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Screen Too Bright? Screen Filter!

Found this app the other day and can't believe I went this long without it!
Screen Filter. It's free from the marketplace. It tones down your brightness significantly under the lowest setting in TouchWiz.
I used to keep sunglasses next to my bed for sleepy-time Reddit browsing, but not any more!
Here's an A-B for you non believers. First photo is at lowest brightness setting in TouchWiz. Second photo is at 34.1% brightness (toggled by Screen Filter widget)
Before:
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After:
...and of course, with our AMOLED displays, less bright:less battery drain!
*I am not the author of this app, just a fan*

Skrazz said:
I used to keep sunglasses next to my bed for sleepy-time Reddit browsing, but not any more!
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Are you me? I actually used to do the same thing but then I also found this app a, couple or few months back. I just never thought to post it. Good idea
I also use the shortened led buttons mod found in the dev forum and it makes for a much better experience.
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bobloblaw1 said:
Are you me? I actually used to do the same thing but then I also found this app a, couple or few months back. I just never thought to post it. Good idea
I also use the shortened led buttons mod found in the dev forum and it makes for a much better experience.
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Thanks for the feedback! Is this the mod you used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018093
just flashed it. VERY pleased with this combination!

Does it have an auto adjust function?
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Good find!
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I use this for said purposes like in the morning and it works great. However, it seems to drain the batt quicker because I don't think it actually lowers the display output, just filters it like a lamp shade and uses some cpu powr. correct me if im wrong..
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Skrazz said:
Thanks for the feedback! Is this the mod you used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018093
just flashed it. VERY pleased with this combination!
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Yup thats the mod. So much easier on the eyes this way.

Dude thank you for mentioning this app. Checking the phone immediately after waking up has become so much more pleasant. Now just need to find the best way of putting this on a schedual.

MattRussNC said:
Dude thank you for mentioning this app. Checking the phone immediately after waking up has become so much more pleasant. Now just need to find the best way of putting this on a schedual.
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Ahh yes! You definitely should be able to automate this. Let me know how it goes!

I'm sure tasker could start it on schedule.
I've been using this app since I got my phone, but thanks for the post
Sent from my CM7 SCH-i500

This app is great. I found it awhile ago as well and use it for my phone in the docking station as my alarm clock. The brightness used to wake me up in the middle of the night sometimes it was so bright.

bigmike88 said:
I use this for said purposes like in the morning and it works great. However, it seems to drain the batt quicker because I don't think it actually lowers the display output, just filters it like a lamp shade and uses some cpu powr. correct me if im wrong..
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The blurb about the app in the market states that it saves battery on s-amoled displays... Can't vouch for that myself, but I haven't noticed any increase of battery usage while using my phone in the dark .
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Finally I have found app with additional RGB adjust and so awaiting autorun
Waiting a long time for that
Screen adjuster at market

3 months.....
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noobish noob is noobish.
Regardless, this is still a great app that everybody should keep installed to save battery and your eyes at night!

My app, made for educational purpose (and for a friend who complains about the lack of autorun in screen fillter) =)
EOT

Great app I don't want to miss,
but whenever I have it enabled it's not possible for me anymore to install apks.
Weird. But still power-saver No1 !

Changes noticed in 2.3.5...add what you notice!

Since there is a 2.3.5 leaked. There are lot of people asking for changes so Just wanted to make a thread keep to collective list.
Here is my take .....
Fonts are back to normal now. No more bold fonts.
Launcher now has circular scrolling on home screen n widget selection screen.
Sadly say bye bye to overscroll bounce and welcome bluish overscroll all over the place. Even in browser.
Better quadrant score almost 4000. For those who love benchmark.
Oveall faster than 2.3.4.
SIP support disabled.
No new GTalk. Sadly true.
Gallery UI is little change. There also you will see overacroll effect.
There is now noise reduction feature added when you call.
Reported by many users about Improved Sound Quality !!! . Its true !
When you set Vibration to Always, Icon remains in status bar even though ring volume is set !
Please post more you found on this firmware or upcoming leaks.
At the end we will get full change log... I will keep on updating main post.

Wow! Can you please explain how you're touching 4k in Quadrant?
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gokussjx said:
Wow! Can you please explain how you're touching 4k in Quadrant?
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By just running the benchmark at stock.

The stock kernel is the fastest one yet. It's quite noticeable that Samsung has made some improvements to this version.

Battery life seems.to Better too
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One thing i noticed, on my phone is that the icon with vibrate is on even when not on soundless. haven´t seen this on my 2.3.3
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

benjih said:
One thing i noticed, on my phone is that the icon with vibrate is on even when not on soundless. haven´t seen this on my 2.3.3
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Crazy things like that may be an indication that you need to do a wipe/reset or possibly a reflash.
Yesterday, after experiencing Dutch text popping up in my phone while set to US English, I reflashed a wipe version, and all is good.

Sound output quality through earphones is improved to my ears.

Intratech said:
Sound output quality through earphones is improved to my ears.
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It really has. It's not just your imagination.

Maybe those changes have to do with Steve Kondik(Cyanogen) they hired. Just a possibility.

Virtualsk said:
- Sadly say bye bye to overscroll bounce and welcome bluish overscroll all over the place. Even in browser.
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This is a plus for me. Was never a fan of the bounce.

benjih said:
One thing i noticed, on my phone is that the icon with vibrate is on even when not on soundless. haven´t seen this on my 2.3.3
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This might not be an error, if you go to settings - sound - vibration, what is that set to? If its set to "always" then its working correctly then and the icon should be there right?

Same thing here with the vibrate icon - it shows unless you turn vibration off completely in the sound settings. Guess this is a new 'feature' of 2.3.5

Same for me with vibrate. Its because vibrate is set to always in settings.
I've found that camera seems to have lost its sound. Which is a good thing!

I also noticed what seems to be a marked improvement in sound quality. I am listening to music in Poweramp with no equalizer on, and it seems to sound better than my zune HD. Before, I used to cringe at the sound quality with no equalizer on. Now, the soundstage seems much wider, and the highs aren't muffled anymore.
Or maybe this is all just a placebo effect from seeing people post about it.
Can anyone else confirm this?

Doubt it's placebo mate. I'm quite picky when it comes to sound and straight away I could tell the difference.

Intratech said:
Doubt it's placebo mate. I'm quite picky when it comes to sound and straight away I could tell the difference.
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Sucks that Supercurio finished his review before he got a chance to play with KI3.
All kidding aside it does sound better, maybe anandtech's article made Samsung rethink the sound quality?

Intratech said:
Doubt it's placebo mate. I'm quite picky when it comes to sound and straight away I could tell the difference.
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Maybe supercurios's work may help us to check if this ROM really has sound improvements.
(when source is available)

What exactly is the point of overscroll anyway, I mean when you get to the end of a page you know your at the end of the page right? Why the hell can't they just put a toggle somewhere in the settings to turn it off? I don't mind bounce but glow is hideous, it always looks banded.
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marcadam said:
What exactly is the point of overscroll anyway, I mean when you get to the end of a page you know your at the end of the page right? Why the hell can't they just put a toggle somewhere in the settings to turn it off? I don't mind bounce but glow is hideous, it always looks banded.
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My guess is blame Apple for patent action over the bounce. I think Samsung had no choice but change it.
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XXKK9 Great battery and performance!

At first, I only noticed how improved was idle battery savings, after that I saw new options for browser saving battery options:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After that, I tried some benchmarks, and got quite surprised:
Browsermark:
Sunspider 0.9.1:
This device definetely has to work harder than galaxy S2 because of the increased screen resolution but it is great seeing samsung taking care of the product this fast and succesfully.
Thank You, Samsung!!
PS: My device is the german version sold through Amazon.de

Wow... Just ran the sunspider test and got 3028...
That's quite a big improvement...
What version of android is XXKK9?
Is it 2.3.6?

I updated my Polish one from Handtec to XXKK9 last night after changing my region code but boy was it a pain the first time around. I had it hooked up to an older Windows XP 32-bit machine because I'm currently on an iMac and for whatever reason Kies failed halfway through the firmware upgrade and bricked my Note.
After three attempts I finally got the emergency recovery in Kies to work this morning and the Note upgraded to the latest 2.3.6 firmware. I haven't had a chance to test out the performance much yet but I'm just glad I got it working again because for a while I thought I had a new paper weight because all I was seeing when I powered it on was the smartphone->exclamation point->computer symbol telling me the firmware upgrade had failed and to put the device in recovery mode.

