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[Q] Just got my nexus, the screen dimming is annoying. help please.

I just got my Galaxy nexus (an hour ago), and I'm getting around using it pretty well except for one thing which is annoying me big time.
The screen seems to dim or change its color balance when viewing certain things. Whites are usually dimmed at most times, but when I view other things, the dimness goes away and whites become very radiant.
It seems like the phone is adjusting automatically to things on the screen for the sake of energy saving. How do i disable this!?
Yes, I have my Brightness on manual and set to full. That is not the issue.

okay wow this is getting annoying... Two more issues:
1-The thing won't transfer files while im using windows 7 "the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected". When using OSX Lion, it isn't even detected.
2-There is chinese text here and there no matter what I do for language settings.
This is my first android phone ever, and I'm not liking the experience so far...
Look, I've tried searching for these two issues, and I did not find any threads with them resolved. Maybe I'm computer illiterate. Maybe I have a very low IQ, but can you just help me resolve these issues IF you know how to resolve them without just going into my thread and be like "Oh look, another noob", and proceed with leaving?
PS: I AM A NOOB.

Protip 1. Read up on amoled technology a little. And then read some of the issues some phones like galaxy s2 had. Your dimming is normal. It sounds like you're just more sensitive to it.
Protip 2. Download the appropriate drivers. In device manager, you want it to say android adb interface when you're phone is plugged in.
Protip 3. Take a chill pill. It is okay to be a noob. It happens. Your attitude comes off as annoying or you're freaking out over nothing. Solving problems take time and we are not sorry xda can solve them instantly for you. Patience, amigo.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.

You might try turning of Auto Brightness and set it somewhere you feel comfortable... I just decided when I got this phone that I'd make myself get used to the adjustments and it's worked out well.

IMHO the adjustments going from white to black are less noticeable on 4.0.3

As far as the dimming, you have Auto Brightness on. Go to settings, screen and set the brightness to something else.
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Is_907 said:
You might try turning of Auto Brightness and set it somewhere you feel comfortable... I just decided when I got this phone that I'd make myself get used to the adjustments and it's worked out well.
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GinoSylum said:
As far as the dimming, you have Auto Brightness on. Go to settings, screen and set the brightness to something else.
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I take it you missed the part where the op said his brightness is set on manual?

samsung drivers
for the drivers use this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20311264
PDAnet installs the drivers for you nice and easy, then you can remove from your phone and pc and the drivers will stay behind.

at this time there is no way to disable the screen dimming function. samsung's other phones have this feature as well, with an option to disable it in settings. its a power saving feature. for whatever reason google did not give any option to turn this on or off. so for now we have to wait if maybe a ROM can disable it.

For OSX you need to download Android file transfer for it to be seen.
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Thank you everyone ...Sorry for the attitude earlier.
It seems like I got one of the GNexus phones which have a really good screen (The colors are just mind blowing), its only the dimming thing which is getting in the way. Also, I've tried to update to 4.0.3 and checked out the developer's section of the GNexus forum, but the steps are kind of overwhelming and I'm having my final exams at university right now, so I'll have to wait for a week to just sit back and read everything slowly and correctly.
One more thing, is there a download link to the official 4.0.3 mod ? It seems like everyone here prefers modded images one way or another.

lol. the dimming you are referring to is probably from current draw or a trait inherent to amoled. some people have mentioned they notice "dimming" like on white background browser and you pop up your keyboard. the white will get dimmer or yellower, or black more grayish. this is what you're talking about?

pukemon said:
lol. the dimming you are referring to is probably from current draw or a trait inherent to amoled. some people have mentioned they notice "dimming" like on white background browser and you pop up your keyboard. the white will get dimmer or yellower, or black more grayish. this is what you're talking about?
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Its the opposite. When you draw the keyboard out, the whites get brighter and stronger. I don't have yellowing on my phone (thank god), but I do have dimming.
top make it simple:
The more the blacks = The brighter/stronger the whites.
Clearly a voltage issue for power consumption's sake. As the phone physically switches of diodes to achieve true blacks, more energy flows to lit diodes and they in turn become brighter.
Isn't there some sort of tweak deep enough to give full power to all diodes at all times regardless of what's on the screen (Full power even if the entire screen is white) ?

