yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBlue007:
Well, the trend obviously is that flagship devices will always have these bloatware features, and I'm afraid it's getting even more and not less. So I believe the only choice you have is to either go with a Nexus device, which usually is as naked as Android can get, or you take a model that hardware-wise has everything you want, and then root and de-bloat it.

In case of the G3 (where the bloatware stuff is less heavy than on Samsung's Galaxys IMHO) this won't do any good, because the bad display will remain. Or the bad way how LG decided to set it up, to be more precisely. Because basically I believe the display COULD look absolutely great, if LG wouldn't have decided to apply artificial sharpness to make it look sharper on first sight. Unfortunately this seem to work for many folks, because when I follow the various discussions in various forums, a majority really believes that the display is visibly sharper because of the higher dpi. I even read a dumbass user who said that when he holds an S5 and the G3 next to each other, he clearly sees that the G3 display is sharp, while the S5 display would look blurry, especially around fonts. These stupidos don't realize that the physical difference in pixel density is far far away from making a VISIBLE (i.e. seeable with your eyes) difference in sharpness or resolution. An S5 display (or any other 1080p display for that matter) would be perfectly able to look as "sharp" (i.e. over-sharped) than the G3 display with a modified sharpness setting, and vice versa the G3 display would look as "blurry" as the S5 or any other display if there would be no artifical sharpness applied.

It's as it always is - you don't necessarily have to have a good product - you just need enough people who believe that you have. :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batfink33:
I've read some incredible comments by people in this forum (not this thread or about the sharpening). Completely and totally untrue ,but these people believe it as fact. Amazing what a bit of marketing can do.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aka_sama:
The question is "can we do something to have the same display as S5 on the LG G3 ?"
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBlue007:
Nope, you can't. At least not at the moment. This oversharpening effect is hard-coded into the firmware, probably even into some drivers or even into the chipset. Your only hope is that it's just in the software, not in the hardware, so some 3rd party images in the future might come without this "feature".

If there would be a "Sharpness" control in mobile devices, like there is in TVs, you could control it by yourself. On the other hand, I don't remember any other device where one would have ever wished to had a sharpness control in a mobile device. Well, there's a first time for everything... :D
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scy1192:
Comparing to the S5 isn't total BS because it uses PenTile rather than RGB, giving it 2/3 the subpixels of an equivalent RGB display. Comparing to the HTC One M8 or Nexus 5? Yeah I'd agree there isn't a noticeable difference.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBlue007:
Even if you compare it to the S5, there isn't a noticeable difference in physical screen resolution. Shure, the S5 display has a Pentile Matrix, but that's not the reason why this guy thought that fonts on the S5 display looked "blurrier". This is simply because the S5 does not doing the articifial sharpening that the G3 does. If it would, it could look as oversharped as the G3 display, even with its Pentile matrix.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kev13Dd:
So is this something custom roms will ever be able to fix? I'd love to hear a developer's opinion. I don't know how much display driver tweaking is possible on previous phones I've had, never heard of it happening

K
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisM75:
Doing a little screen calibration helps, a little bit.. At the very least it makes the screen more accurate.

I use Trickster MOD from the play store, but you need to be rooted. I don't have my colorimeter on me at the moment, but I did it by eye comparing with my calibrated G2.

Basically my G3 is WAY to green, a little to red and needed a tiny bit less blue to balance it out.

In the screen tab is set my G3 to..

RED:246

GREEN:238

BLUE: 252

This was about right for my screen, but the phone is brand new today, so it might change a little in the first few weeks. Its a D855, unlocked, and yeah, there is over-sharpening on the latest software version 10g.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
I am not a developer but I am confident someone will do this with a custom kernel.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kev13Dd:
Another good example...

M8 vs G3

K
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muhammad:
Thanks for sharing this...i think G3 buyers should wait for NOTE 4
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Yeah. The Note 4 is gonna kick the G3's ass. I'm just gonna sell my G3 when the note 4 drops
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jal3223:
What's so bad is that the G3 would be a great device if the sharpening wasn't present. It seriously gives me a headache when viewing text. Maybe LG will smarten up and at least acknowledge the problem.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
They already know about it. I have gotten confirmation of this by myself and through other sources. The question is whether or not they will actually do anything to fix it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jal3223:
Have you saw any kind of response from them yet by chance?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Other than the fact that they "know about it", not really :(
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisM75:
Its a start, if they know we don't like it at least they might look into it.

