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Anybody else getting a washed out display at times? Almost like the contrast is too low and the whites are too bright? Seems to happen more on power save mode.
We already have a few threads on this. Switch to balanced or reboot.
Same thing here
jrkart99 said:
Anybody else getting a washed out display at times? Almost like the contrast is too low and the whites are too bright? Seems to happen more on power save mode.
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Pretty old thread this, but yes, happened to my Tf700 a couple of times lately after watching a couple of iView programs. Seems OK in the morning. Rebooting straight away doesn't seem to make much difference. Good to hear if there's a fix.
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Grant
GrantCC said:
Pretty old thread this, but yes, happened to my Tf700 a couple of times lately after watching a couple of iView programs. Seems OK in the morning. Rebooting straight away doesn't seem to make much difference. Good to hear if there's a fix.
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Grant
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Asus designed it that way. Don't use power save mode and turn off the auto dimming in the asus settings.
Doesn't go dim
sbdags said:
Asus designed it that way. Don't use power save mode and turn off the auto dimming in the asus settings.
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I use it that way all the time. Doesn't go dim - as jrkart99 says - it goes too white and there's no contrast.
Hey people
Got my smart watch about 4 days ago and it was all good until tonight and now for some reason i can't see the clock anymore unless i press the power button :S i could have sworn it had a low light mode and the clock was visable ok but since tonight i can't see the time unless there's a light pointing straight at the watch. I hooked it upto the service centre thing and updated it through that but hasn't helped.
am I going mad here and just seeing things? :S
EDIT: i also noticed when i turn it off i get some weird colours appearing in the clockface some pinks/purples. i don't understand it was ok a couple of hours ago and it's been on my wrist the whole time :S
Did you try to reset the watch? Also our you have any custom clocks installed, remove them. As after reset, Sony smartwatch app will reinstall them on the watch, once the watch and the phone are connected.
On your watch, go to settings and tap reset watch.
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tried that chap loads of times and nothing tried re-installing firmware and nothing swell. no custom watchfaces installed either just the stock ones
Roxas598 said:
Hey people
Got my smart watch about 4 days ago and it was all good until tonight and now for some reason i can't see the clock anymore unless i press the power button :S i could have sworn it had a low light mode and the clock was visable ok but since tonight i can't see the time unless there's a light pointing straight at the watch. I hooked it upto the service centre thing and updated it through that but hasn't helped.
am I going mad here and just seeing things? :S
EDIT: i also noticed when i turn it off i get some weird colours appearing in the clockface some pinks/purples. i don't understand it was ok a couple of hours ago and it's been on my wrist the whole time :S
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Just to make it clear, you are not talking about the low power mode right? No backlight, but can be still seen by people in ambient light??? Maybe you should take a picture of the watch so we can clearly see what is going on.
At night my sw2 turns of the screen completely. But when I MOVE the watch it turns on the clock on the display. I think it has an accelerometer that turns off the screen when no movement is detected.
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severoprisan said:
At night my sw2 turns of the screen completely. But when I MOVE the watch it turns on the clock on the display. I think it has an accelerometer that turns off the screen when no movement is detected.
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The same for me. I think that isn't a bug, but accelerometer
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It is normal.
It is a feature to save battery when it isn't worn.
I am more curious as to the "watch (display) turns on from moving it". Does the SW2 have an accelerometer? My watch display doesn't kick on when I move it. Or was this a feature of the earlier SmartWatches?
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I am more curious as to the "watch (display) turns on from moving it". Does the SW2 have an accelerometer? My watch display doesn't kick on when I move it. Or was this a feature of the earlier SmartWatches?
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I believe SW2 does have an accelerometer. Put your watch on a table, leave it untouched for while, screen completely turns off. Not even the low power watch mode is displayed. But once you move it, low power watch comes back on (without the backlight). I observed it many times when it was charging and when left at the bed side table.
But it is not utilized for backlight function. That is a missing feature people are asking for. But I don't really need it. Just like a regular watch, I press a button to turn the light on when I can't see it in the dark.
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thearif said:
I believe SW2 does have an accelerometer. Put your watch on a table, leave it untouched for while, screen completely turns off. Not even the low power watch mode is displayed. But once you move it, low power watch comes back on (without the backlight). I observed it many times when it was charging and when left at the bed side table.
But it is not utilized for backlight function. That is a missing feature people are asking for. But I don't really need it. Just like a regular watch, I press a button to turn the light on when I can't see it in the dark.