Firstly, welcome to Android. Once you get used to it you'll love it. I gave the same problem Windows 7 sometimes usually large video files and need to say that the adb drivers are not required to transfer files to the phone - I don't have them installed and I can still transfer data.
I have to say this is my first amoled device and I haven't noticed any dimming unless I have auto brightness on of course which I understand you don't.
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BLL00 said:
Its the opposite. When you draw the keyboard out, the whites get brighter and stronger. I don't have yellowing on my phone (thank god), but I do have dimming.
top make it simple:
The more the blacks = The brighter/stronger the whites.
Clearly a voltage issue for power consumption's sake. As the phone physically switches of diodes to achieve true blacks, more energy flows to lit diodes and they in turn become brighter.
Isn't there some sort of tweak deep enough to give full power to all diodes at all times regardless of what's on the screen (Full power even if the entire screen is white) ?
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ah yes. you're correct. i had it backwards.

I have the same issue with transferring large amounts of data using Windows 7. Looking for a fix too.
Investing the time to learn how to setup the SDK and using ADB will be well worth it.

BLL00 said:
Its the opposite. When you draw the keyboard out, the whites get brighter and stronger. I don't have yellowing on my phone (thank god), but I do have dimming.
top make it simple:
The more the blacks = The brighter/stronger the whites.
Clearly a voltage issue for power consumption's sake. As the phone physically switches of diodes to achieve true blacks, more energy flows to lit diodes and they in turn become brighter.
Isn't there some sort of tweak deep enough to give full power to all diodes at all times regardless of what's on the screen (Full power even if the entire screen is white) ?
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Out of the three results I found searching for this topic, I'm glad I checked this thread.
The exact thing I was wondering was:
Is there any way to disable the screen from getting brighter when my keyboard comes up on the screen?
From reading your response, it seems that the screen getting brighter is a result of the design of the screen, suggesting that there is no way to stop it from happening. The only thing I've been able to do to make the screen remain at the brightness I set it is to change the theme of my keyboard to a brighter or lighter color based theme.
I'm using Swiftkey with the Neon keyboard, it looks great and I love it!
I had a Samsung Vibrant previously to the Galaxy Nexus, and there indeed was a "Power Saving Option" in the settings and if I remember correctly that stopped the screen from getting brighter with the keyboard on screen. Has any fix / ability to change this on a stock Galaxy Nexus running JB been found? It's just barely annoying enough for me to notice it, plus I'm a stickler for more battery life and I can feel my battery dying the brighter the screen gets. ( I know this last part may be a mental thing, but still. Haha. )

Flickering screen

I have noticed that my screen is flickering ever so slightly in all applications. it is bearable but slightly annoying. Could this be hardware related and will I have grounds for a warrenty replacement? should I wait and see if any OTAs resolve it?
Everything is stock. Brightness is set to auto.
I have problems with shadowgun crashing when there is an explosion etc. possibly related?
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Yeah, i noticed this too on my One X I've mostly seen it while my mobile data connection was on, and it seems to decrease a lot but not completely disappear when it's off. I also got a weird message yesterday while charging, saying something along the lines of "your phone is using too much current, -" (the message was in dutch, not sure what the exact message is in english) my phone turned off before I could completely read it. I wonder if those issues are somehow related. Maybe the screens backlight isn't getting enough power when the radio is on. Anyways, I'm not an expert, so don't quote me on that.
I also heard the tegra 3 drivers are buggy, so shadowgun crashing and performance drops etc. will hopefully be resolved in future updates.

