On my E4GT, when I turn the display brightness really low with my ScreenDim app, and then look at something (e.g., a PDF file) which fills the screen with a white background (and black text), while being in a dark room, I can see that the middle third of the screen is slightly pinkish, forming a pinkish vertical stripe, instead of white.
Does anyone else have the issue? If you want to try to see if yours has the issue, you can use ScreenFilter and turn the brightness really low, or you can use the free ScreenDim Trial and set to 25% or a bit lower (in Easy Mode). I'm wondering if I should return the phone to the store, or if they're all like this.
Does the lack of replies mean that I am the only one having the problem?
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Does the lack of replies mean that I am the only one having the problem?
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LOL, good for you for being persistent AR.
I tested this for you on mine and I'd say mine is a little over half on the left side as what you described.
Edit: Title is a little misleading but your initial comment about the whole left side of the screen seems to be correct.
Sounds like a symptom of the application. I have not seen a single et4g with a pink line/screen come through my service and repair centers.
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Sounds like a symptom of the application. I have not seen a single et4g with a pink line/screen come through my service and repair centers.
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This is something you wouldn't normally see in a stock scenario. The lighting app allows for drawing the screen down below 25% and the discoloration is very faint. I wouldn't probably have even noticed it unless I was asked specifically to look for it.
I don't think AR was pointing it out as a problem. He was probably just curious if anyone else could duplicate it using the same setup (well, and to make sure he wasn't really having an issue too I suppose ).
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[/LEFT]eeeeeeek;26299088]Sounds like a symptom of the application. I have not seen a single et4g with a pink line/screen come through my service and repair centers.
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No, I don't think it's a software problem. The app lowers screen brightness to the lowest level allowed by the OS and then draws a light gray overlay over the screen. The device isn't rooted and the app uses standard documented apis. None of this should produce a nonuniform effect like this stripe. In theory, the same issue should come up if one turns the brightness to a minimum with the OS settings and them loads a light gray image. I'll see if I can produce it.
Also, you only see the effect well if you are in a quite dark room. But since I like to read in the dark, this matters to me. If all units have this, I'll live with it. But if it's only mine, I want it to be fixed.
This issue is one of the reasons I haven't rooted: I may need to return the unit.
You are right. I would want to know if it is my phone or not before I make a decision to have it replaced. What if the replacement phone not only has the same issue, but a couple of new ones as well?
Here's a test that doesn't require any special app.
Turn off automatic brightness and set brightness to minimum.
Then view this test image with the browser
http://pruss.mobi/test/A0.jpg
Zoom until it fills the screen. Go into a dark closet or other windowless room without lights. View the screen from different angles. To me, the discoloration is most visible if I view it in portrait mode, straight on. It disappears if I tilt the screen side-to-side a bit. Here is an attached copy:
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Here are some other test images. For me, the above one showed the discoloration best, but it might be different for different people.
http://pruss.mobi/test/70.jpg
http://pruss.mobi/test/80.jpg
http://pruss.mobi/test/90.jpg
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http://pruss.mobi/test/C0.jpg
http://pruss.mobi/test/D0.jpg
http://pruss.mobi/test/E0.jpg
The images are all solid gray.
Here's a QR code for the A0 image:
Hi AR. I tried it out again but I still do not have a line down the screen. I tried several screen brightness levels all the way to 0% where I could barely see the grey and still no line for me. Hope this helps and hopefully someone else will try it for you too.
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Hi AR. I tried it out again but I still do not have a line down the screen. I tried several screen brightness levels all the way to 0% where I could barely see the grey and still no line for me. Hope this helps and hopefully someone else will try it for you too.
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The other issue my screen has is that if I view a 100% black image, and go into a very dark area (when I tested this most thoroughly, I was in a closed, windowless garage at night), and let my eyes get adjusted to the dark, eventually (after a bit of dark adaptation) I see an gray glow from the screen, with many irregular small patches that are completely black peeking out of the grayness. This is a very small aberration, but it is noticeable when outside at night running an astronomy app.
Interestingly, after a couple of months the problem seems to have decreased. Or my brain is screening it out.
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A while back I opened my phone to fix a few other things which was actually successful (power button, touch digitizer, in ear speaker volume).
But when I reassembled my phone, I powered it on and I noticed that the colors were dull on my lcd, with noticable banding in gradients that were black grey white. This occurs in everything that appears on my screen including videos; even pictures that I take on the phones camera after they are tranferred onto my mac - still have banding!
