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[Verizon Droid Charge] jmorton10:
WOW, this is awesome!!

My wallpaper, home screen icons & Kindle app look amazing.....

I can't wait to show my boss (he is off today). My boss has a Bionic which already looks like a steaming pile next to the Charge and this will make it even worse ;-)

~John
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
Of course this comes out when my Charge's screen is cracked :( Oh well, I'll be all over this once I get my screen replaced!

I'm using a Bionic temporarily and the screen is horrible. I really miss my Charge. And Voodoo Sound <3
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Yes, that's a very much in development work, hence the "dev channel" and "snapshot" words used on Android Market.

Means not finished at all.

But don't worry, it's a long-time project and you'll see it grow little by little.
[Verizon Droid Charge] greene.phillip:
Looks great on native. Have a calendar app that has dots for notes and such and they and the lines between days are much more defined with native. Sticking through reboot would be good, because it doesn't seem to do so.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ilovesoad:
I didn't like the pixelated look of native, too sharp. Cool stuff though. Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
I love the look of native. So much easier to read things with. I have not tried it with the camera but I bet it clears up the image on the screen when you are shooting.
[Verizon Droid Charge] droidxrooting:
Thank you so much supercurio, I have downloaded this app long time ago but did not notice any difference then. Once you mentioned it on your post, i tried it now and can see a lot of difference. Images are a lot sharper. It can be noticed on the icons too.

Loving it so far.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Chitala383:
+1 for sticking on boot. I'm wondering if it would be possible to do that with a script. Anyone think so?
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Do you use Soft or Punchy preset?
[Verizon Droid Charge] scarygood536:
Wow. Nice. Honestly until now I thought my ipod touch had a better screen. Very pleased with thank later in my pc
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I see four buttons: Bypass, Samsung, "Switch to the overlay interface", "Send a report to the developer"

Is this normal? I am on Humble 4.0.

Initial impressions with Bypass is very favorable. Thanks for the badass work. I am already a Voodoo Sound junkie.

Using my phone as an e-reader was getting tiring on the eyes. Thanks for making the Charge the ultimate phone for me so far. Sorry GS2 users, you don't qualify without the Wolfson DAC ;)
[Verizon Droid Charge] spigget:
So, any hope to see whitepoint, gamma, and cleartype tuning options in this app?
[Verizon Droid Charge] hughey2k2:
yea I would like to know myself since tmobiles galaxy S2 screens are showing vertical lines and washed out colors because of the screen.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Bypass is for devices detected as Galaxy S Super AMOLED not Super AMOLED+. What is your device?
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
Super amoled plus

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Cleartype: it's not Windows but Android, so no.

Advanced controls will become available for some device as additional feature, but so far only planned for Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy S II.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Alright, fixed in the last snapshot soon to be published!
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
Thank you

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
Update is in the market

SENT FROM THE DOG POUND
[Verizon Droid Charge] DROID3R:
which one is native?

accurate(soft) ....pushy or samsung?
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
I recommend personally the preset I named Accurate (soft)

But it's possible Punchy looks better on some screens or to people who prefer very vibrant colors.
[Verizon Droid Charge] HTCluva:
What is the difference between punchy and accurate?
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
Soft turn to green tint after a while.switched back to punchy

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] edwards2243:
I've been getting market force closes when I tried to do the latest update. After uninstalling, the market is working fine and I'm able to update other apps. Odd... not a clue why this would happen.
[Verizon Droid Charge] HTCluva:
Im not seeing any difference between accurate and punchy. What is supposed to be the difference?
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
Not I can tell the difference accurate soft is less saturated colors. Colors are more real

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
I had the same problem, screen turned green. Went back to samsung then back to accurate and things seem to be okay.
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
Did you get the second update? Soft is really noticeable now

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
brightness turned all the way up automatically, it doesn't even show the bar to the max but it is

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
Went back to low brightness by itself

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
Mine was the full bright automatically but I can adjust it

SENT FROM THE DOG POUND
[Verizon Droid Charge] >DARKMAN<:
I have the same brightness issue on accurate, but if I switch to either other setting its fine.

