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looks like no FM radio for us for now..
multi-touch still snaps axis (obvious hw fault), but i can no longer get it to swap axis, can anyone confirm ?
flash works ok~, flash elements seem to lag behind when scrolling/panning the screen (kinda like they are overlapped, not really "embedded" in the render cycle.
is the launcher smoother or is it placebo ? either way launcher PRO is much faster anyway.
-- ( LauncherPRO works fine with FROYO still blazing flast, but the google search widget just gave me a crash after "acting up", never cared for it anyway )
new taskswitcher GUI, now says "recent apps", and fades out the background, displays more than the default 6 apps.
gallery is MUCH MUCH faster at loading photos ( i have around 200, and it just swept thru those thumbnails), ZOOMing in has better resolution, still not 100% quality.
new gallery PINCH-to-peek works great, looks very animatish too
another placebo to check, WiFi seems better, i just connected to a router that usually disconnects me allot because its too far, works ok atm, 1 bar.
power control widget now allows switching to auto-brightness (thx mortzz)
multi-calls from same person now grouped in contact list/recent calls
power button ends call
come on, share your findings
the stock messaging app is quite different. shows pictures of the contacts for each message. and... its white.
SabrWolf said:
* looks like no FM radio for us for now..
* multi-touch still snaps axis (obvious hw fault), but i can no longer get it to swap axis, can anyone confirm ?
* flash works ok~, flash elements seem to lag behind when scrolling/panning the screen (kinda like they are overlapped, not really "embedded" in the render cycle.
* is the launcher smoother or is it placebo ? either way launcher PRO is much faster anyway.
* new taskswitcher GUI, now says "recent apps", and a complete fade , i dont like the fade, but i like the fact there are more apps than the eclair 6.
* gallery is MUCH MUCH faster at loading photos ( i have around 200, and it just swept thru those thumbnails), also ZOOM's to FULL resolution now, (finally!.. sheesh)
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is there a new radio?
4.06?
and the music player is there a new interface?
So LauncherPro does work with 2.2, no problems? I was curious of this.
mgear356 said:
is there a new radio?
4.06?
and the music player is there a new interface?
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4.06.00.12_7
same music interface
radio version = 4.06.00.12_7
yes, newer version.. will take a while for me to notice the diffrence
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4.06.00.12_7
same music interface
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omg new radio!
hmm it';s weird that in google's i/O there was a new music interface..
music player still the same
Trackball colors ?
Did they implement pinch peek into Gallery ?
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Trackball colors ?
Did they implement pinch peek into Gallery ?
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can't see a way to change trackball colors.
maybe its possible to create an app now that can do this without root?
pinch-to-peek works, updated the main post, checking trackball colors atm
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Did they implement pinch peek into Gallery ?
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seems like it.
the gmail app seems a bit more polished.
Powerwidget now gives you the option to switch to auto brightness
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can't see a way to change trackball colors.
maybe its possible to create an app now that can do this without root?
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Based on previous mods all it should do is give apps like Missed Call , Missed Reminder , Gmail Notifier access to trackball.
I dont think youll be able to set them from base OS.
can anyone help me why my installation keeps getting aborted no matter what I do?
i found no way to set trackball notifications, looks like they left that for us developers/modders to tinker with.
perhaps a non-root trackball notifications app is possible with the new SDK
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can anyone help me why my installation keeps getting aborted no matter what I do?
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From my experience, you will need a ERE27 to update to froyo
Can anyone explain what pinch peek for gallery does?
Noticed that any pictures you posted on buzz will pull up in your gallery. I reformated my SD card trying to get the app to sd card thing working and since i don''t have photos (yet to move it back on there) i figured that cool feature out.
Looks like moving to the SD card is something that might need to be enabled by the apps.
I've been searching, and have seen lots of threads about similar problems with the Evo and it's fairly low-color screen, but I was under the impression that the Droid X has a 24bit color screen so this shouldn't be an issue.
Anyway, I've got some wallpapers (cropped and resized for the Droix X from the originals at Ultralinx)
They look fantastic on the computer. They're the right dimensions. Tried saving as JPG and 24 bit PNG, but the outcome is the same. When I copy them to the phone and set them as wallpaper, the gradients don't look smooth; there is color banding all over the place.
I've got screenshots and originals up on the web, but can't link to them until my account is approved by a mod.
