Increase brightness in sun?

Thefamous1

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I like how the haptic feedback keys appear in dark places and disappear in the sun. Is there a way to do this with the brightness of the screen? If I walk in the sun can I set it to increase the brightness automatically?
 

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Yes you can set the brightness setting to 'automatic'

Menu > Settings > sounds & display > brightness > check automatic!
 

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your droid should have came with automatic brightness already selected.

just don't block the sensor near the ear speaker
 
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Automatic brightness really doesn't work. Everytime I go outside I have to up the brightness with a widget. Auto is good for dimming but doesn't seem to work in bright light.
 

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Automatic brightness really doesn't work. Everytime I go outside I have to up the brightness with a widget. Auto is good for dimming but doesn't seem to work in bright light.

works pretty well for me when i had it on. The max brightness i put it to now though is 35%, it's plenty bright at that % anyway, for me at least
 

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35% in bright sunlight and you won't see a thing.

+1 to homemadehitshow; auto-brightness doesn't work well in bright lights. Just add the Power Control Widget to one of your side screens and bump up the brightness when needed.
 
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ConqSoft saved me the time of replying.

I live in California, perhaps the sun is brighter here :) I simply can't even see the screen and had to add an auto widget in the top right corner to magically up the brightness.
 

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auto brightness not useful?

really? i find it's perfect for me... I never turn the brightness up. almost always set to nothing
 

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Use the Power Management widget if you want to do it manually. There are 3 settings of brightness.
 

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Mine gets brighter outside everytime, but it acts weird indoors sometimes; it will get darker then lighter then darker without even changing locations.
 
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