What Brightness do you use?

[rfound]

Just curious what brightness setting everyone is using? I'm talking normal, run-of-the-mill settings... not what you crank it to when you're outside, and not what you turn it down to for playing games in the dark.... I want your normal setting.

Anyone have an idea of how much power usage is impacted? (Like, does 100% Brightness use 50% more power than 10%, or does it use 400% more power?)

 

[nyydynasty]

i find that turning off the brightness is usually sufficient. Anything brighter is usually too bright except for outside/sunny days. I'll need to turn up the brightness in those situations.

 

[3gAndroid]

I use zero brightness, and only deviate sometimes at night in a low light environment. I find it makes a significant impact on extending the battery life, and the screen is still very easy to see.

 

[LS1Jabroni]

I think auto-brightness does a great job. It may use more battery when it gets brighter, but I hate having to squint!

 

[Boldt]

0 here. I hate the auto crap.....

 

[braj]

I think 0 brightness is easiest on the eyes unless I'm in sunlight. The screen is actually too bright most of the time. One thing that bugs me is that the browser doesn't follow the brightness setting and has its own setting. I wish it just used the system one.

 

[Gipson]

25-30% here. dunno how you can see that in 0-10%...still too dim.

 

[art__]

How do you guys get it down to 0%? I set it at 10% because it's bright enough for me and that's the lowest it seems it goes when I use beautiful widgets.

 

[BigCiX]

I didn't think that many people used 0% brightness. Just checked it out and applied it. Not to shabby!

 

[nyydynasty]

0% is definitely bright enough (for most people) but as already stated, if you are outside on a bright sunny day, you might have to turn it up

 

[ZDroid1]

I just tried 0% and I have two words to say: Screw that!

It just doesn't look good at all.

 

[yahoowizard]

The screen is already pretty damn bright, but in direct sunlight, can't see anything with 0 brightness. But yeah, my friend "Damn, that screen is really, really bright, can you turn that down"
Me "Umm, sure, one second...oh wait...it's at the minimum setting"
Friend ".....tf..."

 

[thetrent]

I've got mine locked on 100%. After a full day of typical use (disconnected at 8AM, observed at around midnight) my battery is typically around 60%. A typical day may consist of 10-15 minutes of internet browsing, 10 minutes of gaming, an hour of conversation, and reading maybe 20 emails. I don't see any point lowering the brightness if you're plugging the phone in every night anyway.

 

[Gipson]

you don't use your phone that much...compared to other users out there, anyway

 

[Android26]

Full brightness. I like to see premium quality in my display.

 

[carmendiva]

If I have a phone with retina display or superamoled, i would want it to be full bright to enjoy the screen quality myself

 

[Android26]

If I have a phone with retina display or superamoled, i would want it to be full bright to enjoy the screen quality myself

Exactly my opinion.

 

[BookLover]

I have Tasker set my indoor (Home and Work)
to 0 brightness. My outdoor profiles (Default and Car) are set to auto brightness.

These profiles turn on automatically along with appropriate volume and keyguard settings (e.g., outdoors = max loudness on ringer and notifications, keyguard on; work = vibrate only; night = silent, keyguard off, but ringer stays on in case of emergency incoming calls) via Tasker.

I never have to touch my brightness, keyguard, and volume settings because of Tasker.

 

[GreatBigDave]

I've never tried adjusting the brightness. Maybe I should. I don't think the screen is too bright, but then, maybe I'm old and my eyes are bad.

 

[Jiggles]

If you're not using the auto brightness feature, you can put your finger on the top of the screen and right before that pulldown menu comes up, you can slide your finger left or right and adjust the brightness.

Thing is, I ALWAYS end up changing my brightness accidentally because I use it frequently to access notifications like text msgs or facebook so I just use the auto brightness feature.

 

[lotreaglesfan]

Yeah, I think the brightness setting up on the notification bar is a little too sensitive... it always annoys me lol

but I have mine set for "0" (roughly) all day and when i go outside i slide it up to 100 using the notification bar....

 

[sremick]

During the day, I keep the brightness cranked... but at night, even the lowest setting is way too-bright and is distracting when trying to use it in a dark environment without disturbing those around you. "Bright" at those times is like "Supernova Mode".

 

[BookLover]

During the day, I keep the brightness cranked... but at night, even the lowest setting is way too-bright and is distracting when trying to use it in a dark environment without disturbing those around you. "Bright" at those times is like "Supernova Mode".

Try Screen Filter to dim it even more.

I have Tasker load the Screen Filter app when my Night profile kicks in.

Good app for dimming. But seems to disable by itself sometimes. Small annoyance, but not a deal breaker. Saves my eyes at night.

 

[sremick]

Try Screen Filter to dim it even more.

Wow, great tip. Was not aware of that app. Thanks.

 

[mttfrog13]

I use 100% throughout the day and 0% only at night when I'm going to sleep. Other than this, I only set my brightness setting in the browser to about 40%. I read something about how samoleds are better for blacks when it comes to battery life but are potentially worse with battery life when it comes to whites which is probably why samsung included a separate brightness setting for the browser.

Oh and I agree...at night, even the lowest setting is too bright.