Also such a big improvement in Browsermark since 2.3.6, i am impressed. And battery life too.

Great battery KK9 ???
I tried it today and replaced it becaufe the battery is much much less than kj4.
I have intalled KKA this evening and test the battery tomorrow.
If it's not good, I return on KJ4 !!!

I don't understand how you guys are getting such high scores compared to mine
I'm using KK9 but only get around 2500 in sunspider and 80,000 in browsermark.

Elenkis said:
I don't understand how you guys are getting such high scores compared to mine
I'm using KK9 but only get around 2500 in sunspider and 80,000 in browsermark.
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Well, your numbers aren't bad either.
I guess you are running the benchmarks without too much going on in the background, like not having more browser windows opened, not too many processes running and those kinds of details...
And about the battery, well, if you are actually using the device, we can make the battery drain quite fast, like on any other smartphone.
But I can say I have been surfing the web and playing videos (stored on the phone) for more than five hours without the battery dying on me.
Yes, XXKK9 is android 2.3.6.

Yes I'm getting great battery life.
12 hrs today and still 88% after light use.
OS is smooth now compared to KJ4.
No stuttering with screens and icon animations.

Here a cheated score
http://db.tt/AXktjxEb
Open browser find geothermal site copy URL task manager kill all tasks clear ram hold home button choose your browser it opens paste the link run test 20K more from it at least I got it
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99,857 here with the stock browser, 56,833 with opera mobile
596,828 using chrome on my quad 9650
1826ms in sunspider with stock browser.

straxusii said:
596,828 using chrome on my quad 9650
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Not that it has any meaningful use but,
With Firefox 8 I get 761780 points with my pc: i7 [email protected],6ghz. But CPU use does not get to 5% so I guess the score is thanks to mozilla...
793700 with ie9
1074334 with Chrome 15.0.874.121

Braxos said:
Here a cheated score
http://db.tt/AXktjxEb
Open browser find geothermal site copy URL task manager kill all tasks clear ram hold home button choose your browser it opens paste the link run test 20K more from it at least I got it
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It looks like our high scores are equal/better than galaxy nexus. Maybe nexus cpu is slightly worse, but despite ICS, it cannot beat our giant note
Anandtech trying ICS on Galaxy Nexus

Also, in this upgrade it seems noise cancelation during phone calls is set to disabled by default.
I do not understand how this noise cancelation works so poorly...

Hi Twohothardware,
My note is Polish version from Hendrick,
I am a new to Android, Can you please explain in detail how you changed the region and did the upgrade
Thanks in Advance
Riaz
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Hi sonicspeeds.
How is KKA battery performance, did you revert to KK4?
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Got 104350 @ browsermark on my KK9 note with dolphin HD. Same score as OP on sunspider test.

Yep, I can also confirm improvements in both the battery and performance.

Xaddict said:
Yes I'm getting great battery life.
12 hrs today and still 88% after light use.
OS is smooth now compared to KJ4.
No stuttering with screens and icon animations.
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Is the 12hrs @88% with data on? Having mobile data on significantly saps the battery compared to having it off....

kenninaz said:
Is the 12hrs @88% with data on? Having mobile data on significantly saps the battery compared to having it off....
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Yes. Data on and polling 3 email accounts every 15 mins and weather, calendar gmail sync. Am getting 3 days of average / light use.
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Sorry mate, I don't think anyone who has ever used a note can take your comments seriously.
With the data and phone function on (airplane off) In 12 hours even if you don't touch it, the phone is gonna drain at least as much.

Serious Camera Improvements with 1.29 OTA!

Just read this article about the 1.29 OTA which is currently rolled out (sorry, it's in german): http://www.androidpit.de/htc-one-update-fotos
(you see before and after pictures, with after on the right)
I knew that HTC did something to the camera software, but I didn't expect the results to be THAT different, looks awesome! Like the author says, it looks like "the gray veil has been lifted"!

HTC One updated with camera enhancement suite and more in Europe
• Improvement to sound capture with Zoe
• Noise reduction in slow motion movie capture
• Improved color reproduction and dynamic range (reduced over-exposure in non-HDR images) in certain conditions
• Fix to display correct ISO in EXIF information when ISO settings are manually changed by the user
• Improved system performance and stability
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Again, the update will bring your device to version 1.29.401.13 and this is the international HTC One only.
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yup official
auto
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ISO 100

So the ones with the Developers Edition are out of luck?

