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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
ICS update didn't fix the problem. I don't think this issue will be resolved anytime soon by any of us or Samsung.

Funny thing is when I view that gamma test image with "force gpu rendering" option under developer option in setting and view it with "QuickPic" app gamma test shows normal.

Both viewing with QuickPic

Without force gpu rendering

With force gpu rendering
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] liutszho:
Whoa great find. Gonna turn that on and see if it helps
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
Doesn't seem to work on everything... Ugh! So tired of these black crush issue can't even watch a movie without getting distracted by all the ugly pixels...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gontxo_nos:
Yes, it's a fail Software. The software work in a 16 suck bits...¬¬
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Start walking the walk..start your own bounty thread and confirm your rewards stimulating others to do the same......

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SappYoda:
That's not true at all. I downloaded this video: youtube(dot)com/watch?v=4Aex-1gyn10 and used MX Player to watch it at 32bit color and it still shows black clipping. The video looks fine on my Samsung Wave.

The fact that people can see all the gamma test tones is because those apps dither the image, but its not rendering the image correctly at all.

This is a hardware issue and there's no way to fix it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuramohammed26:
What ever the cause i hope this is note a hardware problem,cos if eventually it became true that it's a hardware problem,then am gonna sell the Gnote off:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gontxo_nos:
I think it is a SW problem...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MR.change:
it's mostly software ,cause with cm9 installed the banding is gone ,and the black crush is 60% reduced .

now I don't feel distracted by the horrible display calibration that was present before.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gontxo_nos:
We need that SAMSUNG launch a Fix for the Kernel of Android...:S.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] janice1234:
guys pls go to report in this thread, we need more voice to get Samsung attention about it.

http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/discussion/view.do?platformId=1&parentCategoryId=4&messageCategoryId=4&messageId=155754&boardId=1132&listLines=5&searchParameters=/bbs/discussion/forum.list.do?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kisstom:
Is GSIII also crappy Like note?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuramohammed26:
The fact that Gnote has that eMMC problem and this color saturation problem suggest one thing to me........ Samsung are loosing their touch...maybe i should start thinking of changing a brand.

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I have just posted my concern at http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/b...forum.list.do? please anybody that really want to see this s**t solved should go there also and post
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Wrong thread!!.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Screen Adjuster app and settings !

Loool

I have one of those GNotes with a good screen...(not every device is the same, due to Samsung's horrible production quality control...).

The only problem I WAS having was black clipping in a few videos with dark scenes..

So I got that Screen Adjuster App, set the RED to +3 and contrast to -16 within the app, and....

VOILÁ !

No more black clipping, not even on that Rusty Nails clip !!!

Now I have a perfect screen :):):)

Happy user here

Rom: Criskelo V7

Kernel: Seepdmod K3-3

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Edwardo77:
Just got new Galaxy Note and noticed this issue straight away watching dark trailer.

Many thanks for Screen Adjuster suggestion, it helps a lot with the black clipping.

There needs to be easier way of finding useful posts here, threads are bit of a mess

My view of AMOLED screens has changed completely after getting the NOTE, the colour banding issues make me want to return/sell the Note and not get an AMOLED ever again. Its like everything is 16bit instead of 24bit, and there are some colours the AMOLED cannot display.

Dark scenes and faces are where its really noticeable
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ogy77:
Thank you mate,very nice app,works perfect.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
And you didnt press thanks why? :rolleyes:

Anyway, it's not the Samoled screen, cause my sgs1 never had those issues.

Dont forget, there is an interaction with the PENTILE thing...

Furthermore, there are GNotes out there with perfect screens....

As long as it's software, you just need to be patient...

Unhappily there are many GNotes out there (looks that way), with recurring hardware issues as well, and that's another ball game....

I am very glad with my Note....

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It's not just the app....somebody from the Notemania team posted those settings (red + contrast) which did the trick....

Cheers !

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Edwardo77:
I had S2 and friend has S1, both have colour banding issues although not nearly as bad as the new NOTE

It is a big flaw with AMOLED screens.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
I took my post and started a new thread with the tip:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27523115#post27523115

Fresh thread, your idea ;)

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] paleh0rse:
You also have no more true/deep blacks, so congrats on your "perfect screen"...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] janice1234:
losing true black is least better than having black clipping.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Here you go again:

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] QuadLight:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26623861&postcount=859

Enough to write a this thread that has previously been found and discussed. Topic has simply run its course

Everyone is already clear - supercurio is poor programmer and just a liar.

Perhaps only one solution - replacing the display unit in samsung service

Stop wasting time on a decision already solved the problem

The topic should be closed by the moderator
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuramohammed26:
Please OGA Supercurio help us ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] N1NJATH3ORY:
Hi has Supercurio stopped developing the app for the black render issues ???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
No updates for awhile. Its been almost half a year since galaxy note came out, and still no fixes don't waste your time or keep hoping. I myself given up and bought S3. No point stressing over last year's gadget, this way when galaxy note 2 comes out I can sell my S3 for decent price and come back to gnote world!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jkc120:
So the sgsIII's screen does not have this issue??? Well at least Samsung learned their lesson and fixed their screen manufacturing process...

This is good news, I may ditch my Nexus and it's crappy radio, mid-call mutes and crappy screen for an sgsIII then...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuramohammed26:
The fact is nobody knows what he is up to but my guess is that he has so many stuffs going down:confused:so you keep expecting good result and definitely he will deliver;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
Yeah it's confirmed no black clipping issues. Although there are some issues with black blotch/dots showing under lowest light setting in dark room, but in normal condition it doesn't show at all. I will take that over black clipping issue. No phone is perfect as we all know but as long as it doesn't bother me visually I can settle for it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tinderbox (UK):
Supercurio has only had 4 other post on XDA , since his last post in this thread on the 22 May.

John.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Note_E:
Thing is as a developer with paid apps, this sort of thing leaves a sour taste in the mouthes of people who've supported him. He will surely lose donations/customers on any future projects. Me being one of them. He is a fraud.

All he needed to do was visit this thread and update his many followers. I will never touch any of his work again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jkc120:
Does it fix this issue? I have a Nexus not a Note, but this is the annoying part of video playback on the Nexus I am hoping the sgsIII fixes:

https://plus.google.com/photos/110825127270933703288/albums/5707020841875297089

Is the above fixed on the sgsIII? Also the "blue blocks" visible in the camera app are the same kind of thing it looks like. Just trying to take a picture of my black dog I can see the blue blocks jumping around in the areas where it should be black.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] N1NJATH3ORY:
Dude i was going to sell my Note but dam i have spent to much on it first i bricked it that cost £260+Vat to replace... plus i originally paid £630 for it and 2 weeks ago i purchased a car dock for £40 plus the S-Pen kit holder for £30 official flip cover for £20 screen protector for £10.. im thinking is it worth me down grading screen real estate?? Also the S3 is an active pentile matrix display so really there no difference in the the quality black levels will still be messed up same as the Note ???

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i dont believe it has no issues its the same RGB Pentile Layout Display.. as the processer makes no difference to the display.. its on the screen black levels will be the same as the Note.. and if i was to put my Note on full brightness i would be achieving exactly the same Colors and black levels as the Galaxy S3 FACT!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tinderbox (UK):
I S3 has a blotchy screen problem, and the HTC One X has a yellow blotch problem when the screen gets hot.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1702635
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
Yeah I don't know what Samsung really did on the S3. It is same type of screen but the black clip/crush issue isn't there anymore. I read on S3 forum, S3's black isn't "true" black? Maybe they lowered contrast down? since I don't own the phone yet I can't tell for myself but to go on with what others say but I'll know for sure in couple days.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tian105:
wrong, it has the clipping issue still, i know because its the reason why i sold it...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
Perhaps not 100% then...but still huge improvement compare to Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] janice1234:
Samsung developer need infromation about black clipping issue

Hey guys, please provide more information regards the black clipping issue to the attached links, Samsung developer is required it. :)

Hi,

Please provide information about your phone -
build and kernel version, where this occurs.

Regards,
Adam Panasiuk
Samsung Developers

http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/discussion/view.do?boardId=1132&boardName=AndroidBoard&messageId=155754&messageNumber=&messageCategoryId=4&startId=zzzzz~&startPage=1&curPage=1&rowsPerPage=10&searchType=TITLE&searchText=&searchDays=0&searchTitleFlag=false&searchContentsFlag=false&searchRegisterNicknameFlag=false&lastPageFlag=&categoryId=800&parentCategoryId=4&platformId=1&selectOrder=REGISTER_DATE&selectOrderDirection=DESC&searchParameters=%2Fbbs%2Fdiscussion%2Fthread.list.do%3FlistLines%3D10|searchType%3Dtitle|curPage%3D2|selectOrder%3DREGISTER_DATE|selectOrderDirection%3DDESC|messageCategoryId%3D4|&nacode=&listLines=10&searchTextForm=&searchTypeForm=TITLE
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Scorbion:
WOOW finally samsung response !!!! I love it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
Wait, are you suggesting to spam me to get my attention?

Come on.. seriously.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] brockyneo:
I don't think you guys realise what supercurio has to do to get the results your all hoping for there is a lot of work tweaking etc (yes im no dev don't know the technical sayings) but i do know its not a 2 min job or 2 month job when supercurio has a fix he will release it until then if your waiting for Samsung to do anything then you will Have a galaxy note 3 by then
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jermitano:
unless youd be bringing something to the table mate it still wouldnt warrant it...you cant deflect the issue's solution to a guy who only offered a possible solution...jeezzz
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Note_E:
Or you can just update the people here with your status. Or if you continue to even work on this.

Yeah I say I'm going to fix something, receive donations, then abandon the project. Can't use the voodoo louder update excuse because you don't even update that either.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] KaranKapoor:
He never asked for donations. Whoever donated, did so because THEY wanted to.

The developer will release a fix when HE wants to. Also, he never promised any fixes in the first place -- just that he is working on them. Yes, I think he could do a better job with the updates but then again, his thread, his work, his choice.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuramohammed26:
Nope!all i want is your attention:p.... Now that we have you back could you be kind enough to let us know your progress:D we have been disturbing Samsung for a while but still i don't think a fix is on the way cos of so many stuffs with the Gnote(eMMC S**t)if you will be kind enough to help us then you are at our debt.so many people have this problem and we have no where else to find solution except here...I beg all Gnote owners to plead with me to SUPERCURIO so that we can have this issue resolved.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] paleh0rse:
Hey there! I think a simple status update would go a long way -- even if that means telling us that you've moved on and are no longer working on a fix for the Note. There are literally thousands of Note owners waiting to hear back from you regarding this issue, so a message to those thousands would be kind of you.

Either way, I wish you luck in whatever you're doing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PoisonWolf:
Supercurio, if you've moved on, you should just tell people. Do not keep people hanging.

I think what's important here for folks is to have closure. Uncertainty is more frustrating than knowing an unfavorable outcome.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
I'm not a fan of repeating myself so please refer to my previous posts in the thread. All of them are pretty clear.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nuramohammed26:
Common Poisonwolf be patient:cool:,lets just try and appeal to Supercurio so that we can get solution ASAP;)at least HE promised and i believe he will do it but all we need to do is encourage him:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] QuadLight:
try to explain

the picture "gammatest" for example,

"4" should look something like the "2" and "6" as "4" and so on
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
I used the Rusty Nails as comparison and I noticed that in some parts of the video where it was perfectly black w/o clipping now shows a more lit black and some parts actually get black clipping that were previously fine.

For example at 1:15 ~ 1:17 it shows a more lit black while the samsung mode shows darker. I cant post pictures right now since Im getting my screen changed tomorrow, from that point I'll provide a more detailed feedback with pictures.

It would be easier if screenshots can capture video rendering might be challenging for the camera to do so.

At that specific scene on my screen it shows a more lit black rather than total darkness and I think it was ment to be in total darkness as its like that on the S2, Samsung mode renders it perfectly fine and I believe its intended to be like that, the next scene is were I see lots of clipping from native mode while there is none with samsung mode and on the S2 its also perfectly black. There are no grey or lit black scenes as far as I can tell while watching the video on the S2 so I dont really know if there are dark scenes intended to have a lit black background or not.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dzontra11:
Still cant use this app..what i to do?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
If a zone appear as gray with Native and appears black in Samsung, it means it shouldn't appear black ever to begin with because.. its not black ;)

And indeed its hard to capture and explain.

For anyone interested in color rendering, I suggest to invest in a colorimeter.

Eye One display LT gives very good results for a low price, that's what I'm using now with HCFR.

And it lets you understand and demonstrate with efficiency what's happening.

Note: I'm not sure sharing pictures is a good idea. Unless taken in very specific and controlled conditions it adds more confusion than anything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] npras42:
But at that point it clearly is not meant to be a black background. The circle and lines are the only things that are 'pure' black (0,0,0) in that scene. The rest of the black background is 'nearly' black but not quite.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
You're still at snapshot 47 or your phone is not rooted?

Tell us more so we can help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] npras42:
supercurio, I have just bought your voodoo louder app as thanks. First independent xda dev I have donated to... (if you can call buying an app a donation!?)

Is there more development of this colour issue to come or is this as much as the hardware will allow you to do?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
I'm surprised nobody talks about sharpening halos and the effect on the way fonts look!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] QuadLight:
????

I'm sorry. do not understand what you mean. Nothing has changed or am I just looking wrong
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] npras42:
Please before I start let me say, let's not argue again like we did in your other thread which ended up being closed because of my rant! ;)

Anyway, I don't agree with you because if there is something more black on the screen and clearly showing as more black then it is rendering black correctly.

I don't believe that background is going to be perfect black because of the way it has been created.