~Sent using my Humble Charge~
[Verizon Droid Charge] quantim0:
great app. Didn't realize the difference until was texting and saw how smooth the letters were.

Impressive
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
What 2nd update? I just got the 1st one. Market doesn't show another one available. Link please.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KarateExplosion6:
I like the Samsung default best. For anyone testing, go to your Friends list in the Facebook app using the Overlay Mode and test... IMO, the thumbnails of my friends looked far more accurate on Samsung than Accurate or Punchy. I also prefer the smoother text (I'm using the Segoe FlipFont) with the Samsung default.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Jmjohnson1717:
Brightness on anything but Samsung seems broke when using Quicker to adjust it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] PeterDLai:
I also use Segoe as my main font and the Samsung setting does look best to me as well (for text). I do notice that images are sharper, however with native settings.

It's great to have options though, thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] stueycaster:
I had to uninstall it. It broke my brightness control then also I could never see any difference on any of the settings. Maybe it doesn't work right on GummyCharged GBE 20. Or maybe it's because of the HoneyCharged theme. But I had no luck with it at all.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
The gamma curve.

Punchy preset, as the stock (Samsung) one uses a curve that darkens the mids and shadows, which emphasis color saturation and gives an impression of a higher contrast − more "pop".

On most screens, Soft should be more accurate but it depends, every screen hardware is not exactly the same.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
For me market in acting strange since 2 days.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Probably a bug in the kernel. Is it an official one or custom?
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Yep the difference is the most noticeable on text.

Massive in gmail app (no more halos around shapes, just as anti-aliased text is supposed to look)
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
You're welcome.

People's perception of what's best for sharpness differ.

It's even more the case on mobile device as you're often viewing the screen in non-optimal conditions − where ugly (introducing image artifacts) or exaggerated filters can eventually help readability.
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
I have this brightness issue as well. It was fine in the original version posted. But the update that added punchy broke it. Is there any way to go back to the original version?

I am running a custom kernal (Imosayn's latest 3.1.0).
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
No, please describe the issue you're having with a bit more details (+report?)
[Verizon Droid Charge] fortesquieu:
Supercurio, thanks for your hard work! I've been a fan of your work since my Fascinate days, with Voodoo Color, Sound and so on.

I'm currently using the Roboto font, and for me personally, Samsung setting looks the best, especially for the words, but for watching videos, I would prefer Soft setting.

Thank you again for giving us the choices.
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
Report sent.
[Verizon Droid Charge] droidnewb2000:
I selected soft, went to sleep, woke up, and my screen looked almost sepia toned...muted dulled down with a shade of brown/tan. It went away when I selected Samsung, any thoughts
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Is Accurate (soft) preset working for anyone on DROID Charge?
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
My eyes haven't been able to see a difference between it and punchy, so I can't say for sure.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Hindle1225:
It is working for me. I have also got the blue colored screen one time. I selected samsung and back to accurate and it fixed it. I do noticed a difference with accurate and I like it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] DragoonBrethren:
Accurate (soft) setting definitely disables brightness control. As far as a difference between that and punchy, my eyes have yet to detect any.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
Brightness controls are locked on Accurate (Soft) mode using Humblecomb 4.0 with Imoseyons 2.5 kernel.

I can select the brightness I want in Soft mode by selecting a brightness level in either Punchy or Samsung first and then changing to Soft mode.

I got the Blue tint from screen wake once, but was fixed by selecting Punchy (I'm sure selecting Samsung would have worked as well) and then switching back to Soft.

Sent a Report.

Thanks Supercurio! You seriously rock. This is a HUGE improvement to the Charge in my opinion. I had a suspicion that Samsung wasn't rendering pixels natively on the Charge because of the blurry text.

