I just received this phone today brand new. I rooted and ROM(NSCollab Sprint 1.0.51) since I'm fairly familiar with the process coming from a Vibrant. I noticed that when the background is a shade of gray(like a dark scene of a movie), I can see lines and grids in the background covering the entire screen. I didn't take notice prior to flashing the ROM. Is this a known ROM issue or do I need to replace my phone?
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You probably need to download voodoo control app and adjust your color settings.
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dpeeps74 said:
You probably need to download voodoo control app and adjust your color settings.
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Unfortunately I've tried that with no luck. ill see if I can attach a picture of it.
I suppose if you can't see the lines when you zoom into the picture, than it must be my screen.
I don't see any lines in that screenshot. It looks perfect.
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I suppose if you can't see the lines when you zoom into the picture, than it must be my screen.
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It's the screen. I recall reading somewhere about someone else having your issue though, like a whole grid coverying the screen in a darker shade. Probably read on XDA... Use the search function and you might get lucky, because I don't remember how it ended.
I got the same lines, but i think its just the screen?
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My nexus s has the same effect on backgrounds of that color, and the Engadget review even pointed that out:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/nexuss6001.jpg.
I don't think it's a quality control issue as it effects most of their AMOLED screens (I also saw it on a Focus and it's on my Cowon S9 too), more like Samsung cutting costs somehow. Just a fact of life with Samsung.
I guess replacing the phone wouldn't help....man I miss my vibrant screen.
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OK after looking at the video of 2.4 I'm pretty sure it's a fake... pause the video at 0:13 And look at the rest of the font on the screen..
Notice how much brighter and higher the font is on only the 4 in 2.4. If you Watch the first 5 seconds of the video it looks like the 4 is brighter and even shaking at one point when he starts to scroll... the font and sizing looks completely wrong the entire video on the 4. anyone notice this?
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Why would a Nexus S at CES be faked? Seems incredibly unlikely.
The video looks fine to me though, too many reflections on the screen to fake it, and you would have to be an idiot to to that when you can just edit the build.prop file and make it say any version you want.
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Why would a Nexus S at CES be faked? Seems incredibly unlikely.
The video looks fine to me though, too many reflections on the screen to fake it, and you would have to be an idiot to to that when you can just edit the build.prop file and make it say any version you want.
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+1. I'd like to assume it's fake because if it's not, he's holding a totally different version of the SNS. I'm not gonna leave it to ****ing GameLoft to tell me what version I have. I have a SNS I9020, not I9023, regardless.
i have pandora widget and couple smaller widgets on my screen, each time i slide to a different screen and make my way back to the screen with smaller widgets. the screen Static,
is there anyway i can screen shot so i can show you guys?
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i have pandora widget and couple smaller widgets on my screen, each time i slide to a different screen and make my way back to the screen with smaller widgets. the screen Static,
is there anyway i can screen shot so i can show you guys?
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I have the same issue with the grapic glitches on the widgets -change my live wallpaper from weather to grass for the night changed it back to the weather today seems ok ---you can use a 3rd party app to take a screen shot drocap/shoot me etc search screen shots in market ---really don't thing there is much you can do if it is an issue with the device maybe get a replacement or hopefully an ota update will fix
shoot me - requires root right?!
just use ur digitial camera.
there's one or two threads about this already. general consensus is that the widgets don't know what to do with higher resolution. don't know if search is working right now but the threads are out there
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there's one or two threads about this already. general consensus is that the widgets don't know what to do with higher resolution. don't know if search is working right now but the threads are out there
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ROFL at "don't know if search is working right now......"
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shoot me - requires root right?!
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Shootme requires root,yes.
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Been following the dev over on his blog that makes Light Flow. When the USA version of the SGS3 came out, it busted Light Fow (you can read the blog for full details). He just pushed version 3.0.5 to the market that for root users, should work all except flashing LED (except for red, blue). So, if your not rooted, it still will not work.
YAY great news!
Just saw this in the play store ha've you tried it yet?
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Yea, its a bit glitchy still. I wouldnt say its fixed 100% yet. But its usable for text messages and missed calls etc.
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Just saw this in the play store ha've you tried it yet?
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using it now. done several tests and all has worked so far for me. my colors are showing correct. my notifications are all firing. it cycles through multiple notifications (like when you get a MMS, email and missed call) from the tests I have done. I had some initial issues (lag) when I first installed it, but all seems fine now.
before it was 100% unusable, you can read why in the blog, now it is like 98% usable. The big bummer is that only like red and blue can flash, every other color has to be solid. But the dev claims with LED, this has minimal to no battery effect - which I kind of find hard to believe.
