Do you use ambient mode on your GS2 watch? - Samsung Gear S2

Do you use ambient mode on your GS2 watch?
AFAIK always on mode can cause unrecoverable damage to AMOLED pixels

kornelius1982 said:
AFAIK always on mode can cause unrecoverable damage to AMOLED pixels
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Do you have a source for this? I don't think that is true.

GeorgeP said:
Do you have a source for this? I don't think that is true.
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Source is my personal experience. I saw note 4 in Samsung showroom with actual burned-in pixels on screen.
You can google and see many similar issues.

kornelius1982 said:
Source is my personal experience. I saw note 4 in Samsung showroom with actual burned-in pixels on screen.
You can google and see many similar issues.
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That's why you don't use yourself as a source lol. Unlike the Note 4 and other Amoled devices, the Gear S2 is designed to slightly shift/redraw the pixels every minute when using ambient mode. This prevents the burn-in you mention.

kornelius1982 said:
Do you use ambient mode on your GS2 watch?
AFAIK always on mode can cause unrecoverable damage to AMOLED pixels
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This isn't an issue with the S2.
If you notice while your watch is in ambient mode, the watch face isn't always centered. It moves around slightly every minute or so. You'll really notice this on watchfaces that have intricate ambient modes. Samsung does this to make sure it doesn't "burn in". I see it on the CWF Aquarius, and Pavilion by Liongate.
Rob

As others have said, burn in isn't an issue. I only use it when the watch face has a very minimal ambient mode. If it has too much going on, I turn it off since it is too hard on the battery.

Burn in still happen even with pixel shift, which is very common on plasma TV and oled, just it need a very long time before it become quite obvious, quite sure most of us will get a new watch before that.

sefrcoko said:
That's why you don't use yourself as a source lol. Unlike the Note 4 and other Amoled devices, the Gear S2 is designed to slightly shift/redraw the pixels every minute when using ambient mode. This prevents the burn-in you mention.
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I hope you`ve heard there are such things like third party watchfaces with their own, more complex ambient mode theme, not just stock stupid two hands.
I know, Samsung made simple, slightly shifting two hands, but even stock WF-s have ambient mode with constantly active pixels in the center.
See pics.
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kornelius1982 said:
I hope you`ve heard there are such things like third party watchfaces with their own, more complex ambient mode theme, not just stock stupid two hands.
I know, Samsung made simple, slightly shifting two hands, but even stock WF-s have ambient mode with constantly active pixels in the center.
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Pictures are static and wouldn't show pixel shifts so that doesn't mean much... More complex ambient mode face designs doesn't necessarily mean they wouldn't shift either if that function is applied system-wide at the tizen OS level. You also mistakenly assumed that only the hands shift...in reality the entire watch face shifts. One way or another, a documented source is more reliable than speculation or comparing to totally different devices like the Note 4.

kornelius1982 said:
I hope you`ve heard there are such things like third party watchfaces with their own, more complex ambient mode theme, not just stock stupid two hands.
I know, Samsung made simple, slightly shifting two hands, but even stock WF-s have ambient mode with constantly active pixels in the center.
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This is why it is recommended to "dither" all block areas of an ambient watch face. It creates a grid of alternating on/off pixels, so if the image moves one pixel in any direction, ALL pixels that were on will turn off.
Otherwise it CAN reduce the lifetime of the individual subpixel color elements of the display (if you use only blue, only those will have shortened lifespan).

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Gear S2 Watch face with an AMBIENT MODE that is more than basic 2 clock hands?

