yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
no, dude, we just explained this. the transparent bar creates the black bar when in apps, like you said, which means that entire row of pixels is always OFF...which means the rest of the screen is degrading while that row is like brand new, which makes that row where the dropdown bar is brighter thant he rest of the screen.

the proof is on my phone. you can notice it when you go landscape. because i did black bar, it didn't wear evenly. samsung even changed to gray to reduce the burn in (degredation) back on jellybean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
I know you explained this. I understand. I don't know why it seemed like I didn't. Not a fan of that attitude when it seems you're the one not reading here.

I was just giving my opinion. I believe off pixels would be superior a static color. AMOLEDs suffer from burn in and they also suffer from degradation over time. These are mutually exclusive problems, as a dark, dark gray static image can lead to a dark impression via burn in (see GNex), while a white image could also lead to a dark impression via degradation.

It is my belief that the rate of burn in on amoled panels is much greater than the rate of comparative pixel degradation for most panels. Therefore, if you are forced to choose between off and a static image, I believe off would be the preferred choice.

Of course, a non-static image would be the best, but since that is not an option, it seems to me that 100% transparent is the best choice here.

(Of course one could also have a faulty panel that degrades at an extremely high rate compared to others)

Also where did Samsung say they changed to gray for burn in reasons? It could have just as easily been for stylistic reasons. If not, it would make sense for samsung to do that for all previous Amoled displays that powered black pixels. The S4 would just be a side effect of that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
I'm running the Google Play Edition software, and there's plenty of black everywhere, even more than stock AOSP. And the stock navbar and status bar are definitely always black. So I find it difficult to believe that the grey was anything other than a stylistic choice.

That being said, I haven't noticed any burn in on my phone, knock on wood.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Some panels are very prone to burn in. The panel on the gs4 is a lot less prone then previous devices
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -sandro-:
I'm using the google edition rom since it came out and now I can definitely see that the part where the status bar is is brighter and whiter than the rest of the screen:( do you know a way to use a transparent status bar? Also do you know if the warranty is valid for this problem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
Im not sure if a transparent status bar is possible on a non-TW ROM. Not my area of expertise.

You could use Nova launcher and have it hide the status bar... And if you want you could make the notification pulldown a swipe down gesture. Not a perfect solution, but waaaay better than having a static image or off pixels 100% of the time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] warnette:
If you are rooted Nova launcher has a setting for transparent notification bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -sandro-:
I really don't want to hide the status bar. I'm rooted and use nova launcher but the transparent status bar option doesn't work. Maybe the Google edition rom doesn't support it but i found a mod to make it transparent even if it has some minus issues. How much can this help though? 99% of the time I'm not in the home screen where the bar is transparent.

If I'm not mistaken the touchwiz rom has a gray background where you're not in the home screen right? the screen maybe the reason why they don't use black background at all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
It could help a lot. Keep those organic cells active every once in a while instead of permanently off or on a permanently static color.

The gray TW uses is still much darker than 50% black. A static really dark gray seems worse than off pixels to me. It's most likely a stylistic decision or an attempt to prevent burn in on the older amoled displays that didn't shut off the pixels whole displaying black.

But really who knows. I wouldn't try to rationalize Samsung UI decisions. There's no winning that battle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
Would it be possible for someone to make a full screen app, or even just an image, that's a completely black screen with a white bar at the top that's the same size as the status bar? That way we could set our screen timeout really high and leave that image up for long periods of time now and then to balance things out. I would imagine this won't get much worse over time, it's likely just due to the rest of the screen breaking in a bit and that part being basically brand new. I'd expect after a running a white bar up there a few times and breaking that in too that everything would look fine for quite some time. I'd think it'll be quite awhile before the screen changes much from what it settles to after its initial break-in.

Thoughts?

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alephnaut:
No. I use the scroll down menu and tutn screen off enough to prevent it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I had burn in a little. Ran the app and its pretty much gone... hmm also turned off auto adjust screen tone I feel like that made it much more noticeable
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -sandro-:
great info guys. Now that I have the status bar pixels not used (more bright) if I start using them will they balance out with rest of the screen or the blue "burn-out" will continue nonstop fot the entire life of the screen so that there's always be a difference between young and old pixels? I noticed that where the notifications and clock/battery are the color is equal to the rest of screen which proves the fact the being the bar always black those pixels didn't age.

