ScreenDimmer allows you to save battery life by automatically dimming your device’s screen after a pre-defined time; or if you wish by turning the backlight off.
Most users suffer unnecessary battery drain while having their iPhone not on standby. Setting auto-lock to a short time makes it better, but is an inconvenience most of the time due to permanent locking and unlocking while waiting for something.
ScreenDimmer is the solution for this problem: Save battery life by reducing the backlight to a minimum if the device hasn’t been used for a pre-defined time and reduce the waste of the most energy consuming component, the backlight, of the iPhone or iPod.
Free yourself from worrying about locking your device
Brought to you by the developers of 3GÂ Unrestrictor and Firewall iP.
Features:
- Longer battery life
- Can turn the display’s backlight of
- Dims the screen after a user defined time
- Doesn’t dim the screen if the battery is being charged
- Doesn’t dim if an app needs the screen (navigagtion software, video players, …)
- Ability to exclude apps from dimming
- Configuration interface in the Settings app
Tags: battery, CydiaStore, hack
February 21st, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Very nice but I would like a separate timer to dim the screen and turn off the backlight. I’d like to set a short time for the dim and have a little longer time set before the backlight turns off. Could that be added in a future update? Thanks!
February 21st, 2010 at 4:19 pm
We will try our best :) btw. nice suggestions
February 21st, 2010 at 5:10 pm
it doens’t work on my iPhone 3G:(
February 21st, 2010 at 5:14 pm
update: it works perfect! thank you!
February 21st, 2010 at 7:12 pm
It actually works as you desire. I have the AutoLock set for 2 minutes and for the dimmer to kick in at 30 seconds. Works perfectly!
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:50 am
Phone dies when backlight turn off is enabled. Cannot wake up the phone.
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:06 am
works fine now after 3 times of reinstall
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:13 am
strange. what happened after the first 2 installs?
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:14 am
if it doesn’t respond to touch you can always press the home button
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:02 am
one question – I have set cydia to be excluded, but screen goes black anyway – home button brings it back on again, but does that mean it will not lock when excluded? Or do I need to respring after changing settings?
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:10 am
if autolock is enabled it will lock at some time. this issue with Cydia is known and crashx and I will try our best to fix it in the next update.
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:25 am
No, I want the dim first then backlight off THEN AutoLock.. You are confusing the backlight with AutoLock.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:41 am
Do you suggest that AutoLock is set to NEVER?
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:45 am
Fantastic app guys – saves me having to edit those plists every-time I update. Great stuff!
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:47 am
I cannot get this to work at all no matter what settings I apply, or however many times I re-install. Is this possible because I am running 3.1.3 jailbroken? The more info in Cydia states that it hasn’t yet been tested on 3.1.3?
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 am
are you using any app like Advances Preferences or similar?
feel free to email me: yllierdev@gmail.com
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:35 am
Why only on the cydia store? I only use ROCKAPP, so much faster and cleaner than cydia. Please have it available in the Rock store, I am looking forward to this app
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Absolutely. RockApp is the only way to bypass Cydia payments methods which are no longer available from Amazon (in France in my case).
Does Saurik think really that all his customers are from US or some selected countries only ?
Or are we all obliged to use “PayPal” or at the worst some “Cracked versions” ?
It makes me wonder and makes me upset. It’s up to him to deal with Amazon.
For now, it’s R.I.P (sorry R.Y.P).
Yllier is aware of it anyhow ;)
Macfr3ak
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
ScreenDimmer has been submitted to Rock. But they are a bit slower than the Cydia-repos. It should be available in about 24-48h
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
OK Thanks Mate ! :)
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:48 pm
cool, thanks. I do have a question on behalf of firewall ip too, but will mail you (:-)
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
i get crashes since i installed this – when opening itunes with iphone connected and going to programs tab
Could be linked to dimmer and iconclasm together
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:35 am
Thanks for your feedback; I’ve already installed “Dimmer” (up to 60s, cool), Hope the devs will fix that ;)
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:56 am
it works perfect, only Navigon App. crashed, I had to uninstall it waiting for some fix.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:29 am
I don’t know if Yllier will be back soon here but you can always give him your feedbacks on his own blog or email him.
I would guess he’ll take it into consideration your issues for the next release ;)
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@ruben: it doesn’t appear to be linked to “Dimmer”. I have just installed & nothing’s wrong with me… (iConaclasm is not installed)
Hope it helps ;)
MF
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
@Calvart: On the settings, you got a special section called ” Excluded Apps”:
Have you included Navigon by any chance ?
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:24 pm
hm wierd, I don’t go there too often, but I saw it first time since I installed dimmer
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
are you maybe using shrink?
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:36 pm
and I tested eleminating rmf – so it could be the combination of iconoclasm and dimmer
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
@ruben: Maybe if u can a list of all your JBroken Apps installed on the iPhone?
Maybe it could help devs too…
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
no found the culprit
FCSB/Iconoclasm + iTunes safe mode crashes that have started popping up appear to be caused by the latest LibActivator update.
New LI beta installs Libactivator. I hope they fix that
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm
its definitly iconoclasm – they seem to know that with libactivator there are those crashes. As I installed LI beta (uses libactivator) the crashes come from there
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Great !
I know someone or maybe 2 guys would will happy to fix it !