Almost all of the watchfaces default to just the same two watch hands or the digital time when in Ambient Mode whereas many Android Wear faces remain always on with full detail and equal battery life (LG Watch R & Urbane for example). Are there Gear S2 watchfaces with more than this basic design?? It seems that this is a major disadvantage in day-to-day appearance. Any suggestions? Many thanks.
search for Tuner Watchface - Military. The watch has the same ambient hands as the regular face. This has been my favorite face because of the ambient mode. So they can be done, we are just very early to the game and developers are lacking at the moment.
"Clocki (Style 01)" is a good digital watch with a good ambient mode. The ambient mode shows the date and battery level. I tried to take a pic but the forums wont let me link it. This developers other faces have ambient mode support too.
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It seems that this is a major disadvantage in day-to-day appearance. Any suggestions? Many thanks.
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Yes I agree, this one of the things I'm liking least about this watch. Even if if the ambient mode had some simple hour markers it would be a lot better.
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Free Watch face as well.
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Free Watch face as well.
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Can you set your brightness to level 1 & 2 and see if the always on screen is brighter than both?
Ambient mode is brighter than 1 and 2 setting. About level 3 I would say.
Ambient mode with notification flag
j4shaft said:
Almost all of the watchfaces default to just the same two watch hands or the digital time when in Ambient Mode whereas many Android Wear faces remain always on with full detail and equal battery life (LG Watch R & Urbane for example). Are there Gear S2 watchfaces with more than this basic design?? It seems that this is a major disadvantage in day-to-day appearance. Any suggestions? Many thanks.
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I´m also looking for a watchface with an ambient mode who gives me also a notification flag in ambient mode. Howelse can I see an incomming notification (only by looking at the watch without tapping on it), when i didn´t realize the vibration, when it comes in ?? I didn´t find any like that yet
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I´m also looking for a watchface with an ambient mode who gives me also a notification flag in ambient mode. Howelse can I see an incomming notification (only by looking at the watch without tapping on it), when i didn´t realize the vibration, when it comes in ?? I didn´t find any like that yet
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I was looking at the sdk and it kind of makes it appear there are only 2 ambient modes analog and digital with no real indication there is a way to customize them.
Came across this one. It's got calendar integration if you're like me and use your calendar a lot. Different colors represent upcoming appointments. Has a companion app on the Play Store that has a premium version for $1.50.
Flaunt app solves this
You can search for an app called Flaunt on the Gear Store (accessible via the Gear app). This app let's the main watch face remain for 30 mins and does not revert to the ambient mode. Developer is Samsung Electronics India so might just be available in India but worth checking as it might just be available globally.
Desk Clock has a nice ambient digital watch face. It has a lot of settings and you can have custom colors. I set mine to 24hr mode in a nice green color. I have noticed that the ambient mode is picky on the color and brightness settings you use, but when you find a combination you like its awesome.
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You can search for an app called Flaunt on the Gear Store (accessible via the Gear app). This app let's the main watch face remain for 30 mins and does not revert to the ambient mode. Developer is Samsung Electronics India so might just be available in India but worth checking as it might just be available globally.
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Also available in the Netherlands...
This is what I've been complaining about. There's lots of good looking watch faces but most have lame and ugly ambient ones. My point is that the ambient one suppose to be elegant cos is the one we look at the most to check the time and notifications. If you are able to make theme. Make the ambient one to look as good
I like the Snoopy and Woodstock watchface. And the ambient mode is just a black and white version of it. Looks pretty cool, IMO.
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I suggest you try Spiderweb and dark chic watchfaces from Watchmaster. The last one is actually free right now and spiderweb is at around 1$, but they both have excellent ambient screen. In fact, spiderweb actually looks like a regular watch.
Man what is up with the search feature of the Gear app? I have been having issues for about a week. Search on dark chic and it prompts me with the correct title and then doesn't link to the watch face. The only way I could find it was to choose a WatchMaster face and there was a link to it in the "also by" section. Other faces I get what appears to be a correct link, but when I click on it I get "no data" error message.
I did get Dark Chic and it's a great watch face! Thanks for the lead.
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For anyone who hadn't noticed, the built-in Modern Utility face now has hour markers in the ambient mode with the new update that the non-3G versions in the US this week. Special Edition has them also.
I can create one for you what else do you need on it? (i got mine as hr,min hands/heartrate/date/digital time/second hand-sweep no tick) ill post a picture of a sample soon-ish
I have several watch faces that have nice ambient modes:
Pavilion by Liongate
Blanche by Annie & Montre
CWF Aquarius by CWF
And, all of these were free.
Rob

