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[HTC Sensation] smashpunks:
From reading the thread its the sharp that washes out more....
[HTC Sensation] timmiii:
Panel Type = PANEL_ID_PYD_AUO_NT

Made In Taiwan

Date Built 6/3/11

There is some slight washing out but not too bad when compared to my previous MT4G and the demo HTC Sensation they had in the T-Mobile store.
[HTC Sensation] DeoreDX:
Panel Type = PANEL_ID_PYD_SHARP

MFG Date 5/27/11

Do I have the oldest sensation here? :D
[HTC Sensation] sittyb123:
What do you input into the terminal to check your panel type?
[HTC Sensation] DeezNotes:
Just got mine today shipped from T-Mobile US.

Screen: AUO

SN: HT164Txxxxxx

Date: 6/4/2011

Made in Taiwan
[HTC Sensation] Slash8915:
You type dmesg
[HTC Sensation] RestInPieces209:
Sharp screen here. Using the solar winds wallpaper nd the colors look great. A little washed out at wide angles but really? Who cares. Nobody uses their phone from such a wide angle.
[HTC Sensation] Diesel-30:
for the life of me I can't find that line....
[HTC Sensation] xl VipeR lx:
Neither could i :(:mad:
[HTC Sensation] sittyb123:
Sharp
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
Do people even read anymore? Lol it's like they only read the last few pages. The command is also in the OP.
[HTC Sensation] lysergic:
Copy all the text in the terminal and mail it to yourself, then search from your PC, that's what I did :)
[HTC Sensation] Diesel-30:
Finally found it and its a SHARP. What did I win?!?! :)
[HTC Sensation] m918v:
i think you get a banana :D
[HTC Sensation] KillaHurtz:
All these threads are filled with posts like this. Hopefully people get as smart as their phones and READ the entire thread before posting. Either way.......rock on AUO ! :)
[HTC Sensation] mrmotivator:
I don't think you're giving these people enough credit. I tried the instructions, emailed the entire terminal output to myself so I could ctrl-f it and couldn't find the panel type anywhere either (after squinting trying to scroll and read it on the phone for 10 minutes). I think what someone said earlier might help: Reboot the phone then try it straight away.

I've got the AUO type and it's great. However I've noticed when scrolling through threads on the XDA forums the background changes colour only very very slightly to a warmer/lighter colour. This changes as soon as you touch the screen even if you don't move your finger. This would be fine but then when you start scrolling it flashes really fast between the warmer/cooler colour and can be really irritating to the eyes.
[HTC Sensation] KillaHurtz:
If you tried the method and couldn't find it, then how on Earth do you know you have a AUO ? :D

Also if you read the ENTIRE thread there is an easier method that shows only the pannel type in dmesg.
[HTC Sensation] m918v:
Ok, what you do when you get the result is copy the entire thing by holding the screen when you put your finger on it and a pop up should appear that will say copy all. Exit and open a mail client and compose a mail and paste. Now, send it to yourself.

Open the mail and press ctrl+f (windows) or command+f (mac) and you should be able to find it easy.

Trust me you'll go blind looking for that one line on a small screen.
[HTC Sensation] Scoop24:
truthfully u dont even need that line. just look for anything that says brightness and,in the beginning of the line it will say "SHP" or "AUO"
[HTC Sensation] chipmaniac:
Perspective

Here's my dilemma. I have a MyTouch 4G. My original unit had the "bad" LCD. I got T-Mobile to exchange it for the "good" LCD. I was happy. The good LCD on the MT4G is excellent with very high viewing angles (approaching 180 degrees) and no color distortion at angle.

Now, I order a Sensation for a whopping 608 with tax. It comes and I love the design and build quality of the unit. It's almost the same size as my MT4G but more screen and less bezel. However, I immediately notice that the screen is inferior. It starts washing out at about 15 to 20 degrees! I brought up a photo I took with my MT4G on Friday on both phones, put them side by side, and the Sensation, dead on, has a slight edge in color rendition and sharpness (probably owing to the higher resolution). However as soon as I tilt both devices, even minimally, the Sensation's screen quickly washes out while the MT4G shows very little, if any, attenuation of brightness.

