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[Acer Iconia A500] kwparker80:
I don't see it either ....

I don't see what he is showing in that pic at all on my A500, and I loaded up the same background just to check. Looks to me like he has a defective unit.

Thanks for the tip on QuickPic, nice app. Much better than stock.

Sent from my A500
[Acer Iconia A500] Canadoc:
I don't have visible touchscreen grid VI am regretting to the arrangement. Of the pixels themselves. On the Acer they aren't as uniform as the Asus. This is inherent in the choice of panel technology that they chose. It is not a hardware defect. To me though it lessens the image quality. So its back to the drawing board.

Don't want ipad 2 despite being the best made lightest tablet with best screen.

Transformer I own would be perfect if it wasn't built so poorly.

Iconia is a bit portly and the screen is inferior to the above devices.

I think I will hold out for the Samsung or wait until inventory is better on the transformer and hopefully build quality will improve with future production as it seems a food percentage are being returned. Of course they were all shipped at a time when components shortages occurred due to earthquake in japan and apple had already bought out most of the top screens etc.
[Acer Iconia A500] rushless:
Not seeing what the OP is pointing out, but even the best display on the planet looks funky, depending on the angle, contrast and how close you are. A display is not a fluid matrix array with no physical "pixel" boundaries...... yet.

I can get similar results with the iPad, Transformer, Xoom and ANY other display, since they all DO have physical boundaries per "pixel". The results by most folks would be called: Gaps.

added:

The one display tech that does look more funky than most is AMOLED, since the actual active pixels while in operation are about 70% of the grid.
[Acer Iconia A500] baldbear:
Taking pictures with a ****ty camera will give ****ty results. I smell a troll.
[Acer Iconia A500] bgsitizen:
I don't see any grid in backgrounds but I do see it when playing movies.. some movies more some less (.avi) its only on the part where the video is, not on the dark gray bars on top and bottom of the screen. I looked carefully and I don't see it there and it makes no sence. Why do I see it ONLY where the actual video is!?

So call me crazy but could this be software, Nvidia drivers or decoding issue?

Anyone else experiencing that?
[Acer Iconia A500] metatech:
Sorry to revive an old thread…

Maybe your screen exhibit the "screen door effect".

Check the difference on this page : search in Google for

thinkpad "much tighter pixels﻿"

and select the link on wfu.edu.

metatech
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Actually there's plenty of people in this thread that confuse pixels with the touch-input grid: when they see the touch-input grid they think those are pixels, and then complain about pixels here.

Yes, the touch-input grid is visible sometimes, but then again, it's visible on almost all tablets of this size now so Acer isn't the only one. It's still not pixels. Hell, you need perfect eyesight to see the actual pixels themselves.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
+1 -- sure, if I hold my tablet 5 inches from my face at a specific uncomfortable angle I can see the touch input grid - just barely.

Now if I took a picture of my tabs screen from inches away with a super high image quality I am sure it would look as crappy as the OP mentioned - so would any display when captured with a camera from close range.

Either op has a defective unit or obvious troll is obvious, not quite sure :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
Is talking about it going to make the little dots(only visible when the screen is off) go away?
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
hey guys did you notice when I stick my eyes on the screen I actually see the pixels ????

amazing no?

I have to pan my head left and right to can see all 1280 pixels, and up and down for count the 800 pixels...

I am kind of super hero no ?

I have a extrapixelultrazoom vision... I could even save the world with this skills...

taken at less than a inch

well let say we can see the pixel on my ULTRA HD TV as well anyway...

none of the device have yet a retina screen so you see the pixel if you stuck and stick your eyes on it not under 3 - 5 inches... I wonder how you are using your tablet....
[Acer Iconia A500] bpivk:
Actually I always browse with my nose. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] vince1979:
I've had the Iconia A500 for about 2 months now and I don't have this issue.
[Acer Iconia A500] dongimin2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moiré_pattern
[Acer Iconia A500] panda.bear:
PPI on the A500 is the same as most 10" android tabs so if you find "visible pixels" an issue with the A500 you'll find the same problem with the xoom, etc.

Overall the A500's display is about average and really no worse.