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Wow... I didn't even notice the screen going completely black after sitting for a while. I am still on watch honeymoon, and either the watch is on my wrist or turned off and on the dresser. But sure enough, it does go into a deeper "sleep" mode and wakes up when I pick it up. Nice!
I do see that having it wake to the backlit mode would be nice but it would seem to kill the battery since when worn it would be in more constant movement. Unless they tuned the accelerometer to only wake when a more significant motion happens.
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Wow... I didn't even notice the screen going completely black after sitting for a while. I am still on watch honeymoon, and either the watch is on my wrist or turned off and on the dresser. But sure enough, it does go into a deeper "sleep" mode and wakes up when I pick it up. Nice!
I do see that having it wake to the backlit mode would be nice but it would seem to kill the battery since when worn it would be in more constant movement. Unless they tuned the accelerometer to only wake when a more significant motion happens.
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Yeah the previous iteration of smartwatch from Sony did not have always on watchface and it was a necessity. And to see the time you had to turn on the display. One way was to double tap on the watch screen to wake it up. Another way was to light up the screen by lifting your arm and turning the watch towards you. But the second way never really worked reliably.
But I don't think SW2 needs that. As we already have always on watch with great readability even in places where there little light.
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thearif said:
Just to make it clear, you are not talking about the low power mode right? No backlight, but can be still seen by people in ambient light??? Maybe you should take a picture of the watch so we can clearly see what is going on.
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Sorry for the delay! yeah seems my watch didn't have the low power mode and now it does it's just near impossible to see unless i have some light directly on the screen
Roxas598 said:
Sorry for the delay! basically sitting here in the dark i can't see the time on the display at all but i could when i first got it now I need to actually press the button to see the time :S dunno if it's just me thinking i could or not is the problem lol
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So there is nothing on the screen not even the low power mode on the watch. I don't know what to tell you boss as you have already done a reset. Maybe one thing to check is to use SUS to reflash the firmware using your pc, if you haven't done it already.
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So there is nothing on the screen not even the low power mode on the watch. I don't know what to tell you boss as you have already done a reset. Maybe one thing to check is to use SUS to reflash the firmware using your pc, if you haven't done it already.
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sorry chap i updated my post there is something on the screen but it's impossible to see without some sort of light source on it makes it kinda annoying to use could have sworn it wasn't when i first got it but figured i'd ask anyway!
Roxas598 said:
sorry chap i updated my post there is something on the screen but it's impossible to see without some sort of light source on it makes it kinda annoying to use could have sworn it wasn't when i first got it but figured i'd ask anyway!
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No problem. I never considered the low power hard to see. But I guess most of the time I am in well lit places
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Hi,
I have a Z3 and it happens from time to time randomly.
The screen would seems washed out in "grey" somehow...
For example,
I use the Dark theme for LINE application. Normally it would be pretty Dark Grey. But when it happens, it becomes Light Grey.
It is not only happening in just this application, but in all other application as well.
I took a screenshot of it while it's washed out. Then I took another screenshot of it while it's normal.
When I compare both of the screenshots. Both of them look EXACTLY the same... So I guess it's not a software problem but a screen hardware problem instead?
Not sure if any of you have this issue?
It's hard to explain, hope it was clear enough....
Thanks in advance!
Try to turn off X-Reality in display settings. See how it goes.
I tried it and even restarted my phone. Still the same
dashrink said:
Try to turn off X-Reality in display settings. See how it goes.
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MagicHunta said:
Hi,
I have a Z3 and it happens from time to time randomly.
The screen would seems washed out in "grey" somehow...
For example,
I use the Dark theme for LINE application. Normally it would be pretty Dark Grey. But when it happens, it becomes Light Grey.
It is not only happening in just this application, but in all other application as well.
I took a screenshot of it while it's washed out. Then I took another screenshot of it while it's normal.
When I compare both of the screenshots. Both of them look EXACTLY the same... So I guess it's not a software problem but a screen hardware problem instead?
Not sure if any of you have this issue?
It's hard to explain, hope it was clear enough....
Thanks in advance!
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my guess is, it's simply the display brightness which is automatically set
Everyone has this problem I also have its software related and Sony has to fix it, it mostly happened with whatsapp and soundenhancement app in Lollipop it seemed fixed
I have the same exact problem. Turning the screen off and on fixes it temporarily. I thought it was a hardware issue at first.
dontbelive said:
Everyone has this problem I also have its software related and Sony has to fix it, it mostly happened with whatsapp and soundenhancement app in Lollipop it seemed fixed
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Oh really? I thought it was a hardware issue as both screenshots looked exactly the same though they were suppose to be different. Thanks for the heads up!
