Nice feature that I came across while exploring the Settings.
No longer do we need to mod the apks in order to change the apps to dark background, which some of us prefers, because we believe a darker screen saves battery. In this case, just need to tick the check box of "Settings - Accessibility - Negative Colors".
Enjoy!
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A dark display on SAMOLED does save battery. And changing this setting makes everything white, no? Your post is confusing.
It turns the background to Black, a screenshot won't be able to capture it.
And you can access it by holding the power key, you just need to enable the accessibility shortcut option.
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It not only turns background black, it just inverts colors.meaning if its black, it can become white and vice versa, but if there are color they too will turn negative like in those photos...
Its usefulness is beyond my comprehension :s
These settings are from ages,it's not new.
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Its the sort of thing i would do before giving my note to a friend and trolling him that he had damaged it by showing the "decolorised" screen!
Hey, is there any way to enable this option for the drop down notified menu only? This would actually be useful...
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I've searched a lot for this and did not find anything. I would like to change the colors on the note 2 email apk. This is, to have a white background with black text. Is there a moded apk or a way of doing this? Can anybody explain it to me, please?
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I've searched a lot for this and did not find anything. I would like to change the colors on the note 2 email apk. This is, to have a white background with black text. Is there a moded apk or a way of doing this? Can anybody explain it to me, please?
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I read somewhere that there are 2 different themes for different gnote 2 versions. you can try googling it for the apk. What drives me crazy though, is that the screen dims significantly when I open the mail app, does that happen to you? going back to home screen or opening the mail settings restores the brightness. In mail itself, it goes dark, too dark to read I think.
Brightess is just fine, no diming problems.
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to resolve the issue with display brightness in stock e-mail app: go to settings / power-saving - and disable "background color" option (change background color to save power in internet) - this will affect both the native browser AND the e-mail app (don't ask me how is e-mail also "internet"... )
There is an option under settings > accessibility, which allows you to 'invert colours'. Select this. Give it a go. White backgrounds will become black and vice versa.
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I am after the same help!
This is a massive PITA for me coming form an iPhone where everything was easy to read. Why Samsung needed a black background and grey text is beyond me?
Hey im still noobish about quite a few things and im wanting to know about what changing colors on my device do...I've heard that it helps battery somewhat but i didn't know if anything else. Like making certain colors pop more or whatever. Just curious about what some peoples thoughts are on this and if anyone has their phone set a certain way with colors that makes their phone "pop" out or looks better.....i would like to see some screenshots and what settings you guys have on your device....much appreciated if anyone can show and help me out. Thanks
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Hey im still noobish about quite a few things and im wanting to know about what changing colors on my device do...I've heard that it helps battery somewhat but i didn't know if anything else. Like making certain colors pop more or whatever. Just curious about what some peoples thoughts are on this and if anyone has their phone set a certain way with colors that makes their phone "pop" out or looks better.....i would like to see some screenshots and what settings you guys have on your device....much appreciated if anyone can show and help me out. Thanks
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i use these color settings on my gnex and they are the best IMO..
contrast is -15 the rest are in the pic
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i use these color settings on my gnex and they are the best IMO..
contrast is -15 the rest are in the pic
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Sweet....thanks, so what does that all do to your device? Battery battery life, better color saturation or whatever? I'd like to know the point of doing this to the device and benefits...or if its just for personal fun
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So no one is willing to explain any of this to me?
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all it does is adjust the screen color/gamma. any difference in battery life would be a placebo effect. it might sound kind of pointless but i know that i and probably alot of other people would go insane if we lost the ability to adjust the screen like this. im a sucker for screen with lots of gamma reduction, the colors look so much more crisp and vivid; you can make it look damn good. decreasing the gamma will help make the colors crisper and less washed out, and the blacks blacker. you can also change the color balance -- some people notice a yellowish tint on the stock rom, adjusting the color values you can completely remove any tint and achieve a pretty true white.
edit: regarding screenshots, you wont see anything from a screenshot. screenshots show what the system is rendering, not what the screen is displaying. heres my settings, they may be a little too dark for you:
gamma adjustment - 0
red - 0
green - 0
blue - -3
color multiplier-
red - 153
green - 156
blue - 199
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all it does is adjust the screen color/gamma. any difference in battery life would be a placebo effect. it might sound kind of pointless but i know that i and probably alot of other people would go insane if we lost the ability to adjust the screen like this. im a sucker for screen with lots of gamma reduction, the colors look so much more crisp and vivid; you can make it look damn good. decreasing the gamma will help make the colors crisper and less washed out, and the blacks blacker. you can also change the color balance -- some people notice a yellowish tint on the stock rom, adjusting the color values you can completely remove any tint and achieve a pretty true white.
