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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kopsis:
Various reviews have indicated that the official word from Sony is that the 10k is intentional because that tested best with focus groups (display was assessed as "brighter" and "more vivid"). Given the way Triluminos displays work (the backlight is blue, not white), the brightness increase at high color temps may be more than just perceptual.

Keep in mind that the average smartphone consumer couldn't explain color temperature if their life depended on it. They look at the device next to others at a brick-and-mortar wireless carrier store or kiosk and the "brightest" one (regardless of how inaccurate) will usually be selected as having the "best" display. At least Sony provides a way to get back to something a little more sane (without having to root the phone).
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] sonyfan12:
The vast majority of people don't like oversaturation and distortion. I don't know what crazy focus groups have Sony.

Apple, Samsung, HTC, LG etc every year aspire to natural and correct color. And I agree with them. Sony need to dismiss his crazy focus group.

Although, I think there was no focus groups, they just wanted to increase the brightness of the screen and at the same time to probe the market, how color reproduction is important to people
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Zanr Zij:
When you raise all value too high, brightness will be decrease. I've never change Blue, a bit Green, mainly Red.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] brocnical:
It would be better if they offered various presets in the settings. This one could be called "Energy efficient superbright" (or some other snazzy marketing name), with the ability to also select a preset called "accurate".
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kopsis:
Got a study to back that up? In a Leichtman Research Group study a few years ago, 18% of HDTV owners couldn't tell the difference between SD and HD. So I find it hard to believe that more than 50% of smartphone owners have any clue about color accuracy.

Case in point, walk into any big box consumer electronics store and look at the TVs on display. Nearly all of them have the brightness and saturation cranked up ridiculously high. Why? Because it sells TVs. At a glance, everything seems much more "vivid" than the shopper's current TV and that creates incentive to buy.

Yes, and that's admirable. I'm not defending Sony's approach. You asked "why?" and I provided the answer. Sony is struggling in the worldwide smartphone market compared to the OEMs you listed, so you have to expect them to try some "different" approaches. Yes, it would be nice if they provided a settings preset to get back to a 6500K calibration. Perhaps we need a thread where people with calibration hardware can post their properly calibrated settings?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Iruwen:
Same with smartphone cameras, often the colors seem to be way off because it looks more vivid and that's what people want.

See Z3C vs S5 here for example.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ffaaiissaall:
I spent a lot of money for a crap diaplay....reds never look red..they always look pink...waahedout colours...baaaaad camera pics..they are lifeless...i v sold this crap phone with a loss of 300k...pathetic...i was a die hard fan of sony since sonyericsson t610...i have used just sony phone.never ever used any other brand coz of sony,s camera and outstanding colour caliberation,display and awesome bravia engine....now after a loss of 300k..i am very much disaappointed...why 10K colour temperature...i cant understand this at all...but still i love xperia brandand hoping that z4 compact will b a good one
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] squadz:
Shrug. Phone is fine for me, but to each their own I guess.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Woza72:
Looks good to me with green at 64-65
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] generationace:
Is it that bad because I'am really interested in buying this phone. Please give me more details.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] techguyone:
It would be bad if you had to root to change white balance, however Sony have thoughtfully provided a way to do it via settings that's fine.

There are other threads with suggested settings, and I've found a moderate change of R 40 G 72 to be perfectly satisfactory.

This is a non issue thread.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ghtop:
Except as has been established for a long time now, this option *doesn't* allow you to change the white balance, regardless of what Sony decided to call it for marketing reasons. It just overlays an RGB color filter over your screen - which is why it darkens the screen when you set sliders to max. Setting white point shouldn't have this effect at all. It doesn't even express color temperature options properly. Color accuracy isn't improved.

What you're seeing is only a lazy approximation of white balance adjustment, so yes this is very much a live issue.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] techguyone:
As I said, my moderate change of +40 R & + 72 G *fixed* any issues I had, can't say I've noticed my screen going darker. Clearly if you're going to slam all the sliders over to MAX then it'll suffer. The point I'm making is that if you can adjust the white balance effectively for a small adjustment, Sony didn't get it that wrong, and even if they did, they provided a method to adjust it back to *correctiveness* in any case.

Now.

If the colour was obviously bad out of the box, and there was no way at all to correct it using any method, or you needed to root to fix it, then that WOULD have been an issue and I'd have been butt hurt too, however as this isn't the case I'm not, and it's a non issue.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ghtop:
But you're not seeing what you think you're seeing, this just isn't how white balance works at all. It's just Sony marketing guff. They could have provided different calibration options, but they didn't.

