Screen Brightness - MTCB Android Head Units Q&A

Hi Fellows,
After seeing wonderful things an Android Head unit can do in a car I decided to get one for me as Christmas gift . Got it from ebay (this unit got to ebay and type in 161852865229 on search bar) on 23rd Dec installed it on 24th booted the unit for the first time at about 7pm (Night Time) and fell in love with it.
UNTIL tomorrow morning 25th on a sunny bright day when I was not able to see most of the screen contents (Menu Options, videos) due to the glare from the sun or out side light. I maxed out the brightness setting but it did not help.
I thought if I can root the unit and install rooted apps may be they can help but nothing. Or may be I did not find right app yet to increase screen brightness.
Help
Can someone please help me give a solution or a way to increase screen brightness even more than setting brightness? I don't mind making hardware fix too.
Thank you,
CoolkingCivic.

CoolkingCivic said:
Can someone please help me give a solution or a way to increase screen brightness even more than setting brightness? I don't mind making hardware fix too.
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See if this thread can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...-general/anit-glare-8-vw-flush-panel-t3275456

CoolkingCivic said:
Hi Fellows,
After seeing wonderful things an Android Head unit can do in a car I decided to get one for me as Christmas gift . Got it from ebay (this unit got to ebay and type in 161852865229 on search bar) on 23rd Dec installed it on 24th booted the unit for the first time at about 7pm (Night Time) and fell in love with it.
UNTIL tomorrow morning 25th on a sunny bright day when I was not able to see most of the screen contents (Menu Options, videos) due to the glare from the sun or out side light. I maxed out the brightness setting but it did not help.
I thought if I can root the unit and install rooted apps may be they can help but nothing. Or may be I did not find right app yet to increase screen brightness.
Help
Can someone please help me give a solution or a way to increase screen brightness even more than setting brightness? I don't mind making hardware fix too.
Thank you,
CoolkingCivic.
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In October I simply added a matte finish screen protector with 35% anti-glare. It cuts the glare just enough to see the screen without speckling or loss of sharpness at driver seat viewing angle. Make it very bearable.

CoolkingCivic said:
Hi Fellows,
After seeing wonderful things an Android Head unit can do in a car I decided to get one for me as Christmas gift . Got it from ebay (this unit got to ebay and type in 161852865229 on search bar) on 23rd Dec installed it on 24th booted the unit for the first time at about 7pm (Night Time) and fell in love with it.
UNTIL tomorrow morning 25th on a sunny bright day when I was not able to see most of the screen contents (Menu Options, videos) due to the glare from the sun or out side light. I maxed out the brightness setting but it did not help.
I thought if I can root the unit and install rooted apps may be they can help but nothing. Or may be I did not find right app yet to increase screen brightness.
Help
Can someone please help me give a solution or a way to increase screen brightness even more than setting brightness? I don't mind making hardware fix too.
Thank you,
CoolkingCivic.
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You can also contact the seller for help.

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[Q] Display gone

Hello
YES CALL ME A NOOB IF YOU FEEL LIKE OR IDK WHATS THE WORD USED AROUND HERE FOR A NEWBIE
Well since yesterday my Xperia S display has the yellow tint issue I think it happened because of overheating. I left it connected to HDMI port for very long time but I had it connected for long time earlier aswell but didn't had this yellow tint issue.
I only came to know about this today and found it is an known issue. I was planning to get my whole body changed since 1 month as I don't want to buy a new phone I was quite satisfied with it but now I'm depressed as the whole things messed up.
Okay enough stories so what happened is the yellow tint stayed till today around 7 and now the display is totally gone I can only see the lights with black displa I mean its alive. I feel the vibration while trying to turn off or on whatever. I even watched a movie with it on my TV as it was clear on the LED TV.
I went to the service center and the chick did nothing but gave me her lovely smile and telling me it will cost 12000 RS INR, the display was there till then it went away after I got home.
I'm dying here depressed wondering if I have unread messages of chicks.
Now I saw a few displays of the phone on ebay around $35-$55 which wouldnt be more than 5000 RS INR.
I don't even own a credit card but I'll manage if you guys think I'll be able to replace the display myself and there is an complete guide here that will help me replace it. I've done a CDROM and HDD thing on PC but gluing and delicate things scare me and I just don't trust the normal shop keepers here they will charge me way too much and I'm 101 % sure it will cause problems in future.
So please help me. It's been only 7 hours without my phone and I've smoked 12 cigarettes in its depression.
Hoping for positive response.
Thankyou in advance.
Ok so your problem was a yellow tint and now a dead screen?
Well yellow tint is caused by high temps, aka direct sunlight and summer heat
Dead screen? Try shining a torch on the screen its self see if your backlight is broken (no light = very dark screen)
You may be able to replace the LEDs instrad of the whole screen
Ill try to find a guide for you
Sent From Team ACP HQ
Well touch and everything seems fine. I couldnt sleep last night so this idea of connecting to hdmi came up.
Everything on tv screen was clear and my touch on the phones were resonding smothly which I could see on the tv.
I'll be really mad now if an easy fix is there and with less cost as I was just not able to live without it.
I went to this place in my city and He is changing the display for 4.5 k INR which is better than 12 k that sony was charging.
NO guarantee or warranty but my friend has his xperia sola display changed from there and it works like a charm however theres a thumb impression on it which the guy said can be fixed by gluing it again.
but my friend just using it for time pass like I just want to use this for some more time till a better phone comes which will make me buy it.
thankyou for your time.
LOL Unread messages from chicks haha. You want to buy another phone? Buy it. You don't deserve the SONY XPERIA S.