So I guess we get to talk about this in quadruplicate in each one of the carrier forums?
I hope Samsung gets around to explaining the non-stardard notification system they decided to use in the US version.
Anyhow, seems to be working fairly well for me. The one thing I noticed is that, with some notifications, it initially comes on as a different color than chosen in light flow, but then a split second later, the light flow color comes on and stays.
Is it first using the color baked in to the app and then light flow is taking over quickly after that? Anyone else noticed that? Any way to have that not happen (though it's not in a big deal).
lexluthor said:
So I guess we get to talk about this in quadruplicate in each one of the carrier forums?
I hope Samsung gets around to explaining the non-stardard notification system they decided to use in the US version.
Anyhow, seems to be working fairly well for me. The one thing I noticed is that, with some notifications, it initially comes on as a different color than chosen in light flow, but then a split second later, the light flow color comes on and stays.
Is it first using the color baked in to the app and then light flow is taking over quickly after that? Anyone else noticed that? Any way to have that not happen (though it's not in a big deal).
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Yes I now admit I have seen this glitch also but I had not yet determined if it is as you say it or if it was firing the last color used then firing your desired color. I think your logic is the issue.
lexluthor said:
So I guess we get to talk about this in quadruplicate in each one of the carrier forums?
I hope Samsung gets around to explaining the non-stardard notification system they decided to use in the US version.
Anyhow, seems to be working fairly well for me. The one thing I noticed is that, with some notifications, it initially comes on as a different color than chosen in light flow, but then a split second later, the light flow color comes on and stays.
Is it first using the color baked in to the app and then light flow is taking over quickly after that? Anyone else noticed that? Any way to have that not happen (though it's not in a big deal).
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Make sure you switch off all the "led indicators" in the phone settings otherwise it'll be fighting against the default notifications.
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Make sure you switch off all the "led indicators" in the phone settings otherwise it'll be fighting against the default notifications.
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Do you mean the 3 items I have indeed led indicators in phone settings or should I also go into each app that i have light flow notifications set up for and disable any options for led notifications that each app might have?
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Do you mean the 3 items I have indeed led indicators in phone settings or should I also go into each app that i have light flow notifications set up for and disable any options for led notifications that each app might have?
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I only did the 3 led indicator items in phone settings, I did not go into each individual app and turn off notifications and so I have no redundant notifications. We give Light Flow the power to take over those notifications.
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But the dev claims with LED, this has minimal to no battery effect - which I kind of find hard to believe.
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read up on how much power a single LED consumes and you will believe it just fine.
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I'm still not getting light flow to work. When I put my phone to sleep I am getting a green light that stays on. The only thing I am using light flow for is to turn off my notification light during "sleep mode" at select times.
Has anyone else had this issue?? How'd ya fix it of you did??
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New to the sgs3 guys. light flow worked great on my nexus an not gonna root quite yet. Is there any other ways to control the led for text messages?
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I figured out how to get rid of the green light staying on. Even though you grant light flow root access you need to check the box that asks for root access in the app as well.
Working find so far!!!
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I wonder why flashing LED support is limited to only 2 colors.
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I wonder why flashing LED support is limited to only 2 colors.
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It's not by choice. Getting the LED to blink with consistency was a major challenge. So the blinking was removed (for now - but Andrew the dev is amazing so he will get it without too much more delay).
However there are a few inherent bits of code in the OS to make the LED blink for certain colors/patterns and those are the limited blinks you can pick.
I was a beta tester so I watched how this progressed.
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I thought this app was all good for me, but it's still not working. I can't get the sleep mode to work. I set it up to turn off all notifications at night but they're still coming on.
I cannot get this to work no matter what I try!!!
Is blue the only color we can get to pulse, or will more come over time?
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I've never used Light Flow before but have been considering purchasing the app. Can anyone tell me what setup they use Light Flow (ie which color for which)?
I guess I'm asking for someone to pitch me the product! I'm interested in it but hesitant on what LED notifications I would use besides the defaults.
Thanks!
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Has anyone noticed something like this on their inspire? I have 2 barely visible greenish yellow lines on my display that you wouldn't even notice if you weren't looking for it. It's like 2 rows of pixels are emmiting a slightly off color. Is this something I should worry about?
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Has anyone noticed something like this on their inspire? I have 2 barely visible greenish yellow lines on my display that you wouldn't even notice if you weren't looking for it. It's like 2 rows of pixels are emmiting a slightly off color. Is this something I should worry about?
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Could be graphics chip or screen related. May become worse. Sometimes the actual cable that connects the screen comes ajar and would produce that sort of issue. Hard to say though exactly. You could try re installing ruu or whatever Rom your using and see if it goes away.
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sportscrazed2 said:
Has anyone noticed something like this on their inspire? I have 2 barely visible greenish yellow lines on my display that you wouldn't even notice if you weren't looking for it. It's like 2 rows of pixels are emmiting a slightly off color. Is this something I should worry about?
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you are on STOCK ROM or custom ROM? if you are rooted then maybe you can try disabled the HW overlay... if not, try to take off the battery and see if it helps..
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you are on STOCK ROM or custom ROM? if you are rooted then maybe you can try disabled the HW overlay... if not, try to take off the battery and see if it helps..
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custom rom. i'll try another and see if it goes away
Please post questions in the Q & A section. Thanks. Thread moved.
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Hi,
Just wondering who received the OTA in Korea and had a device with Red Tint?
Did it allow you to set the white point and completely eliminate the Red?
Is there anything else to the update?
Is the phone smooth, smoother, less smooth post OTA?
Thanks for letting us in the US know what to expect.
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Hi,
Just wondering who received the OTA in Korea and had a device with Red Tint?
Did it allow you to set the white point and completely eliminate the Red?
Is there anything else to the update?
Is the phone smooth, smoother, less smooth post OTA?
Thanks for letting us in the US know what to expect.
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I read somewhere that Samsung will release an update to remedy the red tint.. or all tinted phones for that matter.
Yes. That's what an OTA is. They got it on some carriers in Korea yesterday.
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Are you sure it's not the Blue Tint Filter in the display settings? If you turn it on the screen does turn a little pinkish/red...
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Are you sure it's not the Blue Tint Filter in the display settings? If you turn it on the screen does turn a little pinkish/red...
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No its not. Read the countless articles from major news sources. It's an adjustment issue. They need to expand the calibration levels. Then you can tune it out. That's the OTA that was just released in Korea. It will hit the USA next week per Samsung.
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The silence on this red tint issue is deafening. Is Korea allowed to participate in posting on XDA I wonder now? The supposed update to fix the red tint was released a day ago and I've not heard or read much about the results of any of them that applied the update. Did it really work or failed? Why don't we hear from any of the many Korean users who surely must have applied the update by now and can tell us if it worked satisfactorily or not. From the silence and Samsung not releasing it to the rest of the world this week ending already... makes me suspect it was not a 100% satisfactory fix. If it is a hardware display design issue... oh! oh! Samsung.
Korean who use SM-955N here. I had red tint on the edge of the screen and the update was released 4/27.
It adds the settings which users can add gradient to the edge of the screen, so users can "conceal" the red tint and make it normal.
Well in my case it worked perfectly and I am happy with it.
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Korean who use SM-955N here. I had red tint on the edge of the screen and the update was released 4/27.
It adds the settings which users can add gradient to the edge of the screen, so users can "conceal" the red tint and make it normal.
Well in my case it worked perfectly and I am happy with it.
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Good to hear, thanks!
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LanC_KR said:
Korean who use SM-955N here. I had red tint on the edge of the screen and the update was released 4/27.
It adds the settings which users can add gradient to the edge of the screen, so users can "conceal" the red tint and make it normal.
Well in my case it worked perfectly and I am happy with it.
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Great. Can you take a screen shot of the options?
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Great. Can you take a screen shot of the options?
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This is what I found by googling it
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This is what I found by googling it
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Yup. Exactly same as mine. The mere tint on the screenshot goes away when it reboots.
I guess it is some kind of color calibration inside the kernel?
My S8+ suffers from the red/pink glow on all 4 edges and I'm in talks with Samsung and my carrier to get my phone replaced. I'm not sure how I feel about a software "fix" when it's a hardware defect on a $1200CAD device
Got the OTA yesterday (CSC DBT from amazon.de), this is how the screen settings look now!
For some devices these fixes will work, but on uneven screens (red tint on one side of the screen, and for example yellow on the other), which most of them are to some extent, this will not improve the situation!
What does work better than expected is the possibility to change the color shifting on the edges. On one of my affected S8+ (I own 3 atm, and have seen many more for comparison) this makes the screen far better!
An interesting thing:
I own 3 S8+, all from amazon.de. Only one of them received the OTA yesterday. The 2 other ones still don't get it!
It seems this is because my 3rd device was on a march build (C something) when it received the OTA, the other ones (which did not get the OTA) are on Build (AQ)DD, because I did the DD OTA on them before!
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