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Clock & missed calls when backlight off?

Hi,
Is it possible to have the time and missed calls/messages information when the backlight is off with Xperia? I mean just like it is on usual mobile phones like SE W850i or the others..
Otherwise, it's a bit of a burden to switch on/off the backlight just to check if I have missed calls instead of taking a second of glance to the screen..

Quassimo said:
Hi,
Is it possible to have the time and missed calls/messages information when the backlight is off with Xperia? I mean just like it is on usual mobile phones like SE W850i or the others..
Otherwise, it's a bit of a burden to switch on/off the backlight just to check if I have missed calls instead of taking a second of glance to the screen..
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I guess the best way would be to set the LED's to flash until noticed.. Then you will know if you have an sms or missed call.

stratofortress04 said:
I guess the best way would be to set the LED's to flash until noticed.. Then you will know if you have an sms or missed call.
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thanks for the advice.
but is there anyone who could kindly answer the question I asked?

Dont think so - from what I understood, when you press upper button then WM61 goes to some kind of sleep mode, leaving only basic functions like mobile and some others running, saving as much power as possible. Including disabled display. If you want to see something on screen, then you have to keep it turned on, which equals increased power consumption.

I haven't got the manual to hand but surely it there is a section on power-saving/backlight settings?!?
Go to settings>system>power>advanced>On Battery Power and untick turn off device is not used for...
Beware that the screen is one of the major battery drains...

eyebeebe said:
I haven't got the manual to hand but surely it there is a section on power-saving/backlight settings?!?
Go to settings>system>power>advanced>On Battery Power and untick turn off device is not used for...
Beware that the screen is one of the major battery drains...
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thanks. but unfortunately this will not solve the issue..
I was looking for sth. like these actually:
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Then you are out of luck. The x1 does not do this.
Unless someone knows of/writes an app to do this.
As was said above, the best other option would be to set the 4 corner LEDs to flash indefinately till you notice them.
Or, buy a different phone.
Sadly the industry is not giving out the right info with Winmo "phones".
They are a PDA first, with a phone fitted in as a second thought. Not the other way around. So, they still lack many base features from "simpler" phones.

Quassimo said:
thanks. but unfortunately this will not solve the issue..
I was looking for sth. like these actually:
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I'm not sure what you're looking for here -
1) Keeping the screen on but the backlight off, so that you can glance at the screen and see the time/your notifications - per your first post
2) Having a quickview screen with a big clock and your notifications, when your phone is on standby, per the post I have quoted.
3) both
I've already given you an answer for 1). For 2) have you tried using S2U2?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412418

it's both I am looking for. but as was put forward before, it looks it is not possible at the moment.
the pdas unfortunately miss some simple phone features; it will take some time to get used to it...

The answer is very easy:
If you have only one display as a PPC has, you need the backlight on to see something.
It is no problem to create the information you want with 3rd party software as WAD2 or PhoneAlarm. But then you have to keep the backlight on and this takes a lot of power.
Easier it is if you only want the screen turning on if a new sms/email/mms/appointment or other thing ist coming. If you use PhoneAlarm for example, you can give the settings to turn on the screen at this alarms. Then the screen turns on, if an alarm arrives (for a new SMS/MMS/EMail or Appointment or whatever) and you can see it. This needs power too.
With this you cannot see the time during 24 h...
What I do is to tell PhoneAlarm to give a sound for a new SMS/Email/MMS but not to turn on the screen. Then I know, when I want to turn the screen on and can see what happend.
And if I want to see the time I just turn on the screen for a short look. At the screenie you see one of the pages with WAD2 and PhoneAlarm in the top, I made for my daily use...

Quassimo said:
it's both I am looking for. but as was put forward before, it looks it is not possible at the moment.
the pdas unfortunately miss some simple phone features; it will take some time to get used to it...
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So is the solution not to do both things I suggested?

Lockscreen BUG, Omnia 7

As of late I've noticed that when I wake up my device it'll take me to my tile homepage (or the page I was on previous), then quickly forward me to the lockscreen where I'm prompted to enter my 4 digit pin. This never happened before and I'm wondering what's causing this.
Has anybody experienced this?
Here's a video of the bug that another Omnia 7 user is experiencing:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Omnia7Samsung#p/a/u/0/isi5aKDjnws

Wow, so nobody here has experienced this issue with their Omnia 7?

Mine doesn't do that, but I can definitely see how that would be really annoying. Does the same thing happen when you wake it up with the power button?

Mine doesn't do that either..
I have no password and currently using a transparent lockscreen wallpaper.
Tried it with password and still doesn't do it...
I wonder what is causing it?

My Omnia7 doesn't show this bug, neither I use the lock code nor without.

It happens when I power on the device when it's sleeping. I went over to the Microsoft forums and met some guy from Europe who is also having the same problem. One of the mods said it could be due to the fact that there's an app running in the background. I did a factory reset and still had problems though.
I just hope the phone itself isn't at fault. I wonder if the update will fix this ....

A user in the Omnia 7 forum found the solution to this bug. Apparently if the Automatically Adjusted brightness setting is off, you'll experience the bug. If it's on, you won't have the bug.

Confirmed. Aaand It's even more annoying than I thought. It's a good thing that the brightness thingy works alright

can;t replicate it on my Omnia 7!

Thank you, fik87.
If you have an Omnia 7, could you please try to replicate the bug!

Yep, i can confirm this as well ....

can someone please explain the steps to recreate this bug?
you have to have a PIN
you have to have your screen brightness on high, medium or low
(you have an app running and then press the windows button?)
lock the screen
and press the windows button to siwth on the screen
is that right?

hboos said:
can someone please explain the steps to recreate this bug?
you have to have a PIN
you have to have your screen brightness on high, medium or low
(you have an app running and then press the windows button?)
lock the screen
and press the windows button to siwth on the screen
is that right?
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Have a pin, set your brightness to high or medium. Then put your device to sleep. Now wake it up, and it should flash to the page you were on previous, then take you to you to the lockscreen/wallpaper.

manny84 said:
Have a pin, set your brightness to high or medium. Then put your device to sleep. Now wake it up, and it should flash to the page you were on previous, then take you to you to the lockscreen/wallpaper.
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ooooh
got it working..
you have to do as you said but the brightness set at medium..
high and low doesnt work for me but if I set it at medium then it does flash the screen before the wallpaper.
and yet it disappears after the first two times for me

yes, after first two times it dissapears but after certain time it sometimes appears again.. strange.. Do you think its only omnia 7 problem or WM problem?

Yep I have this too, not a big issue for me, but still it should not happen.

noodles222 said:
yes, after first two times it dissapears but after certain time it sometimes appears again.. strange.. Do you think its only omnia 7 problem or WM problem?
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I believe its Samsung issue. Can someone try this on another WP7 phone?

Try PocketShield PIN lock
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nop never happened.

Galaxy S - screen problem

Guys,
my "galaxy s" has problem on the screen, I noticed that it becomes more evident only in a few programs / screens.
When I take a screenshot of the screen and send it to a computer or other phone the picture is normal.
I think the image is being "generated" correctly, but not being "displayed" correctly on the screen.
As an example I posted a screenshot taken of "sound recorder app", and
immediately below is a picture that I took with a camera to show how I am
seeing the image on the screen.
If you have any idea whats happening because I dont want to have to leave at service center and whait for days without the phone.
any ideas?
photo below is a screenshot taken by telephone and sent to the
computer
Updating post!!!
The screen or the display died less than a month after the problem started, left at samsung service repair office to change the display or the handset
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this photo was taken with a camera showing how it is being shown

Mine does the same...

Let´s digg the web and find out what´s happening.
If you find something please remember to contact me.

That's new and I doubt its software related - reflash with stock rom and if it doesn't help - send to service for replacement (or fix).
HTH

Something like this happened to my old phone (not galaxy) as it overheated

never happens to me, i think its a software issue.

I flashed it whith different roms, voodoo kernel and the result is always the same.
I dont want to believe that it's a hardware issue, but at this point I'm losing my hope.

Looks like voodoo kernel
Either that or the superamoled screen has deteriorated.
My screen has burn in of the battery clock and wifi icons. Sucks.
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rodrigoresende said:
Guys,
my "galaxy s" has problem on the screen, I noticed that it becomes more evident only in a few programs / screens.
When I take a screenshot of the screen and send it to a computer or other phone the picture is normal.
I think the image is being "generated" correctly, but not being "displayed" correctly on the screen.
As an example I posted a screenshot taken of "sound recorder app", and
immediately below is a picture that I took with a camera to show how I am
seeing the image on the screen.
If you have any idea whats happening because I dont want to have to leave at service center and whait for days without the phone.
any ideas?
photo below is a screenshot taken by telephone and sent to the
computer
this photo was taken with a camera showing how it is being shown
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Is it running on the original firmware?

In some kernels (example SpeedMod K13B), there are options for color tweaking in the Recovery Menu.Try disabling those if you are using such kernels.

Faulty screen. Flash original firmware and take it in to get fixed.

Reflash or Speedmod Recovery for Neutral Color settings

Maddmatt said:
Faulty screen. Flash original firmware and take it in to get fixed.
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Ι have the official 2.2.1 and it does the same to me. Should i send it to service?

Same here.
Darky v9.2 & SpeedMod K13B
I don't think it's a hardware issue.
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If you have this kernel (SpeedMod) could you try to use the settings to adjust color and post if it helped.
"In some kernels (example SpeedMod K13B), there are options for color tweaking in the Recovery Menu.Try disabling those if you are using such kernels."

Here it goes
rodrigoresende said:
If you have this kernel (SpeedMod) could you try to use the settings to adjust color and post if it helped.
"In some kernels (example SpeedMod K13B), there are options for color tweaking in the Recovery Menu.Try disabling those if you are using such kernels."
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Try this. I hope you flashed SpeedMod kernel.
If you haven't done so please disable the lagfix and tweaks in the kernel you are using now.Flash the SpeedMod kernel available here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756&highlight=yaok
1. Go to the recovery mode
2. advanced SpeedMod ULK features
3. COLOR & BRIGHTNESS options
4. NEUTRAL Color (default)
Please reply if it helped.

I already have neutral color. Switched to cold, same thing.
Can anybody else show us his screen @ voice recorder app ?
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theos0o said:
I already have neutral color. Switched to cold, same thing.
Can anybody else show us his screen @ voice recorder app ?
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I think that I can't apply this kernel (SpeedMod K13B) to the brazilian model I9000B, but as "theos0o" said it didn't solved the problem.

I don't really think it's faulty screens.
It's just a weakness of (current?) AMOLED technology.
Check this out:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...xus-ones-screen-science-color-and-hacks.ars/3

I was looking at its screen when the colors changed and since then, it looks like the images I posted. It suddenly flicked and from that moment looks weird as you could see.

Galaxy Note Screen Test

Samsung Screen Test
1) Set this image as your lock screen
2) Press power button two times to enter lock screen
3) Touch your screen (without unlocking)
http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=862208&d=1326918591

And what does this accomplish ?

Wow.... Strange

Got some wierd lines, probably because of stretching an 364x580 picture to 800x1280
Not really noticable in screenshot, but I guess AMOLED makes those lines really noticable because they are not completely black compared to background ...
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For a real screen test,type in *#0*# on the phone keypad.

Mine nothing happen. No weird line??
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noteworthy said:
For a real screen test,type in *#0*# on the phone keypad.
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I will test it immediately!!!

here is my picture, what does it means? damn looking at this picture on my mobile shows a lot of lines. here it doesnt appears

Its quite weird.. it happens in my Note. only on Black Background. whenever i take a screenshot the preview shows perfect in PC. but only lock screen i can see too many lines.

ranjan.alva said:
Its quite weird.. it happens in my Note only on Black Background. whenever i take a screenshot the preview shows perfect in PC. but only lock screen i can see too many lines.
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same problem ;/

I noticed this issue the first day i got it, looks like a way that it drops to 16bit or less rendering at times to increase speed. If you set the same image a you're wallpaper then it will go from ok to showing lines in blacks at random times. My guess it drops to lower rate with the cpu speed lower speeds os lower bitrates.
You also see this in the gallery flicking through images will show lower rate but once you stop on one it will get better.
This shows its a trick Samsung does to increase ui speeds, id rather have an option to turn this off and would prefer properly rendered graphics at all times even if it causes a little lower frame rate.
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i have opened gallery and was shocked,wtf??

Mine is working fine... with *#0*# code

EdgaBimbam said:
i have opened gallery and was shocked,wtf??
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lol thats how the gallery works, it blurs the last image u touched then blows it up to make it look artistic... in short this is normal...
and of course screenshots wont show screen problems, u guys should take picture with another device....

naimmkassim said:
Mine nothing happen. No weird line
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You are a lucky one.

Guys... Come on... Calm down. This issue again?
This is not a screen/hardware issue. As "martcerv" rightly said, this is a trick Samsung uses to increase performance/reduce battery consumption. I think Samsung discovered that using a lower bit rate on the lock screen, they could probably increase performance while reducing battery consumption.
Since the lock screen can be pulled up even accidentally inside a pocket, it should not use too much power & instead, be optimized for battery consumption. So, samsung reduced the bitrate on the lockscreen. This is why you may see banding on the lock screen with certain wallpapers. If the same image is perfect in the gallary or browser, then obviously its not a hardware issue... Relax.

