Display brightness...

[danielcj]

So I'm now in sunny San Diego and noticed that my n4 display is pretty dim in sunlight. To the point that it is quite hard to see. I have brightness set to maximum. Is this normal? Coming from Portland Oregon this hasn't really been an issue. My old bold 9900 was just fine in full sunlight.

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[Jaysus]

Any chance you were wearing polarized lenses when you noticed it?

 

[danielcj]

No wasn't wearing anything.

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[Citizen Coyote]

Can't say I've ever had a problem with brightness in sunny central Texas. Maybe try rebooting?

 

[Rizy7]

Direct sunlight can make the display a bit too dim sometimes.. skip to 07:33

 

[TheLibertarian]

This is easily one of the brightest displays I've ever seen, especially outdoors.

 

[John-Smith]

The other day my gf who also has a N4 was out taking pictures with her phone and she couldn't see anything and kept saying that her screen looked black and that she could see everything on the screen of her friends iPhone. I was just out the other day on a very bright Miami day and tried taking a few pictures with my N4 and noticed too that I couldn't see crap, even with 100% brightness...

How can I fix this?

 

[codeda]

Yeah I live in orange county and with our intense, no cloud sun, it makes it hard to see outside. Better than. My s3 was but I still have to put the brightness on max and cup the phone with my hand to see it.

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[Rizy7]

I think Im now convinced that the auto brightness on the nexus 4 isnt set correctly (I have even adjusted the auto brightness values to be at a higher brightness). Today while sitting near 3 or 4 people with iPhones, their displays looked very bright and I could see their screen from a distance. To me my nexus looked very dim. Even a blackberry screen looked very bright compared to my phone.

 

[danielcj]

Good I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. I usually have my auto brightness on but I think when I go outside the software doesn't correctly compensate. It might be a bug.

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[Fairclough]

It is a bit funny, but our max brightness is brighter then the iphone 4 atleast according to my sister and her husband who are iphone users (soon s4)