No pressure, but I was curious about Voodoo Color on the Charge. I have heard it mentioned that this is not possible until the Gingerbread official release for the Charge so that kernel support can be added.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jupo:
I also filed a report for the screen brightness issue. In addition I have had the blue-tint-on-wake problem but all I did was tap power to sleep the screen again and when I rewoke it the colors were correct.
[Verizon Droid Charge] knyghtryda:
Not for me. It shows up the same as as punchy but kills brightness control. BTW, currently the samsung setting is looking the best for me. Punchy looks like its been oversharpened, enough to where zoomed out text looks extremely bad. On the other hand, it does seem to make video look better (or maybe just punchy- uhh...-er). Keep up the good work supercurio, I love what you've done with voodoo for the Captivate and now the Charge!
[Verizon Droid Charge] KarateExplosion6:
I do see a small difference between Accurate and Punchy, but it's very slight. The colors look almost identical to me using both settings, but the text using Accurate looks ever so slightly more smooth than Punchy.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jbcf05:
Love this fix, on accurate I have the same problem as others, blue tint ok wake up and problems with the brightness control. Otherwise, very nice.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Its very clear now that the "Accurate (soft)" parameter is all ****ed up on DROID Charge :D Thanks for your quality explanations.

I thought the kernel features were the same as Infuse 4G but it's not.

I'll fix that soon then. In the meantime I recommend only using what's named "Punchy".
[Verizon Droid Charge] braveally:
Thanks

Cool app, I love the chance to tune anything. I like the "punchy" settings. Seems to be more sharp than the others. Looking forward to updates. Is there any future plans for screen filter capabilities?
[Verizon Droid Charge] KarateExplosion6:
Does anyone agree with my statement about accuracy in pictures (such as the Facebook thumbnails)?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Hindle1225:
I would recommend charge owners to use this app. After many days of testing punchy is a hell of alot more stable than accurate. I do prefer accurate setting and look forward to going back to it when updates are made.
[Verizon Droid Charge] That Guy u Kno:
niceee

Very nice work supercurio.. its good to know we still have dc devs still working hard out there!! ive learned alot lately and ive permanently switched to Linux now so I hope to be up there in the dev stage very soon! Just gotta learn to share -.-
[Verizon Droid Charge] BuglessFan:
Loving it and longing for a way to make it stick between boots.

BTW, someone (maybe supercurio) mentioned it taking a few secs for your eyes to adjust out of Samsung -> Punchy. Right before a reboot I tried going the other way Punchy -> Samsung and wow, even the wallpaper looked blurred. Looks like when you overdo Gaussian blur to blend something in Gimp. Crazy.
[Verizon Droid Charge] m0unds:
wow, what a difference. thanks a bunch! can't wait for persistent changes.
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
Noticed no difference
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
You eat carrots?

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
My eyesight is 20/20 but nice try.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
lol!

spc_hicks09, make sure your device is rooted and my app receive superuser permissions correctly.

I noticed some users get superuser issues due to locked permission database.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blueis300:
Ok I a little slow as when I downloaded I don't see a native option. It says accurate soft, punchy, and samsung. I assume I want punchy? Sorry I didn't read through all the pages.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jmorton10:
LOL, had your eyesite checked recently??

My vision used to be 20/15 when I was younger, but I have gotten more & more farsighted as got older & even so I can see a dramatic difference running this app.

~John
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
I'm in the Army and get my vision checked twice a year so yes my eyesight is fine. No problems with SU either so I have no idea why im not seeing a difference.
[Verizon Droid Charge] fortesquieu:
Open the app, click the "overlay", then go open up a pic on your phone, switch between punchy and Samsung, you will see the difference.
[Verizon Droid Charge] quantim0:
has anyone else had their screen turn blue when on soft?

