Hi just got the phone and it really is amazing. first thing I can't help moving the screen quite close to my face and noticing the individual leds making all text look kinda fuzzy, is this the same for everyone. e.g. the black lines around text appear to have red dots running around them.
Also can the youtube player play hd content as it doesn't seem to look hd (especially next to my colleges iphone 4 - danm him lol)
The fuzzy text or screen door effect is caused by the PenTile Matrix. You really have to use the advantage of Chrome lite to make reading more pleasant. While it's possible to read text while fully zoomed out, it will not be as crisp as the iPhone 4's display at a zoomed out level.
Instead what you should do is zoom in a little and double-tap on the text. Chrome lite will re-flow the text so you only have to scroll vertically.
In the youtube player, the videos will default to lower quality. While the video is playing, you have to go to the menu, choose "more" and select High Quality mode.
That should alleviate it.
Hi thanks for your reply,
I have sen youtube to high quality but it still doesn't look hd to me, is it just me expecting too much or does anyone else agree it doesnt look hd?
Agree on the youtube issue. Definitely not HD.
I also tried the "Youtube HD" update from the Evo rom. Looks like it just replaces the menu quality option with a HQ bottom in the lower right corner, but looks exactly the same as with the stock app in so called HQ mode.
Anyone found a solution?
Hi I just got my new LG G2 about a week ago, but I noticed there are these small barely visible horizontal lines across the screen, but they only appear in certain applications, specially when there's text or white objects contrasting darker backgrounds, lines appear to come from the text and or objects and extend thru them like the objects are sending them sideways is very weird, immediately I thought the screen came bad but I've been thinking it could be a software issue because as I said, most of the time they are nowhere to be seen like in the lockscreen or when playing games, in those screens the display just look gorgeous and has no issues, its only in certain occasion that you can see them, has this happened to anybody else and do u have any idea on how to fix it with software? or is the display just bad and I have to return the phone? I imported it so it would be a real pain to send it back for a refund.
EDIT: apparently I cant upload images larger than 256kb WTF? the last time I took a 256kb picture was in 2005...
I took some photos with the front camera using the front camera from SnapIt app in the stock vibe UI 3.0. While clicking the photo, there was some text in Chinese that appeared on the screen. I thought it was the name of some shooting mode sort of thing and that it'll not appear in the final photograph. To my dismay, though, after I had clicked the photographs, I saw that all of them have that weird text written over them. In a few photos that text is even covering up faces. I need to know if there is a way to remove this text from these photos and restore the faces. Using photo editors, I have only been able to get as far as cropping the text or if some of the photos. Nothing more. Please help me immediately.
Thanks.
Sharing a couple of sample photos would help identifying the exact problem.
And you might want to post this to the Q/A & Help section of Lenovo K3 Note's forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/k3-note/help
Hey just wondering if anyone who has an LG G6 knows how to make youtube videos fill the screen. I was testing in store models of G6 and S8 and the videos on the S8 filled the entire screen.
I believe you can change the scaling on the G6. The s8 does for sure, however if you looked carefully you would have noticed when the s8 was displaying the YouTube videos and filling up the whole screen that some of the top and bottom (when viewing in landscape) were chopped off.
Scaling doesn't work on YouTube yet. I saw this in a review before I got my G6 and when I got my phone and tried to scale the YT screen, nothing happened. Apps that allow scaling have an icon you can click on to change the ratio. Swipe from the top of the screen and you'll see it. Not there with YT. Hopefully it will change soon.
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Scaling doesn't work on YouTube yet. I saw this in a review before I got my G6 and when I got my phone and tried to scale the YT screen, nothing happened. Apps that allow scaling have an icon you can click on to change the ratio. Swipe from the top of the screen and you'll see it. Not there with YT. Hopefully it will change soon.
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interesting. I was definitely able to scale, with an arrow-like icon over-layed on the youtube video while testing the Galaxy S8... checked the version numbers on both phones; YouTube V 11.xxxxx on the G8, and Version 12.xxxx on the LG. Wonder if this scalability is a "feature" of touchwiz...
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interesting. I was definitely able to scale, with an arrow-like icon over-layed on the youtube video while testing the Galaxy S8... checked the version numbers on both phones; YouTube V 11.xxxxx on the G8, and Version 12.xxxx on the LG. Wonder if this scalability is a "feature" of touchwiz...
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G6's unusual aspect ratio is the reason why - 18:9 instead of 16:9. (Not sure why they don't round down to 2:1, oh well!) But even when the icon is there, I've noticed that one game of mine gives three scaling options, but I can't measure the display changing at all no matter the setting. The only thing that changed was one splash screen while the game loaded (Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes) and who the hell cares about that. Otherwise, it's the same size at 16:9, 16.7:9 and 18:9. That's probably the only negative thing about this phone for me, although it's not a huge negative. I like it a lot and will keep it. Video today is produced typically at 16:9, I think a handful of streaming shows are now 18:9. So even if you were able to scale YouTube videos to 18:9 on the G6, you'd have to get cropping or mild stretching distortion? Maybe on a phone screen that wouldn't be too noticeable. I really don't know.
Like I said, not a dealbreaker for me. But I don't watch a ton of video on my phone and black bars don't bother me in general. But not everyone is like me, and I can understand this could bother people. Something to consider if you're thinking about this phone. Although the S8 has an even more odd ratio of 18.5:9. Maybe this longer format will become more common.
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G6's unusual aspect ratio is the reason why - 18:9 instead of 16:9. (Not sure why they don't round down to 2:1, oh well!) But even when the icon is there, I've noticed that one game of mine gives three scaling options, but I can't measure the display changing at all no matter the setting. The only thing that changed was one splash screen while the game loaded (Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes) and who the hell cares about that. Otherwise, it's the same size at 16:9, 16.7:9 and 18:9. That's probably the only negative thing about this phone for me, although it's not a huge negative. I like it a lot and will keep it. Video today is produced typically at 16:9, I think a handful of streaming shows are now 18:9. So even if you were able to scale YouTube videos to 18:9 on the G6, you'd have to get cropping?
Like I said, not a dealbreaker for me. But I don't watch a ton of video on my phone and black bars don't bother me in general. But not everyone is like me, and I can understand this could bother people. Something to consider if you're thinking about this phone.
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Ok. But the S8 is 18:9 and scaling works.
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Ok. But the S8 is 18:9 and scaling works.
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Gotcha. Then you're probably right about the software difference.
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When you scaled the S8, did you notice any loss in video quality?
Not really, minimal if anything but that screen is so juiced with color (I like the LCD over AMOLED) that I'm not sure if I would've noticed.
I'm gonna stop in another store and give it a go.... see if theres something I was missing.
I have read on GSMArena that Google has given hints and helped apps devs to add scaling to 18:9 so that the apps can work properly with G6 and S8
Scaling works in YouTube Music but it pushes the video to the bottom of the screen leaving a big black bar at the top. Strange
For some reason, the software on the g6 limits manual control over app scaling to apps that were not preinstalled.
If you use the service code *#546368#*xxx# where xxx is your device model
Example: *#546368#*872# for T-Mobile H872
Then go to SVC Menu and scroll down to the bottom to find Force Long Display and set it to Enable, it'll force 18:9 in everything. You'll need to reboot after.
You'll still get black bars in anything that isn't formatted for 18:9, aka most videos and such but it won't default to lower aspect ratios for apps anymore.
I've attached a screenshot showing it.
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If you use the service code *#546368#*xxx# where xxx is your device model
Example: *#546368#*872# for T-Mobile H872
Then go to SVC Menu and scroll down to the bottom to find Force Long Display and set it to Enable, it'll force 18:9 in everything. You'll need to reboot after.
You'll still get black bars in anything that isn't formatted for 18:9, aka most videos and such but it won't default to lower aspect ratios for apps anymore.
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Do you know the code to dial for Verizon? I tried *#546368#*988# but all I got was a message from Verizon.
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Do you know the code to dial for Verizon? I tried *#546368#*988# but all I got was a message from Verizon.
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I jave verizon too and it didn't work
Is YouTube full screen sorted now?
Saythis said:
If you use the service code *#546368#*xxx# where xxx is your device model
Example: *#546368#*872# for T-Mobile H872
Then go to SVC Menu and scroll down to the bottom to find Force Long Display and set it to Enable, it'll force 18:9 in everything. You'll need to reboot after.
You'll still get black bars in anything that isn't formatted for 18:9, aka most videos and such but it won't default to lower aspect ratios for apps anymore.
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That's right!
Do this first *#546368#*870# for International version, then Force Long Display from SVC Menu and set it to Enable; but it still get black bars in anything that isn't formatted for 18:9.
any positive updates on this. the two black bars are annoying
fatso485 said:
any positive updates on this. the two black bars are annoying
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Agreed!
Don't understand why you want to force a 2:1 ratio when the source is 16:9
The video will be stretched out, i'd rather have black bars and the correct ratio.
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Found a solution: install uc browser open a video, make it full screen, then from the options menu select play with, and choose video player. It will play the video on native video player where you can zoom in.
I came from an S7 EDGE and I just got my OP5 and there's something I hate about my new phone. Every photos videos on YouTube, Reddit , internet in general looks washed out. The colors are good but when you pay attention, you can see the same artefacts you see on a highly compressed video/photo. In other words, the screen looks like it's not even a 8 bit color panel. Do you guys know a solution about this? I never saw this problem on any phone ( I'm a cellphone seller in Canada ), not even on my S7 EDGE, Alcatel IDOL 3, Nexus 5
Maybe it's because it's pentile or something
You might want to change the screen calibration method under settings / display and see if that helps at all.
Unfortunately the problem is still existent. Look at the uploaded screenshot with your phone The colors on the dialer supposed to be gradient but it's not. That my problem .
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Unfortunately the problem is still existent. Look at the uploaded screenshot with your phone The colors on the dialer supposed to be gradient but it's not. That my problem .
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The dialer looks lighter at the top and darker at the bottom--are you saying there isn't enough transition between the two or that the colors in the screenshot are inaccurate? You might want to do a search for gradient android dialers (which should have screenshots) to verify the problem is with the phone rather than with the specific app you are using. All of the gradient screenshots I pulled up looked fine on my phone but the color changes were a lot more subtle than the one you provided. It's possible you have a bad display or that it's calibrated incorrectly for some reason. I've never noticed any problems with the colors on my OP5 and never read a complaint similar to yours.
You might want to make sure Night Mode or Reading Mode aren't on in settings because both would affect the colors.
Also make sure ambient display is off to verify that isn't doing anything screwy.
Have you rooted your phone or installed a custom kernel or anything like that? Do the colors look exactly the same when you boot into safe mode?
I see the banding in the dialer (the background where the dialpad is). Given that it's a screenshot though, that part is likely to be how OnePlus designed the dialer app (screen issues wouldn't show up in a screenshot).
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