Homebrew Dim the n3DS Backlight further?

[VIERcntHOLZ]

Hey guys,

is it possible, despite the auto dim and the 1-5 dim-scale, to dim my n3DS lower than the 1 dim setting?
Reason is, that I go crazy in a pitch black room, playing before I go to sleep

All the Best

 

[arse]

A hammer should do the trick.

 

[BurningDesire]

A hammer should do the trick.

Or installing Microwavehax

In all seriousness though I don't think it is. I remember hearing yells8 tried working with the 3ds leds and ended up bricking his device. I could only imagine how hard it would be to actually change the ips (or whatever they are) screens brightness to something lower then it is suppose to go.

 

[daxtsu]

I remember hearing yells8 tried working with the 3ds lcds and ended up bricking his device.

LEDs, not LCDs. As in the notification LED.

 

[BurningDesire]

LEDs, not LCDs. As in the notification LED.

Yes, my mistake. Thank you I shall correct it now.

 

[VIERcntHOLZ]

Didnt thought it would be such a big deal but thanks anyway

 

[cearp]

Didnt thought it would be such a big deal but thanks anyway

i wish for this too, but maybe not possible with the hardware... maybe
disappointing

 

[VIERcntHOLZ]

Yeah, am I the only one who thinks the screens are bright as hell?

 

[cearp]

Yeah, am I the only one who thinks the screens are bright as hell?

i always like dimmer screens

 

[sup3rgh0st]

If it can't be dimmed, maybe a "sudo" screen dimmer could be written similar to how they're written for smart phones. Some small app or script that overlays a transparent black (tinted dark red in some cases) box over the whole screen, which can achieve a similar effect of being dimmed.

 

[VIERcntHOLZ]

in daylight I actually dont even care, but if I lay in bed, late at night, start the 3ds I almost get blinded

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If it can't be dimmed, maybe a "sudo" screen dimmer could be written similar to how they're written for smart phones. Some small app or script that overlays a transparent black (tinted dark red in some cases) box over the whole screen, which can achieve a similar effect of being dimmed.

But this can't be run over other apps, or?

 

[kedest]

power saving mode might dim it a bit further

 

[sup3rgh0st]

in daylight I actually dont even care, but if I lay in bed, late at night, start the 3ds I almost get blinded

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But this can't be run over other apps, or?

Well, for it to be actually useful, it would... It could be something as simple as taking the square root of every RGB color value before it's displayed on screen. Wouldn't solve the dark colors from being too bright, but you wouldn't be blinded by white screens anymore because they'd be nulled to gray.

 

[cearp]

Well, for it to be actually useful, it would... It could be something as simple as taking the square root of every RGB color value before it's displayed on screen. Wouldn't solve the dark colors from being too bright, but you wouldn't be blinded by white screens anymore because they'd be nulled to gray.

yeah having system wide filters would be nice, i use the 'darken' filter with retroarch (for snes games) - it works ok...
'f.lux' color temperature would be nice too

 

[pbanj]

power saving mode might dim it a bit further

It does a little

 

[VIERcntHOLZ]

already got the power saving mode on

you guys think, a dimming overlay is something like a big deal?

 

[cearp]

already got the power saving mode on

you guys think, a dimming overlay is something like a big deal?

i'm sure you can find some generic screen dimming protector, and cut it.
or wear sunglasses when you play. it sounds silly - but it's the easiest solution

 

[migles]

i'm sure you can find some generic screen dimming protector, and cut it.
or wear sunglasses when you play. it sounds silly - but it's the easiest solution

or 3d glasses, so you can see 6 dimensional pictures!

 

[darkfuturez]

Would this help?

https://github.com/44670/BootNTR/releases/tag/3.4preview1

 

[bache]

Would this help?

https://github.com/44670/BootNTR/releases/tag/3.4preview1

Yep, this works great. Can go all the way down to completely off.