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Is there a way we can get RenderFx?

While checking droiddog and watching the cyanogen 6 for the evo video and he used a widget called render fx, do we have a widget like this or is it possible for someone to port it?

abov3dis said:
While checking droiddog and watching the cyanogen 6 for the evo video and he used a widget called render fx, do we have a widget like this or is it possible for someone to port it?
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its included in the Cyanogenmod 6.0.0 RC0 rom

fire our heros?
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Yeah check here. RC0 and RC1 should have it.
http://www.primoweb.com/froyo/

The spare parts app has always had this option. Although, why would you even use it?
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cp0020 said:
The spare parts app has always had this option. Although, why would you even use it?
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i know hurts my eyes looking at it. supposed to give excellent battery life though.

no it does not, i ran a test (its in the general section) because of the "render" it slows your phone down considerably and wastes cpu cycles ergo negating any battery life you would have saved (if you had an oled screen), but since we have an lcd screen EVERY pixel is lit up regardless if its in use or not. i had 29 hours with almost no use, people on here get longer then that with a bit of use...
TL: DR slows your phone down, does make it look cool if your into that, but it doesnt save battery from what ive seen

I would love this app and I dont care if it kills my battery. The green is nice for using screen at night. Better then white screen at night. So do we have a answer where can we get it? Running droidX.

If you are using CM6, it is in Settings > Cyan Settings > Render effect.
You can also add a render fx widget to your home screen. Add it like any other widget.
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Cm6 is not supported on droidX. I do have and use it on my original Droid. And im looking for this or something like it.

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no it does not, i ran a test (its in the general section) because of the "render" it slows your phone down considerably and wastes cpu cycles ergo negating any battery life you would have saved (if you had an oled screen), but since we have an lcd screen EVERY pixel is lit up regardless if its in use or not. i had 29 hours with almost no use, people on here get longer then that with a bit of use...
TL: DR slows your phone down, does make it look cool if your into that, but it doesnt save battery from what ive seen
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You're right. The whole idea of showing only one color exploits the technology of OLED and its ability to only light up pixels on demand. LCD works by having the entire backlight always on, with polarizers selectively attenuating the light appropriately for each pixel. That's why LCD cannot achieve true black like OLED, and that's why OLED contrast ratio tests destroy LCD.
Since our Hero has the latter technology, this has absolutely no positive effects for us. Don't use it unless you like less colors.

So I have torn apart most of cyanogenmod's roms and settings trying to find this. So if anyone has it please upload that would be awesome

here is the spare parts APK. i havent tried pushing it yet, but its worth a shot.

It fails to load on my X
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here is the spare parts APK. i havent tried pushing it yet, but its worth a shot.
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don't suppose you ever found a way to bring it from cm?
It would be nice to have as I like the way cm looks at night with this
And would love to have a widget since I must move away from the
Cm 6.2 port for the fascinate on my mesmerize since the bluetooth
Isn't the and when using bluetooth stereo headset made by samsung
Incoming callers and my own outgoing calls can't hear me and i can't
hear them...just weird aosp issue...
Anyway would love a widget with this function.

If you're running CM7 then its settings > cyanogenmod settings > interface > render effect
I don't know exactly what rom the OP is running so I just posted directions to it in CM7

kifno said:
If you're running CM7 then its settings > cyanogenmod settings > interface > render effect
I don't know exactly what rom the OP is running so I just posted directions to it in CM7
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That was NOT the question. The question was is it possible to do WITHOUT running CyanogenMod.

jasonmaloney said:
That was NOT the question. The question was is it possible to do WITHOUT running CyanogenMod.
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Oh well then the answer is in the previous post before my last one. Sorry about that.
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In my experience, renderfx rendered my hero near useless.
~maybe I set it too high...

i actually used to use this for getting late night calls in bed and it hasn't worked properly after one of the many updates since August. Once the phone unlocks its back to normal. Anyone else?

Color calibration apps and Nexus 7

Hello all!
I've picked my Nexus 7 today from CPW, even though I knew of the existing screen issues. Before buying it I had the time to have a quick look at it, just to make sure hardware wise was fine. Well yes, it was fine, but the colors are not calibrated. I know it's not a new thing, but at least it's not a hardware problem (or at least I hope it's not! ).
I was wondering if any of the apps/mods available in the forum/play store can actually help with the colours of the screen? I know a few years back Nexus One had issues with colour calibration and Nook as well, and there were a few mods developed which helped with the problem.
I'm happy with my nexus and I don't really want to return it, as the new one might have excellent colours but other issues would be present.
Would appreciate some suggestions or we could simply start a discussion on the topic and what could be done about calibrating the colours.
p.s. Apologies if this is not the right thread!

