Android Tip: Screen Dims after Disconnecting Charger
Today I finally figured out how to stop one of the most annoying things about my phone from continuing to happen, so I thought I'd share it.
That annoying thing was: When I would disconnect my charger, the screen brightness would dim far below what I would expect. I wouldn't mind a little bit of dimming, but I'm talking about an almost unusable brightness level indoors, and if I were to go outside it might as well be off. Unacceptable!
I spend a lot of time tweaking and customizing my phone to conserve battery and to predict the type of state I want it in before I want it there. For example, I use Setting Profiles to have scheduled events like:
- When at work (identified by GPS and time of day), turn off all sounds and instead use vibrate. Nobody needs to hear my sweet Zelda text message sound.
- Overnight, disable all sounds and vibration EXCEPT for phone calls and the alarm clock, and set the ringer volume to something that's not going to give me a heart attack. If I do get a phone call at night, no matter who it's from, chances are it's an emergency; so I want that call. But I don't need to know that my friends are up at 3am playing Words With Friends and it's my turn.
Those are just a couple of examples. I have tons of these types of rules setup; including brightness changes. So the last thing I want is some stupid OS setting messing with my brightness. I tried using the auto-brightness feature but found it just wasn't bright enough for me in most situations.
The solution to my problem, as it turns out, was to disable the system battery profile "Maximum Battery Saver". I guess it makes sense that using the MBS profile would dim the screen when unplugged, but given all of the rest of my customizations it obviously wasn't working for me. So instead, I've switched to the "Nighttime Saver" mode, and the brightness issue is no more.
Viva Android!
in Android | No Responses Yet 2012-01-26 08:34
