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[Galaxy S 4 General] Steve_max:
"Retina Display" == Apple's trademark for high DPI displays. That is why the iPad has a "Retina Display" even though it doesn't match the iPhone4's DPI. By that logic, only Apple devices can have Retina displays. Just like only Sony TVs have Bravia displays. "Retina Displays" aren't simply high-DPI screens, they're Apple's high-DPI screens.

Now, the "Retina Displays" of the current iPhones are outclassed by all current flagships (and the iPad's is outclassed by the Nexus 10). OF COURSE Apple doesn't mention that on their ads... They say something that is true ("Only Apple devices have displays made for Apple devices"), and let you conclude something that isn't ("Apple devices have the best displays EVER"). This is the only reason why they didn't go after their trademark when the tech media started equalling Retina to High DPI: now, in the minds of regular people, Retina means "the best display", not "Apple's best display".
[Galaxy S 4 General] hell_storm2004:
Yeah.... That is true. They leave it to interpretation. And marketing smart guys knows there are many fools in the world to buy into that stuff by interpreting it as the "best display ever made"....
[Galaxy S 4 General] MohJee:
It's true they are the only ones that have a retina display. But that's only because retina display is a made up marketing term that doesn't really mean anything.
[Galaxy S 4 General] CallMeVentus:
Actually , I can still seem to be pixels from the Retina display

My life has more downs than ups, but I try to keep it a balance.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nuukeer:
You need 900-1000 ppi for a phone with a viewing distance of 12 inches (http://www.cultofmac.com/173702/why-retina-isnt-enough-feature/) in order for you to not being able to resolve more detail. We still have a long way to go, thusly.
[Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
Well since this thread is still opened, check this article out guys. Enjoy!

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/03/18/apples-iphone-entry-level/
[Galaxy S 4 General] KinG Of PiraTeS:
:cowboy: I love you Sir hhhehhehahahah ♥

he Said Iphone :eek: waaa333 >___<
[Galaxy S 4 General] bigblue95z:
It's just marketing. It's the same way with automobiles. Toyota "You can only get the i-Force V8 in a Toyota"; Chevy "Only Chevy has the Duramax"; Ford "The only truck with the PowerStroke". They're all offering the SAME thing, a truck with an engine. They're trying to brand their parts, building a brand on a brand. It's really successful marketing on stupid people. But for those that can see through the marketing BS, (I feel) it makes the company look really dumb and kind of insults my intelligence. I get even more fed up when commercials try to use statistics to make a point. PaperTowels "It picks up 2500% better!!!!**...... (**when compared to smearing it with your bare hand). It just makes me really sad for the ones who fall for this pathetic attempted trickery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iballen93:
retina

the display is better than retina but at the same time it doesn't have it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] subet:
Nice animation, haha.
[Galaxy S 4 General] uvaman:
Retina is so great and with good future that Apple decided to invest in Sharp screen ^^
[Galaxy S 4 General] yahyoh:
f@ck retina and crapple :silly::silly:

that's look the best screen ever :cool::cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] crossmission:
I just finished reading both articles mentioned earlier and I can certainly say that that is how I feel whenever I see a screen with higher pixel density that most people say I should not be able to tell the difference I still can and that's the reason why when I put the GS3 next to the One X I chose latter (the HTC).

Though the OP is kinda trolling on Apple's retina, a note that nobody gave is that the GS3 and the GS4 are not really, pixel density wise, what they say they are as they use pentile matrixes, so that reduces the ppi to roughly 60-65% its stated value, so the GS3 is not retina-grade, and the GS4 is probably borderline or just a little over Apple's retina-grade. Plus as stated earlier retina refers to an IPS type display which uses a somewhat different way of interpreting how light is emitted and how the pixels react when electrical current is applied to them.

So... when a review says retina display for a device it probably's trying to say if the display is better or not from the iPhone or ipad (macbooks might state 2880x1800 but they actually run on 1920x1080 and you need a tweak to apply the higher resolution).

On a final note the biggest problem that the articles stated as well was the screen quality degrading in favour of higher resolutions, Power consumption a well. I remember checking the brightness on LG's nova displai in p920 or something and it was quite high, close to 700 nits I think, but there no other displays have gone so high since even though tech is evolving and resolutions go higher and higher and everyone's trying to get the best out of every aspect of a display, it simply is too hard or too expensive to make.

Of course a FullHD display is probably less than a gimmick and more of sign of our times, more and more people watch HD content and play HD games and they need a native HD display, bee it FullHD (1080p) or just 720p. Even though I am not in one of the lucky countries to be able to have proper hd streaming services I still prefer to download everything in HD.

