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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mitchellvii:
I have noticed that Sense roms have improved dithering, saturation and contrast over AOSP roms. cm 6.1 even has an option to turn on dithering, so I assume that stock AOSP comes with dithering off. However, even after turning dithering on in cm 6.1, the homescreens are still not as smooth and non-pixelated as in a sense rom.

I am guessing that although dithering has been turned on, it is not set as high as in a Sense rom. Also, saturation and contrast seem to be less in an AOSP rom. This may be a tradeoff of looks vs performance. You may notice that graphics seem to render faster in AOSP vs Sense, but they look better in Sense.

My Request:

An .apk that allows the user to adjust dithering, saturation and contrast on their own using sliders or various preset profiles (sliders better for me but some people like profiles because they are easier). A nice feature would also be something that indicates what the impact on performance would be of your choices.

If something like this already exists, I would appreciate being pointed to it :)

P.S., I am not looking for something that adjusts RGB values. This is not a question of coolness or warmth but of smoothness and depth.

Thanks in advance.

Following are pics demonstrating what I am talking about:

AOSP: SENSE:

The difference speaks for itself.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] craigbailey1986:
I would move this to theme and apps as more devs who do this type of work will see it... hope you find what you need.

Caulk,bcnice and bushdog do a lot of mods for aosp maybe good places to start ....
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mitchellvii:
Can I move it or does a mod have to do that? Thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] craigbailey1986:
I believe mods have to but you can always just copy this post and create a new one in theme and apps section...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mitchellvii:
Is there an easy way to send mods a request from the thread?

Mitchell's EVO
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] craigbailey1986:
I asked them to move it... hopefully they do dont know if they will though
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mitchellvii:
Thanks :)
[Galaxy Tab General] mariotenuta:
Hi all,

I flashed JM6 last week and have not been able to use Z4root does anyone know why this might be ..

Thanks!!!
[Galaxy Tab General] ownhd2:
Try super one click
[Galaxy Tab General] blacklevel:
...and if that does not work either, you can still do it manually, which should work all the time: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859712
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
Hi,

im having battery drain problems the phone wont last more than 5-6 hours send 20-30 texts listen to some music, i have turned off backgroud data and live wallpapers, im using something called advanced task killer free to kill the apps that are running, but i close them the re open the task bar and stuff like music player has reopened

ive also seen a post about which batterys are better is there a better one i can buy? my batterys a G7

any ideas ?

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dougefresh91:
Stop using the task kiler and you'll probably see better battery life. Task killers have been proven more harmful than helpful on the newer versions of android so using it is pointless. Also pay attention to what you have synced and how often. tons of web apps synching will drain the battery faster, as will having the gps and wifi turned on--if you're not using them, disable them.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
thanks for the reply :) i will remove the task manager,

auto sync is turned off and i only use email by refreshing the inbox
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
Come here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884816

In short: Have you recently updated via Kies to JPY version? If so, stop using your wifi. There is a bug with wifi with this newest firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
hi,

i update to 2.2.1 through kies
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
Do you use wifi?

If yes, switch to data, battery life will be better. You should be able to get around 48h of light active usage (i mean browsing and calling and what not) with 3g data on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
i dont really use the wifi, signals really good around me, i only got the phone friday, brought it of a friend,

charged the phone fully before i went out last night about 7pm by 1.30am the phone had cut off, that was only using the facebook andriod app and sending text messages.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
Than there is something terribly wrong. Do a wipe and factory reset, if you didnt after getting a device from your friend.. It seems that some application misbehaves and drains battery.

You can check it by typing *#*#info#*#* in dialer

Several options there, if there is something strange you will see it. (suggest looking into Battery history, usage statistics)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
i dont know how to type in dialer sorry sounds very stupid all i have are digits
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrellRaines:
Have you tried reconditioning your battery yet?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10092321&postcount=11053

From the above post:

This may not be the exact case you are having, but the idea is the same. Give it a shot.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
nvm, 'info' stands for '4636'
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] concac858:
You could also use titanium backup and freeze some apps from running
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawkryger:
Having the same problem

Hey, I'm having the exact same issue as the OP. Have you found a solution yet? I deleted the task killer just now, but did that work for you?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malik80:
Same problem

hi

I have the same problem. I bought it 2-3 days ago. today i charged it full while fone was off, switched on at around 8AM my usage detail was

3g was on

gmail on sync

skype on sync

5-10 min of skype calling

5 min of normal calling

5-10 min of facebook browsing through android app

30 min of chatting on skype

at 2PM the fone was at 20% battery. My wifi and gps were off all day.

is there anything i can do to get atleast 15 hours of battery with normal use :(

regards

harris
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrellRaines:
If you are having issues with your battery, before you try killing tasks, changing setting and what not and especially if you are running custom ROMs, then you need to recondition your battery. The same goes for anyone who is having high drain issues.