So I thought that it must be something to do with the phones lcd screen? And its not able to transition from gradient to gradient in objects, which is causing the banding.
Anyone ever heard of this being a problem? Any solutions? Even ideas that can help me figure out how this whole thing works.
Appreciate it.
The first two pics, you can see how they have a blue tone to them, and that's the same thing I see on my homescreen/videos.
The second pic is a normal gradient. If this were to be viewed on my phone, in the white/lighter areas of the gradient there would be pink/blue banding. Only the black to white gradient shows the banding, but other colors are still quite vivid such as reds, oranges, yellows, even green. But I do know that it has something to do with light and shading with respect to lcd coloring.
By the way, screenshots of my home screen or any other screen using ShootMe are normal without banding.
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Guess taking it apart didn't work as well as you thought
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I get banding in wallpapers with gradients on my G2, regardless of color. Although it's much easier to see on black/white/gray type gradients. I figure it's just a limitation of the LCD to accurately reproduce said gradients because if I view the same images on my PC monitor the banding isn't present.
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I get banding in wallpapers with gradients on my G2, regardless of color. Although it's much easier to see on black/white/gray type gradients. I figure it's just a limitation of the LCD to accurately reproduce said gradients because if I view the same images on my PC monitor the banding isn't present.
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Hmm yeah, I get it in everything. Themes, videos, pictures, etc. It seems like there is a color limitation, its annoying.
TheToiletSpaula said:
Hmm yeah, I get it in everything. Themes, videos, pictures, etc. It seems like there is a color limitation, its annoying.
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Did a bunch of Googling, came up with this:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/com...rs/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Long story short, use the Wallpaper Set and Save app from the Market to apply your wallpapers. For some reason it fixes the banding. Tried it myself, it works. Doesn't solve the problems with your video, etc. though.
So obviously the LCD is perfectly capable of displaying images without the gradient banding. My guess is when the gallery is used to set wallpapers the images go through some sort of compression process.
EDIT: Looks like the gallery (Gallery 3D in my case) is the cause of the problem. I tried QuickPic too but it displays banding as well.
EDIT 2: Actually I was mistaken. QuickPic doesn't display banding.
What seems to happen is that when you select an image to set as a wallpaper with Gallery 3D, it saves a copy of it and sets that copy as the actual wallpaper. The copy is compressed, which is what causes the banding. Both QuickPic and Wallpaper Set and Save do not create a copy of the wallpaper, hence why there's no banding. Looks like it's bye bye Gallery 3D.
Thanks for bringing this up, something that's bothered me for a while but never bothered to deal with it.
Yeah im going to continue to try and figure this out. If the Wallpaper Set and Save app can fix the wallpapers that means there must be some sort of calibration that can be done to draw out normal colors from your lcd.
The thing is...the black and white gradients that are affected are part of most images especially videos since gradients are transitioning all the time as the image moves.
There has to be sometihng that can fix this gradient transitioning problem for the black and white shades.
Thats where im at. :S.
Update:
I applied the above black to white gradient pic as my background using Wallpaper Set and Save to use as a test to whether it would get rid of the banding and...
IT DID NOT WORK.
My LCD still displays pink/blue banding along the transition from black to white. It must be some sort of damage that my phone sustained possibly though the 1. LCD screen connections to PCB, 2. The PCB circuits (under the shields), 3. Or the Flex Cable.
****, I need some ideas on how I can fix this...
Indeed, you might have some damage.
I downloaded your black to white gradient image and set it as my wallpaper with both Wallpaper Set and Save and QuickPic. Both times no gradients or color banding was present.
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So I have few issues with the camera. All in this album. Sorry if its already
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2. This I noticed by accident. It actually doesn't show well on the original picture 7 picture in the above posted album. But I noticed that circle to be present in the preview everywhere even if very very very difficult to spot. And you need to have really good eyes to see it. However when saving the pic, the circle vanishes a little, but with little tinkering I was able to make it show. In the album is the original also to see. I tried another applications like ZoomFx or Camera ICS, and they didnt show this circle in the preview. I do not want to experiment with the pics taken from them so I can think this is just the original camera issue.
HOW TO: Just open the HTC Camera app, and look on the screen, right in the middle, and focus on near objects, hand, wall, 10-20-30-40 cm away, the ring shape should reveal itself when moving the phone. You should notice the shape always the same.
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1. I had no effect on. And I wasn't reproduce this since (also didn't do so many pics since as well) Is this some effect or an issue?
3.