Questions for Curent Moto Owners

Hey guys, just have a few questions for mto owners that I haven't seen answered anywhere. I am interested in picking one of these devices up but I have a couple reservations.
My main question is how does the display look in dark areas, like at a bar or while driving at night. I really don't want a bright cell phone screen strapped to my wrist, like how the samsung watches look. Is this one properly dim (especially without having to mess with settings) for night time settings so it just appears like a normal watch, or does it look too bright.
The other thing I was wondering was what are the major drawbacks, I have heard it can be annoying to drive with cause the screen goes blank and comes back one when making turns cause it thinks your flipping your wrist.
Is there a setting to keep the watchface on 24/7 as well, not crazy about having a blank screen strapped to my wrist?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hey guys, just have a few questions for mto owners that I haven't seen answered anywhere. I am interested in picking one of these devices up but I have a couple reservations.
My main question is how does the display look in dark areas, like at a bar or while driving at night. I really don't want a bright cell phone screen strapped to my wrist, like how the samsung watches look. Is this one properly dim (especially without having to mess with settings) for night time settings so it just appears like a normal watch, or does it look too bright.
The other thing I was wondering was what are the major drawbacks, I have heard it can be annoying to drive with cause the screen goes blank and comes back one when making turns cause it thinks your flipping your wrist.
Is there a setting to keep the watchface on 24/7 as well, not crazy about having a blank screen strapped to my wrist?
Any help would be appreciated.
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I am also looking into getting one, The one question I can help you with from my research is that you can have the screen always on but it will drain your battery faster and generally iv'e been hearing that it barely lasts a full day
thecrunked said:
Hey guys, just have a few questions for mto owners that I haven't seen answered anywhere. I am interested in picking one of these devices up but I have a couple reservations.
My main question is how does the display look in dark areas, like at a bar or while driving at night. I really don't want a bright cell phone screen strapped to my wrist, like how the samsung watches look. Is this one properly dim (especially without having to mess with settings) for night time settings so it just appears like a normal watch, or does it look too bright.
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Works well - screen lights up, but dimmed (if you have auto-brightness on). Low enough to still see, but not bright enough to brighten a room
thecrunked said:
The other thing I was wondering was what are the major drawbacks, I have heard it can be annoying to drive with cause the screen goes blank and comes back one when making turns cause it thinks your flipping your wrist..
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Battery - Most days I'll get 15-18 hours, but then for no reason, I'll get terrible battery life the next day.
Screen does tend to come on when driving - never really notice it during the day, but at night you can definitely tell. I just changed my driving style (lower left hand and use right to turn wheel instead) and it rarely comes on. Not much of an issue when it does though.
thecrunked said:
Is there a setting to keep the watchface on 24/7 as well, not crazy about having a blank screen strapped to my wrist?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Yes, you can keep ambiance on, but it does drain the battery fast. I had it on but then realized I'm not looking at the watch 24/7. When I do flick my wrist, 99% of the time it lights up really quickly.
thecrunked said:
Hey guys, just have a few questions for mto owners that I haven't seen answered anywhere. I am interested in picking one of these devices up but I have a couple reservations.
My main question is how does the display look in dark areas, like at a bar or while driving at night. I really don't want a bright cell phone screen strapped to my wrist, like how the samsung watches look. Is this one properly dim (especially without having to mess with settings) for night time settings so it just appears like a normal watch, or does it look too bright.
The other thing I was wondering was what are the major drawbacks, I have heard it can be annoying to drive with cause the screen goes blank and comes back one when making turns cause it thinks your flipping your wrist.
Is there a setting to keep the watchface on 24/7 as well, not crazy about having a blank screen strapped to my wrist?
Any help would be appreciated.
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agreed with Hustlaz 100%.
also, just want to add that before you get it, first determine why you want it. if you want it to keep track of your steps/heart rate as well as get notifications sent to your wrist, then this is ideal. if you are looking for a nice time-piece that lasts all day, then a conventional watch is a better route.
i've had mine for a little over 2 weeks, and battery life has been great - even with ambient on (although, the screen still goes blank with this setting, just not as quickly, so I have turned this feature off). most reviews you might have read about battery life we're probably before the 11/9 software update. i got mine just after this update, so I can't make a fair comparison here.
otherwise, the watch works as advertised - just beware that when using the google fit app on your phone, your phone's battery will take a major hit (but you can disable the activity detection). otherwise, no noticeable hit on my phone's (moto x) battery life.
essentially, the way it works is that the watch acts like a mirror for your phone - you can also mute certain apps notifications from appearing on your watch.
my only concerns is that the steps data does not sync from my watch to my phone properly (hoping that the google fit app will be updated to accept this with activity detection disabled or at least fix the battery drain), and that when viewing those google now cards (such as weather, sports scores, traffic, etc) on my phone and I swipe them away, they also disappear from my phone - would like to keep them on my phone. I'm sure there is a setting to adjust this, just have not had the time to see for myself.
the good news is that you can buy one at Best Buy, try it out for a week, and if you don't like, you can return it. problem is that you may actually like it too much whereby you won't want to return it and you find yourself keeping your watch on all the time.

