Screen vividness - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

What do you guys think it's more vibrant or saturated? Standard or Dynamic display?
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I've gotten accustomed to oled and prefer it even over higher end lcd panels. Especially on this GS4 as oled has really come a long way. I like using the "adapt display" as it gets super bright in outdoor sunlight, brighter than any other mode when on auto-brightness. The colors look good without too much over saturation
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Sensitive eyes and black levels

I just picked up a Galaxy Nexus from WIND Mobile.
I have to say, the one thing I dread the most about AMOLED is the black/bright contrast. My eyes are very sensitive, and whenever I see something bright against an intensely dark background I get halos and it's very difficult to focus. For this reason I prefer LCD screens where the blacks are slightly grey. Nonetheless I decided to make the leap to the GNex because I like a lot of other things about it.
Do you think there is any sort of hack that could make the AMOLED look a bit more like an LCD? I realize this would affect battery life but basically what I'd like is to hack the colour space so that black becomes maybe 1-5% grey. I remember on CM7 there were hacks that could apply filters to make white into a more salmon-pinkish hue, a warmer white, etc. What I'm looking for is the reverse - leave the white alone but make the blacks greyer.
Anyone think this might be possible?
I don't know a specific solution, but here are some options:
If you're rooted, francois kernel and app can adjust the Gama levels, affecting all colors, but may help.
App Log graph can adjust your auto brightness levels.
Yes I am rooted.
Does increasing the gamma change the black levels? If so that could help.
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The black on my phone at highest brightness is a little bit grey..
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tcchuin said:
The black on my phone at highest brightness is a little bit grey..
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It seems to depend on the app. Some apps have a gentle dark grey gradient in the background. But the stock taskbar, even at full brightness, is just as black as the same part of the screen is when the screen is off.
Not trying to be a comedian here, but have you gotten your eyes checked lately?
Seeing halos is linked to several severe eyediseases or wearing wrong/none correction.
+1. Yup.
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Streaker said:
Not trying to be a comedian here, but have you gotten your eyes checked lately?
Seeing halos is linked to several severe eyediseases or wearing wrong/none correction.
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Fair enough. