yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CorruptionDee:
For myself, I've always been partial to Super AMOLED screens. I've always thought they were the best display tech on the market. To my eyes, they were. The only problem was that LCD technology has been steadily improving every year to compete with AMOLED.

I've owned every flagship Galaxy phone except for the S4 and Note 3. I do have experience with both though. Samsung has put the AMOLED screens in a situation where it's been one step forward, one step back. Super AMOLED plus was a great step in the right direction. However, once they went HD they went back to pentile. It isn't immediately noticeable until you compare it side by side with an LCD screen. Text and fine details are always sharper, and colors are always more accurate. The Note 2 was a great compromise as it wasn't a pentile display.

Now we have a 1080p AMOLED screen within the S4 and Note 3, and they're again pentile with their funky diamond pixels. They are very pretty, but at the end of the day, they still have only 2 sub pixels and this leads to whites that are less white, etc.

At the end of the day, after dealing with AMOLED screens for the past 3 years, I can safely say that the LG G2 screen is amazing. It's high contrast, non-pentile, far more accurate, and has no risk of burn-in.Sorry for the lengthy rant, but you get my point.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terence52:
AMOLED itself was created to compete against other LCDs in terms of colour reproduction and viewing angles but it does looks saturated when I initially played with the S2 and comparing against my O2X, I still feel that IPS produces more natural colours and use up less battery..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy Madison:
Then, had you noticed that white backgrounds in settings and dialer helps readability on bright sunny day, hadn't you? It's autumn but you really should grab one Xperia on amoled phone with dark backgrounds and any LG phone with white Optimus UI and go to open air and compare which is better readable with brightness turned to not 100% but, lets say, 50%.

The newspapers prints with black letters on white paper and not with white letters on a coal for a reason: it's because even under candle light in Middle Ages human eyes saw black letters better then white on the black background

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The one thing LG failed to deliver in G2 as like as in OG Pro is week anti-glare layer. It reflects too much sun compared to more expensive phones as Note 3, iPhone 5S, HTC One as can be seen on youtube:

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BUT, see how this guy is cheating? When he leans left he puts shade on Note3 display and says "Note 3 has clearer display and more contrast" And then he leans right to put sun on LG G2's display and says that it's not visible. It's cheating
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
You are totally correct with the Burn-In problem with AMOLEDS. Not many people are aware or realize this!

This is a huge problem! If someone doubts this, please google or Youtube it and see it for yourself!

One cool feature that no one addressed here so far is that the G2 has a special graphics RAM that saves an estimated 20% on battery power by not needing to re-draw static parts of the screen (i.e. Home screen, etc)!

Cheers!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
Is it also true that ips screen doesn't work well with polarized sun glasses?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonsf:
Yes. The first time I turned my G2 landscape while wearing my sunglasses I thought it had turned off. Completely blacked out. I haven't read about the ips tech but it must be using polarized light. Really annoying if you want to use a landscape dock in the car.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Let's not forget that the G2 will never suffer from the ugly screen burn-in problem that every AMOLED screen has. Resell value is important to me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
I've had s3, note 2, s4 and never had burn in.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
I've never had burn-in on my Galaxy Note either, but that doesn't mean burn-in problem is not present on AMOLEDs.

I babied my Note way too much, limiting static blue images, brightness and usage time.

Search Google and you'll see how popular the problem is.

Cheers
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miljbee:
My previous phone is a note 2. I find the viewing angles of the G2 horrible. And the blacks... they are grey !
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americasteam:
If resale value is important then why buy an LG phone? ;)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
I agree. But it does have better Whites so it's give and take. I watched several 1080p videos on both and I can't discern the difference as far as picture quality goes. The note 3 amoled screen is much improved and the whites are not yellow and I still get the pitch black amoled is known for. Can't go wrong with either device in my opinion.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Hahaha true that :D

But I'm sure an LG G2 will sell better than a burned-out S4 right?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afmracer6:
+1
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americasteam:
Probably! G2 is an awesome device though. Most people won't even realize because it's made by LG. Typical folks want either Apple or Samsung because that's all they see on TV. It's a shame too, because LG is becoming a force in mobile.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiguy99:
You're serious?

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If you want resale value, get an iPhone and be done with it
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
Sad but true. Hopefully LG gains more market share and HTC comes back up. Competition is good for us consumers.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crashN2u:
You lose full black, but you get brighter whites. Not sure what the contrast ratios are for the screens, but I can almost guarantee that the LG has a higher contrast ratio which results in a better picture. I'm ok with not getting black black as long as I'm not getting gray whites. Here's a video showing the differences between the whites.

At 5:34 in the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmnGoHHfX4E
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garywojdan81:
Get new sunglasses?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonsf:
Lol. Except my prescription makes new glasses almost as expensive as a new phone!