How to get rid of the pinkish, violet hue? When changing it to daylight its too much yellow. You can see how it should look like in the picture nr. 2 in the album. I took that picture (2), I focused on the tree/sun up , moved the cam quickly down and took the picture before it changed to the pink like you can see on this pic.
Thanks for any help.
I have seen that also on a few occasions, I have except once noticed the problem and closed the camera app and reloaded it and it solved the issue. Only once has the image saved like that.
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I have seen that also on a few occasions, I have except once noticed the problem and closed the camera app and reloaded it and it solved the issue. Only once has the image saved like that.
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Which of the issues ? 1.2.3 ?
That 1. might be temporary 3. might be solved by settings I hope
but the 2. seems to be strange. Also I have the feeling its not only mine HOX having this. It was really hard to spot. But its present everywhere, even if extremely hard to spot.
Next week I will check out 3 other HOXes to see if its there as well.
Issue 1 only, not the other two.
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Issue 1 only, not the other two.
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Kinda think that the 2 is actually and as I wrote up, more ppl will have it.
Can you try what I wrote? Just make the camera on, try to look on near objects through it. your hand, wall, table, something red-yellow, when you see a shape that's not changing and its staying always in the middle.
Best to make the grid option on, and it will be directly in the middle grid quadrant.
Its big so it fills it out actually, so not needed to look for something tiny 1mm.
Last bump.
I still think, many can see the 2 if they try. Would like someone who could explain or address this.
I have experienced 2 once, I am sure this is a software related bug.
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hokoonho said:
I have experienced 2 once, I am sure this is a software related bug.
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I would say you don't "experience" this, you might "notice" this once. I believe its always there, maybe the software just filters it out to some extent but on some pics it will be visible nevertheless. Btw as I said the 2 I had to filter, edit till I could make the shape visible like that.
Compared to my N4, the screen has deeper blacks, but in a very bad way. You lose so much detail on some pictures, even at full brightness. Like with a picture of black fur my N4 will show all the nuances and shadows caused by the fur, but the Sony will just be pitch black. The amount of detail is pretty significant. Overall, the tone of the screen is just darker, and it kind of makes you sad using it.
I have the same opinion, this is the most annoying thing on this phone. I had very strong feeling to return it back to the shop.
Any solution for this? I can increase screen backlight, but it is not ideal solution and it does not solve the problem.
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Like with a picture of black fur my N4 will show all the nuances and shadows caused by the fur
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Upload the picture please.
Yes, blacks are heavily crushed on this device. Here's an earlier discussion of it with links to calibration testers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646749
See Erica Griffin's mini review where she discusses the calibration problems and charts the wonky gamma levels here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tQ5n32no8#t=564
If you don't want to install the Display Tester app, here's a link to a black level test image for viewing in your phone browser:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php
Ideally all of the black squares should be distinguishable to ensure proper reproduction of detail in shadowed areas of an image or video. With Nexus 5, for instance, squares are distingushable from square 2/3 upward.
For Sony Z1 Compact with JDI panel, squares are distinguishable only from square 7 upward. Result: all black levels below 7 look the same on the Z1C, meaning no detail can be distinguished at these levels. One consequence is that low light photos look very inaccurate compared to how they'll look on other displays - if you share or edit them, for example.
I have exactly the same feeling, im from a nexus 4 too and i try to watch some movies on my Z1C and the contraste is juste horrible.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
when its bright ppl say " zomg its wash out"
when black then complain too black
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when its bright ppl say " zomg its wash out"
when black then complain too black
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This has nothing at all to do with the brightness of the black levels. This is about how many black levels can actually be seen with this screen. And yes, this is a legitimate complaint.
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This has nothing at all to do with the brightness of the black levels. This is about how many black levels can actually be seen with this screen. And yes, this is a legitimate complaint.
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This exactly. And thank you for your previous post, it was extremely informative. I was really hoping I just had a faulty screen because I love the phone otherwise. I really love sony's products but the screens on the Z1, Z1s, and Z1c have all been problematic, particularly in dealing with blacks and whites. I really hope these problems are addressed in the Z2 because I really need a replacement for this N4.
Edit: So this affects JDI panels too? From what I read, the JDI panel is much better than the AUO panels.
This is mine, JDI panel...
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With Nexus 5, for instance, squares are distingushable from square 3 upward.
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Using the app...
Heh, remember that there's little point taking a screenshot for comparison unless 1) you shoot it with a camera that has accurate black levels 2) you view it on a screen that has accurate black levels. Otherwise we're all just looking at different things.
