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Stop the screen from dimming at night?

 
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MaFt
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:06 pm    Post subject: Stop the screen from dimming at night? Reply with quote

It's probably a really easy fix but I couldn't find anything in my settings last night.

Last night as I was driving and had STA as the main, running app the screen kept dimming until there was a camera. I'm getting old and my eyes are crap so it made it really hard to see the screen - adjusting the brightness made no difference.

If I moved to a different app (eg put Google Maps in front) then the brightness went back to the normal system brightness. So it definitely seems to be something that STA is overriding.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:08 am    Post subject: Re: Stop the screen from dimming at night? Reply with quote

Set the map mode to "day" or "night", not "auto" (main navigation menu).

If you use "speedo mode" - no options, STA always dims the screen from sunset time to sunrise.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always use the speedo screen and it always dims to almost unreadable only to be readable when a camera is detected and the top banner appears

Then after a short while it dims again
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kremmen wrote:
I always use the speedo screen and it always dims to almost unreadable only to be readable when a camera is detected and the top banner appears

Then after a short while it dims again


I added this because bright phone screen (even with the adaptive brightness) in the darkness really annoys eyes. Secondary goal was the battery saving.

Explicit checkbox option "dim phone screen in dark time" is required ?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe leave as is but allow a dimming %

Mine is down by the gearstick so being a bit brighter when it does dim would be useful for me
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