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Bad/Poor Screen Images

I am having a problem with my screen, this has been a ongoing thing for a while now. I am running cm6 extremely blue from the 19th of Oct, no kernel mod. When I do a clean install my screen displays all images just fine. After a few days some images start looking really bad, instead of the colors blending they become bands of different colors. Its really hard to explain so I attached a screenie of the XDA app, the brown looks horrible. I know thats not the way it is as I have seen the colors blend together, no thick color lines. I ant figure it out for the life of me, is this happening on everyones phones? I dont recall it runnng Fresh rom, and like I said it takes a couple days for it to start happening on cm6. I found a few things in awd launcher that I can disable to help the situation, like wallpaper hack, scrolling widget support, turning these off and or on will help it look better on desktop, but on apps I found nothing to help improve. Could something need editing in the XML files? Or are we all seeing these lines and just dealing with them? Any feedback is appreciated
Oh, and once it starts this even a nandroid back to when it was fine doesnt help. Only a clean install does.
and happens with both apps2sd and internal storage.
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Nobody?
This is not occurring on my pictures, gallery. My home screen is fine, as well as calendar widget. Thoroughly in handcent the gray bar up top has the color lines, slacker also has it toward the bottom where it get brighter. Could it be something in framework, maybe I can edit some sort if default setting to use 16 bit, because it looks like 8 bit graphics
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Nobody?
This is not occurring on my pictures, gallery. My home screen is fine, as well as calendar widget. Thoroughly in handcent the gray bar up top has the color lines, slacker also has it toward the bottom where it get brighter. Could it be something in framework, maybe I can edit some sort if default setting to use 16 bit, because it looks like 8 bit graphics
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I sound like your talking about dithering, like instead of something that should be a gradient it is instead broken up and where you would normally see a smooth transition from a color to color its broken with lines.
Heres some suggestions
cm settings > performance settings : enable surface dithering (which improves image quality but slows the phone some what).
reboot you phone at least once a day.
your screen density might be to high (or low) in your build.prop file.

Updated to extremely blue Oct 25 and problem is gone. Chances are in 2 or 3 days it will be back though
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I had set build prop to 150 on all three, the 3rd being default. This has been a issue for some time now. I will leave build prop alone and see what happens. You are exactly right about what I am trying to explain the issue is. Can I set to 150, and what else can or can not be changed? Changing the default density to 150 was something I had never done before, screen would do this at the default 160 as well.
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cordell12 said:
I had set build prop to 150 on all three, the 3rd being default. This has been a issue for some time now. I will leave build prop alone and see what happens. You are exactly right about what I am trying to explain the issue is. Can I set to 150, and what else can or can not be changed? Changing the default density to 150 was something I had never done before, screen would do this at the default 160 as well.
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Are you saying your phone is running for a couple of days and then it does it, cause I daily reboot is highly recommended. The phone just doesn't have the internal memory to render the graphics on images with alot of colors.
I would try a 140 on the density.

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Are you saying your phone is running for a couple of days and then it does it, cause I daily reboot is highly recommended. The phone just doesn't have the internal memory to render the graphics on images with alot of colors.
I would try a 140 on the density.
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Well yes and no, it will happen after a few days but I do reboot daily, sometimes a few reboots per day. When I edit build prop I am using Root Explorer, it saves the old file. Should I delete this file, maybe it us confusing the system? Also can I edit the default setting to 140? Thank you for your help and concern
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Build prop it is! I tried 140 and still messed up so I tried changing the default to 140 also. That did not help I took all three settings back to 160 and my screen went back to clean and clear. Why can others change the dpi, am I needing to changes something else along with the 2 numbers?
Thank You!
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[Q] Need help with using camera

Either the camera sucks or I simply do not know which settings I should be using. I just want to take standard quality pictures. When taking a pic of something, I usual have to take 5 or more to get at least 1 ok pic because they are either blurry or dark. I'm taking pictures of things that are usually within 3 to 5 from the phone.
Could someone help by telling me what are the best settings I should be using?
Thanks in advance for your help.

I usually leave it in auto, and depending on lighting I turn on HDR. Those two should give you great picyures 99% of the time.
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chrispyutec said:
Either the camera sucks or I simply do not know which settings I should be using. I just want to take standard quality pictures. When taking a pic of something, I usual have to take 5 or more to get at least 1 ok pic because they are either blurry or dark. I'm taking pictures of things that are usually within 3 to 5 from the phone.
Could someone help by telling me what are the best settings I should be using?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Sounds like a movement issue
What I use for most of my pictures is a Tripod and the Istabilizer, and well as setting the camera to timer mode ( usually 3 seconds is ok)
If you don't have those items try this
open the camera app
set the S5 on a table against something to hold it up
in the gear icon click on
Timer pick 5 seconds
(you don't need picture stabilization if the camera is going to be completely still and in timer mode)
set flash to auto
face detection off
tap to take pics off ( because you are in timer mode so you will tap the SCREEN to focus not take the picture)
you can leave hdr on this wont matter for a test
guide lines this is up to you but i put them on
click back on the gear icon
now pick a part on the camera viewfinder that you want to focus on and touch the screen
the circle will turn green and a small chirp will be heard letting you know it is now in focus (it has to turn green for focus lock)
now lightly without moving the camera tap the camera icon
OR with the STOCK Samsung galaxy S5 earphones connected just hit the volume up button, Yes you can take a picture with the headphones ( stock ones not aftermarket ones)
it will count down 5 4 3 2 1 then it will take the picture
This picture should be sharp and clear if it was stable on a table or desk or something else, what we tried to do here is eliminate all movement to the device while taking a picture.
If they are still not sharp and clean I don't know what to tell you.
I have had great pictures from my S5
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I usually leave it in auto, and depending on lighting I turn on HDR. Those two should give you great picyures 99% of the time.
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I have tried that too and it always seem to be out of focus or something. Kinda starting to think bad camera maybe!?

davew41 said:
Sounds like a movement issue
What I use for most of my pictures is a Tripod and the Istabilizer, and well as setting the camera to timer mode ( usually 3 seconds is ok)
If you don't have those items try this
open the camera app
set the S5 on a table against something to hold it up
in the gear icon click on
Timer pick 5 seconds
(you don't need picture stabilization if the camera is going to be completely still and in timer mode)
set flash to auto
face detection off
tap to take pics off ( because you are in timer mode so you will tap the SCREEN to focus not take the picture)
you can leave hdr on this wont matter for a test
guide lines this is up to you but i put them on
click back on the gear icon
now pick a part on the camera viewfinder that you want to focus on and touch the screen
the circle will turn green and a small chirp will be heard letting you know it is now in focus (it has to turn green for focus lock)
now lightly without moving the camera tap the camera icon
OR with the STOCK Samsung galaxy S5 earphones connected just hit the volume up button, Yes you can take a picture with the headphones ( stock ones not aftermarket ones)
it will count down 5 4 3 2 1 then it will take the picture
This picture should be sharp and clear if it was stable on a table or desk or something else, what we tried to do here is eliminate all movement to the device while taking a picture.
If they are still not sharp and clean I don't know what to tell you.
I have had great pictures from my S5
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Wow that is some great direction you have provided and those are some awesome pics. I'm not needing to get that professional lol, but I simply just need to snap a pic here and there and they need to be somewhat ok. My pics are so bad you almost can't even make out whats in the pic.
This picture should be sharp and clear if it was stable on a table or desk or something else, what we tried to do here is eliminate all movement to the device while taking a picture.

chrispyutec said:
I have tried that too and it always seem to be out of focus or something. Kinda starting to think bad camera maybe!?
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You may be right there, unfortunately. You might try a factory reset. Your issues sound highly irregular.
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So is zoom only available via touchscreen? I used to use volume up and down buttons....
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Brightness Restorer [Full brightness below 6%]