EDIT: Added attachments instead, but the forum super-compressing the images doesn't help their clarity at all.
Hey,
i've got the same problem.
That's not funny at all, I really don't know how to save it, that it looks like on my desktop pc!
4tticuz said:
Hey,
i've got the same problem.
That's not funny at all, I really don't know how to save it, that it looks like on my desktop pc!
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Sorry to be off topic but I cant help but stare at your notification bar. What theme is it?
It's my own notificationbar.
Have to search the files first
It doesn't seem to be the screen. I dropped those images into my dropbox, and opened them in whatever viewer dropbox opened by default. The image was smooth as I zoomed in, until I zoomed in far enough to see a moire pattern. I also opened it in Astra's built in viewer; again there was no banding. However, when I set the image to be my wallpaper, I see the same banding you are seeing.
Bad news is, I don't know what the problem is; good news is it doesn't seem to be a screen limitation.
Thanks so far!
But what's the problem than?
I really have no idea :/
Ah ha! Google turned up this app: "Wallpaper Set and Save" (Sorry, can't post a link because I'm new, apparently. I attached an image of the QR code instead.)
It says it hasn't been updated for 2.x, but it worked fine on my droid x (running the stock rom with launcher pro.) Using it to set the exact same wallpaper, I now see no banding (although I did in the preview screen.) It's worth a try, although I'd still like to know what is causing this issue (since it obviously isn't a hardware issue.)
I attached a screen capture so you can see for yourself.
Edit: The forum's image compression adds some artifacts; it looks even smoother on my screen capture. Even here it's a big improvement over the others though!
Its probably the gallery app that is re-compressing the wallpaper and creating the bands
Hey All,
I have experienced an unusal bug on my device after NoDo.
Pictures are showing what appears to be banding.
More info here:
http://wmpoweruser.com/has-the-htc-update-caused-some-windows-phones-to-go-16-bit/
Would you please let me know if anyone else experiences this?
I don't think it is due to NoDo. Our super AMOLED screens are rumored to be not true 32-bit but rather a suspected 16-bit. Before my NoDo update, the HTC hub suffered from banding too.
This is nothing new for SAMOLED screens. They are inherently like it.
http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/11/17/the-problem-with-super-amoled-screens-nasty-color-banding/
It's due to Microsoft's optimizations for a better performance with the interface. Anyway there are some items that are 24-bit since 7004 to current NoDo 7392:
In pictures hub: pictures at fullscreen
In Zune hub: videos at fullscreen (YouTube and others are third party apps that are restricted to 16-bit)
Anyway if AMOLED's were not true 24-bit displays it would be easy to emulate it with dithering, remember most of LCD's are actually 16-bit or even 8-bit and the 24-bit color is obtained by dithering techniques. My laptop's dithering is easily perceptible at certain view angles with some colors (a fast moving set of 45ยบ lines).
i have this issue too. i didn't pay attention to this, so i didn't notice it just after the nodo update, but now, i did some tests (wmbench) and i can clearly see color banding. whell, i'm really dissapointed in microsoft. this is really bad. will mango fix this 100%?
Is this bug causing lockscreen wallpapers to show incorrectly? My lockscreen wallpaper looks awfull when I lock the screen anywhere except in the Picture, Marketplace, and Music + Video apps.
Whenever I lock/unlock the screen while I'm in the Picture, Marketplace, and Music + Video apps, the wallpaper looks great...
activating 32 bits color would definitely slow down the device, especially the start screen.
Mango fixes this completely (at least the beta build does). I've had the problem ever since 7004. The screen is really beautifull now!
I can't believe I am the only one having this problem, as I am now onto my second S4, and this new one also has the same problem, and my friend's S4, on a different Network, also does exactly the same...
The issue is, if I shoot a photo on my new Galaxy S4 in full 13Mp resolution, this produces an actual image on my device, that is 4128 x 3096 in resolution, with a File size of around 4.7MB As soon as I share it to Facebook however, either by clicking the Android Share link on the image and choosing "Facebook" as the destination, OR by using the Facebook App direct then choosing an image to upload, then I end up with a problem...
The image that actually arrives on Facebook, is heavily compressed with noise, and is resized down to just 1032 x 774 resolution, and a tiny file size of 178 KB (instead of the 4.7 MB masterpiece it actually was).
