I've had my Evo for 1.5 weeks now and last Thursday I started having an odd flickering issue with the screen. On any light colors, ie pictures, lighter app backgrounds...you can see the colors flickering as if the refresh rate isn't quick enough. It's not the whole screen, only the area of color that the screen doesn't like. It started with only on max brightness, but now I can notice it on 50% brightness. I'm assuming this isn't normal and I should exchange my phone? Thanks.
Completely stock rom unrooted.
Sounds like bad backlight, replace.
I have noticed this as well. Especially going to the Play Store. The odd part is that it doesn't show up within games, at least for me.
If you turn off auto backlight does it happen? I think I see what appears to be flicker but it is the backlight adjusting. Happens when I first turn the screen on as the weather comes in. Also, it happens when I go back and forth from my messaging app to the homescreen. It is like the backlight is adjusting the brightness slightly. If I turn off auto brightness I get nothing.
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If you turn off auto backlight does it happen? I think I see what appears to be flicker but it is the backlight adjusting. Happens when I first turn the screen on as the weather comes in. Also, it happens when I go back and forth from my messaging app to the homescreen. It is like the backlight is adjusting the brightness slightly. If I turn off auto brightness I get nothing.
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Mine is not set on auto. It does it when I manually set it to around 60 percent or higher. It's not obnoxious but it is obvious on lighter colors. Light grays, some whites, light blues. Otherwise my phone is perfect and I hesitate to take it back in case a replacement brings a worse problem. I just wonder if it is something that would get worse. It has stayed the same so far.
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FYI to OP and anyone else who may see the flicker. After doing a little reading it looks like the One X was plagued with this as well. HTC released an OTA that seems to have fixed the issue. You can follow a lot of the progress regarding it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597448
Looks like it was the exact same thing that I have noticed on my device. To save you some reading, you can skip to the last 10 pages or so and see that the update they sent out fixed most peoples issues. Hopefully they will have one pushed for us at some point.
Thanks for the link. so now I don't know if I hold onto my phone and hope for an update, or go and exchange for a new one.
I want to root my phone, but not until this screen flicker is taken care of!
I ONLY have this issue in the stock messaging app. Never any other time! It's so odd. But I'm not worried because of the fact that it's isolated to an app.
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finally i know I'm not crazy!! This has been happening to me too. Hope an OTA will resolve.
I'd say maybe message HTC support and let them know so that if they aren't aware already they will be.
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diestarbucks said:
I'd say maybe message HTC support and let them know so that if they aren't aware already they will be.
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I went ahead and contacted support, I'll let you know what they say if they get back to me before I leave for vacation tomorrow. I suggest anyone else having an issue do the same.
i get a weird flicker too, but its like the app closes real fast and opens back up at lightning speed.
it doesnt look hardware related, just software.
Gordon Ramsay said:
finally i know I'm not crazy!! This has been happening to me too. Hope an OTA will resolve.
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Is this happening to you in the messaging app only, or all the time? I wasn't sure who you were responding to.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Is this happening to you in the messaging app only, or all the time? I wasn't sure who you were responding to.
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Sry.. more than just messaging
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There's a setting in the developers options for flickering the screen, check there?
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Rocklee99 said:
There's a setting in the developers options for flickering the screen, check there?
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That is a whole different kind of flickering, I think that option is to help induce seizures Thank you though!
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Is this happening to you in the messaging app only, or all the time? I wasn't sure who you were responding to.
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I'm having this issue too. I've only seen it maybe a half dozen times and it's always been while typing a text message if I remember correctly. Mine is just like a brief millisecond blur.
so am I one of the VERY few having this issue? It looks like it's ALL OVER the One X forums, but no one is saying anything here. Most of the replies in this thread don't sound like my issue either, but the majority of the OneX complaints sound exactly like my issue. It's isolated to lighter colors, especially grays. It gets worse as my brightness is turned up. For example, if I look at a picture, only the blues may flicker, while the rest of the picture is solid.
