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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Xaddict:
Spots before your eyes dept.

There seem to be a couple of cases of defective screens, but a huge amount of opinion about the qualities of Pentile screens. The only thing I can notice with a magnifying glass, is that white text on a black background seems to have a fuzzy red edge to it. Black text on a white background is sharp.

Links that shed light on the matter:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...D---is-the-PenTile-matrix-bad-for-you_id23134

http://www.nouvoyance.com/technology.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active-matrix_OLED

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenTile_matrix_family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_light-emitting_diode#Advantages
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
:D What about married members? Or members dating? Is that even legal? :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
Excellent read Xaddict. Thanks for taking the time to post them. It would be useful for future viewers that might find this thread. I know a bit about the PenTile and amoled technology...

My concern are the black spots. I know some SGS2 screens have them. I did not notice them when I checked it on my SGS2. So are those black spots are anything to worry about? Are they inside the margin of error or something?

And my final question. Do they affect the screen's reliability in any way?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Xaddict:
Can't comment on black spots as I have not seen them.

Compared to my HD2, the Note has blacks that are black as the ace of spades on a dark night, vivid colours and sharp detail(unless viewed with a magnifying glass), and no spots.

Not sure of differences between SAMOLED Pentile and OLED Monitors but Sony are releasing a new range of OLED Broadcast monitors that sell from $10,000-$30,000. They are replacing LCD and CRT's in the broadcast industry.

To quote phonearena.com "To wrap it up we'd say that the fears about PenTile appear hugely overblown when it comes to the new HD Super AMOLED technology, which delivers higher pixel density."
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rgbc:
It seems like some people are so obsessed with 'perfection' in their ever evolving cutting edge gadgets that at some point the manufacturers are going to need start binning their devices, selling a velvet glove hand inspected version for say 50% more, or start trashing the majority of new screens/devices due to perceived imperfections thus driving the prices through the roof, unfortunately though these scenarios wouldn't satisfy the majority of the perfectionsts (reading some comments it makes me wonder what the writers are like to deal with in real life, how they would like being held to account at such a nitpicking and unrealistic standard) as everyone wants their cutting edge gadgets to be minimally priced as well.

Think about it for a minute, we are basically packing around the equivalent of a cutting edge laptop from a few years ago in our pockets, what happened to the excitement of being part of the technological cutting edge? Enjoy your gadget while you have it, you'll be replacing it soon enough anyways with something new that is flawed somehow but much more awesome.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Xaddict:
I remember a similar controversy that was being peddled when the HTC HD2 came out. If you viewed the screen with sunlight reflecting off it at a 45 degree angle, you could see the etched pattern of the capacitive touchscreen grid. I hardly ever noticed it and when I did it made no difference to the quality of the phone's screen, but some held that it was a defective design.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Yerry:
Well I have seen on a couple of S2s and Notes some dark marks in the background. Best visible to me when looking on a grey background with low brightness setting.

Eg. Maps.

I am not too worried about this, since with increasing brightness it gets much better.

Since I checked a couple of stores and always found it, I believe it is a common issue. Might be worse or better from phone to phone, but always there.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
Thank you all for your replies. Greatly appreciated.

So, to answer my own concerns based on your replies: No, is not an issue at all. Well, so far atleast, since it's a new device not many users if any, used it for longer perioed(3-6months).

Let's hope it's all good when it arrives in a couple days. If anything with the phone I will post to the appropriate threads. Thanks again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Pops_G:
This is a general statement and not a direct first hand account of my experiences with the SGN.

The human brain has the ability to ignore small issues or lack of information. For example, you can listen to a conversation with your date at a restaurant even with a lot of background noise. You can look at an image for a split second and be able to make out what the picture was even if you only saw part of it. Tiny issues with the display may not even register.

However, if you are looking for issues you will find them. Also you are far more likely to be bothered by an issue once it is pointed out to you. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. If someone tells you looking at the screen in very specific circumstances will result in a visual artifact, you will tend to always notice it. I am not saying we should not share this information and just unquestioningly accept what we are given. Just be careful what road you go down. Somethings cannot be unseen!

I recently looked up a review of my monitor for my computer and noticed people were complaining about ghosting in some games. I had not noticed it before I read that review, however guess what I always notice when playing games now?

PS. Want to sell a 24" Asus LED LCD.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxh:
The OP asked if these marks are an indication of reduced reliability of the screens, i.e. they're defective so they're going to fail sooner. To answer, I don't think there's enough history/data for anybody to answer that question with certainty yet, but I've seen the same marks on my Nexus One AMOLED screen and the GSII AMOLED screen, so I'd venture to say no, reliability is not likely to be negatively affected.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
The bold part is one of the best advices and can apply to many aspects in life as on hardware.

