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[Q] Screen of the Galaxy Note

Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
Will that problem be solved if ICS sandwich is intalled on the note or is it a factory problem?
I'm was about to buy the Note but now i'm unsure, please help me out!
Thank you in advance!

I wouldn't read to much into these stores. I've had Samsung phones sgs1 sgs2 and now note. Never had any problems with any of them.
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I don't have any such problems with mine and I don't know of anyone else with such problems either.

Rhys D luffy said:
Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
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I don't recall anyone EVER complaining about that.
I assume it's the latest "X said that Y said that Z said......." trend.
Way more people are complaining about black crush/bad blacks, which is apparently fixed in ICS.
- Frank

Rhys D luffy said:
Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
Will that problem be solved if ICS sandwich is intalled on the note or is it a factory problem?
I'm was about to buy the Note but now i'm unsure, please help me out!
Thank you in advance!
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I've never heard or experienced the problem you describe!
The screen is just perfect! Nothing to worry about. Just go buy it and you will never be satisfied with any other screen again!
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The camera produces, on low light conditions a pink/green dot in the middle of the display, not on the photos.
On videos using lower or higher resolution then devices native playback resolution 800p produces black squares on low light scenes with dark content. Example Rasty nails video on YouTube look it at the different formats and checked how they behave.
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Using my Note for a Month now.. No screen problem at all.. Yes camera produce a pink spot on white background in low light.. otherwise it is one of the best camera on a mobile.. Hope this helps..

This is the best screen I have ever looked at..

Rhys D luffy said:
Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
Will that problem be solved if ICS sandwich is intalled on the note or is it a factory problem?
I'm was about to buy the Note but now i'm unsure, please help me out!
Thank you in advance!
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I spoke to Samsung directly about the pink dot on the camera. It would seem to be a design fault, and I feel the likely cause is the autofocus. it is only apparent under some lighting conditions and stills can easily be corrected with photoshop. Video is the same, but I have to say, that I have shot some amazing footage that out performs my now retired and sold semi pro vid. camera. Until I see ICS on my phone, I wont know if this has been fixed. (all digi sensors have defects that are mapped out via firmware). In all other respects the screen is perfect, brilliant even. If this bugs you, its not a smart phone your looking for, its a digital SLR that you need. If your happy with what I've said, you should not worry.

Possible Display Calibration Correction?

"Many of the images were noticeably washed out -- they looked like over exposed photographs with missing highlights, reduced image contrast, and weak colors," Soneira wrote.
But I was curious why these shortcomings weren't showing up in reviews -- and why Soneira seemed to be contradicting himself when he told me that the display itself was "high quality." So, I asked him to clarify this.
Here's what he said.
The LCD panel itself is excellent. Good luminance, high Contrast Ratio, excellent Color Gamut and Color Saturation. So the raw LCD display itself is great. The problem is that the factory calibration of the display parameters (generally performed via firmware) is way off (particularly the Intensity Scale) so the images that appear on this fine LCD display look washed out...the display produces washed out images and colors in spite of the fact that it has a display with excellent color saturation and contrast. Similarly, a great camera will take poor quality photos if it isn't properly factory calibrated.
He expands on particulars in the blog post.
There is about a 25 percent compression of bright image content, which is quite substantial. This holds for both the Gallery Viewer and the Chrome Browser. On some cheap displays this is done intentionally by the manufacturer because the compression actually makes them appear artificially bright. Here I think it's probably just incompetence by the manufacturer, which is too bad because they messed up a really nice display.

I also want to know about this. The contrast seems very low to me. This display can do better than what it's currently set at.

Wrong thread ?
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I have some faith that when morfic makes a trinity kernel for the n7 that some of this will be rectified. Unfortunately, his order was held up. I guess the first step is to find out what code is tweak able in the kernel to actually do this.
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I believe I saw a mod which corrected some of the Galaxy Nexus dislpay shortcomings by calibrating it a bit differently. I wonder if the same could be said for the Nexus 7. @piam, I don't know why the reviewers never mentioned this in their reviews, but that's the first thing I noticed when I opened up my Nexus 7, and that was on the stock wallpaper that was on.
I just hope that someone gets a mod out soon, cause its a really great tablet looking cheap just because of the washed out colours.

