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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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the best android phone ever uesed(2)

here are some pix

However it's also the most finger printed Android device aswell.
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the stickers
because of the stickers....

How did you get it?

Hey does that last picture show the camera lens & flash in a protected section from the rest of the back? Any other pic always makes them look embedded (especially the camera lense)

Wow you have 26 tabs open on your first picture!
P.S. how is the battery life for ya?

I'm guessing it's one of the earlier production models, not the latest revision. All of the review models have been different.

ap3604 said:
Wow you have 26 tabs open on your first picture!
P.S. how is the battery life for ya?
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Opera and Chromium can easily handle that.
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really?
ap3604 said:
Wow you have 26 tabs open on your first picture!
P.S. how is the battery life for ya?
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26 tabs? really? maybe some things went wrong
battery is acceptable, better than xperia ion, similar to galaxy note.

Chinese eh? They unblocked wikipedia already? Nice.

jacklebott said:
Hey does that last picture show the camera lens & flash in a protected section from the rest of the back? Any other pic always makes them look embedded (especially the camera lense)
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Looks like it's got a screen (er... back) protector on it to me.

No
wngmv said:
Chinese eh? They unblocked wikipedia already? Nice.
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No:fingers-crossed:

Can you upload a quadrant screenshot?

Jamal Ahmed said:
Can you upload a quadrant screenshot?
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Both front and back glasses have an oil-resistant coating?
In that way wit just a clothe every finger print will disappear

quachhong said:
26 tabs? really? maybe some things went wrong
battery is acceptable, better than xperia ion, similar to galaxy note.
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How long does it last you? For those of us not familiar with either those devices.

Slap-Yourself :) said:
How long does it last you? For those of us not familiar with either those devices.
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normally one full working day. i am quite a heavy user (phone and Email)

quachhong said:
normally one full working day. i am quite a heavy user (phone and Email)
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I usually communicate more with texts than anything. Also a moderate (sometimes heavy) data user, and have 2-3 email accounts synced. I'm hoping this thing will last me from when I wake up till at least an hour two before bed. Wishful thinking?

a gift
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i can only say this one lasts longer than other android devices i have used.
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New Features of Android Lollipop 5.x

What the title says. Write your findings and differences.
OP will be updated thanks to your contributions and suggestions. Special thanks to all contributors.
This will help in an easy way to locate what has changed for our beloved Note's.
1)-I find fingerprint sensor much more accurate.
2)-I personally find that phone gets a little warm while charging (N910C)
3)-Phone app seems faster but had 2 hangs to closing the line. Red button was not responding.
I had a clean install.
4)-You can now change colours in folders in the app drawer and homescreen.
5)-Now third party apps optimized for LP can write to ExtSDcard.
6)-a. Settings-security-trusted agents : enable smart lock
b. Smart lock now appears under settings-security.
7)-MISSING: RAW implementation is NON existent in N4. Samsung dropped the ball. Oops.
8*)-"Recent" apps remain after a reboot.
9-) Added battery drain. Internet hogging apps keep continually connecting.

Battery drains...

asif.malick said:
Battery drains...
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Give it time to settle. Its to early for battery tests

mariosraptor said:
What the title says. Write your findings and differences.
I find fingerprint sensor much more accurate.
Phone app seems faster but had 2 hangs to closing the line. Red button was not responding.
I had a clean install.
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Could you, if you have time, regularly update the OP so that new readers can quickly get an overview? It's a bit cumbersome to read through every post because there's always a lot of unrelated discussion.

Archiimonde said:
Could you, if you have time, regularly update the OP so that new readers can quickly get an overview? It's a bit cumbersome to read through every post because there's always a lot of unrelated discussion.
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Sure. I'll try to keep up.

asif.malick said:
Battery drains...
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Lol, really?
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Just about to flash this now. Tried CM12 but generally stuck with TW.

