thanks for this, when I was setting up my new iPhone 8, bought after the death of my six, I seem to remember turning off something called "true tone". I think it was under settings/display and brightness. do you think I should turn back on?
also, where is it documented that VoiceOver and screen curtain will put the brightness at zero? Thanks, Sandy Sent from The dark side of the moon > On 23 Jan 2018, at 17:03, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just go to Accessibility Settings > Display Accommodations and make sure auto > brightness is on. > It seems that now if it is on and you turn screen curtain on brightness is > set to 0% and if you turn screen curtain off the auto brightness kicks in and > adjusts it to an appropriate level. > > From: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Does having screen curtain on save battery power? > > hi, > Okay, now I am getting confused… I would much rather have my screen > brightness set to some kind of normal level, while having it turned down to 0 > when I use the screen curtain. I often have to pass my phone to show someone > something or to let them use it, and it is always a pain going into control > centre and flicking up on the brightness et cetera. how much easier to just > do three finger triple tap? however, I am possessive of my battery life. so, > could someone give me the definitive steps for making screen curtain > automatically set brightness to 0? and when I turn screen curtain off, have > the display set to some preset or automatic level? > > thanks, Sandy > > Sent from The dark side of the moon > > On 22 Jan 2018, at 20:06, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ed, > > Turning auto brightness on and off was moved into Accessibility Settings > although I don’t for the life of me know why Apple did this, according to my > logic it is much more appropriate under Display and Brightness in the main > Settings where it used to be. > Anyhow, open Accessibility Settings, you are looking for “Display > Accommodations”, it’s the fourth item from the top after Voiceover, Zoom and > Magnifier. > > As for brightness dropping to 0% when auto brightness is enabled and screen > curtain is on this does seem to be the case although when I first tried this > it didn’t seem to be so. When I first toggled screen curtain on and checked > it still read the same value as before, but once I locked my phone and then > unlocked it it was reading as 0% so it seems that if you turn on screen > curtain the phone first has to lock and then as long as you keep screen > curtain on when you unlock it the screen brightness is indeed at 0%. > > Regards, > Sieghard > turn auto brightness off and then manually set your brightness to 0% or 5% if > you want just a bit of backlighting. > > Also, just as a little tip which I think many of us forget, when you can’t > find a particular setting but pretty much know a word from it’s title, just > try the search field at the top of the main settings screen. > If you type either “auto” or “brightness” or even “bright” the setting for > adjusting auto brightness shows up in the list of matches. It even reads the > settings group where you find that setting. > Now, here is an interesting item: Auto Brightness exists twice, once in > General > Accessibility > Magnifier and also General > Accessibility > > Display Accommodation. If you tap on the item in the search results it does > take you to the Accessibility Settings, but interestingly enough not straight > into Display Accommodations. > When I checked Magnifier the setting for Auto Brightness there was turned off > on my phone although it’s turned on in Display Accommodations. I assume maybe > Apple moved it to Accessibility since you can control it separately for when > you use the phone normally and when you turn on magnifier? > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mr. Ed > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 10:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Does having screen curtain on save battery power? > > Hi Feliciano, > I could not find the auto brightness in IOS 11. Could you please tell me > where it is located. > Also how do you know what you said in your email below is correct? > Mr. Ed > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Feliciano Godoy > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Does having screen curtain on save battery power? > > Hi, > with iOS 11, if screen curtain and auto brightness is enabled. Brightness > goes to 0%. With that said, you will conserve battery power. > > > Regards, > Feliciano > For tech tips and updates, LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v > Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v > > On Jan 21, 2018, at 7:46 PM, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is correct. this is because on LCD screens, the same amount of > energy is used to project black on the screen as white or other > colors. The display elements are not turned off but just turned to > black. On OLED screens such as with the iPhone X, a black screen > turnes off the diodes. > > Kelly > > On 1/21/18, Mr. Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I know this has been discuss way back when. To my recollection I remember > it > being said that having the screen curtain turned on does not save battery > power. Can anyone share any information on this as to whether this is > correct or not. > > Mr. Ed > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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