Check an actual review @ http://www.displaymate.com/Acer_Iconia_ShootOut.htm
[Acer Iconia A500] monkey10120:
I hate how everyone is putting down the iconias screen. My job is as a tablet sales man and I have the xoom,

Iconia, transformer, galaxy, thrive, HP touchpad and the ipad 2 all right next to each other. I had to test each tablet out for sales comparison and the iconia wins by far. You can see the pixels on the iconia but its the same for all the tablets. The screens on all the tablets are the same. None look any clearer than the other and the only differences are saturation and viewing angles.

But anyways, Dont worry about the pixels, all the tablets are the same
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
na really it's a bad screen, pixelated and more !!!

it's about a pixel sized an inch...

I am scare about to look too close my screen else I can't read...

..... I wonder what really people are looking at...

comparing comparing complaining complaining... why buying? if you do not TEST, CHECK, TAKE information... before, just keep for yourself your own mistakes...

When I buy something, I check loooooongly about the item to be sure to not waste money.... then I try it before buy it... and then I buy it.

YES the Acer screen is not the best nor the worst, but for the price it's really good.

it's why also I got 3 LED acer screen, 2 Acer Phone, 2 Acer Tablet... because of the price and the quality.
[Acer Iconia A500] KennyNair:
end of the day is, are u willing to put in a couple hundred bucks more for a better screen?
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
Don't see anything like that on mine either, that is terrible.
[Acer Iconia A500] lowdaksport:
I have an iPad and the iconia. I can clearly see individual pixels on the iconia from a distance or up close. On the iPad I have to be right up on the screen to see them. It makes it hard for me to use the iconia actually because I am so used to the better screen. I like android so much better though so thats its only save.
[Nexus S General] radzuky:
I bought my NS back in February. And have had issues.with:

Phone calls not going in

Dropped calls

GPS problems

Random reboots.

Loops when it reboots and weird colors (8bit?)

Wifi problems (have to be almost next to the router)

Lag at times (with stock browser and Firefox)

However, I'm going to miss:

The screen. (Bigger)

The storage. (1GB vs 256MB I think)

So what do you guys think? All the NS problems I have seen on stock, CM7, CM7 nightlies, Bionix NS. With different kernels. So I come to believe its the phone.
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
If you're seeing all of the above on stock after wiping cache/dalvik-cache then you need a new phone (Assuming you had no call issues with your N1 on t-mo in the same area) - these are not normal "bugs".
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
The browser could be better, I agree, but I've never had any of those other things on the stock ROM. Sounds to me like you either have a bad phone or run bad ROMs. Never used anything other than stock personally, so I can't tell you anything useful about that.
[Nexus S General] treUse:
I've had none of your problems, and now when Dice Player was released, I haven't got a single bad thing to say about this phone, it's amazing.
[Nexus S General] alexcinci:
I have a NS since december 20ths and had some bugs that you mention, but now they were gone. No more reboots and gps is fine..

Im running full stock...

maybe your unit is damaged
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
Ive had since release back in dec

-Think i had like 2 dropped calls but found it was when i took phone away from my ear id accidentally hit end button when i put back to my ear...

sensor wasn't quick to react

-A few reboots but was becasue i was using a dev kernel and it was in early stage not to mention i was OC.

-Not a single problem with GPS

-WIFI always works FYI i piggyback off my neighbors wifi when needed so we have quite a distance from each other

-Yes there is browser lag its becasue its not using hardware acceleration...blame that on google not the actual phone hardware

OP sounds like you need a replacement

this phone is miles above the N1.
[Defy General] farsight73:
I put a few short mp3 tones into a notification folder in memory card.

Next I check in phone settings - sound - notification, found all the mp3 tones I put earlier. Work well.

Then by mistake I edited the notification folder(capitalise them). Next I found out my notification listing two of the same tone on every each of them, one can play and another one just playing system tone.

Tried renaming back the folder but still having two same mp3 name in my notification listing under settings.

Anyway I can delete sound.db to refresh the notification settings..?
[Defy General] farsight73:
Bump!..

Nobody ever have this problem?

Edit: found it. Solved...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stephen:
So I really like the new sense builds that are comming out and since I dont use the cam corder it is not a big deal!

