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ScreenDim Full v1.68

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Developer Description

Dim your screen for night use below what your device normally supports

Is your minimum screen brightness still too bright? Dim your screen below what your device normally permits for comfortable use in darker environments, reading in bed, amateur astronomy, etc.!

No root required. (But there is an experimental root option which makes things even darker on some devices, e.g., the Nexus 7.)

Save your five favorite brightness and contrast settings as a preset, and get it back by touching a single button or by a Launcher shortcut (Screen Dim also provides a Launcher shortcut to cycle through the presets, and another Launcher shortcut to disable it).

ScreenDim also creates a notification item in your status bar so you can easily go back to it to adjust settings.

ScreenDim is the first dimmer that can both adjust backlight brightness below what the system normally permits on many LCD devices and dim the contrast. Some dimmers only filter and lower the contrast, which keeps the black areas unchanged and glowing gray on LCD devices when in the dark and doesn't save battery life (and at least one does it in a way that slows down 2D screen performance by about 30% in my testing). Many other dimmers only change the backlight within the range normally allowed by the OS.

I recommend you install Screen Dim Trial prior to purchasing the Full version to try it out for three days to ensure full compatibility with your device.

If you have any problems with ScreenDim, email arpruss@gmail.com before leaving poor feedback. There is a lot of variation in how different devices handle screen brightness, and I may be able to adjust ScreenDim to work better for you.

Note 1: On OLED devices, there is no backlight, so all adjustment is contrast-adjustment.

Note 2: If you set ScreenDim too dark for you to see the screen, you can recover by adjusting brightness with the volume buttons while in ScreenDim, or by tapping where the brightness adjust should be on the screen if you don't have volume buttons, or by rebooting your device (on many devices this is done by holding the power button for up to ten seconds to turn the device off and then by turning on the device).

What's New

1.68: fix crash on older devices; maybe improve notification functioning
1.67: better draw-on-top permission support
1.66: Tweaks
1.63: Bug fix
1.62: No longer disable SELinux as per new Google Play policy; if you used Root mode in ScreenDim, you may need to find a way to disable SELinux yourself; alas, we cannot help you
1.60: Experimental root and activate-on-boot support
1.50: Controls in notification area (3.0+)
1.11: Tasker support (see bottom of Help in app for information)

Version Information

Version
1.68
Downloads
5K+
Updated on
Nov 30, 2017
Released
Dec 22, 2011
Requires
Android 2.0

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ScreenDim Full users say on Google Play

★★★★★
A Google user A Google user

Been using this forever to dim my screen at night while reading. Works great! Only thing I would add is: Being able to dim status bar & notification drop-down panel. These seem to stay bright all the time.

7 Aug 31, 2018
★★★★
A Google user A Google user

Only reason not a five star is that the buttons in the drop down menu don't work since Android update (6.0.1 on Samsung Galaxy S6 Active). Otherwise, great application.

4 Aug 11, 2016
★★★
A Google user A Google user

I'm on Android 5.1 and it doesn't go darker than what my phone can already go to. The contrast is helpful though.

2 Sep 14, 2015
★★
A Google user A Google user

Shortcuts could use an overhaul, some lag after I press a shortcut, and sometimes deactivates randomly.

2 Sep 7, 2013
Anon Ymous Anon Ymous

Just adds an overlay, doesn't lower backlight

1 Jan 7, 2023

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