Hello xda community!
So I got bored yesterday and dug out my old LG Optimus P506 to see how it'd look ICS'd. But, unfortunately, I ran into a problem. I don't know if this is just a case of unfortunate timing or the result of my doing something wrong in the install process. The problem is after the first boot screen the color depth drops to 256 colors. I've tried searching the forums, there may be a related problem but nothing turns up with reduced screen colors/depth (meaning sorry for repost if it is) any help is appreciated!
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/PgSWzbsMOQw/2.jpg
Is it something like this?
Sorry, can't tell from the image (it's too small) But the colors are in heavy green hue, large pixel clusters... dunno if it's relevant to you or not but similar to how win95/98 looked without vga drivers.
srbellix said:
Sorry, can't tell from the image (it's too small) But the colors are in heavy green hue, large pixel clusters... dunno if it's relevant to you or not but similar to how win95/98 looked without vga drivers.
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Ok.. I know what are you referring... The thing is that the p500, and p506 has different display drivers, so you need to install a kernel for the p506,,
Just one more question are you having cellular signal?
Check your PM's
Cell reception is a no-go as far as I can tell. I haven't had service on it for a few months, when I started fiddling with the rom was the first time the phone had been turned on in quite a while. I'll look into it some more later and see what I can figure out. Thanks again for the help!
Well, if you want signal, you need to flash this http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n4qb1oqpvhkdldp
The OldBBFix is needed because your LG Thrive (P506) was never issued an update to the newer baseband (v20). Only ROMs built for the old baseband (OBB) will be able to communicate with the cellular radio. Flashing that .zip circumvents this problem. The display driver issue can indeed be fixed by flashing a kernel for your phone. Go here and spend some time poking around. Look for a kernel for the P506.
Or, you can PM _Arjen_.
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I'm here to find out if anyone knows if there is a software difference between the White and Black versions of the Samsung Fascinate.
I used to have the Black Fascinate and I loved it, but after it met a terrible fate I found myself in the ownership of a White one which I am coming to loathe more and more each day.
So, are there any known software (non-aesthetic) variances between the White and Black versions of the Samsung Fascinate? I couldn't help but notice that certain things I could change on my black one, I can't on my white. The white one lags more, freezes more, randomly closes apps more, and just all around is a considerably worse product. I can't tell if I just got a crappy one or if there is some sort of difference.
I also couldn't help but notice that rooting methods that worked with my black one don't work at all with the white one, which is what made me curious if there was a software difference.
Thanks in advance for any help, I looked around for hours, but couldn't manage to find anything. If I happen to be super dense and it is out there, I do apologize, I really didn't wanna clog up the forum with a new thread, but this is the only place I know to turn to for help on stuff like this.
I also apologize if I put this in the wrong section or something, this seemed like the logical place to put a question like this...
EDIT: Also, if it matters, here's the info from the phone, I don't have a black one anymore to cross reference them.
Hardware I500.04
Model SCH-I500
Firmware 2.2.1
Baseband S:i500.04 V.ED04
Kernel 2.6.32.9
Build SCH-I500.ED04
Don't know if any of that is important or not.
LunariH said:
I'm here to find out if anyone knows if there is a software difference between the White and Black versions of the Samsung Fascinate.
I used to have the Black Fascinate and I loved it, but after it met a terrible fate I found myself in the ownership of a White one which I am coming to loathe more and more each day.
So, are there any known software (non-aesthetic) variances between the White and Black versions of the Samsung Fascinate? I couldn't help but notice that certain things I could change on my black one, I can't on my white. The white one lags more, freezes more, randomly closes apps more, and just all around is a considerably worse product. I can't tell if I just got a crappy one or if there is some sort of difference.
I also couldn't help but notice that rooting methods that worked with my black one don't work at all with the white one, which is what made me curious if there was a software difference.
Thanks in advance for any help, I looked around for hours, but couldn't manage to find anything. If I happen to be super dense and it is out there, I do apologize, I really didn't wanna clog up the forum with a new thread, but this is the only place I know to turn to for help on stuff like this.
I also apologize if I put this in the wrong section or something, this seemed like the logical place to put a question like this...
EDIT: Also, if it matters, here's the info from the phone, I don't have a black one anymore to cross reference them.
Hardware I500.04
Model SCH-I500
Firmware 2.2.1
Baseband S:i500.04 V.ED04
Kernel 2.6.32.9
Build SCH-I500.ED04
Don't know if any of that is important or not.
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I've had black and wife has white. I haven't noticed a single difference between our phones beyond back casing.
