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Hey guys,
I decided that I want to have a simple clock app running at night when my phone is plugged in. I searched the market and found a lot of options; some with some cool features like "shake or tap to read time" and some with a flashlight built in.
Anyway, do I need to be concerned about "burn-in" with the One XL's screen? (I didn't see any apps where the time bounced around like an old school screensaver on a CRT monitor!) I'm guessing this just isn't an issue with these screens, but I wanted to make sure.
Finally, does anybody have an app they like for this? Or a specific feature to look for?
Thanks!
Billy
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From my understanding, at least for TV screens and computer monitors, LCDs don't technically "burn-in" like old CRT screens. But what can happen is called image persistence. Pretty similar to burn-in, where displaying a constant image for a long time period will leave a "ghost" image on the screen. But the difference with LCDs, is that the effect is reversible. Usually, turning the screen off, and/or playing constantly changing images for several hours will correct the persistent image. LCDs are much more resistant to image persistence that CRTs are to burn-in. And newer LCDs are even more protected than older ones. But none are completely immune, AFAIK. So screen savers aren't just for old school CRT monitors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence
Not sure if the display on this phone is different from LCD TVs, as there seem to be a wide array of LCD subcategories.
Sounds like you are considering using a clock app that keeps the screen on all night? Not sure if having the screen on all night (then off for most of the day) is enough to cause image persistence. There may be people on here that do it, that may be able to comment. But I personally would probably avoid it. Using the shake or tap to read functions you mentioned is probably a good idea.
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Try desk clock plus it has the night clock and it moves around the screen and it actually a very nice app anyways.
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I purchased a Nexus 5 within the past month. I love the ease of use and general setup, and although I selected red online, the phone itself is caution orange - but I quite like it as it's easy to find.
However, the screen makes me incredibly nauseous within minutes of use. I have tried dimming the lights and increasing the font size, but it does not make a difference. The screen itself makes me incredibly sick. After searching online, I learned that others have experienced the same symptoms after using certain Android phones. Why is this happening? I presume it is related to the LCD screen. Thanks...this phone was expensive.
I had the same problem but for me it was mostly after some intense gaming. I guess I just got used to it after a while cause it does not happen anymore. Some times it was so bad I thought I was gonna throw up.
Just wear sun glasses when Flashing and you will be cured!
Hard to say what's going on. My first guess is that it's the refresh rate on the screen.
Screen makes u nauseatic?
Flash makes u celebrity
Maybe its the animal porn you're watching? ?
But seriously, maybe flash a kernel with colour control and change the gamma values?
dgreenfi said:
I purchased a Nexus 5 within the past month. I love the ease of use and general setup, and although I selected red online, the phone itself is caution orange - but I quite like it as it's easy to find.
However, the screen makes me incredibly nauseous within minutes of use. I have tried dimming the lights and increasing the font size, but it does not make a difference. The screen itself makes me incredibly sick. After searching online, I learned that others have experienced the same symptoms after using certain Android phones. Why is this happening? I presume it is related to the LCD screen. Thanks...this phone was expensive.
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Are you using any screen protectors?
I have got this before, but that was switching from LCD to Amoled phones. Nexus 5 is LCD so there shouldn't be a problem.
If I use the matte type of screen protectors where colors are distorted, then the screen will actually make me dizzy.
I think it could happen with any phone, though bigger screens probably don't help. From what I can tell its usually caused by the difference between your eyes looking at the screen and your peripheral vision seeing everything around and behind your phone. I know some people who feel nauseous when using any 3"+ screen mobile and moving, so walking or in a vehicle even.
If that's the case you might be able to mitigate the issue by holding the screen closer to your face, but I don't think it's anything Android specific. Certainly not Nexus 5 specific.
It was big news when iOS7 launched. The culprit were the animations. Maybe reducing animations scale to .5x or .25x would help.
Hey everyone, I'm planning on buying a new phone and I would like to get for the first time one with an AMOLED screen, probably a Galaxy S6/S7. However, I'm pretty worried about the possibility of the screen getting burn-ins over time, as I plan to use the phone for at least 2 years and I can't say much about warranty, as most probably I will get an already used phone.
My main concern is related to static images, especially static UI elements, such as those from chat apps, web browsers or even games which have parts of the screen constantly displaying the same things. I am a moderately active phone user, using it 4-5 hours daily on average.
I plan on taking some basic preventions, like hiding the status bar often and keeping the screen off when not using the phone, but what about the static elements I mentioned above?
I also have a few other related questions:
-The burn-in of a part of the screen does especially occur after one long displaying of a static image or after repeatedly displaying the same image in the same place over time (such as the buttons in a chat app, which is very often used) ?
