Poke 3 (& Poke 2, other Onyx?) screen light - Page 3

Lightyear646 · 12-05-2022, 06:25 PM

Hey Renate - any chance you can share the source code for this app?

I find the Poke3 brightness too bright on the dimmest setting (I like to read at night when it's literally pitch black!) and settng to 4 or 5 through adb shell worked perfectly. If I can just get the same ability from an app rather than debugger then that would be awesome.

Renate · 12-06-2022, 09:04 AM

I knocked down the lowend some.
Try Lights-1.0.apk in http://www.temblast.com/android.htm

kaznelson · 12-08-2022, 01:05 AM

Oops, offtopic, sorry...

Lightyear646 · 12-08-2022, 08:29 AM

Thanks so much Renate!

Might just be me, but I still find this too bright. At the lowest setting (warmest colour, 5% brightness) adb shows me the levels as:

Code:

Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/warm/brightness
64
Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/white/brightness
0

Hope you don't mind, but I disassembled your app and hardcoded a version to set the levels to the following:

Code:

Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/warm/brightness
5
Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/white/brightness
0

4 is too dark even for me, and [0,1,2,3] actually turn off the light.

I find this hacky solution perfect when reading at night in the pitch dark, and if I ever need more brightness at other times I'll use the built in controls.

Thanks massively for sharing the original app anyhow!

Renate · 12-08-2022, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightyear646

At the lowest setting (warmest colour, 5% brightness)

Oh, you must be from Mars.
You're right, with solid red, minimum brightness it would be too bright.
If you switched it to neutral color, it would probably have been dim enough.

It's difficult finding a scheme that suits all purposes. I presumed that somebody would complain that they couldn't make it bright enough.

The next version will have the red beaten down so that it is commensurate with the blue-ish.

Renate · 12-14-2022, 07:41 AM

So I've tried to make that it's constant brightness across settings of the color slider.
This should hopefully satisfy most people?
The new version is available here: http://www.temblast.com/android.htm

12-08-2022, 01:05 AM	#33
kaznelson Old Kaz Posts: 208 Karma: 1064151 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PocketBook Era	Oops, offtopic, sorry... Last edited by kaznelson; 12-08-2022 at 01:08 AM.

12-08-2022, 08:29 AM	#34
Lightyear646 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Poke3	Thanks so much Renate! Might just be me, but I still find this too bright. At the lowest setting (warmest colour, 5% brightness) adb shows me the levels as: Code: Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/warm/brightness 64 Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/white/brightness 0 Hope you don't mind, but I disassembled your app and hardcoded a version to set the levels to the following: Code: Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/warm/brightness 5 Poke3:/ $ cat /sys/class/backlight/white/brightness 0 4 is too dark even for me, and [0,1,2,3] actually turn off the light. I find this hacky solution perfect when reading at night in the pitch dark, and if I ever need more brightness at other times I'll use the built in controls. Thanks massively for sharing the original app anyhow!

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12-05-2022, 06:25 PM	#31
Lightyear646 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Poke3	Hey Renate - any chance you can share the source code for this app? I find the Poke3 brightness too bright on the dimmest setting (I like to read at night when it's literally pitch black!) and settng to 4 or 5 through adb shell worked perfectly. If I can just get the same ability from an app rather than debugger then that would be awesome.

12-06-2022, 09:04 AM	#32
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,933 Karma: 17500001 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	I knocked down the lowend some. Try Lights-1.0.apk in http://www.temblast.com/android.htm

12-14-2022, 07:41 AM	#36
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,933 Karma: 17500001 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	So I've tried to make that it's constant brightness across settings of the color slider. This should hopefully satisfy most people? The new version is available here: http://www.temblast.com/android.htm