Color Depth problem :o| - HTC Excalibur

Hello everyone,
Thank you for taking a second to read my post. Before anything, I've researched this for over 5 hours and have found no answer.
The problem I'm having is with my Dash/Excalibur.
The colors on the device used to display, clean, such as 16-bit like colors. Then one day all-of-a-sudden they began appearing 256-color like. Very very strange. I've included a before and after screenshot.
I've done a full reset, did not work. I upgraded to WM61_Kavana_080408_WWE thinking it would clear up any corruption on the device, and nothing. Still have crappy color depth.
The screenshot I've included is a snapshot from the WM61 update, but I changed the colors around so you can see what I'm talking about.
Have tried several registry changes, but nothing! Even tried THIS thinking it would get rid of my crap color depth, but nothing
Thank you very much in advance for any help.
-D

There might be a problem with your actual screen. If that is the case then you will need to replace the screen or better you can call tmobile if you can and ask for an exchange if your phone is still under warranty (usually the warranty is about a year).

Also, if you need to replace your screen you can find a cheap one on ebay and then youtube on how to install the screen on your dash... its fairly easy to fix the screen if you follow the instructions.

Thanks for the quick response. I wasn't sure if it was actually a hardware kind of problem. I mean it literally looks like when you change your desktop PC's color depth to anything lower than 16-bit. I figured that something with the video driver on the device got corrupt. For $37, it's worth trying the LCD replacement as I've changed LCD's on phones before. Any other ideas aside from physical malfunction? Any registry entries that could be changed? Thanks again in advance

I was looking through google and people seem to have the same problem and it was fixed with replacing the LCD screen. So I am pretty sure its the LCD screen that is causing this problem for you.

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[SOLVED] Flashing Service LED

