Should get my Nexus next week. pretty excited. Signed up for Spotify as well

 

I'm a bit behind on this...but, you converted to Android?

 

God no... IOS 4 Ever.

 

Then, what are you talking about in regards to getting a Nexus?

 

work phone? maybe

I lost root privileges on my NS it seems like not exactly sure how to get it back at this point. Scourging xda right now to find out haha

 

so my friend upgraded his GSII skyrocket to ICS through Kies, and he says his phone is horrible now and wants to go back. He doesnt like the additional bloatware which i told him to get rid of by disabling them. But now he's complaining about battery life which took a big hit apparently.

 

^^^ ICD is doing great on my galaxy note

 

Probably should do a factory reset. Also, use better battery stats to see what's going on or even the built in battery monitor inside the settings. Sometimes it takes a few cycles before the battery goes back to normal. Finally, since the phone is on ICS, you can disable any of the bloatware via the Apps Manager.


http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1179809

 

he aint rooted haha.

 

Got the tablet. Ive had a lot of droid tablets

 

Thought you were all about the iPad 2...why would you need an Android tablet?

 

I support them

 

Ahhh...makes sense now.

 

You don't need root for either. Better Battery stats should work without root. The disable apps is built into ICS.

Settings --> Apps --> All tab --> Scroll to the app you want to disable --> Disable.

It will be gone from the Launcher and will not use up RAM.

 

yea i told him that. I dunno i'm looking for reports of bad battery life, but i'm just not finding it.

 

Sounds like it needs a few more cycles of charging and discharging. If all else fails, then factory reset to get rid of any of the old files.

 

Man that $99 Ouya Android Powered console is taking off on Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...o-game-console


They raised $2 million on the first day! It really does sound like an awesome idea though. Wish they added a little more storage (unless you can hook up a hard drive to it which sounds plausible) and RAM. Current specs are as follows:



I guess since they still have 28 days left and a ton of funding coming in on Kickstarter they can make some modifications to the specs.

 

They put out a call to investors to give them more ideas.

 

Newest minimalist homescreen

 

yea that face is scary for some reason...

 

Here's my minimalist for the next couple weeks

 

Check this out:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...GhlcmNsb2NrIl0.

I'm not sure if it does the flip gestures but it looks like this will be the closest for now and its free.


This as well but its not free:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...wong.omc&hl=en

Check out the Chrome Rings themed one.

 

Anyone else having problems using Chrome Browser with AZ?

 

Hmmm...not sure what this is: so, let you experts chime in...

The Galaxy S III is terrific. No issues...but, I noticed something odd yesterday when I was just reading up on stuff before sleeping. The condition is that it has to be a dark room with no lighting...but, on certain programs (particularly the e-mail one to my ISP), I can see the LCD's grid dots (and some other ones not aligned) and this pair of thick lines at the bottom of the screen. They are ugly looking...not straight and just look like someone drew with a marker...

In normal room lighting and daytime, you cannot see this. And you can't see this in other programs. Not sure if my description here is making sense...but, just a shot in the dark if anyone has heard or experienced this before?

 

You might be seeing the effects of the pentile display. Especially noticeable on solid colors (certain colors make it really apparent). But it looks like streaks or lines through the screen in random areas.

Noticed the same thing on my GNex when it was new but either it went away or I dont notice it through my screen protector anymore.

This is considered normal, but some phones have it worse than others.

 

Yes its normal and its called Content Adaptive Brightness. In TouchWiz there is a setting inside the Display --> PowerSave or something to that effect. Uncheck it if you want it to go away. Haven't used TouchWiz since Gingerbread so I'm not sure if its still there. On the Nexus you will need root and enter the following command in a terminal:

^The above command should also work on any other Samsung Pentile based device as long as you have root. Change the 0 to a 1 if you want to enable it again.


By default, Samsung enables this to save battery because White colors just gobbles the battery on a Pentile device while Black colors save power. Unfortunately, a side effect of enabling this feature makes the screen look dirty and keeps the colors from looking proper. This is the reason why Voodoo colors and kernels that allow you to tweak the colors came about.

 

No issues here on my Galaxy S running CM9. Its my primary browser. What kind of problems are you seeing?

 

Here's the proper Motorola Circle Widget as expected:

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/13...n-your-device/


Looks like you need to be using the Blur launcher as well to use it.

 

It's my main browser too

But when I go to the bookmarks and click on anything that's Acurazine, I get this screen and that blue status bar at the top just doesn't move

 

Was having some issues with Acurazine on my desktop browser. Maybe its a site issue? Does it do the same thing on another site? By the way, just an aside, did you know you can create individual bookmark shortcuts on your home screen that'll launch the site you wanted to?

 

Cool! So, this is not a defect or something I need to go to warranty/exchange over...! Woohoo!

Thanks, dude. Sorry, having problems find that toggle...Is it in Settings?

 

Something further to that...Is this in the Power Saving settings?

There is a "Background color" option which I have currently unchecked. There is also a a "Screen power saving" option which I do have checked. Is it one of these that causes the weird "dirty" lines and dots?

 

No, it doesn't do it to any other sites

 

I think that's it. Looks like they created a new category for it in the latest TouchWiz. But yeah, that should clear up the dirty lines a bit. When Supercurio releases his Voodoo Color app, you can tweak the colors and the contrast some more. The only problem is you would need root and have to wait for him to release it which takes a while in some cases.

 

Chrome browser is working again

 

Thanks, man.

So, UNCHECK the "Screen power saving" option...?

 

Okay...well, tried it. I unchecked the "Screen power saving" option...went into a dark room with no lighting and I see the "dirty" lines still.

 

Yeah that's just the Pentile display. To get rid of it even more you would need to tweak the colors using Voodoo Display or a custom ROM with the color settings.

 

So, to be clear, this is a flaw with pentile displays? And exchanging/warranty on this device will not really fix it?

I'm assuming Voodoo Display is an app I can get from the App Shop...?

 

Yes to both. However, some displays fare better than others so you could switch and potentially get a better looking screen but there isn't a set way of finding out until you power it on and look at it directly. If you want to read about the AMOLED displays this is a good read to explain what is going on:

http://www.displaymate.com/OLED_Gala...ShootOut_1.htm


Follow Supercurio for the Voodoo Display app:

https://twitter.com/supercurio

He's about to release it soon it seems for the S3. You will need root to use it because it tweaks system settings.