im looking for how i would go about making the lowest brightness on the evo 3d lower than what it is from the factory. ive seen this accomplished on the atrix ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245332 ) so i am hoping there is some way of doing it on the evo 3d. im not looking to use screen filter or any masking apps. im just curious if anyone knows if theres a hardware way of doing this. thanks for all your help.
I've been looking for something like this for a long time. I've came up empty. There's apps that say they do it, but don't.......blah....frustrating.
Try rootdim, it's not a screen filter
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ive tried root dim. but it only goes as low as thirty and then it doesnt get any dimmer. so theres something in the software somewhere limiting it so u cant make it so dim that you cant see the screen at all. i just wish i knew or could figure out where that limit is and change it. grrr
Lux brightness. Been using it for months now. It's pretty awesome. It actually gets low enough to where you can hardly see what's on the screen.
tried that one too. same thing. stops dimming at a certain point before it reaches actual bottom of the scale.
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theres something in the software somewhere limiting it so u cant make it so dim that you cant see the screen at all. i just wish i knew or could figure out where that limit is and change it. grrr
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I agree with this.
I use screen dim on this device, it's the same between 0 and 30.
When I use it on my Acer Iconia 110 Tab, at 0.8%, it's literally black.
I can lower the brightness to nothing.
Both use LCDs. So I'm curious what limits the display.
It may have something to do with 3D, since the brightness goes to max for 3D.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/47r0gjinq0a0q1z/Screenshot_2013-01-05-01-37-09.png does anyone know what display is in the evo 3d? im using that atrix thread to bump my way around a little bit but i need to know what the display is. these are the choices.
If you get an older version of Lux, it allows you to dim the screen to where you couldn't see the screen at all (like the old Game Boy colors where you needed the leds to see the screen) the new one that I'm running now doesn't allow you to do that anymore.
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You talking about this app? If so, I can't install it to verify.
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If you get an older version of Lux, it allows you to dim the screen to where you couldn't see the screen at all (like the old Game Boy colors where you needed the leds to see the screen) the new one that I'm running now doesn't allow you to do that anymore.
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Can you clarify which version?
I have v0.75 right now. I think it's 0.66 that does it. Anything below the 0.7x version dims it I'm pretty sure.
PM me and I'll hook you up.
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I can't see the banding all the time but when I do it's very annoying. I'm going to try and post some pics today. Is it normal or can I get it fixed?
No one at all has this problem or has heard of it?
what do you mean by banding? describe it properly
in my case specifically i can see faint gray horizontal lines going across the lcd on my phone about every quarter inch. it is especially noticeable on a white screen. i emailed the ebay seller and they stated that it was normal and i would not be able to return or exchange the phone since it was sold as new. i emailed LG about it and they said it would cost anywhere from $40-$100 if it was actually a flaw. like i said in the first post, i'm going to try and get some pictures up soon (hopefully in a couple hours after i get some sleep) to graphically show what i'm talking about.
DarkKnight62, if it helps in any way: I have observed this on my screen too. The faint gray lines made me believe text lines were burned in the LCD screen, but that would have been pretty much impossible, since I don't read that much on my phone. I can only see this effect when I use the screen as a flashlight - white background and 100% luminosity and it doesn't bother me at all.
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DarkKnight62, if it helps in any way: I have observed this on my screen too. The faint gray lines made me believe text lines were burned in the LCD screen, but that would have been pretty much impossible, since I don't read that much on my phone. I can only see this effect when I use the screen as a flashlight - white background and 100% luminosity and it doesn't bother me at all.
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even I read a lot on my phone but I keep the brightness lower than the lowest default. so I dont have this problem.
I think, It's due to surface dithering. See our phone is not 16m colors its 256k so the colors that are missing are to calculated and displayed and that's why the horizontal band if the we set no surface dithering (custom roms mik) the banding just vanishes but the quality of display is reduced. All the linear gradient colors are no more gradient.
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I do have this gray lines horizontally and vertically if you see the phone far and carefully only in white background... when its near, the lines just dissapears to my eyes, (like if they get used to the display)
"gray horizontal lines going across the lcd on my phone about every quarter inch"
I don't think he is talking abouth the lines between pixels.
can you post a picture so we can understand what are you talking about?