:D Interested to get that "faulty" ghosting led lcd out of your hands. Price please? :D

Thank you maxh. I agree with you. I said it also that is too early to tell, but the reason I made this whole thread is so someone with some engineering expertises would reply to ease my concerns.

But it seems that is not a reliability issue from all the replies, even if I believe none of us is professionally certified to answer that. Time will tell.

In the meantime let's all enjoy our humongous SGS2 on steroids!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Xaddict:
Colour depth

I am having doubts that the screen on the Note is 16M / 24bit colour depth.

GSMArena states the colour depth is 16M.

This is a link to a website with a 24bit png gradient and an explanation of screen bit depth: Gradient

Looking at it on the note, there is banding characteristic of 16bit, which doesn't show up on my pc's screen.

I tried png & jpg gradients i made in photoshop and all had banding on the Note.

Oh well, what was I expecting on a handset?

I guess GSMArena got my hopes up.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b90edwin:
I m using stock rom n i realize there is random shut down going on recently... and I don't know what is the problem with my transformer.. :confused::confused: Can anyone answer me? Thanks!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spidey01:
I've had a few cases of it (I run Prime). All of which had oddities though, like sleeping with it or it being on a desk with it's buttons near something. So I can't rull out just getting poked wrong I guess. Only real cause for alarm I've ever had was when it wouldn't start, until I booted into APX mode :/
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b90edwin:
but i usually put it in my bag with a cover on it... i wonder there is any possibilities to accidentally push the power buttons n together with the confirmation message that appears on the screen..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spidey01:
Haven't tried it, on my phone I think that's possible, but the only systems that I shutdown frequently are Windows PC's lol.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jusgan:
This happens to me frequently and usually when I leave it inactive for varying amounts of time. From what I've read it's referred to as the 'Sleep of Death' and there have been no confirmed fixes (or causes, for that matter) for it to date.

About the only suggestion I've seen is to RMA it for a new one...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hafiz98:
Pls port these for our PLAYS!!!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viet dao:
u know we do need other files aswell
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsupnow:
The panorama beta app works perfectly on the latest build of cm7 I just installed all jar and xml files that came in the zip file and BAM! Panorama. I don't think it works at all on stock roms and I know it's not 3D but hey it's better than nothing!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idan_mo:
any chance to port the camera app for the xperia play if i'll upload my galaxy nexus camera app?
[LG Thrill 4G] garrettmarvel:
i've had my Thrill for 3wks now, and I'm going nuts now trying to transfer my music to the phone and keep the iTunes playlists and songs I HAD CHECKED TO SYNC but not the songs UNCHECKED i didn't want on my iphone...

Doubletwist doesn't sync the to sd micro card, only built-in memory, itunes agent was unsuccessful... what do you guys use, if not iTunes, to sync your music w/tags and album art and all? i don't put every single mp3 i own on my phone, so i don't want to hand pick individual mp3s out of my over 3000 songs to redo the album art and sync them one by one.

i love the 3D of the Thrill, can't get enough - but android and no useful way to transition music, photos, and videos is making me think about switching back... PLEASE HELP.

:eek:
[LG Thrill 4G] kleeman7:
Try winamp it can import from itunes and will keep playlists, and sync to sd card.
[LG Thrill 4G] CXENTE:
Have you used iSyncr?
[LG Thrill 4G] garrettmarvel:
no to isyncr, no to $2.99

will try winamp. itunes is free, so should a solution here IMO...
[LG Thrill 4G] Ronacarino:
Winamps should be a good app to download... lol
[LG Thrill 4G] CallMeAria:
This is me deleting a post.
[LG Thrill 4G] qfour20:
Google Music

Download Google Music to the same machine that has iTunes on it. Upload the playlists that you want to have on your phone into Google Music. Install google music on your thrill. Select the playlist you want to keep available on your phone (rather than streaming from the cloud) and check the box that says "available offline" while you're connected to wifi and let it do its thing.

It works great for me, and also makes it so that I have 20000 of my songs available on every android device (or other computer) I use.

-q
[LG Thrill 4G] kurrptsenate:
I feel bad that you've had to get used to iTunes. I've done it in the past and absolutely refuse to do it again. Such a pain the ass that program...

Google Music is very nice as it does most of the hard work for you as far as albums and renaming itself. It's also a lot easier to transfer what you want to a droid device. It's also very easy to dump off the device when compared to an iPod or iPhone.
[LG Thrill 4G] TylDurden:
I have an 80 iPod classic. I've never used a phone as a music player besides the occasional Pandora.
[LG Thrill 4G] thatruth132:
i use spotify on pc
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] KrewsialNL:
Hey guys,

My SDcard just gave up on me while I was installing a ROM :(

The problem now is, I have no SDcard available and no option to install another ROM, as I can't use CWM (that uses the SD card obviously)

Is there an easy way to create a DAF installer from a CWM .zip file?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] icke:
Did you allready tried to format your sd card?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] juzz86:
You have just convinced me to buy this phone. I was torn between this and the Note, it's refreshing to see some Development on this.

