I think my auto-brightness sensor is on the fritz.

MarcusInMD · #1 (**permalink**) 08-18-2010, 01:27 AM

A couple of days ago I noticed that it gets dim and brighter every few seconds regardless of the surrounding conditions.

It started to really annoy me so I had to switch it off and use a fixed brightness.

Anyone else experience this before?

**TheBundo** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-18-2010, 01:47 AM

Yeah, I've noticed something, but assume it may be ROM related. It may be heat related too. Not sure, and not really worried about it at this point. Of course, I don't worry about scratches on my new cars either, life is too short.......

ChrisH09 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-18-2010, 03:47 AM

It's called a proximity sensor that almost all phones have these days. My Touch Pro 2 does the same thing...Different lighting...fingers or face over phone will cause it to get brighter or dimmer....nothing unusual...helps with low light areas and brighter areas.

bharris25 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-18-2010, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MarcusInMD

A couple of days ago I noticed that it gets dim and brighter every few seconds regardless of the surrounding conditions.

It started to really annoy me so I had to switch it off and use a fixed brightness.

Anyone else experience this before?

My Evo does it when I get a text message and don't go to the inbox, pretty sure its just a bug with handcent for me though. It stops getting brighter and dimmer as soon as I go to the message.

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