I find that the home screen is not well optimized but Netflix is looking pretty good. I also find that lowering the brightness helps...which does indicate a calibration issue.
Its pretty good already though...almost quibbling.
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mike infinity said:
I find that the home screen is not well optimized but Netflix is looking pretty good. I also find that lowering the brightness helps...which does indicate a calibration issue.
Its pretty good already though...almost quibbling.
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I've noticed while using YouTube as well. If play videos on my Galaxy Nexus side by side with my Nexus 7, the colors look washed out. Probably there will be a kernel fix.

christophermx4 said:
I've noticed while using YouTube as well. If play videos on my Galaxy Nexus side by side with my Nexus 7, the colors look washed out. Probably there will be a kernel fix.
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Hopefully software can fix it, if it's a firmware problem.

Anybody knows about today status ?
We need official or not official update for our nexus 7 device!
Asus must give us possibilities for change white color compession!!!

christophermx4 said:
I've noticed while using YouTube as well. If play videos on my Galaxy Nexus side by side with my Nexus 7, the colors look washed out. Probably there will be a kernel fix.
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Well it would, the GN is oled which would make any lcd look rubbish
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Using bluetooth to my car radio...

I have a uconnect that is up to sate and worked perfect with my note 3. Ulgraded to the v20 and now it doesnt display any info over bluetooth. No song name or title. How can i get my car radio to display all info when streaming over bluetooth while using pandora or sootify? Thanx

Same problem here in my ram with it stopping the stream then it restarts playing. Also camera compared to the note 7 is a joke.

U would with think it would work better with a newer phone. I hope theres a fix. All i do is stream music in my car

johnny tsunami said:
Same problem here in my ram with it stopping the stream then it restarts playing. Also camera compared to the note 7 is a joke.
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Did you remove the plastic covering the camera lens? I said the same thing until someone told me it was there.
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Pick_A_Name said:
Did you remove the plastic covering the camera lens? I said the same thing until someone told me it was there.
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Pretty sure I did. I can feel the indentions in the lens. The pictures get blurry when you zoom in on them and lose detail. Where the note 7 stayed clear and sharp. The pictures look like youre running a smudge filter on them when you zoom in. My 7 year old daughter looks like she's a smoker in her 50s when you take a close look at her. Ill have to go in and look to make sure there isn't a filter running lol.

LMAO they do grow up quick!
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I have the same issues in my Ram. I am wondering if it is Uconnect. Also doesn't recognize phone via USB. 2016 updated uconnect as well.

Mine was completely opposite with my BT radio(different company/brand).
My 2012 Mazdaspeed 3 never displayed info with any of my Samsung phones, got my LG V20 and I have data again.
From my research it had to do with Mazda not supporting the BT stack that Samsung used. An update was required but Mazda did not offer it for free
See if this app helps with displaying metadata
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anticsoft.autoaudio&hl=en

I will check that out when I get back to the truck. On travel now so can't try it. Honesty that is the least of my worries with the stuttering and volume issues. At least the Aux works!
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johnny tsunami said:
Same problem here in my ram with it stopping the stream then it restarts playing. Also camera compared to the note 7 is a joke.
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The camera is just as good as the Note 7. There are plenty of reviews on youtube to support that. If your opinion is based on looking at the phone only, the over saturated amoled on the Note will look brighter, more vivid but not natural.

I have a 2015 Wrangler w/UConnect. Bluetooth info streams fine with my RBZ430 HU. However, I do get the occasional skip now which I did not before using my S7E. Both have BT 4.2 so it has to be software implementation.
Has everyone updated their Headunit Firmware?

