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[SOLVED] Reduced quality of transferred images!

After I transferred some .jpg files from my PC to my X8 I noticed a HUGE reduction of their quality. For example, gradients! In my pc they look OK, but after transferring them to my phone, there was very noticeable gradient banding. They were horrible in so many ways. Every gradient looked like crap!
Has anyone else noticed this? Any fix?

Chris95X8 said:
After I transferred some .jpg files from my PC to my X8 I noticed a HUGE reduction of their quality. For example, gradients! In my pc they look OK, but after transferring them to my phone, there was very noticeable gradient banding. They were horrible in so many ways. Every gradient looked like crap!
Has anyone else noticed this? Any fix?
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are you using android gallery? if yes, you will see that huge reduction of quality, specially the background gradients because that gallery downsizes them.
try another gallery app, in SE 2.1 Album gallery that problem does not exist

So if I use a file manager, that won't happen? Let me check...
Edit: I must still open them with the gallery app. Is there any equivalent app on the market?
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Chris95X8 said:
So if I use a file manager, that won't happen? Let me check...
Edit: I must still open them with the gallery app. Is there any equivalent app on the market?
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I am using quickpic application.
It has very good picture quality (better than gallery3D)!

Gonna try it

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Chris95X8 said:
After I transferred some .jpg files from my PC to my X8 I noticed a HUGE reduction of their quality. For example, gradients! In my pc they look OK, but after transferring them to my phone, there was very noticeable gradient banding. They were horrible in so many ways. Every gradient looked like crap!
Has anyone else noticed this? Any fix?
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Even with the best image software some images will still look bad regarding gradients, this is due to the screen not using its native 16M colors
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Nikkopt said:
Even with the best image software some images will still look bad regarding gradients, this is due to the screen not using its native 16M colors
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oh yea this one too, only 65k colors is available

Dude!!! QuickPic is awesome! The image quality is much higher. Gradients look ok now. No banding at all. Many thanks ( I'll thank you when I get to my pc )
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Chris95X8 said:
Dude!!! QuickPic is awesome! The image quality is much higher. Gradients look ok now. No banding at all. Many thanks ( I'll thank you when I get to my pc )
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No Problem Bro , glad to help

Nikkopt said:
Even with the best image software some images will still look bad regarding gradients, this is due to the screen not using its native 16M colors
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Why is this happening?

After Root, what have you disabled?

here are some screens from what I have disabled
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Did anyone here know what is LG-MLT for? ....... anyway's - all these disabled apps did'nt make my battery life better ....
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fire3d said:
here are some screens from what I have disabled
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Did anyone here know what is LG-MLT for? ....... anyway's - all these disabled apps did'nt make my battery life better ....
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You disabled almost everything...
My question is, now that we have root access, how to modify the SO?...
I tried to delete some files with "Root Explorer" but the files permissions didn't allowed me...
Any "place" where we can learn something more about Android, cause I start to deal with that one month ago, and I'm not a geek too...
Thx and sorry for the bad english

fire3d said:
here are some screens from what I have disabled
Did anyone here know what is LG-MLT for? ....... anyway's - all these disabled apps did'nt make my battery life better ....
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1. Also freeze on screen phone.
2. Get DroidWall from play store (free) and block Gallery on both wifi and 3g
3. Get any cpu control app like SetCpu and set screen off to interactive 51-450 and rest everything to ondemand at 51-1200
You should see good improvement in battery. At least i did.
My only concern right now is video on semi lit room is really really dark. Let me know if you have any suggestions for that
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ksekhar said:
Get DroidWall from play store (free) and block Gallery on both wifi and 3g
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or simply change permissions with Autostarts

RuedasLocas said:
You disabled almost everything...
My question is, now that we have root access, how to modify the SO?...
I tried to delete some files with "Root Explorer" but the files permissions didn't allowed me...
Any "place" where we can learn something more about Android, cause I start to deal with that one month ago, and I'm not a geek too...
Thx and sorry for the bad english
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if u really dont know whats going on at the moment
do not delete any system files as this may crash ur machine
just try to disable/freeze them using apps like titanium backup pro
btw inside root explorer
see the little box on top [Mount R/W]?
thats how you change from read only to modifiable

