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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letters_to_cleo:
I think the gallery uses a different color gradient and temperature than the stock ICS browser, much as if you view a rich encoded black contrast video on the stock video player and on a custom app video player like MX player... you get varying results...

I think this issue is a mix of both a hardware and software one, and though the Official ICS upgrade "might" alleviate this problem, I surely believe also that since this is a combination of a hardware problem, the clippings are still there but perhaps not quite noticeable anymore....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pboesboes:
The gallery uses 24-bit, and some browsers 16-bit, that is at least part of the problem.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letters_to_cleo:
it is at least part of the problem that can be fix hopefully with the official ICS upgrade but I bet my bottom dollar, it would not completely resolve it. Again, on my take, this is both a software and a hardware problem. Fixing it thru a software update is just a tip of the iceberg in resolving it. What is not or might not be resolve eventually is the hardware problem given the fact that everytime you take this issue to any Samsung (at least in our part of the world), the Samsung tech would always sum it up to replace the screen.

Replacing screens? so my only deduction to coming up on this is that they have unofficially acknowledged this as well as a hardware fault /problem also.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pboesboes:
That, or the Samsung techs just want your money. :p

I think I got lucky with my display, though. High quality video in MX Player looks beautiful, with the banding/crushing practically unnoticeable. It might also be helping that I'm running ICS (CM9)? Playing low quality stuff makes my eyes bleed though, the banding already present in the video becomes exaggerated by the high contrast/blacks crushing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letters_to_cleo:
You better straighten your facts, If I'm not mistaken, the poster of this thread have also have his screen replace by Samsung because of this said issue. Making that reckess quip "Samsung techs just wants your money" is a serious accusation to all Samsung Techs all over the world.. you might get sued for that irresponsible remark you have.

Anyway going back on the topic.. I laud you on your phone that has better screen quality than the rest of us here, it's nice to know that some have lesser issues than what we have been complaining almost on all other threads under the Note's forum. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pboesboes:
It was not a serious accusation, but a joke. I guess it came across wrong, sorry! Generally, a smiley sticking his tongue out means the preceding sentence was in jest.

Thank you! I have had the same issues in certain circumstances though, but it seems those are software related and on the hardware side I'm fine. I'm wondering what ROM/apps the ones with the severe problems like in CONTACTMC's youtube link are running?

Btw, for those on ICS and also hate the grey "gradients" in the ICS menu backgrounds: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1547477

One less eyesore!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mystic38:
You seriously need to relax.

1. Replacement of a screen under warranty by Samsung under no circumstances is an acknowledgement by Samsung that a problem exists.

2. The statement that "Samsung techs want your money" does not pass several criteria for a succesful libel case and would be summarily thrown out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CONTACTMC:
I am running stock 2.3.6, no root or anything else. This Note was brand new this morning and checking for the black crush was the 1st thing I did before installing anything. This is deffo from a different batch as well as the one I returned was defaulted to the german language, this one is English.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bioweb:
The biggest issue I have with these complaints is the generalization. I have a problem, I've seen a few others with similar problems post here so all of XDA must have this problem therefore every unit sold is faulty and the whole world has issues so Samsung needs to admit to this poblem...

For every complaint on XDA I've seen someone stating they don't have issues. It would be just as fair to say "we who have been saying we have no problems feel sorry for you but the problem doesn't exist because I've seen a few others that don't have problems".

Even if there would be a thousand different users complaining, that's still only a very small percentage of all sold models. All the other users either don't have a problem with the screen or are not bothered by it.

I for one think it's mostly software related. If I open a testpage with black to white gradient in the stock browser the gradient is not smooth but it's like it's skipping colors giving bad banding. However, if I open the same page with Opera Mobile the gradient is as smooth as it should be, going from black to white fluently displaying every value as it should.

It might even be the display over accentuating problem areas already present in the source materail. DivX/XviD and image compression all use techniques to mix colors with close values to adjecent colors. If you up the brightness of your tv quite a bit you'll start to see the same banding issues from compression and upscaling. Another thing is most applications you download from the market are still made for screens with 800x480 resolution or slightly higher. Upscaling already compressed material could lead to banding as well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
Do we really need another thread on this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projectrally:
Agreed. And if you're really having the crushing problem, just adjust the brightness upwards a little bit until the problem goes away.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CONTACTMC:
It happens at full brightness, I sent one back and got a new one from a different batch, it has the same problem but it is not as bad as my first.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvd7000:
Would you please play this link on your Note:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cay2dnuhcs

And, if possible, take a video of it playing on your Note that you say has no black crush. I am curious to see what it looks like on a "good" phone.