edit: regarding screenshots, you wont see anything from a screenshot. screenshots show what the system is rendering, not what the screen is displaying. heres my settings, they may be a little too dark for you:
gamma adjustment - 0
red - 0
green - 0
blue - -3
color multiplier-
red - 153
green - 156
blue - 199
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Thanks for explaining this to me....i known screenshots wouldn't show the difference. I meant just a screenshot of peoples settings....so this is what i have that i can change...i think some peoples are different. Any suggestions? Lol
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Yeah some people's are slightly different, it dependant on the rom they are running. It's hard so say what to set yours at, some screens just don't look the same as others at the same settings. I would just get a few pictures you really like, put them on you sd card and use them as a reference to adjust them, just pick whatever looks best to you, that's what I did.
If you use Franco kernel updater app, trickster or tkt from play store you will have more options. Gives you ability to calibrate the screen to correct for poor color, mine is beautiful, that's why I can't leave this phone.
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Settings will be different from display to display. Also from brightness settings can potentially have an effect on how things look too. Unfortunately there is no universal plug in these numbers and your display will look great. Also, a bit of subjectivity can come into play here as well. As mentioned using a picture of something you know and adjusting settings until it looks right is a great idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790325 <-- that thread has a discussion about various settings, including a spreadsheet in the OP where there is a list of them. Which once again shows that people's settings are all over the place so you probably will have to do some tweaking to get them how you want.
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If you use Franco kernel updater app, trickster or tkt from play store you will have more options. Gives you ability to calibrate the screen to correct for poor color, mine is beautiful, that's why I can't leave this phone.
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And by calibrating, it will automatically change the colors for you for the best looking results?
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And by calibrating, it will automatically change the colors for you for the best looking results?
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Not automatically, you will need to put in things manually look up calibration color galaxy nexus as there are lots of posts and charts saying what people use, pick one that is close and tweak it from there
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Hi,
I might be way behind the times here but.....
I have quite a dark setup on my Note II.
I'm using Liquid Smooth ROM and all backgrounds are black witha dpi of 240.
anyway, it's great while using indoors....etc.
However when I go outside into bright sunlight my phone is completely useless as I can't see a thing.
Is there an app available which I can set up an outside profile, say with white backgrounds and black font....etc?
Maybe even change the dpi quickly?
Look into tasker + secure settings if you're looking for automation, I'm not sure about other alternatives.
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My bad: I forgot how to I did it the first time: http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-accessibility-options
Accessibility settings:
One just has to activate "Direct Access" and select "invert colors" as the function that should be done when pressing the home button 3 times.
So you can invert the colours on the Tab S ??
John.
Yes and as it is OLED it consumes less power on dark screens
I wish the invert function had an option to limit inversion to white backgrounds and black text as I despise the "snow blind" effect of Lollipop and the new TouchWiz settings. Unfortunately this feature in its current form makes any other colors but black/white hideous. Oh well, half way there.
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Has anyone figured out how to adjust the screen tone to make the screen appear less of a cool or bluish tone? Coming from another more color accurate LCD device, the blue tone instead of white bugs me.
Go to accessibility --> vision
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Go to accessibility --> vision
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Care to elaborate further? I just tried the different options listed under the Vision menu, none of them had any impact on the blue tinting.
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Care to elaborate further? I just tried the different options listed under the Vision menu, none of them had any impact on the blue tinting.
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Accessibility > Vision > Screen Color Adjustment
Tap it and it will show a picture of jelly beans or M&Ms or something. Think of it as a grid. Center is the neutral zone.
However this will NOT change the color the white balance, only the gamma of the colors.
My LG G Tab X8.3 has a high red HUE. Comparing the G4s blueish tone against the X8.3s redish tone, is horrible. I prefer the softer bluer tones. There is an app in the Play Store to actually adjust the colors, but it is basically just an overlay. It caused me lots of lag, delay, missed touches, etc.
A custom kernel is the only way to properly adjust the LCD colors on a low level, without an app.
Actually My G4 H811 has Screen Mode hidden in settings but it does not make any effect. I wish it works on other models or at least on the rooted H815. To enable hidden feature, Need to create a Widget with Nova launcher a choose Activities. Then scroll and expand Settings and look for Screen Mode.
Gotcha thanks. I'm debating on trying this phone again, my S3 died and honestly I've had way too many uniformity and inconsistencies with AMOLED displays, so I want to stick with an IPS display. I've been using my old iP5s and I can't stand it, I need to get something ASAP. Just wish I could bring the white balance back to a neutral white, then maybe I'd be more content with the phone.
That... and better gaming performance.