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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oswade:
Iphone edges out the sgs in a number or screen aspects, but SGS has two extremely important and significant advantages.

1. Screen size - ip4 screen is tiny. higher resolution helps out but it's just more comfortable and practical to use a bigger screen.

2. Contrast - ever since I looked at the superamoled, all other screen contrast has been ewww (iphone, ipad included), especially in darker settings.

For that, my next phone must have amoled plus a screen size >= 4"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harosha:
iphone4;

+more pixels (high resolution small area)..

sgs;

+good color

+good contrast

+bigger
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ursubpar:
the reason why your screen may be darker is because AMOLED screen tend to wear down over time.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vogars:
the only problem in my case is the battery i ve SGS1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KMino:
Back light displays are passe.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nedooo:
AMOLED at this state is not the future technology.

Why?

It dies so fast (burn-in effect shows this), and maybe after a year it could lose third of the initial brightness.

Just look at the new LCDs over 1000 nits and reduced power consumption, viewing angle needless to speak of, and many more improvements, AMOLED gain sharpness, and lost some brightness, burn-in still there, and some other problems.

I had Samsung Wave and then SGS and returning to SGS 2 or Galaxy Nexus is a no go since there is no improvement on this field (give big cash and worry about how long was the status bar on, so it won't burn in, give me a brake).

Amoled is yet to grow or die...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
Galaxy s 2 has a super amoled plus which is made in such a way that it won't suck even a bit of battery when displaying black's and the darker the colour it displays the less the battery it consumes. The heating is because of the hummingbird and not because of the amoled. The exynos doesn't have this heating problem. I have used a sgs 2 for 2 hours conyinously and it didn't heated a bit. My sgs heats up too but this problem can be easily solved my under volting .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeartFan40:
I'm just curious as to where you obtained this information? Secondly, what kind of brake are you looking for? We've got hand brakes, foot brakes...All joking aside; if you're going to post, at least take the time to do a little research. Posting inaccuracies only creates panic, and spreads disinformation throughout XDA. (G.I.G.O. garbage in, garbage out) and there's already more than enough of that going around.

1. Burn in can occur on any flat panel technology. ie; Plasma, SAMOLED, PMOLED, and LCD.

2. Average lifespan of a SAMOLED is approx. 30,000 hours to half brightness, or 16 hours a day for 5 years (red and green pixels), and approx. 14,000 hours, or 8 hours a day for 5 years for blue pixels.

Blues are the hardest color to reproduce on an AMOLED display, causing a color inbalance. Samsung biased the displays to favor blue in order to balance the color gamut. (hence the slightly bluish tint on SAMOLED displays).

3. SAMOLED+ displays have some of the best viewing angles on the market (120-140 degrees).

4. AMOLED technology has advanced leaps and bounds in the past couple of years. The manufacturing process makes them expensive to produce, hindering their popularity; but that is changing.

To address the burn in "issue" seen on demo devices at AT&T stores:

This occurs because those devices are in a constant "screen on" state for an average of 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Also, if you notice, those phones are constantly subjected to Ultra Violet lights and high intensity LED lighting. UV light prematurely deteriorates AMOLED panels, which can lead to ghosting or "burn in"

Unless you plan on standing in direct sun light, with your phone in the "screen on" state for an average of 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, you have little to worry about.

Use your phones the way you want to. The display will far out live the ownership of your device.

BTW: The latest LCD panels on mobile devices are around 500nits, with the exception of LG's NOVA LCD technology, which is around 700nits.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spamtrash:
Emm... just one example: Let's think... using the phone as SatNav in car, for in example city courier, being additionally fixed on dashboard. Driving time of 8-10 hours daily is enough for you?:o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeartFan40:
LOL...Even still, you're screen is safe. :D

Most computer problems lie between the chair, and the monitor. o_O
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma575:
Thanks so much guys for the great info , i knew that the iphone's screen is stronger than mine , but i must tell SGS has better colors and contrast !!

am still sticking with my sgs <3

thx every 1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spamtrash:
Indeed it is. My screen is safe, and Guys here and here are making their efforts just as a hobby.

What is more important (and again, you are absolutely right that my screen is "safe", there are some completelty wrong persons who are making rumors by misleading publications on web.

Finally, to support your statement, I'm not changing the phone each six months:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiru1602:
LCD displays are brighter because they have backlit. AMOLED on the other hand is less brighter, but comparitively more brighter in direct sunlight.

I have a friend of mine who used to brag about his iPhone 4 having a better screen. I have my secret weapon which I use to shut his mouth.

Download the attached image and send it to both the phones. The black background in the image looks very very dark when it comes to AMOLED which gives a feeling that the apples are floating in the air. Especially when it is dark around you. Try it and you will change your openion about OLED screens :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
Retina has higher resolution(really crisp images) , Super AMOLED has higher contrast/ color saturation.

