yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
Some times, it looks like Sammy's QC lacks entirely. Or... they know the issues (if they don't, they're a bunch of mentally retarded blind fools) and approve them (that's it, I guess).

Chipsets differ, but not that much. There can't be 0 differences between chipsets, as they are being mass produced very fast, and given the difficulty of the process... You know :) .

Oh, yeah, I remember seeing that on the XDA Portal, if I'm correct. Was a hardware issue... needed some soldering... or that was for the HTC Desire HD? Oh well...

I'll try that combination myself, but not until next Sunday. Will confirm then whether or not I have black clipping or not.

Maybe what you experience now (no black clipping) is because of the software, and was never because of the hardware. Maybe I experience it because I am on TouchWiz ROM, not Asylum... which, by your claims, seems to have fixed black clipping.

But sure, keep that video coming ;) .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SpyderTracks:
Black clipping is definitely rom dependant, most of the custom roms have reduced clipping, it's to do with the blacks scaling in the software. If you try later ics roms you'll see improvements also.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
I can also confirm this. CM10 looks fantastic now :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
So... they improved so much in one month?! F my life, just when I started to like TouchWiz...

I see... Does the same apply for AOKP JB? And current CM9 / MIUI builds...? Can anybody provide info on that? -- I was planning on switching over to TMT MIUI, but my gut is telling me black clipping will rock hard on that...

LordManhattan, how's your subspace Internet connectivity? :silly:

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I'm curious, though... What tests did you perform to see whether black clipping is gone or not?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Man !

Now we have a universal kernel..

Switching roms from different realms is now a piece of cake thanks to Gavin..

Just give CM10 a swirl...you can always go back easily to whatever you were , :cyclops:

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
That was never a problem since HydraCore showed up. :)

I just want to properly set this up right now (CleaNote V6), with all apps and settings done... make a Titanium Backup backup and a NANDROID and then switch over while having the ability to always switch back to TouchWiz if I ever feel like I miss it (hopefully, that won't happen!).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
duh .....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
... yeah.

Scribbled from my Note powered by the best kernel (HydraCore) by g.lewarne
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
I'm not sure if my solution that I just discovered has already been discussed or not, so please accept my apology if it has been. None of the suggestions in OP worked properly on the two notes I had tried them on, I'm aware it did work for many.

As my battery level drops below 5% the screen brightness dims. I actually liked the warm mode effect the dim caused. As usual, shortly after I had to change the battery and the screen brightness was back to its normal settings, perhaps in 15% to 20% level. Today I decided to keep the brightness to the lowest as I was sitting somewhere with good lighting around anyway. Then I wondered how YouTube would look like under min brightness as YouTube suffers with severe banding on my Note. When I opened the YouTube app I could't believe how crystal the images were unlike before. I viewed a couple of videos and they never looked better since I owned my Note. I thought it might has something to do with Wifi connection, which happened to be very slow actually, so I decided to view a couple of movies from SD-Card and, once again, I couldn't believe how crystal they looked. Absolutely no sign of banding whatsoever and still colours (British) were very vibrant and black was as dark as you wish it to be.

Screen Mode: Standard

ro.lcd_min_brightness: 30 (in build.prop file)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Thanks for the input .

I never had problems such as banding, just some black clipping on some videos with dark scnenes.

But I hope your tip will help others with the same issues

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Thank you. Black clipping has always been the problem with my Note as well and in fact I meant to say that instead of banding.

I did test YouTube with 3G and for sure, 100%, the black clipping was gone but due to the connection type the pictures on the home screen weren't as crystal as they were when I was on Wifi but the videos had no black clipping either.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
My dear friend, you are a lucky <censored> :D . If I learnt anything from Samsung phones... it is that *any* phone with an AMOLED / Super AMOLED screen will either exhibit banding, either color tint, image retention (straight out-of-the-box), either mixture of them, either all of them, haha. Sadly, my phone has all of them, except for color tint (thank God the whites are white!).

Banding is most visible on gray backgrounds - for example, in the Tapatalk application.

Also, at the half of the screen, there is one vertical band... Well, from that band, towards the left edge of the screen, everything's fine. From that band, towards the right edge of the screen, the gray becomes darker and darker. So it's like gray, gray, gray, (vertical band), darker gray, darker gray, even darker gray, darkest gray. Haha.

Also, about image retention... well, you only need to know this : white images leave traces for the longest ammount of time " :good: ".
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
I have previously mentioned lowering the brightness to the min noticeably reduces black clipping. I have kept the brightness to the min for a couple of weeks now and wanted to share some info.