Useful info to share in this thread would be how many black levels from that test page you can actually see on your screen (i.e. the number of the last square you can distinguish from another).
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Useful info to share in this thread would be how many black levels from that test page you can actually see on your screen (i.e. the number of the last square you can distinguish from another).
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I can see from square 7 using the app and the website.
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I can see from square 7 using the app and the website.
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Edit: Argh, sorry, my mistake, it should have been 7 instead of 13, as stated in the original thread - corrected now. You can only really see those levels at full brightness in a dark room, though. More detail is lost at normal brightness levels where you aren't being blinded by the whites.
Have to agree, black levels are way too dark. You lose loads of detail in any dark scene, video and photos. Also gamma levels are far too low, at about 1.6 across the board. They should be around 2.2. I'm coming from a galaxy s2 which now seems to have more accurate colour reproduction. Which is disappointing considering it's a super amoled screen vs an ips panel.
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There is very simple workaroud for this . Install "Screen Adjuster" app from Google Play, open it, set Contrast value to ca "-30", switch "Adjuster OFF" to "ON" and voila, now you can see black levels up to 1 otherwise, I'm able to clearly recognize only values up to 7 on full brightness on 4.4.2 latest FW .757 with JDI panel using Color Test app
Screen Adjuster: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
source: http://forum.xperia.cz/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=9946&p=163390
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There is very simple workaroud for this . Install "Screen Adjuster" app from Google Play, open it, set Contrast value to ca "-30", switch "Adjuster OFF" to "ON" and voila, now you can see black levels up to 1 otherwise, I'm able to clearly recognize only values up to 7 on full brightness on 4.4.2 latest FW .757 with JDI panel using Color Test app
Screen Adjuster: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
source: http://forum.xperia.cz/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=9946&p=163390
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Excellent, excellent post! Thank you so much for this. It definitely works!
pcpepik said:
There is very simple workaroud for this . Install "Screen Adjuster" app from Google Play, open it, set Contrast value to ca "-30", switch "Adjuster OFF" to "ON" and voila, now you can see black levels up to 1 otherwise, I'm able to clearly recognize only values up to 7 on full brightness on 4.4.2 latest FW .757 with JDI panel using Color Test app
Screen Adjuster: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
source: http://forum.xperia.cz/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=9946&p=163390
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Wish I saw this earlier. Might have to buy it again. Can anybody show examples with dark, detailed photos?
toiletsss said:
Wish I saw this earlier. Might have to buy it again. Can anybody show examples with dark, detailed photos?
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I just wonder why the hell the Screen adjuster needs full network access, view my network connections, reads precise position GPS, needs access to my bookmarks and history, read the device accounts... Why ? I prefer that sony will modify the contrast in next firmware...
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I just wonder why the hell the Screen adjuster needs full network access, view my network connections, reads precise position GPS, needs access to my bookmarks and history, read the device accounts... Why ? I prefer that sony will modify the contrast in next firmware...
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And use 20% of my batteries...
Excellent. I can now see it from box 1. Not sure about battery draining though. So disabling the app for now and waiting for an actual fix in the next release. For some reason, I am very happy that it's a bug in the configuration settings and not an actual hardware issue. Sony has again succeeded in screwing their awesome specs with a ****ty software.
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I just wonder why the hell the Screen adjuster needs full network access, view my network connections, reads precise position GPS, needs access to my bookmarks and history, read the device accounts... Why ? I prefer that sony will modify the contrast in next firmware...
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It's ad-ridden, but there is a cheap paid version that requires only the essential draw over other apps permission and does not drain battery
See attached image.
I've noticed a greenish hue on the bottom half of the screen. It's most visible at low brightness and greyish/darkmode backgrounds. Not visible on amoled-black backgrounds. Present both in 120hz and 60hz, and both vivid and natural screen mode. Intrusive enough that I notice it several times a day.
Anyone else have this problem? Is it software or hardware-related?
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YES!!! I've had this problem since getting my S20 Regular on Saturday. I got this replaced from the store yesterday, and the new phone has similar issue, although it's not that apparent. What I also see is that in Light mode, the white is warmer at the top and cooler at the bottom. These hues are just inconsistent across the system, be it the Settings menu or different apps. Here's everything I've done to eliminate the issue but failed:
Cycle through all combinations of resolution+refresh rate
Switch between Natural and Vivid colour settings, including changing colour temperature
Turned off Adaptive colour filter from Dark mode settings
Disabled 'Use sRGB picture colour mode from Developer options
Force Dark mode from Developer options
Simulated Monochromacy
Performed Factory reset
Got the OS reinstalled at the Samsung service center
Apps in which I was able to see this issue in:
Most system apps like Settings, Messages, Dialer, etc.
