Updated to MD4...Now No More Brightness Adjust Below 15% Battery?

[Juan_Ponce_de_Leon]

Previously, the battery would get down to 15% and then the screen would auto-adjust to the lowest brightness setting, presumably to save battery power. However the brightness slider and 'auto' checkbox would still be available in the pull-down shade, allowing for max brightness. Now that I've done the OTA update to MD4, the brightness slider and auto checkbox disappear at 15% battery, prohibiting me from making any brightness adjustments during this 'below 15% battery' state. I've tried turning off the power-saving mode, and still no luck. Is there a setting somewhere to get this back for below 15% battery life? My gut tells me 'no'.

Thanks for any thoughts or advice!

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I never let my battery get that low, so I haven't noticed this.

If you go to Settings / Display / Brightness can you override it there?

 

[phippsy84]

My battery is at 8% right now and I have it, so I'm not sure.

 

[Juan_Ponce_de_Leon]

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My battery is at 8% right now and I have it, so I'm not sure.

Yep that's how I used to roll too, but since the update to MD4, no dice...is your S3 updated to MD4?

 

[phippsy84]

Indeed it is, ha also forgot that I am running wicked sensations version 4.0, still based on MD4 but a custom rom.

 

[Juan_Ponce_de_Leon]

I never let my battery get that low, so I haven't noticed this.

If you go to Settings / Display / Brightness can you override it there?

Nope there's nothing there for settings on this function (or rather lack thereof)...I have two batteries plus an external charger so i always have one ready to go, making the now-mandatory power-saving feature of auto-dim useless for me.

If this is a global change affecting everyone's phone, then it's the second instance of Samsung narrowing the customization options: first was side-zoom in the stock web browser going away, now this. I'm a UX designer myself and I can't imagine why they would spend the effort to remove functionality when the existing was a toggle/slider for users to customize their experience. I'm sure it took much more work to originally design this than it did to remove it...just can't see the logic!

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Strange. Maybe next weekend I'll load the stock MD4 and see if this is the case for me. If so, I agree it seems odd, but I suppose the easy answer is to swap batteries before you hit 15%.

 

[Juan_Ponce_de_Leon]

Strange. Maybe next weekend I'll load the stock MD4 and see if this is the case for me. If so, I agree it seems odd, but I suppose the easy answer is to swap batteries before you hit 15%.

Yep, just so: I'm just dealing with it until the battery goes dead, then I do the swap. It's not a huge deal, but the principle of it irks me...hence, I'm on the internet complaining And please let me know if you find the same limitation on the stock MD4, thanks!

 

[Juan_Ponce_de_Leon]

Yep, just so: I'm just dealing with it until the battery goes dead, then I do the swap. It's not a huge deal, but the principle of it irks me...hence, I'm on the internet complaining And please let me know if you find the same limitation on the stock MD4, thanks!

I did notice that this behavior kicks in at 5%, not 15.