Display washed out in Galaxy S7 - Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers

When I'm in bright sunlight the display get's washed out. As far as I know this doesn't happen in normal bright fluorescent light. Anybody else experienced it?

Krust4 said:
When I'm in bright sunlight the display get's washed out. As far as I know this doesn't happen in normal bright fluorescent light. Anybody else experienced it?
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Same thing happens here, your phone tells you that it is optimizing the display for direct sunlight.

Its an adaptiv display feature.

It has a special super-bright mode when in bright sunlight, but that's the trade-off. Try going to Settings / Display and choose something other than Adaptive display and see if that stops it.

I have my settings on Photo and have same thing, it is really annoying i wish Samsung could have an option/toggle to enable or disable this feature. At first i thought it's a bug with a phone.

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[Q] At night, black is not black

Got my OnePlus last night and generally I love it. But I have one showstopper that I'm hoping has a fix that I just don't know about. Is there something wrong with my phone, or is there a fix, or is the problem with me that I’ve become perverted by AMOLED?
See, I use my phone to read at night before bed. Lights totally off, and the black background is just not black, it's grey. My last two phones are a Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Nexus, both of which have AMOLED screens. From what I've read, the AMOLED has a very deep black because apparently the lighting is per-pixel, so the pixel is literally not even on when black is on the screen, right?
So when I read at night, the lit pixels are a deep amber orange, and the black pixels are...black. On the OnePlus, the deep amber orange is washed out (comparatively), and the black pixels are...grey. This is pretty much indistinguishable if there's any visible light in the room, but at night with all the lights off, it’s very obvious since I’m used to the AMOLED black. This shows up in both my ebook reader, Moon+, and in Chrome and Gallery when downloading a "pure black" photo. I even use a program, Screen Filter, to dim the screen down below the lowest brightness setting, but the black background is still too bright for me. And yes, it’s there without Screen Filter.
Again from my reading on this, I seem to find that LCD screens (which the OnePlus has) light the whole screen for their backlight, so this may be pretty much inevitable. Is this accurate?
I’d post a photo, but in the kind of low light conditions I’m talking about, no photo would show that kind of contrast. At least no photo I know how to take.
PS - This does not appear to be the "yellow screen" problem I've been reading about. The colors seem consistent from top to bottom. But I'm not very good at color distinguishing.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
You're just used to AMOLED displays, the blacks on those are much deeper because it's not actually lighting up when it's displaying black, it's displaying nothing at all. This is because there's no backlight, each pixel is made up of three LED's, so when it's displaying black none of those LED's are firing up. An LCD display is completely different, even when it isn't really displaying anything (black) it's being lit up by the backlight. There's nothing you can do about this.
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timmaaa said:
You're just used to AMOLED displays, the blacks on those are much deeper because it's not actually lighting up when it's displaying black, it's displaying nothing at all. This is because there's no backlight, each pixel is made up of three LED's, so when it's displaying black none of those LED's are firing up. An LCD display is completely different, even when it isn't really displaying anything (black) it's being lit up by the backlight. There's nothing you can do about this.
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What he said.... the OP can adjust his screen settings accordingly to emulate a "AMOLED" experience as previous phones such as N4,N5 has done this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54321008&postcount=6 try those settings it might satisfy the OP when it comes to blacks being blacks and not gray

