I came from an Ipaq H5550 and I have been using it as a device to store and review my pictures (I am a professional photographer).
After I received my XDAII I noticed a strange behavior on some textures, it appear that the XDAII does not display all the color my Ipaq was capable of.
This is not a complain even because I never relied on PDAs screen or Laptop screens to judge the color of my pictures and also I love my XDAII, instead I am just curious to confirm if I had made a step back on this matter and know my toy a little bit more.
I know that the display even being the same resolution it is not the same size, the image is also more contrasted and darker compared to the Ipaq.
This is the only aspect I prefered the Ipaq, any other I prefer the XDAII that make for such a superb and complete toy.
I have noticed the same thing (dithering) a lot on the XDA 2 and I am very worried. I felt it was not a true 64bit 65000 colour screen, but no-one else replied to posts on the subject so I thought perhaps I am being silly!
The same to me: my new i-mate shows picture in the same way as xdaI was. The screen is bright, the colors are perfect, but the picture looks like on 4096 colors mode.
No dithering is turned on.
The same effect with different images& viewers.
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I dropped my (SPV M1000) PH10B (cracked the LCD Screen) which was running WM5 1.60.cWWE and 96Ramdisk.
My LCD screen was MUCH brighter than my friends PH10a (running same software) but my HW buttons did NOT work, whereas his did.
My brand new replacement phone came today, I flashed it with 1.60.cWWE and 96Ramdisk immediatley and now my HW buttons DO work but the screen is not so bright. It looks like a windows desktop that is running in 256 colours rather than 32-bit, you know? My old phone was really high res colour and was really bright.
I looked at my new phones model number and it is a PH10a.
So, is this HW button thing down to this diff in hardware??
And is there anything that I can do to my screen to help smooth the colours and make it brighter?
I dont mind the darkness so much but the edged of icons etc look quite 'jagged'.
Roostaar
PS Its weird but this screenshot looks excellent, the actual device however is darker and blocky background (like a low res, low colour screen)
I have the same problem. I have 2 XDAII's. One has a really bright screen but the camera and notes buttons don't work (WM2K). The other works fine but the screen is 50% darker. Its impossible to play tombraider so its not how it should be. Surely there must be something that can be done????
I have a problem about color depth on my MDAII.. it look to be low, I have bad quality on display, it look like 4096 colors, the today screen, the pics, the movies.. everything is looking with low colors number, I tryed a hard resert, but nothing to do..
Some help ???
MDA II - WM5 2.01a
I have just upgraded from XDA Mini S to MDA Vario 2 everything is fine except the screen
The image seems a lot sharper on the xda. I have turned the brightness up full on the MDA but it looks dull like the colour profile is different is there any way to change this.
Is it worth changing my ROM as i have the latest t-mobile?
any advise please!
Try VJLumos III.
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the backlight is ok your program does improve the light however my problem is the colours are different everything is dull any more ideas?
Don't think there's much you can do. I don't think the devices have support for colour profiles AFAIK. Rom won't make a difference. Try to compare with another Hermes.
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My screen dims in programs like mail and explorer when i open them. I have it on high and auto off but it dims whenever i go into these programs. The home screen and everything else stays bright. Is there something i am missing.
I'm talking out my ass, but the only thing that would make sense is that it's a "safety measure" because all white screens kill OLED screens, like what the Focus has.
I called Samsung about this issue the other day and was transfered to level 3 tech support.
I have my settings like you where automatic brightness is turned off and is set to High..
He had a Focus with him and I showed him that when you set the theme to light instead of dark (to see the transition).. The home screen is set to bright white but anywhere that you navigate from there (i.e. the application list).. the screen dims.. making it harder to read text.. He saw what i was referring to and agreed with me on the problem. He thought it was something to do with WP7 but i told him I tested the HTC Surround and it remained bright white on any page (I know its a different kind of screen)
He put me on hold and spoke to a product specialist assigned to the Focus and said that was how the phone was designed.. He passed my concern along with hope that we may see a patch that fixes this.
On a positive note, I asked about the amount of RAM in the phone and the specialist confirmed 512MB.
I hope this answers your question.
Thanks. I hope they fix this. It is hard to read e-mail in any kind of light.
I'm glad for the dimming, personally.. the all white screen would be uncomfortable to look at on the super amoled, imho.
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I called Samsung about this issue the other On a positive note, I asked about the amount of RAM in the phone and the specialist confirmed 512MB.
I hope this answers your question.
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Thanks, I was trying find that one out.
