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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Millivan:
Screen dims to minimum after Screen timeout delay

Hi Guys.

I want to have my display on (ideally Brightness = Auto) when the Note's sat in its USB desk cradle charging (or charged). On my previous phone (HTC Desire Z) I used an app called ScreenOn which worked fine, but it doesn't work at all on the Note.

I'm now using a Tasker profile to set the screen to Stay On. This works, but the screen dims to minimum after the time delay set in Settings/Display/Screen timeout, so the action performed actually equates to Stay on at minimum brightness after normal Screen timeout delay.

Auto adjust screen power is not ticked and neither of the power saving modes are enabled. I can't see any other settings or apps that might be making this happen.

I've tried four other profile apps and not seen this particular problem before, but neither have I had any that has worked perfectly.

This is such a simple and basic requirement it's maddening that it's so difficult to implement (the old Winmob phones did this by default which seems entirely sensible).

Any ideas?

Milivan.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Hello,

What you want to accomplish is really not the ideal use for an AMOLED screen!

You will damage the screen beyond repair... Please do some research on this matter, but leaving the screen turned on for extended periods of time will burn-in whatever is on the screen. More so if the screen is set to full brightness!

As a matter of fact, UV light damages our screens even without even turning them on! Just by sitting there on our desks all day long. (yes, office fluorescent lights create tons of UV light)...

I'm just saying, I mean, it's your device and you can do whatever you want with it, but I thought I'd share this fact...

If after knowing this, you are still interested in accomplishing this, then you can just go to Menu/ Settings/ Developer Options and tick Stay Awake option. This will keep your screen on while charging.

Yes, AMOLED based screens look awesome, but as awesome as they are, they all have this "little problem"...

Cheers!

Rayan
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Hayabusa:
Dear Milivan,

I was just typing 2 possible solutions when one of them was just suggested. The developer options.

The other one I can suggest to you is: Accessories options.

There is an option called desk home screen diplay in accessories options.

Why dont you check that out.

Personally I will disagree with our friend that said that the screen will be damaged.

There are business people that have their devices docked and working for straight 8 hours and dont forget the devices at shops that work all day.

Samsung would not give you this choice (the second one I mentioned) if they thought it would damage the device. That ofcourse is my personal experience and opinion and beleive me when I say, I have experience with Note screens. Thats the reason I started this thread to begin with. ;)

Good Luck

Let us know if it worked

Gus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Hi,

Anyone is entitled to disagree with the Burn-In fact, that's ok with me...

I just started my comment by saying "do some research"... There are many users everywhere with permanent and premature damage on their screens. There's even a guy who purchased a new Note that came in with a pretty bad burnt screen which apparently was caused by UV exposure when the Samsung label was still on the screen, causing a permanent ghost image of the Samsung/Android logo. (look for it if interested)... Again do some research on the subject.

But then again, everyone can do whatever they want with their devices... At least now I know who to avoid in the aftermarket scene! LOL :laugh:

Peace!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Millivan:
Thanks for the responses.

I didn't know about the screen burn issue, but since the display's changing and I don't need full brightness (Auto seems about right in most situations) I'll take my chances. Also, I'm bound to want a Note II before it becomes a problem.

Maybe I'm being a bit of a dumbass, but I don't appear to have a Stay awake item in my Developer options menu and don't know where to find Accessories options.

...Also, I only want it to stay on when on charge in the cradle, not when on battery - hence the Tasker profile.

Millivan
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Hayabusa:
Dear Rayan,

Believe me, I have done A LOT of research on screens.

I will not mention all the devices I have changed because Im too bored of typing that much, but I will tell you that I have changed -4- Notes until I ended up with my present device which is a Note 2.

It is a different thing if a screen is defective by factory, and a different thing that a screen will damage for sure if ON for a long time.

If we take for a fact that what u say is totally correct (which sorry to say, it is not in the general way that you mention it) we would have to debate on usage time; in other words how long we are talking about. Even then, I still beleive that if an amoled screen has no issues by factory, it is VERY difficult to damage it by long use.

I have friends with mobile shops and they have amoled mobile devices running on demo for MONTHS and absolutely nothing happens to the screens.

Besides, the man said he wants to have the screen on while on its dock. He didnt mention for how long. ;)

My opinion remains.

