after hearing about how super amoled consumes less power I expected my phone battery to last longer than it did
looking at the battery info it was showing the screen was using 80%
Of it.
After reading more about oled
Realized it is saves battery when using black so changed my wallpaper to something with more
Black in it now its using 60% battery
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Interesting thanks for that tip
I wrote about the topic here, it's the 22nd post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=704474&page=3
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Hi.
Im used to have a LED notification LED on my current phone, Nexus One and The old Magic.
I just purchased a S2 on eBay.
Is there a Notification LED on the S2?
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WebghostDK said:
Hi.
Im used to have a LED notification LED on my current phone, Nexus One and The old Magic.
I just purchased a S2 on eBay.
Is there a Notification LED on the S2?
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No there isnt
Noled and bln are decent alternatives though
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Great thank you!! Noled looks promising
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I can't believe that they didn't put a LED on this phone either. It makes no sense.
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kakwvu said:
I can't believe that they didn't put a LED on this phone either. It makes no sense.
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looks like galaxy range wont have any then :/
kakwvu said:
I can't believe that they didn't put a LED on this phone either. It makes no sense.
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Because you can't take your eyes off your phone, so a LED is useless
noled looks very nice
great to see NoLED working on the SII
I wonder how the new SAMOLED+ screen adjusts for battery savings with my app. I've seen through the videos that there are some screen brightness/color customizations that dynamically adjust to the image displayed on the screen.
I can't wait til I get my hands on this device.
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noled looks very nice
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It does look nice, until you notice that it drains your battery and keeps the phone warm to the touch since the screen is on the whole time when a notification is on the screen.
but since it has an samoled screen, i dont think that the whole screen is on, or not?
i thought a main advantage of BLACK on samoled screens is that the black pixels are OFF and only others need to be maintained with power?
Just use it and you'll see.
@lilH3rmit posted on Twitter:
"Notifications via button light anyone? Will support LG 2X & samsung galaxy S2 initially. app next week. IMPORTANT: no impact on battery"
Carnt see it affecting the battery, i for 1 will try tuesday
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but since it has an samoled screen, i dont think that the whole screen is on, or not?
i thought a main advantage of BLACK on samoled screens is that the black pixels are OFF and only others need to be maintained with power?
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Yea it is said it works like this. But I can't imagine the black pixels consuming 0% power. Can't wait for my Sgs2 in two weeks!
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if you also know what you're doing and configure the app right. you could make it consume absolutely no more power than without.
check out the battery saving features submenu
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Isn't there a LED indicator on the front of the GSII? Look at 0:15 of the below video where it blinks while phone is booting up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPd0uJG-f8g
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Yea it is said it works like this. But I can't imagine the black pixels consuming 0% power. Can't wait for my Sgs2 in two weeks!
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the black pixels don't use power, but the display controller still has to be powered on and that uses battery too
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Isn't there a LED indicator on the front of the GSII? Look at 0:15 of the below video where it blinks while phone is booting up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPd0uJG-f8g
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Yeah...something definitely blinked there...
hycian said:
Isn't there a LED indicator on the front of the GSII? Look at 0:15 of the below video where it blinks while phone is booting up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPd0uJG-f8g
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that's interesting
When I compare my GF's Epic's screen to my year plus old Vibrant, her screen definitely looks brighter and the colors just pop a little more. Both have the same settings. It's the same screen. The only difference is the amount of hours that the screen has been on. Do these screens just wear out over time?
It all depends on voodoo color can make it look better an if your on CM Gama really affects it a lot and yea I could just be your screen is dying do to it being oled
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Find a rom that use the latest voodoo10 enhanced kernel. It truly is like night and day.
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will check it out. Been on Asgard GB original version since it came out
Hello all,
First time poster here with a pretty simple /silly question... If you use darker backgrounds, reading apps, themes, etc... (as opposed to bright /light ones) does it save battery life? I read somewhere that it doesn't matter and that the screen uses the same amount of power regardless. I also read though that some types of screens are able to turn the black pixels off saving battery life.