It does this with EVERY image I shoot - 100% of the time. And worse, is I mix things up a little, if I first REDUCE the resolution of my camera BEFORE taking a shot, if I drop it down to 8MP and take a photo, then despite the image now being a SMALLER photo, the image that arrives at Facebook is then BIGGER than those shot at 13MP, arriving at 1632 x 1224 instead.
Go figure...
But I suspect it's a bug in Facebook. However, given that my guess is that it affects 100% of S4 users, 100% of the time, I can't believe there are not thousands of discussions and debates about this issue... I can't find ANY discussion, for an issue that is there for ALL users, ALL of the time...
Please note also - whilst I am aware that there were high quality image upload issues on the S4 with Instagram too, this has been fixed in part, through an Instagram update. In my case, the photos that are resized down when uploaded to Facebook, are nevertheless perfectly correct and of the true size and quality when uploaded to any other Android Share location, or Social Networking Site, such as Google+ etc. It is only when sent to Facebook that the images are instead massively compressed, degraded, and down-sized.
So can anyone tell me - is this a known issue, for which the cause has been identified..? Or were none of you aware of this yourselves? If so, can you test it, as it's repeatable 100% here, on various S4's on various networks...
Take a photo on the phone in FULL RESOLUTION. Uploaded it to Facebook using the android sharing function on the S4. Then go to Facebook on a desktop PC and locate the photo you just added. Choose the option to download it to your PC, and save it. Examine the downloaded image, and identify if it is a true 13Mp image, or if for you too, the image has been uploaded at just 1032 x 774
And if that is the case, I'm amazed much more has not been made of this issue. I got the S4 because it has such an amazing camera, and I love uploading photos. Alas, as it stands, the device is useless, as it uploads my images to Facebook at a resolution and quality, lower than that of my first ever 1.2MP standalone Digital Camera of 1998...
Comments or ideas anyone?
Shadamehr said:
I can't believe I am the only one having this problem, as I am now onto my second S4, and this new one also has the same problem, and my friend's S4, on a different Network, also does exactly the same...
The issue is, if I shoot a photo on my new Galaxy S4 in full 13Mp resolution, this produces an actual image on my device, that is 4128 x 3096 in resolution, with a File size of around 4.7MB As soon as I share it to Facebook however, either by clicking the Android Share link on the image and choosing "Facebook" as the destination, OR by using the Facebook App direct then choosing an image to upload, then I end up with a problem...
The image that actually arrives on Facebook, is heavily compressed with noise, and is resized down to just 1032 x 774 resolution, and a tiny file size of 178 KB (instead of the 4.7 MB masterpiece it actually was).
It does this with EVERY image I shoot - 100% of the time. And worse, is I mix things up a little, if I first REDUCE the resolution of my camera BEFORE taking a shot, if I drop it down to 8MP and take a photo, then despite the image now being a SMALLER photo, the image that arrives at Facebook is then BIGGER than those shot at 13MP, arriving at 1632 x 1224 instead.
Go figure...
But I suspect it's a bug in Facebook. However, given that my guess is that it affects 100% of S4 users, 100% of the time, I can't believe there are not thousands of discussions and debates about this issue... I can't find ANY discussion, for an issue that is there for ALL users, ALL of the time...
Please note also - whilst I am aware that there were high quality image upload issues on the S4 with Instagram too, this has been fixed in part, through an Instagram update. In my case, the photos that are resized down when uploaded to Facebook, are nevertheless perfectly correct and of the true size and quality when uploaded to any other Android Share location, or Social Networking Site, such as Google+ etc. It is only when sent to Facebook that the images are instead massively compressed, degraded, and down-sized.
So can anyone tell me - is this a known issue, for which the cause has been identified..? Or were none of you aware of this yourselves? If so, can you test it, as it's repeatable 100% here, on various S4's on various networks...
Take a photo on the phone in FULL RESOLUTION. Uploaded it to Facebook using the android sharing function on the S4. Then go to Facebook on a desktop PC and locate the photo you just added. Choose the option to download it to your PC, and save it. Examine the downloaded image, and identify if it is a true 13Mp image, or if for you too, the image has been uploaded at just 1032 x 774
And if that is the case, I'm amazed much more has not been made of this issue. I got the S4 because it has such an amazing camera, and I love uploading photos. Alas, as it stands, the device is useless, as it uploads my images to Facebook at a resolution and quality, lower than that of my first ever 1.2MP standalone Digital Camera of 1998...