A 700euro (release price) device, is not meant to be damaged on long use. At least not on a "logical" basis.

Docks do offer the option of maintaining the screen on (with possible options such as a clock) and I dont see a reason why not, unless he wants to dock the device, go have a family and some children, and then come back and see what happened!!!

;)

Regards

Gus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Hayabusa:
Are you on a stock ROM and what android version?

The option is "Accessory" and you will find it in the settings menu.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Millivan:
Hey guys can we keep the debate about screen burn off this thread? It's not that I don't care, but it's not the point of my post.

I want the display on until I take it out of the cradle (unless the battery level drops below 30%, but that's handled in the Tasker profile).

Millivan.

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Stock ROM as far as I know (how do I check?)

Android is ICS 4.0.4

Definitely no Accessories option in my Settings menu - Now I'm concerned!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Hayabusa:
Its simple. If you bought the device new, and you never rooted it or set a new rom, etc... then your rom is stock.

Now I cant tell you exactly where the accessory option is located because I dont have a note 1.

It should be somewhere there Im sure.

On Note 2 its on the last choices of the settings menu but I dont remember where exactly it was on the first Note.

Nothing to be concerned about.

Dig in a bit. It should be there somewhere.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Millivan:
I didn't get it new, but the guy I bought it off did and he's definitely no geek (he gave me the receipt from Carphone Warehouse so it wasn't even locked). I did a factory reset before starting and updated to latest OS.

The menu structure is pretty simple (only two sub menus and nothing there either) so unless I've missed something blindingly obvious neither of the options previously advised are there - honest!

Tolqua.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
That's the reason why I always place my phone with the screen facing down. Luckily I have a MOMAX case that adds an extra lip around the bezel so the screen doesn't hit the surface it's being placed on... Just so light doesn't affect my (somewhat) already affected screen, and just in case a rock drops from the sky, haha :D .

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Now, here's the problems my Note's screen has.

Immagine the Note's screen, placed in portrait mode. Now, immagine that, as you go from the left side to the right side of the screen, all across the display, grays go dim. So, in the far left side of the screen, grays are darker, and as you go to the right side, starting from the half of the screen, you can see the grays become lighter.

Hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

This is especially upsetting when displaying full-gray backgrounds. Also, across the screen, there are vertical bands there... although it's not as ugly as I've seen on a friend's Note...

Otherwise, there are no visible burn-ins, or none at all. There may be a screen-wide burn-in, because whites are not exactly white : some times, they look yellow`ish, some times, they look blue`ish... And, you know, white = full RGB matrix on = 3x the chances of getting a burn-in than with any other individual color. I wish I had an S3, or a Note 2... :(

Besides, there's the black clipping issue I'm sure all of you are familiar with :) . Speaking of which... I hope Samsung is going to fix that with the JellyBean update. If they fail to do so, I'm gonna try to switch back to the Galaxy Nexus, hoping I find one that doesn't have a screen which displays a full-white image with purple/blue colored corners :rolleyes: .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M3TALLICA:
I had that problem on GB but it was fixed with ICS update. Gray color used to be darker on top side.

I think 80% of the notes are affected with black clipping. I can live with it.

Lets hope Crapsung fixes screen problems along with the emmc brick bug.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borich:
probably they will never fix it:

http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...e/77/217922?boardName=GeneralB&startId=zzzzz~
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
So... Krzysztof Bobinski, who is part of Samsung Developers, did not get an answer from the development team? Hang on a second, while I roll on the ceiling laughing.

F you, Samsung and your omg`ish devs. XDA has better qualified devs :rolleyes: .

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Oh, yeah. Forgot to say something.

On the very left side of the screen - right at the very edge! - gray is a bit purple`ish. Only along the (entire) left edge of the screen.

Although it's not particularly disturbing, it's still there... lol.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borich:
It's absolutely unbelievable!

just to remark the unreal situation, they don't answer yet...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borich:
still no answers...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Stop wasting your time waiting for an update, much less a fix.

I bet Samsung will not address this problem on a phased out device.

Time to move on I guess...

(I'm just a realistic dude lol)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
Sorry to here best to get it replaced friend
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
This is Samsuck we're talking about. What did you expect? That they will clean up...? No. They like to be naughty, spill the milk and run away.

