yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhuynh:
It's in the market now so just re-install it from there is probably best.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kid.Flash:
Hey so I just got the skyrocket a few days ago and everything was working great until today. A few hours ago I got a text message and Facebook notification at the same time and the phone froze up for some reason. After I locked and unlocked the phone a few times it started to work again however the drop down notification menu has stopped working. I can't drag it down anymore but I still can bring it up through the menu soft key. I tried rebooting, pulling the battery (while phone was still on), and even factory reset it through the recovery menu but nothing worked. AT&T tech support couldn't fix it so I was wondering if anyone here experienced this or knew of a fix? I wasn't planning on rooting/putting a ROM on this phone, but if I have to in order to fix it I will. Any help would be great, thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Skyrocket2Paradise:
a new rom would probably fix it but i would go back to att and have them exchange it for a new one because you have 30 from when you get it that its covered by att
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tomtommy306:
Take it back...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fear676:
Definitely take it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] liam77:
When I go to 'About Phone' under Settings, I now have a 'System Tutorial' item there. It's never been there before. When selected I get 'Unfortunately, Settings has stopped.'

The only thing that's changed on my phone today is I've uninstalled the cyanogenmod DSPmanager.apk (that I was trying out) with Root Explorer.

Has anyone else seen 'System Tutorial' in their settings? How can I get rid of it?

I'm on stock 4.0.2 Yakju, rooted.

Liam.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Not there for me stock 4.0.2 (yakju) GSM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] liam77:
I will flash it back to stock 4.0.1 and let it do it's OTA update to see if that fixes it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crossover37:
In your opinion, which Kernel runs the best on the GSM Galaxy Nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerozoneice:
the stock one
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
What's the build numbers for the 4.0.3 kernel??

Thanks guys.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Is there a way change the bootloader to say locked and not re-locked yet?

Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Nope, not with Hboot 1.50 and S-On
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
not even with this new downgrade stuff coming out?
[HTC EVO 3D] Terepin:
You can't do it even with HBOOT 1.40 and S-OFF. :(
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Damn. Lol. Ok. :(
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Ya you are stuck as relocked :D not a big deal . Lol you could take a sharpie marker or black tape and cover the re to make it say locked Jk . Someday I believe someone will fix that part.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
hahaha, hopefully.

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
It turns out the color gradient banding issue has to do with how each app is set up to display which color depth (16/24 bit).

It has nothing to do with resolution nor pixel density.

Banding(countouring) is a digital artifact common to images, displays or apps of 16bit(thousands of colors) or less.

A 24bit capable display(like our galaxy note) is capable of show 24bit (3x8bit of RGB or Millions of colors) images - if view in a 24 bit app.

If banding is seen, it is most likely that the app is not 24bit capable.

Viewing 16bit or lower resolution gradient images on a 24bit screen (like the galaxy note) will also show banding.

It is up to the app developers whether they want to make the app 16 or 24bit.

This is where I finally found the answer to my question

This is why the image below displays fine on some apps, but appears to have banding on other.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Synner12:
Is there another phone out with a 24 bit display? If so, it's easy to prove.

My earlier statements still hold true. The graphics will catch up to our devices.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BigBrotherMotown:
Nice!

:D

Dude you just save samsung a BILLION DOLLARS...LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
My only questions:

1) Why are there some Note owners who claim to have ZERO banding issues in all of the same apps that banding / color depth issues are known to occur on most Notes?

2) Is there a way to mod the kernel / software to lock the display into 16-bit mode as a temporary solution?

3) Does ICS do anything to address this issue on devices with 24bit displays?

The fact that the banding is present in major Google apps like YouTube doesn't bode well...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
palehorse, do you see banding in the image above? do you see issues when running a video off sd card at native resolution? if not, then i am not sure what an exchange will do, but it is worth a shot!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nlghtcrawler:
I think i can answer your first question. I think it's a matter of the person actually seeing it or noticing it. But from a previous post someone claimed their screen was fine but the screenshot showed the banding.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
I see horrendous banding in literally every image or video that contains deep blacks, and in every app except Dolphin HD. And Dolphin, the deep blacks become gray. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
You can't judge it by screenshots -- screenshots don't capture the screen banding. If you view those same screenshots on a PC, instead of on another Note that has the banding issue, you'll see that those screenshot images are actually perfectly fine (no banding).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
On the Nook Color CM7 build, dalgrin coded an app called Nook Tweaks that included a soft switch for 16bit/32bit modes. Would something similar be possible with the Note? If so, we might be able to lock or Notes in 16bit mode, which might temporarily solve the problem until the apps catch up -- or until the Note's gfx drivers are fixed to properly switch the mode themselves.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
1) I don't know, but I've went to 3 Best Buy stores and 3 AT&T stores and tested around 20 GNotes - and they are all the same. (It's definitely not an hardware issue).