Comments or ideas anyone?
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I asked the same question in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256054
Haven't really gotten an answer yet. For now, i use an image resizer app, resize it to the dimensions of 3789 x 2131 .. and then upload to facebook... that ensures the maximum size gets uploaded to facebook. There doesnt seem to be a workaround for this until facebook updates the way its app uploads photos.
I noticed the exact same thing when going from an HTC One S to the S4 and I posted on another thread asking the same question. It's driving me crazy. Pretty sure it's the FB app and not the S4.
I was searching for a different matter regarding the fact that the Facebook app forces you to upload the pictures using a square shape instead of the original photo shape. I recently switched from iOS to Android and found myself with this annoying feature. iOS-version of FB app allows you to upload pictures without having to crop them into a square. Weird. --> Don't ask me how, but this is fixed now. No more square-shaped pictures.
Then again, I tried to by-pass this issue by uploading the picture through the mobile-version of the site/web app and found myself with this pop-up from Chrome.
"Unable to complete previous operation due low memory". Found this thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101893 ) but the solution given is not exactly what I'm looking for. I wish to know why is this message popping up and what am I supposed to do.
Going back to the subject... I experienced the same thing when I uploaded a picture to my timeline (no cropping issue there). Resize is done in a way that messes up the whole picture with the compression.
I'm assuming they've built an algorithm that resizes the pictures to prevent people from uploading +4MB files, data usage... I don't know.
Is there any solution to any of my issues? thank you!
If it matters --> Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) - No SD card.
Also my problem with my octa s4.
I wonder why my friend's samsung duos mobile uploads are fullsized, while my s4's uploads are pixelated and so low quality.
For now I'm using Nokia 808 Pureview for my mobile upload but android do have vast application choices for editing photos before upload so I'm really annoyed by this.
Sorry to resurrect this but I'm having the same problem and couldn't find a fix
fransarj said:
Sorry to resurrect this but I'm having the same problem and couldn't find a fix
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Maybe it's just Facebook doing the automatic downsizing.
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Maybe it's just Facebook doing the automatic downsizing.
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You're not having this problem?
If I use the mobile browser to upload, or a 3rd party app, it uploads in high resolution.
fransarj said:
You're not having this problem?
If I use the mobile browser to upload, or a 3rd party app, it uploads in high resolution.
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I don't know, my pictures seem fine when using the Facebook app.
Oh man I never noticed this till today!
I'm using a Note 3 and it downsides the pictures to 1000*xxx... what? That's like a 4x downsize... why???
Is there any fix (except uploading pix from the PC?)
its 2015 and the problem still exists! i think i'm movin to g+
Some come out clear and HD and more than half are so blurry. Anybody know how to fix this?
j86gon said:
Some come out clear and HD and more than half are so blurry. Anybody know how to fix this?
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If you haven't already, go into Google+ settings, and check "keep contacts up to date." It can take several hours for the photos to go to good resolution. Aside from that, you may need a third party app.
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j86gon said:
Some come out clear and HD and more than half are so blurry. Anybody know how to fix this?
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I'm having the same problem
subhani said:
I'm having the same problem
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Contact photos are the bane of my existence. I have a touch of OCD with my contacts and have figured out a lot of things as I have experimented with why quality (and actual pictures) vary so much.
First, much of the problem with poor photos comes from the fact that at some point in the past gmail did not support high res photos. I do not know when the change happened, but it was at least a few years ago. So anyone that has not updated their profile photo in over a few years will probably come across as low resolution.
Second, Google Apps does not support high res photos to this day. So, those of us that have apps for our work accounts (tons of government employees) end up with low res photos that show up as people's contacts.
Third, Google + makes a mess of contact photos. Some google apps automatically will use the G+ picture over anything else (apps like hangouts and gmail). I have not totally figured this one out yet, some G+ profile pictures just don't show up as a contact photo even though they are put in on a persons page, the result is a blank profile photo in Hangouts and Gmail.
The fix, I have found, is to put in my own profile pictures for the people I communicate with the most. It is a bit labor intensive, but I just make a "profile pictures" folder in my Google Drive and put the photos in there that I want and set them to their contacts from my phone. The only downside is that my work account (google apps for gov't) still does not support high res photos so every time I get a new phone I have to update the contact photos again to keep the blurry pictures away.
Good Luck!