I did update it. No luck. I had no issues with my note 3. Tried the app posted previously and no luck. Very annoying. Wish there was a fix for this

citronbull said:
The camera is just as good as the Note 7. There are plenty of reviews on youtube to support that. If your opinion is based on looking at the phone only, the over saturated amoled on the Note will look brighter, more vivid but not natural.
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Unless for some reason the screen isn't displaying the picture correctly, the note 7 in my experience was way better. When I take a picture with the v20 with any kind of movement it's blurred, and in low light that really isn't very low, the picture looks very smudge. I took a picture of my daughter In her costume, and to be honest the picture looked pretty bad. Whenever I took pictures with my note 7 in the same circumstances it way out performed the v20.

Maybe you have a bad device. There is a good review on Android central v20 vs pixel
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johnny tsunami said:
Pretty sure I did. I can feel the indentions in the lens. The pictures get blurry when you zoom in on them and lose detail. Where the note 7 stayed clear and sharp. The pictures look like youre running a smudge filter on them when you zoom in. My 7 year old daughter looks like she's a smoker in her 50s when you take a close look at her. Ill have to go in and look to make sure there isn't a filter running lol.
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My v20 is also the same. Pics are awful when zooming in. 1st pic is about half zoomed in. Grainy. 2nd about 75%. Just awful. This can't be normal. My note 3 took better pics

anth75 said:
My v20 is also the same. Pics are awful when zooming in. 1st pic is about half zoomed in. Grainy. 2nd about 75%. Just awful. This can't be normal. My note 3 took better pics
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Yup same thing here. Very grainy or smudgy.

We can't be the only 2 experiencing this. So disappointed. 1 of the biggest reasons I bought this was the camera. Might be going back to sprint tomorrow and returning it. Also don't like that my car radio does not display info when my note 3 did. Might stick with that for now

I'd say bad device maybe a bad batch. There are plenty of people on here, G+, Android Central forums not having your issues.

V20 paired quickly and works perfect with my 2015 Hyundai Sonata. Both standard Bluetooth and also through Android Auto.
I did have issues in the past with my 2013 Sonata and whatever phone I had back then, I change too often. The Bluetooth metadata didn't display until I updated the radio firmware, which wasn't free, but worth it.
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No bluetooth problems here in my 2016 maxima.
Ths only time I dont see any info about playing song etc. Is when I connect automatically without unlocking the phone. Works great and I wish to have quad dac working with BT too =)
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4K screen - Who really has noticed a difference?

I came from a Samsung s6 Edge+ and it had a pretty good screen with 518ppi
Sony made a big deal about the 4k screen. But do you really notice it?
When i first got it a few days ago. I was not sure what to expect. Would i notice it or not, because it's not always in 4k.
Theres a lot of people out there saying it's a gimmick and you wont notice it because your eyes cannot see the pixels to notice it.
Well it was the first thing i noticed. The fact i couldn't see any sharp edges on the text. Everything was so smooth and fluid. Even though the pixels on my edge+ are small, and i put it side to side and although its minimal, but i could notice the difference.
I had a friend show me a video on youtube today, it was a good quality video ect. Then i showed him a video about our topic, not talking about the phone. As soon as he watched the video, he right away commented on the screen how it looked so realistic and smooth.
So In my opinion, Yes i can see the difference with a 4k screen. It's not a gimmick. What are your thoughts?

Sure I can see it, problem is that when you've seen the 4k content you can actually notice going back to full hd...

It's the text on the screen most especially ?, it was soooo clean I had to double check on my ex (the OP3T). The difference can clearly been seen. It's a very good display
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The display is amazing

I used ADB to set the display to be 4K all the time. Yes there is a difference, but unless you use really small display scaling/text, it won't be very evident. Still, this is probably one of the sharpest displays available to consumers in the world. You will never see a jagged edge.

pauly92 said:
I came from a Samsung s6 Edge+ and it had a pretty good screen with 518ppi
Sony made a big deal about the 4k screen. But do you really notice it?
When i first got it a few days ago. I was not sure what to expect. Would i notice it or not, because it's not always in 4k.
Theres a lot of people out there saying it's a gimmick and you wont notice it because your eyes cannot see the pixels to notice it.
So In my opinion, Yes i can see the difference with a 4k screen. It's not a gimmick. What are your thoughts?
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You need to smoke something and you'll see the difference haha. It's more or a gimmick and I wished there was more 4k content. But the experience is new and strange. I feel the urge to stick my eyes on the screen to see more details, or use a magnifying glass. But for recreational purposes, it's a cool thing. A neat trick.

Yeah there's a difference. My way of explaining it, the experience is surreal. You don't really notice it, but your brain kinda do. I don't know how to really explain this. When I enabled the 4K using adb, I can see that the display is so great, like a printed paper as per said by Erica Griffin - she's very nitpicky when it comes to display. So when this display got an approval from her, it's a big thing.
Watch this video on YouTube if you haven't: Peru 8K.
What I can tell is my head hurts after watching it lol. Now I really hope I can easily move to Peru! Your brain got confused, it knows that what you see on the screen is not real, but the display image reproduction is so damn real that it's like looking through a window rather than a display. When your little friendly brain got confused, you'll get headache. Need some time to getbused to it. So for me, yes it is noticable.
I actually prefer this over Samsung's OLED display. This display kinda produce more colour, it's vibrant but still kind on the eyes. My eyes hurt and get tired after watching something on the S8. With a display this good, I don't even notice this phone's large bezels!

I don't know guys, I'm still on the fence and can't really tell. Maybe it's my eyes lol, or my super high expectations.

I tried watching Peru 8k in YouTube but it kept buffering. Bummer. It looked amazing but experience limited by size of screen.
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Sleepisme said:
Yeah there's a difference. My way of explaining it, the experience is surreal. You don't really notice it, but your brain kinda do. I don't know how to really explain this. When I enabled the 4K using adb, I can see that the display is so great, like a printed paper as per said by Erica Griffin - she's very nitpicky when it comes to display. So when this display got an approval from her, it's a big thing.
Watch this video on YouTube if you haven't: Peru 8K.
What I can tell is my head hurts after watching it lol. Now I really hope I can easily move to Peru! Your brain got confused, it knows that what you see on the screen is not real, but the display image reproduction is so damn real that it's like looking through a window rather than a display. When your little friendly brain got confused, you'll get headache. Need some time to getbused to it. So for me, yes it is noticable.
I actually prefer this over Samsung's OLED display. This display kinda produce more colour, it's vibrant but still kind on the eyes. My eyes hurt and get tired after watching something on the S8. With a display this good, I don't even notice this phone's large bezels!
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Lol I saw this video some time ago and was wowed[emoji23]....
Amazon prime video finally showed a video in 4k HDR and I was left in Wonderland. I could tell the difference in quality right away because some parts other video were in full HD before snapping into 4k mode.
After the adb switch to 4k, the most noticeable difference is how everything's SUPER CLEAR. It's the exact same thing that happened to me when I switched my pc monitor from FHD TO 4K. The text and other elements on the screen are soo defined.
I left it in 4k because it had very little to no effect on my battery and performance. I rather enjoy the full 4k display [emoji16]
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martinezma99 said:
I tried watching Peru 8k in YouTube but it kept buffering. Bummer. It looked amazing but experience limited by size of screen
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Lol I'm having the same issue my house has a slow connection so what I did is I installed TubeMate from its G+ page (to avoid malware etc.) and downloaded the video in native 4K. Took some while but now I have my own collection of 4K videos to show off to friends and family.

Sleepisme said:
Lol I'm having the same issue my house has a slow connection so what I did is I installed TubeMate from its G+ page (to avoid malware etc.) and downloaded the video in native 4K. Took some while but now I have my own collection of 4K videos to show off to friends and family.
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I'm not able to install some apk files, tubemate included. Some apk's work fine though. Did you face this issue.

arjun.arora said:
I'm not able to install some apk files, tubemate included. Some apk's work fine though. Did you face this issue.
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Actually only one time when I tried to install Alan Walker Theme.apk. I ended up installing using a pc then transfered the .apk into my phone which worked.