Thankyou very much, your instructions are excellent BTW! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
FYI, for me it worked once (after reset) and then went into a bootloop after installing this rom. Never got into fixing it as Vache did not respond anymore... you haven't had that issue?

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
Hi,

It bootloops on the bootanimation ? It can happen and usually it works if you remove the battery for 5min.

Can you describe where it stopped working and what you did just before it bootlooped ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
I haven't tried removing the batt, it just bootlooped after my first softreset in the morning. I did try several times, tried resetting all caches, and then reverted back to 1.000.19 eventually and gave up...

I may try again soon... too much work right now :)

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TooUglyForU:
Going to give it a go this evening.

Really excited to try it out.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
So how did it go ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
In my case it keeps displaying the Acer / Android logo... it does not boot (just Android logo)...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] map8688:
Thank´s for me works well
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Well...I have tried like 10 times, still nothing.

I started by installing cwm & making a backup (good step to add to your steps in the OP). Then I started install of smartoonay:

1. install 1.000.19

2. boot 1.000.19 once (& configure next, next, finish)

3. install new cwm

4. factory defaults from cwm

5. clear cache from cwm

6. clear dalvic cache from cwm

7. install smartoonay from cwm

Boot wail stop at the acer/android screen (with the 3 green androids).

I have tried fact/def from vol+/- and from cwm. I have tried clearing caches before and after smartoonay. I've downloaded smartoonay rom from vache several 3 times to make sure it's not a faulty rom... nothing...

Restored the backup: everything fine again...but still no smartoonay :(

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
Sorry to read that it doesn't work for you. Have you tried with the .24 official update? It did work for several people.

If it still doesn't work you might have to wait for a next release from vache that will take the smart to a new level ;-)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Downloading now:

http://global-download.acer.com/GDF... SMART (S300)&OS=a06&LC=nl&BC=Acer&SC=EMEA_18

:)

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Nope... for whatever reason it doesn't work for me.

1. Install .24 version (link see above)

2. Install cwm (4.0.0.8 version from S300-recovery.img 14/07/2011)

3. factory defaults from cwm

4. clear cache from cwm

5. clear dalvic cache from cwm

6. install smartoonay from cwm

Still only see my little Android friends :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
:( That's disapointing. Keep yourhopes up as Vache is working on a whole new ROM for the Iconia Smart. It's time consuming but it's going forward and it should be worth the wait :D

For the current ROM I think we tried everything (removing the battery and all) already and it might be an issue with you model.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] FloatingFatMan:
I really hope he's able to give us something that'll work on all devices! I love Vache's work and was really disappointed when the only custom ROM we have didn't boot. :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
It doesn't work on yours either? Did you try it? Remember my device has a defect (touchscreen top is defective), so possibly it works on yours... (and I really did everything I can think of, including formatting system, etc., manually)...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] edmundtsang:
:( My S300 also stuck in booting screen (Acer logo with 3 android idol) after flash the Smartoonay ROM...

I forgot backup my ROM before flashing it, does any one can help me how can flash back the official ROM without backup?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] FloatingFatMan:
I actually had it before general release. Alas, my device just hangs until I take out the battery. Shame really, the root & cwm part worked great.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Hi edmund,

Just download the official ROM from somewhere (OS_Acer_1.000.24.EMEA.GEN1_A23G_S300), see above post. Or find yourself another ROM (I also used EUUs_Acer_S300_1.000.19_EMEA-GEN1_01.05.00 in the past, just google for it).

Connect your device with USB and install it using the setup.exe in the download.

In my case the installer crashed btw, because I have the android sdk installed which has a newer (incompatible) version of adb. Just make sure the PATH variable does not contain the ADB.EXE (use "for %I in (adb.exe) do echo %~dp$PATH:I" to figure that out).

Good luck!

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Dear all,

I have been trying to get this ROM going but still no success.

I have compared the two boot images, and they are almost the same. It looks like it should be possible to run the Smartoonay rom with the stock boot image. That gives the highest success as well, because when I try to use the default Smartoonay rom it will get stuck at the first Android page (so it never shows the ICS boot animation). I also tried using the Smartoonay boot image with the stock ROM, but it then also gets stuck at the Android screen (see above image)

When I use the stock boot image, it finally displays the ICS boot animation, but it will get stuck in a bootloop. Usually caused by not clearing cache and such, but no solution in my case.

When I look at recovery.log, I do see one thing that I've never seen before:

Formatting /system...
[COLOR=Red][B]mtd: not erasing bad block at 0x08e00000[/B][/COLOR]
Done.

I wonder whether this one bad block may be the cause?

Anyone any other suggestions? Or maybe some instructions (a kitchen???) on how to make a new ROM like Smartoonay did? Any new Smartoonay ROMs to look forward to?

Regards,

Nika.

---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 AM ----------

By the way... I fixed my screen by getting a new Touch Screen Digitizer for Acer S300 Iconia Smart :) Device is difficult to take apart (first take off top cover where the power button is in, which is a flat plastic, then take the screw out, then take the entire top cover off, remove two screws, open battery department cover, remove battery & screws, and then you can use a soft plastic pull tool to take the screen out...)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Hi all,

Not using a CWM zip, but with backup/restore, I've shared the current ROM I am using (rooted/busybox/deodexed):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1543224

Anyone else care to share his ROMs?

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
I have also tried to import the boot.img (kernel) only, but it also fails booting after loading it! Can Vache maybe explain what he did to the kernel and why it might be failing on some devices? When loading the stock kernel with his ROM, it doesn't get stuck at the Androids screen, but it gets into a bootloop (with the ICS boot animation).

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Nika.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Well, well, not so many active users with an Acer Iconia Smart? :)

Nevertheless - I have gotten this ROM to work with my device too! So here's what I used, for whomever wants to play with it.

First of all, in my case, it does not work with the kernel Vache created. I created a new file with the stock kernel (boot.img):

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nika-s300-rom/files/Smartoonay-1.0-stockboot.zip/download

I had to first format boot, system and data (using CWM, clear cache, etc., didn't work!), and then installed the ROM and finally: it worked!!

For reference, here's the kernel-only file if you just want to update to Vaches kernel:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nika-s300-rom/files/Smartoonay-1.0-bootonly.zip/download

I have also found an overclockable (Use No-Frills CPU control or CPU-Z) kernel, based on Vaches (this came from a Russian website, created by ORiONstar):

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nika-s300-rom/files/boot.signed.zip/download

Neither worked in my case, so I used the stock kernel. This is the stock kernel only file:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nika-s300-rom/files/Stockbootonly.zip/download
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
Hi nika,

glad to read those good news and thanks for sharing your discovery.

I'll try to take some time to add this to the first post for people having the same issue :-)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wild_saher010:
pls help

i wanna know is this rom work or not ????? and if it work whats the known issues or bugs ??????? and which version of android is it the same 2.3.3 or what ??? please help meeeeeeeeeeeeee
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
if i remember correctly it's based on the acer 1.019 rom. it works for some, but others (like me) have problems with the custom boot image which does not work...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kountry83:
Hi

Is anyone still got a acer icon is smart? If so would you be willing to sell it? Contact me at kountry83@gmail.com

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Can we use this boot animation...?? This is the most suoerb animation I have seen till now...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238399

HERE IS VIDEO

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp8pTy4RVMU&feature=player_embedded
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] blaqkarma:
Cool... Already downloaded the file and..Yes It can be run on our boot..but need to be modified..I will Try and post it when I suceed...:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
means can't we use it directly? I really like that animation alot. I will wait for ur modified file...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rohit_rocks:
Just found this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxY7mRDkwgw

Can some port the HTC geek boot animation and the JIP like lockscreen for i9003??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
What a lockscreen.wish someone can port it. .
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] blaqkarma:
@Vishal at first I tried editing the original file..and then when I got pissed of I just rename the original file to ( sanim.zip ) the put it in /system/media and then rebooted the Phone and It works hehehe.. :D

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.Download the original file...download bootanimation.zip here

2.rename to sanim.zip

3.put in /system/media/

4.reboot and there u go...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
i already tried this method. It worked for me but I realised that its frames/seconds is only 15. It lags while playing bootanimation. Can u increase frames/second?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jimmiekain:
The last HTC Phone I had was the Evo3d and I was not satisfied with the loud speaker. Would anyone with the VIVID care to tell us about the loud speaker on the VIVID?

Is it loud and clear during a speakerphone call?

Is it loud and clear while watching youtube?

Is it loud and clear when playing games?

Is it loud and clear when you get a phone call?

Is it loud and clear when you get a system msg... txt, pic, etc?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rquinn19:
Short answer is that it sucks.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Dkj7777:
It wkrks fine for me

Sent from my beastly HTC Vivid
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] chocodough:
HTC is known for horrible external speakers. The Inspire was the worst.

The Vivid although a little clearer than the Inspire, it is still very low in volumn.

It is a bit louder than the Inspire, but about HALF as loud as my Atrix or Samsung Skyrocket.

The Inspire was the last HTC phone I planned on getting. It is unbelievable that a company that big can't spend and extra $1 per phone to put in a better speaker.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] QLtnpapi:
Pretty much the same as all htc phones This one is kinda clear but not loud.Then The Headset Output is The same! Low sound like ALways