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I'm using Galaxy S7(non-edge). I'm dealing with a screen color uniformity issue (as you can see here).
I showed the device to guys at Samsung to create a technical report in order to get a replacement. But they can't even see a problem with my display. Since they didn't even bother the images I showed they asked me whether I can see a problem by playing some videos and all. But I said it's difficult to notice the problem when displaying various colors at once. Otherwise they asked me whether I can show the problem within the system(not with any images and videos). So I opened the Internet(Samsung stock browser) in 'Secret Mode' went to tabs section and displayed that screen(grey background) by closing the foreground tab. I want to confirm that there is no gradient on that screen. Can any of you guys post a screenshot of that screen?
Thanks

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?
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Brava27 said:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?
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Please send a screenshot of Internet(Samsung's stock browser) in tab view with all tabs closed in secret mode.

JovHok said:
Please send a screenshot of Internet(Samsung's stock browser) in tab view with all tabs closed in secret mode.
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Funny! I fell for it. It won't let you take a screenshot when in secret mode.

Try using HW buttons or Pixolor app please

Dude these idiots at samsung have no idea.
I had the same issue MULTIPLE TIMES!
amoled screens are not all equal and I almost always notice some minor flaw in every display.
My current one has pretty even color but there are 3 dark horizontal lines going across the screen in different areas. Kind of like shadows under the glass thats bery subtle but definitely visible when browsing stuff and scrolling up and down.
Just call and ask for a warranty replacement over the phone

Johno_Jan said:
Dude these idiots at samsung have no idea.
I had the same issue MULTIPLE TIMES!
amoled screens are not all equal and I almost always notice some minor flaw in every display.
My current one has pretty even color but there are 3 dark horizontal lines going across the screen in different areas. Kind of like shadows under the glass thats bery subtle but definitely visible when browsing stuff and scrolling up and down.
Just call and ask for a warranty replacement over the phone
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Can you send the above mentioned screenshot?

JovHok said:
Can you send the above mentioned screenshot?
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Samsung OS doesn't allow to make screenshot in incognito mode in its browser. But I can confirm, that its background has no gradient on it.

ogyct said:
Samsung OS doesn't allow to make screenshot in incognito mode in its browser. But I can confirm, that its background has no gradient on it.
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Thanks for your reply. May I know how you are able to confirm it?

Facebook app do something to stock homepage after close it with back button

I have noticed that when you want to exit from Facebook app from back button you can notice that the home screen do something like zoom or something...
Has anyone notice this? Is there any solution?

I only noticed this when I had a custom wallpaper set. When I use the wallpaper from themes it doesn't do it
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Hmm weird. It does it for me too, using KLWP (live wallpaper)

Happening to me too.. I'm using Backdrops wallpaper + Nova Launcher.

Hey guys I had some issues with my launcher as well when I first started playing with it.
Try this, it worked for me;
Settings > Display > Full Screen Apps
Enable your launcher

knifegodflux said:
Try this, it worked for me;
Settings > Display > Full Screen Apps
Enable your launcher
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Doesn't work. I use Nova Launcher and fullscreen have been enabled since day one.

its does this with all apps you know that right?
I have motion wall paper on.
It kinda zoom pops to the icon of the app that you open.
So if i

xile6 said:
its does this with all apps you know that right?
I have motion wall paper on.
It kinda zoom pops to the icon of the app that you open.
So if i
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No it doesn't. You might be talking about something else. Just tried 8 other apps and the Facebook one is the only one that does it.
I'll make a video..

The G Dept. said:
No it doesn't. You might be talking about something else. Just tried 8 other apps and the Facebook one is the only one that does it.
I'll make a video..
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ok make a video.
I guess i dont have this problem when. All my apps back out the same.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gkW3xkvTxUg&feature=youtu.be I think this stuttering is the problem when closing facebook

This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Y9zLsx1g8
Edit: oops Bautinho88 beat me to it
Also, Bautinho88, what screen recording app are you using? I tried a few and the video quality was so bad on all of them.

Like my video 3 minutes before yours
---------- Post added at 07:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:43 PM ----------
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hecorat.screenrecorder.free
There you can record in 1440p
@The G Dept.

Bautinho88 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hecorat.screenrecorder.free
There you can record in 1440p
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That's the one I played with the most when I got my S8+ and it didn't work well; crashed on me pretty often and wouldn't take the odd S8+ resolution. That was over a week ago but it seems there was an update since. I guess they fixed it for the S8+. It very works well now and quality is great. I paid for it, I'm glad they fixed whatever there was to fix :good:
Edit: I don't know how you managed to upload it in HD, @Bautinho88, but I've tried with 6 videos on both my phone (Resolution: WQHD+ / YouTube app) and my computer and the best quality I get is 480p60.

Weird that only happens when facebook is a desktop icon. It doesnt do it from the app drawer

On my video only 360p maximum.

Bautinho88 said:
On my video only 360p maximum.
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I guess YouTube takes some time before showing it in HD. When I first opened your video, all HD options were there. It's now showing all HD options on my videos now. We can get back on topic now :good:

I am having the same issue. I noticed that this only started to happen couple days ago. I didn't experience this issue with the same setup when I got the phone.

xile6 said:
Weird that only happens when facebook is a desktop icon. It doesnt do it from the app drawer
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Yep the icon being on the home page is the cause - WHY, I don't understand.. it's like the FB icon has some sort of weird properties that a regular icon doesn't have.. kind of creepy tbh.
I've been considering deleting FB for awhile.. may just finally be time.

Oops my bad, EDIT:
Facebook updated their app and fixed it, it's not doing it anymore. it's still not fixed.

The G Dept. said:
Facebook updated their app and fixed it, it's not doing it anymore.
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I have the latest version of Facebook app 2 days ago and it still doing it.. What's your version that stopped doing it?
My version is 123.0.0.18. 71

IG Stories screen problem

Hi,
Am i the only one that is having issues/problem in watching stories on Instagram? They're too large/big for the screen. It seems a Instagram bug but it's really annoying..
Anyone else?

Me too
i've the same problem...maybe dipend in screen ratio?

Yepp, Instagram has to publish an update

Yup! Its freakin irritating.

Are you guys in notch AND fullscreen mode. or just notch no fullscreen, or notchless? Or does it not matter, and problem exists in all 3 scenarios?

IG stories works fine for me?
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For me when I open an Instagram story, after the opening animation, I can see it slightly getting cropped

If the problem is that the stories are cropped by the notch go to display, full screen mode and scroll down to Whatsapp. For whatever reason Whatsapp is set automatically in full screen mode, if you select default no more cropping.

ilbert said:
If the problem is that the stories are cropped by the notch go to display, full screen mode and scroll down to Whatsapp. For whatever reason Whatsapp is set automatically in full screen mode, if you select default no more cropping.
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i have the same problem.
looks like IG is just overstretched off the screen.
Also the stretch seems like happening at the sides not at the top were the notch is.
Any solution for this?

same problem for me, also with Samsung S8 before Oneplus 6

Has there be any update on this?
It's like IG is upscaled and stretched to fit in the screen. However, parts of it are outside of the screen.

It's working for me..
But I noticed when I share stories in Instagram, the picture clarity is becoming low.. idk why..
tried uploading stories using both insta camera and op camera.. it's same.. camera clarity is becoming worse..
Anyone else having the same issue.?

Ig still doesn't support 19:9 phtots that's the reason the 16:9 stories of your friends look unscaled and vice versa. If you want your stories to appear perfect take pictures in 16:9 ratio thru the google camera or any other 3rd party app.

Guys we have to report that as much as we can (count wise), instead of discussing it here u can report the issue directly in the play store, the problem with oneplus is the number of selleings is not as much as the other gaints, means developers will care less about us, let ur voice be heard

Fixed for Honor 10
ImSerghio said:
Hi,
Am i the only one that is having issues/problem in watching stories on Instagram? They're too large/big for the screen. It seems a Instagram bug but it's really annoying..
Anyone else?
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Hide Notch and use navigation bar instead of screen.
my vid how i did it.