Sent from my Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _A.T.Omix_:
I don't know if it is a screen defect or due to the battery getting old but I sometime get those white bars pass through my screen, it can go on to the point where my phone goes off because of those.

Sent from Utacka's ParanoidAndroid ROM for Galaxy Note GT-N7000 using XDA App.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
Usually points to battery dying, I just had that, battery life drained really quickly once that started, just got a new one, problem solved.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _A.T.Omix_:
Glad to hear confirmation that this isn't screen related.

Sent from Utacka's ParanoidAndroid ROM for Galaxy Note GT-N7000 using XDA App.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krivinash:
My white and grey are sometimes greenish.

Not always. I see that when i'm using tapatalk (yellow background) or in grey gplay home page.

Nothing else. No stripes or lines. Nothing.

I belived that is a softwere ishue, but now, i should live with amoled imperfection.

I hope they will found some solution to change this fault.

Like in some comercials: my white is no longer white :)

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salmonila:
hi guys I have a strange problem with my note every time I go to the browser or any app that uses the Internet vertical thread appear in empty areas but only when i'm over 3g and never over wifi and never in any other app I took a screenshot while this was happening but it was fine so I took a photo with the ipad

I couldn't post image link but I placed an attachment
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
i cant see what you are talking about..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
Samsung improved the OLED technology with the S3, and even more with the Note 2. Things are looking bright. But LCD is still a mature technology, not young and naughty like OLED.

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Erm... Okay. Nevermind the fact that I barely understand what you said there.

Have you tried flashing a different ROM?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DIGITALIZOR:
hey everyone,

I have actually replaced the main screen with the metal chassis complete.

from my broken screen of my gt-n7000

and I have a purple-pink shade on my screen, when I boot the logo is correct for two seconds and it becomes pinky or purply after this time and it's still pink wich cyanogenmod and the latest version of the official rom by kies

what do I have to do ?

ask for refund by the reseller on ebay ?

(the chassis lookes more darker than my oridinal one) it may be comes from an incompatibility ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
I dont mind him visiting these forums

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maybe not during school hours though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerreZ:
?

Did someone else noticed the blue halo on the top of the calculatot and do you think it's normal?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Not possible :p I have the Note now, so i'll stay here for a while. What i will do is ignoring to try to ignore these topics. I don't like to shout, but when the same thing is discussed every day, i get sick of it.

Put your heads together instead and port some ROMs. We need to unleash this beast :cool:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I understand where your coming from since either you dont have the issue or not bothered by it, same feeling I had when I got the Galaxy S1 when people moaned about the screen,GPS and battery life when those issues were non existent on my phone and it was annoying to read about it but when I had my S2 I had **** tons of issues on the screen (mainly), so its a give or take. Nothing will be fixed if they moan but we are not helping them either by telling them its a non issue, let them voice out their concerns.

I dont really care much for ROM's but id love to see some very optimized kernels like speedmod on the note :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxy1210:
do stars fix be ? i also was
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yslee:
That is part of the app. Running on 240 DPI setting you'll see the same thing shrunken down.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerreZ:
240 dpi?

Can you explain me "running on 240dpi setting" and how can you do this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Install Density Changer from the Market (must be rooted) or manually change it in the build.prop (root required).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justj:
Does nobody notice the colour banding and colour patch showing in black backgroundb issues?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btentusscher:
Can you tell me which case your using? Looks sleek..... Good grip?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
Can't compare the 2 first images but the last one (calculator) is definitely not that bad on my note!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Not as bad as that. It's hardly noticeable on mine.

Btw, as you guys may know, Widgetlocker fixes the banding on the lockscreen when we are using black wallpapers. It's perfect black on mine now, so this actually proves that the banding is software related and not hardware.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxy1210:
camera night currency.you been so
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Camera night currency? Do you want to buy a camera at night with a different currency? :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstfn:
I have no problems with my screen. Phone is made in Korea by Samsung.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
WHERE, for the love of god, do i check that? :p I've asked a few times already!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Its equally bad on my end... Color banding is there throughout the phone... During Calls (Green) and after calls (Red becomes violet or something)... Wallpapers... :mad:

I just bought the Galaxy Note yesterday... i am speechless to say the least... I just wish i can return it back... i was so much happier with my Galaxy S2... wonder why did i have to change it! it is very depressing looking at the display issues after investing almost 750 USD! :mad:

