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Hi there...
I am searching for hours now...
I want a Flashlight-App that uses the "ultra bright" mode..
all apps I found only were "medium bright"...
if you ever used a Flashlight-App on HD2 on Windows-Mobile, you should know, what I am talking about.
Only App I found was nexus-one-torch.
I think it "takes photos" to make the dual-LEDs go maximum brightness, but the disadvantage is: it flickeres alot..
Anyone knows a Flashlight-App that uses maximum brightness of the dual-LED-Flash on the HD2 with Android?
Thank you!!
Greetings from Germany!
I like Tesla led. it seems pretty good...
But Tesla LED is not as bright as Windows-Mobile or "Nexus One Torch".
It does not utilize the maximum led-brightness. :/
Why would you need the Max LED flashlight?
Are you gonna setup a party xD!
I think that.. its useless.. the "one" (referred to the settings/drivers) we got now is awesome.. i can clearly see everything in my room when the lights are off.
Because the device is capable of such a brightness..
aaaand...
BECAUSE ITS COOL!
and you risk damaging your led lights...
burpingboy said:
and you risk damaging your led lights...
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I ve runner N1 torch with High brightness for 40 minutes without any problem!
I to want to find an app like this, I miss the torch from WinMo.
burpingboy said:
and you risk damaging your led lights...
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Uhm.. NO? Windows Mobile runs the maximum brightness with the standart HTC-Flashlight-App.. so definately: no!
=> Still searching an app!
have anybody found app? i also searched it for ages ....
Kralle said:
Uhm.. NO? Windows Mobile runs the maximum brightness with the standart HTC-Flashlight-App.. so definately: no!
=> Still searching an app!
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asphaltkiller said:
I ve runner N1 torch with High brightness for 40 minutes without any problem!
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You risk destroying the LED's, they will burn out.
It doesn't matter what your own personal experiences are, they will break. Think of it like staring into a laser and not seeing instant visual disruption. It'll happen, just give it time and it'll mess things up.
dkl_uk said:
You risk destroying the LED's, they will burn out.
It doesn't matter what your own personal experiences are, they will break. Think of it like staring into a laser and not seeing instant visual disruption. It'll happen, just give it time and it'll mess things up.
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Everything breaks eventually my friend. I admit it may shorten the leds life span but some might not care because they wont use their phone for years and years. I personally have been using high mode on my nexus one for over a year and its still going
If you need something brighter than tesla, wouldn't it make sense to just use a maglite? Phones are great for minor conveniences, but just like the cameras, if i wanted top quality photos, i'd buy a digital camera not try to squeeze quality out of an inferior cel phone cam. Same with the flashlight, great if u drop ur keys at night, not so much if you're trying to light up your whole backyard or something.
-HD2 Android-
i dont think the torch app really uses the brightest setting.
i think its a matter of being properly programmed/optimized for hd2.
You could try Mag Flashlight, it has two brightness levels, but I'm not sure if it can use dual LED
yeah i remember the stock Hd2 flashight was WAY brighter, it puts the ones on android to shame, i want it back!
Yes, I've downloaded all available flashlight apps on the android market for my htc hd2, and NONE of them have matched to the htc hd2's windows mobile version. That particular version had 3 settings, low medium and high. All of the android flashlight apps seem to match the MEDIUM setting that the windowsmobile version was able to output.
Can someone port or write an android app that's nearly identical to the stock htc hd2's flashlight app that had 3 settings, without the annoying 5 second demo animation at the beginning on how to use it? That third setting (high) was KILLER, and impressed all of my friends as to the htc hd2's dual led true potential!
Same here, anyone have found any program with full bright?
HERE IT IS! (well i think its it. IDK)
okay so i pulled this off my typhoon CM7. its the "Torch" app. it has a high brightness setting as well as a strobe feature. (i have my mini raves XD)
its in apk format.
put it in sdcard, use a file explorer to locate it and install it. it should work.
btw i forgot. if it works hit the thanks button have a good day.
Unfortunately, like everyone is saying even the one that you pulled from the typhoon (althought it says it is the highest possible setting) is not the brightest setting that WM was able to achieve. Anyone else still looking for this like me? If someone who knows what they are doing could do this, it would be awesome!
For those that don't understand why we want this, you haven't used the WM LED flashlight long enought. I actually have great stories that goes along with the brightness of HD2 flashlight in WM (from everyone envying me at concerts to saving a bunch of us in the middle of the woods after the sun went down in the middle of a hike that went wrong =P).
Has anyone found a workaround/fix for the low res contact pictures when sync'd with Facebook?
Extremely annoying seeing pictures that are blurred on a high spec phone!
Running CM7 Typhoon latest for HD2 UK T-Mobile.
No-one? Any-one? Hello....not even a 'no' ..... can anybody answer me?
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I've noticed the same with some people's fb profile photos. Others look ok. I thimk it just depends on the photo they use. It probably looks great on their computer screen, but is likely so far from the size needed by the Android fb app to be clear, that re-sizing reduces clarity greatly. And since it's other peoples pics on their profiles, you cant really change or edit them. So I doubt theres gonna be a real workaround, short of asking all your friends and family to use much smaller profile pics.
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honestly, if you could use Google, like I did for this same problem only days ago... you would find out that this is a prevalent error that doesn't seem to have much of a fix.
I have thought about just saving a folder of contact pictures and seeing if manually assigning them would resolve the issue. but I believe the actual issue lies with Google sync or the Dialer only using thumbnails for the contact pictures.
I had Googled but no-one seemed to have any real idea about the reasons behind it happening. I appreciate there is no genuine 'fix' for it but I wondered if the infinite wisdom that is the XDA Forum could shed any light onto an otherwise grey area. Does anyone know if Google are doing anything (if they can) to fix it for future releases?
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Had low quality in CM7 ROMs, quality is ok in Sense ROMs...still not the best, but MUCH better. It was pure ugly and I couldn't even see whats on the picture on CM7.....
kolyan said:
Had low quality in CM7 ROMs, quality is ok in Sense ROMs...still not the best, but MUCH better. It was pure ugly and I couldn't even see whats on the picture on CM7.....
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yes..it displays a quality pic on sense rom,but not in other roms
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What with MIUI making lock screens customizable, and the EVO gods somehow automatically knowing what every thread is about without reading them....
How cool, would a lock screen that looked like a "theatrical" biometric scanner, wherein the user need touch and hold where the "scanner" is for a few seconds for the phone to unlock.
Anyone else have any neat lock screen ideas?
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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Yea, but I don't think I can say those here.
Thats already been done on the iphone. In fact there is a few apps like that.
Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner
A real fingerprint scanner lockscreen would be too freaky, speaking from a security standpoint. I'm sure the government will issue phones like that some time in the near-future, to safeguard us all from 'terrorism'.
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I don't think the OP was talking about a real fingerprint reader. The Evo's screen isn't capable of capturing that anyway. The idea of an unlock screen that looks like a fingerprint reader does sound kind of cool, although if it worked by just holding your finger in one spot while it "scans," it might be too easy to unlock it by mistake.
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Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner
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Yeah I thats the one I thought of. That's like exactly what he's talking about. It pretends to read your fingerprint to unlock your phone. It's kinda cool, but loses its novelty.
decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock&feature=search_result
only works as a ''lockscreen'' if you use a replacement launcher like adw, LPP, etc and choose the launcher as a locked app.
works fairly well after several training photos are taken in all sorts of settings and light, but is just too slow for my tastes... although i am excited too see how much better it gets, as it could be a serious consideration after further development
that's awesome! Thanks for the link! Totally what I was thinking. Face recognition by the camera would be cool too, although my front face camera got spooky 6+ months ago, so I don't know if that would ever work...
decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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This would be very cool. Just improve on the facial lock that comes with the camera and we be good to go.
Here you are Guy's, have some fun with this, it compares the spec of camera and video on smart phones. Put in what camera's you want in the drop down menu's and drag the green view finder to where you want, you can also scale down resolution to match.
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=3&idPhone1=2964&idPhone2=3275&idPhone3=3598
http://www.gsmarena.com/vidcmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=3621&idPhone2=2964&idPhone3=3275
That thing is total bs...
They don't compare iso, Shutter speed or anything else to make sure they were the same.
Ask mr. patchy patch or any of the photographers on here.
Thanks ! Really cool
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scoobysnacks said:
That thing is total bs...
They don't compare iso, Shutter speed or anything else to make sure they were the same.
Ask mr. patchy patch or any of the photographers on here.
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Why you quick to jump on everything that's posted??
I said in the op for fun and they quote this...
All camera samples are taken at the lowest ISO for the cameraphone (where such setting is available) and we pick the published sample as a best pick from at least 10 test shots we take of each poster.
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if you read!
All i'm saying is it has to be taken with a grain of salt. Mr. Patchy Patch can explain better...
Jesus why is it not ok to kiss everyones or everythings a$$?
I said the tool is problematic
scoobysnacks said:
All i'm saying is it has to be taken with a grain of salt. Mr. Patchy Patch can explain better...
Jesus why is it not ok to kiss everyones or everythings a$$?
I said the tool is problematic
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It's for fun, nobody is debating the accuracy but it gives a good comparison, as you are not in the fun mood go post somewhere else.
I'm fine, all i'm saying is it is inaccurate..
You got cranky about it and t took personal attacks.
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I'm fine, all i'm saying is it is inaccurate..
You got cranky about it and t took personal attacks.
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If your'e fine then that's cool then hey.
Me get cranky, you don't know me mate, like i said in the op it is for fun!, we really do not need to carry this no further, for something that was posted for fun aint worth a argument.
I swear to celine dion i will murder you both if you persist with the arguing
Nice find bro, I can see that being handy when I think about moving on
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Nice find bro, I can see that being handy when I think about moving on
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Hi Bro,
yes, i was just looking for the camera spec for the sg and google listed it.
I do not think it is a great comparison but they seem to have to done the tests fairly.
colossus said:
Why you quick to jump on everything that's posted??
I said in the op for fun and they quote this...
if you read!
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But the problem with that is if you can control the ISO on one phone and not the other how do they compare that? Choose the lowest ISO for one phone and let the other shoot in automatic? So one phone will shoot at its lowest which you set to say normally on a smartphone is 50-64....while the other phone in automatic shoots at 150. Crop those and you will obviously see more noise in the ISO150 picture.
The photo tool is horrible to get accurate comparisons between phones....but for fun...why not. Just dont use it to choose your next camera phone lol.
It's better than nothing! Like someone said the tests seem to b fair and will give an idea of the quality of the camera. They also show the jpeg compression level. But I would also look at reviews before making any final decision.
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But the problem with that is if you can control the ISO on one phone and not the other how do they compare that? Choose the lowest ISO for one phone and let the other shoot in automatic? So one phone will shoot at its lowest which you set to say normally on a smartphone is 50-64....while the other phone in automatic shoots at 150. Crop those and you will obviously see more noise in the ISO150 picture.
The photo tool is horrible to get accurate comparisons between phones....but for fun...why not. Just dont use it to choose your next camera phone lol.
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At last somebody who understands the meaning of fun!
Your other comments are interesting but as I never made the tool go over my head, maybe you contact the designer to sort that one, personally I am not bothered as like I said before it was posted for fun not deep topic.
Maybe you can share the best way of comparing different camera phones and there good and bad points, I am sure for those interested would value a expert opinion, why not start a thread to share.
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I swear to celine dion i will murder you both if you persist with the arguing
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Am i seeing a mod going nuts in a thread ? This thread name should be called "moderating gone wrong " just kidding nothing personal against you pilot
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colossus said:
At last somebody who understands the meaning of fun!
Your other comments are interesting but as I never made the tool go over my head, maybe you contact the designer to sort that one, personally I am not bothered as like I said before it was posted for fun not deep topic.
Maybe you can share the best way of comparing different camera phones and there good and bad points, I am sure for those interested would value a expert opinion, why not start a thread to share.
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Like you, im not worried about contacting them about the tool. What im gonna try to do is pull a couple of those pictures and compare the EXIF info in each and see how fair they are.
But when I see someone post the link to that tool, I just like to inform the readers not to use that tool as a deciding factor. Its far to inaccurate. ISO is certainly not the only thing to worry about when comparing. Default metering modes are different on each phone. On the X10 its default is center weighted....on my samsung focus the default is matrix....and metering modes certinly make a difference in overall picture as well.
When comparing cameras, look at the EXIF info of each picture....if one picture reads F/2.8 1/450's ISO100 with matrix metering EV0. Make sure the other picture is the same or extremely close. Then do some cropping and see which is better....or just side by side without cropping look at the colors and which is more accurate....look at certain areas of each picture...pick little things and see which is more detailed/legible without zooming.
@all
Placed a warning in the op just to clarify things.
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Edit... For some reason my warning got edited out by Pilot, if anybody is in interested in seeing what i wrote just pm me guy's.
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@all
Placed a warning in the op just to clarify things.
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Tell me your joking????
well ok then
Good night Guy's it was only a fun thread.
