yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steambox:
Tks! Looks like that. I saw that Cnet wrote a pieace about the S4 display, seams promising. I Can't link so i paste it below:

"Screen specs point to more natural-looking colors in the Samsung Galaxy S4 and other future Samsung phones

If you're the type of person who cares about these things, you'll be happy to know that a screen expert gives the Samsung Galaxy S4 kudos so far.

In particular, Ray Soneira, president of display analysis and software calibration company DisplayMate, takes it as a good sign that Samsung includes something called a CIE Chromaticity Diagram and grayscale for the GS4's adaptive screen settings.

The bottom line? If the Galaxy S4 has extensive color, white point, and display calibration adjustments, it means that Samsung's phones can back away from the oversaturated, candied colors they often get due to the AMOLED screen technology.

The varied spectrum indicates that whites could also look less blue than they have in the past, and more naturally pristine.

My colleague, CNET TV reviewer David Katzmaier, himself a screen fanatic, recently spent a lot of time playing with the settings on a Galaxy Note 2 and has some great insight of his own, including how to adjust settings to make colors more natural.

Samsung Galaxy S4 adapt display options Various adjustment modes could mean that colors look less oversaturated than in the past.

It's still the early days when it comes to actual display performance, both indoors and outdoors, and Samsung screens, like on the Galaxy S3, are often so reflective they're hard to read outdoors. But good changes could be coming soon.

Note: CNET uses DisplayMate software in lab tests."
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlutz8:
It is decent in bright sunlight...seems better than my s3 but I'll try a side by side comparison later
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
that would be great
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
has anybody had chance to play with galaxy S4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarmo94:
Honestly don't know why people complain so much about the phone's brightness, its not that bad. And in regards to that whole auto-adjust stuff, well you can turn it off and just put it on max brightness if need be. On max brightness its plenty bright.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
hi, i wasn't asking about auto brightness was asking actuall brightness of screen galaxy s3 was dim is s4 dim too
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CreepyDroid:
It's less bright than the S3 and Note 2. Or at least that's what Erica says in this video:

[YOUTUBE]diLD42QafIo[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
thats bad than
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoNAsOS3:
According to laptopmag, it's brighter than the SIII and Note II: "In addition to the Galaxy S4’s system performance, we also managed to benchmark the brightness level of the smartphone’s 5-inch 1920 x 1080-pixel Super AMOLED display. One of the biggest complaints we had regarding the S III was how dim its display was at just 213 lux. The Galaxy S4 improves upon that number, topping out at 258 lux. That’s brighter than the Galaxy S III, as well as the Galaxy Note II’s 240 lux rating. Unfortunately, the Galaxy S4 still falls behind the smartphone category average of 299 lux. The Google Nexus 4, meanwhile, came in with an average 399 lux."

http://blog.laptopmag.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-benchmarked-serious-power-dim-display

Also, a norwegian tech/mobile site claims that the display is brighter than the SIII's, side by side. http://www.amobil.no/artikler/samsung-galaxy-s4/130649 (in norwegian though). "What surprised us was how bright it was compared to last years Galaxy S III".

So, I'd wait for some more extensive reports before making a judgement :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
Thanks im confused:confused::confused:now some says dimmer some says brihgter:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneXDA:
It's probably adopt display that causes confusion, Samsung dims down white for browsing etc, but maximum brightness is higher than the S3 or Note II according to almost every relevant site, including laptopmag that took the time to measure it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
so its tiny brighter gonna look at note 2 how bright its if its good than s4 should be better
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
has anyone had chance to play with s4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NuclearEMP:
My wife seems to think that the S3 puts out 7,000,000 gigawatts of photons in the dark. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
huh:confused: i dont get you sorry
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
Can anyone confirm how bright the screen is is it much better than s3 has anyone had chance to play with it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SRZ1977:
The GS4 is much better than the GS3 in brightness.

