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[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
And thats what I mean all along, The S2 should have a better screen but in electronics these days better comes at a compromise that was not on the previous generation of a "similar tech"

The pentile display on the S1 is pretty good actually, as I've said only real world difference is the text quality which has like a feathery edges. Movies and pictures they look exactly the same.

Maybe you can also enlighten me on the little query I had up top about my greys being reds but why whites are pretty intense whites..
[Galaxy S II General] DarkDvr:
Not backlighting in traditional sense, I meant evenness of LED light levels across the screen.

I hate to break a bubble for you but SGS1 screen wasn't a pure perfection either. You may not see a specific yellow tint, but back when I had Captivate, there were posts about other screen problems, and people yelled as much as you did.

And no, my expectations of a $650 phone are very high, I just know how to differentiate between important stuff (CPU/GPU, battery, GPS, camera, connectivity, etc) and unimportant "OMGWTF a picture of my lovely poodle looks tinted yellow on left side by about 0.000001 lux".

Get real, friend.
[Galaxy S II General] DarkDvr:
Exactly my point.

Perfection doesn't exist, and it surely won't be created by us.

I suggest let's spend time fixing real issues that people have rather that nit-picking on some microscopic color variation on some units.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
My whites are a bit biased toward blue. Maybe you have more red push which is why your whites are whiter but the red bias is effecting other colors. Just a guess.
[Galaxy S II General] RjYslf:
All this pentile Sht is downright annoying. Really people really?? If you haven't noticed the yellow/darker side then how the eck' can you notice the difference between RGB and Pentile. Stop spreading the sht. Pentile was killed by the bloggers not because it was blurry. Really if someone told you SG1 had RGB arrangement you wouldn't even have thought it didn't. Still I easilly spotted the burn in and yellowish side. So sorry but epic fail.
[Galaxy S II General] RjYslf:
Get real. The yellow tint is visible everywhere once you spotted it. Even on whites.

Also until now my N80 my 5800 had NO screen problems. And the 5800 was f cheap. Galaxy S2 is 3x as expensive. Why is it allowed to have faults? The kind of people like you and Barry are THE ONES responsible for this. Because you tell everyone it has no problems when it certainly does. And ofc if Samsung has people with "perfect screens" then why bother to replace.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Like I said in a previous post, I'm not going to apologize because I don't have a problem with my display.

And Pentile doesn't make a difference?

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/2...x2-and-its-qhd-display-pentile-at-its-finest/
[Galaxy S II General] daemien_:
Visible everywhere, but only after you spotted it? Even on whites? If you`re trying that hard to spot the problem, it may very well be a psychological issue rather than a hardware one.

Not that I don't acknowlodge the hardware issue, but still...

I do understand tho...after you pay a lot for a new phone, you want it to exceed your expectations and any small things may be a let down. It was like that with me when I bought the milestone only to find out later it had a locked bootloader. In time, I learned to not care that much.
[Galaxy S II General] RjYslf:
I don't but really if you don't have any problem with your faulty display why did you come here? Fanboyism for sure trying to tell us NOT TO CARE.

Look. It's like discovering my 2nd CPU core in a let's say HTC Sensation doesn't work. Then you tell me it still runs smooth so why care. Wait again what's the main selling point of the HTC-the Dual proccessor. What's the main selling point of the Galaxy S2? The screen.

Get real your logic is severely flawed
[Galaxy S II General] Pfeffernuss:
Yes, it is.

Rotate the phone and take another picture. WOW! The darker side is still left? No it suddenly moved to the right! How can that be!? Well, maybe because it's the SCREEN itself and not the angle.

On EVERY photo the left side is affected. What... a... coincidence.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I was not claiming for pure perfection on the S1 but it never had any of these yellow tinting and other screen QC issues such as white blotches and suction cup rings, I didnt go through more than a single phone, Yes there were color differences but not this extreme or common, I cant speak for the carrier variants because I used the International version and perform firmware update services and custom ROM installation for friends so I've seen a few and I've not encountered a screen issue on them, at least not as common as the S2.

