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I'm looking to lower the brightness of the Lockscreen. Ideas?

kalirob99

kalirob99

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I have the natural brightness in use fairly low, as it's blinding enough at half. But at night, when I get a text with BiteSMS on the lockscreen, it's like staring into the sun.
I checked out UnlockBright, hoping it was the answer, but the review videos say nay :(. Any suggestions on how to lower the LS brightness?
 
kalirob99 said:
I have the natural brightness in use fairly low, as it's blinding enough at half. But at night, when I get a text with BiteSMS on the lockscreen, it's like staring into the sun.
I checked out UnlockBright, hoping it was the answer, but the review videos say nay :(. Any suggestions on how to lower the LS brightness?
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That's actually a great idea! It always happens to me too.

I'll try out UnlockBright and report back later tonight or earlier if I get a chance to be in a dark room :p

Edit: No it's actually not what we're looking for. It just dims the screen as you slide to unlock. I was hoping you could switch it to the other way round and start out dim and brighten as you slide but you can't.
 
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SBSettings let you adjust the brightness, but I suspect it is global and not just the lockscreen. It is easy, however, and you can adjust it in the evening.
 
NanoNyrd said:
SBSettings let you adjust the brightness, but I suspect it is global and not just the lockscreen. It is easy, however, and you can adjust it in the evening.
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+1

Use the brightness toggle in SBSettings to adjust your brightness level rather than the default Settings. It will apply throughout the phone (including the LS).
 
3bs said:
That's actually a great idea! It always happens to me too.

I'll try out UnlockBright and report back later tonight or earlier if I get a chance to be in a dark room :p

Edit: No it's actually not what we're looking for. It just dims the screen as you slide to unlock. I was hoping you could switch it to the other way round and start out dim and brighten as you slide but you can't.
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Glad I'm not the only one bothered, I figured its probably not that great for the battery. Going to medium to full blast off and on lol.
NanoNyrd said:
SBSettings let you adjust the brightness, but I suspect it is global and not just the lockscreen. It is easy, however, and you can adjust it in the evening.
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Interesting, this could be what I'm looking for. Sadly, it doesn't stick for me, looks like its until it locks.
ritmomundo said:
+1

Use the brightness toggle in SBSettings to adjust your brightness level rather than the default Settings. It will apply throughout the phone (including the LS).
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I wonder what Apple just doesn't have an option to adjust the two separately. :confused: Which it's global, its not sticking once locked. :/ Still nothing permanent.
 
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Why don't you try screen dimmer from the sinfuliphonerepo of cydia? Should do your job.
 
monderick said:
check out f.lux, it's a great tweak that adjusts the warmth of brightness throughout the day

http://stereopsis.com/flux/ios.html
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I tried this a while back, but the color change is just to much. I'd just prefer it stayed the same as set, and followed the brightness I have set in settings.
3bs said:
I want auto brightness on but I don't want the lock screen to be so bright
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This, I already know how auto brightness works. I just world prefer it followed what I have it set to do.
 
To me, it just looks like auto brightness is not active on the lockscreen and that's why the brightness changes when you unlock.
 
RotaryP7 said:
Interesting. It always sucks when I receive a text message at night and I get blinded by the light..
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Yeah, it's really bad. I'm a little shocked there's no hack to separately adjust that, seeing as the levels can be so far apart.
 
There is dimmer, which lets you lower the brightness even more than you can, (i use this to text in movie theaters), but dimmer lets you set activation methods to certain brightness settings. For example, when i hold the - volume button, it lowers it so its perfect in bed, or dark circumstances. + volume to max out the brightness.

But what you guys are looking for is, Media Controller Brightness. double tap the home button on the lockscreen, and you'll get a brightness adjuster bar right above the slide to unlock to change the brightness.

Another is called f.lux? it adds a yellow tint at night so you don't get blinded too much, helps calm your eyes too when looking at the screen in the dark.

Edit. Looks like someone mentioned f.lux sorry. but yeah, Media Controller Brightness or Dimmer is the way to go.
 
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