Update Aug 0129 Ambient light | Adaptive brightness

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#100

Same issue with the Ambient Light Sensor since the Update 8901.3.A.0129.20210805.

The reading of the Ambient Light Sensor in the Service Menue goes to zero sometimes although it is bright enough to read Newspaper.
Regards Peter

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#101

I was riding my bike two days ago with the FP3 on the handlebars. In pure, bright sunshine, which should be the brightest the ambient light sensor could ever see, the brightness suddenly went to zero. I had to restart the phone as I had absolutely no chance to see anything on the screen.

So there is definitively something terribly wrong with the software handling the value from the sensor.

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#102

The changes made in regard to adaptive brightness will be reverted in the next update:

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#103

Hi ! Just want to make sure weā€™ll automatically but informed when itā€™s fixed. Or do we have to be part of a list ? Thanks !

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#104

The idea is that the fix will be rolled out automatically as an update via your provider, See the post above yours :slight_smile:

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#105

This topic will close 6 months after the last reply.
Just to have it open until 2/04/2022ā€¦
I really liked the adaptive brightness feature as it was before so Iā€™ll check for updates on a regular basis and keep on moving the slider from 0% to 50 or more. Maybe he is a slow learnerā€¦

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#106

Just put it temporarily off, much better.

#107

Thanks for the tip but no thanks.

#108

I mean I did exactly that. The feature is completely useless for me as it is, since it too often goes as dark as possible. I rather fix it manually twice a day (evening and morning). YMMV but I believe its a good tip in general.

#109

If Iā€™m outdoors the ambient sensor seems fine as it rarely goes ā€˜darkā€™ but once I go inside itā€™s more of a problem, so then itā€™s off, best or worst of both worlds.

Who said you canā€™t eat all your cake and then throw it up. :slight_smile:

#110

Just to say I am a little downhearted.

  • Six weeks since this issue was related to Fairphone
  • Two security updates later ( Sept & Oct )
  • Zero comfort from Fairphone

I would cry all over my phone but itā€™s not waterproof so Iā€™ll just have to toughen up a bit more and for longer.
:cloud_with_rain:

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#111

I also find that pretty unprofessional.
No bug fix for six weeks.

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#112

Hey,

Thanks you all for sharing!

We are still waiting for a update? Or I missed something?

Have a nice day!!

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#113

Welcome to the Fairphone community,
There is an announcement:

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#114

It works for me, at least it does right now. Weā€™ll see if itā€™s a structural solution.

Just for others who are trying this: when you get to the Device Configuration app and tap Storage and cache, you only need to clear the appā€™s cache for this to work.

Which had me hapy, cause god knows what horror I would unleash if I erased all my device settings by pressing Clear Storage.

And as stated earlier, the screen brightness wonā€™t change simply from this cache clearing, but from then on it will no longer go super dark when you are at a mild light level.

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#115

Hey you all!!

Somebody have any update? The software update is for everybody at the same time? Or it depends from carrier/country?

They said that we will have an update early November, but my phone is not seeing new updates yet.

Thanks!!

#116

Yes it is by country and carrier but notification of the start is usually notified by a new topic, so it seems there may be some delay

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#117

Finally We got the update ā€˜Nov 5thā€™ in Spain!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

#118

Just wanted you to know:

Iā€™m currently using the auto brightness feature again since some months and I have no further complains. It seems to work!

Thank you for the update.

#119

There was an update to fix this A 0134 :slight_smile:

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