yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD General] d0pefish:
If you see a red pixel illuminated against what should be black, you could have a stuck subpixel. A "dead" pixel implies the inverse; a black pixel where there should be colour.

On the photo of the man in black&white, with the phone rotated landscape, there are black spaces either side of the photo as it was taken in portrait.

On my phone, these black spaces are pure black.

When you display a picture with colour that occupies the space of the pixel in question, you wont notice it. Each pixel has three smaller subpixels that make up the colour; a red, green, and blue one. When the stuck pixel's nextdoor neighbours switch on, you won't notice the problem. The problem is that this pixel won't turn off.

If you want to return the phone, I'd make your mind up and do so as soon as possible while you still can - but perhaps using the proximity sensor thing as the reason, as most manufacturers/shops won't accept dead/stuck pixels as a return reason unless theres several of them, or if they're right in the middle of the screen.

Best of luck mate.
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
I'm not sure if you're understanding me. It's actually ok, just not when looking at that particular photo! I'm just trying to understand why. It's fine everywhere else, just not on that photo. But its not the photo as it doesn't move with the photo when it swipe.
[Desire HD General] d0pefish:
Oh right!

That's strange then! :( I can't reproduce the behavior on mine, I'm afraid.

Did you change the UI skin from the default?
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
A red pixel is just stuck, I had one on my laptop and I used a program the flashed colours over it and after an hour it was gone, a black pixel will be there for life :(..

It happens will lcd sometimes

Doubt anyone has made a program on the android market for this though
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Daft question but have you tried deleting the photo and seeing if it moves to the next or is gone for good?
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
No, I might though. Be interesting to see what happens.
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
I had a look just now but can't see it on mine...I'll look again tonight when it is darker and let you know.
[Desire HD General] xazac:
You can try this: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.xcitoproductions.checkmypixels
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLAiDDV_IU

I made a very poor video of it. Need to set it to 480p and watch fullscreen to see the stuck pixel.
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
I can't see that pixel you are talking about...had another look tonight :)
[Desire HD General] bobbyphoenix:
I saw it. It's kind of a glowing red light more than a stuck pixel. Very strange indeed.
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Yep - very strange. I think you have full rights to write HTC about this and ask for explanations.
[Desire HD General] dxemerson:
Hey,I know apart from dead pixels,there are some other 'bad pixels' like colourful pixel(sorry,I translate it directly from Chinese,that's what we call them.There must be an English name.) and white pixel.Different kinds of bad pixels behave various from different colours of background.That's why you can see them in some situations while some you can't.We often test 'bad pixels' of screens of laptops with several colours of background when shopping.
[Desire HD General] phunkycow:
Maybe you could give this a try as well: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.jscreenfix.android

Good luck mate!

Edit: Instructions say that you have to leave it running for about 10 minutes.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] failurbydesign:
Whats the best double sided tape to use for the digitizer on a new housing?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jazzmanmonty:
ok so we are all aware of all the various android builds out there for different phones. some with sense, some stock. all the chefs have their own basic formula for the perfect rom when they try to cook them for us. now most builds we apply to our phones are mod's of builds for other phones. After working with so many builds and liking certain features of each, but only available to each, i found myself asking the following question.

Companies like htc, etc. are assigned to build a certain phone with a certain android build with certain features activated/deactivated (ex. some builds have tethering, but tmobile said to cut tethering option out of g2. or some builds have a 2g/3g on off option where as others don't) this must mean that there is a general android build they start with that has all features and they just decide to keep/omit things they want or things carriers don't want. (or add some version of sense ui to it or touchwiz). My question is, is there a general ultimate android build that is available that has every feature there? i'm not a developer so i've never cooked a rom, but it would be awesome to have one build with everything and a simple way for users to decide which options they want or to omit. i know it sounds simple in theory and will never be that easy. but it would be awesome to have one general build with all options and can choose which ones i want to use or not to use vs. a developer selecting them for me.

this is a major problem with many winmo builds i've worked with compared to android builds, but its still something that bugs me when i try a rom and say damn i wish there was a 2g/3g on off in the network options vs having to dig for gsm/wcdma options. like i said in theory it sound easy and i'm sure its not, thats why i give all the chefs credit. but just throwing it out there in case something were to exist like that. thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Reno_79:
I think I understand what you mean.

I've played with the Android SDK and the BASE 2.2 (what we know as Froyo) has all you mention (tethering etc), but looks kinda bland, this may be that I'm now so used to Sense and it's niceties that anything less than Sense to me just looks wrong.

If you want to see Android as Google intended for us all to use just download the SDK and start a 2.2 session with no modifications and you'll see the differences that carriers and the cooks here do, it's amazing work.

Also, almost all cooks here in XDA will try and give you access to everything the phone itself can do, that's part of the fun of running a rooted OS.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jazzmanmonty:
thanks for the tip about trying out the sdk Reno, i'm gonna check it out this weekend. Don't get me wrong, i love all the fun of flashing and its an addiction since 2007 on my HTC 8525/G1/HD2 lol. and i give mad props to all the chefs, god knows if i started messing with code, my phone would be a brick an hour later lol. Android chefs are really good and don't tweak much like winmo chefs do at times which i like. so many builds for winmo you'll find are scraped down to bare minimum because the chefs wanted a bare rom that gave u the "most space and fastest speed" which all went to hell once u install crap you want on it anyway, but half of the features and options have been deleted! thank God android chefs are good with keeping things there.

woohoo sdk fun friday night! will i become a chef? do chefs need to wear the silly hat? :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Reno_79:
I'll be perfectly blunt you'll need more than just the SDK to get a build made. I only downloaded it out of pure curiosity. You'll hopefully see in the attachments exactly what default Froyo looks like and realise even more what a godsend these guys here are.

I would honestly love to make my own build (more for my own fun and use than for general consumption) but I realise after many hours of reading and research that it's ridiculously hard work and these guys deserve every penny we can afford to donate for their toil.

Going back to the original point though: I think to create one overarching build that upon install you could pick: stock/sense/launcherpro or whatever other flavour there is available out there would actually be impossible. The look of the build is so deeply embedded in the build itself and requires so many different parts of the operating system itself to be changed you would need several copies of each file with the different variations for each look/style you'd end up with HUGE download sizes and it would be more difficult to keep up with when there is an update.

As things stand now, I know I could never drop my Sense builds, I love hastarins kernel tree, and I have my favourite small group of cooks that I follow, and that helps me limit what builds I download and test. Having a couple of small spare memory cards helps and only cost me £20 or so to give me that choice.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jazzmanmonty:
Reno i feel that you are correct. i couldn't resist and went to download the SDK after replying to your post. its still downloading a bunch of things and as i read the android developer page i'm enticed to hit the cancel button! I think i'll just go back to picturing the chefs as the magicians and let them entertain, instead of being the guy who tries to figure out all the tricks lol.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric3043:
I am currently running AOSPish 1.2 with JACS OC/UV and OCLF 2.2 and its soo fast!! But my phone randomly freezes sometimes or randomly just vibrates like crazy and freezes. I know this happenes because of the OC kernel but is there any way to stop the freezing? Its just so faast i dont want to flash the stock kernel one becuase its not as fast and also its not AOSPish 1.2 its 1.1. Any suggestions?? Thank you :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaiPiePia:
Are you overclocking?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amd_203:
You should download SetCPU (search XDA for it) and set Max to 1000 and Minimum to 200. If you still have issues then you may have no choice but to flash a stock kernel.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric3043:
yea im overclocking i set max to 1200 and minimum to 200. It doesnt freeze alot just like once a day but im gonna try to set max at 1000 if that doesnt work then im just going to flash stock kernel. Thanks for the help thoo :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virtualsk:
I need Registry settings for Galaxy S Eclair based phone... possible JG4 version.

I need it , so I can update my Galaxy S to Official Froyo When available....

I am looking for Following Registry keys...

- SoftwareRevision

- HIDSWVER

Thanks a lot in Advance....Please help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankmehta:
Not going to happen anymore. Wait for the official update. The reg hack for I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3 doesn't work no more.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virtualsk:
I am already on JM6 Froyo update ...using Reg Heck...but I would like to have an official Indian version isntalled ... Thats why i need those registry.... Please help !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kannanX10:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771262 indian DDIG4
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seltaeb:
Just flash the Indian JG4 ROM from samfirmware using ODIN. At least that's what I plan to do once the India Froyo is released (I updated to the Nordic JP6/JPM via the registry hack last weekend).

PS: I do have the original registry key settings on my home computer, if no other Indian user responds to you till then I will send you the key today evening.

Edit: Looks like KannanX10 has provided what you need.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monu123:
Here you go

"SoftwareRevision"="I9000DDJG4/I9000DDJG4/I9000DDJG4/I9000DDJG4"

"ProductCode"="GT-I9000HKAINU"

"HIDSWVER" = I9000DDJG4/I9000ODDJG4/I9000DDJG4/I9000DDJG4

This is all you need. If you want to flash back to DDJG4 then:

"SoftwareRevision"="I9000DDJF3/I9000ODDJF3/I9000DDJF3/I9000DDJF3"

"ProductCode"="GT-I9000HKAINU"

"HIDSWVER"="I9000DDJF3/I9000ODDJF3/I9000DDJF3/I9000DDJF3
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virtualsk:
Thanks Mate ... Really helped.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knanda:
Can anyone tell how to install JP6 via odin??

Using Jg4 now..:)
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
Ok...

No one has debated or have asked this question:

Should I root my Vibrant? :confused:

I'd like to actually see a debate whether or not rooting is better or stock is better. I know you have to root in order to do custom ROM, but what I'm trying to achieve on this thread is, the benefits of rooting (since I know there are plenty). I just want to give noobs and new users of Vibrant the flexibility of deciding whether they need to root, or not. I myself, have a rooted vibrant, and LOVE IT.

So, is rooting for me? Should I root the Vibrant? Or stick with the stock?

P.S.

I used "me" as an example. It isn't necessary that I want to ask the question, i just thought it's better if i put "me" on the question...
[Vibrant General] djquick:
Rooting is ALWAYS better.
[Vibrant General] KerryG:
Certainly the VAST majority of people do not need to root their phones for any reason. I have several friends with Vibrants that are quite happy with their phones as-is.

You gain absolutely nothing by rooting your phone, there is absolutely no difference in any way shape or form except you can now do modifications that non-rooted phones can not. The question isn't whether to root or not, the question is whether or not you want to do something with/to your phone that requires root access.

For me, I would have had to stick with my Blackberry simply to have tethering ability, it is a feature I have had to use many, many times. Since I never got Kies working right, I had no choice but to root in order to install MobileAP which has been a real life saver for me when I absolutely had to have internet access on my laptop and their was no alternative. This is the same reason I had to root my wife's 3G Slide. She absolutely has to have internet access and it is her only means to get it in some places.

That will probably be the only reason for her. Me, being a techie, I have flash Franken-Twiz, Bionix 1.8, 1.9, and am now running Fusion and absolutely love my phone now.
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
How come it is ALWAYS better? What makes rooting better for you?
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
@ Kerry

Well put. Hopefully this would bring light to new users.

Personally, rooting is a must for me, because of the fact I'm always on the road, having a tethered phone has an advantage.
[Vibrant General] jmerchant:
I rooted because I could...

I like the ability to do different things with my phone - I'm not one to leave it stock if I don't have too.

but it's weird, I haven't jailbroke my ipod yet - never really felt the need to nor the desire.

with my phone (and this is my first android) it just seemed like the right thing to do, then after bricking during the OTA I dived right into flashing ROMs and overclocking...yeah, rooting like a gateway drug...and I'm so happy...

but I was the noob on rooting/flashing/ etc up until the other week...and now I have a flashing problem...hahahaha
[Vibrant General] Charpie:
I rooted my phone just to delete the bloatware.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
There is a whole section of "things to do with root" in the general sticky....

I mean, that IS the reason to root... to open up options.

Want to control which apps can open at startup? Want to tether? Want to flash a custom rom? Want to overclock the processor? Want to get rid of bloatware? Want to create backups of your phone for an "oh $hit" moment?

I really do not see any reason not to. Especially since it is so easy to get back to stock/non-root.
[Vibrant General] cride11:
I owned a G1 previously and never thought rooting was for me. Less than 2 weeks after getting my Vibrant I decided to give rooting a go and instantly loved it. I was actually mad at myself afterwards for not even considering rooting my G1 and running stock for almost 2 years. I don't even use custom ROMs but I love being able to take screen caps, Mobile AP, and being able to block ads.
[Vibrant General] mr2t32:
That depends on who is using the phone. I mean for someone that doesn't care for rom or doing anything other than making phone call, text, and browse the web, he or she will not really need to root. They will not find root better. Like my GF thinks root is too much work and hassle. For me, I think root is better since i actually like to try new roms and get updates before the OTA. Root will give you the ability to tether and use custom recovery to backup/restore.

Now to the OP, it just depends on what you are looking to do with your phone. If you are just using it to make calls and browse the web, you can just keep it unrooted. If you plan to use tethering or make any system changes, you will need to root. Also, if you root, it doesn't mean you have to do anything else to your phone. You can still keep it in its stock form and have the option to do whatever you want later. It's up to you.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Shakespeare Said it is better to root

Shakespeare says it is better to root Ahhhh .... Yes to Quote:

"to Root or not to root"... that is the question

"Is it better to suffer the slings and bloatware from the carrier" or to

Just Root the phone and make it more versatile, delete the bloat and do what and when you want to the phone YOU own

I personally never like outside controls on objects that I buy.... neither would Shakespeare

Rooting is always better unless you are only interested in the retail version only type device.

Listen to Kerry G he has it right
[Vibrant General] kgrow:
Tether

Just a note! I can tether with PDAnet using bluetooth and I'm not rooted.

Rooting isn't a requirment to tether, However there may be other options that do require root access.
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
Great feedback.

Lol, somehow i knew s15274n would reply. Not many people know that rooting is a good thing or a bad thing. They don't know that they got options. I've been reading and been surfing on XDA for a long time, I had an old handle here, when WinMo was popular. But then when i got promoted, I started to be on the road, i've lost touch (and my account i closed).

Many people I encounter across the country don't know why they should root, or skeptical to root. Since I got the Vibrant, i rooted it right away, and plenty of my clientèle are amazed of what that Android phone can do. Most have Crackberry, and I've led them to this site and found it very usefull.

They don't see the stickies, or such, so i made a thread that i could access on my phone to show them. They ask the same thing all the time, "Should I root/Why do you root/I'm afraid to root/I don't know Andriod" Most of them don't have the time to read stickies. SO, i tell them. But I tell them of what MY opinion is (and why I wanted to root), and so i decided to thread and ask other people's opinion on why they would root.

Great feedback guys :)
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
Good one! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoneReaction:
Jp6 + Voodoo or Jp6 with OCLF has the same symptoms. Makes me think it's JP6 that is causing this.

The default music player occasionally stutters while playing MP3 Files (converted with LAME, V0). It happens a few times a day at least. I don't remember that happening in JM6, JM8 (very sure), or JPM(only tried for a day, not sure).

By stuttering I mean that the music is stuttering, not the UI. I've got over 16GB of songs, so the UI definitely lags if you try to scroll too fast on all firmwares.

The stutter is like the kind you get from CD players in the 90s if you shake them too much. Just for a moment.

Anyone else noticed this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khutzang:
Count me in bro. The music list also stutters when I scroll down. I have 1.4k songs by the way (still have 5gb free still).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archie_658:
Same here. BT and jack. I've uninstalled one suspect: Days. But it could also be caused by kswapd0. JM5 'jittered' sometimes on the jack, but never on BT. And that sounded different, like it was missing cpu cycles. I'm still monitoring what's going on...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adevem:
my music has been stuttering since day one. lag fix or not. dug up my old iPod and I'm happy now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
Ive never had music shutter. Maybe you sonegow have defective phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoenixFx:
Running JP6 without a lag fix. Didn't notice it.

But then again I haven't used it a lot after the update nor have a very large song collection (only about 150~200 songs).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danamoult:
If you mean the music sometimes stutters, then yeah I have that too. I had assumed it was something wrong with the bluetooth connection (I use bluetooth headphones) but it might well not be...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tameracingdriver:
Happened for me in all firmwares, solution was to use a different music player.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sturmeh:
Might I suggest http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.tbig.playerpro/ ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj03:
If this is flac, then it's a known problem since forever. I had hoped that they fixed it in 2.2, but maybe they just made it worse :mad: Is this a regression those with the problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einride:
If for any reason kswapd0 kicks in this means the phone is running low on free memory and starts swapping. kswapd0 is rarely ever (never?) the direct cause, it's just trying to manage the memory. Or lack thereof :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wober:
hi guys. I also have this problem. I've tried ALL firmware jm8, jm9 and so on. I also tried froyo 2.2 official via kies, and it do the same stuttering problem, but much less. I don' know how to solve this problem, infact i also tried all of media player. Help me guys:(:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will.1:
Use to have this issue with my flac files, but since JPK i've had 0 issues. I'm on JP6.

I'll confirm this today
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wober:
i have problem with all audio files (wma, mp3 and flac ). But i repeat, with froyo 2.2 official via kies, it happen much less. Help!:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj03:
Interesting! Another reason to upgrade to 2.2 :)

Just need a stable voodoo first :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wober:
Personally. I have tested for 2 or 3 days the official 2.2. froyo. This problem ALWAYS HAPPEN, but seems much, MUCH LESS, but SOMETIMES HAPPENS.

So i start to think that is a real problem this....Someone could help? it could be the oneclick fix laga that i installed?:confused::(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoneReaction:
I think there may be a little misunderstanding in some posts.. By stuttering I mean that the music is stuttering, not the UI. I've got over 16GB of songs, so the UI definitely lags if you try to scroll too fast on all firmwares.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will.1:
Yea same thing, i mean micro 1/10 sec stutter. Mine are gone though... just tested today although they weren't FLAC files. I'll have to restest with FLAC.

Didn't have any lagfix installed when it stuttered so i don't think it's that
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawat:
I've noticed this in video playback. Was buttery smooth on 2.1 firmwares, but it now stutters when there is... dunno how to explain it, but it's related to sound. When some music kicks in, or there is a laughter track.

Edit: Currently using JPM, had same problems on JPK too :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoneReaction:
I'm going to try JPM again.. and hopefully find out tomorrow that it doesn't stutter. =D

<random> Music is life! </random>
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archie_658:
This is what I've found in the log:

[ 10-20 19:26:45.285 2369:0x2d79 W/AudioFlinger ]
write blocked for 278 msecs, 43 delayed writes, thread 0x139f8

Several times. It's weird. I'm using the same player (MortPlayer), same SD card etc. Only the firmware is different: JP6 in stead of JM5.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoneReaction:
Listening to music on JPM today, no stutter..!!!