Moved over from the Droid X (where I had been running Apex). I'm pretty excited to have a nice smaller form factor (only complaint if any is that the screen isn't as bright as the X).
Where should I start looking to play with this? Im sure it will take me a while to catch up on what's happening in INC world.
Custom software. Coming from the Droid X, this is the real advantage of the Incredible in my opinion. I don't know how far you got into rooting, etc., with your DX, but if you hit that point of running into the bootloader, you're free
I'd suggest Cyanogen or MIUI if you want to run AOSP.
If you want to run Sense, Lou's Redemptive Revolution is fantastic, as is Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo.
r3dlined said:
Moved over from the Droid X (where I had been running Apex). I'm pretty excited to have a nice smaller form factor (only complaint if any is that the screen isn't as bright as the X).
Where should I start looking to play with this? Im sure it will take me a while to catch up on what's happening in INC world.
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If you haven't done so already, rooting is always good
Unrevoked makes it painless, just follow all the instructions exactly
Then I'm assuming you'll want a custom ROM...
There are 3 basic categories of Sense ROMs, Inc, Evo, and Z. Inc is based on the Incredible code, Evo is based on the Evo code, and Z is based on the Desire Z code. Functionally there isn't too big a difference between Evo and Inc ROMs, just be sure to get the Incredible port of a ROM if it was originally an Evo ROM. Z ROMs, however, have the new Sense interface, with native theme support, sound sets, etc. However, in the Z ROMs 720p video recording doesn't work, and they're generally slightly less stable than Inc/Evo ROMs. They are usually stable enough for daily use though, and offer the most features. From your Droid X experience, you probably know about a lot of the AOSP ROMs (CyanogenMod and the like) but the Incredible has some noteworthy ones, namely MIUI (iPhone and Android made babies) and the Liquid Metal ROM (port of the Acer Liquid Metal UI).
Have fun with your Incredible
Ah nice starter info guys thanks a lot! Flashing process the same to get back to stock like the X was with SFBs or this a different process now (could also be done with clockwork).
Also remember that you probably have an SLCD display vs. the original AMOLED displays. Although the rooting process is the same, kernels are different. Check my sig and a few of my previous posts for more explanation on this.
In a nutshell some of the kernels do not have the SLCD drivers, so everytime you flash a rom you are going to have to flash the appropriate kernel.
Cheers and welcome.
SLCD yes I have a issue with it and I have to be careful of what kernel is baked in since some of the baked in kernels will not let my phone boot! I always use Invisiblek #28/#34 for ASOP roms and I like Lous Kernels other roms!
r3dlined said:
Moved over from the Droid X (where I had been running Apex). I'm pretty excited to have a nice smaller form factor (only complaint if any is that the screen isn't as bright as the X).
Where should I start looking to play with this? Im sure it will take me a while to catch up on what's happening in INC world.
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This may sound like a stupid question but, have you turned off the automatic brightness and changing it manually? When I manually turn my brightness all the way up, I can barely stand to look at it.
No I have the brightness cranked up. It's quite a bit darker than the X screen.
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This may sound like a stupid question but, have you turned off the automatic brightness and changing it manually? When I manually turn my brightness all the way up, I can barely stand to look at it.
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Easy to unbrick these phones with an SFB like the X if it did crash and burn?
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No I have the brightness cranked up. It's quite a bit darker than the X screen.
Easy to unbrick these phones with an SFB like the X if it did crash and burn?
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Wow! Maybe there is something wrong with it. Have you checked it against another Incredible?
This is an amoLED version and I have an SLCD one that should be here Wed. I did look at one in the store and put it side by side to the X there as well. Not a HUGE brightness difference. Maybe my eyes are just burn out lol.
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Wow! Maybe there is something wrong with it. Have you checked it against another Incredible?
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welcome to the world of Incredible. most recent greatness is CM7
captain_planet said:
welcome to the world of Incredible. most recent greatness is CM7
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Thanks. I haven't dived into any ROMs just yet, but certainly plan to. I'm trying to navigate around the very small differences coming form the X that I miss (mostly having to do with the address book).
Wow this is a little intimidating coming from just loading a zip file with clockwork. I better get my reading on.
I have a feeling you will like the incredible much better than the X. The most notable difference is that the bootloader is unlocked so you can change the kernel. There are many very nice roms for this phone, the most notable ones I've tried being CyanogenMod 6 and 7, Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo, and Skyraider. I haven't tried any of the others but I'm sure they are of the same quality I've came to expect.
I went the other way. It was soooooooo much smoother/easier to flash roms on an Inc. I mostly used miui and miss it BAD. I love the DX size but miss the options available with the Inc.
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ASOP LiquidMetal
Only thing I don't like so far, though CM7 is sick, is ASOP camera not doing widescreen
Cool thats really awesome
http://t3hh4xx0r.com
Check this site out for pure gingerbread and a fully custom version
Also go to irc for 24/7 support
HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.2
Ugh now I have both amoled and slcd. Dunno which one I wanna keep ugh. I like both screens for different reasons.
I have had my Samsung Nexus since day 1 and I have just got the N7. I have always rooted and had custom roms on my devices. On my Gnex I have been running the Franco app and kernel. One of the best things I love is the ability to adjust my RGB colors to my liking. Does anyone know of a rom, kernel or way to be able to adjust or tweak the RGB colors on the N7?? Loving the N7 and it would be great to get my display colors tweaked better for my eyes. Being a diabetic causes me eye issues at times. Thanks in advance for the help...
This type of adjustment is only possible with AMOLED screens, which the Nexus 7 doesn't have.
AZImmortal said:
This type of adjustment is only possible with AMOLED screens, which the Nexus 7 doesn't have.
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I hate to hear that, I didn't know that was the reason. Thanks for the info
If so, would you mind telling me which ones have color calibration? Can't stand these washed out colors.
SocialReject said:
If so, would you mind telling me which ones have color calibration? Can't stand these washed out colors.
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The colors are not washed out, they're actually more accurate than all the amoled displays out there. The Xperia's have washed out displays, trust me. Also, pretty sure you can't. You have to root, switch kernels and then fix the colors through various apps.
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The colors are not washed out, they're actually more accurate than all the amoled displays out there. The Xperia's have washed out displays, trust me. Also, pretty sure you can't. You have to root, switch kernels and then fix the colors through various apps.
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I'm rooted on stock ROM
SocialReject said:
I'm rooted on stock ROM
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Try out Franco kernel, you'll benefit from it, in every way.
SocialReject said:
I'm rooted on stock ROM
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Flash faux kernel or Franco and use trickster mod or faux app to control colors and gamma. Faux display app has some awesome presets for colors that really make the colors pop and get rid of the gamma wash out. I cant stand the stock gamma either, too washed out.
Hi guys,
I gotta say I enjoy pretty much everything from the LP update and it feels like a new phone to me. However, the first thing I noticed is that the color saturation is somewhat lower than it used to be with Kitkat. Initially I thought it's the Lollipop theme which appears to be brighter but when I start using the exact same apps I realized that the colors are less punchy now. It's may not be that significant for other people but I very much love the screen calibration from KitKat. It was a perfect screen with amoled's punchy color and ips's great white balance.
Is this just me or did they indeed change the screen settings with LP rom?If they did change the settings, is there a way to extract the screen profile from Kitkat and apply it to Lollipop? (like a kernel file or XML)
Thanks in advance.
Hey People, i was wondering what all of us are using as screen settings and why.
For me srgb looks certainly more accurate but White are yelloish, they look better on Google's calibration settings but then colors are too saturated... So for now i still haven't made my choice. How about you? What do you use?
Well I'm running DU ROM which comes with a custom kernel. To me, stock colors don't pop enough. I left the RGB values alone and simply bumped my saturation to 35. Display looks great at this setting for me. I've tried a hundred different display settings and for me this one looks the best. I use kernel adiutor to adjust my display settings
Thanks mate, still haven't made up my mind as to routine n6p should i need assistance for it.... Take YouTube screens for instance, that red punches Soo much to me
Running custom kernel and I use the same profiles that I used on my N6 to get 6500k.
I'm using screen adjuster +8 on blue
Gives better whites... Anyone tried color screen filter from play store? Might give some more options I think
I use 100% stock screen settings. I like the way Amoled looks. SRGB looks washed out and boring, even if I compare it with my Nexus 5 (2013) screen.