I've got it as well I think it's a driver issue the last thing I want to do is go for a replacement and that to have more dud stuff as this is the only dud thing on mine. Everything else is fine apart from flickers now and then.
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JimmyEatFood said:
I have noticed that my screen is flickering ever so slightly in all applications. it is bearable but slightly annoying. Could this be hardware related and will I have grounds for a warrenty replacement? should I wait and see if any OTAs resolve it?
Everything is stock. Brightness is set to auto.
I have problems with shadowgun crashing when there is an explosion etc. possibly related?
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hey jimmy go to Menu->settings-> Developer options and untick all the option restart your phone and magic..... screen flickering will disappear
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backstabz0r said:
Yeah, i noticed this too on my One X I've mostly seen it while my mobile data connection was on, and it seems to decrease a lot but not completely disappear when it's off. I also got a weird message yesterday while charging, saying something along the lines of "your phone is using too much current, -" (the message was in dutch, not sure what the exact message is in english) my phone turned off before I could completely read it. I wonder if those issues are somehow related. Maybe the screens backlight isn't getting enough power when the radio is on. Anyways, I'm not an expert, so don't quote me on that.
I also heard the tegra 3 drivers are buggy, so shadowgun crashing and performance drops etc. will hopefully be resolved in future updates.
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@backstabz0r for screen flickering pls refer to my earlier ans and for your problem which you got warning message thats common warning you get when you have put phone in charge and if you using it for gaming which consumpts more nergy then, message will be" battery consumption is more then the supply"
so suggest ou to let battery get charged till 30 % and then use it for gaming or any other apps

I've read a few threads here regarding the flicker and it seems some people are confusing flicker with something that I really don't know what to call.
Flicker for me is when there's a stroboscope-ish effect, like when you place your sight just above an old CRT monitor, or when a fluorescent light is on it's last breath. Not when what you see on the screen makes random movements a few pixels in any direction.
I have flicker on my HOX. But it's only noticeable on lower brightness levels. This happens in all applications and in settings menu, everything with white or light grey background, so not related to badly written apps. But I wonder if this really CAN be software related? Has this happened with other models from various manufacturers?

mertzi said:
I've read a few threads here regarding the flicker and it seems some people are confusing flicker with something that I really don't know what to call.
Flicker for me is when there's a stroboscope-ish effect, like when you place your sight just above an old CRT monitor, or when a fluorescent light is on it's last breath. Not when what you see on the screen makes random movements a few pixels in any direction.
I have flicker on my HOX. But it's only noticeable on lower brightness levels. This happens in all applications and in settings menu, everything with white or light grey background, so not related to badly written apps. But I wonder if this really CAN be software related? Has this happened with other models from various manufacturers?
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I've got what your describing quite a few users have. I believe it could be down to the drivers for the Soc. Might just need a driver update. Only the next update we can tell if this fixes the issue or not. We need to pressure HTC regarding this issue.

nikzDHD said:
I've got what your describing quite a few users have. I believe it could be down to the drivers for the Soc. Might just need a driver update. Only the next update we can tell if this fixes the issue or not. We need to pressure HTC regarding this issue.
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But is it really possible that a driver issue can cause flicker? I've never seen it before.
I tweeted @htcdev earlier today about it but no response yet. I wonder what the best way to make htc aware of this is. Contacting their lousy customer support feels pointless, it won't reach the people who actually can make an impact.

mertzi said:
I've read a few threads here regarding the flicker and it seems some people are confusing flicker with something that I really don't know what to call.
Flicker for me is when there's a stroboscope-ish effect, like when you place your sight just above an old CRT monitor, or when a fluorescent light is on it's last breath. Not when what you see on the screen makes random movements a few pixels in any direction.
I have flicker on my HOX. But it's only noticeable on lower brightness levels. This happens in all applications and in settings menu, everything with white or light grey background, so not related to badly written apps. But I wonder if this really CAN be software related? Has this happened with other models from various manufacturers?
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This is what I have, but its far worse on higher brightness levels.
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Right guys untick animations in Developer options, restart give it a while, go into camera you'll notice glitches, play a YouTube video you'll notice green bar on the left hand side of the screen in full screen mode. Untick animations and this disappears. It's worrying not sure what to do now.
Edit: can't repeat this but will keep trying as something did trigger it off for the screen to go like that.

