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[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
The reviewer units are the very best sampling of the screen and with the thinnest possible oleophobic coating to provide the best viewing angles.

But a lot of people dont know what this color banding is, if you dont really have any, download Nenabenchmark as what the previous poster said and look at the sky color gradients. You'ed be the only S2 not to have banding.
[Galaxy S II General] MeanWoman:
So did anyone find out if this is software or hardware issue?
[Galaxy S II General] knightnz:
Software. The issue isn't present in CM7, or at least to a significantly lesser degree.

Here's an example:

What it SHOULD look like (Pure gradient from photoshop)

What it ACTUALLY looks like (wallpaper on my SGS2):

The fact that it's showing up in a framegrab demonstrates that it's definitely a software issue, if the framebuffer was "correct" then the screencap would also be "correct".

That was a hardware "fault". A lot harder to fix than a software issue that isn't present on lesser devices.
[Galaxy S II General] ghost77:
Can you post original picture "(Pure gradient from photoshop)" to test for the rest of us ?
[Galaxy S II General] knightnz:
As requested.

View attachment Gradient_1.zip

I'm not particularly fussed about the issue either way, but it'd be nice to have it sorted. Maybe with CM7 in a couple of months.
[Galaxy S II General] ghost77:
Did some testing my self, Angry Bird Rio "TOP is ATT Captivate" "Bottom SGS2" not very easy to see but it is there.

Its not easy to notice if you'r not looking for it :p not as bad as knightnz screenshot.
[Galaxy S II General] biffsmash:
My HTC Desire has colour banding, so did my Xperia X10, they are easier to spot on my SGS2 as the screen is absolutely amazing and really clear.

I don't look for it, it's a minor issue, it doesn't affect the quality of my life or the pictures and videos I take on the phone which is the second primary reason I use the phone after making phone calls.

The phone does use 24bit as if you use quickpic and turn on the option that forces 24 bit, any colour banding in pictures disappears.

/Personal opinion :)

Am I ok with it? Absolutely yes!
[Galaxy S II General] seshmaru:
It's annoying sometimes, but in some cases I actually sort of like the banding effect. Even if it's still a downside. I'd like to see it fixed but it isn't a dealbreaker.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
My theory is that the banding is caused by samsung's image sharpening filter, mdnie, there are several profiles called /system/etc/mdnie*, I have no idea how to edit them to remove the banding though....
[Galaxy S II General] ZhuraYuk:
People, here is answer, by default android and 90% of apps works in 16 bit +dithering, thanks to it we do not see banding, of course if forced 24 bit it is works in that mode. But SGS II works without dithering or with some simple algorithm + high contrast display makes banding more noticeable, when forced 24 bit, driver does not respond to command. It's made like that for perfomance reasons.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
a member made a specific banding test apk that was posted a few months ago. you can install this on your SGS2 and it shows you some display info as well as presenting the banding front and center. i still have the apk on my nexus one i think.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
Well I just noticed that in some instances the banding has disappeared, the 11:08 screenshot is KE7 or KF1; the 21:23 screenshot KG3 both are running the same live wallpaper, there is noticable banding in the 11:08 screenshot
[Galaxy S II General] Aymara:
I tested this image with both my Asus Transformer and the SGS2 with three different viewers and both devices show the same result:

1. POP Image Browser: completely useless viewer, same horrible result as the above posted example

2. Stock Gallery: slight banding, barely noticable

3. QuickPic: NO banding at alll

Conclusion: It's a software problem, not only on the SGS2. The above Android performance thesis sounds plausible.
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
Continued from my last post ...tab bar on miren browser, gtalk background when connecting to video call...

