About to Return Streak. Just want to confirm my issue

[Guest somebody9]

So with much excitement I recently bought my Dell Streak. I've loved it for just about two weeks now ( running Steve's 1.5.1 ) , unfortunately it seems like I'll have to either return it to Dell or sell it and buy something from HTC or Samsung. Before I return it or sell it I just want to confirm that the issue I'm having is an isolated fault with my device and not something everyone has to deal with:

Due to the nature of my work I have to constantly switch between inside and outside work environments and as such I use the Brightness Toggle Widget ( either stock or Extended Settings or Switch Pro ) on my HTC Desire a LOT to switch between 10%-70%-100% and Auto Brightness. Unfortunately on my Dell Streak, when I use the toggle - the device cycles through the settings once, but after that setting it back to Auto does *nothing*, and the device will continue to stay in it's last brightness state until I actually go through the menu - Settings>Display>Brightness, at which point the Auto Brightness activates all of a sudden.

I know it is a small issue, but it is one of those deal-breakers that means I need to take my phone out and be disrespectful to clients by tinkering for seconds every time I need to make an adjustment. Makes me look bad and I never had the problem with my Desire. So if this issue is something everyone experiences I might just sell or return the device for a refund, if it is a problem with just my handset I would like to just exchange it for a new Streak.

Any help would be appreciated..

[Guest Gopu]

This issue with settings is know with steves rom.

I think i have read somewhere about a solution but cant recall.

I would recommend that you switch to stock rom 318 or 319 till steve releases an updated rom. These two versions are very stable and fast

With 318 u have to install fards perf update to get best results. However 319 works well evenwithout them

[Guest somebody9]

This issue with settings is know with steves rom.

I think i have read somewhere about a solution but cant recall.

So I'm not the only one with this problem? Can you recreate it on 319?

[Guest somebody9]

Anyone else with feedback?

[Guest somebody9]

I found this on Github at [platform/packages/apps/Settings.git] / src / com / android / settings / widget / SettingsAppWidgetProvider.javab

So now I'm confused, if it is built into Stock 2.2, and my sensor is working - then why am I unable to use it? Any Devs want to help?

 /**

 796      * Increases or decreases the brightness.

 797      *

 798      * @param context

 799      */

 800     private void toggleBrightness(Context context) {

 801         try {

 802             IPowerManager power = IPowerManager.Stub.asInterface(

 803                     ServiceManager.getService("power"));

 804             if (power != null) {

 805                 ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver();

 806                 int brightness = Settings.System.getInt(cr,

 807                         Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS);

 808                 int brightnessMode = Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL;

 809                 //Only get brightness setting if available

 810                 if (context.getResources().getBoolean(

 811                         com.android.internal.R.bool.config_automatic_brightness_available)) {

 812                     brightnessMode = Settings.System.getInt(cr,

 813                             Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE);

 814                 }

 815 

 816                 // Rotate AUTO -> MINIMUM -> DEFAULT -> MAXIMUM

 817                 // Technically, not a toggle...

 818                 if (brightnessMode == Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_AUTOMATIC) {

 819                     brightness = MINIMUM_BACKLIGHT;

 820                     brightnessMode = Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL;

 821                 } else if (brightness < DEFAULT_BACKLIGHT) {

 822                     brightness = DEFAULT_BACKLIGHT;

 823                 } else if (brightness < MAXIMUM_BACKLIGHT) {

 824                     brightness = MAXIMUM_BACKLIGHT;

 825                 } else {

 826                     brightnessMode = Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_AUTOMATIC;

 827                     brightness = MINIMUM_BACKLIGHT;

 828                 }

 829 

 830                 if (context.getResources().getBoolean(

 831                         com.android.internal.R.bool.config_automatic_brightness_available)) {

 832                     // Set screen brightness mode (automatic or manual)

 833                     Settings.System.putInt(context.getContentResolver(),

 834                             Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE,

 835                             brightnessMode);

 836                 } else {

 837                     // Make sure we set the brightness if automatic mode isn't available

 838                     brightnessMode = Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL;

 839                 }

 840                 if (brightnessMode == Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL) {

 841                     power.setBacklightBrightness(brightness);

 842                     Settings.System.putInt(cr, Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS, brightness);

 843                 }

 844             }

 845         } catch (RemoteException e) {

 846             Log.d(TAG, "toggleBrightness: " + e);

 847         } catch (Settings.SettingNotFoundException e) {

 848             Log.d(TAG, "toggleBrightness: " + e);

 849         }

 850     }

 851 }[/codebox]

Edited December 30, 2010 by somebody9