@DarkKnight62 I had a same problem. If you are using francos kernel (and/or roms that have it integrated) it's more visible - very noticeable on wallpapers with smooth gradients. Try switching to stock or mik_os CM7 mod 6.5.4 stable (which is great)...
@soberspine This is example:
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try enabling hardware acceleration??
So I am seeing some color issues with my SII
Not sure if it's just the way it is (because I am coming from the LG G2x which had the most amazing display you can ever imagine), or is it just my phone.
The funny thing is that even though I am attaching a screnshot, obviously YOU will not be able to see the issue (since of course, the pic itself is fine, and it is the display that makes it wavey...)
I am not even sure I am explaining myself the right way.
Wavy colorts, uneaven, almost cartoonish-like, smeary.
It is most apparent with darker shades
(U can't see it here)
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Samsung's Super AMOLED Plus displays exaggerate colors and shades, and that is it's key feature. Not sure about your phone, but if you think something's wrong with your phone, go check with your service provider.
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Samsung's Super AMOLED Plus displays exaggerate colors and shades, and that is it's key feature. Not sure about your phone, but if you think something's wrong with your phone, go check with your service provider.
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Thank you!!!
Found some info here, i wonder if mine is one of these....
http://pocketnow.com/android/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-screen-problems-trouble-in-paradise
I hope more members will have something to say, perhaps they have experienced this as well.
I was also thinking whether this can (hopefully) be a kernel issue or color calibration issue? I know that some kernels has effect on the colors, but I am out of my field here and completely wrong
The weird thing is that light colors are perfect. When GRAY or BLACK, it just looks bad.
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The weird thing is that light colors are perfect. When GRAY or BLACK, it just looks bad.
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I've got something similar to that.
It's not noticeable in a well lit environment but if I'm in a dark room and have a black screen on my sgs2, some blotches seem darker than the rest of the screen.
I wouldn't be too bothered about this if it was just one or two but there's one large one and a bunch of smaller ones scattered around the screen.
Thanks!
I wish I could upload a photo to show it, but (funny enough), my only camera is my phone's camera (a single student - what r u gonna do?!)
This is especially noticeable when I take a picture or when I use the Music app (pictured above), where there is huge smears of color going from the dark to the lighter.
I hate to even imagine it, but I think I will have to depart from my SII if this is something that isn't fixable. If no one else experience this, I will get a new SII
(i don't know anyone that has the SII so I have no one to compare it to)
Managed to take some pics
Hope U can see it:
Look at the bottom discoloration:
All menus with shades of grey and black present this issue (kernel problem maybe?)
NOTICE POWER WIDGET!!!!
After receiving my Note, everything seemed fine, although the screen had a very warm effect. I didn't mind so much, as I like warmer whites and color anyways.
However, what kind of annoyed me was the color banding that was especially evident in the notification bar (the very top and very bottom). My sister's Galaxy S2 does not have this problem, nor does my Samsung Captivate. I'm guessing this may be because of the screen resolution, but I hope it isn't because I have a defective screen. Anyone else have this problem?
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I have a similar issue, but assuming the picture above is a screenshot, wouldn't that rule out the screen as the culprit and implicate the actual design of touchwiz itself?
I see the same thing on the notification bar, but I don't see it on screens that appear to be specifically designed for the note. That leads me to believe they were lazy in the implementation of screens used in smaller devices. Instead of recreating them for the higher resolution, they look like they're just being stretched.
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After receiving my Note, everything seemed fine, although the screen had a very warm effect. I didn't mind so much, as I like warmer whites and color anyways.
However, what kind of annoyed me was the color banding that was especially evident in the notification bar (the very top and very bottom). My sister's Galaxy S2 does not have this problem, nor does my Samsung Captivate. I'm guessing this may be because of the screen resolution, but I hope it isn't because I have a defective screen. Anyone else have this problem?
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Is that a screen capture or did you take a photo using another device
Looks regular homie.
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I agree this is just the lazy implementation. Open the phone and look at the dial pad buttons. There is no banding on those. They are present on the Android stock keyboard however. But I don't think it is a defect of the phone.
