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[General Questions and Answers] SharpnShiny:
AMOLED Manufacturers response to myths about the technology

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j...V4sLvmAiOUA5m2h36pFKCHw&bvm=bv.47008514,d.ZGU

One of the things they seem to stress is that many SAMOLED myths refer to early versions of the technology and never the latest SAMOLED tech. Plenty of people with compare old OLED tech. to LCD3 (HTC One) etc. Separately, I keep coming across news reports that more and more TVs are being produced with OLED with a view that that is the current direction of the industry.

Here is another good source for information on all types of screen tech:

http://www.bluebugle.org/2013/03/smartphone-screen-display-technologies.html

There is of course a point where, with all the available information (preferably new and from good sources) that we have to overcome facts and figures with personal choice.

I'm currently using my first pentile matrix SAMOLED phone (Motorola RAZR i) and my previous phone was the Sony Xperia Sola with a TFT LCD. If power efficiency could be managed properly, I would probably opt for a TFT LCD.

TFT LCD

- Very crisp, clean, smooth picture and video

- Whites are sometimes too bright, they detract from colour compared to SAMOLED to me, but overall, beautiful bright colours

- I haven't used LCD3 yet but all previous LCD phones made the screen the single biggest battery problem

Pentile matrix AMOLED

- Colours and images are striking but the colours are mute i.e. impressive but held-back. Dark colours more impressive as usual

- The power efficiency seems to be well-managed, the screen isn't a distinct threat to one-day-battery-death
[General Questions and Answers] Rebekka_Sun:
I've got a tft display. I think it's great to work with. The amoled displays colors are the best ones. I don't like lcd. I have always Problems with. Especially because it's so fast broken.
[General Questions and Answers] rodmc123:
this is a nice topic.. i always watch phone reviews and guys repeating over and over that SAMOLED are oversaturated among other things.. they speak so much about the "issues" with amoled that it almost seems like normal LCD display are superior without a single doubt...

under my experience amoled is a better technology by far, yes,there are some nice LCD screens, the ones that uses IPS panels, but i still think the amoled ones looks way better.. the "color accuracy" thing is way overstimated, most people who talk about it would not even notice a difference if they are not biased for the myth of how unaccurate amoled are supossed to be.. when in fact an amoled display with some little tweaks looks as accurate as any LCD display (most companies makes them more saturated because it looks more atractive for the average consumer). anyway, color accuracy is not a thing that people may need desperately on a smartphone, is not like you are doing professional graphic work on it, most people find far more pleasant to use an amoled display than an lcd display. (if you show an average person the 2 screen is almost 100% sure they would go for amoled) , the fact that black are perfect is way more eye catching than better whites, you get almost infinite contrast ratio.

i always laugh when i see those reviews saying how much better some LCD screen is over some amoled display , sometimes they are comparing awful lcd displays, but just because they have RGB arrangment are inmediatly "better"... look for example at the xperia Z display, it is a regular and old lcd panel (not IPS), the viewing angles are awful.. but they get fooled because of the "bravia engine" that is not more than a brand name for them trying to OVERSATURATE their washed out display.

the only displays that compares to amoled are the ones of HTC and LG, they have nice viewing angles and colors because they use IPS panels, but the overall feeling of the amoled display is still better, it gives the sensation that the stuff are in the surface of the screen and not "under", the fact that there is not a backlit helps to give that sesantion.
[General Questions and Answers] shadowcore:
Yes because AMOLEDS are inferior tech, see below.

WRONG. You did not even specify what type of OLED display you are talking about. Pentile OLEDS cannot reproduce unsaturated colors.

Non-Penile OLED have no differenct to normal LCD displays in terms of Color "Accuracy" of course unless time is involved.

OLEDS and SAmsung AMOLED displays are inferior tech for the following reasons:

Taken from WIkipedia:

Personal preference aside, better white values are better because many Web Pages in the Internet are white. Blacks are only important in pictures and movies.

Just a heads up. TFT LCD((Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display) is a display techonology like AMOLED or SUPER AMOLED PLUS for OLED.