Whats important to you may not be important for others and vice versa, sure Im probably the only buyer out of the 6 million people that purchased this phone for its great screen (coming from the wave and S1) so my expectations are really high that it should be BETTER in every aspect compared to the first generation screen.

Sure the yellow tint on the left side on your screen is 0.000001 Lux brighter but that does not mean everyone's screen is affected the same way or everyone has the same visual perception ( or impairment ) as others.

My cry isnt for the Yellow tinting anymore since its alleviated by the 2.3.4 kernel, also my 3rd phone has no yellow tint, but this one has a wide area white blotch on black images, looks like a spatter, Thinking of getting it replaced but I dunno.

This is probably it, the whites are really great but it makes my movies significantly dimmer and If I increase the brightness to a high level some portions of the scenes are just way to bright, its like a combination of extremes.. Would you think if voodoo color managed to balance out my reds, would it also affect the dimness when playing movies?

And that is why you will never understand the people going through this issue having several replacements, Just dont be bitter towards them (including me) :p

EDIT:

Heres an update on the white splatter marks..
[Galaxy S II General] darkwingz:
I just want to share something as a new user, i had the chance to look at 3 S2s at a store because I was replacing my first one because of a very biased blue tint to the point that it was dimmer than the store's demo unit plus the problem of an unresponsive back button.

Looking at the three, it was obvious that no screens were the same, one was bluish, other one was yellowish, and all of them had the same left side problem, i had to choose the one with the less amount of problem and thanks to Earlz with his suggestion of the Auto Brightness app, I just set my unit to never go below 15%.

It's just sad to experience these kind of problems in a $700 phone.
[Galaxy S II General] gil80:
Not only I have the yellow tint but the banding is horrible.

It seems as if the banding I'm having are stuck on the screen.

For example, if I scroll the image to the left or right, the banding won't move with it, like stuck pixels banding across the screen... WTF?!

tested on gray image.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
That seems to be the case since the first generation of SAMOLEDs way back from the Samsung Wave, its like e technology limitation.
[Galaxy S II General] nomnompie:
Yes I have these too, like strips of varying brightness down the screen but I'd say 98% of the time I can't see them, and not really ever on anything that matters. Who knows though, maybe Samsung will release another magic kernel fix for this too lol. :o
[Galaxy S II General] RjYslf:
not fixed. alleviated.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
Good news guys!

I had a very strong yellow tint on my display, only on left side. Flashed the phone with XXKG5, the tint is completely, totally gone!!!!!! No sign of it anywhere.

It was 10000000% software problem! Now I know for sure, I flashed the phone almost 30 times with a lot of different roms, this one did the job. Unfortunately the pink spot in the camera is still there, but the yellow tint G-O-N-E!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Its been reported a several pages back, any 2.3.4 kernel will alleviate the yellow tint replacing it with a darker left spot. Its a thousand times better than having a yellow tinge. What makes me curious is that upon a reboot the yellow tint is back but once the screen is locked once the fix takes effect. Only the source codes can tell whats really going on.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
no darker yellow side, perfect screen. you said this: "upon a reboot the yellow tint is back but once the screen is locked once the fix takes effect" - I don't have this problem, it's perfect from the start. I tried other roms that are 2.3.4 never solved the yellow tint thing, until I flashed XXKG5.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Then you would be the first one to have it fixed on boot and no darkening of the left side, can you post a photo ?
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
sure, here are 4 photos, what do you think?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I cant be 100% certain but I wouldnt drop my conclusion till I've seen it properly though.. Are you able to take it as straight as possible and w/o any external lighting because its causing crazy reflections.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
when I try to take the picture straight I always see the camera reflection on the screen, it is the best I could do without the camera reflection on the screen. I will try tomorrow again, it is evening now and I will have to use flash, it will ruin the photo, I will try to take it without flash tomorrow. How does it look for now?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Its actually best to take pictures during night time and in a dark room, no external light sources. The screen is bright enough. Take pics at 0% and about 30%, at 50% it wont matter anymore since the lights even out.

