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Curious if anyone has found a way to adjust the brightness of the touch buttons?
I like how they light up and I like how its only for like 1.5 seconds... but the brightness is crazy if your in a dark room!
I just turn them off completely. That way I dont get caught at work like I did on my vibrant.
Canesfan said:
I just turn them off completely. That way I dont get caught at work like I did on my vibrant.
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Yah that is what I have done myself.. but even if you could drop the brightness by say 75% would be nice.
I noticed it was too low on regular galaxy s2 (i9100) , so probably samsung increased it on this one,
and now its too bright.
but i like this one bright.
firebane said:
Curious if anyone has found a way to adjust the brightness of the touch buttons?
I like how they light up and I like how its only for like 1.5 seconds... but the brightness is crazy if your in a dark room!
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I would love to have my back light dimmed down to like 25% or maybe 50% as I do a lot of reading at night before i sleep and I turn the screen brightness down to zero.
It's pretty good in a dark room in bed, but the buttons is freaking annoying and too bright.
And having the button light off isn't very useful since I press the back button all the time and always miss.
And during the day, 100% brightness on the button serves no purpose since you can still see the button with out any light on.
I would love it if any developers could take a look into this request?
unfaix said:
And during the day, 100% brightness on the button serves no purpose since you can still see the button with out any light on.
I would love it if any developers could take a look into this request?
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The HTC Amaze only turns on the LED's if it's dark enough, I wish the Galaxy S2 would also do this as it would save a bit of battery.
The Screen Filter app lowers the screen's brightness and can also turn off the button light. I can't post a link yet due to my newbie status, but search for it on the Market.
Patience for cm. since cm has a very customizable brightness control including buttons brightness.
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I would love this as well.
bump so I dont have to make a new thread:
BUT today in a tmobile store I noticed the Black t989 had at least double the brightness of the touch buttons compared to my White t989...Anyone else notice this??
96shox said:
bump so I dont have to make a new thread:
BUT today in a tmobile store I noticed the Black t989 had at least double the brightness of the touch buttons compared to my White t989...Anyone else notice this??
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Its probably just because the black background is more of a contrast
Unless I'm mistaken our phones cannot adjust the brightness of those buttons regardless of ROMs (cm or otherwise). I'm pretty sure we only have one led board that only controls on or off (hence why you can only have all them on or all of them off, not just light individual ones). Cm might have those settings but it's because cm is made for many different phones and some phones might have the ability to adjust the brightness but not ours.
xcrazydx said:
Its probably just because the black background is more of a contrast
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DEFINITELY not the reason why. It was significantly brighter on the black t989
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DEFINITELY not the reason why. It was significantly brighter on the black t989
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Ok, Roger that
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As the title states.
I do believe that my Vibrant's screen was brighter than my S2. Is there any way to use software to tune the brightness above 100%?
Reason I ask, I was able to use galaxy Tuner on the Vibrant to tweak a whole lot of different settings aboveand beyond what was specified from default settings.
Any feedback/help would be appreciated.
Thanks
a4 moda said:
As the title states.
I do believe that my Vibrant's screen was brighter than my S2. Is there any way to use software to tune the brightness above 100%?
Reason I ask, I was able to use galaxy Tuner on the Vibrant to tweak a whole lot of different settings aboveand beyond what was specified from default settings.
Any feedback/help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Turn auto brightness off and adjust the brightness yourself in settings.
If you want the full brightness also make sure you have the "auto adjust screen power" option unchecked in the display menu I thought that an older iPhone had a brighter screen too til I unchecked that along with turning off auto brightness
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just a bit of caution
the SAMOLED+ screens are super bright, it can blind you
make sure to not turn it to the max unless you are outdoor under a bright sun
basically don't need to go full strength in a dark room, or poorly lid room
AllGamer said:
just a bit of caution
the SAMOLED+ screens are super bright, it can blind you
make sure to not turn it to the max unless you are outdoor under a bright sun
basically don't need to go full strength in a dark room, or poorly lid room
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I second that after I saw how bright this phone can go I made sure to recheck that power option n have kept the brightness at about 40-50% which is more than enough IMO
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AllGamer said:
just a bit of caution
the SAMOLED+ screens are super bright, it can blind you
make sure to not turn it to the max unless you are outdoor under a bright sun
basically don't need to go full strength in a dark room, or poorly lid room
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Exactly true. I always set the brightness to something like 5% of the full bar and it's bright enough. The screen is VERY bright...