I would try trinity kernel, if u flash his kernel and buy his app u can do what u want to the colors. Its still alpha tho. Im using it on my gnex and its awesome.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
Screen Adjuster helps a little, but doesn't do anything about the poor gamma. And unfortunately it makes the UI a little laggy. So probably not worth it. I haven't seen anything else so far.

crazyscow said:
I would try trinity kernel, if u flash his kernel and buy his app u can do what u want to the colors. Its still alpha tho. Im using it on my gnex and its awesome.
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The trinity kernel with the tkt app does not have the option yet for color calibration.
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I must be seriously lucky, the screen on my Nexus 7 is brilliant. I have the Evo LTE, and I'm accustomed to nice screens. I get tons of compliments every day by people looking at my tablet and saying how crisp the colors and text are. I'm usually the one with the issues, but the sun shines on a dogs ass every now and then.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it now and i could actually achieve satisfying results but as u said the performance is seriously affected! At least this proves the colours can be fixed with software. I hope Google comes up with a fix of some sort !
About the crisp and clean screens... I've a galaxy s3 as well and I don't even want to compare it with the nexus!
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Semantics said:
I must be seriously lucky, the screen on my Nexus 7 is brilliant. I have the Evo LTE, and I'm accustomed to nice screens. I get tons of compliments every day by people looking at my tablet and saying how crisp the colors and text are. I'm usually the one with the issues, but the sun shines on a dogs ass every now and then.
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I shined a light on my dog's ass and I saw no improvement in color response. What other steps did you take?

The gamma on mine is way off (down around 1.2 at 48% for me), but as I posted before the colour temp (on mine at least) seems excellent. Swings and roundabout I suppose. Unfortunately Android doesn't have colour management baked into the OS (neither does iOS) so there's no really practical solution at present. If you want proper calibration on a tablet sometime soon I guess the only option would be to get one of the x86 Win8 tablets at the end of the year.

crazyscow said:
I would try trinity kernel, if u flash his kernel and buy his app u can do what u want to the colors. Its still alpha tho. Im using it on my gnex and its awesome.
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Not on nexus 7, and I haven't seen an easy way to do it on this LCD, also not looking too hard considering there is other stuff to be done that does work.
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I'll be replacing it then, shame there's no a quick solution as the problem is not so difficult to fix..
Thanks for the help!

I think CM ROMs usually offer calibration in the display menu? I think the upcoming CM10 will have it

My cellphone is more vibrant
But it has an amoled display. I usually run the Nexus at 25%, to save battery and because I find it too bright ( indoors anyway) to keep looking at it when it,s at 75 - 100%. If they do send a OTA fix, I might have to drop it down to 10%
Here's a screen shot at 25%. I don't know if a screen shot is accurate to show my screen brightness, but I'm good with the brightness and color.

Ahmazin said:
But it has an amoled display. I usually run the Nexus at 25%, to save battery and because I find it too bright ( indoors anyway) to keep looking at it when it,s at 75 - 100%. If they do send a OTA fix, I might have to drop it down to 10%
Here's a screen shot at 25%. I don't know if a screen shot is accurate to show my screen brightness, but I'm good with the brightness and color.
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Can you send me two screen shots? Open maps app and take a screen shot. Open any app in the play store and take a screen shot of the description page of the app. Please post those screen shots here so that I can compare.
Generally how the font looks like in the play store?

Maps and App Screen shots
saadi703 said:
Can you send me two screen shots? Open maps app and take a screen shot. Open any app in the play store and take a screen shot of the description page of the app. Please post those screen shots here so that I can compare.
Generally how the font looks like in the play store?
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Here you go. Hope these helps you out.

I realized you might want to see more text on the Map Pic
saadi703 said:
Can you send me two screen shots? Open maps app and take a screen shot. Open any app in the play store and take a screen shot of the description page of the app. Please post those screen shots here so that I can compare.
Generally how the font looks like in the play store?
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On the other one, it just shows basically trees, but I took it off satellite and zoomed out a little.

Screen shots will not show a display issue.. common sense..

ingenious247 said:
Screen shots will not show a display issue.. common sense..
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lol random bump to tell someone they were wrong?
This thread is from July 31st

quite funny though...haha, but has anything come up to fix our screens? I will play with my nexus and pick up my phone and just be confused over the better colors on my Sensation. The nexus is a bit washed out... and darks aren't great but that can't be fixed.

nba1341 said:
lol random bump to tell someone they were wrong?
This thread is from July 31st
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No, to educate.
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ingenious247 said:
No, to educate.
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What he's getting at is this thread was dead and buried with no life left in it, but you brought it back as a zombie.
There's a point when death by obscurity is a better option than resurrection for correction.
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Active Notifications Flicker?