While I found viewing experience very satisfying but at other times it is not and this issue mainly is to do with Youtube app with 3G connection. I have noticed flash-based videos (non-youtube and playing in browser) look so crystal with min brightness. YouTube videos mainly playback clipping-free within browser as well. Then what I found which is very annoying is that within YouTube some videos look great but others suffer from clipping but with brightness being at min I noticed if the scene with the same lighting stays on long enough most clipping would go away.

I have now found a perfect example to this. Please visit the page below (I used Opera Mobile) and watch the youtube within your browser and even hit the full screen view. You would find the video quality is absolutely clipping free. Then open Youtube and navigate to AndroidCenteral channel to play the same video. You would find the video is covered with clipping. You have to be on 3G connection for this test. Thank you.

http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-optimus-g-video-test

So I'm thinking the clipping has to do with software issues in particular with video decoding in Notes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
Black clipping is visible on all brightness levels. At least that's how ~20 Notes I tested behaved.

It is not a video rendering issue. Black clipping is present on images, as well. Pictures, videos... if there's a very dark gray image, it gets blacked out, so-to-say.

I think it's a combination of software AND hardware issues... :(

Scribbled from my Note powered by the best kernel (HydraCore) by g.lewarne
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] henrique araujo:
sometimes the screen of my note is full of artifacts, do not bother, because soon disappears, and I think that is because of the overclocked kernel
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Yep...

I also experienced black clipping coming back and then going away again for a long time, on the same rom / kernel / clip ........

Mysteries .......

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shafez:
Screen Adjuster 1.6

I have been using Screen Adjuster for long time and noticed that version 1.6 is much better in terms of lag and screen colours, the only problems is it does not Autorun when phone starts on ICS.

I have attached version 1.6.

Another similar app is SunFilter - Screen Temperature.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwNCwiY29tLmJyaXB0cy5mbHV4Il0.

Regards
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Better than FILTER YOUR SCREEN app? Hmmmmmmm :rolleyes:

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shafez:
Screen adjuster is easier to use than Filter your screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eaglearmy:
Screen adjuster working nice for me, no more black clipping thx
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
By the way, the latest version is 1.7

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shafez:
I know, I noticed some differences in the performance and colours as I mentioned before.

My display seems ok I can see up to number 4 on the gamma test image, I use it because i like to give more blue tint to the display.

Regards

Update, I do have the black clipping, Just watched the Moderat - Rusty Nails and noticed the black clipping.

Regards
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shafez:
Screen Damage using colour filters

I have tried Filter Your Screen and it states that using colour filters may cause damage to the screen on the long run.

If this is true then filters should not be used.

Regards
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jjb555:
Hello all,

I have been using Sunfilter last month and I am very satisfied with the improvement of the screen image quality of my Gnote. Now I have started to enjoy with all type of images, videos.... Now the gamma_test.png image presents good transitions from 0 to 3 grey/black level.

My color filter values: 252,252,252 ( Related to the warning message of the "filter your screen" perhaps it is very important to.use same value in order to avoid future screen tint problems...)

Intensity: 3

Update:

One more think. It is absolutelly necessary to use one custom kernel with speedmod (k-9 or upper) mndie screen and color calibration settings improvements. (I test it with stock kernels and I think it is impossible to fix black clipping)

- I am using hydracore 4.3b kernel.

link for Sunfilter:

ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bripts.flux

Regards.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cybersip:
Can you provide the link for that app?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jjb555:
@cybersip

link for Sunfilter:

ttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bripts.flux

One more think. It is absolutelly necessary to use one custom kernel with speedmod (k-9 or upper) mndie screen and color calibration settings improvements. (I test it with stock kernels and I think it is impossible to fix black clipping)

- I am using hydracore 4.3b kernel.

Regards.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] yees-no:
using GN from 9 months now

I love it so much

only hated this ***ing problem and Samsung it not doing any thing about it

think will switch to s3 or N2 soon
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cxdz810:
+1, only thing that i dont like on my Note is that clipping thing...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
So for a general overview, we already talked about some "screen filters" :

-Screen Adjuster app

-Filter your screen app

-SunFilter app

I wouldn't know if filters may cause damage to the screen on the long run, because I use them only on demand.

And that's why my favorite one is - Filter your Screen app - .

It is very light and you can easily disable it by hitting the toggle on statusbar.

Also easy to use and andeasy to setup various presets.

If your phone got that many screen issues, that makes you use filters on a long run, imo you should take it to service, or replace it or return it

Right now I am on Asylum CM10 JellyBean rom and running it on 280 dpi and I don't see the need for any filters at all :fingers-crossed:

Furthermore this thread is not about reporting or whining about screen issues, but only to discuss the possible "remedies" for it eventhough that's a difficult task. since not every samsung phone is the same

Thanks everybody for all the use usefull feedback

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mhoobag1:
This has worked for me.

(Screen Adjuster App: RED to +3 and contrast to -16)

Thanks so much.... It was driving me mad on my new phone..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
I tried ParanoidAndroid and Asylum AOKP (both JB)... Black clipping is still there.

But the banding is almost entirely gone ._O

Scribbled from my Note powered by g.lewarne's HydraCore kernel
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] srinivas07:
I think I didn't find black clipping issue on JB.Is it there??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
People claim it's still there...

Scribbled from my Note powered by g.lewarne's HydraCore kernel
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] arinsms:
Black clipping still in xxls7 jb but much much lesser than ics.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
Really? Are you sure you're not just thinking it's less?

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] arinsms:
I watch movie all the time using note...and repeating same movie, just go try urself to be sure:laugh: and post the result rather than posting unnecessary sarcasm. :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Formhault:
I wasn't even being sarcastic. :)

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Motorola Droid RAZR] clutchdroid:
I hope this makes some users enjoy their MOTO RAzrs even more!

First thing I noticed is how bland and boring the UI is on the razr and the lack of a very nice clock / weather widget like HTC has.

Fix

DL, "go launcher ex" then search Fancy clock widget it like looks very similar to the HTC sense clock

2nd was how absolutely horribly laggy the picture gallery is.... when searching photos and even worse the zooming feature.

Fix

I Found a free app called "QuickPic" Initially it took longer to generate the thumbnails but once that was done it is Veryyy fast scrolling thru photos and the zoom works flawless even zooms much further than stock picture gallery.

3rd was the sound.. again absolutely horrible compared to my HTC incredible popping sounds low voice low bass, I didn't even want to listen to it.

Fix

I read on here about DSP and how apple uses it to enhance the sound so i did a search for DSP and came up with the "equalizer" app. Even without changing any settings it was a night and day difference in sound quality, then you can adjust as necessary. This app runs in background and changes sound for entire phone so once you set it you never really have to go back to it, use Pandora or any player and it will work.

4th I wanted to root to gain wifi tethering but was afraid of bricking my new phone or having unforeseen glitches annoy me even further.

Fix

again Found here on XDA forums a nice app called "FOXFI" no rooting required no fee. Just free wifi tethering with your 4G razr i love it.

5th Im sure we all know about "aptoide" an awesome collection of free payed for apps deff a must have!

6th I just received my "DIZTRONIC" Case and i love it! Very tight fitting quality made all cutouts are in the correct location Very happy with it.

Link to Diztronic site This is the one i purchased in Matte black (has gloss front to it)

http://tpu-cases.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=44_59&products_id=236

Other nice widgets i use

"Brightness widget" by curve fish Fast access to changing screen brightness

"Battery life widget" by curve fish Nice looking battery level widget customizable
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
No need to install a whole new launcher just to get the HTC SENSE clock https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImZhY3Rvcnkud2lkZ2V0cy5TZW5zZUNsb2NrIl0.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stylez:
Doesn't really look like the HTC clock though, Fancy Widget with H7C skin ;)

Not my screen but just wanted to show compare.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] clutchdroid:
I did not like the stock UI On the razr go launcher spiced it up a bit and the fancy widget made it worth it for sure, i had the other sense clock but fancy widget looks nicer
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lucidvtec:
Beautiful widgets!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Shinare:
Here here
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iolinux333:
Lux is the best brightness adjuster ever !
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Giblet535:
Text-To-Speech: best free is Ivona, but the overall best is SVOX Classic.

SVOX got their servers fixed over the weekend, so one can even install the voice data.

When I get texts or emails, my phone says very clearly in a sultry female voice "Sir, you have a message from NAME" where NAME is the name of the person from my contacts.

My phone will happily read me a story.

I change the voice when I'm bored: en-AU Olivia, en-UK Victoria, en-US Grace, en-US Dark Lord.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
Badass Battery Monitor will add a 1% battery to your notification panel and even estimate (based on usage) how much the longer the battery will last for before needing a charge.

Percentage seams spot on except for the last bit while charging up, it will leap from from like 95% straight to 100% like the stock battery thing does when charging.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lukyno2639:
Hey, so I was wondering quite a long time now (and I haven't found an answer), when I am changing either Rom or just want to wipe data/cache/dalvik cache... will the scripts I installed disappear ? Do I have to reinstall them ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AndroidGadgetCyprus:
If you install another ROM you'll have to reinstall them. If you are wiping,you don't have to, because you are wiping them user's data not the system data.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prawesome:
Yes,becuase it gets wiped when flashing a new rom.

Sent from my fingers to your face,take it or leave it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lukyno2639:
Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chargedbird:
Hey everybody, I am using Darkside Rom and was reading how to restore the data. I am a bit confused....I use Titanium Pro (paid version).

