topic Auto Brightness feature not working. in Other/General

Auto Brightness feature not working.

drshnraj7 — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:09:24 GMT

Hi Team,

i Have an XP SP with the latest official update of 4.1.2 and build number of 12.0.A.2.254 ,even though i select the option of auto brightness adjest ment in the display options of Settings the feature doesnt seem to work .I mean to say when i walk out to place with direct sunlight were the auto mode for brightness is to increase the brightness of the Display it Does'nt.

Is It a problem with just my phone or all the other phones of SP as well.

Kindly let me a solution .Does this issue be resolved in the awaited 4.3 update for SP?

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

Ashroft98 — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:51:53 GMT

The answers are;
1.This is known issue for Xperia SP's ambient light sensor not functioning and it may cause by the software itself and not the hardware.
2.You could give a shot,fix your phone use Sony Update Service(SUS) Here,download and fix your phone :
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/
3.Maybe,it really is caused by .254 software.

I don't know,but of course Sony would take notice this issue.Everyone face this,even I do...

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

him — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:31:13 GMT

Facing this problem after. 254 update. Maybe 4.3 update will solve this.

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

Semenium — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:01:36 GMT

Have the same problem.

Hope 4.3 solve шею

thnx.

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

Ali_Khosravi — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:12:36 GMT

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

Ali_Khosravi — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:13:53 GMT

I have the same problem

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

drshnraj7 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:06:54 GMT

When can we expect 4.3 update in India .

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

drshnraj7 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:14:14 GMT

SUS is never the option i had already done it as soon as i found i had this problem .

Kindly let us know if there is a real solution for this problem kindly dont drag for this solution.

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

nu_tu_duodi — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:27:19 GMT

I have the same problem, seems like it is not solved in any software update.

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

daverawle — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:25:19 GMT

The Sony brightness handler is borked imo. Didn't work for me on any version of firmware. Vellis Auto Brightness fixes it.

Dave

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

thamjid — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:06:31 GMT

Sony auto brightness working for me without any problem in 205 firmware. Place the brightness slider at middle portion and turn on the auto brightness. Now check it under sunlight by covering and un covering the light sensor by your finger. The light sensor is located near to ur front camera.

Re: Auto Brightness feature not working.

virkony — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:09:49 GMT

My phone was automatically updated to 207 firmware (still 4.3). Auto Brightness simply decrease brightness a bit and have no correlation with light sensor. Aside of that I verified that sensors returns reasonable measurements. Thus I assume this is issue of Sony customized firmware.

Today I saw on page Xperia SP software updates that Android 4.2 update 2014-02 is the latest and final one. I hate this when support for old phones is dropped.

My old Samsung Galaxy S1 stopped and Android 2.3 and I had to move to CyanogenMod to get support for newer apps. I end up with situation when my 4-year old phone runs 4.4.2 and most features works better than in my brand new (this year bought) Sony Xperia SP C5302 running 4.3, released year ago and announcing it as at the end of life with such a simple features like brightness being broken...