And as the OP trolled Apple, the manufactures did too in the beginning I guess, Apple said 326 they said 329 out of spite, and the winner in the end is us, they are saying"mine is bigger and has more than yours" and we end up with more as well, competition always benefits the end user, Just as when IOS said that it's smoother cause when you scroll a page the os just gives all its resources for just that, now android does the same, kinda, in jelly bean.

I might sound a bit off-topic but it really is an answer to the title...

Just in a few more words.

:)

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if that screen doesn't have a naked lady with her legs spread I guess it's not the most beautiful thing we've seen

lolololol
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
Finally someone who understands what a "retina" is.

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It's not the screen, it's the photographer who took the picture. Lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] knarfl1:
Sadly, people fall for these marketing gimmicks. That's why companies spend billions on marketing.

It's amazing how many people believe att "4G" marketing bs. HSPA with "backhaul" improvements (whatever the f that means) is not 4G. Somehow att gets away with it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xHausx:
Thread closed for obvious reasons.
[About XDA developers] DroidPlayer:
Is there a forum for the Archos GamePad?

If not could someone create it?;):highfive:
[About XDA developers] Nigeldg:
Post this in the new device thread. You know, the one that's stickied and highlighted with asterisks? :p.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] devilakos:
Hello people,i found some interesting build prop tweaks that will make ics ui less laggy....ecpecially have you ever noticed the lag of settings app?it kills me when i open settings menu

anyway more action less words

#requires:

-Hands,fingers,brain

-Xperia s ,acro s and ion

-root

-root explorer or anything similar explorer that can edit system files

#step 1

open root explorer,go to /system ,mount it r/w and then longpress on build.prop and press *open in text editor*

#step 2

add those lines at the end of the file-text(please backup first):

persist.sys.ui.hw=1

ro.vold.umsdirtyratio=20

ro.wmt.blcr.enable=0

added tweaks(thanks should go on mrsatan[3rd tweak and 4th tweak number] and and on one random guy at google):

ro.max.fling_velocity=12000

ro.min.fling_velocity=8000

view.scroll_friction=10

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=280

ro.min_pointer_dur=8

ro.telephony.call_ring.delay=0

ring.delay=0

press menu button and then press save and exit

mount r/o

#step 3

reboot your phone (if someone asks me what is reboot i will shoot his head)

#step 4

post a comment and tell if it is working or not and thank me if you consider that i helped you

#step 5

continue your life :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] roobeyn:
Sv: Eliminate Lag(and butter smooth settings)

Well, I'm sorry to say but my phone lags a lot because of this, going to remove the lines

Anyways thanks for trying to help :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cjvzla:
Re: Eliminate Lag(and butter smooth settings)

Could this be applied to xperia SL??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] joni29:
Hello, sorry for my bad English.

Could you tell if it really works in XS?

thanks for the input!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] auni:
Nothing new, these were shared long ago.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] devilakos:
Reply to all... Yes u can apply it and on sl......

I know those tweaks are not new but ive collected those that made my device faster and without lags in one place so it will be easy for users to find

So are those tweaks working?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bassheadzero:
Works very well here in my XS with stock.45 rom! Even the browser get smoother.

Good job!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gopiraj_m:
No change felt.

Can you throw some light on what it does exactly. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] joni29:
as you did it? I tried it and the phone was the same ..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] devilakos:
the first tweaks i dont know what done but i felt that my device faster

the new tweaks made scrolling faster (the first 5)

and the other 2 made the call delay minimum....

the scrolling is especially faster in settings where i felt much lag..

have you saved the build prop after the edit
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gopiraj_m:
Ofcourse and I had no lag in the settings menu while scrolling.

Which Rom are you using anyway?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] devilakos:
xtxperience 7 (stock ics based)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gopiraj_m:
Yet, I see no change.

Thanks anyways! :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] devilakos:
:) sorry for not helping but if you have no lag you probably dont need this :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] joni29:
that lines just to enter the settings menu I work in "butter"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] danytrial:
Work in Xperia t jb??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bassheadzero:
E

Normally.. I did the same of the post, with solid explorer i opened the build.prop and paste these lines at the end and saved. Then I rebooted and now the ui is very smoother. And there's other fix that I loved, the mod eliminated boring delay to keypad to calls.

Make sure to save the file before reboot

Good luck
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] joni29:
thanks, could put a screenshot of how you did it in the build.prop?

esque look than the other lines to make room use #
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ItBankRock:
You know guys how to remove the lag in the settings and some other apps as well? Go to settings, scroll through the bottom, choose "Developer options", and check "Force GPU Rendering". I know it's not a new thing, but not everybody knows this ;)

I'm an XZXperience 2 ROM user btw. Unlocked boatloader also.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spahbod:
I test it. I feel not the difference!

Xperia s .55 fw,deodex stock
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrphyz:
Hi guys.

I've got one Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S LT18i from Vodafone (Portugal).

