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[Omnia 7 General] Spybreak:
Hey everybody!

I hope you guys are enjoying your Omnias. I'm thinking about getting one, but I already have a Galaxy S and am suffering the dreaded SAMOLED Pentile issue. That is, that the screen Samsung uses has a lower pixel count than standard LCD screens. On Android this is pretty awful and makes text look fuzzy at small sizes.

Now, I'd like to see how WP7 looks on the screen, especially since everyone is raving about how awesome it looks. It might be that Samsung has tweaked the display so that it looks better.

So, my request is close-up pictures of the display while it's on. Showing websites (zoomed out), pictures and the main menu. Preferrably taken with a camera that supports "macro mode" so that we can clearly see how sharp (or not) the display actually looks. I'd love to see it in person, but apparently the phone hasn't arrived in Spain yet.

I'd really appreciate this, so thanks in advance to anyone that goes ahead with my request!
[Omnia 7 General] Cruzer1:
These reviews by GSMArena and PhoneArena should give you an idea, and has some close shots. While zoomed out webpages does look pixelated, the contrast and colours of the Omnia 7 is just stunning. I personally just zoom abit if it gets pixelated, plus I dont like reading text thats too small anyway.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8700_omnia_7-review-522.php

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Omnia-7-Review_id2559
[Omnia 7 General] DarkAngelFR:
Hello,

If you still need I may try to take some photos of it this weekend...

I used to have HTC Diamond (2 devices : touch and Pro), then I get an iPhone 4, and now the omnia7 : the screen is really really better on the Omnia, I was very impressed by the quality of it (video playback is very nice, pictures too, websites are ok)

See Ya'
[Omnia 7 General] Spybreak:
I would really appreciate it if you would :) I have seen the online reviews but none of them have pics of enough quality for me to see how text is rendered on the screen.

I really hate how pixelated everything looks on the Galaxy S. As soon as I get close to the screen it's like I'm looking through a net. The screen on the Omnia is the same, but if Microsoft has better font rendering it might be less noticeable.

Thanks!
[Omnia 7 General] martoto:
No way to overpass a hardware limitation with any software. If you found very small text being difficult to read on your Galaxy S, it would be the same on Omnia 7. However, in contrast to Android, Windows Phone 7 is designed with the AMOLED tech in mind. All text in the default UI are big enough (even too big for some tastes :)) avoiding described flaw being noticeable. Still in the browser or bad compound third party apps with too small fonts it would be the same as Galaxy S.

Btw, IMHO this is no issue. I don’t like to torture myself by reading so small texts on an already small phone screen anyway, so just zoom in is used here :).
[Omnia 7 General] StevieBallz:
Well - on the "no fix in software is possible" - not quite. Microsoft ClearType is used on RGB LCDs to make text look smoother by changing the color of pixels based on the known layout of the colored subpixel-elements.

The problem with the AMOLED Screens seems to be that they don't have red and blue in every pixel (only green). Perhaps using clever software it would be possible to avoid fuzzy rendering of text and Microsoft developed WP7 with AMOLED screens in mind.

So it would be possible but I guess there are no optimizations of that kind. I had no problems with my Omnia 7 up to now so I'd just say it's not that big of a deal.
[Omnia 7 General] aussieak:
I just have swapped from Galaxy to Omnia and the I do like the display I have no problem reading large or small fonts between the 2. I have not had a sunny day yet to test this but I found on the Galaxy that the auto brightness always had a little lag I would always need to remove my sunnies for a couple of seconds to see what I was doing then the phone would kick in and I could put them on. The Omnia on black background is really designed for reading text large or small.
[Omnia 7 General] Tail Happy:
Hi, I've taken you some pics, but the "attach too" limits the size of an attachment. I can email them to you or if you have a minute to suggest a better way to upload them I'll be happy to give it a shot.

Cheers

Brian
[Omnia 7 General] Spybreak:
Thanks! I actually forgot to update the thread. I have finally bought an Omnia for myself, decided to take the risk :P So I no longer need the pics.

It is true, it is the same screen as on the Galaxy S and the dreaded pentile is there. However, due to the metro UI it bothers me a lot less and it does make everything pop out more and seem very attractive.

WP7 renders fonts better than android so browsing is a lot easier on the Omnia's screen than it was on the Galaxy. Overall I'm really happy with the device and I like it a lot more than I like the Galaxy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worms:
Hi, i want to save my app file before update the firmware.

I already have froyo(JPK) but i don't want lose my record file in some game.

How can i do it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android.francis:
nandroid back up or download Titanium back up in the market :)
[myTouch 4G Accessories] igni1ed:
amazon.com/Skinomi-TechSkin-Protector-T-Mobile-REPLACEMENTS/dp/B003F8G0SU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1288904158&sr=1-4

does this come recommended by anyone? Does skinomi come recommended at all?

I want to make sure at least the screen is anti-fingerprints/glare (matted esque surface)

WHO CAN ENLIGHTEN MEEEEE
[myTouch 4G Accessories] philthyman21:
I've uses their products on a Vibrant and a G2 and I have no complants. I even got the carbon fiber back for my iPhone 4

Hope this helps

Sent from a MyTouch 4G using the GR8 XDA app :)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M3RK:
I tried a few searches here and on Google and can't find anything so...can anyone tell me where the default folder icon is located? I'd lake to replace it with something a little better looking :)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] theguy386:
Try using app folders from the market. Lets you create your folders and change the icons around
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M3RK:
I found it. In case anyone else is wondering the same thing, the icons are located in /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] setexascustoms:
Post some screen shots of what you come up with if you don't mind, I'm interested :D
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] KGBxxx:
Nice. I'm going to see what I can find
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porkus:
hi guys, ive been trying to try a few different AOSD roms on my S-LCD desire as i aint really a fan of Sense. the problem is after i have rooted and flashed LeeDroid (first rom i tried reccomended from a friend) i was then looking at the other roms OD, DeFrost, and CyanogenMod.

i tried flashing OD after nandroid and wipe rebooted and got an odd screen after splash screen, sarts black and then all these red green blue vertical lines start to pop up, after a while the phone reboots and then hangs on splash. it did the same with defrost.

i flashed CyanogenMod 6.0.0 through rom manager and all is well works no probs and i do love it.

then i notice DeFrost is available through Rom manager so try flashing from rom manager and the same old funny black screen pops up with multi coloured lines.

just restore back to cyanogen no probs.

BUT my phone also presented this problem flashing VorkKernel i tried the HAVS version and got the black screen and i now run one of the SVS versions. i then realised how his thread works and tried r7.1 but again had the black screen.

anyone any idea whats up?

cheers luke
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porkus:
this is a bit of a bump but anyone any ideas what may be going on cos now it seems i cant flash any rom even update cm6.0.0 to 6.1 :S slightly annoying
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shockem:
Well, as you have stated, you have an SLCD phone. That might be the cause of your problems. Have you tried roms made for SLCD?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porkus:
ill have a badgers have a look for slcd specific roms. suppose i was abit naive in thinking new versions of roms would support slcd?

i will have a look but has anyone found any nice fast slcd specific roms? non sense
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] porkus:
managed to flash CyanogenMod 6.1 now by flashing rom and then flashing VorkKernel before rebooting
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjgdroid:
I started the froyolinux thread with ubuntu and debian, Now I have ubuntu up and working and about to install a ui

I need to know wich one to download because likely thing is I will only get one shot at it working.

so I need your votes quick

kde

or gnome
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
No disrespect, but when I had this exact same question myself a couple weeks ago when I was about to install Ubuntu, I googled "Gnome versus KDE". Then the choice was easy.

I hope I'm not out of line.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjgdroid:
well wich one did you choose!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I think you missed my point.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amfetamine:
You might want something lighter like lxde, xfce, fluxbox or icewm.

Sent from my CELB Froyo Eris
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjgdroid:
yep probably but ima try a good one i think i might install one of the others later after im in the ui
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amfetamine:
Let us know how it goes.

I vote for gnome

Sent from my CELB Froyo Eris
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stonent:
I doubt the eris has enough ram for either.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skipbarker:
Neither. Go with something much lighter. LXDE, ICEWM, Fluxbox.

If by some miracle the eris is able to run gnome or kde, IMHO it will not run very well. :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoban_eris:
you could try ubuntu netbook UI (unity) and as a fallback when it fails to run smoothly, I vote for enlightenment (e17), there is even a e17 mobile UI :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amfetamine:
So, how'd it go?

Sent from my CELB Froyo Eris
[Android Apps and Games] NeMisiz:
I haven't really posted here before (just rather used xda for learning/issues mostly) so im sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum for requesting apps. I've done some reading and it seems a dreamcast emulator is still a ways off, but I'm not really worried about dreamcast as much as I am the game ikaruga. I only played this game a few times at a friends house but I fell in love with it. I think this game could run well on newer phones with good processors. I have a droid x and would be forever grateful to whoever could bring this game to the droid and I would totally pay for this if it were released. Just a suggestion..
[Android Apps and Games] k4p741nkrunch:
I would pay for this as well! Definitely the best vertical shooter in my mind.
[Android Apps and Games] NeMisiz:
I agree. Not only was this game beautifully laid out and full of action, it was also a puzzle at the same time. You had to shoot the hell outta things as well as change the light/dark modes to avoid masses of bullets/missles/debri/etc...It was very hard yet challenging and you had to pretty much remember the patterns of each level in order to get further. Like you said, the best vertical shooter i've ever played in my opinion and I only played it a few times.
[Android Apps and Games] Ninkul:
Ikaruga was fun. Although it wouldn't exactly be possible to do a direct port.. Especially as it's a commercial game where we don't have access to the source and DC emulation isnt great on computers. rRootage (concept based on Ikaruga, nowhere near as good) is open source I believe and was ported to the PSP a while back. Kenta Cho's games are awesome :)
[Android Apps and Games] NeMisiz:
Ya, I've read nothing but troubles with dreamcast emulation. Even though new phones could handle it, I know that the process is very difficult (even though I know very little about programming/development). Even a game like you mentioned thats based off Ikaruga would suffice. I want a vertical shooter thats not just shootem up but actually has a puzzle-like atmosphere where you have to you use your problem-solving skills as well as be very quick and strategic with your enemies. I was just enchanted by a game that was so difficult when you first started but got easier as you remembered where to switch light/dark as well as handle an onslaught of enemies (who were also more weak/resistant to each of the modes which added for even more strategy.). Almost impossible at first, but with promise to move further if you had good skills; unlike some games that are basically impossible to beat without cheats. You'd think I played this game a lot seeing how much I'm talking about it but I only was able to make it through the first 2 levels or so b/c it was so difficult and I only got to play it a few times at a friends.

Back to the subject though, someone pretty pleeease develop a game similar to this.
[Desire HD General] Pottsy:
Thought I'd have a look at the quuality of the camera, compared to the Desire. Discovered that I have a problem with focus on the left side of the picture, and wondered whether anyone else has it.

3 photos, reduced using the same method. Canon (for reference), DHD and Desire:

Canon:

Desire HD:

Regular Desire:

Now, we can look at 1:1 crops to examine the quality:

You can see that stuff on the left is out of focus - this shot shows it well:

Finally, my phone is an early one with bad camera and sim cover alignment. Not sure if it matters, but here are close ups anyway. Anyone else with a left hand focus issue?
[Desire HD General] mazzuli:
I can definitely see your point, I will test this on my DHD tomorrow.
[Desire HD General] rossysaurus:
i can just about see it, but honestly i would worry more about the over sharpening and terrible white balance on this phone. testing it earlier it gave my girlfriend the skin tone of a Simpson...
[Desire HD General] who knows:
just took a shot outside, havnt changed any settings
[Desire HD General] ojtemple:
I've just taken delivery of a DHD and have exactly the same left side focus problem. How did you resolve this - or you returned / replaced your unit?
[Desire HD General] Gurps777:
weird. mine seems to be fine.
[Omnia 7 General] the_scotsman:
Welcome to the Samsung Omnia 7 forums :)

I'm the assigned moderator for this device.

If you have any problems with this forum or would like to make any suggestions, please feel free to contact me and I'll try my best to help out where I can :)
[EVO 4G General] Ruki_Uki:
I don't know about you but I'd love to see this work with the EVO :)

i.engadget.com/2010/11/04/dell-streak-gets-snes-controller-dock-navigates-owner-through-y/

Sent from my EVO's 4G :) You?........I thought so
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
That is awesome
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
I'd buy it.
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
Yeah that's full of win.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fergust:
Whenever I fastboot flash amons recovery for Eris I get image error bootmagic check fail. I believe I rooted my phone wrong. I used PB000img but I only see this error when I Google it for Nexus. Help somebody I've bn working on this for 3 days and my trackball doesn't work on top of that. I have a 1.49 s off root
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fergust:
I'm also using a MAC
[Android Apps and Games] eatonjb:
I am looking for an Android player that is pretty simple but i do not see why its so hard to find?

All I want is something that lets me play MP3's.. that does not scan the entire device (ringtones always seem to show up and I dont want them to)

something that kinda roots itself on the SD Card in a folder like "Music"

with a nice home screen

AND

somethign that will resume the next time it's open. for some reason the media player that comes with my Captivate seems to wants me to start all over when i dont use it for 30 min or so..

simple?

thanks for the advise

Eaton
[Android Apps and Games] student.driver:
PowerAMP. It's in the market, and has a really nice EQ setup in addition to what you're talking about. It's in beta right now.

http://power-amp.info/
[Android Apps and Games] eatonjb:
thank you, Downloading and testing this now. I will keep you posted on my impression!
[Android Apps and Games] mikedopp:
There is one in alpha

Try this one. It pulls data in from the music folder and allows for pause, fast forward and rewind. However it is still in alpha...
[Android Apps and Games] pritishd:
Meridian player has most of the features you are after such as Folder browsing and resuming Videos. Plus it has decent widget also
[Android Apps and Games] w.0.o.t:
+1 for Power Amp :D
[Android Apps and Games] r3dkross:
Player pro does the folder playing and is very simple, got some nice widget aswell
[Android Apps and Games] treesurf:
MortPlayer is another nice light alternative that meets your criteria. There is also a version of MortPlayer specifically for audiobooks that allows you to make bookmarks in your sound files.

I actually use both PowerAMP and MortPlayer: PowerAMP for general music listening and it's very pretty UI, and MortPlayer for listening to long recordings of lectures so that I can consistently come back to where I left off.
[Droid 2 General] JonandRoid:
They sell a mini usb to hdmi cable but I know that there isn't really possibility of an output naturally and I saw on youtube or somewhere that they made an app for there to be output but maybe it wasn't for the droid 2, Idk.. any info on this??
[Droid 2 General] Jewremy:
Droid 2 doesn't have that capability. You might've seen the Micro-HDMI cable for the DX, but definitely not D2. Droid Incredible can do it as well, though I haven't looked in to it.
[Droid 2 General] JonandRoid:
Oh okay..well it would be cool if it did have that feature...maybe someone can develop it in the future or something..
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rmoney:
I want to make a minor change to the way the lockscreen looks and want to see if its something easy enough for me to do.

I'm looking to make the gray part with the dots on ether side slightly transparent. I would also like to keep the clock solid. Also not lose any of the functionality of the htc lockscreen.

Is this easy enough for someone with no theming experience to do?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] NilsP:
Assuming you are rooted and if you are just changing images it is not difficult at all.

The lockscreen slider is actually in

/system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk

and there are 3 that start with lockscreen_arc

You need to copy the apk to your PC and open it with 7zip (my preferences) and extract the res folder to the PC. Do your graphic changes in that folder. Then reopen the apk in 7zip and drag the modified res folder over the window and drop it in.

Then you just do and adb push to put it back on the phone

You can use the same process to modify other images in the

/system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk

Changes that are not just graphics become very difficult and require de-compiling the apk to edit xml files.

AND Do a nand backup before just in case you mess up.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rmoney:
Awesome, sounds like a good guide. I'll post my results once I finish it.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rmoney:
it seems this is going to be harder than i thought.

I made the part that I wanted translucent only to find that the two pngs under it are not editable enough to remove them from behind it, so I'm left with this. I'm assuming that the only way to fix this is to do some xml editing which is a little above me.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Gahh Its Lee:
I actually like that
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rmoney:
If I could just get rid of the straight parts near the top of the time, I would like it. But simply editing the pngs won't cut it as I have a feeling that the xml extends the top graphic straight down because what is seen there doesn't match up with what the png looks like.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] RdBrd83:
You would be correct. The problem you're running into is the 2 images behind the main lock bar are actually .9.png images and not regular .png images.

Quick, very rough explanation: To save space these images are stretched by xml files at certain points in the image to create a background. When an apk is decoded, these stretch points are represented by a 1px border around the image. This does not show up when you just use a program like 7zip.

Something to try if you want to cheat, not sure if it'll work.. Treat it all as one image instead of 3 separate ones. Make lockscreen_arc.png a taller image, and then put the top and bottom bars on it that way. Then just make the other two .9.png files completely transparent. Since it's a regular .png, it wont get stretched. I know making it smaller works out, so I'm assuming you could also make it larger.

Edit: Just thought about it some more, and that might not work, because if I had to guess, the Verizon and date text are probably set up in the xml relative to that image.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rmoney:
I'll mess around a little more today and see if I can't come up with something.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] patchnauty:
i also would like to do this but not the stock lock screen but this one..

To look like this...

Just the green and yellow to blue..
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Jodsfk421:
If all else fails, you could use the theme kitchen (http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen). It'll allow basic changes to the whole theme (specifically the lockscreen).
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Vernox701:
Dude this thread is almost a year old and some people like to do stuff manually
[Wildfire General] GéVé:
Hay everybody,

I have a question about my Wildfire.

I made a NANDROID backup but i'm making also a backup for my original ROM.

Not that I want to unroot it now, but if there is a issue with my phone and it have to go back to the store.

*Warranty issue*

But i can't find my original shipped ROM on the net.

Any one knows where i can get it.

Here a picture of my recovery boot now :

I can't find "RADIO-3.35.15.31".

Somebody knows a answer ?
[Wildfire General] GéVé:
Anyone ?

It's realy strage , still seaching !
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Roots08:
Got a quick question that i'm hoping you guys can help me with:

Is there a way to completely disable the slide out keybaord on a Tilt2?

I recently woke up to my phone sitting in a puddle of water all night and promptly started freaking out. Fortunately the phone is ok, for the most part. The only issue is the physical keyboard. Water must have damaged part of the board because now when I go to send txt messages, it starts spitting out random characters as if some of the buttons are stuck in the down position. Same thing happens when i go to make a call.

I've narrowed it down to the top 2 rows of the keyboard not functioning, and the characters that on the top 2 rows are the numbers and letters that keep repeating any time I try to enter text into a field.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
To disable the keyboard, just don't slide it out and use it. It's that simple. lol
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Roots08:
Yeah unfortunately it doesn't seem to matter if the keyboard is out or not. Thats why I am trying to disable it completely.

I saw another post where someone had the same problem. The solution that came up was to change the keyboard's registry value to 0. But it didn't work for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lazybumx:
so i accidentally delete something off the phone i think, now i cant get OTA update at all, will a factory reset load all the apps back? if not, can i install a stock rom? if so how do i do it?

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xile6:
Im lazy like you so run a sreach for my name and you get a post about getting ota after google goggles del
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpc2190:
Go here http://android.modaco.com/content/t...ng-to-stock-1-19-before-applying-the-new-ota/