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I hope I am not the only one with this problem, cause I suspect it must be a software/render problem with android mediaplayer/web browser. On all flash videos I get close to transparent greyish/blackish flickering, it is kind of subtle but very irritating, and it does not look very beautiful... I wonder is there any way to fix this problem ? I think I did read somewhere the problem is that screen is 24 bit...and android is 16 bit but yeah I certainly hope there is a solution, and that is not a hardware problem...
I can for instance tell you, the brightness lightness samsung video does not have this kind of flicker...
What are the sites your viewing?
for instance youtube,.
No flickering here. Youtube, engadget, embedded videos all play smoothly at 480p-1080p. Try updating your firmware to a newer.
This sounds like the problem I'm having. Flash videos play smoothly but the top half the screen has a very annoying flicker.
It happens in all flash videos, in all browsers. Other file types play without any problem though so it's very strange
Hey! My first post here on XDA! Just got my Note and I have the same problem as described above.
The strange thing is that the flicker on the right side (or top side if in horizontal mode), is really noticeable in lower resolutions up to 720p, but nonexistent in 1080p!?
For example, watch the first 15 sec on the Cars 2 trailer in 720 p. and see if you got it.
[I can't post a link as a new user apparently, but Google it.]
Do you guys think it is a software related issue that probaly can get fixed or should I return the phone?
Please give me some advice!
Same problem.. Does someone know what to do about it?
Anybody else noticed that the screen is washed out/blown out sometimes after a video plays (mainly Netflix, maybe)? It seems to be a combination of increased brightness and decreased color saturation, making colors seem... well... washed out. It goes away after either shutting the screen off and on or switching to another app. I think. I haven't found the pattern yet.
I'm guessing it's Nvidia's Tegra 3 PRISM tech at play, and it's just not shutting off after the video app is closed. I'll expect a software fix at some point, but just want to see if anyone else is experiencing it.
Well son of a b... that is what is causing my washed out colors and gamma. I noticed it seemed to come and go. Unfortunately it never seems to completely clear up for me, even after going to other apps.
I tested this with the Transformers movie. After playing that a few seconds, I left and noticed the home screen looked really saturated, then went to the browser, and it was the same.
For me going to another app doesn't seem to clear it up, but it does clear up partially after a period of time. And maybe it might be my imagination, but it doesn't seem like it really ever goes back to normal until I reboot the tablet.
next to my work ipad.. the colors seem really blown out. =\ also there seems to be a video stutter / jittery issue during the panning effect. Played it side by side with my S3 and the s3 can render it just fine. What gives?
Haven't noticed anything like that after watching videos or movie on nexus 7. display looks great 24/7
demandarin said:
Haven't noticed anything like that after watching videos or movie on nexus 7. display looks great 24/7
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Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least
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Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least
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Ok. will do once I get off. this only happens with that movie alone?
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Ok. will do once I get off. this only happens with that movie alone?
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No, I see it happen with YouTube and Netflix too. I was just trying to make a futile attempt to understand why this happens to some of us and not others. My guess though if you haven't seen it with other videos, the Transformer movie won't do it either.
I've noticed that it's most obvious on some screen elements, but not all. So, it's entirely possible, I think, for someone to be experiencing the effect and simply not noticing it.
I've noticed this as well quite annoying.
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The after movie wash-out appearance was particularly noticeable when looking at small fonts on a white background. Such as this forum.
Yeah same for me! I'm on my 3rd nexus because of dust under the screen, I can't remember my previous 2 doing it. Will it be fixed by an up date doyou think? Or could it be hardware related?
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I finished watching the transformers movie this morning. Looked great to me. I can't notice any washed out colours.
I just started getting the "whiteout" too. Not from anything in particular that I can tell, it happened twice coming out of sleep mode.
Anybody have a fix? Is it Hardware or Software related?
>Is it Hardware or Software related?
Take screen cap. If cap image is likewise washed out, it's not hardware. If cap image isn't washed out, then it's more complicated.
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Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least
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No, I see it happen with YouTube and Netflix too. I was just trying to make a futile attempt to understand why this happens to some of us and not others. My guess though if you haven't seen it with other videos, the Transformer movie won't do it either.
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I tried it on all the same things you listed. Didn't notice nothing some of you described at all. Screen still looked sharp n crisp. Colors looked fine and not washed out.