Ambient Display not working

The ambient display feature does not appear to be working for me, or it at least not very well. I have it turned on in settings under Display, and whenever I get a notification the screen will turn on for like two seconds, and then it turns back off. When I pick up the phone, tap the screen, shake it etc, it does absolutely nothing, the screen remains off. There is no way for me to know I have a notification other than the really faint LED light at the top that blinks occasionally. Is there something I'm missing?
same with me
Not working for me either. They're sending me a new one.
ryken229 said:
The ambient display feature does not appear to be working for me, or it at least not very well. I have it turned on in settings under Display, and whenever I get a notification the screen will turn on for like two seconds, and then it turns back off. When I pick up the phone, tap the screen, shake it etc, it does absolutely nothing, the screen remains off. There is no way for me to know I have a notification other than the really faint LED light at the top that blinks occasionally. Is there something I'm missing?
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This is intended behavior
km8j said:
This is intended behavior
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I believe that display should turn on when you get the phone in your palm.
libb said:
I believe that display should turn on when you get the phone in your palm.
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Pretty sure that is not the case on the pixel. Only on other phones. This was mentioned in the reviews
km8j said:
This is intended behavior
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Really? It's got to be a bug. I can't imagine they would intentionally design something to be completely useless.
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I believe that display should turn on when you get the phone in your palm.
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Tech support told me working as intended but didn't believe it himself and is supposed to have a higher level tech call back. I told him it makes this phone useless in a meeting where you don't look down right away or in a car mount because you cant unlock it. What a step backwards...might return for moto z instead...trying to last the weekend
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Tech support told me working as intended but didn't believe it himself and is supposed to have a higher level tech call back. I told him it makes this phone useless in a meeting where you don't look down right away or in a car mount because you cant unlock it. What a step backwards...might return for moto z instead...trying to last the weekend
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+1 @Kodiak1013 for me. AD isn't working as intended. The only time it's worked properly for me is in the Google support chat session.
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In the settings menu it says ambient display comes on when you receive a notification, in the Pixel help docs it says it comes on when you get a notification or pick up the phone. I wonder which is correct.
I don't believe it works this way anymore. Why the Pixel is missing the feature is beyond me.
My 5x on 7.1.1 Dev preview has lift to "check"(wake) notifications now under the Moves settings. With that disabled and ambient display enabled it works the same as the Pixel currently does. 7.0 and below we just enabled ambient display setting and it worked as we all are familiar with.
Huge step backwards!
Let´s hope they bring it back with an update soon. (before a custom rom will)
Wake on proximity sensor really rocks.
I just got done chatting with Google's tech support people, and they told me that my ambient sensor is broken and are offering me a replacement Pixel. I'm not sure if this is accurate though, because that would mean that everyone's ambient sensor is broken.
From what I understand this is working as intended however they will be adding double tap to wake in a future update so that'll make ambient display much more usable.
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I just got done chatting with Google's tech support people, and they told me that my ambient sensor is broken and are offering me a replacement Pixel. I'm not sure if this is accurate though, because that would mean that everyone's ambient sensor is broken.
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Can confirm I haven't seen a Pixel that has an ambient on screen, nor is there a setting for it anywhere.
I've made my new pixel bearable again by using gravity screen on/off in the play store. Still goes back to"normal" after 15 minutes of idle....but for the most part it's similar to any phone I've used in the past three years now.
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Can confirm I haven't seen a Pixel that has an ambient on screen, nor is there a setting for it anywhere.
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There is a setting for it, it's under Settings -> Display -> Ambient display
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There is a setting for it, it's under Settings -> Display -> Ambient display
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That just says "wake up when you get a notification" though.
For a comparison. To anyone not understanding. Still don't get why it's not included but.....
Ambient display setting before 7.1
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Ambient display settings on Pixel.
Settings now on 7.1.1 preview. I assume this to be added to Pixel in future.
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^ looks like the answer is... patience. TY, bertiespeed

