[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Curly21029:
I'll be switching to an AT&T concession line within a week. After comparing their current offerings for about an hour in two different stores, I'm leaning toward the Skyrocket due to it being the only one (besides the standard Galaxy S2, that is) that delivered an iPhone-like smooth experience. I would just get an iPhone, but despite being a Mac person I honestly feel that the lack of personalization and ho-hum screen size make using it an underwhelming experience. I reset several (including all three LTE phones) to factory defaults, tweaked some basic settings a bit, and put them through their paces doing my best to replicate my typical usage. The Vivid won me over in the build quality and ergonomics departments, but as much as I like some features of Sense that make for a great usability experience (keyboard, contacts integration) it's undeniably to blame for some jittery/choppy performance that crops up too often and the customization of the Android OS renders manufacturer UIs largely moot. I thought that I could just root/overclock the Vivid to counteract its shortcomings, but have come to learn that it has a locked bootloader that seemingly has no fix in sight. (VERY disappointed in HTC/AT&T for doing this) While not a big deal to most, the Vivid's speaker was also barely acceptable in volume (as I've come to expect from their devices) while the Skyrocket reached a great level. (as I've also come to expect from Samsung) The LG Nitro was extremely poor in this regard and, as I use the speaker on my phone quite a bit, pretty much took it out of the running.

...but I digress for the rambling. Moving on to the purpose of this thread: the screen. It's a prominent part of any modern smartphone and it's the one feature keeping the Vivid in the running and making me doubt the Skyrocket. As an owner of an ISFd Pioneer Elite Kuro, (also known as the undisputed king of flat panel picture quality) the former immediately impressed while the latter made me recoil in horror. (as did the standard S2) The Vivid's qHD display is naturally sharp, has great color fidelity/saturation, and has a fairly neutral grayscale. The Nitro's 720P display was also nice, but the grayscale tinged noticeably blue and was a bit on the soft side overall. I didn't have a problem with the Skyrocket's resolution as I didn't see any obscene artifacts on text and it looked a bit sharper than the Nitro, but the unnaturally saturated colors were harsh and the grayscale (white in particular) is an absolute joke. The black level is excellent and clearly better than both the Vivid (good black) and Nitro, (respectable) but that's the only advantage amongst numerous critical deficiencies. I can overcome the Skyrocket's plasticky feel and too-flat design with a case and, as previously mentioned, am confident that I can customize the device to make up for any UI shortcomings, but if there's one thing that can ruin my experience with this device it's the screen.

So, a question: what are my options in correcting the screen inaccuracies on this device? The oversaturation I could probably deal with, but the grayscale/white balance is my primary concern. I do not want to read a web page like this one where the text is floating in a sea of blue. One review I came across (I've watched/read many for several devices) mentioned a free app called "Screen Adjuster," but upon further reading found that the Skyrocket's grayscale isn't linear so if one calibrates to perfect white then gray/black could actually be tinged a color like red or throw off color reproduction. Are there any apps/mods that will solve this issue? Is there a custom ROM out there that corrects this issue? Any help is appreciated. :)