I live in austria and i bought a white galaxy s4 without contract and now iam not sure which rom to flash ^^ i will wait with rooting and flashing until the google edition s4 is out and custom roms of this version have been made( i think it will really fasten up the process for the hackers am I right? )
2 more questions :
1: Can i somehow extract the camera app from touchwiz and take it over to cyanogenmod and or any other ROM?
2: Even if i turn off automatic brightness control and disable color corretion and everything else in the settings the phone still throttles down the brightness on bright pictures and for example if iam using the browser..... It is noticeable the most when you open a white page and then pull your notifications down and then back up the screen goes from bright to not bright which is very annoying!!!!
do you think a custom rom or even a custom kernel can fix this problem (edit: my phone does´nt do it now but that might be because im at 85% battery, will keep an eye on that)
sorry for my english I´m still learning ^^
edit:Sorry i put this in the wrong section guys!!! if someone could change that..... im still new here :/
UsEr313131 said:
I live in austria and i bought a white galaxy s4 without contract and now iam not sure which rom to flash ^^ i will wait with rooting and flashing until the google edition s4 is out and custom roms of this version have been made( i think it will really fasten up the process for the hackers am I right? )
2 more questions :
1: Can i somehow extract the camera app from touchwiz and take it over to cyanogenmod and or any other ROM?
2: Even if i turn off automatic brightness control and disable color corretion and everything else in the settings the phone still throttles down the brightness on bright pictures and for example if iam using the browser..... It is noticeable the most when you open a white page and then pull your notifications down and then back up the screen goes from bright to not bright which is very annoying!!!!
do you think a custom rom or even a custom kernel can fix this problem (edit: my phone does´nt do it now but that might be because im at 85% battery, will keep an eye on that)
sorry for my english I´m still learning ^^
edit:Sorry i put this in the wrong section guys!!! if someone could change that..... im still new here :/
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If your model is the 9505 you can flash any ROM you wish as long as it isn't from the 9500 section and that you use a kernel for your specific device.
Camera app is dependent on TouchWiz framework, so no; it can't be extracted and used on AOSP/CM/etc.
About your automatic brightness; it may be have something to do with Settings->My Device->Display->Screen Mode. Adapt display, if I understand the concept, will automatically change color profiles depending on what you are viewing which could be what you are perceiving as brightness adjustments.
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If your model is the 9505 you can flash any ROM you wish as long as it isn't from the 9500 section and that you use a kernel for your specific device.
Camera app is dependent on TouchWiz framework, so no; it can't be extracted and used on AOSP/CM/etc.
About your automatic brightness; it may be have something to do with Settings->My Device->Display->Screen Mode. Adapt display, if I understand the concept, will automatically change color profiles depending on what you are viewing which could be what you are perceiving as brightness adjustments.
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damnit then I hope there will be some good alternatives to that, because i just love the features of the camera app and kinda paid for them.... 612€... I dont care about the sensors though ^^
about the settings i have that already checked off, but yesterday my sreen really liked to change the brightness on itself ( with auto adjust off!!)
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UsEr313131 said:
I live in austria and i bought a white galaxy s4 without contract and now iam not sure which rom to flash ^^ i will wait with rooting and flashing until the google edition s4 is out and custom roms of this version have been made( i think it will really fasten up the process for the hackers am I right? )
2 more questions :
1: Can i somehow extract the camera app from touchwiz and take it over to cyanogenmod and or any other ROM?
2: Even if i turn off automatic brightness control and disable color corretion and everything else in the settings the phone still throttles down the brightness on bright pictures and for example if iam using the browser..... It is noticeable the most when you open a white page and then pull your notifications down and then back up the screen goes from bright to not bright which is very annoying!!!!
do you think a custom rom or even a custom kernel can fix this problem (edit: my phone does´nt do it now but that might be because im at 85% battery, will keep an eye on that)
sorry for my english I´m still learning ^^
edit:Sorry i put this in the wrong section guys!!! if someone could change that..... im still new here :/
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Flash The Omega Rom from the i9505 Section or Darthstalker from the T-Mobile Rom.
