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[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
I notice that wallpapers don't scale too well. maybe that is what people are complaining about but they think it is a hardware issue. Then again I have seen more vibrant displays.
[Motorola Photon 4G] whatsitsnamenow:
Not upset but disappointed that the display is so bad compare to the Evo 4g most of us just traded up from. If one could play a few YouTube videos side by side the bad pixelation, coloring, and brightness/ contrast control on the Photon is really apparent compared to the Evo 4g.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kjones2k1:
No problems with my photon and resolution.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
Nice trolling, piss off. Thanks

-DJ
[Motorola Photon 4G] codee:
+1!
[Motorola Photon 4G] codee:
I'll give sbp shell a shot tonight. I had looked at it in the past and forgot about it til now actually. Thank you!
[Motorola Photon 4G] twospirits:
People like throwing that word Troll around but I don't think that is the case here. I only see the OP making an opinion about his view on the display and also provides a fact by saying that people need to go see the device first and get a feel for it before giving away their money. I see nothing wrong with the post. Except for the title which could have been different.

If you think the OP is trolling, report it, or better yet provide the documentation as to why you think the Pentile display is better or not. There are going to be those that will not like the display no matter what is said and others that do not feel its such a big issue. But lets not jump the gun here and start calling out troll or flaming just because the poster has a different opinion. I for one can see the grid if I get close enough and I'm looking for it. But in normal viewing distance and setting the brightness accordingly will result in no grid like display.

TS out
[Motorola Photon 4G] ericdabbs:
Ok thanks now go move along with the battery sucking Evo 3D and slightly better display. We all know Samsung makes the best display but given what is available now, I still believe overall in terms of specs, looks, etc the Photon is a much better buy than the Evo 3D. The rest of the 4G phones do not even come close to the Evo 3D or Photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Horace:
Can you read? The photon was going my first android phone. My baseline is a lowly touch pro 2 and the photon display is worse.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I disagree. I like the display. I don't think it's as good as the 3d, but this is the first time I've had an Android phone, that the display isn't listed as the biggest drain on my battery under battery usage. I will take that as a trade off.
[Motorola Photon 4G] flash_c4:
I just sat my Photon next to a TP2 and an Epic and to say the TP2 display is better is more than a stretch. I still have the TP2 because it's in my loaner pool for people needing a phone they can take over seas and get sim card. I really forgot how ugly this thing is!
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
I just went over to Sprint and looked at the photon. The screen is very pixelated. Sprint has been trying to put me into a photon cause of all the problems I have had with my 3d. I showed the girl the difference in screens and she was amazed that she never noticed it before that.

Other than that the phone did seem nice tho. If the photon ever gets unlocked I might consider taking Sprint up on their offer.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Beknatok:
Did you check the brightness setting? I bet you it was set to 100%. As I've posted before, change it to Auto-Adjust then re-evaluate.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DssTrainer:
I guess the Pentile display only affects certain people.. some people see a super clear and bright screen.. others see pixelation. The photon looks amazing to me so I guess I don't have that weird eye chromosome. I'm quite happy with it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] codee:
Every single person thats looked at my photon has immediately noticed/said 1 of 2 things - that the screen is really bright/clear/crisp/nice looking and/or this phone is extremely loud. Almost everyone comments on how much they like the screen though. It seems a very select few are very loud about a few things that almost noone else notices.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
No I did.t check the display setting. Next time I'm there I will check it out. It s decent feeling phone, I can get over the display as long as the damn thing works like its supposed to. if it were rooted I would be interested in it. I refuse to buy another phone with a locked boot loader.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
It is rooted. But ya, we need boot loader unlocked. And source.

Loving this Mopho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] B-Real206:
Coming from the touch pro 2, this is the best thing on earth! I can't stop playing with it :P
[Motorola Photon 4G] wynand32:
Check out this thread over at the Motorola forums. It appears that there might definitely be an issue with the screen on some phones (even an issue that can happen over time) that can make the screen look very bad. For the record, my screen is at least as good as the good screen in these series of images.