Wanted to see if anyone elses' X does this.
Go into a dark/pitch black room.
Face down your phone and pick it up / get the AN to trigger.
Watch your screen after the AN fades out.
Does your whole screen go through a wavy/flicker effect? Lasts about 1 second. Looks slightly grey/brownish. Not so noticeable when it's bright out.

I have noticed this. I wanted to see if the active notification pixels were the only ones lighting up and I think they are. However, there is that brief moment that the whole screen is emitting enough light to be noticeable.

Ya I have noticed this too but only in very dark rooms. I'm not to worried; battery life is great for my usage.
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someone can solve this bug?

guillots said:
someone can solve this bug?
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I've got the exact same problem, but its only noticiable in very dark rooms, but still it sucks.
I have find this app, it's the same as Motos Active Screen, but it doesn't flicker for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications&hl=nl
You will need the paid version to get all options though.

seafood99 said:
I've got the exact same problem, but its only noticiable in very dark rooms, but still it sucks.
I have find this app, it's the same as Motos Active Screen, but it doesn't flicker for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications&hl=nl
You will need the paid version to get all options though.
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That app may chew through your battery possibly, unlike moto's active display.
Just a heads up. ?

[Request] Galaxy S7 Always on display?

So the Galaxy S7 has now been announced, and one of the new features is a clock which is always displayed on the screen. Obviously, this would be possible with our phone too as it has the same OLED display. Does anyone know of an app that does this, or could anyone make a simple one like it?
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/21/1...y-s7-edge-smartphone-announced-specs-mwc-2016

Yeah. It would be nice to have it on our GS 6.

I just discovered noLed : http://www.devasque.com/noled/FAQ.php
It looks good, I'm giving à try....
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It would be awesome to have. Meanwhile AcDisplay offers a similar (not quite the same) thing.
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Try out this app DynamicNotifications. Available on PlayStore. Does work like S7. The only issue is it drains battery quite a lot. Probably coz digitiser is always on. It would be good if someone could turn off the digitiser. Coz I am pretty that's the reason for battery drain. After all both S7 and S6 use same S-AMOLED.
I am currently having a battery drain of 3%/30mins (WiFi on). I think rather than an app, we need a custom kernel.

Try out these two apps.
Glance and Off Clock. Very similar functions, it doesn't consume a great deal of battery life.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=danursu.glance&hl=en_GB
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saulius.mockus.off&hl=en_GB

not quite the same thing. the wave thing was anyways there by default. what we need is a true 'always on' display app. we need a kernel actually. no way to turn off digitiser.
kalinskym said:
Try out these two apps.
Glance and Off Clock. Very similar functions, it doesn't consume a great deal of battery life.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=danursu.glance&hl=en_GB
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saulius.mockus.off&hl=en_GB
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I also found this app called NoLed. But my issue with it is that the softkeys still work when it's on. It looks awesome though.

bishopluc said:
I also found this app called NoLed. But my issue with it is that the softkeys still work when it's on. It looks awesome though.
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Check out DynamicNotifications. It's much better. Only issue is battery. Digitiser stays on. ?

I will, thanks! But battery is everything for me. So if it drains battery excessively I'll have to uninstall it eventually.
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Check out DynamicNotifications. It's much better. Only issue is battery. Digitiser stays on. ��
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bishopluc said:
I will, thanks! But battery is everything for me. So if it drains battery excessively I'll have to uninstall it eventually.
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Sadly the app is so good that I have decided to keep it anyways. Lol. And the fact it doesn't mess up with the lock screen makes it even better. Unlike NoLED your phone could be locked and you'd still have DynamicNotifications running.

bhavinshah_321 said:
not quite the same thing. the wave thing was anyways there by default. what we need is a true 'always on' display app. we need a kernel actually. no way to turn off digitiser.
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What do you mean? Both of those applications support always on clock, with Glance supporting notifications. It's minimal battery consumption, the only downside is that with "Off Clock", you have to first open the app than lock the screen then press the home button to activate it, but other than that it works the same way, just without the customisations.

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What do you mean? Both of those applications support always on clock, with Glance supporting notifications. It's minimal battery consumption, the only downside is that with "Off Clock", you have to first open the app than lock the screen then press the home button to activate it, but other than that it works the same way, just without the customisations.
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glance its ok...only thing i dont like its moving clock randomly

The clock moving randomly was only added in the most recent version, if you can find the previous version, the clock will stay in the same place.
I'm on the hunt, kept being brought to websites that I didn't think I could trust. You're welcome to try and find the order version. I think it's 2.2 unless the developer went from 1.0 to 2.3
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I'm using Off Clock since it has white outline around the black text which is better for battery life

just wait for the S7 ports and you probably will get most of these features.

