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is it me or is the gmail app now using a websafe grey? ie, pink tinge is gone.
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Mine is still pinkish, nothing has changed.
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Still pinkish here.
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still pinkish
What is different now to expect a change?
And whatever you have read, it was never a web safe color issue.
turns out I was wrong, just under a very yellow light at my inlaw's.
I would be interested to know the evidence held that this is not a websafe colour issue though. I strongly believe it is for good reason.
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Well, usually those who claims something (in this case you) should give proof, but I can tell you web safe was issue way back with ancient 8 bit (256 color) browsers, which were not capable of displaying all colors, so if you give them non safe color they have to use nearest one and could fail. Desire is capable of displaying millions of colors, and Gmail application is not even web browser, it does not interpret graphics downloaded from web. Content of mail is downloaded, but graphic is built into program.
It could be similar problem, since apparently some applications in Android 2.1 use 16 bit colors, so when extrapolating 24 bits to 16 bits errors occurs. In any case it is not a fault of using wrong color, but of bad programming which is not capable displaying full 24 bits.
you are kind of right, desire however is not genuinely capable of millions of colours. because of its pentiled display each RG or BG pixel is 10 bit with the red or blue subpixel being twice the size of the green subpixels. it deals with this rather cleverly but its not perfect.
the colour used in the gmail app is grey but it is in the red (pink) index and is slightly closer to the next 10 bit pink than it is to the grey.
the result of these 10 bit pixels and the grey used in the gmail app is a pink hue on the supposedly grey read messages. its not exactly a websafe issue but if it were a websafe color (8 bit) the pinkness would not be visible.
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I am not sure I understand you correctly. What do you mean by RG/BG couple being 10 bit? Each R/G/B sub pixel is (to my knowledge) independently addressable by 8 bits. Which give us 16 bits per pixel, but 24 bit information is retained (most of it) by extrapolating remaining 8 bits with surrounding pixels.
Could you link to some web page explaining 10 bits per pixel for Desire?
I don't want to go too much into bits because there is simpler explanation. Same grays can be correctly displayed in other applications on same display. That proves it is not a display issue, but of those applications, don't you agree?.
There is already topic for this, so maybe better to continue there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6284128#post6284128
What's your single most favourite feature of the Galaxy Nexus or Ice Cream Sandwich?
Mine has to be Face Unlock. It works brilliantly and it doesn't seem to be fooled by pictures of me which is great!
I only have one issue with it being that sometimes I get a message stating "Couldn't find your face" but then when I turn the screen off and back on Face Unlock immediately unlocks the phone after identifying me. Has anyone else had this minor issue?
Hardware acceleration. Finally. And the bigger screen without a humongous phone attached to it.
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the lock screen
LAMO!
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I only have one issue with it being that sometimes I get a message stating "Couldn't find your face" but then when I turn the screen off and back on Face Unlock immediately unlocks the phone after identifying me. Has anyone else had this minor issue?
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I just wanted to add that I have noticed this EXACT behavior. It does not happen all the time, but often enough to notice. The lighting is good and my face is clear, but I get "Couldn't find your face" message. Without moving the phone or changing the angle I just turn the screen off and then back on... and it instantly unlocks.
I can't be certain, but I think it has something to do with the phone being dormant for a while... when I come back to the phone I see this issue, but if I am using it often then it does not happen as much. I'm wondering if it has to do with a memory issue or something. Perhaps the Face Unlock feature is not actively in memory and it takes some time... and then just times out the first time.
There's a subtle feature that I read about in the user guide for the GNex, and it's one that I really like - When you are connected to a WiFI network, ICS will monitor your signal and reliability. If the network you are on is very unreliable or has a very poor signal, the phone will disconnect from it in order to use your 3G/4G signal instead.
When I leave work, this used to be a problem, as my HTC Incredible would hang on to the poor WiFi signal from the building, and I'd have to turn WiFi off in order to do anything network related. Now, the phone disconnects from the WiFi long before I even have to think about there being a problem.
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Having a settings shortcut in the notification bar.
Runner up would be the goofy effects in the camera. Great way to pass time.