Had the white before replacing with a black, then a Charge
I had the white Fascinate before getting a black replacement which had the freezes, lag, everything you said, lol. I sent it back, kept the white one, and got a replacement Charge on 7/26/2011. 4G where I live is extremely fast, I'm constantly getting 22 to 25 mbs down and 5-8 mbs up! So glad I replaced the white one now though, because awhile before replacing it with the Charge, my touchscreen wasn't working right, wifi was stuck at obtaining IP adress, 3g stopped working, even after I reactivated and updated my roaming capabilities and the phone plain old sucked.
Hello guys,
after flashing batista70's ROM, I started to notice that on the default wallpaper, there was heavy color banding, as if the bit rate of the colors dropped.
For example when I use the microbes live wallpaper, the microbes are much bigger and it looks like it's zoomed in, plus the dark background, instead of having some smooth grey areas has a net separation between black and dark grey.
I've tried flashing stock ROMs back, but it didnt fix the problem.
Do you think that if I send it to samsung saying that it happened after I updated it via Kies, are they gonna fix it?
maxolina said:
Hello guys,
after flashing batista70's ROM, I started to notice that on the default wallpaper, there was heavy color banding, as if the bit rate of the colors dropped.
For example when I use the microbes live wallpaper, the microbes are much bigger and it looks like it's zoomed in, plus the dark background, instead of having some smooth grey areas has a net separation between black and dark grey.
I've tried flashing stock ROMs back, but it didnt fix the problem.
Do you think that if I send it to samsung saying that it happened after I updated it via Kies, are they gonna fix it?
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If something happened to any hardware component of your phone, they will fix it.. But only if you pay, unless you use a JIG to reset the custom binary counter...
I can't imagine why a ROM should damage your phone, you should try to flash another kernel...
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If something happened to any hardware component of your phone, they will fix it.. But only if you pay, unless you use a JIG to reset the custom binary counter...
I can't imagine why a ROM should damage your phone, you should try to flash another kernel...
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I mean, if I use a jig, and tell them it happened after I updated via Kies, am I still gonna pay?
The phone is in warranty..... They shouldnt make me pay..
the same problem
hi guys. the same probs here. any solution was found? jst flashed with litening rom 6.1 and still have probs with colours on screen. any help? thx
Same
Im having the exact exact same problem. Kind of dissapointing. I thought rooting and flashing roms made better. Its a small problem but an annoying and ugly one. PLEASE HELP!!!!
Funny this, I have the same problem after changing screens (so a hardware, not software, change). Did you guys find out what's causing this?
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Funny this, I have the same problem after changing screens (so a hardware, not software, change). Did you guys find out what's causing this?
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possibly display drivers issue?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486620
That user suggested a re-flash
Any news on this issue? I just changed my cracked screen, and when I plugged the new one and turned the phone on, image was perfect, then 1 second later it went all strange, with heavy horizontal banding.
I didn´t have a chance yet to flash new FW because my S2 has a broken power flex button, I´m waiting the replacement one to arrive in the mail, but I would like to know beforehand if this may be just a software problem. If it´s hardware, I think I´m screwed.
Thanks!
Wondering if the setting for Automatic screen brightness is bad for you all? What im talking about is that my screen brightness is not changing accordingly to light/dark environment, it's basically always on medium. Can my phone be broken or is this normal?
Also experience screen drop outs where it's stop responding to touch input, it sits like that for short period of time and will start responding again. It seems not like a frequent problem but happens now and again since I bought it last week.
Last but not least, im experiencing some forms....in lack of words, "processor" straining if I have all 20 Xbox games installed and a lot of apps and music. Seems that the less memory the more chopy everything become. Even with a lot removed from storage and having, like 7GB free its a bit choppy, but the problem will increase expanding to less increased memory. Just open Games and looking at the avatar you can see lagg in his movments. I feely like with a clean phone I never saw that.
Now worth noting is I am VERY picky when it comes to lagg/choppiness/Screen flickerings. This phone is brand new and I come from a Omnia 7. While surfing the Webb is a incredible experience, its so smooth, I feel that start menu scrolling, avatar movements etc is choppy and almost, as bad? as a first gen device. Game performance seems to be better on the Titan compared to my old Omnia 7. But on a lot of areas it seems my Omnia 7 is on par with the Titan. This is a new gen device, shouldn't I experience a lot of difference.
Now, anybody got some thoughts about this? Any feedback/help is appreciated.
Best regards
Me
The amount of used/free storage has very little to do with the performance of the phone. More than likely, its simply the phone needing to download and load data that is causing some of the stuttering you are seeing, which is the most common culprit of performance hiccups. The storage memory is not the same thing as the memory used to run the phone/apps/games. A common misconception.
