Versa brightness too dim

[lisaxander]

I am unable to turn up the brightness on my Fitbit Versa. It is that low I can't see the clock to swipe up and navigate. Only had it since last week and its been stuck like this for a few days, how annoying! Can anyone recommend anything? I've got it linked to my phone and I can't seem to work out a way to get the screen to show. Tried in diff kinds of light too.

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[EMT105]

Once I restarted my fitbit it took a few minutes but then I was able to change the "dim".  Try restarting your fitbit.

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[Mommakay]

That didnt work for me what worked is removing the sleep mode 🙂

[Franko2]

When I go to brightness in the settings it is set to Dim and doesn’t allow me to access other brightness settings. Any other tricks to allow me to access?

[Pollyprbrd]

Have you figured this out yet? The same thing happened to me. I found there
was an update to install via the app on my phone. Once installed, I did a
hard reboot (or whatever that's called) of the watch. I have a more
detailed outline on this forum dated 6/04/20. If you're still having
problems check that out - it might help.

[Mommakay]

Yes I was able to fix it after taking sleep mode off 🙂

[Franko2]

I figured it out. In my settings the Versa thought it was in sleep mode...
making it dimmer. Once I reset that setting I was good to go on my end!
Thanks for responding.

[JZVT]

YES! Someone was kind enough (not from fitbit) to explain. There is a
sleep setting. If you switch that off, you can control the brightness!
Good luck!


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[Franko2]

That’s exactly what I did and it worked ... thanks!

[Nisie1]

Yep that worked. Thank you.

[JZVT]

Fantastic!

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[scottg1210]

Thanks for posting this it fixed my problem.

[EMT105]

You are welcome.

[dcshipman]

1. "Brightness" choice in watch "Settings"  too dim or,

2. Turn off "Sleep Mode".

[dcshipman]

or turn off sleep mode...

[dcshipman]

or it's on sleep mode....

[pats98]

HI,  thank you so much for the advice.  I was really think it was time for a new fitbit but after following your advice I have a working smartwatch again.

pb

[Aharwell]

I tap but it doesn't Change the brightness from dim. I can Chand the screen timeout though.

[dcshipman]

Try turning off the sleep mode on the drop down screen from your main watch screen.

1. Swipe down from your main watch screen to access 'quick settings'.

2. Press the slider switches icon, top right,

3. of the four icons, press the crescent moon/sleep mode icon, top right,  to toggle on/off.

This is a seperate setting and overrides the 'dim settings' in the watches main settings page referenced above.

Namaste 🙏

[mldnater]

Thank you. I got it. I appreciate your feedback. Have an awesome 😎 day!!

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[ChazzMaduka]

Unfortunately, the Brightness selection is disabled (dimmed) and stuck on "Dim" such that I am unable to change it.  The bottom line is that my Versa readings are so dim that I cannot read it.  I understand that we need to conserve power so that the battery life can be extended.  Unfortunately I cannot trade off inability to read the versa for battery life. If I cannot read the display of the Versa then there is no point wearing it.  Therefore I am willing to sacrifice some battery life in exchange for being able to see the readings.  How do I enable Brightness?