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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.
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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.
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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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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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I love how HTC used to get so much **** for having a laggy UI with Sense. I was one of those who kind of hated on Sense and really dissed it. Now I have noticed TouchWiz has become the Sense of old. Bulky, laggy, and way too big for its own good. Kind of funny how the two companies have done a reversal. I used to purchase Samsung devices just to avoid the lag of Sense and other UIs. Every video review I have watched, the reviewer has complained of lag on the S4. For once I will actually stay with an HTC device until my next contract renewal. I feel it was done right. One thing that isnt fair though is that nobody seems to be giving Samsung the hard time HTC got about their overbloated UI overlay. What gives?
Oh, and the classic "The reviewer or people posting negative reviews and comments about the GS4 are paid by HTC" wtf, really? If someone doesnt like Samsung products they are assumed to be crazy and must be getting "paid off" to post negative comments? That's really unfair and childish of them to say. Anyone else noticing unfair biases?
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I love how HTC used to get so much **** for having a laggy UI with Sense. I was one of those who kind of hated on Sense and really dissed it. Now I have noticed TouchWiz has become the Sense of old. Bulky, laggy, and way too big for its own good. Kind of funny how the two companies have done a reversal. I used to purchase Samsung devices just to avoid the lag of Sense and other UIs. Every video review I have watched, the reviewer has complained of lag on the S4. For once I will actually stay with an HTC device until my next contract renewal. I feel it was done right. One thing that isnt fair though is that nobody seems to be giving Samsung the hard time HTC got about their overbloated UI overlay. What gives?
Oh, and the classic "The reviewer or people posting negative reviews and comments about the GS4 are paid by HTC" wtf, really? If someone doesnt like Samsung products they are assumed to be crazy and must be getting "paid off" to post negative comments? That's really unfair and childish of them to say. Anyone else noticing unfair biases?
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I noticed that as well. Sense 5 is smooth, man. I haven't had any lag, outside of me messing with governors and such, and I've read several reviews that say Touchwiz is kindof laggy. People aren't going to give Sammy any **** though because they are the top dog. While I'm glad they are android (for now) they are in the position that Apple was not long ago...nothing they can do is wrong even if it is. It's a little annoying
I actually really like sense 5
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My phone is bone stock, and will more than likely stay that way.
the only thing that seems odd to me in Sense 5 has been the lock screen..It kind of looks like its not meant for the current state it is in..It looks like it's set up and preparing for Android 4.2.1-2..Looks like they are preparing for lock screen widgets and I cant wait!
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the only thing that seems odd to me in Sense 5 has been the lock screen..It kind of looks like its not meant for the current state it is in..It looks like it's set up and preparing for Android 4.2.1-2..Looks like they are preparing for lock screen widgets and I cant wait!
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Good to see you over here, Brian. Nice getting to see some LTE around home now, huh?
eXplicit815 said:
My phone is bone stock, and will more than likely stay that way.
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Till fully working AOSP ROMs come out!
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Till fully working AOSP ROMs come out!
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Not necessarily. Sense 5 has started becoming a little more transparent, and show's a lot of stock Android in it. I'm happy with it.
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Till fully working AOSP ROMs come out!
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I like AOSP ROMs and all... but Sense 5 has some killer features that I wouldn't want to give up.
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Not necessarily. Sense 5 has started becoming a little more transparent, and show's a lot of stock Android in it. I'm happy with it.
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Harfainx said:
I like AOSP ROMs and all... but Sense 5 has some killer features that I wouldn't want to give up.
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I agree. I've always preferred Sense in any iteration.
but I know that once some AOSP ROMs come out I'll flash and play as I'm a flashaholic.
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I know that once some AOSP ROMs come out I'll flash and play as I'm a flashaholic.
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Well of course there will be some testing. I'll have to flash a few ROMs to see what each offers. I wouldn't mind checking out Paranoid Android on here. :good:
agreed, the only thing i want in sense is quick toggles! i used them all the time on my GS2. Luckily the mod is already out for this. That and the MMS compression fix. Other than that its pretty impressive out of the box.
But yea when will we start seeing AOSP stuff? I know the phone is only out for a wk or two but I'm looking forward to seeing the development section start to fill up.
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agreed, the only thing i want in sense is quick toggles! i used them all the time on my GS2. Luckily the mod is already out for this. That and the MMS compression fix. Other than that its pretty impressive out of the box.
But yea when will we start seeing AOSP stuff? I know the phone is only out for a wk or two but I'm looking forward to seeing the development section start to fill up.
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I believe there are people working behind the scenes on some AOSP stuff. One problem would be the new SoC Snapdragon 600. I don't think there is a reference device running android on this platform yet.
I'm really diggin sense 5 in general. Blinkfeed is awesome.. I always had a currents widget on my furthest left screen anyways.
One thing I dislike. Is that the app drawer still scrolls gingerbread style. I'd like it to be paginated.
And as for quick toggles like i've seen in a few posts. We don't want quick toggles! we just want the 4.2 update. Then it should be pull down on left 3/4 for notifications. Or the right 1/4 for the toggles that are just built into android now. The quick toggles of the past are pretty ugly in comparison.
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I'm really diggin sense 5 in general. Blinkfeed is awesome.. I always had a currents widget on my furthest left screen anyways.
One thing I dislike. Is that the app drawer still scrolls gingerbread style. I'd like it to be paginated.
And as for quick toggles like i've seen in a few posts. We don't want quick toggles! we just want the 4.2 update. Then it should be pull down on left 3/4 for notifications. Or the right 1/4 for the toggles that are just built into android now. The quick toggles of the past are pretty ugly in comparison.
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I guess by paginated you mean horizontal scroll instead of vertical. I too find this odd as Sense 4.0, 4.1, and 4+ all had horizontal app drawers.
I also like this, but what I have done is make folders and put the apps in there so I only have one page.
madwakisbak said:
agreed, the only thing i want in sense is quick toggles! i used them all the time on my GS2. Luckily the mod is already out for this. That and the MMS compression fix. Other than that its pretty impressive out of the box.
But yea when will we start seeing AOSP stuff? I know the phone is only out for a wk or two but I'm looking forward to seeing the development section start to fill up.
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Used to have it in Sense before it was even an Android thing. Best part of my EVO 3D.
This is the first phone I can say I may not even want to put an AOSP rom on.
Why don't the do landscape Rosie for Christ's sake?
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raptoro07 said:
I guess by paginated you mean horizontal scroll instead of vertical. I too find this odd as Sense 4.0, 4.1, and 4+ all had horizontal app drawers.
I also like this, but what I have done is make folders and put the apps in there so I only have one page.
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The folders in the app drawer has been something I really like that I wouldn't have thought I would. Now I am down to 3 homepages instead of 5 or 7. Would be nice if they could hold more apps per folder but it still makes my app drawer so nicely organized.
msimindlessmsi2 said:
Why don't the do landscape Rosie for Christ's sake?
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Because eww.... No matter how cool it is, widgets and stuff just do not align very pretty. Surely you will get your fix with a custom rom.
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eXplicit815 said:
Good to see you over here, Brian. Nice getting to see some LTE around home now, huh?
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What's up man.. Yeah the tower down by froggers on rock springs road has some descent reach but it dies off right in front of my house.. When they light up this boom tower behind OK Tires I think we will be set around here.
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In regards to all the Nexus 5 chatter going on i thought i would share my thoughts and findings.
Button rattle/click sound-
During production they need to leave cutouts for the power/volume buttons, if too tight, the phones frame wont fit, if too loose, buttons move (my buttons move, ever so slightly, and that's cause I move them). My Nexus 4 buttons make a click sound too (not as loud as the nexus 5), maybe its the ceramic material. Not sure if i should RMA the device over something like buttons (then again i have 1 year to make up my mind)
Screen-
Some ppl say they have yellow tinge to screen, i cant speak for this, mine seems fine, however, one thing i have noticed. The status bar icons do not stay white all the time. While on the home screen they are white, when entering an app like the dialer, they turn off-white (maybe a really light grey). Maybe some users can confirm if its supposed to be like this. If screen yellow, def RMA it!
Speaker-
Ok, this is a big one for alote of users- Mine is pretty much the same as my nexus 4 while on call (much of a muchness really, could just be a matter of perception) BUT, on things like Youtube app etc IT IS softer than my nexus 4. (however my nexus 4 is running Matrix Kernel, and when tweaking the Speaker output in Trickster MOD, i can get that thing as loud or soft as i want) Maybe Google can fix this with a software update on the nexus 5, i don't know.
Mic/hissing in video recording-
This is a big one too- When recording video, there is a slight or big hissing sound in the background (even in quite scenarios),. Sounds like the microphone gain is set too high/sensitive, who knows. Tested it on my nexus 4 (as above) increased the gain, and got the same hissing sound as on my nexus 5. I know this is not the Q&A section, but could this all be fixed with an update? If memory serves, nexus 4 had very similar issues when it came out, with mic/speaker etc.
Call quality-
Much of a muchness with my nexus 4 and 5.
Vibration-
"you can hear it" or "its loud" what?, i did not like the vibration strength in the nexus 4, too weak, nexus 5 is stronger good for me- its all a matter of opinion. :laugh:
Maybe i cant remember what my nexus 4 was like when it came out of factory- its def better with custom ROM/kernel/apps- but users who are not tech savvy should have this sort of stuff addressed in the nexus 5.
Maybe some of this is just a matter of perception....
PS-This is just my take/opinion, may not be valid for everyone, but just though i would share it with the community.
PPS- from what i have been reading RMA devices still have the same issue(s), regardless if its 310K or 311K- My Nexus 5 is 310K.
DrDanielJackson said:
my thoughts
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DrDanielJackson said:
its all a matter of opinion. :laugh:
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DrDanielJackson said:
Maybe some of this is just a matter of perception....
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DrDanielJackson said:
This is just my take/opinion
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Thanks doc. I hope you like the cliff notes. lol
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Thanks doc. I hope you like the cliff notes. lol
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LOL :laugh:
ROFL... wth
Hey devs and XDA in general
I'm wondering if anyone has thought about grabbing that SDK that came with the Edge and putting it in a ROM for the Note 4? I already have a Note 4 and I love it, but that SDK for the edge section would be fun to have on my phone.
If someone's already asked this question, forgive my repetition and point this nerdhacky girl in the right direction. Thank you!
mobilemsseana said:
Hey devs and XDA in general
I'm wondering if anyone has thought about grabbing that SDK that came with the Edge and putting it in a ROM for the Note 4? I already have a Note 4 and I love it, but that SDK for the edge section would be fun to have on my phone.
If someone's already asked this question, forgive my repetition and point this nerdhacky girl in the right direction. Thank you!
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Wrong place to ask - should be in the QA section. THis area is for Devs to post development work, roms and such.
Good luck though - hope you get the answer you are looking for.
Why will we want that...
mobilemsseana said:
Hey devs and XDA in general
I'm wondering if anyone has thought about grabbing that SDK that came with the Edge and putting it in a ROM for the Note 4? I already have a Note 4 and I love it, but that SDK for the edge section would be fun to have on my phone.
If someone's already asked this question, forgive my repetition and point this nerdhacky girl in the right direction. Thank you!
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wrong section
Not trying to shoot down your idea, but what would you hope to accomplish? Without the edge display I don't see what the SDK would do...
everyone might not want it but i think it might be cool
i think i'd like the way the edge display looks better than multi window, and i'm curious to see if it can be added. i finally saw a note Edge in the wild and after looking at it next to my 4, i think that I made the right choice. Still, if you could just TRY the software to see if I like it.....
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mobilemsseana said:
Hey devs and XDA in general
I'm wondering if anyone has thought about grabbing that SDK that came with the Edge and putting it in a ROM for the Note 4? I already have a Note 4 and I love it, but that SDK for the edge section would be fun to have on my phone.
If someone's already asked this question, forgive my repetition and point this nerdhacky girl in the right direction. Thank you!
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The Note Edge’s curved screen may look like it’s separate from the phone’s
main display, but the two are actually one panel. As a result, apps look as
though they cascade over the side of the Edge.
This is why I think that sooner or later some of the developers will be able
to port the Note Edge rom for our Note 4.
It would be like a very enhanced multi-view feature which we already have.
Unfortunately, the Edge’s main viewing area is slightly smaller than the
Note 4’s, 5.6 inches vs. 5.7 inches. At times the Edge’s cascading effect
makes apps look as though they are being cut off, even though they aren’t.
It’s a rather odd optical illusion that takes a bit of getting used to.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
The Note Edge’s curved screen may look like it’s separate from the phone’s
main display, but the two are actually one panel. As a result, apps look as
though they cascade over the side of the Edge.
This is why I think that sooner or later some of the developers will be able
to port the Note Edge rom for our Note 4.
It would be like a very enhanced multi-view feature which we already have.
Unfortunately, the Edge’s main viewing area is slightly smaller than the
Note 4’s, 5.6 inches vs. 5.7 inches. At times the Edge’s cascading effect
makes apps look as though they are being cut off, even though they aren’t.
It’s a rather odd optical illusion that takes a bit of getting used to.
Good luck!
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Hey MrJunky.....remember this question? Well, take a look: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/development/sprints-sac23-s6-edge-custom-rom-t3193025
The rumor mill in full swing yet again.
https://www.phonearena.com/news/Mi-Mix-2s-leaks_id102401
Check those pics people. Interesting choices by Xiaomi? If there's any validity to this, it could be the next evolution of the bezel-less craze, short of putting front cam under the screen, or ditching it altogether (which will never happen).
Just as intriguing to me is the notion of a sub-display fingerprint reader. The would mean an OLED screen as well, which would move the MIX series even closer to perfection in my opinion.
Rumor also states that this stuff would be revealed sooner rather than later, likely right before or around MWC. I'll definitely be following along closely. I love my MIX 2.
Yeah, have seen it too. Listen up, I do not have a much trust about fingerprint reader on display yet. Kudos to Synaptics, but it still needs getting fine-tuned. Plus from day to day factor I will probably find no reason for upgrade. This phone has almost perfect params. The cam is sorta bummer a bit but that aint a big bother, at least to me. Perhaps I will change mi mind but right now I don't think so.
I wish they would just remove the selfie camera and give me a 100% StB ratio phone. I don't need it. But I know their target demographics do.
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I wish they would just remove the selfie camera and give me a 100% StB ratio phone. I don't need it. But I know their target demographics do.
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Secondig this. I am no selfie material either but I understand that especially youngsters take them.
Looks good however, won't have much developer support just like the current mi mix 2. Too bad!!
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Looks good however, won't have much developer support just like the current mi mix 2. Too bad!!
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On the other hand there's been at least a couple of. I would go for one being close to stock with no big bummer. If that happens with Oreo, I am done. I don't need 25 custom roms. But I understand how difficult it gets for our devs.
Currently rocking RR on my MIX2 and couldn't be happier. Agree with @enzo_cz who cares about a million different ROMs, as long as you have a few solid options.
But I do miss the OLED screen quality of my previous OnePlus5. LCD is so washed out now to me.
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Currently rocking RR on my MIX2 and couldn't be happier. Agree with @enzo_cz who cares about a million different ROMs, as long as you have a few solid options.
But I do miss the OLED screen quality of my previous OnePlus5. LCD is so washed out now to me.
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After setting the color of display correctly I don't see a difference (mix2 looks even better in my opinion).
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After setting the color of display correctly I don't see a difference (mix2 looks even better in my opinion).
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Please elaborate on specific settings thanks!
PoDgAnA said:
After setting the color of display correctly I don't see a difference (mix2 looks even better in my opinion).
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Would love to know as well.
And I'll be buying what ever new mix comes out.
I just love these phones. The first more than the second.