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[Q] [NAND] Pixelated graphics and widgets in all NAND roms. (Banding)

Hello xda,
Im currently using the rom on my signature which runs close to perfect. But I want to know why and how can I fix the ugly pixelated graphics and widgets in the rom. Is not a specific rom issue since all NAND roms i've tried have that problem. Back in SD this issue was fixed and graphics looked perfect. How can I achieve that sharp and nice look?
Thank you all, this community is amazing.
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do you have a screenshot at all to show us? Maybe a photo of the screen from another camera if that is easier?

Here's a screenshot with music and calendar widget.
Notice the ugly pixels and blocky look.
Edit. Actually don't know why drocap won't show it. But all of you who have nand open those widgets and you'll see what i mean

sorry dude... it looks normal... and looks totally fine on mine, I have a Telstra HD2 (512ROM) tried the CM and Desire and MIUI based ones, they all work great on mine, no odd looking pixels

Pens and DreamS said:
Notice the ugly pixels and blocky look.
Edit. Actually don't know why drocap won't show it. But all of you who have nand open those widgets and you'll see what i mean
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Maybe that issue caused by image compression ... I think.

The rendering of widgets can be affected heavily by the launcher. I've heard suggestion that Launcher Pro will get rid of that problem. Worth a try since you just uninstall it if it doesn't fix it.
If it is down to the launcher, there's not going to be any fix for you, other than hope that there's an update to the launcher you use, that addresses the issue.

Thank you all for your answers. Will try another launcher and see.

I installed launcher pro (free) and tried it in the beginning with MDJ 2.6 G-bread nand version... I noticed pixelated widgets but kind of did not care. I also installed bunch of things after 1st boot and started using the phone. Among other apps it was ADWlauncher EX which I paid... I rebooted after that once for different reason and once it booted up again I literally noticed huge bump in how smooth and fluid motion was with this launcher - pixelation was also gone and I do not know whether it was launcher that made it that way - but I definitely love it

I know what he is talking about. I try to avoid widgets with that ugly looking thing. Which is why I'm currently using transparent widgets.
These screenshots have been taken with this app called "shoot me" As you can seen, they look perfectly fine
But, now look at these pictures taken with my digital camera

hello00 said:
I know what he is talking about. I try to avoid widgets with that ugly looking thing. Which is why I'm currently using transparent widgets.
These screenshots have been taken with this app called "shoot me" As you can seen, they look perfectly fine
But, now look at these pictures taken with my digital camera
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Looking at the pics you posted I believe this is the banding problem alot have referred too caused by the 65k limitation on the screen.. Yes it is capable of 262k but the devs haven't figured out how to unlock it yet.. Winmo say it's a software limitation.. Hope this is a lil explanation.. The reason your screen shot doesn't show it, is cause android itself isn't limited to 65k colors only the screen is (currently)..
Swyped from my desire hd2

squish099 said:
Looking at the pics you posted I believe this is the banding problem alot have referred too caused by the 65k limitation on the screen.. Yes it is capable of 262k but the devs haven't figured out how to unlock it yet.. Winmo say it's a software limitation.. Hope this is a lil explanation.. The reason your screen shot doesn't show it, is cause android itself isn't limited to 65k colors only the screen is (currently)..
Swyped from my desire hd2
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Thanks for your explanation. This doesn't bother me at all. Just wanted to post some ss's so you guys could have an idea what the OP is reffering to.

Pens and DreamS said:
Thank you all for your answers. Will try another launcher and see.
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Hi, can you update us on whether this has worked for you?
I'm facing this problem too, and I'm still keeping the power control widget even though the pixelated one looks very ugly..

Updated Video: Trigger V2.1.1

Thought some of you may like to see this amazing ROM in action:
Edit: watching this from your phone, watch from the embedded video. Mobile youtube doesn't show annotations, which I prefer.
Update V2.1.1 video added:
http://goo.gl/f9s65

in the videos you should start talking the song is annoying as hell for me since i'm a teen and i'm used to some rock lol.
Muted it and put on some eminem (cool kid yeah!)

I do that because "I Found my Baby".... the rom. Grow up and listen to real music every now and then, it wont hurt. I'm 30.

My suggestion was for you to talk, instead of annotations, yet you tell me to grow up.
What does growing up have anything to do with liking which kind of music?
you like that kind, sorry i can't tell what it is, i like rock, pop, rap etc.
Grow up and learn to accept that all people aren't the same.
Definition of music: an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Yeah i'm sure rap has that, oh look, so does rock omg.
I guess every music is "real"

you said the song was annoying as hell... for you... b/c you were a kid.... hence what i said. Talk about the video/rom.... leave music out of it. FYI, non-teens like rock too....

What launcher is that?

Sdobron said:
What launcher is that?
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ADW Launcher i THINK its EX but i'm not sure, he annotated it somewhere in the video.

Sdobron said:
What launcher is that?
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ADW EX, start of the video...

The rom and the launcher do look really nice and smooth. I'm still apprehensive to changing roms since I've become accustomed to my Nero v.5. Do you see any main differences between the 2 roms which would make me want to switch?
Either way, that rom looks great and thanks for putting up a quick overview for us to see.
- Mat

s15274n said:
ADW EX, start of the video...
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Annotations were not displayed on youtube mobile.

Awesome video s15274n! I agree about the color too. Why go black/white when you have a SAMOLED screen?
So glad everyone is liking the rotary lockscreen.
I love our team. <3 Expect more great things to come in the near future.
Oh... and the song was perfect!
<<<< Scrizz impersonation!

whitehawkx said:
!
:d :d <<<< scrizz impersonation!
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lmfao
:d

Mattymat said:
The rom and the launcher do look really nice and smooth. I'm still apprehensive to changing roms since I've become accustomed to my Nero v.5. Do you see any main differences between the 2 roms which would make me want to switch?
Either way, that rom looks great and thanks for putting up a quick overview for us to see.
- Mat
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Honestly, bionix was a big improvement over nero, for me... And this just seems SO much better. Again, everyone is different and I really like team whiskey and huge fan of Master.. This rom is just better right now. To be fair to Master, I haven't tried his latest, but I will... Esp excited about his miui port.

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WOW, didn't realize this... That is a reason to speak and not use annotations. I've sent a tweet to see if there is a fix for that. Shame, I do it this way to not wake my daughter...

Whitehawkx said:
Awesome video s15274n! I agree about the color too. Why go black/white when you have a SAMOLED screen?
So glad everyone is liking the rotary lockscreen.
I love our team. <3 Expect more great things to come in the near future.
Oh... and the song was perfect!
<<<< Scrizz impersonation!
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You guys have been on fire. I'm doing my best to make sure people no to test the waters...

Mattymat said:
The rom and the launcher do look really nice and smooth. I'm still apprehensive to changing roms since I've become accustomed to my Nero v.5. Do you see any main differences between the 2 roms which would make me want to switch?
Either way, that rom looks great and thanks for putting up a quick overview for us to see.
- Mat
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All the roms since nero 5 have improve on gps, speed, and data. That alone is enough to change rom. I've always found the TW releases to be very underwhelming to the eyes. Ugly black and green. Trigger looks terrific and performs like a champ. Great work edt.
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^ pretty much exactly my thought

How could anyone be annoyed by that music? That does look very sweet. Now let me read the whole thread and see what I'm looking at.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.

^ they just released V2.1... I'm holding off until all the mods are updated (today/tomorrow) b/c I just love the semi-accurate battery mod that much... also, not sure how the rom could really be improved much to be honest.
edit, thought of one thing... seems like all froyo roms recently are limited to 4 windows in the browser, not sure why this is.

Who's the artist? Sounded a bit like Ray Charles then he did some George Benson type guitar scat? I watched on YouTube mobile so no notes, just to be sure this is what rom? PS can't you just use the battery mod app or theme the battery icon through metamorph?
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.

idea for live wallpaper

i have an idea for a live wallpaper:
please feel free to make it/give suggestions
a whiteboard!​
so, it would be a white background and you can just draw on it
it would be like a htc notes widget but for the whole home screens
what do you think?
AND it wouldnt use that much battery because it isnt very cpu intensive, doesnt use gps/camera/accelerometer/etc

+1. great idea!