LCD vs OLEDS.

LCD TFT is an active matrix technology for LCD displays and they include

TN

IPS

PLS(Samsung Branded)

MVA(Sharp Branded)

SLCD(Sony and Samsung venture)

The best LCD TFT tech you can get is P-IPS display.
[General Questions and Answers] darkmystel:
how interesting :eek: look what I found :P

so then guys, I'm not so sure about this cause it was mentioned somewhere than Lumia 920 has AMOLED n in GSMArena its IPS-LCD , so any of you sure which it is?

Also a question as per post above , Xperia Z has TFT , well I saw it and it doesn't quite have the feel good factor to look at as on the Lumia.

So is the TFT-LCD really that bad?

And the Xperia ION has LED backlit-LCD , is that supposed to be better than the normal TFT as found in Z?
[General Questions and Answers] yzak58:
Thanks

Thanks a tonn for those links

Almost all doubts cleared :good:
[General Questions and Answers] lloydo:
The newest LCDs might look marginally better than their AMOLED counterparts, but I still prefer AMOLED because of the tricks you can employ. Technically it is superior because each pixel can be turned on and off. I've been enjoying Nokia's always-on clocks for years now, and on more recent Symbian smartphones, Sleeping Screen allows you to show status information and wallpaper images all the time with negligible impact on battery life. I'm hoping they bring it to WP8 soon.
[General Questions and Answers] kreatonn:
TFT LCD is my choice, bcause it is more sturdy than Amoled,,
[General Questions and Answers] voyager_s:
Despite having the HTC one as my main device for about a month now which uses an LCD display, I still prefer AMOLED screens.

Don't get me wrong, the LCD on the one, is awesome. But I prefer the contrast and punchy colors of AMOLED easily. Bare in mind my last 3 devices have been all Samsung super AMOLED screens. Nexus s, galaxy note, and galaxy nexus.
[General Questions and Answers] yzak58:
I like the AMOLEDs too,but the main thing that bugs me is the pixel burnout issue :(. A friend has a 2 year old Wave 3(AMOLED screen) and now there are traces of the statusbar and the keyboard visible while viewing photos or browsing. :mad:. Everything else about AMOLED is just awesome except for this one little problem.

But someone mentioned in an earlier post that the pixel burn out is no longer an issue and the latest AMOLEDs have a life time close to LCD screens!!! I hope its true.

btw, I love that always on clock and notifications :good::good::good:
[General Questions and Answers] innocent_:
amoled is the best.
[General Questions and Answers] hikarugo:
AMOLED sucks. I actually can tolerate the color production bcs it is great when ur watching videos. What's the matter is the whites is not really white. It makes apps with white background and browsing on white web pages look bad. And it's white is dark bcs its max brightness has relatively lower cd/m2 value.

Also, its longevity sucks. My amoled phone has status bar burn in. This is due to the mechanism of the screen. Because blacks pixels actually turn off, when you have other parts of the screen's pixels turn on very brightly but not for you status bar (and navigation bar if ur phone has it) for almost every time, it causes burn in. The burn in can be seen when the status bar pixels which turn off most time turn on when you're going full screen (like playing games). So you have to keep your phone on low brightness in order to avoid this or hide ur status and navigation bar or shorten the amount of time of inactivity to turn off the screen.

Also, in outdoor the screen is very bad even on its max brightness
[General Questions and Answers] yzak58:
No idea

so bumping
[General Questions and Answers] i9100g user:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2884423
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
This tutorial only work for microsd card only ,

for internal no solution yet.

i found thread [APP][v1.5beta (+US)] SGS3 Easy UMS - Mount external microSD card as USB mass storage by Kopfgeldjaeger

1. download latest SGS3 Easy UMS.apk

2. install BusyBox market. then run the app. it will automatic organise your busybox

3. download userinit.shhttp://db.tt/eDYyoIEa

4. using root explorer paste userinit.sh in /data/local

5. reboot your phone.