I got 1.29.111.11, anyone know what the difference is or where info can be found?

The custom roms ha ve been on this version for a few days now. I can confirm there are definitely light and day improvements, I can't compare with the old version but it's definitely noticeable once you move from stock to custom roms with 1.29xxx.12
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desiregeek said:
So the ones with the Developers Edition are out of luck?
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im pretty sure the dev versions come with a version thats higher than the 1.29.401 update

1.29.1540.3 is the dev edition version.
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Mine came with 1.29.666.5
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Did this include a tweak for the capasitive button sensitivity?

takitoes said:
Did this include a tweak for the capasitive button sensitivity?
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Yes it does.

Good that they caught this issue so quickly.
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ste1164 said:
Yes it does.
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Excellent! Any word when it's coming to Australia ?

Hopefully we get this soon in the US.

Brilliant looking comparisons! I have to say i havent had a problem with the camera as is (i use the HDR mode mostly)

greengoldmello said:
Good that they caught this issue so quickly
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Let's hope it's rolled out by the carriers ASAP

That's great news! Can't wait.

Mines on 1.28.61.7 and the camera takes amazing pictures
As for the samples in the thread I think the pics on the left are better although it looks like a simple contrast alteration to me.

"Beats Audio Enhancements"
Did anyone notice better sound coming from the speakers with Beats enabled?
I don't have the phone yet, but I know that some people are complaining about hissing. Did 1.29 correct that?
Thanks!

Good to know but are you sure buttons responding with slite and one touch?
Send from HTC ONE

takitoes said:
Excellent! Any word when it's coming to Australia ?
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Telstra Australia build number is 1.29.841

[APP] Wlakman 8.1.A.0.3 OTA update rolling

Got this OTA update through update center.
But didnot find any change in walkman and led bug is still present
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I also got that update. What is the meaning of updating album and walkman that can support 4.4? I hope it means something
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New features list
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3 new categories only for Unlimited Music Streaming
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with the new update my light effects are much better

no_username_available said:
with the new update my light effects are much better
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I think it's same as before
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ashis.kyal said:
I think it's same as before
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mine hasnt gotten frozen as much and when it does, it freezes for a couple seconds instead of for the whole song

nothing new!

This update didn't fix the LED bug for me.
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Led bug still present !!

Same problem. It doesn't fix led bug. I can't notice even small difference.
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idk why my my led's arent AS bad, however still bad, are any of you guys using a C5306

I'm using a C5306
Led bug still present.

juliomb179 said:
I'm using a C5306
Led bug still present.
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maybe its some app, i disabled the stock camera and chrome, try and see if that works

In my case led works only with some melo songs which has low tempo..
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no_username_available said:
maybe its some app, i disabled the stock camera and chrome, try and see if that works
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It doesn't work.
Led bug still present

juliomb179 said:
It doesn't work.
Led bug till present
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before the update i couldnt even open the app without it crashing now it opens at the led works fine till i turn the screen off and back on or put the volume up to high

WIth the update the 'Recently Played', 'Most Played' and 'Newly Added' are back
The Played song have a bold effect in the playlist, the played playlist too
And there's a new easy way to open a menu for every song, before u need to tap for a few seconds the song, now u can tap the arrow in the right corner to open the menu, also with album/artist (dunno if u can do that in album/artist before)
And I'm not sure, but I think LED eff works a little better, nor good enough as 4.1, but maybe is not Walkman related, because the light beat eff is not in walkman app, is in Settings>Display

I don't know why you all use the flickering led visualization. I thought the Walkman app is for listening music and not for watching "psychedelic colors". It's a not needed feature.
Grüße von Matze

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laviyaeh said:
I don't know why you all use the flickering led visualization. I thought the Walkman app is for listening music and not for watching "psychedelic colors". It's a not needed feature.
Grüße von Matze
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Dude, the LED effects is the main reason why the SP stands "peculiarly" out with the rest of the Xperias with the LED strip design. You could say its just superflous but too others (including me), its a novelty function of the device itself...and to lose it after doing an update is just unacceptable. I'm hoping that this functionality is restored on the coming update (FIX as others call it) of the .266 FW.