well:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dekeijzer:
You can also use tasker for lower brightness levels..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConceptVBS:
Sunglasses. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
I wear spectacles so cant wear sunglasses :(

I am currently using "Dimmer". It takes the brightness levels from 30% (Though in settings it show minimum only) to 10%. I have also tried "Quick settings" so I guess tasker would perform the same function.

When we have locked our screen and we have to unlock we have to slide the screen. When we do that it seems like we have to slide a transparent layer of glass which is quite dark.

Now I am no developer but is it technically possible to create an app which is like a layer of tinted glass on screen so that it dims the screen further?

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenBot:
I haven't tried the dimmer apps yet but I DO agree that I miss my iPhone which can be set to a much lower brightness level for better privacy, night vision, "before sleep reading".

but I think it has something to do with the display technology. The OLED for Samsung may not permit such low levels or so. I am not sure...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
At first even I thought that and I was worried about that. But there are some times for example when you get some error on the screen the major part of screen goes quite dull so it is indeed possible to do that technically I guess just that it cant be done through brightness.

I am baffled why did the Samsung/Android guys set lower level of brightness as option also. It would have cost them nothing and would have saved us a lot of strain and battery life.

PS: Is this the issue with Android or Samsung?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discobolus:
To someone with a bit more knowledge: how hard would this be to do something about? We all know the screen dims to a level that's not for the moment available to manually set some time before it shuts off, so it's got to be a way.

The screen is just too bright for me at the lowest setting - meaning it hurts me eyes (some pity here Samsung) and consuming a lot more battery than it needs to.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehpriest:
+1 for the app that will do this
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastest:
got me new galaxy s for a couple of weeks now.. but really miss my old htc hd... the minimum backlight setting was awesome for nighttime reading/browsing.

switching on the sammy in bed in the week hours of the night makes my eyes burn! hehe.

an app to force lower or add a filter over the entire screen would be awesome!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salmanslick:
samsung galaxy s has a SUPER AMOLED display which is why its bright even at lowest level.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnnihilatorSC:
Maybe your device shares our problem?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765569
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Well I dont know for sure. The device has been working same since the 1st day. I guess its just that the brightness is too much for me. As far as the screen is concerned I didnt notice anything significant but any easy way to check about the problem?

Regards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnnihilatorSC:
Check the Video Player controls for color banding.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastest:
just came across and bought this great app! does just as we thought possible - add a filter over the top of the screen.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.iwashisoft.privacyfilter

now its perfect for nighttime reading/browsing/gaming :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacksome:
Don't worry. There is a simple solution. Use the Voodoo brightness fix by Supercurio.

Link here:-

It makes the brightness to very low levels and easy to read during darkness.

http://project-voodoo.org/color
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Thanks a lot for the link. I would try the app today only and see how it goes.

Meanwhile I have also ordered privacy screen protector from Ebay which claims to reduce the brightness by 35% :rolleyes: . Havent got it as yet. Lets see how it works.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Thank you for the link. I read the article but I still have a few questions. Would be glad if you can help a bit.

1.) Currently I am using Dimmer app by geekyouup which reduces the brightness a little below than what samsung allows by default. How good is the lowest setting of brightness of Vodoo fix. Is it significantly lower?

2.) Would it require rooting the phone though the website says it isnt required? Any chance of getting the phone bricked? :confused:

3.) Also is it possible to revert back to the stock settings incase there are some issues with the vodoo color fix?

When it comes to computers my knowledge is good but havent ever flashed or rooted a phone thats why I am skeptical to do it for the 1st time! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonsf:
Thank you! I was looking for something like this. Even contemplated writing my own. With the AMOLED screen, since there is no backlight, putting a black transparency over the screen should be identical to dimming the screen. Dimmer, plus better battery life!

Jason
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Its a great application. Dimmer sure it is....but It shouldnt help in conserving battery. Because technically the screen isnt dimmer than what it was earlier so it is using the same amount of battery but we have just added the filter over it. Infact since the filter will also use the battery you will get slightly less backup!

On a side note-

I had 1 Galaxy S earlier and bought another 1 today. The screen on the earlier phone is WAY BRIGHTER than the new phone.

Both phones have same firmware and same settings!

