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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
I'm looking through scripts from a developer and I'm wondering what the hell is going on...

First off I noticed this:

ui_print("***Removing Old Scripts...");
delete_recursive("/system/etc/init.d");
ui_print("");

As far as I know.. Releasing a tweak pack that completely obliterates init.d is bad.. no?

Then this:

# Script is designed to remove all journaling and move dalvik cache to /cache

Moving dalvik to cache, understood.. But removing Journaling from a Journaling FS.. What the ****? What would be the point in using that filesystem at all then?

Then we have this:

# Dont Kang My **** Bro
# Copyright Pending

# Starting Script...
mount -o remount,noatime,auto_da_alloc,barrier=0 /system /system
mount -o remount,noatime,auto_da_alloc,barrier=0 /cache /cache
mount -o remount,noatime,delalloc,noauto_da_alloc,barrier=1 /data /data

# End Script

How the hell can you claim copyright on mount strings? Do you know the definition?

And to end my slight rant we have this:

#!/system/bin/sh
# Kills Background Logging

# Dont Kang my **** bro
# Copyright Pending

# Starting Script...
rm /dev/log/main

# End Script

I'm not the brightest tool in the shed.. but why would you encourage users to disable logging? Wouldn't this be the one major thing you would want people to KEEP?

I'm just trying to figure out how people can keep getting away with things like this.. Anyone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
"#Copyright Pending"

Are you kidding me? You cannot copyright anything to do with modifying the Linux OS... It is Open Source!!!

Great find btw. I hope to see more on this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
Yeah, we know where these came from...

Obviously, he's having some sort of meltdown; good thing he's taken his act somewhere else...wish his groupie would join him...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daryelv:
If the dev is replacing all the scripts in the init.d sub-directory then I see no problem with this. Putting in logic looking for specific scripts to blow away would be a PITA.

Journaling can be on or off depending on how "risky" you want to run. In all honesty, running a filesystem with journaling off isn't that uncommon or risky, but it's a "feel good" factor. Other devs may have the opinion that journaling should be turned on to be the safest possible. It's really just about personal preference. Journaling can be turned off to realize performance benefits.

Nobody can copyright it, I think it's just there as a joke or warning that credit should be given to the dev who made the modifications. You wouldn't want some of your work to get passed off as someone else's would you? Technically, there's no copyright that can be given for a mount string.

Disabling background will let the phone sleep better. In other words your phone doesn't have to wake up to write out a log that you will 99.99% of the time never use. Most users never even know about or care about the logging that goes on. Also, typically for any application, the closer you get to development code the more verbose the logging is and the closer you get to release code the more terse the logging is. Since we're dealing with leaks, maybe the logging is still set at a more verbose level and this help counteract that.

BTW- Why the witch hunt about this developer?

-Daryel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I say let's kang the heck out of his "****" just because...

I personally feel like developers as of recently have strayed away from what true Android development is about. All I have seen since upgrading from my cricket Zio is...

"This is my work."

"No, you may not use my work as a base."

"You stole my work bro!"

"I'm better than you."

"You better donate or I'll stop sharing my work"

"Don't kang my **** bro!"

Hate to break it to the majority of the community, but our developers thrive on borrowing someone elses work. This community is all about who can release their rom first and if someone else makes something similar, even starting from the same base they claim that it was "kanged"

Maybe we need a thread on a brief history of Linux... Teach these kids what developing is really about. It's definitely not about making something that you are not willing to share. The way I see it, if someone like Calkulin releases a ROM, if I want to use it as a base, I should only have to give credit where it is due. Android is built from Linux, which was originally designed to be open to the community to make modifications that will benefit everyone in the end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Well I was given these scripts to look at, I'm just trying to figure out why they would be used. Obliterating init.d would cause a lot of problems I believe, What if a rom developer has specific scripts in there and this pack doesn't replace it, could potentially ruin an install no? Also the explanation you gave about Journaling makes sense, as for logging.. I know it would boost performance slightly but why would you be content knowing you couldn't troubleshoot(much) without logs.

robertm2011:

Care to tell me who these are from, because I don't even know. I was just given pieces/parts.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
Wow. Your dumb dude. The script is deleting the old init.d file and then if you look at the next line `package_extract /system" its extracting the contents of the /system then it sets the permissions for /system/etc/init.d to activate the new scripts. And so on and so on. Next time know what your talking bout before you go attempting to degrade a developer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
Lulz. More stupidity. Ive looked at his coding and its correct. Try to get a better understanding of linux before you attempt to degrade someone. Thread reported.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Sure it extracts /system from the flashable zip, the point was if you obliterate init.d It's possible you're removing scripts the rom developer intended to be there. Scripts that will not be replaced. I'm not degrading a developer, I'm critiquing one. That's how these things work, someone releases something and others review it.