2) Maybe, I'd defer that to android developers.

3) I've heard rumors that ICS is to address this inconsistency issue. The best way to find out for now is to try the same thing on a Galaxy Nexus (24bit/1280x780 display) running ICS. That phone's display hardware is almost the same as ours while running ICS. Also, we can have our international GNote brothers/sisters running the Chinese Version of ICS 4.0.3 owners try it on their phone. As a matter of fact, I'm asking a couple of my friends to try that for me tomorrow when they wake up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] connordroid:
That image in the OP looks fine in every app that I've tried. Are others seeing banding in that particular image?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
that's because your apps showing that image are 24bit capable.

I'm triying to find a 16bit only app to show banding...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
I have the At&t Note and it has 0 black blocks

And I am very pick when it comes to screens. I had the international not that had a garbage screen with all videos and everything with dark scenes looked very very bad. The At&t Note I got its perfect with any video from YouTube app to the browser anteaters it plays the dark and black scenes pure. Its a hardware problem go and exchange. If we are running the same software its impossible to be the software problem. It has something to do with manufacturing dates or something.

And I know how to look for the black blocks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] droidal:
When you watch youtube videos is it HD when the HD and green dot are lit up or when they're grayed out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
Any way I watch there is no black clocks. The low quality plays low but all the colors are normal no ugly blocks. I know they are ugly. That's why I sold my I7000 unclocked version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
please stay within topic (gradation banding).

thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] connordroid:
Does anyone else see extreme banding on the splash screen of the xda app? Its pretty bad on my device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
I see it too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] connordroid:
If everyone is experiencing the banding issue at the xda splash screen couldn't the dev behind the app confirm or deny the explanation in the OP. I'm not familiar with developing apps myself but someone here must be able to acknowledge if the problem is indeed related to app development.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
Yes i see it.

Sent from the Almighty Note!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] amcl:
I see it too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
I'd rather say generally it's not a color depth issue. I've tested the attached image using Opera Mobile, Firefox, ES Image Viewer and Gallery and Win7 PC.

The image in Firefox in fact has color banding very similar to the banding achieved when changing screen color depth to 16 bit in my Win7 HP ProBook laptop.

However in Opera, ES and Gallery I can see much finer stripes - and the brightness of them when going frop top to bottom of the image does not increase properly - stripes differ randomly in brightness - like they were mixed somehow.

Also in low light conditions and low brightness settings (reading at night) I can clearly see some kind of random noise/artifacts when displaying pure white image.

Yep, we all see it : )

Also here is a photo taken @ iso 1600

img840.imageshack.us/img840/7725/galaxynotecolorbanding.jpg

(sorry for such link but I'm not permitted to post it normally as working URL - new users restrictions)

There is some noise from camera, however artifacts can be seen. Also the bottom photo shows some of the gradient displaying issues.

Generally this HD Super Amoled is the biggest disappointment in Note. I hope I'd have a choice in the near future (in form of competitive device) and never have to spend this amount of money for such poor display never seen in my entire IT life again xD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
**PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IT'S NOT MONITORED**

Dear fluoxethine,

jimmer411 has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Galaxy Note Gradient Banding Issue Explained - Color Depth - in the AT&T Galaxy Note I717 General forum of xda-developers.

This thread is located at:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1513838&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
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Sweet :3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Synner12:
No...we don't "all" see it, at least we would not all classify it as "extreme". That is a HUGE part of the problem here. It's a relative issue. To me, the banding on the pull down notification menu is much more pronounced. I can see banding in the XDA app, but I would not call it "extreme". I can easily see how someone could look at it and say it looks fine to them.

It's a matter of perspective.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Fernandq:
I must be blind and need glasses. Every graphics looks fine to me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
Here is the video I made to show that my Note is playing pure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv_4gO7WRUs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
Watched same movie - looks perfect @ auto brightness. But change the brightness to 25% using Screen Adjuster and watch it in a dark room - you'll see artifacts if your device is affected. In my device artifacts are clearly visible when displaying some photos and can bee seen in lcd test apps from market.

