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Old 05-09-2015, 11:40 PM   #1
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Automatic brightness after a certain time?
I thought of a killer feature and wondered if this exists:

Is there a way to program the Kobo Glo HD to turn its light on after a certain time? Every night when I want to read I fumble around for the brightness control in the dark - why not automatically set to a user defined brightness after some such time?

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Old 05-10-2015, 12:22 AM   #2
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Every night when I want to read I fumble around for the brightness control in the dark
Why not just find the left edge of the screen and run your finger up the screen to change brightness. (This assumes you are currently reading a book).
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That works, but it's not very responsive

eg. 8 p.m., 15% brightness, voila!
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Old 05-10-2015, 01:32 PM   #4
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It could be done with a cron job + this frontlight control binary. I don't have time to make a step-by-step guide, but you can use cron to set the frontlight to whatever brightness you want at whatever time you want.
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I just never turn the light off in the first place. It improves contrast for daytime reading as well as providing nighttime illumination.
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