LOL man you such a creative mind......best idea ever +10

it's a great idea, maybe it would be good to include a diffrent array n styles of boards too, like a blackboard and chalk, and a cork notice board, after you write something it could make it look like a paper note with a drawing pin in

I think it would be a better if this was a widget for an application of this type.
But, you had a great idea.

lol Nice action

AndroHero said:
styles of boards too, like a blackboard and chalk, and a cork notice board
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yeah i like this idea, perhaps a live wallpaper option could be an image/wallpaper and the whiteboard marker colour

+1 to good idea
Only problem I could see is, how would you differentiate between drawing on the whiteboard and a gesture, say switching between home screens?

Like the above poster said, how would you differentiate between using the live wallpaper and simple command gestures?

Skull Drome said:
how would you differentiate between drawing on the whiteboard and a gesture
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shamblesuk said:
how would you differentiate between using the live wallpaper and simple command gestures?
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i dont really know, i havent ever designed or made a live wallpaper before, whoever wants to develop this idea can deal with that problem

shamblesuk said:
Like the above poster said, how would you differentiate between using the live wallpaper and simple command gestures?
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You could use somthing simple like a double tap on the live wallpaper, this could bring up like a virtual pen or chalk, that would follow your finger as you draw, another double tap and the "pen" could disapear, and you would be free to use gestures, it would also be nice to wipe the screen (delete) with a shake like a etch-a-sketch
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This would be great if you could share the whiteboard with others ie. the mrs etc.

AndroHero said:
wipe the screen (delete) with a shake like a etch-a-sketch
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now THAT is a cool idea, i hope it wouldnt drain too much battery though

panyan said:
now THAT is a cool idea, i hope it wouldnt drain too much battery though
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Some of the droid 2 starwars lwp's are activated with a shake and they dont use too much battery
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shamblesuk said:
Like the above poster said, how would you differentiate between using the live wallpaper and simple command gestures?
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C'mon guys we have a smartphone! this shoudn't be a problem.
we could use the idea mentioned above or:
Tap and hold with one finger and switch between homescreens with another finger.
we also could use the functionality of the pinch to zoom -like we have on the stock DHD to show all home screens- to do some other simple command gestures.
but right now our problem is a developer, and that is why we are here on XDA

The idea is an intuitive one. The problem of swiping from one screen to the next could easily be overcome with this solution:
Notice how, when you have a widget on one screen, you tend to hold it and "push" it to the left or right. The same idea could be applied here. If you wish to move to left or right, just drwg finger across to the edge of the screen. This should also used in effect with the application of another concept introduced by a member a few posts up. The Live Wallpaper should be a clean slate of any colour desired. Clicking on a widget that comes with the LWP activates the board/marker tool. While in this "mode" touching the menu button brings up a window offering an assortment of options, eg pen size, colour etc. When out of this mode, swiping left right is just like normal. Also, the "state" of the LWP and widget can be preserved/saved. One final idea that comes to my mind is that rotating the device sideways while in drawing mode, rotates the home screen. However, all widgets should disappear, leaving us with just the paper, in effect.
Last but not least, I believe the OP should learn and develop this himself. It is an opportunity to nurture and grow an idea, build upon it and continue to improve it. It will help pass the time, and broaden your knowledge database. And you can maintain this thread, ask people for ideas etc. It will be fun. I hope I put my point(s) across

gr8 idea +5

any results of it?
because I am going to create similar wlp
and I don't want to make double app for almost the same thing?
V.

Great idea

Sense 5

Hello all... I was trying to find if such topic has been presented before.
What is your expectations for Sense 5 as software and inhancements? For me, I wish they consider the following from my experience in HOX+:
- Gmail in mail application: I like to use Gmail in HTC mail app (imap) instead of Gmail official app. However, there is no star option for a message. Hope HTC is fixing this in Sense 5.
- Although I like HTC notes and HTC tasks apps, I wish they will allow to disable it if I want to use different apps. In HOX+ they prevented disabling them as they are connected to calendar and other messaging system. Also, the evernote merging in HTC note app isn't complete and it misses tags.
- I hope they can now provide an option to choose what info I can sync from Facebook (pics, contacts, ...)
- Movie Editor doesn't have a link in gallery app.
- Flickr merging (I like it of course) isn't complete and miss a lot of features. They either make it complete or allow us to disable it if I want to use different client.
- I like the way of Linkedin are being sync into contacts but it doesn't allow to open Linkedin contact link in the official app as it does in Facebook
- Stocks market by HTC & Yahoo doesn't support all market. So, another app is needed. I hope it's been fixed in Sense 5 or being able to be disabled too.

