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[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gaara_of_the_Sand:
I've tried everything but cant seem to be able to update my prl manually. anyone have any tips?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
I'm having an odd issue... Anyone with the 9.7 while holding the tab in portrait view on a screen with lots of text or horizontal lines and plenty of scrolling: while scrolling, does anyone else's display seem to scroll sloppy? The right side of mine scrolls faster than the left. Marginally slower, but noticeable. Makes scrolling seem wavy or wobbly or bendy from right to left. If it's just me, I'm going to exchange this one.

I understand about refresh rates n such. I'm going to Bestbuy today to test the floor model.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
OK to update: I tested the floor model at a different Bestbuy than the one I purchased mine at and experienced the same "wavy bendy effect" while vertical scrolling in portrait. So, I'm going to assume it's normal and the refresh rate just can't keep up with high resolution and dpi. In case any other S2 owners see this effect.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Have you show this problem to any of you friends or family, can they see your problem, as some people can be more sensitive to screen refresh problems than others, also oled display can have refresh rate problems.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
I have. Unfortunately I'm the only one who can see it. Then again I can spot a dead pixel from 10 feet away. :silly:
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
I had the original Samsung Note 1 phablet and it had an problem with ghosting while scrolling though menu`s ect, the oled pixels take an lot longer to wake up than lcd pixels, so Samsung sent out an firmware update that kept the pixels on at a very low level all the time to increase the refresh rate and fix the problem with the ghosting.

It been an few years since the Note 1, and oled display have advanced since then, but trying to make the oled displays more efficient i hope they have not turned off the pixels completely or low as they can get away with most people cannot see the refresh problem but you can.

I don't know if this is the reason you are having the problem, it could be something else completely.

Have a look in the developer menu in settings, try the use gpu when drawing or whatever it`s called and see if it makes any difference.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
I'm thinking they may have turned them back off. The blacks are very black compared to my other devices. Hmm. I have updated to 5.1 to see if that'd resolve it but it didn't. It's not a huge issue, just weird to see but once I get used to it I'll be alright. Hopefully. lol
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Motion Blur is what we called it, not ghosting have a look at the link below, it shows motion blur on the S4 see video, I could not see the problem myself (don't have fighter pilot eyes :) ) , see if it is the same problem you are having or is it something else.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-y...inversion-treatment-You-are-not-alone_id42563

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wyemarn:
I'm having issue with screen turning pink when using Chrome as browser. It happens only for 10 to 15 seconds. I wonder if that's hardware or adaptive display problem.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Similar. But instead of it being uniform horizontally across the display, it gets "worse" from right to left more than likely because of the resolution and DPI compared to the S4. But same effect.

That I would say is not normal. Is it only Chrome or are there any other apps that exhibit this color change?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
The Tab S has the same issue, but it only happens in portrait mode, seems to be ok in landscape. If i flip the tablet 180 in portrait mode it will do it the opposite way, so its not an optical illusion!

It seems like the control chip for the display is suffering some sort of micro lag.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Have you tried the "forced GPU rendering" in the Developer option, I mentioned in post 6.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Nothing solves it, its just the way it is. I gave up bothering about it and forgot about it until this thread . Another reason to stick with 16:10 instead 4:3.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBot96:
Indeed. Forced GPU rendering changes nothing. That's one of the first things I tried.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Have you tried playing an HEVC H.265 1080p video yet, to see if it stutters like it does on the S1, the S2 is supposed to have hardware decoding, the S1 uses software decoding that kills the battery and stutters.

HEVC H.265 are half the size of normal H.264 video`s for the same quality.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paranoyd1:
I have a black and white Tab S2 9.7 and both have the same issue. It doesn't look like motion blur, it looks almost like an intentional wavy/wobble animation when scrolling in any app. Which is why I was looking for an option that toggles it. It's very noticeable by anyone who has used it. I pre-ordered it so I didn't get to test it at Bestbuy before hand. I've never seen this scrolling issue on the old Tab S, Nexus 9 or even an IPad Air 2, I've had all three of them. Just when I think I've found a decent android tablet another issue pops up. If there is no fix and this is considered "normal" then I'll be returning them.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gray44:
I played a heavy HEVC 4096x1720 and it plays the video perfectly on the standard videoplayer, but it stutters when using VLC so I guess the standard videoplayer has a way to hardware-decode this while VLC-player has to use software decoding?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Very nice, hevc hardware decoding is the only thing i am envious of the S2, And 4096x1720 is amazing, unless it`s only really processing the max resolution of the display, and with the stock Samsung player too, does it support AC3 audio though in the stock player.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gray44:
The name of the file is tos-4096x1720-tiles.mkv, unfortunately the standard player does not support the used audio codec in that container. When I check the file it says 5.1 sound.