It looks as if I am going to be sticking with [13 MAY][GRI40] sbryan12144's GB ViVo v0.2 [MDJ's ViVo v2.5][Raf 1.9 OC for a while. It is very fast and only has the odd minor graphics glitches. Everything else seems to be working.

What I do miss is the stock gingerbread 2.3.4 keyboard, is there anyway to replace the keyboard with it?

Any help would be appreciated.
[G Tablet General] bobkoure:
I notice that the UI to VPN is missing from TnTL - or at least it's not in settings/wireless & networks.

The full functionality is still there; easiest way seems to be via an apk called 1VPN, which uses Android VPN capabilities, has the ability to remember multiple VPNs and optionally, their associated usernames and passwords.

I went looking for basic VPN functionality and found this. I like it. It's not free, but they have something called 5VPN which is.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
Hey guys i found this modded prl over on ppc geeks the other day and it works the same way the techknofiles prls does except it dosnt drop data near as much and my ping has been much more stable with this one what this does is it roams off of varizon towers but it tricks the phone into thinking its on sprint still'

trouble shooting.

first u need a sprint rom that allows manual prl updates

then once u update the prl go to the dialer again and diale ##3282# and go to data profile, then press menu/restore. wait for your phone to reboot then wait a sec and it should say hands free activation in progress once its finished itll reboot. After that update your profile and your done.

Enjoy:)

I take no credit for this i just found the on ppc geeks and i thought i would share it with yall.

correction it was androidforums were i found this and heres the link to the original thread.

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-tips-tricks/134629-i-found-prl-force-roaming-triangle-without.html
[Hero CDMA General] gigermunit:
anyone mind putting this into a hboot zip flash?
[Hero CDMA General] il Duce:
AFAIK the prl is not flashable in hboot or recovery.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
you can do it the hard way and use cdma workshop or use a pre 2.3 sense rom such as older zen roms and dial ##775# and the prl needs to be on the root of your sd card and u need to unrar it first.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
heres the best of 3 tests witch is by far the best ive ever gotten lol.
[Hero CDMA General] kyouko:
wow. looking much better than before

still hate me for my speeds on the other thread? ;)
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
lmao......
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
Is there a program for our phones that can unrar this? All I have is root explorer.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
no but ill upload a 7zip version just give me a min.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
here ya go.

u should be able to extract that via file manager.
[Hero CDMA General] wampuscat:
Yes, its called unrar free in market. Works ok
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
oh i just put a zip version up just in case lol.
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
Thanks. Got them both now. Woohoo!!
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
Got a twenty kbs jump. Woohoo!!
[Hero CDMA General] gigermunit:
Was sure someone told me you could before but would anyone mind telling me about cdma workshop method.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
there are several guides floating around here but i never use it because its a pain so i couldnt tell ya lol
[Hero CDMA General] alexdemonumber3:
I tried using the method for just the phone with out cdma workshop and it wants a password for the edit mode that comes up after you dial #3282## or whatever , how do I get the password?
[Hero CDMA General] FdxRider:
I believe it wants your MSL code for the password.To get that d/l MSL reader from the market,and use it to retrieve your MSL code.
[Hero CDMA General] arodey:
This is all correct. I used this method yesterday.
[Hero CDMA General] coffeehandle:
I assume this sticks, just as if your were to flash a radio?
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
You assume correct.
[Hero CDMA General] coffeehandle:
I applied everything ok, and when i updated the profile, after i checked the PRL version, and it was the same as before, is that ok? I sthis more like tricking your PRL then actually changing it?
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
just updated the OP.
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
No. You'll have to do it again.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
does anyone know were u can find the newer varzion prls i have unlimited roaming so i just assume use one of them the problem is i searched high and low on google but no dice and all the ones from colorado roaming are ancient 52299 is the newest one i believe if someone could upload that i would be so happy lol.
[Hero CDMA General] coffeehandle:
We just put the rar on the root of the sd and dial correct?
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
no u have to unrar it first please read the op
[Hero CDMA General] coffeehandle:
well in the "op" it doesnt say to unrar, a few comments down i just saw it. sorry friend!

Edit: didnt work for me guys, couldnt get it to apply.

