Automatic brightness control

[stereoptic]

Very nice app, I installed it tonight. I haven't had a chance to determine the settings that are best for me yet. I did notice that after it installed and rebooted, the SBT was flickering until I went into the settings and modified one. After that, it hasn't flickered.

[505]

Very nice app, I installed it tonight. I haven't had a chance to determine the settings that are best for me yet. I did notice that after it installed and rebooted, the SBT was flickering until I went into the settings and modified one. After that, it hasn't flickered.

Great to hear you like it. It reminds me to do some testing after a factory reset. With the new version, I only tested it by overwriting the older version. Some settings might be missing when first starting the patch. That's the only reason I can think of why this might happen.

[ralphpnj]

I've tried just about every software fix, patch, etc. available to solve the issue of the overly bright versus almost unlit (and therefore unusable) Touch screen and none of them work as well as the simple solution shown below. Please keep in mind that this Touch sits on a night table right next to my bed and the bright screen is very annoying in an otherwise darkened room.

The top photo shows my Touch in full brightness, daytime mode and the lower photo shows my Touch in low brightness, nighttime mode. Works great!

[Pascal Hibon]

LOL...

You could use a different wallpaper on your Touch (for example a dark / black one). That will make a lot of difference during the night. The automatic brightness control works great but you need to adjust the minimum brightness level to the most minimum setting.

[slartibartfast]

I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known problem or have I done something wrong?

[mherger]

> I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios
> after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the
> automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known
> problem or have I done something wrong?

If you've patched your firmware before the update, then you might need to
factory reset the device to get the latest code, before patching again.

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Michael

[slartibartfast]

> I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios
> after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the
> automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known
> problem or have I done something wrong?

If you've patched your firmware before the update, then you might need to
factory reset the device to get the latest code, before patching again.

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Michael

Tried a factory reset and reinstalled the patch, still the same.

[505]

Tried a factory reset and reinstalled the patch, still the same.

I've looked at the new version of LMS yet. Possibly the new version changed something, so that the patch cannot be applied properly. I'll update my system to 7.7.2 tonight, and fix the patch if needed.

Edit: No changes to the sources from Logitech, so it should work. Will investigate once I get home

[505]

I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known problem or have I done something wrong?

Just to be clear, you've added my beta repository XML and installed the patch from there?
Based on the discussion in this thread, I released the new version of the patch, which also includes settings for the automatic brightness control. I only own a Touch, so I can only test it on that device. Nothing changed in the code for 7.7.2, so the patch for the Touch is still working.

I put together a version for the Radio, which I thought could work. Not sure, since I cannot test it. Could very well be that there is some error in the code for the radio.

As for a fix:
- I could either restore the old version, which does only better brightness control for the manual setting. Someone once reported that to work on the Radio
- Or I need some help debugging the code on the Radio. I would be best if someone with some developers skills could assist. I'm sure the code is 99% complete, so it does not involve a lot of coding, only debugging making small changes until it works.

[slartibartfast]

Just to be clear, you've added my beta repository XML and installed the patch from there?
Based on the discussion in this thread, I released the new version of the patch, which also includes settings for the automatic brightness control. I only own a Touch, so I can only test it on that device. Nothing changed in the code for 7.7.2, so the patch for the Touch is still working.

I put together a version for the Radio, which I thought could work. Not sure, since I cannot test it. Could very well be that there is some error in the code for the radio.

As for a fix:
- I could either restore the old version, which does only better brightness control for the manual setting. Someone once reported that to work on the Radio
- Or I need some help debugging the code on the Radio. I would be best if someone with some developers skills could assist. I'm sure the code is 99% complete, so it does not involve a lot of coding, only debugging making small changes until it works.

Yes I installed the patch from the beta repository but I did not install the latest version until after the latest firmware update so I don't know if it worked with the previous firmware. Maybe another Radio owner will confirm the problem.