SenseTV, boomsound, Zoe that's about it. I don't care about anything else on sense 5.

i just dont like the icons of sense5,

该隐之怨 said:
i just dont like the icons of sense5,
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I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it

Honestly as long as the messaging app looks crisp, I'm a happy camper! haha.

Riyal said:
I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it
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I think the 'flat' effect looks rather cool

kalo88 said:
I think the 'flat' effect looks rather cool
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+1
Much more classy
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Im loving what they did with the UI, it's a million time better but I still don't like the icons. I've never been a big fan of android Icons in general, I'm used to all my icons having the same shape like on iOS. I'm sure ill get used to it, since some icons look nice but there are quite a few that I think are just really bad. Definitely gonna be themeing to get rid of them.
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Riyal said:
I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it
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It's all to do with reducing the lag on Sense, making everything flat will mean that everything will be a lot smoother and take less time to load so reduces lag. This is something that I really want as even on Jelly Bean Sense 4+ still lags and stutters at times which on the devices we have it shouldn't happen.
Push mail in the default mail app would be nice too.

It looks way better than the old one. Simple is better :victory:

I like the new icons... Been looking for a sense 5 cm10 for theme the last week.

I wonder if you can view twitter contacts in the 'people' app?

What I like from Sense is the ability to customize the themes (Scenes and Skins options under Personalize settings). But now they removed those options
Wonder if they'll add it back in or is there any apps that have similar functions? Especially since Sense 4+, the Skins also affects the Weather Clock look and feel.
And also, they remove tons of HTC cool widgets.

clarkgable said:
I wonder if you can view twitter contacts in the 'people' app?
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Yes you can
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Aetherion90 said:
What I like from Sense is the ability to customize the themes (Scenes and Skins options under Personalize settings). But now they removed those options
Wonder if they'll add it back in or is there any apps that have similar functions? Especially since Sense 4+, the Skins also affects the Weather Clock look and feel.
And also, they remove tons of HTC cool widgets.
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I think it is still present in the other (normal) home screen
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Bought the Desire HD and One X when they were released .. Haven't regreted it a second!
As soon as the HTC One is out im all over that ****!
This phone is going to be a blast!

Movie Editor
I want Movie Editor back on mi HOX+ with Sense 5.
Anyone know if this application can be downloaded ???
Thanks !!!!
Matias.

xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Im loving what they did with the UI, it's a million time better but I still don't like the icons. I've never been a big fan of android Icons in general, I'm used to all my icons having the same shape like on iOS. I'm sure ill get used to it, since some icons look nice but there are quite a few that I think are just really bad. Definitely gonna be themeing to get rid of them.
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Gross..
ios icons are the worst imo

crixley said:
Gross..
ios icons are the worst imo
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They don't look nice but I like the fact they are all the same shape. They all look like they belong with each other other. Why are you replying to a thread that's months old anyways?
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
They don't look nice but I like the fact they are all the same shape. They all look like they belong with each other other. Why are you replying to a thread that's months old anyways?
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Look above, I didn't bump the thread...
I'm using an app and didn't notice the date it was originally made.
Anyway I agree with the same size, but I don't like them all being the same shape.
I think that looks cheesy

Parallax Wallpapers?

I keep seeing this thing on facebook about downloading the parallax wallpapers app as it works on the LG v20, but all the comments say it's fake..
Is anyone running a successful parallax background on our phones..??
Thanks!

jdmsohc22 said:
I keep seeing this thing on facebook about downloading the parallax wallpapers app as it works on the LG v20, but all the comments say it's fake..
Is anyone running a successful parallax background on our phones..??
Thanks!
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There are quite a few live wall papers that do parallax effect or at least advertise they do. Only tried a few of them and was not impressed by the whole parallax thing