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[Samsung Infuse 4G] fluxanti:
Having the same problem, am able to connect to openVPN running on ddwrt but the phone isn't directing traffic through it. Anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] Alien987:
I'd like to get opinions about the SAMOLED+ screen on the Samsung Galaxy S2 from people that hate Pentile screens (like me ;)).

Do you think SGS2 is a lot sharper than SAMOLED Pentile screens? Does the text looks as good as in a regular LCD or SLCD screens?

It's important that the opinion comes from people that really dislike or hate pentile screens because it seems that not everybody notice the effect caused by these.
[Galaxy S II General] stoney73:
Well, thats one to get a hundred percent viewpoint.
[Galaxy S II General] Alien987:
I don't get you.

The thing is that SGS2 doesn't have pentile but given that is the same resolution on a bigger screen and I'm not even sure if the pixel matrix is identical to a LCD I think that maybe is not that better at the end?

I'm just trying to decide if I buy the phone or if I'm better keeping a Nexus S (with a pentile display I don't really like...) until Samsung deliver the higher resolution SAMOLED+
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Enjoy...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/19/galaxy-s-ii-and-galaxy-s-screens-compared-at-the-subpixel-level/
[Galaxy S II General] Alien987:
Thanks for the link! But I already know the technical differences...

I'm looking opinion from people that disliked the Galaxy S and Nexus S pentile screen specifically (or even Atrix screen for what it's worth)
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Let's reverse the question. Does anybody like the Pentile display? From everything I've read its really just a cost saver for the manufacturer. So I'm guessing the answer would be no. At least not given any another option.
[Galaxy S II General] Dr.Sid:
The screen looks exactly as LCD ..
[Galaxy S II General] lynxboy:
After going from a Pentile display to a SLCD (N1 to DHD), I was shocked at how a screen with the same effective resolution (WVGA) could look so much sharper even after the size being increased by 0.6 inches. I began to understand why Pentile was getting so much bad press in tech circles and reviews. At the time I associated Pentile with AMOLED, as the only AMOLED based phones (N1, Desire, SGS) used a Pentile matrix and due to this my opinion on AMOLED was that despite the brilliant contrast, it was inferior to LCD.

It's safe to say that the SAMOLED+ reversed my previous opinion by ridding itself of the Pentile matrix. It's almost as if it is an entirely new screen tech. There's not much else to say other than once you see it, you will struggle to believe you could ever go back to a LCD/IPS or plain old AMOLED. The clarity and colour produced by this screen is second to none, regardless of PPI.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] (•.•):
I voted yes!

I liked the Screen very much.. but my eyes hurt after a while reading.

Think mostly because of the ghosting / washed effect from scrolling text.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
i use a phone with pentile right now. i played with the samsung Infuse which has no more pentile, but is 4.5 inch. and honestly the increased pixels are wlecomed, but the larger size kinda eliminated the advantage over pentile. it just didnt look as good as i thought it would be. but it still looked ok of course, just not as sharp as i had hoped. definitely not as sharp as the atric or iphone 4. but the color contrast makes up for it a bit.
[Galaxy S II General] clefster:
Comparing the SII and S is like night and day. Whenever I go back to use my S I can't believe how bad it is. You won't be disappointed with the SII trust me.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
I agree, I was glad when I got my desire it turned out to be a slcd one because the ones I had seen in the shop (as well as the sgs1) were all amoleds and I wasn't to impressed with them, the fonts looked very ugly and jagged, a lot worse compared to my old lg arena; For my the DPI should have been a lot higher for better fonts but they are okay. I had to try a lot of browser though before I found which renders small text the best (xscope) so you can make a bit of use of the large screen
[Galaxy S II General] Alien987:
Thanks everybody for your input!

This is what I fear :( I love iPhone 4 display text crispness, I didn't like Atrix that much because everything looked like it had a weird texture.

Nice tip about the browser!
[Galaxy S II General] Silent8Strike:
I had the Atrix and half the reason I sold it is because I couldn't stand the terrible screen. I dont even notice the loss of pixels with the S2 because things seem so much more crisp, like the edges on icons and a lot of other things.
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
QFT. I also felt the text crispness of the S was quite lacking as against SLCD/LCD. But the SAMOLED+ of the S2 is really super. I cannot see any issues with text sharpness down to even small almost unreadable levels. I was sceptical about the 480x800 vs qhd of the sensation, and that too for a larger scree size, but was very happy when I switched on the phone for the first time. Text is pin sharp, colours absolutely brilliant. Cannot go back to SLCD.

In fact as another poster stated, sometimes the very high contrast is a slight pain actually. I wish there was a way to turn down the brightness even more for indoors / night use.
[Galaxy S II General] mailboy1412:
You can go to the market and download an app called "screen filter" by haxor to lower brightness during indoor and night use. Give it a try and enjoy
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
Thanks. Just what I was looking for. Will make my e-reading at night hugely easier.
[Galaxy S II General] lynxboy:
Cannot thank posts on Tapatalk yet so just want to say major thanks for bringing this app to my attention! As Sandeep says, for those of us who read Ebooks at night this is a life (eye) saver! No more nagging from the missus regarding my screen glare.

Back on topic, I've compared the screens of the Sensation and SGS2 first hand and in normal usage the increased resolution of the Sensation doesn't offer a discernible increase in sharpness over the SGS2. Those with eagle eyes will no doubt contest this, but in truth the overall clarity of the SGS2 panel is IMHO superior to that of the Sensation. That said, if a qHD AMOLED phone was released, I'd be all over it!

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
Just been comparing my friends HTC Desire (pentile amoled) with my SGS2 side by side and my Samsung is noticeably more sharper even though my screen is bigger. Desire has fuzzy text and colours aren't as good.

I hate pentile displays. I had the original SGS1 and returned it within a week because of the screen, but didn't know about pentile displays back then.
[Galaxy S II General] Mitty1990:
I didn't really mind it on my SGS but once I got my Atrix I hated the screen, I don't care for high res as I can barely read as is, but the SGS II screen is amazing compared to the original SGS.
[Galaxy S II General] drleospaceman:
I can only speak for the Infuse but I'd say it's not any better due to software tweaks made by Samsung. The Infuse has some sort of artificial sharpening filter that's been added to Touchwiz that makes text of all sizes and even icons look terrible. It's as if an executive said to an engineer, "4.5 inches and 800x480 seems like a low ppi; how about we add a sharpening filter to compensate?". It sounds like the SGSII doesn't have the sharpening though.

When you boot the Infuse into the setup mode though, the sharpening is absent and text looks magnificent.
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
I sold my atrix because the display was arse. The screen on the SGS2 is unbelievable! Best display on a phone I have ever owned!
[Galaxy S II General] basketor:
I hate pentile since my htc deisre amoled

i was happy with sgs2

but now again pentile is back with sgs3

i hate pentile
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
I have to 'lol' at people who 'hate' screens..
[Galaxy S II General] basketor:
it's better than hating peoples
[Galaxy S II General] bkjugg:
Can't see pentile on SGS III. 0.o

What's a difference?
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
Not really. A phone is a inanimate object.. Lol.
[Galaxy S II General] basketor:
it looks ugly

colors contrast are better than lcd of course because it's oled, but it looks grainy, especially on text
[Galaxy S II General] Shahrokh.KING:
i was disappointed when i see samsung used pentile screen on sg3, S amoled + is so much better, sharper with full subpixels
[Galaxy S II General] ggogo:
SGSII's SAMOLED+ is the best. Pentile is no match.
[Galaxy S II General] TheBigPirate:
S2 samoled+ is not that sharp for a high end smartphone with 217ppi..It should have been at least 250 ppi ..
[Galaxy S II General] solander:
Personally, I don't really like S3's Pentile screen, but with increased resolution still better than the one in the S2.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Turb0wned:
I flashed gummy rom but forgot to make a backup of the stock one... where can I get the stock rom to flash it and make a backup?
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WVH509NS

That is the stock recovery & kernel, built by our very own danalo1979. I haven't tested this but if you use it and it works make sure to toss him a thanks in the thread he made it for(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1142334) :]
[Verizon Droid Charge] Turb0wned:
You have been nothing but help. Thank you. Will try it later.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hmarcus:
I know the fine print says to buy one of their ridiculously priced data packages, however, is anyone out there using this prepaid plan on this phone (or any other AT&T capable device) and has data working without adding on that extra package? Perhaps through different APN's?

