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Hi All
I have only been using these forums for a week but it is clear that a lot of people (like me) have concerns about how best to set up their G Watch R to avoid burn in, prolong battery life, etc. I have put together some of the advice that users have kindly given me. I’d welcome people’s input on this, to clarify anything I’ve missed and in particular answer the questions I have added below. It would great to set this up as a Sticky so new users could set their watches up correctly.
Colour Schemes
• ALWAYS use more green/red themes (and combinations - yellow, orange) because red and green are the most resilient OLED compounds.
• AVOID using BLUE in "always on" mode.
• WHITE has a lot of blue in it ... so, a long time of white theme usage will create burn-in in all colours, especially in the blue colour.
• Remember on OLED, black means "off". A mostly black watchface burns almost no juice.
• When you define a bright text or colour, look at the hex code of the colour : XXYYZZTT where XX is hexa code for transparency, YY is red level, ZZ is green level and TT is blue level. ... so try keeping the last two hex numbers in the low area, meaning below 100 (00 means 0, FF means 256, as colour intensity). – HOW TO DO THIS?
• HANDS AND HAND MAKERS ARE OFTEN WHITE, HOW CAN WE BEST USE THEM?
Style
• Avoid thick bright lines
• Keeping one pixel bright (because it's in the middle of a thick line) is something you absolutely need to avoid, for example, on analogue hands the middle won’t move.
• Display digital clock in small thin font
• Android wear shifts the whole face a few pixels in different directions every now and then to try to eliminate some of the burn in.
• If the respective elements are no more than 2 pixels wide, they will not cause that much burn-in because the dim mode pixel shifting will move that object around enough to let the main pixels "rest".
• The time, if is displayed in the analog style (with dials) will not cause burn-in because the bright part of the image is moving around so one can use brighter clock hands for this.
• WHAT ARE THE BEST STYLES TO USE FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE?
Brightness
• NEVER use it at max (or high) brightness more than few seconds with a static image.
• Use very very VERY LOW brightness always on/dim mode.
• It's not constant illumination that is causing burn-in in the first place, but constant illumination with "high brightness".
• Default DIM mode of the Watch G is waaaaay to bright for the purpose of the "dim" mode - HOW TO CHANGE THIS?
• A black, transparent layer is needed on top of the dim mode in order to prevent this – HOW TO DO THIS?
• To adjust just the dim mode face only you'll need to use one of the face making apps and duplicate the parts and make a separate dim mode.
• HOW CAN WE BEST SET UP BRIGHTNESS FOR “ON” and “DIM” (USING APPS LIKE SWAPP TRUE DARK WEAR)?
Good Watchfaces
• Almost all the watchfaces from Smartwatch Bureau F01,F03, V01, V02... A45, A42.... have a setting for brightness in dim mode. So we can have a dim mode very dark and we can choose the face color for dim between 7 colors : green, blue, cyan, red..... so with this faces we can avoid easily all burn issue.
• Also the digital from Smartwatch Bureau which can be displayed in green in dim mode to avoid burning
• CAN PEOPLE OFFER SOME EXAMPLES OF GOOD WATCHFACES (INCLUDING CUSTOM FACES) AND DISPLAY SETTINGS THAT WOULD HELP TO AVOID BURN-IN?
Useful Apps
• SWApp True Dark Wear – to set the brightness below the lowest default on the watch
• Stuck Pixel Fixer for Wear app - Try running "stuck pixel fixer" for few hours, with the display set to max brightness. That should help getting rid of the ghosting and also will "age" your pixels in order to be able to display static images w/o burning.
• Mini Wear launcher – also allows you to set lower brightness setting
• CAN PEOPLE OFFER TUTORIALS ON HOW BEST TO USE THESE TO SET BRIGHTNESS AND “ALWAYS ON” AND FIX ANY GHOSTING ISSUES?
Your input would be most welcome
Steham said:
Hi All
I have only been using these forums for a week but it is clear that a lot of people (like me) have concerns about how best to set up their G Watch R to avoid burn in, prolong battery life, etc. I have put together some of the advice that users have kindly given me. I’d welcome people’s input on this, to clarify anything I’ve missed and in particular answer the questions I have added below. It would great to set this up as a Sticky so new users could set their watches up correctly.
Colour Schemes
• ALWAYS use more green/red themes (and combinations - yellow, orange) because red and green are the most resilient OLED compounds.