- Would displaying a kind of screensaver 1-2 times a week, for a few hours, which alternates between colours displayed one at a time on the entire screen, help prevent burn-in?
- What other easy tips could I apply regularly in order to prevent it as much as possible?
This is the only thing that has me considering still getting an LCD phone, as I don't want these preventions to become tiresome. Please, share your answers and personal experiences with me, I really want to make a wise choice. Thanks!
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Hey everyone, I'm planning on buying a new phone and I would like to get for the first time one with an AMOLED screen, probably a Galaxy S6/S7. However, I'm pretty worried about the possibility of the screen getting burn-ins over time, as I plan to use the phone for at least 2 years and I can't say much about warranty, as most probably I will get an already used phone.
My main concern is related to static images, especially static UI elements, such as those from chat apps, web browsers or even games which have parts of the screen constantly displaying the same things. I am a moderately active phone user, using it 4-5 hours daily on average.
I plan on taking some basic preventions, like hiding the status bar often and keeping the screen off when not using the phone, but what about the static elements I mentioned above?
I also have a few other related questions:
-The burn-in of a part of the screen does especially occur after one long displaying of a static image or after repeatedly displaying the same image in the same place over time (such as the buttons in a chat app, which is very often used) ?
- Would displaying a kind of screensaver 1-2 times a week, for a few hours, which alternates between colours displayed one at a time on the entire screen, help prevent burn-in?
- What other easy tips could I apply regularly in order to prevent it as much as possible?
This is the only thing that has me considering still getting an LCD phone, as I don't want these preventions to become tiresome. Please, share your answers and personal experiences with me, I really want to make a wise choice. Thanks!
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I would post links to pages listing precautionary/preventative measures but I think it would be best if you did what I did. Do a Google search for:
"How to prevent burn in amoled"
It will give you many articles, guides and suggestions to read to learn different ways to reduce burn in.
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Droidriven said:
I would post links to pages listing precautionary/preventative measures but I think it would be best if you did what I did. Do a Google search for:
"How to prevent burn in amoled"
It will give you many articles, guides and suggestions to read to learn different ways to reduce burn in.
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What have been your experiences with AMOLED so far, have you got any visible burn-ins under regular usage and basic cautionary measures?
alx790 said:
What have been your experiences with AMOLED so far, have you got any visible burn-ins under regular usage and basic cautionary measures?
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I have an S3 that has a little bit of burn in but it's barely perceivable, it's 3 years old, I didn't use precautionary measures.
None of my other devices have burn in but I haven't used them as much either.
When I said "it would be best for you to do what I did", I meant the Google search, I used those search terms and found a lot of information giving tips to reduce burn in. That's why I suggested you do the same search.
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Here's something odd I have noticed with the screen.
Whenever I use the phone in direct sunlight or in bright lighting, the contrast of the screen will rise to oddly high levels. While having black colours on the screen I can clearly notice this contrast change. I've turned off auto brightness, but I have no idea how I could disable this "auto contrast" function.
Is this something Sony has purposely done to help the screens readability in bright lighting or is there something wrong with my device? Have you guys experienced this?
This has been happening on my Z3+ and Z5 Premium and I hate how it looks! Lux use to fix it but doesn't seem to work on this phone
Yup even I have this issue I don't understand why it happens
That's Qualcomms Assertive Display.
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2...ay-power-efficient-technology-thats-easy-eyes
It works as intended.
so is there a way to disable this feature?
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so is there a way to disable this feature?
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Nope.
I had this same issue with my Z4 tablet till I flashed linage os. When in direct sunlight if I press over the light sensor it goes away and the brightness still stays high.
gawd, i thought i was the only one. so it's not an issue with the phone then? was almost ready to return my unit.
It's just another piece of technological fluff being thrust on us without our permission to supposedly fill a need that doesn't exist!
Quite frankly I am getting sick-and-tired of paying major $$$$ for a tool that may stop working as expected ( and needed ) just because of the latest update/patch. Now we are getting buggy crap built into the hardware itself! This has to STOP!
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It's just another piece of technological fluff being thrust on us without our permission to supposedly fill a need that doesn't exist!
Quite frankly I am getting sick-and-tired of paying major $$$$ for a tool that may stop working as expected ( and needed ) just because of the latest update/patch. Now we are getting buggy crap built into the hardware itself! This has to STOP!
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It's not a bug though, and works very well...
The whole idea is to max out the brightness, and increase the contrast to make things easier to see on the screen. It's so good, you can see text in direct sunlight because of this this technology.
It's also seen on high end laptops and iPads, too (I believe), but I've never seen it work as fast than the XZ P, it's really amazing, and well done to Qualcomm for developing it.
So calm down. It's a great usability feature that benefits everyone and has zero drawbacks. (You can't expecting to see perfect colours and contrast when you are standing in bright, sunny conditions)
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It's not a bug though, and works very well...
