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Hey, i just want to make this quick. I am trying to build a ROM here for X8, and one thing that makes me really think is whether to make it faster or look nicer. The basic is simple, it's just like in PC, you want performance, sacrifice the looks, you want nice screen, you sacrifice speed. Well, everybody know our X8 is not so fast there, that's i wanted to know whether you guys like performance or graphic quality?
Just answer the poll above. Thanks
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aldee_s
Thanks for the voter
Many people appreciate a ROM that is fast, but also visually appealing, it's a very hard mix to get right, i myself am very minimalistic with my phone, anything unnecessary is uninstalled from my phone, i.e. maps, sound recorder etc. i never have games installed on my phone.
Beans.
for me,performance is on the first place.
but it'ill be better that we can set it up on the phone.
like a configuration menu to set between appereance and performance.
so we can choose it by our demand.
Fast.
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i need GDX with some improvement
i dont need more features, just need V10 all feature with fine work and smooth.. thths all
@beans
yes, its very hard, and im here trying to find the best setting, and maybe i could release rom with different configuration, but maximizing performance while retains good graphic is pretty hard.
@xcal
yeah, that is very confienient, but currently if you want it like that, you can use dithering feature, but the graphic wouldn't be as good as if we use maximum graphic configuration when we build the rom
@nigi
thanks
@ithunter
well, you can ask doixanh for it. i think doixanh rom is good enough, i score 409 in Quadrant (3D Test). while my built ROM is 403, not so far i guess, and my rom is using quality setting.
EDIT= oops, sorry, it seems my rom is configured with performance setting
i like fast ROM
i prefer fast rom, as customizing can be done by myself
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i prefer fast rom, as customizing can be done by myself
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no, the graphic quality that i mean is the color that is displayed on the screen, currently, the ROMs out there is only using 16 bit color, even though our phone is capable showing 24 bit color.
I don't think that our phone display is capable of 24bpp. Look at surface flinger and its display hardware component. They use color depth information from the kernel's MSM framebuffer driver, not fix at 16bpp.
I think X8 screen is able to deal with 16bpp only.
really? but the datasheet that i found, X8 is using 16.7 million color display? isn't that 24/32 bpp?
EDIT= is there any way i can test colour banding in Eclair? well, in gingerbread its very easy, just look into Theme Chooser, and if we didn't use dithering, the colour banding is obvious.
EDIT2= dx, i just build the ROM with BOARD_NO_RGBX_8888 and that 16BPPSurface is disabled (commented), and i saw difference in color showed in my screen, really, even though i have partial colour blind, i still can find the difference.
EDIT3= the scrolling seems smoother, well the ROMs i use so far if the background color when you scroll is black, the text will become blurry when i scroll it, but now the blur is reasonable. or maybe its just my phone?
EDIT4= ah men, it makes the screen-off animation really slow, do you know what caused it? does using 32BPP is really have that much impact?
Ginger Dx is balanced... Its fast and it looks nice with sense 3.
Im prefer FAST Roms
it may start another war here but stock rom is by far the best as long as speed and appearence concerned for x8..
what do you mean by war?
the new stock ROM (2.1.1.A.0.6 or 2.1.1.C.0.0) sucks at 3D, even though the 2D score is better, its still very inconvinient to play HD games on those stock ROM. Also, the stock ROM doesn't have Electron Beam (Screen on/off) animation. I think some people like Gingerbread because of that feature, even dx likes it (stated in froyobread thread)
it seems my eyes is the problem, but there is a performance drop when i try to use 32 bpp.
fast. btw r u building CM7(Gingerbread)?
Fast ROM.
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it seems my eyes is the problem, but there is a performance drop when i try to use 32 bpp.
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There is a BIG performance drop when you use 32bpp over 16bpp. My eyes easily catch the fps difference. Your eyes are not having problem
Hey guys,
First off, I don't post much on here, but have been doing alot of reading to stay "up-to-date". Yesterday, I just got the Nexus S 4G through Sprint cuz my Epic 4G took a crap and they were backordered so I said sure to the Nexus S.
I spent most the day yesterday looking for ROMs for it and found out about ICS and got all excited for that. So, after looking around I decided on Crossbones 0.1.3 ICS. Overall, I'm liking it but after using it for about a day now, I am noticing the battery life (in comparison to my Epic, which ran the current Legendary ROM with the Samurai Kernel) is HORRIBLE. I don't want to be quick to say it's the phone, ROM, or ICS though. Maybe there's a different way of closing out unused apps that I don't know about? I did just find that you can swipe away unused recent apps. Will that help?
Basically, for a ROM, I look for stability, battery life, speed, and looks. In that order. In GB, I always used Launcher Pro, btw.
So, my question is for those that use or used Crossbones, what are your experiences so far? Also, if it's recommended that I go back to GB for awhile until things get a lil better on ICS (I heard its coming OTA soon), which ROM are people liking? With ICS out now, searching for a good GB ROM has become a lil difficult. So far I read about MUIU (or whatever it is) and CM7, which my gf has on her Dinc2 and her Nook Color. I'm kinda "eh" about CM7. It "just works" imo and I think that's what they are going for. Def not a fan of the looks though. I also miss my power options in my notification pull down too.
PS-
That and I can't get Facebook to add to my account sync. When I go to add it, it does it, goes back to the accounts screen, but its not there. Very strange. Ok, gonna shut up now. this is long enough. lol Thanks in advance.
I've had my Nexus S for a couple of weeks now, I put the stock ICS ROM on the first day and during this time my battery has significantly improved. There are probably three reasons for this, but perhaps not all will apply to you?
1) I've stopped turning everything on, all of the time and constantly tweaking / fiddling / admiring the AMOLED.
2) I've refined how the device uses battery (logged out of Google+).
3) The battery has matured a little.
There's another side effect...
4) I've stopped worrying about the battery so much as I get a day of use from it.
Ice Cream Sandwich and ROMs using it are gonna improve in time. Gingerbread has been out for a year or so and has all this development. So from this there's a lot of potential from ICS...
I'm going to keep my device running the standard ROM for the time being as it's my daily driver, but wanting a device to potentially brick and hack. Thinking about the Galaxy S.
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I've had my Nexus S for a couple of weeks now, I put the stock ICS ROM on the first day and during this time my battery has significantly improved. There are probably three reasons for this, but perhaps not all will apply to you?
1) I've stopped turning everything on, all of the time and constantly tweaking / fiddling / admiring the AMOLED.
2) I've refined how the device uses battery (logged out of Google+).
3) The battery has matured a little.
There's another side effect...
4) I've stopped worrying about the battery so much as I get a day of use from it.
Ice Cream Sandwich and ROMs using it are gonna improve in time. Gingerbread has been out for a year or so and has all this development. So from this there's a lot of potential from ICS...
I'm going to keep my device running the standard ROM for the time being as it's my daily driver, but wanting a device to potentially brick and hack. Thinking about the Galaxy S.
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Thanks for the reply. So far in terms of battery saving tricks, I've disabled animations, the screen is set to about 1/4 brightness, only thing that constantly does anything is k9
mail to check my inbox every 15 mins (that I'm aware of lol). So it could be that my battery needs to "mature"? Btw, are there any good themes out yet? I miss my transparent text msg threads and I really miss my power controls on the notification pull down. I'm def not digging the white on the contacts and SMS screens. Lol
::BUMP:: Seriously? No one else?
Well is was getting bad battery and weird force closes on cross bones, i'm on vhgomex(thinks that's right), it's been a lot better for me and it has the notification power widget in it
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Well is was getting bad battery and weird force closes on cross bones, i'm on vhgomex(thinks that's right), it's been a lot better for me and it has the notification power widget in it
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I havent had any issues with the rom running or any FCs... Took a look at gomez. Gonna do a nandroid and give it try. Looks promising, and FB sync is supposed to work. lol
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I think you're not getting many answers because your issues have already been addressed. A simple search will find many (most) ROMs with notification toggles and Facebook sync. I personally recommend AOKP.
I'd say it's just the rom. I'm on an ICS rom, everything works great and I have significantly better battery life than before.
I'm on AndroidME with Eugene's speedy-3 kernel. I don't have Facebook sync and power toggles in notification though, but I don't really care for those two features anyway.
Well I'm on Gomez now. Things already seem to be better. Absolutely no issues so far. I'll know for sure in a day or so.
Well I uninstall bloat.sys apps I don't use with root uninstaller
As for Bette battery life. Honestly think. What could someone do to the phone to put out better battery life. Almost nothing but SBC kernels and the CPU speed and goveners. That's it.
Most of you guys don't have battery issues you just play with your phone all day instead of doing your work.
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Well I uninstall bloat.sys apps I don't use with root uninstaller
As for Bette battery life. Honestly think. What could someone do to the phone to put out better battery life. Almost nothing but SBC kernels and the CPU speed and goveners. That's it.
Most of you guys don't have battery issues you just play with your phone all day instead of doing your work.
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A: that was fairly rude. I'm legitimately asking for help and advice. I didn't make the thread to be judged or ridiculed on my phone usage. I don't judge others on how they use they're phone, so why should I be?
B: I'm comparing this all with my epic. I don't over clock or mess with the CPU settings cuz that's beyond my knowledge atm. Like I said, battery seems MUCH better now with this rom . Now my only gripe is volume. Way quieter on this phone which seems to be a known issue. Trying out volume+ soon. Also, at the end of my day, I'll post my battery stats and see what you guys think. But like I said, I think its OK now.
Im on bigxie's rom and icup kernel im getting great battery life with this but thats just me.i dont know whats great for you.try this rom its somewhat minimalist or pure stock with just statusbar widgets and other features.no 'omg' tweaks that cause more harm than good.and it has trebuchet which is perfectly put into the mix.im satisfied with this .been with this rom since build 1 and ive been happy with its consistency.no bugs encountered
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Im on bigxie's rom and icup kernel im getting great battery life with this but thats just me.i dont know whats great for you.try this rom its somewhat minimalist or pure stock with just statusbar widgets and other features.no 'omg' tweaks that cause more harm than good.and it has trebuchet which is perfectly put into the mix.im satisfied with this .been with this rom since build 1 and ive been happy with its consistency.no bugs encountered
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Thanks for the opinion. I'll keep that one in mind if this doesn't work out. Sounds a lot like Gomez. Gomez has basically just what you listed. I'd def take stability over extra crap. Lol
Sry for the double post,but to report back, totally forgot to post my battery stats, but they were definitely better. By far. Still not much luck on the sound tho. Got an app the boosts my media volume but my ringer wasn't affected, which sucks. Anything on this that I haven't possibly found?
I'm going back to CM7. 7.2 is out and honesty its just more optimized for this device. CM optimizes their ROMs to very fast high standards and do stuff a lot of you newbies can't even think of. (Yes, these will be implemented in BESTROM.)
So I'm going back. To smoothness.
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I'm going back to CM7. 7.2 is out and honesty its just more optimized for this device. CM optimizes their ROMs to very fast high standards and do stuff a lot of you newbies can't even think of. (Yes, these will be implemented in BESTROM.)
So I'm going back. To smoothness.
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You really shouldn't be so rude and demean other members of this forum like that. Frankly, no one cares if you're going back to CM7 or not. But thank you for your belittling feedback.
To the original poster, I'm running Pete Alfonso's nightlies along with Mathkid's Matrix CFS kernel. With a bit of overclock and tweaking of the kernel settings, I get great smoothness, stability, and decent battery life. To me, any battery life that gets me from "up in the morning" to "home at night" is fine, because I have my charger at my desk. But typically, I can survive a full 24 hours on one charge.
Who knows, though. Maybe I'm just too much of a newbie to realize the full potential of what my device can do and therefore it's my fault that the battery life is as good as it is.
Hey! I've just recently switched to my Galaxy Nexus, but was a Crespo owner since it came out. Been reading your post but I would agree that you should try out the AOKP rom along with a custom undervolted kernel for longer battery life.