Any body have a noticeable difference?
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
I have A 20kbs difference in the barracks, so I'm loving this prl.
[Hero CDMA General] coffeehandle:
Could you PM your steps, and your rom and radio?
[Hero CDMA General] alexdemonumber3:
I successfully implemented the prl but the speeds were at an all time low of about 200kbps. So slow. Hopefully there's another way to improve network speed..
[Hero CDMA General] kijp15:
200kbps?? C'Mon, some people only have 20kbps.

Unless you meant 20kbps...
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
man i could barley get 15kbps when i was on tmo
[Hero CDMA General] kijp15:
Lol. I still don't even know how he got 200kbps. That is still tripping me out. Yet he says it "slow" :O I for sure know I don't get 200kbps and yet I have a hero200 too. Ha. I don't think I'll ever reach that high.

@Alex

Please correct me. Ha.

Are you using any tweaks of some sort? Cause I would love to have 200kbps on my hero200.
[Hero CDMA General] jasonmaloney:
Are you even on EVDO?
[Hero CDMA General] kijp15:
No, I'm on 3g.

Is evdo faster then 3g?
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
okay uve been on xda for how long.....
[Hero CDMA General] jasonmaloney:
AFAIK when AOSP-based ROMs say 3G, they mean EVDO. Only the stock firmware actually says EVDO.

What kind of signal are you getting?
[Hero CDMA General] kijp15:
I've been in here on and off.
[Hero CDMA General] kijp15:
Dang, so your saying we've all been running evdo instead of 3g?

I usually get 3 bars.
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
. Sure
[Hero CDMA General] :
@Bierce22 whats the latest PRI is it 2.62_003?
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
im not sure i havnt checked the pri in forever
[Hero CDMA General] rb3:
I just ran an ruu last week and ran the ota and my pri updated to 2.65_003 fwiw.
[Hero CDMA General] Dudebowski:
I'm on a carrier called credo, works off of sprint's towers and everything else. my data profile username is ##########@sprintpcs.com, so I'm pretty sure it's all under sprint's network... I have the .prl file in the root of /sd, used NFX's stock rom, went to settings>about phone>System Updates> Update PRL. It shows the 'hourglass', then says PRL has been updated, but when I go back to check the PRL version, it still says 40438.

I'm wondering if Credo's numbers/accounts are blocked from updating the PRL? or Am i not going about this proper? :confused:
[Hero CDMA General] il Duce:
Do it again, sometimes PRLs need to be updated twice to stick I think.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
this will connect to varizon not sprint u can tell when u dial *18 send you will here a voice saying welcome to varizon wireless your feature update was successfull and that will connect u to the closest varizon tower.
[Hero CDMA General] Dudebowski:
Thx guys. The quick response here is overwhelming. Thanks meter will be updated.

Just to make sure, this PRL allows you to simply connect to verizon towers, and only if you check the setting to allow call/data roaming? and if it's not roaming, it will use the default sprint network, correct?

il Duce- I can't help but read 'Donate to me' above your avatar as if Tux is using a psy-attack staring into my eyes and telepathically speaking with a menacing, booming voice.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
no u do not have to enable roaming thats whats so grate about this is that it tricks the phone into thinking its still on sprint
[Hero CDMA General] Drachen808:
So which rom are yall using to update the prl? I have tried LiquidSense, and NFX. Dialing ##775# does nothing for me. I would really appreciate some direction. Thank you
[Hero CDMA General] :
You don't use the codes .You go to settings >about phone>system updates>update profile&update PRLwill tell you it's updating. :)
[Hero CDMA General] Drachen808:
How does it know the PRL I want to update it to? Does it just search for the first one on my SD card? (I only have the one on the root, but I still kinda expected I would have to select something)
[Hero CDMA General] il Duce:
Doing it through the menu as fdxrider suggested is not what you want, you want the ##775#, which ONLY works on old sense roms, I use NFXhero (not sure which version), but the RUU base has to be 2.27.xxx or older, the ## codes were removed in 2.31.xxx and newer.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
reed the op lol any older zen roms will work plus if u click on the link the original thread had really good instructions on how to install them this isnt that complicated lol.
[Hero CDMA General] Drachen808:
Thank you, I had already found an old Nandroid of the very first ROM that I installed (Fresh 2.40) and it has the 775 capability. I installed the PRL in the OP and have (so far) noticed no appreciable difference. Even the Speed Test is almost the same.
[Hero CDMA General] Drachen808:
I didn't find either the OP, or the OThread to be very clear. Trust me I read before I ask. I have read the last 4 threads regarding prls and the original thread referenced in this post before I posted my first question. That is kinda why I have been a member since june and only have ~ 25 posts. LOL
[Hero CDMA General] il Duce:
OP = original post .... AKA the first post of the thread you are currently in. The original thread was linked in the OP.

EDIT - I guess OP can also mean "original poster" AKA the person who started the thread. But in this case I think he meant the OP of this thread - or did he mean the OP of the OT? lol now I'm confused.
[Hero CDMA General] Dudebowski:
try ##3282# and wait a few seconds, saw that code in this thread here, and that worked for me. the 775 code is probably for whatever phones they were working with on the stickied thread in OP.
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
@ duce im not he who must not be named, i dont talk about myself in third person lmao. when i say OP i mean original post lol.
[Hero CDMA General] oohaylima:
I think the guy meant Original Pimp. Fa sho.
[Hero CDMA General] :
Yeah I I didn't realize at the time what he meant.Doh! Thx Duce for correcting me!LOl :D
[Hero CDMA General] Drachen808:
LOL, now I guess *My* post wasn't very clear. I do know what OP and OT are. I was saying that I didn't think that the instructions contained within each to be very clear (i.e. the OP says something to the effect of "find a ROM where you can manually update the prl, then do it). I had questions about which ROM and how to do it once you have said ROM...

However, as I have posted, I did figure it out with Fresh 2.4 and the PRL in the OP didn't really do much for me so I will be switching back soon (I assume the way to do this is to just restore the Fresh 2.4, then click on update PRL, right?)
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
no grrrrr.... i have explained this so many times already in this thread and a couple others. go to the link in the description im sorry for flaming, but this is really getting frustrating having to explain this over and over again and if u don't find any better instructions here than google will be your best friend.
[Hero CDMA General] Drachen808:
Ok man, take a deep breath, I think you are getting upset about a miscommunication. The only thing that I needed was to find out what ROM to use since the two that I tried before posting my question didn't have the option to use the 775 code and unfortunately neither your post, or the thread you linked stated which rom would work. That is the only reason I asked a question. The rest of the instructions (while admittedly unclear) were sufficient for me to at figure out the direction (thus no real questions about that).

My last post (where I asked about reflashing Fresh 2.4 then going to update PRL) was referring to how I revert back to the current sprint PRL since I am getting no benefit from this PRL (either way I get between 200 and 500 kbps DL and between 45 and 800 UL), so I figured that I may as well go back. I just reread this thread and there isn't a post I found that goes into reverting back (I also just checked the thread you posted and there is no discussion beyond how much trouble everyone is going to get into).

I am sorry for the long post, but I really feel that we were getting our wires crossed so I wanted to try and spell things out for you so there would be no more misunderstanding.
[Hero CDMA General] il Duce:
Bierce gets angry easily lol. Find the thread in general started by mattcrystal about PRL 60678, there are instructions in there.
[Hero CDMA General] Dudebowski:
Just putting this out there for anyone using a credo/sprint handset:

used my original immediately post-root sense ROM from to update the PRL via ##775#, selected file from menu after getting the sense keyboard out of the way. (BTW, the RUU for this credo stock build is a 2.39.591.1, and it allowed the PRL update.)

went to the dialer again and dialed ##3282#, selected data profile, pressed menu/restore, pressed ok. Waited, phone rebooted, didn't see the "hands free activation in progress" but i wasn't watching. It probably happened.

I went to update profile and it gave me this:

**hourglass** Your phone is preparing your services. Please wait.

then

error code 1012

went through it again, same thing.

third time was a charm. Profile is set. Seems like im good to go. Thx again.
[Hero CDMA General] Dudebowski:
BTW I'm getting retarded fast upload speeds consistently, from 4200-4900 kbps. My wifi connection has only seen maybe a 1500 kbps upload...

my DL is 450-750... This is tits. thx guys.