Now if users are happy with the subjective appearance of the faked changes this way, then all power to them. Everyone should enjoy their phones :) And I actually got used to looking at the excessive temp after a while, because of the trade-offs here with Sony's tech (perceived brightness & lower battery draw). But it just won't help at all when you need color accuracy - that's just a fact.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kopsis:
Say what?! There's no "overlaying" anything. The white balance color sliders simply change the current to the LCD subpixels at full saturation. A calibrated color temp slider wouldn't do anything different -- it would just save you having to figure out the individual wavelength adjustments. That doesn't mean you can't get the color temperature you want, just that you have to experiment a bit. Of course if you move all three sliders, you're not just changing the white point, you're changing luminance as well. Anyone who understands color accuracy would know that.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jeff5891:
R-16

G-23

B-0

Looks great to me
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] catalindan:
R-75

G-90

B-00

Being used to work with calibrated monitors only as I depend on that at what I do AND coming from owning the HTC One M7 I must say I find color accuracy to be this phone's weakest point. The settings help but, as stated before, they don't really fix anything. They just make it easier on the eyes. I hope for a firmware update to fix this as I really love this phone otherwise.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] xdaegholm:
I just tried matching mine against my calibrated monitors, as well. I came out with:

R: 120

G: 76

B: 00
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] catalinbudusan:
well, like all monitors/screens, you can't have the same settings working for all. Still, I hope for a fix from sony on the long run ☺
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] lawonga:
Using 140 110 0 here
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MILJANN:
Because average user don't give a damn. and do you know why? because he doesn't see that flaw.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paddylaz:
I've changed from a z3 compact to a z3, but I just posted this in the z3 forum so I might as well post this here in case it helps anyone:..............

Hey guys, so I've been loving my Xperia z3 apart from one problem - the display. I was unhappy with the blue-leaning cold look. What I wanted was a proper, sRGB industry standard, calibrated screen. But I kept failing to get it right.

I've seen a lot of people sharing rgb values for white balance, and the problem with this is having been into a store I've realised that all the displays are a bit different and in some cases require completely different tuning. The only exception of course being that blue should be kept on 0

_______

I've managed to get my display as close to perfect by doing the following. I'm not a professional so I'm not suggesting this is a sort of gold standard or anything. It's making do:

1) Download this picture to your phone and set your brightness to the bottom instructions: http://www.furthertofly.com/wp-conte...st_setting.png

Why? Because after going wrong several times trying to calibrate my display to my macbook, I realized because the brightnesses of panels are different, this can RADICALLY affect how things look as you adjust the sliders.

2) I went into an Apple store and downloaded the above picture onto an IPhone 5c and adjusted the 5c's brightness similarly. Why a 5c? Because every journalist Ive seen on the web (Erica Griffin and Anandtech to name two) both say that the iPhone is the best calibrated display. Hands down. 5c because anandtech say it has the best white balance of any iPhone. (6 is a tiny bit blue/cold apparently)

3) Making sure x-reality and super vivd AND are off, I downloaded a pure white picture onto both my z3 and 5c and played with the z3's white balance until my phone was nearly perfectly in line with the iphone. Nearly.

Hope this helps someone, I know that sounds a bit OCD and silly to go to that trouble. But my display looks frickin awesome now, and felt this was worth sharing. Yes I know it's a bit amateur-hour....but so what.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] techguyone:
Maybe you should post your RGB alterations here so others could benefit?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paddylaz:
I don't think you read my post. The whole point is the rgb values are irrelevant if they're coming from another handset. That's why certain values one person posts up looks very weird to another. All the panels have subtle differences in contrast/gamma/brightness/wb which when combined result in major variation.

But if you MUST have them, it's R:70, G:230, b:0

Again, there's every chance it will look odd on yours, or great on yours. you have to find your own handsets optimal settings.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] lawonga:
He is right. It is far too green on mine.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Iruwen:
The link's broken due to C&P, is it this one?

http://www.furthertofly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/brightness_contrast_setting.png
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] phantomblu:
Rehost the picture if you have it please.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Iruwen:
See my post above.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bammyman:
Hi,

I did a few searches but didn't find a solution.I have a developer M8 rooted and S-off. It's running 4.4.2. How do I go about installing the 4.4.3 OTA HTC apdate? Would I loose root and S-off in the process? Do I need to go back to stock to apply this update or do I need to take the update at all. I'm looking to flash the latest Viper rom and just wanted to check before I do. Sorry if this question was ask before.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
When your target is to flash a custom ROM based on 4.4.3; you don't really need all those going back to stock and apply OTA stuff

What you need is flash the 4.4.3 firmware of device version then install ROM ... that's all
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bammyman:
Sup ckpv5, are you able to point me in the right direction to accomplish this?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dressanderc:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54408500&postcount=9592
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
First make sure you do have the developer M8 as I find many said the same thing but in actual fact they are not.