I also have noticed the "shimmering" effect that occurs when you scroll settings screens. It looks like the bottom part of the font is chopped off and then restored as it moves up, only to be repeated multiple times further up. This causes the text to appear to shrink and grow repeatedly as you scroll. Truly distracting. I noticed that this is not just relegated to text either as the icons on the main Settings screen shimmer. Watch the Sound icon. The green concentric lines will shrink and grow as you scroll.

I wonder if this problem has to do with the resolution of the device. In Android development you have fixed size bitmaps for each of the three device types: ldpi, mdpi, and hdpi respectively. However, we now have several standard resolutions that fit in the hdpi bucket including the new qHD resolution. I'm wondering if Android has trouble converting things to display properly on the qHD resolution and what we are observing with scrolling defects are up-sampling errors. This is just speculation.

After getting used to the "good" MT4G screen, I don't think I can go backwards even if I like almost everything else about the phone (could use a better FFC and more internal storage). People say that nobody looks at these devices at an angle but there are some of us that have them on our desks at work or at home and want to be able to see the screen without having to pick up the device and look on it straight on. I think I'm going to return it as my CM7 MT4G is rock solid, fast and a known quantity.

By the way, I have the "Acer" screen and a manufacturer date of 6/2/2011.
[HTC Sensation] mrmotivator:
Do you mean "dmesg | grep panel"?

All that did on mine was make it say:

grep: permission denied

write: Broken pipe

...whatever that means. I know it's AUO because, as Scoop24 just said, there are a load of references to AUO brightness and not a single mention of Sharp or SHP.
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
Just had to send my phone in to exchange, hope I don't get an acer screen. :(
[HTC Sensation] vvilliamm:
i just received my new phone.. WORKING GPS no issues what so ever my button is not slanted..oops nvm =] 6/3 Sharp panel looks awesome too.

somehow the colors actually looks more.. realistic compared to the sensation that i sent in which was the acer one.. but i guess its preference.

while the acer one was definitly much more vibrant /brighter as many people would say. the sharp has colors that doesn't popout but the colors look right.
[HTC Sensation] galaxys:
Panel Type = PANEL_ID_PYD_AUO_NT

Box date 06/03/2011

Looks pretty darn good to me so far...
[HTC Sensation] Lakeshow423:
I got the Sharp screen. No complaints here, everything looks good :p
[HTC Sensation] sacramento458:
Hey guys I have the Sharp panel shipped 6/02/11 and I'm not to happy with it, the color and vividness is nothing to awe about also it does wash out the colors at angels, white colors turn to a yellowish white, after reading through the thread i just kinda figured I was one of the people that would prefer having the Acer screen but luckily my cousin has a sensation so i compared both devices side to side and his screen was way better in every aspect, colors were bright and vivid and no wash at any angle. So i ran terminal emulator to find out which panel he had and to my surprise its has a Sharp panel and same shipped date. which goes to show that the only way to judge which panel is better is to do a side to side comparison, and i will be returning my and hopefully get one of the good Sharp panels and not a Acer panel.
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
I just gave my wife the Sensation that T-Mobile sent me for free since she didn't want the G2X. I kept my Sensation as well so now both of us are using Sensations. Anyway, point being. She has the Sharp Panel and I have the Acer. The difference is quite noticeably when sitting next to each other. I like the Sharp panel better and she loves the vibrant colors of the Acer. She said it reminds her of her Vibrant. In my opinion, both of them are good looking, extremely accurate to the touch and perform good in direct sunlight.

It's a WIN..WIN if you ask me.
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
Could you post some pics?
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
If your asking me, yes I can but my ****ty camera probably won't show a difference. I don't have a DSLR or anything. Just point and shoot for me. In order for everyone to see the big difference, you either need to see them yourself in person or someone with a nice camera with good lighting needs to do a side by side.
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
Point and shoot will work lol.

