Backlight not bright enough

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I like the Pebble Time 2 but I have one problem with it, so far. Outside in the sun and inside in a bright room the screen is clearly visible. Outside at night or a dull day and inside in a dim room I have to use the backlight to see the screen. Even with the backlight set on blinding I find it difficult to read the screen. Part of the problem is my previous watch had a bright OLED display. Another part of the problem is I am 79 years old and I have cataracts.

Can anything be done to increase the backlight, even at the cost of battery power?

2

I know this isn’t really a solution. But the black and white screen of the Pebble 2 Duo is actually a lot easier to read for me. Significantly higher contrast, even indoors.

3

I am hoping that a future Pebble OS update can address this option too!

4

If you haven’t already, try turning off the dynamic backlight. After that, change the intensity setting and it will actually make a difference

From the watch

Settings–display-backlight-dynamic backlight

5

I turned off Ambient Sensor and Dynamic Backlight and it made a big improvement. The backlight is now full brightness even in a dim room. Thank you.

6

It’s a shame there isn’t a relative adjustment for that sensor. It’s either on, or off. For myself the default setting isn’t bright enough either.

7

I also found that the default was genuinely too hard to read. I’m pretty sure I’m murdering my battery life, but I have dynamic mode off, the backlight set to “blinding” and I have debug mode motion sensitivity on “high”. This gets me 99% of the way to what I had on an Apple Watch and basically the same battery life it seems (about 20% loss in one day :grimacing:).

8

Thank you.

This is a big help.

9

Hello all! new PT2 user here. This bothered me too. The most voted option worked for me. Another thing helped is changing the backlight color other bright options than warm white and cool white. Yellow, Orange and Lime Green looked great for me. Thanks!