Aronuser said:
my guess is, it's simply the display brightness which is automatically set
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I'm sure it's not the brightness.... I tried changing the brightness and even unchecking Auto. Still the same.
oSandmaNo said:
I have the same exact problem. Turning the screen off and on fixes it temporarily. I thought it was a hardware issue at first.
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Yes that's exactly my problem! Turning screen off and on fixes it temporarily.... You thought it was a hardware issue at first? So it's actually a software issue? Have you found a fix already?
MagicHunta said:
Oh really? I thought it was a hardware issue as both screenshots looked exactly the same though they were suppose to be different. Thanks for the heads up!
I'm sure it's not the brightness.... I tried changing the brightness and even unchecking Auto. Still the same.
Yes that's exactly my problem! Turning screen off and on fixes it temporarily.... You thought it was a hardware issue at first? So it's actually a software issue? Have you found a fix already?
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I adjusted the white balance a bit and my display hasnt been washed out so far.
oSandmaNo said:
I adjusted the white balance a bit and my display hasnt been washed out so far.
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Hmmm i played with white balance, and i still get the washed out from time to time... is it really not a hardware issue?
MagicHunta said:
Hmmm i played with white balance, and i still get the washed out from time to time... is it really not a hardware issue?
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I dont think its a hardware issue as it gets fixed after turning the screen off and on. It's definitely a software issue.
Its back in lollipop!! This is frustrating
After turning on power saving mode then turning it off, brightness is changing when opening some apps like dialer and google chrome. Similar to EMUI 4.1 when power mode was set to smart but it is happening even when off in EMUI 5.
Before turning on power saving mode for the first time, brightness was always constant.
spix123 said:
After turning on power saving mode then turning it off, brightness is changing when opening some apps like dialer and google chrome. Similar to EMUI 4.1 when power mode was set to smart but it is happening even when off in EMUI 5.
Before turning on power saving mode for the first time, brightness was always constant.
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It's a known issue and was reported over a month ago on b317.
It happens without ever using power saver on some phones
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clsA said:
It's a known issue and was reported over a month ago on b317.
It happens without ever using power saver on some phones
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In emui 4.1, brightness is supposed to reduce in some apps whilst set to 'smart'
In emui 5 when you enabled power saving mode, it reduces the overall brightness. But when you turn it off, the overall brightness goes back to normal but now the brightness is acting like it did in emui 4.1 whilst set to smart. It reduces in some apps. Tried restarting phone but doing the same thing.
I'm using Chinese rom b368 released 2 days ago
clsA said:
It's a known issue and was reported over a month ago on b317.
It happens without ever using power saver on some phones
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Is there any fix? Really annoying me every time I open up chrome the brightness changes, then again when you exit it. How do bugs like this even get past testing, so obvious.
Also is your option for reducing screen resolution working? Doesn't seem to do anything for me, worked fine in 4.1. Now it just stays at 1920x1080 when I enable it instead of dropping to 1280x720
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Also is your option for reducing screen resolution working? Doesn't seem to do anything for me, worked fine in 4.1. Now it just stays at 1920x1080 when I enable it instead of dropping to 1280x720
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Not working, noticed that too!
This is probably due to the fact that EMUI 5 is still in it's Beta stage and has allot of bugs that need to be ironed out before it's commercial release.
DarkGuyver said:
This is probably due to the fact that EMUI 5 is still in it's Beta stage and has allot of bugs that need to be ironed out before it's commercial release.
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On second thought I believe that screen brightness and connected power management is managed much worse then under EMUI 4. Power saving is accessible only through settings and it takes over screen brightness management completely. Besides it doesn't work well.
piskr said:
On second thought I believe that screen brightness and connected power management is managed much worse then under EMUI 4. Power saving is accessible only through settings and it takes over screen brightness management completely. Besides it doesn't work well.
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Hopefully the actual release of Nougat with fixes these problems.
@spix123 putting brightness too 100% works as a temp workaround
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@spix123 putting brightness too 100% works as a temp workaround
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Yep but that's no go indoors, personally I always leave brightness at around 60% unless its really bright outside
spix123 said:
Yep but that's no go indoors, personally I always leave brightness at around 60% unless its really bright outside
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I did it, you get use to it pretty quickly
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DarkGuyver said:
This is probably due to the fact that EMUI 5 is still in it's Beta stage and has allot of bugs that need to be ironed out before it's commercial release.
