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What Windows Phone 7 theme do you use?
Would be interesting to see what combination is the most popular
Mines Orange on Black
I use the standard blue,
But what I would really like to use is Black on White...
mozzy said:
I use the standard blue,
But what I would really like to use is Black on White...
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That'd be a pretty cool theme. Would probably look like the email theme.
I have not decided on one yet but its interesting to see the votes though.
I personally swap, lean abit more to orange (which is what I voted for) but would swap to blue when I'm feeling like it lol.
I'm using "HTC" on black.
I found the green HTC theme better than other green.
I'll be using Red on Black!
Just pushing this thread back up since WP7 will be coming out in the states this week, and hopefully would push the total votes up
Pushing again, same reason as my last post
orange on black atm, cant wait untill its possible to use custom colors and do black on black
76flip said:
orange on black atm, cant wait untill its possible to use custom colors and do black on black
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Hehe that I'd like to see.
Red on white, here.
The HTC Theme!
I just love it!
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I use the standard blue,
But what I would really like to use is Black on White...
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agree, black&white and/or greys would be great.
on another note during day i almost always use the white design and after sunset/when its dark i switch to the dark design.
i would have never thougt i would actually take the hassle of switching back and fort but somehow the two designs are really practical in different lightning conditions. I really appreciate microsoft included both options; one of the features which tunred out to be super usefull on WP7 enabled phones
Teal on Black here
Teal is like Blue, but stylish Try it
any chance that in a future update.. i might be able to have a little bit more variety in my colors?? don't get me wrong.. the "core" colors are pretty much there...but they completely forgot about other major colors... such as yellow, grey, white, black (as a tile color not the background... in case you're completely oblivious to the obvious) etc... it doesn't seem like something that would be that hard to minclude in an update.. yet it seems very elementary that it would be forgotten at launch
I think a colour selection wheel for the tiles would be awesome.
I'm using green on black because it's the most power-saving combination for SAMOLED-screens but I'd like to try grey on black or maybe gold on black.
I thought Id like green on black, but i tried red on black (which i originally thought was too strong a color) and it works surprisingly well
Push. Incase theres more peeps who recently received their WP7 device.
Just FYI,
For the Samsung Focus and Omnia 7 or any device using Amoled screen.
Do not use:
- White background, it takes 3 times the power of normal LCD to produce white.
- Red theme, it makes characters look more pixelated and the edges of tiles grainy.
- Blue theme, blue color dies first in Amoled screens.
Do use:
- Black background, it uses the least power and much much less than a LCD.
- Green/lime would be your best bet since the fonts and tiles look much more clear and crisp because of the double pixels/saturation on green color.
The other day I noticed that my once stock white colored notification LED was acting strangely. It now is multicolored and seems to have a slight flicker when it goes off. I went through Samsung US support steps, removed apps, then full factory reset. Still same problem. I installed Light Flow and tested all colors. Most work but still with a bit of a flicker. White is not working. It displays in three colors, yellow pink and green/blue? I suppose my LED has broken. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution? Samsung US will not support the repair as it is an international GSM phone.
Thank you.
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The other day I noticed that my once stock white colored notification LED was acting strangely. It now is multicolored and seems to have a slight flicker when it goes off. I went through Samsung US support steps, removed apps, then full factory reset. Still same problem. I installed Light Flow and tested all colors. Most work but still with a bit of a flicker. White is not working. It displays in three colors, yellow pink and green/blue? I suppose my LED has broken. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution? Samsung US will not support the repair as it is an international GSM phone.
Thank you.
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Yeah white isn't really white, its a combination of three colors. Its normal.. no biggie
Well mine is also like that..
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I have had my phone since January and it was always a white notification. My old Nexus One was also always a plain white notification. I am pretty sure thats what stock Android intends it to be. The multicolored just started. Either way Light Flow when set to White should display a white notification but it cannot. I am almost certain my LED is defective. Anyone else?