So i've checked this tutorial from sony:

unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions

But i got my "Bootloader unlock allowed: no"

I've seen one website that we can unlock this, but we must pay for that. I don't whant to spend my money making my android "opensurce"... He should be unlock for customers.

So guys do you have any free solutions for me?

:laugh:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DdcCabuslay:
Nope. Gotta pay in your current status.

One of the services that unlock bootloaders did have a free unlocking weekend last year. I don't know if they will do it again.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louisbag514:
Where can we pay to do this?

Any recomendations on where we can unlock bootloader for xperia arc lt15a (rogers)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DdcCabuslay:
http://www.omnius-server.com/

Only one I know of.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] declantran93:
Hey

My Xperia Arc is from Rogers as well.

I paid to unlock its bootloader.

It was like 10 CAD :)

FastGSM

Very easy followed instruction.

Hope you feel it's helpful.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hatoo:
Hi guys:victory:

I got a Huawei Stream X based on Ascend P2.

I want to get rooting this devices, but I don't have rooting knowledge.

Please help me.

Best regards.hato
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ankush911:
Hi, I am using a galaxy Note in India and it is about 14 months old. I was working on internet and it freezes in between, so this time it wont even turn off or give any option when I pressed power button so I took the battery off after about waiting for 10 min. Then I turned it back ON It gave me error Encryption Failed Reset your phone.

I again tried to restart the phone, Still the same error. I again tried to restart and this time it wont even start Nothing happen just a dead screen.

1. Battery charge is full

2. it wont turn on and when pressing vdown + middle button + power button nothing happens just black screen always.

3. Taken the battery off number of times and then also tried, No Luck.

4 Even the computer wont even recognize it.

Its just a Dead Screen no movement in screen tried all possible step No luck , it all happened suddenly.

Its just the same as it came from company (No Root not even opened its just like new phone.)

Not able to understand what can be the issue, Please help..!!!!

Thanks

Ankush:rolleyes::confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salilpune1:
Ankush bhai.. Take it to service centre
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ankush911:
Its not in warranty ...I am just not able to understand that it was working fine and suddenly its all dead..:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salilpune1:
On which rom u were?

Try vup+home+power
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmas:
How are you sure that the battery is good and charged. Normally after one year if the usage is heavy, the chances of battery down happens. So make sure battery is good. Secondly you mentioned volume down button, how about vol up button ie recovery mode?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ankush911:
Yes The battery is fine and fully charged I tried another Note's battery : No Luck

I tried pressing Vol up button as well with the combination : No Luck in that as well.

Got encryption failed error for two time in start up after that its all dead..No luck

I dont know about the ROM its same as it came from samsung..

Not able to understand what can be wrong.:confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonkhoo87:
Today, this sudden happen to me. But, my m devices cannot be turn on, charge but screen didnt turn on at all. Did u succesful fix ur device?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
looks like u need to replaced a new motherboard.. it looks like SDS syndrome to me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanisrar:
This happened to me as well last week. Tried everything but failed.

I did below steps and my phone is up & working

1) Remove the battery and keep it in a dry place for 4-6 hours (Very important step to make this work)

2) Place the battery back into computer and do not turn ON the phone

3) Plug the phone to wall charger and charge the phone for at least an Hour (I kept for 2 Hrs)

4) Remove the charger and gently press the power button for 15 secs

5) This should turn the phone back ON

Above steps helped for me. Let me know if this worked for you also :angel:

Regards,

Israr

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Ankush,

In your case I can think of only 2 things

1) If you have CWM installed then

press and hold "Volume UP Key + Power Key + Home Key" all together for 30 secs (may be a min) and see if you get recovery screen

If yes then all is ok & you just need to flash a new ROM

2) If you do not have CWM then

press and hold "Volume Down Key + Power Key + Home Key" all together for 30 secs (may be a min) and see if you get a custom screen

If yes then you can install custom ROM (or original ROM) using ODIN.

Let me know if anything helps you here ;)

Regards,

Israr
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonkhoo87:
This step kinda weird.. Since I my note never get wet. I hope it will work.. I tried it later.. I dont have much budget to upgadet to Note 3 now. :crying:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebastost:
Same kind of error

Over the night my phone closed. When I try to open it, on the screen apeared "Insert PIN to decrypt your ~something~ ". I never encrypted my phone so I tried to restart. I got stuck on the samsung logo. Then I removed the battery and put it back in and my device never started again. I have 2 batteries and none of them worked. I can charge the batteries independently and this is not the issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alan_Smithee:
Have the same problem right now.. did you find a solution eventually?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulGer01:
Same happened to my device today. Had trouble with some apps before. Wanted to play back a two days old backup. But my phone never woke up again. Shut down forever. Never got to recovery. Had the latest cm11 nightly. Now its dead! RIP. My dear friend. We've gone a long way together. Never intended to replace you anytime soon. But I can't be without a Phone. Moving on to Galaxy S5 now. Hope it can fill the gapp.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevul:
Same here, completely dead after a reboot. I took it apart but I see no damage or signs of burn damage anywhere on the motherboard or other components. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot and find out specifically what happened?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syamsidi01:
i am not sure, mayb the phone is design to last for only certain years, new apps launch make the phone in applicable for be running with latest apps and everything. Or mayb the phone is design with a timer to self destroy its chip or component after specific numbers of days being used??
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
Hello All,

I posted this on the post for Android Revolution and seem to have run out of interest. This was my post.