Yeah, with flicker I didn't mean anything like having low fps when scrolling through stuff. I meant a quite noticable fluctuation in the brightness of the backlight if that makes sense. It is indeed quite like a CRT monitor with a low refresh rate. I haven't seen it yet when my screen brightness was high, but I'm not sure if it doesn't occur on higher brightness settings. It is also not constantly flickering, It only seems to act up when my mobile data connection is active, although I have seen a very slight flickering with data turned off. I really hope this isn't a hardware issue, the rest of my phone is pretty much perfect and I'd rather not send it in for a replacement after all the trouble I had with my sensation :/

I have the flicker issue, the screen flickers near the center a little bit to the right though, and it is reall irratating, but i can only see it when viewing pictures and on greys.
I hope it isn't hardware!!
tried all the ideas given to stop it but none work for me, still seems to flicker

Me too
I have the screen flickering too.
Im reluctant to return it as apart from this the handset is solid.
It on appears on certain colours making me think its software related.

I also have the exact same flicking issue. From what I have heard it is a software issue rather than a hardware issue. Just to be on the safeside though I am returning my One X to Phones4U for a replacement. Will be interesting to see if the replacement has the same issue.

I made a thorough check yesterday. I downloaded a brightness control app where you can write what brightness level you want so i tried from 3% which was the lowest possible step by step up to 15%. At 15 the flicker stops so its not 30 as I said before. this is my only issue too so I dont dare to replace it just to get a worse phone. My sister is getting one next week so gonna compare them.
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I noticed this too, but i believe its a software issue only. When I unlock the phone, the screen flickers while sense runs and the three menu button appears then goes. Once its all settled its fine. I believe this is to do with sense rather than a phone issue, and will be addressed via OTA.

nickp123 said:
I noticed this too, but i believe its a software issue only. When I unlock the phone, the screen flickers while sense runs and the three menu button appears then goes. Once its all settled its fine. I believe this is to do with sense rather than a phone issue, and will be addressed via OTA.
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Not so sure about it being a specific Sense issue as I have noticed the screen flicking in 3rd party apps such as Spotify.

has anyone had theirs replaced yet? this is doing my head in! really noticeable on a grey background

johnbhoy89 said:
has anyone had theirs replaced yet? this is doing my head in! really noticeable on a grey background
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Phones4U are sending me out a bag to send it back so hopefully should have a replacement by Monday or Tuesday.

dr9722 said:
Phones4U are sending me out a bag to send it back so hopefully should have a replacement by Monday or Tuesday.
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I phoned dialaphone there, i made them aware of the problem with my phone, told them if it wasnt fixed with the update then I would like to replace my phone, told me I had until next tuesday to see if its fixed, until I reminded her about distance selling regulations which gives me 28 days from receiving the handset.

johnbhoy89 said:
I phoned dialaphone there, i made them aware of the problem with my phone, told them if it wasnt fixed with the update then I would like to replace my phone, told me I had until next tuesday to see if its fixed, until I reminded her about distance selling regulations which gives me 28 days from receiving the handset.
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You do indeed have 28 days to return your phone however I wouldn't count on HTC releasing an update before then

amazon, all One X are faulty :(

Hey guys,
today i spoke to amazon germany about the one X, because i had already 3 faulty devices and all devices had the same issue, screen flicker.
The amazon worker said, they tested all devices and every device was faulty, now they are waiting for a statment from HTC. I think its very sad especially for the people who waited for their device, HTC shame on you -.-

picxar said:
Hey guys,
today i spoke to amazon germany about the one X, because i had already 3 faulty devices and all devices had the same issue, screen flicker.
The amazon worker said, they tested all devices and every device was faulty, now they are waiting for a statment from HTC. I think its very sad especially for the people who waited for the device, HTC shame on you -.-
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This is very well known issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617009
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Just a bad batch.
Over here in Ireland, very few if any people have had to return faulty devices.

yeah but not in this dimension, i thought a bunch of devices were faulty but not that much, what do you think hardware or software?

The store were I swapped mine 3 times also said there is no "sense" in swapping for a 4th as they are all flawed.

when they cant fix the issue through an ota, then its gonna be expensive for HTC

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when they cant fix the issue through an ota, then its gonna be expensive for HTC
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They may be able to fix it through an OTA. A lot of early ICS ROMs for the Rezound had screen flickering problems, but they've since been worked out. At least there's hope!
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If only the level of attention AntennaGate got becomes as widespread for HTCs woes...then we might all get a free case - oh wait that won't fix the Wifi issues, or the flickering...or the yellow spots...

And the transformer prime had the.same.issue, it took 4 ota to fix it. I think I have seen people say it is possibly tegra related
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picxar said:
Hey guys,
today i spoke to amazon germany about the one X, because i had already 3 faulty devices and all devices had the same issue, screen flicker.
The amazon worker said, they tested all devices and every device was faulty, now they are waiting for a statment from HTC. I think its very sad especially for the people who waited for their device, HTC shame on you -.-
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While the problem is very real, I highly doubt that Amazon ripped open lots of boxes and started testing the phones. There are seals on the tape on the side of the box and they wouldn't have been able to resell the device after opening it I think they probably re-tested the faulty ones returned and judged by the number of returns that there was a general fault. By the way, it is easy to determine if your phone is a new never used one or not. When you switch the phone on, if it takes ages to start, going black for a while, it is new. If someone had switched it on, even if they didn't do anything, and switched it back off again, it would not take long to turn on the next time, due to fast boot. Since the fast boot setting is always on after a factory reset, I believe it is impossible to get the phone back into a state of "reset + long boot".
Also, having now been on my 6th phone, every single one of them had flicker. They were not all built at the same time or bought from the same store. I found a test case that could make any of them flicker
1) Battery below 50%
2) Brightness set to 40%-50% (varies a bit from phone to phone)
3) Go to the XDA forum web page on the phone. As the page is loading up, focus on the background and will see flickering as the CPU activity increases during rendering
I think there are two types of flicker. One that happens all the time on some phones most visible on grey backgrounds. And another type of flicker that happens at certain brightness/battery/cpu levels.
Another test case is:-
1) Set brightness very low, such as 20%
2) Go to app/play store
3) Choose "My Apps"
4) This may only work with a considerable number of apps..I tried it with 60. Rotate to landscape, watch very carefully the grey background...and then when the white re-appears, watch the brightness change upwards after it settles.
5) Rotate to portrait and watch again at the grey, then the white brightness levels
A friend bought a HOX just recently and it shows as well on these 2 test cases.

I bought my HOX from an italian ebay seller (a month ago: htc23) and device has arrived with an Amazon Spain package.
Never had any issue: no screen flicker, no flex ..no gap

When you have to set it up just to see it flicker that shows it's NOT an issue in my eyes - 'battery less than 50%, turn brightness to this level, etc.'
I have my phone on auto brightness, let the battery run to nothing sometimes and I have NEVER had the screen flicker. I'm saying there might not be a problem but when you get it under very precise circumstances I think you're deliberately looking for a problem...

EddyOS said:
When you have to set it up just to see it flicker that shows it's NOT an issue in my eyes - 'battery less than 50%, turn brightness to this level, etc.'
I have my phone on auto brightness, let the battery run to nothing sometimes and I have NEVER had the screen flicker. I'm saying there might not be a problem but when you get it under very precise circumstances I think you're deliberately looking for a problem...
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I didn't go looking for the problem. I stumbled across it. I am very analytical, so once I find a problem, I determine the test case that produces it. I didn't return any of my phones for this problem. They all had other issues, such as screens that were not seating properly, one that displayed the left part of the image on the right side and vice versa (really weird that one), one that had a massive blue splodge near the middle of the screen etc etc