Screen and design.
Being able to swipe away notifications individually, as sometimes I like to keep reminders in the notification bar if I'm running late on a task, but don't need other stuff like the market update notifier.
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Being able to swipe away notifications individually, as sometimes I like to keep reminders in the notification bar if I'm running late on a task, but don't need other stuff like the market update notifier.
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I love the whole swipe to delete in general. I love the usability of ICS. Everything is so crisp fast and intuitive.
Scrolling. That's it. Being able to scroll, flick, etc. without having to guess what the phone is actually doing after an input is paramount. That was my biggest issue with gingerbread and I'm glad they've tweaked it in ICS.
i also like the animation from vertical to horizontal and vice versa, very matrix like
Screenshots!!!
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Screenshots!!!
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+1 this.
However I love the redesigned core apps. Messaging, People, Dialer, etc. These look clean, perform so efficiently, and make using 3rd party apps a stupid thing to do.
Oh! And the ability to increase font size universally in the settings. My grandpa is jealous of this.
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The keyboard.
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So many features of the phone AND ICS...multi tasking going from texting to browsing back to reading something..super quick. Also closing the apps, the dev support!!!
And let's not forget the gorgeous screen
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HW acc + in combo with the specs of the Nexus it's blazing fast
Using CM9 build with HW acc on my old SGS1 and I loved the difference in speed when I got my Nexus
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I like the soft key buttons, led notification, and beautiful HD screen.
Everything else is more or less the same. I like the settings quick shortcut in the drop down menu also. Feels good in hand too.
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I like the improvements to the browser, Gmail, and Email apps.
I really do like the Gmail apps too. I also like the fact it is used for dual core
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Hi, Google playstore does not separate tablet apps from phone apps. How many tablet apps are there? I am afraid of buying android tablets for fear of apps that will just be scaled versions to fit on Android tablets.
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You have been brainwashed by the dark side. Apple scales apps, Android does not.
IPad Mini gives you a shrunken view of an IPad 2, because it keeps the same resolution on a smaller screen.
Android apps present a display that is appropriate for the screen size and resolution of the device.
What you are calling "phone apps" look perfectly fine on an Android tablet; correct sized icons and all.
Well coded apps will fill the display screen with appropriate information.
There are Google and Amazon tablets in stores in every city now. Go look at one and make your own decisions,
and don't just believe what you have heard from the dark side.
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Hi, Google playstore does not separate tablet apps from phone apps. How many tablet apps are there? I am afraid of buying android tablets for fear of apps that will just be scaled versions to fit on Android tablets.
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There aren't as many tablet specific apps for Android as there are for the iPad. However, due to the nature of Android apps they "scale" really well. (They don't actually scale) Most well coded apps look just fine on any size screen.
I've never, ever, ever had a problem with this. That's just some nonsense gibberish put forth by the dark side in attempt to throw dirt at Android. And besides, we have widgets - most good ones will give you all the info you need before you even enter the app.
Also, Android apps adapt very well to your screen size and orientation. So if you're in portrait it will save space by not displaying a second panel, however when you flip it sideways the second panel, with more content, appears.
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Buy the tablet and when you go to play store the apps you see available will all run ok unless you see black line at top saying not compatible.
I have Sony arc and nexus7 which are using all same apps and can't see any probs with either.
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Buy the tablet and when you go to play store the apps you see available will all run ok unless you see black line at top saying not compatible.
I have Sony arc and nexus7 which are using all same apps and can't see any probs with either.
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I'm using an Arc S for my phone & a Nexus 7 for my tablet and I've come across a a few apps that don't work on the N7, 2 are apps that I use quite often and that's the Amazon app (not the app store or kindle apps) and one is the app produced by the British Elite Ice Hockey Team that I follow, but luckily the screen size means that I can get all the info & more that was available in the Ice Hockey app via the teams own website & the leagues own website & the Amazon website is use able without needing the app. The rest are all apps that are phone/gsm/CDMA specific apps like messaging apps and the none HD Tegra version of Hockey Nations.
The Facebook & Twitter apps scale quite well to the larger screen size of the N7.