I just like to see many comparisons. Everyone takes different pics.
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
Use the G2X to take pics :p :D :p :D
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
LOL...OK...BRB
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
........yay!
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
Acer on the left.....Sharp on the right. Pictures taken with my G2X. Sorry there not SLR quality. They don't really show as much difference you see in person.
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
Thanks! The acer screen almost looks like it has a purple-ish tint.
[HTC Sensation] SplitCold:
Panel Type = PANEL_ID_PYD_SHARP

I had none of the numbers in the line you said to look for.
[HTC Sensation] naimmkassim:
I download from market terminal emulator and type dmseg. Result is Sharp :)
[HTC Sensation] galaxys:
Also had none of those numbers, so I just did a search to find it.
[HTC Sensation] vvilliamm:
you know u could email.. that list to your self right? then.. find it on the comp

if your lazy =]
[HTC Sensation] _kansei_:
The numbers are time since bootup.they'll never be the same
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
Nope, I think I do. 4/30/2011!!!!
[HTC Sensation] Topher_XDA:
sharp here too
[HTC Sensation] Hoggles:
She made a great point.... :p
[HTC Sensation] Evil-Dragon:
My panel is AUO_NT.

Hopefully this means i won't be plagued with the dust under the screen issue that i have read with so many Sharp screens. Phew!
[HTC Sensation] :
Sharp - 6/04
[HTC Sensation] heygrl:
yeah riiight
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
Good luck with that lol
[HTC Sensation] DeoreDX:
I don't mind washing out when at an angle but what bugs me is the way the colors turn a yellow tint when viewed from an angle. I'd have to rate the screen as pretty poor. compare it to the Droid X2 screen, it's no contest. The DroidX to screen just completly owns the Sensation screen.

Only thing I can hope for is that the yellow tint is a byproduct of the adhesive in the screen and will eventually go away a la the iPhone4's but the yellow tint looks way to uniform to be that.
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
lol what? Have you seen that screen in person?

From a review:

The DROID X2 is supposed to be a high-end device, and with that comes the expectation of an excellent screen. Unfortunately, even run-of-the-mill lower-end devices have better screens than the X2. It’s almost painfully bad – enough so that I would never, ever buy this phone, and I would actively advise anyone who asked to steer clear of it. It’s bad in every single way conceivable:

It’s not bright. Or… okay, well technically it can be bright – very (very!) bright. But automatic brightness isn’t, and every single issue below becomes more apparent the higher you crank the brightness. So your options are either to have a bright screen that’s demonstrates poor quality, or have a dim screen that… demonstrates it less obviously.

You can see the grid lines between the pixels. It’s difficult to demonstrate this with pictures, but I’ve done my best. It’s so bad that it visibly breaks up text even when you’re not actively looking for it.

You can also see the pixels. Seeing the grid lines is worse, but being able to see either is nearly unforgivable. (For those curious, the reason for this can be found in the Wikipedia link above or the AnandTech link below.)

The display ghosts. Quite badly. For those of you who don’t know what display ghosting is, it’s exactly what it sounds like: the image drags or trails, typically because of poor response time.

Viewing angles are bad in an odd way. The colors are only correct when viewing the screen dead-on; turn the phone even a few degrees and colors become a bit off, slightly reminiscent of a "rainbow" effect. However, once you’ve angled the phone so that the colors are off, they don’t get worse even at extreme angles (hence "in an odd way.") Still, it’s enough that there’s maybe 20-30° where oranges look orange, and the other 330-340° the orange becomes a puke-yellow.

Color reproduction is crap. Specifically, banding is abundant. In other words, anywhere there’s a gradient, it displays bands of color rather than a smooth transition. Pictures illustrate this well.
[HTC Sensation] aw1974:
I just exchanged my AUO screen last night and it had a single spec of dust under the screen. I actually exchanged it because of other issues and ended up with another AUO screen. Good luck with yours!
[HTC Sensation] Evil-Dragon:
Damn, i thought from all the posts i'd read about the Sharp screens that it was mostly limited to those manufactured by Sharp. Obviously not, i will keep an eye on mine.
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
What panel on the Sensation are you referring to. Also, your always going to have bad ones in the bunch but I have both the Acer and the Sharp panel in front of me and I can assure you, nothing turns yellow.

Lastly, the droid X2's display doesn't even hold a candle to the Sensations. It might look better than a faulty display on the Sensation but over-all.....Nope, Noway, no how. It's not even personal preference. It's the same exact display that's in the Atrix.

I have sen about 5 Atrix's and 3 Droid X2's in person and every single one was pixelated which is also what a all reviewers are saying.
[HTC Sensation] whodatfever:
Oh...............my..................GOD!

I had the Sharp screen version for the last 2 weeks (5/25 MFD) and yesterday I dropped the phone and scratched the bottom. Being that I wanted it in good shape I returned it to Walmart and swapped it out. I got the new phone (5/30 MFD) and started it up. IMMEDIATELY, I noticed the horizontal lines on the background wallpaper. I tried swapping the wallpaper out and looking at the old photos I had taken with the Sharp panel and on this phone everything you look at is plagued by these friggin lines on the screen. I ran terminal emulator and sure enough, AUO panel.

It isn't subtle. It's flagrant and obviously inferior to the Sharp panel. There is no way you could understand what the difference unless you were spoiled by the superior Sharp screen and then exposed to this garbage AUO panel. This thing is going back to Walmart, lickety-split.

Honestly, if you have the AUO panel and you think it looks good, you really don't know what you're missing.

What the hell were they thinking? :confused:
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
I'm just going to come out and say it. YOUR AN IDIOT!!!

If you read anyone elses posts, you would see that I have 2 Sensations, one with the Acer and one with the Sharp. I even posted pictures for everyone to compare. I look at both displays next to each other every day and I can tell you right now, neither one blows the other one away. A lot of people actually prefer the Acer panel so to say it's garbage is a pretty far fetched statement.

From EXPERIENCE, I can tell you that the Acer panel doesn't watch out colors at slight angles (like the Sharp), is better in direct sunlight (than the Sharp), is more vivid and vibrant (than the Sharp) and is a little more touch sensitive (than the Sharp).

I'm not going to sit here and name all the good things about the Sharp display since you already know them.

Lastly, you obviously got a faulty device if you see lines on your display. I have seen 3 Acer panels in person and not one had lines. Go return your Sensation for a working one without a faulty display. By the way, you probably going to be returning a lot of Acer panels since I think HTC switched to them permanently for the display panels.
[HTC Sensation] whodatfever:
Well. My wife has the Sharp panel so I can take some pictures of them side by side and post them tonight. All I can tell you is what I'm experiencing and it's amazing. Perhaps I have a broken unit, who knows. Either way, I will post them when I get a chance tonight. Thank you for your unrestrained criticism.
[HTC Sensation] DeoreDX:
I have a Sharp display.
[HTC Sensation] Wisefire:
I noticed this said a few times.. I'm not positive but from what I know, the touch sensitivity is dependent on the digitizer, not the LCD Panel, we are discussing LCD panels are we not? Or are the Sensation displays similar to that of the iPhone 4, where the digitizer is bonded to the LCD? Even if so, is it the same digitizer all around, or each corresponding company(Sharp/Acer) makes both, the LCD and the digitizer.

Also bud, to each is own. Let him choose which he prefers.
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
Yes, your right...To each his own. I like the Sharp panel better as well since the letters are a little clearer. I gave my wife my Acer panel and she gave me her Sharp. She likes the vibrant colors with the brighter display but I like the clarity a little bit more.

I don't have a problem with people liking one display over another but to come on here and say that one display has lines all over it is contributing to the performance of either of the two displays being talked about. Obviously if there is lines across the display, it is a bad unit as this could happen to either the Sharp of the Acer. It just doesn't make sense that someone would compare a faulty display to a good working one. His post made it sound like all Acer displays suffered from this problem by saying it is obviously inferior to the Sharp display.

I was just pointing out the advantages of the Acer display over the Sharp display.

If you have lines running across your display then your display is BAD. Return the device. If you get a good Acer panel next time, you might like it since it seems most people in here prefer it over the Sharp.
[HTC Sensation] PurpleSkyz:
To the people here that ACTUALLY READ the WHOLE god damn thread. This is EXACTLY what I said in the first few pages.

Exactly. That.

Unless you had a sharp first, and if you ACTUALLY HAVE some kind of a good vision, you CANNOT MISS OUT on the damn nasty grainy scanline effect. (it bothers me SO MUCH taht if the third unit I receive tommorow is AUO, ill will get a full refund and buy another phone. yet I am ok with having a fuzzy earpiece, and a dead pixel.)

There are enough people here complaining about it reporting how much it BOTHERS them for you to take that into account. Its is not because you do not see the differences that someone with different or higher perception of things see, that it does not exists.

So, no need to call him an idiot.

People, read the 36 pages.
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
My vision was tested last year and it's actually perfect. I would like to see these lines your seeing so what can I put on my screen that will show them. Is there a certain color or a certain place in the UI where they become visible?
[HTC Sensation] heygrl:
This whole 2 panel situation is another reason why HTC is seriously behind Samsung when it comes to build quality -- not what build materials are used but the QUALITY.

Before anyone mentions the GPS, that was a flaw by design.

At least I know when I get my Galaxy S II there won't be dust under the screen or 4 different panel manufactures.
[HTC Sensation] PurpleSkyz:
Perfection is an absolute and is not part of this physical universe. You might have 20/20 vision but who's not to say that an 30/20 vision is possible? after all there are not 30/30 tests so how would you know? You have a drivers license but that doesn't make you good enough for a rally championship. Ar rheum...I mean back on topic.

Anyway its best visible on single colored back grounds, especially grey tints.

So you put it next to your GFs phone with BOTH a full grey background and tell me you don't see a scan-line effect.

I'll get mine tomorrow, i hope its a sharp, but if its not, before a refund, i'll get to see if AUOs are independently different, of if that bothersome scan-line effect is inherent to all of them.
[HTC Sensation] PurpleSkyz:
What I disagree with is really having totally different parts for something as important as and smart phone screen. Its one, or the other. I understand because of shortage reasons they have to go for another manufacturer, but then the phone becomes a different product, and it should be mentioned.

The difference between screens is the same difference between a Samsung and a Sharp LED HD TV. I would have believed that the screen was a determining reason to choose a phone over another.
[HTC Sensation] Hoggles:
:confused:

Man....I gotta respectfully disagree with ya. I don't know how more plastic is QUALITY??

I've NEVER held or seen or read about a Sammy phone that has GREAT build quality (materials & build)....never ever. Please enlighten me as to what device you are talking about?

HTC has their issues, but over the years has consistently pumped out devices that blow away Samsungs build quality and style for that matter (imo).

Plasticky and cheap feeling imo....with just as many hardware issues as any other brand. I've played with them all except for the GS2 and from what I've read online, most reviewers didn't like how cheap it felt.

I've always wished Sammy would use better material, then their devices would at least feel high quality.

On the other hand.... Samsung makes great TV's....love mine :p
[HTC Sensation] BonesRed:
It's not a different product, there's 2 slightly different screens, which behave slightly differently... i don't feel that anyone was cheated because they got an AUO screen instead of a Sharp or Vice Versa.I don't remember HTC promising me that company X would make any particular component of the phone except for a 1.2 GHZ Dual Core Qualcomm processor which it does have as far as I can tell.

Edit:

LOL I looked over and realized my HDTV is samsung... I touched it and it feels light and plasticky , never actually noticed before.
[HTC Sensation] karnovaran:
Yes, perhaps you should test a bit more before declaring all AUO screens are defective. That simple distinction between all and some is what bothers people. My vision was tested perfect last year as well and I can not detect any scanlines at all, so I beg to differ with the notion that all AUO screens are defective. Perhaps more of them are, but clearly not all.
[HTC Sensation] BonesRed:
+1 as has been mentioned before there is no such thing as "perfect vision"

I remember hearing a story about some astronaut who had 50/50+ vision and told NASA he saw a white truck driving through the desert, while he was orbiting earth. They checked it out and there had been some truck in the remote part of the desert at that exact moment and place.

People talk about "problems" with their phone's displays, have you ever considered that they might be "differences" in how you perceive reality? Some people see 3D geometric shapes reverse, or spin etc... different than others. Some people's eyes perceive scan lines, some people's don't.
[HTC Sensation] karnovaran:
None of this changes the fact that there are always quality control issues in manufacturing. Declaring an entire line of products defective from looking at a couple of them is silly.
[HTC Sensation] brian85:
I just sent my phone in for an exchange and the Sharp display I was using was beautiful.

If I get an Acer display I will **** myself. PLEASE GIVE ME A SHARP! :(
[HTC Sensation] BonesRed:
Yeah I dunno if it was clear from my post but we're on the same page... There's quality control variations in manufacturing products and in manufacturing persons, vision, body parts etc...