Edit: Link:

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...ns/pyg-cell-phone-plans.jsp?_requestid=119812
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImDonly1:
See here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134301

Post number 16.
[EVO 4G General] LiL xSOULJAx:
Just this morning I got this FOTA from Sprint saying it should fix minor bugs etc. Has anyone been able to confirm this or is it another Sprint Trap into deeper rooting darkness ?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Never take an OTA while rooted; if you did, and s-on, you're stuck till they find a root for it.
[EVO 4G General] dottat:
It's been out since last week and most of the custom roms have already been patched with the updated files..
[EVO 4G General] LiL xSOULJAx:
Hmmm so i suggest i should just stick with the 4.22 firmware since i too believe its a trap lol :D Thanks for the feedback , i hope the root for gb comes out soon i miss the custom roms :'( I miss those tears of joy after a successful flash ! Let this be another message to all flashers and rooters , DONT UPDATE IT WILL RUIN YOUR EVO !
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
IT'S A TRAP.

IT IS NOT WISE FOR MOST PEOPLE TO ACCEPT OTAs IF ROOTED OR PLANNING TO ROOT.

But just for your information only,

if the phone was set to S-OFF with either unrevoked-forever or unrevoked3, OTA updating to 4.22 or 4.24 will break your root, but still leave the phone S-OFF (NO S-OFF DOES NOT MEAN THE PHONE IS STILL ROOTED). It can be rerooted by running a PC36IMG update to reinstall either Amon or Clockwork recoveries and then either flashing a superuser.zip file or custom ROM. Or, it can be downgraded back to 2.2 and then rooted.

ALL PHONES SET TO S-ON OR WERE ROOTED WITH ANY METHOD NOT INVOLVING ONE OF THE TWO UNREVOKEDs MENTIONED WILL NOT BE ROOTABLE FOR NOW.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shakes The AssClown:
I am on ComRom 2.1. I received a picture in a text.. when I click on it, it shows the picture but it looks like it is playing video because of the scrolling bar across the bottom... why does it do that if it's just a picture?

KangBanged for your pleasure!!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirgeExtinction:
I get that too.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoninja118:
my phone does this also.. I believe it has something to do with when you add a picture it converts the message to 'multimedia', doesn't seem to affect anything on the phone so I've never pursued answers

tapatalked from my KangBanged Fascinate
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bensaved:
Had this happen on every phone since 2004, including dumb phones. No harm, no foul.

I always assumed that it was just because it only had one mode for multimedia files.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thaddyusmaximus:
Any one know of a good Android app for viewing or creating picture slide shows. I want to be able to select multiple albums, add music and have transitions. Basically iPhoto on the tablet. The stock Asus Photo app nor Quick Pic can achieve what I want to do.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

TIA
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eloith:
im searching for the same thing xD

In deed im seaching for build my own slider... but i dont know how T.T
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gkillerx:
Quickpic is a decent app only it's slow with the slideshow.

The only thing I miss in the standard app is the duration of the slide show, it's WAY to fast! Now it's ugly when I use it as an photo slider....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciripian:
Floating image , look great
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billouetaudrey:
Floating image os good, thx :)

DroidIris+ nice too :)

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[General Topics] Stephanie95:
OK maybe thought of many times before, but nothing has been done about this. Why not?:eek:

I'm new here and it's frustrating to have to read 100+ page topics with only a few good posts on each page...:mad:

Two causes:

1) huge signed signatures at the bottom of the posts that look like this:

sent from my

evo

clocked at 1.113

32mg sd class4

had a hero

clocked at 567mhz

8meg card

1122 pics of my dog

had an iphone

called it a "slow phone"

only .732 megs down and .345 up

was thinking about a Thunderbolt...

My cousin called the 3vo really cool

3VO my next phone....

What theF%$K?

Who cares!:confused:

2) spacing between lines

or numbered sentences

A) is

B) also

C) wasting

D) too

E) much

F) space

3) not to mention all the space around the posting "BOXES"

slime down the size of the buttons and all the extra space...

4)Advertizing boxes are too big? lol

5)Huge picture avatars of images on dev threads!:mad:

Sooo) I bet a 100+ page posting could be cut down to 30 pages...:D

Sent From MY

EVO

4G

32GIG sandisk class 2 but class 4 actual read

Gingerbread 2.3.3

Modified sense 2.1 looks like 3.0 lock screen

super cool everything works

EVOlvedROMs

very happy

Gingerbread cam... works perfectly:)

hahaha get it?:o

Who's in charge of the web who can "slim things down?
[General Topics] Stephanie95:
Any +1's?:confused:

lol:p
[General Topics] TacoSandwich85:
-1
[General Topics] Stephanie95:
Hmmmm

Just look at the huge "gap" - space, under your tiny one-liner:eek:

der:D
[General Topics] Stephanie95:
Maybe we should have some more thought about it....

then do nothing...:p
[General Topics] Stephanie95:
I guess "nothing" is the answer:eek:

I was hoping it was "42"...:D

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[General Topics] mrrick:
Co-signed

Sent @ 04:20
[Wildfire General] trippinz:
When i was using jokerdroid the memory being taken up by the apps on the phone was miniscule. How come when I changed to wildpuzzle the same number of apps now take up 50 more meg ?
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
You probably had Apps2SD installed on Jokerdroid, and you will have to install it and follow the commands to activate it again each time you flash a new ROM.
[Wildfire General] supendal:
Wildpuzzle already has a2sd feature but you need activate it. Download terminal emulator from market and start it. Type su and enter. Tap yes when it asks permission for superuser previligies. Restart terminal and type su and enter again. Then type "a2sd cachesd" (without quotes) and enter. Your phone will restart, take a while to boot and when it boots, your apps will be transferred to ext partition of your sdcard. The apps you install from now on will be installed on sdcard aswell.
[Wildfire General] Eddster3000:
Correct me if I'm wrong but the cachesd command only moves the dalvik cache to SD not apps. The command to move apps is "a2sd reinstall"

Moving the cache to SD card does free up alot of space on internal memory as well though.
[Wildfire General] KhurramF:
Excuse me for a noob question. How do you check how much space the apps are taking in internal memory or the sdcard?
[Wildfire General] pantdimi:
from settings/application you can see the full list of apps and the space they use
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juanmanuelsanchez:
So far my only 1 contact have synch with the facebook profile.

I used to have to sense and there was a way to manually assign a facebook profile to a contact so it would "absorb" all the info, includying the profile pic.

Is there a way to do it in gingervillain, I know there are some apps for that, but I just want to know if its possible of doing it without one.

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
For me it synced pretty much the contacts, only a few remained due to incorrect e-mail addresses.

If you want to do it manually, then EDIT contact and then press menu then the option JOIN. You can now join with the FB and other profiles.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juanmanuelsanchez:
Well for some weird reason if I press join it only shows the ones that are in my contacts, but not a way to select a facebook account or any other account.

That might be because the visualization in contacts is set to "contacts with phone number only" but again its a nonsene...

Also I found this the other day:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Strange. It works for me :S

Download the facebook app and sync contacts from there (sync all contacts in the menu) - then you should be able to join.

Again the quote is right, but after downloading the facebook app, syncing all contacts it works for me as I mentioned before. BTW, I also have the option "contacts with phone number only" selected.
[HTC EVO 3D] hachiroku:
when 3d is being viewed, video or camera, is the vertical banding on screen avoidable? is this how it works on the nintendo 3ds?

is anybody familiar with the stereoscopic display technology and if this is a limitation of this type of display?

edit:

just researched the type of technology being used. our phones are using a parallax-barrier autostereoscopy 3-D display. the vertical banding is unavoidable with this type of technology. to be honest, glasses free 3d has been released prematurely, and we are not far from implementing the proposed technology.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/glasses-free-3d-0504.html

to be honest i'm a bit disappointed with the 3d viewing on this phone. no review or article online expressed the differences in glasses free 3d technology and how low grade it makes the images appear. along with the discoveries by MIT, they should also implement an eye tracking camera to adjust the viewing angle in real time.
[HTC EVO 3D] felacio:
......how much do you want to spend?!

I knew exactly what is was and how it all worked before buying it. I knee the technology was basically that of the 3d posters you find at FYE. I actually did read a few articles state that this was the type of 3d tech being used in this phone and the 3ds.

Sorry you didn't read up on it first *shrug*
[General Questions and Answers] musicalchino:
I'm trying to buy a Cincinnati bell dell streak 5 so that I can unlock it and use it on tmobile. Now I called them and they said I couldn't buy one of their phones without living in the area. Does anyone know if there is a way around this?
[General Questions and Answers] musicalchino:
Anyone have the answer to this?
[General Questions and Answers] jahganja:
Way around

Yes, there is a way around. You just go into the store and give them a Cincinnati address (maybe a friend).

Obviously they won't ship the phone to address is New Jersey. And obviously if you sign a contract you will have a problem. If more than 30% of your minutes come from off their network they will terminate your plan (or so they told me).
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
Just sitting here at work, and I noticed my battery was unusually low for my usage today... when I noticed that my 3G icon was missing. I thought that was weird, because less than an hour ago, I had it for sure. I was getting email updates for work on a regular basis.

When I checked my quick settings, my mobile network just kept saying "Turning On," and would sometimes flash between that and 'ON' but never actually brought up a 3G, (or any data icon for that matter.) Texts are still getting through, but are about 2-3 minutes behind Google Voice popups on my laptop.

Has anyone else seen this before? I have rebooted, and tried Airplane mode, and disabling/renabling all the radios individually, and nothing has worked... Guess I should yank the battery now. Really bizarre. I usually get pretty good 3G service over here.
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
If it continues, exchange it.
[HTC EVO 3D] texasez:
Mine did the exact same thing this afternoon in Lubbock Tx. I rebooted, turned off and on and data always showed turning on but never connected. For some reason I ended up in the Sprint Zone and it then connected. It went into spring zone as I tried to connect to *2.

Don't have a good explanation of why it started working but try going to the spring zone and check data on.
[HTC EVO 3D] gmfeny:
The same exact thing happened to me too on my 3d today.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cubfan99:
Did you do the "speedup 3D" trick that was posted where you removed the proxies after typing in your MSL password? If so, undo it, because that's your problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
I haven't messed with any settings. I pondered it, but I haven't received my MSL code yet.

I did just find out that my coworker lost his 3G on his Epic. I think this is a Sprint issue, and not any of the devices... Scary though.

Austin, TX here.
[HTC EVO 3D] jshields1986:
im experiencing the same issue right now here in north austin, tx. im getting basic phone services but no network (market/FB/web/etc.)

and no I did not use the speed up internet fix.
[HTC EVO 3D] jshields1986:
well seeing how there are 3 texas people here experiencing this issue it might just be issue with sprint
[HTC EVO 3D] hotspace:
Maybe they are upgrading the equipment of the "node".
[HTC EVO 3D] jshields1986:
I will be calling sprint on break in 10 minutes to find out
[HTC EVO 3D] jordant2:
Well I just came back from BestBuy and picked up the 3D here in Michigan. Everyone in mobile just about had Sprint and no one could connect to 3g. My Evo 4g had a very limited connection. As soon as I got the 3D, it couldn't update the weather. So it is definitely something going on with Sprint right now and not your phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
Just came back for me... Ben White / I-35 area. That was weird.
[HTC EVO 3D] heathmcabee:
Are you sure your power saver settings aren't disabling your data connection due to your phone being below the % you set it at?
[HTC EVO 3D] blu3g:
I don't think it's a 3d problem. I've had trouble connecting to 3g here and there with my og evo about 2 weeks before the 3d came out. I seriously think sprint has some serious network problems.
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
Man what is going on with Sprint? It's been happening a bit today as well.