To be honest, I really love this update. So many new things! Made me feel like I have bought a new phone all over again. But there are a few issues..
1- Grey statusbar. Why Samsung changed it from black? God knows why
2- Background in the toggles panel in "Notification pull-down", [not the color of toggles itself]. It feels so out of place. The color doesn't match Touchwiz color scheme.
3. WiFi has very slow speed, and can't maintain connection. <<< this is the killer bug for me!
4. Browser will force close (FC) when users try to go to bookmark selection.
5. Help app is very weird. The "step-by-step" guide (e.g for WiFi) is pointing to the wrong location. This is maybe caused by the major changes that Samsung has done to the Settings app. If this bug is still present in final release, then many people will complaint, especially the non-technical one. Samsung made that "easy home screen mode" for a reason, to help those new smartphone users. That "Help" app was supposed to go hand-in-hand with the new Home screen mode.
6. Phone will vibrate even though there is nothing happening, no notification whatsoever.
-Possible causes are WiFi error, and apps FC.
7. New widgets (the white one) are great, only that it doesn't match the color scheme of the old widgets.
-Most of old widgets are in black, e.g Music player, FM radio, Mono Audio, Negative colours. The new widgets, e.g Dialer, Favorite apps, Favorite contacts, Favorite settings, Messaging and Simple alarm clock widgets are all in white. Only two of the new widgets retain the black color scheme of the old widgets, which are the "turn off all sounds" and the "smart switch" widgets.
8. AC charging is very slow, did not test USB charging but some users said it's slow too.
9. Battery draining.
-This might be caused by mediascanner that's constantly running in background, and scanning without stopping.
-Other possible cause is the random vibration bug (point #6) which makes the phone awake so often.
10. Touchwiz is very unstable.
-Sometimes, folder will not close and stays on every homescreen I go (sorta like Pop Up Play).
-Seldomly, app shortcut (or icon or whatever you want to call it) will be replaced with an invisible icon that takes up space. Touchwiz will FC if I try to put an app shortcut to that empty space.
I might add more when I found it, I'm using Omega v16.1. Hopefully this post will help someone, especially those who want to upgrade but can't make up their mind whether they should or not, and not to forget Samsung development team (damn you cunning bastards, LOL!) :silly:
stfudude said:
To be honest, I really love this update. So many new things! Made me feel like I have bought a new phone all over again. But there are a few issues..
1- Grey statusbar. Why Samsung changed it from black? God knows why
2- Background in the toggles panel in "Notification pull-down", [not the color of toggles itself]. It feels so out of place. The color doesn't match Touchwiz color scheme.
3. WiFi has very slow speed, and can't maintain connection. <<< this is the killer bug for me!
4. Browser will force close (FC) when users try to go to bookmark selection.
5. Help app is very weird. The "step-by-step" guide (e.g for WiFi) is pointing to the wrong location. This is maybe caused by the major changes that Samsung has done to the Settings app. If this bug is still present in final release, then many people will complaint, especially the non-technical one. Samsung made that "easy home screen mode" for a reason, to help those new smartphone users. That "Help" app was supposed to go hand-in-hand with the new Home screen mode.
6. Phone will vibrate even though there is nothing happening, no notification whatsoever.
7. New widgets (the white one) are great, only that it doesn't match the color scheme of the old widgets. Most of old widgets are in black, e.g Music player, FM radio, Mono Audio, Negative colours. The new widgets, e.g Dialer, Favorite apps, Favorite contacts, Favorite settings, Messaging and Simple alarm clock widgets are all in white. Only two of the new widgets retain the black color scheme of the old widgets, which are the "turn off all sounds" and the "smart switch" widgets.
I might add more when I found it, today is the second day I'm using JB rom (Omega v16). Hopefully this post will help someone, especially those who want to upgrade but can't make up their mind whether they should or not, and not to forget Samsung development team (damn you cunning bastards, LOL!) :silly:
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Didn't anyone told you it is not an official/final "update"? it's a leaked firmware and not really an update. and why create another thread when there are several threads out there discussing LH7? these listed bugs are known.
stfudude said:
3. WiFi has very slow speed, and can't maintain connection. <<< this is the killer bug for me!
4. Browser will force close (FC) when users try to go to bookmark selection.
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WiFi Bug Fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852323
Browser Bookmark Fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30687408&postcount=222
stfudude said:
To be honest, I really love this update. So many new things! Made me feel like I have bought a new phone all over again. But there are a few issues..
1- Grey statusbar. Why Samsung changed it from black? God knows why
2- Background in the toggles panel in "Notification pull-down", [not the color of toggles itself]. It feels so out of place. The color doesn't match Touchwiz color scheme.
3. WiFi has very slow speed, and can't maintain connection. <<< this is the killer bug for me!
4. Browser will force close (FC) when users try to go to bookmark selection.
5. Help app is very weird. The "step-by-step" guide (e.g for WiFi) is pointing to the wrong location. This is maybe caused by the major changes that Samsung has done to the Settings app. If this bug is still present in final release, then many people will complaint, especially the non-technical one. Samsung made that "easy home screen mode" for a reason, to help those new smartphone users. That "Help" app was supposed to go hand-in-hand with the new Home screen mode.
6. Phone will vibrate even though there is nothing happening, no notification whatsoever.
7. New widgets (the white one) are great, only that it doesn't match the color scheme of the old widgets. Most of old widgets are in black, e.g Music player, FM radio, Mono Audio, Negative colours. The new widgets, e.g Dialer, Favorite apps, Favorite contacts, Favorite settings, Messaging and Simple alarm clock widgets are all in white. Only two of the new widgets retain the black color scheme of the old widgets, which are the "turn off all sounds" and the "smart switch" widgets.
I might add more when I found it, today is the second day I'm using JB rom (Omega v16). Hopefully this post will help someone, especially those who want to upgrade but can't make up their mind whether they should or not, and not to forget Samsung development team (damn you cunning bastards, LOL!) :silly:
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Install foxhounds latest jellybean dh7 rom v1.5.3 and all those annoyances should vanish!
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kulisap said:
Didn't anyone told you it is not an official/final "update"? it's a leaked firmware and not really an update. and why create another thread when there are several threads out there discussing LH7? these listed bugs are known.
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hi friends! no3 and no 4 were solved easily ( mentioned i two topic in this box). Other is not the matter to me. it is still great!!!
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kulisap said:
Didn't anyone told you it is not an official/final "update"? it's a leaked firmware and not really an update. and why create another thread when there are several threads out there discussing LH7? these listed bugs are known.
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Relax, man. I labeled this thread with very specific title, to discuss bugs in Samsung DLH7 update. The fact that I mentioned "bugs" means I know the rom is still not an official rom, that is leaked to public. You gained nothing by being a prick in the online world.
Skyburn said:
WiFi Bug Fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852323
Browser Bookmark Fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30687408&postcount=222
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I know about both fixes because I have been reading posts in Omega thread discussing the latest custom rom (Omega v16). I just want to make a thread with all bugs I found (that shouldn't need fixing in the first place), so that it will give others (that is still on ICS rom but wants to try JB rom) some kinda warning, before flashing.
prking07 said:
Install foxhounds latest jellybean dh7 rom v1.5.3 and all those annoyances should vanish!
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Thanks for the idea, but I'll stick with Omega.
You forgot the Keyboard bug.
When im using keyboard on vertical mode i type letter K for example but the letter typed was J.
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Keyboard bug annoying, and the fact that there hasn't been an extended power menu created as yet for it (not really a bug but missing none the less)
eric-filth said:
You forgot the Keyboard bug.
When im using keyboard on vertical mode i type letter K for example but the letter typed was J.
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I don't have this issue. K is still K. J is still J both in Portrait and Landscape mode
- Charles
peteri8706 said:
Keyboard bug annoying, and the fact that there hasn't been an extended power menu created as yet for it (not really a bug but missing none the less)
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English keyboard is fine... and I will do my extended Device options soon.
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peteri8706 said:
Keyboard bug annoying, and the fact that there hasn't been an extended power menu created as yet for it (not really a bug but missing none the less)
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Also got no keyboard bug and about extended power menu, wanam lite has it
Also maybe point to the already present solutions to the browser and WiFi bug and show the positive aspects as well, like the smoothness etc.
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Since its a beta, bugs are expected. However, I feel that LH4 and LH6 were much better than LH7. LH7 is bit slower and ram leaks. Also I don't like that why voice commands are merged into s-voice again.
Not got an opinion on leaked test roms that are not the final build .
jje
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When screen off, but not locked, the home button reacts like pushed twice and not only once 2 turn on the screen.
Anybody had this issue... Wifi icon in notification getting cut at times.??
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Yes - same here with cut icons
Vibration not working always.. I've ticked sound with vibration.
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i think the random vibrations seem to be events like wifi connecting and disconnecting. it took me a while to figure that out.
also seems to be a bug with the gmail notifications. when you collapse the notification it shows the text as partially is cut off instead. not quite sure how to explain it. but it was working properly in LH6.
they are either changing a lot of things and testing, or they keep doing things which ends up breaking something else.
electric0ant said:
i think the random vibrations seem to be events like wifi connecting and disconnecting. it took me a while to figure that out.
also seems to be a bug with the gmail notifications. when you collapse the notification it shows the text as partially is cut off instead. not quite sure how to explain it. but it was working properly in LH6.
they are either changing a lot of things and testing, or they keep doing things which ends up breaking something else.
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Please fix bug notification gmail !!!!
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anybody tried Turkbey JB ROM?
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Did anyone notice that the lock screen brightness is uneven with random bright spot when ripple effect is enabled? The issue may be reproduced with black wallpaper and brightness set to full.
Same issue also reported on S3. For example.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790501
JustinCHL said:
Did anyone notice that the lock screen brightness is uneven with random bright spot when ripple effect is enabled? The issue may be reproduced with black wallpaper and brightness set to full.
Same issue also reported on S3. For example.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790501
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Yes, I read somewhere that is a common problem. It might get fixed with coming updates. Have you noticed any issues with the gallery when scrolling up and down or when long press selecting images (I have got some flickering of the blue boundary light)?
Re: [Q] Uneven Lock Screen Brightness with Ripple Lockscreen Enabled
Jp, i saw that one to, when scrolling tru pix. But that happens only to folders with 3-4 pictures on it doesn't bother me at all...looks cool tho
AcoAlex said:
Jp, i saw that one to, when scrolling tru pix. But that happens only to folders with 3-4 pictures on it doesn't bother me at all...looks cool tho
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I was going to say it only happens with only 3-4 pictures. good to know its not a faulty handset. I sent one back because of this. doesn't bother me too much either.
Please do not check "yes this is a question" on POLLs in general subforums. Qs go in Q&A so I will edit the title for you.
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JustinCHL said:
Did anyone notice that the lock screen brightness is uneven with random bright spot when ripple effect is enabled? The issue may be reproduced with black wallpaper and brightness set to full.
Same issue also reported on S3. For example.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790501
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Surely samsung have done this on purpose so that you can actually see the ripple effect. i.e. if the screen was very black, the ripple effect wouldn't be as noticeable. This theory seems to be suported by the fact that when you turn the ripple effect off, the "blackness" is at the correct level.
I haven't noticed this, I'm running ARHD 5.0
So the smearing issue was supposed to be fixed on the MEA update, yes it did but only for the settings. There's still smearing issues under notifications.
Try this, make sure you have a lot of notifications, enough so you can scroll up and down, now turn brightness to the lowest or set auto brightness. Now scroll up and down and the smearing effect is back.
To be honest I'm kinda disappointed with Samsung this year.
Jason2k13 said:
So the smearing issue was supposed to be fixed on the MEA update, yes it did but only for the settings. There's still smearing issues under notifications.
Try this, make sure you have a lot of notifications, enough so you can scroll up and down, now turn brightness to the lowest or set auto brightness. Now scroll up and down and the smearing effect is back.
To be honest I'm kinda disappointed with Samsung this year.
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It isn't completely fixed. I encounter it when scrolling through the list of apps. It is very noticeable if you have the flipboard app or any app with red icons.
They didn't really fix it. They just changed the background color from true black to something close to black and doing the same for the pure white color. So, it doesn't apply to anything other than Settings and Contacts.
Samsung needs to get on the ball.
1. AMOLED problems.
2. Barely usable Gallery. (Lag + terrible thumbnail quality)
3. Slow opening native apps.
It's embarrassing when my old One X is smoother and faster than my de-bloated GS4.
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I just purchased the Samsung Galaxy S4 the other day. I will be returning if I am able.
The below website/link can be opened on your cells browser and once on that site you can blatantly see the defected hardware screens... They never fixed the issue they simply hid the issue.
I pray that I can return this thing. This is a hardware issue, a defect, it can't be fixed. My old phone was better.
**URL**
I cant post links because I dont have 10 posts so type "lagom response time test" in google. First link. This site blatantly shows the purple smearing still present in every single Samsung S4 sold... They can hide it in the settings but not online or anywhere else.
I have tried to Google and search, maybe I am using the wrong keywords. But anyways, I have noticed at seemingly random times the screen will get really "sharp."
Most noticeable using SwiftKey (latest) keyboard. I'll notice the text hurtful to the eyes. Regardless of auto brightness, high or low it has no effect. Wallpapers, all text on webpages and home screen is very sharp. Has anyone else noticed this on their devices? It is not very frequent and I have not been able to conjure up the effect on demand. I forgot to take a screenshot (though I do not think it will show up in a screenshot?) But I will the next time it occurs.
I can lock it, open apps, video's, clear ram and apps.. it remains sharp. Only way to remedy it is by restarting the device.
Device:
GT-i9505
XXUBMGA
Not rooted, using Nova Launcher Prime.. no other tweaks or modifications.
I've experienced the over-sharpness on previous firmwares as well.
Would you post a screenshot?
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Yellowish color screen after flashing arymod 4.0 or Flex_Lollipop Rev2.1, also tried 3 different kernels: LP_Xplorer_Rev1.7, darkqueen latest and perseo matergold. Still can´t get rid of this yellowish tint when the screen gets dimmer.
A photo would be good, I guess?
So you have only two options, either flash Stock ROM and have the display as it was, or you can use the app Screen Adjuster and turn up the Blue channel to neutralize the Yellowish effect. Remember, with that app you will just be masking the tint, not get rid of it, well not fundamentally.
devilsdouble said:
A photo would be good, I guess?
So you have only two options, either flash Stock ROM and have the display as it was, or you can use the app Screen Adjuster and turn up the Blue channel to neutralize the Yellowish effect. Remember, with that app you will just be masking the tint, not get rid of it, well not fundamentally.
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Thanks for the help, I've also tried that app but the problem is if I neutralize at lower dim when brightness goes up the colors are messed up again. I´ll post screenshot.
I was going to post screenshot but it doesn´t show the problem and I don't have a secundary camera to take a photo.
xinfinityoO said to try and use synapse "Tip for the people with yellowish color hue
Go to synapse / screen and enable mdnie control , there you change the "Digital edge enhancement", try every sharpness value."
But color still messed up
Oh okay. Then you will have to ditch either the ROM or the kernel, I can't be sure which one is causing that (or maybe this is intentional), look for which one says stuffs about display tweaking, should be mentioned under the details of either the ROM or the kernel.
And screenshot won't capture that actually, a photo is needed, from a camera. Screenshots from all the Note 3 of the world will look all same.
devilsdouble said:
Oh okay. Then you will have to ditch either the ROM or the kernel, I can't be sure which one is causing that (or maybe this is intentional), look for which one says stuffs about display tweaking, should be mentioned under the details of either the ROM or the kernel.
And screenshot won't capture that actually, a photo is needed, from a camera. Screenshots from all the Note 3 of the world will look all same.
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I thought there was way to upload a synapse profile or something that could neutralize this. Everything works like a charm and at high brightness there is no yellowish issue only when it's dimmer.
Oh Synapse, no idea mate, have stopped using that buggy piece of software a long time ago (no offence).
devilsdouble said:
Oh Synapse, no idea mate, have stopped using that buggy piece of software a long time ago (no offence).
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It was actually my first time using it and only to try and solve this issue but did find it quite unstable.