• AVOID using BLUE in "always on" mode.
• WHITE has a lot of blue in it ... so, a long time of white theme usage will create burn-in in all colours, especially in the blue colour.
• Remember on OLED, black means "off". A mostly black watchface burns almost no juice.
• When you define a bright text or colour, look at the hex code of the colour : XXYYZZTT where XX is hexa code for transparency, YY is red level, ZZ is green level and TT is blue level. ... so try keeping the last two hex numbers in the low area, meaning below 100 (00 means 0, FF means 256, as colour intensity). – HOW TO DO THIS?
• HANDS AND HAND MAKERS ARE OFTEN WHITE, HOW CAN WE BEST USE THEM?
Style
• Avoid thick bright lines
• Keeping one pixel bright (because it's in the middle of a thick line) is something you absolutely need to avoid, for example, on analogue hands the middle won’t move.
• Display digital clock in small thin font
• Android wear shifts the whole face a few pixels in different directions every now and then to try to eliminate some of the burn in.
• If the respective elements are no more than 2 pixels wide, they will not cause that much burn-in because the dim mode pixel shifting will move that object around enough to let the main pixels "rest".
• The time, if is displayed in the analog style (with dials) will not cause burn-in because the bright part of the image is moving around so one can use brighter clock hands for this.
• WHAT ARE THE BEST STYLES TO USE FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE?
Brightness
• NEVER use it at max (or high) brightness more than few seconds with a static image.
• Use very very VERY LOW brightness always on/dim mode.
• It's not constant illumination that is causing burn-in in the first place, but constant illumination with "high brightness".
• Default DIM mode of the Watch G is waaaaay to bright for the purpose of the "dim" mode - HOW TO CHANGE THIS?
• A black, transparent layer is needed on top of the dim mode in order to prevent this – HOW TO DO THIS?
• To adjust just the dim mode face only you'll need to use one of the face making apps and duplicate the parts and make a separate dim mode.
• HOW CAN WE BEST SET UP BRIGHTNESS FOR “ON” and “DIM” (USING APPS LIKE SWAPP TRUE DARK WEAR)?
Good Watchfaces
• Almost all the watchfaces from Smartwatch Bureau F01,F03, V01, V02... A45, A42.... have a setting for brightness in dim mode. So we can have a dim mode very dark and we can choose the face color for dim between 7 colors : green, blue, cyan, red..... so with this faces we can avoid easily all burn issue.
• Also the digital from Smartwatch Bureau which can be displayed in green in dim mode to avoid burning
• CAN PEOPLE OFFER SOME EXAMPLES OF GOOD WATCHFACES (INCLUDING CUSTOM FACES) AND DISPLAY SETTINGS THAT WOULD HELP TO AVOID BURN-IN?
Useful Apps
• SWApp True Dark Wear – to set the brightness below the lowest default on the watch
• Stuck Pixel Fixer for Wear app - Try running "stuck pixel fixer" for few hours, with the display set to max brightness. That should help getting rid of the ghosting and also will "age" your pixels in order to be able to display static images w/o burning.
• Mini Wear launcher – also allows you to set lower brightness setting
• CAN PEOPLE OFFER TUTORIALS ON HOW BEST TO USE THESE TO SET BRIGHTNESS AND “ALWAYS ON” AND FIX ANY GHOSTING ISSUES?
Your input would be most welcome
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Mate i think your over analysing ! its only a watch!
All i have done is change my watch face every day and use it as normal! ok i do have it set to screen off but even so i do think you can over worry about things like burn in. The majority of people who own these watches dont come on forums and i bet none of them suffer burn in!
And be honest, by the time it could get a problem you probably already got the other latest greatest. I bought it, use it and didn't even check if there's burn in. I change faces now and then, finished!
Steham said:
•CAN PEOPLE OFFER TUTORIALS ON HOW BEST TO USE THESE TO SET BRIGHTNESS AND “ALWAYS ON” AND FIX ANY GHOSTING ISSUES?
Your input would be most welcome
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You could have given some credits for the source of information in the first post ....
As a tutorial: Create your custom watch face using WatchMaker or Facer (I also bought Facer to test it but I personally use WatchMaker because it's more versatile).
All the hex codes described above were in direct relation with custom watch faces or with image editors where you can choose all those parameters.
You can simply download a watch face that you like (for these custom build softwares) and learn from its internal settings.
Good luck with your new toy.
M Fractal live wallpaper is an amazing view deep inside the Mandelbrot Fractal Set. Explore the depths of this amazing fractal with mindblowing colors and animation. I wanted to create a fast mandelbrot zoom effect using OpenGLES2 shaders, I have alot of plans to expand this effect in the future using some neat ways to achieve deep precision at speed.
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FOR THE ENTIRE EFFECT YOU CAN CONTROL:
★ Effect Resolution, to allow for smooth frame rates on older devices/lower CPU usage.
★ Shading Type, choose between Normal & Smooth depending on your GPU capabilities.
★ Color, cycle the color spectrum with individual red/green/blue speed. Or use one RGB color.
★ Rotation, variable speed spinning of the Mandelbrot zoom effect.
★ Choose from 40 magnificent zoom targets within the Mandelbrot fractal.
★ Cycle through the zoom targets and control the length of time between changes.
★ Control the depth and the speed of the zoom into the fractal.
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I'd appreciate any feedback/suggestions as to how i could improve this effect. I am already working on using a means of simulating double/quad/octa precision within GLSL so I can have a near infinite zoom, as well as ways to speed it up on some GPU chipsets, perhaps you guys at XDA have wizards amongst you
-Munkee
Hi, I'm the developer of the Always-On family of apps. The apps display information like speed, pace, and heart rate while keeping the device awake. They all have features that minimize power consumption and prevent screen burn-in. Although I use the apps regularly myself and patch bugs as soon as I find them, many features and improvements have been implemented based on user feedback and feature requests, so I'm hoping I will get even more feedback on this forum. The posts to follow will contain app descriptions and screenshots. All the apps except Always-On Speed Pro have demo versions.
Note: the iOS version of Galaxy Store does not have paid apps. Unfortunately, there is only one way to install paid apps and it requires an Android phone and a couple of full resets of the watch. It should take around 10 minutes to get the paid apps you want running on your Samsung smartwatch paired with your iPhone:
0. Back up your smartwatch: on your phone, open the Galaxy Wearable app → About Gear → Back Up and Restore → Back Up Data.
1. Pair your watch with an Android phone (borrow one from a friend/family) instead of your iPhone. Note: this will cause a full reset of the smartwatch.
2. On the Android phone, sign into Galaxy Store using your Samsung account (the same one you used on your iPhone).
3. Purchase the apps you need in Galaxy Store on the Android phone, install them just in case. Make sure to check out my other apps not available on the iPhone, like Always-On Speed Pro or White Light Pro.
3.1 (optional). Rate the app.
4. Pair the watch with your iPhone again (this will cause another reset).
5. Restore your smartwatch to the previous state: on your phone, open the Galaxy Wearable app → About Gear → Back Up and Restore → Restore Data.
6. On your iPhone, go to Galaxy Store → Menu (three dots in the search bar, top-right corner) → select "My page" → "All". You should now see the apps you purchased and be able to reinstall them on your Galaxy watch paired with your iPhone.
Always-On Speed [Current Version: 5.2.0; Size: 266 KB; Price: $1; free demo version is available]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Speed in km/h, m/s, miles/h, or knots.
• Average and maximum speed for the last 60 seconds.
• Direction of movement (heading) in cardinal points and degrees (shown only when moving).
• Current time in hours and minutes.
Please read the following information before using the app:
• Swipe left to open Settings. Here you can change the unit of speed, speed limit, time format, font color and thickness, and screen orientation.
• Speed limit shortcut: tap the speed indicator once and use the bezel to set the speed limit.
• You will receive visual, audio, and tactile warnings when you exceed the speed limit. You can adjust the alert volume and vibration in Settings.
• Swipe up to change the font color to white and increase the font thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight. Expect a higher power consumption.
• Press the Back button once to check the power consumption.
• The accuracy depends on cloud cover and your speed. The accuracy is very high when the sky is clear and your speed exceeds 20 km/h or 12 mph.
• The values are updated more frequently (every second instead of two seconds) if you use an activity tracking application on your phone (e.g., Strava or Google Maps).
• Numbers move up and down the screen once a minute to prevent screen burn-in.
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• The app does not log your activity and does not connect to the Internet.
• This app has a Pro version and a free demo version.
Troubleshooting:
• If you cannot close the app using the Back button, press the Home button two times to get to the list of apps → Recent apps → Close all. Email the developer if this happens every time.
• Disable Samsung Health workout detection for the best, uninterrupted experience. Samsung Health → Settings → Workout detection.
• Make sure that GPS is enabled before starting the app. The app cannot enable GPS on your phone automatically. Note: do not use any power saving modes/apps on your phone because they interfere with GPS.
• If your watch has a built-in GPS, the app can use it but only if you disconnect the watch from your smartphone (for example, by disabling Bluetooth on your phone). Expect a much higher power consumption.
• Please contact the developer if you encounter a bug or if the app does not function as advertised. Feature requests are more than welcome!
There are several features that reduce power consumption:
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and newer smartwatches can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Green font uses half as many sub-pixels as white font, resulting in lower power consumption.
• If you stop moving, the device will start vibrating once a minute so that you don't forget to close the app after finishing your ride.
• Power consumption: < 10%/h. Depends on the watch model and ambient temperature.
• Disabling Bixby wake-up command may further improve battery life.
Always-On Speed Pro - speedometer, heart rate monitor, altimeter, gradient, and compass (heading) [Current Version: 5.3.0; Size: 275 KB; Price: $2.75]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Speed in km/h, m/s, miles/h, or knots.
• Average and maximum speed for the last 60 seconds.
• Distance traveled in kilometers, miles, or nautical miles.
• Duration of travel in minutes and seconds. Measured only when the speed exceeds 4 km/h or 2.5 mph.
• Current time in hours and minutes.
• Height above sea level (altitude) in meters or feet. Accuracy (clear sky): ±10m (±30ft) when using GPS (indicated by a dot, e.g. 953m.) and ±1m (±3ft) when using the Altimeter (no dot, e.g. 953m).
• Heart rate in beats per minute. Accuracy: normally very good; restart the sensor if way off. You can check the accuracy yourself before buying using the Always-On Heart Rate (Demo) app.
• Slope gradient (%), averaged over the last 5 or 10 seconds. Note: the accuracy depends on the speed and whether you use GPS or Altimeter to estimate altitude; very low at speeds below 10 km/h when using GPS.
• Battery percentage. Press the Back button once to check the power consumption (% or %/hour).
• Direction of movement (heading) in cardinal points and degrees. Shown only when the speed exceeds 4 km/h or 2.5 mph.
Please read the following information before using the app:
• Swipe left to open Settings. Tap to change the unit of speed or set a speed and heart rate (HRMax) limit.
• Swipe again to open the History tab, which shows the maximum and average values for the whole ride and one-minute intervals (current ride only).
• When riding a flat-bar bicycle, set the 'Screen Rotate' setting to 'left' or 'right' to align the main screen with your eyes.
• Swipe up to change the font color to white and increase the font thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight. Expect a higher power consumption.
• Tap the speed indicator to zoom in on speed. Tap again to zoom out.
• Switch between heart rate and slope gradient by tapping the heart rate indicator.
• You will receive visual, audio, and tactile warnings when you exceed the speed limit or HRMax. You can adjust the alert volume in the settings.
• The accuracy of GPS-based metrics depends on your speed: the faster you go, the higher the accuracy. The accuracy of all metrics except altitude and gradient is very high at speeds above 20 km/h or 12 mph.
• The values are updated more frequently (every second instead of two seconds) if you use an activity tracking application on your phone (e.g., Strava or Google Maps).
• Numbers move up and down the screen at the start of every minute (e.g., 11:05:00, then at 11:06:00, etc.) to prevent screen burn-in.
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• The app does not store your activity data and never connects to the Internet.
Two ways to calibrate the Altimeter (do this every time you launch the app or when the weather changes):
• Find out the actual altitude at the location where you start your rides (you can use the topographic/contour maps in MAPS.ME or Osmand on your phone or the pre-installed Alti-Barometer on your watch). Adjust the Pressure at Sea Level (SL) setting in Always-On Speed Pro until the estimated temperature matches the actual air temperature at your location. OR:
• Open Samsung's Alti-Barometer on your watch, tap ↺, then go to Settings → Manual Calibration. Do not enable manual calibrate, just copy the values you see there to Always-On Speed Pro.
Troubleshooting:
• Disable Samsung Health workout detection for the best, uninterrupted experience. Samsung Health → Settings → Workout detection.
• Make sure that GPS is enabled before starting the app. The app cannot enable GPS on your phone automatically. Note: do not use any power saving modes/apps on your phone because they interfere with GPS.
• If your watch has a built-in GPS, the app can use it but only if you disconnect the watch from your smartphone (for example, by disabling Bluetooth on your phone). Expect a much higher power consumption.
• Please contact the developer if you encounter a bug or if the app does not function as advertised. Feature requests are more than welcome!
There are several features that reduce power consumption (12%/h with HRM on and 9%/h with HRM off, as measured on a Galaxy Watch Active 2 44mm):
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and newer smartwatches can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Green font uses half as many sub-pixels as white font, resulting in lower power consumption.
• If you stop moving, the device will vibrate once a minute so that you don't forget to close the app after finishing your ride.
• Note: power consumption varies greatly depending on the ambient temperature.
• Disabling Bixby wake-up command may further improve battery life.
Always-On Heart Rate [Current Version: 5.2.0; Size: 271 KB; Price: $1.5; free demo version is available]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Heart rate in beats per minute.
• Time in hours and minutes.
• Duration in minutes and seconds.
• Average and maximum heart rate for the last 60 seconds.
• Battery percentage. Press the Back button once to check the power consumption (% or %/hour).
• History tab shows stats for the current workout: maximum and average heart rate for 1-minute intervals and for the whole workout.
Please read the following information before using the app:
• The app has a free demo version.
• Disable S Health workout detection for the best, uninterrupted experience.
• Wait (usually 5 - 10 seconds) until the app starts showing your heart rate. Do not start your workout before that to ensure accurate readings.
• Restart or pause/resume the app if it shows double the actual heart rate.
• Swipe left to open Settings. Swipe left again to open the History tab.
• Optimize your workout by setting your HRmax and HRmin. The app will produce visual, audio, and tactile warnings every 2 seconds when your heart rate exceeds the HRmax limit (or drops below HRmin). Google "HRmax" to find out how to determine your maximum heart rate.
• Set HRmin to 95% of your resting HR and the app will wake you up when you fall asleep.
• Tap the heart rate indicator to zoom in.
• Swipe up to change the font color and thickness. Note: the app consumes 10 - 20% more power when using the white font.
• All values are updated once a second, except for battery percentage and time (once a minute).
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• If you have a complaint about the accuracy of the heart rate monitor, please direct it to Samsung. The app simply displays the values provided by the operating system.
• Numbers move up or down the screen in the first second of every minute (e.g., 11:05:00, then 11:06:00, etc.) to prevent screen burn-in.
• No internet connection or GPS is required.
• Power consumption: 8%/hour (measured on a Galaxy Watch Active 2 44mm).
There are several features that reduce power consumption:
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and newer smartwatches can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Only green subpixels are used, resulting in much lower power consumption compared to white font.
• The watch will vibrate if your heart rate does not go above 100 bpm for 5 consecutive minutes, in case the app was launched accidentally or you forgot to close it.
Always-On Pace [Current Version: 2.4.0; Size: 127 KB; Price: $1; free demo version is available]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Pace in minutes per kilometer or minutes per mile; calculated based on your speed of movement in the last three seconds.
• Current time in hours and minutes.
• Average pace for the last 60 seconds (wait one minute for the first correct value).
Please read the following information before using the app:
• Tap the pace indicator three times at an interval of at least one second to change the unit of speed (min/km → min/mi). The app will remember your choice next time you launch it.
• Change the time format between 12h and 24h by tapping the time indicator.
• Swipe up to change the font color to white and increase the font thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight. Expect a higher power consumption.
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• "Move" means you are not moving fast enough.
• The app does not log your activity.
• Make sure that GPS is enabled before starting the app. The app cannot enable GPS on your phone or watch automatically.
• If your watch has a built-in GPS, the app can use it but only if you disconnect the watch from your smartphone (e.g., by disabling Bluetooth on your phone). This inconvenience is caused by a bug in the operating system and not in the app itself.
• Numbers move up and down the screen once a minute to prevent screen burn-in.
• No internet connection is required.
There are several features that reduce power consumption:
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and S3 can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Only green subpixels are used, resulting in three times lower power consumption compared to white font.
• If you stop moving, the device will start vibrating every 60 seconds so that you don't forget to close the app after finishing your run.
Updated app descriptions
Always-On Speed Pro v4.0 is out:
• Swipe left to open Settings.
• Tap the speed indicator to zoom in.
• Something folks riding flat-bar bicycles will appreciate: rotate the main screen left (90° clockwise) or right (90° counterclockwise) to align it with your eyes.
• Change font color and thickness to improve screen readability under direct sunlight.
See the updated description and screenshots for more info.
Always-On Speed Pro v4.2 is out:
• New gesture: swipe up to quickly change the font color and thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight.
• New units: speed in knots and distance in nautical miles.
• Bug fixes.
All apps will be 50% off (or less in some countries due to store restrictions) from Black Friday (2018-11-23) to Cyber Monday (2018-11-26) :laugh:
Because a lot of iPhone users ask me why they only see the demo versions in the Galaxy Apps store, I added a quick guide on how to install paid apps in the first post
New updates:
Always-On Speed and Always-On Speed Pro (Version 4.4.0):
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Active support: it is now possible to adjust speed limit, HRMax (Pro only), and volume on watches with no rotating bezel.
• US-friendly speed limit adjustment: no more fractions!
• Other UX improvements and bug fixes.
Always-On Hear Rate (Version 4.0.0):
• Always-On UX 3.0: gesture navigation and settings screen (swipe left to open Settings).
• New feature: swipe up to change font color and thickness. Note: white font consumes more power.
• New feature: one-minute average.
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Active support: it is now possible to set HRmax and alert volume on smartwatches with no rotating bezel.
Not so new updates:
Always-On Hear Rate (Version 4.2.0):
• New feature: tap the HR indicator to zoom in.
• Triple tap returns! Tap the duration indicator three times to reset the counter.
• New option in Settings: turn inactivity warning on or off.
• New feature: set a minimum heart rate to maintain your target heart rate between HR Min and HR Max.
Always-On Pace (Version 2.4.0):
• New feature: swipe up to change the font color and thickness for increased visibility under direct sunlight.
• Bug fixes.
New features coming to Always-On Heart Rate and Always-On Speed Pro in 2020:
• Workout history.
• More customization options.
By the way, all the apps are on sale (up to 50% off, depending on the lowest price allowed for each particular country) till January 1st.
After almost a year, I finally got time to work on the apps! Big updates are coming soon!
In the meantime, all the apps will be 60% off (or less in some countries due to store restrictions) from Black Friday (2020-11-27) to Cyber Monday (2020-11-30)!
Always-On Heart Rate, Always-On Speed, and Always-On Speed Pro have all been updated to Version 5.2.0. To celebrate this, all of them will be on sale from Oct 2 to Oct 8 (up to 50% off, depending on the country).
Please note that these apps are not yet compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and other Wear OS smartwatches. I need to rewrite them in a different programming language, and that will take a while.
A new update is out for Always-On Speed Pro (v5.3.0). This update brings a major new feature that makes the app massively more useful for cyclists: altimeter. Altimeter shows barometer-based altitude (±1m if properly calibrated) and gradient, which are way more accurate than GPS-based altitude (±10m) and gradient. Please read the updated app description and screenshots on how to enable and calibrate the altimeter. I'd greatly appreciate any feedback.
If you want to try new features weeks before everyone else, please email me to register as a beta tester.
Always-On Speed is finally available on the Galaxy Watch 4 and other Wear OS (including Wear OS 2.0) smartwatches. See this thread for more detail: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...and-compass-that-keeps-the-screen-on.4431331/
Play music with your hand movements, accompany songs, calm down your child, or just make noise to throw stress away...
ToneTone is an android app that generates sound waves in real-time and change their frequency according to movements of hand.
You can use presets or set your own configurations. Everything is customizable, including frequency ranges, wave types, musical scale etc.
You can set constant steps between frequencies or use twelve-tone musical scale. Three octaves are available as preset. But you can play in any octave, configuring frequency ranges...
You can associate screen colors with frequencies of waves. Red for the lowest frequency and purple for the highest. Or black for the lowest, and white for the highest...
Google Play link: ToneTone
[QRCODE]play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huseyinatasoy.tonetone[/QRCODE]
All the paid features are for free now.
(There were a few purchases, they are refunded.)
I switched from my LG V30 to a V40 about 3 day's ago.
I like the things they improved on the phone like the camera's and the reflectiveness of the screen / min brightness.
The thing that i dont like is the color reproduction i just cant get it right. Web gives the best colors but they are washed out compared to the V30 on Cinema. Moving to Cinema colors are blown out of proportion.
Manual settings have the same issue. Saturation neutral is still to much. One step lower is slightly washed out.
When i think i got red on the right value for pictures compared to the V30 a white screen looks red. If i fix that pictures look to green.
What settings do you guy's use?
Left it on 'Auto'. Never one to over-obsess with minor issues. The display is good enough to do colors on its own.
Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk
Tried different ones Auto has been the best. It's a bit oversaturated but white point is good.
I see Auto setting still gives control over color temperature and RGB colors. You left those default? (neurtal and RGB maxed out?)
The cinema setting looks a bit more natural compared to Auto. (less overstaturation) And if i compare my picture to the real thing in real life the Cinema setting comes closer.
I believe I found better setting for myself to fix oversaturated display.
Expert mode, default color temperature, saturation and sharpness all the way down?
Found some extra information:
https://www.xda-developers.com/lg-v40-thinq-display-review/
Seems LG screwed up the Expert mode an almost all other color profiles. Googles does a better job using the same display.
Most accurate is the Web profile. Expert is not usable because color tempertature is above 7100K in all settings.
After web comes the Photo profile and after that Cinema. But that feels to overstaturated to me. While web lacks a bit of punsh. I guess that the UI was not made for the web mode and it looks understaturated because of that when using the web mode.
But for now i guess i will keep using web mode. I want to be able to see if the pictures that i take have the correct white balance and thats not possible in cinema mode. Faces look way to red. Same goes for photo but its less extreme.
Lets hope LG does a better job with the new android version later this year....
Out of the box the LG V40 ThinQ targets a cool and punchy color profile that is about 25% more saturated than our standard RGB color space. In the Auto and Expert profiles, it is possible to modify the display’s overall color temperature (albeit in a flawed manner) and to modify the relative reds, greens, and/or blues. The handset offers 6 other color profiles, and do provide profiles that accommodate the P3, Adobe RGB, and the sRGB color spaces. However, all three of the reference color profiles have a greenish-white point, and only the Web profile (which targets the sRGB color space) competently matches its target (though as seen in our Pixel 3 display analysis, LGD’s panels are completely capable of having near-perfect color accuracy with more adept calibration). Furthermore, none of the color profiles support Android’s color management, introduced in Android 8.0 Oreo, and even if it did, it wouldn’t mean much since almost no Android apps support it.
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Starting at the profile with the most important color space to target, the Web profile does an alright job at reproducing the sRGB color space. However, as shown on the color accuracy plots above, the white point has a noticeable color error shifting towards green, which is also observable on the plot chart in the yellow, cyan, and cyan-blue color mixtures. Pure reds are also slightly oversaturated, but not too-noticeably so. Overall, the profile has an average color error ΔE of 1.7 and a maximum color error ΔE of 3.1 at 100% cyan-blue and 25% yellow, which is mostly accurate and acceptable for hobbyist-level sRGB color work in photos and video.
The Cinema profile, however, is not as accurate and contains a lot more colors with higher color differences. Almost all colors, besides the gamut primaries (100% red/blue/green), are oversaturated, and there’s noticeable error all throughout the reds, red-yellows, yellows, and greens. The white point shared with the Web profile is also too green. The profile has an average color difference that is considered just-noticeable (ΔE = 2.3), with a maximum error ΔE of 4.2 all around the red-yellow-green region. I would like to reiterate that this profile is meant for content that targets the P3 color space, and everyday use of it will result in content colors that will appear oversaturated.
The Photo profile is also not too good, beginning with the display’s green emitter not capable of reaching the full chromaticity of the Adobe RGB green primary; however, the 100% green color difference is not noticeable. Below 100% green saturation, however, there is noticeable color error with a high color error ΔE of 5.0 at 25% green. Yellows also show a lot of noticeable errors, a few other just-noticeable color differences are scattered throughout the gamut. The profile has an overall average color error ΔE of 2.1 (which is technically mostly accurate), but the high color errors the profile contains makes it unsuitable for color-critical work in the Adobe RGB color space.
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