IMO both displays look great. The Super AMOLED display has beautiful colors, I mean notice how dark blacks are and how bright yellows and blues are. Also the retina display is brighter on max brightness because it is back-lit, hence the brightness actually kind of washes out the colors with a coat of white. On the other hand , maxing out brightness on AMOLED does not wash out colors since the pixels are illuminating themselves. (in short, brighter doesnt mean better)

Try comparing the same image on both displays side to side. or maybe open the same game on both displays and notice the difference.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukant08:
Since lots of people have already mentioned the technical nitty gritties of both AMOLED and IPS TFT which Retina display is, I will not go there. I have a SGS n I have seen my friends iPHONE displays as well.

So I want to bring another reason to perspective here. What about general perception?? I mean an average person has the notion that iPHONE is a superphone and it has to be the best in everything. So when you show (or see) a phone vis-a-vis the iPHONE is it possible that phsycologically we start thinking that iPHONE is better!!

I frankly cudnt find much difference between iPH or SGSs' screen in general usage!! I mean you cudnt point at one n say this is looking decidedly better than that!! Movies, the experience of SGS is definitely better!!!!

I'm afraid this thread will in sometime reduce into a my d*ck is bigger than yours competition!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YogliB:
thanx..........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
It's very easy. Download Barnacle Wifi Tether from market (free app). You can use your phone as a wireless router. The app also supports setting an SSID and wep password protection.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Horn:
Or, y'know, just use the built in WiFi Tethering?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobhc:
As per the title, anyone know of any e-mail app that supports both HTML (like the official Hotmail app), but also can sync all e-mails not just ones from the last 3 months?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
Not sure about HTML, but stock email app can sync all with Exchange not sure about anything else.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simba501:
You can use Gmail and set it up to fetch your other email address(es).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woaloo:
Hi,

I think that K9-Mail does the job pretty nicely too ...
[Android Apps and Games] _Sparks:
What file do I replace to change the dialer in cm6 or cm7?
[Android Apps and Games] hermanchb:
wish to know too ~
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Hey guys,

I have a small but interesting question. Some one is selling a galaxy S2 really cheap, which has supposedly been turned on by him for only a few minutes. Its factory unlocked and had all the stickers and stuff on it with a brand new box. One weird thing was it was already rooted. I was wondering if there was anyway I could find out how long the phone had been used. Something which isn't affected by .sbf flashing or anything of the sort. A fool proof way of knowing how much the phone was used. In the old nokia phones there was

*#92702689#

which showed the lifetimer. Does android have anything similar? Any help would be appretiated. Thanks
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
Either he us lying or he did actually turn it on for a few minutes, but whoever had it before him rooted and unlocked it. Make sure you get the whole story bc SGS2 is a top phone. If it is cheap, there must be a reason. Check for corrosion on the battery points and make sure it can get into download mode. Hold volume up + down and push power. When S splash comes up, release the power but keep holding volume rocker.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsmoove386:
I cant tell if it's always been like this. Or if this actually isn't normal because I'm always concern with battery life. Im a very heavy user in the sense my phone will be on and im texting, xda, social apps i.e google +, email check every hr, and twitter.

However, i started feeling like my battery has been draining alot faster when the screen is on. I have no problem with the phone sleeping. I was experience this on Calk rom and now acs ics rom. I literally can look at my battery percentage drop 10% in like a half hour. Is this normal if screen is on the whole time? I've used better battery stats and system panel I can't find anything causing the drain. I see the suspend and events but doesn't that effect the phone sleeping?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Are you on the new modem? Looks like you have weak a signal. EG31 might help a little if your not on it already. I used the full EG31 tar right when it dropped and have been getting great battery life (it may be to early but so far so good)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsmoove386:
not sure if its going to work but hoping it does thanks for the response still
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Glenn54:
turn your display down to under 50% you won't see a difference except outside in daylight and kill this app every time you reboot the phone hit Settings>Applications>Running services then hit DRM content > stop > ok

I get over a day on one charge.

:cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsmoove386:
Ok ill try the drm content stop..however my display brightness is already down at like 10%.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
Also, kill the Social Hub as well, that drains the battery significantly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Atreides Spawn:
You might try one of several roms available in dev. They address most of the aforementioned issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hijewpositive:
The biggest battery drain reason is the location by wireless network option. Make sure its unchecked. Ever since I did that, my battery life has been awesome. I get to keep my brightness high, Bluetooth on, etc...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jameson JC:
All the basics (brightness and all that stuff) on top of the stuff you have running. The darn task killer/manager I see in the icon top left of your screenshot is a HOG on resources check the caching... You can literally **** with these phones for half a day to set it up the right way to conserve. I think wireless is hogging too but I am talking primarily about the first part of your rapid loss, the left part of the graph so to speak.