[Tips and Tutorial] How to fix screen burn-in s4 i9505 and others

[Tips and Tutorial] [MIUI Resources Team] How to fix screen burn-in on your Android smartphone
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Hello MIUIers,
Ghost image or screen/image burn-in are names given to a permanent discoloration of your smartphone’s screen caused by irregular pixel usage. The prolonged use of static images can create a permanent shadow or ghost of that image on the screen. This problem is more common than you think, and happens most often on AMOLED screens (although LCD displays aren’t completely free of this bug). Fortunately, there is a solution to restore the image quality of your device.
The screen ghost happens when phosphor compounds that emit light to produce images lose their intensity with prolonged use. Moreover, the irregular use can "burn" an image onto the screen which will be visible all the time. Many apps which are available in the Play Store promise to reduce or even stop the problem. One is the Screen Burn-in Tool.
The concept is simple: a sequence of primary colors is displayed on your device, restoring the "burnt" pixels. In fact, this was the original function of computer screen-savers: one dynamic image that appears when the screen is idle to makes the pixels "exercise" and ensure that the same area of display doesn’t remain constantly illuminated.
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Do it at your own risk!
Today I will teach you how to remove the famous burn.
White 80%
Blue 80%:
Green 90%:
Red 100%:
I can not guarantee it will work on other models, my cell phone had very strong shadows on the screen, I realize that almost everything has disappeared ... I'm still running the program, I'll keep you informed on this subject!
Yes, it works, although some report that this does not happen, but their effectiveness depends a lot on the severity of the recording.
If you have shadows from a keyboard or square or both you can remove everything or almost everything, I have the program running for a week at night, I restart the cell phone in the morning and normal use.
Download the Liquid Burn-in Wiper application and use one or four weeks at maximum brightness.
Restart the device once a day, you will have with some luck recovered 80% to 99% of the screen with shade or burn.
Mine at the moment recovered 80%.
Soon I will update the topic with new photos, please wait.
Update add apk:
LCD Burn in Wiper v6.1
OLED Tools v1.3
did you mean to post this here ?
3mel said:
did you mean to post this here ?
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the post is solely to help people who have burns on the screen and do not know what to do.
an admin must've moved your thread.
Is this the same app as LCD Burn-in Wiper 6.1 by AVAWorks on playstore?
◆Support Device
LCD device
※AMOLED and OLED devices are not supported.
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Not saying it doesn't work, but an app targeted at AMOLED screens should be your first port of call...
Buff99 said:
Is this the same app as LCD Burn-in Wiper 6.1 by AVAWorks on playstore?
Not saying it doesn't work, but an app targeted at AMOLED screens should be your first port of call...
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If you even repair the ones that say it is for OLED screen they use the basic color system (rgb) ... then any application that changes the default colors should work normal.
Yes, my friend, I do not know why they said no.
do the test yourself, let it run for a week and you will see the difference.
As soon as I finish the tests I will post new photos.
Doesnt it just burn the rest screen out to even it out?
McXred said:
Doesnt it just burn the rest screen out to even it out?
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The rest screen is toprevent it from appearing.
You can use it, but it will take much longer, since we do not have a refresh of colors quickly and evenly.
If you want to contribute to the community, you can do some tests. :good:
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The rest screen is toprevent it from appearing.
You can use it, but it will take much longer, since we do not have a refresh of colors quickly and evenly.
If you want to contribute to the community, you can do some tests. :good:
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I think what he meant was:
Does it work by burning the not-already burnt out parts to make it appear less burnt out?
I have Galaxy S5 that has pretty noticeable burn-in. When I view completely white image I can see bright white bars at the top and bottom of the screen, top bar even has few icons visible such as warning triangle at the left, i (info) and home at the right so apparently previous owner was using a lot of some kind of web browser at high brightness levels. Center of the screen is slightly dimmer and yellowish so I assume pixels have been burnt more there.
Now I have read about this AMOLED problem and as far as I know you indeed need to burn better pixels causing the ghost image to same level with the rest of the pixels to make ghost image disappear. I planned to try treating the lower ghost bar first and I already created black image same shape as the screen (but a little larger) having white bar at the bottom. I can view this image on my phone, zoom in and align the white bar to match the white bar of the ghost image while the rest of the screen is black. Then turn brightness all the way up and hope that pixels at the bottom of the screen wear out enough and ghost bar disappears. But I guess it'll take very long time. I'll try few hours per day for a week and see if it makes any difference compared to top ghost bar.
It's very difficult to align the image so that it's pixel perfect so there might be a chance that line or two of the brighter screen portion is covered by black area of the image. But I suppose having slightly brighter 1-2 pixel wide line across the screen is better than noticeably brighter large section of the screen.
I have been keeping the better pixels on at full brightness for total of 24 hours now and I can't see any difference. To me it seems that fixing amoled burn-in isn't a quick process but needs tens or hundreds of hours of screen burning to wear better pixels down to same level so that ghost image disappears. And that's pretty logical as burn-in itself doesn't occur overnight but during months of phone usage. Maybe I'll leave it as it is, my eyes have gotten somewhat used to it anyway. Not worth the trouble.