Anyone?
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so am I one of the VERY few having this issue? It looks like it's ALL OVER the One X forums, but no one is saying anything here. Most of the replies in this thread don't sound like my issue either, but the majority of the OneX complaints sound exactly like my issue. It's isolated to lighter colors, especially grays. It gets worse as my brightness is turned up. For example, if I look at a picture, only the blues may flicker, while the rest of the picture is solid.
Anyone?
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I am having what you are having. I did get a reply back from HTC. It was a generic reply and one of the things they suggested was to do a battery pull. This was an email I sent to the EVO 4G LTE specific thread. I just sort of laughed it off. Mine hasn't become any worse and everything else on my device is perfect, even the color balance settled in, so I just decided to hang on to it and maybe they will fix it in an update like they did with the One X.
great to see a new thread picking up more attention than the one i started. i noticed this on my first evo and replaced it twice! all three had/have the screen flicker. i strongly believe its software related like others have mentioned, so dont give up on it yet
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On most of the reviews that I have seen on youtube on the evo 3d the capacitive lights go off after about 3 seconds yet they remain on the whole time on mines when using the phone and can be quite annoying especially at night since those lights are so damm bright! does anyone here who has applied both updates on their evo confirm if the lights remain on after updating.
here is a review on the 3d and you can see the lights turn off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y85Rd5E6lV4&feature=related
Mine turn off but they are bright as HELL! Screen Filter is your best friend right now
did you apply both updates? and yes they are bright as hell which is why i want them to turn off on their own since i watch a lot of videos at night and the lights get really annoying. I tried screen filter but I don't want to use an app for something the phone should be doing on its own
I hear ya...We shouldn't have to run an app but for now, it's all we got. I haven't installed any updates, still on HBoot 1.3
I see, I wonder how many other people have the same problem. I will use the app for now but I will be going to the sprint store this week to see if other evos have the same problem.. if they don't I will be exchanging mine
I have 3 and they all do this.
annoying, they are bright lol
Really? wow! I know its a software issue since the app screen filter is able to turn them off. Whatever it is I hope htc fixes it quick I will be emailing them in a bit to see if they are aware of the issue.
Mine aren't turning off either. However I have a buggy 3D as it is, so I'm not surprised.
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Mine aren't turning off either. However I have a buggy 3D as it is, so I'm not surprised.
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Same here. I'm starting to think that they're all buggy...
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Same here. I'm starting to think that they're all buggy...
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Must be HTC screwed something up as the review units all seem to be working fine I am waiting on a response from them I will update on what they have to say.
Did the og evo lights turn off?
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Did the og evo lights turn off?
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yea they did.. if you click on the link on the first post you can see the lights on the 3D go off after about 1-3 secs.
Just got an email from HTC and according to them the capacitive lights are affected by ambient light so the less light there is makes them stay on the whole time :/
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They're fine too me. Not bright at all.
I noticed that my search button is always on. The others turn off in bright light but the search button dims and is barely on.
dmacias said:
I noticed that my search button is always on. The others turn off in bright light but the search button dims and is barely on.
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Might be light leakage from the actual led screen backlight
Yea my search button is the same as well so it must be from the backlight. Hopefully HTC lowers the light timeout in an update soon I'm kinda blind already and those lasers hitting my eyes aren't helping much lol
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I was very excited by the Smart Stay feature of SGSIII but after a few days, experience, my opinion is that it does not work. I set the timeout to 15 sec. The eye flashes in the notification bar but most of the time screen is turned off. I tried staring directly at the front camera. Tried various positions too but no result. And all this is done in a normal lit room. Then I tried removing my specs and then it seems to work. Since I can't do much without them, so no fixed observation. Can anybody help?
do you wear glasses?
defia said:
do you wear glasses?
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Yes
Mine works even with glasses on
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Mine works even with glasses on
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Any particular setting? Or particular angle at which you keep your phone? Mine for sure does not work. The eye flashes but then the screen is also turned off.