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I'm on the very latest China release which is much more frequent than international and the bug is still there. Hopefully its not one of those bugs that people aren't reporting enough and will be stuck in it for months
Where can I fill bug reports. Those things are annoying.
Brand new phone, updated to nougat throu HiCare. Brightness in chrome, gmail and file manager changes every time when I open them. Also the powersaving option with lower resolution doesnt work for me either.
spix123 said:
After turning on power saving mode then turning it off, brightness is changing when opening some apps like dialer and google chrome. Similar to EMUI 4.1 when power mode was set to smart but it is happening even when off in EMUI 5.
Before turning on power saving mode for the first time, brightness was always constant.
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I have the same issue, did you fix it?
I realized that lowest brightness level in EUMI 5 is brighter than in EUMI 4.1 ??
Really stupid bug that shows how poor emui developers are. Still in latest chinese developer rom, no sign that developers are even aware of the problem. Don't know how so few little people are reporting this, must be blind.
It should only happen when power saving mode is enabled like it did in older emui.
It causes so many problems. I have screen set to my preferred brightness then it dims so much when I open browser that I have to increase brightness every time. The only work around is to use 100% brightness all the time, then it does not dim the screen but this just a stupid waste of battery and bad for your eyes indoors.
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It's a known issue and was reported over a month ago on b317.
It happens without ever using power saver on some phones
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Is it still there on latest EU rom?
I'm using latest chinese developer updated yesterday and still happening
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Is it still there on latest EU rom?
I'm using latest chinese developer updated yesterday and still happening
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Yeah its still there on emui 5.0 and 5.1 i have mate 9 pro and p10 plus and both of them has the same issues
Ok, now we are in november and the problem persists -_-
So I notice something funky today
I'm on Nov sec patch
Dark theme on
If I open the dialler the themes is grey
However if I bring brightness to <50%
Lock my screen then unlock it the theme / colour goes almost purple?
I tried taking screenshots but the result is the same grey colour
Anyone else experiencing this?
Yes, it's the way the screen works at the moment. Its why the 90htz was only used at higher brightness levels, but they tried to please the people complaining about it (Nov patch) and here we are.
So yes it's "normal" behavior for now.
nadiros said:
Yes, it's the way the screen works at the moment. Its why the 90htz was only used at higher brightness levels, but they tried to please the people complaining about it (Nov patch) and here we are.
So yes it's "normal" behavior for now.
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Thank you
Guess I can deal with it until they come out with a fix
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Yes, it's the way the screen works at the moment. Its why the 90htz was only used at higher brightness levels, but they tried to please the people complaining about it (Nov patch) and here we are.
So yes it's "normal" behavior for now.
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Will never please everyone. People will always find a reason to b**ch.
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But this shouldn't happen. The 90hz isn't an excuse. It's a bug. The OnePlus didn't ever have this issue .
I've turned always on display and the issue goes away, but if I get a notification the horrible green returns, I turn the screen off and back on and it goes back to normal ...no tint. It's a really fustrating and rubbish bug
Reuben_skelz92 said:
But this shouldn't happen. The 90hz isn't an excuse. It's a bug. The OnePlus didn't ever have this issue .
I've turned always on display and the issue goes away, but if I get a notification the horrible green returns, I turn the screen off and back on and it goes back to normal ...no tint. It's a really fustrating and rubbish bug
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Neither running Smooth Display Option, nor on Force 90 Hz does this purple tint happen on my XL. Tested in pitch black surrounding.
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5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Neither running Smooth Display Option, nor on Force 90 Hz does this purple tint happen on my XL. Tested in pitch black surrounding.
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Mines green lol
Reuben_skelz92 said:
Mines green lol
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Are you running the XL, or the standard 4!?
5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Neither running Smooth Display Option, nor on Force 90 Hz does this purple tint happen on my XL. Tested in pitch black surrounding.