I hope that this is a software issue... and i hope that Samsung is planning to get this sorted out...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afadzil21:
My Note seems to have a slightly dimmer right edge compared to the rest of the screen. A bluish tinge. Turning up the brightness makes it go away but sukcs the damn battery fast. Very visible with a white background. Should it I take it back to Samsung? Anyone else have similar issues. I read the whole thread and most seem to have hue and grey issues. Mine also seems to have a slight bluish tinge, but that could be my cheap SP on it. Still waiting for SGP Ultra Crystal.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Remove your SP and check, if your not satisfied with the screen go back to where you bought it and ask for a replacement or at least compare with 2-3 other stocks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afadzil21:
Well. This is my screen with the brightness turned all the way down. It's like a purple haze in the bottom right corner and right side of the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
On mine it is under the battery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
The color banding is viaible even when the XDA app starts on my device...

Is this a software issue? I remember reading that sgs2 had similar issues when a particular rom was ported on it...

Would 2.3.6 fix the issue? I am still on 2.3.5
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Aha! About time i got an answer :p Thanks!

Mine is "Made by Samsung", and i haven't found any bugs/defects on it. How about others with the one that's "made by Samsung"?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
No it won't.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
That needs a replacement and is an obvious defect, I do have a greenish hue on the bottom but its noticeable certain shades of grey only but on your end even with the browser its there, have it replaced.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
This is the color banding issue:

My Galaxy Note is made is vietnam...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
That is just a software issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Yup, software. But that is much worse than on mine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Probably due to the differences in color temperature making it worse or better on some displays.

I just checked out the 2 G-Note demo units from a Samsung store and the green hue is really horrible, no wonder people are complaining about it.. its much worse than what it was on the S2, Im surely glad that mine has no color shift what so ever.

It also had the greenish hue on the bottom with greys though :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KushAgarwal:
Screen Bands

Hey Guys..I picked up my Galaxy note about 2 weeks back..always had the banding problem on the calling screen..especially when ending call..never gave it much importance. Yesterday I installed a Gameloft game on note and the launch screen (when the gameloft logo plays) was ghastly..a faded look all around the animation. Uploading a couple of pics..please help. Will take the device to the vendor tom..:mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjkoon:
every note has colorband problem?

my note is too.

but i think this is just OS or SW Problem. (i think driver problem.. just.)

it will be solved ICS (or next Firmware).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afadzil21:
Ok. Sent took my Note to Samsung service centre. Showed them screen side by side with my S2. They agreed to repair only by replacing the display. No exchange. Damn Samsung. Will take 2-5 working days and the weekend is coming up. Looks like I'll have to wait till next week to get my Note back. I'll have to check it on collection to ensure the display is fine this time.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
My screen looks the same as above when starting xda app. They should update to 24 bits ;-)

Hopefully everything will be sorted out with ICS.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Anyone have this horizontal black lines when displaying greys or any light shaded color, I understand that this is caused by the pentile grid but I cant remember it being this obvious when I had my galaxy s1.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martcerv:
Just got my note and after playing the same videos on my gs2 I found out that the note is only set in 16 bit mode. There is pretty bad banding and at first I though &%^# this I hope the screen isn't just 16 bit.

So I looked around for an app where I could force 24,32 bit and using MX video player, there is an option to force 32bit colour rendering in software mode.

Then playing back the same video gets the blacks back to where they should be without the extreme banding shown in dark areas when using the default player or MX player in hardware mode.

I was playing a 720p version of the Foo Fighters live at wembley concert, once the lights go out the video looks amazing on the GS2 but pretty poor in 16 bit using the GN. Using software forced 32 bit it looks much better but could do with some hardware acceleration as it lacks the overall sharpness of the HW rendered video using the GN.

The good news is that the screen is higher then 16 bit and its just a software/driver issue which will be easily fixed. Its a strange choice to limit it to 16 bit with such a great screen it just ruins it and the S2 looks much better in videos where banding is an issue.

I am using firmware that I got as an OTA update the first time I booted the phone. The phone was imported from Korea

Baseband N700XXKK5,

Kernel 2.6.35.7-N7000XXKK9-CL25676se.infra@SEP-53 #2

Build GB.XXKK9
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I tried MX video player and I dont see the difference, blocky blocks is blocky, it doesnt worry me that much since its only a SW issue.