6. plug the cable to your pc

6.run "SGS3 Easy ums" first press Mount card then press ums mode. ان شاءالله it should work :p. you will find drive later mount for your microsd card.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] edan1979:
i wonder if it will work for stock ics... testing...

ahhh... pity its not working...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
Try skip step 3 and 4 .
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
First thing to do you need root your phone..then follow the tutorial.. for stock ics or cm9 you need to skip step 3 and 4.. try it
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] s28:
just out of curiosity, why would you wanna of this?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] abelong:
More faster transfer rate, no more hang. Main thing is you can mount any pc any os eg; osx,ubuntu,.. without installing driver.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
I'm running the latest eb pics and lately idk why but when I try taking a a picture the can app tells me my SD card is full and no matter how much stuff I delete it still says it. Idk what to try because my laptop was just sent back to Acer for repair so I can't back up and format it for another week or so till its sent back. And I also tried to some how have the pictures save to the phone memory but that doesn't show Me a option anywhere. What should I do???

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] webtroter:
May be formatting your sd card, or try unmounting it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
I've tried unmounting plenty of times. And I don't have a way to back my stuff up so I don't want to format it right now

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] justjackyl:
Ive had issues with Sd full on EB Gb rom before when i had around 5gb free. Nothing i did fixed the issue, even deleting apps off. Stopped using EB and went the HFP v 2.2/2.3 and Cm7 nightly build 135 and never had the issue again. Might be a flaw in EB.

Hold out till u get ur lappy back, than bkup ur apps with titanium backup and flash a different rom to avoid reoccurences of this issue.

My 2 cents anyways.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] juny51:
Yea I'm holding off till I get it back. But as for another rom. I can't go to another for this phone specifically no other rom is stable and idk why. Before it got replaced I was good but now its a mystery

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] justjackyl:
Hellfire pheniox v 2.2 and 2.3 are more stable than that EB rom in my own testing.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] 4.3:
Im pissed.

Are we at&t 8.9 galaxy tablet getting ics?

If so, when?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] obala:
I hear you bro, Its about GODDAM TIME samsung releases ics for 8.9 3g ! Its been what? two weeks since the release for P7310? WTF! They're releasing Jelly bean for the newest devices, but will refrain from rolling ICS on the tabs?

I TELL YOU WHAT: These delays are DELIBERATE because the want to FORCE us to buy the newer tablets, but guess WHAT? Im not buying samsung again my nigga :laugh:

and I dont think flashing broken ports are even an option for those who rely on the tablet for productivity/study like me. Im freaking hatin samsung right now that i am!!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] 4.3:
Does anyone have any info?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] somaare:
always at&t devices receive update after the international edition

ASAP the ICS released for int you will get it
[Nexus 7 Accessories] begadkepat:
Hello friends,

I just wanted to pop in here and mention that the case I use for my Kindle Keyboard / Kindle 3, by CrazyOnDigital (link), fits my Nexus 7 (almost) perfectly. It's only almost perfect because the elastic strap on the top right of the case covers the power button, and so it's not elegant to press. Other than that, it works great! Here are some pictures:
[Nexus 7 Accessories] patheticpuma:
My friend uses his kindle case as well on his n7, his is a little different but he still faced the problem of the uncomfortable pressing of the power button. What he did is bought a roll of cut to length, self adhesive magnet strip. He cut a small slit in the lining of his case and ran a couple approx 1" long strips beside each other so they covered the area shown in this post here. the simply super glued them in place as well as super glued the slit shut, now it works as a smart cover. I will call him and ask him to text pics, or maybe upload a video of it working to show you. I would do it myself but he lives about 3 hours away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcappleman:
Welp,

There's no doubt in my mind that my Galaxy S3 just hard bricked

Looking for some advice on what to do.

I've had the phone for 20 days, I've been running Beans Custom Stock ROM Build 10 for over a week I think?

And this is how it happened:

I started sending a few texts to one of my brothers, with "Go SMS" , and my phone around the time I hit send decided to switch to 4G (which it hardly does because it's only 1-2 bars where I am) , I then went into the basement and my phone then went to show 0 bars of 4G, then looked like it was going to switch to 3G but then the SMS application hung. I tried closing it, but it wouldn't, so I held down the power button and as the boot menu was coming up, that hung, so I pulled down the notifications bar and tried shutting off data, but then that hung. So, I had no choice but to pull the battery.