list of applications that can be removed
list of applications that can be removed
AppBox.apk
AppClub_ver.2.0_b119.apk
ApplicationManager.apk
CalendarWidget.apk
EmailWidget.apk
FavoriteContactsWidget.apk
GMS_Maps.apk
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
HelpDesk_ver1.50_b17.apk
LGCbReceiver.apk
LGEmail.apk
lgercui.apk
LGInformer_ver.1.1_b86.apk
LinkBackup.apk
MediaHome_X3.apk
MemoWidget.apk
MusicWidget.apk
PlusOne.apk
RichNote.apk
SmartShare.apk
SNSync_ver.0.9.3_b135.apk
Street.apk
VoiceSearch.apk
WeatherWidget.apk
Yandex_search_v2.11_b211.apk
LGWorld.apk
LGWorldClockWidger.apk
PolarisOffice.apk
PowerControlWidget.apk
TodayPlusWidget.apk

fire3d said:
here are some screens from what I have disabled
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Did anyone here know what is LG-MLT for? ....... anyway's - all these disabled apps did'nt make my battery life better ....
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda premium
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of course...
we need better software optimization by LG and custom kernel with cpu undervolts

A small idea that i'd like to see come to life

I just had a thought...it would be cool to be able to title your screens. A screen could become one big folder of apps as such.
I think it would be handy then to use the notification center to select different titles (screens).
Another idea is to use notification center to quickly access a certain folder quickly.
Not sure if these are good or bad ideas or even if they have been made. Let me know what you think...
Matt
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Are you talking about titling your home screens? Maybe you could create a custom text widget and have it take up 1x4 spacing? :good:

hahnsdroid said:
I just had a thought...it would be cool to be able to title your screens. A screen could become one big folder of apps as such.
I think it would be handy then to use the notification center to select different titles (screens).
Another idea is to use notification center to quickly access a certain folder quickly.
Not sure if these are good or bad ideas or even if they have been made. Let me know what you think...
Matt
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ShadowCode said:
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You guys, he's talking about iOS! :silly:
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Josepho1997 said:
You guys, he's talking about iOS! :silly:
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hahnsdroid said:
I just had a thought...it would be cool to be able to title your screens. A screen could become one big folder of apps as such.
I think it would be handy then to use the notification center to select different titles (screens).
Another idea is to use notification center to quickly access a certain folder quickly.
Not sure if these are good or bad ideas or even if they have been made. Let me know what you think...
Matt
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That seems like a cool idea actually. Like a quick access to apps from the notification drawer.
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veeman said:
That seems like a cool idea actually. Like a quick access to apps from the notification drawer.
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I have it on my Rom..
Beamed from my beloved HTC Sensation using xda premium

anasmunir said:
I have it on my Rom..
Beamed from my beloved HTC Sensation using xda premium
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Me too.

Anyway to MTP mount on OSX beside the "Android File Transfer" app?

I want to know is there anyway to mount mtp on my macbook? I currently use the program mentioned above, but ti's buggy and disconnects once the screen times out. just wonder if there were other alternatives???

ticklemepinks said:
I want to know is there anyway to mount mtp on my macbook? I currently use the program mentioned above, but ti's buggy and disconnects once the screen times out. just wonder if there were other alternatives???
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Try AirDroid - it works over wifi

ticklemepinks said:
I want to know is there anyway to mount mtp on my macbook? I currently use the program mentioned above, but ti's buggy and disconnects once the screen times out. just wonder if there were other alternatives???
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How in the hell do we mount it to ps3?
***Scram If You Ain't Serving Grams***

ticklemepinks said:
I want to know is there anyway to mount mtp on my macbook? I currently use the program mentioned above, but ti's buggy and disconnects once the screen times out. just wonder if there were other alternatives???
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Thank you!!! Google needs to get on this!!!
Sent From My HTC One, On The Now Network From Sprint!

When you plug it in isn't there a HTC app that it asks to install to transfer files
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gmfeny said:
When you plug it in isn't there a HTC app that it asks to install to transfer files
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it is but you can only transfer certain files

gmfeny said:
When you plug it in isn't there a HTC app that it asks to install to transfer files
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That's only on windows.

You can download it from the HTC website, though. It's clunky but you can drag files to and from the sdcard.
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Recil said:
You can download it from the HTC website, though. It's clunky but you can drag files to and from the sdcard.
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Might as well stick with android file transfer then.

TonyTurboII said:
That's only on windows.
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No it installed on my iMac and I'm pretty sure it allowed me to browse all the folders on my phone
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gmfeny said:
No it installed on my iMac and I'm pretty sure it allowed me to browse all the folders on my phone
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Weird. Gives me nothing on my iMac or MacBook.
Maybe because I already have android file transfer on both.

TonyTurboII said:
Weird. Gives me nothing on my iMac or MacBook.
Maybe because I already have android file transfer on both.
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Its the third tab up top labeled 'files'
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retnuh730 said:
Its the third tab up top labeled 'files'
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to get to the files function i had to turn off the auto syncs, i'll see how well this works and report back

ticklemepinks said:
to get to the files function i had to turn off the auto syncs, i'll see how well this works and report back
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*update
well it does work, but the thing AFT has over the htc app is that when u transfer files it give u a eta of how long it takes but the htc app stays connected even when the screen goes black and stuff

ticklemepinks said:
I want to know is there anyway to mount mtp on my macbook? I currently use the program mentioned above, but ti's buggy and disconnects once the screen times out. just wonder if there were other alternatives???
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You might take a look at this project: github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs it's a command line tool to mount MTP devices.
It is developed for Linux, but I have confirmed it worked well on OS X too, you need to osxfuse, Go compiler and libusb in your system to get it work, all of them can be installed through Homebrew, so there is nothing complicated at all.

[Q] What Happened to the small app Notes?

I don't have the small app "notes", which was the most useful small app on my Xperia ZR. Anybody have it? I can't find it in the Play store.

Nope, I just looked for it. Not in the phone and not in Google play
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What you can do alternatively is use Google Keep and create a small app from one of its widgets. It would work with other third party notes apps as well I guess.
Although it seems like it will switch to the full app as soon as you try to edit or add a note.

I miss this app too... Anyone can port it for Z3C please?

degraaff said:
What you can do alternatively is use Google Keep and create a small app from one of its widgets. It would work with other third party notes apps as well I guess.
Although it seems like it will switch to the full app as soon as you try to edit or add a note.
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That's exactly what happens, it switches to the full app, makes it worthless as small app.
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Bialynia said:
That's exactly what happens, it switches to the full app, makes it worthless as small app.
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Well if you can find a notes app that has a widget in which you can type directly, then that would work well as a small app.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv0yfpverr6umfs/SomcNotes.apk?dl=0

lolstebbo said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv0yfpverr6umfs/SomcNotes.apk?dl=0
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Thank you.

lolstebbo said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv0yfpverr6umfs/SomcNotes.apk?dl=0
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Problem solved, thanks!!
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Bialynia said:
Problem solved, thanks!!
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Sorry to be slower but how did this solve the problem? I installed this app, it's actually a good and simple note app, but it doesn't have a widget, so I cannot add it to small apps.
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tudork said:
Sorry to be slower but how did this solve the problem? I installed this app, it's actually a good and simple note app, but it doesn't have a widget, so I cannot add it to small apps.
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It's already in your small apps, no need for a widget
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I installed it and it didn't show in mine, so I deleted it again thinking it was a standard notes app. Playstore don't seem to have any small apps for notes either, although plenty of other types of small apps.

techguyone said:
I installed it and it didn't show in mine, so I deleted it again thinking it was a standard notes app. Playstore don't seem to have any small apps for notes either, although plenty of other types of small apps.
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You could look for a notes app that has a widget in which you can enter a note directly. Then you may be able to make a small app from that widget.

lolstebbo said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv0yfpverr6umfs/SomcNotes.apk?dl=0
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I tried to install the apk file shared by lolstebbo using mobile go from PC but failed with error remarks "Not Enough Space". It's strange because my available storage in my z3 compact still adequate around 9GB left. Anyone experienced this before?
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lolstebbo said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv0yfpverr6umfs/SomcNotes.apk?dl=0
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Thanks bro!!!! I was looking for the stock notes app my z1 compact had since like a month ago....
This apk is the right one. It also adds the notes small app and the voice recording small app :highfive:
Just a question. Does anybody know where the voice recordings are saved in the phone? I need to copy some recordings to my pc, but don't know which directory are them in.

lolstebbo said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv0yfpverr6umfs/SomcNotes.apk?dl=0
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hey the file has been deleted, i still want it!
Very hard to find on the internet.