I just want a plain black wallpaper to reduce battery drain. How do I do that?
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ClockerXP said:
I just want a plain black wallpaper to reduce battery drain. How do I do that?
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Use Wallpaper Wizardrii from the market. There is an option on the set screen to set a solid color. That's what I have right now on my screen.
ClockerXP said:
I just want a plain black wallpaper to reduce battery drain. How do I do that?
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I'm not sure, but with certain displays no specific color of wallpaper with give it better battery life
The rezound may fall under that category
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superchilpil said:
I'm not sure, but with certain displays no specific color of wallpaper with give it better battery life
The rezound may fall under that category
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This ^^^ is true. LCD screens use power anyway, no matter what color is displayed. LED, however, will save power because it only uses power to display colors, and black is not a color on LED, it's just off.
Yeah, not gonna save battery.
It might, maybe, kinda, make a difference in a totally imperceptible way on an AMOLED display.
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This ^^^ is true. LCD screens use power anyway, no matter what color is displayed. LED, however, will save power because it only uses power to display colors, and black is not a color on LED, it's just off.
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False?
LED screens are currently just LCD screens with LED backlights. They work the same.
Plasma displays use no power showing black along with OLED.
I think you are mixing up LED and OLED.
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LCD uses more power with a black wallpaper because it has to force it black. White will save battery
Try this don't think its going to help with battery though as the lights will still be on behind the image. Might save a little memory though as the images are very small.
So many different opinions in if it helps or not lol
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Thanks all. White is just too bright. Black works nice for me and really makes the icons stand out. Appreciate the images!
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search for Colors on the android market. It's a wallpaper app with just solid colors.
Put your finger over the camera and take a picture.
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Put your finger over the camera and take a picture.
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Lol...
Use just a grey. #787878 that's what I use.
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nosympathy said:
False?
LED screens are currently just LCD screens with LED backlights. They work the same.
Plasma displays use no power showing black along with OLED.
I think you are mixing up LED and OLED.
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All phones with led screens are technically Oled screens. Amoled to be more specific. I think he was just being lazy and leaving out the O.
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Put your finger over the camera and take a picture.
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This is what I did too when I had an "o"led screen.
tCizler said:
All phones with led screens are technically Oled screens. Amoled to be more specific. I think he was just being lazy and leaving out the O.
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Yea, I was thinking of my Incredible. Black was black on that phone. It's only sorta black on the Rezound.
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tCizler said:
All phones with led screens are technically Oled screens. Amoled to be more specific. I think he was just being lazy and leaving out the O.
This is what I did too when I had an "o"led screen.
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No...LED and OLED are two very different screens.
LED is an LCD screen backlit by LED lights.
OLED is a printed organic material that created its own light.
Then there is sonys crystal LED which will have LED bulbs for everypixel and won't use an LCD panel. Each LED contains red/blue/green subpixels.
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No...LED and OLED are two very different screens.
LED is an LCD screen backlit by LED lights.
OLED is a printed organic material that created its own light.
Then there is sonys crystal LED which will have LED bulbs for everypixel and won't use an LCD panel. Each LED contains red/blue/green subpixels.
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No? I don't think we disagreed on anything??
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No? I don't think we disagreed on anything??
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Said all led screens are OLDD which isn't true.
Less you made a typo
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LOL, this is perfect.
I just made a 10 x 10 black image with Paint.net, and saved it to my SD card. Theoretically, I just saved like 0.05 megs of RAM or something.
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how bright are your capacitive buttons? Mine seem a lot dimmer compared to my skyrocket I had. also I noticed my middle home button is a little dimmer compared to the other 3. should be an issue or leave it alone? Other than that it works perfect
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Mondingo said:
how bright are your capacitive buttons? Mine seem a lot dimmer compared to my skyrocket I had. also I noticed my middle home button is a little dimmer compared to the other 3. should be an issue or leave it alone? Other than that it works perfect
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Mine are much brighter and more evenly lit than my Captivate, sooo .
i believe your brightness/power saving options also affect the capacitive brightness... i would do a test at night and adjust your brightness and see!
My first phone I bought they are bright! My second one, a little dim oh well.
I have my capacitive buttons only light up in the dark. No need in well lit scenarios for them to be lit.
The white note capacitive backlighting kind of bleeds through the surrounding area so that's kind of ugly. Oh well I can live.
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Why did you have to get a second phone?
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My first phone I bought they are bright! My second one, a little dim oh well.
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Mine seem just as bright on my white note as they were on my white skyrocket.
my note has a bit of a dim home. I went to the store to exchange it but they said that the demo had the same problem and a couple other white phones so I guess its common
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I have my capacitive buttons only light up in the dark. No need in well lit scenarios for them to be lit.
The white note capacitive backlighting kind of bleeds through the surrounding area so that's kind of ugly. Oh well I can live.
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Yeah that bleed is lame, it's about the only thing I don't like about the phone. I just turned the buttons off. After a few days of playing with it I know where they're at.
The SkyRocket lights up more of a bluish white. While my note lights up white/tan color, its bright but i liked the illuminated color of the SkyRocket. It reminds me of LED shades.
-On another NOTE, Samsung goes 5.3"
Wish mine was as bright a my Skyrocket.
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Mine seem just as bright on my white note as they were on my white skyrocket.
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I too went back to the store. I looked at theit demo as well,and the home button was the same as mine. I guess some are better than others. They just better last. And not go out after my 30 days are up.
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my note has a bit of a dim home. I went to the store to exchange it but they said that the demo had the same problem and a couple other white phones so I guess its common
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Does anyone else find that the:
Menu
Home
Back
Search
Light up extremely freaking bright? Or is it just me Is there anyway to control their intensity?
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Does anyone else find that the:
Menu
Home
Back
Search
Light up extremely freaking bright? Or is it just me Is there anyway to control their intensity?
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there is some bleeding yes but that would have to be modified by whoever will make custom kernels
I notice this too, I think its just because of the similar color of led and face color. I'm sure its not as noticeable on the carbon blue. Slight side effect of such a great color.
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Yea, did not have that issue with my blue one. I swapped it out for the white one yesterday.
I was jealous of my girlfriends white Note. Just turned the lights off. Issue fixed for now.
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Yea, did not have that issue with my blue one. I swapped it out for the white one yesterday.
I was jealous of my girlfriends white Note. Just turned the lights off. Issue fixed for now.
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I did the opposite...I swapped to the carbon one because the bleed bothered me.
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If you think that's bad you should see the white skyrocket. Now that was bright. Gnote is no where near as bright as the skyrocket. I think the skyrocket uses some kind of LED lighting which if you can get pass how bright it is, it looks a lot better.
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If you think that's bad you should see the white skyrocket. Now that was bright. Gnote is no where near as bright as the skyrocket. I think the skyrocket uses some kind of LED lighting which if you can get pass how bright it is, it looks a lot better.
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I actually noticed them in the AT&T store. I figured it was a Samsung issue. I just turned off the lights. Don't really need them anyways.
This is a problem? Really??? Not trying to be an A-hole but I didn't notice it at all. The Beast needs bright lights! lol
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This is a problem? Really??? Not trying to be an A-hole but I didn't notice it at all. The Beast needs bright lights! lol
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LOL.. On some phones it's kinda overkill.. Just a stray bright light in the corner of your eye when you're looking at the screen.
Anyone try changing the LED light's color to like.... maybe blue or red?
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Anyone try changing the LED light's color to like.... maybe blue or red?
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It's not possible, all we have are two colours, orange and green. Any other colours? We have yet to see them, maybe they need to be enabled at a kernel level, but we need source to find out.
It's quite possible(and is the case, in my opinion) that it is simply a dual-color LED, and that changing the color would require you disassembling the phone and changing the physical LED on the board.
Ohhhh I see. Well, only time will tell lmao. I'm too scared to take apart this phone xD
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Does anyone actually know if its a bicolor led or not? If its more than that it would be great! Cause I like the blue color like the droid razr has.
And even if it is a bicolor led, we can still get 3 colors. Green, amber, and red. (Amber have both colors turn on at the same time.)
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Does anyone actually know if its a bicolor led or not? If its more than that it would be great! Cause I like the blue color like the droid razr has.
And even if it is a bicolor led, we can still get 3 colors. Green, amber, and red. (Amber have both colors turn on at the same time.)
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No way we can know unless a kernel dev takes a look at the source.
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No way we can know unless a kernel dev takes a look at the source.
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i wish we had a hardware map that was so detailed it narrowed the parts down to the screws that hold this beast together!
then we would know lol
ok,so I decided to get an S3 after a long confusion between it and the gnex but I'm still not sure which color should I get.I've seen both colors in reality and surprisingly,they both look much better in real life than in pics.I like both but I want to get the white 1 for a change since I never had a white phone.I'm just wondering if anyone with a white S3 got any problems with it like color fading/scratches on the brushed metal sides/button light or notification-LED bleeding into the screen or any other problems.
IDK about the white since i dont have one, but im sure as heck no one complains about the blue : D
Yeah, it isn't blue....
Seriously though, I own both colours. There is no noticeable difference in how they work, its just the colour... Get your preference...
There are many colours to choose now.
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I got the white because I can't wait for anything, wasn't that keen to start with but now I'm really happy with it. I think it looks a quite classy now. I think I even prefer it over the blue... sorry blue fans :laugh:
i'm on white my only complain is the touch keys it leaks speacially at night it's very bright
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My first white phone ... love it. It looks good and even the white glow from the capacitive keys I think is a nice touch whether it be on purpose or not. I dig it.
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bordikun said:
only complain is the touch keys it leaks speacially at night it's very bright
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Coreym said:
even the white glow from the capacitive keys
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Just to be clear so there is no confusion for the OP. The "bleeding" is not into the screen its self but into where its white around the screen. And like Coreym said, it adds to the phone IMO, makes the whole white bezel glow. Not a problem for me.
bordikun said:
i'm on white my only complain is the touch keys it leaks speacially at night it's very bright
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just disable the led light
Aimara said:
just disable the led light
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I don't think you can.. not the LED capacitive keys
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Loads of colors now available but I think white is the classy choice
OK,it seems that there aren't any problems with it except the button bleed(which doesn't bleed into the screen) but I can just disable the lights,or keep it cuz I might like it Thanks all,can't wait to get my hands on it
I bought the white yesterday. I'm loving it (except for the massive battery drain, it's the same as mi iPhone 3G).
Didn't like the blue colour, so went for the white. It's gorgeous.
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I don't think you can.. not the LED capacitive keys
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You can under display - led duration
(On omega ROM anyway)
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No real problems at all with the white, and I think the blue with the curved edges do make it look a little too cheap for my liking, especially on the back cover.
Settings > display > touch key light duration > always off
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Settings > display > touch key light duration > always off
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Ha.. that's awesome.. I forgot ever seeing that. Thanks mate!
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Coreym said:
Ha.. that's awesome.. I forgot ever seeing that. Thanks mate!
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I disabled the lights too, every 3 seconds they went off... very annoying.
I have blue, my partner has white. Personally the white one looks cheaper with the back light of the soft buttons shining outside of the button stencil, but it sure as hell is sexy as fook.
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Blue is best period
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Do you have this on your screen guys? A
Small black circle tint visible on blaxk background.. i cant take picture of it as it is not visible when shot on cam
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No not at all.
I always have a black background.
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this is common on most super amoled screen not to worry about
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Its only visible on night with very low brightness using a dimmer app you can notice it if you have a black back ground
. Its a small circle black..which is very noticable like a black tint which bothers me a lot..
Have you experience this guy
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Crest+ said:
Its only visible on night with very low brightness using a dimmer app you can notice it if you have a black back ground
. Its a small circle black..which is very noticable like a black tint which bothers me a lot..
Have you experience this guy
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Yep there is a topic on it in general section I think. "ink marks" or something. Personally I think it is not a major problem. I have 2 or 3 tiny spots but most of the time we don't use the phone in a pitch black environment, nor are we looking at a pure black screen (how often do you spend in the homescreen?). It would however be an issue if it was noticable during movies, games etc, where the viewing experience is paramount
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Yep there is a topic on it in general section I think. "ink marks" or something. Personally I think it is not a major problem. I have 2 or 3 tiny spots but most of the time we don't use the phone in a pitch black environment, nor are we looking at a pure black screen (how often do you spend in the homescreen?). It would however be an issue if it was noticable during movies, games etc, where the viewing experience is paramount
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Yes true, it would be an issue if it was visible while watching movies and such.. but question is how long should this ink spot last compare to the other parts of the screen?
What does this ink indicate?
Yes I have them and it annoys me. And I don't understand why people defend it and say it's okay, we've all paid a lot of money for these phones how is it okay or acceptable to have black dots all over the screen? Yes it's only under very specific conditions but that's not the point, it is extremely annoying watching movies when they fade to black, when in the app launcher under dark conditions. And it's not just 1 or 2 small dots it's like someone broke a black pen and flicked it all over the screen.
It's just the way how the amoled is made. Every amoled has it. Don't worry. U won't notice that after while
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It's just the way how the amoled is made. Every amoled has it. Don't worry. U won't notice that after while
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I've only had the phone a few days now so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt since everything I've read is saying you get used to it but...... It's there..... There are dots on the screen every time there's black, how do you get used to that? I understand every AMOLED screen has it but don't you think that if it's that big a problem then the screens aren't ready for prime time and need to improved? I've found myself using white everywhere when black is what saves battery on an AMOLED screen and black looks good on an AMOLED screen but I can't stand the dots.
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It's just the way how the amoled is made. Every amoled has it. Don't worry. U won't notice that after while
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I don't now what you are saying by "Every amoled has it."
Because my and my girlfriend don't have it.
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Yes I have them and it annoys me. And I don't understand why people defend it and say it's okay, we've all paid a lot of money for these phones how is it okay or acceptable to have black dots all over the screen? Yes it's only under very specific conditions but that's not the point, it is extremely annoying watching movies when they fade to black, when in the app launcher under dark conditions. And it's not just 1 or 2 small dots it's like someone broke a black pen and flicked it all over the screen.
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I feel the same way bro..
We paid for the right price but what can we do? Samsung got the last laugh..
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I have it too, annoying to know they're there but not that big of a deal in every day use. Still buggers me every once in awhile tho.