6P adaptive brightness - Yes or No?

[psteve2005]

This isn't strictly a question for the 6P, more a generic one, but as I'm using a 6P it's relevant.

Purely from the perspective of better battery life do people prefer adaptive brightness or manual? I've always gone with adaptive as I'm lazy, but I've noticed that the 6P adaptive brightness seems erratic sometimes, which has lead me to think about the subject more.

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[mumfoau]

I'm personally using adaptive brightness. I'm pretty ocd about the thing so I used a sticky, stuck it to my screen to get the width of the brightness slider, measured it then marked off one third and set my slider to that. Don't judge me LOL

It's definitely less bright at night than it was when the slider was in the middle.

 

[psteve2005]

I'm personally using adaptive brightness. I'm pretty ocd about the thing so I used a sticky, stuck it to my screen to get the width of the brightness slider, measured it then marked off one third and set my slider to that. Don't judge me LOL

It's definitely less bright at night than it was when the slider was in the middle.

Not judging at all, but that did make me laugh!

 

[mumfoau]

Not judging at all, but that did make me laugh!

 

[getbretweir]

I use manual as I prefer to keep brightness as low as possible. I don't do it to save battery, I just have sensitive eyes ... I do get solid battery life, usually 4:45 SOT and sometimes 5+ depending on how much clash of clans I play.

30 sec screen, black wallpaper, low brightness, no widgets and great reception from VZ help the most. I usually am on wifi and keep location on.

 

[DJ Sandman]

No as well (or Noel - lol) on the Adaptive Brightness. Just keep it as low as you can see it and FWIW - I use DU Battery Saver, hit its Optimize button occasionally, and I get really good battery life!

 

[SaintlySins]

I've never liked Adaptive Brightness except on my Android Tablet as it's primary use is in the TV room which is sometimes lit up like Times Square and other times just has the light off the TV.
On the LG V10 I keep it locked at 35% brightness - get about 10 hours +/- before battery warning with this profile and usage.

Screen up for 60 seconds, Location always on, WiFi always on, Bluetooth always off (except in car for 'Hands Free'), 4 hours talk a day with 10 to 200 texts a day and 50+/- emails a day and finally, about an hour using Google or on a website(s) like this one.

 

[PaulQ]

Adaptive brightness has never worked for me on any phone. Like the OP says, it tends to be erratic. I always hope that a new phone will surprise me with adaptive brightness that works well... continue to be disappointed.

So, I leave brightness under manual control but I use this great app that overlays a brightness slider on the side of the screen. I have it placed in the upper-left corner. I just run my thumb across the top of the screen and it adjusts the brightness. Doesn't always work perfectly but well enough that I always install it.

The app is called Display Brightness. It's free but also has a pro version which I bought to support the developer.

Frankly, I run at 50-75% brightness and this battery just amazes me. I end the day with around 40% (but that's just silly to say because it's completely subjective - we all have different usage patterns).

Check out that app!

 

[Almeuit]

I use it -- And just adjust if needed. Usually I keep it around the middle of the bar and that handles majority of situations. When streaming media I will crank it to 90-100% of the bar though .

 

[Pirate Arr]

Don't use it. Normal leave any device around 20-40% and adjust accordingly. I once read that adaptive brightness wastes more battery life so I've kind of have stuck with that judgement for a few years now.

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[stevenrt]

I don't use the built-in adaptive brightness on my 6p. However, I do use and suggest an app called Lux auto brightness. It works much better than the built-in adaptive brightness, and it allows you to customize it (e.g., when the surrounding light levels are X, you want the screen to have a brightness of Y). It works great, and after tweaking it for my personal preferences, I just let it automatically run and handle the brightness settings itself. I think they have a free light version that you can try out. It also has a plug-in for Tasker, another one of my favorite apps. With Tasker, I change the Lux display settings when Tasker detects that my 6p is in my car and plugged in.

 

[junglejunkie]

I'm lazy, I use adaptive brightness.

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[Forest Dane]

I'm lazy, I use adaptive brightness.

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Likewise, it woks for me. It also increases the brightness in bright sunshine past the manual limit if required.

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[PaulQ]

It also increases the brightness in bright sunshine past the manual limit if required.

Really? That seems like it would be unusual to keep any brightness in "reserve" .... I'd like to know if it's possible with an app or something too.

 

[jims52]

I've turned mine off. The AB would change brightness intermittently even though I was sitting in the same spot with the same living room lights on. Drove me crazy.

 

[PookiePrancer]

I use it. Works great; never think about brightness; great battery life.

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[DJ Sandman]

Merry Christmas and FWIW - no Adaptive Brightness, brightness level around 25 percent, Sleep on 2 minutes and using black wallpaper along with DU Battery Saver.

On the latter, I have it on general mode and hit "Optimize" on occasion. Battery life is superb!