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
A lot of people say they dont have banding on their phones dont actually know what banding is, a simple test would be to download the Nenabenchmarl and run it, look at the sky or download Angry brids rio and on the main screen look at the clouds or the sea, banding is massively obvious. Hopefully a dev can force 24bit rendering or something.
[Galaxy S II General] a67543210:
Stop wining and enjoy your phone you won't see the gradient if you don't look for it.it's so insignificant that it's like asking why one would buy a slim phone with faulty reception, then buy a bumper that will make it bulky, just to improve the signal, then live with it.they could rant' oh, my phone is truelly not thin because I need a bumper to get out work the way it was meant to.' Now,.

if you can't live with it, sell it.
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
Finally, a rational voice thank u

In addition, if u can't sell it, send it for replacement
[Galaxy S II General] Astri:
this quote is from ARM forums. Is not so clear for me though but im guessing we are never going to see true 24bit images on sgs2
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Makes me wonder why some CM7 users say banding is gone with their ROM.

Not everyone has the same visual impairment or substandard acceptance of quality.

Personally Im not bothered by the 16bit rendering at all.
[Galaxy S II General] themissionimpossible:
IMHO both are poor applications when dealing with ARM's Mali GPU... This is the problem...:D

Test only with 24 bit images in gallery like apps, please!;)
[Galaxy S II General] Aymara:
Use QuickPic and the problem is nearly completely gone ;)
[Galaxy S II General] TWiTCommander:
I wish you were right. Banding is not a problem 95% of the time. But while doing video chat in Google Talk (XXKG2), the gradient is very "in your face". Also look at the Nexus live wallpaper.

Let's hope Cyanogenmod for SGS2 forces all apps to render at 24 bits.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Thats supposed to be the whole point to test with 16bit rendering so that the visually impaired can see, using quickpick with 24bit rendering makes testing pointless since it fixes the issue which proves that everything else is rendered in 16bit
[Galaxy S II General] themissionimpossible:
Sorry, can't agree...:)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
If you dont agree that 16bit rendering is the main cause of the color banding, then share us your theories perhaps?
[Galaxy S II General] themissionimpossible:
Can't agree on "everything else"...;)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
So whats your theory ?
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
Lol he does not have one but still disagree for the fun of it.

Maybe you should refrase your point into "everything else stock Samsung excluding some third party apps that force 24 bit"

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
Again, I do not have this yellow/pink tint.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I dont think anyone here is talking about the yellow tint, I think your in the wrong thread.

TIP: Its good to read the thread before posting.

My post was already obvious enough that any 24bit rendering apps wont have this issue but some people are just plain dense?
[Galaxy S II General] themissionimpossible:
Some applications show banding just because they were poorly programmed for (or compatible with) the Exynos/Mali, others conversely have been better implemented.

I assume that the GS2 firmware (BTW still a bit immature IMHO) is only partially responsible of that, and given that the display can definitely show 24 bit images... at the end the most likely cause lies somehow in the applications...

To avoid all these problems, in the future we'll see if next Galaxy phones will use Exynos/Mali again or will adopt the more widespread Tegra (probably Tegra 3:eek:)..
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
So you have applications that have 16bit default and you have ones that have 24bit specified.

Then you have whole bunch of them that don't have preferrence and let os decide and on every other phone os decides to show best possible rendering for those undecided and then you have sgs2 that decides with lower option.

.

And you think the fault lies with apps???

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] themissionimpossible:
Generally yes.

And I'm a programmer, are you?
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
Nah!

Just someone with common sense and pair of eyes.

And good luck waiting for 250000 developers to heed your advice as opposed to one manufacturer to change several lines of code on one phone.

But then again it does not bother you. Does it?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
.... sun rise live wallpaper, Hong Kong skyline live wall, shark reef live wall, my landscape picture saved as lockscreen, ....

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
Well, I don't really mind the issue only because this phone does EVERYTHING I need. It's way better than my iPhone 4 and any other Android phone i've had. Just because on some loading screens (yes, LOADING screens) and some backgrounds which are changeable you see them it doesn't mean that I'm bothered much by them. I love this phone. The banding doesn't bother me mostly because I don't see them any where else. My background is mostly black or a live wallpaper that uses a lot of dark colors, so I don't notice it there. I mostly look at pictures that I take, so no gradients hehe. And when I load a game, I notice it. But the extremely SMOOTH game play makes up for it 10 fold. I had other phones which had much worse game play and no gradients and believe me, it's a trade off I'm most happy to do.