The problem starts in darkest parts of gradients.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
I just watched in the lowest brightness and its perfect.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
I assume that you've used Screen Adjuster because it can give you much lower brightness level than from android Settings menu. Also your eyes must be adapted to darkness.

Anyway the best way to test the screen is to display static test images - gradients of various colors and white at low brightness levels to show that it is not uniform.

So maybe this simple way. Please tell how the gradients image form the first post of this thread looks like for you:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22892105&postcount=1

Please set system brightness to maximum (and turn off auto). Open that page using native browser 'Internet' and display this image at a few various zoom levels. Then tell us if this gradient looks perfectly smooth for ya.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
Look pure no lines or shadows.

Now you going to say I can't see right:)

I don't know how else to prove

Because I know how bad it looks with the bad screen. It was bad no the international unlocked version I had month ago, but I sold it. It looked like it had charcoales on the screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
Nope. I'd say Thank you. Now I'm almost sure my device is defected. I'll check it at local dealer's shops to confirm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
Thanx that you believed me. I want everyone to own a perfect Note. Because we are paying for it good amount of money.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] samomamo:
Maybe Samsung manufactures different places that's why the screens are different, because we are all running the same software now. And guess its impossible for the same software to give different colors or banding on the same samoled display. Then it must me the display problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
So I generated a radial gradient test image in png format (lowest compression):

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2591/testradialgradient3.png

Doesn't matter if it's png or jpg - it looks nasty in 'Gallery' or in 'ES Image Browser' on my device unfortunately.....

Let's see now how Samsung services in my country will respond to this issue.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
Looks better on my Note than my desktop honestly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
So I can be really pissed of now xD That's mainly because of the time lost to solve this issue (possible arguing & explaining to manufacturer which is common nowadays) and the fact that my device could be disassembled and not treated well (possible scratches and other - my old Nokias and HTC weren't in best condition). Remember - gorilla glass isn't really scratch proof, so better put some protectors before sending it for warranty repair xD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] crawt1:
Compared Note and SkyRocket to HTC's SuperLCD

Thanks to all for posting this info on the Note. I went into ATT and looked at the Titan II, Note, Skyrocket and my Captivate. I played the YouTube Popeye the Sailor Man 1st episode (terrible quality vid). One thing I noticed is a faint yellow halo about the size of a quarter right in the center of the display on Sky and Note but not on my captivate or Titan. The sales clerk agreed.

The banding is more discernable on the Note and Sky and the gradation from black to white is different and of less quality.

Another sales rep told me that they had frequent training with the manufactures and said that the LG guy proved to them that their display was better than the AMOLED. Well that makes sense, LG makes the best TV's.

I really want the Note but it's up in the air for now. I'll go down on Sunday to see the HTC One X and do a side by side with other phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
Nope, looks nasty on my color calibrated monitor too. Bad image.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] talonted:
Just for reference, I'd posted this in the other thread. All 3 of these are AT&T Galaxy Notes, Made in Korea, Stock Gingerbread with the same display settings. Middle one is my new one I got from AT&T when I complained about this issue, outer two came from two different Best Buys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
Man, this is my first sammy device(former htc user) and I've never seen so much whining as this. The display on mine is beautiful and I see no issues as described.

If this is the status quo for sammy users, maybe I need to go back to htc.

/rant
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] n00b1269:
I have 0 banding l. I actually stayed with the blue instead of exchanging to the the white because i was afraid of getting on with it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barbarian:
Agreed Tx. The whining on these forums is downright pathetic.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
This is how the Steam app by Valve looks like - notice colorful horizontal stripes:

(there are vertical artficats visible - these are just scratches on the protecting foil)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
The infrequent banding doesn't bother me, but the black clipping/crush problem pisses me off on a daily basis. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
It's now clear why Samsung does not promote his Note as full 24 bit palette device ; )

http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note/spec.html?type=find

(only resolution stated ; )

I'm just glad I'm not alone and that Tab Note won't have AMOLED. AMOLED is kinda of gif quality. It's like alpha version not yet ready to be released. IMO Note is overpriced.

I'll just wait for a similar product from other manufacturers and switch right away.

Anyway - some dithering algorithms could help. Hope is in ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sinful Animosity:
The colors don't bother me at all. All the people whining about it... All I can say is: first world problems.

The community is infinitely better than the Atrix forums, but the whining about bands and colors on a screen is just irritating. I had the Atrix (one of the worst screens in the world according to some people) and it seemed fine to me. I also owned a captivate and inspire and never had a problem.