Well I have searched and searched and can not seem to figure out how to disable the service led without disabling all the functions of ALLledmgr. Of course that works but that means vibration and a number of other things. Someone had mentioned the nled reg entry hack tried that no luck. I have looked through countless dlls and files for any reference that might come close to disabling the service led but I just cant seem to find it. So many other phones(cheap phones) let you disable it why cant this one?
I remember back to a simple hex edit on my motorola that could do many things we even had script files that could change the leds colors etc and do crazy things on boot etc(that was linux of course).
So any of you pros out there came across anything that might be related to the service led?
i love the service LED's if it werent for them i wouldnt like my TyTN as much .. they really mean that much to me
sadly we're not in the good ole' motorola days (that was bliss) but i have the perfect soloution! :
Get a black permanent marker, and colour in the Service LED
et voila!! it no longer flashes and you still have vibrate, sounds etc ...
LOL
That´s was a really tip problem solution !!
Service LED does not bother me at all.
Or gently mash it with a sharp knife or screwdriver. (same solution for that silly light/speaker on cars that warn you to put a seatbelt on)
Maybe I wasnt clear about what I wanted. When I meant service led I meant that it just constantly flashes green to tell you that you have a signal. I want my leds to work, but the way I want them to. I want them to flash when I have a missed call or unread message etc. I just do not want it to constantly flash green in a service area Im always in a service area.
Many of you laugh of course and say it doesnt bother you etc. But I bet that when it is figured out where and how it is access and then being able to customize it change its colors etc, those who laugh will also be among the people using those nifty custom leds(blue for bluetooth,green for message,orange for missed call etc. So try and support the idea instead of laughing at it.
For me seeing that green flash over and over is just a constant reminder of something I can not customize on my super customized phone.
Psiodon
Psiodon said:
Well I have searched and searched and can not seem to figure out how to disable the service led without disabling all the functions of ALLledmgr. Of course that works but that means vibration and a number of other things. Someone had mentioned the nled reg entry hack tried that no luck. I have looked through countless dlls and files for any reference that might come close to disabling the service led but I just cant seem to find it. So many other phones(cheap phones) let you disable it why cant this one?
I remember back to a simple hex edit on my motorola that could do many things we even had script files that could change the leds colors etc and do crazy things on boot etc(that was linux of course).
So any of you pros out there came across anything that might be related to the service led?
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try this out
Wow the attatched file actually worked! Still maintain all other functions with only the service led disabled. Im going to start ripping it apart and see if I can come up with anything new.
Thanks much for finding it, making it, or whatever, hats off to you.
Psiodon
Psiodon said:
Wow the attatched file actually worked! Still maintain all other functions with only the service led disabled. Im going to start ripping it apart and see if I can come up with anything new.
Thanks much for finding it, making it, or whatever, hats off to you.
Psiodon
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that one was too early. it has a bug when charging. i have a 3.1 version that reads if the charger is on and works better. if you want it let me know.
this 2.1 version is the one i use.
codyppc said:
that one was too early. it has a bug when charging. i have a 3.1 version that reads if the charger is on and works better. if you want it let me know.
this 2.1 version is the one i use.
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Please do post the 3.1 verison and thanks
The first one you posted seems to e 3.0 the second 2.1, ill try it to see whats the difference but 3.0 works fine even when charging except it gives you a flashing orange led instead of constant on led, letting it charge to full and see what happens. Yes please post any versions you have so I can try to see the different modifications they are doing between them.
I can see that it is simply using a mort script to scan the notification que for changes and using the treo exe to make modifications. Im in the process of decompiling the treo exe to see what mods can be made.
My concern here(which may be a retarded one so small) that you have a fight going on with the phone constantly telling it to do one thing and the mortscript and treo exe telling it to do something else. I can see that mortscript is using about 3%cpu cycle every 5 seconds or so. Not sure if that is going to impact battery usage or not, but my end goal would be do away with the fighting and just having the os do what its supposed to do.
Psiodon
I would like to request that anyone who likes or uses this app please stop by thier forums and send a thank you. After reading through all the threads they put alot of time and effort to make it work. And although it was not designed for our phones by chance it works. I have already sent my thank yous and hope more will do the same.
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?p=1313922#post1313922
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6800-xv6800/89656-led-killer-3-1-a.html
BobbyK said:
Please do post the 3.1 verison and thanks
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i put 3.1 in place of 3.0
i still think 2.1 is better. still work in progess.
fixed it myself
latest version installed working good no problems
Psiodon
@psiodon: Did you do any "re-work" on it? If yes, could u please attach here so everybody can benefit?
Thanks
Chris
No I have not done anything at all since it is already functional, what I am currently looking into is the other three leds that we have and what can done with them. Im also trying to figure out more info on our leds, if they are only tri color, etc and if its possible to get our two green and red phone leds blinking as a notification as well, but I am pretty sure those two leds are controlled together as on or off and probably cannot be controlled individually, time will tell.
Psiodon
Did this work on HTC Artemis (o2 Orbit) too?
Thank you!
Just a quick note of thanks to CodyPPC for the link!
That damned service light has been annoying me for months - I've taken to putting the phone in a draw / turning it upside down to stop the flashing annoying me when trying to get to sleep in an otherwise totally dark room!
This was the 1st site to come up on a google search - and am really impressed - cheers!
I'll send thanks to the devs on the other forum as well.
It looks like you're looking to enhance/fiddle with this further - controlling the LED's in various ways - - have you made any progress? are you in a position to share any code (compiled/source) or tips? I just want to dabble - have no real goal in mind - -- - the main thing is no more flashing green!!! woo!

Hello, can you help me?

Hello all, i am new here and i do not know if this is the right place to be posting this, so if not please move it, and send me a PM to where it has been moved.
So i have a bug with my T mobile Dash. After i upgraded it to WM6, the camera colors have been messed up! i have also installed Excalibur WM6.1 ROM by Kavana and that did not change my camera problem either (although i must say it is an excellent piece work!) would any one know how to fix my problem? or if i need to reinstall my camera program, how can i do that?
Thank you all for you time
-Sean
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Heat?
I was wondering if you have let the phone be placed near a heat source? Also have you actually just tried cleaning the lens of the camera itself? The camera program and the drivers are reinstalled each time that you have flashed the ROM on the phone. It can only be a hardware problem if you are experiencing this problem throughout successive installations of different ROM's, AFAIK then this can only be attributed to the hardware. I suggest cleaning the lens however just in case there is a clear buildup of something on the lens. Otherwise someone wiser than I needs to help you out.
sorry for the late reply, was out of the country, but it is different because the colours look so different you can see that the camera is working. but it seems like soemthing has toggled with my camera files when i updated to wm 6
Do you have to have OMAP turned on to a different CPU rate?
where can i see that?
Start->All Programs->Accessories
Make sure OmapClock is set to a lower then 150 or disabled.
A more powerful battery very much helps also.
*I have a script that if Camera or Video option is picked it defaults OmapClock.
Mortscript program is needed.
*Credit is given to Bupahs.

Battery level live wallpaper ???

I've been looking for a live walpaper that reflects the battery charge level.
Came across Asus MyWater, it's extremely nice, but apparently it won't work at all outside Asus Transformer and its Xoom port. Forcecloses upon trying to assign lwp...
So, found "Liquid Battery" which also force closes..
Any other full screen LWP's to this end ? Not interested in widgets, that i can get easily...
Any ideas ?
Phone runs latest CM9 nightly (as of post date/time).
I've been using asus water on my sgs2 for ages
i've used Neon Clock GL and it could show battery indicator, cpu meter, memory meter, compass, calendar..
u can get it at play store for free..
@Brendo: According to your sig your S2 is on 2.3.6. Mine is on CM9 4.0.4 ICS. Did you try Water LWP on ICS ?
@Gorjess: Nah, looks a bit meh and isn't really what i'm looking for.
Cheers...
Anything like MyWater but not as gorgeous ? Something that drains background as battery discharges ? May not be "rotatable", as long as its full screen...
There are 2 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26407705
Orange and Cocoa.
And an "Oldschool" paid LWP here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stealthcopter.nexusrevampedpro
Cheers.
[updates sig]
I found if you apply the mywater lwp before the preview appears, itll work fine
EDIT: also stumbled upon this thread the other day: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116105
Nope, still doesn't work. No idea why.
Found some "workarounds" that also don't work. Namely putting APK into system/app folder after installation and changing permissions to match the rest apk's there......
Ideas ?
did you try any in the thread i posted? supposedly this one is meant to be ics compatible (I have tested as my old version still works)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25273012&postcount=305
Just redownloaded it, just in case. For some reason it wont even install...
sliex said:
Nope, still doesn't work. No idea why.
Found some "workarounds" that also don't work. Namely putting APK into system/app folder after installation and changing permissions to match the rest apk's there......
Ideas ?
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This should help:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=battery+level+live+wallpaper
Regards.
sliex said:
Just redownloaded it, just in case. For some reason it wont even install...
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Scratch that, for some reason reboot helped (with not installing). Also it works if i dont allow it to show preview, go figure... Thanks
buzzboy said:
This should help:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=battery+level+live+wa
Regards.
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Haha, very funny indeedy... Not... Go away if you dont ahve anything constructive to add...
Well I added an idea on the previous post, and to be honest, I wasn't trying to be funny.
The first Google result gives a huge selection of threads from XDA.
It's an easy way to display results.
A thanks would have been a better response.
Unbelievable.
Regards.
Well, i do understand that in the trolldom that is internet sometimes you do need to pull "LMGTFY" out, but when you do, you must be prepared to be called a **** (if for a good reason).
My point is, first result is "buddha the charge meter". Thanks, but that is not nearly what i'm looking for and it is in no way constructive... That's why i told you to go away. Did it ever occured to you that some people actually do research before posting ?
Also, my problem appears to be solved so thanks to anyone who helped without resorting to "LMGTFY" trollery/sarcasmery...
Regards as well...
I disagree.
And here's my previous post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26960341
Good luck with your search.
Regards.
Well, i got different results (buddha battery, the whole idea is a bit wtf )... No matter. No need for all this bickering... Its petty.
As for your post, i did try orange juice one. For some reason it would display but it will not animate when set. It will animate in preview though.
My CM9 is freshly installed, wiped couple of times before use, so it has to be something in the CM that does this. Not sure what though...
Ok.
I've been looking, and the highest rated wallpaper is this (Although paid unfortunately) -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monkeyinmysoup.batterywallpaperpro
Although it seems you may have sorted your installation problem, it's worth bearing in mind.
EDIT:
A free version is also available:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monkeyinmysoup.batterywallpaper
Cheers.
Yeah, looked at that, but its more of a gimmick. Well MyWater is as well but at least it has some level of precision in depicting level of charge.
If i knew how to program stuff i'd write very simple one that, say, inverts a bitmap image of your choice at the level of charge 1% at a time from top to bottom, no animations no nothing. Just a simple thing. Cant find anything simple as that. Everything is more or less "gimmickyfied" in some way. Fancy battery eating animation, acc sensor usage, etc...
EDIT1 its bull**** like this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bavirek.apps.icebuddhalivewallpaper&hl=en
(for some reason was the first result of your LMGTFY shot, not sure why now i get proper xda links (checked out by me before i posted here, btw ) )
Understandable.
As a last throw of the Dice, the MIUI battery bar works well on AOKP roms, although not a LWP, it's not intrusive and is battery friendly:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tombarrasso.android.batterybar
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.batterybar
Cheers.