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/55689?tstart=0
[Motorola Photon 4G] twospirits:
I'm rather surprised there aren't that many issues brought up in that forum. I do hope they get on top of it and release the final update. I did the one released in the forum on two of my 3 photons and on mine, it seems to have fixed the no call/sound issue, but on the other it still persists.

TS out
[Motorola Photon 4G] money226:
I personally love my screen just like I loved my screen on the Atrix. If you look for faults in anything you will find them. I had an Evo 3D before this and thought the screen was nice but I like this better. My lcd went out on me and that's actually why I have this. To me you can't beat what you get with this display. It is bright, crisp, good on battery, doesn't wash out in the sun, and has more accurate color than most phones. And I've owned just about everything, Incredible, Fascinate, Desire, EVO 4g, EVO 3D, Nexus 1, ect... You get the picture. Put a Galaxy S phone up next to a computer and see how accurate your colors are. SAMOLED over saturates color big time. The Photon is real close on color though. The best...nah, but pretty damn good. It's a cellphone not an HDTV people.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jaykunstman:
I have owned the Photon now for almost two weeks. I noticed the pixelation after couple days and I thought for sure I would be returning the phone. But I thought I would give it some time to see if it wouldn't bother over time. I love everything else about the phone, including the awesome build quality, so I didn't want a slight display issue to make the decision.

Well, I must say the display issue is now a non factor. I don't even really think about it. I'm sure if keep reading the forums about how bad the display is I would be constantly looking for it. It's a great phone and have no regrets buying it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
I don't think I'm looking close enough cause I'm not seeing any pixelation on my screen. Compared to my EVO 4G, it's better.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
I am so upset I sold my og EVO. That truly is a awesome phone. I think after all the problems I have had with this phone that if the photon gets rooted soon ill get one. I'm really hoping for cm7 will come out for the photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] whatsitsnamenow:
I can try to overlook the graininess display but the damn brightness/contrast is pissing me off. I look at some screens with dark alley and you can't make anything thing out. The trash cans, cats, beer bottles, are all to dark to distinguish. On my EVO I can clearly tell them apart. On the other side, the faces are too bright. It is as if someone took a flashlight and shine it on their faces. Here are some samples.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
Wow, that is a big difference. You can also really tell the pixelation there to...look at the lady's face.
[Motorola Photon 4G] You stole Boo Boo's Name:
my photon seems dark even if i raise the brightness all the way the colors are darker. my wallpaper on my evo is brighter and clearer. and pictures look way better.

i am going to go to the store that I bought it as I dont think it should be like this
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
Let us know what happens.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
I just got back from checking out the photon again. Sure enough the screen brightness was mazes out. I set it to auto. I put the battery setting to performance.

I played with the phone for a while and I have to say.....the screen o. The photon is aweful. It reminds me of my old moment. The launcher on the phone lags pretty bad to. That wouldn't bother me much tho cause I like launcher pro plus.

I checked the gps vs my 3d and the photon took 20 sec to lock on vs 24 sec for the 3d. The photon also only had one more bar of signal vs my 3d. I also played a YouTube video and the photon started playing it much faster but the display was total crap. My 3d played the same video very crisp but took a while longer to start playing. The speaker on the photon was nice and clear and i actually had to turn the volume down. My 3d has volume+ Installed and volume set to +15, I could barely hear the audio.

All in all I'm torn. The display on the photon is really bad compared to the 3d and gps did.t lock much faster and signal in bars wise didn't seem that much better but the performance in 3g speed was obvious when I tried to play a video. I might be able to get over the screen if the rest of the phone functions like it should with no bugs. Looks like I ha e a hard desission to make.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rabbitsgotmail:
We had several of these post in the atrix forums already. Its like a right of passage for having a pentile screen. If you want to see these same exact post come over to the atrix forum and when another pentile screen phone comes out we will see same post again. Its pretty simple as has been stated many many times. Look at phone in person before buying. If you can look at it outdoors, with a high res pic with some straight lines, and reaserch its battery life impact. Case and point i had an incredible and now an atrix. Incredible had beautiful smaller screen, bad outdoors. Atrix not as clear but great in sunlight and much less power use from screen. There is no screen tech that is best at everything yet. One other thing that hasnt been mentioned here yet i think is that qhd screens have less compatibilty with some apps especialy games( thats gamelofts excuse at least).
[Motorola Photon 4G] shawn328:
I think it has something to do with the resolution. I noticed pixleation also. But nothing to bad. When I downloaded a wallpaper with 1080 by 960, it was crystal clear. I think it's like when you watch something on your hi def tv with something that's 480p. It will look a little pixleated. But watch something with 1080p. It's beautiful. My wife has a samsung, I feel this displays hers out the water.

Sent from this photon 4 f#@"# G
[Motorola Photon 4G] yglup:
Then dont buy it or take it back! Better than the G2x i had before it in my eyes.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
If you haven't checked this out yet, do so now. I love the display and couldn't understand all the complaints. Those pictures say it all. I'm so glad I got a good display.
[Motorola Photon 4G] You stole Boo Boo's Name:
its still yellow/green if you look at it no matter what angle even when they swapped the phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
i came home today with 50% battery left. i got a phone call and talked for about a half an hour and my battery was dead. other than another 1 minute phone call that was all i talked on the phone today. my stats showed that phone calls took up 37% of my battery life. that is not acceptable. looks like the evo 3d goes back tomorrow for a Photon if they will still offer me one.
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
I wish HTC would work on their battery life.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
I think something was wrong with the ROM I was using. Last night I replaced the recovery with a updated version of twrp, flashed viperrom 1.3, used qpst to max out my volume settings and installed volume+ and laced out the settings for external speaker. This was all in a last ditch effort to make me happy with my 3d.... I really don't want to have to look at that crappy photon screen for 2 years, but the rest of that phone beats the EVO in most cases.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bigjim1488:
I am jealous of the photon for the battery life and it's great reception. The screen isn't too shabby either. My brother has one and I hate him for it sometimes :-P

And boom goes the Shooter...
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
How good is the battery life? I still have yet to get this question answered.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
Honestly I think this display is a mixed bag. It looks as grainy as my old BlackBerry curve 8530 but I don't mind that because it is energy efficient. This screen doesn't eat battery like the others I've seen. You never need to max put the brightness on this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bigjim1488:
You can make it through the day easily under moderate usage (not counting using 4g of course)

And boom goes the Shooter...
[Motorola Photon 4G] phobium:
Glad I'm not the only one.

I work for Sprint (have for the past 4 years), and I've seen and had lots of time with pretty much every smartphone since the HTC MOGUL.

I have to say this:

I have a Nexus 4G and the screen is the best I've seen on a phone, I like it better than the EVO 3D's. *edit, I forgot about the iPhone 4, which does have the nicest screen I've seen on a phone :P

When I first turned the Photon on, I thought something was wrong with it. You can clearly see pixelation on all the details of images. I showed my coworkers and they could barely tell.

The kicker is when I showed them the recovery screen. The yellowish gold text on the black background looks absolutely horrible.

I then showed them my Nexus 4G and Photon 4G side by side with my wallpaper loaded. The Photon rendition had it washed out and blue tinted (kind of like a "Cold" color setting you'd have on a TV). The Nexus 4G had 99.9% perfect color reproduction, the Photon looked WAY off. I'm home now, and comparing them, and the wallpaper looks exactly the same on my IPS monitor, my iPad 2, and my Nexus. Looks like utter *BLEEP* on Photon.

So, big disappointment. Defective displays, or Motorola cutting corners with PenTile displays? Such a disappointment, definitely keeping my Nexus.
[Motorola Photon 4G] phobium:
Oh, and one other thing.

This should help us tell if there's a defect in the displays or untrained eyes.

Go to the Facebook app, and go to the News Feed. Scroll up and down.

When I do this, the whole background flickers grey and white as I scroll. On my Nexus, there's no color shifts. Anyone else's Photon exhibit this behavior?
[Motorola Photon 4G] simmer down:
mine does. as a matter of fact, anytime you're scrolling while touching the screen any image get's really grainy and pixelated until you stop scrolling.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Semseddin:
We've seen complaints over the pentile matrix display used in atrix and came to conclusion that pentile offers more than other type of displays. However one may not like the display, the side by side comparison of atrix, galaxy s2,sensation,optimus2x, atrix is winner at the following categories. Plus the amoleds of Sammy and s-lcd of HTC tends to produce dead pixels over time cause of heating whereas this has never been an issue with Motorola displays made by sharp.