GSM Arena

100% Max Brightness

1. HTC One - 647 cd/m^2

2. iPhone 5 - 640 cd/m^2

3. Lumia 920 513 cd/m^2

4. Experia Z - 492 cd/m^2

5. Optimus G - 417 cd/m^2

6. GS4 - 404 cd/m^2

7. Note 2 - 402 cd/m^2

8. GS3 - 330 cd/m^2

50% Brightness

1. Note 2 - 215 cd/m^2

2. HTC One - 205 cd/m^2

3. GS4 - 201 cd/m^2

4. iPhone 5 - 200 cd/m^2

5. GS3 - 174 cd/m^2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -]Megacharge[-:
I have to point out, the side by side comparison pic between the S4 and HTC One is misleading as the brightness is almost all the way down in that pic for the HTC One. It's been confirmed by pretty much every review site that the HTC One has a significantly brighter screen than the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
Hi but HTC One isnt brighter than İphone5 so that list may not be accurate
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -]Megacharge[-:
In this instance, it was brighter than the iPhone 5 as per their measuring tool.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
No i have had htc one vs iphone 5 and iphone was brighter. have you seen s4 on hand
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SRZ1977:
What device did you use to measure the brightness of the HTC One and iPhone 5?

Show me your cd/m^2 measurements.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
i have not use any device just judging them ny looking İphone was better sunlight and brightness. i dont expect oled display to bright but s3 was dim
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -]Megacharge[-:
Yours "may" have been brighter, but GSMArena's One was brighter in their testing. Not all screens are the exact same brightness across all phone units.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SRZ1977:
OLED will be dimmer, that is just something inherent to the design. I've never had a problem with the brightness of the S3, so the fact that the S4 is brighter is good news. Your original question was asking whether or not the S4 had a brighter screen than the S3, so there is really no point in discussing the One or iP5. If you want a really bright screen, I would just stick to the One.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
İ sold the S3 for brightness. i live very sunny place its very hard seeing screen. the reason i said someone post Gsmarena Test and i know they arent accurate i have both one and iphone5. iphone 5 is a lot brighter than One but gsmarena says different.

As Galaxy s4 i like the hardware ddr3 usb3 2600 mah battery but if screen is brighter than s3 than be good i dont think anyone had s4 to confirm
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneXDA:
The iPhone 5 has better outdoor visibility followed by the GS4 then the HTC One according to tests. This is because brightness AND reflectability both affect the visibility.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
So are you saying screen is bright and less reflective! its shame no one had the device yet or even major website beside gsmarena and phonearena
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
galaxy s4 on gsm arena says 400 nits
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusa:
Anybody know how good the brightness is at 0%? I always keep the brightness at 0% with my s3 and it's okay but I wonder if it will be better with the s4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
sorry never tried at minimun i always keep maximun
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
has anybody had hands on S4? is display like S3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarcron:
Someone had a video of a UK reviewer who was using the Galaxy S4 in broad day light, and it looked crystal clear. I can't remember where I saw it or what the name of the video was, though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbhoy89:
this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlU-Yrua4Hs
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarcron:
Yup, that's the one. Although looking at it more, it doesn't give the best presentation with light focused purely on the display, but it looks to be a decent idea of using the GS4 outside during the day.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
but UK never have sunshine when it gets over 20 degreen they all saying oh heat wave:p serious it needs sun to test and video was taken end march gray sky. serious im not thinking would be as bright as one or iphone 5 but s3 was dim and note 2was righter than s3 so if s4 is brighter than note 2 thats great by looks of it no one had it yet
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbhoy89:
20 degrees? here in Scotland? never haha :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
oh bloody hell not even in august?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
by looks of it nobody had hand on s4 to tell
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatos:
Its only a week until you can touch it yourself. And than you will be able to compare it.

As said before S3 has 330 cd/m2 at full brightnes S4 has 404 cd/m2. You can calculate that in percentage. And test in your phone. Its around 20% so you can look at 80% and than to 100% and thats how much it should differ.

In addition to that s4 has higher ppi so i think that shoud help a bit.

And it has 30% thiner glass because of gorilla 3(that means a little less reflection). So maby you can add 10 % more .

But after all its and amoled and that means not as bright as lcd (htc one, iphone ) but better black's.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
no but those numbers are according to Gsmare which isnt right on gsmarena says htc one is 640 but its actually 480
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatos:
Well to be honest i havent had S4 in my hand. But i have had s3. And samsung knows that has been lots of complaint that the s3 was darker than s2. So it makes me think that they would not make the same mistake again.

In all the videos i have seen S4 near S3 looks as said a bit brighter. And colors look more accurate. So i think that its better but if you are in as sunny place maby you should consider Htc One.

Cnet also said that the screen in Htc one is Brighter better and more accurate in colors than Iphone. And trust me for Cnet to say that it has to really be much better since they have a small tendency to favorite Iphone always.

http://w ww .androidauthority . com/galaxy-s4-vs-galaxy-s3-vs-xperia-z-screen-comparison-171154/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
Dear Fatos, thanks for your replies

i have got HTC One actually i had 15 of them bought them in UK brought here Turkey and sold them but htc one screen all different some bright some more contrast http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40227910&postcount=8

but brightest one still isnt as bright as İphone 5 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151517945808967&set=o.209558532514672&type=3&theater

As i said im from south coast Turkey its really sunny here and sunlight legibility is important when i bought s3 believing rewievers saying its bright and less reflective. went ahead ordered one sold it back week after with a lot of lose you cant return item in Turkey. if S4 is 400 nits that should be good i think
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
can anyone tell me its good at direct sun?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishykipper:
Its fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
Fine as in its bright so no problem under sunlight ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishykipper:
Exactly that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cihanleanne:
sorry but its wrong couldnt see screen under sunlight when i tested yesterday
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tozenator:
Personally I've had no troubles using my S4 outside. Then again I do live in a nordic country so we don't get that strong sunlight.

The brightness is "okay". It could be much better, but that's the downside of AMOLED. At 50% brightness (which I keep mine on all the time) both HTC One and S4 are the same brightness, so it doesn't bug me at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasmastate:
Hello. I have thoroughly tested the s3 and s4 display specially in direct bright sunlight when the sun is right over my head with temp above 45 degree C.

This is how you will feel when using the s4 in bright sunlight compared to s3.

When using s3: "WTF!"

When using s4: "wow. thats a pretty dim screen! "

Making calls and reading/replying to text messages is 100 percent "possible". And thats about it.

Unfortunately, the brightness of s4 is nowhere near an lcd screen of iPhone or htc one.

One thing to remember:

When the auto brightness is turned on, the s4 screen gets even brighter than the allowed maximum brightness in manual mode. There is a special thread for that here in xda.

So in sunlight, sometimes the s4 brightness reaches 450lux when the screen consists of less whites.

Whatever I am telling you is my personal experience with both s3 for 8 months and s4 for 3 weeks.

I hope this helps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishykipper:
Theres nothing wrong with the gs4 screen at all. I use it daily in direct sun light and its perfectly fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's really bad for me in sunlight.
[HTC One V] BluntmanNChronic:
I follow the same steps every time I flash a ROM, and even when updating a ROM:

1) Full Wipe

2) Install ROM from ZIP in Recovery

3) Flash Boot in Bootloader

4) Install GApps if needed

5) Reboot

I use TitaniumBackup to backup and restore my data and programs which is always a smooth process.

Usually a ROM is pretty stable for the first day or so, but even the best performing ROMs seem to clog up after a couple of days. I regularly clear the cache and dalvik. Is this just a characteristic of custom ROMs, or am I not doing something correctly?
[HTC One V] BluntmanNChronic:
To clarify, when I say clog I mean general freezing, processes force closing, keyboard disappearing and reappearing, MMS wonky (works when it feels like it), in the latest ROM that I am running Voice search worked initially and now force closes every attempt to use it.
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
A reboot a day keeps lags away

Yes it is clearing cache once a week helps...just schedule ur titanium backup to clear cache and reboot while u sleep :D
[Networking] Tulaine:
Before I flashed over to the XDA developers ROM (which I'm very happy with in every way - thanks chaps!) when my XDA was in its cradle I could get Internet Explorer to browse the web using ActiveSync as a pass-through.