Burn-in: does anyone have it yet? How paranoid should we be?

Has anyone noticed any burn-in problems yet? I've seen reports of the problem for some other watches (LG), but so far nothing specific here for the Huawei.
It's so far so good for me, but I've been extremely nervous about this issue. I avoid faces with things like thick tic marks or logos in ambient mode. I know about Wear's built-in "protection," but I don't have a lot of confidence in it. Am I being unreasonable?
improvius said:
Has anyone noticed any burn-in problems yet? I've seen reports of the problem for some other watches (LG), but so far nothing specific here for the Huawei.
It's so far so good for me, but I've been extremely nervous about this issue. I avoid faces with things like thick tic marks or logos in ambient mode. I know about Wear's built-in "protection," but I don't have a lot of confidence in it. Am I being unreasonable?
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I had the GWR and didn't have any issues with that at all. That said I turn the screen off at night during charging so maybe that helps. I'll keep an eye on the Huawei, but I'm hopeful that it will be fine.
dunjamon said:
I had the GWR and didn't have any issues with that at all. That said I turn the screen off at night during charging so maybe that helps. I'll keep an eye on the Huawei, but I'm hopeful that it will be fine.
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I had the GWR for almost a year too. Always used watchfaces that are 'always on' (so no dimmed mode without background) and always had the charging animation on by night. Never experienced any burn-in.
I just powered mine on for the first time last night. I played with it for a few hours, then put it in the charger for the night and this morning it has burn-in!! How could it happen so fast??
mszach said:
I just powered mine on for the first time last night. I played with it for a few hours, then put it in the charger for the night and this morning it has burn-in!! How could it happen so fast??
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Whoa! What got burned in? The little charging icon?
improvius said:
Whoa! What got burned in? The little charging icon?
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The outline of the watch face. If I change the watchface and swipe left, you can see the outline of the other face as the background instead of white.
mszach said:
The outline of the watch face. If I change the watchface and swipe left, you can see the outline of the other face as the background instead of white.
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hell no, wtf!!
it is very bad, sorry for that, were you using this watchface long time ago? what is the watch face look like in ambient mode? maybe the watch got really hot, and screen on while charging. i started to worry about the screen quality of this watch.
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i have seen this is your first day, i think maybe a faulty screen
Yeah, I'm wondering if your watch just froze in full display mode overnight.
mszach said:
The outline of the watch face. If I change the watchface and swipe left, you can see the outline of the other face as the background instead of white.
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That deserves an RMA and you deserve a new replacement watch.
I sometimes get lag on mine, im not sure if it's actual lag or whether im doing something wrong but as someone mentioned if the watch went full brightness and is charging then the heat might have done it?
I returned it yesterday to best buy. Lucky me though. . they had cyber Monday deals and it was on sale for $50 less! !
I noticed that when the minute hands on mine move (ie every minute) that the whole screen kind of does a refresh. I'm using a custom watch face called InstaWeather, and in the settings there's an option to help with screen burn. I wonder if this is it? So every minute, every pixel would have been off/on or on/off?
dieselboy said:
I noticed that when the minute hands on mine move (ie every minute) that the whole screen kind of does a refresh. I'm using a custom watch face called InstaWeather, and in the settings there's an option to help with screen burn. I wonder if this is it? So every minute, every pixel would have been off/on or on/off?
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yes, this is an android wear burn in protection buy moving a few pixels in all directions, works very good if you don't have large objects in the ambient mode, and won't help much if you have.
improvius said:
Has anyone noticed any burn-in problems yet? I've seen reports of the problem for some other watches (LG), but so far nothing specific here for the Huawei.
It's so far so good for me, but I've been extremely nervous about this issue. I avoid faces with things like thick tic marks or logos in ambient mode. I know about Wear's built-in "protection," but I don't have a lot of confidence in it. Am I being unreasonable?
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In my opinion, yes, you are being overly worried. First the technologies itself has improved and we see less burn-in even when we set screens on to test such a thing. Second, the ability to move(write) a watch face or screen is not some huge leap, in fact it's really super easy to add to an OS to simply move the screen pin outs when in any long display mode. Beyond all that, app makers, watch face builders, now have the old data and make sure they write to avoid any long same display visual mode.