The whole idea is to max out the brightness, and increase the contrast to make things easier to see on the screen. It's so good, you can see text in direct sunlight because of this this technology.
It's also seen on high end laptops and iPads, too (I believe), but I've never seen it work as fast than the XZ P, it's really amazing, and well done to Qualcomm for developing it.
So calm down. It's a great usability feature that benefits everyone and has zero drawbacks. (You can't expecting to see perfect colours and contrast when you are standing in bright, sunny conditions)
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sony itself admitted it as a bug and collected bug reports from users to comeup with a fix and they fixed it with one of the MM builds for z4 & z5p . worst part is, it returned with nougat builds and has been reported by lots of users under nougat bugs ....which is all over there in support forums /// qualcomn assertive display tech must work in another way coz colors gets washed out upto an extent where it cant recover even after the device brought under normal lighting conditions //
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sony itself admitted it as a bug and collected bug reports from users to comeup with a fix and they fixed it with one of the MM builds for z4 & z5p . worst part is, it returned with nougat builds and has been reported by lots of users under nougat bugs ....which is all over there in support forums /// qualcomn assertive display tech must work in another way coz colors gets washed out upto an extent where it cant recover even after the device brought under normal lighting conditions //
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Huh?? I'm so confused.... This is not the Z4 or Z5P we are talking about here.
How are the colours getting washed out to a point of no return? This is XZ Premium, and this tech has been built in and put on the spec sheets. It certainly doesn't seem like a bug, and if they ever removed it then that would be a step backwards.
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Huh?? I'm so confused.... This is not the Z4 or Z5P we are talking about here.
How are the colours getting washed out to a point of no return? This is XZ Premium, and this tech has been built in and put on the spec sheets. It certainly doesn't seem like a bug, and if they ever removed it then that would be a step backwards.
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Well I personally dislike it. You have some great points I cant fault. They all explain the pros of the feature. I just dislike it because blacks become grey. Thats what annoys me like they become very grey. It looks horrible. Thats something I will fault in terms of the feature. That irritates me when I see jagged text and super-bright greys in my quick settings panel. This shouldnt occur.
I used my Z2 with the brightness low and I used kcal to reduce it even more, I could still visibly see the display under sunlight, where I couldnt id just shield it away.
Yeah its not a bad feature but its not a good one either. Best thing is if they came up with a way to toggle it on and off. I remeber on my Z4 tablet when the sun would shine through the window it would activate the feature. At least it isnt this sensitive with the XZP, my Z4 tablet was on marshmallow back then though.
If this feature were to be toggled by the user under display settings then id understand its usage more. At the moment we have no choice but to use it. Were forced to use qualcomms feature the majority of us dont like.
is this the same as experiencing flickering on the screen when you put the phone from a brightly lit room to a dimly lit room? i've had that issue several times already while an app is open and i move from direct light to my room where the light is off.
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Huh?? I'm so confused.... This is not the Z4 or Z5P we are talking about here.
How are the colours getting washed out to a point of no return? This is XZ Premium, and this tech has been built in and put on the spec sheets. It certainly doesn't seem like a bug, and if they ever removed it then that would be a step backwards.
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Adaptive brightness bug has been there from z series!! I just wondered wen I heard about this with xz premium (as I planned to get one but Sony has already started their degradation procedures with this device) and how users got confused to consider it as a bug or a feature!! This tech has been using In other models too!! I never heard of this issue on Xperia x And on other qualcomn devices with this feature or bug! Search for Adaptive brightness bug or issue on talk forums!! U Wil find all the info regarding this bug!! The only solution is to disable Adaptive brightness!! this issue hasn't occurred only in xzp!! It was been there and Sony behaves non existent on some issues like distortion and this ad bug
If u see ---- increase readability under sunlight option under developer options.. Toggle it off.. It will fix!! But AFAIK no Z or X series hav this option for nw!!
Seems it was there from z3 _
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z3/Auto-Brightness-affecting-darker-color/td-p/913872
And here is the response from support wer they admitted that it's not a feature but an issue!!
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...htness-quot-generates-color/m-p/1053628#M1536
SamDH1 said:
It's not a bug though, and works very well...
The whole idea is to max out the brightness, and increase the contrast to make things easier to see on the screen. It's so good, you can see text in direct sunlight because of this this technology.
It's also seen on high end laptops and iPads, too (I believe), but I've never seen it work as fast than the XZ P, it's really amazing, and well done to Qualcomm for developing it.
So calm down. It's a great usability feature that benefits everyone and has zero drawbacks. (You can't expecting to see perfect colours and contrast when you are standing in bright, sunny conditions)
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No I am NOT going to calm down! I am not having the problem but many are because for whatever reason it is not working properly.
Just go to ANY smart phone forum...take your pick....and you will find numerous complaints about all sorts of issues. Many are about the camera but the camera is not essential to the functioning of the phone as it was originally designed...as a communications device. But when your screen goes haywire, or your wifi stops working, or your LTE signal is so weak that you have to use 3G, and this happens on all cell phones...... and we are paying major $$$$$ for these things. then EVERYTHING that is included in the phone MUST WORK AS ADVERTISED!
What do you do when your car, or TV, or any other item you bought for big $$$$$ doesn't work as advertised, just accept it as "that's ok, that's the way it goes"? Not me! If these manufacturers can't make all these features work together seamlessly and accurately, then they need to stop putting so much into one device! Clearly they do NOT care about us... all they care about is selling the next greatest phone and just throw the "old" one in the trash! If we just consider the reason for the cell phone to exist in the first place.... as a mobile communications device....which in itself is a marvel of engineering....then every cell phone in the last five years or more works just as good as any new one released today. Heck even the very first cell phones can still do email, texting, GPS, wifi, bluetooth, and even make an actual phone call. Granted, there have been improvements in many areas regarding speed and accuracy. But now we are worried about 4K screens with 4K videos, and virtual reality and watching movies.... None of these things should even be on a cell PHONE! But they are and now we are stuck with shoddy implementations that conflict with the basic functioning of the device. And then Google releases another new OS while the two previous ones still have bugs. It is out of control.
OK, rant over for today. That was fun. Now where did I put that flame suit?
On to another debate. :good:
jaseman said:
and we are paying major $$$$$ for these things. then EVERYTHING that is included in the phone MUST WORK AS ADVERTISED!
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Great news for you; it's working as advertised.
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MUST WORK AS ADVERTISED!
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Calm down. It's working as advertised and it is a feature. Don't like it? Get a new phone from a different brand; then watch how the same thing will happen. When that happens, rant again in that device's respective forum.
I can see why Sony would want it to tweak the contrast, but on my older HTC phones the colours aren't fiddled with when using auto-brightness, only the backlight's brightness. On the Z5 it was a bit buggy in the older software builds where it would appear too bright or washed out on the lockscreen but they appear to have fixed it. What doesn't really make sense is that the black backgrounds of Spotify or Poweramp appear grey/purple when it detects daylight. Wouldn't it make more sense to make the darker parts of the image darker to enhance the contast?
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It is great feature, but it don't work as it should. Why then contrast is changing while I'm reading same page under same conditions, so I'm not moving and light intensity around me is the same? For example, I have Nokia 1020 and this feature works flawlessly! If it is sunny, display is very bright, if is not it is opposite.
Given that this phone has an AMOLED screen, has anybody had a lot of burn-in on the screen?
If so, what is it, and how bad is it? I am thinking of buying a Pixel, but will most likely keep it for a number of years, and want to know what I can expect.
Cheers.
scutworker said:
Given that this phone has an AMOLED screen, has anybody had a lot of burn-in on the screen?
If so, what is it, and how bad is it? I am thinking of buying a Pixel, but will most likely keep it for a number of years, and want to know what I can expect.
Cheers.
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I don't think screen burn in is as bigger issue as it was a few years ago. I've only had the device for about 9 months but there are zero signs of burn in.
I remember having an early Galaxy S model and that was burning in after a few months.
I have heard of people having burn in with the pixels display after like 3 months (which i find hard to believe) but no burn in here.
Tbh first generation of Pixels are known for having screen burns. It's pretty common and not only with Pixel but with all phones with AMOLED screens.
scutworker said:
Given that this phone has an AMOLED screen, has anybody had a lot of burn-in on the screen?
If so, what is it, and how bad is it? I am thinking of buying a Pixel, but will most likely keep it for a number of years, and want to know what I can expect.
Cheers.
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are you planning to run a custom rom? if you are then there's a carbonrom developed feature that some roms have adapted such as Dirty Unicorns which has screen burn-in protection that shifts the pixels on the screen ever so slightly and you can set it to how often it does that just to prevent burn-in. That's how samsung does it on their newer devices. You won't notice anything at all. I have had my pixel since fabruary and haven't noticed any burn-in. Burnin happens if you have something static on your amoled screen over time. Anyway I'm rocking Dirty Unicorns rom which has adapted carbonroms feature and it's been great, not something I think about really but a great safety. Wish google had implemented it as default. (edit: the feature is called smart pixels and within that option there's an option called screen burn-in protection).
Most burn-in on AMOLED or POLED screens can be seen along the navigation bar. Part of the problem is Google using a black bar down there so those pixels don't get as much burn as the rest of the screen. It bothers some people more than others. Running brightness too high also doesn't help.
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