Stop screen brightness from dimming in Thunderbird for Android

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Android's settings and automatic screen dimming can make it difficult to read the screen in Thunderbird. Here's how to reduce screen dimming and make Thunderbird more readable.

General tips and tricks

  • A dirty proximity sensor (located near the front facing camera) can cause your screen to dim. To prevent this, keep the area around the front facing camera clean.
  • Different manufacturers often have slightly differently named Android settings. Look for Android settings under sections with words like Power saving, Battery, Accessibility and Display. In these sections look for settings related to screen dimming, screen timouts and lock settings and turn off all automatic screen dimming, extra screen dimming (often found in Android Settings > Acccessiblity > Extra dim) and increase timeouts for screen locking and battery saving to prevent dimming.

Thunderbird settings

Use Thunderbird's Dark Theme

  1. Tap at the top left > tap the gear icon:gear icon at the bottom left.
  2. Tap General settings > tap Display > tap Dark under Theme.

Third Party documentation

Google Android settings

Google Pixel settings

Pixel phones are slightly different. Please refer to the official documentation: Manage screen & display settings on a Pixel phone

Samsung phones and tablets

Please note that following the external links to Samsung and Google's websites in the previous sections will direct you to an external website that is not operated by Mozilla.

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