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there's an app that does that. it's called burn in savior but it's not free
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bjbinc:
But it works and is worth every penny
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] salokin91:
Haven't noticed an issue on mine yet, although burn in is definitely one of the biggest disadvantages of AMOLED screens
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AmericanCon:
Just started to see some burn in while watching a video. Only had the phone for about 2 months now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -sandro-:
just like me, i wonder if this will ever stop or if the young pixels will eventually balance out with the rest (if used)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dajakal:
I don't know if it's burn in, but I notice that when looking at a full-screen lighter image, the normal notification bar area is noticeably darker, almost like a purple-ish bleed. It's mostly an issue in landscape or upside-down, when a good 25% of the screen is a somewhat off color...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
That's just a defective screen. Very common defect with Amoled panels. I had to return my first GS4 for this exact issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dajakal:
Wow, how bad was yours to merit replacement? While the darker/purple cast on mine is noticeable with an all-white screen, it is pretty faint nonetheless. I get the feeling that if I asked to replace mine based on that issue, I'd get some pushback from store employees...

EDIT: I just did a bunch more checks on my display. When I display primary colors (R,G,B) they all appear uniform. But a totally white screen shows a slight darker tint bleeding from the top, and even worse a totally grey screen shows a very noticeable darker tint on roughly the top half of the screen.

Alas, I've had the phone for 3 weeks now so I'm past the VZW return window. Plus I originally activated the phone on another line, to keep unlimited data, and I don't know how that would affect their exchange policy. I suppose I can live with the screen the way it is, provided it doesn't get worse...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
shows a darker tint? hmm. if it's the screen degradation, it'll be brighter on white or gray.. almost a blueish hue. that's odd
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
It wasn't bad at all relatively speaking. I just noticed it on the first day. Noticeable on whites and grays. Bad on grays. I'm just very picky when it comes to $650 technology. My father has a GS4 with the same defect and he can't tell and it doesn't bother him at all. It bothered me a lot.

The reps couldn't see what I was talking about. They even passed it around trying to see it. Nope. Even though it was painfully visible to me. They still gave md a replacement without trouble at all.

Samsung should still honor warranty after 3 weeks. You'd probably still get MDK as I don't think they've gone through their supply of replacements yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wingg:
After 2 months from purchase. Slight.

My own solution to make equal status bar region with whole screen->changed status bar to blue color(TW launcher) + walpaper -black color. Now status bar should get burn faster, after month or so i will check.Then step 2. I will use fullscreen ap from market and set all aps aperrance to full screen.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] beez1717:
Hmm. I didn't know about the burn in. I'll have to keep my eye on it. I may not have it seeing as I got a "used" phone that had apparently only been used as a Samsung development phone or something. Perhaps that means that I haven't got burn in as I never saw any.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mr_sock:
Honestly, I think the previous owner left it out and looks like damage from direct sunlight.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
I got my S4 on VZW launch date (May 23rd) and ZERO burn in. The point is i keep my screen OFF auto brightness and keep it around 25% brightness indoors (90% of the time) and only bump it up if im watching a vid or movie long enough to want it bright. Also I use transparent status bar and also hide status bar in the stock browser.

I would say know your device and know how to protect it. If you do these things you should never see burn in. I knew of potential burn in before i bought it. The bonus of 25% brightness is i get between 6-7.5 hours of screen on time on stock battery with CleanROM and also with Bone Stock ROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
is there an app to hide the status bar in all apps? so like swiping down up top would make it show?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GreatDayChap:
I've had mine since the day before it was actually released for Verizon. I'm not currently on TouchWiz, but I was running it for a couple months and I never had this issue. I also don't have this issue running AOSP roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
i love how this thread got rated as 1 star lmao. sorry guys, but AMOLED burn in is a real thing. if you don't believe me, it doesn't bother me. just trying to see who has the same issues i've got!

doesn't annoy me as much anymore though since i'm going to be getting the G2 once it releases and keep this bad boy as my backup....now what to do with the good ol DNA..hmm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Metallice:
I don't think any (reasonable) person denies that burn-in can happen with amoled screens.

The thing is that it is very phone by phone. Amoleds are still in their infancy and the screens can vary a lot. I have no burn in on my device with a black/transparent status bar with my heavy use, but on a different galaxy s4 i may have had it.