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Yeah white isn't really white, its a combination of three colors.
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As proved by Newton:
White light is the effect of combining the visible colors of light in suitable proportions (the same present in solar light).
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Ok, so... no help here. Thanks anyway, guys.
I sure wish my LED could be fixed. <head down>
Everything you describe is normal.
You probably just never noticed it before.
I actually did notice it and that is why I have posted here. The notification light is supposed to be white. Not multicolored. I know this phone like the back of my hand. The led has changed.
Mine has been like exactly what you've described on both Nexus' that I've owned.
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It's a tri-colored LED (red, green, blue).
It displays different colors by mixing those 3 primary colors.
To get white, it mixes all 3.
The 3 LED's aren't close enough together, so around the edges you'll see the individual colors, but in the center it will appear white.
At certain distances/angles/lighting conditions, it can appear almost fully white.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDrYDjXThLc
If you insist that it was pure white before, then somehow you had a white LED and it has transformed into a RGB LED.
I'm pretty sure no Galaxy Nexus's were shipped with a white LED, and certainly not ones that can transform.
AFAIK
The notification LED at the bottom of the phone has always been a 3 color LED. Red, green and blue. To get white it turns on all 3. Other colors are variations on a theme.
Thank you, terryhau.
My notification light does not look like it does in that video. It is now mostly pink with a green hue no the bottom portion and a purple/blue color in the top left hand portion. It DID NOT used to be like this.
I guess I need to post a pic somehow.
Maybe something like an update or .apk has changed the behavior of the LEDs like reduced the output which would explain why you now see all 3 colors instead of white.
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Maybe something like an update or .apk has changed the behavior of the LEDs like reduced the output which would explain why you now see all 3 colors instead of white.
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I did a full factory reset hoping that may be the case. No luck. This hasn't happened to anyone else?
casbar12 said:
Thank you, terryhau.
My notification light does not look like it does in that video. It is now mostly pink with a green hue no the bottom portion and a purple/blue color in the top left hand portion. It DID NOT used to be like this.
I guess I need to post a pic somehow.
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The video shows that it is not pure white, but a mixture of colors. Kind of hard to see because of the bad camera.
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The video shows that it is not pure white, but a mixture of colors. Kind of hard to see because of the bad camera.
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Yes. And in the video it shows what my led looked like about three days ago. It no longer displays that way. Now the three colors are glaringly obvious with a bit of a flicker as it fades out.
I am having the same issue. I have a galaxy nexus from sprint and the play store. the sprint one is perfect. all colors requiring a mix of colors show perfectly like pink, magenta, lime etc. However the play one does not. its almost like its off center so with lime you will see a bit of green and then orange on one side. Pink is slightly pink on one section then almost white every where else. Purple is purple and then has a nice section of blue on one edge.
So my question is those who have replaced your screen is the led attached to it or is it part of the speaker daughter board?
My led is darned close to white (accepting Newton's physical laws etc.). I'm thinking that if yours has changed then perhaps it's damaged, but perhaps your rom settings have (been) changed and your notification colour is now set differently (by default). What rom are you using?
I'm using CM9, which nominally allows me to have notifications in different colours for different apps. I find when I pick colours from the chooser, though I'm meant to have complete control over the colour, in reality I can get white, red, blue, green, and different rotations of rainbows.
Clarification: when I say I can get 'red, blue, and green', I mean properly: I get a solid circle of whichever one of those colours I'm aiming for. But anything else (e.g. yellow, orange, cyan, magenta, lilac, etc.) will be a the chosen colour in a small part of the circle, and an array of all the other colours elsewhere in the rest of the circle.
i can get all those colors too... but only on a portion of the window. white will show green, blue and pink on the side.. but not just around the edges. I think this is what the OP was talking about. I honestly do not think its a software issue as i am running lightflow on both of my nexus's and one is has run cm9 and AOKP witht he same results. It has to be a hardware issue. So if any one can answer this, is the LED attached to the screen or the lower speaker daughter board?
