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[G1 Apps and Games] linuxluver:
Google Earth only for v2.1 so far

Google Earth is only visible to phones with Android v2.1 (so far).

I've tested it on KingKlick's AOSP2.1 v1.6.1 with the alternate No RAM hack kernel flashed over the top. The phone is an HTC Magic 32B.

The first time you try to run it on a fresh ROM, the screen goes black and it looks like something is happening....then you drop back to the Home screen. Touching it again produces a different crash (com.svox.pico) this time (and every time after) the screen does not alter. It's like you haven't touched anything. Not a flicker.

Here is a logcat showing the crash on the first start attempt after install on a fresh ROM.

D/dalvikvm( 3877): Trying to load lib /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libembeddedearth.so 0x43e24650

I/DEBUG ( 3081): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
[G1 Apps and Games] jj71787:
every time i ty to download it on my g1 with openeclair 2.1 it says unsuccessful
[G1 Apps and Games] doubleokneegro:
read your post... are you saying that Google earth is trying to access something thats not there, basically and we need to add something, adb id assume something in order for it to properly read and work...??? or we are still stuck with the 3D problem being the true issue?

ive had your same problems with the google earth not making a flicker on the screen

that 3D issue is tied to the rom cannon eclair v1.2
[G1 Apps and Games] deadite66:
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/02/google-earth-for-201-and-non-rooted.html
[G1 Apps and Games] Chahk:
That's the same version which is available from the Market and still doesn't work on any of the current G1/MT3G Eclair ports.
[G1 Apps and Games] deadite66:
no its not, the market version wouldn't work on 2.0.1 droid/milestone this one does.
[G1 Apps and Games] hictere:
i downloaded it but can't run it with 2.1 rom
[G1 Apps and Games] adrake400:
could it be because of apps2sd? storing it on the sd instead of where it would be typically stored?

im just asking :)

im not a complete noob either lol
[G1 Apps and Games] lbcoder:
No. The system doesn't have the faintest interest in where the file actually resides.
[G1 Apps and Games] Merlinhoot:
Still jonesing for G.E.?

I tried installing it on Samsung Moment w/ Android 2.1 and it failed and then a second try it installed but it never launched when I touched it.

I went to Gizmodo's, google-earth-hits-the-android-market-for-a-lucky-few, post and read the comments and found out about layers in Google maps app. Set it on satellite and voila. It's flat but works just as well, minus the 3D eye-candy of course.

BTW found GE on Droid-life.com @ a post called ~ Google Earth for 2.0.1 and non-rooted users
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turtlesmank4:
could someone give me the link to debain on the g1 dat works for super d 1.92
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] beetleman:
Hi all,

I was curious, did anyone try to adjust our slider? As you know, in years of usage, it began to be untight, so I was wondering is it possible to open the case and to make it tight again?

tnx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] xda_is_cool:
My slider is broken

Hey, did u get any solution ? i dont mind completely disabling it.

Thanks,
[General Topics] aLlamaWithARifle:
I've got a HD2 but sometimes when I go to swipe the little block to unlock it, it just doesn't recognise it, normally I have to wipe the screen over a few times for it to work and sometimes it just doesn't work for a little while. Has anyone heard of this problem and have any idea of how to fix it as it's really annoying as you could imagine
[General Topics] Jayhorror23:
i have the same problem
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] krGemini:
Cause & Possible Fixes for Whitescreen + D-Pad failures (another new thing to try)

Hi guys, i am having a problem of dead whitescreen and d-pad failures in my imate jasjam. i searched this forum and come across the following article.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=321163&highlight=white

i tried this solution twice, but it is not a permanent one and that problem comes again after some time. Recently, i come to another conclusion that is the LCD connector located on the left of the d-pad connector.

I just cleaned the lcd connector after applying a little amount of thinner, test it for approximately an hour and then reassemble my set. And from last 3 to 4 weeks, it is working fine and good without any problem.

It is my experiment, try it and give me comments if it doesn't fits in your case.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] krGemini:
Re: Cause & Possible Fixes for Whitescreen + D-Pad failures (another new thing to try

The LCD connector about which i have mentioned in my first post can be seen in the pic below marked with circle.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] kunjal2:
sir, i just reached there, but it is impossible for me to pull it out sice it is much sensible and a weak connector.... any other way to got it out?

-btw thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] mpovolo:
Not sure why but only calendar and email sync. I have my google setup as a domain host so my login is not actually a gmail account, although I have one of those too. Any ideas how to get this working?

thanks
[Touch2 General] Langetek:
hi,

I just did the following in my phone:

from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=426264

but now my phone keeps getting stuck to the yellow windows startup screen..

please help, I've tried a hard reset, but no luck....
[Touch2 General] Langetek:
sorry, I was mistaken about the hard rest.... I thought the Hard reset was the button on the back, but that's not correct (thanks HTC for the o so good Dutch manual were they don't tell how to hard reset)....

It works again luckily....
[Touch2 General] dano112:
Ihave the same problem... how did you repair it?
[Touch2 General] Uppy:
Okay, firstly, if you dont even know how to perform a hard reset there is no damn way you should be messing with system files. Lesson learned.

the easiest way to perform a hard reset is, when the power is off hold down both volume control buttons and turn on the power while they are pressed, follow the onscreen prompts.
[Hero CDMA General] giovannizero:
I've seen quite a few mentions about getting the camera working for 2.0 and 2.1 but with 2.1's addition of openGL these roms are starting to look nearly feature complete.

So, who's working on camera development for 2.0/2.1 right now? It sounds like quite a few people (flipz, darchstar, toastcfh, maejrep etc) are getting close, what do we need and how can we help each other out?
[Hero CDMA General] toastcfh:
From what I know me and maejrep are the only devs working on backporting the .29 camera driver. I could be wrong though. . But yeah status is that its not working still due to vfe not starting which seems to be an issue with either the qdsp5 backport or issues in adsp.
[Hero CDMA General] toastcfh:
But not limited to the above. Ie we don't know why vfe (video front end) won't start
[Hero CDMA General] magicalan:
yeah the camera never works its annoying !!! still love 2.1 haha
[Hero CDMA General] mrinehart93:
Could you guys for the timebeing write a camera app that doesn't use vfe?
[Hero CDMA General] toastcfh:
Vfe is video front end. its needed for the camera to work. I have a v4l2 utility that takes pictures without displaying a preview. but it still needs the vfe to start to work. vfe is very important.
[Hero CDMA General] akijikan:
not if you want to see anything on the screen
[Hero CDMA General] mercado79:
Thanks for the update Toast! I'm sure it's a huge hassle to get this stuff reverse engineered. But it will be so rewarding once it's done! :D
[Hero CDMA General] mrinehart93:
Ok. I thought it was just what displayed the preview.
[Hero CDMA General] ejqr5:
Thanks for the eplaination. I really appreciate what you guys are doing for us.
[Hero CDMA General] giovannizero:
Is the .29 camera driver's source available or are you working on reverse engineering the compiled version?
[Hero CDMA General] toastcfh:
its the linux kernel so yes there are .29 linux kernels to port from. thats how we do it
[Nexus One General] bfspider:
Here's an interesting article on the N1's display. Found it rather surprising!

http://gizmodo.com/5477320/the-nexus-ones-dirty-display-secret
[Nexus One General] frenchtom:
yeah, eh... im not too worried about that. i think the N1 screen looks great and i never noticed any problems like that so i don t really mind
[Nexus One General] nenco:
what a fake, if you look at that article with the nexus one, you can see the iphone photo perfectly
[Nexus One General] AndyCr15:
I would agree. Granted, they do show in those examples (if true) that the iPhone has the edge on number of colours, but I've not yet notices that, so I'm not going to worry :)
[Nexus One General] AndyCr15:
Ha ha, really? Someone make the image as an 800x480 jpg and we can test ourselves :)
[Nexus One General] cypher21:
well

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/154221main_20060807_PIA07997_060802183716.jpg

Here you go, try for yourself. I have to say the pic looks better on my old 2g iphone
[Nexus One General] bufodill:
noticed this when i transfered some files from my canon g11, flash pictures against a white wall gave just the bad result as the nasa-picture in the gizmodo article... too bad really, but doesn't mean too much in daily use for me
[Nexus One General] Raymond77:
The photo of Mars sunset is a total red herring.

The issue is the gallery app, NOT the display.

Google Mars "sunset", open an image, and you'll see no banding. Save the image then view it in the gallery app, and the banding will suddenly appear.:)
[Nexus One General] cypher21:
yeah indeed

looks like the gallary is doing some kind of bad compression on the picture
[Nexus One General] seanhassars:
when I went to the mars sunset link in this thread, via the browser, there was tons of banding, so I don't see how it's a gallery issue.
[Nexus One General] Raymond77:
I can't see much banding at all in the browser, this pic is the one I used for reference., certainly not what was shown on the Gizmodo site.

Saving it then viewing it in the gallery was a whole other kettle of fish, and THAT is what I'd equate to the image on Gizmodo.
[Nexus One General] seanhassars:
try http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/154221main_20060807_PIA07997_060802183716.jpg and let me know if you get banding
[Nexus One General] gunnner:
(deleted) .
[Nexus One General] cekle:
I loaded the image in my browser on CM5 and there's a million bands. However, if you scroll around the picture, while you're scrolling it's beautiful. Only when the image isn't moving or zooming do the bands appear for me.

It looks like a bug more than anything else.
[Nexus One General] Raymond77:
Okay, so I've just tried the one posted earlier in the thread, and yes there is banding, a lot of it, however if I touch the screen for a second it goes away and "drag" the screen down or up, then comes back when I remove my finger from the screen.

I still think this is software related, the image is so damn large that it must be being scaled down to be viewable, and maybe there's a compression issue there.:confused:
[Nexus One General] OutlawPro:
I did too.. UNTIL..I put my finger on it like I was going to scroll it around or pinch to zoom...then the banding went away. So, the problem is NOT the display but the software.
[Nexus One General] Raymond77:
Same here.
[Nexus One General] nenco:
True, but try to move the picture, or just touch the screen
[Nexus One General] rotohammer:
When I use the image from post #6, I see the banding. If I use this image:

http://photos.upi.com/slideshow/lbox/7fc13f2a01438c144c13596ef3adaca2/MARS-ROVER.jpg

Which is at 800x616 pixels, I don't see the banding. That tells me its the scaling algorithm in the OS, app or GL library thats causing the stepped gradient, not the AMOLED display itself.
[Nexus One General] seanhassars:
this is more along the lines of what I was thinking. I thought maybe since the picture was being scaled down so much it was causing the banding. I love my N1 and the display is so nice that I can't even look at my G1 the same anymore.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
What's interesting is that if you rotate the screen sideways the banding disappears completely. But that makes sense right considering the way the sub pixels are oriented. You would only see it vertically but not horizontally. But that's only true for this particular wallpaper because the gradient goes from top to bottom from darker shade to lighter shade.
[Nexus One General] Bryce2010:
Interesting, you're right the image does improve when sideways. I don't usually enable desk-top rotation but I'm going to leave it on and check it out tomorrow during sunset. If the extreme banding is greatly reduced or eliminated that may just be the assurance I need that I don't have a defective device again... But I still don't get why some claim they see a perfect image with no banding...
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
No I don't think you have a defective device. If anything I think we are all a little disappointed that the screen tech does this. But again this is the first I've actually been hit with this problem first hand. I guess It's just a trade off to make, better colors from the amoled screen, but certain very rare circumstances with a gradient image you see the limitation of the pentile layout. Oh well not the end of the world for me.
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
The pentile layout would have nothing to do with banding.

Banding is caused by using fewer bits than about 8-bits per color component to represent the colors. These images are banded like I'd expect a 16-bit image (which uses 5 bits for red and blue and 6 bits for green). A full 24-bit image with 8 bits for each color component would look much smoother. You can hide the reduced color components with a technique called dithering - which would also show up under close scrutiny, but it would be far less visible at "normal" viewing distances than the banding caused by non-dithered 555 or 565 images.

Pentile layout affects "pixel per inch" types of resolution, not "how many colors can I display without banding" issues. I'm not sure how to describe that much better without lots of diagrams and arrows. :(

I'm running out of theories on why some see this worse than others (or even why the first screenshots were so much worse than the later ones). One thought is that the wallpaper may choose the color depth of the images based on how much free memory the phone has when it starts up? Are these being run on a kernel with the full RAM supported? (Stock 2.2 or a custom ROM with the kernel that supports all the RAM.) What if you installed the live wallpaper after killing off a bunch of background tasks? I'm mainly grasping at straws here.
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
Here is another experiment:

For testing I am uploading an RGB test image in PNG format. It was generated by a test program I wrote to use 24-bits per pixel (8-bits each of red green and blue). You can use it to see which programs in your phone use a lower-bit-depth format to display the images. On my phone I can load this in the browser and it shows no banding when static, but shows banding briefly as I scroll it around. The green has twice as many bands as the blue and red and it looks like 16 and 32 bands (hard to count when you have to keep it moving to see the bands) which would be consistent with a 565 bit per component texture. They may be dithering it when it stops moving, or they may be using a 16-bit texture for faster panning and then only showing the full-color version when the panning stops (I'd vote for dithering since it doesn't make sense to expend the memory for 2 copies of the image and I can't imagine that panning requires 16-bit textures for speed, but as hard as I look with my old eyes I don't see any evidence of dithering).

If I load it using the built-in "gallery app" (on stock Froyo) I also see a clear 16,32,16 bands which indicates a 565 texture and it stays with those bands even if I zoom in and pan around.

If I load it using the B&B Gallery app available from the market it shows as smooth gradients regardless of panning or static display.

Try those options and see what results you get on your screen...
[Nexus One General] khaytsus:
Just a FYI here guys, if you look at this on your computer monitor and see banding, your monitor isn't calibrated ;) I'll try this myself on my N1.

Related to the banding while scrolling, this would explain a few things.... I have a few programs with a dark blue background that when scrolled it "flickers" kind of a lighter color.. I bet they do drop some bits to scroll.

Sucks that the built-in gallery app doesn't seem to be rendering the image properly. I had noticed some excessive over-exposure in the gallery app that was not noticeable on my computer, I guess that explains it. But like I said in another post, my phone doesn't have to be perfectly accurate colors and calibration.... my monitors do... :)
[Nexus One General] vegetaleb:
How to use wallpapers with true 16m on Nexus One (to be pinned) :

As some people discovered it when using some wallpapers on N1 they can have color banding

This is due to the color limitations of the 3D Gallery from google,so the solutions is:

Instead of setting a wallpaper using N1's own gallery just download and use the free app ''wallpaper set and save''.

Wallpapers will finally show in 16m colors instead of 65k
[Nexus One General] petard:
Guys, you can not take a screen capture of a

screen

problem. The capture program saves the image digitally before it even gets to the screen. It is also the same reason why uncompressed captures look so much better on your PC monitor than on the phone's screen. The Pentile pixel arrangement makes everything look horrible while your computer's monitor will display everything correctly
[Nexus One General] bigmout:
And I will ask again: how do I get Wallpaper Set and Save to set wallpapers from the system? I can only get it to set wallpapers from the SD Card.
[Nexus One General] vegetaleb:
You can download the few system wallpapers from the internet ;)

google is your friend
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
but are you sure about that? it was my understanding that because of the way the sub pixels are oriented it would disappear in landscape view. for example the pixels are horizontally oriented in portrait view, and each green pixel shares a red and blue pixel. i thought this was why the banding ocurred. but that same image shown in landscape should now have the pixels oriented vertically, and the banding does not appear.

i guess my question is, are we all sure that when a picture shows banding, that the banding disappears when viewed in landscape? if so, the next question is why does this happen?
[Nexus One General] Bryce2010:
Thanks. I tried the B & B gallery app & you're right, there is no banding on that & other problem images i.e the mars image...

So guess I'm leaning towards not doing a repair again.

But I still wonder why some claim they see no banding. I still wonder why there is no mention of this in the reviews, specifically the positive reviews about the n1 grass live wallpaper... Can't help but wonder if some have better/different screens... And well that makes me want to do a repair just to see if it comes back better.... :-/
[Nexus One General] Purple Drama Llama:
I don't have this problem with this wallpaper. But, the only time I notice banding is when I use a white shadowing wallpaper that's really intense.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
Because they prob don't check that live grass wallpaper at sunset. Like I said mine had no banding during the day. Also this banding issue only appears in a very small set of circumstances. Most people frankly would not view an image that demonstrates this issue. The live grass wallpaper is really the only one that shows it, and at only a few hours of each day.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
And most people I bet remove that wallpaper pretty quickly in the first place.
[Nexus One General] drpfenderson:
Here are actual screenshots taken seconds apart with ShootMe using the default browser on the Nexus:

The difference? The top was while not moving, the bottom was while my finger was touching the screen. Looks like when you're moving a pic, it is full-res. If it is not moving, it seems to compress it, leading to the banding.

Other than this article, I have not noticed any display problems. I've only had the best experience. Think the N1 has the most gorgeous display of the phones I've had. :D
[Nexus One General] britoso:
edit: This is a software issue as others have pointed out above.
[Nexus One General] cekle:
Same result here. Definitely a software-only issue. :)
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
THIS IS A SOFTWARE ISSUE. GALLERY APPS ON ANDROID WILL "COMPRESS" A PICTURE WHEN FIRST OPENED.

I have posted about this beforehand:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625100

Here's the image linked above when I open it using the standard picture app on the Desire Sense UI ROM:

Notice the horrible pixels?

After opening, I pinch to zoom in and back out. After a half second, it "clicks" into place and looks like this:

And here's what it looks like using "Multitouch Gallery" from the Market:

IN CONCLUSION:

A) The author of the article is a complete moron.

B) Multitouch Gallery OWNS :D
[Nexus One General] rotohammer:
Experts

I've been using HTC products for 11 years, ie: I owned the original and subsequent generations of iPaq and 7 smartphones. I've become very skeptical about experts who claim HTC has an inferior or flawed product, especially when its a head to head comparison against a competitor.

Sure, there have been little quirks here and there, but comparatively, their products are best in class.

To the Experts: The iPhone is crap, get over it.
[Nexus One General] nenco:
sent email about our finding to jherrman@gizmodo.com (not his fault, he just report), but somebody should send it to displaymate site and tell they sucks :D
[Nexus One General] OutlawPro:
I do agree, however the issue is present in the browser in addition to the gallery app. I wonder how it renders in a 3rd party browser..anyone?
[Nexus One General] sourmilk:
what i find odd is how this supposed expert dismisses both the outstanding black and contrast levels on the N1 as "only relevant for low ambient lighting."

I'm not sure what he considers low ambient lighting but even under bright fluorescent lights it is obvious that the black levels and contrast are insane on the N1. As anyone who has shopped for flat panel displays and has seen a Pioneer KURO knows, black level and contrast are king when it comes to image quality. I guess he only uses his phones outside in direct sunlight and rarely indoors.

He also mentions nothing about the amazing off angle viewing fidelity. I guess it's coming in part 2, whenever that is.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
I saved the picture from http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/154221main_20060807_PIA07997_060802183716.jpg and then opened it with B&B gallery. No banding.

A comment on the black level of the Nexus One screen. I am not a professional but I tried comparing the black of my Nexus One with my AMOLED Nokia N85, I found that the black is not as deep as the black on my N85. Different hardware perhaps.
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
weirdest thing about this is that when I actually touch the photo and move it a little, the banding is gone until I take my finger off the screen.
[Nexus One General] hurrycaine3000:
same result here. It's def. software, not hardware issue. honestly wouldn't have noticed, but people really like trying to find flaws in this phone.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
Someone has pointed it out earlier. It probably has something to do with how the Android OS algorithm compresses images.
[Nexus One General] JoshHart:
This is the image in Dolphin Browser, I did have to zoom out quite a bit to get it to fit into one screenshot, but it looks good.