Slow data connections/downloads in combination with the inability for the phone to load all your information instantly is probably the lag you are seeing (or even, the phone IS trying to load all your data at once). It is more apparent in 3rd party apps, but its the same as any device trying to load data.
If it really is to the point where its unbearable, it may very well be that your device is defective. I don't have any major issues with freezing/stuttering/lag on any of my Windows Phone devices. Its a bit more noticeable on my 1st gen devices, but its largely eliminated on my 2nd gen devices. A little bit of stuttering here and there is completely normal for any device though.
Thnx for the input. I can't tell what's the reason behind it, but my Omnua was the same. To many Tiles and the start screen will get choppy etc.
Nobody have any trouble with the screen brightness and phone freezing for a short period? Many small things I never noticed on my Omnia 7, and I thought that phone wasn't all there. If all small problems is here in scared for the survival of WP if phones get worse. If there to. Ompete with Apple plz give solid performance.... I feel disappointed :'(
I've a ton of live tiles and no start screen lag. Maybe your device is defective?
or maybe my standards are 2 high. It can't be a coincidence that my Omnia 7, Lumia 800 and now my Titan is doing the same thing...but that is a WP7 issue. Currently is automatic screen brightness my worst concerns, and if dark room or sunlight don't really change on your phones, then I know its a standard Titan issue, if not, I need to send it back for repairs. And maybe the screen freezing I have is connected to the sensor is broken. I have no clue so .....if you cover your phones top, or put a strong light on it, does your brightness change?
screen freezing should probably be more accurately be called screen drop out, like its disconnected some how. Haven't happend for 1-2 days now.
I remember my old HD2 was reported with broken screens as a flaw and people had to send in a lot of there devices before it was fixed. Kind of scared its typical bad HTC quality playing its thing?
Autobrightness - known bug
Screen stutter - tried SRS-off?
Start screen lag - ghosting
Screen drop - lock-unlock screen, known bug for some handsets.
It's all in the sticky of FAQs.
I can fill my screen with tons of tiles too and get absolutely no lag.
I think really the best way for any of us to tell you whether or not the type of lag you are experiencing is normal would be to take video. Use the phone as you normally would, take some video of you doing it, and clearly we should be able to see any weird lag issues.
But again, a little bit of lag, on any device, is totally normal. It may be that you are just too picky. I imagine that using Android would totally kill you since the lag there gets out of hand at times.
Problem is, while you may think its Windows Phone in general because it has happened to the last 3 of your devices, the rest of us here experience little to no lag with our devices, which would rule out that it is just a Windows Phone problem. It may be the way you set your phone up that it causing some kind of lag, totally possible, since everyone sets up their device in different ways. And more than likely, you have set your phone up a certain way every time you move to a new device, because that's just how you set it up.
Thanx for all the great input and maybe im just picky.
Great FAQ thread, sorry for not seeing it, but I would give you the tip to rename it to somthing more...boring? :-D. All I saw was FAQ and noob and then my interest was gone, sorry for that, usually see em and they always rock so thnx for a nice post. As a naming tip. FAQ: HTC TITAN: current Information/issues/solutions.
Maybe just me but in sorry i missed your FAQ. Keep upp the work and nice to know its basically HTC screwing up again, when will they learn. (Miss my Omnia 7)
also, feel free to delete this thread if you consider name change ...lol, just trying to be kind and frank.
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Thanx for all the great input and maybe im just picky.
Great FAQ thread, sorry for not seeing it, but I would give you the tip to rename it to somthing more...boring? :-D. All I saw was FAQ and noob and then my interest was gone, sorry for that, usually see em and they always rock so thnx for a nice post. As a naming tip. FAQ: HTC TITAN: current Information/issues/solutions.
Maybe just me but in sorry i missed your FAQ. Keep upp the work and nice to know its basically HTC screwing up again, when will they learn. (Miss my Omnia 7)
also, feel free to delete this thread if you consider name change ...lol, just trying to be kind and frank.
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No problem mate! I've changed it
I think HTC din't just mess up in general. It was the first batch (Oct/Nov purchases) that had the most issues and plenty with ATT. In the UK if you got something from first batch off CarPhone Warehouse - you would see those freezes and lags. However, I swapped mine just before December and no issues after that. The ghosting is common with ALL HTCs. Android, Windows - doesn't matter. It's their S-LCD/LCD screens.
hehe okay. Just bought mine of Expansys and they were waiting to get em in to stock so was hoping to skip first wave. Any ways to see which rendition I have? Hmm I will go to the FAQ after your reply so delite this thread in awhile then, its no good when there is a FAQ, especially as good as the one there is.