Before I broke my gnex, I had top and bottom burn in. The insurance replacement I had for a year never had any signs of burn-in, but had a purple tint at min brigntess. Amoleds are still quirky. If you are picky have to get lucky or keep returning until you get a good one. With the GS4 I did both :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
yeah man, haha idk if i said it but i remember when i got my s4, i went through 4 in that store until i found a good one. they each had banding issues on gray screens! i was like, are you kidding? haha...i really wish i could've replaced the screen on my gnex..that was a sweet phone.

i really think i may just go with LCD from now on..i was only a huge fan of amoled back with the OG Inc..then when i got the rezound i was like, damn i love LCD.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bobtrek:
No burn in for me yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ivan Singh Parihar:
Notification bar & menu panel of various apps burn in

I own a Samsung galaxy note 2 for almost a year now & recently I noticed the same problem. Even my wifi signal indicator, battery indicator, the indicator of my anti-virus present in my notification bar is visible on some colours. The ghostly image of the panel appears to be lighter than that of the rest of the screen. I believe the ghostly image of the notification bar could have been made because of the heat given out by the processors. I tried some of the screen burning tool but no good. I feel that a custom application for burning only the upper panel could help. Even I need help with this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] asharad:
No burn in for me. I've owned this phone for almost a year. I use "auto" brightness controls, and I don't keep the screen on unless using actively the device. Even in the car dock, I let the screen turn off after 5 minutes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thesoldier:
I definitely have burn in with the status bar. Got the phone July of last year, screen times out after 1 minute. Weird how it happens to some screens and not others.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Odd. Had mine since release without any burn in at all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
yeah, i haven't used mine for more than like 2 hours maximum since september..got the G2 back then..but every now and then when i turn it on to flash a new rom and see whats going on with the S4 development, i'm reminded of how awful AMOLED screens are compared to LCD lol..it's bad. the burn in, the unnecessarily warm colors..etc.

i'm considering the S5 if the LED screen on there looks any better, though...just for the hell of it lol since the samsung cameras kill the LG cameras.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JihadSquad:
I have had mine since July with no burn-in at all, and I tend to play lots of games with static elements like HUDs.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raymondxcho:
Hello xda folks.

I'm very new to this forum and somewhat a newb at phone hardware. I'm in a bit of a dilemma here.

So this past 4th of July, I was being stupid (careless I should say). I was longboarding while on the phone (yeah I know), ate it and bam, shattered my screen. Now my screen is cracked so I hopped online and bought a new screen replacement digitizer from Amazon with good reviews so I know I'm not getting some cheap unusable part.

My phone still functions properly. Texts are coming in, I can answer calls and sort of guess my way around. Touch functions works. My backlight turns on but I get absolutely no display. My screen is black, no picture. But backlight works whenever I turn it on.

Does this mean I have a broken LCD? I'm going on a trip for a week IN a week and need my phone to work by next week. Also is there any way to tell if I have a wide or narrow flex in regards to the LCD without opening the phone? I'm waiting for my torx screw which is coming with my digitizer in a few days and can't wait that long to figure out what LCD I need if do I need one.

So my two questions are:

1. Do I need a new LCD?

2. If I do, is there a way to figure out the wide/narrow flex without opening the phone?

I apologize if this is a dumb post/asked a bunch of times. I'm just in a hurry and couldn't find the answers I needed and I'm not too knowledgeable at this stuff. Thanks for your help guys.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
Theres 2 videos i used to replace mine and it works great,check to make sure you didnt miss something....

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[General Questions and Answers] this.is.my.username:
Alright. I have done hours and hours of research trying to figure all this out and I just keep hitting walls. I recently bought a yeahpad R7 with android 4.1.1 and it was advertised to have 4GB of internal memory. I went ahead and bought a class 10 8GB tf card that I was going to use with it for a little more extra storage. Well, when I got the tablet I learned that I have system storage with about 1GB and Nand flash storage of 1.16GB of total memory. I was pretty upset that it wasn't the advertised 4gb... not really close. I did my research and found out that I can root it and make the tablet think that the tf card is my flash storage which would give me more memory, so I downloaded some explorer apps from the market, added in the coding in the vold.fstab file and it wouldn't allow changes. I learned that I need to make my external sd card writable in permissions, so I rewrote that coding, and again, wouldn't let me save the file. I then learn that I need to root my whole system so that it would allow changes by using superuser...? I'm getting so lost and confused but I hate to give up! I've searched this forum and can't find anything. I don't want to ask potentially dumb questions, but to me, this one is a real head scratcher. Any help is appreciated.

Mods, if this is the wrong section, please move me around! Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] this.is.my.username:
any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] this.is.my.username:
ok, i just figured out that i need to use usb debugging mode. I'm still doing some reading on that, apparently I skipped that step when learning about rooting and just when into the coding, leading me to wonder why I can't save anything... Or maybe i'm still missing something.

My goal is to have this done before this friday because I'm going out of town for three days, then i'm home for a week then leaving for a week. I just want that extra space and feedom on my tablet. thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] this.is.my.username:
I just tried 3 different one click root programs, none of them would work. Oneclickroot seemed to be the best and most descriptive. It told me that they do not support my version yet. Again, i have android 4.1.1. That version isn't that new, is it? Superoneclick just froze and 1clickroot was just unable to root. This is driving me crazy
[General Questions and Answers] this.is.my.username:
Seriously, any help would be nice. Either this has everyone stumped and nobody knows or nobody cares to help.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galinha:
Hello :

Can i change HTC mail for normal mail ?

I need to a option - After delete mail open next .,,,

like - Open the Next Message Automatically When You Delete or Archive

Thanks in advance

L
[General Questions and Answers] hiteshtsec:
hey guys,

a few days ago i bricked my Xperia Go JB,

i SOMEHOW managed to flash it to stock GB version...

now i'm trying to flash it again to JB using flashtool...

but even when the phone is connected in flashmode, the flashtool dosent recognizes it!!!:( it is struck at "WAITING FOR DEVICE" window...

plz help!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] apache04:
try a clean reinstall of drivers on your pc... and charge your device to full.. :)
[General Questions and Answers] hiteshtsec:
Thank you soo much......

The trick worked!!!:)
[General Questions and Answers] apache04:
i would appreciate if u press the Thanks button next time...

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Hit Thanks if I am helpful :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deedwar:
Features

*Based on CM-10.1

*Based on OpenSEMC 3.4 Kernel (Thanks RaymanFX for your hardwork)

*PA's hybrid engine for a full user experience

*Switch between three different UI modes

*Change the system DPI

*Add apps to different DPI groups

*Change the navigation bar height

*No reboot needed for UI changes

*More features and improvements

*This is always a work in progress

Download the ROM from here

Apply Gapps from here

1080 Video Recording Camera here (Download goto recovery and flash)

If your after a change of look i recommend installing Holo Miui V5 from here

OpenPDroid is a set of modifications to the Android framework and libraries which allows fine-tuning of the data which applications are able to retrieve about your device, your account, your messages, and more. Specifically, it is a Privacy service provider. In short by installing a mod in recovery that modifies a few key files from my ROM you can then install a program from Playstore called PDroid Manager that will allow what information any application can access. GPS, Phone Number, pretty much anything.

Install Instructions for OpenPDroid

*Download the install (update) file to your internal storage

*Reboot and goto recovery

*Install JellyBeer-v4.32-07072013-134012-hikari-openpdroid-20130707-update

*Go to Playstore and download PDroid Manager to access security settings.

Install file here

Uninstall file here

Pdroid Manager from here to control the per app options.

Known Bugs

Wi-Fi portable access isn't working

Camera freeze after taking a picture (have to close and reopen camera)

Manual network search isn't working
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deedwar:
Just posting this ROM till i can figure out a few issues with SlimBean
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] winsonlam:
downloading.

will give it a try
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] infatality:
ported or build from source? Any known issues?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deedwar:
Only been running for the day so not sure of any issues. From now on the only thing that i will continue to PORT is the PAC Rom all my new builds will be from source. PAC just seems to be beyond my ability to build just yet. But you guys are my test subjects so install away and tell me what is playing up.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] infatality:
Thanks.. Downloading now and will report back how it goes.. Well.. Somehow i still pefer slimroms as im running slim rom on my s2 and nexus 7.. However i'm missing 3.4 kernel for acro s and this rom has 3.4 kernel.. Good luck and all the best!

PS: Do i just dirty flash over or fastboot boot.img?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deedwar:
When i install a new ROM i always do a wipe of CACHE / DATA and dalvik and System. As long as you have a backup you can just restore it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] infatality:
Is it normal for the boot animation to blink while loading?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mekayzer:
No issue from now. The ROM Work well. Will use it until you give US slimrom update because i like it more.

Thnaks deedwar for your work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deedwar:
Yeah mate. It is bloody annoying though isnt it. But after the first install you dont really get a chance to see it so much because your just about booted by then.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] infatality:
Yep.. Very irritating, lol.. Almost blinded me! Well got booted.. All seems fine.. But don't seems to be able to remove the bottom navigation buttons..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deedwar:
Just reduce the size to zero percent in that option.

EDIT: System - Navbar Modifier - Navigation Bar height
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Karolinho:
OMG OMG OMG r****in awesome using jellybeer on nexus 7 for months..

Laggy as ****
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PurlingNayuki:
I'd like to try the new kernel! But only till you perform us the slim bean update :P

Sent from my Xperia Acro S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lewis021:
Finally a 3.4 kernel! Now I can game in peace. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gallardo994:
No you can't.

Powered by OpenSEMC CM10.1 with Android 4.2.2 on the board.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lewis021:
Why not?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PurlingNayuki:
I'd like to know why.

Sent from my Xperia Acro S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] steveeJ:
My question is, why couldn't you?

Downloading this right now btw. I hope the search for mobile networks is working here. I'll report back!