If yes ... I have the untouched 2.22.1540.4_firmware.zip here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htconem8/files/2.22.1540.4_firmware.zip/download

then follow either this guide : http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/general/vomerguides-m8-bootldr-unlock-s-off-t2800727

or this guide : http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/development/firmware-flashing-panic-attacks-t2824048

on how to flash the firmware zip

As the firmware is untouched, it will restore the stock recovery to your device.

So after successfully flashed the firmware, you should flash the custom recovery of your choice again in order to flash the intended custom ROM.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
I'm gathering from the OP's location and past devices, that AT&T is the carrier.

If so, I would recommend flashing the 2.23.502.3 posted here: http://xdaforums.com/att-htc-one-m8/development/att-4-4-3-2-22-1540-3-debloated-sense-6-t2837365

This contains the latest AT&T firmware (including newest AT&T radio). Then flash whatever 4.4.3 custom ROM you want.

On the 2.22.1540 firmware, I was getting some random data drops on AT&T. After flashing the 2.23.502 firmware, everything is working perfectly for me.

EDIT: My bad, I somehow

completely

missed the critical point that the OP has the Dev Edition. ckpv5 is correct for the Dev Edition, 1540 firmware is what you want (the firmware released with the latest Dev Edition OTA).
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
That's why I said that he need to confirm whether he really has developer edition M8.

If it is At&T .. I will not recommend the Dev Edition firmware (in fact I will not get involve as I don't know much about At&T device)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bammyman:
Appreciated your help here. I can confirm the phone came with a unlock bootloader and my CID number is BS_US002. Does this mean I got the developer version of the M8?

If so, do I just follow the guide you post above, and do I need to change my CID to the super 11111111?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
BS_US002 is Dev Ed.

There is no need to change to SuperCID when flashing the firmware meant for your device version; no CID and MID change is needed.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bammyman:
This part below, my phone freezes on the HTC logo. Do I repeat the entire step from beginning when it freezes or that specific command it freezes on? See below.

fastboot oem rebootRUU

Note: if this command freezes, just disconnect the USB cable and hold the power and volume down buttons until the device reboots.

Then, repeat the steps above again.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bammyman:
Major thanks to you sir. I use the second guide you provide above after multiple fail with adb and all seems to be working fine. So if I understand you correctly, as long as I flash the latest firmware which I now have and regain recovery, there is no need to take the OTA from HTC to move from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3? So I can now flash roms base on 4.4.3 like Viper?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
Yes...now you can flash 4.4.3 Sense based ROM like viper.

If you ever need the stock ROM, just follow the Stock Backup link in my sig.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] achrafi9305:
Hi all! the Galaxy S III 4G I9305n has just received 4.4.4 update can I flash it on my normal I9305
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ravi2:
yes you can
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] klemen241:
i already did, everything seems to work, cwm is on, root is on, just didnt test to downgrade yet. And you cant install costum kernel for now
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] achrafi9305:
Thanks! Do I need to change modem after flashing or not? Or It is better to reflash 4.3 since I am rooted and Download 444 via OTA
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] spiderman07:
i flashed it and works great...no need for wipe or modem...internet still work( 4G ).
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] KennyMRos:
My phone has been running Stock 4.3 since it went out. Fact is that I always used Screen Mirroring feature with no problems over that version, but yesterday I updated my Galaxy S3 i9305 to the latest firmware, 4.4.4. Now, don't know why my phone can't connect to my SmartTV as well as always it did.

Can anyone tell me any reason, please? My phone is running quite well, but not with that feature wich I use so often...

Thanks in advanced
[XDA Assist] upsetflip:
i flashed cwm mode but working like crap so i flashed i9000 oficial rom with odin my phone evrything ok but when i power offf the phone and try to power on again appears battery dry power off and can boot. what can i do ? phone working normaly if i dont turn off . if i turnn off is dead and need reflash to be alive alive until i power off.:(
[XDA Assist] Razvan:
Hi,

Please post your question in the related forum for your device or in some specific thread:

> Samsung Galaxy S I9000 > Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

or read this tutorial:

[Tutorial] How to Unbrick, Flash, Downgrade, Root, Update i9000 from Froyo to Kit Kat

Hint: Frequently Asked Questions - Samsung Galaxy S I9000

Good luck
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] NNYZE:
Hello Guys,

well I did installed the custom rom which I really love. I dont want to remove this ROM but my battery seems **** up. I turned on flight mode but still from 100% to 69% over night.

Any similar problems with the battery issue?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4mb1_:
So i made a full backup of everything on my Pardus HDC Rom im about to switch back to it from AOSP. When i made a full Restore. Im having a problem with the screen com.android.keyguard has Stopped i can't click on anything or what so ever. It doesn't go away so typically im stuck i just can reboot i can't click to screen.