I haven't had any issues at all with the battery life, gaming is a lot better and I was gaming for 2 hours straight and my note 4 (910f) wasn't even warm I love this new lollipop update! Everything has improved in every way possible for me and the spen even works on games that it didn't work on before :laugh:

the fingerprint scanner is slightly better , but i found the battery drains so fast , some stutter while playing subway surfers , some apps crashed yesterday like 9GAG , i think samsung needs more time to tweak things together

Anyone having issues with device not going into Deep Sleep?
EDIT Several reboots appears to have fixed it..

alhaddar1996 said:
the fingerprint scanner is slightly better , but i found the battery drains so fast , some stutter while playing subway surfers , some apps crashed yesterday like 9GAG , i think samsung needs more time to tweak things together
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maybe they haven't properly bean optimized for ART.

You can no longer mute notifications.

mariosraptor said:
What the title says. Write your findings and differences.
1)_I find fingerprint sensor much more accurate.
2)-I personally find that phone gets a little warm while charging (N910C)
3)-Phone app seems faster but had 2 hangs to closing the line. Red button was not responding.
I had a clean install.
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Sad that this didn't changed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/overall-disappointed-note4-lollipop-t3029961

You can now change colours in folders in the app drawer and homescreen, which is not a life-changing feature but nice nonetheless.

Is it me or there is no Smooth recording option anymore? I can't seem to find it.

thedarkmunk said:
You can no longer mute notifications.
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This is true. We have now "Interruption" option but it's stupid to change mute option with this.
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Cotw said:
Is it me or there is no Smooth recording option anymore? I can't seem to find it.
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it has it as 1920*1080(60fps)

mali_veseljak said:
This is true. We have now "Interruption" option but it's stupid to change mute option with this.
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Agree !!
SD card writes now work with filemanager programs that are rewritten for lollipop support ex. es-file explorer

Does your Heartratesensor also light up everytime you touch it?
I mean outside Shealth ... thats strange it lights up also when screen is off. I'm confused!!

marleyb said:
Agree !!
SD card writes now work with filemanager programs that are rewritten for lollipop support ex. es-file explorer
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Quicpic gallery also.
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agree. ever used whatsapp? get ready for non stop popups at top of the screen, even in priority. it's frustrating
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Note 4 AOSP state

Just wondering how well does AOSP work so far for Note 4?
Do all features work without glitches? Are there still problems with Samsung not releasing drivers/documentation causing serious bugs and glitches? How is samsung-specific hardware (like S-Pen or fingerprint reader) functioning on AOSP builds?
I'm considering Note 4, but I want a phone with well working AOSP (for example Note 2 has a lot of issues, especially in Lollipop versions, presumably due to lack of Samsung's documentation).

Basic ly you lose all extra features with aosp
Crappy camera no pen. This is with all samsung phones
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I'm aware about loosing all fancy samsung S-Pen apps but how well does S-Pen work technically (does it support right-click via pen button for example? This feature got cut in Lollipop on N2 for some reason so I'm wondering if it works on N4).

matejdro said:
Just wondering how well does AOSP work so far for Note 2?
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You might want to ask this in the Note 2 section.
Racinghart91 said:
Basic ly you lose all extra features with aosp
Crappy camera no pen. This is with all samsung phones
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The camera is hardware........
If your talking about the Note 2 then probably. If your talking about the Note 4 then this is just more rubbish being posted to confuse people.
matejdro said:
I'm aware about loosing all fancy samsung S-Pen apps but how well does S-Pen work technically (does it support right-click via pen button for example? This feature got cut in Lollipop on N2 for some reason).
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Again two phone were mentioned and I have no idea which you are referring to. I'll assume Note 4 .
Everything works fine. Even camera and sPen. UHD recording works. Battery life is ok. You'll get around 12-18 hours of moderate usage. Of course you will loose TW features but you should already have known that. If you don't use action memo, S-health, S-whatever, KNOX or use the downsize app feature (Which nothing supports it anyways) then you will be fine.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. If you have another Samsung accessory like the Samsung Gear 2 then you don't want to use anything but TouchWiz. Samsung has locked out paying customers from using them on anything unless it is running BloatWiz, I mean TouchWiz.