Maybe i'm blind, I love bright! ! My vibrant is brighter. That shouldn't be the case. Any way to increase brightness above and beyond factory 100%? Thanks
T989 Galaxy S2! !
well you can flash Juggernaut ROM, it's very well fine tuned for brightness
Yup, got jugg v2. I'll keep looking. Thanks.
T989 Galaxy S2! !
OP must be blind. Lol
There's no reason to need this screen any brighter.
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Is there a way to reduce the brightness below 0%? The screen is super bright on my S2 even at 0% . Is there an app to go below 0%? Else I will go blind pretty soon.
Use screen filter u can get it in the market for free
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riteshbafna said:
Is there a way to reduce the brightness below 0%? The screen is super bright on my S2 even at 0% . Is there an app to go below 0%? Else I will go blind pretty soon.
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ROFL !!!!!!!
sleepy13909 said:
Use screen filter u can get it in the market for free
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Thanks a lot! Its a very nice app.
sleepy13909 said:
Use screen filter u can get it in the market for free
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i really dont understand why i would need this app ,personally my screen brightness never leaves 100 and if i could make it 125% i would ,you can adjust browser brightness in the browser settings and all you have to do is swipe across the top of your phone to lower the brightness ,dont understand how this app is useful. ipersonally think the screen could have been a little brighter .in complete darkness its gorgeous but in natural light during the day i find myself wanting it brighter .
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Screen is fine, move along.
That's pretty much the deal with this thread
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Actually, I have the same issue. At 100% mine isn't so bright and driving in my car during the day it's quite dim yet set at 100%. so I back the OP in this issue and hope someone finds something. And those of you who insist he/she is trolling or not taking (stupid) hints, go play somewhere else. We've got a legitimate issue here and welcome anyone who can positively contribute to this thread. I'll post back if I ever find something. I remember using some app back on one of my old windows phones that did what we're looking to find so there should be something out there.
My Vibrant was brighter too...Also had a cooler tint to it. The audio on my vibrant was alot louder too.
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hmmm, so the vibrant is brighter... than the galaxy? Would you say it's more... vibrant?
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juntjoo said:
hmmm, so the vibrant is brighter... than the galaxy? Would you say it's more... vibrant?
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The SGS2 is just as vibrant if you unlock the Auto Brightness
heres a trick i found. turn off auto brightness. then, just barely pull down notification bar and slide right to brighten and left to dim.... this works on MOST galaxy devices... not all
GSMArena did a display test on the galaxy S3 and it is much brighter at full brightness. Galaxy note is also much brighter so why is it that the nexus has such a dim HD SAMOLED screen?? Is it software based so people dont end up with terrible battery time??
I so so wish the nexus can have brighter screen, my biggest complaint with the phone.
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GSMArena did a display test on the galaxy S3 and it is much brighter at full brightness. Galaxy note is also much brighter so why is it that the nexus has such a dim HD SAMOLED screen?? Is it software based so people dont end up with terrible battery time??
I so so wish the nexus can have brighter screen, my biggest complaint with the phone.
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Probably better for Q &A, but AOSP and vanilla Google Android has always been overly aggressive about auto brightness and keeps it quite dim more often than not. It can, and is modified by OEMs and some custom roms.
I'm not sure my screen is as dim as what other owners claim theirs to be. I have it on auto-brightness and I don't have an issue with bright outdoors or indoor. I'm not sure I'd like it to be any brighter than it already is.
Maybe I'm not used to having my screen burn a hole in my cornea.
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adrynalyne said:
Probably better for Q &A, but AOSP and vanilla Google Android has always been overly aggressive about auto brightness and keeps it quite dim more often than not. It can, and is modified by OEMs and some custom roms.
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I am talking about full manual brightness, auto brightness is never perfect on any phone but it actually isnt dim at all on my nexus S.
Dunno. I am not about to go run to Best Buy and compare, but full on brightness on my phone is uncomfortably bright in the dark and dimly lit areas, and very visible in direct sunlight.
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I'm not sure my screen is as dim as what other owners claim theirs to be. I have it on auto-brightness and I don't have an issue with bright outdoors or indoor. I'm not sure I'd like it to be any brighter than it already is.
Maybe I'm not used to having my screen burn a hole in my cornea.
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I tried the phone at a very brightly lit shop. Put the brightness to maximum manually and yet it was barely brighter than my nexus S at 50% brightness.
Brightness isnt a contest where every phone should try to beat others but it should be sufficient enough. I just think the nexus brightness isnt sufficient, it tops out at 200 nits when the minimum should be 300 nits for comfortable use in all environments.
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I tried the phone at a very brightly lit shop. Put the brightness to maximum manually and yet it was barely brighter than my nexus S at 50% brightness.
Brightness isnt a contest where every phone should try to beat others but it should be sufficient enough. I just think the nexus brightness isnt sufficient, it tops out at 200 nits when the minimum should be 300 nits for comfortable use in all environments.
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Maybe it is your phone then. I can tell you this device is easily as bright as my old Samsung Fascinate, which isn't much different from the Nexus S in screen tech.
adrynalyne said:
Maybe it is your phone then. I can tell you this device is easily as bright as my old Samsung Fascinate, which isn't much different from the Nexus S in screen tech.
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GSMArena and anandtech tests also show the galaxy nexus is the dimmest screen you will find in any of the high end android phones. A test done here on xda also showed the same thing.
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GSMArena and anandtech tests also show the galaxy nexus is the dimmest screen you will find in any of the high end android phones. A test done here on xda also showed the same thing.
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Do you want a discussion, or do you want to discount what I am saying just to argue?
Don't ask for an opinion if you are just looking for a way to discount it.
Your sites cannot vouch for my experience.
If your phone can only match 50% of what the Nexus S can in brightness, there is something wrong with it. That or you are exaggerating. This is in my opinion, but I think it is a very valid point.
The screen seems to be limited in brightness from the factory, as a matter of settings. Using AOKP Rom and increasing the color multipliers makes the screen much, much brighter, but i've read speculation that it could cause the screen to burn-in images much faster, which logically speaking, seems to make sense. Maybe it's limited by Samsung for that reason. This particular panel seems slightly more prone to image retention than the one on my Droid Charge, granted it isn't the same as burn-in, but maybe an indicator of inclination toward it...
The GSIII probably gets 2 mins of battery life. A screen that bright on 4 Cortex A9's and 4 mali 400's at 32nm....the battery is going to SUCK.
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Do you want a discussion, or do you want to discount what I am saying just to argue?
Don't ask for an opinion if you are just looking for a way to discount it.
Your sites cannot vouch for my experience.
If your phone can only match 50% of what the Nexus S can in brightness, there is something wrong with it. That or you are exaggerating. This is in my opinion, but I think it is a very valid point.
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I was not asking for opinions if the screen is dim or not but why is it. It wasnt my phone but a demo model at the shop. My experience showed me it was dim just like I had read in reviews.
I have an LCD nexus S, I am sure the AMOLED one at 50% wont be almost as bright as gnexus at 100. You know LCD's can get much brighter and the one on nexus S is particularly really bright.
I also compared galaxy nexus side by side with galaxy S2 and the difference was noticeable in brightness.
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The GSIII probably gets 2 mins of battery life. A screen that bright on 4 Cortex A9's and 4 mali 400's at 32nm....the battery is going to SUCK.
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The GS3 is only 300 nits bright, it isnt anything out of the ordinary. The one X has 500 nits screen.
And nobody is forced to keep the screen on high brightness, it's just an option to have a really bright screen and a pretty good one at that.
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I also compared galaxy nexus side by side with galaxy S2 and the difference was noticeable in brightness.
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I thought of it when you mentioned the GS2 - I had that phone for a week when it was released on Sprint, and any time the screen brightness was turned up and the screen was on for a few minutes, it would overheat and the OS forced it to low brightness until it cooled. At the time it was an issue quite a few people seemed to be having, so maybe it's limited on the Nexus for temp reasons too. As Smokeey had mentioned, battery life could be a factor as well.
Do you even OWN a GNex? I swear you're just here to troll the device.
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I have a nexus S currently. <--- Yesterday's date.
zetsumeikuro said:
Do you even OWN a GNex? I swear you're just here to troll the device.
Originally Posted by Gambler_3
I have a nexus S currently. <--- Yesterday's date.
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Why cant I post if I dont have the device? I am thinking about upgrade from nexus S and I just made some threads about the potential issues I discovered about the device.
As long as you can see the screen who cares how bright it is. Are you trying to light up a room with it? Also, keep your phone on full brightness and you will be highly risking screen burn in so I would not recommend keeping it on full anyway even if it is not as bright as other devices.