Thanks for any input.
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For amoled screens a little bit but LCD I don't think so.
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Excuse my ignorance but what type of screen does the N7 have?
Thanks for the help.
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Excuse my ignorance but what type of screen does the N7 have?
Thanks for the help.
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LCD.
Yep, with an amoled display you can save some percents(the exact value differs over the display/phone/app used) over a darker background due to the techique used. With a lcd display the only thing that influences the battery time is the screen on time and the brightness.(of course this two points also count for the amoled)
Thanks everyone!
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I Recently noticed screen burn-in of the Google Play icon (Homescreen Shortcut) on the screen ...
The burn-in is more noticeable in white/gray backgrounds...
How do I remove it if its posible? Tried few apps from market but app logo imprint is still visible
Can u post screen photo from another camera
How much old is your s3
And do you always use same home screen layout ?
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I don't have any other camera device ATM... Phone is 5 months old & yes sadly I always use same homescreen layout...
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I don't have any other camera device ATM... Phone is 5 months old & yes sadly I always use same homescreen layout...
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Then it will burn it has to be.
Even in led TV's if u use Amy particular image more then 2hrs its pixels also starts burning that's why in led TVs we don't have blue screen when there is no cable connection
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5 months is too early
when will amoled mature?
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ronhoover88 said:
5 months is too early
when will amoled mature?
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You can burn your screen in a day also
Just keep your device screen on in particular image
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Managed to take pics from featurephone, check them out ...
Please enlist any good apps you know to fade it out
No way to reduce it it will
Read this for future
http://m.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00001261&fm_seq=1429
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Mother of GOD ! there are other icon imprints as well if I look closely !!
Hope it doesn't get darker than this ...
You won't find away around it unfortunately.
These screens are both fantastic and both sh*t at the same time. It's good technology but it isn't perfected. My original SGS went terrible. After nearly 2 years on it I could see perfectly the alarm icon and almost every icon I had on my home screen on light and dark backgrounds - It's a nice screen but it will only get worse within time.
As others have said only real solution is to keep altering your backgrounds and home screens but tbh I wouldn't bother, you'll still get burn from the time and other icons in the status bar.
Until Samsung sort them out and improve how they work it's just the way it's going to be
Whoa!! That is scary!
I have heard that there is no solution for a burn-in..? Thanks for the advice though. I'll keep changing the layout constantly.
Anyone have image burn yet? I already have the top bar burned in my screen from lack of rotating the screen. I got my device release date and used auto brightness since.
I've had s3 s4 and n2 and haven't had an issue so quickly before
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Launch day device here. Full brightness about 90-95% of the time. Auto for remaining. Not a single issue with image burn. 5-6hrs screen on time every day.
carlz28 said:
Launch day device here. Full brightness about 90-95% of the time. Auto for remaining. Not a single issue with image burn. 5-6hrs screen on time every day.
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Holy smokes that's some brightness
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Yeah that's crazy. My friend uses full brightness since launch day and doesn't have an issue either. And uses it for at least 3-4 hrs a day. But maybe he rotated his screen more often or didn't leave it on as long
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wrichards2009 said:
Holy smokes that's some brightness
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Haha yeah I work in an EXTREMELY WELL LIT medical device manufacturing plant. Its like being outside in the sun, which ironically, you'd think would need less brightness but just the opposite is true.
Using Nova Launcher, I turned Status Bar to transparent. Dont have to worry about a bar at the top and it just plain looks better being transparent.
carlz28 said:
Haha yeah I work in an EXTREMELY WELL LIT medical device manufacturing plant. Its like being outside in the sun, which ironically, you'd think would need less brightness but just the opposite is true.
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Same here I'm either at school or at work at the hospital most of the time and my phone is on automatic but it's always on full brightness and I have no burn in issues.
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Check out the screen burn in tool in the app store. Not a lot of downloads but good reviews after letting it run on low brightness over night.