Brain storming to fix the flicker on AOSP 3.4 kernel - Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE

I wanted to start a thread to see if we can get some ideas going on how to fix this flicker of epic preportions some of you are having running AOSP on the 3.4 kernel.
Anyone can participate flicker or no flicker we need your help, Please list the following:
Hboot:
Hboot Engineering or normal:
Super CID / Back to normal:
which recovery are you using:
Are you S-off or S-on:
Are you Dev unlocked or not:
Do you use the SD swap hack or not:
How bad is the flicker (1 not at all / 2 some flicker/ 3 anime fight scene):
What is your base band:
(please copy the template above into your post and answer the questions)

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Hboot: 1.15.1111
Hboot Engineering or normal: Engineering
Super CID / Back to normal: CID-VZW_001
which recovery are you using: TWRP 2.6
Are you S-off or S-on: S-off
Are you Dev unlocked?: No
Do you use the SD swap hack or not: No
How bad is the flicker (1 not at all / 2 some flicker/ 3 anime fight scene): 2
What is your base band: 1.53.06.0919

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Hboot: 1.15.0000
Hboot Engineering or normal: (do not know what this means)
Super CID / Back to normal: CID-VZW__001
which recovery are you using: TWRP 2.5.0.0
Are you S-off or S-on: S-off
Are you Dev unlocked?: Yes
Do you use the SD swap hack or not: Yes
How bad is the flicker (1 not at all / 2 some flicker/ 3 anime fight seen): I've seen the whole spectrum, mostly 2 (some flicker), but sometimes none.
What is your base band: 1.53.06.0919

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My info
Hboot: 1.15.0000
Hboot Engineering or normal: normal - used HTCDev unlock process (although had to change CID from Verizon first)
Super CID / Back to normal: should be normal - VZW_001
which recovery are you using: Clockwork 6.0.3.3
Are you S-off or S-on: S-ON
Are you Dev unlocked or not: yes
Do you use the SD swap hack or not: no
How bad is the flicker (1 not at all / 2 some flicker/ 3 anime fight scene): 3
What is your base band: 1.53.06.0919
Here's what my HBOOT screen says:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
FIREBALL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.15.0000
RADIO-1.53.06.0919
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Aug 1 2012, 12:05:25
MY serial is HT26KS312867

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I flashed 9/20 this morning (without even clearing anything but cache) and got the new Cyanogenmod setup screens, though I just Next'd through them. The flickering is still there, and is really bad on specifically on the color grey (or when, for instance, opening a page that's white and then dragging down from the top which shades out the white underneath) but is much, much less noticeable below 25% brightness. I'm going to run at that level of brightness for a while and just see how it works.

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We need to post in the Android general section or something and ask for help. As mower said, this is a developer forum overall and I'm sure there's got to be some people out there willing to take a look into it or offer some ideas.

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Hboot: 1.15.1111
Hboot Engineering or normal: Engineering
Super CID / Back to normal: CID-VZW__001
which recovery are you using: TWRP 2.6.3.0 Official & ClockworkMod Touch 6.0.3.3 Official
Are you S-off or S-on: S-OFF
Are you Dev unlocked or not: NO
Do you use the SD swap hack or not: NO
How bad is the flicker (1 not at all / 2 some flicker/ 3 anime fight scene): 1
What is your base band: 1.53.06.0919
HT26YS S/N

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logcat output of bootup for my device (which flickers)
In the 10.2 thread (which I don't have authority to reply to) brianr134 asked if someone could post bootup logcat output from a device with a flickering panel. here it is! it's from the 9/20 nightly which i've been running all day. not too bad to use, although i've noticed bluetooth output has some weird knocking sounds sometimes and its a little unstable (but i did _NOT_ do a complete wipe, it was an upgrade from 10.1 simply because I wanted to quickly see how bad the flickering was, etc). I hope it helps!

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"Show Surface Updates" on mdm05 vs nightly cm10.2
I just noticed that "show surface updates" has different behavior as well under these two - under mdm05 you can click "show surface updates" and not see any flashing to indicate updating. But when you do this under the cm10.2 nightlies, the status bar updates wildly in the same pattern as the flickering. I had turned this on under 10.2 briefly just to see if that had anything to do with it, and I initially thought it wasn't related. But I'm back on mdm05 now and the difference in the behavior is striking. The question is, why would it make some panels flicker and others not?

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Since I have no idea how the "flicker" appears, does it come immediately at boot (visible in the CM animation) or part way through? Is it only in the gray colors?
Can someone else post another logcat?

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brianr134 said:
Since I have no idea how the "flicker" appears, does it come immediately at boot (visible in the CM animation) or part way through? Is it only in the gray colors?
Can someone else post another logcat?
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I can't get you the logcat, but I can tell you how it appears. First, mdmower discovered that if you never let the device's screen go off, the flicker will never appear. Obviously your screen has to go off at some point though. So once that happens, you will eventually start to see flicker. The best way to notice it is to turn brightness up. If you use auto brightness and you're in a dark setting you may not notice it right away. It starts as a mild flicker, mostly only noticeable on light grays. It eventually progresses worse and worse over a couple hours and you'll always see it. It's pretty much the edges of the screen flickering. If you stay on that build for a long time - maybe over night - the flickering will be super intense.