If you follow the steps I posted from someone else's post and then find that your battery is not having issues, then start looking at your modem (if using a custom ROM or you've upgraded to new firmware).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
ive done a factory restore, ive found what my usage says idle 4% the display 80%

contrast is switched right down
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
i know im not using any custom roms im using the firmware that you download through kies
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrellRaines:
still should try it first
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_scotsman:
I'd suggest posting this question in the Galaxy S general forum as you'll get a lot more responses ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HishamN:
Same here

Data network activated (2g or 3g) phone die after 11 hours.

When data network deactivated phone die after 2 days!

I installed whatsapp, gtalk and one email account with 10 mins refresh.

I never use wifi.

Drain 7 - 8 % per hour when phone idle (Phone on with 3g data but without using it)

I really don't know how to "finger pointing" suspicion app via battery history.

BR
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrellRaines:
You do know that even asleep the phone syncs accounts, so data is still being sent.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
when you say wipe battery stats, what menu do i choose in recovery?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HishamN:
OK, is it acceptable that even phone sleep the battery drain is 7 % per hour? is it normal?

BR
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MurdockBaracus:
7% an hour while idle is atrocious, no matter the rom. Check what accounts are syncing (facebook and twitter are set to sync pretty regular by default). Battery calibration is a must as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Txtraveler:
I had a similar battery drain problem with my Nexus one, and it turned out to be a bad media file - I had loaded a movie on the phone that it couldn't read, but it continuously tried to decode the file. My battery drain was over 10%/hour until I deleted the problem file. The android OS shouldn't consume more than 3% an hour in standby even if everything is left on.

It may be tricky to find if you have this problem. If your battery stats show mediaserver as a major user of the battery, you have a bad media file. The bad file will probably show on a computer linked to the phone, but usually will not show on the phone itself because the phone can't identify it - so the phone can't delete it either.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sLiKK:
How do u fins out what % of battery the phone is using per hour.

*** Sent from my Samsing Vibrant using xda app
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HishamN:
Hi,

Just whatsapp and my corporation email with 10 mints sync and gmail with only contacts sync (no mail sync)

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamparker89:
my usage says display 82% but the contrast is right down and there are no live wallpapers?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MurdockBaracus:
HishamN, Have you calibrated the battery? Are you running stock or a custom rom?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArabianRATA:
I feel your pain! I have three email addresses synced along with facebook and other apps. Plus I use this phone for business. I bought some extra chargers and leave one everywhere I might need one!

Btw, I'm lucky to get six hours out of mine. I'm always on it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MurdockBaracus:
Turn off facebook syncing, as long as you have email notification on theres really no point. Have you tried juice defender?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrellRaines:
Why not just forward all the emaild to a gmail account and set up gmail to send out as those addresses when you need to reply to something?

Would cut down on your sync load.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HishamN:
I did it, but I think I did it in wrong way.

Discharge the phone until it become off, then charge it while it off until full, then start the phone then using ROM manager I rebooted to recovery and wipe battery state (but I think it didn't wipe)

I used the phone until it become off then charge it while it is ON.

Same drain!

Are my steps correct?

I'm using stock rom JPJPF with voodoo kernel.

Thanks in advanced.

BR
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MurdockBaracus:
Looks like you did it right...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ice3186:
Best solution

I know this might sound a little backwards but hop on to your specific forum and get yourself into a rom that supports overclocking. All of the Kernels that OC also UV. I am running on Serendipity 1.6 from MikeyMike and its OCd to 1.2 but i have everything UV and i get incredible battery life. Also i have tasker installed and i have some time frame and location specific tasks set up to get me what i need when i need it and no other time(GPS, WIFI, Data etc.). It has been the best thing for my battery since stock 2.1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carl00:
I've considered getting one of those solar panel chargers....

My battery hardly lasts 8hrs.

I am running Docs Rom, with voodoo lagfix. My phone is incredibly fast (not overclocked) but my battery is a different issue all together.

Any suggestions?

Ps. I've calibrated my battery
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X1pheR:
Can you specify what times you are getting? I saw a post somewhere stating somebody was eventually getting 90 hours out of the battery but didn't specify what apps etc he/she used.

That's a good one. Setting gmail as auto-sync (like 15 min or so) and set the rest of the accounts to manual sync. Let the manual accounts forward mail to gmail. With gmail you then use filters and labels. Create a filter that when mail is sent to "manual account" it labels it with the "manual account" label. More ideally would be if gmail could change the subject so you could put a short [tag] in front of the subject for each manual account but from the looks of it gmail can't do this.

I received my SGS a few days ago and I'm also experiencing battery drain problems. I've flashed to Darky's rom v9.2 which made it much better and also came across the Superpower app. I let it put my phone into flight-mode when I sleep, disable WiFi and switch to 2G when locked and other settings. Yesterday night I went to bed, today to work but forgot my phone and checked battery level when I got home. It was 1% down compared to yesterday when I went to bed!

I'm still experimenting with the app. So far I'm missing the ability to auto turn on wifi when in range of defined locations.

I also didn't calibrate my battery yet. Is the stated procedure here the best or is another one better? I've seen several methods on the board here. Calibrating takes same time so I'm also wondering when you do it and flash another rom or so. Do you loose your calibration?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiechris:
As mentioned above, Superpower is a good app to keep your eye on. It's still in beta, so not perfect for everybody. There are a few that are more polished, like juice defender or green power, if you prefer something a little less buggy. As the screen is the biggest sucker of power (under normal conditions) these apps are only really useful for extending the battery life while the screen is off.

I have also been using juice plotter to help visualize battery drain. I'm sure it must make the battery drain a little faster than normal, but it's a great tool to figure out what is draining the battery and when it is being drained. Using a couple of the battery tools above I have even seen the drain flat line while I'm not using the phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dexter488:
You can do a rom for you galaxy that should do the work there is some roms that handle the most of the problemes on samsung but if you do not want so buy another battety that what i did : )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wirko:
a lot of case about battrey drain on SGS

make me confused

which HH i should buy

SGS --- Optimus 2x
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axi009:
how do i wipe d battery stats.... i cant find any option in the recory mode(vol up+home+power). plz help. i dont know anything how to do anthing. plz help me out, my battery drains too fast.
[XPERIA X10 General] bama1965:
It took me quiet some time to figure this out, but after reading many threads I finally got it right. After flashing and rooting my Xperia X10a (ATT) I could not get 3g to work, so here's what I did to manually set up APN:

To configure Internet settings manually:

1. From the Home screen, find and tap Settings.

2. Tap Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names.

3. Press the Menu key (bottom left button with four squares above it).

4. Tap New APN.

5. Tap Name and tap the Name text bar to enter the name of the network profile you want to create. Tap OK.

6. Tap APN and tap the APN text bar to enter the access point name. Tap OK.

7. Tap and enter all other information required by your network operator.

8. Press the Menu key and tap Save.

Type in these settings (thanks Tony_C):

<name> AT&T

<apn> wap.cingular

<proxy> wireless.cingular.com

<port> 80

<username> not set

<password> not set

<server> not set

<mmsc> http://mmsc.cingular.com

<mms proxy> wireless.cingular.com

<mms port> 80

<mcc> 310

<mnc> 410

<apn type> not set

Note: "not set" means you input nothing - leave as is.

Once you complete the process you will more than likely see an "H" in place of the "3g". 3G icon indicates that Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) 3G service is available in the area. H icon indicates that Highspeed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA) 3.5G service is available in the area.

So basically the "H" indicates 3.5g.

I hope this helps.

Peace,

Ken
[XPERIA X10 General] stan.s:
when I installed the Br/GEL 2.1 firmware, if you go to the top of the Settings page, it says "Sony Ericsson" - select that, and it will automatically download the settings based on the SIM card. It installed two APN's for ATT. One for Internet and one for MMS.
[XPERIA X10 General] bama1965:
I had read about others doing the same thing and automatically updating their APN, but for some reason it would not work for me.

I had to do it manually.

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 General] batman_112:
Repeated topic. This has been discussed many times. Please go here and here and here and here.
[XPERIA X10 General] bama1965:
Thanks for the links batman. I've read a lot of your posts on the forum and you've helped me out a lot.

I had read the four links you posted (along with many others) but could never seem to configure APN properly.

Finally I realized I was missing step 3 listed above - Press the Menu key (bottom left button with four squares above it).

Being as new to the smart phone universe as I am, it took me awhile to figure it out.

Hopefully this post will help others who are as new to this technology as I am.

Thanks Again,

Ken
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthmelk:
I think it has been asked many times before. I searched, but didn't find an answer. Is it possible to add cities that will appear as current location, but are not in the idiotically small HTC list? I could do that in WM after editing some files, but I don't know if it's possible in Android, and I also can't root (applied system update).

So many little things about Sense that are too annoying...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthmelk:
No fix/workaround for this issue?
[G Tablet General] romanrish:
I was wondering if anyone knew what the cause of the apps that don't appear in the market even w/ improved market fix.

I have been trying to see if I can find the common denominator with these apps and I am coming up empty. Trying to create a running thread and identify some apps that don't so I can email the dev to see if there are restrictions present that we can't see. A couple I have noticed that I use daily are.

ADW EX

Dolphin HD (dolphin mini shows up)
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
Google has not officially certified the gtab for its use on the Android Market.
[G Tablet General] mmracing:
romanrish,

I know the feeling. I used to be able to see Launcherpro and even purchased it for my GTablet. Now with the new market (and all the fixes) I can't see it and have no way to tell when it gets an update other than going to the developers web site. BAH!
[G Tablet General] romanrish:
@Butch I am fully aware that Google has not certified the Gtablet for the market. This is more of a technical discussion. There are checks that are performed to identify what you should see in the market.

One of which is obviously looking at your build fingerprint. Since this action doesn't appear to have any consequences like changing you device ID probably would. I am trying to figure if there is a way to intercept these checks to display a different device w/out editing the build.prop which may cause instability or worse.

Any ideas?
[G Tablet General] TeutonicWolf:
FYI: I have the new market and had to do the "Market Fix" (stop Market service, stop Google Framework, clear data on Framework) several times before I could "see" Launcher Pro and ADW...

It eventually worked and I was able to install both via the Market -- and now they show up fine inc. updates...

What I can't see (yet) is the EA Games that were on sale for 99cents...I am only able to see two -- FIFA (bought) and Tetris -- but I'm guessing it is something to do with the rest of the games not being supported on tablets. (I think NFS Shift even states not supported on Samsung Galaxy Tab)
[G Tablet General] romanrish:
I just tried the build prop from my droid2 for shiggles. It is kinda ballsy, but root explorer backs up your old build prop so I figured what the heck and gave it a shot. It seems that everything is here I haven't found any side effects. This is working great. Any app I was looking for is there now. This is the build fingerprint I used

ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/droid2_vzw/ cdma_droid2/droid2:2.2/VZW/23.20:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
[G Tablet General] TeutonicWolf:
romanrish: Did you have to do anything special post-mod of the build.prop when you changed it to your Droid2 string?

Market fix?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chili1496:
hello all

got a problem with my unrooted,unbranded desire on uk voda pay monthly sim.

basically everytime i go to sync my google contacts i get the message "sync is currently experiencing problem it will be back shortly" now what makes this strange is that my wife and son both have desires same as myself and theirs sync fine. mine used to sync so am not too sure whats wrong or what to do
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
From your phone, log into your Gmail account where the contacts are stored. Once logged in go to the main menu on the device and select the contacts icon. Under contacts select the menu/options icon to bring up a list of available options. Under this list you will see an option for accounts. Select accounts, this will bring up all of the active e-mail accounts set up on the phone. Under the list of e-mail accounts select the Gmail account. Once the account is selected turn on the sync contacts option.

Now that the account is synced with the phone all of the contacts will be transferred to the device.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spile:
In my experience the above advice doesn't work as the sync in the phone is already set up and enabled and the only solution is to delete ALL contacts from the phone (including face book contacts) and start a fresh sync.
[Android Apps and Games] hgbreton:
Hi everyone,

Just released my first game on the Android Market, and wanted to know what people think! Most of the testing was done on an HTC Hero, so it would be good to hear from people running different hardware. There's a market link below and more details on my website (bluxu.com). Enjoy!

Description: SteepleChase is a race against the clock which tests your navigation skills to the limit! In this fun and frantic game you must find your way around a randomised course armed with only the most basic tools. Compete with your friends to obtain the highest score on a course of any length you want - from a wander round your neighbourhood to a road trip across America!

(Oh and here's an apk as well in case you want to install it yourself!)

** Version 1.0.1 now available (fixing most of the problems people have mentioned in this thread)! Updated apk file available below! **
[Android Apps and Games] Berliner42:
I loaded it. Will try it out;)

On rooted Desire.

Interesting idea!
[Android Apps and Games] hgbreton:
Thanks Berliner42. What did you think of it? Does it all work okay? Anyone else have any feedback - I'd be delighted to hear what you think!
[Android Apps and Games] mali100:
Hi, i tried the app, seems interesting. I noticed, that the app doesnt close the gps after exiting. I had to kill the app app with the taskmanager.
[Android Apps and Games] barisahmet:
Interesting!

Just a bug: When GPS is closed from PowerWidget, app just freezes (Froyo Rooted).

Edit: Only at first run. I cant press "Accept". After first run its okay, it asks for it :)

There is turn GPS of after exit, in the options.