Not a deal breaker. I just won't be using the phone in landscape while wearing sunglasses.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americasteam:
100% agree.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miljbee:
Of course I am !

Luminosity set to 50%, phone next to my keyboard, so I look at it with a 45° angle : the screen is almost unreadable.

Also, I was using the note 2 as a night clock next to my bed. Luminosity set to minimum, the clock was perfectly clear and the black background was almost black. With the G2, same conf, the Clock is hardly readable and the black background illuminates the whole room !

But, I don't say that this screen is bad. Colors are not saturated like they use to be on Amoled Screens, and it's probably less tiring.

Both screens have there default, and I would say that they are in fact totally opposed. They are each good where the other is bad, and bad where the other is really good ...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noam23:
So, I got a chance today to compare the G2 to the Galaxy S2.

It's kind of hard to believe, but the G2's screen IS better... For many years I was under the impression that contrast ratio was the main bottleneck for great image, and to my surprise, it's not. Now don't get me wrong, contrast ratio is still extremely important, it's rather that the G2's CR is high enough (1500:1) to make this pretty much a non issue. The G2's blacks are really good (very very very dark grey).

What I found troubling with the S2's screen (in direct comparison to the G2), was that there are not enough shades of color between extremes. It's like between black and white there are many shades, and the LCD panel of the G2 can produce many more of those shades, than that of the S2. This is why the S2's image looks somewhat cartoony... the end result is that the G2's screen is much more pleasant to look at.

I can't believe that I'm saying this, but AMOLED is not that good after all...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americasteam:
So you compared a new LCD screen to a AMOLED panel that's a few years old (tech wise and maybe physically), and you came to the conclusion that the LCD was better. Really?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiguy99:
Honestly, I believe the Galaxy S2 was the last great Amoled screen before Samsung started using the Pentile Matrix setup. If they kept the S2 screen but upped the resolution to 720p for the S3 & then up to 1080P for the S4, many of us would probably have them.

I had the S2 & was super excited when Samsung came out with the newer phones but I just couldn't get into the Pentile Amoleds. There was something about them that made me feel cheated especially after using the S2's rich Amoled screen.

I do like what Motorola did with their Amoled Moto X screen. If the resolution was 1080P it possibly could have given the much larger S4 and other Amoleds a run for their money IMO
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nismology:
Non-pentile Samoled's include the S2/Droid charge/Infuse 4G (480p) and the Note 2 (720p). Everything else is pentile. With that said, I went from the Charge to the GNex and honestly came away impressed with the newer display due to the added resolution and PPI offsetting the move from non-pentile to pentile. The annoying thing with any amoled panel is the screen persistance issues and the battery drain. It's so awesome for me to be able to watch full screen videos on the G2 without any bar at the top and bottom.

The original Galaxy S had a pentile display and most Amoled's made since have been pentiles. Non-pentiles have been the rare exception all things considered.

The next Note (4) and GS5 will probably have 1080p non-pentile displays as that is Samsung's M.O. but will likely still suffer from increased battery drain, screen persistance issues, and blue pixel longevity issues. They are married to this design, but it's not perfect and never will be.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gasaraki-:
I have a GNex and the car dock buttons and icons are slightly burnt in to the screen. Not noticeable when showing bright images but once it's a plain background, you can see the black outlines.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Don't bother saying that... Unless you post a photo of such damage, AMOLED fans will not believe you!!! :laugh:

No, really I do believe you about the AMOLED burn-in problem, but as you may already know if you read the whole thread, there are non believers that think burn-in problem does not exist!!! :laugh:

That's my main reason I did not chose the Note 3 and went to the G2 instead. I don't miss AMOLED at all!!!

I grew tired of limiting my brightness and on-time on my previous AMOLED devices!

Now I can go FULL BLAST on brightness and use my G2 for as long as I want without fear of burn-in!!!

CHEERS!!! :good:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oaklands:
I came from a Droid Razr Maxx and this screen seems easier for me to read. I don't look at my phone from a lot of angles but it is beside me right now at an angle and I am having no problems. The screen is bigger and is great for my aging eyes.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noam23:
I did compare my S2 to the S4 on several occasions, and color wise, found them similar.
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
bout to get this from a friend, anyone know the status of it? i see no developement for it anymore or custom roms but i see root for both GB and ICS versions, and i see that he updated his to ics.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] BreakingVZW:
Hey guys. I am attempting to boot into custom recovery to make a backup of my stock rom with stock recovery intact. Here's what I have done so far:

(Fastboot and ADB is up and running)

1) Downloaded the custom recovery

2) Placed custom recovery in my ADB/Fastboot file folder location

3) Renamed custom recovery img to recovery.img

4) checked md5 sums in adb

5) adb booted to fastboot

6) entered cmd: fastboot boot recovery.img

Once I do that it says :

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 1.139s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.001s]

finished. total time: 1.143s

BUT nothing happened. It stays in fastboot on the phone and freezes the phone. What in the entire hell am I doing wrong?