VLC does play the audio but as already said the video stutters heavily.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
The audio on that hevc video was AC-3 so it look like only the Tab Pro gets AC-3 decoding

And off to the S2 section woosh.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tubgirl:
The screen on my S2 8.0 is gorgeous!

I downloaded ​http://www.libde265.org/hevc-bitstreams/tos-4096x1720-tiles.mkv and MX Player plays both video and audio without any stuttering :)

Brgds...
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohaak:
Same problem on my Tab S2.

I've seen this issue on all S2 I've got my hands on. I don't think this is an hardware issue. The Tab has absolutely no trouble in landscape mode where it will have to move the same amount of pixels around. You could event make the whole szenario more complicated by using split screen in landscape mode: no scrolling issue there, but the same trouble - event using just a tiny split window in portrait mode.

I would guess it's just a software issue in portrait mode. I really don't see why the GPU or the screen should have any trouble in portrait while erverything works fine in landscape.

However - I don't really understand why this issue is not acknowledged and fixed. It's quite obvious and very annoying. You really don't need some kind of eagle eye to see it. Funny that I haven't seen anything about that in any of the public reviews of the Tab S2.

We've seen some updates for the Tab S2 so far and nothing has improved on this part. I really hope that something about that will change with an update to Marshmallow and Samsung ist not just trying to ignore this problem (hoping that none of the test sites will write anything about that).
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadyfurball:
Yeah seen this in all s2 that I've seen. Mine has it to. Only in portrait mode though. It's fine in landscape mode. I guess some people see it and some don't.

Wonder if using a different Rom or something would fix the issue.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
I don't think it's software, it's hardware.

It seems the Tab S2 9.7 screen is actually a native landscape screen being used in portrait mode as it's exactly the same issue with the Tab S.

I don't think my Tab A has this issue.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android4life92:
It is very weird. Thanks to this thread I went looking for it and I found it. But I do find in normal use you can easily ignore it and seems to be worse if you scroll crazy amounts up and down
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildcat777:
Yeah,I've noticed this problem also,I've taken to using the tablet in landscape mode now to avoid the issue,it was starting to give me an headache along with dizziness,not happy Samsung...
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptfdmedic:
I think all the tab s2's have this issue. It's more noticeable on the 9.7 than the 8. I'm not really sure how anyone wouldn't notice this because it's really apparent, especially on white browser pages. Dark backgrounds where pixels are turned off, seem to fare much better......

I would really hope they address this issue in an update because it does seem to be software related because it's only scrolling
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmix93:
Is this problem still a thing?

Cuz I can see this problem on my T813 bought one month ago almost. Still not fixed?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasenbein1966:
It's not a "problem".

It's an inherent property of Android, and there can't be anything done against it.

Android is coded in a way so that scrolling in the default display orientation is completely smooth.

When holding an Android device 90 or 270 degrees turned, the computations necessary for scrolling differ from the normal orientation, and they're not optimal.

This is on ALL Android devices; on small smartphone screens it's just not that evident. And smartphones have screens with a portrait default orientation, while landscape mode is less often used.

Since obviously (home button, "Samsung" logo, boot logos, default orientation after install etc.) the tablet is meant to be used in portrait mode by default, it's indeed a bit odd that Samsung uses "landscape screen" hardware.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmix93:
And what about this thing happening to me: http://i65.tinypic.com/15coi2e.jpg

I can only see it whe scrollling to the right to see the lateral menus of many applications, like play store, dropbox, etc.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasenbein1966:
As I said: If you're using an Android device in the non-default orientation of the screen, scrolling inconsistencies will occur. In the screenshot you do, so it's normal, nothing to discuss about.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmix93:
The grey part of the display happes after scrolling, not while scrolling. When the lateral menu is out, I can see these part of the screen with different type of greys. And some people are not receiving this issue as they say.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Randy Lahey:
Well, managed to drop my trusty ole Nexus 4 on concrete this weekend resulting in a completely shattered back case. Planning on ordering a replacement cover together with the housing for a decent price online (about $20). Could just replace the glass alone for half that, but that looks like a ton more effort than I want to go through.

Since I'm performing minor surgery as it is, just wondering whether I should replace the original battery while I have it apart? Can get a replacement for about $15.

Is it worth it? Would I expect to see a lot better performance from a new battery vs my nearly 3-year old battery?

Advice appreciated
[Galaxy Note5 Themes and Apps] thereassaad:
As it is working on my S6 running on Note5 rom port so it should working for u guys just backup ur old launcher & install any sec launcher from play store then flash this launcher mod & enjoy

Link on my original thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3196530
[Galaxy Note5 Themes and Apps] Androidwizzard:
First and happy to see you here :highfive:

I hope I can test it in a few days :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note5 Themes and Apps] thereassaad:
Yeah bro , u will did it , hope all Note5 users enjoy it ..
[Android Apps and Games] smart-cat:
Hi guys,

I would like to show you our first game made in unity.