Yeah I meant Note 4, I mistyped, sorry (edited my post above).
Thanks for the answer.
Also @airwa1kin7 does what you said apply to Kitkat roms or also to Lollipop ones?

matejdro said:
Yeah I meant Note 4, I mistyped, sorry (edited my post above).
Thanks for the answer.
Also @airwa1kin7 does what you said apply to Kitkat roms or also to Lollipop ones?
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Like KK AOSP?

Racinghart91 said:
Basic ly you lose all extra features with aosp
Crappy camera no pen. This is with all samsung phones
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S-pen works fine. FV-5 camera is great and UHD recording works fine. Currently the finger print sensor is not supported, but might be in future versions, most of the code is there already: Google pulled it at the last moment cause Apple bought the company but most was uploaded already, so it should be doalbe to support it.
Battery is the same as TW. ROM is stable, no crashes or weird bugs.
Anyway make sure you buy the snapdragon variant if you want AOSP: Exynos chipset is not yet supported and I'd say you'll see the Note 5 in the shops before the Note 4 Exynos AOSP is stable.

airwa1kin7 said:
Like KK AOSP?
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Yes.

matejdro said:
Yes.
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Haven't used a KK AOSP ROM yet. If i'm going to go through the painful process of using 4.4.4 I'll just use TW instead of AOSP. I've primarily just used LL AOSP ROMS.

gekkehenkie11 said:
S-pen works fine. FV-5 camera is great and UHD recording works fine. Currently the finger print sensor is not supported, but might be in future versions, most of the code is there already: Google pulled it at the last moment cause Apple bought the company but most was uploaded already, so it should be doalbe to support it.
Battery is the same as TW. ROM is stable, no crashes or weird bugs.
Anyway make sure you buy the snapdragon variant if you want AOSP.
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can you use air view/command/pointer action memos etc on aosp or just as stylus?

tmac31 said:
can you use air view/command/pointer action memos etc on aosp or just as stylus?
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Yeah. s-pen Air view/command just works as in TW. And you can link ejects of the s-pen to an action (like opening your favourite memo). However you can not select and copy/paste a part of the screen although it should be easy to write an app for it, maybe it even exists (it should just overlay the screen with your sketch and then copy/paste that area).

gekkehenkie11 said:
Yeah. s-pen Air view/command just works as in TW. And you can link ejects of the s-pen to an action (like opening your favourite memo). However you can not select and copy/paste a part of the screen although it should be easy to write an app for it, maybe it even exists (it should just overlay the screen with your sketch and then copy/paste that area).
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hmm maybe its possible to try on my 915f note edge too.

tmac31 said:
hmm maybe its possible to try on my 915f note edge too.
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Somebody was working on the edge. I remember some guy came into the IRC chat asking question about supporting the edge screen, I think it was a few weeks ago. Not sure if he succeeded though, als dont remember his name, sorry.

airwa1kin7 said:
Haven't used a KK AOSP ROM yet. If i'm going to go through the painful process of using 4.4.4 I'll just use TW instead of AOSP. I've primarily just used LL AOSP ROMS.
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Thanks. I assumed you used KK based on your signature but if everything already works on L, even better. I also don't care about KK if L works fine.

