Hi guys,
I know that the "screen filter" app exists,
but would anyone be willing to code an app that
basically inverts ALL colors (or white to a dark grey) on screen ?
I don't know if it's supported at all by the android APIs but perhaps someone has an idea how to do it
this would save HUGE AMOUNTS of energy when reading
e.g. PDF files with only text in them
or browsing on lots of sites with also only have a white background and (little) dark text
this is especially applicable to those devices using AMOLED displays such as the Samsung Galaxy S (I own one)
If you'd be willing to code it for the community - that would be great
if you'd need some donation - that will be OK, too
I'm sure others would join, too, since that app really would help to get a much longer battery runtime in those usage cases
Many thanks in advance
I'm not sure
but I think I found what I was looking for:
IDEAL Magnifier
nope - only for camera-input
it's getting close
anyone knows of an app that can invert the screen's content ?
otherwise it should be still correctly place in "development" subforum
edit:
documentation for browser with inverted white/colors and SurfaceFlinger:
http://ariya.blogspot.com/2010/10/color-inversion-for-web-pages.html
http://jsharkey.org/blog/2010/07/01/android-surfaceflinger-tricks-for-fun-and-profit/
edit2:
getting the browser from cyanogenmod into ROMs also would be quite helpful
http://www.drakaz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=468
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seriously - no one has interest in this kind of app ?
*bump*
I'm very interested in this thread. If only someone could shed some light on the topic. Also, would it be possible to port cyanogenmod browser to other roms?
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@boarder.2k9, ickyboo:
I think the problem is - that this is quite a very interesting topic (much potential)
and perhaps devs also might be willing to do it
but they are hesitant because it's some more work than the usual "hey - this music app doesn't include these features - let's code a new one"
a bounty (called "donation" in the post above) might make it (especially the whole-screen invert app) much more attractive to code I believe
if that's possible from Android's side, that is
it might be the case that it'll only work with CyanogenMod due to some pretty deep changes to the system
I'm not really coding much - I'm more the kind of linux-distro kernel patchset guy so I have no clear idea what requirements might be needed for this "stunt"
bumpinit
Yah, some1 should sort this out....
Bump, ouch my knee.
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For webpages, see my signature for one way to force black backgrounds on the stock web browser.
Bump! As I just posted on the thread in the general Android forum, :
I very much want this, too! Not only would it be great for night time viewing and amoled power savings, but it would also provide some wear leveling/un-burn-in effects for the notification bar, keyboards, etc.! Say you use the inverted mode 50% of the time, it would completely counter burn-in from the other 50%.
Please, someone, do it and I'll pay handsomely. I'll pitch in $20 to a bounty, anyways.
It should be almost as easy as CyanogenMod's render effects or Chainfire 3D's night mode. If they can take each pixel's intended color, calculate that minus green and blue, and output the result, they should be able to take the color, calculate the inverse, and output that, instead. I'm not a programmer, though, so I may be off base.
I don't have a Galaxy S I9000, but I'm also looking for this. I don't know if Quick Invert is compatible with this device (it isn't with My Nexus S), but the developer shares some ideas for a more universal implementation here.
CF.lumen
Search for CF.lumen in play store.
If you use opera mobile (may work in other browsers) you can create a bookmarklet, try ''night mode'' here http://o.yeswap.com/
EDIT: (for opera mobile) http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99801
rajag33 said:
Search for CF.lumen in play store.
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Unfortunately, CF.lumen doesn't work for me.
Maybe I will do that. But if I do, it'll require 2 things. Root and Xposed.
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It looks very nice and fluid on the xoom. I like the new lay out it has for Honeycomb. The new store front UI is very nice as well. I like the scrollable Recommended For You across the top, and layout in general. I do like how in the settings it now shows which device name it is labeled as so you can change it on the amazon website to correctly reflect which device is which. I think my only gripe is that you can't change the background to a sepia effect so its more comfortable to read on.