We think it's a fresh air in shooter games with little bit of mystery and strategy.

Let's talk about the game

You are a brave tomcat and your goal is to fight off waves of mice, easy enough right? At the beginning there is only one mice enemy type with rank Private. But (and there is always a but) as you progress through the game you will meet new mice types with different ranks and special powers. These special powers are applied to the all mice in wave. When the mouse with the special power is destroyed the bonus is removed too.

Game trailer:

[YOUTUBE]TG21cg_Bcro[/YOUTUBE]​

Main features of the game:

Beautiful animated graphics inspired by the period of the Napoleonic Wars (this year is Waterloo's 200th anniversary)

testing your reflexes as well as strategy thinking

45 levels full of action

4 kinds of enemies, 4 + 1 kinds of ammunition, 3 different battlefields

Challenges (can you complete them all?)

it's totally free, you don't need to pay a single penny if you don't want to:)

You can download game here:

[IMG="mice invasion"]https://developer.android.com/images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_45.png[/IMG]

QR code

[IMG="QR Code"]http://www.smart-cat.info/Content/forum/mi_qrcode.jpg[/IMG]

Landing page:

http://www.smart-cat.info/miceinvasion/​

Pictures from the game:

[IMG="Menu Screen"]http://www.smart-cat.info/Content/forum/1.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Play Screen"]http://www.smart-cat.info/Content/forum/5.png[/IMG]​

Please tell us what you think:)

One more question for you: Where do you usually post about your new android game? Can you suggest some websites?

Thank you:)
[Android Apps and Games] snakingstudio:
You can post on androidcentral forum
[Android Apps and Games] Kilran:
Wow. This game is nice and cute. Thank you for sharing! =)
[Android Apps and Games] smart-cat:
Thank you very much:)
[Android Apps and Games] smart-cat:
Thanks for the website. I'll register there.
[Android Apps and Games] CikiwDroid:
lol, like this game , thanks for sharing ! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Aaron Bo:
:cowboy:

Good job! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] smart-cat:
Thank you very much :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
I am on rooted Thor with 13.3.2.4, with the Nexus Rom installed via safestrap. I have been reading all the threads on unlocking the bootloader and find all of the steps to be very scary. I would like to wait until there was some kind of "toolkit" for this rather than having to first downgrade and then use python through adb etc which I am somewhat uncomfortable with. Will there ever be such a simpler solution?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
The bootloader unlock procedure is a no brainer, can't mess up anything there. Downgrading is a little risky, but you're on 3.2.4, thus you can even use the rollback images for Safestrap, take a look at this thread (page 1 is about 3.2.5/3.2.6 users who can NOT use the downgrade images). I'm afraid it won't get any easier than that.

If you don't want to use Python, just execute the adb commands to get your ID and serial (post them here, or PM me if you don't want anyone to see them), I'll create the .unlock file for you then. Downgrading and (actual) unlocking are tasks you have to do yourself though. ;)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
I think I might try it this weekend. Thanks for the help.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
I have successfully downgraded to 13.3.1.0, but I am confused about how to install TWRP. Since I have not enabled wifi and registered, I can't install flashify or cwm, or even install a file explorer apk to access my storage, and I don't know how to get the twrp.img file (which I guess I can only install via adb?) Where do I get the correct twrp.img file? I'm kind of stuck....:confused:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] muunkin:
I am by no means an expert but I just went through this process myself yesterday and it was relatively simple. Check this thread. It has a number of helpful posts in it, including my questions from yesterday.

The correct TWRP image is here. Just follow the instructions in that thread. It's super simple if you use the minimal adb and fastboot linked by Cl4ncy in the first thread I linked. If you have any other questions I'll do my best to help you.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
Sorry for the late reply, [MENTION=6922924]muunkin[/MENTION] pointed you in the right direction already. ;)

Be sure to (re-)root 3.1.0 and disable OTA via HDX ToolKit, and enable USB debugging in Fire OS, hope you installed minimal adb and fastboot, then copy the TWRP image for your HDX (Thor = 7", Apollo = 8.9") to the root of the sdcard (which is the directory you'll see in Explorer after connecting the HDX to your PC, i.e. don't open another directory), open a DOS box, change dir to the adb directory (enter cd\adb) and enter the commands mentioned in the TWRP thread. This will flash the TWRP image to the recovery parition.

Do a backup of your Fire OS in TWRP before you flash any custom ROM, and copy it to your PC, also look for the TWRP backup of the stock recovery (I think TWRP does a backup somewhere), and move that to your PC as well.

In case you don't know how to access TWRP: with the HDX powered off, you press and hold volume up, then press and hold the power button, release both when the grey Kindle Fire logo appears on screen. Some ROMs (e.g. CM12) offer the advanced reboot in developer options, this will add options to reboot into recovery, bootloader or a soft (quick) reboot to the power menu.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
Thank you both [MENTION=6922924]muunkin[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6815340]Cl4ncy[/MENTION] for guiding me through this. It is clear now that I have to flash TWRP via adb. Unfortunately I did, however, last night briefly turn on wifi in order to get es file explorer, and very quickly the OS ugraded itself to 13.3.2.3. Then, stupidly, I decided to go back to Nexus rom 2.0.2, which I did by reinstalling safestrap. And, Nexus rom is installed on the Stock Rom slot, and I did NOT backup the 13.3.2.3 stock rom. SO, since I am on Nexus rom, do I understand correctly that I need to begin again by downgrading to 13.3.1.0? Right? (After printing out all of these threads and printing out a lot of it and carefully reading, it looks to me like if I had stayed on stock 13.3.2.3 I would not have had to downgrade.....but too late now anyway.) I do have the minimal adb and fastboot installed, and my device is recognized, so eventually this will work I'm pretty sure. I appreciate the help!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
No, 13.3.2.3 is ok for both TWRP and unlocking the bootloader, i.e. no need to flash 3.1.0 again - a firmware below 3.2.4 is enough.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
Even if I am not running on the stock rom? I can adb install TWRP while on Nexus rom?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
Hm, I'm not exactly sure about this - [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION]'s answer here seems to point out that you really have to do it all over again.

Why did you install Safestrap again anyway? ADB-flashing TWRP and unlocking the bootloader before you install a custom ROM would've been the next steps. Also I told you to create a backup of your stock slot before you flash any custom ROM, didn't I? :confused:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
Yes you sure did, and that's why I said "stupidly" about me putting safestrap back and nexus rom. I was overanxious and acted impulsively, not having a recovery installed was freaking me out. Bad habit. About doing the backup, there did not appear to be enough room on the internal storage. Sorry. We'll start over no problem. Again thanks.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
I'm also not sure how to do this now. You don't have any Safestrap 3.2.3 Fire OS backup to restore, you shouldn't use the 3.2.4 rollback image, as you're not on 3.2.4, so what do you want to flash to the stock slot now? Or did I miss anything? :confused:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
I was going to look for a stock 3.2.3 to flash. If can't find, I do have a backup of stock 3.2.4 on the card which I would flash, thus requiring the downgrade.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
I haven't seen a 3.2.3 Safestrap flashable Image, good luck. Regarding the 3.2.4 backup I'm not sure whether it works with the 3.2.3 bootloader. :confused:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
Yeah, I am probably screwed. But we'll see. I'm pretty sure I understand what the process

should

be at least.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Not sure how far you got with this but you *should* be able to flash TWRP from Nexus provided the version of FireOS was 3.2.3.2 or lower prior to the installation of Safestrap v3. The customized version of twrp leverages a vulnerability in the HDX bootloader that is installed with FireOS. Neither Safestrap nor Nexus mess with the bootloader so the prerequisites should remain intact. I say should as interactions are complex - further complicated by a fussy device with limited recovery capability should something go wrong. To the best of my knowledge no one has attempted a twrp flash from Nexus while Safestrap v3 is installed.

Thoughts:

- grab flashify from the play store or here; make a backup of your current recovery environment (this step will also help to familiarize you with flashify)

- download the HDX customized version of twrp (here); use ES File Explorer to verify MD5

- use flashify to install twrp (can also be done via adb commands as shown in the twrp op)

Options:

- unlock the bootloader before attempting other remedial steps. Unlocking is a frustrating but low/no risk activity that yields substantially improved recovery capabilities once completed. Yep - you can do this without twrp (unlocking before flashing twrp is the recommended path according to several devs - although I prefer the opposite).

[-or-]

- flash 3.1.0 from here to the stock slot and then attempt to remove Safestrap v3. If successful you can proceed with flashing twrp unlocking, etc in the normal manner. As with any flash there is a risk something will go wrong or FireOS will not start up properly. To help mitigate the latter suggest installing a fallback version of Nexus v2 in a secondary slot. Don't forget to remove this slot before uninstalling SS.

The above is only an outline. Give it some thought and post any questions BEFORE taking action. I also suggest you let this post sit for a few days in case some of the rational is fatally flawed. Lots of smart people in the community who will jump in if my guidance is misdirected (which it has been shown to be on occasion). Don't risk a brick by acting too quickly. Proper preparation is essential for a successful outcome.

Sorry for sounding like your mum ... :angel:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kbs24:
Thanks for your input. I am still on the nexus rom, but I am fairly sure that Safestrap was installed while on 13.3.2.4. Is there a way to tell? It is safestrap 3.75, based on twrp 2.7.