If you don't like your phone, return it. I think this is a silly complaint only because no one is forcing you to get it, you can get another phone, and it's a #firstworldpains that your 500 dollar phone only does 16bit and not 24bit. Lol.
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
Some guys still don't get it.

This is not about selling the phone for most of us, but rather about keeping it on front page as yellow screen issue was, for long enough for Samsung to notice it and address it just like they did with yellow darker left screen issue and 2.3.4. kernel.

Personally I don't have yellow screen or darker left side issue. Or 3g switching losing connection issue.

Did you ever see me trolling in those threads trying to tell people that they are imagining it or after shown proof dissmiss it by saying not an issue, live with it or sell your phone if you don't like it ...	?

Some guys are acting as though if this ever became widely known and publicised they will lose some prestige and bragging rights and try their best to shut everyone up and not cause waves and I'm not talking about this thread only.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] MeanWoman:
+1

I agree, people should say something if there is a problem so samsung could remediate.
[Galaxy S II General] kva:
Thanks for the info about default gl context :)

I was going to write that you're wrong, but before checked basic GLSurfaceView documentation. It seems that it's up to android to choose mode closest to RGB565 by default.

Going to check if this will solve banding in my game on sgs2. Also think that it is possible to 'make hack' which will change default mode to 24bit.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
The problem is not that apps run in 16bits mode but the post processing filter Samsung applies: mdnie
[Galaxy S II General] ZhuraYuk:
Lol guys, it's driver problem, read this thread http://forums.arm.com/index.php?/topic/15064-dithering-on-sgs2mali400mp/
[Galaxy S II General] ZhuraYuk:
I'm not a programmer but when I launch Impossible Game or Angry Birds on Desire HD i don't see gradients, all is fine, but when I launch it on SGSII I see thouse crazy banding. And you trying to say that is app problem lol. I know all this games work in 16 bit, but it use dithering on Desire HD why there is no such thing in SGSII? In QuickPic app when forced 24 bit it still shows 16 bit bandings. Please show me screenshoot with true 24 bit picture on SGSII. You can't make any. Cose it's driver do not respond to any command "setEGLConfigChooser" or "bDither" or "setFormat(PixelFormat.RGBA_8888)"
[Galaxy S II General] daijoubu:
Try viewing this white/black gradient test pic in the Galaxy S 2

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/gradient.php

If viewed in Stock Browser: Banding occured

If viewed in Quick Pic: Almost zero banding

If viewed in Stock Gallery: Almost zero banding

So yeah, its the app, and its how Samsung configure it to display.

Samsung can fix this. Just make everything show 24bit damn it.
[Galaxy S II General] Aymara:
It's mainly an Android problem as has been already explained before.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
So how did CM7 go around this ?

@Topic

Ive been watching a lot of Anime on my phone and the banding is just crazy that it actually distracts the viewing experience!!
[Galaxy S II General] Aymara:
When I use QuickPic, I have no banding ... it also can play videos ... maybe give it a try. It's free and much better than the stock gallery / video player.
[Galaxy S II General] ZhuraYuk:
try these https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.screentunedev must do something with it
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
Interesting, this does improve some of the banding issues at the expense of legibility of small fonts, bigger fonts however look better
[Android Apps and Games] jvegastn:
I've been combing the web most the day looking for a Zune-like widget (not a home replacement such as Faded Home) and possibly a scrollable widget file browser, anyone familiar with any such apps?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliwaqas:
Hi,

I flashed the newest CyanogenMOD nightly on my SGS II previously running Villain ROM 2.1 with CF-Root kernel. Things were ok but I missed out on battery getting extremely low. After some time the phone went dead [due to complete battery drain] so I plugged it via USB cable to my laptop's USB port. Now it's been over an hour and all I see is the empty battery symbol re-flashing every 3 seconds [It's the same grey empty battery with a circle in middle].

I have tried booting the phone normally as well as in recovery but nothing happens! The battery empty symbol keeps flashing. I tried accessing download mode but it says "Battery Low. Can't Download". Can anyone please help me with this ?

Should I wait for couple of more hours or is my phone screwed, bricked or whatever....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Please try your AC adapter to charge. Keep it charging overnight just in case.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliwaqas:
don't have the AC adapter now because it's in my office. But tomorrow this is the first thing that I'll do when I go there. will report if it works....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
I hope it will work. Just keep it charging. That battery needs a kick in the A.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliwaqas:
This was really what it needed :D I am sorry to reply so late because I forgot about the thread. And as long as the issue is solved, I would request moderator to close this or move to archive...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teio:
For how long did you keep the phone charging till you could turn it on?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliwaqas:
Around 25 minutes with original charger that came with phone...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bidomo:
Have the same problem, using original charger but is not taking any charge, keeps turning on and off trying to charge, battery is out of juice for like 2 months, should I let it keep trying?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishal11in:
Your battery needs shock

Wrap it in a plastic case and seal it, put it in deep fridger for 3 -4 hrs, take it out and leave it until it gets the room temprature.

Now you need to charge it with slighly higher amp voltage charger and hopefully it will revive
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NK_Y520:
LENOVO A6000 Confusing owner

I've got a problem in my phone, currently using a custom rom 7.1.2 by resurrection Remix on Lenovo A6000, I charged the battery normally upto 100, its discharge was normal till 71 percent. The battery dropped directly from 71 to 50 and now it has been at least 3hours that it is showing 50 percent. Few days ago I got another problem, the battery was 70 percent and then dropped to 53percent and then showed 69 percent. Anyone can help me please? I just wanna know if its just a minor bug or my battery has been screwed...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krshaw18:
I'm running ninja 4.5 and everytime I try to download anything thru the android market, my data freezes up and the download fails. Data doesn't work again either until I turn it off then on again manually thru data settings. Any help. I was like this on .15 radio and same on .30. Anyway to get and use the old market?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Already threads about this.

New market drops data. Revert to old market.

Search function works if you use it!

Beamed from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AlainL:
Hi,

I'm a huge fan of Duttys Rom for HD2.

I just bought another HD2 (second hand), in case my first one break.

So, the first (and the one I use every day) will stay with Duttys roms, cause WinMo 6.5 is still the OS I do prefer.

But, for the other one, I would like to install android, to have fun.

I just want to know what is the best android for HD2 (NAND or SD), with Duttys philosophy

=>

- stable

- fast

- good autonomy

- with latest HTC progs & sense

- with Android 2.3.x, if possible

Thanks a lot for suggestions

Note :

I already installed MDJ Froyo HD (2.2.1), SD.

It works very well, but is quite old.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] cbrconst:
I can see the Fox news app in the market, but will not load on tf. What is UP?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] finalhit:
it's God's way of telling you to find better sources of information.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Deathalo:
Boom!

Here's another one:

The Transformer is a really smart tablet.

or

It has a massive liberal bias and is going to try to steer the country towards socialism.

Seriously though, just use Pulse for all your news updates, you can select every news outlet there is and be completely unbiased in how you view the world. Win.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] decepticon:
Your Transformer is obviously a Decepticon and is doing all it can to only allow you to view the slanted agenda of the lamestream media and censor right-wing conservative Autobots.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] david279:
I knew fox news would get attacked here....
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tengtengvn:
lmao. :d
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] cbrconst:
i was sooo hoping for a non-partisan crowd. Okay,let's pretend it was a salon.com app but in the market its called fox news.

If the salon.com labeled fox news shows up but won't load how do I override? I've looked for a freestanding. APK bit found none.