There are undoubtedly differences between the S2 screen and the Note screen so I dont think it is that easy to compare, but are you able to make a clear differentiation between the black circle and the background on your S2?

If not I would venture to say it is the S2 that has less effective colour reproduction. Are you using any mods on said S2 to improve colour accuracy?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
Well Im not really sure how those scenes are supposed to look like, on the S2 the entire clip shows a very good dark scene on my regular TN-LCD I dont see a change in dark scenes but on the Note I see a difference between the Native dark scenes and Samsung dark scenes.

True!

Well the pictures will only represent what I want to say about some scenes getting better while others getting worse.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
Guys I won't allow baseless arguing.

If you have a doubt about the value of a color, DDMS, screenshot, gimp, color picker, end of story.

Black is #000000: anything else is gray or a color ;)

Facts and methodology please!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] npras42:
Absolutely fair enough. Is using DDMS to get a screen capture any different to using the built in screen capture?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
I did notice the changes in front on the application page that shows a goolge result of the N-7000 but I was more interested in testing out the video results :p

Im not arguing with you just saying what I see on the S2 and on the Galaxy Note, I dont know which on is supposed to be correct hence my statement of saying that I dont know how those scenes are supposed to look like.

On the S2 the circle fades to black just like on the Galaxy Note in Samsung mode.

No color enchancments on the S2, pure stock kernel, actually this aint mine but a friend who lives close by and I got the chance to borrow it for a short time.

Also I cant remember your nick that we argued so it means I never took it personally or it never made any positive or negative impact for me to remember your nick :p

Im pretty sure that I've made my statement in a none argue tone and manner, I was just merely stating what I saw and I was very specific that Im not sure how the scene is supposed to look like, sorry if I sounded like I wanted to start an argument.

I dont want any of my posts misinterpreted by anyone so I'll just keep most of the observation to my self (and only post if its really needed) and watch how the app develops, thanks for the hardwork.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
Its fascinating to me to notice that "2" #020202 luminance doesn't change at all across 0% to 100% brightness.

You can try by yourself with quick brightness controls like brightness level widget while displaying the "gammatest" (someone to rename it ? :P) in Gallery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dzontra11:
Got it..tnx and looks good now...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] benburch9:
This is fantastic. Do you have a Paypal to donate to?

I'm eagerly waiting for a more fully fleshed out release.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
Nope its the same. But its easier as the image is already on your computer (you don't even need to save it as PNG)

Or you may use an image editor on your device having color picking abilities.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] QuadLight:
special for you - foto - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/22222222i.jpg/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dzontra11:
Video works good now but pictures still have a black problem.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
Please, guys, re-read my previous posts before pretending I promised stuff or anything else.

It REALLY annoys me to read people saying things on my behalf, especially when its pure bull****.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joe2316:
@supercurio, can you upload the old voodoo tuning app? The green flash gives me a headache!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] martcerv:
Guys if a huge company like Samsung hasnt even got this issue that high on their priority list or dont know how to fix it themselves then you may be pinning too many hopes on a one man operation who is pretty busy as is.

Dont get me wrong I hope he does at some point release an app to improve our notes but acting the way some are in this thread I wouldnt be surprised if he just dropped it. But if you want somebody to do something for you maybe show some respect and bs ideas like spamming the dev arent going to help anyone.

If any of you think its so easy to do then go ahead and do it yourselves, nobody is stopping you otherwise shut up and show some respect to those that have helped you in the past and may help you again if your lucky.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] paleh0rse:
To be fair, even after reviewing your previous posts, the CURRENT status of the potential fix still isn't very clear at all.

I've never said a bad or discouraging word about you. I (and perhaps thousands of others who have been silently waiting with me) would just feel much better if you came out and clearly stated the status of the fix right now.

Please don't let the naysaying jerks discourage you from politely engaging those of us who still believe in and support your efforts.

A simple "yes, I'm still working on a fix for the black clipping on the Note," or "No, I've moved on," would go a REALLY long way. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Scorbion:
+111111111111
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] supercurio:
Okay. I don't like being annoyed.

Thread closed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sibere:
Well who could honestly disagree with black as being 0x000000 ? ;)

The problem is that 0x010101 is looking like 0x0A0A0A (just a random value piked here, nothing mesured!) when it should not be discernible from 0x000000

About font rendering:

It can only be visible on very small fonts.

What I see here is that the black halo is gone in native mode, showing the true color of the text (if not black obviously). In samsung mode, the black sharpening halo is changing the color to a ... darker one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] QuadLight:
All we need now is make something like this - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/img6708y.jpg/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] evil-doer:
thanks for letting me know about this. i just bought it as well.