I would suggest against any Cm 10.1, AOKP and or PA. They are still VERY BUGGY for daily use, with updates every week. Not sure if you want to use that type of Rom for daily Use. .Your Call.
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Ive read that the One X tends to run a lot brighter for the equivalent setting on phones like the SII.
Is it possible to tune the brightness level that the Auto setting provides, and the external light at which it "ups" the brightness - as in my opinion, HTC's setting, although wonderful, is overkill in many situations, and screen on time needs all the help it can get.
Cheers.
slvrarrow said:
Ive read that the One X tends to run a lot brighter for the equivalent setting on phones like the SII.
Is it possible to tune the brightness level that the Auto setting provides, and the external light at which it "ups" the brightness - as in my opinion, HTC's setting, although wonderful, is overkill in many situations, and screen on time needs all the help it can get.
Cheers.
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if things aren't changed in ICS, you can decompile the /system/framework/framework-res.apk and then edit some xml's in it. Compile it again with the modified xml's and at last adb push it into the system partition. and this procedure requires a unlocked system partition.
if you don't want to unlock / don't know how to edit the stuff, the most feasible way is to put a brightness widget on homescreen and change it manually.
slvrarrow said:
Ive read that the One X tends to run a lot brighter for the equivalent setting on phones like the SII.
Is it possible to tune the brightness level that the Auto setting provides, and the external light at which it "ups" the brightness - as in my opinion, HTC's setting, although wonderful, is overkill in many situations, and screen on time needs all the help it can get.
Cheers.
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leedroid, insertcoin and a few of the other roms here have the option to lower the brightness in their tweak settings. If you search for it, j4n87 also created a flashable xml mod that lowers the brightness as well.
Cheers, I saw one on XDA for what I thought was the One S but it must be what youve just mentioned above I think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXJhJSAq3ig&feature=related#t=11m03s
That shows what I'm on about.
slvrarrow said:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXJhJSAq3ig&feature=related#t=11m03s
That shows what I'm on about.
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Yes, we're on the same page although I don't understand italian . The mods I'm referring to all alter the baseline brightness as opposed to just the regular screen brightness based on ambient levels.
I'm running CM9 which allows you to edit baselines for screen and softkeys, but the roms and mods I referred you to do the same thing with less granular control. j4n87's mod is pretty dim but worked well for me until I switched to CM9. You could always crack open his zip and change the levels yourself before flashing.
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595559
Yeh haha I don't speak Italian either just stumbled upon that on featured videos! Erm I knew CM9 had it working, can you point me in the direction of the best build? I need HDMI out but can live without Hotspot (which I believe is the only problem causer?). What's CM9 battery overall before these screen modifications?
I've tried about 6-7 of the roms here, they're all pretty much the same with varying levels of tweaks. I'm pretty sure that HDMI is working on the majority of them.
I love the hardware on this phone but not fond of Sense at all. Looking forward to more AOSP/AOKP based roms. The only available CM9 rom still has some bugs that need to be addressed (Phone, GPS, Camera - all working but with flaws) Battery life is excellent though I'm getting 4.5-5+ hours of screen on with heavy to moderate use using Faux123's kernel.
Is that the CM9 over at Modaco? Or is there an active one here?
That's great screen on time by the way.
Ideally I want one based on CM9 but with the sense Camera, that's all I can see thats worth keeping. Sense just isn't worth the performance hit IMO. It looks pretty cheap, especially with all the colourful busy icons...
Yes I'm using the build from modaco, jdroid is apparently working on a AOSP version and is beta testing. He said that they may release something this week.
How are you finding Screen on times for video playback/streaming by any chance?
Also, have you tried to see if the force dual core app helps?
Ill know myself tomorrow, the phone arrives...!
Ok, I decided... I will root my Note2, but I would not like to lose much time in trying all the ROMs and comparing...
What I need is just:
- possibility to change dpi (with LCD resolution for example or in another way): this is my main purpose
- a very fast, stable and battery saving ROM, better light without all the Samsung "social things"... I do not want to risk or wait for updates to solve one problem or another.
Could you please suggest me?
Thank you so much.
You can change dpi on any rom
But there are problems I.e depending what you change it too some features wont fit and look right
Camera
Keyboard
Email
Snote
There is one rom thats light and about 300mb large what has sysrem dpi changed to 280 with all bits looking right
Look in android development section and youll find it cant remember name
If you dont mind loosing spen features and touchwiz extras like quick glance pick up to call and things like that then I would defo recommend p.a rom had paranoid android on my note 1 and loved it
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There is an overview over all roms for this phone over at forum(.)xda-developers(.)com/showthread.php?t=1926506
Well you could try the ParanoidAndroid roms (which are CM10's, so no original Sammy software), which allow for DPI changes and a Tablet/Hybrid Tablet mode. There's one in the Android developement section by Utacka who publishes the releases on a nightly basis, there's also one in the Original Android developement section by imilka, those are released on a different schedule.
There is a rom called Hypernote, which is not CM10, but developed from original Samsung software. It has the stock DPI changed to
but... anyway, you are saying that I am going to lose some features like the s-pen...
That is really a pity!
Regarding other things... do you think customized ROMs are better than the really reliable Samsung one?
I am confused... but I got used to my 240dpi on Note1, and everything here seems too big without reasons
Hi, I am still fairly new around here (and to the custom ROM scene) and I have been lurking around for some time. So far, I haven't had the need to ask any questions as they have all been answered in other threads, but here's one that I am curious about; it's one that I have noticed in a few custom ROMs I have tried so far.
[Q]: What is the mDNIe scenario and what does it do?
It is located under the Advanced portion of the Settings menu. I've ticked a few of them, but it doesn't seem like it does anything.
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Hi, I am still fairly new around here (and to the custom ROM scene) and I have been lurking around for some time. So far, I haven't had the need to ask any questions as they have all been answered in other threads, but here's one that I am curious about; it's one that I have noticed in a few custom ROMs I have tried so far.
[Q]: What is the mDNIe scenario and what does it do?
It is located under the Advanced portion of the Settings menu. I've ticked a few of them, but it doesn't seem like it does anything.
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smhtc said:
mDNIe stands for mobile Digital Natural Image engine.
In stock galaxy S2 rom (at least my i9100 international), under Settings ->Display -> Screen mode, it shows a sample image and three preset profiles - Dynamic, Standard, and Movie. These adjust the brightness, sharpness, contrast on different screens/ in apps like camera.
Custom roms can always have custom settings for these display-related parameters of a phone.
I am not android developer, so I cannot tell you how to turn it on, but I think stock rom has mDNIe enabled by default.
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I also wondered about this option on CM10.1, but from reading the quote (from another post) above, I conclude that they are just different settings to tune the displaly of the phone. The differences between each scenario are so small that I can't really notice them, so I just leave it on the preset UI mode.
klin1344 said:
I also wondered about this option on CM10.1, but from reading the quote (from another post) above, I conclude that they are just different settings to tune the displaly of the phone. The differences between each scenario are so small that I can't really notice them, so I just leave it on the preset UI mode.
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Yeah, I dug little into it myself and read that they were some presets for color management. I was kind of curious if they were working properly on the ROM I am currently running and if it would have any impact on battery life as well, but if it's as minute a change as you say, then it's probably not worth investigating, at least not for the time being.
Thanks for the reply and the info, by the way. I guess it's more for display clarity if anyone were to have problems with the viewing screen. I'd give your post a "Thanks" if I haven't already met my thanking limit of the day already. lol I'll be sure to give you one when I get the chance to.
Can this be related to the Galaxy S4 auto-dimming problem? If I set the background mode to STANDARD instead of AUTO, it will probably not dim?
Hello everyone
Just want to ask you if there is any app which let me increase the brightness. I have it to 100 % but i still find it a bit to dark.
Any ideas / advices / are welcome, thanks in advance
nex_t said:
Hello everyone
Just want to ask you if there is any app which let me increase the brightness. I have it to 100 % but i still find it a bit to dark.
Any ideas / advices / are welcome, thanks in advance
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If you are on a stock rom may be you'll feel that the brightness is bit low. But on custom rom the same is not so.
If you have a matte screen protection you may experience the low brightness but not otherwise.
shrirangvedanti said:
If you are on a stock rom may be you'll feel that the brightness is bit low. But on custom rom the same is not so.
