Help Auto-brightness feature gone?

[tirwit]

Hi

I was looking for a auto brightness app, and I came across Velis Auto Brightness. In it's description it says that Android has a autobrightness feature under "Settings / Display / Brightness", however the only thing I have under this path is a bar to adjust the brightness.

Has this feature been removed from the OS?

Regards

 

[LilBit]

No, it should be there, however it's not recommended. Makes the screen flicker on some devices.

 

[tirwit]

How can I debug this? Is there any official Android forum to report the bug, or should I contact the manufacturer (Samsung)?

 

[Tattycakes]

Which handset are you using? Auto brightness works perfectly on mine and I've not seen any flickering.

 

[chanchan05]

Maybe you have a phone with no ambient light sensor? What phone do you have? Some phones are not capable of autobrightness because of that hardware limitation. The phone needs a light sensor to detect the ambient light to know what brightness to automatically set. If you have no light sensor, no app can help you. Its like asking a TV to show you TV shows but you have no antenna or cable.

 

[tirwit]

Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660). I Just found out that it doesn't have that light sensor. :-(

Thanks mate!

 

[LilBit]

Moving this here tirwit, so you can have access to all the other info we have for your phone.