Discord (especially in the channel menu)
Falcon Pro (Twitter app)
Gmail
WhatsApp
Telegram
Reddit sidebar
Gboard (dark themes with Key borders on)
Apps where this isn't an issue
Twitter
Discord (AMOLED mode. This doesn't change the side menu which is still grey)
I'm attaching pictures comparing my first S20 with an M30s that also has a sAMOLED screen. The green hue is visible in the dialer app in the first pic, and how this green hue distorts greys is visible in the 2nd pic in the hamburger menu. The S20 becomes lighter towards the bottom whereas the M30s remains consistent for the most part.
My current S20 doesn't show this behavior in the Dialer app (it mostly seems pitch black) but in the other apps, I can marginally make out inconsistency, and in this case it becomes lighter from the right of the screen to the left. Even in Gboard with a true dark theme, some of the keys appear lighter than others because of this.
I'm gonna try to get this replaced from the store tomorrow, but good to know that someone else is facing the same issue.
Had the same problem. It was really annoying. Every gray background had a strange green hue. You can also some a hue on other colors, but it’s not turning into green in all situations.
Yes, also on Ultras and plus. I returned the ultra because of it and got a plus. It is a lot more bearable but I have to confess that I ordered another Plus to see if it is better.
See here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s20-plus/help/screen-problem-t4065793
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s20-plus/help/s20-ultra-oled-bad-uniformity-bright-t4067051
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s20-ultra/help/green-tint-dark-background-low-t4065621
Gleetch said:
Had the same problem. It was really annoying. Every gray background had a strange green hue. You can also some a hue on other colors, but it’s not turning into green in all situations.
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Did you get yours replaced?
I thought I could live with it but it is also getting extremely annoying on dark backgrounds that I had to turn off dark mode indefinitely. I think I'm gonna fight with Samsung to try to get a screen replacement at least (in a couple months when they get their shiet together) since it is not acceptable on a $1400 phone. I should have waited before selling my note 10+
sheik_yerbouti said:
YES!!! I've had this problem since getting my S20 Regular on Saturday. I got this replaced from the store yesterday, and the new phone has similar issue, although it's not that apparent. What I also see is that in Light mode, the white is warmer at the top and cooler at the bottom. These hues are just inconsistent across the system, be it the Settings menu or different apps. Here's everything I've done to eliminate the issue but failed:
Cycle through all combinations of resolution+refresh rate
Switch between Natural and Vivid colour settings, including changing colour temperature
Turned off Adaptive colour filter from Dark mode settings
Disabled 'Use sRGB picture colour mode from Developer options
Force Dark mode from Developer options
Simulated Monochromacy
Performed Factory reset
Got the OS reinstalled at the Samsung service center
Apps in which I was able to see this issue in:
Most system apps like Settings, Messages, Dialer, etc.
Discord (especially in the channel menu)
Falcon Pro (Twitter app)
Gmail
WhatsApp
Telegram
Reddit sidebar
Gboard (dark themes with Key borders on)
Apps where this isn't an issue
Twitter
Discord (AMOLED mode. This doesn't change the side menu which is still grey)
I'm attaching pictures comparing my first S20 with an M30s that also has a sAMOLED screen. The green hue is visible in the dialer app in the first pic, and how this green hue distorts greys is visible in the 2nd pic in the hamburger menu. The S20 becomes lighter towards the bottom whereas the M30s remains consistent for the most part.
My current S20 doesn't show this behavior in the Dialer app (it mostly seems pitch black) but in the other apps, I can marginally make out inconsistency, and in this case it becomes lighter from the right of the screen to the left. Even in Gboard with a true dark theme, some of the keys appear lighter than others because of this.
I'm gonna try to get this replaced from the store tomorrow, but good to know that someone else is facing the same issue.
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Had my s20 about a week, tested my screen with At tu tu apk. OK.
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sheik_yerbouti said:
Did you get yours replaced?
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No, I send it back to Samsung. Don't want to mess around with problems like this, when I spend that amount of money.
Gleetch said:
No, I send it back to Samsung. Don't want to mess around with problems like this, when I spend that amount of money.