UPDATE: Nevermind. I pulled the recovery image out of Zar's decrypted RUU file and flashed it. Then I just did a full backup in adb
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadHatter01:
Alright I am stuck. I am getting no notification on the notification bar for gmail. Every other app is fine. If I go in to gmail the email is waiting for me. I have done a full factory reset and no luck. Notifications is turned on for gmail. Does anyone else have issues with gmail?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agent:
Go to application manager and click on gmail. Is notifications checked?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadHatter01:
I got it, I forgot you had to tun on notifications per label/folder. The main inbox was checked, its just when I was testing it those were going to updates inbox/label. Duh moment.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jtiis:
Hi and thanks for help first off,

Bought a T-Mobile S3 flashed to CSROM Tha BMB v.1.2 with Hardware version: REV 0.4

I flashed a few phones previously but barely knew what I was doing then and haven't a clue now TBH.

So - bought a new Nav/Phone/Stereo for my car this weekend (Pioneer AVIC-X9310BT). Has BT phone support but can't get it to recognize/talk with the stereo at all. Phone says it's rejected or can't communicated with the stereo but stereo has no troulble connecting to other phones so it's something with the hack/Rom I'm guessing.

My pref. would be to do something to my current rom to make it work (done all the reboots and such - no luck). If this is possible - tell me what to do. (Remember, I'm an idiot on this stuff now days)

If not - my Q is - what current ROM would you guys suggest I DL and install to try and get it to work with my stereo.

In truth there's only two things I need from my S3.

- Ability to tether to my ipad

- Ability to be used with my stereo

Other than that - I'd really be fine with stock S3 wares... but... as I know - to have the ipad tether (without paying extra... I'm on Solavei service)... I have to at least stay hacked... so...beyond that... what's EASY to install, can tether and has the BEST chance (stable/near stock) to syncing up via BT with my stereo.

TIA

jtiis
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Probably ROM issue, try S3Rx or Dandroid.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yup, I hear about BT problems all the time on CM/aosp roms. Try aerowinders suggestions first, but if you don't like the roms, just make sure you stick to stock, touchwiz based ones and BT should work.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixe43:
hi.

I tried to install the ROM SJB Enjoy Xperia Styled X 4.5 Jelly Bean on my sony ericsson xperia arc s LT18i and something went wrong.

Now when I turn on the mobile phone appears 'sony' and the mobile phone is always restart. I already tried to repair the mobile phone with sony pc companion but it says it does not have any update available.

Can someone help me solve the problem?

I thank any help
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
Did you flash the correct kernel for the ROM?

僕のLT18iから送られてきた
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixe43:
I installed the kernel that came in the zip of the ROM
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
If you still have problems use Flashtool to repair your phone.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixe43:
I've tried but the following warning appears:

08/009/2013 22:09:37 - INFO - Now unplug the device and power it on

08/009/2013 22:09:37 - INFO - Then go to application settings

08/009/2013 22:09:37 - INFO - turn on Unknown Sources and Debugging

the phone continues to restart
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwolverine7:
Just use back button

Go into flashmode for using flashtools xperia arc S

and just flash .ftf file by putting that file in firmware folder!!!

and select "no final verification"

This ll surely help you!!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixe43:
it's working

Thanks :laugh:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nadjombe:
LT18i

Please can you show that firmware solve your problem?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domingos73:
Where i get the ftf file??

My phone is always restarting. No menu, no screen. Nothing... :(

How can i fixe it?

Thansk
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzrulHisyam:
You can find all the ftf file here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2023504

Just choose your region
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domingos73:
Thanks.

But i have already send it to fix on a store.

It's working agaian. :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Carnivor:
Is there a way to override a rom file?

I found welcomehead.192.png the windows boot screen, not the initial imate one, the blue windows one, ive edited the png, but cant replace the file as it is in rom, any suggestions as how to do this? or is it wait until someone works out how to open the nbf file and then change that way?

Theres nothing in the registry that i can find that points to this file :(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Carnivor:
anyone?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] sama:
just overwrite the file with the same name. ignore errors
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] PReDiToR:
1. As sama says, just use a proper file explorer (Resco/Total) to overwrite the ROM file. If you delete the new file the old one will still be there in ROM.

2. The ROMs can be decoded, you can change the ROM then flash it. This is not a safe thing to do, and is complicated. However, this is a total waste of time (hours) for a 100KB image file unless you really can't afford 100KB in your Programs Memory.

3. If you want, you can also change the "initial imate one" too. Buzz has the tools and instructions on his site (http://buzzdev.net). This will be a flash job, but takes up no space and a hard reset won't wipe it.

Hope this helps.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybernavid:
Just thought to replace my launcher with ADW launcher. After replacing, the double knock to sleep doesn't work anymore.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fidelio_o:
You have to tap the notification bar when using a different launcher
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybernavid:
Thnx for the reply. Yes it works as you mentioned!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tmallory:
Hey everyone - I've been using a CM nightly from last month and noticed that my carrier signal shows as "H" now, as in HSPA.

Beforehand, I would see the usual 3G ot LTE symbol which would fluctuate with signal strength. This "H" (sometimes H+) symbol is always near full strength. Every once in a while, I catch it briefly flash the 3G or LTE signal (one second or less). I ran a speedtest and I get 71ms ping, 5Mbs down, and 0.5Mbs up. Never tested beforehand so I don't have much to compare it to.

I was wondering if this would be a hardware or software issue. In the screenshot above is my phone info. I'm hoping I can revert to the stock Samsung ROM and have no issues with connectivity as I plan on selling this phone by the end of the month.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BCSC:
This could be anything especially as you are using a nightly. Things in the code can be broken in nightlies. Flashing back to stock will fix this.
[LG Optimus Black] Grakel:
Since a while ago, I've been doing some modifications to all the awesome roms that Huexxx makes for us. In my opinion, his roms are always the best regarding performance, he is the one who brings so much magic to that LG crap we get from stock roms (quite hard to make something good from such a crappy software).

Anyways, we all see he is not having so much time to update his actual rom (yes, IZS), so I decided to put here a zip for you all with all the mods Ive been doing since we got the first IZS.

The magic was brought by Huexxx, he did so much work for free to bring us a stable and fast rom. Please, give him all the thanks you can, because he deserves that and more.

Uma is based on IZS v2, this is not aimed to bring a more stable or more lightning fast version of IZS, this is just IZS with some customizations, such as theming, replaced apps and a couple of easy but good mods.

Screenshots:

How to Install:

- Make your backup

- Wipe data/factory reset

- Wipe dalvik-cache

- Format /system

- Flash the rom zip

- Flash Turbo Boost with the values you want for the swap file (optional)

- Flash another kernel if you want. This pack comes with the stock izs kernel.

#Its always recommended to full wipe and format system. But if you want to flash this over IZS, I think it will cause no problems at all.

Setting up the Rom:

- Go to settings -> developer settings and check "dynamic f-sync", "disable fast dormancy", and the most important, "enable gpu rendering". (I would also use 1x for animations and transitions)

- Open up TricksterMod app, go to general tab. Raise the "Read Ahead Buffer Size" to 512 and change the scheduler to "row". Scroll down and change the cpu governor to "ondemandplus" (these are my preferred settings, you can play with them and choose the oens you like)

- Open up Wifi Auto Turn Off app and press "Enable", now choose the minutes you want the wifi to be on when it doesnt find any connection. (By default if its not connected to anything for 5 mins, it shuts down. Pretty much a battery saver)

Changelog:

Download Links:

- v1 : http://d-h.st/oTx

Well, as you can see, Im not a developer like Huexxx, so dont expect that I keep updating this so much frequently, but, as I keep learning stuff about android, I may keep doing little things here and there.

Thanks to you guys to keep this phone alive. and really huge thanks to Huexxx for being so awesome ;)

​
[LG Optimus Black] dcop7:
Great work Grakel! Nice to see a ROM with your customizations :D

There is a problem that I have with IZS, can you look into that? It takes much time to the screen to wake up. Specially when receiving an incoming call.
[LG Optimus Black] Grakel:
Ill see what I can do :D . Can you check if at least the lockscreen is any faster with this ROM? Im thinking the lg lockscreen must be way more heavy than the googles one. Atm I dont see any retard when waking up the device.
[LG Optimus Black] dcop7:
In an incoming call, you don't see any delay?

For me, it starts the ringtone and I have to wait about 5 seconds to the screen to wake up.

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By the way. The incoming call screen, it is the LG version of AOSP? I've flashed your mod but it only changes the lock screen. Not the incoming call screen.

LG Optimus Black
[LG Optimus Black] Grakel:
Yeh I see that delay when recieving a call too. The call menus are handled by the dialer afaik, so my mods wont affect it since I didnt touch the dialer except for the theming.

But when waking up device to lockscreen, do you see any improvement on the delay?

I wonder if its cuz the apk's taking so much time to load or its cuz of some parameter inside the rom config. Ill have a look at it, but I dont promise anything, Im not an expert, and if huexxx didnt fix this already...
[LG Optimus Black] dcop7:
I belive it is the ROM it self. IZS v1 didn't had this much delay...
[LG Optimus Black] Grakel:
Does it happen if you use izsv2 with izsv1.1 kernel?
[LG Optimus Black] dcop7:
I didn't test that. The IZS v1.1 kernel doesn't have swap, and for me, that is a performance breaker :(

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Maybe building the IZS v1.1 kernel with swaps?