yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DigitalJedi:
houzuoguo pretty much summed it up. I'll add what I can.

3) There is backup software in the market that can backup data without root, although it is not as powerful or thorough as the apps that require root.

3a) You can go back to a stock ROM. I believe there is a sticky round here of ROMs that has some stock ROMs in it. I know someone with a N1 that flashed a CM ROM, didn't like it, flashed a stock ROM, and got the OTA afterwards.

5) Even before an OTA is pushed there are ROMs floating around with the latest and greatest. After the OTAs are pushed you see a lot of very good, stable ROMs based off of them with all features working properly. You can do more with the custom ROMs and recovery images than you could ever do with the stock stuff.

7) DarkTremor's Apps2SD script will not only give you better A2SD than what is built into Froyo but it will give you a few more very useful terminal commands that I can't live without. Good stuff.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proteus665:
hi everyone! i just had my nexus one. i bought it from someone and i don't know if it's already rooted or not. Im already on FRG83D 2.2.1.

1.How do I know that my fone is already rooted?

2.Where can i download the stock ROM just in case the fone crashes and i want to revert?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LFact:
1. Check if there's application named 'superuser'. Or install any terminal emulator; run it, type 'su'.

**Please make your own thread next time.....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
Why?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarshadd:
Thanks guy!

I think I'm going to superoneclick to get root; back up with titanium and remove the system apps I don't want.

From there I'll be able to flash a custom recovery if I want to get more custom.

I'm probably going to wait till 2.3 comes out cause it's right around the corner; Or did they fix the superoneclick exploit in 2.3...?

Also, doesn't Apps2ext require a custom rom that supports it? i.e. it wouldn't work if I had root and was running a stock rom anyway?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beady_uk:
Can someone tell me what apk i need to remove to get rid of the 'learn more' app in the app drawer?

I assume its a /system/app

Cheers folks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
I think its part of the htc framework and not an .apk, ive accounted for every .apk in /system/app/ and couldnt find it, unless its included in rosie.apk......
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beady_uk:
ah right. I have removed rosie.apk so i know its not that. guess i can just hide it with launcher pro.

Cheers
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
have a look here.http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] thejron:
How does one go about doing this? Thanks!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] URPREY:
Download Tango from the market for video chat. Otherwise wait for software updates from ustream and others

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] davidaron60:
I have qik,which worked on mytouch 4g, but haven't tried it on my nexus s yet. I see no reason why it shouldn't work there as well. Bambuser is also good.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] nxt:
Qik is your best bet, supports online streaming built in, but it's not updated for front camera yet.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] stonew5082:
yeah there is literally no way right now till yahoo etc support ns.:(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Greets all,

Since these forums always helped me out, I figured I would post this for anyone that might have some trouble. I was having trouble where my outlook contacts mysteriously disappeared from my phone, and would not sync again, so after days of searching I found a trick that works and if anyone has issues can try this.

If you use HTC Sync to sync your info and contacts dont sync, go to the people tab, and if you have outlook selected, pull the menu down and select outlook express, once it is done syncing, the go back and change it to outlook and re-sync again, all your outlook contacts will re-sync and will be back on the phone.

Hope this helps anyone that might have had any issues.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ceyrek:
its not worked for me :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.p.:
Are the promised EQ and reverb-room controls of Gingerbread present and working in the Oxygen and GingerVillain ROMs?

And if so, has anyone compared them to what's already available (ie PowerAmp and DSP Manager)? For sound as well and battery drain?
[G Tablet General] RyuFDAC01:
Hello there...

last night i was using my gtab until i needed to plug it in to charge. i let it charge for few minutes and turned it on however it was stuck in the android boot screen for some time so i turned it off . turned back on after at least an hour, all seemed good. i attempted to go xda though app, then engadget app then web dolphin, and stock browser and nothing...the wifi says its connected but i am unable to connect through any app. i am on TnT 2.00 (yeah im behind but it did everything it needed it to do smoothly) now that im done with school for a couple of weeks time to tinker.. will updating fix the wifi problem....never had a wifi issue before that boot problem... thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejacksooted:
Hi i tried to post this in Q and A, but not much responce in that section...

something weired happend after i tried to reboot to recovery today, It just hangs at splash screen, and I cant enter recovery or bootup the system ., is there anything I can flash from the bootloader to fix this.?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
You might want to double-check your original thread ;)

Please do not create another thread when asking the same question, in time, someone will always answer.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejacksooted:
oh sorry, I´m checking that out right now...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ljohnson1981:
its done silly
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Fish-Man:
:confused:

So why doesn't the "SPL-1.0.OliPof" on the tri-coloured screen change to "HardSPL-3.56-Hard2" or something similar ?