If you use Paranoid Android ROM's on your phone you can see the dynamic scaling of Android apps that let them adapt to different screen sizes by selecting Tablet mode and adjusting the screen dpi setting of apps.
Roland
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The Amazon shopping app (not the app app) is available on the Amazon app store. I use it a lot. App store app is broken on 4.2 but Amazon has promised a fix soon.
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I have noticed a particular app that is built in CM 10.1 that has options of screen warmth, such as "Cold, Cool, Warm, Hot". Is there something like that on TouchWiz?
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I've never heard of an app doing this, and this is odd, since the only way of making your screen warm is to make the phone work Alot, which can probably be dangerous to the phone, I wouldn't recommend using this, and the app isn't included with cm 10.1 I believe and neither on touch wiz, it may be a playstore app, but you didn't give much information.
Don't see the point in this app, unless you wanna use phone as a hand warmer or something
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I've never heard of an app doing this, and this is odd, since the only way of making your screen warm is to make the phone work Alot, which can probably be dangerous to the phone, I wouldn't recommend using this, and the app isn't included with cm 10.1 I believe and neither on touch wiz, it may be a playstore app, but you didn't give much information.
Don't see the point in this app, unless you wanna use phone as a hand warmer or something
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I don't have CM10.1 installed, but I think it's not heat output, but color temperature modifications. This is an article on color temperature that explains the theory a bit.
Ya DEFINITELY not dealing with heat production, haha.
I remember a setting under display that altered the screen mode for normal, movie, vibrant, etc. Not exactly warmth, though....
Juicedefender has a setting, too, for night mode so it's easier on the eyes.
Interested to know though, why do you want to alter the tone of the GUI as opposed to, say, a single photo inside an editing program?
Received the GPE yesterday. Also have the Nexus 7.2, I can return either tablet.
The screen size of the GPE is an immense upgrade. My old eyes or whatever, but if a web page or magazine doesn't allow zoom I have to work to read on the 7. Nowhere near an issue on the GPE.
Everything else, though, is a definite downgrade.
Before I decide which tab to keep, are there are apps/tweaks for the GPE that might improve a couple of things:
display: Whites are "dingy" with a yellowish cast. I have screen adjuster installed. Adding blue helps. But it only allows for adding color. Is there an app that has the color slide set in the middle as opposed to at the zero point so I can subtract as well as intensify one of the colors??
Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
scrolling: It is a little more "ratchety". Odd, since it's the 600 v 400 processor in the 7. I have 4.4.2 installed. Would rooting help even if I don't use a custom ROM (the 7 is rooted but running stock)?
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Received the GPE yesterday. Also have the Nexus 7.2, I can return either tablet.
The screen size of the GPE is an immense upgrade. My old eyes or whatever, but if a web page or magazine doesn't allow zoom I have to work to read on the 7. Nowhere near an issue on the GPE.
Everything else, though, is a definite downgrade.
Before I decide which tab to keep, are there are apps/tweaks for the GPE that might improve a couple of things:
display: Whites are "dingy" with a yellowish cast. I have screen adjuster installed. Adding blue helps. But it only allows for adding color. Is there an app that has the color slide set in the middle as opposed to at the zero point so I can subtract as well as intensify one of the colors??
Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
scrolling: It is a little more "ratchety". Odd, since it's the 600 v 400 processor in the 7. I have 4.4.2 installed. Would rooting help even if I don't use a custom ROM (the 7 is rooted but running stock)?
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1. The display is what it is. I have been waiting for a higher resolution 8 inch tablet for over two years. This is the first and probably will be by itsself for a long time, others would have been released by now for the holiday season. This is not to excuse LG for skimping out on the display, they make the retina displays for MacBook Pros and iPads for goodness sake. However, I am going to keep it over my Nexus 7 2013 because the size of the display is worth the drawbacks for me.
2. I assume you mean scrolling in Chrome. Beats me why it is always jerky, has been for years. Good news is that the AOSP browser is now in Google Play without needing root. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.android.browser
Install it and you will have a much smoother experience.
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Received the GPE yesterday. Also have the Nexus 7.2, I can return either tablet.