Ty ruben for your contribution ;)
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
yes, was included
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
My Jbroken apps. as follow:
Cydia-Cycorder-MxTube- BookReader-RealSMS-SwirlyMMS, also SBSetting And Open SH
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:29 pm
cool, I can test if those guys come up with something
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
@calvart: thanks for your post mentioning your JB Apps installed.
Guess Yllier will try to get a quick fix for you & ruben :)
Keep in touch,
Macfr3ak
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:45 pm
cool
I just installed 1.01 – Cydia is not showing in any of the lists anymore – why?
February 24th, 2010 at 4:39 am
back to crash problem, iPhone dies when backlight off enabled. I really don’t know why, it was working yesterday. Maybe it’s because I didn’t buy it. I’ll wait for the 2 different timers features before buying it.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:41 am
cause at the moment it is impossible to inject Code in cydia. that’s not a bug but a limitation of MobileSubstrate. :(
February 24th, 2010 at 5:26 am
everything is working perfectly now, Navigon working as usual after correction by Yllier, he was notified by eMail.
Thanks
February 24th, 2010 at 7:34 am
ok, I see
February 24th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Yllier will release a new version within 24 Hours.
So, be patient ;)
February 24th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Well… considering most of Feedbacks here & there, it appears that ScreeenDimmer needs to be improved. So, I would guess to wait for a better release :/
BTW, R.Y.P still has 1.0 (not updated yet) !!
Anyway, I’m sure you’ll get the last update within the next hours :)
My Post @ #22 was regarding FW IP. Not ScreenDimmer :(
Patience is a vertue !
February 24th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Yllier AKA Reilly charging .99 for a worthless hack!? You should be ashamed at yourself! Stay far away from this loosah and his apps! He once hacked and stole everything he could, sorry Reilly, your character is too well known to allow your crap on my phone!
February 25th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
In order to spit such vilifications ramblings, I really do thing either:
You need a serious & very well skilled shrink (clinically speaking I mean)
Or you’re so desesperately lost in your life & conscious about it, Consequently, yo’re still aware (perhaps ?) of handle definitively your proper end & saying goodbye to this nasty world ?
R.I.P :)
February 25th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Hi!
Installed the 1.0 version.
I have autolock disabled, but even with screen off, my iphone 3gs is spending much more battery than if it was locked..
In 1 hour battery dropped from 90% to 85% (usually it takes 8 hours to do this)
February 25th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Did you have an app or wifi running? When the phone is locked it stops certain things that aren’t stopped when just the screen turns off.
How much battery is consumed in 1 hour with the screen on?
February 26th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Yes, wifi is on.
In 7 hours dropped from 90 to 70%
Does this has a daemon running ? maybe i should put autolock within 5 min
February 27th, 2010 at 6:43 am
ScreenDimmer wasn’t developed to replace Lock completely. if you are not using your iPhone for longer either manually lock your iPhone if autolock is disabled or use a long lock time.
ScreenDimmer was developed, like the description suggests, to enable using longer auto-lock-delays but still saving lots of battery.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:45 am
yeah, you are right, I was Reilly. and the cydia dev community is well aware of that. but the last time I cracked an app was almost a year ago. Reilly as an appstore hacker is done.
and to make things clear: I didn’t steal. I always bought the apps I used (like I do today), the ones who stole were the ones who installed my hacks.
February 27th, 2010 at 7:01 am
oh, and most users will disagree with you about my apps being crap. so stop the crap and stfu
March 1st, 2010 at 9:32 am
Hello Yllier,
I have a problem with new version of ScreenDimmer. In 1.01 the “Apps with disabled idleTimer” only dim (good), but in 1.01-1, dim and LOCK the screen :(
With this apps I only want dim the screen (to save battery) but not lock.
Is an bug or is intentional?
Thanks
March 5th, 2010 at 3:47 am
would be great to have this feature.
March 5th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
1.2 is out. And you now have the capability to dim the screen and leave the backlight on!
March 5th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
thank you so much…..really save and love more…
March 6th, 2010 at 12:42 am
thanks for the very fast and useful update. dimming and turning of backlight seperately was exactly what I missed. now it’s perfect!
March 31st, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Can it dim the lockscreen also….?
September 18th, 2010 at 12:50 am
Hi,
i would like to buy the screen dimmer, but do not find any buy button or another alternative to proceed in the buying process within cydia.
Could you please tell me how I can buy screen dimmer?
THanks
January 10th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I am one of those annoying self-rightous pirates:
I “tried” your app on a pirate-repo – decided that I liked it and now want to buy it.
Only trouble is, I cant… there is no buy button in Cydia, only the option to “Install”. When I press it Cydia starts the install process, but stops and tell me I’ll have to buy the app… but I cant!
I have tried both with and without the pirated version of ScreenDimmer installed on the device as I try to buy/install the legal copy… no luck.
So now, I’m forced to continue stealing your software, because I cant buy and/or install your software through legal means. Or stop using it alltogether… none of those options suit my needs nor my twisted perception of moral.
What do you propose?
Kindest regards
Johannes – a european app-”tester”
PS: Not being able to buy ScreenDimmer I tried to go buy another of your apps – Firewall iP. This app I hadn’t even “tried” first (so no pirate-shit involved) and I cant buy that one either! Whats up with this?
February 13th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Hello yllier,
I have just purchased & installed 1.52.1 version for my 3g 3.1.2 but its not working. Plz help….!
What should i do.
Awaiting help.