JC
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsloanindy:
I purchased an extended battery and was still getting crappy battery life. SpareParts always FC'd on me... but last night I found Badass Battery Monitor in the market and in my opinion it's even better than SpareParts!

It helped me find that the Hotmail app was keeping my phone awake for almost an hour every day even though I had it set to download email only once a day. Removed that right away.

Plus it gives a great % readout in notification of the battery level. I think it's a fairly new app, but it really is worth checking out especially if you're having battery drain problems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
Just killing Social Hub has increased my battery life significantly. I'm at 11 hours now on battery, with 62% left. This is from last night when I unplugged the phone at 100%.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsmoove386:
I'm on the Sydnicate Rom there isn't even no social hubb app. He has alot of the mods like noCiq and everything. My phone sleeps well its just when I start using it I can see it basically draining like 10% every half hour. I'm a heavy user I know my phone will drain fast while I'm on it I just would expect it to last 8-10 hours on heavy use.

Right NOW:

I'm at 4 hours 12 mins 22 secs at 37% left.

Display Time is 50% 2 hrs 41 mins 51s (Brightness is set all the way down)

Android OS 10%

So I'm assuming in 2 more hours my phone will die. If this is just normal for a heavy user then I guess I have to deal with it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
I was very disappointed with my Epic Touch when I first got it. I was getting a dead battery in about 6 to 8 hours no matter what I did or did not do.

Calibrating the battery seems to have fixed it.

I'm at 73% battery with 8:32 hours up time and I've made about 12 calls ranging from 2 to 10 minutes.

I've also checked voice mails, emails and other stuff.

I just charged the battery til it was full, plugged and repeated until it stayed at 10%, popped into CWM5 and cleared the battery data and then used Battery Calibration from the market (free) and it's like a got a battery upgrade!

As far as wake lock issues, I've not having any of those. I took my charger off the phone around 3:30am this morning (100% charge) and when I left for work at 6:50am, I had 98% battery still.

When I got to work it was down to 96%, I checked my email on the drive there.

:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] schwab002:
I'm trying this out, wish me luck.

There doesn't seem to be any possible way to charge my battery to 100%, unplug it and not have it immediately drop to 99%.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jermzz:
If those screens are both from the same charge, I see nothing wrong with your phone.

you have 17% left, and you have 2.5 hours of screen on time. So you're on target to get just over 3 hours of on screeen time which is completely in the norm for these phones. AND you're over 12 hours. I don't understand what else you could ask for?

People get all caught up on total charge time, but, to be honest, it's completely IRRELEVENT.

If I dont use my phone I'll get easily over 48 hours out of the phone... Screen on time is what matters. And from a full charge, if I were to use my phone for 4 straight hours without stopping, it would be about dead. When the screen is on, you're using the phone, and the display is the biggest battery suck out there. When I do all the tricks to conserve battery, and I set it up right, I get 4 hours screen on time, which is pretty incredible with these phones.

Now, If you WANT to get better then you have right now, a few things are coming into play.

1) Your signal is weak, this will suck power no matter what more then it should, so get better signal if you want some more time out of your phone.

2) If you installed a new rom, and you didn't calibrate your battery properly, you're losing battery life.

to calibrate properly:

a) download battery callibration app from market

b) charge to 100%

c) unplug battery charger and REPLUG IN and wait for 100%

d) repeat step c a couple times

e) while plugged in hit the calibrate battery button in the app

f) unplug phone and use til dead and recharge

This will yeild you the best battery life.

3) De-Theme. Although I use a theme, every theme I've tested, for one reason or another, drains my battery faster then running the stock phone theme.

4) If you haven't done the basic battery saving things, you should do them to help yourself out. Here's a few I use.

a) Turn off background data, you only need it on to use market

b) Turn off, or set sync for all email and social apps at as long intervals as possible

c) dont use any widgets

d) download watchdog lite so you can see when apps are acting up and using extra battery

e) when you're done using your phone, open task manager, kill all apps, and clear memory

f) always leave the brightness off automatic and as low as possible

g) download SETCPU and run your phone at 800mhz, and undervolt as much as possible (50mv most all phone can take)

h) use black or dark wallpapers, on LED screens back means the pixel is off which uses less battery

G will be your biggest battery save. I've also tried using the SUPERFREEZE thing in the dev section and, besides in sleep mode, I saw no adverse effect. If you wanna kill socialhub, fine, but I dont see any noticable difference on my phone with it off.

If you do all these I promise you'll get better battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] schwab002:
Wow, I did a proper calibration today and I'm getting great results already. I've calibrated before but I never had cleared stats in CWM or did the unplug then replug charging thing.

