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Screen having dual layer effect? Help

One of first to preorder first patch, and got my nexus 8g since last Monday. Never had and problems with it until an hour ago. Screen suddenly have dual layer overlay my entire screen. Anyone had this problem? Already try the safe mode, the problem still exist. See below screen shot. I would really hate to going through RMA with Google, hear it was pain in the ass
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Sent from my Nexus 7

Here is a better shot with more black screen showing, but where did the black goes?
Sent from my Nexus 7

Okay, viewing my own attachment picture from my computer right now and it looks nothing wrong :crying:. So this is screen problem, not the display, so screen capture is useless...

Try taking a picture of the screen with a camera.

Are you meaning like an image retention issue (where previous screens are still "showing through" what's currently being displayed?
(For example, you'd see a faint image of your homescreen when in the Settings panel)

Sorry for the late reply, been too worried about not able to get my RMA...
lactardjosh said:
Try taking a picture of the screen with a camera.
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I did try to take some pictures with my phone camera, but the screen had too much reflection that it's hard to tell from the pictures.
However, I did found Androidpolice had a good report on it with same issue and they were having hard time taking the pictures too
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Are you meaning like an image retention issue (where previous screens are still "showing through" what's currently being displayed?
(For example, you'd see a faint image of your homescreen when in the Settings panel)
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Yes, I believe is the retention issue and worse. My screen got worse each day before RMA came. Screen is pretty much in a VERY BRIGHT LIGHT ( I wouldn't even call it color white because it's really just shinny light) stage before I even unlock the screen. All the light seems to begin to go away after about 10-15 mins of screen use time, then the display will only showing some few "ghost" problem between screen to screen. Maybe this something to do with IPS been too cold? Need a warm start like my old car? lol..j/k
I did made a video of it on that first night it happen, hopefully it will provide some kind of idea how it looks like.
http://youtu.be/XXddTNwgcvg
So I called Google on 7/29 for RMA, and got my replacement on 8/2. So far crossing my finger on the second Nexus 7 from Google.....Thanks.

Need Dev Assistance to rotate video from camera 90 degrees.

Hey Folks - I could use some help here I am stumped.
I am working on a project to launch one of my model rockets and stream the launch video live via USTREAM (using an LG Revolution modified to be onboard). The issue is USTREAM sets the camera to landscape mode so the phone needs to be held in the landscape position for the video feed to be oriented properly for viewing. The problem is I need the phone to be oriented in the PORTRAIT position due to size limitations of the rocket itself.
USTREAM does not offer the ability to rotate the video stream.... so I was wondering if anyone (dev?) can write a middleware app that will force the camera output to be rotated 90 degrees before the application layer receives the stream? Is that even possible?
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FYI: I have tried rotating the camera physically but the connector ribbon is too short and doesn't afford the flexibility for such a move. Creating an "extension" cable is also not in cards since the plugs are nano-sized surface mount.
Thanks in advance...

I have no idea how to do that but please let us know about the launch. Awesome project!

This really does not belong in Development so I have gone ahead and moved it. The project does sounds interesting and I wish you good luck.

Android1 Project Thread ...
Launched the rocket and As-droid-naut this past weekend (minus the LG) - here is the thread I started in the General area if you want to see what I'm up to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1892422

Dashcam
Did you find a solution?
I have tested a lot of dashcam-apps (f.i. 640x480) and the phone in mounted in portrait, the video is only in portrait (480x640). On the pc i have to transform it 90 degrees.

Camera gets its positioning from the accelerometer. Need to somehow fool the camera into thinking it is vertical all the time.

Thanks for the quick response.
That is not the problem. (It is easy, to rotate the video later (and maybe crop) on the pc.
My phone camera has 8 MP CMOS (Landscape 3264x2448 or Portrait 2448x3264)
I need only the upper 720x480 (or better of the 2448x3264) and not 480x720.
The lower part of the video is waste. (only the dashboard, what is not very interesting)
(If I rotate my phone 90°, i see only the dashboard and a little bit of heaven, but no street.)
A higher mounting of the phone holder is not possible.
The best solution is a dashcam-app with a possibility of selecting a video area. Why is it so difficult to program?

[Guide] Fix Unresponsive Galaxy S6 screen - black with white ‘X’

I recently had a problem with my s6 edge where the screen would randomly lock up and give me a black screen with a small x but it was unresponsive. Even if I powered it down via the power button and volume down key it would boot back into that black screen
Here is a video I found that someone else uploaded with the same problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtdahXCetu4
Now I am no expert but after some research I found the problem to be that the phone thinks it is in VR mode and basically locks the user out of using the screen. The reason it thinks it is in VR mode is because that metal tab piece inside the charger port was touching the bottom of the phone causing it to lock itself in VR mode which is why the phone will often freeze up when charger or won't charge when in this frozen state.
I found a fix, which may only be temporary but I thought I would share since I could not find a tutorial anywhere else.
To Unfreeze:
1. VERY VERY gently use something small like tweezers or a tiny flat screwdriver to lift the metal piece inside the charger up just a little. The image below is the metal piece that should be lifted incase there is confusion, I drew a small red marker around it.
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Guide to Fix from happening again
1. I used Titanium Backup to freeze all the Gear VR programs but then the problem occurred again, except this time the screen just froze as my wallpaper instead of the black screen so you also need step 2
2. I then used a DisableService application and under system tab, I disabled all four items on "Gear VR Services"
I haven't had the problem since I disabled the gear vr services so hopefully it will fix it permanently
Unconfirmed fix
0. If you can get your hands on a VR headset you can attempt plugging it in and unplugging it to reset , but I do not have one so unknown if it would work.
If anyone more knowledge has any information or better fixes feel free to share incase I'm completely wrong here :laugh:

P20 Pro CLT-L29 flashlight issue

Good Day
I think I have a problem with P20 Pro CLT-L29 flashlight. I can see just one of the LEDs is working regardless of the camera settings chosen or if I use it as a torch. When I put a dark glass filter over the flashlight is clearly visible that just the right ( warm ) LED is on. The left part of the flashlight remains off. Any ideas how to test both LEDs separately? My concern is that it may be a hardware issue.
Thank you.

Hi,
In my P20 Pro, when using flashlight, only right LED is in use (looking on the back of the phone). But when I'm taking photo, both LEDs are used (but only during the last flash - taking photo; not during focusing).

adamdvd said:
Hi,
In my P20 Pro, when using flashlight, only right LED is in use (looking on the back of the phone). But when I'm taking photo, both LEDs are used (but only during the last flash - taking photo; not during focusing).
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Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately it doesn't apply to my phone. For both Photo and Pro modes during the last flash the warm LED just burns brighter.
I went to a phone store couple of days ago. The brand new P20 Pro for sale there was acting exactly like the same, so it seems that it's not an isolated case flash failure. I'm wondering if this camera was really build as 2 tone flashlight in a first place.
Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed as this model was announced as "The Camera Phone" when it came on the market.

Mystery unveiled.
I wrote to Huawei support and they got back to me today.
CLT-L29 has a single flash LED only. The information posted on phone specs sites
The 40mp and 8mp cameras are next to each other, with the single 20mp monochrome camera on its own, with a dual LED flash, and then LEICA branding.
turned to be wrong.
The white left side of the flash is not a second LED but a RGB Color Temperature Sensor according to Huawei support.
This is what I received back from them:
" Flash + RGB Color Temperature Sensor (*RGB Color temperature sensor is used to ensure the photo effect by adjusting the white balance and exposure degree according to the scene) "

Oh, that's interesting. I have never thought about that. I found some teardown photos on iFixIt and there is only one LED + sensor.
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Yep, the plastic is deceiving. Looks just like dual LED flash.
Anyway. I'm happy that I don't need to claim warranty.

Lost the wide angle camera button

I'm not sure if this was a side effect of the MIUI 11 update, but I've now lost the button to enable the wide angle camera.
Previously, I could see it near the shooting options, when the Photo mode was selected, but not anymore.
I also can't find the option on the camera settings.
Anyone with the same issue?

on the screen it has dots either side of the x1, it's the left hand one of those 3 dots, the x1, x2 etc...the left hand one 0.6 ultra wide
this was in normal photo mode

Kokia said:
I'm not sure if this was a side effect of the MIUI 11 update, but I've now lost the button to enable the wide angle camera.
Previously, I could see it near the shooting options, when the Photo mode was selected, but not anymore.
I also can't find the option on the camera settings.
Anyone with the same issue?
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lol

woga70 said:
on the screen it has dots either side of the x1, it's the left hand one of those 3 dots, the x1, x2 etc...the left hand one 0.6 ultra wide
this was in normal photo mode
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That's the thing, nothing is showing, not even the zoom.
Here's a screenshot:
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i've tried all combo's to get rid of the zoom, the only thing that did was swapping it to macro...have you tried to restore to default in the settings?

There's something wrong since it's not the expected interface.
There should be a "live picture" icon just before the "star" icon.
Probably a bootleg rom or apk.
@mods Close the thread please.

Finally managed to get the icon, had to clear all data for the Camera App. That was very weird ?
Thanks everyone for the replies!

RedWave31 said:
There's something wrong since it's not the expected interface.
There should be a "live picture" icon just before the "star" icon.
Probably a bootleg rom or apk.
@mods Close the thread please.
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i'm running stock and have no "Live Picture"

I cleared data, finally got the point 6 wide, which is supposed to be wide.
However, it is not nearly as wide as before the update. I no longer can get a picture of the typical house when standing in front. Sides are now cut off. Placebo, for those that think this is wide angle, anymore.