Which makes me wonder if some phones are *defective* and are more bright than the others and thus some people are facing the brightness problem not all?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonsf:
My understanding of the AMOLED screen is that each pixel generates its own colored light. If that is the case, then making the pixels display black essentially turns that pixel off. A really dark pixel would be generating less light, therefore using less power. Is that wrong?

Either way, I have the "way too bright" problem. BTW, I have a Sprint Epic, not the SGS I9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemethb:
You're right...the other dude is wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
You seem to be correct. If what you are saying is correct then its a great news and its like shooting 2 birds with 1 arrow. Both Eye strain and battery drain is prevented!

As far as Epic or I9000 is concerned it shouldnt matter since the hardware is almost same. My earlier phone is of a different batch and the new one is of different batch. What I dont know till now whether all the earlier phones have same brightness and the new ones are dimmer or even in older ones its some pieces which are maybe faulty?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlowRain:
This seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. Has anyone on here tried this? How well does it work? The reason I ask is because I've never rebooted "using the 3 button combo", so I'd like to know that this is a useful app before trying this.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goyal.sanchit:
Dude forget about the voodoo color fix. Just download privacy filter from the market. Set the color to "000000" and select the transparency as per your liking.best way to dim screen on your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonsf:
Check out Screen Filter. Does exactly what we need and is free.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.haxor
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buzzmovies:
Voilà!! Thats exactly what people were asking on that thread.

A free tool that reduce / bypass the "10" minimum brightness. Perfect for reading at night or using Google Navigation on a very dark night.

Also save battery for amoled phones!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
If you've set the filter to low all you get is a black screen, how do you exactly recover from this ?

EDIT:

Restarted my phone and uninstalled the app, reinstalled it again and it seems to keep the settings... still getting a totally black screen when i activate the app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splish2010:
ScreenFilter app available on the Market.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonsf:
In the market description the developer says to uninstall and reinstall to fix this. You might want to contact the developer- the app lists brett@haxor.com and http://onebigfluke.com.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Im not using an officially released ROM so i wont bother.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sankar24:
try screen filter.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayinToronto:
Try the app Screen Filter

I had to fiddle with the widget till I got to a comfortable setting
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugene_che:
Try to use another kernel it can give you very nice stable brightness with fast collors !!! Read about kernels more !!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shrapnel2:
If your rooted you can install Chainfire 3D which has a night mode only displaying certain selected colour

https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lunchbox115:
You don't need a new kernel, you just need the app 'Screen Filter' (as alresdy said by other people here :)).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brett3rThanU:
So my 4GB microSD card didn't last, and I knew it wouldn't. What does it take for me to put a new card in? Should I save everything off the SDCard to my computer, then copy all the data to the new card? Aren't my purchases from the Market tied to the SDCard?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cymru:
You will probably have alot of hidden folders and files on that SD card so make sure to copy those over too.

And no, purchases are linked to your Google account.... durr ;-p
[XPERIA X10 General] go3asy:
After doing a factory reset thinking something was up with data connection which turned out to be an outage with orange UK, even through i have re installed all the apps I had and put it back to how it was [a lot of apps] plus added copilot live I have noticed my battery life is greatly improved used to struggle to get a day out of it now its lasting 2 days easy including a lot of messing around with the phone i.e last night when installing copilot i left it sitting for a few hours [gps on] downloading Europe maps through my wifi 2gig and the battery was still 50% and it had also been on all day.

Dont know why but i have noticed a massive improvement since the reset.

Could be worth trying if you can be bothered installing your apps again, thinking the last month or 2 Ive had the phone and installed lots of apps then removed them a day later maybe leaving little things behind hogging memory.
[XPERIA X10 General] go3asy:
sorry meant to add currently on the 020 firmware, was fully up to date before the reset. Think im stick to 020 due to orange UK although nothing on the phone was branded and wasn't from an orange store. But says its up to date
[XPERIA X10 General] Shonan_:
funny cos i had to do a factory reset yesterday and my battery was amazing today, took it off chanrge at midnight 6 clock this morning only used 3% got to work and started for 8 started blue tooth and gps and wifi few phone calls tx and too bit off messing around got home at 5.30 and was still on 65%

