Screen color issues? - Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

My cousin just got the Razr M, and I noticed that his colors looked much better, and more deep, and they are almost the same phone. Does anyone else see a difference? I notice in CM10 the colors don't look right either, they look lighter.

I have another issue with my screen, I don't know if it's a problem common to all photon Q screen: it seems that screen can't make some colors and mix some lines of a lighter color with some lines of darker color.. the result is orrible..
You can see the problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386888
Do you also have similar problems or it's another problem?

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Interesting Difference in Screens?

I exchanged my Nexus S for a new one. One thing I have noticed so far is that the blacks don't seem AS dark on the new one as they did on the previous one.
For example, pressing menu from the main screen you get that little popup of black options like wallpaper, system etc...
On my previous device these options were very dark black, on the new one they are somewhat transparent yet still black. Hard to explain I guess but it's a noticeable difference between the too.
I'm not totally sure yet but I think the whites are whiter also.
I wonder which of the phones has the intended look... the dark black or the somewhat transparent black.
wierd.. all the us phones suppose to come with samoled... all the same screen
could be your brightness setting, i have a gingerbread theme on my nexus one and on lower brightness the menu looks solid black, but on others you can see that it's transparent. also depends on the background as well.
csmall said:
I exchanged my Nexus S for a new one. One thing I have noticed so far is that the blacks don't seem AS dark on the new one as they did on the previous one.
For example, pressing menu from the main screen you get that little popup of black options like wallpaper, system etc...
On my previous device these options were very dark black, on the new one they are somewhat transparent yet still black. Hard to explain I guess but it's a noticeable difference between the too.
I'm not totally sure yet but I think the whites are whiter also.
I wonder which of the phones has the intended look... the dark black or the somewhat transparent black.
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Yup. You'll find the tolerances for the screens to be quite low. I've looked at and handled quite a few NS and the screens have been different on every one of them.
As long as your screen doesn't have a yellow tint whilst auto brightness is enabled, you're good.
I remember reading somewhere that some Nexus S phones will ship with SLCD screens instead.
ericc191 said:
I remember reading somewhere that some Nexus S phones will ship with SLCD screens instead.
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Yeh that will be for the Russian and maybe other markets if/when they launch there early next year.
I had to swap out my second NS for the screen. The last one had a real bad yellow tint to it. When put side by side the new one looked great. Typical issues I suppose. Its interesting to have these little issues with the phone when the Galaxy S line as a whole has been solid aside from reports of GPS issues.
csmall said:
I exchanged my Nexus S for a new one. One thing I have noticed so far is that the blacks don't seem AS dark on the new one as they did on the previous one.
For example, pressing menu from the main screen you get that little popup of black options like wallpaper, system etc...
On my previous device these options were very dark black, on the new one they are somewhat transparent yet still black. Hard to explain I guess but it's a noticeable difference between the too.
I'm not totally sure yet but I think the whites are whiter also.
I wonder which of the phones has the intended look... the dark black or the somewhat transparent black.
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Have you tried adjusting the brightness level on the display? Menu/Settings/Display

[POLL]Screen Issues One X

I am creating this poll to see what screen problems people have with the one x.
Options are:
Color banding
Dead Pixels
Dust Under Screen
Light Bleed
Yellow Tinge
Multiple issues
Also Please Say what color One X you have
I have color banding and Light Bleed on a White one x.
too bright in general lol
Gray ATT version. I have banding and one very small dust spec just on the edge of the screen on the bottom right corner.
voluptuary said:
Gray ATT version. I have banding and one very small dust spec just on the edge of the screen on the bottom right corner.
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Oh god, dust and dead pixels are my ocd's worst nightmares. I get so depressed when I see them Color Banding will soon be joining them too
You should add a no issue selection.
how?
Wheres the "no problems" option?
Mine has very minor light bleed, but thats it. Its only noticeable if I'm looking at a pitch black screen in a dark room.. so its pretty much no problem
Only issue I'm having is that the screen is too bright for the auto brightness.
Other than that it's perfect
No issues. But there's no option for that in the poll.
Gradient banding and light bleed (bottom right corner).
I have a yellow screen. But for me, I am getting intermittent screen flickering, specifically in Chrome and Messages.
Furthermore, I already have tons of micro scratches on my screen. Have no idea how they got there. Glad I picked up a screen protector for $3 on amazon and Ordered a Seidio Active Case also. Don;t want this beautiful screen to get a jacked up.
No issues here either.
No problem at all here! Gray one X.
Maroon Mushroom said:
Only issue I'm having is that the screen is too bright for the auto brightness.
Other than that it's perfect
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You could try Juice defender. It has an option to change the auto brightness, both the maximum light, and the average light (and minimum)
Only thing I miss there is an option to disable it while charging or in the car.
My only issue is banding. For those who DON'T have banding, I would appreciate if you'd check out my thread on the issue, especially if you're able to post a photo of your phone's screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646446
Thanks!
no issues for me either .
banding sometimes but minor , and isnt that software related anyways?
aimetti said:
banding sometimes but minor , and isnt that software related anyways?
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I don't think so. Take a screenshot when you see banding, then look at the screenshot on your computer or on another phone. When I tried that, I saw less banding on the computer and on my old Captivate than on my One X, viewing the exact same image.
I have banding, but it seems more like a software bit-depth issue than a physical problem with the screen.
KitF said:
I have banding, but it seems more like a software bit-depth issue than a physical problem with the screen.
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Guys, I wish it were this simple, but it doesn't appear to be. I can use Paint.NET to make a gradient, and view that same image file on many screens, and my One X shows more banding than the others. It still doesn't look as bad as the One X's app-uninstall screen, which is likely because my gradient is linear and theirs isn't, and so on top of there being bands, they're also unevenly spaced! But there's no denying that the bands are there (at least on mine), and they're more apparent than on the other displays I have access to (another phone, a laptop, and a TV).
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Guys, I wish it were this simple, but it doesn't appear to be. I can use Paint.NET to make a gradient, and view that same image file on many screens, and my One X shows more banding than the others. It still doesn't look as bad as the One X's app-uninstall screen, which is likely because my gradient is linear and theirs isn't, and so on top of there being bands, they're also unevenly spaced! But there's no denying that the bands are there (at least on mine), and they're more apparent than on the other displays I have access to (another phone, a laptop, and a TV).
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I meant a driver-level firmware issue. When I had the Nook Color, there was a kernel that enabled lower bit-depth to speed up the boot, but it introduced banding like this. There was another kernel that could show full 24-bit color and had no banding.
So just loading an image onto the phone isn't proving that is a hardware issue. This just makes my argument stronger with the uneven banding being related to bit-depth and not hardware.
I have no screen issues! @TinyBoss I saw your other post and I have to say your banding does look bad. I was leaning toward software until I compared mine to yours and I'm thinking you have a bad display...

Screen: white bands between pixels?

I bought an used photon Q from USA, perfect state but I want to know if the screen is ok or damaged:
using the brightness at high or maximum value I notice a strange effect.. I see light color lines between every 2 line on the screen.
I easily notice this effect on gray pages, for example in settings.
For example If I have an uniform gray image on the screen, I will see between every 2 gray lines a little white line..
Using "screen tester" from market I can easily notice that it happen only with gray, other colors seems okay, but I slightly notice also in more complex images with complex colors..
Is this a problem of my device or is a "problem" of all photon Q screens?
No one can help me? :crying:
I would like to know if other photon Q have this problem!
It seems like the problem is present in all color combination, not in pure color like pure white, pure black, and pure red, green or blue.
When I mix 2 of that colors I get something like:
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
or
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
It seems like the screen can't make all 16million colors, and to get the correct color use different colors in the neighboring lines.
This problem is more visible with high brightness and looking at the screen closely.
(I try to use a magnifying glass and the problem is obvious).
Someone can check his photon Q screen?
You can go to android settings and see if the black -> gray background have this strange effect...
I need to understand if is a problem of all Photon Q or if is mine defective.. I have to decide whether to return the phone in the U.S. or if I get refunded the cost of the screen and try to change it by myself
Here is a photo of the issue: http://imageshack.us/a/img547/5474/uhkg.jpg
You can see that the "gray" background of the brightness settings is not uniform, you can see dark gray lines and light gray lines.
You can see this also without magnifying glass and with your own eye..
In some photos seems to see a grid.
it is as if the subpixel grid is not aligned or something similar.. :silly:
I only need to know if you have the same "issue" with the screen or I have a defective LCD, so I can decide what to do! Please someone can check his photon Q screen and answer?
Thanks! :good:
have you anything changed on the display settings (desnsity or something with the colors ?)
its hard to say, it could be a display issue but i dont know really here. mhm
Until I read this thread, I didn't notice anything wrong with my display, and now I see the lighter-colored lines too. I don't think it's anything that will be fixed by exchanging the handset, but it's also not that big of a problem for me, either (I have to bring my Q really close to my face to see the banding). I wonder if the issue is more noticeable on that particular handset, or if you have really good eyesight (or maybe a little of both)?
xaelith said:
Until I read this thread, I didn't notice anything wrong with my display, and now I see the lighter-colored lines too. I don't think it's anything that will be fixed by exchanging the handset, but it's also not that big of a problem for me, either (I have to bring my Q really close to my face to see the banding). I wonder if the issue is more noticeable on that particular handset, or if you have really good eyesight (or maybe a little of both)?
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I was kind of thinking the same... perhaps the OP is expecting perfection even down to the individual pixels... and that is just not going to happen.
Remove the magnifying glass from the screen, should work fine
Ahahah thanks for reply!
but I can see the lines also without magnifier!
I used magnifier only to make a decent picture
Other photos of the problem:
Photo 1: http://imageshack.us/a/img191/8325/f5p5.jpg
Photo 2:
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Look at facebook icon andin the lower part to the left of the background !!!
You can see these horizontal lines also in your's photon Q screen?
nagash91 said:
Look at facebook icon andin the lower part to the left of the background !!!
You can see these horizontal lines also in your's photon Q screen?
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If you look at it from a distance, I doubt they are very noticeable.
Honestly, if you're really picky about screens - why did you get a Photon Q? The screen on this phone is not the greatest, I think everyone knew that when purchasing it - they were not buying it because it had the best screen.
arrrghhh said:
If you look at it from a distance, I doubt they are very noticeable.
Honestly, if you're really picky about screens - why did you get a Photon Q? The screen on this phone is not the greatest, I think everyone knew that when purchasing it - they were not buying it because it had the best screen.
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I didn't bought this phone for the screen, but I was expecting a decent quality for a 2012 phone.
This not seems a normal problem, some lines of pixels seems damaged or something similar.
The problem is visible also at 20-30cm distance from the screen, the colors are not uniform, the images aren't sharp and in some cases I can see these lines.
At 50cm of distance I can't see these lines, I do not want to look at my phone from half a meter away.
The bad lines colors that I see are rendered by the pixels, is not a problem of matrix or distance of pixel or similar.
I simply want to know if you can see these horizontal lines on the screen, for example in the facebook logo, at 10 - 20 cm of distance.
Perhaps there was a stock of defective screens.
If my screen is defective I'll replace it in the future, if the problem is the bad quality of photon Q screen I'll stay in peace.
I don't understand how it's possible that the screen draws these lines, it seems stupid! The phone can control every single pixel, why draw these lines? I have never seen similar issue in a screen, even in the worst
nagash91 said:
I simply want to know if you can see these horizontal lines on the screen, for example in the facebook logo, at 10 - 20 cm of distance.
If my screen is defective I'll replace it in the future, if the problem is the bad quality of photon Q screen I'll stay in peace.
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Well, my Q is dead so I can't really tell you. What I can tell you, is the screen is not the best. It's just "OK" in my opinion.
This is my first native Android device, so I don't have a ton to compare to... but reading about screen tech, this device is not on the bleeding edge by any means.
arrrghhh said:
Well, my Q is dead so I can't really tell you. What I can tell you, is the screen is not the best. It's just "OK" in my opinion.
This is my first native Android device, so I don't have a ton to compare to... but reading about screen tech, this device is not on the bleeding edge by any means.
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Yeah, they say that the screen is not good because of the "low" resolution compared to the full HD and HD ready display (galaxy S3, S4, htc ONE, ecc..) but they say that the quality is good for an LCD, images are sharp ecc.. ecc...
I found this image on google: http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Motorola-Photon-Q-4G-LTE-Review-display.jpg
Here you can see the single pixel but these lines are not present. Now I try to take a similar picture (I don't have the original rom but the issue was present also with original rom, also with recovery etc.. so is not a software problem).
From 20 to 30 cm away, I don't see any banding on my screen, so it's possible that you do have a bad LCD, or at least a less than perfect one. However, from what I've seen of the problem from the pictures you've shared, if I had the same issue I would probably just put up with it, especially if the phone is great otherwise. On the other hand, what bothers me and what bothers you are likely to not be the same. So use your best judgement on whether the lines are bad enough to justify replacing the "faulty" device.
nagash91 said:
No one can help me? :crying:
I would like to know if other photon Q have this problem!
It seems like the problem is present in all color combination, not in pure color like pure white, pure black, and pure red, green or blue.
When I mix 2 of that colors I get something like:
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
or
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
It seems like the screen can't make all 16million colors, and to get the correct color use different colors in the neighboring lines.
This problem is more visible with high brightness and looking at the screen closely.
(I try to use a magnifying glass and the problem is obvious).
Someone can check his photon Q screen?
You can go to android settings and see if the black -> gray background have this strange effect...
I need to understand if is a problem of all Photon Q or if is mine defective.. I have to decide whether to return the phone in the U.S. or if I get refunded the cost of the screen and try to change it by myself
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I have noticed exactly the sam effect on my Moto G. You need very sharp eyes to see this but with hight brightness it is there. Pure colors are not effected. Gray and light blue colours are mostly effected. I presume this is normal to mix different colours.

Uneven backlight/ colour tone shifting on bottom half of the screen

Just purchased a brand new Galaxy S6 32GB FLAT in white today. Right out of the box, especially on a white background, I noticed that the bottom half of the screen shifts into a more warmer tone. It's most visible on a white background, where i can actually see the transition between the two colour tones. Other colours are affected too, but not as noticeable. Please refer to the attached screenshots, (Ignore the diagonal lines running across the screen, caused by the camera artefact).
My question is, is it normal? Can you please check yours and provide feedback? Thanks in advance
I have the same
Its a common issue. But it shouldnt be like that. You should get a replacement
Dark5tar said:
Just purchased a brand new Galaxy S6 32GB FLAT in white today. Right out of the box, especially on a white background, I noticed that the bottom half of the screen shifts into a more warmer tone. It's most visible on a white background, where i can actually see the transition between the two colour tones. Other colours are affected too, but not as noticeable. Please refer to the attached screenshots, (Ignore the diagonal lines running across the screen, caused by the camera artefact).
My question is, is it normal? Can you please check yours and provide feedback? Thanks in advance
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Dude this isnt severe. Ive seen enough amoled displays having worse tints and stripes. Yours is much better than them. If I was you, I wouldnt settle for this. Replace it or get a refund. I have severe ocd about my phone. I need it to be perfect. Luckily the S6 that I have has a very good display. A perfect one. Get a replacement asap. This isnt something normal.
Im ordering my 2nd replacemeny soon. My first one was yellowish and uneven like yours. My current one has a horrible pink tint. Try 3
Welcome to the club: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/getting-replacement-s6-due-to-screen-t3074865
I took my phone back to the Samsung store and got it replaced by the manager there. The screen looked fine when i first looked at it in store, but soon after taking it home i realised that this second unit has a yellowish tint on the right side of the screen. Going back tomorrow for another replacement.... SIGH!!!!!
My third replacement from the Samsung Exp Store is.... a KEEPER! This unit has a much better even backlight and meets my expectation! After going through that trouble, i'm happy to say that I'm a a happy camper
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My third replacement from the Samsung Exp Store is.... a KEEPER! This unit has a much better even backlight and meets my expectation! After going through that trouble, i'm happy to say that I'm a a happy camper
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Hi
Do you think my phone has the same back lighting problem or tint? been ocd for a while now since I got it yesterday.
cuteoz said:
Hi
Do you think my phone has the same back lighting problem or tint? been ocd for a while now since I got it yesterday.
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Looks all right to me, but then again we all perceive things differently. My current unit is not perfect, there's still a green/blue tint to it, but it's tolerable. If you cannot tolerate it, then keep exchanging until you find one that you can tolerate with. Keep in mind though that you won't find a unit with 100% even colour hue; it's the limitation with AMOLED displays. All the best!
I have the same issue
I have the same, but much less severe than yours seem to be. I don't notice it at all with normal use, only super slightly on bright white screens. If it really looks like it does on the photo, I would get it replaced.
cuteoz said:
Hi
Do you think my phone has the same back lighting problem or tint? been ocd for a while now since I got it yesterday.
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It's normal.
Light bars on black wallpaper
I have the following issue on black wallpapers.On top and bottom there is a lighter bar.This appears only after applying the wallpaper.Viewing them with Quickpick there are no bars.Same in Nova and TW after applying it.Tried attaching a screen but the bars are not captured.What could it be,a ROM issue,a low DPI?I have the DPI set to low.Also on brighter pics you can't see the bars ,after applying which makes sense.
White uniformity - Is this the jelly effect and is it normal?
I got a really good deal on a used Tab S6 from Amazon and I love the tablet but there is weird tinting thing happening on white screens.
When viewed slightly off-axis the tint goes blue.
Makes me nuts when reading NY TImes and edges of white screen are tinted blue.
The effect changes when viewed at different angles and seen without screen protector. It is tough to photograph but hopefully you can see what I see.
Ignore the moire in the middle of the first shot - that's a screen protector... Look at extreme edges of screen.
Thanks and pardon me if this has been answered before - I've searched and couldn't find this issue.

Galaxy S8+ Display Color Issues

Hey!
Since some days, I have noticed that the color of my Galaxy S8+'s display are getting weird.
I'm using a Galaxy S9 wallpaper, the blue one with the squares detail. In the areas with the color shading, the color looks burned. I don't really know how to explain it, but it looks like 6 bit images, something like this:
Code:
https://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/lecture_notes/2007-08/20080312/images/balloons.6bit.gif
I tried other wallpapers, and it is still the same. With bright wallpaper I don't notice the problem, but with darker ones I see that the colors get burned. With the darker wallpaper, if I boost up the display brightness, the problem almost disappear.
I don't know what's the problem, I own the phone since the day one, and never had any issues. All was fine until Saturday I think. I also tried a reset, but nothing.
Could be maybe an update problem? Maybe Samsung UI has a bugged update? Anyone else is having this problem?
Thanks in advance.

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