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If you do NOT have color banding, please read!

To those who have no banding: Have you tried this? If you have, and still see no banding, can you post a photo of it?
How to see the color banding: go to Settings, then Apps, then tap on an app and choose "Uninstall" (you can still cancel, don't worry). This screen has a gray gradient that shows severe banding on my One X, especially near the bottom of the screen. And not just banding where you see the transition between one shade and the next, but there are (many) places where the stripes go dark-light-dark.
I took a picture of my One X on that screen (using my Captivate, handheld--not the best result, but it does show the banding). I also attached a screenshot for comparison (it'll only show whatever banding your computer display has).
Since I have two smartphones, a laptop, and an HDTV here, I decided to compare the banding on the four displays. Here are my findings:
Captivate (SAMOLED) - banding is almost undetectable at all viewing angles.
Laptop screen (Dell Studio XPS 13, LCD) - banding is somewhat noticeable, slightly worse depending on viewing angle.
HDTV via HDMI (Sharp LCD, low end) - banding is slight to severe, viewing angle matters a lot.
One X - Noticeable banding from all angles (viewing angle seems to be irrelevant to this screen, which is great).
The One X's screen is still the best I've ever seen on a phone. Let's not lose perspective here! I'm just trying to investigate this particular minor issue.
Edit: In case it's not clear, I compared the banding by viewing the same screenshot on all four displays.

That looks more like how they are displaying that particular screen than anything hardware related. Otherwise we would see those bands everywhere.

AvengerBB said:
That looks more like how they are displaying that particular screen than anything hardware related. Otherwise we would see those bands everywhere.
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This.

AvengerBB said:
That looks more like how they are displaying that particular screen than anything hardware related. Otherwise we would see those bands everywhere.
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It has to do with that particular screen because
It's a linear gradient--stripes are easier to notice,
the start and end colors are not very different,
the gradient is large.
Points 2 and 3 mean there are fewer intermediate shades, and they're stretched out over a larger area. So, yes, that screen is a challenging image for a display to render, but that's exactly what "color banding" refers to--how well does a display cope with such gradients?
If you think it's not hardware related, just take a screenshot, and view that image file on your computer or another phone. The bands are less noticeable.
And again, I feel like I need to repeat that this is the best screen I've ever used, and I love it. I'm just trying to get a handle on this one issue.

Tinyboss said:
To those who have no banding: Have you tried this? If you have, and still see no banding, can you post a photo of it?
How to see the color banding: go to Settings, then Apps, then tap on an app and choose "Uninstall" (you can still cancel, don't worry). This screen has a gray gradient that shows severe banding on my One X, especially near the bottom of the screen. And not just banding where you see the transition between one shade and the next, but there are (many) places where the stripes go dark-light-dark.
I took a picture of my One X on that screen (using my Captivate, handheld--not the best result, but it does show the banding). I also attached a screenshot for comparison (it'll only show whatever banding your computer display has).
Since I have two smartphones, a laptop, and an HDTV here, I decided to compare the banding on the four displays. Here are my findings:
Captivate (SAMOLED) - banding is almost undetectable at all viewing angles.
Laptop screen (Dell Studio XPS 13, LCD) - banding is somewhat noticeable, slightly worse depending on viewing angle.
HDTV via HDMI (Sharp LCD, low end) - banding is slight to severe, viewing angle matters a lot.
One X - Noticeable banding from all angles (viewing angle seems to be irrelevant to this screen, which is great).
The One X's screen is still the best I've ever seen on a phone. Let's not lose perspective here! I'm just trying to investigate this particular minor issue.
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My understanding of color banding is that it is not so much a function of hardware, but one of software. It depends on the number of shade of a color available. The fewer bits available to display different shades, the worse the banding would be. I'm not very good at explaining it, see wikipedia for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_banding
My point is that I don't think that it's a defect of any sort. I think that what we're seeing (I checked mine in the uninstall screen and there's some slight banding) is that gradient from light gray to darker gray is probably a low resolution and low color resolution graphic.
For another example, go to this page:
http://tomobriendc.net/images/Green_Gradient_to_black.png
That's a higher resolution image that gradients from green to black. When viewed at the default browser resolution, I see absolutely no banding. When I zoom in to have the image fill the screen, which puts it stretched, I can see very slight banding in the green end. Further zooming increases the banding, but by then I'm zoomed far past the full size image.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think this is a non-issue. The amount of banding visible (if any) has at least as much to do with the image you're trying to view as it has to do with the display. If you don't get color banding in pictures that you take, or in the UI that you use every day, then I wouldn't worry about it in the slightest.