Also, could you please download the 22 grid test pattern found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1559800

Take a picture of what it looks like on your Note, and post the results here.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdodd:
That video does show the blockiness in the shadows. On my laptop it plays without the blocks.

Regarding the test image, anything less than 4 is represented as black. So I guess my Note is affected just like many others. Even so, for my daily needs it's not an issue which I run into. It would be great if it was fixed, but really it won't change my life one way or another.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvd7000:
I played the You Tube video that you have recorded on my Note, and it does exhibit less black crush than the example that I use for the demo. However, it is still there, albeit in smaller amounts.

I wonder if the fact that there are lots of flashing lights, quick cuts, and that there are black bars above and below the video (looks 2.35x1 aspect ratio) has anything to do with this???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvd7000:
Decided to Keep My Note with Black Crush Issue

My 30 day return window has closed, and I decided to keep the Note.

I had paid AT&T $299 for the "upgrade" from my Captivate, but after numerous complaints to them about the black crush/clipping issue, they gave me a $100 credit. I looked at other Notes in their stores, and ALL had the same issue.

the real reasons that I decided to stay with it was that I got spoiled by the screen size, and the fact that when I use a free app called "screen adjuster", I'm able to watch most (but not all) of the problem videos with reduced crush/clipping, albeit at a cost: No deep (true) blacks.

I'm still hoping that the official ics release, or a "back door" repair will fix this.

In the 30 days I've owned mine, I have yet to see convincing proof that anyone, anywhere owns a "good" Note in regards to this one issue.

I'll leave my black crush demo up on You Tube as a heads up to others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8aIGeLERg
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bioweb:
I've pointed this out in another thread as well but most of the crushing that's supposed to be caused by the screen of the Note is actually present in the source material. The screen just over emphasizes the flaws in the video.

While this definately is annoying to watch it is by no means a hardware flaw. As you can see in your own video, the brightness of the Note is a lot higher than on the compared phone.

Here's the proof. I played the exact same Glee crap on my pc, made a screenshot, changed the levels to up the brightness and you can clearly see the compression artifacts already present in the source material:

This is basically the same as saying your new 55" 1080p television's screen is flawed because crappy divx encodes movies are crushed/banded/whatever in comparison to your old 32" CRT tv while in reality that CRT tv just shows a lot less detail.

Here's another screenshot of another clip with crushing that's supposed to be caused by the screen of the Note:

First screenshot is taken from the 720p version and the second screenshot is taken from the 1080p version of that clip.

Most of the artifacts won't display on other devices because of different hardware implementation (lcd vs oled for example) and image processing done by your monitor and videocard.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bioweb:
Not being able to correctly display a test pattern is a whole other issue than claiming the screen causes banding/crushing, I bet there isn't a phone in the world that can properly display any test pattern simply because the screens are not properly calibrated or even meant to display true to life colors. The screen doesn't cause banding or crushing, it merely emphasizes the flaws already present in the source material. None of the material shown in this thread is artifact free as seen in my screenshots, blaming the Note for correctly displaying compression artifacts is not fair. Calibrate your monitor properly and you can see the exact same artifacts on your pc as well.

The screen does an absolute stunning job at displaying properly encoded/compressed images and video.

While it fails in the particular test pattern shown in that video, it does a perfect job at displaying generated black to white gradients on numerous LCD test sites. If you compare the two phones side by side displaying that pattern both phones are just as flawed. The Note on the left doesn't display values below 4 or 5 but the Captivate on the right just goes from light gray to slightly less light gray at 2 and boom, black at 1.

Like I said, this is the same as claiming your 15 year old CRT tv is superior to a modern LCD tv because it blurs out any detail so artifacts are hardly noticable on that 240p divx encoded episode of Miami Vice.

I never said this isn't annoying, I'm just pointing out that material that looks flawed on the Note also looks flawed on a decently calibrated monitor. The Captivate and other devices just use different hardware and intensity/gamma settings which results in a smoother but definately not representative image of the material. Using different settings may give nice results when playing Youtube crap but it can cause other issues like messing up detail in dark/black areas of proper material.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvd7000:
There is only one user adjustable picture setting on the Captivate and the Note: Brightness.

The gamma adjustment cannot be made by the user. It must be properly set by the factory or you will not have a correct looking picture no matter what you do with the brightness setting. The Notes gamma is broken.

This is NOT about compression artifacts, banding, or brightness. Blacks on the Note will be clipped on ANY source (properly or poorly authored) which just compounds the other problems and makes an otherwise acceptable viewing experience into a god awful mess!
[HTC Sensation] PanCubano:
So, I recently cracked the top of my screen. Digitizer still works and so does the screen (minus the small black blob from the crack on the top)

My question is, should I un-root, S-On, go back to stock and request a replacement? Will I even get another sensation seeing as I heard some people were receiving Amaze 4g's as replacement.

Or should I buy a new screen + digitizer and replace it myself?
[HTC Sensation] dislplin01:
If you have insurance I would just go that way but I would hope you don't get the amaze I don't like it and the development sucks
[HTC Sensation] PanCubano:
Bump for anyone who has recently replaced their Sensation's through insurance. Did you all get a Sensation back?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] 4xtos:
Hi,

I have samsung mini galaxy and im looking foor the stock rom of Pelephone for 2.3.4 .

There is a download for this?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Juninio18:
For Pelephone we not see any stock firmware on sammobile
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] 4xtos:
Where can i find it?

I want it to get the warrenty
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkMD:
So i want to get a new device... i have two quick reference... The LG Thrill 4G and the Motorola Atrix 4G... i love both phone but i just can get one... so the question is... Who is the better...

Please help me in my desicion

Sorry for my bad english
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pmakaasrul:
NVIDIA Tegra 2 vs TI OMAP 4

I greatly recommended NVIDIA Tegra 2 because most of the new revolution game for android support tegra 2...

and the hardware is stable also...many bug fix to that hardware.:D:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistermentality:
Although I have uk version of the thrill I would recommend the atrix as unless you like 3D its better overall with twice the ram which makes it more future proof as the 512mb can be restrictive.

Dave
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlayax:
Tegra 2;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmax1974:
Is it possible to use 2 bluetooth headsets at the same time?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyanv:
Only one at a time allowed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmax1974:
After more than a decade of BT-only usage, I still can't do that?!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zamboney:
You want stereo or what?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeromepearce:
I would like to as well. I have a BT wristband that vibrates on a call or SMS, and when I stray from my Note (ie leave it behind :eek:). When using it, I cannot use a BT headset as well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmax1974:
yes, I would like o be able to listen to music from the device on 2 BT headsets. Please don't give me a wired solution.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmax1974:
Oh this is just weird. after being among the first to adopt BT devices mor than a decade ago, I still can't get this to work?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wulfre:
I hope that this dosen't belong in Q&A, but I love this splash screen, however I have no access to a windows PC and was wondering if someone could convert it to a PC36IMG.zip or somehow make it so it can be installed via Linux.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popper668:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1403050&highlight=splash

direct your question here ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kairnage:
I picked up one of the new Elocity A7+. I was able to get it rooted with a little effort. But I have one issue I can't get past.

Whenever the pad reboots all the changes I make to any system related files reset to default. So if I edit the default.prop, it will go back or uninstall system apps and they are back after reboot. If I enable USB debugging , reboot it is disabled. The system and root show as RW

ADB windows see the pad but Linux wont, I have tried Ubuntu and Mint.

I am about ready to test a ROM I am making, but Even with my changes if it still defaults to my configuration that can be annoying for anybody wanting to do their own settings. Also before I posted how I got it rooted I was hoping to have a fix figured out to ad to it, but I am stumped.

Any ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kairnage:
BUMP..................
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prashanthme:
I was using nims MIUI GB RC2 before no problem no nothing.. After few days i tried CM9 beta 8... It was nice and smooth.. But i wanted to revert back to MIUI GB RC2 so i flashed again doing all wipe.. Now the problem started while applying a lockscreen(Yes it worked earlier) after applying the phone stuck. So i left it and went to cabin to my work.. Just saw the phone it was stuck at bootscreen.. Waited more than five min.. So removed the battery and tried no luck.. So reflashed the ROM.. Now one more problem "SOFT REBOOTS".. I installed play music if i keep some song to repeat for long time, and phone is locked it waits till the song gets over as soon as it gets over the phone gets back to boot screen surprisingly EDGE converts to 3G!!! Its doesnt ask for PIN also(So its a soft reboot)... ny solutions for this isssue? I have one doubt did i needed to do a format/system after cm9??