Hi there, dear Galaxians ;P
Long story short... I got my 3rd in a row Galaxy S2, but this one is a brand new, never opened SOB (I guess this is allowed here, if not sorry). Last two S2's were used. Nevermind.
Those first two has awesome saturation. This one was UGLY! Whites were pinky'ish, Green was eye-popping, and Movie setting didn't help a lot. For those who has normal saturation on Movie setting it was like I had Dynamic turned on. Well, I tried all possible software to make it look good. Then I found a post about it where one of our fellow friends wrote, he upgraded firmware and saturation issue were gone. Well, I wasn't happy hearing that as I consider myself stubborn and conservative 2.3.6 GB user. I guess when I buy Galaxy S 2000 in the future I will downgrade to 2.3.6 anyway, unless they invent week-lasting batteries with 5" or higher screens. Whatever...
Since I found aforementioned thread I was considering firmware upgrade but with another reason. What came to my mind was: "Geez, I got my previous S2's came with JellyBeans on borad and each time I downgraded to GB." Getting things together I found a connection here: "Is this possible that JellyBean can calibrate colors and saturation properly?" Well, my last, brand new S2 came with ICS so it wasn't good calibrated either. I decided to try it and upgrade to JB but then try to downgrade again to GB. As far as I try to have control over my phone I use RootAppDelete and Disable Services apps. I turned off some stuff and I was unable to run Automatic Updates (instead of Kies crap). Well, I messed it up a bit so I had to restore factory settings (all stuff backed up with Go Backup of course). After all I thought: "Why not to give a try again before upgrade?" So I did it. First, I wasn't able to saw a difference as I found out bad saturation after installing Go Launcher and all stuff to get my own icons on desktop and specific wallpaper. After I restored everything I was a little confused, but I checked few icons containing a lot of white like Gmail. It hasn't blinding red color on it and white was white not pinky! Hell Yeah! Then I shuffled through some pictures which were definitely oversaturated and they were fine.
Final conclusion: try NOT to use any RAM and battery eating apps as they never do what you expect, trust me, I tried them all. I don't know if this is universal solution, but in my case after flashing new ROM I had to restore factory settings (stock thing, not CWM or else) to get solved saturation issue.
I hope some of you will try it and mayby you can sort it out, too. Happy Trying.
Let us know if that worked for you too.
I decided not to edit previous post as it was a little too fast to say it was solved. Well, after re-flashing firmware my eyes were probably misled by black screen during flashing. So flashing ROM wasn't necessary and did nothing, to be exact.
Anyway, there is a chance to repair saturation problem with Soft Screen Tuner app. I found it somewhere around here. I gotta tell ya, it really works. This time I'm sure. Although, it doesn't work completely. I don't know it this is a software isuue or it doesn't work with SGS2. But there are four groups of changers in it, but three working: sharpness (don't care), RGB sliders ( use R-235, G-245, B-245) and Temperature (use 7000). That looks like too much of red colour is gone that way. This tool has saturation slider but it don't work for me on 2.3.6 GB
Wasn't completely sure if this would be more appropriate for General or Q&A so MOD's feel free to move if necessary and I apologize.
So I'm VERY excited to go and pick mine up from Verizon tomorrow (had to wait for payday ) but was curious, how sometimes you hear "oh some of the white version of such and such phone had this issue but the black version did not." I'm pretty skeptical on the validity of such claims, but HAS anyone noticed a difference? I know some people are reporting issues like screen not being as bright/sharp, some people saying they've seen lag/stutter, and others saying they were blown away and absolutely no complaints. I know that no 2 phones will perform exactly the same but what color did everyone end up getting and have you had any issues or not? Seeing if there was any kind of pattern developing, and since I'll have a case I'm not TOO concerned about a particular color but leaning towards the black due to the the ugly white bottom bezel on the white G3.
My white one has absolutely no issues whatsoever. I mean I did see a lil sharpness issues, but I also wear glasses so it could just be human error lol
I was originally getting the black, but changed my mind once I held the white one. I have no issues or stuttering. It does heat up when downloading all my apps but it didn't get any hotter than my old Galaxy Nexus.
White and perfect. No issues at all!
Black one here, within 2 hours after first startup it randomly restarted and bootlooped after that. Since then I have restored it and didn't make it through setup, it now wont turn on at all. Convienently right after verizon closed. I hadn't even begun to put my apps on it or anything was just messing around in settings and stuff. Hope getting another at verizon isn't a problem and hopefully it has no issues .
no issues with the black one here.