I left the battery out for a little while and then put it back in. Held the power button, and the device hung on the "Samsung Galaxy S III" first boot screen. I pulled the battery again and waited for a really long while and took my Micro SDXC out.

Tried to boot but power button does nothing. There's no signs off life!

Plugging it into a wall charger does nothing and I'm sure there's still charge in the battery because when it died it was around 20-30%.

Only sign of life I can get is when I plug it into my PC and then put the battery in. THE RED LIGHT TURNS ON.

:crying:

I have no idea what caused this, and I have no idea what to do!

Will Verizon cover this since it bricked without question and it's been under 30 days?

Or maybe Samsung will cover it?

Or because I rooted, I pretty much screwed myself?

I've never had anything like this happen before so I'm stumped...................HELP!!!!!!!!!!! I used to love my S III but now it's just a really nice paperweight.............. :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcappleman:
I guess this is an option also: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] toy028:
Call verizon and they will send you an replacement. If its thats far gone theres no way they can check to see if its been modded.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droosh:
Me too!!!!

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
This happened to me after having mine for 3 days, i got mine replaced without a problem and i was rooted, cm10 custom kernel everything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcappleman:
But I've had it for 20 days now and their website says they don't allow returns or replacements after 14 days. Or is this different because it randomly died?

Also. I don't get insurance on my phones because they always would charge me $10 or more a month and then when the phone died they would charge half the cost of the phone just to get it replaced!

Honestly I think I may just send it to MobileTechVideos.........

Unless I still have a chance with Verizon. Hard decision............
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vagitarian:
I'm pretty sure the 14 day timeframe is for refunds on the purchase. Most electronics have some sort of manufacturer's warranty.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
Have you tried to get it into download mode? volume down, then home, then power, Hold them all together until it boots into download mode? Do this while plugged in maybe?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmars:
samsung s 3

Take it to att ive done it a few times call cuctomer service tell them your on warranty hopefullt you bought this new from them they then will send you to repair center no one will no difference tell them it just crashed this doesnt seem like a rom problem its manufacture

email or text me cmars1858@hotmaul.com or 5105086739
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
You really give your phone number out to strangers like that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcappleman:
Haha. Thanks!

Well, I ended up making a Google Voice account since my phone is dead and I called Verizon customer service. The first lady started having me go through the usual checklist like most companies do, I very nicely let her know that I've tried it all and I indeed know it's dead without explanation. She then sent me to someone higher up, we talked very briefly and she said it's covered under the manufacturer warranty, they're sending me a replacement for free. Only thing I paid for was a $12 upgrade to 1-day shipping!

I seriously was freaked out that I wasn't going to be able to get this replaced. Thankfully I can!

So, I guess, some advice to people that have hard bricked Galaxy S IIIs,

CALL VERIZON BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE!

Thanks for the suggestions and help guys!

It's crazy how deep the brick went, the phone wouldn't even charge! Maybe I got a lemon? I hadn't even dropped or scratched it and I had 0 problems with unlocking/rooting it. I swear it was it hanging on trying to switch from 4G to 3G that killed it. Either way, stress is gone! phew! :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
So i didn't see it, but did you even try to get it into download mode?

Sent from my Synergized vzw S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcappleman:
It's hard bricked. Will not charge, no booting, and download or recovery mode won't work. Will not show any indication of life except for plugging it into a power source without the battery and then putting the battery in. If the red light comes on when you do that, it means it's hard bricked? Correct me if I'm wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
If you can't get into download mode then yea, most likely I guess or the battery died. I just didn't see that you said you tried to get into download mode.

