Has anyone observed that when a wallpaper with white background is used, there's a black shadow at the top of the screen and when a wallpaper with black background is used there's a white Halo on top of the screen. Also, on the Google Now screen, there's a Halo around the Google logo. Is this an issue or is it common? I come from Nexus 6P and don't remember having any such issues. Haven't used FHD screen for some time now. Have got used to QHD screen. Could this also be a factor?
None of that evident on my 2.
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I noticed this on the default pixel / google launcher. Switched to Nova and all is well.
dbrohrer said:
I noticed this on the default pixel / google launcher. Switched to Nova and all is well.
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Bingo... Tried Nova Launcher and the halos did disappear... Strange... Maybe we'll have to raise this issue with Google
I definitely see the halo using the regular launcher. Kind of silly that they didn't notice this.
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Has anyone observed that when a wallpaper with white background is used, there's a black shadow at the top of the screen and when a wallpaper with black background is used there's a white Halo on top of the screen. Also, on the Google Now screen, there's a Halo around the Google logo. Is this an issue or is it common? I come from Nexus 6P and don't remember having any such issues. Haven't used FHD screen for some time now. Have got used to QHD screen. Could this also be a factor?
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Yes that is present on the Pixel 2 launcher. It's absolutely horrendous and tempts me to use a custom launcher.
I saw the same with black wallpapers. Only in stock Pixel launcher, but it is normal. Bright shadow protects against burning the screen.
And also when using a light wallpaper with some white background, there is this white tint appears at the bottom of the screen. And it makes the wallpaper looks like washed out or faded. I don't like it.
yess i saw this same thing , and i was wondering what the hell. in fact sometimes my screen gets really dark.
this halo is not some kind of effect on the Pixel launcher?
On my case it's only around the Google logo.
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So as you know the kit kat update brought back the smearing (which was more or less hidden until know) and is the most noticable when you are on the lowest brightness. But also there is a green tint on lowest brightness, most noticeably in videos. Now as you know apps like screen adjuster reduce this problem but what i found is that when activated screen adjuster (15 on contrast in my case) does the following: i was in youtube app to test and in portrait the video didn't had any green tint, while in landscape the tint appeared. And with some other video player (like mx) the tint was gone and the smearing was reduced or even gone. Note that in mx i wasn't using the screen adjuster app. So maybe just maybe there is something in the software that samsung messed up. If a dev can look into this maybe we can figure out something.
Thanks in advance and i apologise if these things were known and i wasted your time.
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Been using Samsung phones aswell as others for years and never had a single fault. They all latest over a year before being sold on with zero issues. I've had an S4 since launch and it's still working perfectly. As far as reliability and build-quality goes Samsung is the best in the business, and by build quality I mean how well its assembled and reliability NOT the material the case is made of which many of you care so much about.
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So as you know the kit kat update brought back the smearing (which was more or less hidden until know) and is the most noticable when you are on the lowest brightness. But also there is a green tint on lowest brightness, most noticeably in videos. Now as you know apps like screen adjuster reduce this problem but what i found is that when activated screen adjuster (15 on contrast in my case) does the following: i was in youtube app to test and in portrait the video didn't had any green tint, while in landscape the tint appeared. And with some other video player (like mx) the tint was gone and the smearing was reduced or even gone. Note that in mx i wasn't using the screen adjuster app. So maybe just maybe there is something in the software that samsung messed up. If a dev can look into this maybe we can figure out something.
Thanks in advance and i apologise if these things were known and i wasted your time.
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I can't say that I've had any problems with my s4 since upgrading to kit kat
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I can't say that I've had any problems with my s4 since upgrading to kit kat
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Same for me, i keep my screen at about half brightness and it is fine, i can't say i have looked overly close at all though..
Since the s4 true black pixels get completely turned off, the smearing you see are those pixels turning on again. It's a hardware thing.
Can't say I've noticed any difference. Can you elaborate at all?
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You can see it in this video. Black pixels leave a purpleish trail on the screen. http://youtu.be/DOQ91ujRFxU
I see what you mean now, so is this a hardware limitation or somehow linked to the software (os version)
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I see what you mean now, so is this a hardware limitation or somehow linked to the software (os version)
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Hardware limitation of OLED screens. Pixels take some time to go from completely off (black) to a lighter color such as blue or gray resulting in that weird trailing. AFAIK, the older version of the software didn't use pure black (pixel off) in the menu but a slightly lighter shade of black (so that the pixel would not be completely off). I still noticed it in some moving scenes in movies though when pure black was used.
For the green tint I don't know, I remember when I switched from LCD on my Sony phone to the S4 I noticed it had tinted whites and weirdly saturated colors but now I'm used to it and I don't notice it anymore and I actually kinda like the saturated colors even though they aren't very realistic.
Haven't seen one since switching from my bloody ****ty Galaxy W I8150 which had a really bad white smearing effect (v3 HW rev). Using the exynos version with MFD: 2013:12:24 (christmas eve baby!)
There MIGHT be differences with screens manufactured at different time/version/revision but that's just an uneducated guess.
I made a screen white balance adjuster for android screens (with a few other adjustments, e.g. tint and brightness)...