Simple question guys: My phone only shows red or green for notifications - is there no orange on this bad boy? I came from G1/Wildfire so I'm used to there being an orange in between...
NEUR0M4NCER said:
Simple question guys: My phone only shows red or green for notifications - is there no orange on this bad boy? I came from G1/Wildfire so I'm used to there being an orange in between...
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Well there are two led colors, red and green. I think when both are on orange happens
By default green is set for fully charged/90%+
orange is charging
red is low battery
I can't find an orange option in whatsapp so maybe you can't set orange for notifications. On trying colors other than green or red I still get red.
Orange isn't charging. There is only red and green
Red flashing - low battery
Red solid - charging
Green flashing - notification
Green solid - >90% battery on charge
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Cheers guys.
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Hi
It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.
There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.
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Phil
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It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.
There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.
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Phil
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Your LED has the same problem that my two returned grey ones had - the white model I have has a far more visible LED - I can see it clearly from a distance and also when it's at a near 90 degree angle.
Hi
pingu01 said:
Your LED has the same problem that my two returned grey ones had - the white model I have has a far more visible LED - I can see it clearly from a distance and also when it's at a near 90 degree angle.
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That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.
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Phil
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That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.
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Phil
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I guess that makes sense - what a bad design flaw as the dark model just lights up the size of the tiny pinhole and the white one creates a light around the size of a circle drawn around four of the pinholes. If I'm spending over £400 I'd rather have one that I can see the notifications so glad my replacement is going to be a white one. Hopefully the wifi on this one will be ok.
PhilipL said:
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That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.
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Phil
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I have a black model and mine is silimilar to what the other members white phone. I can see it at different angles and from a distance and in a darkened area it's bright with a quarter inch halo around it.
My black one doesn't show much light, just a pin prick. It's bright enough to be seen as long as it's not in sunlight though.
My Sensation's LED was easier to see, i dunno if it was a bigger LED, or the silver grille just allowed more through.
bagofcrap24 said:
Orange isn't charging. There is only red and green
Red flashing - low battery
Red solid - charging
Green flashing - notification
Green solid - >90% battery on charge
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Red and green flashing alternately quickly, you phones too dam hot
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PhilipL said:
Hi
It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.
There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.
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Phil
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I'm not the only guy who sees orange xD
Orange - Charging
Anyone think there a relative decision to release the galaxy s3 line of phones in red, white, and blue? Seeing how they were all in the Olympic mix
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I like the change. Blue is beautiful and black is too common. Metallic Grey would've been good, too. But nothing beats pebble blue.
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I think it was a complete coincidence. I think the white and blue colors are much more aesthetically pleasing than black. They're calming colors. Black is just kind of the neutral default. As for the red one, I'd bet that was 100% AT&T's idea. It doesn't fit the calming nature of the pebble blue and marble white or the nature ideas of TouchWiz. It's kind of tacky, imo.
Also, if you're implying that those colors were chosen to represent the US or something, I'd say you're almost certainly mistaken. First, red, white, and blue are all very common flag colors. Who's to say which country they chose the colors to represent? Second, the phones are being released around the world in the same two colors, including to countries with no white or blue in their flags. Third, assuming, then, that they were chosen to represent the Olympic colors rather than a country, what about the yellow, green, and black versions they would have to release? Fourth, if they were to release phones in special colors for any country, it would have to be their home country of South Korea, which actually has the colors white, blue, and red on their flag but is not getting the red phone.
Really, I think it just came down to the most aesthetically pleasing colors: white and blue (at least the particular shade of blue they used). Almost any other color would have either destroyed the whole design language or just looked really ugly. I don't think a pebble green (or moss green or leaf green or whatever) would have gone over quite as well. Same with yellow, pink, violet, brown... I mean, if the phone isn't black, what other colors could you use that wouldn't be ugly to a large portion of the population? White and light blue, exactly what Samsung chose (Nope. Still not counting red. I think AT&T really ****ed that up).