This clinger, toter middle aged red stater thanks all in adv
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] jdsemler:
Bummer about your Fox app. My go-to app for news lately is News360. When you pick a news story, you can select the source(s) you want on the right.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] JoTeC:
I looked in my Markets on my TF and Xoom for you and Fox News doesn't show up there for me in either. But it does show up on my Froyo GTab. Maybe your build.prop has been modified? That's the only thing I can think of... I also recommend News 360.
[HTC EVO 3D] hchavarria:
For those of you using boat browser have you found a way to sync, export, or backup bookmarks? I am open to the idea of using another browser but haven't found one that I truly like and boat came real close. I like the add-on of dolphin hd but dislike that when viewing in landscape it seems to cut some flash sites without the ability to zoom in or our to view the cut portion. Also I'm not sure if I like the tabs on top.
[HTC EVO 3D] NewZJ:
Get the app "bookmark home"

Easy to use, works for all browsers, can be backed up and restored flawlessly

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.lagoscript.bookmarkhome
[HTC EVO 3D] jiyucn:
Yes. Boat Browser support backup/restore bookmarks. You can find it in bookmark page. (Or you can check screen shot.) The backup file could be imported into IE/Chrome/Firefox too.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xT4Z1N4TRx:
EDIT: Mod please close this thread, i am unable to upload the file.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jeffakajeff:
If you email it to me I can upload it. Just let me know.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Alipk52:
Plz upload this Rom

Plz upload this, this will gonna rock, bcoz i saw the original post of it, it is the first rom which has accurate arabic support in sense 3.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] master.peterm:
will it come later or are you not able to upload for legal reasons or something....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmwils3:
I too am confused..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xT4Z1N4TRx:
oh i wasnt going to upload it because i thought no one wanted it, but if you guys really want it, i can do it again, optimize, edit and upload it tomorrow?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GetTargetedFans:
Yes do it tomorrow
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xT4Z1N4TRx:
okay i will do it, but i will get it to a DD state and then not maintain it anymore (about 10% chance i will maintain) also i dont know if i will do it tomorrow, or day after, 2 days later etc. i want to make HoneySense out of RC first :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxspiderx:
Aite, personally I have no experience with Samsung upgraders. I am just asking this for a friend.

So she brought an US T-Mobile Vibrant back to Taiwan and tried to upgrade it to 2.2 Froyo. Samsung Taiwan told her that it could not be done because she was outside the supported region. I insisted that they were BSing and told her that instead of updating it over the air, she could do it via Samsung Kies.

I don't know what she did then, but she ended up bricking the phone while updating via Kies. Is there any fix to this? Can I load the official T-Mobile software build back in without rooting the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogem_kk:
Is there any sign of life in the phone or is it just dead no matter what she does?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkotoric:
I absolutely love the evo 3d but hate the red on the back battery cover. Is there anywhere to buy a all black battery cover or make the baterry cover black
[HTC EVO 3D] EricSS619:
Sharpie?
[HTC EVO 3D] Jokerzwyld:
There were a few listed on amazon that had the middle color changed.

Sent from my oc'd 3vo with XDA PREMIUM APP
[HTC EVO 3D] dkotoric:
I can't find them do u have a link
[HTC EVO 3D] MsRandall:
So far all I can I could find is the complete housings -Make sure you buy a CDMA verison because the GSM is slightly different.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-OEM-HO...172?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf8a08a14
[HTC EVO 3D] wrxlvr:
$82?!

Yikes.

Home depot sells "Plasti Dip" in a spray can. A lot of people use it for the badges on their cars, and the grilles of their cars. It's supposed to hold up well, but also peel off if you need it to.

I got some to do the badges of my car. I may just do the red trim ring too and see how it comes out.
[HTC EVO 3D] riz_o:
You can buy an extra cover and paint it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-EVO-3D-Battery-Door-Back-Cover-OEM-BlACK-RED-/190560045239?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2c5e4388b7#ht_720wt_956
[HTC EVO 3D] chillenandy321:
High grit sandpaper then polish afterwards
[HTC EVO 3D] wrxlvr:
Just ordered a black one, and a gold one. 10-15 days before it will get here though. :(
[HTC EVO 3D] holdfast043:
I would LOVE the red one! I am on Rogers and got an ugly gold one.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mnemoch:
Me too! Actually would like a smooth cover, really not digging the texture to be honest.

Didn't know they were different fits between GSM and CDMA, good to know.
[HTC EVO 3D] wrxlvr:
I've seen the red ones on eBay for about $25.