We won't be able to use Samsung Pay, if we install a custom rom

Ported app, not rom. It can be just like an app that you install. If they make it like that. I don't think there's a real reason that it needs any system permissions.
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Ported app, not rom. It can be just like an app that you install. If they make it like that. I don't think there's a real reason that it needs any system permissions.
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it will need to stay on when locked
access to notifunctions
and stay screen always on

You can get same thing at cost of battery, anyone can get same thing at cost of battery(more on ips), but both G5 and S7 has an auxiliary processor which are very low powered and can only handle to show clock, these are very helpful, as main processor is very powerful and will consume lot of power even at lower Frequency. So basically you cannot port the hardware. You can do at cost of battery

Killer.shubham said:
You can get same thing at cost of battery, anyone can get same thing at cost of battery(more on ips), but both G5 and S7 has an auxiliary processor which are very low powered and can only handle to show clock, these are very helpful, as main processor is very powerful and will consume lot of power even at lower Frequency. So basically you cannot port the hardware. You can do at cost of battery
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Actually S6 too has low powered CPUs. And plus it has AMOLED. So you can pretty much make it work for S6 with minimal effect on battery as long as the digitiser is off.

[App]: Always On Display - All AMOLED Devices

Greetings all,
What is it ?
I found this application in the Goole Play store which simulates the "Always On Display" feature for all AMOLED devices.
It is basically turns all pixels in AMOLED screen into black except the selected pixels for the clock. Yes it works with all kind of screens however it causes battery drain for non AMOLED screens.
Issues:
- Doesn't work well with fingerprint as you need to tap the home button every time you need to open the screen
- Doesn't work with 3rd party lock screen apps.
note:
Please note that I'm not the developer, I just know the developer and I can communicate with him issues.
or you can directly do so in the comments section in the Play Store
Download Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turki.alkhateeb.alwayson

Yeah not good if you want to turn your phone on lol you can't

What about battery drain? Anyone already try it?

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What about battery drain? Anyone already try it?
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I did try it. It consumes slightly more than 1% of the battery ever one hour similar to what S7 and G5 do.
to me it is too much
around 24% daily is wasted

jaythenut said:
Yeah not good if you want to turn your phone on lol you can't
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Yes, I already communicated this with the developer hoping for a fix.

Yup gave it a shot, sorry to say the fingerprint unlock has spoiled me can't live without it

zeflun said:
Yup gave it a shot, sorry to say the fingerprint unlock has spoiled me can't live without it
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Yeah, I installed it and it was difficult to get my phone back.
This is a bad app on a 6P. Don't use. Don't even try.

Would be better if we could have ambient display on always but only the clock aspect[emoji14]
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I lose 1% overnight on my phone as is, and as interesting as this app sounds. You'll be losing 1% an hour ? Bit excessive

All I really want is a way to wave over the proximity sensor like the og moto x
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Does it move the clock around to prevent burn in?
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Koragg618 said:
Does it move the clock around to prevent burn in?
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it does

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it does
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Unless I'm missing something, I don't see any option to automatically move the clock around the screen. It gives you the option to have it be on the top center or bottom of the screen, but no option to automatically move it around to prevent burn-in.
I would love to be proven wrong, cause I really want this app to work and not burn my screen! But I don't see the option, and thus far it's not moving on it's own...

Sparky1306 said:
Unless I'm missing something, I don't see any option to automatically move the clock around the screen. It gives you the option to have it be on the top center or bottom of the screen, but no option to automatically move it around to prevent burn-in.
I would love to be proven wrong, cause I really want this app to work and not burn my screen! But I don't see the option, and thus far it's not moving on it's own...
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My clock moved every 2 to 3 seconds maybe

Oh this app is very interesting.

dladz said:
I lose 1% overnight on my phone as is, and as interesting as this app sounds. You'll be losing 1% an hour ? Bit excessive
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Do you use greenify or any apps like that?
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Do you use greenify or any apps like that?
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I have done but the drain tends to be the same either way.
Amplify has had a good impact on my phone but at the moment i don't use that either, for me it's really about the apps that want to constantly update, so facebook, twitter etc.

Is this different with our default clock's "night mode"?
night mode also automatically move the time.
any tap on the screen will return it to the lockscreen, if its locked, returns to the clock menu if unlocked.

Nice app, but could have more customization options, such as changing the battery icon and much more! But i liked of this app

This app is working great on my Pixel XL. Disabled all the gestures for "waking" the phone up as I have fingerprint scanner.