I don't have to turn the brightness up very bright for a black background to become a sort of blue/grey colour. It's not exactly "my phone is broken" bad but it's noticeable, especially in a dark room. Anyone else noticed this? What have you done about it?
poldie said:
I don't have to turn the brightness up very bright for a black background to become a sort of blue/grey colour. It's not exactly "my phone is broken" bad but it's noticeable, especially in a dark room. Anyone else noticed this? What have you done about it?
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The Z3 is using an IPS screen so the blacks won't be true black like what you get on an amoled. Pixels are not turned off, but rather dimmed. Also, since the Z3 uses blue leds instead of white, that could be why it shows a blue/grey instead of a more natural black. Don't have an exact fix but you can try adjusting your color settings to get your result. Best of Luck.
I have read somewhere that its by design and only seen on max brightness to make it easier to read something in bright sunlight
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Nice screen on the Skyrocket, but the color is off, particularly white. It makes reading an ebook miserable. Fortunately, it's easily fixed.
First go to Settings/Display and uncheck "Auto adjust screen power". (Thanks to Shmegmaking for that tip!) This won't change the color, but will prevent the display going way too dim by itself while reading black text on a white background. it will use extra power though. But if you read text on a white or light gray background it's well worth it.
Second, correct the white balance. It's WAY the heck off. I used an Eye1 Pro Spectrophotometer to measure and correct my Skyrocket's white balance. You can just use my numbers to get the same result. You have to download & Install "Screen Adjuster" by "netman" from the Android Market. Then use these settings:
Red +31
Green +12
Blue +0
Brightness 100%
Contrast -0
Go into options and check "Autorun"
White is dead on with these settings; reds, greens, and blues (the primary colors) are much closer to correct.
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The main problem with the above settings is that grays are too warm. (Red) the Skyrockets display is not linear so compromises are required. The above settings give perfect whites and very good bright colors. Grays and less saturated colors tend towards red however. The Settings below will get mid level grays and colors to a very good level. Whites and bright colors will be a bit cool (Blue) and dark grays and dark colors will be a bit warm (tend towards red.) But overall, this is as close as you're going to get this phone I think. (Until somebody comes up with an app that allows gray scale calibration.)
Red +24
Green +9
Blue +6
All else the same.
NOTE: they took into account the screens inaccurate color when they did the stock wallpaper, so it doesn't look nearly as good with these settings. Pictures and whites look MUCH better though.
Some people prefer a cooler white for reading. If you use the top numbers, you can try changing Blue to +8 if you find this is the case. (If you use the bottom numbers you should be golden.) Less would be good; if you go too much higher you'll start getting further away from accurate colors. Some e-readers--like cool reader--allow you to adjust the color of the background in the app. That would be preferable to changing the settings I've given for "Screen adjuster". That way your pictures and videos will retain accurate color.
The screen won't be quite as bright with these settings. I think they tuned the screen for maximum brightness in the store, the same as they do with TVs. Kind of like using "Dynamic" mode on a TV, it gives a lot of "Wow" factor at the store, but after using it for a bit you notice the colors are wrong.
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Bump for editing to add mid level gray fix.
Thanks. Pretty slick app
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Wow, this is the reason I've been holding off on getting the skyrocket! Glad somebody addressed it. U da man dude! If I can get the browsers whites to look kinda normal then I'm good to go.
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These settings are only good for the specific phone your using as everyones is differebt
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I'm going to look into this
I think it shows promise but the red push was hurting my white levels too much.
Your whites were too red with this? Which set of numbers were you using? With the top numbers the whites should be dead on, with the bottom numbers white is very much on the blue side. What were you using as a white reference? I've only got the one phone, is it possible that Samsung QC is so off that individual screens vary that much?
With the top numbers, dark gray goes to red too much, with the bottom numbers dark grays should be a bit red, whites should push blue. It's the best compromise I could come up with.
Everything looks completely inaccurate with either set of numbers/settings. I think it really is like someone posted above, where it depends on your individual screen.
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Everything looks completely inaccurate with either set of numbers/settings.
