[TIP] How To Enhance Screen Quality For Xoom [Updated: 9/5]

[gqstatus0685]

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[StrifeSoldierVII]

I've tested this app before and it's so so. Most users will want something easy to use without much tinkering or setup. It works pretty well through, but it could use some more features, it lacks a widget, and there is no notification bar icon for fast access. Good comment though. Maybe the people who are completly stock everything should give this a go since they are reporting lag issues.

I agree with you on the simplicity of the app in the original post. If the developer can dial out the lag it is definately the best tool for screen filtering on the xoom. I just wish the OEMs would provide simple calibration tools for screens.

I second that! You would think big companies would have these kind of tools built into their products instead of relying on a third party. But that's what I think of when I hear the word stock. It's a basic setup/starting point from the OEM that can be improved upon quite easily by third party input. I almost think they leave these types of tools out for the reason that we have some amazing devs that will take care of it with a little imagination.

 

[ariurban]

I was trying to install an app from amazon appstore and pressing the install icon would not have any response, only the cancel icon worked. Found out by disabling the screen filter , I was able to install my apps by pressing the install icon. Very weird.

 

[StrifeSoldierVII]

I was trying to install an app from amazon appstore and pressing the install icon would not have any response, only the cancel icon worked. Found out by disabling the screen filter , I was able to install my apps by pressing the install icon. Very weird.

That's crazy, I had the same problem awhile ago with this app, very weird indeed. This really isn't a big deal or a reason to stop using it because it literally takes half a second to disable it real quick and turn it back on. So no worries. It's just odd.

 

[sirius b]

I was trying to install an app from amazon appstore and pressing the install icon would not have any response, only the cancel icon worked. Found out by disabling the screen filter , I was able to install my apps by pressing the install icon. Very weird.

In addition to this issue on my xoom, on my Nexus S I couldn't get it to compose emails when trying to select compose emails unless I disabled the filter as well.

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[StrifeSoldierVII]

In addition to this issue on my xoom, on my Nexus S I couldn't get it to compose emails when trying to select compose emails unless I disabled the filter as well.

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I suppose these issues arise because it hasn't been updated in awhile, let alone for us Honeycomb users and newer phone users. That's what this all looks like to me. Thanks for the report! If anyone finds anymore issues like this, post them up here and I will add them to my new list.

 

[StrifeSoldierVII]

On a side note.. I am using this setup on my OG Droid and I have combined it with the user interface render effect feature found within Cyanogenmod ROMs and all others built using its source. These two work extremely well together and really do a nice thing for my Droid's screen.

I can't wait to see this on the Xoom when the Honeycomb source is released! That combined with Screen Filter makes for some impressive results.

 

[omnia1994]

Well i m rooted now and i must say this works flawlessly. Thx

 

[Jeffu]

I don't see a difference, and I work as an artist and am pretty confident in my ability to notice if colors look different, even by a bit.

Perhaps some Xoom screens vary in quality?

 

[okantomi]

I don't see a difference, and I work as an artist and am pretty confident in my ability to notice if colors look different, even by a bit.

Perhaps some Xoom screens vary in quality?

Yesterday at BestBuy I got a really clear understanding of how there are two different Xoom screens.

I have a wifi-only Xoom and my screen is great. It is clear, sharp, colors bright but natural and well balanced. I have never been able to understand the comments by some about how Xoom's screen was inferior to Acer, Asus, etc. In fact, I had done a comparison of my Xoom at 100% brightness doing angry birds with an Acer 500 and an Asus Transformer at the same setting and screen at BB last month, and the Xoom won hands down.

But yesterday, I got a chance to see a 3G Xoom next to a wifi Xoom and the wifi model was so much better, and compared exactly to my wifi model. I set them all to the 1st screen of AB Rio, all at 100% brightness, and even the actual drawing was different. The wifis both showed wood grain and boxes with lots of detail and the entire drawing was smooth, no jaggies. The 3G screen used different, lower resolution items (wire cables) and there were jaggies. Yes my gpu is overclocked, but the BestBuy Xooms were stock 3.2.

Before anyone freaks out, I have no reason to think that all wifis have better screens than the 3Gs but the difference was dramatic.

 

[lawrencelaw]

Xoom is a Great Tablet - but you need to root and flash with new ROM

My xoom is a 3G unit, when at stock conditions, the screen color rendering was a less vibrant, even kind of dull compared to say SG2 or ipad2.

Since having rooted and overclocked it, this part is subjective especially without screen shots, i find the screen has improved in its color performance/sharpness. No, it is not on par with SG2...but it is an improvement.

I was apprehensive to root my devices, SG2 is stock condition. But having done it for Xoom, without Rooting and using the Tiamat 2.1 Rom i would have regretted buying getting the Xoom. This solved my battery problem (last 3 days instead of 1 day plus), over clocked solved the lag issue and made it so much more snappy to use and lastly some improvement to the screen color rendering.

Lawrence

 

[musashiken]

Yesterday at BestBuy I got a really clear understanding of how there are two different Xoom screens.

I have a wifi-only Xoom and my screen is great. It is clear, sharp, colors bright but natural and well balanced. I have never been able to understand the comments by some about how Xoom's screen was inferior to Acer, Asus, etc. In fact, I had done a comparison of my Xoom at 100% brightness doing angry birds with an Acer 500 and an Asus Transformer at the same setting and screen at BB last month, and the Xoom won hands down.

But yesterday, I got a chance to see a 3G Xoom next to a wifi Xoom and the wifi model was so much better, and compared exactly to my wifi model. I set them all to the 1st screen of AB Rio, all at 100% brightness, and even the actual drawing was different. The wifis both showed wood grain and boxes with lots of detail and the entire drawing was smooth, no jaggies. The 3G screen used different, lower resolution items (wire cables) and there were jaggies. Yes my gpu is overclocked, but the BestBuy Xooms were stock 3.2.

Before anyone freaks out, I have no reason to think that all wifis have better screens than the 3Gs but the difference was dramatic.

Hi there has been several reports from users that the Xoom (whether wifi or 3g) has different lcd panels.

So far I only heard of Sharp and AUO panels.

There is a simple way to find out what lcd panel your android device has. (This method originated from persiansown)

1. Download Terminal Emulator from the Market.
2. Reboot your Xoom (This is usually necessary to clear memory)
3. Open Terminal Emulator and type dmesg and press enter. (doesn't require root)
-3a. Optionally type dmesg | grep lcd and press enter. This will narrow the output to only lines that contain lcd. (may require root)
4. Scroll back to the top of the outputted messages and search for a line that reads something like <6>[ 0.000000] lcd_manfid=AUO
5. Yeah my lcd is the AUO panel.

Note. Some android devices require you to type dmesg | panel instead. From what I know, the lcd line that reveals your lcd panel type appear in different ways.

I heard that the AUO panels are inferior to the Sharp ones... so I guess it depends on your luck.

 

[StrifeSoldierVII]

I don't see a difference, and I work as an artist and am pretty confident in my ability to notice if colors look different, even by a bit.

Perhaps some Xoom screens vary in quality?

The difference will not be dramatic or life changing, but I feel that it's a bit of an enhancement. Try setting the system brightness to 50%, and the in app brightness bar to 75.5% or to 72.5%. I just tried these brightness settings myself again just now on my 3G Xoom. Looks good, and doesn't lower the total screen brightness level very much. The straight on view looks quite a bit more vibrant, and the viewing angles are improved a tiny little bit as well. I would recommend to use the market app to compare the before and after, just like I did with my screenshots.

Yesterday at BestBuy I got a really clear understanding of how there are two different Xoom screens.

I have a wifi-only Xoom and my screen is great. It is clear, sharp, colors bright but natural and well balanced. I have never been able to understand the comments by some about how Xoom's screen was inferior to Acer, Asus, etc. In fact, I had done a comparison of my Xoom at 100% brightness doing angry birds with an Acer 500 and an Asus Transformer at the same setting and screen at BB last month, and the Xoom won hands down.

But yesterday, I got a chance to see a 3G Xoom next to a wifi Xoom and the wifi model was so much better, and compared exactly to my wifi model. I set them all to the 1st screen of AB Rio, all at 100% brightness, and even the actual drawing was different. The wifis both showed wood grain and boxes with lots of detail and the entire drawing was smooth, no jaggies. The 3G screen used different, lower resolution items (wire cables) and there were jaggies. Yes my gpu is overclocked, but the BestBuy Xooms were stock 3.2.

Before anyone freaks out, I have no reason to think that all wifis have better screens than the 3Gs but the difference was dramatic.

Hey man, I haven't been able to figure that out either. I always thought the Xoom's screen display was awesome, and never inferior to the other Honeycomb tablets on the market.

In that case of your Best Buy experience... this Screen Filter method would probably be much more noticeable on the 3G Xoom. I haven't had the chance to see a Wifi Xoom along side my 3G Xoom to compare, but... it would make sense to me if the Wifi version had a little bit of a different... perhaps better screen. The Wifi model was a newer release. It came out what a month or so after the 3G version?

 

[StrifeSoldierVII]

Updated the thread! I have added in a new tip with screenshots! Let's make our high def screens even higher def shall we?

 

[gzgundon]

THX。I will try it .

 

[Psychokitty]

Good stuff!
I use LCD Density and Color Filter Service. Now I'll toss this one into the mix, and I should have just about full screen control.
I've grown very used to my screen at 50% brightness maximum; usually only 25%. Now when I put it on full bright it's way too bright.
Overclocked, I still can get 10 hours plus playing with my Xoom.

 

[rohit3192]

is there any app to color enhance?

 

[StrifeSoldierVII]

Good stuff!
I use LCD Density and Color Filter Service. Now I'll toss this one into the mix, and I should have just about full screen control.
I've grown very used to my screen at 50% brightness maximum; usually only 25%. Now when I put it on full bright it's way too bright.
Overclocked, I still can get 10 hours plus playing with my Xoom.

The only problem I had with LCD Density was the fact that I could not get the density settings to stick upon boot up. I would end up manually setting it every single time. And I forgot about Color Filter Service! I am using the paid app now. It works quite well also. That's always good to know.

 

[wiesman2613]

i like how the LCD density changes the resolution ..makes the screen great....but one issue... none of my Widgets are loading!... does anyone know why this is?

 

[StrifeSoldierVII]

is there any app to color enhance?

As far as I know the only semi decent app is Color Filter Service.

i like how the LCD density changes the resolution ..makes the screen great....but one issue... none of my Widgets are loading!... does anyone know why this is?

Not sure about that one. I'm running on 140 density, my homescreen is made up almost entirely of widgets, and none of them are having any kind of issues. Maybe just simply remove and then add the widgets back?