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Take off force 90hz just leave smooth display on
No aod, or motion sense and no adaptive brightness or ambient eq
Put the brightness down in a dark room, open the dialler, lock the screen the unlock it
I just tried it on 3 pixel 4xls and all had the same thing
You can see the color change back when you put the brightness back up
Sometimes it doesn't stick but changes back pretty quick
At times it gets stuck purple ish
virtyx said:
Take off force 90hz just leave smooth display on
No aod, or motion sense and no adaptive brightness or ambient eq
Put the brightness down in a dark room, open the dialler, lock the screen the unlock it
I just tried it on 3 pixel 4xls and all had the same thing
You can see the color change back when you put the brightness back up
Sometimes it doesn't stick but changes back pretty quick
At times it gets stuck purple ish
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I can even notice it in normal brightness now, and gets worse as it dims. I've got AOD off. Sometimes the green is there other times I turn screen off and on its not, it's not normal
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Are you running the XL, or the standard 4!?
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4 xl
Reuben_skelz92 said:
I can even notice it in normal brightness now, and gets worse as it dims. I've got AOD off. Sometimes the green is there other times I turn screen off and on its not, it's not normal
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Hopefully Google can fix it with a patch
I guess that's why they disabled 90hz under 75% brightness originally
virtyx said:
Take off force 90hz just leave smooth display on
No aod, or motion sense and no adaptive brightness or ambient eq
Put the brightness down in a dark room, open the dialler, lock the screen the unlock it
I just tried it on 3 pixel 4xls and all had the same thing
You can see the color change back when you put the brightness back up
Sometimes it doesn't stick but changes back pretty quick
At times it gets stuck purple ish
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I know how to do it, and as I stated, I can't seem to replicate it on my 4XL. Brightness was at 15% when I tried it yesterday evening after sundown and in absolute darkness of my bedroom. Didn't test it prior to November Patch, so I can't tell if I had it previously.
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Hopefully Google can fix it with a patch
I guess that's why they disabled 90hz under 75% brightness originally
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Maybe but I don't believe it's hardware limitations or the OnePlus would be the same or the green tint would be there all the time. Debating wether to get the 7t pro or try another 4 XL but it's driving me nuts. Why Google why lok
Reuben_skelz92 said:
Maybe but I don't believe it's hardware limitations or the OnePlus would be the same or the green tint would be there all the time. Debating wether to get the 7t pro or try another 4 XL but it's driving me nuts. Why Google why lok
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Definitely software
Calibration curve is Off At lower brightness
Ievery pixel 4xl I have seen (so far 6) have the same thing going on
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Definitely software
Calibration curve is Off At lower brightness
Ievery pixel 4xl I have seen (so far 6) have the same thing going on
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Software or not it's doing my head in and noticeable most of the time. Might try another unit just in case
Reuben_skelz92 said:
Software or not it's doing my head in and noticeable most of the time. Might try another unit just in case
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Yeah definitely!
Sometimes I notice it switches back to normal but most of the time it doesn't
I walked. into my local phone Shop and they had about 3 on display and It was persistent on all of them
I even showed the store assistant he was just as baffled as me haha
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Yeah definitely!
Sometimes I notice it switches back to normal but most of the time it doesn't
I walked. into my local phone Shop and they had about 3 on display and It was persistent on all of them
I even showed the store assistant he was just as baffled as me haha
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Why do Google have to mess up something. It bothers me enough to not have one ???
Reuben_skelz92 said:
Why do Google have to mess up something. It bothers me enough to not have one ???
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It's probably not going to be fixed until next month by the earliest. So either you have to put up with it or return it and get a different device. Sounds like returning it will be your best route cuase it seems to bothering you to the point where it's starting to cause stress/distress in your life and nothing is worth that honestly.
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It's probably not going to be fixed until next month by the earliest. So either you have to put up with it or return it and get a different device. Sounds like returning it will be your best route cuase it seems to bothering you to the point where it's starting to cause stress/distress in your life and nothing is worth that honestly.
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Ive ordered the OnePlus 7t to see how I get on..got from Amazon so easy returns. Although some of it I think it software, I don't think the quality panels of these are that great overall . I will get a pixel replacement too
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Ive ordered the OnePlus 7t to see how I get on..got from Amazon so easy returns. Although some of it I think it software, I don't think the quality panels of these are that great overall . I will get a pixel replacement too
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Good luck! I'm tired of the exchange game for oleds, it's very tiring. Did it with the Pixel 2 and now the galaxy tab 6 and did it once for this device for the purple hue and I just want to stop now. All the back and forth with Google support just saps the life right out of my body. Then having to pack everything up and set it all up put another screen protector. I still have a tab s6 with uniformity issues that doesn't show up in normal usage so I just gave up lol.. Years ago I would of kept going until I got perfection/near perfection with the chance of possibly having Amazon blacklist my account from all the returns/exchanges.