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I agree this is just the lazy implementation. Open the phone and look at the dial pad buttons. There is no banding on those. They are present on the Android stock keyboard however. But I don't think it is a defect of the phone.
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If you put your display on 100% and look carefully at the dial pad buttons, the banding is there as well.
Yep, I see this also on other gradiented GUis.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23277977&postcount=22
Software UI issue i.e TouchWiz, not our screens.
-On another NOTE, Samsung goes 5.3"
I issue seems to be better on Saurom project rom. My dropdown menu used to look the same like the screenshot above. Now its gone completely.
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I've turned it on, but have only seen the eye icon pop up a couple of times. Seems to time out still.
I haven't had much luck with it...I disabled it after about a day of trying it out.
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I have had no luck with it in many different lighting situations : /
Maybe it doesn't like my glasses or something...
Seems to be more of a novelty, it works sometimes, but I think it has to be directly in front of you.
I have this smart stay on since I had the phone and never seen it work oh and I had the S3 since 6-21-12
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It works fine with me
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I just did another test with really good lighting for 5 minutes with a 30 second timeout and it did say on the whole time. I made sure to keep the phone still and be looking at it the whole time. I guess it can work, but under real life situations maybe it's not perfected yet...
It's worked flawlessly for me so far, even in relatively dim lighting. The eye ball icon should only turn on every X seconds (where X is the the timeout you set for the screen under settings). If your eyes are on the screen when the eye ball icon appears, the screen won't timeout.
After some testing, I've come to this conclusion about smart stay.
I put the timeout to 15 seconds so I wouldn't have to wait long for each test. After 10 seconds, I saw the eye icon appear, and then on the 15th second, it would appear again. The screen would only stay on if I looked directly at the front facing camera on the 2nd eye icon.
I tested it multiple times, just looking at the screen, looking at a website, reading a website and starring at the front facing camera. It only worked when I looked at the ffc when the eye icon appears. Other than that, it would just timeout like normal.
Has anybody else done any type of testing? This is a crappy feature if you have to stare at the ffc only when the icon appears to get it to work because if you might miss it if you're actually reading something on the screen.
Works well with me..
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i wonder if "Crazy Eyes" from 'Mr. Deeds' got a SGSIII yet:
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works fine here, actually, pretty well, my phone sits on my desk at work in a cradle at about the 10 o'clock position (my computer monitor being the 12 o'clock), i will open FB and leave it open, and smart stay works, while im looking at my computer monitor....i think it all depends on how well the software can differentiate your eye from the rest of your face, or if you wear glasses
Question...Have two DNA's in front of me...one is stock (2.06) and I am returning it (has a slight blue spot on the screen you can notice on a white background). The other, a replacement, I sent out for immediate JTAG and have it back and am running Viper 1.3.0 with Elkay's 0.9.6 kernel.
The stock phone is SIGNIFICANTLY brighter at the same level as the S-Off, Unlocked one...and also sems cripser, but I am sure that is a function of the screen being brighter and "popping" so to speak.
This just a hardware thing or does the Viper ROM lower these screen brighness level values to save battery?
There is a setting in viper Rom for how bright the screen will be with autobrightness
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There is a setting in viper Rom for how bright the screen will be with autobrightness
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Im not on autobrightness....I am using the HTC Brightness widget which has "3" steps of brightness....and at level 1, 2 and 3 the one phone is significantly brighter than the other.
Is their a way to to get more screen juice or am I SOOL?
yeah..the whites just look more "white" on the phone I'm returning...bummer
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yeah..the whites just look more "white" on the phone I'm returning...bummer
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Just can't make some people happy
bakemcbride21 said:
yeah..the whites just look more "white" on the phone I'm returning...bummer
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I've had quite a few replacements for various issues and the screen quality and characteristics have been all over the map.
These are all different pairs of units.
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The one I'm sticking with (i.e. no debilitating hardware problems) is a tad warm, but I wouldn't call it 'yellow'.
The one on the right on the third pic seems to have an alignment issue on the recent apps button, did it get a screen replacement? Might be why it looks different
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pio_masaki said:
The one on the right on the third pic seems to have an alignment issue on the recent apps button, did it get a screen replacement? Might be why it looks different
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All are CLN refurbs from Verizon. The dead led was just one of many problems. ;p