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I agree. [emoji6]
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Having the same problem on the top half of the screen
Galaxy s20, exynos
So I just had a new software update (ATCH), and I'm happy to say this issue now seems much less pronounced! Still a slight discoloration under specific conditions, but definitely a significant reduction.
I can not confirm, that ATCH is making it any better on any of the devices I tried (Ultra, 2*plus). It made no difference at all, IMO.
corwin_amber said:
I can not confirm, that ATCH is making it any better on any of the devices I tried (Ultra, 2*plus). It made no difference at all, IMO.
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Same here, no difference after the update. Clearly a hardware issue unfortunately, otherwise all phones would have the green tint in the same spot
I might a spoken too soon, as once I enable "blue light filter" the problem returns full strength. Though the update has made certain backgrounds true amoled black (such as in settings and dialer), which reduces the problem in these apps.
Yes, I haven't noticed any change with this update, which I installed 5 days ago.
Hello, Yes i noted it from first date. It was clearly visible in Phone, Messages, Notification centre and settings app and every Google app in dark mode. After last update it's OK, but for example Samsung Health or Feedly side menu it's horrible. Unfortunately Samsung store is closed because od quarantine.
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It's apparently an issue with the devices manufactured on February-earlier. Most of the S20 devices made in March do not have the issue or have a less exacerbated green tint.
On number 5 I can say that it is finally bearable. It was manufactured on the second of march. I did not check with the rest. I only opened them, handled them delicately and checked them. All were terrible.
is this the problem with s20 exynos or s20 sd865?
Personally, I can only talk about Exynos. I would, however, suppose that it is through all kinds.
Everytime iv took a picture of any TV screen, it's either purple or blue, you can see some slight red colours but what's up with this?
Anyone know or anyone have similar issues?
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kevinireland11 said:
Everytime iv took a picture of any TV screen, it's either purple or blue, you can see some slight red colours but what's up with this?
Anyone know or anyone have similar issues?
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Haven't noticed it on outdoor images but these of my TV the blacks are more bluish.
ggrant3876 said:
Haven't noticed it on outdoor images but these of my TV the blacks are more bluish.
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Going to clear cache and data and try a reinstall see if that helps
No issue with mine
skimminstones said:
No issue with mine
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That's really weird it seems to be only my TV in the living room, strange, must be whatever panel the TV is using
Edit: tried uploading a pic of my son's TV but it tells me my file size is to big :/
But this TV is fine
kevinireland11 said:
That's really weird it seems to be only my TV in the living room, strange, must be whatever panel the TV is using
Edit: tried uploading a pic of my son's TV but it tells me my file size is to big :/
But this TV is fine
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Have you tried rotating the phone (like, portrait, landscape, reverse landscape, etc.)?
The TV might be using a polarising layer that simply conflicts with the camera for some reason. My P6 Pro for example works fine for every screen I've tried shooting so far, EXCEPT the main info display in my building's lobby, which has different colours disappear at different angles. E.g. in portrait it doesn't have any green, in landscape (turning counter clockwise, power and volume buttons on top) it doesn't have any red, etc.
fonix232 said:
Have you tried rotating the phone (like, portrait, landscape, reverse landscape, etc.)?
The TV might be using a polarising layer that simply conflicts with the camera for some reason. My P6 Pro for example works fine for every screen I've tried shooting so far, EXCEPT the main info display in my building's lobby, which has different colours disappear at different angles. E.g. in portrait it doesn't have any green, in landscape (turning counter clockwise, power and volume buttons on top) it doesn't have any red, etc.
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I tried that there, I did see some colours come through the lens but then back to blue, it's weird because when I don't focus on the TV then point the camera back fast I see full colours but then the colours turn blue, I done this via landscape to, stays colourful for about about 3 seconds then goes all blue, strange, maybe it's a cheap panel with poor LEDs or more blue led pixels than red or green?
Edit: my son's tv is perfect, it's defo a cheaper panel then
I got the same thing when snapping a Pic on my desktop PC. I thought nothing of it at the time, as it wasn't for my personal use.
I'll try it again when the opportunity arises, see if I can repeat the effect.
@kevinireland11
Update on the blue screen effect.
My memory was a little fuzzy on that....
Turns out, I saw that when snapping a Pic of my other phone's IMEI/Serial number hidden menu.
Just tried it out w/both my Google Pixel 6 PRO & Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, was able to replicate w/both, but only in that scenario with both in dark there.
Placed both phones in non-dark theme & I could not replicate while snapping pix of the same IMEI/Serial number hidden menus.
Snapping pix of my TV/PC also produced normal pix.