Hello ,
I find the Kaiser screen in sunlight very difficult to read (brightness compared to my MDA II which is I guess somehow related to the transflexive display discussion).
But to optimize the Screen now to best usability I find neither the HTC nor WM themes quite usefull. Does anybody has a suggestion or link to a WM6 theme optimzed to kontrast and with no shades or art elements ? I guess simple black and white would be the best .. with background white and all text black.
But seems I can't find such a simple theme .. any tips ?
Thx freecall
freecall said:
Hello ,
I find the Kaiser screen in sunlight very difficult to read (brightness compared to my MDA II which is I guess somehow related to the transflexive display discussion).
But to optimize the Screen now to best usability I find neither the HTC nor WM themes quite usefull. Does anybody has a suggestion or link to a WM6 theme optimzed to kontrast and with no shades or art elements ? I guess simple black and white would be the best .. with background white and all text black.
But seems I can't find such a simple theme .. any tips ?
Thx freecall
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I have attached the one I use - white backround, black letters and grey bars....with brightness turned up I can see it in the sun - took me a while to find it but I got it from pocketpcthemes.com - hopefully I am not offending the author by posing it here
Regards - John
Here you go.
I made these for my XV6700 ... still using them on the Tilt.
I can't take a photo of my screen but I clearly see horizontal banding in black-on-white text pages...they're like this:
text-text-text-text-banding-banding-banding
text-text-banding-banding-banding-banding
text-text-text-text-text-text-text-text-banding
and so on...sorry for this weird explaination but couldn't find a way to describe them since english is not my mother language....
those stripes are white, more white than the page background...
i took a screenshot, and viewed it on the pc...no white stripes there, so it's not software related ...
anyone else have/had this issue????
send to htc is the only solution? (obviously it has unlocked bootloader)
yes this has been discussed before. the best example is when viewing google's forums, you can see alternating bands that line up with all the text rows. and in between is pure white, while the text rows show slightly darker.
that's just the way it is for now. no fix has ever been released.
thanks for the answer =)
so is my phone defective or is it like that for every nexus out there?
EDIT: sidenote-to me it's the exact opposite, the stripes where text sits are more white than the rest of the white background that is a little darker
I was just wondering if a white background would consume more power than a black background for the theme settings.. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
MantisBoy said:
I was just wondering if a white background would consume more power than a black background for the theme settings.. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Depends on what phone you are using. The samsung and dell with their samoled screen consume more power with a white background. The htc phones are using s-lcd which means it doesn't matter if it is white or black. I prefer the white background on my HD7 it looks nicer.
Oh cool.. Im using a HD7.. Was using black in thinking that it will prolong battery life.. Now that you mention that, i'm switching to white =) Thanks =)
Black looks best.
I like black but it annoys me that the fonts on black look horrible. For instance, in settings, the small fonts distort when scrolling up and down. This doesn't occur on white. Nor does it occur on the Omnia 7 even when on black. So perhaps this is a HD7 issue, or perhaps it is just my HD7. Am interested to know if others have noticed it.
I hadn't noticed that. Now I'm bugged by it. Thanks.
digime said:
I hadn't noticed that. Now I'm bugged by it. Thanks.
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LOL.. Infectious thoughts.. =)
On side note does anyone have their notification LED on when there's a text message? I only have the LED on when i have missed calls..
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I like black but it annoys me that the fonts on black look horrible. For instance, in settings, the small fonts distort when scrolling up and down. This doesn't occur on white. Nor does it occur on the Omnia 7 even when on black. So perhaps this is a HD7 issue, or perhaps it is just my HD7. Am interested to know if others have noticed it.
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Could you elaborate on this distorting text? I haven't noticed anything on my HD7 with black background. Text looks wonderful on this screen and Windows Phone 7.
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Could you elaborate on this distorting text? I haven't noticed anything on my HD7 with black background. Text looks wonderful on this screen and Windows Phone 7.
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just open the Settings page and scroll up and down slowly. Notice how the small subtext is a lot tougher to read while scrolling. That's what he is referring to I believe.
The text issue is called "ghosting" and is due to the low quality LCD panel on the HD7, which has a very low pixel response time.
It bugged me a lot on a black background. It's not noticeable on white.
Yep, as the other guys say. A better description than my original one is that the text has a "shimmer" when scrolling. It sort of fades out.
Rather than it being a panel issue, I think is might be a cleartype or font smoothing type of issue. Later on I'll do up a bitmap image with some text on it, and see if the problem occurs. If yes then it's a crap panel and if no then maybe fonts/cleartype/software and hope.
Another problem with the black background is you do see the backlight ever so slightly. Yes, I knew this, when I (now somewhat regretfully) chose it over the Omnia 7. Be good if Microsoft gave us more colour options, I'd probably use a very dark grey if available. My £99 ZTE Blade has far nicer blacks than my HD7 Sorry to rant. No need to flame. I think the HD7 will be the great WP7 hacker/modder device and this alone is enough for me.
I created a bitmap and emailed it to myself. The shimmering effect did occur when moving around. So it does seem like a screen or a screen driver problem, and nothing to do with fonts and the like.
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I was just wondering if a white background would consume more power than a black background for the theme settings.. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Here's your answer. Enjoy whatever color you want.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Google-Israel-Goes-Black-to-Support-Earth-Hour
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I created a bitmap and emailed it to myself. The shimmering effect did occur when moving around. So it does seem like a screen or a screen driver problem, and nothing to do with fonts and the like.
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I thought it was because grey on black has less contrast than grey on white. Could you do the same but instead of grey use white.
I have just again compared the scrolling of the settings page on my HD7 with my Trophy and there is a huge difference!!
On the Trophy's SLCD screen there is no ghosting and everything just flows and stays readable all the time.
Everything is just so much more vivid and vibrant on the Trophy !
It is indeed a shame that HTC have not used a SLCD screen for their flagship model
I've stayed with white I tried black for a bit but it did not look as contrasty as hoped.
Sorry tbk21, I can't try it as I sold the phone. Got loads of interest on Gumtree. HD7 is not the one for me. The speakers, the screen and the slow loading of sdcards. Sticking with my clunky Android for now. Maybe I'll be back for the second wave of WP7 phones.
Any interesting new apps that would change the interface of the HTC HD7 cellphone ?
for example the HTC HD7 has just tiles but the only thing you can do is change the color of them. But is there an app that would transform everything unique and even the actual background ?
the only backgrounds there are for the HD7 is WHITE background and BLACK background.
But thats all it can do. Unless there is a unique way how to put a nice 3D background or even a 3D visual wave movement wallpaper background for the HTC HD7..
most cellphones now days they have nuce backgrounds for example a black background with some color wave moving motion 3d effects... that makes the background look stand out more.
Anything like this on WP7 OR at least when?
P.S also as you scroll the side where you can see all the little apps you have on the phone and as you scroll down up and down these are your apps you have downloaded. Okies these little tiny tile apps are filling up as you download more and more apps.... isnt there a way to open up a 3rd page on the side for specified apps for example all the social apps on the 3rd page and all of the GPS and maps on the 4th page.
Just abit like iphone.. iphone apps shows them all in one full screen and the more apps you install all you do is scroll the SIDE of the phone to see the second page of apps and and so on.
I just think the hd7 page with all the apps are far too long to scroll all the way down to find your actual app you need to use..... there should be pages not just keep scrolling down because its time comsuming.
So any tips and features for the phone ? tell us yours and tell us how you do it.
regards
sandra
Look around there and you will find your answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=606
Has anyone noticed the massive ghosting on the HD7's LCD when using the black theme? I never really paid attention to it until I switched back from the white to the black theme, but when scrolling a list with white text or white lines on a black background (calendar in a good example), the LCD leaves a massive trail of ghosting text and lines (resembles a smear effect). Makes me want to bang my head against a wall...
It's because the bad black in HTC's screens.. Put theme in "light" and scroll on photos or something like that (without black) and you will see it moves perfectly smooth.
i sent my HD7 to service and they replaced the LCD and touch panel for me.... the screen is failing, it will only get worse....
send it for replcement befor the warrenty runs out...