I haven't really tinkered with my Nexus S in awhile (I gave it to my gf when I got the Galaxy Nexus) but the last thing I remembered was either installing aokp or cm9. In due time the custom ics roms will improve and the power widgets in the notification bar will be brought back, but they usually want to focus on stability then add new features little by little. Hope you are having fun your Crespo!
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So far I'm still rocking gomez's. Really loving the battery life. Only issue I've had is 3g doesn't always come back after using wifi. Not a big deal tho I guess. Really stable too. I was thinking of using mathkidskernel but don't wanna possibly screw up what I got now. I'm backed up so maybe one of these days. Heard alotof good things about mathkids kernel. Heard good things about aopk too, so that's my other go to. Lol
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You really shouldn't be so rude and demean other members of this forum like that. Frankly, no one cares if you're going back to CM7 or not. But thank you for your belittling feedback.
To the original poster, I'm running Pete Alfonso's nightlies along with Mathkid's Matrix CFS kernel. With a bit of overclock and tweaking of the kernel settings, I get great smoothness, stability, and decent battery life. To me, any battery life that gets me from "up in the morning" to "home at night" is fine, because I have my charger at my desk. But typically, I can survive a full 24 hours on one charge.
Who knows, though. Maybe I'm just too much of a newbie to realize the full potential of what my device can do and therefore it's my fault that the battery life is as good as it is.
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sorry if that was rude but you have to take in count that
I myself is using modified CM7.1RC0AOSP2.3.7GB as base. But far as CM9AOSP4.0.3ICS goes its still not ready for folks like me for DD yet.
As I described below how extensively its optimized and most of it is outside the scope of current XDA.
What you have to understand is performance is not measured via synthetic benchmarks (ex: Quadrant). The biggest issue with people is that they don't know enough to know that they don't know, so they compare it with silly numbers (ex: score) they can't comprehend what they see, much less put numbers behind real life activities that's not applicable in controlled environment.
OS development which eliminates most of it but on software level custom base rom (ex: CyanogenMod) is highly optimized and tweaked to run on optimal performance. Mostly, but not all. But does it mean it can't be tweaked any further? (Rhetorical) No. How do I know? We (scope outside of XDA) tweaked it to the next level. How you ask?
1) Optimized ext4fs: reduced r/w rate (healthy NAND lifespan), improved journaling (corrupted data writeback integrity) = Which improves the IOPs and performance access rate.
2) HC3.x fugu binaries, patched sqlite libraries, mSD read ahead buffer fix.
3) Modified VM: OOM (Out Of Memory), LMK (Low Memory Killer), VM heap (Virtual Machine), DRA (Dirty Ratio), DBR (Dirty Background Ratio), DWC (Dirty Writeback Centisecs), DEC (Dirty Expired Centisecs), SWP (Swap), VCP (VFS Cache Pressure).
4) Increased minfree value: Background, Foreground, Empty, Hidden, Visible, Secondary, Content.
5) Optimized cache: File and Drop cache, Forced cache (resident loop).
6) Custom kernel: OC/UC, UV/SVS/VDD, BFS/CFS, RSU/NP/VR/SP supported.
7) Custom ROM: Optimized Rom script and props (ex: CyanogenMod).
this as its tweaked to THE next level. I'll stick with AOSP2.3.7GB until ICS4.X is more stable and we understand more as most memory grouping and adjustments might be changed.
I bet most of you only do 2 of those thing (6&7)
i suggest you try androiduser aosp rom with icup kernel. you dont have to do anything else and with normal usage you'll get 24+ hours
First of all, the DPI is kind of lame, I had a G2X, which is supposed to be the same resolution but NOT as good of screen as the Nexus...oh well.
Anyway, cannot root, followed a certain procedure:
http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-s-4g-root-one-click-55874/
I'm not a noob by any means, but for some reason with Root Checker, says im not rooted...even tho I was able to get to CWM via the .bat file included in the above procedure. Not too sure what's going on.
This Nexus has the OTA ICS installed already.
Any suggestions on the fastest, most stable, battery proficient ICS ROM at the moment? Custom kernel or pre-packaged with whatever ROM?
I came over from the G2X, but this device has far more options.
Best kernel (IMO) would be Matr1x, v20-21.5 aren't very stable releases but 19.5 and the latest (22) are stable. As for ROMs, you'll just have to try some of them out. Most popular are AOKP, CM9, MIUI and one of my favorites, PARANOIDANDROID. Alternate kernels would be Air and Trinity. Trinity is really cool if you like deep rich colors as opposed to voodoo colors on Matr1x and Air. But my experience with battery life on Trinity hasn't been too well. I've also tried Air, but at the time, it was extremely buggy. I haven't touched it since. Honestly, it all depends on how your phone plays with the kernel/ROM combinations. Visit some of the threads in the Nexus S 4G development section. Read around. As for my set up. I'm running AOKP build 40 with Matr1x v22 800/200 lazy (screen on) and 400/200 wheatley (screen off) depending on your phone use, you can get up to a maximum of about a day and a half. But that's very minimal use. Average would probably be about 10-12 hours with 3-5 hours screen on time. (Data off I presume). That's just my two cents.
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Best kernel (IMO) would be Matr1x, v20-21.5 aren't very stable releases but 19.5 and the latest (22) are stable. As for ROMs, you'll just have to try some of them out. Most popular are AOKP, CM9, MIUI and one of my favorites, PARANOIDANDROID. Alternate kernels would be Air and Trinity. Trinity is really cool if you like deep rich colors as opposed to voodoo colors on Matr1x and Air. But my experience with battery life on Trinity hasn't been too well. I've also tried Air, but at the time, it was extremely buggy. I haven't touched it since. Honestly, it all depends on how your phone plays with the kernel/ROM combinations. Visit some of the threads in the Nexus S 4G development section. Read around. As for my set up. I'm running AOKP build 40 with Matr1x v22 800/200 lazy (screen on) and 400/200 wheatley (screen off) depending on your phone use, you can get up to a maximum of about a day and a half. But that's very minimal use. Average would probably be about 10-12 hours with 3-5 hours screen on time. (Data off I presume). That's just my two cents.
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Thanks for the info. I have the nexus s...not the sprint 4g just so u know. Also how to boot to cwm?
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Thanks for the info. I have the nexus s...not the sprint 4g just so u know. Also how to boot to cwm?
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Oh, well my bad. Luckily, everything I've said still applies to both crespo and crespo4g. As for CWM and rooting for the Nexus S. I wouldn't know.. I'm guessing its just a flashable zip file..? I've been rooted for about a year now, so I've honestly forgot. Sorry I can't be of much help.
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Flash it and boot directly into it from the boot loader.
If you're still on stock, every time you boot up it will be replaced by stock recovery. You can remove that script with root access. Or if you flash a custom rom right off the bat it will stick
when i got my nexus s i flashed like 20 roms + matr1x kernel (because everybody recommends it, i don't know why). then i found out that matr1x is UV by default and that's the reason why i got random reboots with every rom. so unless you're a flashoholic and like backing up and restoring, i might be able to save you some time. flash cm9 and use it with stock kernel. good battery life and the most reliable rom so far. if you like flashing, just keep in mind that UV, OC and deep idle can make your phone reboot. so if you find out your phone can't handle the bloat, stick with cm or other stockish kernels like simple kernel.
Root checker lol
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Root checker lol
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No,
Problem was that I was using a tutorial based on the Nexus S 4g from Sprint. The tutorial said it was good for the Nexus S also, but it wasn't. I found another tutorial from the same site that hosted the 4g one and everything is good to go.
Right now I'm already rooted and running Trinity with a different ROM.
I recommend Air Kenrel.It's very stable and battery timings are great.I am using it with XEON HD Rom.
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I recommend Air Kenrel.It's very stable and battery timings are great.I am using it with XEON HD Rom.
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This is strange, I'm coming from the G2X, and these two phones are supposed to ahve the same screen resolution, but Nexus with a better screen type (AMOLED). Then why did my G2X look better? The DPI is much more noticeable on the Nexus, and that isn't a good thing.
I've found that the stock CM9 Nightly's are the best for me so far with the stock kernel, I can adjust the color levels to get rid of the washed out look and go for the deeper colors.
I'm going to check out your Xeon ROM, anything with HD in the title sounds good right now.
Also, which Kernel/ROM allows the color hacking? I've flashed 3 different kernels along with the cm9 v7 and this is what I've found.
-CM9 Nightly v7 default kernel - YES
-CM9 v7 with Trinity - NO
-CM9 v7 with Matrix - NO
Best ROM ive tried so far has to be DaXmax's Kangyultra-EX 1.3. Awesome battery and great performance. I also use the INK Kernel...
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This is strange, I'm coming from the G2X, and these two phones are supposed to ahve the same screen resolution, but Nexus with a better screen type (AMOLED). Then why did my G2X look better? The DPI is much more noticeable on the Nexus, and that isn't a good thing.
I've found that the stock CM9 Nightly's are the best for me so far with the stock kernel, I can adjust the color levels to get rid of the washed out look and go for the deeper colors.
I'm going to check out your Xeon ROM, anything with HD in the title sounds good right now.
Also, which Kernel/ROM allows the color hacking? I've flashed 3 different kernels along with the cm9 v7 and this is what I've found.
-CM9 Nightly v7 default kernel - YES
-CM9 v7 with Trinity - NO
-CM9 v7 with Matrix - NO
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Read about Pentile Matrix OLED screens. You get excellent (pixel turns off) blacks, however rather than a typical 3 (RGB) subpixels per pixel, you get a pattern of RGBG subpixels instead. You will notice imperfections as a result of this and other OLED downsides. The SGS3 and GN also have similar displays though at 720p resolution. The SGS2, however, has an RGB SAMOLED (aka SAMOLED+). LCDs on the other hand have rock solid colour reproduction, essentially always RGB configurations and no uneven colour/backlight wearing at the loss of perfect blacks.
Also, just about every kernel besides Trinity should allow colour manipulation through the Voodoo app (i think it's voodoo sound) from the play store.
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Read about Pentile Matrix OLED screens. You get excellent (pixel turns off) blacks, however rather than a typical 3 (RGB) subpixels per pixel, you get a pattern of RGBG subpixels instead. You will notice imperfections as a result of this and other OLED downsides. The SGS3 and GN also have similar displays though at 720p resolution. The SGS2, however, has an RGB SAMOLED (aka SAMOLED+). LCDs on the other hand have rock solid colour reproduction, essentially always RGB configurations and no uneven colour/backlight wearing at the loss of perfect blacks.
Also, just about every kernel besides Trinity should allow colour manipulation through the Voodoo app (i think it's voodoo sound) from the play store.
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Thanks for the assistance, my eyes will get used to this screen, haha. I'm probably going to be upgrading to a Galaxy Nexus in the next couple of months any how...
I'll look further in to the color hacking thing, I was talking about in the Advanced tab in system settings for ICS. I saw that the Matrix kernel said something about voodoo colors/sound, but I didn't realize there was an app to allow me to change the settings around. That should open up the options a little more now.
I've only had this thing for about 12 hours, so I still have a lot of testing to do.
Matrix allows the gamma hack. You need to grab Voodoo from the Play Store to do so.
*edit. Seems you've got the hang of it. Xda app didn't load the last few responses for some reason . Lol
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Matrix allows the gamma hack. You need to grab Voodoo from the Play Store to do so.
*edit. Seems you've got the hang of it. Xda app didn't load the last few responses for some reason . Lol
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Yea, I ain't no sucker ass noob! ;-)
I'm thinking you didn't flash super user so that's why root checker said no. You only had unlock boot loader and custom recovery.
Racream by rascarlo paired with T11 trinity kernel is the winner when it comes to the nexus s. Check out the trinity thread for info etc.
Also make sure you pick up voodoo controls from the market to adjust color and full control over the awesome wolfson dac (read: awesome sound quality) in the NS
Voodoo color only works for kernels with it enabled. Trinity is not one of them. Morfic uses his own presets that you can't adjust with the app.
Some custom roms along with their own stock kernel allow for tweaking of the colors but only through their own settings. They do the same thing with the sound. Speaking of a rom and its default kernel.
stevew84 said:
First of all, the DPI is kind of lame, I had a G2X, which is supposed to be the same resolution but NOT as good of screen as the Nexus...oh well.
Anyway, cannot root, followed a certain procedure:
http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-s-4g-root-one-click-55874/
I'm not a noob by any means, but for some reason with Root Checker, says im not rooted...even tho I was able to get to CWM via the .bat file included in the above procedure. Not too sure what's going on.
This Nexus has the OTA ICS installed already.
Any suggestions on the fastest, most stable, battery proficient ICS ROM at the moment? Custom kernel or pre-packaged with whatever ROM?
I came over from the G2X, but this device has far more options.
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If you didn't fix your problem yet, I had this same issue when I first tried to root it. I eventually flashed the newest super user through my recovery, and it was verified as rooted. hope you fixed your problem anyway.
If you like cm9 so far... I'd Highly recommend RemICS UX rom... has a lot of sgs3 tweaks to it too...
For kernel, AirKernel is great unless you use/need 4G (which u don't since u don't have sprint version)... personally had great results on performance and battery with that kernel... unfortunately for me, I had to find an alternative to Air because I rely on my data connection for my home internet... so that 4G issue it has forced me to reluctantly switch... currently on Trinity and this kernel is amazing an the colors are spectacular!!! Hope this post was helpful
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jacob66 said:
If you didn't fix your problem yet, I had this same issue when I first tried to root it. I eventually flashed the newest super user through my recovery, and it was verified as rooted. hope you fixed your problem anyway.
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the1dynasty said:
If you like cm9 so far... I'd Highly recommend RemICS UX rom... has a lot of sgs3 tweaks to it too...
For kernel, AirKernel is great unless you use/need 4G (which u don't since u don't have sprint version)... personally had great results on performance and battery with that kernel... unfortunately for me, I had to find an alternative to Air because I rely on my data connection for my home internet... so that 4G issue it has forced me to reluctantly switch... currently on Trinity and this kernel is amazing an the colors are spectacular!!! Hope this post was helpful
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Thanks for the input and yes I am rooted the way I'm supposed to be now.
I'm using RemICS at the moment, with the Matrix kernel and voodoo colors which I like better than the Trinity stock colors. I like my whites to be white, NOT have a slight tint of yellowish colorization that the Trinity kernel comes with.
But yea, I have the Tmobile version, but I use WIFI a lot at home, so I should stay away from Air even if i'm on WIFI? I'm not using Air, but I'd just like to clarify.
Just wondering if it is only my device or others too. On my device, I have noticed that any stock rom or rom based on the 4.2.2 stock (for example Maladus rom) has a higher maximum brightness and more accurate color in comparison to any CM11 rom or rom based off the AOSP (including AOKP).
I have flashed multiple roms and all the roms based upon AOSP have the same effect; a warmer, less accurate color and a less maximum brightness whereas the stock rom or roms based upon the stock seem to be much brighter at say 80 or 90% brightness. In my case it feels as if the contrast or gamma has been bumped to a much higher value. Has anyone else ran into this issue?
Mrchuang said:
Just wondering if it is only my device or others too. On my device, I have noticed that any stock rom or rom based on the 4.2.2 stock (for example Maladus rom) has a higher maximum brightness and more accurate color in comparison to any CM11 rom or rom based off the AOSP (including AOKP).
I have flashed multiple roms and all the roms based upon AOSP have the same effect; a warmer, less accurate color and a less maximum brightness whereas the stock rom or roms based upon the stock seem to be much brighter at say 80 or 90% brightness. In my case it feels as if the contrast or gamma has been bumped to a much higher value. Has anyone else ran into this issue?
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Don't know about brightness, but color accuracy seems to be the same on both AOSP and stock.
It is somewhat warm but not too much, it really annoyed me at the beginning but I learned to live with it, it is not that bad
Hello, if you have noticed, every rom for this device, eui or not, are a @#￥%# besides the stock one. IM thinking about what kind of *optimization is done because in every rom i chequed the screen brightness is worse than stock, due to battery savings they say... Every kind of battery optimizations, power consumption kernel tweaks roms mods... BUT IF YOU TRY 26s install playstore the rom goes 100 percet fluid and goes very very well. including the ORIGINAL screen brightness problem that the people are complaining about, and better camera, and of course BETTER BATERY TIME. including all the chinese apps without debloat,, freecing it. SO If any of us start thinking about it and if not i will say my point. The modded roms for this device are collecting data from the user and selling it over other companies etc etc.
if you.dont believe me try yourself. i will very glad to liaten to your opinion.
cheers
my point is that the stock 26s rom is far far away better than any lineage or eui rom for this phone. including battery screen time speed of the device. screen brightness etc. Some of us are.complaining about.poor battery life. LAG and poor screen brightness. SO developers start tweaking the.rom. DECREASES the maximum brightness tweaks the kernel they said... and the result as.worse. INCLUDING roms with more that 20 or 90 versions.
if you think in a mobile phone there is ALL your life. SOMEONE could gain economical benefits from this if they collect all this information for whatever his needs are.
I HAVE THE.SAME SENSATION IN MORE THAN 5 DEVICES THAT I HAVE IN.THE.LAST YEAR.
And this.could not be a coincidence.
TRY by yourself the.stock rom 26s without any cook done, and tell.me your point. goodbye
Where do you find the 26s stock? In my opinion, besides the "less" performance of every custom rom, it has some advantages, I've been using a Chinese rom distribution for almost a year ( I had a huawei phone ) and it may work better, but I love the freedom "stock" android gives you, such as customization, better notification work, etc.
Stock rom or stock mod rom are slow for app installation, also brightness may be less bright and cannot get darker at night. Nougat roms give more brighness and can get darker at night. Stock rom 26S have eyes protection mode for use phone at night under Display, where Nougat have night light feature can turn on/off for use phone at night and speed as I mentioned like install apk file Nougat is flying where Stock rom is slower but optimized rom is acceptable.
This is good Nougat rom I am using maybe yoiu can try it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/rom-aosip-6-0-le-max2-x2-t3615511
Slay1991 said:
Where do you find the 26s stock? In my opinion, besides the "less" performance of every custom rom, it has some advantages, I've been using a Chinese rom distribution for almost a year ( I had a huawei phone ) and it may work better, but I love the freedom "stock" android gives you, such as customization, better notification work, etc.
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In this phone the stock 26s ROM the notifications are good and you don't have to worry about nothing
Moon75 said:
Stock rom or stock mod rom are slow for app installation, also brightness may be less bright and cannot get darker at night. Nougat roms give more brighness and can get darker at night. Stock rom 26S have eyes protection mode for use phone at night under Display, where Nougat have night light feature can turn on/off for use phone at night and speed as I mentioned like install apk file Nougat is flying where Stock rom is slower but optimized rom is acceptable.
This is good Nougat rom I am using maybe yoiu can try it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/development/rom-aosip-6-0-le-max2-x2-t3615511
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This is true and false at the same time.
The stock roms have more brightness than CM lineage ROMs. BUT the developers, all, cut out the brightness yo save battery also performance, and the result is worse.
If you try the 26s stock ROM released in April/may you Will be pleased in terms of battery life, speed, stability and brightness, camera, etc etc etc.
The brightness with the stock rom is like an Iphone
SiulX said:
This is true and false at the same time.
The stock roms have more brightness than CM lineage ROMs. BUT the developers, all, cut out the brightness yo save battery also performance, and the result is worse.
If you try the 26s stock ROM released in April/may you Will be pleased in terms of battery life, speed, stability and brightness, camera, etc etc etc.
The brightness with the stock rom is like an Iphone
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I tried Stock 5.9.26S by ALBA in Russia forum, Stock 26S v5 by C.B.G, Small Eui v16 by Aurel latest, I found no significant difference to other rom or 5.9.23S, there was Google app/Google Play crashing issue at the start of 26S. Brightness is no issue for me even 30-40% indoor is plenty bright.
In small eui v16 you can have the same brightness configuration as a stock rom, also i've notice less ram but i dont care because i dont have too much apps open at the same time. I like this rom because i can customize everything with almost 0 bugs and good performance