Noticed the dimming right away as well. I read this on Anandtech's WP7 review:
Microsoft mandates three discrete display brightness settings on all phones: low, medium and high, coupled with an automatic brightness mode.
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To me, it seems like Samsung tried to artificially inflate battery life by programming dimming conditions into the firmware, while still adhering to Microsoft's front-end mandate.
Tried the other two at&t WP7 phones today and they were much much brighter in email/internet explorer. Would a vanilla copy of WP7 theoretically remove this? Since the home screen doesn't dim, it leads me to believe that it's OS level.
is this only when the white theme is active? or is it when dark is applied as well?
this is pretty lame
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is this only when the white theme is active? or is it when dark is applied as well?
this is pretty lame
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It does it on both.
Just a heads up if you're planning on buying a Focus S (or Focus Flash), they do white-screen dimming as well.
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not sure if anyone else has noticed this but it seems that the call end button, the button to view the dial pad and the button to view speaker options are burned into my screen!!! viewing in most apps it is not noticable but if you open internet explorer and go to a new page without loading a website the images of the buttons and very visiable in a brownish color I have had my focus since it was released in the US, I have also checked my wifes focus and it also has this burned into her screen.. Has anyone else noticed this?
Yes, I have the call tile, message tile, and the little circle/arrow burned into my screen. As you said, it's only visible on light colored screens, but it is visible. Unfortunately, unlike the temporary burn-in on new plasma tvs, this burn-in will not go away.
If you want to see something really bad, go up to the at&t store and check out the Focus that's on display. The Focus at my local at&t store looks horrible. I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy that phone if they saw that display model...
edit: by the way I love your weather app, I have had a few problems with it over the time i've used it, and you have always been fantastic with your support. Thanks!
Are you using blue tiles? I heard Blue OLEDs burn out faster than other colors and changed my tiles to green.
I have been using the brown almost exclusively; occasionally I'll go with blue, green, or lime, but the brown just looks the best to me.
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Yes, I have the call tile, message tile, and the little circle/arrow burned into my screen. As you said, it's only visible on light colored screens, but it is visible. Unfortunately, unlike the temporary burn-in on new plasma tvs, this burn-in will not go away.
If you want to see something really bad, go up to the at&t store and check out the Focus that's on display. The Focus at my local at&t store looks horrible. I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy that phone if they saw that display model...
edit: by the way I love your weather app, I have had a few problems with it over the time i've used it, and you have always been fantastic with your support. Thanks!
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thanks for the comment. on to your screen you have the actuall tiles burned into your screen? wow i only have the call end and function buttons burned i think its related to having my display on bright i took it off the automatic.
It's actually not the tile, it's the icon inside the tile that is burned in, but it's only visible on white screens. It's still quite annoying. As soon as the hd7s is out I'm going to compare screens, if the slcd is close to the samoled then i'm jumping ship I think...
and yeah my screen is on bright (not automatic) also. I think my problem is that I have the time out set to 5 minutes, and I never locked it myself
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It's actually not the tile, it's the icon inside the tile that is burned in, but it's only visible on white screens. It's still quite annoying. As soon as the hd7s is out I'm going to compare screens, if the slcd is close to the samoled then i'm jumping ship I think...
and yeah my screen is on bright (not automatic) also. I think my problem is that I have the time out set to 5 minutes, and I never locked it myself
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Based on HTC's latest track record with the Desire HD and Inspire 4G, make sure you analyze the viewing angle of the HD7-S. HTC has said it will have a Super LCD but, according to an answer they gave to a customer complaining it wasn't true S-LCD tech, the display will likely be what HTC is calling "Super" LCD...meaning it is their name for the super-sized display...and having nothing to do with true S-LCD tech.
If the viewing angle isn't as good as the iPhone 4 or Focus...or other SAMOLED/AMOLED equipped devices...then it isn't the higher-tech display but just an ordinary non-TFT LCD.
Super AMOLED is a great screen. But the pixel life span is still way short. The Blue pixels are the shortest. The old stats are 2000 to 4000 hours. New information point it around 10000 to 14000 hours. But Samsung didn't release any spec on this.
You should always keep the screen dim and keep it on as short as possible. Reportedly use a red theme will not only preserve blue pixels but also prolong battery life.
No burn in here. I have the phone set to turn off screen within 30 seconds, and have always used Lime colour tiles since it matches the Xbox Live tile.
Just a follow up on this issue, and possible a "what not to do" post. The burn in on my screen is getting worse. On a white screen, I can now see the phone icon, message icon, small circle/arrow, the word calender, and my google mail icon. I have the screen set to time out after 30 seconds, and I have the brightness set to high (not auto).