Its more than likely the nvidia feature kicking in. Especially if you have brightness set up higher. Probably doing it to save battery life. I keep my brightness at 12% and its more than bright enough for me to see everything well. I heard the autobrightness likes to act up so THST could be am issue also if you have that on also. I never use autobrightness unless I take device outdoors.
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>Is it Hardware or Software related?
Take screen cap. If cap image is likewise washed out, it's not hardware. If cap image isn't washed out, then it's more complicated.
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Can you give me the quick answer on how to take a screen capture on the N7? Thanks!
Just took several screenshots and swiped between the screen that was normal screenshot and the faded screenshot and they both look the same for me, which is lovely with nice rich colours. If I stick transformers on for 20 sec its washed out when I exit, as soon as I turn the screen on and off its back to normal. I just think its a bug in the screen settings when exiting a move or game. Used to happen on my PC until I updated the driver.
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Can you give me the quick answer on how to take a screen capture on the N7? Thanks!
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You just hold the volume down button and the bower button, it will take a snapshotof the screen. I've tested it though, see my above post
I'm having the same issue too.
Happens when I watch a video on youtube, netflix or play movies. I use a brightness app to change the brightness levels and it returns to normal. I'm also getting the "screen flickering" issue described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740385
I really hope these issue with be fixed with an update. I'm new to android. Where's the best place to report these issues direct to Google/Asus?
>between the screen that was normal screenshot and the faded screenshot and they both look the same for me, which is lovely with nice rich colours
So it's probably hardware (display), or a combo of hardware/firmware.
Power-saving feature of Kai's PRISM display pertains to color saturation and brightness. As OP indicated, malfunction may be related to that. But it doesn't matter what the exact cause is.
It may or may not be fixable via firmware update. Suggest getting RMA process started, then sit on it for a few days to see if OTA fix happens. Don't wait beyond the return period. Make sure to ask for advance replacement if RMA.
>I just think its a bug in the screen settings when exiting a move or game.
If the issue was firmware-only, then it would happen to all units, not some. It's either HW, or HW+FW.
Edit: Suggest trying different movie players and different movies to find extent of problem.
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I'm having the same issue too.
Happens when I watch a video on youtube, netflix or play movies. I use a brightness app to change the brightness levels and it returns to normal. I'm also getting the "screen flickering" issue described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740385
I really hope these issue with be fixed with an update. I'm new to android. Where's the best place to report these issues direct to Google/Asus?
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So question for the community. If you're having issues with the "whiteout/washout", the ghosting and flickering... would you recommend getting a replacement or waiting for a driver / firmware update?
Hey guys, need a bit of help...
Been using the Z a few days now, and I'm having 2 issues...
WiFi and Bluetooth won't work together at the same time, one knocks the other off whenever I'm browsing and listening to music on my Bluetooth stereo... In the ratio of about 5:1 for WiFi:Bluetooth like...
That's one issue that's a little annoying.
Another is that video playback over WiFi is broken... If I load up a video on the YouTube app, depending on video length, the video normally freezes around the 40 second mark. If I load a video up in my browser, more of the video will load, but never the full video, could freeze 3 minutes in, 5 seconds in, but never fails to freeze.
I've reverted to stock YouTube app, cleared cache, didn't solve a sausage.
I haven't gotten to the end of a single video since I bought the device.
EDIT: Above issue is most likelyan android wide YouTube issue, if the comments on Play are anything to go by.
And that's on top of the Bluetooth/WiFi clashing that I mentioned above.
Not what I expect from a quad core device with 2GB ram like! Any ideas? Faulty handset? Factory reset? Return the handset? I've never rooted or used custom firmware ;so don't really know how to go about it, open to any suggestions to get the best out of the hardware...
Thanks in advance guys.
WiFi/Bluetooth issue
Seems the YouTube issue is an android wide issue, sorry for bringing it up.
Just leaves the Bluetooth/WiFi clashing issue where they keep knocking each other off while they're both being used.