And Mattix724 is right, technically.. These are modifications to previously existing scripts. They cannot be copyrighted because they are just modifications.

As for you, I'd appreciate it if you didn't troll my thread. This is a legitimate thread asking for clarification on some things, the other users were helpful you on the other hand are just derailing the thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
This from the guy who came up with team troll for a name. Ok buddy. Read deeper into the script. You obviously dont understand scripting. And your not critiquing. Ur just being an ass/troll
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Team Troll doesn't troll the forums... Just raising awareness.

Milenko has a good point, this is something that needs to be discussed. That's what XDA is all about.

No one is bagging on anyone here, no names have been mentioned. Let's keep this clean.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Team Troll is a play on the BS that goes on in these communities. I'd appreciate it if you didn't join this thread and start bashing people because they are critiquing and asking questions about others work.

Again, You're derailing the conversation by throwing in nonsense, the other users in this conversation were more than helpful, I'm politely asking you to get out of my thread now and allow the conversation to move forward accordingly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
Would u like me to spell out everything like you are a kindergardener?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Theirs no reason for name calling, I'm just asking questions. Why do users like you insist on derailing conversations instead of actually being helpful?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I don't really see any reason for journaling to be.disabled, since EXT4 is a journaled filesystem it should stay enabled to ensure that the system is working as intended.

Here's an article about EXT4 filesystems.

https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
Well what do you know Kobridge tweaks has the exact same updater script as reactives.....hmmmmmmm so maybe they are both wrong which means.......help me out here? Wait for it......*Sigh* Did you check kobrigde tweaks? Literally the EXACT SAME SCRIPT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Could be both wrong. You're getting bent out of shape man.. Calm down.

I simply asked why obliterating init.d was a good idea, I don't think it is.

You said they are identical, I don't even know who's scripts I'm looking at. Are they Kobridges or ReActives? And who kanged who?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I actually checked Kobridge's scripts and they are not the same. Kobridge does not claim copyright to any of his tweaks. The script simply has a "created by" at the top of the script.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
updater-script

ui_print("================================================");

ui_print(" Kobridge Init.d/build.prop Tweaks ");

ui_print(" For Calkulin's E4GT 2 v1.5 ");

ui_print(" v3.0 ");

dvfs.sh

#

# Tweak by Kobridge

# Epic 4G Touch OnDemand Tweak

# Kobridge Tweak Pack v3.0A - Aggressive

#

From what I see Kobridge is following the standard set by the Linux community. His work is 100% fine to me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jayharper08:
I'll deal with this after I spend at least 10 min with my wife and kids on Father's Day.

---Jay--- From the Nexus
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Papa Smurf151:
I got this one jay. Let me drive home and get on laptop. I feel the need to start my infractions fist

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hollisterryann:
I'm currently running stock ics and its rooted. I am looking to just unroot it so I can send it back to t-mobile due to constant issues.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
on my new galaxy s3 i have noticed in dark backround in dark room i have them bloody annoying black spots. i have recearched it but it only says its a common problem for amoled screens. i have about 8 of these spots one which is huge. only noticable in dark room using black screen. do i get replacement or will that just be a waste of my time?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Let me recap

- you're in a very dark room

- you're watching a black screen

There's an easy hardware-fix to this problem; shortly press the button on the right side of the screen and the blotches will disappear, while the rest of the image (read: black screen) remains intact. [/IRONY]

It's, as you found out, a common sight on AMOLED however it's not an issue. These pixels are simply darker than the others.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
Galaxy S3 black ink spots

ok thank you makes sense. but buying a $1000 phone you would not expect something like this. so is this a software or hardware problem sorry for askng?? :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Totòòò:
return it get a new one.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
i was planning to but how am i going to prove to the retailer of my problem? first of all it will need to be a very dark room which is unlikely in a shopping mall unless he throws a blanket over his head lol. second of all some people see these things more easily than others, the staff member might not be able even in the right conditions to spot any marks....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Totòòò:
Kick his ass and make him go check it in the toilet roms. Tell him not to forget to turn the lights off lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
i wish i could but then he will charge me for rape lol. seriously though im starting to think that if i get a new one it mght even be worse
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mox123:
sell it get the htc one x
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
well u just went to the shop and they said they will contact samsung tos see if there will he a software update for this... this guy pribz dont know the first thing about phones
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subodh14:
Black Dots on my new Samsung S3

I too found 2 dots on my phone. I returned it immediately, got a new one after a week, found 3 dots now :(. I dont know what to do now. :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Even if you return it a million times you'll still get some...

According to supercurio it's a software issue (trigger voltage slightly too low or something like that) and will be fixed with his upcoming 'Display Expert' app
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
I had some on my S2 and now on my nexus.. To prove it you can download an app called LCD Text (AMOLED) from the market (it has the logo of an RGB circle pattern) and then set it to full brightness and black screen, you will notice them very quickly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
After reading your comment I specifically reached out to supercurio to see what was up with the app. This was his response.. can't say I'm surprised but I thought I'd let you know

https://twitter.com/supercurio/status/214671881004007425
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romeo57:
I got black spots too! 2 of them. Should I replace my device or is it normal?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom369:
Looks like Samsung is unable to mass-produce flawless AMOLED displays at the moment because so many people report this issue so this is not an isolated example.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
yea well as i mentioned seems though swapping for new one might help or it might just make the problem worse. i think its a factory fault. i mean it does not efect the phone abilities at all but its dam anoying???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
you are lucky you only have 2!! you should not worry about that atm. with me its worse i mean 8.... something we just going to have to deal with
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S_Dot:
Stuff like this that prevents me from pulling the trigger on the sg3 :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S III....HTC ONE S....and all of them got same **** man. And is nothing to do about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
well il be stuck with this phone for 2years on contract just going to have to put up and shut up lol. maybe they will release a fix in a software update?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
is not the software issue...this is screen.

And is not only this phone....all AMOLED displays got same problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
then whats the point of the amoled being sooo great and awesome and such good tech?? i mean if its so amazimg then why this? im confused! its supposed to be topline...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CJBailey98:
I have the exact same problem

I am not too worried as ong as the black spots stay as they are, all I am worried about is them becoming more visible.will they become more visible? I am pretty worried I have been looking forward to this phone for ages and I don't want anything to go wrong. If anyone can tell me if they will become more visible over time please do

Many thanks.

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This is a hardware problem, not a software one. It shouldn't bother you at all unless you are in a dark room. The only thing you should worry about is the spots becoming more visible. That's when it ' becomes a REAL issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
i highly dought they can become more visible... what there is, there is, it camt become less and cant become more...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom369:
There's no possibility of a software update (hardware problem). The quality assurance at Samsung is simply disappointing. What Samsung prefers is quantity over quality, definitely.

And as for comparison with other phones: I have the possibility to directly compare SGS 2 with SGS 3 and SGS2 does NOT have any spots, ink mars etc. and SGS2's screen is generally really black when displaying dark pictures/videos. On SGS3 you can notice some kind of glowing. And as many people said in different threads you generally don't know what to do in this situation: go for replacement and receive even worse unit? This is not what you would expect from a $800-$900 phone :).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
i agree with you... otherwise this phone is really good otherwise... def a keeper..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renton82:
However, when will be out display expert?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t3hmuffinman:
is everyone else experiencing these problems? I have a splotch in the middle, a few spots scattered around, fairly visible in dark light. otherwise everything in phone is great. I ordered directly from ATT - was wondering whether it was difficult to get a replacement from them and whether it was worth it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
The point is most people don't look at dark screens in a dark room. This is a byproduct of the screen tech and returning it will not help you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
It isn't worth it because the replacement will have it too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShironLive:
I have those "spots" too, but mine is like to rectangles put together like this |_

