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Google is preparing to integrate Extra Dim into Android's brightness slider (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use an app called Darker, it's pretty decent

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Anyone else notice severe ghosting when at very low levels of brightness?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

I'm surprised this wasn't a thing before. This is a common sense change.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Samsung's own spin of android allows this.

Before it did, I used this: https://f-droid.org/packages/giraffine.dimmer/

Not perfect, but good enough. Would be good to have on stock android though

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I have 'night mode' and 'extra dark' in my quick settings right below the slider. If I can get rid of one or both with an updated slider that'd be a great improvement. Never understood why smartphones are so super bright by default.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never understood why smartphones are so super bright by default.

Because they have to compete with 50k lux outside and then scale to 600 lux indoors, then down to just to a few lux in a darkened room.

Perhaps the brightness slider needs to be more logarithmic so you can slide from 0.001 percent to 100 percent more easily.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would be great. The only time I'm ever adjusting the slider is the dimmest 5%. The top 50% of the slider really doesn't matter to me. It's annoying trying to hit exactly the right pixel on the low end though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Are you a vampire?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Also they probably want to avoid the issue of a user accidentally sliding it all the way to the left and then being unable to use their phone lol, there'd be no way to fix it except finding a dark room (if you were even aware of what happened and why your screen "won't turn on")

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

My screen gets dimm enough that it's almost impossible to see outside with the slider at the left.

The solution is extremely easy though. Put an option in the settings so pressing volume up/down while the screen is locked changes the brightness instead of the volume.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

This certainly happened to me ones. "Can I see the screen on minimum brightness while it's bright outside?" the answer is no, I could not

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Netflix won't follow it. I have to use a pirate app to watch their shows in the dark cause the lowest brightness it allows is supernova

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Common piracy W

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

As usual.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I already did that with Tasker. It'll be welcome to have it built-in. :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here, this is an export. Try importing it.

<TaskerData sr="" dvi="1" tv="6.3.13">
	<Profile sr="prof15" ve="2">
		<cdate>1699854512825</cdate>
		<edate>1700032681717</edate>
		<flags>8</flags>
		<id>15</id>
		<mid0>9</mid0>
		<mid1>11</mid1>
		<nme>Extra Dim</nme>
		<State sr="con0" ve="2">
			<code>186</code>
			<Int sr="arg0" val="2"/>
			<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">screen_brightness</Str>
			<Str sr="arg2" ve="3">1</Str>
		</State>
	</Profile>
	<Task sr="task11">
		<cdate>1699853059094</cdate>
		<edate>1718317181394</edate>
		<id>11</id>
		<nme>Extra Dim Off</nme>
		<pri>100</pri>
		<Action sr="act0" ve="7">
			<code>235</code>
			<Int sr="arg0" val="1"/>
			<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">reduce_bright_colors_activated</Str>
			<Str sr="arg2" ve="3">0</Str>
			<Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
			<Str sr="arg4" ve="3"/>
		</Action>
	</Task>
	<Task sr="task9">
		<cdate>1699853059094</cdate>
		<edate>1726240594881</edate>
		<id>9</id>
		<nme>Extra Dim On</nme>
		<pri>100</pri>
		<Action sr="act0" ve="7">
			<code>235</code>
			<Int sr="arg0" val="1"/>
			<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">reduce_bright_colors_activated</Str>
			<Str sr="arg2" ve="3">1</Str>
			<Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
			<Str sr="arg4" ve="3"/>
		</Action>
	</Task>
</TaskerData>
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks, is this a profile or task? Having trouble importing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Profile, it includes the needed tasks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm, I get the error "failed to import profile data"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK, let's try it the dumb way πŸ˜…:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Hell Yeah mate, thanks so much! That's working perfectly!