Auto brightness issue

I've noticed that my brightness keeps changing for no reason. It would randomly increase for a second and then go back. And it sometimes keeps doing that like it is caught in a loop.
Has anyone else noticed anything similar?
If only happen in certain place, check if there are sources of IR or UV in the environment, like a surveillance | remote control | fish tank..., light sensor also sensitive to invisible light.
Also can do a test, in stable light source cover/release light sensor, use some sensor test app, if the reading jump like hell, maybe something error with hardware or system.
And don't use case during test, notch-less phone's light sensor on the very edge of the top glass, most third-party case actually blocked a bit.
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ULTRAJC said:
If only happen in certain place, check if there are sources of IR or UV in the environment, like a surveillance | remote control | fish tank..., light sensor also sensitive to invisible light.
Also can do a test, in stable light source cover/release light sensor, use some sensor test app, if the reding jump like hell, maybe something error with hardware or system.
And don't use case during test, notch-less phone's light sensor on the very edge of the top glass, most third-party case actually blocked a bit.
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Thank you for your suggestions. I've already looked into the sensor data, and did not find any significant errors.
What I did find however, is that the sensor seem to be really sensitive. I found a certain position at my room desk, where the illuminance measured by the sensor fluctuates sporadically even if I turn the phone by 1 degree. I don't know how these sensors work, but it seems to be taking data from the point it is directly facing. In my case, this causes the value to jump between 10 and 30 lux, which is apparently enough to change the brightness level. I am using the preinstalled screen protector, so that might cause some random light refraction.
ULTRAJC said:
If only happen in certain place, check if there are sources of IR or UV in the environment, like a surveillance | remote control | fish tank..., light sensor also sensitive to invisible light.
Also can do a test, in stable light source cover/release light sensor, use some sensor test app, if the reding jump like hell, maybe something error with hardware or system.
And don't use case during test, notch-less phone's light sensor on the very edge of the top glass, most third-party case actually blocked a bit.
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Also, the circle at the back above the flash, is that another light sensor?
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Also, the circle at the back above the flash, is that another light sensor?
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Yes, you reminded me, that's ambient light sensor too, also affects screen brightness. third party software cannot detect that sensor. but still can do "cover" test look at the screen brightness changes
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Yes, you reminded me, that's ambient light sensor too, also affects screen brightness. third party software cannot detect that sensor. but still can do "cover" test look at the screen brightness changes
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Are you sure that is also a brightness sensor? Nothing happens when I cover mine. Can you please test on yours?
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Thank you so much for your time and effort! I feel kinda stupid for not doing a test like this before... Either way, mine reacts to a flashlight as well, and to dimmer light as well if I cover the front sensor. Thanks again and have a nice day!
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Also, just one more thing. Do you have any explanation for this - https://photos.app.goo.gl/r4WfrqxKYKGq5np6A
The whole thing is really annoying as it keeps randomly increasing/decreasing the brightness while the ambient light remains the same. It does only seem to happen with illuminance levels between 10 and 30 lux, so I'm not sure if it could be hardware related...
That reading seems glitch to me, if lighting is stable.
Maybe is the hardware…
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That reading seems glitch to me, if lighting is stable.
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It is weird, as it only happens in one room. I've also tried with my girlfriend's Nord, and it jumped between 10 and 80 at a similar spot. Whatever, thanks!

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So can anybody help with this disaster?
Severely cropped to not nuke the servers.
The more distant classic sunset was fine, but then we got an amazing and huge red sun just before it set. The whole ball was the colour of the edge or the stripe in this shambles of a shot.
Other than turn off AI what else should I do?
I have to say my old Mate 40 RS Porsche Edition would have got the shot no problem. Very disappointed in my new S22 Ultra.
This is one of those possibly never see again chances, gutted.
This is due to Infra Red blooming. The sensors are very sensitive to IR, so there is an IR blocking filter in the system. Unfortunately, this does not block 100% of the IR on bright objects like the Sun. You can see this effect by taking a shot of a hot electric stove burner with the camera; you don't even have to take a picture to see the effect just look at the screen. I've attached a shot here, the stove was not a bright pink to the eye, that is due to IR leaking through the filter. Because IR has a longer wavelength than Red, the light is focused by the lens farther away, and it can cause a bloom around the Sun like that. Other cameras have the same problem, and it depends on the strength of the IR filter. There are disadvantages to making the IR filter stronger like color distortion in the other colors so it is always a compromise. There isn't much that can be done about it.
edit - I have to add that taking a picture of the low Sun like that is just about the worst case and you probably won't notice it anywhere else. When the Sun is low and most of the light is being blocked so you can actually stand to look at it (still not good to stare), almost all of the IR light is still getting through, and so the IR component is a lot more than usual. You can even get the same effect on a pro DSLR.
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This is due to Infra Red blooming. The sensors are very sensitive to IR, so there is an IR blocking filter in the system. Unfortunately, this does not block 100% of the IR on bright objects like the Sun. You can see this effect by taking a shot of a hot electric stove burner with the camera; you don't even have to take a picture to see the effect just look at the screen. I've attached a shot here, the stove was not a bright pink to the eye, that is due to IR leaking through the filter. Because IR has a longer wavelength than Red, the light is focused by the lens farther away, and it can cause a bloom around the Sun like that. Other cameras have the same problem, and it depends on the strength of the IR filter. There are disadvantages to making the IR filter stronger like color distortion in the other colors so it is always a compromise. There isn't much that can be done about it.
edit - I have to add that taking a picture of the low Sun like that is just about the worst case and you probably won't notice it anywhere else. When the Sun is low and most of the light is being blocked so you can actually stand to look at it (still not good to stare), almost all of the IR light is still getting through, and so the IR component is a lot more than usual. You can even get the same effect on a pro DSLR.
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Many thanks for the detailed reply. So turning off the AI assist stuff wouldn't have helped then. Anything in Pro mode or Expert Raw that could help?
stewarta13wsb said:
Many thanks for the detailed reply. So turning off the AI assist stuff wouldn't have helped then. Anything in Pro mode or Expert Raw that could help?
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Probably not, since it is an optical effect. You might be able to 'shop it out. On a pro camera, you can use a very small aperture which brings the IR light more into focus, but that's not an option on the phone which has a fixed aperture. I've got a very similar shot from my old Note 20 U that had the same problem. Below is a cropped in shot from an Olympus mirrorless camera that shows the same Red ring thing, just to a smaller degree. It isn't helping that the "100x" zoom works by cropping the 10X image, it amplifies small defects like that.
stewarta13wsb said:
Many thanks for the detailed reply. So turning off the AI assist stuff wouldn't have helped then. Anything in Pro mode or Expert Raw that could help?
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Only a stronger UV/IR cut filter would help.
I shoot IR/UV and full spectrum with a DSLR and RAW video cameras... Its a balance between visible light and correct look with most sensors.
Unless you use (physical) filters, nothing you can really do. Most cameras are very sensitive to IR light, and blocking IR/near IR completely wipes out a lot of deep reds and throws off colors as well. Sensors do not see at all like our eyes do.
Channel swapped 590nm IR shot attached.

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