I have had it happen a few times and I had to switch profiles to get it back to normal. Right now I'm running punchy becasue it doesn't turn blue, but I much prefer soft.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
If you read through the thread, there are lots of people reporting tint and brightness issues with soft. The solution is to use punchy until it's fixed,
[Verizon Droid Charge] BuglessFan:
I think a page or so ago supercurio said the technical term for the way soft works on the Charge is "all ****ed up." Apparently our kernels are a bit different from other Samsungs in this area.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ssmaster:
New version. So far it's working great. Shut off my screen a few times to test it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Schoat333:
This works really well!

I never realised how blurry the screen looks normally. Its actually hard to look at when I switch back.
[Verizon Droid Charge] DROID3R:
I cant update ...its giving me " the package is invalid" on the market.

Sent from DROID CHARGE 4G-LTE
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Strange: Uninstall the previous version first then.
[Verizon Droid Charge] diablospeed:
The overlay option with a full resolution photo tells me that this app is awesome. Paired with roboto text and a minimalized high-contrast theme means it looks like 3d. Its incredible.

Speed rules...
[Verizon Droid Charge] Hindle1225:
This time around the options are bypass and samsung? Looking st the market pictures if app it shows native and soft.

Edit: apparently drocap isn't working to well on my phone :(
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
Supercurio can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this software supports multiple devices, and there may be different options options for each device. Also, this is a dev snapshot and not any kind of final version, so the options may change version to version, so you can't go by the screenshots to be exact. I know we've had three different sets of options in various updates since the first release.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I am also curious what to expect on the Charge.

The latest snapshot shows just Bypass and Samsung instead of Accurate (Soft), Punchy, and Samsung.

Is Bypass now Punchy? With Accurate (Soft) Missing? I am curious about the technical details. Its hard to believe that Samsung would make the pixel rendering so damned blurry. Perhaps they think that people won't complain about the screen being pixelated or something?

In any case, thanks for the updates and making the Droid Charge badass!
[Verizon Droid Charge] BuglessFan:
Pretty sure that on the Charge at least the Accurate was always broken. Flip thru the thread for details, but supercurio confirmed it was just plain incompatible with our kernels.

As far as what to expect, expect the blur to be removed when you switch away from Samsung. If you have a hard time noticing just set it away from Samsung and browse the web/use apps with high res images for 10-30 minutes. Then switch it back. You'll notice right away just how blurred it was. It's really noticeable on hi-res images and small text (icons with small text on them really benefit). I have one with a little "to do" list and when I switch back it looks like 5 little smudgy lines, whereas the words are easily readable on Punchy/Bypass. BTW, I assume the new name Bypass comes from bypassing the "smoothing" (re: intentional blurring and ****ing up with the intent of not having "jagged' sharp bits) that the default Samsung settings apply.

The market screenshots have been out of date for a while. It's just a test version; when he gets it dialed in it'll be a regular app under a different listing AFAIK.
[Verizon Droid Charge] nowens0520:
I'm still looking for a way to have this set on boot. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Droid Charge] KarateExplosion6:
Tasker

10char
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
In repsonse to that question earlier, Supercurio said "this is a beta", which says to me that as this progresses, we'll get more features, and by the time it's final, we'll have that capability.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Ritorix:
"Bypass" mode doesnt seem to do anything, the effect is extremely subtle vs the Samsung default. Nothing like the night-and-day some people are acting like. More like, hunt across the screen to see the 1 pixel that changed. Could someone post a screenshot? I'm wondering if I already had the settings from something else.
[Verizon Droid Charge] DirgeExtinction:
Look at a wall of text and switch between Samsung and Bypass. You'll see the difference, especially with smaller text.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kennydied23:
You can do the same thing with a high-res pic
[Verizon Droid Charge] DragoonBrethren:
Or select overlay and come to this forum, switch back and forth. You'll be able to see the difference.
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Maybe bypass isn't as noticeable as punchy because it is actually accurate (soft) but fixed for the charge?