Rooted a white one and black one right after each other with no issues so far. Getting great battery life and performance on both.
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no issues with the black one, it is the same phone, different color cases is all. you have to remember that this is the first North American release revisions of these phones that are "official" Any tech related gadget be it a phone or a computer part will have issues when they first release.
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Black one here, within 2 hours after first startup it randomly restarted and bootlooped after that. Since then I have restored it and didn't make it through setup, it now wont turn on at all. Convienently right after verizon closed. I hadn't even begun to put my apps on it or anything was just messing around in settings and stuff. Hope getting another at verizon isn't a problem and hopefully it has no issues .
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Did you happen to enable ART runtime? After I enabled ART I had couple lockups, and it restarted like 6 times while I was doing titanium restore (not sure if backing up the apps using Dalvik and restoring them while ART is enabled is a NONO but it might be) but the lockups I had I wasn't doing a restore. I factory reset, and didn't enable ART this time, and have had no issues.
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Did you happen to enable ART runtime? After I enabled ART I had couple lockups, and it restarted like 6 times while I was doing titanium restore (not sure if backing up the apps using Dalvik and restoring them while ART is enabled is a NONO but it might be) but the lockups I had I wasn't doing a restore. I factory reset, and didn't enable ART this time, and have had no issues.
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Nope did not enable art, didn't root it happened right after I switched the lock screen unlock animation to circle. I got a reboot and a green screen saying kernel crash and from there I never had it start up to where I could do anything.
I've yet to have any issues with my black version. Even have it rooted and running ART with no problems. I'm starting to think this may just be a luck of the draw type thing.
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no issues with the black one, it is the same phone, different color cases is all. you have to remember that this is the first North American release revisions of these phones that are "official" Any tech related gadget be it a phone or a computer part will have issues when they first release.
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I've yet to have any issues with my black version. Even have it rooted and running ART with no problems. I'm starting to think this may just be a luck of the draw type thing.
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I agree, anything new being mass produced/release there will inevitably be some kinks to work out. I just wanted to see if maybe there would be an emerging pattern. Definitely didn't want to get my phone and later find out "this color case had a slight defect causing X problem." Especially since this is the first time I've gotten a phone right when it was released been trying to be as informed as possible. I appreciate the feedback everyone! It does seem to just be luck of the draw at this point (which is more or less what I was expecting), but keep em coming if you'd like! :good:
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Wasn't completely sure if this would be more appropriate for General or Q&A so MOD's feel free to move if necessary and I apologize.
but leaning towards the black due to the the ugly white bottom bezel on the white G3.
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funny I like the white bezel. It's a different look than all boring black or all boring white.
THEbigSWEEN said:
I agree, anything new being mass produced/release there will inevitably be some kinks to work out. I just wanted to see if maybe there would be an emerging pattern. Definitely didn't want to get my phone and later find out "this color case had a slight defect causing X problem." Especially since this is the first time I've gotten a phone right when it was released been trying to be as informed as possible. I appreciate the feedback everyone! It does seem to just be luck of the draw at this point (which is more or less what I was expecting), but keep em coming if you'd like! :good:
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Oh I understand. Generally I wait a few months before grabbing up a device. Give everyone time to find the issues and get the manufacturers to fix them. However, last time I did that was with the S4, and it cost me the ability to unlock the bootloader. So...here I am.
My white one doesn't overheat or have much UI lag, but it scores below the GS4 in AnTuTu X and some games don't run as well as expected. Have a feeling that the SoC isn't ramping up as it should.
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My white one has absolutely no issues whatsoever. I mean I did see a lil sharpness issues, but I also wear glasses so it could just be human error lol
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I'm with you on this, I wear glasses too... I do notice sharpness issues. I don't know if this is due to the IPS display or the fact that nothing is capable of 2k resolution yet.
Although I don't think it matters much what color they've decided to make the phone, anything is possible I guess. That said my White one is running great.
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Still havent noticed anything different wrt performance. Bit I will say it is curious why Clash of Clans is preinstalled on the. black ones and not the white ones. Its a free game so not complaining just wondering...
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Still havent noticed anything different wrt performance. Bit I will say it is curious why Clash of Clans is preinstalled on the. black ones and not the white ones. Its a free game so not complaining just wondering...
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Mines white and it's pre installed on it..
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Black is Fine
I have a black G3. Rooted and running fine. Had problems with ART causing lockups, lag, etc. Went back to Dalvik and the phone is sweet.