If you have a matte screen protection you may experience the low brightness but not otherwise.
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I have this phone from my brother, he used it about 1 year. It's my first Android phone.
All i know is, the phone have root / kernel AK 225 SKL /
How do i find if the rom is stock or modified ?
Thank you
LE : i read this, on xda forum :
" The screen seems to be limited in brightness from the factory, as a matter of settings. Using AOKP Rom and increasing the color multipliers makes the screen much, much brighter, but i've read speculation that it could cause the screen to burn-in images much faster, which logically speaking, seems to make sense. Maybe it's limited by Samsung for that reason. This particular panel seems slightly more prone to image retention than the one on my Droid Charge, granted it isn't the same as burn-in, but maybe an indicator of inclination toward it "
Should i try, maybe, AOKP Rom ?
nex_t said:
I have this phone from my brother, he used it about 1 year. It's my first Android phone.
All i know is, the phone have root / kernel AK 225 SKL /
How do i find if the rom is stock or modified ?
Thank you
LE : i read this, on xda forum :
" The screen seems to be limited in brightness from the factory, as a matter of settings. Using AOKP Rom and increasing the color multipliers makes the screen much, much brighter, but i've read speculation that it could cause the screen to burn-in images much faster, which logically speaking, seems to make sense. Maybe it's limited by Samsung for that reason. This particular panel seems slightly more prone to image retention than the one on my Droid Charge, granted it isn't the same as burn-in, but maybe an indicator of inclination toward it "
Should i try, maybe, AOKP Rom ?
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Yes. but make sure that you know what you are doing. Follow the instructions of rooting, flashing custom recovery, so that you don't get stuck anywhere.
shrirangvedanti said:
Yes. but make sure that you know what you are doing. Follow the instructions of rooting, flashing custom recovery, so that you don't get stuck anywhere.
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I wont make any step before i'm 100 % sure of what i'm doing
So, do you think that AOKP Rom will increase the brightness, like the guy said ?
What's the difference between Rom and kernel ? How do i find out which Rom i have now ?
nex_t said:
I wont make any step before i'm 100 % sure of what i'm doing
So, do you think that AOKP Rom will increase the brightness, like the guy said ?
What's the difference between Rom and kernel ? How do i find out which Rom i have now ?
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Turn off the phone:
Press Volume up + Volume down simultaneously. While you hold both press the power button.
The screen will show the details where you may check whether the bootloader is locked or unlocked.
For checking which ROM you are on go to settings>About phone
Hit thanks if I helped.
These are some useful threads. You will have to go through
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
I went to About Phone, and i have the follows :
Vanir version 4.2.2.1 041913
Status, phone number, etc
Legal information
model number
Galaxy Nexus
Android version 4.2.2
cpu, ram, etc
baseband version i9250XXLJ1
Kernel version
3.0.75+ ~ AK.255.SKL
[email protected] #1
Build number JDQ39
nex_t said:
I went to About Phone, and i have the follows :
Vanir version 4.2.2.1 041913
Status, phone number, etc
Legal information
model number
Galaxy Nexus
Android version 4.2.2
cpu, ram, etc
baseband version i9250XXLJ1
Kernel version
3.0.75+ ~ AK.255.SKL
[email protected] #1
Build number JDQ39
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Its rooted, with custom ROM Vanir : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162937
Ok.
So, you think it's worth to try AOKP Rom, to increase the brightness ?
nex_t said:
Ok.
So, you think it's worth to try AOKP Rom, to increase the brightness ?
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nope. Download Trickster Mod from the Play store and play around with the screen colors. I think Anarkia kernel uses the dark, bluish morfic settings by default
The relentless pursuit of the perfect rom
Hey guys! Got a G3 D855 here, rooted with IOroot and bumped (TWRP installed), Build number: KVT49L / Software version: V10h
Thinking to flash a custom ROM, but I'm so used to Xposed Framework (G3 TweakBox mainly), that I don't know if I'm ready yet to go to a Custom ROM Lollipop... I was thinking either to stay in stable Custom ROM Kitkat, like CM11 and having the Xposed and every feature that I'm used to, or move to a ASOP lollipop ROM or CM12.