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I didn't go looking for the problem. I stumbled across it. I am very analytical, so once I find a problem, I determine the test case that produces it. I didn't return any of my phones for this problem. They all had other issues, such as screens that were not seating properly, one that displayed the left part of the image on the right side and vice versa (really weird that one), one that had a massive blue splodge near the middle of the screen etc etc
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That I can accept but this whole flickering issue seems a bit far fetched. I've got VERY good eyesight but cannot see anything wrong with my phone so I either have a perfect one or I'm just not bothered by it
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picxar said:
yeah but not in this dimension, i thought a bunch of devices were faulty but not that much, what do you think hardware or software?
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Not that much? How many does Amazon DE have in stock? 20? If it's more than that I highly doubt they opened every single unit to determine they're "faulty." The flickering's s/w and any phone is subject to it. Not all do, but all could. Last announcement on May 2 was HTC identified the issue and was working on an update specifically to address it. You're better off waiting until that fix is released.

ciubeca said:
I bought my HOX from an italian ebay seller (a month ago: htc23) and device has arrived with an Amazon Spain package.
Never had any issue: no screen flicker, no flex ..no gap
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you are so lucky! mine is an ht23 too, but it does have flickering and suffers when pressing the LCD left side. HTC says it's normal for an LCD which is pressed, i've tried to explain them that this happens only on screen borders, that most devices have no flex issues and so on.....they don't want to replace it.
really disappointed.
my first and last htc for sure.

EddyOS said:
That I can accept but this whole flickering issue seems a bit far fetched. I've got VERY good eyesight but cannot see anything wrong with my phone so I either have a perfect one or I'm just not bothered by it
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Indeed, but also how often are you staring closely at the screen while a web page is loading. It hasn't really bothered me but if it was flickering the whole time on a grey background, that would certainly annoy me.

Don't think I've ever seen a panel phone, tv or monitor that doesn't flicker under certain circumstances if you really look for it. Unless of course it's happening all the time in which case something is wrong.
My One X? No problems here as far as I can tell and I'm not about to start to try and make them happen either.
Don't forget also - everyone's eyesight is different. Anyone familiar with rainbow effect on DLP projectors? Doesn't affect everyone - it's something to do with the way the brain interprets the signals.......
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Federic0 said:
you are so lucky! mine is an ht23 too, but it does have flickering and suffers when pressing the LCD left side. HTC says it's normal for an LCD which is pressed, i've tried to explain them that this happens only on screen borders, that most devices have no flex issues and so on.....they don't want to replace it.
really disappointed.
my first and last htc for sure.
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Strange, as my last 2 had that issue. Made a youtube about it, send the link to HTC support and they contacted me. They told me that it was not the way an One X panel should react on pressure. Got a refund after the 3rd one, now I'm struggling what to do with my premium navigation license.

EddyOS said:
That I can accept but this whole flickering issue seems a bit far fetched.
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If its far fetched why have HTC admitted to the problem in one of the many threads raised by users facing this issue?

[Q] Screen flickering (CRT like)

Hi,
EDIT
Resolved it (kinda), I shut the "Economy mode" and the screen stop the flickering....
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I'm creating a new thread for this problem got an answer there telling me it's my phone, but I would like to know if somebody else notice this.
It's like on good old CRT. Got a Note I (got stolen) bought a Note 2 and I can see a flickering, like if the display had a 60Hz refresh rate, never notice such a thing with the Note I.
It's more noticeable on white screens. And when you are using peripheral vision, by pointing your eyes like 10 centimeters from the side of the device, the flickering must be more visible
The effect looks like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3jHOwE8MqA not mine but can give an idea of the problem.
Thanks

Livebyte said:
YES I HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM.
I was worried sick that my phone might be going dead soon.
And I'm talking about Note 1 here.
I don't want to waste money on a Note 2. I don't want burn my wallet again! ):
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Never notice it with my Note I, it seems that it's partly due to AMOLED technology, but as I did not notice it on my Note I...
Maybe it varies form device to device...
The effect looks like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3jHOwE8MqA

Livebyte said:
YES I HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM.
I was worried sick that my phone might be going dead soon.
And I'm talking about Note 1 here.
I don't want to waste money on a Note 2. I don't want burn my wallet again! ):
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It's Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Livebyte said:
Yes I have it, but mine is definitely more severe than yours.
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Then why didn't you return it under warranty?