Using the navigation bar instead of gestures fixes it.

Same here. Oneplus 6 screen ratio is too narrow than the other phones, so the sides get cropped from others stories. Also in other phones the top and bottom portions get cropped of my stories

JuanMnz93 said:
Using the navigation bar instead of gestures fixes it.
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That's not a solution, it's a workaround.

Use navigation bar and what display size?

I have this problem too. Nothing is fixing it.

How to remove ugly drop shadows?

Recently got the Pixel 3a and love it. The only thing that bothers me, on dark wallpapers, the notification bar has a greyish backdrop under it. Is there anyway to remove this from both the home screen and the app switcher screen? Nova launcher seems to clear it from the home screen, but the app switcher still has it.
I can't attach photos to show, but just set a pure black wallpaper then look at the top of the screen.

Could you try using a different launcher? I think Nova Laumcher has a option to show/hide shadow on desktop.

tennyleaz said:
Could you try using a different launcher? I think Nova Laumcher has a option to show/hide shadow on desktop.
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Yeah, I have Nova already and it removes it from the home screen, but it's still on the app switcher screen, unfortunately.

pixelpony said:
Recently got the Pixel 3a and love it. The only thing that bothers me, on dark wallpapers, the notification bar has a greyish backdrop under it. Is there anyway to remove this from both the home screen and the app switcher screen? Nova launcher seems to clear it from the home screen, but the app switcher still has it.
I can't attach photos to show, but just set a pure black wallpaper then look at the top of the screen.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for this, but I still wanted to add, that I had my 3a sent in for repair partly for this exact behavior.
I can't link a photo atm, but on a solid black wallpaper I could see ~4 brighter bars at the top of the screen, and something similar at the bottom (like LCD/LED displays suffer from clouding, but technically impossible on an OLED). I recommend you to turn on the screen rotation of the Pixel Launcher, because it follows orientation, therefore proving it's not a hardware issue per se.
Like you said, it doesn't appear on screenshots either, so it is beyond recognition of screen capture. Another software layer maybe.
Could you also carefully check dark greys and blacks of any video? Those colors seemed to be muddy for me, especially noticeable when using a black filter dimmer in CF Lumen.
Also, I might add that my Pixel didn't have this issue for the first months, it suddenly appeared and was even gone for one day before sticking.
So yeah, I guess I had this exact issue as well, let me know if you find out anything and I'll make sure to let you know how my repair went.

pixelpony said:
Yeah, I have Nova already and it removes it from the home screen, but it's still on the app switcher screen, unfortunately.
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Try flashing this module via magisk manager and see if it is any better... modified pixel launcher.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261685832

pixelpony said:
I can't attach photos to show, but just set a pure black wallpaper then look at the top of the screen.
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Do the attached images show the issue you are talking about? Adding to my post above, that I contacted the Google support chat, and after some troubleshooting they told me to send it in for repair.
Still waiting for it to get back, it has been more than 2 weeks now (including holidays).

sysuicrash0511 said:
Do the attached images show the issue you are talking about? Adding to my post above, that I contacted the Google support chat, and after some troubleshooting they told me to send it in for repair.
Still waiting for it to get back, it has been more than 2 weeks now (including holidays).
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Yeah, you can see the grey gradient at the top. It's like a backdrop on the status bar. Yours looks a bit worse than mine though, as mine doesn't stand out as bad as yours. What that is called, is gradient banding. And I checked some dark videos for you and don't see it in videos. Also, my grey backdrop at the top doesn't have banding, it's a smooth gradient. You can google gradient banding to see examples of what it looks like.
Tulsadiver said:
Try flashing this module via magisk manager and see if it is any better... modified pixel launcher.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261685832
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I don't have a rotted device....yet. I might consider doing it soon. Is this just a custom file with the backdrops removed?

pixelpony said:
Yeah, you can see the grey gradient at the top. It's like a backdrop on the status bar. Yours looks a bit worse than mine though, as mine doesn't stand out as bad as yours. What that is called, is gradient banding. And I checked some dark videos for you and don't see it in videos. Also, my grey backdrop at the top doesn't have banding, it's a smooth gradient.
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Gotcha, I always described it as if a gradient got its color depth reduced, good to know there is an actual term for that.
And thanks for checking the greys. My whole display was affected by this issue, rendering darker tones what felt like yellowish/greenish, looking muddy.
And to reiterate, it became like this from one second to another, so if anything broke, you might be affected before noticing, because for you it looked like this from the start, from what I understood. I hadn't had a chance to compare it to another 3a, maybe that's something for you to check, just to be sure.
Still, I'll let you know when I get mine back, if the repair helped and if they found the culprit, or if I'm going crazy entirely.

pixelpony said:
I don't have a rotted device....yet. I might consider doing it soon. Is this just a custom file with the backdrops removed?
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Yes, just an edited Pixel Launcher.

Quick update as promised:
I have my 3a back and they told me they replaced the device instead of repairing it.
The banding is now gone (of course), but the drop shadow is still there, although barely noticeable. Hopefully the other suggestion worked out for you.
So thanks for telling me about banding and sorry for a possible confusion. Really glad to be back on team 3a though.

Random "yellow" screen on websites.

Hi all
Brand new to oppo so just getting used to it all.
I've noticed an annoying issue when viewing some websites. At certain points in the page, the screen turns yellow. Like a reading colour that you would maybe see in as a setting in a kindle app.
I scroll back up the page and it goes back to normal white and scroll back down and its yellow again. It's like the yellow kicks in at a specific point. ??
Feels like it's some kind of reading view setting somewhere for but life of me can't find it.
Any help appreciated. !!

rootromnoob said:
Hi all
Brand new to oppo so just getting used to it all.
I've noticed an annoying issue when viewing some websites. At certain points in the page, the screen turns yellow. Like a reading colour that you would maybe see in as a setting in a kindle app.
I scroll back up the page and it goes back to normal white and scroll back down and its yellow again. It's like the yellow kicks in at a specific point. ??
Feels like it's some kind of reading view setting somewhere for but life of me can't find it.
Any help appreciated. !!
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It's a chrome bug with chrome beta there is not this issue

PrinceLc said:
It's a chrome bug with chrome beta there is not this issue
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Still does it in chrome beta as well !!

rootromnoob said:
Still does it in chrome beta as well !!
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Try opera or Firefox

It's not something I've ever experienced. I use Chrome as my browser.

lukeaddison said:
It's not something I've ever experienced. I use Chrome as my browser.
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Me neither long time, but now showing up.
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rootromnoob said:
Hi all
Brand new to oppo so just getting used to it all.
I've noticed an annoying issue when viewing some websites. At certain points in the page, the screen turns yellow. Like a reading colour that you would maybe see in as a setting in a kindle app.
I scroll back up the page and it goes back to normal white and scroll back down and its yellow again. It's like the yellow kicks in at a specific point. ??
Feels like it's some kind of reading view setting somewhere for but life of me can't find it.
Any help appreciated. !!
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I had the same problem as you and noticed that it happened when an Ad on a website showed up.. I installed samsung internet, opera browser and chrome beta but they don't seem to have that issue. So i uninstalled chrome itself and started using beta.
Still have the problem on the youtube app. Has to do something with showing hdr content

Fix :
Go to this link in chrome ( chrome://flags )
In search section write ( dynamic color gamut )
Change it from ( Default ) to ( Disabled )
Done

KlNG said:
Fix :
Go to this link in chrome ( chrome://flags )
In search section write ( dynamic color gamut )
Change it from ( Default ) to ( Disabled )
Done
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I have this issue since a week. First i had concerns about a hardware defect. Now it is fixed. Thank you