Screen too bright issue solved, sort of.

[Chris3D]

Found a little app in the market called Privacy Filter which basically allows you to place a solid color (or an image) over your entire screen, and then vary the transparency. By filling the screen with black and dialing it to about 60 to 70% opaque, it very effectively dimms the screen.

Now using the phone in bed at night doesn't illuminate the entire room. Works perfectly, and at less than $2, I'm quite satisfied.

 

[emptycube]

Now using the phone in bed at night...

Really?

 

[Chris3D]

Really?

Too much information?

But yea, if an e-mail comes in or something and I want to read it, it used to light up the entire room.

 

[Sta11i0n]

Even on the lowest setting? I've checked messages on mine in the middle of the night and it sure is vivid, but not THAT bright. But, everyone has their preferences...

 

[joebob2000]

Thanks for the tip, Chris! I might consider messing around with it. Currently for in-bed emails I just hold the phone down by the floor as far from my face as possible. I agree, the brightness really needs a relativity slider to adjust the entire scale to a users preference. The auto-adjust is *always* too bright, and the lowest manual setting is blinding in the dark if I see anything with a white background. So, I leave the phone on lowest brightness at all times except when in direct sunlight, and at night if I wake up to read an email it will still blind me (and probably wake my wife up unless I keep the screen pointed away from the bed).

 

[woodb]

Great tip Chris. I just downloaded the trial version and it seems to work well. I tried using the GPS in my car last night on a very dark road and it was WAY too bright. I think this will solve the problem until they fix this.