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Mesmerize has a dull screen/whites aren't white?

Any ideas why this might be happening?
I've compared it several new smartphones and the whites are definitely way off. Blue tint kind of thing.

its the only problem to the amoled display.. try using a voodoo kernel, they seem to fix some color issues

young_shane said:
its the only problem to the amoled display.. try using a voodoo kernel, they seem to fix some color issues
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I've compared it to a blank Web browser on an iPhone 4 and the brightness and clearness of the whites don't even come close on this Mesmerize but I know the Galaxy S's screen is just as bright as the iPhone 4 screen, so I doubt it's an AMOLED issue. I feel it's a software issue.
I've made sure the brightness is up full so I believe I'm doing all I can in that respect.

King Mustard said:
I've compared it to a blank Web browser on an iPhone 4 and the brightness and clearness of the whites don't even come close on this Mesmerize but I know the Galaxy S's screen is just as bright as the iPhone 4 screen, so I doubt it's an AMOLED issue. I feel it's a software issue.
I've made sure the brightness is up full so I believe I'm doing all I can in that respect.
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Research voodoo color. You will see it's a known issue on some screens. Personally I don't see it.

akellar said:
Research voodoo color. You will see it's a known issue on some screens. Personally I don't see it.
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I don't see a version available for the Mesmerize.

akellar said:
Of you already know the voodoo kernels have a fix for this them what's your point? Get a voodoo kernel, follow the instructions, and move along.
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I only knew about the Color thing after you mentioned it and I then said it doesn't appear available for the Mesmerize.
This is ridiculous.

Just cleaned up a few posts here. Please avoid, trolling type posts.
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King Mustard said:
I only knew about the Color thing after you mentioned it and I then said it doesn't appear available for the Mesmerize.
This is ridiculous.
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There are roughly 5 different voodoo kernels available for froyo. A good place to start would be the stickied thread about kernels in the dev forum.
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OTB has voodoo color.
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The CM7 rom has color correction options that might fix the problem for you.
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Closing thread. Unbelievable....

Who needs notification led when....

Dude I'm in love with the notifications capacitor buttons I've been using them since the guy from 2x forums made the app and still using them on CM7.
Just an amazing implementation.
I lovr how I see the lights lid up while I'm working and know that there is something waiting for me
Just wanted to share aand encourage those of you who have not use this before and are missing notification led that this is pretty sweet.
Works flawlessly as well
For those of you running stock, you can simply download it from the market and will be ready to go.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications
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Please share link

This is implemented in cm7, you no longer need the app running in background checking for notification waisting battery.
MEXICO U-17 WC FINALS!!

That little program is much better than the notification light I now have on the Sensation. At least, on the G2x it is. The Sensation's notification light is darn near hidden whereas I can see the led light on the G2x lights pretty much wherever I have it laying.
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pinhead said:
That little program is much better than the notification light I now have on the Sensation. At least, on the G2x it is. The Sensation's notification light is darn near hidden whereas I can see the led light on the G2x lights pretty much wherever I have it laying.
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Is the led behind the metal grill ear piece?
I got a HD7 and that how it is on that phone and sucks.
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Here is the link
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications
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Confirmed. Works flawlessly. Thanks for the link moshe

No problem man
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i dunno. i kinda find the leds annoying. i turn those off and just look at the notification. unless i'm missing something that you all are not.

@above: Well at least we have options.
One thing I find weird is that there isn't even a charging light. I plug it in and there is no feedback. The screen doesn't even pop on. I have to manually turn on the screen and check to make sure everything is good before I go to bed.
Notification LED's, meh. The way I see it is that I'm going turn the screen on and check anyway.
Although, as far as Notifications go, the OP's mention is a good solution for stock users. CM7 users have this built in on the kernel level so it consumes less battery. The above method is a battery eater, hence why CM7 built it in to the kernel vs having an app running in the background.

[Q] Making a notification light

can anyone either make me a app that makes the camera flash a notification light or point me in the right direction on how to make it myself? I am not very good at coding but I'm willing to try to learn. I know a little java and html, although it's been a while for both so i doubt they will be much good to me. Thanks!

you try noled yet? its pretty nice and almost (almost!!) makes me not miss having a notification light.

Or just maybe make the lights on the buttons below the screen go off......
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+1 for NoLED.

Joebroni said:
+1 for NoLED.
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I wasn't happy with NoLED. I see iphone got a tweak that allows the camera flash as a notification LED. I want 1 too! too bad i only no a little java which i havent used in 4 yearss ;-p

theReDkoolAiD said:
Or just maybe make the lights on the buttons below the screen go off......
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this would be awesome however I think its only doable through some custom kernel work which isn't possible as of yet since imnuts and other kernel devs have no source code
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

How is Noled on the battery though? I tried it on my fascinate and it seemed to eat through the battery. This has been almost a year ago though.

NoLED will slightly lower your battery life, but it's the only option we have right now. We just can't get true BLN without the source code.

ellisz said:
How is Noled on the battery though? I tried it on my fascinate and it seemed to eat through the battery. This has been almost a year ago though.
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It does eat your battery because it unlocks your phone. That said, it does have the option to stop itself after a set time frame. I'm never away from my phone for more than five minutes, so that works for me.