Sleepisme said:
Actually only one time when I tried to install Alan Walker Theme.apk. I ended up installing using a pc then transfered the .apk into my phone which worked.
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How did you installed it using the pc, please help.

arjun.arora said:
How did you installed it using the pc, please help.
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I might misunderstood you but here's how to do it.
You just install the .apk on your pc, then transfer the .apk file into your phone's storage once you connect these two devices using usb cable and allow file transfer. Be cautious since some people tinker with the app and change it into malware so install TubeMate .apk only from it's Google+ page. Next, find the file in your phone and execute it within your phone. Make sure beforehand you go to Settings>Lock Screen & Security to toggle on Unknown Sources.

Sleepisme said:
Yeah there's a difference. My way of explaining it, the experience is surreal. You don't really notice it, but your brain kinda do. I don't know how to really explain this. When I enabled the 4K using adb, I can see that the display is so great, like a printed paper as per said by Erica Griffin - she's very nitpicky when it comes to display. So when this display got an approval from her, it's a big thing.
Watch this video on YouTube if you haven't: Peru 8K.
What I can tell is my head hurts after watching it lol. Now I really hope I can easily move to Peru! Your brain got confused, it knows that what you see on the screen is not real, but the display image reproduction is so damn real that it's like looking through a window rather than a display. When your little friendly brain got confused, you'll get headache. Need some time to getbused to it. So for me, yes it is noticable.
I actually prefer this over Samsung's OLED display. This display kinda produce more colour, it's vibrant but still kind on the eyes. My eyes hurt and get tired after watching something on the S8. With a display this good, I don't even notice this phone's large bezels!
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Did you watch in 8K or 4K? cause I think HDR kicks in 8K am I right? I downloaded both 8K and 4K and I can see the HDR difference in monitor! I am gonna transfer both files and see.
Need more 4K HDR stuff

chesterr said:
Did you watch in 8K or 4K? cause I think HDR kicks in 8K am I right? I downloaded both 8K and 4K and I can see the HDR difference in monitor! I am gonna transfer both files and see.
Need more 4K HDR stuff
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Honestly I'm not sure how exactly HDR in this phone works ie whether it is turned on all the time or only kicks in if the content supported it. I'm keen towards the second one.
I use professional mode (sRGB) and the colour reproduction is just realistic and outstanding I'm in love with everything I see now ? and HDR is the best under-appreciated thing ever.
I can only watch in 4K since I'm using the phone to both download and watch. Prior to downloading, the max resolution I am allowed to choose is only 4K. I think if you transfer the 8K video into your phone it will be played in only 4K, but the quality is still top-notch.
What I think is worth mentioning here is I realised after enabling 4K all the time, 480p video on YouTube looks sharper and clearer compared to when 4K is disabled.

Sleepisme said:
I might misunderstood you but here's how to do it.
You just install the .apk on your pc, then transfer the .apk file into your phone's storage once you connect these two devices using usb cable and allow file transfer. Be cautious since some people tinker with the app and change it into malware so install TubeMate .apk only from it's Google+ page. Next, find the file in your phone and execute it within your phone. Make sure beforehand you go to Settings>Lock Screen & Security to toggle on Unknown Sources.
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Great, I'll try it out.. Thanks..

Is this one good ? http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/devian...outube-downloader-2-4-3-android-apk-download/

Coming from a Nexus 6P

Hey guys,
Coming from a nexus 6P who's battery issues finally forced me to jump ship. Really wanted the Pixel 2 but I buy phones unlocked and that's breaking the bank. Not a novice here but not a coder... noticing a dealbreaker in this Galaxy S8 though: video quality on Netflix and Hulu. (Amazon Video and YouTube seem to fare better)
Read the forums, saw some of the issues, and so far the only thing I read is that the app has to be recoded every update, manually? The quality difference in video between my Nexus 6P is night and day. I just can't accept the washed out colors and basic detail.
I've tried tweaking the display settings. Hoped there would be more options to enhance saturation but nothing. Any recommendations? Is there a forum where a current, usable APK lives? I'm even cool with one of the old ones if it still works but I had trouble installing it. Not even sure if an APK sideload is in order since most of the video apps just look washed out.
I thought I checked everything when deciding on the Galaxy S8 but I've been a bit disappointed in my 2 hours playing with it. Hope I'm just doing something wrong.

are you taking about HDR10 or 4K, HD?