Hello,

I messed up and flashed the boot file before I installed the rom file in the internal storage. Now the phone wont boot at all. Can you help me fix this please.

I've tried to search for answers but cant find anything.

I can get into fastboot mode and into CMW mode. So I am able to enter sideload mode but cant get the phone to take the sideload.

I'm afraid I may have formatted the storage too.

Can anyone help me please?

Steve the noob.

Right now I am completely bricked. Tried everything, reinstalled SDK, tried sideloading in a couple of ways, stuck in bootloader or CMW. Try to load and sticks on white HTC page.

PLEASE HELP. I followed all of the directions except for loading the boot first.

Is there a factory reset like the old Oden system that could save me?
[HTC One X+] 00mpollard:
Can you get into fastboot?

If so you need to then flash the boot.img via fastboot.

Type fastboot flash (name of file).img in command prompt and you should be good to go!
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
which boot image?
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
Looks like you took the wrong version for your phone. You have an AT&T / Telus phone. You can not take an International ROM for your phone.

Only

AT&T / TELUS ROMs will work on your phone.

I forgot, you can not bricked your phone since our HTC ONE X+ are S-ON, you just missed something to have it going.
[HTC One X+] Kraizk:
Which CWM are you on? Lloir or the other guys? VERIFY YOU HAVE THE PROPER RECOVERY INSTALLED. IF YOU ARE ON THE AT&T MODEL USE THE AT&T RECOVERY

You can run an RUU (verify proper carrier and model) while at the fastboot screen, or install TWRP and try to sideload using that from the SDK PLATFORM TOOLS FOLDER. You mentioned you have the SDK installed but I need to stress DO NOT USE THE TOOL KIT IT IS WORTHLESS. Make sure you have the official HTC drivers installed that come with HTC SYNC using generic drivers from the tool kit usually yields worthless resutls.
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
I cant get the rom on the phone. It's completely stuck in a boot loop. Only thing I can do is go into bootloader or CWM. I need to sideload a rom. But it wont let me.
[HTC One X+] Kraizk:
I looked at your android revolution thread. STOP USING THE TOOL KIT. It is a POS.
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
OK. Gotcha. Thanks for the help.

Now what do I do? I am bricked.
[HTC One X+] Kraizk:
Read my previous post I gave you instructions. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39261003&postcount=5
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
OK...

Let's start with the correct Recovery for your phone, download link -> Click me!

N.B. -> Rename this file like this -> TWRP2recovery

Put this file in your platform-tools of SDK folder.

Put your phone in bootloader (fastboot USB)

Type this : fasboot devices (Enter... you should have your serial in return)

Then type : fastboot flash recovery TWRP2recovery.img (Enter)

Again type : fastboot erase cache (Enter)

Unplug your USB cable and hit Power button one time

Select Recovery

Hit Power button one time to reboot in Recovery

Try to sideload an ATT&T / TELUS ROM ONLY

Go for Elegancia AT&T/TELUS ROM for this time. (Choose one of your choice in the Download section here)

What are the results?
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
Well, thanks for all your efforts, but it's a lost cause. I tried the last posters suggestions and it wont let me flash the recovery at all. It's done. I have insurance so I'm just going to smash it and file a claim. I give up. I wont do that again.
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
Which error you have when you try to flash the recovery? Is your phone recognized at least when you are typing : adb devices ?
[HTC One X+] Kraizk:
Have you tried just running the RUU? People say it takes a few times. Your phone is not bricked if you can get into fastboot.
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
thanks for coming back.

Lets give this a try.
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
I got this when I typed "fastboot devices",,,
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
Then when I typed fastboot recovery to load the file, it showed this
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
just tried a dif file path and got this
[HTC One X+] stevespens:
Oh, by the way, my bootloader has been relocked. Can I fix this through bootloader?
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
First let's install your SDK folder correctly then you will see, it will work flawlessly.

Have a look at my screenshot, see how mine look simple compare to yours.... Yes, I have two devices plugged.
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
Install your SDK tool like it is explained in this thread.

The version numbers are different but the installation stay the same.

EDIT : What is your computer OS? I will point you to the good htc drivers.