I'm tempted to move to HTC in 2014, so I won't have to see this anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] paleh0rse:
You know who the worst offenders are? Those who whine about other "whiners."

If you have nothing to contribute to the thread or a solution, then just ignore it and move on to something that interests you. Nobody here asked you for your personal opinion about their character; but, since you broached that subject, I figured I'd give mine about yours...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpg71:
I've had a few HTC devices, most recently the Thunderbolt and the Nexus One. Plenty of whiners in those circles over the years as well. Just saying.

Choose the phone for the functionality, not the people on the internet who own them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] talonted:
You have to look at it from our point of view. We bought the phone with the biggest, best display of anything currently on the market, and you cannot even watch a simple Netflix or YouTube video on it without all the black scenes distorting to the point of becoming illegible. If yours works perfect for you, great. If yours has the black crush issue and it doesn't bother you, great. But it bothers some of us, and were it not for our constantly want for bigger, faster, more capable phones, then NO ONE would have one of these amazing devices.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mintu123:
i own n7000 and att note.only time i get issue on netflix and youtube is when im watching something was made few years ago or just bad quality video.i still think its samsung fault for not coding the screen to auto adjust to 16 or 24 bit.they need to fix this issue with ics release.i think its a software issue and samsung can fix it.or some kinda of hotfix for gb
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
Excited to see if the next ICS leak brings any change!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
It did. The banding is gone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Kcube989:
Black crush as well?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25998307&postcount=1337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
this is the banding thread, not the black crush thread.

thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fluoxethine:
It is the same problem........
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] garypix:
In GB: I had the banding problem, not the "black crush" problem.

In ICS: I don't have the banding problem nor the "black crush" problem.

Therefore, no, it's not the same problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
Such beautiful screen...plagued by black crush n banding issues...:banghead:

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MaddMan420:
I hate myself for reading this thread because now I notice it on EVERYTHING and it drives me insane lol
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] neozen21:
THS Build 6.5 is now out, and I wasn't sure if the accurate battery for build6.0/6.1 was going to work since the SystemUI.apks have different file sizes.

Therefore, I decided to make one from scratch.

I just took gunnermike's mod and applied it to THS 6.5's SystemUI.apk. so all the credit goes to him :)

This is mostly for myself, but I decided to share it since others might find it useful too.

Enjoy!
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] OhioYJ:
Flashed it, works great. Thanks!
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] AuroEdge:
Would you explain how you did this please? I'm sure there's a lot of us who are interested.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] neozen21:
Sure.. I'll list the general steps, but obviously it's too much to explain every detail, so you must know a bit about how to use ADB, Android SDK, etc..

1. Pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk & /system/app/SystemUI.apk from your phone or extract from the THS6.5 .zip

2. Use APKTool to decompile framework-res.apk (apktool if framework-res.apk)

3. Use APKManager to decompile SystemUI.apk

4. Replace the stat_sys_battery.xml & stat_sys_battery_charge.xml in /res/drawable/ with the "accurate" versions (You can do that by reusing previous versions or get it via UT Kitchen)

5. Replace/add the battery pngs files in /res/drawable-hdpi

6. Compile using APKManager as system apk

7. Create flashable .zip file for use with CWM. You can do this by reusing an existing version and just opening the .zip and replacing some files..

Well.. hope that gives you an idea.. You can find everything online right here in XDA Developers forums or via Google.. That's how I learned too.. :)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] wilddoktor:
Many thanks dude; just what the Doktor ordered! :-)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] :
This may not be the appropriate place to ask, but could somebody compile a stock battery that is flashable? The Mesmerize versions of THS come with a accurate battery mod preinstalled, but I'd much rather have the stock battery.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] neozen21:
I can make one for you when I have time Monday..

Don't have the necessary tools here at home
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] :
That would be awesome, thank you!

Edit: actually you don't have to worry about it if you don't want, someone over at Rootzwiki put one up last night. Thank you anyway!
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] neozen21:
Lol.. I started already (but haven't finished).. I see now why you don't like the accurate battery.. it's an Android! :P

I see that post on Rootzwiki, it should have what you are looking for..
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masters2150:
I am wondering how bad the battery power gets when you overclock.

Someone suggested I install Doomkernel and overclock to 1.5Ghz. But how badly will this effect my battery life?

2Ghz will probably go through my battery faster than Obama goes through excuses.

But what about 1.5Ghz?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elspanish88:
lol i've got mine set at 1.6Ghz and my battery lasts the day... i have music on 70% of the time and check Facebook, Gmail etc...