What you guys think? Anyone very used to Xposed, moved to Lollipop? Which features are you missing the most?
Or you think, I should do the step towards lollipop and can get the features I was getting from Tweakbox from apps with root acess in the playstore?
Thanks!
Hgneto said:
What you guys think? Anyone very used to Xposed, moved to Lollipop? Which features are you missing the most?
Or you think, I should do the step towards lollipop and can get the features I was getting from Tweakbox from apps with root acess in the playstore?
Thanks!
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Just like you, I was sceptical about switching to Lollipop since I'd lose Xposed. However, after flashing Lollipop I have not regretted it at all; I fell in love with it right away.
The only thing I'm actually missing is G3 Tweaksbox, but I can manage without it for now
Regarding module alternatives, have a look at this outstanding article:
Alternatives to popular Xposed modules | Prepare for Android Lollipop / ART
Great help Megaritis! Will flash Lollipop today! Any custom ROM recommendation?
The real problem is autonomy, hard to reach 4h screen on
TheSkyline35 said:
The real problem is autonomy, hard to reach 4h screen on
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What do you mean? The battery life is bad on Lollipop compared to KitKat or on Lollipop custom ROM?
Battery is good on both.
Try Lollipop. If you dont like it you can always go back.
DelBoy said:
Battery is good on both.
Try Lollipop. If you dont like it you can always go back.
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Trying to decide now either CM 12 or an ASOP ROM, I heard that are some things that ASOP's just can't fix, like receiving MMS while connected to wi-fi... I head something like this and I wonder which else common problems, have the ASOP's have.. Any1 knows?
Thanks!
I installed Lollipop as soon as I got the OTA. 2 days later I am very displeased. I expected some inconvenience but it is a lot worse than I expected.
1st - The autonomy is really affected. I can't give any number because my kitkat + SETCPU profiles were tweaked a lot and provided me a big autonomy, way higher than stock kitkat.
2nd- The atrocious new sound profiles that got me late at work and that many people are complaining about. Do not disturb is nothing like the quiet mode we all loved.
I'll try and draw a tree showing how it works
so you got 3 sounds profiles you can cycle through from the notification quickaccess.
--Sound
--Vibrate Only
--Do Not Disturb (which is supposed to replace the quiet mode but failing hard)
In DnD :
//Calls and Notifications
----All
----Priority Only (see below)
----None
//Piority ("Allow certain features to interrupt when Priority Only. Alarms always have priority) That makes you think you just have to set DnD as Priority only and remove everything from priority so only the alarms would ring out.......
That sounds lovely except every single time you get out of DnD it resets the Calls And Notifications setting to all and when you'll reenable DnD it will go to None and shuts down everything.
So, in order to have the same behavior as the quiet mode in kitkat you have to do the following :
Notification bar > Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb > Calls and Notifications > Priority Only.
This EVERY SINGLE night as you'll remove DnD every morning of course.
Not to mention that the alarm will ring but not wake screen so you got unlock your lockscreen and then turn off your alarm.
I think I should whine though, this mess preventing me from sleeping I have no use for alarms anymore, like Lollipop devs I guess.
It is a mess at the moment so don't bother, the issues exceeds by far the benefits.
The best thing to do would be : Do a nandroid back up of your existing KK ROM then flash AOSP>CM12 and see which one you like. Everybody have their own priorities and you be the judge of your own likes/dislikes. I have tried both AOSP and CM 12 but returned to stable KK V10N. I have a small kid and I have to have a nice camera app and I was not convinced with the AOSP/CM 12 camera apps. Stock Camera app has to do with the OEM framework and can't be replicated in AOSP/CM 12 ROMs. Secondly (it may sound shallow), I could not stand the big navigation bar. You can use tweaks to make it smaller but the navigation bar buttons does not change in proportionate to the size of navigation bar. SImply put, they look ugly. I personally did not find any speed d or battery life difference. Giving up Xposed and aforementioned features were not worth the trade off for ME. Again, this is what I experienced, your experience may be totally different than mine and that's all right
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@iKoyy, may be this update will help:
http://www.talkandroid.com/230286-android-5-1-to-roll-out-in-february-2015/