I can 100% confirm that this is not a problem with the OS, but rather the compression added by the screenshot app.
Case in point: my screenshot via ddms.
The Nexus One's Dirty Display Secret
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Case in point: my screenshot via ddms.
Maybe you (or someone else who says they have a perfect, clear, zero banding image) could use the shootme app on the market (free), take a screen-shot of the grasslive wallpaper during sunset and post it.i dont understand how these phones can be different. i'm literally looking closely and have zero banding, its not even a little. so then i started experimenting setting different pics from my gallery as wallpapers, and they all look literally perfect, no weird banding whatsoever. i just dont get it
Might be interesting to compare...?
OK, maybe there is a slight increase in the banding once the shot has been captured via the app... but it really looks honestly just as bad for me without taking screenshots...I can 100% confirm that this is not a problem with the OS, but rather the compression added by the screenshot app.
Case in point: my screenshot via ddms.
Not sure what ddms is but if it is a better representation of what the screen actually looks like then yes your iimage looks much better then what I see
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@britoso:
ok figured out what ddms is. I think my shot looks worse than yours.
But the sunset stage and night is when it is really bad... would be nice to compare those shots using ddms if it is a better method...
first shot yours, second shot mine
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(click on my image to make it larger and you can see mine is worse!)
ok figured out what ddms is. I think my shot looks worse than yours.
But the sunset stage and night is when it is really bad... would be nice to compare those shots using ddms if it is a better method...
first shot yours, second shot mine
(click on my image to make it larger and you can see mine is worse!)
OK, I spent the day yesterday scrutinizing my display, and noticed some serious weirdness.
* I do NOT have banding (i.e., concentric ripples) in the grass LIVE wallpaper, even at sunset.
* I DO have ghosting (i.e., horizontal lines) visible across the entire screen when using grass LIVE wallpaper at all times of day. It looks like the browser when you read text on a white background in portrait mode.
* Here's where things get really weird. I DO have banding (i.e., concentric ripples) using the REGULAR version of grass wallpaper (i.e., NOT live).
So, go figure, lol.
* I do NOT have banding (i.e., concentric ripples) in the grass LIVE wallpaper, even at sunset.
* I DO have ghosting (i.e., horizontal lines) visible across the entire screen when using grass LIVE wallpaper at all times of day. It looks like the browser when you read text on a white background in portrait mode.
* Here's where things get really weird. I DO have banding (i.e., concentric ripples) using the REGULAR version of grass wallpaper (i.e., NOT live).
So, go figure, lol.
Use another app to set the wallpaper. For example 'wallpaper set and save'
I'll check my grass live wallpaper when the sun is setting here.
Almost positive I will have it, but I don't have my origional LED. I broke mine, and replace with an OEM part. (Same model number though). So Idk if it's older or newerly manufactured.
Almost positive I will have it, but I don't have my origional LED. I broke mine, and replace with an OEM part. (Same model number though). So Idk if it's older or newerly manufactured.
@britoso:
ok figured out what ddms is. I think my shot looks worse than yours.
But the sunset stage and night is when it is really bad... would be nice to compare those shots using ddms if it is a better method...
first shot yours, second shot mine
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(click on my image to make it larger and you can see mine is worse!)
What do y'all think? My shot looks bad in comparison right?
Meh, screenshots and the screen are totally different... This has turned into one big pile of nonsense...
I tried but can't get Wallpaper Set and Save to set wallpaper from anywhere but my SD Card. How do I get it to set the default wallpapers?
not sure what 'screenshots & the screen are totally different' mean... My screenshots, especially the 'ddms' method shows how bad my screen looks some times.
What is nonsense is that Google/htc released this phone with so many issues and inconsistencies.
Look how long this thread is, it's not nonsense - these are real issues. It's hard when people are saying they see perfect images when that is not what I'm seeing! Why do they get to enjoy this wallpaper for example and I don't? Too bad for me right?
Your'e right its not nonsense. I have a desire and a nexus, the desire screen is sweet, the best I have seen.
My N1 on the other hand is nowhere near as good, with similar issues to those mentioned here.
The two screens are so different I am convinced that they actually are. I have read that due to a shortage of amoled screens htc are fitting lcd units to the later N1's.
I just need to know how I can found out definatively what screen is fitted to mine.
I'll be well p1ssed off if an alternetive screen is the cause of my problems as I bought a phone from google that was advertised as having an amoled screen the same as my desire.
Very easy, wait for night time, get a solid black screen, turn the backlight all the way up, turn off the lights. LCD you'll see the bleed through and the backlight around the edge, AMOLED you'll see nothing.
And yes to the OP, comparing screenshots and calling it hardware problems is nonsense...
That's very weird cause the desire and Nexus use the exact same screen, down to the part number. It's literally the same Samsung 3.7 inch amoled pentile screen.
Wow I'm testing the live grass wallpaper and during sunset I sure do see the banding. That's pretty lame. This is the first time the pentile sub pixel layout has actually effected me since all those articles first came out, I never could reproduce those results and just assumed the pentile was fine.
But this is pretty lame that Google would actually include a default wallpaper that shows the limitation of this technology. Even worse is that this technology has this characteristic in the first place.
At least you know your phone is not defective now.
But this is pretty lame that Google would actually include a default wallpaper that shows the limitation of this technology. Even worse is that this technology has this characteristic in the first place.
At least you know your phone is not defective now.
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