Regards,

Paul
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Binary100100:
Moving to General. Hardly Development related.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sysiphus1981:
Ok, i own my galaxy about 5 months. I turned the backlight to 0% in andromax, started the xda app and saw my battery, signal indicator and time as a shadow at the brown xda loadscreen. brightness was always set to auto.

I know this effect on plasma tvs, but with amoled, shouldn't be possible by design.

any thoughts are welcome
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cs42:
It's usual degradation of OLEDs. As the statusbar is quite static those pixels that are always light degrade faster than pixels than other ("not so static") pixels.

Now the more degraded pixels are darker on the same voltage levels and this can be seen when the statusbar is hidden.

That's one of the disadvantages of OLEDs currently.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kekiko:
Try rebooting your phone, then in the keypad dial *#0*# and test the screen with the options there check if there is any error in colour reproduction. Or test with images created with paint with only a single colour paint and test it with the screen on galaxy s.

If you observe any colour out of place or not uniform throughout, it might due to hardware issue of the amoled screen.

Hope this helps:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sysiphus1981:
checked via sgs tools secret codes (the code from above) lcdtest. degration is there for green and blue, hard to see in red.

will test some disco flash app, maybe it will get better like with plasma panels.

all in all, it is only annoying and the display will get damaged by design. I wonder, if there is a theme for the bar with less contrast grafics, like most tvstation did with there stationsymbol.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mengsuan:
The blue pixel organic compound of AMOLED will degrade the quickest. That's the reason these phones are programmed to be more blueish when new, so that as it degrades, the blue should still be visible until the screen dies.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tanis64:
I own my SGS I9000 now since the 25th of June and i don't have that problem, how long is your total amount of Screen on time? I think by intensive use my approx. Screen on time per day is about 2 h. 6 Months are 180 days a 2h are 360h. Industrial Keys for Control Panels with OLED Displays have a average lifetime of 15000h, newer one 30000h.

I don't knew the lifetime for Samsungs AMOLED Screens but i guess it sould be around 10 to 15k hours. So i would contact seller, or samsung service about that.

Regards Christopher
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kempas:
In the UK you're covered by the Sale of Goods Act - the phone should be expected to last a good 5 years or so. I didn't agree to anything about a failing screen so if it doesn't last an appropriate time then I'll be expecting a replacement screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mengsuan:
You know what? I went to check my screen under white, red, blue and green; I have some burn in for the battery icon as well. Lol.

To avoid more damage, I will be using the device in varying orientation.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
I wonder how fast the SAMOLED will die if its used as a deskstand for 8hrs / day
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hydrouk:
UK law says a product is expected to last 12 months however Samsung do have a 24 month warranty on this product which is nice. If i was you kempas i would have that repaired (screen replacement) as it's completely free except for the time it takes.

Samsung Warranty Information

Just remember to flash back a factory firmware before you send it to a repair centre, custom/modified firmware voids your warranty in any country.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
I've got my phone for about 4 months, everyone else I know can see a visible silhouette on the AM/PM symbol with a blue/white image displayed on the screen.

I guess in a year's time its gonna be completely screen burned.. would this mean that SAMOLED is pretty much in infancty/trial stage?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Maddmatt:
There is no backlight on AMOLED and SAMOLED screens.

Pretty damn quickly. Well it wont die, but burn-in will set in and the screen brightness will degrade.

Although if you use an app like alarm clock Plus it shouldn't be a problem. When it goes into screensaver mode it keeps the background black and only uses a small portion of the screen to display the time and date. It also moves the time and date around to prevent burn-in.

I use it at night when my phone is charging. The black pixels do emit a tiny amount of light but that shouldn't do any harm.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oswade:
I've had phone for 6mths. Most of the time on 0% brightness. I never noticed it before but after reading your post I noticed the AM/PM burn in VERY VERY slightly (only on pure blue background)

From now on I'm using 24hrs clock format LOL.

Let's face it though guys, u can't keep a perfect screen forever. I even have a single stuck pixel but I learned to live with it. (1 pixel on a 480x800 screen is fairly unnoticeable, especially if it's a good colour).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
It was not noticable till i read about this thread, i hate knowing things like this! hahah

Anyway we can fix the burn in ?

EDIT:

The 24hr format barely helps since theres already a very faint image of the numbers burning in.

Im guessing after a yr of usage the screen burn will be very obvious... with this said im having 2nd thoughts of getting another AMOLED based screen haha
[Galaxy S I9000 General] iammodo:
to fix LCD TV's you flush with white. so leave a pure white screen running over night. this kinda resets the crystals.

worth a try with the phone also with the galaxy s you need to have 8 dead pixels to change the screen so if affected area is over 8 pixel should be fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
The AM/PM sign is displayed by a white pixel so Im not sure displaying a white color overnight can help fix the issue.

Having the screen replaced is not an option here in where I live, its gonna take over 60-75 days for them just to replace the screen and chances are it will be a refurb screen or they will just outright refuse replacement since its a burn in.

The affected area is probably more than 8 pixels.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] iammodo:
it resets the crystals so should work. worth a try if someone has a burn
[Galaxy S I9000 General] iammodo:
sorry not cyrstals the leds
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
The AM/PM is displayed with a white color by default, so how can displaying a a full white screen fix/reset the image burn ?

btw the image burn is a faint black.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Im also guessing with the GB update they removed the AM/PM so help prevent screen burn and prolong the intitial burn instead of 4 months to probably 8 or 12.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mengsuan:
I think, by leaving the screen white the entire night, deteriorates the whole screen. The good news is, the user may not be able to see the burn in anymore. The bad news, entire screen has reduced brightness.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
And to think the display on the notification is also white.. lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bapsack:
the topic was already discussed here.

well I personally think that as we are now aware of the problem

those ppl, who care for a long lifetime of their phones - like me -

should hide their status bars.

All those who change phones every 3 Month shouldn´t bother

So question is what tools are there to hide it or disable the status bar aka notification bar?

I´d prefer a hiding widged is there one?

as far as i can see, ADW.Launcher and Luncher Pro can disable it!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
If I only knew SAMOLED would burn out in 4 months of use I would have hidden my status bar since day 1!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PAGOT:
I would like to know how you gonna do that.

The mentioning of hiding it via LP+ is nice however if you change it like that its only for the desktop where you are max 10-30secs. Where it really gets "burned" is some not full screen applications where you cant even hide with LP+ (browser etc or you can?)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Ive never used the browser on my phone to be honest LOL! so its a non issue for me, with the very small amount of time the notification bar is visible it still got burned after 4 months of usage w/c is pretty poor build quality IMHO, if I had the notification bar hidden atleast it would minimize the burn in effect since I have the habit of putting my phone back to the desktop before locking it atleast for a second the pixels display another color instead of just white. probably the burn in will take about 8-12 months instead of just 4.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PAGOT:
Browser was just an example, every other alternative has the bar (opera, dolphin, skyfire and every other app in non fullscreen mode gmail, reader, market etc bla bla). And a burn doesn't happen from the second you put it to the desktop. Also it wont clear the burn (or help it) for the second you put it there.

That means check what apps you are using and disable it there. LP+ cant really help you there.

Maybe what would be nice, to make really an app like plasma TVs have, vertical scrolling of white to black :).

The LP+ disabling will have a very little effect close to none.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
I only use my phone mostly for 3 things.. SMS, Movies and Mobile Gaming.

I dont spend a lot of time with SMS or fiddling around my inbox.. probably a max of 1min or even less.

To be more specific I dont use my phone to browse the internet at all may it be wifi or 3G, the only time that i dont go full screen is when I send an SMS.

So what your trying to say is there absolutely no way to prevent/slow down the burn in process?

From what I understand the burn in is there because of the static image that is display so if the area is not totally static even if it just displays a different color for a second and then it displays the same color again for the next 29 seconds I believe it can help alot, thats just a belief and not based on actual experience.

You provide good information on the subject matter but I cant take the information yet as a fact ( no offense ) because like what others have said in the past or even on the other thread, burn in is not possible with amoled and some say you need years to get a burn in and also 8hrs+ of displaying the image nonstop they sounded knowing but all based on theories.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PAGOT:
If burn in is a memory effect (or permanent memory effect) then 1 sec wont help you. If the crystals or whatever there is, remembers what it was showing its like when you look into light, it wont help if you look 1 sec into the dark, you still have a blurred vision.

Btw I never said that the burn in is happening :) (I would really lean to the fact it cant happen after 29 seconds, not even bad old plasma TVs couldnt burn in permanently after such a short period, you needed hours),regards to your comment about it never happening or after alot of years. Am just reacting to the "theories"

Maybe try this http://goo.gl/5mlpU

Can you take a picture of it btw?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bapsack:
ok

so there is no app at all to hide the status bar permanently!?

What about disabling!?

Can we disable the status bar?

PLZ there must be a solution for this prob!

I use my Phone for Navigation and even in Copilot I have this damn bar resident on top of the Phone.... For the whole navigation time which is not just 5 Minutes!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PAGOT:
Just rotate your phone 180 degrees every 30 mins , will look still the same :)

You bought the copilot?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mithent:
From what I understand, this isn't really burn-in and can't be avoided or fixed by regularly changing the image or flashing colours. Rather, it's degradation of the organic LED substrate that makes the light, which happens faster as it's used more. In areas which are always showing bright white, there's the highest usage of all three substrates, but blue degenerates faster than green and that faster than red, because blue wavelengths are higher energy and red are lowest.

The only way to slow degradation is to use the screen less. To stop certain spots looking burnt-in, though, avoiding showing bright things in the same places all the time (like status indicators) would help. It won't stop the degradation, but it will avoid it becoming focused in certain areas.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bapsack:
Yep bought copilot

But rotating Phone is no option, as I use a carkit

I´d prefer a Status bar hiding tool as all would

Probably we should humbly request one from some of the talented developers around here
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Ill take a picture of it this weekend
[Galaxy S I9000 General] krunalkamdar:
Buddy why would you use it as a deskstand.

Digital frames come for less than a tenth of the price of the phone...............y would you over use such a costly phone for such a small thing and risk spoiling the screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jockson:
I was going to get this phone until I saw someone mentioning hiding the status bar which reminded me of the whole OLED burn in issue. I was under the impression that the technology had gotten better but I guess not. Disappointing. Even plasmas still have burn in issues despite what some people claim, OLED is far worse. They may be rated at 15k or whatever hours of lifetime but that's not really a helpful number because all it means is how long it will take for the display to lose a certain amount of brightness, usually 50%. The problem is that even a slight uneven wear of pixels will show up as "burn in". I learned this the hard way on a 100 000 hours rated plasma.

It's a shame because I saw my friend's SGS and I liked it very much. For people who change phones often it shouldn't be a problem, for those like me who don't, it would seem you are basically screwed because it is only a matter of time before any bright static object gets "burned" into the screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] underv0ltage:
Could the warranty change the screen for a new one for free?

I guess that this is not a user-related issue but a big fault on the display technology. The consumer does not have to know all this stuff before buying the device.

More: the very official firmware increases this issue on some parts of the amoled since it uses static "pixels" at the top bar.

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[Galaxy S I9000 General] the_ultimate:
Try zeam launcher. It allows you to toggle your status bar by sliding up and down through the customization options.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] the_ultimate:
To add on, the feature is not permanent. Once you launch an app, the status bar will appear again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jockson:
I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is no. No plasma (or OLED for that matter!) TVs that I know of have burn in covered by warranty. I would say the same probably applies for phones as well. It's a fault of the technology and should be mentioned in the manual. UI should be redesigned to prevent or delay uneven wear of pixels wherever possible as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
What makes me wonder is that when the PM symbol is displayed I dont see it any darker compared to the numbers nor does it show signs of the "M" getting burned.. but if I display all white/blue/green its visible.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] underv0ltage:
This could give us more lifetime on amoled: http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-filter/com.haxor

(Right?)

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[Galaxy S I9000 General] sonci:
I just replaced my broken screen, while it was not easy, it can be done with a good guide on xda.

For those who want to keep the phone forever, there are plenty of sammyled on ebay for around 65$.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sysiphus1981:
screen filter helps definitely. cool find btw, i only knew a method with root.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LeeBear:
I have an idea. Would it be possible for someone to write a program that can randomly change the color of the text/icon in the notification bar every few minutes or when coming out of sleep. This might help prevent the burnin problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] inurb:
I did the LCD test on my i9000 and when I performed the blue test I could clearly see the outline of the notification bar as well as the time and the am/pm. I think this may just make me go back to LCD screens.

Does anyone know if the Super Amoled + solves this burn in issue?

Is it really burn in or is it just that the blue diodes fade over time?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sonci:
Does it saves battery also?

Or just serve as filter to the current display settings.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Its an issue with OLED, so with SAMOLED+ im pretty sure this issue is still there and probably a lot more visible since it has "50%" more sub pixels.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PAGOT:
Can you make the test after you watched some fullscreen movie on it. Something that would for atleast 30 mins or more change the pictures on the screen?

Cuz the memory effect , not the permanent one lasts few minutes (sometimes hours). But really try 30 mins of some movie fullscreen, and best with bright imagery. (Maybe even the flashlights apps that are on the market that change colors while flashing)

And post your results?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
This is what I usually do with my phone, watch movies in full screen for 4-6hrs a day and I still have the memory/burn effect.. My digital cam isnt able to focus and capture the images properly lol.. its a pretty old digital cam that has some issues with the OLED display or just the pentile.. its extremely blurry even in macro mode.. Ill try another digi cam from a friend.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Crysis21:
mine too. when i do the color test i can claerly see the notification bar's body. It visible specialy on red and blue:|

I bought the phone in september, and I use the screen about 5 hours a day.:|

the super amoled, that got at first everyone super excited seems now to be a disappointment, am i right?