Hi all S6 users out there,
Everybody knows which awful it is, when you are outside on a sunny day, the battery drops below 6% and you need to finish your work, message or whatever, but the screen goes "black". The brightness goes so dark, that you can see nothing in sunlight. Nothing! I have made an root tool which let you turn the brightness all up again.
I hope I made something useful for our flagship that we love :fingers-crossed:
Aaaaand, as a "bonus" I added a control for the flashlight, which let's you turn the brightness of the LED much brighter than normal (This may reduce the lifetime of the flashlight... MAY.... But I don't think so...).
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Download: Brightness Restorer 1.0 (APK) [MEGA]
This tool work only on the S6 (I think...), if you're an owner of an S6+, Edge or whatever, you can try it and post here if it worked for you...
(PS: I don't know if this should be a DevDB entry, because it's nothing big that I made......)
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed
If you want to put a smile on my face, hit that thanks if I really helped you
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Brightness Restorer, Device Specific App for the Samsung Galaxy S6
Contributors
Fusseldieb
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2015-10-21
Last Updated 2015-10-21

Fusseldieb said:
Hi all S6 users out there,
Everybody knows which awful it is, when you are outside on a sunny day, the battery drops below 6% and you need to finish your work, message or whatever, but the screen goes "black". The brightness goes so dark, that you can see nothing in sunlight. Nothing! I have made an root tool which let you turn the brightness all up again.
I hope I made something useful for our flagship that we love :fingers-crossed:
Aaaaand, as a "bonus" I added a control for the flashlight, which let's you turn the brightness of the LED much brighter than normal (This may reduce the lifetime of the flashlight... MAY.... But I don't think so...).
Screenshot:
Download: Brightness Restorer 1.0 (APK) [MEGA]
This tool work only on the S6 (I think...), if you're an owner of an S6+, Edge or whatever, you can try it and post here if it worked for you...
(PS: I don't know if this should be a DevDB entry, because it's nothing big that I made......)
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed
If you want to put a smile on my face, hit that thanks if I really helped you
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Brightness Restorer, Device Specific App for the Samsung Galaxy S6
Contributors
Fusseldieb
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2015-10-21
Last Updated 2015-10-21
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Is possible to force very high brightness (super brightness ? (at default is active only on direct sunlight and not on manual).
i read this:
"the Galaxy S6 the Maximum Brightness can go much higher when Automatic Brightness is turned On, so that users can’t permanently park the Manual Brightness slider to very high values, which would run down the battery quickly. High screen Brightness is only needed for High Ambient Light, so turning Automatic Brightness On will not only provide better high ambient light screen visibility but also longer battery running time."

skassa22 said:
Is possible to force very high brightness (super brightness ? (at default is active only on direct sunlight and not on manual).
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I've tried to force it, but it doesn't work. I have even made a backup of /sys/devives/ when I was on sunlight and then restored in a dark room, but the screen doesn't went bright.
The only thing I noticed is a file that is named "weakness_hbm_comp", when i turn it to "1" the screen goes a bit brighter, but not that bright as it is in sunlight.

I might be crazy but I think the LED torch slider doesn't really seem to do anything on my device (SM-G920I, XtreStoLite).

brezzo said:
I might be crazy but I think the LED torch slider doesn't really seem to do anything on my device (SM-G920I, XtreStoLite).
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Same for me.

brezzo said:
I might be crazy but I think the LED torch slider doesn't really seem to do anything on my device (SM-G920I, XtreStoLite).
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Faspaiso said:
Same for me.
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Thanks for the feedbacks
What mean "do nothing"? It does not increase the bright or it doesn't work at all?
Mine (G920F) increase the bright when I slide to the right... And it becomes very bright!
...
Please, anyone with XtreStoLite and adb installed, run this command:
Code:
adb shell su -c 'find' /sys/devices/ > Output.txt
And paste the Output.txt file here...
I will try to fix it ASAP.

Fusseldieb said:
Thanks for the feedbacks
What mean "do nothing"? It does not increase the bright or it doesn't work at all?
Mine (G920F) increase the bright when I slide to the right... And it becomes very bright!
...
Please, anyone with XtreStoLite and adb installed, run this command:
Code:
adb shell su -c 'find' /sys/devices/ > Output.txt
And paste the Output.txt file here...
I will try to fix it ASAP.
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I run xtrestolite, but not anywhere near a computer today. But what i mean is that I turn the flash on the normal way and then use the slider. Nothing happens.

http://paste.ee/p/qgxgd
There is the output, couldn't attach on xda (>512kb).

Faspaiso said:
But what i mean is that I turn the flash on the normal way and then use the slider. Nothing happens.
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You don't need to turn on the flashlight first. You turn it on in the app sliding to the right. If you turn it on with another app, it will bug. But don't worry, I will fix that.
brezzo said:
There is the output, couldn't attach on xda (>512kb).
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Thank you!!! :victory:
I will look at your directory structure and try to fix the problem.
EDIT: The structure seems to be the same. I couldn't identify the problem. I am now flashing xtrestolite. Let's see...
(The first rom that i'm flashing on my s6. It look interesting...)
EDIT2: Yes, I just confirmed that it doesn't work with the xtrestolite ROM. I am trying to fix this issue....

can i use this in galaxy s5?

hernankano said:
can i use this in galaxy s5?
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I think it won't work, but you can try it. If it works, reply here with your phone model so that I know that it works.

very useful app

I've been using this rom since a good time and I've not found a fix for that issue yet.

Smart manager detected virus from Brightness Restorer.

naudmick said:
Smart manager detected virus from Brightness Restorer.
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Not for me

On alexis room when i put it to 255 and lock the screen, it goes down again

LuanTeles said:
On alexis room when i put it to 255 and lock the screen, it goes down again
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Yes, by locking your screen, the brightness will go back to its original.
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Fusseldieb said:
Yes, by locking your screen, the brightness will go back to its original.
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Isn't there any way to make it ''permanent''?
this rom suffer the max brightness 115 , its kinda anoying, i realized that the weakness_hbm_comp set to 1, increases at leat to 230 but rolls back on reboot

LuanTeles said:
Isn't there any way to make it ''permanent''?
this rom suffer the max brightness 115 , its kinda anoying, i realized that the weakness_hbm_comp set to 1, increases at leat to 230 but rolls back on reboot
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I would need to run a service, that detects that the screen is on and restores the brightness, but I think that would waste a tiny bit of the battery.
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Help
Please how can I download the app
Any link for me to use because the link u gave can download me the apk
I use s6 and after the nougat update
The brightness has reduced
I use flashlight on the light sensor and the backlight brightens up
So can your Brightness restorer help me......?
If yes please I need the link to download
I love XDA
My email:[email protected]

[APP] SideSqueeze 2.08 - add squeeze gestures to your Note8!

What is SideSqueeze?
SideSqueeze is an innovative and unique app that uses the barometric pressure sensor in your device to detect squeezes and screen presses. It is compatible only with Samsung Galaxy devices from 2017 onwards, although some people have reported varying degrees of success with Pixel devices.
What It Does
SideSqueeze gives your S8/S9/S10 series Galaxy the ability to respond to squeezes, double squeezes, triple squeezes, quadruple squeezes, long squeezes, and/or inertial squeezes, as well as force presses on the screen. For example, you can double squeeze your phone to activate Google Assistant...or maybe you'd like to quadruple squeeze to toggle auto-rotation. And now with Tasker integration, you can even create elaborate tasks to do just about anything and trigger them with any type of squeeze! SideSqueeze's new modular GUI allows you to pick and choose what you want to do with ease.
Features (not all available in trial version)
7 detectable squeeze types (single, double, triple, quadruple, long, long double-squeeze, and inertial)
3 detectable press types (single, long, and 2-finger)
Independently selectable criteria allow you to assign multiple actions to any trigger type (if lockscreen open, if homescreen open, if camera open, if S-Pen detached, if within 5-seconds of power on, if the phone is ringing, if in-call, or if screen is off)
New app picker to launch any app of your choosing
Tasker integration to launch any task of your choosing
Quick Settings tile to toggle detection engine
Wide selection of common actions, such as flashlight toggling, status bar toggling, etc
Adjustable pressure thresholds
Calibration assistant to customize SideSqueeze to your device's unique characteristics
Efficient detection algorithm that is designed to be as lightweight and low-power as possible with no significant impact on battery life
Questions?
See the in-app Help section for answers to commonly asked questions.
Where do I get it?
SideSqueeze 2 is now available on the Play store!
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Interesting concept, but I think it's wrong. It's using the touch screen pressure as it's gauge from what testing and results I could fetch.
Correct me if am wrong but I didn't think devices had a sensor for pressure in the reference made out in this app???...

dave7802 said:
Interesting concept, but I think it's wrong. It's using the touch screen pressure as it's gauge from what testing and results I could fetch.
Correct me if am wrong but I didn't think devices had a sensor for pressure in the reference made out in this app???...
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The app detects squeezes by monitoring the barometric pressure sensor inside your sealed device. An algorithm looks for changes of the proper type and magnitude that correspond to squeezing the sides, and an action is performed. Once you learn how to squeeze it, I find it to be reliable. The FAQ (and video clip) describe how best to do it.

wonderfull app man...i'm tested now and work very well
it will be possible to add own applications?
Inviato dal mio SM-N950F utilizzando Tapatalk

alesscam said:
wonderfull app man...i'm tested now and work very well
it will be possible to add own applications?
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Thank you! Yes, I'll be adding that soon.

Please add support for Tasker. It would be nice to be able to configure the squeeze on a per app basis.

I wanted to give it a try, but it says that the early access program is currently full

I have expanded the limit, and am working on bug fixes.

Great app! Can you provide us .apk so we can test on other devices? Play Store says app is not compatible with my SGS7.

I tried it and the squeezing is wildly inconsistent. On top of that it activates even when I'm scrolling the screen with one hand. Great concept, but doesn't work very well sorry.

justinxfan said:
I tried it and the squeezing is wildly inconsistent. On top of that it activates even when I'm scrolling the screen with one hand. Great concept, but doesn't work very well sorry.
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That doesn't sound normal, and I'm not sure why. I'll let you know if I find anything out. What device/OS are you using?

Amazing... impressive how it work well, I have a note 8 and use the app all day long, no bugs until now.
Please make more options, like turn off the screen and shooting selfies on camera.

Does not work for me on [email protected] note 8 with case on.

rippedwarrior69 said:
Does not work for me on [email protected] note 8 with case on.
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It will not work with a case on, as the dev said, it detects slight changes within the frame, which would be absorbed by your case, and thus not transmitted to the body of the phone itself

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rippedwarrior69 said:
Does not work for me on [email protected] note 8 with case on.
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What kind of case?

the adb command "adb shell sh /sdcard/grant" returns a "no such file or directory"
nvm it works now after the update. thanks

I like the idea of it, I'm not facing any trouble when I remove my case and SQUEEZE! However, while using the Stand case for the note 8 (made by Samsung) I can't get it to work.

works with cases, just adjust sensitivity. one thing i noticed is that app gets killed quite easily.i have to constantly relaunch it. other than that, i feel like i have a pixel 2!
thanks

ffolkes said:
What kind of case?
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Otter box

How is your display black crush

How is your p20 pro amoled black crush/black smearing looks like?
To reproduce the black crush/black smearing problem, you can try in two ways:
Option A
1)Change the setting menu to dark background:
Setting -> battery -> darken interface colours
2)Turn your display to the dimmest ( lowest brightness level) in a low light or dark room
3) try to have some scrolling action on the darken setting menu
4) You should see the white menu sub text has some smearing effect
Option B
1) take a picture which has a lot of dark/black spot
2) Turn your display to the dimmest ( lowest brightness level) in a low light or dark room
4) in the gallery, scroll left and right of those pic
5) you should see the black smearing effects on the dark spot of the pic
I will try to get some video on.
Mines looks pretty serious imo so do the displayed phone from the retail shop.
Not sure which vendor Huawei is using for this amoled. But I can guess for sure it wasn't Samsung amoled
Video taken:
Pay attention to the black wire of the earphone. You can see that whenever you drag there is black trail or smearing effect following the black wire of the earphone
It is very noticeable if you use your phone in the dimmest level of display and in a dark room.
iPhone doesnt really captured the smearing effects much though.

Im not too sure about the smearing vs s9. But i saw that the s9 crushes the blacks, whilst the p20 doesn't.
On black level tests my p20 can see all squares. My sisters s9 shows the first 2 or 3 as pure black which is not the case.

@ Sc00p007 youre right.
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Mine doesn't do this.
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Not sure if i'm getting old or i can't see this.

Since i'm not using my phone to grade photo's while sitting in a pitch black room i'm not really worried about this.
I'm certainly not going to take the effort to setup this artificial test. I have better things to do.

So far from I had observed the black smearing only happened on gallery app and setting menu (if you set it to darken interface)
Here is the video I took:
Pay attention to the black wire of the earphone. You can see that whenever you drag there is black trail or smearing effect following the black wire of the earphone
It is very noticeable if you use your phone in the dimmest level of display and in a dark room.
iPhone doesnt really captured the smearing effects much though.
If someone can reproduce the problem and capture in videos

aseanity said:
iPhone doesnt really captured the smearing effects much though.
If someone can reproduce the problem and capture in videos
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I'm going to take your word on that one
Maybe filming with another P20 Pro will help ......

bk227865 said:
I'm going to take your word on that one
Maybe filming with another P20 Pro will help ......
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For the dual wield, please do it:cyclops:
I actually have tested 2 unit from the retail shop,both of them are giving similar black smearing effects.

aseanity said:
For the dual wield, please do it:cyclops:
I actually have tested 2 unit from the retail shop,both of them are giving similar black smearing effects.
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I simply can't reproduce this problem.

subhani said:
I simply can't reproduce this problem.
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Same. No problem here. Unless my eyes are just awful and I can't see it

dladz said:
Same. No problem here. Unless my eyes are just awful and I can't see it
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Okay I think I see what they mean. So it can really only be reproduced if
1. You turn the brightness slider down to zero.
2. You have black backgrounds enabled.
3. You scroll/drag VERY slowly.
The way to catch it is to
A. Do not lift your finger off the display when dragging the list in settings app. In super slow motion. Drag ever so slowly, like your stretching the writing on the display, and
B. Lock your eye on one same icon and see it fade colour or lose its brightness as you drag it or 'stretch it' with the same poised finger, without lifting from the display.
In other words, it is very difficult and unnatural to produce. But I can confirm it exists. I think it's a non issue for nearly everyone bar a very few people. I cannot reproduce it, for example in this dark themed official XDA app. Because the background is not true black and the text is white.

subhani said:
Okay I think I see what they mean. So it can really only be reproduced if
1. You turn the brightness slider down to zero.
2. You have black backgrounds enabled.
3. You scroll/drag VERY slowly.
The way to catch it is to
A. Do not lift your finger off the display when dragging the list in settings app. In super slow motion. Drag ever so slowly, like your stretching the writing on the display, and
B. Lock your eye on one same icon and see it fade colour or lose its brightness as you drag it or 'stretch it' with the same poised finger, without lifting from the display.
In other words, it is very difficult and unnatural to produce. But I can confirm it exists. I think it's a non issue for nearly everyone bar a very few people. I cannot reproduce it, for example in this dark themed official XDA app. Because the background is not true black and the text is white.
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Lol if i have to go to these lengths to maybe see it then honestly? I don't care.
I think it's testament to this device if we have to look for problems like this.
I get it shouldn't happen, but i really wouldn't have noticed it without being advised.