Some phones are lucky enough to already have these, like the Xperia seriese, but they you have my Moto X that has a yellow tint for some reason!
If you want to give it a go, it's here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.uk.quickdoc.screenbalance
nirpaudyal said:
I made a screen white balance adjuster for android screens (with a few other adjustments, e.g. tint and brightness)...
Some phones are lucky enough to already have these, like the Xperia seriese, but they you have my Moto X that has a yellow tint for some reason!
If you want to give it a go, it's here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.uk.quickdoc.screenbalance
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Moto x has an amoled display,that's why the white isn't so ... white xD
marcovittori said:
Moto x has an amoled display,that's why the white isn't so ... white xD
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Ha, yes, well, this app corrects it!
I have updated it to adjust the contrast as well.
I also have a Moto X and looking for a way to get rid of the yellowish tint. I tried the app but I can't find a way to make the colors colder or change the white balance. All I can do is set a tint/filter and change the strength of it. Changing color modes between tind and white balance seems to do nothing. (Version 4.0)
Is it even possible to change the yellow tint with the free version? I will not buy the paid version unless I am sure that it can do more and it's what I really need.
Also, what are the downsides and the effect on pixel longevity, battery and performance? I tried chainfire's cf.lumen (which requires root) and it has the nasty habit of applying its filters twice when switching between portrait and landscape. I guess your app does also just overlay a transparent, tinted image over the whole screen?
I really don't want to get used to a new calibration and then find out that I have to switch back to the old one because of a drawback.
my N6 has yellow tint too...but only on the bottom part...how can i adjust only the bottom part ?is there any possible way to do it ?if i adjust my whole screen with your app there will be a difference between top and bottom ..i have this stupid yellow tint on white and grey background..on grey it is soooooooooooo bad
I'm thinking about switching from the pixel 2xl to this. I saw someone post a grey picture (OLED test) and it was horrible. The uniformity was the worse I've ever seen.
I think it's great. It's better than my old Moto g4 plus and that phone had an impressive screen as well although it was an LCD and not AMOLED. The colors are great and you won't really notice the pixels since it's 1080p and it will give a longer battery as well for that reason.
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I'm thinking about switching from the pixel 2xl to this. I saw someone post a grey picture (OLED test) and it was horrible. The uniformity was the worse I've ever seen.
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I just used Dead Pixel Test, and the uniformity is literally perfect with the Silk White edition. All colors were literally perfect.
The screen is great. It looks as good as the one on my S8+ that I just sold. You'll be extremely happy with the screen in the OP6.
I mean look at a solid grey picture and turn your brightness all the way down? Is it still "perfect" ?
Display is avarage.
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I mean look at a solid grey picture and turn your brightness all the way down? Is it still "perfect" ?
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I just used a website with the pixel test images, lowered the brightness to minimum - it's perfect, there's no change in brightness anywhere on the screen. It's perfectly uniform. Whoever posted that image got a lemon that he needs to exchange.
Are you satisfied?
Love the display coming from my s6 edge.
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I'm thinking about switching from the pixel 2xl to this. I saw someone post a grey picture (OLED test) and it was horrible. The uniformity was the worse I've ever seen.
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Looks perfect to me, can you please share the test post
Perfect screen, compared to my wife S9+ which I would give 9.8/10, I will give the OP6 a solid 9.1/10
I used to have pixel 2 xl but oneplus looks better. I didn't like the pixel because of the blue shifting
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Looks perfect to me, can you please share the test post
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Just Google grey test OLED and look for a solid grey image. Turn your brightness all the way down and see how uniformed it is
compare to my old nexus6, my new oneplus6 has significantly better Amoled screen, however it's way to narrow compare to nexus6 which missed a lot.
Also, oneplus6 screen is extremely better than my old nexus5 with that lcd garbage.
S9+ perhaps has a bit better screen than oneplus6 but it has retarded and highly inconvenient and highly uncomfortable curve which is huge deal breaker for me.
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I mean look at a solid grey picture and turn your brightness all the way down? Is it still "perfect" ?
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Just Google grey test OLED and look for a solid grey image. Turn your brightness all the way down and see how uniformed it is
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Do you want the screen to be bad or something? I googled your oled test business and used 2 different grey images from some posts that had uniformity problems from some other phones. There are zero for this screen. It looks perfectly uniform, nothing like the images for those problematic displays. This is a Silk White limited edition version of the phone. Even if there were problems with the screen in the past, they would definitely be gone for my batch of phones.
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Do you want the screen to be bad or something? I googled your oled test business and used 2 different grey images from some posts that had uniformity problems from some other phones. There are zero for this screen. It looks perfectly uniform, nothing like the images for those problematic displays. This is a Silk White limited edition version of the phone. Even if there were problems with the screen in the past, they would definitely be gone for my batch of phones.
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Calm down. I've seen pics on Reddit that were horrible. Like LCD bleed. I just didn't want to purchase if the display sucks like my pixel 2 XL. The p2xl was so bad
It's okay. Sadly I got used to the note 8 so it looks blah.
I'll have to play with a custom kernel and tweak the display.