Viewing angle

Color production

Resolution

Brightness

Readability under sunlight

Battery consumption
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
Mine doesnt do that. No flicker or bad pixelation when scrolling.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Varelse:
Does anyone know how to fix permissions on the Gummy Charge? I think i remember seeing someone say its in the toolbox, but I cant find it, and Rom Manager only fixes permissions for itself...

Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] corys00:
You can do it from CWM under Advance
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
don't use Rom Manager on the Charge and yes fix them in CWM
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animation:
Hello everyone,

When I tried to copy a file (larger than 4GB) to my Nexus S. It said that "the file it too large for the destination file system". Has anybody encounter this problem? :( I am using the 2.3.4 stock Rom. Please give me some advice. Thankyou all. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raduque:
Android file storage (internal or external SD) uses FAT32, which doesn't support any files 4gb or larger.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ftgg99:
REDIAL ME - CALL PEOPLE BACK THROUGH A SIMPLE DIALOG

A useful application that will call people back if the line is busy or gets disconnected at the other end.

Easily interact with calls though a pop-up dialog, or enable the speakerphone when a redialed number connects!

The root functionality ensures everything works reliably.

NEEDS ROOT - PLEASE LEAVE SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK

Features:

- Easy to use (I hope)

- Highly customizable rules

- Simple notification

- Redial quietly and then enable speakerphone

- Vibrate on connect

Screens:

Feedback:

Ive had multiple reports that the app is not working on some devices. Im looking for concrete feedback and logs so that these issues can be overcome.

Please post here or in the main thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14101751
[Motorola Droid X2] Hoppy96pgtbs:
I have been searching for a while as to how I can use my wii remote with classic controller hooked up to it for FPSe. It works for PSX4Droid, until I updated to 2.3.3 GB on Droid X2. (Rooted) FPSe 0.10.54. This was great to have when PSX4Droid worked, seems it will no longer be updated. Basically I could sync up my DX2 with my wii, plug in the classic controller, then map the buttons accordingly in the emulator. But with FPSe it only allows specific controllers it seems.

Anywho, the only options I have for "Bluetooth Pad Port 1/2" are: Zeemote, IcontrolPad and BGP100. There is no option for Wii. I am also using WiimoteController App, everything is setup properly, I just cant use wii on FPSe. I even went into FPSe.ini and changed all the mapping for the wii manually. It's like they wont talk to each other. Input device is wii also (Where is asks Swype, Keyboard, Wiimote etc etc)

Hopefully you can help! Thx!

Hoppy
[Motorola Droid X2] L2_n19h7m4r3:
Botta bing.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mercury.inputmethod.wpad&feature=search_result

I use this and it works.
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
Not sure if it matters to you now, but there is a way to use the ps3 controller
[Motorola Droid X2] L2_n19h7m4r3:
O RLY? Please explain.
[Motorola Droid X2] L2_n19h7m4r3:
Nm, found this...

https://market.android.com/details?...xelstudios.sixaxiscompatibilitychecker&rdot=1

Says Droid X2 should be supported. Next step...

https://market.android.com/details?...sixaxiscontroller&feature=more_from_developer
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
glad i could help, lemme know how it works out for you :)
[Motorola Droid X2] Hoppy96pgtbs:
This is the one that I use, or am trying to use: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ccpcreations.android.WiiUseAndroid&feature=related_apps

I was under the assumption that they were the same, but I'll give it a shot. What do you select under inputs and such (Bluetooth Pad Port 1, Pad Type) to get it to work? A small detailed how to would be outstanding. Been pulling my hair out over this one. Thanks for you help!

EDIT: I open FPSe, start the game (FF Tactics), enter settings then input. My only options for "Bluetooth Pad port 1" are BGP100, Zeemote and iControlPad. I have tried each of those, basically every combo of everything I think. WiiController is also active as my input. When I go into Hardware keys to assign the keys, its as if the wii controller isnt there. So I manually mapped the Wii buttons in the FPSe.ini file. Still nothing.