My xoom updated automatically. I went to my apps on my Nexus s and it wasn't showing it as available for update, I had to search for it manually to perform the update. So for anyone not seeing the update on possible other devices do try the manual search in the market.
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Nice, millions times better than before but it would be nice if they added page turning animation and soother scrolling.
Any screenshot ?
yeah, i played around with it for a while. its a little buggy still, but a definite improvement. at least there is negative space around text. it would be nice to have better animations, two column support, and better overall horizontal screen responsiveness. the store in particular is borderline useless in horizontal orientation. about 30% of the way there
APK please?
mobilehavoc said:
Nice, millions times better than before but it would be nice if they added page turning animation and soother scrolling.
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yeah, i played around with it for a while. its a little buggy still, but a definite improvement. at least there is negative space around text. it would be nice to have better animations, two column support, and better overall horizontal screen responsiveness. the store in particular is borderline useless in horizontal orientation. about 30% of the way there
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I do tend to agree with both of you, while one of my main loves for Honeycomb is its drive to be very functional in landscape it does leave much to be desired in any apps as far as portrait goes.
Animations would be nice as would the two pages per screen, I guess owning a kindle myself it seems like they try to keep the app geared more like the device itself. I'm still surprised there aren't color options to increase ease of readability and provide longer battery options, two things the device itself captures but while Amazon designs the app to be more device like not just software like, fails to capture here.
I'm guessing the lack of these features leads to desire to want a kindle. Wouldn't want all the creature comforts and selling points in an app that could potentially steal your devices thunder.
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It looks very nice and fluid on the xoom. I like the new lay out it has for Honeycomb. The new store front UI is very nice as well. I like the scrollable Recommended For You across the top, and layout in general. I do like how in the settings it now shows which device name it is labeled as so you can change it on the amazon website to correctly reflect which device is which. I think my only gripe is that you can't change the background to a sepia effect so its more comfortable to read on.
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There are option in setting for you to set your background colour (white / sepia / black).
Great app, got me to finally purchase kindle books!
dj_ghosie said:
There are option in setting for you to set your background colour (white / sepia / black).
Great app, got me to finally purchase kindle books!
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Under my settings all I see is Deregister This Device.
Device Name
And the option to use the volume buttons to change pages
No color controls. If I'm missing something please show me. I'd love to change this. I know some of the other readers in the market have this option.
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sirius b said:
Under my settings all I see is Deregister This Device.
Device Name
And the option to use the volume buttons to change pages
No color controls. If I'm missing something please show me. I'd love to change this. I know some of the other readers in the market have this option.
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You should have a brightness icon in the action bar, fourth from the right. Color options are there.
Can you sideload books into the Kindle app? I tried copying a mobi file to the kindle directory but it doesn't work..
Yes I have sideloaded books to kindle. Specifically some mobi files on android development from commonsware. I just dropped them in the kindle folder and they showed up.
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I'm not a huge fan of the layout now with the size of the gap around the text, there is a huge ammount of real estate wasted.
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Kcarpenter said:
I'm not a huge fan of the layout now with the size of the gap around the text, there is a huge ammount of real estate wasted.
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Me neither! So I wrote a quick email to Amazon and here's their reply:
Hello,
I'm sorry, currently the option to display 2 pages with adequate font size is not available in Kindle for Android.
I’ve forwarded your concern and suggestions to our development team and we'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements. We regularly update our Kindle and Kindle application software with added features. I've let the Kindle team know you're interested in this feature.
We'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements. It is always important for us to hear how customers react to all aspects. Your valuable feedback will help us to improve the selection and service we provide and we're glad you took time to write to us.
We do value the feedback of our customers and make every attempt to integrate their comments or suggestions into our stores and procedures.
As always, please feel free to contact us should you have future suggestions, questions or comments. We have team of experts who takes into consideration each and every feedback of our customers and brings them into practice.
Thank you for using Kindle.
Best regards,
Kaliraja M.
Amazon.com
Your feedback is helping us build Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company.