Why would anyone purchase a phone or not purchase a phone based on it being the brightest screen out there. I can understand if you couldn't see the screen, but really? And now with the ability to change the colors and gamma of the screen, it just looks great.
So if you get the Nexus and keep the screen turned all the way up because you needed to light up your house to save money on electricity, please don't start a thread complaining about burn in.
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As long as you can see the screen who cares how bright it is. Are you trying to light up a room with it? Also, keep your phone on full brightness and you will be highly risking screen burn in so I would not recommend keeping it on full anyway even if it is not as bright as other devices.
Why would anyone purchase a phone or not purchase a phone based on it being the brightest screen out there. I can understand if you couldn't see the screen, but really? And now with the ability to change the colors and gamma of the screen, it just looks great.
So if you get the Nexus and keep the screen turned all the way up because you needed to light up your house to save money on electricity, please don't start a thread complaining about burn in.
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And wtf? My eyes Hurt if I put full brightness.. And even if I try to read on direct sun i can do easy.. I use my phone on 25% brightness and thats enough
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As long as you can see the screen who cares how bright it is. Are you trying to light up a room with it? Also, keep your phone on full brightness and you will be highly risking screen burn in so I would not recommend keeping it on full anyway even if it is not as bright as other devices.
Why would anyone purchase a phone or not purchase a phone based on it being the brightest screen out there. I can understand if you couldn't see the screen, but really? And now with the ability to change the colors and gamma of the screen, it just looks great.
So if you get the Nexus and keep the screen turned all the way up because you needed to light up your house to save money on electricity, please don't start a thread complaining about burn in.
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hehe, i bought googles flagship for 450€ and i need to care how long is screen on and i cant have it on full brightness all the time becouse i "risking screen burn"?
Ah keep LCD phone on full brightness and deal with the terrible blacks. Keep an AMOLED phone on full brightness and deal with burn-in. A perfect world we do not live in.
On a serious note screen brightness matters most when going out in the sun obviously. It can never be too bright when you are out.
The display hurts my eyes when I woke up in the middle of the night, even at the lowest brightness.
I found an app called Screen Filter that lowers the brightness even further. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd
Does anyone know if this is safe to use? Will it harm the AMOLED display at all?
It's funny, the lowest brightness is too bright for me when I need it, and the highest brightness is too dim for me when I need it.
I use Screen Filter on my original Galaxy S, and it works great.
I've never had an issue with it.
Been using screen filter on my Galaxy Nexus for months, great app. Now using on my Beautiful GS3.
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screen filter is excellent for AMOLED screens.
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El Nivek said:
It's funny, the lowest brightness is too bright for me when I need it, and the highest brightness is too dim for me when I need it.
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Exactly my experience too. I love AMOLED's, but would it kill them to work on incorporating some Pixel Q technology. And really how hard can it be to just widen the range of brightness to capture the movie theater low if a stupid free app can do it?
There should be a huge range and we should be able to select the lowest and highest. Then let auto-bright take care of the rest. Or maybe even should have the ability to calibrate the auto-bright since a 20yr old's eye sees about double the amount of light of a 60yr old's eye...
Lux works much, MUCH better in my opinion
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
Try it, you will be sold! lol, im actually gonna go post about it, EVERYONE should know about it lol, after you set up 5-6 different ''levels'' and (imo) set it to adjust on screen open, its amazing
All it does is put a transparent black filter over the display. Not going to harm it. I had this app for my iPhone.
simondadiamond said:
Lux works much, MUCH better in my opinion
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
Try it, you will be sold! lol, im actually gonna go post about it, EVERYONE should know about it lol, after you set up 5-6 different ''levels'' and (imo) set it to adjust on screen open, its amazing
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Thanks for sharing that. There are some apps that totally change the user experience. This seems like it will be one of them based on initial use. Too bad Samsung didn't calibrate this better out of the box.
can filter apps these make whites BRIGHTER and whiter? Whites are dim and yellow/pinkish next to LCDs. Very dim and dirty looking say on Google News or email.
ive been using this for a while as well. great for when in a movie lol! really handy
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All it does is put a transparent black filter over the display. Not going to harm it. I had this app for my iPhone.
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Exactly. Nothing to worry about. It won't harm your screen at all.
I've been using Screen Filter for a while now... but I may give that Lux a try. It looks pretty cool.