Interestingly it doesn't seem so horrible on Asian language text, its possible they just didnt think it would be a problem for the rest of us..
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
The problem only exists on off white backgrounds. So anything you're looking at will look terrible in the right setting.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
You must be blind. I see a good amount of difference when I compare it with the S4. The S5 is a bit grainy compared to other 1080p RGB panels. Now when compare to a QHD RGB panel, its even more pronounced.

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That's the phone I was waiting for but couldn't keep waiting for...
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Always waiting for a better phone is a futile exercise. If you're always waiting for something better to arrive then you'll never buy anything. Something better is always right around the corner.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
Very true. Reason why I had the same phone for almost 5 years.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Same phone for 5 years? Well I'm not a fan of torturing yourself lol. Ya gotta get a phone when you're eligible for an upgrade though at the very least. Lol
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
Pshhht I know but I had this wait for the best sickness lol.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Wow. You have amazing discipline. I think the longest I've had a single phone was 6 months since 2010
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
I think I have earned the right to say I do. I had the first Galaxy S (Samsung Vibrant). It was the best phone to get 2010. It think the biggest reason I kept it was because of the GPU ahead of its time and the amazing Rom support. It was sailing smooth until the components started failing lol. Awesome phone though.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Ah yeah I remember that phone lol. Well done. Kept a phone for that long and you're not even 80 years old. Lol. I don't think...... :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
Got it when I was 14 now I'm 18 lol ?. My first phone ever too haha.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Ahhhh... It all is making sense to me now. I'd keep a phone that long if I was 14 too lol
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
Yeah it was a good phone and at age 14-17 I didn't need blitz speed and more advanced things lol. Although I would have loved a better Camera upgrade and resolution. But seriously the Vibrant was the best developer phone. All the devs ever had made a Rom for that phone at one point. And the GPU in it put it on the performance of a tegra 2 even though it was just a single core phone. That Humming bird CPU.....awesome lol. As you can see my love is deep for it lol
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muhammad:
you will not stay for long

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You saved alot of money and you didnt missed too much "few mega pixels and inches for the display" :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
No I didn't think I missed that much. From the jump I clearly feel the speed and the resolution. Lol
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistertac:
I've only seen the screen sharpening issues like you guys sure talking about when I use Lux and have the brightness way down at night as not to be blinded lol during " normal " use though can't say I've seen it, though I believe you...

The QHD AMOLED screen on the Note 4 does look very Cool but being on Verizon I'll never have another Sammy that's most definitely locked down tighter than these LG phones.

At least with the G3 the devs have come out and said the bootloader will be unlocked, just a matter of time.

- Tapatalked from the G3
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
I used to ROM the crap out of my phones. Just ended up causing more of a headache to me than anything. I'm fine with stock. Aside from being able to transfer and write to the SD card on KitKat.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bayuadhi069:
The crappy text is probably because not many apps support 1440p natively so upscaling is in order. Well, since G3 is my secondary phone, i'll just wait it out.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batfink33:
If its upscaling why doesn't the Find 7 have it?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
Yeah it's not upscaling. It's a screen sharpening effect. Very very bad decision at LG. They're doing that so that it would be easier for people to see the clarity difference between another 1080p phone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manaox2:
I went to the test website. It did help me see the issue. I had to look very hard for it, for me #888888 is the worst. It's not bothering me though. It doesn't look nearly as bad to me as many of those screenshots.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
The people with good sight are the ones suffering here. That's ok. The note 4 is right around the corner now and that's gonna destroy the g3
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manaox2:
I have 20/23 eye sight. It's better than good, but thanks.

There are panel differences between phones whether you all want to believe it or not. See this thread: http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/general/g3-display-manufacturer-t2824310

It could be that I have a better screen, or maybe, just maybe its really not that big of an issue. It's definitely exacerbated by over-sharpening, but it's not nearly as bad for me as all that.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
It's a confirmed problem. Weather you want or be in denial about it or not is up to you.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jangla:
A quick update from me following my previous posts.

LG suddenly backed out of agreeing to take mine in for repair once they had the IMEI. They claimed that it was not a UK device but an EU one and they wouldn't touch it.

Now, this is a point of law but I've been told by others on other forums that LG are in the wrong here as their policy violates EU free trade laws by restricting the consumers choice in purchasing equipment from where ever they like.

Anyway, that aside, the company I bought mine from were good enough to take it back for a full refund and I then went ahead and bought a full UK device.

This new device has the exact same problem :(

Unless they can correct this with a software update, it will be the last LG smartphone I buy. Their support staff have been slow to react to queries and tried to obstruct progress of a genuinely concerned customer query at almost every turn.

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From here: http://www.uihealthcare.org/2column.aspx?id=225702

"...20/30 indicates vision problems..."
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batfink33:
The sharpening affects all models of the.G3. Did you return a 3gb European version for a 2gb Uk version that's not good if you did.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jangla:
While I didn't return any to LG, the company I bought from took back a 2GB EU version and I bought a 2GB UK version. Both with screen oversharpening.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
Any G3 you get will have oversharpening. You will have to wait for a fix from LG or a clever developer.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manaox2:
I did not say 20/30 however...
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jangla:
Yup, I know. I'm just posting to add updated information to my earlier posts in this thread. It may also help people to know that LG are refusing to honour EU devices bought into the UK - at least for now; this may change if someone challenges them in the courts over it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] welcomehome:
Before I buy a G3,

1. Has LG announced that they will release an option to remove the sharpening

2. Is there any way to remove the sharpening

3. Does it affect every single phone or not?

4. Is it even possible that a custom ROM can remove the sharpening?

Thank you,

Toby
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightsp33d:
1) no

2) we don't know

3) yes

4) we don't know
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slayer3032:
1. No

2. No

3. Yes

4. No (built into firmware or drivers)

Unless someone who's incredibly resourceful and smart tries to tackle the sharpening by some incredibly hacky method. It will never happen.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trent999:
I think LG still thinks the majority of potential buyers will like it, at least in the showroom.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tw15egan:
Just picked up this phone yesterday, love everything about the phone... except the sharpening effect. I honestly don't think I'll be able to handle it, and since it doesn't seem like there will be any fix I might be forced to switch to the S5. It's a shame, beautiful phone but the screen looks awful sitting next to my S4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth2805:
Hello guys. I can't write programs etc, but i wanna remake life.contact widget and remove backgrund and frame of the widget, can anyone help me or make it for me ?

life.contacts beta on google play store

Or, if you know some widget working same as this one let me know.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jameslfc5:
I played around with screen resolution and now I can't get it back to how it was , the status bar is too small and the apps on the home screen are all odd sizes

Please help :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
Restart your phone.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jameslfc5:
This doesn't work, it's completely messed up
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarzan-:
How did you change it in the first place ?

Sent from G3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Darrien13:
I am running C-RoM** -4.4.4- -v7.1. and I'm having a issue with the default SMS app is there not a split option? I am using the FULL MODULAR PACKAGE and whenever I get to 160 characters, it will not let me type any more characters to continue my text, usually it would begin to split the text into multiple messages until I reach a certain amount of characters and it becomes a MMS, so why can't I type more than 160 characters? Thanks! Is everyone else also having this issue? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Daisflaque:
This is a copy and paste from another s4 rom..

*Hidden Features from Stock MMS/SMS application (thanks to this INCREDIBLE GUIDE BY jovy23 THANK YOU!!!): XDA THREAD

*No SMStoMMS conversion

*SMS/MMS Custom smileys (No more UGLY Green ones)

*SMS/MMS Show sent time instead of time received

*Save and Restore SMS/MMS to SD Card

*Enabled group messaging

*Unlimited SMS recipients

With the second entry in mind... could this be some kind of 'feature' gone wrong possibly?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pardodudu:
By using the application IContro - ZazaRemote, to find the code by hand, this makes the phone reboot.

What could be the problem? :(

Thank you very much.

S4 Galaxy i9500

ROM: Paranoid Alpha 4.5
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
The rom, the kernel or the app.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brontok:
Hi guys. So, yesterday I bought my XZ, it cost me about 170 dollars :).. I`ve already noticed that the screen has washed out colours and that battery drains quite fast.. My questions are:

1. Is there any tweak/app/custom rom that can help a bit with the screen colours

2 .Will the battery life prolong if I revert to JB 4.3 ( I have updated google services, wiped out cache and several other things but nothing helped)

Your answers are highly appreciated.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
there are some color calibration apps available on play-store but you should be rooted

try under-clocking by using app like no frills CPU, again this also needs root access
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brontok:
I have root.. can u suggest any of those apps ? will they make a difference ? sorry if i`m asking too much.. it just bugs me a bit.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-color-calibration
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
When i can get 4.4.2 kitkat???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incanity:
Going with the enormous amount of information you've supplied with your request, I'd say it would be a good thing to connect your XZ to PC Companion to see if an update is available. If not, maybe the firmware isn't released yet in your region.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Nice avatar :D:silly:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
Flash stock based kitkat rom, you can see tons of them in development section ;)

Or flash pure stock one with flashtool

LOL! :D

Xperia™ Z (C6602) with Tapatalk
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
I want to update my phone with ota.And i have root.If i unroot my phone,will i get new update?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
if the ota update has not been release for your region you can always flash manually
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incanity:
such nice comment. very thanks. much awesome. wow.

:D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Such appreciation.Much pleased. Very happy :silly:
[Sony Tablet S] boxer29:
My tablet s on stock 4.0.3

How can I update it, what's the latest version

It's not rooted

Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] dex9mm:
There is no update to jelly bean for the tablet s

if its not giving you the option to update in setting then your at the peak of what is available for the tablet you will get a few websites saying that there is a jelly bean update but this information is false and you will brick your tablet trying to flash j.b to the tablet

You can use the a.i.o. tool to root and update the OEM APPS

If you do root apply the rescue backdoor so you can recover if things go wrong

Reading is your best tool read everything before you do anything then read it again the first two tabs from sony are notoriously hard to recover from soft brick

Im not goingto go in to what you need to do thats up to you to read the various threads on the fourm in relation to your tablet

After rooting you will be able to use xposed modules and the likes of gravity box to mod your system again its up to you what you do to the tablet and that you understand the risks involved
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Codespeare:
Is it possible to re-root my Nexus 10 without access to a computer? It updated to 4.4.4, and I lost root. I won't have access to a computer for a few days, but I would like my root access back. My bootloader is already unlocked, if that matters.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patzzz:
Do you have CWM or TWRP recovery flashed?

Download in Nexus the last SuperSU or SuperUser zip for install from recovery and flash it or download a ROM pre-rooted and install it.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Codespeare:
Unfortunately it seems like the update process wiped out my CWM - that's the first thing I tried.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadaz007:
you can try towelroot.

https://towelroot.com/

it's an apk to install on your device. When it's rooted you have to install supersu from playstore and update su binary.

It work well on Nexus 4, haven't tested on N10.

After you can install an app from playstore to unlock the bootloader (bootunlocker for nexus) and Rashr from playstore too to flash a recovery.

Edit : found unlock app.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mst0:
Towelroot didn't work on my Nexus 10.

It just says "Phone not supported".

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgeissler:
You could install cwm recovery from the app in the Play Store, then download SuperSU and flash it.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxM4tzexX:
That won't work because the recovery flasher needs root.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 10 mit Tapatalk
[Palm Treo 750] magxs:
Hi there

Even before I bought my Treo, I knew it wouldn't charge through USB. Since I didn't want to fiddle with the power cable at the same time as I was syncing, I only connected via USB for as long as it takes to sync and then disconnected again.

But today, I forgot to disconnect for quite a while. When I noticed, I expected the battery to be down, but it was back at 100%!! I will test this a bit more, but has anybody else noticed this? Or is the battery meter confused?

Cheers

Magxs
[Palm Treo 750] cclboss:
I read in another thread somewhere that the USB sync cable has a bit of trickle charge to maintain the battery level but not fully charge it. It would obviously be great if it does charge the phone, then I don't have to go out and buy a USB sync/charge cable. (Don't like lugging around the charger).
[Palm Treo 750] doedoe:
check this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2006/11/08/usb-charging-the-palm-treo-750v.aspx
[Palm Treo 750] magxs:
Thanks for your feedback!

My observations today are that it really is charging - slowly but surely! I might get the 650 cable mentioned in Jason's blog. Thanks for link!

Cheers

Magxs
[Palm Treo 750] andrewwardlaw:
hmmm....

Well having had my Treo 750 for 2 weeks now if I have ever left it plugged in all it seems to do is suck my juice I just disconnect it after using the USB! oh Well, looks like it's cable buying time for me! :(
[Palm Treo 750] mikechadwick:
I got a combined sync & charging cable from gpsforless - works a treat
[Palm Treo 750] rizwanm:
Well after reading this post i tried and test my 750v for a whole day. My observation is that yes it does charge but very slow. When i connected my Palm battery was at 82% and even after playing and hacking my palm whole day battery was still at 82%, which mean it does work.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alechair:
I know this was probably asked many times.

But I'm not being able to find a solution.

I'm on the search of the right rom for everyday use, so I have a few on my external SD card.

So, I restart my Atrix.

Go into recovery mode.

Wipe data/factory reset.

Wipe cache partition.

Wipe Dalvik cache (under advanced menu).

And finally install zip from SD card to choose a rom.

This works, but, the phone doesn't seem to be fully wiped.

I still have folders, older files and even pictures (on the internal storage) so this kinda confuses me.

Because I'm trying to do a fresh install to check the real performance on each rom.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LavLab:
The wipes you describe won't wipe internal storage, where pictures, etc are stored. Wipe internal storage to delete that stuff.

LāvLab / HostileSlothRecords