gekkehenkie11 said:
S-pen works fine. FV-5 camera is great and UHD recording works fine. Currently the finger print sensor is not supported, but might be in future versions, most of the code is there already: Google pulled it at the last moment cause Apple bought the company but most was uploaded already, so it should be doalbe to support it.
Battery is the same as TW. ROM is stable, no crashes or weird bugs.
Anyway make sure you buy the snapdragon variant if you want AOSP: Exynos chipset is not yet supported and I'd say you'll see the Note 5 in the shops before the Note 4 Exynos AOSP is stable.
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Is fv5 camera an app ? I really enjoyed your cm12 rom henkie. The only big problem for me was the camera quality.. so if there's a way that I could get the camera better I'm right back to your rom
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airwa1kin7 said:
You might want to ask this in the Note 2 section.
The camera is hardware........
If your talking about the Note 2 then probably. If your talking about the Note 4 then this is just more rubbish being posted to confuse people.
Again two phone were mentioned and I have no idea which you are referring to. I'll assume Note 4 .
Everything works fine. Even camera and sPen. UHD recording works. Battery life is ok. You'll get around 12-18 hours of moderate usage. Of course you will loose TW features but you should already have known that. If you don't use action memo, S-health, S-whatever, KNOX or use the downsize app feature (Which nothing supports it anyways) then you will be fine.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. If you have another Samsung accessory like the Samsung Gear 2 then you don't want to use anything but TouchWiz. Samsung has locked out paying customers from using them on anything unless it is running BloatWiz, I mean TouchWiz.
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And the camera drivers are software.
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Racinghart91 said:
Is fv5 camera an app ? I really enjoyed your cm12 rom henkie. The only big problem for me was the camera quality.. so if there's a way that I could get the camera better I'm right back to your rom
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There are several camera apps. The CM12 stock cam, the google cam, the FV-5 cam, open cam, snap cam, just to name a few. I don't like the CM12 stock cam too much neither but the FV-5 camera app is pretty good. It costs $3 though but those are $3 well spent in my opinion You don't need the Cm12 ROM to test them of course, they run on any android platform, so check them out, all available in the app store.
The Samsung cam app is indeed quite nice though, that's one of the few things Samsung actually did right

Racinghart91 said:
Is fv5 camera an app ? I really enjoyed your cm12 rom henkie. The only big problem for me was the camera quality.. so if there's a way that I could get the camera better I'm right back to your rom
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Oops. Auto correct on my phone. I meant the default AOSP camera app. It works fine for me. Even better then the TW app. Which is odd.
And the camera drivers are software.
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That I know. I was being silly.

I had CM12 on my note 4 for a couple of weeks, it wasn't stable enough for a daily driver really, some of the issues I had:
- Overheating, the phone gets hot, really hot, not just normal warming from charging or heavy use. On one occasion the phone smelt like burning electronics, i thought it was going to be dead.
- Camera is unstable, on first launch it was okay, subsequent launches gave an error of unable to connect to camera, only a reboot fixed it.
- Battery life is aweful, on echo i charge once a day on CM12 I had to charge 3 times a day.
- Random reboots, the phone would reboot then get stuck on the CM loading screen.
(I have the N910G,things maybe different on the N910F)

Yeah according to above replies N910F is considerably better than C edition (Apparently Exynos documentation still sucks way more than Qualcomm's?).
Thanks for the answer though, now I know N910G is completely off limits for me.

thelestat said:
I had CM12 on my note 4 for a couple of weeks, it wasn't stable enough for a daily driver really, some of the issues I had:
- Overheating, the phone gets hot, really hot, not just normal warming from charging or heavy use. On one occasion the phone smelt like burning electronics, i thought it was going to be dead.
- Camera is unstable, on first launch it was okay, subsequent launches gave an error of unable to connect to camera, only a reboot fixed it.
- Battery life is aweful, on echo i charge once a day on CM12 I had to charge 3 times a day.
- Random reboots, the phone would reboot then get stuck on the CM loading screen.
(I have the N910G,things maybe different on the N910F)
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Had the same problems with my Note 4 - N910F, lol..
I'm stuch with Touchwiz aswell at the moment

Possible screen problem.