Im holding my conclusion as I dont want to ruin the joy for you or make you paranoid till I see better pictures, but yes no yellow tint and I've got a feeling your S2 is on the warm side of colors.. meaning your whites are pretty damn awesome.
[Galaxy S II General] anil190185:
I can see the tint on the left, not sure, could be bcoz of light.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Purely basing on the pictures, I can absolutely reassure him that theres no more yellow tint.. the 2.3.4 kernel really does wonders on this issue.
[Galaxy S II General] gbohm:
i am not sure i am on cm and it is clearly visible i tested villian rom and can assure that it is still there allby not so bad..

i could test another kg6 based rom (any suggestions on which you tested it?)
[Galaxy S II General] _cummoo:
Using LeoMar rom and it's gone.
[Galaxy S II General] gbohm:
just downloading but i think the kernel should be more important so which one did you choose?

edit: as i expected didn't change a thing i think it is the glue
[Galaxy S II General] nomnompie:
According to Hacre in the VillainRom thread, custom kernels for KG roms will NOT fix the issue because Samsung has not released the updated source yet. Simply any KG kernel will not do. It has to be stock, or CF-ROOT KG1 through KG7 (currently), or any other KG kernel thats primarily stock. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] gbohm:
jap that was what i was thinking i would need to flash a stock kernel .if they release the source of the kernel who should fix this we will see what they did and if they did anything and we can dismiss or confirm it once and for all
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
Here you go:

0% first 2 shots

20% next 2 shots

50% last 2 shots

the pics were taken in full dark room
[Galaxy S II General] Zanr Zij:
How about your pink spot? I think you got perfect S2! Congrat!
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
pink spot still there, I don't know how to get rid of it.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Looks pretty good, Id say very similar to my screen.

Would you consider your display a bit towards the warmer color ? Like at 0-20% brightness the virtual querty keyboard seems like a dark grey and your whites are really intense/pure whites?
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
It definitely has warm colours, after I flashed XXKG5 the whites are outstanding, very pure whites. I use it on about 70% brightness and dynamic screen mode, it is gorgeous display.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Dynamic brightness + warm colors = over saturation for me but everyone has their own preference. The warm display though has the best whites ever made!

The only downside I've seen with warmer screens is that there are certain shades of grey that it cant produce properly.
[Galaxy S II General] anton79ru:
@tainka, could you please reply to my PM? can you read it?
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
sorry, did not see it, sent you an answer :)
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
I love to see those gorgeous colours, this is without a doubt the best display I've ever seen, after today :D:D:D:D:D

Now we just need to find a way to solve this pink spot problem and it will be the perfect device for many of us, I think.....
[Galaxy S II General] anton79ru:
@tainka, thanx. saw Russian characters on your screen. as paranoid as I may seem, that was the best way to make sure the phone on the pics really belongs to you.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
Smart, this is how you knew I speak Russian. This is really my phone, was not so happy about it until today, now I feel much better about it :D

What is the price for this phone in Russia?
[Galaxy S II General] anton79ru:
@tainka

It varies. Samsung official price is 29K rubles, which must be around a thousand US dollars now. I bought mine at an "Ion" store in Moscow for 31K, because you can have your phone exchanged or just return it to them during as long as one month without even bothering to explain why.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
Expensive... Do you receive any monthly refund from your service provider for the phone cost, in exchange of using the phone services company? This Is how it work here, in case that I buy the phone from private shop and not from my service provider.
[Galaxy S II General] anton79ru:
No, this practice isn't in place in Russia just yet. With all due respect, we're off topic. PM me if you wanna chat further.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
sorry, just curiosity.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
My other issue is the white splotches on the screen when a black image is displayed :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
So can we consider the problem as solved?

I'm on KF3, shall I flash KG5?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Nope, far from it.

If your screen is cool/neutral then the darker left side is still relatively obvious depending on how good or visually impaired the user is. On a warmer screen you really need to look hard for the darker left side.. Its only visible on the dialer (despite how hard i looked to confirm this band-aid fix)

Can you also provide a picture of the dialer, same requirements as before. Id like to see how yours appears as its the only spot where I can notice a very tiny darkening on the left side
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
what do you mean? can you please post a photo?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Back read just a few pages, I've already posted it here. Its only visible in a pitch black room.
[Galaxy S II General] tainka:
found the photo, checked my phone in full dark room, don't have it.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Yeah thats why I said its a defect and not normal coz not all phones have it and to those who havei the pattern is different. For such a minority issue as claimed by a few people its amazing how going through 4 phones ( Just yesterday ) in the service center all had different defects :(
[Galaxy S II General] blackspp:
I have it too dammit, the dark/yellow band on the left. Got the phone last Thursday but only had time today to go to a Vodafone shop.

They will 'send it in for repair'

I don't think so, idiots. I really hate Vodafone, bunch of arrogant nitwits.

Enough said, I only have to deal with this phone for a year and then I'll choose the G3 :)

In the mean time I hope there will be some sort of software fix to fix this. But I strongly suspect it's hardware failure of some sorts. I remember a lot of posts back some guy was claiming that it had to be a software problem cause when you flip the phone the dark band flips along with it.

Now that I would call a hardware problem...
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Using a 2.3.4 kernel alleviates the yellow tint making it better, but yeah its a hardware/software/quality issue
[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
Sprint ID packs - Pick n Choose

​

I was reading about a member, zanderman112, that was doing something interesting with the Sprint ID packs. He was downloading them, picking the apps/wallpapers/ringtones that he wanted to use from each, then deleting the other 'crap' that was unneeded.

Ecooce asked the first guy to create a nice .zip for everyone to use.. Unfortunately, root is required to get access to the /data partition to snag the wallpapers/ringtones/.apk's.

What I'm going to do is download as many of the Sprint ID packs as I can, snag the ringtones/wallpapers/.apk's from each and post them here for everyone to download so that you may pick and choose what you want without getting all bogged down w/ Sprint ID.

I will accept request for packs that you might want the stuff from but don't feel like downloading them, post up your requests and I'll make it a priority, otherwise I'm going to go in the order that I feel is the most interesting to me :)

Please Note:.. These are not the "actual iD packs" as they would be downloaded/installed on your device. They 'should' be the .apks/ringtones/wallpapers that come w/ each pack. You will have to extract the archives and install the apks, ringtones, wallpapers yourself.

Download these to your computer, extract, see what you'd like to use (or not use), transfer to your SD card and use your favorite file explorer to launch/install the .apks

That being said, here's my first contribution. The list will be updated as I get more figured out. This is a work in progress.

Random .apks that I pulled after installing a couple packs before I knew what I was doing Download here

"Essentials" Sprint iD Pack (full): Download here

"Games" Sprint iD pack (full): nothing exciting. the games that 'come' with it are market links not .apks

"Entertainment" Sprint iD pack (full): Download here

"ESPN" Sprint iD pack (full) Download here

"Sprint" iD pack (full) coming shortly... stay tuned
[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
Wallpapers only​

Download these .rar files (just like .zip) to your computer. Extract. See what you'd like to use. Transfer to your SD card. Use the 'set wallpaper' option within your launcher to use them

wallpaper collection before I knew what I was doing Download here

Essentials iD pack: Download here

Games iD pack: Download here

Entertainment iD pack: Download here

ESPN iD pack Download here

Sprint iD pack coming shortly .. stay tuned

more to come...
[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
Sprint iD Pack Ringtone/Notifications​

Save these to your computer. Extract. Transfer to your SD card in their own folder. They should be available when you search to set a ringtone.(un-tested as of rt now.. my phone has been working overtime to get the iD packs downloaded.. post any problems that you have and I'll try to correct them)

Random ringtones that I gathered before I knew what I was doing Download here

Essentials iD ringtones : Download Here

Games iD ringtones : couldn't find new notifications for the games pack

Entertainment iD ringtones : Download here

ESPN iD ringtones Download here

"Sprint" iD ringtones coming soon .. stay tuned

more to come....
[Epic 4G Themes] Jimmyjoe:
This is a great idea... and the only reason to need to install SprintID.

I look forward to you getting the ESPN one so i can get all the backgrounds and ringtones.

Thanks agian!
[Epic 4G Themes] TexasLTE:
Great Idea !

This is a really great idea since those of us who are "rooted & ROMed" don't have that Sprint ID package .... keep up the good work !
[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
This one will be next.

As a side note, the "Games" pack has 'links' on the launcher screen for a bunch of games.. when clicking on them, it takes you to the market to download the games.. not really worth trying to extract.. the 'games iD pack' doesn't include any games..

After "entertainment" I'll load up the ESPN one for you.

Stay tuned..
[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
I am ROM'd and rooted, I just made a nandroid backup, Odin'd back to ECO5 and figured I'd spend some time eating up my unlimited data LOL..

updated OP w/ "Games" wallpapers..

more to come.. Essentials is downloading now (about 42% done) then I'll do the ESPN pack.

Hit thanks if you find this useful :)

Added random wallpapers/apks
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
You should probably do the "Sprint" pack, its the one with the widgets for contacts, messaging, clock\weather, and sprint zone. I'm really getting the id's for the widgets. Glad someone was inspired by my thread though!

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[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
Told you I was gonna do this.. LOL..

Sprint pack is next after ESPN :)
[Epic 4G Themes] TexasLTE:
OK - Question = the download is in .rar not .zip , how do I load these ? do they act as .zip ? flash with CWM ? load with ES File Explorer ?
[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
you'll need to extract these on your desktop w/ 7zip, winzip etc..

Good point.. I'll update the posts to be specific about how to use them :)
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
I have a quick qestion, did the Games pack come with a clock widget? I can't remember, but I think it did. That and the wallpapers were the gems of that pack, iirc.

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[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
the games pack came w/ 13 wallpapers (really nice ones) but I don't recall seeing any .apks with the same time/date stamp from the install.. I'll double check real quick.
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
K, I think the exact name is DigiClock.

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[Epic 4G Themes] daddymikey1975:
ESPN is up and loaded..

Sprint pack is next (to get the widgets etc.)

stay tuned..
[Epic 4G Themes] Hotrod0101:
Can you do the Home Base Wallpapers too? The Red Bench one looks great with a Glass clock
[Epic 4G Themes] Orbiting234:
Been a few days, got that Sprint Pack done?
[Epic 4G Themes] Orbiting234:
*Poke*....
[Epic 4G Themes] ecooce:
line....
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
Bump. I forgot about this, but I have since rooted and removed sprint id and I really want the "Sprint" pack widgets..

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G Themes] lord dredd:
I know i am kinna more than a year late to the parteh :P

but is possible to have some of this stuff as depositfiles is gone and none of them links are working :P
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manic020:
It's my birthday this Thursday and I am considering using any money I get to go towards getting a Thunderbolt from either eBay or Craigslist. I love my Fascinate and all, and the devs working on this phone have been fantastic and almost everything they have released has been gold, but Samsung's lack of support for this device and HTC's promise of Gingerbread for the T-Bolt by the end of June (fingers crossed) are heavily influencing my decision. Also, we are going on vacation in Orlando in a little over a month and I want to test the 4G there :cool: (According to the VZW site, there is 4G in the Detroit Metro area, but I am not close enough to receive it. They are, however, planning on rolling it out in more cities across Michigan over the course of 2011. We'll see how well that pans out). Should I switch?

P.S. Battery life is a concern too, which has been pretty good on my Fascinate, but not the best since I'm a pretty heavy user throughout the day. But I'm willing to set my phone down more often if it means having a more badass phone :P
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecantbreathe:
Well this belongs in Q&A

There isn't 4g in Detroit Metro, It's in part of Macomb and Oakland counties. Also in and around Ann Arbor. Detroit is supposed to get it by the end of the year.