Step up from 200 phone. Yes I can see pixels.
No Jelly effect this time?
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No Jelly effect this time?
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No.
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Just Google grey test OLED and look for a solid grey image. Turn your brightness all the way down and see how uniformed it is
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I have this problem since day 1. It looks like LCD bleeding but in an unnoticeable way. It has disturbed me while watching movies in a dark room with low brightness. Upper half of the screen seems like its too bright while the lower half seems too dark... But, no one will notice it with average brightness and lighted room..
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I have this problem since day 1. It looks like LCD bleeding but in an unnoticeable way. It has disturbed me while watching movies in a dark room with low brightness. Upper half of the screen seems like its too bright while the lower half seems too dark... But, no one will notice it with average brightness and lighted room..
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Get a replacement, your display is defective.
EDIT: I just scrolled through Westworld Season 2 Episode 3 using VLC and adjusting brightness on the way. There were about 4 dark scenes, and I couldn't see any imperfections with my display. The uniformity was perfect.
Maybe some people got some crappy ass lemons when a factory QC worker was drunk. It ain't the case here.
Case closed for this phone.
I have a Galaxy S6 with this issue where very dark grey areas of the display are displayed in a lighter colour. I first noticed this when I copied over my background from my old S5 (i.redd.it/9ot00213jzr01.png). Instead of a smooth transition from the edge of the planet to outer space (on the top side of the image), there was a VERY noticeable halo, and you could clearly see where the image transitioned into fully black pixels. This was noticeable on my old phone, but the transition was extremely smooth and so you had to look very closely at it. It's also noticeable in the Reddit app. I use AMOLED night mode, and some areas, especially when loading in a subreddit, there is a colour that looks almost exactly like black on my S5, that looks way lighter on my S6. Is this a known issue? If not, what's going on? Can I fix it?
2 screen issues annoying me on my OP 7 Pro.
1. When scrolling on a white background at lowest brightness, there's severe ghosting on anything black. This is more apparent when Night Mode is on. Night mode: More warm, less lightness. Notice the Uber and Uber Eats icons on the app drawer in (attached videos in zip folder). Notice in the Harvey's video, white letters inside the icon get covered by the ghosting around it.
I noticed this since the previous 9.6.10 build. This is still there on OxygenOS 10. Very annoying when using the phone in the dark.
2. At brightness around 30-40%, Night Mode Off, on the lock screen, notice the live wallpaper distorting on dark colors (lower left area). Video attached "lock screen".
I only noticed this since I switched live wallpaper to this particular one. I didn't check out this live wallpaper before OxygenOS 10, so I don't know if this is related to the new build or not.
Running Stable OxygenOS 10.0, 90Hz, DC dimming ON, Adaptive brightness ON, P3 color gamut. My camera is the Red Magic 3, so poor quality and 60fps video. This is much more noticeable on the OP display. Crank up brightness on your screen when viewing the videos.
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2 screen issues annoying me on my OP 7 Pro.
1. When scrolling on a white background at lowest brightness, there's severe ghosting on anything black. This is more apparent when Night Mode is on. Night mode: More warm, less lightness. Notice the Uber and Uber Eats icons on the app drawer in (attached videos in zip folder). Notice in the Harvey's video, white letters inside the icon get covered by the ghosting around it.
I noticed this since the previous 9.6.10 build. This is still there on OxygenOS 10. Very annoying when using the phone in the dark.
2. At brightness around 30-40%, Night Mode Off, on the lock screen, notice the live wallpaper distorting on dark colors (lower left area). Video attached "lock screen".
I only noticed this since I switched live wallpaper to this particular one. I didn't check out this live wallpaper before OxygenOS 10, so I don't know if this is related to the new build or not.
Running Stable OxygenOS 10.0, 90Hz, DC dimming ON, Adaptive brightness ON, P3 color gamut. My camera is the Red Magic 3, so poor quality and 60fps video. This is much more noticeable on the OP display. Crank up brightness on your screen when viewing the videos.
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All oled display have the black ghosting in low Brightness etc. Even Samsung
Reuben_skelz92 said:
All oled display have the black ghosting in low Brightness etc. Even Samsung
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I was using a GS6 for 2.5 years as my daily driver, never noticed this. Noticed it just a month into using the OP 7 Pro. Plus, the GS6 screen can get even more dim in the dark than the OP7 Pro screen.
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I was using a GS6 for 2.5 years as my daily driver, never noticed this. Noticed it just a month into using the OP 7 Pro. Plus, the GS6 screen can get even more dim in the dark than the OP7 Pro screen.
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It's an oled thing
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It's an oled thing
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Nope
I have screen burn in... I have Google maps forever etched into the bottom of my screen. ? Good thing I'm jumping onto the pixel 4xl or the next one plus pro phone.
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Nope
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It is. The extent can vary. Pixels have it more severe. The tab S4, s6 and S10 plus, mate 20 pro etc all had it. it's an oled thing
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babyboy8100 said:
I have screen burn in... I have Google maps forever etched into the bottom of my screen.
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weird thing is that on the lock screen wallpaper looks normal when you barely bring down the notification shade.