Today we bring you an application to be able to control the brightness from the status bar whenever. A very useful function to save battery. It is important to mention that this utility will make us adjust it in any quality, it has several modes which are undoubtedly interesting for any version of Android.
This function is valid at least for those people who are looking for a greater adjustment, having up to 10 quality levels means that it can be used on any smartphone. The specific application is not the only one that works without being root, so you will know other really valid applications.
¿How to adjust Android brightness from status bar without being root? We will answer this and other questions, in addition to providing a solution to them. The operation of Display Brightness is vital from Android 4.0 onwards, the positive thing is that it has been updated over the last few years with new options.
Display Brightness, show brightness
On some occasion we have told you about the cooked roms of the development group CyanogendMod. In these Roms, we have the possibility to control the brightness by sliding our finger on the upper right bar. It is a very easy and intuitive way to be able to control the brightness at all times.
As we read in Fandroides, with the new version of Android, Lollipop, they have implemented quick access in the quick notifications panel, something that we cannot do in previous versions of Android. Having root access, we can change the brightness status from the lock screen. But if you don't have root or Android 5.0, don't worry, with this application you can control the brightness at all times.
- First of all we install the application Show brightness, free from Google Play.
- Once we have it installed, we will have a wide range to be able to configure the bar that we will have to our liking, such as the color, size, transparency ... including a section to deactivate it in the applications that we do not want the bar to be shown.
- Once we have everything configured, click on «Activate Indicator«. We will see how the bar appears at the top of our screen.
Without a doubt, a good application for those for whom it does not work the automatic brightness adjustment is very good, or they want to save a little battery by being able to quickly and directly access the brightness adjustment, and all this without the need to change rom nor have permits root.
Another application available for it
Although it was one of the first to change the brightness from the status bar, is not the only one that has been reaching mobile devices, whether root or not. The valuable thing is to have other tools that are capable of doing the same thing with little effort on our smartphone and under the Android system.
It requires a little knowledge, although it has a bar with which you can move until the warmth of the screen is set to the preferred style. It barely requires the basics, which is loading the application and accept the corresponding permissions, which are usually the basic ones for operation.
The first and necessary thing will be to do the following on your device:
- The first thing is to download the Brightness Controller application, it works without having to be root, it also makes many internal adjustments that will be positive for the use of the phone
- After downloading the utility from the Play Store, install and grant all permissions, it will be vital for it to work perfectly
- Open it and start adjusting the brightness of the status bar, you have several things that are at hand, if you see that the panel appears a little darker, click automatic and it will adjust it to the profile
- The settings become ideal for both LCD, AMOLED and OLED type panels, where you have an automatic readjustment with little effort.
After configuration it lets you save the latest configurations, in case you need the settings to be reset when required. After this you have to load the same configuration and wait for it to load completely on your mobile device, it will take a few seconds.
With Screen Dimming
One of the solutions that has been around for about five years is Screen dimming, you won't need much more than that to get up and running and tweak the brightness adjustment, just like you would on Android. Dimming part of it will depend on the hours of the day, if it is early morning there is a specific configuration with which to put it so that it does not damage the view so much.
One thing to consider is that once you open it you have the option of the background, which is essential to make changes in just under a few seconds. The settings are essential for the brightness bar to work, which ranges from 1 to 100% in terms of percentage, in case you need to make a brief manual adjustment.
To do this from the app, you have to do the following:
- The first step is to download the application on your device, for this you have it in the Play Store (link below)
- Install the application on your device and grant all permissions so that it starts working smoothly, without problems
- After this, you have to click on the first option that will appear as marked, you can choose different lighting depending on whether it is day or night, it also adapts to the afternoons, depending on the geographical time