I do a Naroid backup and do a Titanium backup of all user apps + system data.

Ok. I finished flashing my current Darkside Rom and fixes and ready to resotre..

what are the proper ways to restore with out restoring system data...

What do I want to restore....any and all information will be greatly appreciated.

Ciao~

Brad
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Usualsuspect26:
When ur in TB, go to batch and choose restore app only. Dont select app+data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chargedbird:
when I am TB I do see that restore option.???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Usualsuspect26:
When ur in the overview section, press menu key on ur phone. Then ull see a batch option.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Colombia81er:
Okay i want to format the internal sd card. Cause i dont want nothing from there. How would i go on doing that

Only if you are not keeping the phone! MENU - SETTINGS - PRIVACY - FACTORY DATA RESET

Only if you are not keeping the phone! MENU - SETTINGS - STORAGE - Unmount SD card then Format SD card.

And i still have all the content from what i have b4 i updated to

::DARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3:: [v4]

I want to delete everything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] don728871:
Cwm then go to mounts and storage and for mate emmc
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BRKotucs:
I would do it on the computer if I were you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Colombia81er:
I finally deleted everything. Via PC lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shankar10:
I would not suggest you to play with EMMC (internal sd) since there is a brick bug. Not sure it will cause only by the script format or plain formatting. Just delete all the files IMO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] peconaut:
I always format my emmc and sdcard inside CW Recovery and never had a problem.

I only did it after running SuperWipe and only in CW Recovery
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
I found this layin around. My son has a samsung fascinate i bought em.to watch his movies on. He had this case but kept takin rubber off. Its.bout an 8 out of 10. If your interested just paypal. Me 4 bux for shipping and its yours
[Fascinate Accessories] OhioYJ:
Dibs...

If no one else has already Pm'ed you, PM me the paypal address and I'll send you a gift payment.
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
Pm sent
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Awwwwww I'm too late :(
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
I MITE HAVE A DEFENDER I CAN OFFER SAME DEAL ON TOMORROW
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
I'd like to claim it ahead. :)
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
ok i think my son had 2 of em. we found one if i find the other ill let you know. weve been doin some extreme cleanin this week man im findin old phones cases and tablets everywhere lol. ive been floodin xda with stuff lol
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Send me a pm if u find it. I'm also looking for an extended battery cheap if you have one
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
do you need a holster?
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Sure could :)
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
ok ill let you know this afternoon if i find it. i dont have any extended batteries. i pretty much sold everything i found except this black galaxy s2 i found in my jewelry box lol
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Sounds good. I look forward to it. I'm in AZ so its 5 a.m here lol
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
oh my bad man lol sorry
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Not your fault. I'm the 1 whos up lol
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Any luck
[Fascinate Accessories] bmoreboy02:
sorry for not updating....i found it man but my son did a number on it he ripped all the port covers off so i just tossed it in trash
[Fascinate Accessories] vrahn:
Awwwww crap. Anything else?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohdaqib17:
Hi,

I want to overclock my xperia mini pro, so i need a custom kernel, i am little confused ,that if i can custom kernel on my locked bootloader ??:confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Nope, custom kernels are not signed and locked bootloader allows only officially signed kernels to be installed.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohdaqib17:
So, How to unlock my mini pro's bootloader , can you please give me the link ??

Can i relock my bootloader again :confused: , is it easy and safe to relock the bootloader :confused:

Thax,

Aqib. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DragonClawsAreSharp:
Yea. Easy and safe.

Just check out my friend someguyfromhell's sticky at this forum. It has all required information and links.

(just a suggestion. The main reason our phones do not perform is that they have too less RAM and lots of crapware. Overclocking will not giving performance boost as you expect, but obviously, it's cool to have more options)

Thanks,

Rick
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Or just click the link in my signature :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xdevilium:
Or mine!

Lol :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
LoL
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] evilbarcode:
Hey bro,

There is a tool here by quangnhut123 Remember to thank him.

Cheers,

Evil.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mohdaqib17:
Which method i can use to unlock my bootloader so, that i can relock it back, to get back my warranty ?? :confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MSTHETERROR:
Test Point Method :)

Hit Thanks If I Helped
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xbox360k550:
+1 very good method, you save your DRM keys and original trackID was worked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] effluent:
I must be doing something wrong. My previous Android phones, I plug into computer via USB and mount it and just drag and drop files. This one you plug it in and gives you the option of MTP and PTP and won't let me move over a lot of types of files. I need to be able to move zips like a ROM over to the phone and it says file type not supported or some such and give me the option to skip or cancel the transfer. So it gives me no option to transfer. What do I need to be doing? Thanks.