I have the proximity sensor setting on for NoLED and it saves the battery a ton! The screen stays off when it's in your pocket or holster and shows the notification as soon as you take it out. NoLED is honestly the best app I have on my charge. I love seeing the icon of the notification rather than having to remember what app was yellow or blue!

BLN seems pointless on this phone. The back light on the buttons is too weak to even notice it during the day. Which I did enjoy BLN on my fascinate, but seems like it wouldn't work very well on the charge.
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syaoran12 said:
BLN seems pointless on this phone. The back light on the buttons is too weak to even notice it during the day.
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That's not at all true if you're indoors. The button backlight is plenty noticeable even under fluorescent lights, and would be even moreso flashing.

I could be wrong but I believe this (BLN or back LED flash) is only possible through some custom kernel work, and since we have no kernel source code yet it can't be done... your best bet now, at the cost of battery life, would be noLED
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

Ya it is a custom mod for a kernel. Could be cherry picked into the froyo kernel source from neldar's github.
Fyi I am having IMoseyOn take a look into it since the people have spoken
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Thanks. Currently I switched back to froyo so if I could cherry pick it in there, that would be awesome
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[Q]Notification led light

Does the skyrocket have a notification light for missed calls, SMS, etc...or itps there a way to get it working?
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There's no notification LED on the device.

Just use NOLED from the Market or XDA.

Just tried noled, and it doesn't work...it also lagged the a$&% out of my phone...anyone else got this to work on the skyrocket?
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when I had the OGSGS2 I also tried NoLED as well. It was a pain in the arse to work with.
it was only compatible with Widgetlocker and the Samsung's unlock screen always gave it trouble (double unlock). Go SMS Pro pop-up would over sees NoLED... etc..etc..
Essentially I was pretty fed up with trying to get everything to coexist.
The only other alternative is wait for a kernel with BLN support on the SkyRocket. Hopefully the source code will be release soon, then we can start working on compiling new kernels with new features

NoLed worked on my, i have I727 on Rogers, i think this is same phone as on ATT

What about the home, etc. buttons?
What about the light up "home", etc. buttons at the bottom? I'm actually annoyed that I can't see them at night when they're off.
Maybe someone could figure out how to control their lighting as a surrogate notification light.
Kadin said:
There's no notification LED on the device.
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Trinition said:
What about the light up "home", etc. buttons at the bottom? I'm actually annoyed that I can't see them at night when they're off.
Maybe someone could figure out how to control their lighting as a surrogate notification light.
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Go into Noled, miscellaneous... you need to select "show physical buttons" in Back light.
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I couldnt get noled to work with tpc v3 rom and launcher pro
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Sky ice cream sandwich supports bln. It works pretty great. It lights up the capacitive buttons when one has a notification.
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mbze430 said:
when I had the OGSGS2 I also tried NoLED as well. It was a pain in the arse to work with.
it was only compatible with Widgetlocker and the Samsung's unlock screen always gave it trouble (double unlock). Go SMS Pro pop-up would over sees NoLED... etc..etc..
Essentially I was pretty fed up with trying to get everything to coexist.
The only other alternative is wait for a kernel with BLN support on the SkyRocket. Hopefully the source code will be release soon, then we can start working on compiling new kernels with new features
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We already have it.. DaG'S kernel supports BLN...

GalaxySkyrocket500 said:
We already have it.. DaG'S kernel supports BLN...
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Thanks for bringing my attention to this.. I was using NoLED when I should be using a BLN app.
I think this will do it for me ..
(TPC v3 rom, da_g kernel 0.43 and TPC's cpu script)
Cheers

Works.
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Lack of Roms

Is it just me, after i inherit this sidekick from a coworker as a co phone, i notice there is not many choices on Cook Roms. Coming from a vibrant, there nothing to use. Stuff that is months old is still not updated. Just wondering is there every going to be a GB rom.. like 2.3.x versions anytime soon?

This has been brought up many times but the main issue is really we lack a dev capable of hand writing drivers for a gingerbread kernal. And making drivers i can imagine is no easy task like the devs at cyanogen making Bluetooth drivers for the nook color when the device had no source code or existing code to go off of to enable blue tooth. Eventually samsung/tmobile will release a gingerbread rom for our phone but atm we have only froyo based roms to go off of an you can only do so much with froyo though ayoteddy did add a neat feature to glorious overdose that allowed swiping across the status bar to adjust screen brightness.

pintek said:
ayoteddy did add a neat feature to glorious overdose that allowed swiping across the status bar to adjust screen brightness.
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and that is the reason i havnt switched back to GCV2 plus the ROMs that we have make this phone an amazing phone.

pintek said:
though ayoteddy did add a neat feature to glorious overdose that allowed swiping across the status bar to adjust screen brightness.
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Swipe to adjust brightness was already there on stock rom. My wife is on stock and has it.
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dw9906 said:
Swipe to adjust brightness was already there on stock rom. My wife is on stock and has it.
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Wow, he isn't lying. I just tried it and I'm on TouchMIUI, and it worked.
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