On my previous s8+ and Note 8, when I use a black theme w/ a black wallpaper my recent apps screen is completely black. On my Note 9 it looks grey then is black at the very bottom of the screen. Can someone check their phone and please give feedback. Thanks. (see attached photo). View attachment 4596579
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That image looks all black to me, but either way it's not a screen problem. I'm using good lock's task switcher but I just turned it off to check, mine when stock is just a slightly dimmed background. See pic. Also I've attached a good lock switcher screenshot too, maybe try it out and see if it's alright, I'd recommend it regardless as it looks waaay better than default.

duracool said:
On my previous s8+ and Note 8, when I use a black theme w/ a black wallpaper my recent apps screen is completely black. On my Note 9 it looks grey then is black at the very bottom of the screen. Can someone check their phone and please give feedback. Thanks. (see attached photo). View attachment 4596579
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Try using another black wallpaper.
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beta546 said:
That image looks all black to me, but either way it's not a screen problem. I'm using good lock's task switcher but I just turned it off to check, mine when stock is just a slightly dimmed background. See pic. Also I've attached a good lock switcher screenshot too, maybe try it out and see if it's alright, I'd recommend it regardless as it looks waaay better than default.
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Of you click on the image it will show what I'm talking about.
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Limeybastard said:
Try using another black wallpaper.
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I tried several and their the same. Click on the image and you will see what I'm talking about.
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Of you click on the image it will show what I'm talking about.
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I think it's safe to assume we both clicked on the image as we don't have super vision haha. I see a pure black screen with just the white text and buttons, I don't see any grey at all.

Ok, instead of doing a screen shot I took a picture of my Note 9 and my Note 8. I've tried 6 different pure black wallpapers and they all look grey on my Note 9. On my Note 8 I'm using the same pure black 4k wallpaper and it's black not grey. This only happens on my "recent apps" screen, everything else is black.
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Ok, instead of doing a screen shot I took a picture of my Note 9 and my Note 8. I've tried 6 different pure black wallpapers and they all look grey on my Note 9. On my Note 8 I'm using the same pure black 4k wallpaper and it's black not grey. This only happens on my "recent apps" screen, everything else is black. View attachment 4597045View attachment 4597046
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Send it back for a replacement/repair,don't waste any more time soliciting opinions.
While all input is well-meaning,it's doing nothing but eating up precious time for returns/exchanges before it turns into a warranty issue.

KOLIOSIS said:
Send it back for a replacement/repair,don't waste any more time soliciting opinions.
While all input is well-meaning,it's doing nothing but eating up precious time for returns/exchanges before it turns into a warranty issue.
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If it were a hardware fault then it would show not just on the recent tab screen, but all other black screens.?
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Limeybastard said:
If it were a hardware fault then it would show not just on the recent tab screen, but all other black screens.?
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Perhaps,but,the OP has compared the same paper & others w/another phone.
If it were me,I wouldn't waste another minute.
Of course,go through the usual steps before contacting Samsung (clear cache in recovery/factory reset if that doesn't do it).
Some here feel such returns are frivolous & drive up costs for everyone,that's what the mfgs want you to think to reduce returns.
Truth is,it's a business decision & the costs are already factored-in when they set the MSRP,whether they accept a certain percentage of defects as the cost of doing business,or,tighten up quality control to lessen the cost of servicing warranties/exchanges.
I guarantee the people who advocate for "sucking it up" for the greater good unicorn of lower costs wouldn't do so if it was their device having issues.
Regardless,if the phone is seemingly defective,it's everyone's right to expect Samsung to make good on their warranty.
If one sits on their hands & does nothing but post in forums about it,they're getting nothing but empty platitudes,as useful as a FB :good: ......

KOLIOSIS said:
Perhaps,but,the OP has compared the same paper & others w/another phone.
If it were me,I wouldn't waste another minute.
Of course,go through the usual steps before contacting Samsung (clear cache in recovery/factory reset if that doesn't do it).
Some here feel such returns are frivolous & drive up costs for everyone,that's what the mfgs want you to think to reduce returns.
Truth is,it's a business decision & the costs are already factored-in when they set the MSRP,whether they accept a certain percentage of defects as the cost of doing business,or,tighten up quality control to lessen the cost of servicing warranties/exchanges.
I guarantee the people who advocate for "sucking it up" for the greater good unicorn of lower costs wouldn't do so if it was their device having issues.
Regardless,if the phone is seemingly defective,it's everyone's right to expect Samsung to make good on their warranty.
If one sits on their hands & does nothing but post in forums about it,they're getting nothing but empty platitudes,as useful as a FB :good: ......
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I once had an AMOLED black wallpaper on my note 8 that showed the upper area where the status bar was as slight lighter than the rest in the home screen, however in the apps screen it would be pitch black . One could notice it in a dark room. My case was software.
But yes, I get your point of view.
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Limeybastard said:
I once had an AMOLED black wallpaper on my note 8 that showed the upper area where the status bar was as slight lighter than the rest in the home screen, however in the apps screen it would be pitch black . One could notice it in a dark room. My case was software.
But yes, I get your point of view.
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I've had two phones w/issues the mfg basically refused to acknowledge:
A Galaxy S3 that had Touch/zooming issues & an HTC M7 w/seriously FUBAR B/T issues on phone calls.
Haven't had hardware issues w/any phones since,but,that's where I'm coming from when I recommend people to immediately contact the mfg with any quality issues.
The sooner the better for getting the process started/documented.
At minimum,it's user error,so be it,no harm,it'll get figured out,but,only if the end user takes action directly w/the mfg if all else fails.

duracool said:
Ok, instead of doing a screen shot I took a picture of my Note 9 and my Note 8. I've tried 6 different pure black wallpapers and they all look grey on my Note 9. On my Note 8 I'm using the same pure black 4k wallpaper and it's black not grey. This only happens on my "recent apps" screen, everything else is black.
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this is not an issue just an effect in recent apps. why would you think its a screen issue if it only happens under certain conditions/place?
note 8 is on 8.0 and note 9 is on 8.1 so maybe they just tweaked the effects a bit or maybe its just the theme.
people are so paranoid with the damn screens its beginning to be insane!
im thinking of opening a new thread for people issues using the note 9 .
note 9 paranoia is quite high, its as if people are begging for issues
Samsung customer support must be having high suicide rates this past month dealing with imaginary issues.
its probably making things hard for people that acctualy have legitimate issues... don't cry wolf

bober10113 said:
this is not an issue just an effect in recent apps. why would you think its a screen issue if it only happens under certain conditions/place?
note 8 is on 8.0 and note 9 is on 8.1 so maybe they just tweaked the effects a bit or maybe its just the theme.
people are so paranoid with the damn screens its beginning to be insane!
im thinking of opening a new thread for people issues using the note 9 .
note 9 paranoia is quite high, its as if people are begging for issues
Samsung customer support must be having high suicide rates this past month dealing with imaginary issues.
its probably making things hard for people that acctualy have legitimate issues... don't cry wolf
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My post started with "possible" not "definetly". To my knowledge XDA FORUMS is a place for Q&A's unless I'm wrong. I'm definitely not paranoid about something that I can simply exchange. I swear some people on here contribute nothing to the forum but confusion. To the people that tried to help, Thank You.
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duracool said:
My post started with "possible" not "definetly". To my knowledge XDA FORUMS is a place for Q&A's unless I'm wrong. I'm definitely not paranoid about something that I can simply exchange. I swear some people on here contribute nothing to the forum but confusion. To the people that tried to help, Thank You.
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You got two solid answers mine and Koliosis .
Pick your poison. Lol.
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duracool said:
My post started with "possible" not "definetly". To my knowledge XDA FORUMS is a place for Q&A's unless I'm wrong. I'm definitely not paranoid about something that I can simply exchange. I swear some people on here contribute nothing to the forum but confusion. To the people that tried to help, Thank You.
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Please keep us posted on your course of action & outcome.
Wherever that takes you,we all hope you get a satisfactory outcome. :good:

Did u fix it ? Bc mine is doing the same thing

On the first pic I can see diferent and the top half has spots too l... Swap it

el_chamuco said:
Did u fix it ? Bc mine is doing the same thing
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I swapped it out. Once I updated the software on the new phone it started doing the same thing so I'm assuming that it's a software change. I compared it to a couple of friends Note 9s with updated software and same thing.
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