So i made a research its about the lock screen i have enabled my a pattern code but it doesn't seem to be included on the backup and i don't why is there something i could bypass this or just replace this com.android.keyguard? Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
So when you have fully restored your pardus backup after wiping aosp completely away, then you had that keyguard error thing?

Here are some things you can try,

Format cache/dalvik-cache

Reflash pardus rom and restore data only .

If all these things dont work then you can try to remove it and go to settings and disable lockscreen, so remove your code.

If you want it I can send you a flashable zip which removes it or you can do it manual because when you are back I'm probably on school maybe.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4mb1_:
Hey man thank you for your effort but i just manually added my settings and stuffs i just reflashed the rom with data only and put my settings back again. Haha!

It would be nice if you can give me the flashable zip if i encounter this problem in the future. Thank you!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wedgess:
Thread closed @ the OP request -- solved
[HTC One X] yagilk:
Hi

Is there a way to unlink linked accounts (google, whatsup etc) for multiple contacts all together ?

As for one contact in the menu under 'link' I can unlink all accounts but can I do it for a few together ?

Many thanks
[SlimRoms Q&A] Danel359:
Just went to the new 4.4.4 stable for D800 (g2), and screen will not rotate, flashed KK modem, which fixed the problems on the 4.4.2 build, but no luck this time. On the positive side, LG quickset remote still works great
[SlimRoms Q&A] alannyny:
settings?

Did you check Settings --> Display --> Rotation?
[Greenify] sando99:
I switched to Nova Launcher and now when I want to set my shortcut it is not showing. Yesterday Greenify updated so I don't know if this can do anything with this. When I click create shortcut it says that it has created it, but I can't see it. Any help?
[Greenify] TNSMANI:
I am using Nova even before I installed Greenify and for me there is no issue with shortcuts. Uncheck all Xposed modules and then try shortcuts. If you are able to, then enable Greenify and then try to create the shortcut. Again if you are able to, then Greenify is not the culprit.
[Greenify] sando99:
Reinstalled Greenify and it showed up. Thanks!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Franscois:
This is bugging me i cant open any sms on my prophet, when i click on a sms it opens but does not display any thing, also i cant type a thing, when i type it does not display this is only when i open sms on my prophet word and any other application is fine. In the sms in box i can see all the sms there is.

any help will be appreciated.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] dtusek:
I have almost the same problem with mms. I download msg and then try to open it. and it is nothing...
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] c3l5o:
wich roms do you guys use?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Franscois:
don't get me started on MMS man LOL
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] gibster:
i have a similar problem with some sms and emails. really wierd! it's totally random! never mind though, i'm hopefully upgrading to a trinity this week :)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] CJBS:
I've previously posted instructions as to how to reset corrupted SMS / MMS settings. Have a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1083243#post1083243
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] diemetdiesnor:
I had nearly the same probles to. My map's were gone.

My solution:

Make a custum backup of everything exept emails. Then a hard reset and replace the backup.

Al your settings for email,emails and SMS are gone but the device works again.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farfolomew:
My friend threw his Xperia Z and completely smashed up the screen. Of course, he was paranoid and kept everything on this phone and didn't sync anything to Google or other cloud services so now he wants to try and recover photos, contacts, etc.

I tried plugging in a USB mouse/keyboard in several different configurations using various OTG cables, hubs, etc and nothing worked. The only part of the touchscreen that is responsive is a small horizontal strip right where the navigation buttons are. I can press Home, back and the multi-app button, but that's it. The side buttons work as well. Also, when I plug the phone in to charge, the battery icon doesn't show a lightning bolt or anything indicating that the OS thinks it's getting charged. However, the phone does eventually charge.

So, without buying replacement parts (Screen+digitizer etc) is there a way to recover the contents of the storage? Is there a recovery or something that can somehow navigate using just the side buttons? The phone's not rooted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passie1981:
Hello guys

i have made a terrible mistake with my phone and i dont know what to do

i started doing things without fully understanding what i was doing

now my problem:

I think i have flashed a wrong recovery.img to my phone and now it wont go into recovery mode anymore it wil just reboot over and over when i try to flash something it wil just reboot without going into recovery is there anything i can do to fix this i made the stupid mistake not to make a backup of the stock rcovery.....

plz point me into the wright direction :))
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonatankoki:
ayuda

As it happens to you, now I can not get into recovery or anything. find the solution , I would be helpful , thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passie1981:
Hey mate i have found the solution u need to flash a custom revovery img with an app called rashr i the custom recovery is called CTR (carliv touch revovery 2.4)

I wil post a link in a couple ofminutes:thumbup: