Thread: Automatically lock whenever the N810 light sensor is covered
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2008-05-24 , 14:27
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Originally Posted by twaelti View Post
I thought about a derivative software of this application:
Once the sensor "senses" bright sunlight, the app could completely reduce the backlight of the N810. This would help conserve energy that would otherwise be wasted (in bright sunlight, the backlight is irrelevant).
Would that make sense or be practical?
Yes that makes sense and would be very practical When I'm reading on the bus and it's sunny outside, I usually cover the light sensor with my thumb to dim the screen and save power. The sunlight and the N810's transreflective screen provide all the light I need. Never understood why the screen got brighter in bright sunlight.

As an aside I've had to remove this app due to a memory leak. With this autolock removed the memory leak is gone. I've switched to using the Keyboard Autolock instead. It works without leaking.
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