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quiqnezz 10-11-2009 06:31 PM

Auto brightness issue?
 
Anyone else having an issue with this? It seems kinda quirky to me. Sometimes it seems to work fine and other times it doesn't. Like last night I was in a dark lounge and the screen was REALLY bright. And sometimes I notice that the phone's brightness goes up and down by itself for a sec.

I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue or not because when I turn off the auto feature then back on it seems to work again. Or after a soft reset.

jjday7 10-11-2009 07:46 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
I just keep mine off until a fix. It is really quirky. The battery on the hero is good enough to not worry about it

quiqnezz 10-11-2009 07:53 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jjday7 (Post 1230372)
I just keep mine off until a fix. It is really quirky. The battery on the hero is good enough to not worry about it

Ok so it's not just mine. Maybe 1.6 will help? I think i'll disable mine as well but I think i'm gonna see if there is an app to adjust the brightness level from the home screen as I don't wanna keep having to go to the settings page to do it. Because in a dark setting the screen brightness at it's highest setting is BRIGHT! =)

I had the same sort of app on my mogul that had like 3 levels of brightness and had it assigned to a button. Hopefully I can find something like that as a temporary fix.

darren.wlsn1 10-11-2009 08:10 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
its not just you op, please check your headphones out, lots of mono trouble on the hero. mono only with stock or custom earbuds.

princem131 10-11-2009 08:21 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
So this might sound stupid but I was noticing the same issue and I realized at least some of the time it was because my hand was over the sensor. It is very sensitive and reacts quickly so make sure the little sensor above the sprint logo that looks like a light is not covered.

There still maybe some software issues contributing to the issue aswell but just wanted to point that out.

princem131 10-11-2009 08:27 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
So this might sound stupid but I was noticing the same issue and I realized at least some of the time it was because my hand was over the sensor. It is very sensitive and reacts quickly so make sure the little sensor above the sprint logo that looks like a light is not covered.

There still maybe some software issues contributing to the issue aswell but just wanted to point that out.

jjday7 10-11-2009 08:48 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by quiqnezz (Post 1230381)
Ok so it's not just mine. Maybe 1.6 will help? I think i'll disable mine as well but I think i'm gonna see if there is an app to adjust the brightness level from the home screen as I don't wanna keep having to go to the settings page to do it. Because in a dark setting the screen brightness at it's highest setting is BRIGHT! =)

I had the same sort of app on my mogul that had like 3 levels of brightness and had it assigned to a button. Hopefully I can find something like that as a temporary fix.

Some apps will not work for the hero including homescreen brightness options. it will take time but these things will be fixed once the developers come out with updates to their software.

princem131 10-11-2009 09:01 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
In addition to the wacky light my screen seems to go into sleep and freeze up a little sometimes... any one else?

quiqnezz 10-11-2009 09:01 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1 (Post 1230414)
its not just you op, please check your headphones out, lots of mono trouble on the hero. mono only with stock or custom earbuds.

Will do but I hate wires and had bought a BT wireless heaphone set for that reason. Still need to try it out to see if it pairs and works ok as I think iv'e been hearing that the Hero may have BT issues too.

Hopefully they'll fix that soon as it doesn't seem to be a hardware issue.

quiqnezz 10-11-2009 09:04 PM

Re: Auto brightness issue?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by princem131 (Post 1230537)
In addition to the wacky light my screen seems to go into sleep and freeze up a little sometimes... any one else?

Mine doesn't really go into sleep or freeze but another thing I did notice is when switching from portrait to landscape by moving the phone around the brightness will go low for a second and get bright again once it switches to landscape.


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