Now when I tap 'Internet' the XDA drops the ActiveSync connection and tries to open a new GPRS connection.

This is problem since I'm trying to work on PDA web pages on my local network so my web server isn't visible to the Internet, but would be visible via ActiveSync as an intranet.

Anyone know how I can stop this and keep the ActiveSync pass through?
[Networking] xda-rocks:
I had this problem, it turned out that when I first synced the new ROM it needed to set up a proxy for internet connection. I changed this and now it works fine.

When I changed a ROM another time and synced the XDA at work, instead of at home it seemed to find a proxy itself and worked fine straight away.
[Networking] Tulaine:
:oops:

This isn't the first stupid thing I've done, or the first stupid question I've asked, and it won't be the last, but my question turns out to be b*ll*cks.

One of the 'features' found since I flashed the Developers' ROM was an O2 menu bar on the today screen, with an item labelled INTERNET.

I thought this was a simple shortcut to IE, but no. It does more than that - like dropping the ActiveSync connection and firing up a GPRS one. If I use the regular shortcut to IE in the Start-Programs menu it fires up IE and uses the ActiveSync connection no problem.

Forgive my stupidity - and thanks for the response.
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
Hello people!

I proudly present FunkyROM v2.0 for the Nokia Lumia 900!

But first of all:

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who made this rom possible!

Rataplan: Thank you buddy! I've learned so much from you!! Thank you for your friendship!!

-=Barin=-: for giving us the heart of rom-cooking: OsBuilder!

ultrashot: for all your amazing stuff you did for WP7 community!

dewe: for your LumiaDownloader, it's awesome, i didn't have to reboot to ubuntu for everytime flashing the rom!

Heathcliff74: for your WP7 root tools!

Jaxbot: for all your amazing stuff on windowsphonehacker.com!

everyone else i didn't mention by name, but used stuff from!

Screenshots were taken using USB Video Out.

Changelog v2.0:

Changelog v1.0:

Please note, you can only flash this ROM when your Lumia 900 is

QUALCOMM

.

and you're using this ROM at your OWN RISK.

one last thing:

I hope you can enjoy your Lumia 900 device even more with my rom.

Download:

FunkyROM v2.0 for Lumia900 RM-823

Mirror @ 4shared
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
useful stuff

Dewe's Nokia Lumia Downloader 0.5

I attached the

Nokia Lumia Downloader 0.5

for flashing your Lumia 900 easily in Windows.

Thx to dewe for his great work!

How to use USB Video Out:

As it seems to be a little "difficult" to use the usb video out package, here's what you have to do

(this is a copy out of the readme file of the package)

:

You can download the needed files here:

USB-Video-Out.rar

Mirror @4shared
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
Update to 8860 and 8862 successful

Hi there,

just a quick information:

I successfully updated to the Microsoft OS Updates 8860 and 8862 via Zune.

Unlock is still ok, also the qualcomm bootloader was not overwritten :good:

The only thing it "killed" so far, is the information of my Custom Rom in settings --> about.

It changed firmware revision number from "

FunkyROM v1.0 - xda-developers

" back to "

2175.2907.8858.13030

"

cheers
[Nokia Lumia 900] matrixzone:
Will this work with AT&T Nokia Lumia 900?
[Nokia Lumia 900] kookook:
Hi lordmaxey,

Last week I downloaded this rom 2175.2907.8858.13030 from navifirm then flashed it using the NCS. No problem when flashing it. But my concern is the battery drain. So I decided to go back to 2175.2905.8858.12480 (variant finland). Actually im not sure if my qualcom is unlock. My question is can I use this rom same process to flash it by using NCS? thanks
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
AW: [Custom ROM] FunkyROM v1.0 - Lumia 900 RM-823 - All official languages

i'm not sure, because i haven't tested. But probably not.

no, you need to have an unlocked bootloader, to flash this rom. You can not flash it using NCS.
[Nokia Lumia 900] haikkk:
However Nokia want to sell her phones or atf boxes? ) Why write that stupid nokia bootloader? I read forums and see peoples buying Atf box for flashing phones.
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
updated to v2.0

Hi there,

just updated first post to FunkyROM v2.0.