Just a thought
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
Perhaps. It looks nicer than punchy did to my eyes. Punchy seemed overly aliased. Bypass looks smoother, but not blurry like default.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Bypass == previous "Punchy"

I don't have a charge so I cannot try other settings combinations unfortunately.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Atheron121:
so, does this mean that the original 3 options are down to 2? Bypass and Samsung? That's all I see now on my Charge
[Verizon Droid Charge] TheMuffStuff:
Fixed :)

10char
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
yes that's it on most recent version

blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrtruckincowboy:
Bypass looks awesome only thing I need now is a enable on boot function
[Verizon Droid Charge] DROID3R:
For me it stays after boot.

Sent from DROID CHARGE 4G-LTE
[Verizon Droid Charge] jmorton10:
How did you get it to do that??

~John
[Verizon Droid Charge] DROID3R:
I don't know if it was 2.3.6 or the newer version of the app from the market. Running rooted debloated deodexed

Sent from DROID CHARGE 4G-LTE
[Verizon Droid Charge] DROID3R:
Nevermind it doesnt

Sent from DROID CHARGE 4G-LTE
[Verizon Droid Charge] Marx2:
will this app work on SGS II ?
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrtruckincowboy:
Go to the market and search voodoo if it shows up it will work for your device

Humbly Charged on 4g LTE
[Verizon Droid Charge] ezas:
Using bypass and text is sharper but like reported by others it almost looks like in Samsung the text is bolded and for this old man's eyes the new 'font' is a bit harder to read. I also notice on my wallpaper that I now notice individual blades of grass but on the other hand the sky gradient is not as smooth which makes perfect sense given the changes.

I'm leaving it on bypass and see how my eyes like it after awhile. I have a feeling I'll be keeping it on overlay once i'm used to 'smaller' font. Right now it makes me want to turn the brightness up . . .

Another HUGE fan of Voodoo sound here. . .
[Verizon Droid Charge] elucid:
This was very noticeable on GB but not on humble froyo.
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
Lol it said Frito before you edited haha.
[Verizon Droid Charge] elucid:
gotta love autocorrect :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] NotATreoFan:
See, now if Google had gone with Frozen Yogurt instead of Froyo, this would not have been a problem.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dennis-:
very noticable in bypass on my bone stock rooted charge. love it. if would stay on boot this app would be a definite top 10 to have
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
What was the latest update about? I didn't notice any difference.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
no diff, latest snapshots are related to Galaxy S II mostly.
[Verizon Droid Charge] SoM3_Idi0t:
Any way of getting a this to load on boot? Please
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Patience :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] Shortbusdriver:
Clearly you haven't spent much time around the Charge community. We've managed to scare aware all but a few devs because apparently not whining about eta's is difficult.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
LOL :) I don't take it badly, its nice to see people interest and in general feedback (even what's considered useless or even stupid) help going in the right direction.
[Verizon Droid Charge] supercurio:
Note: the time when I'll kill this app approaches.

It will be replaced by another one, more refined, usable and with the apply on boot feature ;)
[Verizon Droid Charge] NotATreoFan:
Quoted for happiness. :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] tdenton1138:
Just wanted to say thanks for the app. Default is shockingly sharper.

Is there any contrast control to be had for the Charge? The stock is okay but options would be nice
[Verizon Droid Charge] DragoonBrethren:
+1 Keep up the great work!
[Verizon Droid Charge] AndroidCraig:
A big thanks. I for one look forward to it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I am also very excited about this program.

Honestly though, sometimes I use the Samsung setting for very small text because of the way that small text gets a bit fuzzy with Bypass.

In general though, I prefer Bypass.

Does anybody know why there seems to be a discrepancy between people having Bypass or Default options on their phone? I personally have Bypass and Samsung as the only display settings.

Supercurio, you are a god among men! Out of curiosity, do you feel that the Bypass setting actually causes the screen to render pixels properly mapped for the RGB matrix? In other words, does Bypass look like what the display should look like if Samsung had not F'ed it up? I like the idea of lossless pixel mapping for the RGB matrix...
[Verizon Droid Charge] Endless2232:
The different setting options relate to different versions of the app. Bypass is the current setting and default or smooth and punchy are older versions.