Greetings XDA users! As you can see, this is my first post on this forum. I have registered here in order to get some answers from other users of the HTC One concerning some problems that I have experienced. I have been using the device since more than a week now, and these are the issues I've come across so far, so please let me know which ones of these you are experiencing as well:
1. YouTube audio / video out of sync
I noticed this the first time I used YouTube on my HTC One. Lip sync simply looked horrible while watching some videos. To test if you have this issue as well, you should try something like this video where it can clearly be seen in action: Link (Since I cannot post links due to below 10 post count, simply search YouTube for "BBC HD audio sync test")
2. Simple games lag / do not play smoothly
The first game I tried on my HTC One was Doodle Jump. It's a very simple game, and before purchasing the One, I have read about other recent HTC smartphones having problems with such simple games because some HTC devices don't know how to properly use their GPU/CPU in situations where games don't have high demands. If this is still the case with the HTC One, and not just some issue with my own, it is simply unacceptable. After all, a new flagship smartphone should not have any issues when playing the most simple of games that any old android smartphone can do perfectly.
Note: I have already tried to cure both of these problems by doing it with / without power savings enabled. I have also tried with / without Beats, Bluetooth, NFC and so on. Nothing helps.
Please let me know if you are experiencing these two issues on your HTC One as well.
Other issues and annoyances I have noticed, that come to mind right now:
3. Blinkfeed share bar at the bottom of the screen is very annoying, and apparently can't be removed at all. It's doubly annoying because sometimes you can hit this bar when trying to use the back button.
4. 3-dot-menu bar at the bottom of the screen in some apps. There even used to be a built-in feature in the setting menu to get rid of this, but HTC seems to have removed this in the final software versions, for questionable reasons.
5. Video camera settings such as 60-FPS-HD or slow motion keep resetting themselves each time the screen gets locked and go back to "Normal".
6. Audio issues (cracks / pops) when using YouTube (maybe other apps as well). This happens especially often with Beats turned on, but I have also heard it happening with Beats off.
7. Odd volume jump that happens around 80% volume when increasing volume while streaming music via Bluetooth. (Volume actually goes down instead of up, and the next step after this sounds much louder than just 2 "clicks" more.)
8. Wifi reception gets a lot worse when covering the upper side of the device with my hand. And by covering I mean holding it normally in landscape orientation, I'm not intentionally trying to smother the signal. This is quite noticeable in areas where the signal is not that strong to begin with, as I've experienced multiple times that I've choked my wifi signal by simply holding it that way to watch some YouTube videos. The wifi bar can jump from 2-3 bars to just the dot by doing this.
I am rather disappointed to see this thread buried on page 3 already without any replies at all. All I asked for is a simple yes-or-no answer if your device also exhibits un-synchronous YouTube playback and/or unsmooth Doodle Jump gameplay.
So I guess this either means that I am the only one experiencing these problems and should promptly return my phone to get a properly working One, or it means people here simply do not notice these problems or accept to overlook them.
(By the way, the Bluetooth volume oddity seems to have been a randomly caused bug, as it was working fine again this afternoon)
I'm having the same issue with YouTube. It's basically unusable, the sound and lip sync gets progressively worse. Tried wiping the app data, re-installing YouTube, disabling Beats. Still no luck, this is the only beef I have with an otherwise excellent bit of tech. I tried the test videos and it looked spot on.
If I watch the same videos on my Asus Infinity there is no problem, so it's definitely the phone. I'm pretty much out of ideas.
YouTube audio / video out of sync
is indeed very horrible.....
ive never experienced anything like that, are you guys running stock rom?
For me, it's everything BUT YouTube. Games, apps, anything, there's about a 1/4 second delay between the on-screen action and when I hear the accompanying sound. Audio sync is one of my pet peeves, so this drives me absolutely crazy. I can only assume there's some kind of processing going on with the audio that's causing it, but damned if I can figure out what it is. The only audio switch I've seen to turn stuff on and off is Beats, and that has no effect on the latency.
I'm running stock ROM. Friend of mine with a ROMd unit says his doesn't do it.
I'm also having issues with the YouTube...
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So is there no solution? I'm have the same problem...
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I'm aware a lot of people seem to have the same issues with other devices on Android, but I'm curious to know if anyone has some answers.
Ever since buying my Exhibit I've experienced the issue of downloading a video someone sends me, only to find it's only 8 seconds in length, when sent video is far longer.
1) Is this an issue within Android development itself?
2) Can certain devices not handle such large videos?
3) Is there a work around, or a way to "fix" this?
This isn't exactly a pressing issue, but it's worth it (to me) to try to figure out what I can about this, because it's a little annoying when someone sends a video and says something like "Did you see the end???"