problem with camera at high iso

Hello
I bought s6 920 two weeks ago but yesterday i realized something wired
in pro mode when i change the iso to something higher than auto or 100
so the screen is flickering and it have color lines the image is attachted
now today in pro mode i have something similar with softer lines and white lines not with color but when i take a picture or screen shot the screen with the phone its not show those lines
Now it happens only when it daylight or a bright background
when i take a picture at dark or at less light it doesnt show this light or capture them in the photo
if i shot at auto iso or 100 it doesnt show these lines on the screen only at something highwr especially at 800.
Is it normal?
Can someone check it with his s6 pls?
I dont understand nothing on iso at all but maybe at daylight on higher iso its normal that its flicker
Thanks
wii123 said:
Hello
I bought s6 920 two weeks ago but yesterday i realized something wired
in pro mode when i change the iso to something higher than auto or 100
so the screen is flickering and it have color lines the image is attachted
now today in pro mode i have something similar with softer lines and white lines not with color but when i take a picture or screen shot the screen with the phone its not show those lines
Now it happens only when it daylight or a bright background
when i take a picture at dark or at less light it doesnt show this light or capture them in the photo
if i shot at auto iso or 100 it doesnt show these lines on the screen only at something highwr especially at 800.
Is it normal?
Can someone check it with his s6 pls?
I dont understand nothing on iso at all but maybe at daylight on higher iso its normal that its flicker
Thanks
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If it happens only in that indoor area which looks like an office? Then it's the lighting causing it.
No its hapoans only indoor.
so you think that it is normal?
wii123 said:
No its hapoans only indoor.
so you think that it is normal?
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Well i've seen it on a lot of phone cameras and i've just tested and it happens on mine too in the work lighting so yeah it's normal
Jonathan-H said:
If it happens only in that indoor area which looks like an office? Then it's the lighting causing it.
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Jonathan-H said:
Well i've seen it on a lot of phone cameras and i've just tested and it happens on mine too in the work lighting so yeah it's normal
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Thanks you very much my friend you are the best!!

S8 + screen brightness

Ok I tried a search first no results I remember my note 7 being extremely bright I could wear my sunglasses and being outside or in a dark tinted car with glasses on and being able to see the screen perfectly I don't think my s8 plus is as bright also my white color on the screen isnt bright white or as white as I remember on my note 7 . I did try adjusting the colors no luck. And adjusting the settings it's on adaptive which I like the best but not as good as I remember. Maybe it's my gpel screen protector? Or maybe it's software built in to help this larger screen with battery life ? I believe this isn't the same screen type as the note 7. Or I'm just crazy lol the bright screen was a huge selling point for me since I live in the sunniest place on earth
motorsports601 said:
Ok I tried a search first no results I remember my note 7 being extremely bright I could wear my sunglasses and being outside or in a dark tinted car with glasses on and being able to see the screen perfectly I don't think my s8 plus is as bright also my white color on the screen isnt bright white or as white as I remember on my note 7 . I did try adjusting the colors no luck. And adjusting the settings it's on adaptive which I like the best but not as good as I remember. Maybe it's my gpel screen protector? Or maybe it's software built in to help this larger screen with battery life ? I believe this isn't the same screen type as the note 7. Or I'm just crazy lol the bright screen was a huge selling point for me since I live in the sunniest place on earth
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You live in Yuma AZ?
Dumb question, auto brightness enabled or disabled? Reason being, the auto allows a threshold of nit output higher than ever going to the slider to 100% yourself.
jackdforme said:
You live in Yuma AZ?
Dumb question, auto brightness enabled or disabled? Reason being, the auto allows a threshold of nit output higher than ever going to the slider to 100% yourself.
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Yes Yuma yes I leave it on auto I also thought my N7 did better at auto adjusting

Anyone has "backlight" in the Always On display?

I noticed that when I have Always On display at maximum brightness, the device turns on many random white pixels in the area that was supposed to be black, kind of simulating a LCD backlight.
It is noticeable by exposing the sleeping phone to a bright light so it will go to maximum brightness while Always On, then turning off the lights while the brightness is at maximum you can see the "backlight" (white pixels in the black area). As soon the phone adjusts the brightness you can't see it any more.
Here are some pictures, comparing maximum brightness, low brightness and also comparing to a S8.
https://imgur.com/a/pZgzT
Please note that by taking a picture makes it more evident, in reality it looks just like a LCD backlight, not a star constellation like in the picture. Even though it is not bad in reality I am concerned because this should not happen in a black screen in an OLED display right?
I tried replicating this with a regular image and I cannot, I can only see it while in Always On display.
Anyone else having similar issues with the regular Pixel 2? Or even in the 2 XL? I did not notice this happening when I had the 2 XL.
My blacks have always had that LCD type backlight look. I was wondering the same thing but I've seen others with it so I just assume it's the design. Not keen on it but it's not the end of the world for me
To me it only happens in always on display. If I have a black picture on my screen it doesn't show this "backlight"

Display isn't bright?

