What's the latest opinion on screen brightness?

mobilemedic20 · 02-23-2010, 08:44 PM

In terms of battery life and everything? Does it make a big difference to turn off auto-brightness and leave it on 20-30% or so? Or not worth it?

thebizz · 02-23-2010, 08:52 PM

Depends on your environment I see no difference between the two so im now running with auto brightness

largeselection · 02-23-2010, 09:49 PM

I use auto brightness and so far my battery life has been great. I prefer the auto brightness because then I don't have to manually dim it if I'm in a dark environment.

mobilemedic20 · 02-23-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by largeselection

I use auto brightness and so far my battery life has been great. I prefer the auto brightness because then I don't have to manually dim it if I'm in a dark environment.

Yeah I think I might stick with auto brightness. On my 3rd day with the phone, I'm not psyched about the battery life. Less than 20% left after 8 hours of use... pretty weak. Not heavy use either, just average. However, I looked at the battery usage statistics, and talk time (1.5 hrs) was clearly the biggest drain, at almost 50%! That seems really excessive. Display was only 25%, so I'm guessing auto brightness isn't too big of a deal. Hoping the battery life gets better... That's one thing I LIKED about the blackberry - that thing last 2 days on heavy use.

prometheus · 02-23-2010, 10:04 PM

Mmy top battery consumption is ALWAYS display. Once you root, you can dim below the stock minimum of 10% brightness. i run all day at the lowest possible setting.

I use an app (free in market) called fastbright. Its a one-touch widget type app (strange, it's not a widget, but the app is a one-touch fuction). Anyhow, you tap the app button and it immidiately adjusts the screen brightness to whatever you have defined as a preset brightness - Very handy for outside with sun.

mobilemedic20 · 02-23-2010, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by prometheus

Mmy top battery consumption is ALWAYS display. Once you root, you can dim below the stock minimum of 10% brightness. i run all day at the lowest possible setting.

I use an app (free in market) called fastbright. Its a one-touch widget type app (strange, it's not a widget, but the app is a one-touch fuction). Anyhow, you tap the app button and it immidiately adjusts the screen brightness to whatever you have defined as a preset brightness - Very handy for outside with sun.

hm maybe i'll look into that... i think ill stick with auto for now though until my battery's broken in a bit and then mess around with it.

JHamilton24 · 02-23-2010, 10:16 PM

Auto brightness has given me the best results.. although its not too drastic of a difference.

prometheus · 02-23-2010, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JHamilton24

Auto brightness has given me the best results.. although its not too drastic of a difference.

So, let me get this straight... you run with the brightness turned ALL THE WAY dowm and autobrightness enabled and this gives you good battery performance? Plus, you don't ever have to mess with the settings or use any apps?

I used autobright for a little while and it just switched dark / bright / dark / bright almost constantly, it was annoying. Was I doing something wrong?

Hardcase · 02-24-2010, 12:18 AM

I use Toggle Settings. It allows you to set the brightness and many other features based on different profiles. I use it to switch between car, work, meetings, etc. You can also set sound levels.