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First, red, white, and blue are all very common flag colors. Who's to say which country they chose the colors to represent?
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Ha! I was just going to point out the same thing :good:
I wanted Black or a "Gunmetal" Gray personally. Don't want a purple "pebble blue", so went white. Don't hate it, but everything else I own is Gunmetal and/or Black. Electronics, most of my shirts, even my car, lol
they may, but you´ll have to pay some extra money for a fancy color. I stay with the black and keep it classic.
EndlessDissent said:
I think it was a complete coincidence. I think the white and blue colors are much more aesthetically pleasing than black. They're calming colors. Black is just kind of the neutral default. As for the red one, I'd bet that was 100% AT&T's idea. It doesn't fit the calming nature of the pebble blue and marble white or the nature ideas of TouchWiz. It's kind of tacky, imo.
Also, if you're implying that those colors were chosen to represent the US or something, I'd say you're almost certainly mistaken. First, red, white, and blue are all very common flag colors. Who's to say which country they chose the colors to represent? Second, the phones are being released around the world in the same two colors, including to countries with no white or blue in their flags. Third, assuming, then, that they were chosen to represent the Olympic colors rather than a country, what about the yellow, green, and black versions they would have to release? Fourth, if they were to release phones in special colors for any country, it would have to be their home country of South Korea, which actually has the colors white, blue, and red on their flag but is not getting the red phone.
Really, I think it just came down to the most aesthetically pleasing colors: white and blue (at least the particular shade of blue they used). Almost any other color would have either destroyed the whole design language or just looked really ugly. I don't think a pebble green (or moss green or leaf green or whatever) would have gone over quite as well. Same with yellow, pink, violet, brown... I mean, if the phone isn't black, what other colors could you use that wouldn't be ugly to a large portion of the population? White and light blue, exactly what Samsung chose (Nope. Still not counting red. I think AT&T really ****ed that up).
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Naa..no way man. Obviously they represent America and all it's kick ass'ness.
I like the idea going with the Olympics but I am not sure I could ever like the pebble blue color!
I want Newport's green damn it.Now tell me thats no a soothing color.Only drawback it will make you wanna smoke more.
lviv73 said:
I want Newport's green damn it.Now tell me thats no a soothing color.Only drawback it will make you wanna smoke more.
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LMFAO!!! You is burnt the f*** up. But yeah...it'd be nice to have it that way.
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lviv73 said:
I want Newport's green damn it.Now tell me thats no a soothing color.Only drawback it will make you wanna smoke more.
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Lol that's too funny
I think a burned orange color would be nice. Kinda like the orange dodge uses on the DAYTONA model vehicles
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so Android Police are saying they have an inside leak the S3 will be coming out in Black
they should of done purple and pink
ab30494 said:
they should of done purple and pink
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I hope youre a girl because we dont like them other people that ask for such things,lol.
lviv73 said:
I hope youre a girl because we dont like them other people that ask for such things,lol.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with pink for men
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Ha! I was just going to point out the same thing :good:
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As an international phone that was first released in England (obviously the location of the games with the same flag color), this would fit right into the OP's theory. It's not just an American market they're selling to.
Flat forest green would be nice. Or aqua.
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Flat forest green would be nice. Or aqua.
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Green would be cool.
flat black would be Badass
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Did I get a faulty Note II? I am using Light flow and certain colors are not working right. For example pink has a tiny pink dott, the rest of it looks purple/bluish. Orange seems to be comprised of two colors, yellow and green etc... A lot of colors, that are supposed to be different from each other, look the same and all are comprised of blue, purple and some other colored parts. The only colors that really work seem to be blue, red and green. Is it just me? I miss my old Xperia Mini as far as this is concerned...