Alright guys, I know what color banding is, and I think I was very clear in my first post that I took a screenshot, and viewed the same screenshot on four different displays. This is not about software, bit depth, or image resolution. It's about whether this display shows more color banding than other displays.
And I do agree that in typical use it's a non-issue.

AvengerBB said:
That looks more like how they are displaying that particular screen than anything hardware related. Otherwise we would see those bands everywhere.
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Every single new phone section had to have at least 4 of these topics. I swear I see them anytime a new phone pops out. My money is on software.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

robstunner said:
Every single new phone section had to have at least 4 of these topics. I swear I see them anytime a new phone pops out.
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Of course you do. People just got their brand new gadget that they've been looking forward to for months, and will be living with every day for a year or two. Naturally they want to poke around and check out every little detail. At least some of us do anyway, and we're probably over-represented on forums dedicated to phones!

The second photo looks like a screen capture and I see banding.
Wouldn't that mean it's software related?

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The second photo looks like a screen capture and I see banding.
Wouldn't that mean it's software related?
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It is a screen capture, and it just means the display you're viewing it on also has some banding. I see it on my computer display, too, just not nearly as much as on my One X.

Tinyboss said:
It is a screen capture, and it just means the display you're viewing it on also has some banding. I see it on my computer display, too, just not nearly as much as on my One X.
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I don't know if this helps but my One X, computer, and new iPad all show banding on the screen capture.

wrxdrunkie said:
The second photo looks like a screen capture and I see banding.
Wouldn't that mean it's software related?
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This issue is completely software related. Pointless thread.

Tinyboss said:
Alright guys, I know what color banding is, and I think I was very clear in my first post that I took a screenshot, and viewed the same screenshot on four different displays. This is not about software, bit depth, or image resolution. It's about whether this display shows more color banding than other displays.
And I do agree that in typical use it's a non-issue.
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Nowhere in OP does it say you used the same picture across all displays.
Regardless, this is a software/image dependent "issue." You can see banding on any display, regardless of whether it's a 20 year old CRT or Samsung's brand new $9000 OLED TV. It's a NON-ISSUE.

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I also think this is a software issue. However, the screen shot the OP posted of his One X looks way worse than mine does. Mine barely has any of the banding and is mostly black all the way through other than at the very bottom. It just doesn't progress upwards like is does. However, if you dont always see the banding on a black screen then its in the software. Take a picture of something that is completely black or do a screen shot of something black and view it in the gallery and if you don't see the banding then this is obviously just the particular uninstall app causing this.

Tinyboss said:
It is a screen capture, and it just means the display you're viewing it on also has some banding. I see it on my computer display, too, just not nearly as much as on my One X.
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lol SOOOO wrong. Unless you've got your computer display set to 16-bit color or less, it's got NOTHING to do with the display on your computer.
It's 100% software related. It'll likely get fixed. When we got ICS ports onto the DHD there was banding, far worse than these pics, and it was fixed with an update.
Yes, different display types can ACCENTUATE the issue to various levels, but if the software were rendering everything right, you wouldn't see banding, no matter what display your device has.

It's all about the pixels. If the pic has less pixels then the actual screen resolution you will see that the banding is greater, because ICS is made to stretch to all phones that's why it's more noticeable on larger devices.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

belyle said:
Nowhere in OP does it say you used the same picture across all displays.
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Oops, you're correct...I rewrote that first post many times as I tried various things and added/removed information, and I must have left that part out. I edited it for clarity. Thanks.
Regardless, this is a software/image dependent "issue." You can see banding on any display, regardless of whether it's a 20 year old CRT or Samsung's brand new $9000 OLED TV. It's a NON-ISSUE.
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Yes and no. It's image-dependent only in the sense that certain images are more challenging to render correctly without banding. I realize other displays have banding (I know I was clear about that in the FP), but I'm just saying this one seems to have it worse than most.
Look, all I'm trying to do is investigate this one, minor area where my phone's screen seems to have poor performance. If it's only mine, then I'll exchange it. If they're all this way, then fine, it's still the best phone display I've ever seen, and I won't worry about it. My Captivate's display has almost no banding, but I'd be retarded to prefer it over my One's.
All I've been trying to do is determine whether there's something wrong with my screen, or if it's just how they are. And I'm pretty sure it's the latter. And that's fine.

Tinyboss said:
Oops, you're correct...I rewrote that first post many times as I tried various things and added/removed information, and I must have left that part out. I edited it for clarity. Thanks.
Yes and no. It's image-dependent only in the sense that certain images are more challenging to render correctly without banding. I realize other displays have banding (I know I was clear about that in the FP), but I'm just saying this one seems to have it worse than most.
Look, all I'm trying to do is investigate this one, minor area where my phone's screen seems to have poor performance. If it's only mine, then I'll exchange it. If they're all this way, then fine, it's still the best phone display I've ever seen, and I won't worry about it. My Captivate's display has almost no banding, but I'd be retarded to prefer it over my One's.
All I've been trying to do is determine whether there's something wrong with my screen, or if it's just how they are. And I'm pretty sure it's the latter. And that's fine.
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You do realize the reason that your Captivate shows little to no banding is that the black pixels of the display aren't even on, right? So the Captivates blacks are truer than the One X's, but our white is more true than the Captivate's white(blue). No display is perfect, other than the ones on your face, so why bother stressing over it? If you never had any device to compare to, then you wouldn't have a single thing to have a fit about. There are going to be discrepancies and every display is going to have trouble doing at least one thing or another, nothing's perfect.
On top of that it has to do with the grade of the gradient and how quickly it's changing shades of colors. Say you're making a black to white gradient in 20-30 passes, 20-30 changes basically, it's going to be choppier than one with 100 or whatever. If you don't give it adequate time to make the change, then of course it's going to band. It's just like animating. You can't expect a 15 frame animation to display a full action scene in any bit of smoothness. It takes 100+ frames to do 3 seconds of visually smooth animation.
The banding is LITERAL BANDS of color on the screen.

The galaxy nexus does this as well on settings and a dev fixed it by updating the image used within the settings app. I'll see if I can find it.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1588613

I have a reasonably simple solution to this issue ...
Maybe I'm wrong, or I don't quite understand the issue, but I think I have a simple solution to determine if banding is really an issue in this regard.
I'm preparing four images, which I will upload in a ZIP file along with instructions.
Give me about 10-15 minutes.
Peter
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Clicking on the link below will download a ZIP file called Banding. Extract the four images and place them anywhere on your device.
http://www.sierrabeyer.com/TempImages/Banding.zip
Now look at each image on your device and decide whether or not you see banding. If you do, then the unit DOES suffer from banding. If not, then it's simply an issue relating to the image used by the developer for the background image of the screen your looking at, in this case, the uninstall screen.
Why can I make this conclusion? Well, all four images are simply 1280x720 pixels, the exact resolution of the ONE X screen. Also, all four images display but ONE colour. Okay, maybe not a colour since one is black (0,0,0), and the other three are shades of grey (32,32,32 and 64,64,64 and 128,128,128).
Here are full size images:
I don't see ANY banding on my HTC ONE X screen. Each image is pure black or grey.
Let me know what you think. Does this test resolve the issue, or am I completely off base?
Peter
Addendum: I have since learned that my reasoning is flawed. If I could remove this post, I would. My apologies to everyone.

Yellow screens - does the problem still exist?

There were reports of OPOs and OPPO Find 7a-s with yellowish screens. Could OPO owners or others with information clarify if the problem still exists?
Thanks.
Edit: Ok, there is some info from an owner.
The display doesnt have a yellow tint and furthermore you can customize the display using different presets (standard, vivid, custom hue/tint mode etc) but out of the box there is no yellowness on the display (i.e. the hardware display looks great)
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https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...houghts-impressions.38274/page-2#post-1728838
Also, his video thoughts on the phone. this is the deepest view on OPO's sound quality I have seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqpAON_ao6g

Hi,
I received mine yesterday and I have a yellow tint at the bottom of the screen. There are also others who have this issue.
E.g.: http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-experience-day-one.36937/
Look at the three pictures at the bottom of the first post. You also see some shadow effects at the bottom which I also have. I posted a pic as well in the same thread:
http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-experience-day-one.36937/page-16 post 316 from Sputnik24 who is me.

Salem24 said:
Hi,
I received mine yesterday and I have a yellow tint at the bottom of the screen. There are also others who have this issue.
E.g.: http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-experience-day-one.36937/
Look at the three pictures at the bottom of the first post. You also see some shadow effects at the bottom which I also have. I posted a pic as well in the same thread:
http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-experience-day-one.36937/page-16 post 316 from Sputnik24 who is me.
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Thanks for commenting. Are you considering sending back your phone?

Salem24 said:
I received mine yesterday and I have a yellow tint at the bottom of the screen.
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Please keep us updated on the return process and customer service if you decide to send it back
Thanks

I contacted David and thinking about opening a ticket and replacing it by a new one, yes.

Here is another user with the same problem.
http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-one-experience-day-two.38457/
Yellow Screen: This is an update from yesterday. So, the yellowness is there a bit ... but it's barely noticeable. I really have to strain to see it, and honestly, it hurts more to try to see it than to just use the phone. At this point, I do not think I would return the phone just because of the very slight yellow shadow on the bottom quarter inch of the screen. It's practically invisible. I am hoping it just goes away completely like happened for some of the iPhones a few years back.
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I posted a comparison of different screens:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/yellow-tint-on-my-screen-of-opo.39187/page-21#post-1817238

This was posted by David S regarding some yellow screen issues. (Not the yellow tint at the bottom though)
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/re-yellow-screen.40239/

Confirmed by OnePlus in Jerry's post, there is a yellow tint at the bottom. Quote: "Since brightness influences color temperature, the yellow tint at the bottom is due to the design of the phone". This is not talk of an uniform tint over the whole screen, but a yellow tint at the bottom.
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Apparently that was said by one of the admins. They confirm that yellow spots exist but deny that this is a problem. I think this is a product defect and should be exchanged by the company without questions.
What do you think?
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/re-yellow-screen.40239/page-31#post-1966073

pulsarvp said:
Apparently that was said by one of the admins. They confirm that yellow spots exist but deny that this is a problem. I think this is a product defect and should be exchanged by the company without questions.
What do you think?
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/re-yellow-screen.40239/page-31#post-1966073
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I would insist on getting it fixed up if you have a that partially yellow stain. It doesn't matter how "great" the price is, if it's got such a visual stain. I wouldn't put up with it.
Say what you will about Samsung phones, at least the OLED screens looked fabulous.

FITRS said:
I would insist on getting it fixed up if you have a that partially yellow stain. It doesn't matter how "great" the price is, if it's got such a visual stain. I wouldn't put up with it.
Say what you will about Samsung phones, at least the OLED screens looked fabulous.
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I am planning to get the phone, but seeing OPO denying that yellow spots on the bottom are defects (they say it is normal), I will hold off for a time. It is really idiotic on their side to deny the problem and deny RMAs.

Just got my OnePlus One today in the mail, and to be honest I think people may be making this deal bigger then it needs to be, or I got very lucky. On my OnePlus One there is a bit of yellow tint at the bottom, but it is SO minimal that it strains and hurts your eyes to even look for it, and if you use on-screen buttons it covers it up anyways. And even if you use the hardware buttons, the amount of yellow is so little that you never rarely it with day to day use. Hell, my Nexus 5's minimal backlight bleeding on the screen edges is more noticeable then the yellow on my OnePlus One.
With that all said though... this still may be a hardware issue for some users, and if so OnePlus One should stand behind their product and offer replacement devices.

pulsarvp said:
I am planning to get the phone, but seeing OPO denying that yellow spots on the bottom are defects (they say it is normal), I will hold off for a time. It is really idiotic on their side to deny the problem and deny RMAs.
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I know.
I can't believe a company that touts itself as having "beautiful experiences" would be so bad in the "customer service and selling experience". Noobs.

Got my device yesterday. Pretty bad Yellow staining along the bottom half inch of screen. Quite bad IMHO.
Requested a return/replacement

That's the same here. Received it on Wednesday, I've got the same problem as yours: yellow tint on the quarter-bottom side of the screen, that's worse on the right-bottom edge than the left-bottom one. Hoping it goes away but I don't think so.

Same here, very bad yellowing at the bottom of the screen.
Have asked if they will replace it, but they just send me a standard email that everyone gets:
Hi
Thanks for getting in touch! There are three different types of 'yellow screen' issues.
One is where the screen is evenly tinted yellow - this is actually an intended effect as warmer screens offer more true-to-life colors than bluish screens. To adjust your screen hue manually, please go to Settings > (under Device) Display & Lights > (under Advanced Settings) Screen Color > Custom > Hue.
Another is a slightly yellowish band across the bottom of the screen when viewed from unconventional viewing angles at full brightness. Our screens are lit from the bottom instead of from underneath, and to minimize bezels we place the light sources very close to the edge of the screen. To prevent excessive light leakage, the bottom edge is designed to be slightly opaque, which is why it appears yellow from certain angles.
If your screen has yellow spots that appear to expand however, please send us a photo and we'll see whether it's a hardware issue.
You might have seen photos of these issues online - most were taken at extreme angles and 100% brightness, or even doctored to increase the contrast. Actual imperfections are usually very subtle and do not impact normal usage.
Thanks for understanding
Best regards,
Marilyn
They also say the evidence is tempered with, basically calling us liars.

That response is awful. My screen is blatantly yellow and they are saying it's supposed to be like that!? I've sent a RMA request - will see what response comes back

Yellow on mine too. Got the device yesterday and quite displeased.

Bad QC from the supplier of the display. Either the glass was not cured long enough to the touch screen, or it was
rushed out without QC inspecting them for rejects. With the amount of orders requested in China alone, not to mention
the international demand, doesn't surprise me.
What's sad, is the stance OnePlus is taking. "you are holding it wrong, we did it for a warmer color display".
Crock of beans! It's a DEFECT when the bottom part of the screen is YELLOW.
Some say it will go away over time, but if you have access to a UV light, a little time under one of those might get
rid of it. Considering how long it takes to get one, sending it back for a replacement might take as long as it did
just to BUY one.

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I can't see any yellow on the screen of my OnePlus One.

Display viewing angle / hue shift

Received my pixel earlier this week.
Immediately after opening the box I was quite disappointed that the display noticeably shifts towards a blue hue even at the slightest change in angle other than straight on.
I have looked at a bunch of phones on display in stores since, some of which are showing similar symptoms to varying degree.
I understand that AMOLED displays are more susceptible to color shifts at different viewing angle but this seems very extreme.
Anybody else notice the same or bothered by it?

I notice it a little bit, but it doesn't bother me until at extreme angles. I figured it was just a characteristic of AMOLED displays, I see the same shift on my watch.

now android said:
Received my pixel earlier this week.
Immediately after opening the box I was quite disappointed that the display noticeably shifts towards a blue hue even at the slightest change in angle other than straight on.
I have looked at a bunch of phones on display in stores since, some of which are showing similar symptoms to varying degree.
I understand that AMOLED displays are more susceptible to color shifts at different viewing angle but this seems very extreme.
Anybody else notice the same or bothered by it?
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I have noticed the same on my device, 1/3 of the display at the bottom has a blue tint on light screens while holding it regularly, facing me. If I tilt the phone forward (not facing the eyes), it is better, but a very small angle change and that third of the screen is blue again. I have compared my device to another one and on the other device, it happens a lot less. Instead of just a third of the display it's the whole display that changes slightly color but in positions you wouldn't normally hold your phone. I am considering returning the device...
What have you done yourself? Do you think it is an issue?

Didn't notice until this post. That's probably because I had the same issue on the Nexus 6P. In fact, it ought to be better than this when Google are charging extortionate prices for this!
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grattemedi said:
I have noticed the same on my device, 1/3 of the display at the bottom has a blue tint on light screens while holding it regularly, facing me. If I tilt the phone forward (not facing the eyes), it is better, but a very small angle change and that third of the screen is blue again. I have compared my device to another one and on the other device, it happens a lot less. Instead of just a third of the display it's the whole display that changes slightly color but in positions you wouldn't normally hold your phone. I am considering returning the device...
What have you done yourself? Do you think it is an issue?
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After 4 days of back and forth with play support they have finally agreed to exchange. I looked at a lot of other phones in stores and mine certainly seemed to be worse than most of them. Worth a try. Luck of AMOLED draw I guess.

AMOLED actually has the best viewing angles of ANY display, really. My 4K LG TV's look incredible from any way I look at them.
Pentile AMOLED as seen in today's phone screens is different and the cause of this issue. The color shift occurs because of the inconsistency in sub-pixel layout... RGBGR rather that straight RGB.

now android said:
After 4 days of back and forth with play support they have finally agreed to exchange. I looked at a lot of other phones in stores and mine certainly seemed to be worse than most of them. Worth a try. Luck of AMOLED draw I guess.
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I have received a replacement phone and the new device hasn't got the problem as much , I guess the first device was slightly imperfect and I was noticing the amoled blue tint more coming from a LCD display before on my previous phone.

The viewing angles and hue shift on my lg v10 ips screen is worse..
It's the luck of the draw most manufacturers source hardware from different vendors resulting in slightly different variations. Ie the different ram used in pixels, making some slightly faster than others.

S8+ AMOLED Display Quality (Red Tint Issue) - worse as previous Samsung devices

Hello fellow XDA members,
In the past I started some threads regarding Samsung AMOLED display quality, especially for the Note devices.
Please see here if you are interessted:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/note4-amoled-screen-quality-t2906365
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2463786
Now, with the S8+ (and the S8, the problem is the same), even the media recognized the display problems, known as "red tint", just google for it!
Samsung tells the people that this is due to wrong settings, and/or the adaptive display setting turned on! THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!!
I got 2 pieces of S8+ today, and both displays are not OK. One screen has the red tint issue, but only on the upper half of the screen.
The other device has no red tint, but is generally darker and looks more "washed out" and has a slight yellow tint.
So again the display lottery is back, it is only "luck of the draw" if you get a decent screen or not!!!
If you do not believe me just compare a few devices beneath each other with the exact same display settings. Turn adaptive display off, then go into the dialer and type *#0*#, with this you ensure the brightness settings are the same and you have the same sceen content on both devices. You will notice that every single device has a different screen quality (tint, evenness, ...)
What do you say? Acceptable or not?

With all of us over at the tmobile shipping thread we've been waiting and crying and hoping that we get our devices early....and then when we finally got our devices ****ty things like red tint leaves a sour taste in our mouths..sad really, samsung already made this device feel rushed with all the Bixby and fingerprint scanner awkward positioning and what did we do after the note 7 debacle? We forgave these fools...and now this?....i do feel bad for those that actually paid full retail price for these expensive devices and to unbox and realize the screen is pink...that right there is not how to say forgive us for our mistakes instead a huge f u to all the customers who were unlucky enough to get such a horrible display color....but I will say I won the lottery because out of the box my s8plus came out nice no red pinkish tint whites are white...but why am I still pissed? Because my note 4 was the same whites were white and then after a year or so my eyes were fixed on a strange color that was taking up half of the screen that came out of nowhere...so yes I will be forever paranoid with sammys displays now....if my s8plus came in like that I don't think I would've came back....but then again I'm here lol

Settle down guys, this will likely be fixed with a future fw given the attention its gotten, this is pretty simple for samsung to fix actually, all samsung needs to do is what video games have been doing for years; offer the user an option to calibrate based a sample image. Once thats in, the presets can be established based off of those generated values from the user selection.
It seems like they will indeed need to implement a fix of this sorts, because it does seem the displays hue varys from device to device.
Anyways, for the most part, I hardly notice it and it seems even, and the more I look at it, the more i can't make sense out of it? Seems to play tricks on my eyes... lol.
Beautiful phone and display though!

cantenna said:
Settle down guys, this will likely be fixed with a future fw given the attention its gotten, this is pretty simple for samsung to fix actually, all samsung needs to do is what video games have been doing for years, offer the user an option to calibrate based on a sample image provided, once thats in the presets can be established based off of those generated values.
It seems they will need to implement thia because the displays vary so from device to device.
Anyways, for the most part, I hardly notice it, it seems even, and the more look at it the more i can make sense out of it, seems to llay tricks on my eyes, lol.
Beautiful phone and display though!
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This is a hardware problem, a real software fix IS NOT POSSIBLE!!!
Samsung can only try to cammo the problem with increasing the range of the color-sliders in the display settings, so that you can turn down red more then now. But this wont fix that the red tint is NOT EVEN ACROSS THE DISPLAY!!
What else proves that this is a hardware error is that if you put 5 devices next to each other (with the exact same settings), each of them will look different in regard to screen quality! Believe me, I know what I'm talking about, see my previous threads regarding that!

I agree that it should be even otherwise you may have a hardware problem but my concern is your criticism has more to do with amoled in gerneral and what we are observing is a consequence of the tech used. Samsung is also pushing the boundries here too with the display tech so the norms for amoled to compare to may not even apply anymore. And your comment to my comment regarding masking the problem, there is a reason why every display on the planet has picture settings.. right? No 2 displays are exactly the same...
I just went through the crap with my Surface Pro 4 too, trust me, they are a good example of no 2 displays alike, must have went though at least 11 Surface Pro 4 on my mission for perfection display and I had to give up in the end because truth is, its still an awesome device!

that happens when you get the early batches of s8+

h4ck3r69 said:
that happens when you get the early batches of s8+
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Absolutely unacceptable reasoning. They shouldn't be putting out a product if the "early batches" are DEFECTIVE
Obviously it's a QC problem, which they seem to have some fairly big issues with, over and over.. They will lose customer faith if they keep doing this ****

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Absolutely unacceptable reasoning. They shouldn't be putting out a product if the "early batches" are DEFECTIVE
Obviously it's a QC problem, which they seem to have some fairly big issues with, over and over.. They will lose customer faith if they keep doing this ****
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Perhaps but then again why did you buy a phone from samsung in the first place?.....

I was in the Samsung store yesterday for the launch party. They had 3 S8+ on display next to eachother. Each was running the exact same retail mode, showing the exact same content at the exact same time.
One display was white, one was red hued, and one was pee yellow.
(No, it wasn't display calibration settings, I checked).
There are definitely quality control issues.

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I was in the Samsung store yesterday for the launch party. They had 3 S8+ on display next to eachother. Each was running the exact same retail mode, showing the exact same content at the exact same time.
One display was white, one was red hued, and one was pee yellow.
(No, it wasn't display calibration settings, I checked).
There are definitely quality control issues.
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And which of the 3 do you have?

I noticed a slight pinkish tint when the shipping screen protector was on, but looks ok without it.

Something slightly different this year is there seems to be a pink tinge on all four sides of the display (top, bottom, left and right). It's a very consistent along the sides of the screen and very noticeable, a few people here have also noticed it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/red-tint-screen-t3592335
So it's not just another pink/yellow/blue/green spotty tinge problem, theres now uniformity with the example i've provided.

I've got the S8+ and the screen is not red at all. The left and right edges if anything have a slight blueish tone to them but I believe this to be the effect of the screen curving to the sides distorting the colour (Colour shift?).
Unless you have bought one and have the problem with it, you have no right to complain.

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And which of the 3 do you have?
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Mine had a very slight pink tinge when I got it, at the very top and bottom (maybe half the status bar thickness), and it's since gone way.
The over all display color was a little too warm for my liking, so I knocked the red slider down to half, and now it's fine.

Got me and the wife one yesterday from At&t. No red tint and best phone yet. I love it.

My display is freaking beautiful and I love the fingerprint location. I never had any trouble. My finger finds it very naturally
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TML1504 said:
Hello fellow XDA members,
In the past I started some threads regarding Samsung AMOLED display quality, especially for the Note devices.
Please see here if you are interessted:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/note4-amoled-screen-quality-t2906365
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2463786
Now, with the S8+ (and the S8, the problem is the same), even the media recognized the display problems, known as "red tint", just google for it!
Samsung tells the people that this is due to wrong settings, and/or the adaptive display setting turned on! THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!!
I got 2 pieces of S8+ today, and both displays are not OK. One screen has the red tint issue, but only on the upper half of the screen.
The other device has no red tint, but is generally darker and looks more "washed out" and has a slight yellow tint.
So again the display lottery is back, it is only "luck of the draw" if you get a decent screen or not!!!
If you do not believe me just compare a few devices beneath each other with the exact same display settings. Turn adaptive display off, then go into the dialer and type *#0*#, with this you ensure the brightness settings are the same and you have the same sceen content on both devices. You will notice that every single device has a different screen quality (tint, evenness, ...)
What do you say? Acceptable or not?
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im not tying to be a jerk but just curious what happens when you cycle the --blue light filter-- button in the pull down menu with the wifi, Airplane mode ect.
reason i ask my displays is perfect but with the blue light filter on which is to reduce eyestrain ..then the display is very red
Really did not know they had this till i play around with it

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I've got the S8+ and the screen is not red at all. The left and right edges if anything have a slight blueish tone to them but I believe this to be the effect of the screen curving to the sides distorting the colour (Colour shift?).
Unless you have bought one and have the problem with it, you have no right to complain.
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I have an S8+ as per my posts in the other thread, so I have a right to complain.

Firstly, it could well be fixed by software, even if its uneven, HTC had issues with the camera doing this a number of years ago (big red spot in all pictures). It was fixed with software
Secondly, it might disappear with time. AMOLED, OLED and other self lighting technologies (like Plasma in TVs) have a bed in time, where some colour ranges need to burn in. I would suggest a full red screen using a screen tester app for a few hours, to see if it beds in the red.

Guys, I would like to take this device, there is a possibility of having a faded display?

Pink tint/hue

I am wondering how are your units in regards to famous AMOLED pink shift?
Mine seems to be a bit more pink on the side making whites and darks looking uneven.
Looked at display units around shops and all units had it to some degree, also YouTube videos shows a pinkish screen nature.
How is your one?

To me pink shift implies that it turns pink when tilting the phone or viewing off angles. I don't have any problems with that however the regular OLED color uniformity is an issue on my device. Nearly ever OLED phone I've had has had some issue with this and I think some people are just more sensitive to it than others explaining why it's a non issue for most people and a huge issue for others. My Pixel 2 has a pink tink at the top 20% of the display which is minor and think most would either not notice or find acceptable. It bothers me a bit but it could be worse and I'm not sure I want to go through the trouble of RMAing the device until I get something better (OG Pixel took 3 tries and then I gave up and accepted the problem, but then my 3rd OG bricked itself and they sent me a 4th with a nearly perfect display yay!). Pink on the side or diagonally across the display is the worst I think as it's really noticeable when reading text on a white or grey background. At the top is the best case scenario for me as it's only really annoying when reading content in landscape orientation.

I spoke with a Google Tech at length today regarding the different color tints on our devices (mine is blue) and he assured me that the tinting was intended with the new screens. On a side note I notice while out in the sun when it's hard to see my screen, if I tilt slightly my device, the Blue tint actually helps me to see my screen better. Not sure if that was intended or not.....