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That's going to be true regardless. The Skyrocket--and all Galaxy SIIs--are notoriously innacurate with colors. The bottom set of numbers should give you cool whites and warm darks. If you adjust it for accurate darks, white is WAY the hell off. That's the factory setting. If you adjust whites for accuracy, dark grays are WAY red. By adjusting the mid level grays--the bottom numbers--you'll get warm (reddish) grays and cool (bluish) whites. If you read black text on a white background, or read web forums with light gray backgrounds and white text, the factory settings are completely out of left field and unuseable for many. The bottom set of numbers corrects that enough to be pleasant to read with at the expense of reddish dark grays.
What would be great would be if someone made an app that let you adjust the color at different gray levels. Then you could get a far more accurate gray scale calibration.
Came up as not compatible for my device.
Nevermind my density was changed
I wanted to make clear, this isn't my app... I found it on the market and used my spectraphotometer to get the settings is all.
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Your whites were too red with this? Which set of numbers were you using?
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No, my "white levels". ie: the shade of greys & blacks.
http://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/products/articles/306638.html
CZ Eddie said:
No, my "white levels". ie: the shade of greys & blacks.
http://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/products/articles/306638.html
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Thanks... Yeah I understand calibrating the gray scale, etc... I might have done a few calibrations here and there. The lower range of the gray scale will indeed push red with these numbers. There is currently no way to calibrate the entire gray scale. To get whites (The top end of the gray scale, above 180, 180, 180)) to a reasonable balance, the low end (below 100, 100, 100) is going to push red. If you want more accurate dark grays, (bottom end of the gray scale) your whites (top end of the gray scale) are going to be way, way off. So much off that many folks, myself included, find them intolerable. By calibrating the middle of the gray scale, (127, 127, 127) you get tolerable whites and tolerable dark grays. If you don't care how far your whites and light grays are off, then you should leave it stock. If you want a better compromise for the whole gray scale, the bottom numbers are good.
A proper gray scale calibration would allow at least 4 calibration points, 20 ire, 40 ire, 60 ire, and 80 ire. Without that, and as horribly unlinear the Galaxy S2 variants are, you have to pick one point to calibrate. Stock they pick around 20 ire it seems, so 60 ire and above is ridiculously far off. By picking 60 ire to calibrate, 70 and above is reasonable and 40 ire and below is reasonable, but does push red. It's basically pick your poison. Stock is calibrated for darks, I've given numbers to calibrate for mid level grays and another for whites. Whichever looks best for you is what you should use.
Yeah, I just received my Skyrocket yesterday and I noticed right away the whites are incredibly washed out with a blueish tint and I was worried something was wrong with my phone...I guess it's a universal 'problem' with these devices. It sucks to be honest, but I will live!
This worked great for me. Thank you. Huge improvement.
When the brightness is on maximum, the white looks like yellow and the black looks like red. Also the sensitivity of the screen is not good at all, I must press a little bit harder than the normal. This happens with anyone else? Or this is normal?
Thanks in advance.
FelixMG said:
When the brightness is on maximum, the white looks like yellow and the black looks like red. Also the sensitivity of the screen is not good at all, I must press a little bit harder than the normal. This happens with anyone else? Or this is normal?
Thanks in advance.
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Sounds dreadful!
Although, I have the 3g version (16gb US), the default white color was pretty much crisp white at full brightness, and black was the standard black color of a LCD screen, with no type of hue. Touch sensitivity seems pretty normal to me on my Moto G. Of course everyone has different eyes too, and taste in display color, but it does sound like you probably have a display that's a lemon.
FelixMG said:
When the brightness is on maximum, the white looks like yellow and the black looks like red. Also the sensitivity of the screen is not good at all, I must press a little bit harder than the normal. This happens with anyone else? Or this is normal?
Thanks in advance.
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It cannot be normal... try to get it replaced..
hey guys, I'm about to buy a new Z3, but i'm confused about colors,
I really like the white one, but I'm afraid that wallpapers will make a conflict with the white color of the phone , I mean the white bezels of the phone in the white version, will I face color mismatching with 'em among different situations/wallpapers.
so is that right ? if any of you have the white one please tell me about your visual experience,
opinions, people !
Find a white wallpaper that you like. Mess with white balancr in the display settings until you find the most neutral white. Personally I think xperia z3 is far too blue, and given that the blue pixel is the most important in preserving the whiteness of the screen, I find it best to preserve the blue pixel as much as possible. Which is why I turn the red balance almost all the way up and the green balance somewhere around halfway, until I find it's balanced to my liking. This way you get a softer and purer white, whilst retaining the life of the blue pixels. And if you find the right balance, you'll find it also matches your case. Do it indoors in a naturally well lit room, without a room light or lamp. Hope this helps.
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Find a white wallpaper that you like. Mess with white balancr in the display settings until you find the most neutral white. Personally I think xperia z3 is far too blue, and given that the blue pixel is the most important in preserving the whiteness of the screen, I find it best to preserve the blue pixel as much as possible. Which is why I turn the red balance almost all the way up and the green balance somewhere around halfway, until I find it's balanced to my liking. This way you get a softer and purer white, whilst retaining the life of the blue pixels. And if you find the right balance, you'll find it also matches your case. Do it indoors in a naturally well lit room, without a room light or lamp. Hope this helps.
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no you got me wrong, I mean the white bezels of the phone in the white version, will I face color mismatching with 'em among different situations/wallpapers
ahem, up!
There are plenty of wallpapers out there. Just get the one what fits your color. White is the best as you wont notice any fingerprints where as black is a fingerprint magnet.
Hello guys,
I'm an owner for an Exynos S8+.
Phone has some red tint but that doesn't bother me much.
However, yesterday I noticed a new problem, while I was in bed, with all lights down and at lowest brightness, I noticed gray images displayed are darker on the right half of the screen than the left.
Some sort of artifacts show up and the screen looks all smudged.
So my question to you is,
can you open this image http://imgur.com/a/vXjac on lowest brightness and on a completely dark room and tell me if you see any smudges on your screen. You can also drop the notification shade down to make the supposedly artifacts more visible.
I believe those "smudges" are created by just how the amoled panel is made / works, since all my amoled devices (including the S8+) have those when viewing in the dark. It was worse on my old phone (S6E+), and you could also see the "smudges" in sunlight as vertical lines of more light and more dark up and down the screen.
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I believe those "smudges" are created by just how the amoled panel is made / works, since all my amoled devices (including the S8+) have those when viewing in the dark. It was worse on my old phone (S6E+), and you could also see the "smudges" in sunlight as vertical lines of more light and more dark up and down the screen.
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But can you see it on your S8/S8+?
I tried the same image under the same conditions on my S7Edge and it doesn't happen.
As it stands, my S8+ showing that image on lowest brightness and dark room has the right half of the screen darker than the left side wtih smudges in between.
Looks horrible and I'm not sure I can get it replaced.
I had this issue before last time when purchasing the Tab S 2. I went back to shop ask them go in the completely dark room and show them. They exchange a new one for me.
If your phone had no constant display of dark grey, I suggest you bring back to shop for changing.
Andrewtst said:
I had this issue before last time when purchasing the Tab S 2. I went back to shop ask them go in the completely dark room and show them. They exchange a new one for me.
If your phone had no constant display of dark grey, I suggest you bring back to shop for changing.
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So, when you replicate my issue on your S8+, you have a clear dark grey image without any colour distortion?
I'm going to the store tomorrow but I'm afraid they'll send it in for warranty instead of trading it in for a new one.
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So, when you replicate my issue on your S8+, you have a clear dark grey image without any colour distortion?
I'm going to the store tomorrow but I'm afraid they'll send it in for warranty instead of trading it in for a new one.
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Yup clear dark grey without any distortion.
I suggest you go back store and exchange it. Just use demo set to proof it no such issue.
This device screen is really awful, anything slightly dark shows almost black, while white spots looks like sunlight, it's just terrible and will cause eyestrain in no time.
When trying to watch something at low brightness, you'll hardly see anything because of the said exaggerated dark/white.
Is this the "HDR screen"? Then they can keep it for themselves.
Even the most natural colour setting is still too much.
Is there any way to disable this or tweak the screen to show proper colours?