Easy to add to an app, when write same display, write 2 pixels, change.
Then after all that we have face on mode and ambient mode, which in my daily use changes my watch face enough that I would never get burn in. Agree that I am a heavy user of the watch, I tend to have to change twice a day. Perhaps someone that used the watch much less would have more of a concern?
I have the same problem
http://cl.ly/183c0O2m0m2q/amoled_vypaleny.jpg
Huawei Watch - after four days of use.
dj.kure said:
I have the same problem
http://cl.ly/183c0O2m0m2q/amoled_vypaleny.jpg
Huawei Watch - after four days of use.
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****. What kind of messed up face watch/app did u use?
rusty.gh said:
In my opinion, yes, you are being overly worried. First the technologies itself has improved and we see less burn-in even when we set screens on to test such a thing. Second, the ability to move(write) a watch face or screen is not some huge leap, in fact it's really super easy to add to an OS to simply move the screen pin outs when in any long display mode. Beyond all that, app makers, watch face builders, now have the old data and make sure they write to avoid any long same display visual mode.
Easy to add to an app, when write same display, write 2 pixels, change.
Then after all that we have face on mode and ambient mode, which in my daily use changes my watch face enough that I would never get burn in. Agree that I am a heavy user of the watch, I tend to have to change twice a day. Perhaps someone that used the watch much less would have more of a concern?
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Wrong. You must not understand what screen burn in is. No new technology has come out that will stop screen burn in. The software that moves the pixels over only works if the object is 1 pixel wide other wise it doesn't work screen burn in will still happen. And they do not have it where the same pixels won't be used otherwise in ambient mode it would jump around not wiggle.
dj.kure said:
I have the same problem
http://cl.ly/183c0O2m0m2q/amoled_vypaleny.jpg
Huawei Watch - after four days of use.
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Reset the watch. It may not be burn in. I saw a bug like this from using too high Def of an image on a watch face. It got stuck in the cache even after I changed watch faces. I reset the watch and haven't had any issues since
Lepa79 said:
****. What kind of messed up face watch/app did u use?
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Default watchface "Explorer".
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ShrekOpher said:
Reset the watch. It may not be burn in. I saw a bug like this from using too high Def of an image on a watch face. It got stuck in the cache even after I changed watch faces. I reset the watch and haven't had any issues since
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Do you mean "Factory reset"? I did it, but nothing has changed.
ac16313 said:
Wrong. You must not understand what screen burn in is. No new technology has come out that will stop screen burn in. The software that moves the pixels over only works if the object is 1 pixel wide other wise it doesn't work screen burn in will still happen. And they do not have it where the same pixels won't be used otherwise in ambient mode it would jump around not wiggle.
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Fare enough, just my opinion, & you have yours. Too bad you had to start by saying wrong.
Samsung has made changes to light output and color to reduce burn in, and we all know there is some type of display movement now to also reduce burn in, so it's odd you claim there has been nothing.
Anywho, I don't get burn in so yea, maybe with your attitude if you do, you deserve it?
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Fare enough, just my opinion, & you have yours. Too bad you had to start by saying wrong.
Samsung has made changes to light output and color to reduce burn in, and we all know there is some type of display movement now to also reduce burn in, so it's odd you claim there has been nothing.
Anywho, I don't get burn in so yea, maybe with your attitude if you do, you deserve it?
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I'm not going to start it by saying you're right, am I? Samsung didn't make changes to anything in light output the only thing that's changed is adaptive screen color which is meant to adapt the screen contrast to show what's on screen in the best possible colors. There is no new technology that will stop burn in. You must not have understood me. The image wiggle is a software attempt to stop screen burn in from happening but it won't stop it just slow it down. Screen burn in will continue to be a thing until the panels we use change technology. I didn't say that nothing has been made to prevent it.
And if you sense attitude in a straightforward response that's on you. I'll let karma deal with that comment. I personally don't get screen burn in and I've had a SAMOLED device since the Samsung Epic. I just understand how to prevent it. But just because I've never had it I won't tell people that they're overly concerned about screen burn in.

Brightness Too Bright?

Just got my black Huawei watch tonight and just love it. But I have the dang brightness on 1 and this thing is still too bright! I know its night time right now but just sitting in a normal lighting room and you can see that thing on from way far even on ambient mode!!
Do u guys feel urs is bright at 1!!
You can try this app, which I was recommended in another thread:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preiss.swapps.truedarkwear
You can set your display *really* dark with this app.
I did not like the toggle mechanism though.
Ambient rocks
Lepa79 said:
Just got my black Huawei watch tonight and just love it. But I have the dang brightness on 1 and this thing is still too bright! I know its night time right now but just sitting in a normal lighting room and you can see that thing on from way far even on ambient mode!!
Do u guys feel urs is bright at 1!!
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Turn off tilt,and find a good face that still looks good in ambient mode. I love Aviator.
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Hanger4life said:
Turn off tilt,and find a good face that still looks good in ambient mode. I love Aviator.
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Also,Aviator's face turns black,and hands turn outlined in white (dim) at night, sometime after 7pm automatically. Pretty cool. I'm getting 2 days with that face. Wifi on,tilt off,cloud on,gestures on,brightness 5,cards on,always on on.
foo said:
You can try this app, which I was recommended in another thread:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preiss.swapps.truedarkwear
You can set your display *really* dark with this app.
I did not like the toggle mechanism though.
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Thank you. Looks promising. I'll give that a try sometime. For now, I am turning always on off at night.
foo said:
You can try this app, which I was recommended in another thread:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preiss.swapps.truedarkwear
You can set your display *really* dark with this app.
I did not like the toggle mechanism though.
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Foo, one freaking amazing app. I can't believe it's free. This made my watch usable at night. Can not thank you enough. Happy as can be
I would agree with it being a bit too bright at night on level 1. I have mine on level 1 100% of the time since I bought the watch. The only time I have a problem is when I'm in direct sunlight.
Last night we were at a club, so I set the always on screen to on, and I liked the glow from the watch. Couple ppl spoke to me about the watch last night, and I've had a few others in other places comment on it as well.
dieselboy said:
I would agree with it being a bit too bright at night on level 1. I have mine on level 1 100% of the time since I bought the watch. The only time I have a problem is when I'm in direct sunlight.
Last night we were at a club, so I set the always on screen to on, and I liked the glow from the watch. Couple ppl spoke to me about the watch last night, and I've had a few others in other places comment on it as well.
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I'm on level 2 screen always on since I bought the watch a week ago. At night, I turn on the app recommended in this thread. Love it. Off the charger at 6am and back on the charger at 11pm with over 40‰ battery left.
foo said:
You can try this app, which I was recommended in another thread:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preiss.swapps.truedarkwear
You can set your display *really* dark with this app.
I did not like the toggle mechanism though.
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Thanks for the recommendation, I can't believe it's needed. I do like the toggle though.
You can create darker faces using an overlay in something like Watchmaker too. Pretty easy to do. You can even set it to automatically get darker in the evenings.
But I agree brightness level 1 is sufficient for everything except direct sunlight and then I just flick on brightness boost.
Lepa79 said:
I'm on level 2 screen always on since I bought the watch a week ago. At night, I turn on the app recommended in this thread. Love it. Off the charger at 6am and back on the charger at 11pm with over 40‰ battery left.
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I'm turning my watch off when I go to bed and I'm getting 4 or 5 days out of a single charge now.
what is the name of the app? the link doesn't work anymore
The name is "SWApp True Dark Wear"
It's this app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/development/app-swapp-true-dark-wear-t2977161

MTCB Joying Display flickering and "burned in" picture

Hey there,
I have some issues with the MTCB. Someone had these before?
First problem which is already quite annoying is that pictures are kind of burned in and still show shadows on the other screen
Second problem which is even more bad is that the display flickers. This is more or less obvious in different scenes.
When looking closely it seems like there is a grid (coming and going in the same frequence like the music is playing?). The attached video shows it.
Especially with white background the flickering gets very bad.
Don't know if this could be related to the Malaysk Firmware I use. Or is is it a hardware issue?
Also contacted the support. Let's see what they say...
messiah said:
Hey there,
I have some issues with the MTCB. Someone had these before?
First problem which is already quite annoying is that pictures are kind of burned in and still show shadows on the other screen
Second problem which is even more bad is that the display flickers. This is more or less obvious in different scenes.
When looking closely it seems like there is a grid (coming and going in the same frequence like the music is playing?). The attached video shows it.
Especially with white background the flickering gets very bad.
Don't know if this could be related to the Malaysk Firmware I use. Or is is it a hardware issue?
Also contacted the support. Let's see what they say...
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Sounds like a screen issue to me, have you checked the ribbon connector hasnt come slightly undone ?
Hi, thanks for answering.
Attached is the video I spoke about. I missed to upload it.
You mean to open the device and check the ribbon connector inside, right?
Regards
edit: the video
messiah said:
Hey there,
I have some issues with the MTCB. Someone had these before?
First problem which is already quite annoying is that pictures are kind of burned in and still show shadows on the other screen
Second problem which is even more bad is that the display flickers. This is more or less obvious in different scenes.
When looking closely it seems like there is a grid (coming and going in the same frequence like the music is playing?). The attached video shows it.
Especially with white background the flickering gets very bad.
Don't know if this could be related to the Malaysk Firmware I use. Or is is it a hardware issue?
Also contacted the support. Let's see what they say...
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This is commom in these units.
It's worst when it's hot.
I kinda fixed mine opening it and adjusting some kind of screw near the screen. You turn it and screen gets darker, you need to find a point between too dark and flickering. But when I park my car at the sun, and it gets hot inside, screen get bright again, so flickering and persistent images.
And here is a video about it.
pczao said:
This is commom in these units.
It's worst when it's hot.
I kinda fixed mine opening it and adjusting some kind of screw near the screen. You turn it and screen gets darker, you need to find a point between too dark and flickering. But when I park my car at the sun, and it gets hot inside, screen get bright again, so flickering and persistent images.
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Personally I wouldnt say "common" - I ve only hear about 3 people mention it in the last 3 years.
typos1 said:
Personally I wouldnt say "common" - I ve only hear about 3 people mention it in the last 3 years.
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It's commom. That's why Joying even put a video online to show how to fix it.
I believe that when they produce the unit, it's now well tuned up, or it's cold in the factory and they don't realize, so when someone who lives in a hot weather area install it, the problem appears.
It's a bad hardware design, they use analog potentiometer, they should use some digital and automatic one to regulate screen frequency.
pczao said:
It's commom. That's why Joying even put a video online to show how to fix it.
I believe that when they produce the unit, it's now well tuned up, or it's cold in the factory and they don't realize, so when someone who lives in a hot weather area install it, the problem appears.
It's a bad hardware design, they use analog potentiometer, they should use some digital and automatic one to regulate screen frequency.
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Well, Like I said, I ve not heard much about it in the 3 years I ve been following the threads on here, but I do remember Joyous having problems with their screens and 5.1.1 - they couldnt get 5.1.1 to work on their 4.4.4 RK3188 units unless the screen was changed !! Sounds like its more a problem with Joyous units.
I agree there's not many complaints about this problem here, that's why I believe that may be some "quality check" sloppiness. It's very simple to solve anyway.
But all units seems to use analog potentiometer, so, bad design. There's nothing to do with Joying only and the fact they changed screen to update to 5.1.1.
And most users in this forum don't live in hot weather areas. In my case, Brazil, is hot must time of the year, above 34 C degrees (93 F), in the shade.
pczao said:
I agree there's not many complaints about this problem here, that's why I believe that may be some "quality check" sloppiness. It's very simple to solve anyway.
But all units seems to use analog potentiometer, so, bad design. There's nothing to do with Joying only and the fact they changed screen to update to 5.1.1.
And most users in this forum don't live in hot weather areas. In my case, Brazil, is hot must time of the year, above 34 C degrees (93 F), in the shade.
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Thanks for reminding me that its only 4 C degrees here in the UK
typos1 said:
Thanks for reminding me that its only 4 C degrees here in the UK
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Don't make me jealous!!
UK weather is great. I've been there once, liked very much.
Some friends are going to travel there later this month. I'm unable to go because my daughter is too young.
pczao said:
Don't make me jealous!!
UK weather is great. I've been there once, liked very much.
Some friends are going to travel there later this month. I'm unable to go because my daughter is too young.
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Youre envious of 4 deg C ?! I get 34 deg C is a bit hot, but 4 is a bit cold !
Half way between 4 and 34 @ 19 deg C would be perfect
typos1 said:
Youre envious of 4 deg C ?! I get 34 deg C is a bit hot, but 4 is a bit cold !
Half way between 4 and 34 @ 19 deg C would be perfect
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Agreed!
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Agreed!
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Lol, meet you in St.Helena, thats about half way init?
typos1 said:
Lol, meet you in St.Helena, thats about half way init?
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I looked at the map and St. Helena is a little to the south, a direct flight seems a better option.
But feel welcome if you want to come to Brazil someday.
It's a bit messy but it's a good country. I'm not going to take you to meet any favela, by the way. Don't know why tourists are so eager to go in one, it's very dangerous, and I don't think they represent Brazil that much, so many different beatiful places to go.
pczao said:
I looked at the map and St. Helena is a little to the south, a direct flight seems a better option.
But feel welcome if you want to come to Brazil someday.
It's a bit messy but it's a good country. I'm not going to take you to meet any favela, by the way. Don't know why tourists are so eager to go in one, it's very dangerous, and I don't think they represent Brazil that much, so many different beatiful places to go.
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dont worry, slums were not the first thing on my mind when thinking about Brazil
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And here is a video about it.
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Hey there, thanks but the video is not working.
I did not open the unit yet to check if the screw will improve. But I will test soon when I find some time.
By the way it's around 0°C here. So not very warm
Attached is another video. The flickering of the right white picture is actually visible. It's not a flickering of the camera.
messiah said:
Hey there, thanks but the video is not working.
I did not open the unit yet to check if the screw will improve. But I will test soon when I find some time.
By the way it's around 0°C here. So not very warm
Attached is another video. The flickering of the right white picture is actually visible. It's not a flickering of the camera.
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Here's the link of the video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRriCgZzd4
Just open the unit and fix it, very easy.
Took some time until I tried the fix. But the screw fixed it.
Carjoy recommended a power filter, but since the screw fixed it i prefer this...
The screen is now slightly darker. But I like the crisp image and better saturation of the colors (and of course no flicker).
Thanks!
messiah said:
Took some time until I tried the fix. But the screw fixed it.
Carjoy recommended a power filter, but since the screw fixed it i prefer this...
The screen is now slightly darker. But I like the crisp image and better saturation of the colors (and of course no flicker).
Thanks!
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Does the unit have to be powered on when tighten the screw?
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