[l008com]

Anyone know of any darkening iPhone screen covers? I'm trying to set up my old original iPhone as an alarm clock. Problem is that even with the screen brightness turned all the way down, theres still too much light bleed and its just too bright to sleep with it right next to your face. But otherwise, it makes a pretty great alarm clock. If I could darken the screen while still keeping it useable, that just might make it perfect. It's a first gen iPhone but any screen cover will work. It no longer has service so I don't care if the ear speaker gets covered.

[l008com]

Note: You may be thinking "it looks like your problem is that you clearly didn't turn the brightness down all the way". I turned the brightness up so I could take that picture, then I turned it back down.

[P]

There are some apps that give you alarmclocks and let you control the brightness from inside the app. Two that I have (but don't use regularly) are Nightstand and Relax Melodies.

[l008com]

I think you missed the point. The brightness is at the phone's minimum level. Even with it all the way down, too much light comes off the screen.

[Thorzdad]

Get some car or home window tint material and apply a small piece to the iPhone.

[P]

Originally Posted by l008com 

I think you missed the point. The brightness is at the phone's minimum level. Even with it all the way down, too much light comes off the screen.

I get that, but what I'm saying is that those apps can control the brightness in a different manner from that of the system. Either of those I can get the clock to a brightness so low that I have to shade it with my hands to even be able to detect that there is anything there. They're both free, so it doesn't cost anything to try.

[l008com]

Originally Posted by Thorzdad 

Get some car or home window tint material and apply a small piece to the iPhone.

You know I thought of that, but will the screen still be touch-sensative?

[l008com]

Originally Posted by P 

I get that, but what I'm saying is that those apps can control the brightness in a different manner from that of the system. Either of those I can get the clock to a brightness so low that I have to shade it with my hands to even be able to detect that there is anything there. They're both free, so it doesn't cost anything to try.

Ok, so yeah the app i'm using does let you "dim" the screen, meaning it turns the digits blacker and blacker. But that doesn't effect the amount of light coming off the screen. Even with the screen displaying a solid black image, it still leaks out a lot of light.

[Thorzdad]

Originally Posted by l008com 

You know I thought of that, but will the screen still be touch-sensative?

The clear vinyl protective sheet that is on the screen of my wife's iPhone (came with the case she uses) doesn't impede the touch sensitivity. The tiny material is thinner than that, so I can't imagine it would get in the way, unless there was some metallic materials in the film.