Anyways, I after 12 hours I'm still at 35%! The longest I've ever gone before is 12.5 hours. Screen on time = 1 hour 30 min, but some of that was a battery intensive game (puzzle quest 2). Also i'm running calk's rom, so i'm sure that helped.

Thanks kdoggy, i didn't expect to see results this great.

Those are good tips too Jermzz, thanks!
[Nook Color General] therkr:
I got a refurb from buy.com (ordered 4 oct) opened 4 days ago.

When I keep my ear near the microUSB port/speaker, there is a faint crackling sound(ONLY when screen is ON).

Also the screen is very faintly tinted near the bottom left corner.(only visible when screen displays black colour with high brightness.)

I've gotten some relatives to bring it to my country from US.

Are these issues normal with refurb units? Should I return? Has anybody got these defects before?

My relatives are leaving soon.

Please respond. Thanks.
[Nook Color General] patruns:
I have not seen that so I would recommend you return it while you can. I have 3 refurbs and none do that.
[Nook Color General] therkr:
Also there is a small scratch in the right bezel. Can it still be replace despite that? I can't say if my relatives made it during transit or if it was originally there.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
It was originally there ;) Good luck, sounds like that one was refurb for a good reason.
[Nook Color General] therkr:
Ok, so will send it back with them and try to get a replacement.

Thanks everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sachin0701:
Hey all i know this is very stupid to start a new thread for this but i dont wanna open each n every thread n say wat m gonna say....

i have a good hold on c , c++ ,java but no real time knowledge of android....

i can help developers using my other language skills n get sum knowledge frm them about android..........so that i can too develop neccessary things for our fones...

thankyou....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] anziclone:
same here... would love to start on developement ... someone please show us some direction so we can actually start some real developement... =)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
check out my guide on kernel compilation

u guys could be of real help there!
[HTC Inspire 4G] PumaRun12:
Im still currently unrooted and running the stock GB with my inspire. I saw those fat round icons (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1345355&page=4) and I was wondering If I could flash those to my stock phone and use them? If not, how can I go about doing it.

Thanks in advance!
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
Use Desktop VisualizeR in the market.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PumaRun12:
Thanks, Got it!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arichtman:
Hi all,

I've noticed a few problems with my type and send!

Sometimes it decides to open the search app when I start typing.

I've updated to 2.3.4 and .368 and now it works ok to facebook but loses all the text when going to the messaging app :(

Anyone else seen this?

I'm rockin a SK17i in Australia.

Any other details happily given (within reason of course 8P )

I'm not hugely confident with the flashing and kernel thing but willing to try suggestions.
[HTC Sensation] exxpired:
So I have don a couple charge cycles now and I looked at the capaticty it shows in battery monitor and I have this:

Isnt the stock battery 1730mah?? Or this it just need more time to get used to the battery to show the correct reading?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SystEM4sk:
Cyanogen 7.1 keyboard in .apk or zip for istall in cwm.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Hatshipuh:
That's just the Stock Gingerbread Keyboard which you can get from Market.

Tap-a-talked from my Galaxy Ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] domnic79:
To install in cwm u need a .zip file

Sent from Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 using Grif's Cyanogenmod & allinone ram script.

Dont jus say thanks, use d 'THANKS' button. [XDA RULE]
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ohwarumbloss:
It's here :-)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353566
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjuhhbartyow:
Dear, xda members

I have a problem because my Nexus S i9023 is bricked.

I flashed a bad ROM, I use it Clickie.

Now you think, but is not that stupid?

yes it is! Now my question, how can i fix this?

The Nexus S does not boot anymore, not even recovery, the screen just stays black

Still have questions? just ask.

greetz

bart
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott8281:
Will your phone boot into bootloader mode? Take the battery out and put it back in and hold power and volume up at the same time..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjuhhbartyow:
No, the screen stays black.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
power button + volume up , if you are able to get into BOOTLOADER , then your phone is still alive...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjuhhbartyow:
i did not work :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott8281:
Your best hope is to find the right stock firmware flashable through ODIN and flash it that way, as long as your phone can get into download mode. open ODIN and connect the phone with your phone off and press and let go of power while holding in volume up and down at the same time till you see download mode

---------- Post added at 09:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 AM ----------

heres the link to the Odin files and firmware for your i9023...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009432
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjuhhbartyow:
let me try.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott8281:
My bad, correction on download mode...take out battery, then put battery back in, hold both volume up and down at same time then plug in usb cable, no power button presses
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.b93:
Download mode only works for me if i first plug in the usb data cable. So plug in the acble, remove battery, put it back in and immediately press volume up+ volume down + power buttons.

Some people couldn't get the phone running after flashing the wrong rom.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjuhhbartyow:
Neither does, any idea?:confused: