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[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
This is just how I see it (on my 8.4 inch Tab S), possibly more obvious on mid to dark screen than full bright or full dim, sometimes looks like a dirty patch of screen. Those saying that they don't see it, are you using 10.5 versions, maybe there there's a difference, from what I've read they do use a different pixel arrangement which may affect angles?

I think it appears as a patch in the middle of screen because, if held close enough, the centre of screen is square-on to your eyes but as you move out you are effectively looking at it at an angle.

For those who don't see it, attached is a photo to show the effect, note, I have adjusted white balance and increased saturation (of the whole image, no area/selective tweaking) to exaggerate the effect but it does (on my PC) clearly illustrate what I see on the Tab S 8.4.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SrAdama:
That's exactly what I see as well. Quite annoying. To the people talking about taking screen shots, it's of no use. You need to take a photo with a camera like Armpowered did as the screen shot will not recreate a hardware-related issue with the screen.

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You know those reviewers are full of it when they claim the Tab S has "good battery life". LOL.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Mine does have the dirty patch thing. But those whites look a lot better than mine. Mine has an awful yellow hue head on
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rey_1178:
I feel very fortunate that so far I have not experienced these issues on my 10.5 S nor on my Note 3. That of course doesn't mean you all are seeing things. If there's a problem with any of these devices it should always be made aware for the rest to see. I usually wait for new models to sit out there for awhile so the kinks get worked out, but the wife kept tempting me with the Idea of the TAB S so she could see her exclusive preview of the next Hunger Games movie. No matter how stupid or insane that may sound, it gave me an excuse to get a new Tablet :p .
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Awesome. I will get mine replaced tonight and hopefully it will be better.

Knowing my luck I will have good whites but a laggy one lol
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
Let us know how you get on, still trying to decide what to do with mine (from John Lewis).
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
Yes, without a doubt your screen is defective. It should not look like that. Just my perception but it seems the 8.4 units are having a lot more issues than the 10.5's. If you are returning it try a different store which will have a different production run (hopefully). Also consider looking into the 10.5.

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For those experiencing lag who are rooted give this a try.

Download and install Wanam Xposed. Just follow all the directions. Go to Advanced Settings and disable DVFS and reboot. What DVFS does is down clock your cpu when your tablet hits certain temp envelopes. Unfortunately Samsung has set this so low to preserve battery life it can limit performance for power users. This may be a reason why your tab becomes increasingly laggy the longer you use it.

After disabling this on my tab, the major benefit I have noticed is that typing input is more responsive over longer periods of use.

Give it a try and see if it helps. This will probably worsen your battery life a bit as the cpu will not be throttling as severely as before.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Sorry don't know if I verified but mine is 10.5. Sadly can't get it in another store as I'm paying monthly for this one. Sad cause mine has no lag or build quality issues. It's the luck of the raffle. But then we're paying a lot of money for these so we have the right to keep trying until we have a good one:)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
Good luck. I hope you get a good one this time :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Just got back from currys. They've taken the tab back. The display model definitely didn't have as much of a yellow hue as mine. I'm gettin replacement tomorrow or Monday. There out of stock and hopefully have some in tommorow. Good thing is this is from a fresh new batch so I know I won't be getting from the same batch as the last one of they did have a dodgy batch :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NixxonExxo:
Wow when I saw the first page of this complaint, I was astound. I thought it might be with a few defects and was going to suggest to get an exchange but didn't realize this is happening to a lot of people. I can tell you mind is pure white like paper.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Good to know it's not just me being fussy:) hopefully my replacement will be paper white too:)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
It's not actually happening to a lot of people. I've run a poll in another thread and out of 13 responses thus far, only 2 are unhappy with the white reproduction on their Tab S. Of course there are a number of people with problems in his thread but that's what the thread is about :)

If your screen looks overly yellow or has a dirty smudge in the middle it is defective or has been calibrated too warm. I recommend returning it and getting another unit, hopefully from a different store. Make sure you open the box and turn it on before leaving the store to make sure there are no issues. Good luck!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Only thing I do think though is everyone's perception of white will be different. Waiting for them to have more in stock. They've reserved me one for Monday but hoping they will have some in stock today:)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
I just took a picture of a webpage with a white background on my 10.5 and sent it to my laptop which has software that measures colors.

The website background from my Tab S 10.5 measured at 255:255:255. That is pure white. This was a photo of the tablet screen and not merely a screen shot.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Hey. Just got my replacement. Haven't had a good look yet. As I'm out. But on first inspection it was Stil not as pure white as I was hoping but still have the settings to play with. Also it didn't seem to have the yellow blotch that moved when I tilted the device. Let's hope when I inspect further later
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
It may also have to do with your expectations of what white will look like. Take a picture of the screen dead on in a dark room with no flash (obviously) and brightness maximized and confirm that the picture looks like what you are seeing in person. Then open the photo on your PC and use an app like Color Eyedropper to test and see what the RGB value of the white area is. Make sure it is actually a white area as many websites actually use a slightly off white as a background to reduce eye strain. My company's website background may look white but it is actually a few shades darker.

Should be 255.255.255 or something close. Of course since it's a photo make sure you aren't pointing at some artifact of the screen reflection. The good news is if it doesn't look yellow or green or purple dots. :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
I got a replacement for my bronze 8.4 inch yesterday, was about to post a report but you've said almost exactly how I see the new one.

Whites are still green biased but it seems more evenly spread over the screen, less of a feeling of (moving) dirty patch. I can still see shifts of tint (green - pink, blue at big angles but I'd expect weirdness then) but it just seems much less annoying/obvious.

There clearly are production variations in the panels - I can also see a difference when looking at an almost black display under dark ambient light. My original one would fade a dark grey to black in one corner, the new one is more patchy overall (this is on minimum brightness trying to display very dark grey).

I'm pretty much happy with this one so far.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
My screen is white dead on and slightly pink at an angle. Glad you are happier. Some folks will always be more sensitive to certain colors than others. I'll take these slight variations over lcd light bleed any day.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Pretty much sums up my amoled devices. Luckily the pros far outweigh the negatives imo :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Mines the same. The whites are definitely much better and when I tilt it it goes bluish in places but I'd expect it to be like that at an angle. And there's no sign of dirty yellow patches. So I'm much happier with this screen:)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
I'd say I'm enjoying the whites more on this than my note 2014 ed. They were really yellow with loads of light bleed
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rey_1178:
That sounds like me as well. Very happy with the TAB S so far.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Yeah loving this now, the other bugged me a lot. The whites are crisp, the other one was so yellow and horrible
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
Glad it worked out. :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Roger roger
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TML1504:
same story here...

i have a HUGE history with amoled devices, if someone browses my old threads regarding this he will see that i often had to exchange a few devices until i got one with a decent screen: on my note2 i had to exchange > 10 times...

some people call me crazy because of that, but such issues really annoy me, and we spend a lot of money for these devices...

so, what can i tell about the tab s?

i bought a 8" a few weeks back, and now a 10" last friday: the 8" has a more yellow tint overall then the 10", but on my 10" i also do have the problems described here: a yellow spot in the middle of the screen when watched spot on. if a tilt the tablet a little the yellow tint fades away. this is very annoying for me as well, so i will go an get an exchange, is i'm almost sure the tab s devices will also have the panel manufacturing spread as all of the amoled devices i owned so far...

otherwise the display of both the 8" und 10" are brilliant, and a huge step forward!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beerwhisperer:
Galaxy Tab S 8.4

It's really too bad that this tablet has had so many problems. It could be so epic if it worked. I've experienced almost everything that people have been mentioning on my 8.4 fortunately I paid 150.00 dollars less for mine than everyone else and I'm still bitter because I only got 6 months of use out of it. I dropped it and broke the glass while I was getting to send it off for Warranty and Samsung wouldn't do anything about it because according to them I had abused the device, which is why it wasn't properly functioning... I love Android but won't buy any more Samsung products.

If you decide to take a risk on one buy the accident protection and expect your device to be unreliable. The LCD is 50.00 more than I paid for the entire tablet.
[Sony Xperia ZL] rohitbhole69:
Naruto Theme

screenshots: :D

:D

Download Link:

http://techanimethings.blogspot.in/2014/07/naruto-theme-for-xperia-43.html

:p:laugh:

Tomorrowland Theme

Screenshots:

Download Link:

http://techanimethings.blogspot.in/2014/07/first-naruto-theme-for-xperia-jb43-users.html
[Dell Venue] oFUNGUSo:
Am I blind, or is there no recovery or roms for the venue 8?

Just finished rooting it, that was quite easy.......then went about looking for a recovery or even a mention of someone running a custome rom on it, and im not seeing anything. I see that support for the device is low, that kind of sucks. But oh well, i only paid 50 bucks for it so i cant complain too much.

I saw mention of someone working on a recovery.....

So, can someone edgemakate me?
[Shield Q&A] deano_ue:
I just ordered my shield and really looking forward to using it. hopefully it arrives as quickly as amazon promised*touch wood*

honestly i got it mainly for game emulation like a lot of others. so i just wanna ask anything in particular i should be on the watch for like

during set up,

programs you'd recommend

which emulators to use

are roms easy to get on to it

do certain games or systems not work

or just general things i need to watch out for

thanks in advance
[Shield Q&A] hexitnow:
Alot of people complain of emulator slowdowns when using the newest system software. However i havent experienced any. I use snes9x for snes games, haves used it since the psp and on windows as well. Drastic for ds emulation, kinda spendy but it works really well too and worth the money. Espxe for ps1 emulation. Thats all about all i use. I bought a mini hdmi and ps3 controller for when i use it on my bigscreen and its awesome. Game streaming is also awesome. Playing watch dogs on the shield is pretty sweet haha. Roms are straight forward copy and Paste to the shield when its hooked up to pc via usb. Or u can pull the sd card and put it in a usb reader. Transferring via wifi is pretty easy as well. Half life 2 and portal are worth the money even though i have both already i bought them again [emoji1] everything is pretty straight forward and easy. Dont know if you plan on rooting it but thats pretty easy too. Any more questions ppst away
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
If mainly emulation, no real point in updating. I have all my roms on the sd card. Saves for emulators do not work if on the card with kitkat. Best to stay away from kitkat IMO if just emulators and Android games.
[Shield Q&A] deano_ue:
cheers guys, managed to get everything working except mame4all. cant seem to find the roms folder
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] octacoredroid:
My recently purchased mobile phone is the THL T200, must of you may or may not have heard of it by now. I'm trying to get a proven procedure to safely update (upgrade) the actual O.S. installed in the phone (4.2.2) to the final >unifying version for android from Google< 4.4...

The manufacturer site thlmobilestore.com at their thlsupport site has not yet announced how to get it. I can only assume that Google is currently too busy trying to make it work with the big firms (Samsung, HTC, and LG) first before allowing Chinese companies to grab a piece of the cake.

I know for previous experiences that the first web site publishing software procedures and mobile settings is this one, so I decided to be the first asking for (prove-to-work) and detailed step-by-step ways to update the OS. :)

Please... any comment not-related to this specific phone or update procedures to 4.4 kit-kat try to post it on any other thread? I'm sure the moderators will agree with me ;) irrelevant comments :eek: and interfering assumptions :confused: won't help.

Thanks and expecting to hear from one of you soon :cyclops:
[Sony Xperia M] drfleckenstein:
Hello,

today I updated my Xperia M C1905 to the newest Firmware according to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2703161

Everything is fine except I still get the message that the update to 15.4.A.1.9 is available :silly:

Anyone has the same Problem?

Best regards

drfleckenstein
[Sony Xperia M] gamer649:
Did you flash the radio or the stock firmware?
[Sony Xperia M] drfleckenstein:
First the Firmware from the CWM Backup and then the radio from the zip-file.
[Sony Xperia M] Farsiris:
You cant remove it.Its a bug for unlocked bootloader .but if you want to remove the icon ,freeze the update center .Thats it.
[Sony Xperia M] optidragon:
I had that problem and all I did was click on refresh button in Update center app and the message is gone.
[LG Optimus G (International)] clickanu:
Dear Inspirant,

I am on sling 2.2. My camera is working for a while after every restart then it shows the attached error. What can i Do??

Please Help...

Regards.
[Windows RT General] syn3h:
My Surface RT attempted to auto update to the update 2885699 (the auto 8.0 -> 8.1 update). Naturally, I restarted the device, and cancelled the download of 8.1 from the Store. Now I have a problem with the personalization settings (the ones in the 'PC Settings' metro control panel) and cannot change the Start colors or the lock wallpaper. Does anyone know how to fix this?

This is the update in question
[General Questions and Answers] chadstp:
hello i have a samsung captivate and have been all over the internet i am ultimatly tryint to unlock the network most versions of doing so the phone needs to be rooted if i can root the phone so then i can install the update zip file i have so i can run 4.2 then there is an easy way for me to unlock the phone need some help gettin fustrated ..........don't know string commands very well but if i can delete the recovery file and replace it with one i downloaded i would be headed way further in the right direction anyone please help that would be awsome ..........and i would imagine thier has to be a way to change user permisions and get super user access through the terminal
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] igord2:
want to share this useful trick, maybe its new for some of you (as it was for me) - beside that I dont have "TOOLS > OPTIONS > and check Request message delivery notification" option on my wallaby at all but the trick with registry still works.

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Want to get message delivery notification on your JAM. This nifty feature is supported on other phones by default, but we have to set it for each sms message in JAM we sent. Before sending each message one has to go to, from message, TOOLS > OPTIONS > and check Request message delivery notification.

You can set this feature permanently by adding the following in the registry. You would need a registry editor like Total Commander-- freeware

From Total Commander, \\ > registry > HKCU > Software > Microsoft > Inbox > Settings > double tap on +Add value+

in the Name: field type SMSDeliveryNotify

in the Type field select DWORD

then tap on the OK button

on the next screen, Contents for SMSDeliveryNotify:

in the Value box type 1

and in the Base field select Decimal then tap on the OK button

A Cab file will be soon available for download. Till then you would have to adjust with this registry tweak.

regards

clueless

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After that just soft reset the wallaby
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaledmhawesh:
hey XDA, when i rooted my note 3 3 month ago, i didn't know the importance of Knox on my note 3 . i didn't know what Knox is either . now after i rooted and flashed custom rom i lost knox , ok i wanted back LOL . i have a backup od official rom just after i installed custom recovery and rooted it . any help please ? :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: knox

Once the knox is tripped there is NO going back regardless

of flashing official stock firmwares or doing anything else.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soqrates666:
U can reset ur knox Bro so easy :) pm me I tell u how
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
You can't reset N9005 KNOX, only N900.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mvmacd:
I just realized my original cable doesn't charge my phone fast enough and I drain battery while using it. I swapped for a Motorola micro usb, and it works.

I downloaded an app to show mA rate, and with original cable it goes at about 360 or 450 mA. When I use Motorola cable it goes to 1900mA and proceeds to raise battery %.

What can cause this? The plug looked little dusty, I stuck a twist tie in and out (like on bread bad) and tried to clean it, but there's no difference.

Also there's no pin 4 on my cable, the ID pin I think. That seemed to be common for Samsung, so guys, what do you think caused cable to go bad, or am I missing something?

Also I use BlackBerry charger it says 800mA, this will charge it.

Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
Could have just gone bad. Batteries go and all the time. I just had o swap out my sisters amdnmine for new ones because they wouldn't hold a charge for more than 6-7 hours. So its possible you just had a faulty one. Btw the phone is meantnto charge slowly. The faster your battery charges usually means the battery is giving out. But in your case you found out it was the data cable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] farookh:
Could u tell me which app you used to show mA charge rate.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mvmacd:
Yeah sure.

Galaxy charging current lite

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Daisflaque:
Its your wall mount. Try plugging the original USB into the moto box. It should charge fine. If not try the obvious (original box to moto USB)

Happened to me on my s3 and my s4. Sucks.. i know..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mvmacd:
No pretty sure it's the cable. Used cable on 2A nexus charger, and it only did 300 mA.. I wonder where I can buy a good 4 or 5 foot usb cable for not too much money? The default usb cable length (3ft) is usually too short to reach the outlet for me. =(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Daisflaque:
I just googled this.. cheap 6ft samsung micro usb.. great prices from local places like walmart and amazon.

Although you might wanna add 2000mah. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] doctorman:
300Ma means your USB cable has no Power wire and you are just getting power from Data wires

460Ma is what you would get from a Data USB port

1A is what you get with a good USB cable and Charging Data port

1.2-1.9A is what you get with a good USB cable and Wall/car charger that can provide 2.1A.

good USB cable= 2core for power with 24AWG wire size and 2 Data wires at 28AWG.

Not longer than 6feet
[Moto X General] hill180:
I would love to get a Moto X that has 64 GB and an unlocked boot loader.

Is it possible to purchase the Sprint Edition of the Moto X and convert to a Verizon Moto X to work with LTE?

Before this becomes a "My Carrier is Better Than Yours," due to my location, Verizon is the only carrier I can use.

Thanks!
[Moto X General] samwathegreat:
No. The Sprint variant does not support any bands that VZW uses for LTE. You will get (at best) only 3G, and it will be quite a process even getting it to work on Verizon (if you even can). Currently, AFAIK, people have only been successful flashing the Sprint variant to MVNOs such as PagePlus. Sprint is currently the only carrier that uses LTE on the 1900mhz band (and this is the only LTE band it supports). This makes it only useful for LTE on Sprint.

Your only option is the Verizon variant if you want to use VZW, and I would suggest you buy the VZW DEV edition if you want guaranteed bootloader unlock.

Good Luck
[Moto X General] KidJoe:
Beyond the LTE bands being different, does the sprint X even use the same 1XRTT/EVDO bands and settings as Verizon? This will be a challenge getting that part even working.
[Moto X General] samwathegreat:
Yes. The Sprint variant supports 1X, and EVDO/EHRPD on both 800 and 1900. Sprint has a roaming agreement with Verizon....

I own the RW Moto X (identical in every way to the Sprint variant except firmware - even the same FCC ID), and in areas where no Sprint service is available, it will roam to Verizon on both 1X and 3G (EVDO), but (of course) not LTE. RW is the only Sprint MVNO (that I know of - possibly the only one period) that allows roaming to Verizon.

Remember: PagePlus is an MVNO of Verizon, and people have successfully flash the Sprint variant to PP.
[Moto X General] imnuts:
You could get 1X and 3G/EVDO, but that's it.

Sent from my Moto X