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Screen auto-brightness responds more slowly after KitKat

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sdh73

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Pre-KitKat, my screen would auto-brighten or dim almost instantly.
Now, it adjusts slowly. Verrrryyy slllooooowwwwly.

Anyone else notice this?

It's only slightly annoying when it needs to adjust from bright to dim.
But when it needs to brighten up a lot, for example if the display was adjusted for dark-bedroom-at-night, but now I'm activating the phone outside under bright sun, and I have to wait for 5+ seconds before I can use the phone because I can't see the screen when it's that dim... well it's pretty damn annoying.

This actually might not bother me too much if it always behaved like this, but it worked much better pre-KitKat, and now it's f'd up.

I sooo wish people at Google could lose their jobs for this...
 
Almost all performance issues are associated with the fragmentation of the Data Cache Buffer. This could well be another one of them.

... Thom
 
Thom said:
Almost all performance issues are associated with the fragmentation of the Data Cache Buffer. This could well be another one of them.

... Thom
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The process in which I got stuck a "step 5"; great.
OK, I'll hunt for Droid Razr M-specific steps on how to do that process.
 
I am seeing the same thing with screen changing very slowing since KitKat.
Mine also gets stuck on step 5.
 
The procedure changed with Kit Kat. From the Motorola website ...

Clear cache partition - Kit Kat Steps

This will remove any temporary files that may be causing the problem, but will not delete your files or settings.

  • With the phone powered off, press the VOL UP key for 2-3 seconds then press and release the POWER key .
  • Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll to Recovery and VOL UP Key to Select. (DROID RAZR HD & DROID RAZR HD MAXX ONLY)
  • The device will display different DROID Icon
  • While pressing and holding the VOL UP key, press the Power key
  • The device will display different BOOT OPTIONS
  • Use the VOL UP/DOWN Key to SCROLL to wipe cache partition and Power KEY to SELECT
  • The device will then perform the partition wipe
  • The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence
Clear cache partition - Jelly Bean Steps

This will remove any temporary files that may be causing the problem, but will not delete your files or settings.

  • Power up the phone by pressing the VOL UP + VOL DOWN KEY together + POWER KEY .
  • The device will enumerate with different BOOT OPTIONS
  • Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL and VOL UP Key to SELECT
  • Select Recovery
  • The device will start up with Motorola logo and power up to a little Android man logo with Exclamation mark
  • Press the VOL UP and VOL DOWN Key together at this screen
  • The device will display BLUE Text on a Black background .
  • Use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll DOWN and the POWER Key to SELECT the option desired.
  • Use the VOL UP/DOWN Key to SCROLL to wipe cache partition and Power KEY to SELECT
  • The device will then perform the partition wipe
  • The device will reboot and start the normal power up sequence
... Thom
 
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