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Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
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You can try Lux Auto Brightness or a similar app.
The auto-brightness on LG devices seems to work differently than on other Android devices. The brightness slider still has an effect when auto-brightness is checked. I don't know whether the value chosen with the slide acts a a max level or if it provides some kind of "base" for the auto-brightness algorithm to work from. But if the slider level is set low turning on auto-brightness won't make the screen as bright as it will be with the slider at a higher value and auto-brightness on.
Trickster is great if you have root
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gmermel said:
Received the GPE yesterday. Also have the Nexus 7.2, I can return either tablet.
The screen size of the GPE is an immense upgrade. My old eyes or whatever, but if a web page or magazine doesn't allow zoom I have to work to read on the 7. Nowhere near an issue on the GPE.
Everything else, though, is a definite downgrade.
Before I decide which tab to keep, are there are apps/tweaks for the GPE that might improve a couple of things:
display: Whites are "dingy" with a yellowish cast. I have screen adjuster installed. Adding blue helps. But it only allows for adding color. Is there an app that has the color slide set in the middle as opposed to at the zero point so I can subtract as well as intensify one of the colors??
Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
scrolling: It is a little more "ratchety". Odd, since it's the 600 v 400 processor in the 7. I have 4.4.2 installed. Would rooting help even if I don't use a custom ROM (the 7 is rooted but running stock)?
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Pretty sure these things have been discussed numerous times, in fact there are threads/reviews discussing them. Some within a few clicks of this post.
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Pretty sure these things have been discussed numerous times, in fact there are threads/reviews discussing them. Some within a few clicks of this post.
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I have been searching before posting. I will try to be more diligent....
You could level the playing field with regards to the 8.3 's performance and put kit kat on it too.
There are some kinks that need ironing out but it's plenty stable to be used as my daily.
As to the colours. I haven't been affected on my tablet. I guess having only a 2012 N7 as a comparison is much more forgiving than against the 2013 N7
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I love the LG G Pad GPE myself, but I had to return the first one I received. A yellow/orange line would appear on the side of the screen nearest the front-facing camera after 30 minutes of use. Here are a couple of images: http://imgur.com/a/3oDx0. A replacement will be delivered today. Hopefully I have more luck!
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Received the GPE yesterday. Also have the Nexus 7.2, I can return either tablet.
The screen size of the GPE is an immense upgrade. My old eyes or whatever, but if a web page or magazine doesn't allow zoom I have to work to read on the 7. Nowhere near an issue on the GPE.
Everything else, though, is a definite downgrade.
Before I decide which tab to keep, are there are apps/tweaks for the GPE that might improve a couple of things:
display: Whites are "dingy" with a yellowish cast. I have screen adjuster installed. Adding blue helps. But it only allows for adding color. Is there an app that has the color slide set in the middle as opposed to at the zero point so I can subtract as well as intensify one of the colors??
Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
scrolling: It is a little more "ratchety". Odd, since it's the 600 v 400 processor in the 7. I have 4.4.2 installed. Would rooting help even if I don't use a custom ROM (the 7 is rooted but running stock)?
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My display is pretty good. the auto-brightness is too dark but it is on every device I've ever used, so that's not really an issue for me.
Scrolling is as good or better than any Nexus 7 2013 model I've seen. I think the Ars and Verge reviews said basically the same thing. Also, the Nexus 7 is not a snapdragon 400. It's an S4 Pro. The specific S4 Pro in the Nexus 7 is a 1.5 ghz quad core krait 300 with a ddr3 memory controller instead of being a 1.7 ghz quad core krait 300 with a dual channel ddr2 memory controller in the Snapdragon 600 in the G pad. The difference is completely negligible.
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You can try Lux Auto Brightness or a similar app.
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Good app. Just what I was looking for,,,,,
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My old eyes or whatever, but if a web page or magazine doesn't allow zoom I have to work to read on the 7.
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This is not a useless iOS device, you can zoom any site you want, in Chrome and in the G Pad's stock browser: Settings-->Accessibility-->Enable force zoom on any site (more or less, translating from the Italian).
Most other browsers have a similar setting.
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This is not a useless iOS device, you can zoom any site you want, in Chrome and in the G Pad's stock browser: Settings-->Accessibility-->Enable force zoom on any site (more or less, translating from the Italian).
Most other browsers have a similar setting.
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Hey, I WAS an apple fanboy. Since 1994. Couildn't wait for the iphone to get to my city. Ran right over and "up"graded. Having worked with Android for a couple of years by then it was obvious in a day and a half how awful the interface was. My new droid was in hand immediately and I have recruited iOS'ers since. Do you know most are not aware of the "direct call" widget we have that they don't? That's just the most obvious and ridiculous demonstration of where iOS has gone with their Gates'ian control of their ecosystem.
That said, thanks for the pointer. My difficulty is with google Newsstand. The magazines I read don't allow zoom.
But the LG is on its way back. And I am very happy with my choice.....
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That said, thanks for the pointer. My difficulty is with google Newsstand.
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You're welcome and if you mean Google Play Magazine then if none of the 3 choices of font sizes are good for you the solution is Xposed + App Settings (so you can change the DPI for that app only).
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You're welcome and if you mean Google Play Magazine then if none of the 3 choices of font sizes are good for you the solution is Xposed + App Settings (so you can change the DPI for that app only).
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I'll give it a try..... It may be the magazines themselves, because when I adjust the Newsstand font size nothing happens to them. There's also a general setting for font size. That didn't help either.
My Nexus is running Kit Kat (as was the G pad GPE). They've replaced Play Magazine with Newsstand........
gmermel said:
Received the GPE yesterday. Also have the Nexus 7.2, I can return either tablet.
The screen size of the GPE is an immense upgrade. My old eyes or whatever, but if a web page or magazine doesn't allow zoom I have to work to read on the 7. Nowhere near an issue on the GPE.
Everything else, though, is a definite downgrade.
Before I decide which tab to keep, are there are apps/tweaks for the GPE that might improve a couple of things:
display: Whites are "dingy" with a yellowish cast. I have screen adjuster installed. Adding blue helps. But it only allows for adding color. Is there an app that has the color slide set in the middle as opposed to at the zero point so I can subtract as well as intensify one of the colors??
Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
scrolling: It is a little more "ratchety". Odd, since it's the 600 v 400 processor in the 7. I have 4.4.2 installed. Would rooting help even if I don't use a custom ROM (the 7 is rooted but running stock)?
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The nexus 7 has the snapdragon 600 too just down clocked to 1.5ghz so they advertise it as the s4 pro
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You're welcome and if you mean Google Play Magazine then if none of the 3 choices of font sizes are good for you the solution is Xposed + App Settings (so you can change the DPI for that app only).
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I can't locate xposed in the play store......
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I can't locate xposed in the play store......
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its not on the play store, google xposed
gmermel said:
display: Whites are "dingy" with a yellowish cast. I have screen adjuster installed. Adding blue helps. But it only allows for adding color. Is there an app that has the color slide set in the middle as opposed to at the zero point so I can subtract as well as intensify one of the colors??
Also, it's pretty dim. Is there a way change the sensitivity of the auto brightness, ie so that at a given ambient light it sets the screen brighter than stock?
scrolling: It is a little more "ratchety". Odd, since it's the 600 v 400 processor in the 7. I have 4.4.2 installed. Would rooting help even if I don't use a custom ROM (the 7 is rooted but running stock)?
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Screen dimness compared to the N7 is a complaint of mine as well. Wish it was brighter throughout the range.
Also rooting in and of itself will do nothing to affect device performance and speed, it simply opens the door to allow to do software mods in the future that may improve speed. 1
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Can someone report if the IR blaster on the GPE 8.3 works? I'm on the fence of buying it but I still can't seem to find an answer
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Can someone report if the IR blaster on the GPE 8.3 works? I'm on the fence of buying it but I still can't seem to find an answer
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It's not very useful on the regular G Pad, because it only supports a very small number of devices. I don't think it works at all on the GPE version, so far. If the IR capability is your main reason for buying the G Pad, better get another tablet. Or else get a Harmony Remote.