Sent from my Synergized vzw S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
Glad you got this fixed! Also i think its a 30 day replacement or swap for another phone if you don't like it. Thats what i was told when i got mine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carloliveira:
Is there a way to convert a java file (.jnlp) into a (.dex) file to be run in the android 4.0.4 system I have read into it a little and found forums speaking of a DX tool and also J2android to convert into a dalvik executable but have had no success.....I know this is far fetched but thanks for your time guys.... i would attach the .jnlp file but the forum is not allowing me to ....
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Deleted member 4688569:
I had an iPhone 4 and used the number to get Whatsapp running on my rooted N7. I just traded said iPhone for a Samsung Galaxy S II LTE (unrooted) and would like to receive my Whatsapp messages on the N7 and the phone. Possible??
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] MysthMob:
And again:

to use the same account on two devices doesn't seem to work
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Deleted member 4688569:
I do recall recall reading on here that someone got it working.

Doesn't matter anyway. Tablettalk is a much better solution.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] rock7632:
Tablet talk doesn't work for whatsapp, does it?. it only works for sms as far as I know
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] kokwei:
I don't think there's a solution to make messages reach both devices. I tried and it is random. I used another number for my N7 instead.
[HTC Amaze 4G] TheArtiszan:
Hello all.

I was wondering if there was anyone out there that is currently running the energy blue rom on their T-Mobile Amaze 4g device?

I was hoping if you can please test Slacker Radio, or if you already use it, to let me know if you have problems that after about 3-4 songs that it stick on current song and will not play the next song.

I have also tried Pandora but that seems like it skips songs randomly.

Does anyone else have this issue.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] lseidman:
I have some modifications for you...

1.) You do not need a 40GB Hard Drive (not sure why so many tutorials make this claim) as you could make a 5GB VHD and still run Windows 8 but will be limited on data to install/store (which any important data should be saved to SkyDrive (or your Cloud solution) or an external Partition (or use "Local Disk" aka your actual Windows X Edition).

2). Do not use a Dynamic Expanding VHD, always Fixed (just a personal success story for me)

** OPTIONAL: Save the VHD on the Hard Drive you're making the VHD from **

3). I would simply just rename (NO SPACES for 1st TIMERS) the new VHD once initialized as Windows will Format/Do its magic in the Install.

4). Depending on how many "Storage" devices you have will depend on the Drive letter, usually goes from C - I.

Tip: Before you enter Diskpart, I recommend "CD x:" to find your actual Storage Device. (X - Multiple possible Drive letters, not the same as when you're in Windows).

5). During the hard drive select option, you won't get a warning about the hard drive if you follow step #3.

6). No need for MSCONFIG as your new Windows 8 created a new MBR (Master Boot Record) on the actual hard drive, which you should warn people upfront. Therefore even if your other Hard Drive (assuming you're doing external) is disconnected and holds your VHD, since it already detected another Windows OS, it automatically adds it to the Boot Record as the MBR Shows that purdy Windows 8 Startup Drive/OS Selector.

Otherwise, good tutorial :). As for the above, that is strictly from my own personal experience as a developer/IT Prof & blah blah, I have done this probably 30 times now just for Windows 8 as we have multiple Tablet/Slates & Laptop + Desktops that needed this done for our Tech Support, Dev's, and our EU/Product Testers.

Should also mention, if you mess up or don't like your new Windows 8? Simply delete the VHD (in other Windows) and go to MSCONFIG and remove the Windows 8 entry from the MBR/Startup.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] AndresOrue:
@lseidman

Thanks for your feedback mate ;) , about it:

for the point 1: i suggest this space because it is the space the microsoft suggest always when install windows and how this guide is for everybody i don´t wanted change it, i know that can be used a lower space.

for the point 4: i forgot to mention it, i have already changed it into the post

for the point 6: i add the part about msconfig and this is my personal experience i don´t know if is good or bad when i leave the windows 8 boot and i disconnected the external disk, the current operating system does not boot (windows 7), i get always a windows error: "windows can not initialize the component winload.exe" and i tried many config when i have installed it but again it is just a way to do it. Anyway mate, i really appreciate your answer :good:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] AndresOrue:
2k of view and no comments :p, feel free to post :)
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] addy89:
win 8

can it be installed in simple partition of the external drive not virtual one.

I have two partitions on the external drive can i simply install it one of them.?:D