I've notice the screen will smear/lag behind while displaying "true" black (pixels are off) areas of the screen in fast motion (pictures, backgrounds, etc...). I'm sure this is a common problem with this display type as I've read similar things before (purple or black), but wanted to make sure all is well on my expensive new toy. It seems to happen more when the brightness is turned down, but it can also be noticed heavily on gradient backgrounds while scrolling left/right on the home screen. Turning up the brightness does resolve the issue for the most part (you can still see it, but it goes away much quicker), but why is it so apparent on this display versus others (Galaxy S5)? Maybe having many more pixels to flip on and off in the affected area is the cause due to the phone having a 2k display versus the 1080p display of the Galaxy S5. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
I have this issue as well. I have not seen anymore information on this issue anywhere. Have you heard or seen anymore about this?
Yep. I too have the exact same issue. I wonder what the consequences will be when using thw Gear VR with our Note 4... probably weird smushy images I'm guessing
I've had this issue as well. I was on a Plane at night watching Dark Knight Rises. I have auto brightness on so it dims in lower lighting but in that movie there's a lot of dark scenes and you can def see the lag with the pixels during fighting scenes and fast movement.
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I've notice the screen will smear/lag behind while displaying "true" black (pixels are off) areas of the screen in fast motion (pictures, backgrounds, etc...). I'm sure this is a common problem with this display type as I've read similar things before (purple or black), but wanted to make sure all is well on my expensive new toy. It seems to happen more when the brightness is turned down, but it can also be noticed heavily on gradient backgrounds while scrolling left/right on the home screen. Turning up the brightness does resolve the issue for the most part (you can still see it, but it goes away much quicker), but why is it so apparent on this display versus others (Galaxy S5)? Maybe having many more pixels to flip on and off in the affected area is the cause due to the phone having a 2k display versus the 1080p display of the Galaxy S5. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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i am having this issue.
on the european note 4
i have no idea what to do and i dont want to visit service on the holiday season..... :crying:
Mine does this also. Only when the brightness is extremely low. I think it has something to do with the pixels being "lazy" when the brightness is low. It would be a drawback that comes naturally from the benefit we get with OLED.
EDIT: To sum it up, nothing is wrong, it's natural, just turn up your brightness when it is critical to not have the smearing.
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Mine does this also. Only when the brightness is extremely low. I think it has something to do with the pixels being "lazy" when the brightness is low. It would be a drawback that comes naturally from the benefit we get with OLED.
EDIT: To sum it up, nothing is wrong, it's natural, just turn up your brightness when it is critical to not have the smearing.
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thank you so much for the relief.
that is what i undrestood too (from reading about Galaxy S4s with this issue and also Lumias)
But i really freaked out when i first mentioned this on my phone! and on the idea of possible service visit
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thank you so much for the relief.
that is what i undrestood too (from reading about Galaxy S4s with this issue and also Lumias)
But i really freaked out when i first mentioned this on my phone! and on the idea of possible service visit
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No problem. Glad I could help out. This is my first OLED screen to be honest, but I am pretty familiar with the technology.
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No problem. Glad I could help out. This is my first OLED screen to be honest, but I am pretty familiar with the technology.
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Word. I only noticed it in low brightness levels so I'm not worried. At least blacks are actually black, instead of some purple-ish weird color they had back in the first Note.
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Word. I only noticed it in low brightness levels so I'm not worried. At least blacks are actually black, instead of some purple-ish weird color they had back in the first Note.
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The poor color reproduction is the exact reason this is my first OLED screen. They've finally got it right.
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Mine does this also. Only when the brightness is extremely low. I think it has something to do with the pixels being "lazy" when the brightness is low. It would be a drawback that comes naturally from the benefit we get with OLED.
EDIT: To sum it up, nothing is wrong, it's natural, just turn up your brightness when it is critical to not have the smearing.
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turning my brightness to max doesn't help mine still has it :|
kamranhaghighi said:
turning my brightness to max doesn't help mine still has it :|
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Is it just some minor smearing while scrolling? I'm pretty sure most if not all devices I have used have this a little when scrolling quickly.
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Is it just some minor smearing while scrolling? I'm pretty sure most if not all devices I have used have this a little when scrolling quickly.
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its an 1 inch smudge while i'm in the gallery, or 0.2inch smudge while viewing movies (POC: On stranger's tide for example)
haven't noticed it in any games other than minecraft(clouds go purple) ! (i don't play it, touch controls act weird on my note)