Have had the Note 20 Ultra from T-Mobile since Wednesday and then phones been be great except for two flaws. One is native gestures still not working 100% smooth with third party launchers - which is okay, I am using FNG anyway, but another is the screen brightness.
Despite being in direct sunlight, the panel doesn't get bright. Samsung claims 1500 nits of brightness, it definitely doesn't get there through either manually sliding the brightness or setting it to auto brightness. Definitely isn't as bright as my OnePlus 8 Pro.
I've annoyingly factory reset the phone to no avail. Anyone else having issues?
Yes, it's not great .... my Note 8 is brighter in normal use.
The panel does get brighter in strong daylight but the maximum manual brightness is poor.
AhsanU said:
Have had the Note 20 Ultra from T-Mobile since Wednesday and then phones been be great except for two flaws. One is native gestures still not working 100% smooth with third party launchers - which is okay, I am using FNG anyway, but another is the screen brightness.
Despite being in direct sunlight, the panel doesn't get bright. Samsung claims 1500 nits of brightness, it definitely doesn't get there through either manually sliding the brightness or setting it to auto brightness. Definitely isn't as bright as my OnePlus 8 Pro.
I've annoyingly factory reset the phone to no avail. Anyone else having issues?
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It is some kind of protection bec extra brightness for long time damage Amoled displays so they decided to limit it in normal usage
It's bright but the white point is um, weird.
Reminds me of the Surface Pro IPS panels, always, always, too green!
And the ability to adjust RGB levels has nary an effect!
I want the ability to calibrate the display properly FFS!
I know it's a decent display but gimping the calibration ability makes about as much sense as putting bias ply tires on a Ferrari!
cpufrost said:
It's bright but the white point is um, weird.
Reminds me of the Surface Pro IPS panels, always, always, too green!
And the ability to adjust RGB levels has nary an effect!
I want the ability to calibrate the display properly FFS!
I know it's a decent display but gimping the calibration ability makes about as much sense as putting bias ply tires on a Ferrari!
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If you read what samsung say about its Dynamic Amoled panels you will understand why the white looks weird , they have implemented a Hardware blue light filter which filters the harmful blue light emissions that is why all new samsung displays show white a llitle yellowish , It might not be the best looking but is is safe for your eyes and renders a more accurate colors.
hoss_n2 said:
If you read what samsung say about its Dynamic Amoled panels you will understand why the white looks weird , they have implemented a Hardware blue light filter which filters the harmful blue light emissions that is why all new samsung displays show white a llitle yellowish , It might not be the best looking but is is safe for your eyes and renders a more accurate colors.
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What's the point of having that?
It's clearly inferior to my professional displays.
Proper calibration and white point is *everything*.
It does NOT look yellowish, it has too much green.
That looks horrible.
After using it for a day I cannot believe how much better my Mac, 11 Pro Max and S20 Ultra looks.
Can you please tell me if the screen isn't bright if adaptive mode is turned off? (120hz)
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Brava27 said:
Can you please tell me if the screen isn't bright if adaptive mode is turned off? (120hz)
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Its significantly brighter with it off
mickeyleah said:
Its significantly brighter with it off
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Yeah, that is what someone pointed out. Thanks
Compared to the Note 10+ it's significantly brighter even in 120Hz, and I often need to lower it even with the adaptive brightness on.
It's somewhere around 1/5 or 1/6th of the brightness bar.

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