Well happy with that compared to b4 the 26 update
[XPERIA X10 General] Nimche:
true, but I guess the system builts up more junk to run therefore you see more battery usage. Yesterday after 16 hours of usage my battery was at 80% but today it went back to normal.
[XPERIA X10 General] piercewei:
i look forward to more responses before any action.
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
My battery lasts long enough now, I can probably wait until the end of September to do a reset ;).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcmarshall:
Hi- I rooted my phone last night and now I notice that when I go into recovery mode the cahe partition is always mounted. Is this normal or did I accidentally mount it when I was first in the screen? I am thinking that the system would force unmount of all partitions on closing and that the cache partition gets mounted automatically each time I access.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihtfp69:
You answered your own question.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcmarshall:
Ha, love it when I get something right. Even better is getting help from someone who actually knows. Thanks!
[HD2 General] wakers:
I'm due a new phone in 3weeks, still going to keep my HD2, but fancy trying something else.

Short List

Iphone 4

Samsung Galaxy S

HTC Desire (although with my hd2 running android think i pretty much have that anyway)

Any others i should consider ?
[HD2 General] johnerz:
Galaxy S but Andriod is still Andriod :(
[HD2 General] sike222:
a mate of mine has the hd2 and just got the galaxy and hates it in comparison to the hd2.

the desire is pretty much the same so i would say can you wait for the hd3?
[HD2 General] Gustopher:
I'd second that. You'll feel pretty sick if you rush to buy an inferior imitator only to find the HD3 hove into view in November...
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Lock:
Hi,

I'm having a weird problem with my touch dual(O2).

One of the problems is that the battery drains fast and I don't know if the issue is because of the problem or the other way around.

I noticed a couple of times that my phone was drained to 1% without warning and that the phone was flipping between putting the volume on vibrate/silent/sound and putting the camera on and recording stuff etc.

cant really explain it any better, and I'll try to make a movie of it when I return home.

Just wondering if anyone ever experienced something like that before.

My first thought was that the phone was putting the phone in silent mode or off and same for the camera because of the empty battery. But it also happens when the battery is recharged afterwards.

Any help is appreciated, next thing I'll do when I get back is opening it up to see if there is a false contact.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Lock:
*UPDATE*

I bricked my device trying to solve the problem, see the other section (ROM) for more info. Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mase60:
hey guys! im new here :)

since there isnt a 2.2 update for my o2 HTC Desire and i dont wanna use a custom ROM i wanted to ask if there is a way to get circle battery and other mods for v2.1?

thx in advance

EDIT: or stuff like trackballwakeup and so on.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GANJDROID:
I assume you're rooted since you want these mods?

Why not use a 2.2 rom?

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mase60:
ye the phone is rooted ofc.

well i used cyanogenmod 6 rc2 and it was quite nice but dunno, just wanna stay on the original rom :D

i found a mod to wakeup the phone with the menu-button, but cant find a mod to get the circle battery with just flashing a .zip file :/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GANJDROID:
Maybe try a Sense 2.2 roms? Quite a few brilliant ones out there. :)

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mase60:
so u just wanna get me to 2.2 or wanna tell me where to get circle battery for 2.1? :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GANJDROID:
Well, there is a circle battery, its in the development section, but 2.2 is good too ;)

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mase60:
u maybe got me a link? :)

ye well, like i said, i used cyanogenmod 6 rc2 and i loved it cause it was quite fast, but the rom got broken (didnt locked anymore and stuff) so i went back to the original o2 2.1 rom and will wait for the official 2.2 rom ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GANJDROID:
A link to the battery? I don't think they're tested on stock roms, but search super circle battery.

Try a 2.2sense rom, or if you're after speed I'd recommend DeFrost or OpenDesire. :)

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mase60:
ok big thx...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] edskal:
I have accidently dropped my phone from 3' height and have not damaged display. Good :)

However, silver front case is slightly damaged; it just looks ugly; and it is very visible right by USB port.

Is it possible to replace silver front case?

Thanx

Ed
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AllGamer:
some one was able to replace their dead screen, just check for those cell phone parts resellers

another thing you can do, just put on a case
[Droid Incredible General] TheWizKid95:
Hey guys, i dont hav much time since im at school (:P), does anyone know how to run it? ive tried, but i hav not had much success. here are my questions:

1. is KiNgKernel compatible with it? if not, can i use an overclocked hydra kernel? im pretty sure that one will work.