Camera colours permanently posterized

Hi there Gurus !
I'm hoping you guys can help...
I've recently bought a phone which was unlocked when I got it (Android Revolution HD 7.0.2 by Mike1986)
The photo below shows the camera on my old HTC Desire HD on the left and the new one on the right. Admittedly, I could have focused both cameras on the subject better, but that's not really the issue. As you can see, the colours on the new phone look posterized.
I've made sure to set the camera back to it's default settings and of course there were no effects being added to the image.
I've also tried fiddling with all the settings (Exposure / Contrast / Satruration / Sharpness / White Balance etc. etc.) but every setting still produces these dodgy colours around everything.
It's probably worth mentioning that I've also tried the [Desire HD Camera guide] on this site and the obvious cleaning of the lens !
I'm really hoping you guys can suggest something that will get this camera working. Because the phone is awesome in all other respects !
Edit: Apparently I'm not allowed to post outside links in my message, so you should find the picture as an attachment...
All help appreciated !!
Thanks,
Wotney
115 views and no replies ?
...This doesn't bode well !
Let's see.
New phone, rooted, running custom rom, Right?
Does the issue happen on stock? Didn't check?
Does it happen if you full wipe and install again? Does it happen on another rom?
Is it normal? Two different dhd's can have different componenets.
No idea what you mean by posterized.
Bottom line is, if you've tried the above suggestions, it's a new phone, and if it's a hardware issue, use your warranty. The dhd has a two year warranty in most countries if not all.
Sent from a dream.
Hey - thanks very much for the reply...
It's a new phone to me, not brand new. Although I don't think it's been used properly before. Looks like someone got an upgrade and sold it to one of these companies that then sells it on for them.
I bought it from eBay and the rom was already on there when I got it.
I'm hoping you can see the attached thumbnails at the bottom of my first post - it shows me holding another Desire HD next to the new one. If you look at the image difference - you'll see what I mean by posterized.
I haven't done a full wipe and start again yet, because if I can't get it fixed - I need to return it to the seller.
Whilst I'm prepared to do that - I'd rather get it working !
If there's no other ideas from people, it looks like that is what I'll have to do
Try flashing another rom. Go for any gb rom. If you don't know how to full wipe and swap roms let me know.
Make a backup of that rom before, so that if you still have the issue, you just restore the backup and return it. As long as you don't have all your personal info in the phone.
Sent from a dream.
Teichopsia, Once again - thanks for getting back to me.
I'm going to check with the person I got it from that they'll still accept a return of the phone if I go ahead and try that.
I'll let you know how I get on.
Thanks buddy.

[Q] Grand TouchScreen freak

Hi there, have been reporting such a strange behaviour on my device recently, TouchScreen is working very bad....when I try to drag and drop icons, play apps where touch should be kept long time, or messaging when a key should be pressed for more than just a single touch....
it fails and it read the input into multiple, single, short time inputs.
In other words it's getting always harder to long-press a key button, in whatever the command is.
Have already done the Screen Benchmark but no bugs or faults have been reported.
I have to say that I have noticed this kind of frustrating freak when "upgrading" from stock default ROM (4.1.2 ---> 4.2.2) to custom ROMS (4.4.4 et al.).
Need a kind advice about what is better to do, if go downgrading (and a good link quote would be apppreciated) or whatever else.
My Grand duos never had "accidents" or bad crashes at all.
Will be very grateful for help, because I need it daily for job reasons.
Thank you all in advance. My best regards. T90
taliano90 said:
Hi there, have been reporting such a strange behaviour on my device recently, TouchScreen is working very bad....when I try to drag and drop icons, play apps where touch should be kept long time, or messaging when a key should be pressed for more than just a single touch....
it fails and it read the input into multiple, single, short time inputs.
In other words it's getting always harder to long-press a key button, in whatever the command is.
Have already done the Screen Benchmark but no bugs or faults have been reported.
I have to say that I have noticed this kind of frustrating freak when "upgrading" from stock default ROM (4.1.2 ---> 4.2.2) to custom ROMS (4.4.4 et al.).
Need a kind advice about what is better to do, if go downgrading (and a good link quote would be apppreciated) or whatever else.
My Grand duos never had "accidents" or bad crashes at all.
Will be very grateful for help, because I need it daily for job reasons.
Thank you all in advance. My best regards. T90
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See this may this will help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-duos/general/touch-sensitivity-t2940764
I experience touch jumpiness from time to time, 99% while browsing. This was reported before, and i believe 3 people claimed that it was something to do with the flip cover. Do you experience this with no flip/cover or no back cover at all? ( i knoe this sounds silly lol)
Edit: ah,Sunil overtook me in answering lol. Yup that's the thread I am talking about.
May be a faulty screen guard problem... check that too..
Desperate TouchScreen
Hello guys, and thank you all for your fast and different answers.......yes I have always used a Back Silicone cover since having bought my device, but experienced all these faulty behaviuor just recently (last 3-4 months, always getting worse), today I put it into my pocket without back cover for the very first time ever, but nothing changed xD
About the chargers, I have always used different models with same Out Voltage 5V and mA (generally 0.7 or 1 mA) just for needed charging time, rarely for the entire night.
Thank you also for prompting me to the other thread, but still no drastic solution found.
I also forgot to say that recently, and sometime, not every time (oh what a miracle!), camera starts capturing multiple (and not asked) photo shoots when I run it, this feature always referring to the original question I made here on this forum (display jumps)......
Damn it feels like there's somebody invisible next to me that push onto my display compulsively.
So I desperately ask you all mates, in a last chance before.......before.......(yeah you meant it but I won't tell you, yet xD) to suggest me here or in a PM a good and reliable guide to flash/wipe/restore/BURN everything on my device and take it to a factory hard reset and, of course, go downgrading it.
Thank you for your precious cooperation!
NoobInToto said:
I experience touch jumpiness from time to time, 99% while browsing. This was reported before, and i believe 3 people claimed that it was something to do with the flip cover. Do you experience this with no flip/cover or no back cover at all? ( i knoe this sounds silly lol)
Edit: ah,Sunil overtook me in answering lol. Yup that's the thread I am talking about.
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It is about flip cover "I THE KNOWSSSS"
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