Screen brightness app. Find one that works!

[hookem]

Finally found an app that lets you adjust brightness with one touch. It's called FastBright. Says its only for Cupcake, but works fine on 2.1.

 

[sudheersthambi]

Thanks, will try it today

 

[superchaos]

Finally found an app that lets you adjust brightness with one touch. It's called FastBright. Says its only for Cupcake, but works fine on 2.1.

A brightness control is already built into the 2.1 OS. It is under Android widget, titled power control.
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[LexusBrian400]

Fastbright works great for me too Eris, 2.1

 

[hookem]

A brightness control is already built into the 2.1 OS. It is under Android widget, titled power control.

Nice. Thanks for the post.

 

[dewalist]

If I remember right, none of the brightness control apps on the market worked with our Eris's on 1.5... I tried a few but after the initial change the brightness would come back up to the previous level. However, that is no longer the case with 2.1 - I am able to change the brightness (I use Quick Profiles) to anything I want and it finally stays that way. That alone has made me glad I upgraded to 2.1...

 

[gruss]

What does this do that the native one doesn't? I can put my screen dim, little brighter, and all the way is I think how it works.

 

[adammsu]

yep, dont work for 1.5

 

[hookem]

What does this do that the native one doesn't? I can put my screen dim, little brighter, and all the way is I think how it works.

Fastbright only gives you two choices that you can set. I have it set to 0% and 76%. I don't like running the screen at 100% brightness and the "little brighter" setting (looks like about 33%) is a little too dim for me.

Is there a way to set the native app to specific levels?

 

[dewalist]

Fastbright only gives you two choices that you can set. I have it set to 0% and 76%. I don't like running the screen at 100% brightness and the "little brighter" setting (looks like about 33%) is a little too dim for me.

Is there a way to set the native app to specific levels?

If you're referring to 1.5, then as far as I know no - none of the market apps will work correctly.

If you're running 2.1, you can use that native widget to toggle between "backlight off" and whatever level you specified in Settings. I personally have my brightness set to 50%. If you want various brightness profiles, check out any of the brightness apps or widgets on the Market - they should now function properly. As I mentioned, I use Quick Profiles and it lets me set the brightness to 0 (off) or to any 10% step.

 

[thenestor]

Am I alone in liking the auto brightness feature?

 

[hookem]

Not sure how Quick Settings works, but Fastbright is a widget. Just tap it to dim or brighten to preset setting.

 

[grvthang]

Am I alone in liking the auto brightness feature?

I have no problem with auto brightness either.

 

[Caddyman]

i crank my brightness all the way up and carry around sunglasses.