I have the same issue too. Does anyone know the issue and how to overcome it? Thanks
I get mixed results with it. It works under ideal conditions but I had to extend the dim period to use it in everyday use.
The icon appears to show that the phone is checking for a face and not confirming it saw one. I see it flash even when looking from an angle where I'm definitely out of the camera frame.
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do you wear glasses?
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Me and a friend we bought s3 and both of us having an issue with smart stay !It works after you open the device for the 15-30 minutes and after that nothing,after the eye appears the screen goes off!We are not wearing glasses!!So any idea what cause that?A possible bug of it?Or any future update will fix it?
you guys running on XXfl2 or whatever it is?
smart stay works really well for me, never has an issue, even at acute angles
It never works for me.
Then again... I'm way to ugly for my phone to stay with me.
Smartphone's R getting to smart I guess.
Works great for me too...
Samsung already stated they are working on improving the feature as it is not yet capable of handling some light conditions, and most glasses.
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Works fine for me with glasses, as long as the phone's front camera is pointing right at me.
The flashing eye means its searching for a face; the only indication that it has recognised you is that the screen doesn't turn off.
Same issue!
Yup, facing the same problem. Keep staring at the screen for hours for the damn thing to work. But it just wont. I have tried with my glasses off. Got the same result. The eye appears on the screen twice. The first time it dims the screen, the second time it shuts it off. I have tried different angles, but have finally resigned to my fate, unless XDA/Sammy figure it out!
not working for me 2
I am not wearing any glasses but it simply dont wok tried to change the angels but no luck ... hope it need improvement. This was the main reason to purchase the s3 but....
Mine works quite well, feels like its abit of a battery drain though.
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For anyone having issues this might be worth a shout.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iseeyou-b...-older-devices-running-android-2.3-or-higher/
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It needs to be a nice distance from your face to pick up your eyes, light is an issue too.
Its a nice feature that has some obvious issues on a 1.X MP camera.
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For anyone having issues this might be worth a shout.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iseeyou-b...-older-devices-running-android-2.3-or-higher/
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Samsung patented this feature so i guess the app dev is in a bit of danger unless he is not really rich.
Other apps wont be as good either, as smart stay was made with this hardware in mind (namely the camera). Others will have to bend and shape to fit multiple cameras, making detection algorithms not as strong.
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I just got my first gs3 5 days ago. Love it, but yesterday i noticed a dot on the screen in the lower left quadrant. I could only see it when the screen was off and under direct light. I tried cleaning it, but it was still there, i could also feel a little abrasion when i ran my finger over it. So i take it back to best buy, tell them what's up and they swap it out, no problem. The guy said it could have been either an air bubble in the screen, or the chip could have over heated causing a "blister" to raise up. "Weird cause I've only had it for a few days, and haven't even rooted it yet" So i get it, had to go to work right after so i didn't have much time to play with it. I wake up this morning and i notice that when the screen is on a black background, like the messaging app, or something similar, i can see a "darker" dot in around the same place where i had the problem on my last one, i can also see several other smaller ones around the screen. The dots are easy more noticeable when i turn the brightness up. This is the 16 gig Sprint model, is anyone else having similar issues with their phones? I'm going to go back up there tomorrow to try and swap it out again, hopefully they don't give me and flak about it.
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I just got my first gs3 5 days ago. Love it, but yesterday i noticed a dot on the screen in the lower left quadrant. I could only see it when the screen was off and under direct light. I tried cleaning it, but it was still there, i could also feel a little abrasion when i ran my finger over it. So i take it back to best buy, tell them what's up and they swap it out, no problem. The guy said it could have been either an air bubble in the screen, or the chip could have over heated causing a "blister" to raise up. "Weird cause I've only had it for a few days, and haven't even rooted it yet" So i get it, had to go to work right after so i didn't have much time to play with it. I wake up this morning and i notice that when the screen is on a black background, like the messaging app, or something similar, i can see a "darker" dot in around the same place where i had the problem on my last one, i can also see several other smaller ones around the screen. The dots are easy more noticeable when i turn the brightness up. This is the 16 gig Sprint model, is anyone else having similar issues with their phones? I'm going to go back up there tomorrow to try and swap it out again, hopefully they don't give me and flak about it.
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Known issue on this type of screen. There is another thread burried somewhere about it. Every gs3 phone has it.
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jjlean said:
Known issue on this type of screen. There is another thread burried somewhere about it. Every gs3 phone has it.
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Not every screen has this. However over time every screen will have the problem. As far as I can tell I have none. Plus the other model that I had also didn't have any dots that I could see. I know it could have also been minimal. but it is a known issue with these screens has the other poster stated. Worth returning over? I don't think so.
I could understand having this problem a year down the road, but 1 day after first turning on the phone! That sounds a little much. I think I'll try returning it one more time...maybe 3rd times a charm?
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That's AMOLED for ya. If you only see one dot...you're lucky. Hope you don't get one with 5 or more. :angel:
The dots/bleed marks should NOT be more visible when you turn the brightness up, they should be less visible at higher brightness.
Take it back, get another one. Keep doing it until you're satisfied.
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The dots/bleed marks should NOT be more visible when you turn the brightness up, they should be less visible at higher brightness.
Take it back, get another one. Keep doing it until you're satisfied.
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+1!
Also I have an ATT model. I checked a friends and I didn't see any one his as well. He also had ATT. Not that it matters much just saying.
Also you can use this app...CHange your brightness up as far as you would like to help check for the dots/ink...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImRlLmxhcHBlLnRpbS5hbmRyb2lkLmxjZHRlc3QiXQ..
Great small app. Also helps to see if you have any dead pixels!
hope this helps you out...
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Thanks for the app recommendation. Tried it and didn't see any dead pixels or dots on any of the screens. In fact, i can't see the dots that i did before! I don't know if it's because it's brighter out versus when i was looking last night? I guess I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days and see if it gets worse. Would this problem get worse over time or is this just something that is there and will always be there? Thanks.
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I would have kept the first one, if you're critical enough you can find some kind of a defect in any phone.
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Thanks for the app recommendation. Tried it and didn't see any dead pixels or dots on any of the screens. In fact, i can't see the dots that i did before! I don't know if it's because it's brighter out versus when i was looking last night? I guess I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days and see if it gets worse. Would this problem get worse over time or is this just something that is there and will always be there? Thanks.
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From what I understand it can get worse as time goes on. same with any burn ins and so on. Again this is what I understand. By the this time next year I will be replacing this device anyways in most cases unless nothing good comes out.
i wouldn't worry about it if its gone. Could it have been some type of bleed effect or something? I don't know. I'd just watch it for now. Check it so often. If you end up not minding it (If there even if an issue..) then i would keep the device. At higher brightness settings is when you can see it from my understanding. Again I could be 100% wrong. Wouldn't be the first time!
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Thanks for the app recommendation. Tried it and didn't see any dead pixels or dots on any of the screens. In fact, i can't see the dots that i did before! I don't know if it's because it's brighter out versus when i was looking last night? I guess I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days and see if it gets worse. Would this problem get worse over time or is this just something that is there and will always be there? Thanks.
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In mine you can only see it in just the right light. Dull light.
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Yeah, I'm just going to keep it i think unless something drastic happens. I could only see it when it was dark and i had to look hard for it, but with these devices you want it to be flawless. Thanks for the comments and such. I'll keep an eye on it for the time being.
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**SOLVED** i'm hoping!
it doesn't always happen but I noticed sometimes my screen glitches out after I take a picture and goto view it in gallery. it gets some weird lines through it, and hitting home does nothing. must turn screen off then on for it to return to norm. seems weird... i have force 2d rendering checked in dev options.. going to turn that off now and see if it still does it. but it's a weird little glitch. has anyone else seen this before?
ok I turned off 2d rendering and it still does it. It's as if the screen just fades out into black, and that's that... it's every time you take a pic and then hit the gallery icon to see the last pic.. image sense bug maybe?