Changelog v2.0:

Enjoy.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Abd654:
please how to flash it

do I need any other device or just a software

please give me the light
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
guys, did you do any searching?? any?? :mad:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38774062&postcount=12
[Nokia Lumia 900] Santoman7:
one fast question , i belive not stupid , if i use this rom , i will be able to find some extra apps here or on the internet , or only marketplace and the preinstalled ?

i ask this , because i dont have something like this before ...
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
because this rom is fully unlocked, you can install every xap (apps) you can find on the internet or in preinstalled programm bazaar.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Santoman7:
I find a store which can unlock my phone but hasn't atf box , but another flasher for lumia phones , will it work ok ;

I told this because if i have understand well , i want only the Qualcomm bootloader , so is it possible ;

And finally if i get the bootloader , i then go home and put the rom or rom want the box to get installed ;

Thanx for your time ...
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
?

as far as i know, ONLY ATF can replace dload with qualcomm bootloader.

If that store does NOT have an ATF, i think they were lying an cheating to you! be careful!

Yes, once you've got the qualcomm bootloader, you can go home and flash my rom using dewe's Lumia Downloader 0.5.

I recommend you reading this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204994
[Nokia Lumia 900] Santoman7:
http://gsmserver.com/shop/gsm/cyclone_box.php

this is the box i found ...
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
No, this box can not flash qualcomm to you Lumia!!

A Lumia phone is NOT a BB5 phone!!! Totally different!
[Nokia Lumia 900] Santoman7:
so , I give up ..... None can help me ... And I don't give so much money to buy a flashing machine for just one phone update .... Will may be another way someday ? Or Its finally this way ?
[Nokia Lumia 900] steviesteve78:
USB Tether

Guys, apologies if this has been covered before. I'd love to share the internet connection via usb to avoid battery drain with wifi sharing. Do any of the custom ROMs allow/enable this? Seems to have been made possible with some of the Samsung Windows Phones but I find the network performance to be phenomenal on the 900 - even better than the 920 I own (looks like this is nowhere near possible on the newer 920). Was hoping the issue had been cracked on the older hardware/software!
[Nokia Lumia 900] thangvh:
@lordmaxey this ROM is amazing :victory: Thank you very much! :D

there is posible one problem: IE often crashs (I mean that IE automatically exits ) when I watch some websites that contains lots of pictures :( It does not happen in the original ROM.

But I'm uploading your ROM again and hard reset my phone. Perhaps the problem will disapear :D

No :( It isn't possible to share Internet connection via USB in Windows Phone
[Nokia Lumia 900] xuninc:
Yes it is...

Search for "enable USB Tethering with Windows Phone"
[Nokia Lumia 900] amir323b:
hi . how can I unlock the osbl for lumia 700/800/900 ?

I mean what does it mean ?
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
sorry, but i won't answer this.

You're obviously too lazy to search and read. This has been answered a couple of times.

It's really sad and annoying, when you spend your time writing tutorials, and then users like you keep asking the same dumb questions... :rolleyes:
[Nokia Lumia 900] AndyFZ1S:
feedback

Just some feedback, Have been using your Funky ROM v2 for just over a week now and very happy, Battery life is a fair bit better than my stock Dev unlocked ROM and all is running stable, It has given a new lease of life to my Lumia 900 as I now have more options with root access, It also seems snappier and my live tiles are working much more consistently.

Many thanks for your hard work :)
[Nokia Lumia 900] lordmaxey:
Wow, thank you!! :)

Glad to hear that! :good:
[Nokia Lumia 900] 3ftw:
where is the tutorial for the unlock?

its easy to unlock bootloader.?:D