2. am i supposed to run the adb shell with the phone on recovery? or just turned on? because when the phone is in recovery, i am able to run ubuntu.sh, but not rebootubuntu, and when i have the phone turned on, neither works!

i really want to install it so that i can rub it in some iPhone users face! please help!
[Droid Incredible General] kentoe:
First of all, in all caps at the top of this section of the forum it clearly states "No Q&A in development"

Secondly, kingkernel is compatible with all SENSE roms. Seeing as ubuntu isn't installed as a rom or a default OS for the android platform it's really not "compatible". For ubuntu to be running on your phone, it's run through another app after you've already booted into a rom (Skyraider, Stock 2.1, Leaked 2.2, CM6, etc...) I can't remember off the top of my head how it runs but please use the search button. I know there's already a thread with hundreds of posts with the information you're looking for.
[Droid Incredible General] jdkoreclipse:
It runs with a kernel that supports "loop back devices".

If i were you, i would just flash the cm6 boot.img onto whatever Rom yu are using
[Droid Incredible General] TheWizKid95:
im sorry! im still a newb. i guess i have to re read the xda forum rules :P
[Droid Incredible General] samwathegreat:
Huh? Yes, running ubuntu requires loop-back support.....buy why would you suggest that he flash the cm6 boot.img? I'd love to hear your reasoning behind this....

FYI, I'm the guy who compiled the very first kernel for running ubuntu on 2.1 stock roms - obsolete now that Hydra Kernels, KingKlick's Kernel, and I believe the SkyRaider kernel all support loop-back. I can't imagine the benefit (or horrible side effects for that matter) that would come as a result of flashing a cm6 boot.img to a sense rom......

Also just a note to those of you who are interested in running ubuntu on your incredible: any and all apps need to be compled for the ARM processor in your phone. There is NO flash support, so no hulu, no flash sites, no aircrack-ng. Yes it will run, but it's nothing fancy. I never did end up seeing enough benefits to continue using it on my incredible.

-samwathegreat
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] SharonAlbocher:
Hello there.

ive tried some of task manger from here and everything didnt work ?

anyone know or have a task manger that really work and work good without bugs?

have link and instruction?

thanks
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] jindojun:
try arkswitch... works very well...
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] krishan2207:
Just use the following regkeys

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Bubble Tiles]

"TextModeEnabled"=dword:00000001

"HardwareStartKeyEnabled"=dword:00000001

"HardwareDoneKeyEnabled"=dword:00000001

after doing this u hv X button at right bottom.

and now install X-task. a very good application.google it.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] SharonAlbocher:
how do i get in to reg?
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] fighter7139:
You must get a registry editor.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] SharonAlbocher:
ok what task manger r u using?
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] fighter7139:
I don't have hd mini and it's little difficult to describe how I use X button.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] sineda:
Interesting... I have the regkeys originally set as you described, however there is no X button in any app. Any clues?
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] ericsonicsson:
Try

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\BubbleTiles

(without space in BubbleTiles, also see here)
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] pqillu:
Sorry, but I have the registry as you say, but no X button appears in any app. Do you know what is happening??

Thxs in advance
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] jindojun:
just install arkswitch... you start arkswitch by tapping the upper left black field... so u got connections on the right and arkswitch on the left... works perfect...
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] ericsonicsson:
Set "HardwareDoneKeyEnabled"=dword:0 it will enable X button in the bottom bar.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] pqillu:
THXs Ericsonicsson, now the button appears, but only works minimizing the apps. There's a way to change it for closing the apps ???

THXs again
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] ericsonicsson:
I am not using graphic buttons, I have mapped '<--' hardware key with AEButtonPlus - long press closes programs.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] pqillu:
Ok THXs, I'll try the program.

THXs again
[EVO 4G General] lancer123:
All,

Does anybody have any fixes regarding the sound quality when using Bluetooth A2DP protocol? I use my Evo to mate with a Bluetooth receiver so I can listen to Rhapsody over my home stereo. The sound quality is flat. The high frequencies are not present. It sounds like a bad quality MP3. I know that its the A2DP causing the quality issue as directly connection (through 3.5 jack) is awsome.

The Apple 3GS A2DP sound quality was awsome. I am not sure why the Evo is not sounding good. Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Lance
[EVO 4G General] bjrmd:
use the cyanogen rom--this uses a bitpool of 53 giving you the best bluetooth quality possible. the stock/sprint/htc bluetooth drivers are set for a bitpool of 32