Going to give https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mercury.inputmethod.wpad&feature=search_result a shot in a few. Thx!
[Motorola Droid X2] Hoppy96pgtbs:
Ok, I purchased this app, installed it, swiched input to this app (instead of keyboard), connected the Wiimote by pressing 1 & 2 for sync mode, verified controller was working.

Then I loaded up FPSE, still doesnt not recognize the Wiimote in the settings. I'm not sure if I am doing something wrong in the whole deal. Is FPSE supposed to connect to the Wiimote automatically? Am I supposed to configure the settings under Input in settings? In settings I have these options: Pad Type (Analog, Digital, Guncon)..... Bluetooth Pad Port 1 (iControlPad, Zeemote, BGP100, Disabled) ..... Hardware keys, to manually map the buttons of the above controllers I suppose, since I cant get it to work.

Does anyone have a good working version of PSX4Droid they can send me? lol I'm tired of messing with this, but will do basically whatever it takes to make it work. Aside from purchasing some other controller, cant justify that to the wife.

Sorry for the noob questions and thanks for all the help!

EDIT: I'll try to get some screen shots soon, if needed.

Hoppy
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
This sounds like an issue with whatever FPSE is, you should send an email to the guy that makes it if you actually want helpful advice. I may be wrong but seems no one here is an expert on that app
[Motorola Droid X2] L2_n19h7m4r3:
1. Turn on bluetooth

2. Open up Wii Controller IME

3. Connect your classic controller to your wiimote

4. Connect wiimote by pressing 1 + 2 simultaneously (Wait for confirmation)

(Note: Make sure the Wii that the controller is connected to is NOT ON!)

5. Change input method to the Wii mote

6. Open FPse

7. Press the menu button on your phone

8. Select diamond looking button

9. Select "INPUT"

10. Scroll down the menu and select "Hardware Keys"

11. Go down the list and assign the key that you want FPse to correspond with the key on your classic controller.

12. Play.
[Motorola Droid X2] Hoppy96pgtbs:
I must have a bad version of FPSE, followed this to the t to no avail. FPSE was given to me by a work friend to try out since psx4droid broke. Now the market thinks I paid for it. Could this be an issue? I have V 10.54 I think. Been reading forums @ FPSE as well, its 110 pages tho.
[Motorola Droid X2] pukemon:
Try uninstalling updates and uninstall the program.

Sent from the coolest voided warranty phone ever.
[Motorola Droid X2] Hoppy96pgtbs:
As it turns out, update 2.3.3 broke both of my emulators ability to talk to the Wii controllers. I read something about "Bluetooth stack 2.0" in another thread, not sure what it means, but it sounds like it happened to me possibly. Before the update (rooted) everything worked. After the update, the controllers still connect to Wiimote and Wii Controller, but once the game is loaded it's like the controllers are dead.

Anyone else have this issue after update? FPSE and PSX4Droid do not work now. Actually, FPSE works, wont talk to Wiimote. PSX4Droid flat out broke, will not load games. I tried uninstall/reinstall of everything several times. Same results.

Part of the thread in XDA.

Any input? Thx

Hoppy
[Motorola Droid X2] Hoppy96pgtbs:
Anyone using FPSe with wiimote care to share their FPSE.ini file?

/data/data/com.emulator.fpse/files/fpse.ini

EDIT: The update to 2.3.3 had to have broken it. Everything worked great prior to that. Just checked on my old D1 and it all worked great. No need for the ini file now, I transfered the one created on my D1 and it was no good. Thanks for your help guys.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
i'm trying to flash the stock kc1 to my phone through heimdall because i don't have odin available. i don't know where each file goes though. i have:

boot.bin

cache.rfs

data.rfs

factoryfs.rfs

param.lfs

Sbl.bin

zImage

i know that zImage is the kernel. but how do i add these is? do they go in the Partitions(Files) section?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
Please read and search before you post

Use the sgs4g Bible its under guides.