Today's cell phones already include the flashlight option, which even comes as a shortcut in the quick settings panel (although there are also apps to activate the flashlight with the power or volume buttons ) and allows you to activate the flash of the device in one touch. camera to see in the dark or at night. This way you don't need to install an additional flashlight app, which could even be dangerous because it could access your private information by requesting unnecessary permissions . However, it is likely that this flashlight gives little light and you want to make it more powerful or luminous sometimes or permanently, something that is quite easy to do on Samsung cell phones..
To make the flashlight stronger on your Samsung Galaxy (tested on my A52 with Android 11), just press and hold the flashlight button on the quick settings panel. The advanced options of the Flashlight will be displayed. First activate it with the on-screen switch and then select the desired brightness below, from Level 1 to 5.
The interesting thing about this is that by default the flashlight is set to Level 3 and if you never noticed this function or saw it, then you can go up to Level 5 to increase the brightness of the light. You can also reduce it to Level 1 if the default value has always seemed very intense to you. Once the level is activated, when you deactivate the flashlight, the level you just specified will be set by default..
In addition to taking into account Samsung's warning that increasing the brightness level of the flashlight could cause skin burns if there is prolonged contact, obviously this will also cause the cell phone battery to drain faster.
A similar setting is likely to exist for other device brands. If this is not your case, you may want to install an app that allows you to regulate the brightness of the flashlight, such as the Flashy app . It is likely that the app does not allow you to increase the power of the light beyond what is allowed by the manufacturer. Or maybe yes. For example, some apps have really served in the case of increasing the volume of the cell phone speaker . Another option is to use the screen as a flashlight , but it would be inconvenient if you are using the touch screen..
Activate the flashlight or illuminate the screen by pressing the volume buttons
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