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[q8doctor]

I had the chance to try the new HTC HD and was amazed with its screen sensitivity compared to the Omnia (my ROM is DHH3 with SPB Plus Smart-scrolling activated)

Its Super easy to scroll the Internet pages and emails and the program menu in the HD.


As far as I understand its only about software setting as both devices have the same version of the operating system WM 6.1

I have searched the forum and even google for how to increase Omnia screen sensitivity but couldn't find any software or .cab that can fix the problem, only re-calibration of the screen with sharp objects which seems to do a little help

So what do you guys think??   

[bobobird]

Get rid of the Omnia and get the HD

[Yunabeco]

The Omnia screen sucks in term of sensitivity, and I'm afraid nobody can help it. A proper calibration can help, of course, but it won't change the hardware.
There isn't any sensitivity setting unlike the HTC (through registry if I remember correctly), or, at least, none has been found yet.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong somewhere.

[A-son]

I had a HD but the camera was so useles so i bought a Omnia

I agreee though that HD´s screen is far more better then Omnia´s

[elementalfusion]

A-son, on Jan 1 2009, 17:58, said:

I had a HD but the camera was so useles so i bought a Omnia

I agreee though that HD´s screen is far more better then Omnia´s

The HD's camera isn't good? I thought it was 5MP too with autofocus and all. The camera in the Omnia is still better?

[A-son]

Sure its 5mp, but if the object is moving faster then 1cm/year the picture is a blurr.

Omnias camera is also 5mp

[jamesjames_]

A-son, on Jan 1 2009, 10:25, said:

Sure its 5mp, but if the object is moving faster then 1cm/year the picture is a blurr.

Omnias camera is also 5mp

Off topic: And Omnia's camera has many more options like smile detection, etc.
Omnia has LED flash, but HD doesn't so forget about taking pictures in clody day, indoor, in the afternoon, at night, etc. (when/where isn't enough light...)
Omnia's video is far more better than HD's with resolution and bitrate.
And the faster processor of Omnia improves camera performance. :off
HD is more sensitive than Omnia and there's nothing we can do.
Anyway replacing Omnia with HD isn't really smart decession.

[aleis]

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

[A-son]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 14:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

This really works, or im i just fooled to believe that? anyway, whats feel better is better.

[clvc]

jamesjames_, on Jan 1 2009, 09:41, said:

Off topic: And Omnia's camera has many more options like smile detection, etc.
Omnia has LED flash, but HD doesn't so forget about taking pictures in clody day, indoor, in the afternoon, at night, etc. (when/where isn't enough light...)
Omnia's video is far more better than HD's with resolution and bitrate.
And the faster processor of Omnia improves camera performance. :off
HD is more sensitive than Omnia and there's nothing we can do.
Anyway replacing Omnia with HD isn't really smart decession.

I do think HD is better than Omnia.
Omnia camera is awful when taking pictures indoor or at night, despite the led flash and the settings recommended elsewhere in the forum.

[vantunov1]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 14:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

pls,
what is a registry editor and where to find it?
thx a lot!

[clvc]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 10:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

It worked for me too !

[clvc]

clvc, on Jan 1 2009, 12:29, said:

It worked for me too !

By the way, how did you find those magic numbers ?

[A-son]

clvc, on Jan 1 2009, 15:57, said:

I do think HD is better than Omnia.
Omnia camera is awful when taking pictures indoor or at night, despite the led flash and the settings recommended elsewhere in the forum.

Buy yourselt a HD, but remember, you have been advised

Ill say it like this:

If you do not intend to use the camera, buy the HD.

If the camera was good, i should definitive had keept the HD

A-son

Edited by A-son, 01 January 2009 - 03:46 PM.

[Emre SUMENGEN]

clvc, on Jan 1 2009, 16:57, said:

I do think HD is better than Omnia.
Omnia camera is awful when taking pictures indoor or at night, despite the led flash and the settings recommended elsewhere in the forum.

I don't understand this... The question wasn't about the better device. It was asking if there was a way to increase screen sensitivity. So, if you don't know a way to do that, why bother to reply? (Respect people's decisions, please...)

By the way, calibration and sensitivity are close and related, but not the same thing. The HD screen reads your finger position on screen, without requiring that much pressure to be applied. Calibration cannot correct that. Instead, a better calibration would give you more positive matches, between the point you physically touch and the point your device calculates and understands...

So, please people... There might be problems which cannot be solved. It doesn't mean we all would dump our devices and go shopping everytime.

[clvc]

Emre SUMENGEN, on Jan 1 2009, 12:57, said:

I don't understand this... The question wasn't about the better device. It was asking if there was a way to increase screen sensitivity. So, if you don't know a way to do that, why bother to reply? (Respect people's decisions, please...)

By the way, calibration and sensitivity are close and related, but not the same thing. The HD screen reads your finger position on screen, without requiring that much pressure to be applied. Calibration cannot correct that. Instead, a better calibration would give you more positive matches, between the point you physically touch and the point your device calculates and understands...

So, please people... There might be problems which cannot be solved. It doesn't mean we all would dump our devices and go shopping everytime.

Emre,

I have both smartphones at home (in fact we have my wife´s IPhone 3G also), and I was just telling my opinion after using HD and Omnia for some days. I was not asking for advise but giving a different point of view for those who intend buying a smartphone.

Back to the point of the original post, for those who didn´t have a chance to use both smartphones: screen sensitivity of HD is much (I mean much !) better than Omnia.

[yelo3]

Emre SUMENGEN, on Jan 1 2009, 16:57, said:

I don't understand this... The question wasn't about the better device. It was asking if there was a way to increase screen sensitivity. So, if you don't know a way to do that, why bother to reply? (Respect people's decisions, please...)

By the way, calibration and sensitivity are close and related, but not the same thing. The HD screen reads your finger position on screen, without requiring that much pressure to be applied. Calibration cannot correct that. Instead, a better calibration would give you more positive matches, between the point you physically touch and the point your device calculates and understands...

So, please people... There might be problems which cannot be solved. It doesn't mean we all would dump our devices and go shopping everytime.

So the fix proposed does not work for you? Have you tried?

[Pete2]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 13:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

How long have you run your device after the reg change above?
Has it had any affect on the battery life?
Has anyone else tried it yet?

[Mrhoffmann]

aleis, on Jan 1 2009, 14:15, said:

MY SCREEN IS ALMOST TOOO SENSITIVE!!

this is what worked for me:

Improve Screen Calibration
1. Open your Registry Editor(PHM Registry Editor)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/TOUCH/
3. Click on CalibrationData
4. Value Data change to > 519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872
5. Click OK to save it.

You may also wish to copy down the old data before you input the new one.
My OLD Value Data was 505,512 172,875 163,147 846,148 829,876 and yours might be different a bit.

Thnx.. that works great

[Yunabeco]

Those are the calibration values (the stuff you set when you align the screen); shouldn't have any effect on the battery.
Thanks. The values work great here too.