And the are not like black paint dipped on a screen, but more squared.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlild7hina:
i have 4? dots and also a line in one of the corners of the screen. slightly annoying when watching dark scenes in videos but i'll get over it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
I can't find this LCD Text app in the market..any ideas?:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaspernemec:
Everyone talking about black spots...we must ask ourselves if black spots are only thing that actually works flawlessly (pixels).....in samoled every each pixel has its own illumination, so that means when there is black color set for background all pixels should be turned off. However they dont, some stays only little illuminated and some believe that thats because it uses less energy than just turning pixels off and back on......black spots seems to be pure black, so do only them work flawlessly and give pure black? Well i still have original sgs and i have those marks, but honestly said, i dont spot them, never....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom369:
You will never know that, unless Samsung gives out official statement, which is very unlikely. Imagine this - there's a big SGS3 launch happening right now in the USA and now Samsung comes and says 80% of displays has this flaw (which is very likely based on what people say). People would be pissed.

I was wondering for a while why none of the big sites that reviewed it didn't even mention this and after this while I was enlightened that all the press, sites, etc. are not being sent regular phones that we use, but instead they are given carefully selected ones for review, this is obvious.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShironLive:
Black ink spots

Here is some on my Samsung galaxy S3:

2 sek images uploading

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Here they are:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wootever:
Seems like an common issue on S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Curious NOS:
bro it should only be a problem on a black backround. yours seems to be alot worse..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daddy_617:
I would send it back that looks way too annoying for me anyways...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex---1:
Here are my ones!

It seems like a common issue but I'm like everyone else - Do I exchange it for another that could have several more spots than the one I already have or do I put up with it. Everyone keeps saying "oh it's the tech" "it's a byproduct of the type of screen" well it's all good saying that but no one seems to know what they actually are. Does anyone actually know how/why these spots are formed on super amoled displays?? What causes it?? That's what I want to know. I'm beginning to think it has nothing to do with the type of display it's just ****ty, rushed production from the Chinese or wherever they were made.

I sent Samsung the pictures and they said I should take it to a repair centre for their engineers to look at....Shame the nearest place is 40 miles away else I would :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
It is not ****ty, rushed production. This happens on every. single. AMOLED screen used for phones. It is a cluster of pixels that is darker than the rest. It is not a big deal, good luck exchanging it because the next phone will have them too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrAnGeR:
And then u say the best screen ever AMOLED and sh1t on me. I changed Amoled with lcd plus and i say it has incredible colors, i cant see the difference so i am a happy user of one x. And as all mentioned its an amoled issue and not sammys. That is the light experience on amoled. i was using sgs and after the constant use the screen tends to keep some graphs shaded either if i was looking something else. i.e i was looking a photo but still i was able to see shaded one place of the status bar.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehsprayer:
I have a few black doors but not as near as bad as the ones from the pictures with the green and how did you get the background to go green to show the spots??¿
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom369:
I'd send it to them just to let them know about the issue, but on the other hand I'm pretty sure Samsung employees monitor this forum because this is a great knowledge base for them, and they surely know about it.

But when you send it to them they have to officially respond to it. What they responded to you now is standard BS - they wouldn't have said what it really is even if they had known. Do you imagine Samsung admitting an issue with their latest-greatest display in their latest-greatest phone? ;)

As for the issue itself: this may be AMOLED-related but as some users report - there are screens without these marks, unfortunatly there's not many of them. My guess is Samsung's QA is aware of this but they don't consider it as a real issue (their guess is: many users won't notice). They would change their mind if many users returned their phones to the service center. I'm beginning to think Samsung's not ready to mass-produce good quality HD Amoled displays. This is especially noticeable when you put together SGS2 with SGS3 - SGS2 screen is superior in every other aspect than the resolution.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_reader:
From this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698690

I found someone have the exactly same black ink place and quantity like this:

I think, this is known issue and Samsung can't solved it. When I look back my Galaxy S 1, it have black ink too but not so many.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DolbyTrueHD:
Black Dots in Dark Room

I had the same thing on my S3, it's the one I preordered. It had the spots plus a longer dark area on the right side of the phone. I called AT&T and made them aware of the issue. I went into the local AT&T and they couldn't verify it of course. I was within the 30 days so they had to eventually give me another now they have stock S3's. Don't let them tell you other wise, even if you have to call the corporate offices. My new S3 is fine, I have checked it and I don't see any dark spots on the whole screen....believe me when I tell you I carefully looked over the whole thing. If anything changes I will edit this post. Let's keep this going in order to help other people as well just in case it becomes a recall. Hope this helps you!