Raghav1980 said:
Guys... Come on... Calm down. This issue again?
This is not a screen/hardware issue. As "martcerv" rightly said, this is a trick Samsung uses to increase performance/reduce battery consumption. I think Samsung discovered that using a lower bit rate on the lock screen, they could probably increase performance while reducing battery consumption.
Since the lock screen can be pulled up even accidentally inside a pocket, it should not use too much power & instead, be optimized for battery consumption. So, samsung reduced the bitrate on the lockscreen. This is why you may see banding on the lock screen with certain wallpapers. If the same image is perfect in the gallary or browser, then obviously its not a hardware issue... Relax.
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is it possible to increase bit rate? cause i dont care about battery, i prefer good looking

i think i know what legion wants to show us...
i'm elaborating on screen issues at the moment, had about 10 devices for now and only 2 (!!) of them had a perfect screen which got down to 2 in gamma test without mods from supercurio and using "standard" mode. all other notes i had only went down to 4! one of the good ones "died" yesterday, since i changed my back cover one of the two units is almost as bad as the other ones were. yellow tint (was not there before!!!) although i changed NOTHING in the system config. also, after the screen got worse, voodoo louder also wants to re-initialize. as if the change of the cover damaged something...
i do not want to speculate at this time, but if this is no coincidence...
will get two other devices today and report back!

When i go on the lockscreen i see only 3 or 4 weird lines at the top of my screen. What i wonder is why the black is mot really black (display pixel light completely off) except the lines seem to be real black.
But after i touch the lockscreen but without unlocking it,.sometimes i get many more weird lines or sometimes even some of the lines go away again.
I think since this lines sometimes are there and sometimes not it should hardly be any hardware issue

What I do see though is pixel bleeding from the text, is that normal ?

Xperia Z1 yellow screen improvement filter

So my screen has a yellow hue like many of you had (not really noticeable unless you view an all white page against something white in the background). I don't think this is a screen defect, because all screen/monitor/tv will come with a universal preset setting, but not all panels are the same, so while this setting will look good on a certain batch, it will look slightly off on another batch. So to test it out, I downloaded Filter Your Screen from Google Play to adjust the screen setting.
I use this as my setting:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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Applied the filter, and the yellow hue is gone from the screen. Sorry I don't have another camera to capture the before and after screen, but you can try it out for yourself.

white looks alot better now. thanks.

Nice so no more yellow tint! Here comes the blue tint!

adriansantos said:
Nice so no more yellow tint! Here comes the blue tint!
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you just adjust the "alpha" and "red" value until the "Filter" looks white to you. mine looked so much better, barely any blue tint.

White looks much whiter and barely notice the blue tint thanks!

does it drain the battery?

I don't see any battery impact
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theclueless said:
I don't see any battery impact
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works really well just tried it, its the best I have had the screen look so far. Im not worried about the yellow tint thing anymore now.

I don't like having apps running in the background, but it worked for me too. But now I will remove it

Haven't tried with this app yet, but other screenfilters introduce a bug where you can not manually install apk's anymore as they make it impossible to press the 'Install' button (very weird bug, in the installer/framework apperantly).
I'll chekc with this one as well, just something to keep in mind if you stumble upon this issue
Does seem to help for me as well, but believe this was also mentioned in combination with another screen filter app already

dagrim1 said:
Haven't tried with this app yet, but other screenfilters introduce a bug where you can not manually install apk's anymore as they make it impossible to press the 'Install' button (very weird bug, in the installer/framework apperantly).
I'll chekc with this one as well, just something to keep in mind if you stumble upon this issue
Does seem to help for me as well, but believe this was also mentioned in combination with another screen filter app already
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I have tried the other app and I like this one a lot better the colours seem to be right the other one you end up with a bit more blue tinge or not quite getting rid of the yellow tinge. This app seems to get the closest of having good colours for me anyway

just want to tell you guys again, that my screen was fine after resetting to factory settings. I know setting up a device again can be a pain in the *** but to me it was worth it. maybe it also works for you, so you don't need any additional apps

my XZ1 gets a better grey level with OP settings
but we have to work on the light colors, closer to the white, because they get a little bit blue than corresponding real ones

Tristard said:
just want to tell you guys again, that my screen was fine after resetting to factory settings. I know setting up a device again can be a pain in the *** but to me it was worth it. maybe it also works for you, so you don't need any additional apps
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Had to reset to factory settings (for other reasons) a few days ago, but hasn't fixed anything here

dagrim1 said:
Had to reset to factory settings (for other reasons) a few days ago, but hasn't fixed anything here
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same for me. hard reset 2 times, nothing changed. so this is suppose to be calibration problem right? not hardware? since you could use apps to adjust the screen.

just notice that this app and screen adjuster doesn't change the color of the on screen button.

screen is not a problem. I think it will get better with the update
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i still dont get the problem with you guys. I dont notice anything. How to test if i have this problem?

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long6688 said:
i still dont get the problem with you guys. I dont notice anything. How to test if i have this problem?
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+1

What's the best values for pure white or near pure white?
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