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i'm so glad that i think i figured this out.
i had my screen animations set to 0.5x instead of the stock 1.0, which nobody else probably did, that's why even HTC couldn't replicate this problem when i told them. here's a video of what happens when this does it. i'm pretty sure it has to do with screen animations...i hope, anyway.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5wwa5557ap1esi/MVI_6579.AVI
I've never had this happen to me before
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it's very weird. it seems as if when you hit the gallery icon, the screen just fades out. now, it's not a screen problem, as it won't happen in any other app, so i don't believe it's hardware. i believe it's just a small little glitch. i've since reset my phone for the first time since friday, so maybe that would fix it, who knows. haven't noticed it yet.
anyone get this yet?? it happens if you quickly tap the gallery icon after taking a pic to review it. the screen fades out and you have to turn screen off then on to work again. touching the screen in this period does things.. like i did the drop down motion when my screen went black, and hit where settings would be. then I shut screen off, turned on, unlocked and bam, i was in settings.
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I have tried to replicate this, but cannot.
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damn. i really hope I don't have a bad phone. It doesn't happen always, and it's just a minor annoyance. it seems to me like a software bug switching between the camera and the gallery really quick. i'll make a video ASAP to show ya guys
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i'm so glad that i think i figured this out.
i had my screen animations set to 0.5x instead of the stock 1.0, which nobody else probably did, that's why even HTC couldn't replicate this problem when i told them. here's a video of what happens when this does it. i'm pretty sure it has to do with screen animations...i hope, anyway.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5wwa5557ap1esi/MVI_6579.AVI
As you all know, our LGOG doesn't really have any LED functionality. I really miss this as I had gotten super used to relying on it for info on my old Atrix. So I was browsing the general Android Apps section today and saw something that tries to help with this!
NoLED
I am linking to the original post as I don't want to steal any credit, just wanted to post it since I didn't see it here and didn't want anyone to miss it!
I'm currently downloading it to try it and will report back. Give it a try!
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As you all know, our LGOG doesn't really have any LED functionality. I really miss this as I had gotten super used to relying on it for info on my old Atrix. So I was browsing the general Android Apps section today and saw something that tries to help with this!
NoLED
I am linking to the original post as I don't want to steal any credit, just wanted to post it since I didn't see it here and didn't want anyone to miss it!
I'm currently downloading it to try it and will report back. Give it a try!
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It should only be used for Amoled screens. On Amoled screens black pixels are not lit up so battery usage is minimal (still a lot though). On our LCD screens the whole screen would light up, most likely killing our batteries in hours. I haven't actually tried that app but that's what I'm guessing would happen.
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It should only be used for Amoled screens. On Amoled screens black pixels are not lit up so battery usage is minimal (still a lot though). On our LCD screens the whole screen would light up, most likely killing our batteries in hours. I haven't actually tried that app but that's what I'm guessing would happen.
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It's been brought up before in The Base thread a while back. You're right, the whole screen lights up. Quite a few wake locks. Not battery friendly. Personally, I would not recommend it. But give it a chance.
OP, there are a couple alternatives in this section, if you haven't already seen them, that are worth giving a shot, as well.
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I didn't realize the AMOLED vs LED thing. But yeah i noticed it seemed pretty bright when I tried it. I ended up uninstalling it because I just didn't like how it looked.
Which other apps are you talking about? I don't think I've seen any
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I didn't realize the AMOLED vs LED thing. But yeah i noticed it seemed pretty bright when I tried it. I ended up uninstalling it because I just didn't like how it looked.
Which other apps are you talking about? I don't think I've seen any
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THIS and THIS.
I use the second one, as I like the functionality better.
You know or phones have notification lights around the power button
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whoamanwtf said:
You know or phones have notification lights around the power button
Running SnowJB
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Yeah, but at 30 second intervals it is next to useless...
Really.