I can almost see the Xerox marks on that email response.
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JanetPanic said:
Yes I have sideloaded books to kindle. Specifically some mobi files on android development from commonsware. I just dropped them in the kindle folder and they showed up.
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Ok finally got it working. I had to force stop the kindle app first and restarted it before it could see the new books.
Are you sure the kindle app automatically detects the books once you copy them over to the kindle folder?
nice app but I like more to read ebooks on my Kindle. better for my eyes
musashiken said:
Ok finally got it working. I had to force stop the kindle app first and restarted it before it could see the new books.
Are you sure the kindle app automatically detects the books once you copy them over to the kindle folder?
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No I am not sure of that. I may have not had the Kindle app running or I may have hit "sync and check for new items." I have a few books I need to add to my xoom so I will try again today and pay attention.
On a different note is anyone else having problems with text select? It used to be the kindle app had a magnification of the text so I could tell what was being selected. They did away with that but kept the crappy handles. If they shift to the honeycomb text select I am fine without the magnification but using the small (kindle specific) handles I can not tell where I am which makes it difficult to grab a precise section of text.
Edit: I should mention I am at the smallest font size. I read mostly technical books and the more text I can get on the screen at once the easier it is to follow. Particularly sample code. On large font sizes text selection is not as much of a problem.
Does anyone know if text to speech will come to the Android Kindle??
What Ver do you have? im on 3.2.0.35
i figured i would write up a thread now that i am on ics and more and more people will be flashing this in the near future. so i was wondering what everyones top 20 ics compatable apps!!!
still gathering my list will edit as soon as i have a decent list. still playing around with the os...
The xda app, and tapatalk work. The Google chrome browser wasn't able to load web pages, instead it seemed like it was loading the background color and nothing else. Also couldn't find the face unlock, but not sure if its been added.
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The xda app, and tapatalk.
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+1 to that
i too would love the face unlock but i think it is due to the non working camera once that works i think it will be added???!!!
I also highly recommend root explorer for anyone who is rooted. With some things, you can manually move them into the right place instead of flashing.
I also recommend the paid version of rom toolbox from the makers of the liberty rom. I don't recommend it for the themes, but the ability to easily change your task bar. the paid version allows you to change the battery icon, 4g icon, even the color of the bar without having to tear apart certain system apps. For a novice, that is handy, and for those who already know how to do it manually, it just makes it easier.
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Hi Developers Thanks For Opening This Thread
So YesterDay i Bought a Xperia Z i Liked Almost Every Feauture Except For The Colour Reproduction And i Came To XDA Developers And Installed ROMS And Tweaked it A Bit But What i Cant Tweak is The Colour Reproduction so i Thought About Creating A Thread Atleast A Request To All THe Developers Who Make The Impossible Possible , You Guys can Create Anything Im A huge Fan Of Your Work Who Kill Their Time TO Make ROMS For Free So As A Request I Want All The Developers TO Create A Adobe RGB Like In The Galaxy S3?? i Mean For Better Colour Reproduction When I Bought the Phone i didnt like it So Much I Rooted IT with The help Of All Developers And Want To Say Thanks To Them i Installed Roms, Black Nav Bars, Sound Mods And Made The Phone ALOT Better THANKS TO ALL Although I Want All THe Developers To Create A ADOBE RGB OR Some Sort of Contrast Increaser As All THE Developers make impossible Possible SO The Phone Gives Better Colour Reproduction And Awesome Contrast
Thanks TO All For Reading This Thread
Gonna Wait For Reply's And IF anyone Can Do That PLEASE DO
sPEcSKoLL said:
Hi Developers Thanks For Opening This Thread
So YesterDay i Bought a Xperia Z i Liked Almost Every Feauture Except For The Colour Reproduction And i Came To XDA Developers And Installed ROMS And Tweaked it A Bit But What i Cant Tweak is The Colour Reproduction so i Thought About Creating A Thread Atleast A Request To All THe Developers Who Make The Impossible Possible , You Guys can Create Anything Im A huge Fan Of Your Work Who Kill Their Time TO Make ROMS For Free So As A Request I Want All The Developers TO Create A Adobe RGB Like In The Galaxy S3?? i Mean For Better Colour Reproduction When I Bought the Phone i didnt like it So Much I Rooted IT with The help Of All Developers And Want To Say Thanks To Them i Installed Roms, Black Nav Bars, Sound Mods And Made The Phone ALOT Better THANKS TO ALL Although I Want All THe Developers To Create A ADOBE RGB OR Some Sort of Contrast Increaser As All THE Developers make impossible Possible SO The Phone Gives Better Colour Reproduction And Awesome Contrast
Thanks TO All For Reading This Thread
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The way you wrote this I don't think many people will even read what you actually wrote.... at least I didn't even bother.
If you have something to say why not stick to the grammatical rules like only capitols on the first word of a sentence unless it's a name or something...
lol, i gave up reading after about the third word.
I assume this is a troll post, as thats a crazy amount effort to goto to make something unreadable.
There is something called full stops and New lines dude.
Did you try the white balance apk that was ported to XZ from xzl?
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If you are comparing AMOLED to LCD, you will never get the same godawful, ugly, inaccurate colors as Samsung AMOLED. Also, the contrast won't be the same. Different screen technologies.
sPEcSKoLL said:
Hi Developers Thanks For Opening This Thread
So YesterDay i Bought a Xperia Z i Liked Almost Every Feauture Except For The Colour Reproduction And i Came To XDA Developers And Installed ROMS And Tweaked it A Bit But What i Cant Tweak is The Colour Reproduction so i Thought About Creating A Thread Atleast A Request To All THe Developers Who Make The Impossible Possible , You Guys can Create Anything Im A huge Fan Of Your Work Who Kill Their Time TO Make ROMS For Free So As A Request I Want All The Developers TO Create A Adobe RGB Like In The Galaxy S3?? i Mean For Better Colour Reproduction When I Bought the Phone i didnt like it So Much I Rooted IT with The help Of All Developers And Want To Say Thanks To Them i Installed Roms, Black Nav Bars, Sound Mods And Made The Phone ALOT Better THANKS TO ALL Although I Want All THe Developers To Create A ADOBE RGB OR Some Sort of Contrast Increaser As All THE Developers make impossible Possible SO The Phone Gives Better Colour Reproduction And Awesome Contrast
Thanks TO All For Reading This Thread
Gonna Wait For Reply's And IF anyone Can Do That PLEASE DO
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Ahh, my eyes hurt reading this.
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A troll in capitals!
Not even going to try reading that.
abd_alazeez2002 said:
There is something called full stops and New lines dude.
Did you try the white balance apk that was ported to XZ from xzl?
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Yea But Not That Much Useful
yeah, hahaha I read the first two lines
Still an issue
Hi all, just joined the forums and this is my first post.
Whilst the OP is written terribly, his point remains. This is an issue on the Z.
I almost want to take my V back from my girlfriend because of this!
Any update with regards to adjusting/adjustments made to the contrast and colour accuracy?
Thank you
[email protected] said:
Hi all, just joined the forums and this is my first post.
Whilst the OP is written terribly, his point remains. This is an issue on the Z.
I almost want to take my V back from my girlfriend because of this!
Any update with regards to adjusting/adjustments made to the contrast and colour accuracy?
Thank you
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Update to the new .253 firmware and try some of the white balance settings from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283473
Guhrasoh said:
Update to the new .253 firmware and try some of the white balance settings from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283473
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Thank you for the quick reply! But now please excuse me inexperience.
Is it an official update, or do I need to download it?
Like I said, I'm new to the forums, which in my case is new to Android as well. I know of custom roms, firmware, kernels etc, but have no idea how to do it.
[email protected] said:
Thank you for the quick reply! But now please excuse me inexperience.
Is it an official update, or do I need to download it?
Like I said, I'm new to the forums, which in my case is new to Android as well. I know of custom roms, firmware, kernels etc, but have no idea how to do it.
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It's an official update. Connect your phone to your pc and use pc companion to check for updates.
Hi all,
I'm coming from and SGSII and I'm in the process of trying to setup my One how I like it. There's a few things troubling me though.
-The blacks of the screen don't seem especially black and it seems there's no way to adjust the contrast. The whole screen seems a bit flat/grey
-The menus are black text on white, I much prefer the white on black of the SII
-The scroll 'brakes' too quickly as your finger comes off the screen, it's like sliding something on sandpaper as opposed to ice. There's no 'mega scroll' flick
-I've had to download a task manager killer but I cannot end google+, gmail and googlemaps. I don't want them.
-The icons on my SII are a lot better
-I'd like the notification bar to be black
-On the SII I have gps switched off but weather apps still work, with the HTC gps has to be on.
-I'm going to have to root this phone to get adfree aren't?
I'm using nova launcher so a lot of things are similar but those things above are really bugging me. I've googled all of them and had no luck so let me know if I'm missing anything.
Thanks.
I didn't read your whole post but to get white text on black you are going to have to go with an inverted Rom, like d3rp or 42One I am sure there are others but those two come to mind.
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Konfuzion said:
I didn't read your whole post but to get white text on black you are going to have to go with an inverted Rom, like d3rp or 42One I am sure there are others but those two come to mind.
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Thanks, I might hold off on rooting for a while.
The main thing I wanted to check was that I wasn't missing an obvious settings and that the screen was working properly, it's VERY flat and grey compared to my SII.
Overall it's doing a good job but the screen is going to have to take some getting used to.
SGSII_LEDnotify said:
Hi all,
I'm coming from and SGSII and I'm in the process of trying to setup my One how I like it. There's a few things troubling me though.
-The blacks of the screen don't seem especially black and it seems there's no way to adjust the contrast. The whole screen seems a bit flat/grey
This is the difference between AMOLED and LCD. The contrast on the One is pretty much the best available on a phone LCD, but it is still an LCD, and cannot match the black levels of AMOLED.
-The menus are black text on white, I much prefer the white on black of the SII
The menus on the SII are white on black because white is a very expensive color to display, battery-wise, on an AMOLED screen. Inverted roms, or themes, will fix this for you.
-The scroll 'brakes' too quickly as your finger comes off the screen, it's like sliding something on sandpaper as opposed to ice. There's no 'mega scroll' flick
Depends on the app you're using. If you're speaking about within Sense (settings, app drawer, etc) then yeah I guess, but I'm not sure why you would need the long scrolling in such short lists.
-I've had to download a task manager killer but I cannot end google+, gmail and googlemaps. I don't want them.
Uninstall/disable them via settings>apps or kill them with an app.
-The icons on my SII are a lot better
rofl
-I'd like the notification bar to be black
Theme
-On the SII I have gps switched off but weather apps still work, with the HTC gps has to be on.
-I'm going to have to root this phone to get adfree aren't?
You had to root your S2 to get that too.
I'm using nova launcher so a lot of things are similar but those things above are really bugging me. I've googled all of them and had no luck so let me know if I'm missing anything.
Thanks.
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Felnarion said:
Answered within quote.
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Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated. Much as I feared the about the screen. It's a shame, I do really like OLED. Those are the two big things now, the screen and lack of centre button. It's stupid because most apps now have a black bar at the bottom which takes up about 10% of the screen for the 'options' button. A button would be much better. If it had those two things it would be the perfect phone in my eyes.
Makes sense about the menus, I checked out the 42One rom and it looks pretty good. I spent yesterday getting everything set up so I'm going to wait to root and flash.
The scroll/flick behaviour is a bit different but some lists do have a 'mega-scroll' so that was me I guess, I'd still prefer it if it was a bit looser.
I found the only option was to disable certain apps, I guess I won't be able to get into removing stuff until I root the phone.
Maybe I should have said i don't like the stock icons, I still prefer the SII one but have since downloaded some icon packs so we're all good there.
On my journeys I saw someone had written a little program to guide you through rooting your phone so I'll have to find that again. I'd also like to backup my stock setup in case of warranty issues further down the line.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated. Much as I feared the about the screen. It's a shame, I do really like OLED. Those are the two big things now, the screen and lack of centre button. It's stupid because most apps now have a black bar at the bottom which takes up about 10% of the screen for the 'options' button. A button would be much better. If it had those two things it would be the perfect phone in my eyes.
Makes sense about the menus, I checked out the 42One rom and it looks pretty good. I spent yesterday getting everything set up so I'm going to wait to root and flash.
The scroll/flick behaviour is a bit different but some lists do have a 'mega-scroll' so that was me I guess, I'd still prefer it if it was a bit looser.
I found the only option was to disable certain apps, I guess I won't be able to get into removing stuff until I root the phone.
Maybe I should have said i don't like the stock icons, I still prefer the SII one but have since downloaded some icon packs so we're all good there.
On my journeys I saw someone had written a little program to guide you through rooting your phone so I'll have to find that again. I'd also like to backup my stock setup in case of warranty issues further down the line.
Thanks again.
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You can use the HTC Logo as menu button. But you'd need a custom kernel that supports that.
AMOLED displays are usually very over saturated compared to IPS LCD displays. But IPS will give you a more accurate color and truer whites and blacks.
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babymatteo said:
You can use the HTC Logo as menu button. But you'd need a custom kernel that supports that.
AMOLED displays are usually very over saturated compared to IPS LCD displays. But IPS will give you a more accurate color and truer whites and blacks.
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The HTC logo doesn't have a capacitive sensor, the "logo button" feature actually uses the first row of pixels immediately above the logo as a button.
Not trying to attack anyone here, just want to make sure that the information is explained a bit more.
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SGSII_LEDnotify said:
Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated. Much as I feared the about the screen. It's a shame, I do really like OLED. Those are the two big things now, the screen and lack of centre button. It's stupid because most apps now have a black bar at the bottom which takes up about 10% of the screen for the 'options' button. A button would be much better. If it had those two things it would be the perfect phone in my eyes.
Makes sense about the menus, I checked out the 42One rom and it looks pretty good. I spent yesterday getting everything set up so I'm going to wait to root and flash.
The scroll/flick behaviour is a bit different but some lists do have a 'mega-scroll' so that was me I guess, I'd still prefer it if it was a bit looser.
I found the only option was to disable certain apps, I guess I won't be able to get into removing stuff until I root the phone.
Maybe I should have said i don't like the stock icons, I still prefer the SII one but have since downloaded some icon packs so we're all good there.
On my journeys I saw someone had written a little program to guide you through rooting your phone so I'll have to find that again. I'd also like to backup my stock setup in case of warranty issues further down the line.
Thanks again.
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Yep, it's the tradeoff you made when you picked LCD.
If its any consolation, displaying white on your S2 actually caused the display consumption to go up drastically (sometimes double the power required) while on LCD the screen uses a much more consistent amount of power. The whites on your One -should- appear as truer whites, while yes, the black will be more washed out.
babymatteo said:
You can use the HTC Logo as menu button. But you'd need a custom kernel that supports that.
AMOLED displays are usually very over saturated compared to IPS LCD displays. But IPS will give you a more accurate color and truer whites and blacks.
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Useful to know, thanks!
Thanks for the input, being brand new to HTC I'm still learning what's available.
Ideally I like Nova so I'd like to keep that. I'd like the general menus to be white text on black BG, I can clean things out with Titanium and stop ads with adfree.
From what I can tell I'm going to need to root the phone and then install a rom.
Are there 'pre-optimized' roms? Are there any Roms which are basically stock except for the colour flip? Can I get 4.3 in there as well? That middle button would be great too. My SII came with swype, I miss that.
I've found instructions on rooting but a little unsure which rom to go for, konfuzion's suggestion of 42One looks ok but I don't know what's out there, supported and up to date.
If you have any more thoughts they're always welcome
I'm gonna need some help on this guys.
I'm in the UK on the EE network, can I download any rom or do I need a specific 'EE' one?
Do I need a rom if I just want superuser privileges and a reversed/inverted menu? (also be able to install titanium backup and adfree)
I think I can handle the rest of it.
Thanks.
Well you most likely have a gsm one so you wouldn't want to flash anything in the sprint one section. And seeing as your gsm i believe there are a few roms over there that are 4.3
From My TweakedOut ONE
For the next version (probably named 2.6), @GermainZ has made big contributions for a refreshed, more holofied design. I think this would be the right time to introduce a new logo as well. If you want to contribute, but can't code, this is your chance.
Some trivia about the current/old logo:
I quickly put it together when I first published the installer two years ago.
The "X" obviously stands for Xposed.
It's hardly visible in the resized icons, but the blood drops below the X actually read "posed".
The "deeper meaning" of the logo was to illustrate how Xposed hits right into the heart of Android, exposing functionality that wouldn't be possible otherwise.
I'm not involved in the Heartbleed bug, even tough it has been introduced around the same time.
Anyway, after two years, I think it could use a refresh. I have attached a draft, mainly based on work by @natezire71. It combines two ideas that I like a lot: "X" for Xposed, and a puzzle piece as a symbol for the modularity. As it will still take some more time until the next release, I thought I'd open this thread for improvements and new ideas.
Some guidelines:
The logo should reflect what Xposed is about. I like the puzzle idea, but there may be other good symbols.
Yet, it should be a rather simple shape to make it usable even for small icon sizes.
It should look nice on light and dark backgrounds.
The original image size should be 864x864 according to http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html (I made the mistake to apply colors only to the resized copy, therefore the smaller attachment)
If possible, please use a file format like PSD with multiple layers for the individual elements and ideally vector graphics, that makes it much easier to edit/rearrange parts later (my example isn't good again, I had to get rid of layers to line up the X with the outline).
I'll see how the reactions are, then I'll decide if I like a single logo so much that I will use it, or put up a poll for you to choose one. Feel free to post just a sketch of your ideas to test how I like it (before putting much effort in finalizing it).
rovo89 said:
For the next version (probably named 2.6), @GermainZ has made big contributions for a refreshed, more holofied design. I think this would be the right time to introduce a new logo as well. If you want to contribute, but can't code, this is your chance.
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assuming that you're interested in feedback as well, my vote goes toward "non-pastel" colors. i prefer saturated colors over washed out stuff, basically putting quite some time to change ugly icons to my liking this is jus throwing in my dice, hope it's welcome
Current Devices:
I9100, PAC-ROM 4.3.1 ( Formerly Omni, PA, Dorimanx, etc. )
N7000, 4.1.2 TouchWizz All Stock ( very motivating to continue flashing custom roms further haha.... )
N7100, Cyanogenmod 11, Xposed Framework ( Formerly AOSNP, PAC, Omni, PA, Devil, Thor, AGNI up to 2.7.6, etc. )
Nexus 4, Cataclysm 4.4.2, Franco Kernel r203, Dalvik & Bionic Patched, Xposed Framework ( Formerly PAC, PA, Cataclysm, Faux, etc. )
Nexus 5, Cyanogenmod 11, ElementalX, Xposed, ( Formerly Cataclysm, Franco & FKU Color Control, Dalvik & Bionic, Faux, Bricked, Chaos etc. )
Sure, feedback is welcome! I definitely have more skills in software development than in graphic design.
Hi there ! I did a quick one :3
(I'm more into FLAT DESIGN)
(I did the icon in Illustrator. Its in vector format)
Few more incoming
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What about the simpliest puzzle-shaped X symbol?
View attachment Xposed_logo.zip
Thanks! But keep in mind that icons are displayed at small sizes, e.g in the title bar of the app. I'm afraid that the details in @DD-Ripper's suggestion will get lost at such sizes. Then it wouldn't be much more than a blue circle.
rovo89 said:
Thanks! But keep in mind that icons are displayed at small sizes, e.g in the title bar of the app. I'm afraid that the details in @DD-Ripper's suggestion will get lost at such sizes. Then it wouldn't be much more than a blue circle.
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So that means a silhouette should do ..right ?
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@rovo89 I have an awesome idea for a new icon since then. Give me a few days to make it--Finals are on my heels.
Also, have people actually accused you having something to do with Heartbleed?
Simple might be better, yes. I prefer something clean and serious.
@gaich, your idea is nice as well, but I think it might be a bit too fancy.
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Also, have people actually accused you having something to do with Heartbleed?
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No, it just came to my mind when I wrote the explanation about the bleeding heart.
rovo89 said:
Simple might be better, yes. I prefer something clean and serious.
@gaich, your idea is nice as well, but I think it might be a bit too fancy.
No, it just came to my mind when I wrote the explanation about the bleeding heart.
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Whew. Had to double check that--some people are nuts. :good:
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This is a first draft. Suggestions, my good sirs?
EDIT: I will be honest--this isn't an original design. The "Moonshine" icon pack has an icon very similar to this. I like that icon for Xposed, but thought it could be better.
@rovo89 how about this ?
Minimal and simple ..
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Also this. (I'm so sorry, lol).
Nice Icons though @DD-Ripper
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This is a first draft. Suggestions, my good sirs?
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Mhm, it's not so much speaking for itself, a bit more iconic would be great.
Zeuscluts said:
Nice Icons though @DD-Ripper
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I agree, I like the clean style. @DD-Ripper, did you plan that that the icon should have a opaque background, possibly with slightly rounded corners, or would the background be transparent? Transparent would probably create clearer outlines, but requires outlines in the icon itself (e.g. your latest suggestion would not work on a white background).
Could you post a preview with just the icon, resized to 48x48 px (used for medium resolution), so we get a better impression what it would look like on a phone with less details?
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Mhm, it's not so much speaking for itself, a bit more iconic would be great.
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What do you mean?
rovo89 said:
Mhm, it's not so much speaking for itself, a bit more iconic would be great.
I agree, I like the clean style. @DD-Ripper, did you plan that that the icon should have a opaque background, possibly with slightly rounded corners, or would the background be transparent? Transparent would probably create clearer outlines, but requires outlines in the icon itself (e.g. your latest suggestion would not work on a white background).
Could you post a preview with just the icon, resized to 48x48 px (used for medium resolution), so we get a better impression what it would look like on a phone with less details?
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Yeah I agree it won't work on a white bg ..here is a preview like u asked .
The image is in standard 720p res (1200x768px) and I included few more resolutions of the icon too :
Edit : I'll do the one with "outlines" in a monochromatic grey color . Wait few minutes
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DD-Ripper said:
Yeah I agree it won't work on a white bg ..here is a preview like u asked .
The image is in standard 720p res (1200x768px) and I included few more resolutions of the icon too :
Edit : I'll do the one with "outlines" in a monochromatic grey color . Wait few minutes
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How about removing the hardware button on the phone? We aren't iPhones; if anything, it should be modeled after a Nexus device.
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How about removing the hardware button on the phone? We aren't iPhones; if anything, it should be modeled after a Nexus device.
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Actually that's a vectorized Galaxy S2...
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Actually that's a vectorized Galaxy S2...
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I know--but thing is, a modern Android phone shouldn't have a hardware button. That's great that it's a 2-3 year old phone. It should be modern.
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I know--but thing is, a modern Android phone shouldn't have a hardware button. That's great that it's a 2-3 year old phone. It should be modern.
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But it also could be intended like Xposed being also supported by old devices.