Thanks in advance,,:):):)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsick:
Hi everyone,

My menu and back buttons have stopped working on my SaskTel I9000M (same model as Bell). I am currently running Team ICSSGS RC4.2 with Semaphore ICS 1.0.

I need to get back to stock as I doubt they will honor my warranty if it has custom ROM on it. I have tried installing a stock rom in the past, but the bootloader always says I9000 rather than I9000M.

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivelee123:
Hey guys

I have cm 7 on my HTC wildlife and I want to reinstall a stock eclair rom.

I have tried the ruu exe files and keep getting error 170 saying my phone isn't connected. I've tried all solutions I could find, phone doesn't even reboot into bootloader wile its running. I have also tried the zip files but when I try to install with clockworkmod recovery it just says installation aborted.

Do any of you have a working version for 3 UK, or do any of yyou know what I'm doing wrong?

Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivelee123:
Or does anyone know where I can get a stable rom that will let me install flash 8 or higher
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkhShadow:
You need a specially compiled flash player for ARMv6, search forums for it

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivelee123:
Hmm ok, thanks, any idea what section it will be under?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkhShadow:
Android apps I think

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clivelee123:
Found and installed version 10.2 now :) thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkhShadow:
No problem :)

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherryduck:
Okay guys and guyettes, I flashed the Siyah 3.0.1 kernel to my lovely S2 but my battery died overnight and now the darned thing won't boot. Due to an issue with the kernel, it automatically tries to boot when the phone is plugged in to charge, but not having enough power to boot up the thing dies and tries again. Continuously. It won't go to recovery mode and if I try to launch download mode it tells me it can't because of the low battery and then starts bootlooping again. Please please help, I've been without my phone for a day and I'm away from home with limited internet access so I REALLY NEED IT D:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
pull out the battery keep sometime out, and put back and leave it for 1-2 hours for charging....then boot and restore your previouse kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherryduck:
I've tried leaving the battery out overnight, but whenever I put it in and try to charge it just does the same thing. Automatically tries to turn on, doesn't have enough power to power on, shuts down, and tries again :-/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You need a new charger battery or find some way of charging your battery outside of the phone.

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roni2915:
Did you use SetCPU or Voltage Settings app to tweak with the frequencies/voltages? Theres a high chance that the Siyah you flashed doesn't support the frequency you have on your device. Id tell you to go into that app and restore defaults.

I was on NEAK before and flashed Siyah on top of it and it constantly kept rebooting and then i realized that if you get constant reboots, they mention to play with the voltage settings.

Try it out, maybe lower it from 1200Hz to 1000Hz being the max.

Let me know if it helps! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzmtl:
Happened to me once when I let battery run down too much. I left it charging in bootloop for a while, then unplugged charger, boot the phone, and replugged charger.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MyLifeRocks10:
Well that was the issue of the kernel but it was solved later. For ur problem try to charge ur battery using master charger. Also try to go to recovery mode while charging and charge for a while and reboot ur phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherryduck:
I've left it "charging" in bootloop overnight but it still won't turn on enough to set it charging properly :-( it also won't enter recovery mode so I can't leave it charging at that. My housemate back home has an S2 so it looks like I'm stuck without a phone until I can get back and borrow his phone to charge my own :-/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Hmmm. This is a long shot, but try this: plug the phone in. Then, while it is booting and the phone is still plugged in, take the battery out. (this used to work with my old Motorola Milestone - it would stay on even when the battery was out)

If it stays on, put the battery back in and hope for the best. Otherwise, you'll need to either acquire an external battery charger, or wait til you can borrow your buddy's phone to charge your battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
Plese change such headings.....

A request to the members to change such headings...which directly give a bad impression of a product wich is an outcome of very hardwork of some dedicated devs....this may be only your case with Siyah kernel which might be a result of your earlier config, whereas thousands of users are using the same flowlessly....

thank you
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] azadtaufiq:
cut the crap,i i wanna share java emulator that let us run .jar app on our phone..just flash it using cwm or u can extract it and use root explorer and place the file inside it at the specified folder..

im not responsible if ur phone going into deep sleep..:p
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] fma965:
have you heard of a edit button rather than creating a new thread?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] azadtaufiq:
actually not my fault it become double thread since i just make A thread..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] azadtaufiq:
mod please delete this thread