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Hello,
I picked up my GS4 about a week ago but haven't really used it in direct sunlight until today. I was outside, and the sun was shining brightly on the screen. Home screen was fine, and darker images were ok, but if I were to go to an app with a primarily white background, or open up something which used the keyboard (texting) the screen would flicker pretty noticeably. Brightness is all the way up, and auto tone was off.
Has anyone else seen this?
yup this is normal esp when using the keyboard.
Im not sure if it will be fixed.
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Hello,
I picked up my GS4 about a week ago but haven't really used it in direct sunlight until today. I was outside, and the sun was shining brightly on the screen. Home screen was fine, and darker images were ok, but if I were to go to an app with a primarily white background, or open up something which used the keyboard (texting) the screen would flicker pretty noticeably. Brightness is all the way up, and auto tone was off.
Has anyone else seen this?
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richard371 said:
Im not sure if it will be fixed.
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I guess my question is, is this a hardware issue with many GS4's or a minority. I came across a thread on the Tmobile GS4 forum where people were experiencing it, but it seems not everyone is.
orlandoxpolice said:
I guess my question is, is this a hardware issue with many GS4's or a minority. I came across a thread on the Tmobile GS4 forum where people were experiencing it, but it seems not everyone is.
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I actually noticed for the first time today too..
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Its a hardware thing, but also its only in touchwiz so a developer might be able to turn it off so to speak.
It adjusts the color and tone no matter what to save the display from overheating and or burning in...
Does it a lot and I notice it cause im weird about those kinds of things.
If you use CM 10.1 or AOKP its gone.
ive made some progress with the RGB light meter on this; hoping a friend can write up some code so we can test out a 'smoothed out' transition and sampling rate and one that is sped up, averaged faster, but will take up more CPU and RAM and battery but more accurate.
here is another thread regarding it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2280715
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284726
Maybe if someone who is using CM10 or AOKP could test it to see if it is a software issues and not a hardware issue?
edit: slade and jet replied while I was writing this...thanks for the info. looks like it is touchwiz related.
edit2: just went out in the sun again to test a lot of different options in the display settings (which none worked) but is seems it is only happening when the keyboard is enabled. I am using swiftkey.
yeah TW and that sensor communicate; i believe the sensor itself probably works better ALONE, but TW changes it and throttles it for either battery or screen safety.
It is always dependent on what is being pulled up on the screen, though it can be mitigated quite a bit if you disable all power saving and screen auto features, and leave brightness under 80% or so.
yea anything under 80% in direct sun is basically black. all power saving and screen auto modes were disabled. i covered up all of the sensors too and it still flickered....
orlandoxpolice said:
yea anything under 80% in direct sun is basically black. all power saving and screen auto modes were disabled. i covered up all of the sensors too and it still flickered....
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Not just a sensor thing per-say.
It's hard to explain, they most likely did it because they didn't want the amoled to burn in.
Its the same reason why the brightness goes up another 34% or so on auto above the max brightness. Only uses it when needed to save the screen and battery.
Does it on youtube too btw, bring up a video on wide screen then tap it and you'll see the drastic color shift
I noticed this thing when I got my phone also. I thought I was just imagining it but I guess it's an actual problem
geoldr said:
I noticed this thing when I got my phone also. I thought I was just imagining it but I guess it's an actual problem
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'its not a problem, its a feature'
-Steve Jobs
Seriously its about power handling/battery saving and white balance, but its noticeable, and annoying.
Slade8525 said:
'its not a problem, its a feature'
-Steve Jobs
Seriously its about power handling/battery saving and white balance, but its noticeable, and annoying.
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Yep, looking into a whole bunch of stuff, just installed ubuntu so maybe I can compile something; gonna look deep into the framework.
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Yep, looking into a whole bunch of stuff, just installed ubuntu so maybe I can compile something; gonna look deep into the framework.
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Thanks, let me know if you figure anything out.
Open camera in direct sun and it flickers too..
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This is so annoying. Does anyone on touch wiz not experience this?
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This is so annoying. Does anyone on touch wiz not experience this?
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No that's not possible, its hard coded into touchwiz, this isn't a bug or anything...
If people say they don't have it; they're not noticing it.
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No that's not possible, its hard coded into touchwiz, this isn't a bug or anything...
If people say they don't have it; they're not noticing it.
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Gotcha
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Thought my eyes were going crazy. Mine does this too. It even did it once under some fluorescent lights. It's not annoying enough to matter but it would be cool if it gets fixed.