Go to Display > Features > Smart Rotation . Disable Smart rotation and voila the problem is resolved....

BoneXDA said:
It's Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Don't feed the troll

Ok, so if you do not own this device the Note 2, and do not want the device, why chime in and post/comments...

My scraan is flickering too. Feels like old CRT TV. When brightness not at 100% level I can observe this problem. Looks like samsung using PWM to control brightness. I think this is terrible. And I hope this can be fixed by software (adjust brightness by gamma correction etc)

mine also sometimes flickering on the lock screen in the near clock area for about 0,5-1 sec. but no need to worry, i guess its a hidden samsung note 2 feature...

So there are no solutions to fix screen flickering? Maybe we can overclock screen somehow? Maybe alternative brightness control?

The screen flicker mus be due to a bad batch of screens. Mine had the screen flickering too. and even with economy mode shut down and brightness is set to less then 100%. if you rapidly move the phone you can see that you see several screens instead of a blurry moving screen. this way you know it flickers. so for example if you move your phone up and down very rapidly instead of seeing a blurry view of the screen you will see several edges of the screen simultaniously. this tells you its flickering. While just looking at the screen you wont actually see the flickering but its somehow disturbing.
The way i know that your screen is defect is because due to a rescent replacement of my screen on my note 2 the flickering is totally gone now.
But keep in mind that my battery usages with screen on has increased. so i think samsung changed the power management for these new screens so that they wont flicker anymore. but they consume more power now. first i used the screen 6,5 hours and had a standby of 24 hours. now i have 6 hours screen on time with 24 hours standby. so its a bit of a change though. I just tested it 1 time. so it could also be i used the phone in another way when getting only 6 hours.
But just to let you guys know the flickering can be fixed.

[Q] Low brightness screen flicker

I got my nexus 7 today, but around 30% brightness the screen will start to flicker like a candle and it's pretty unbearable. I was wondering if this was a softwarw problem that could be fixed or whether I should just exchange it for another one.

joshyc5 said:
I got my nexus 7 today, but around 30% brightness the screen will start to flicker like a candle and it's pretty unbearable. I was wondering if this was a softwarw problem that could be fixed or whether I should just exchange it for another one.
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Same problem if the environment light is not stable, the light sensor is so sensitive that will make the problem happen. The Nexus 7 1st has this problem too. The AUSU' offical explanation said that the problem is normal situation. Unbelievable!!!

hmm.. I dont see to have this issue? Are you able to provide steps to replicate it?

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hmm.. I dont see to have this issue? Are you able to provide steps to replicate it?
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No I'm not, it happened today while I was visiting a friend. I just dropped my brightness down to about 30% and this horrible flickering just started, I got home today and I can't seem to replicate the problem.
Taking it back on Saturday anyways because I was watching a movie and oh god, I got some BAD light bleed.

joshyc5 said:
No I'm not, it happened today while I was visiting a friend. I just dropped my brightness down to about 30% and this horrible flickering just started, I got home today and I can't seem to replicate the problem.
Taking it back on Saturday anyways because I was watching a movie and oh god, I got some BAD light bleed.
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I haven't seen a lot of this reported at all really. Before you return, if you could, take a short video of the issue happening. I'd be curious to see what it looks like. It does sound like a bad panel, though; so definitely let us know how the new one works out.

I just got my nexus today and have experienced this flicker issue within 10 minutes of use , I'm happy to say I immediately came to my trusty xda app for answers and as usual found one !! Seeing that I'm not the only one having this issue I'm thinking its a hardware problem.
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I read about this here or some place else and if I remember they said not to lower brightness below 40 for those with the issue.

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I haven't seen a lot of this reported at all really. Before you return, if you could, take a short video of the issue happening. I'd be curious to see what it looks like. It does sound like a bad panel, though; so definitely let us know how the new one works out.
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My actual camera has been lost for like uh, 4 months lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_UmftjzZI
This is exactly what happened to me, also I can reproduce it while having my brightness in the 20-50% range while having a subpar wifi signal.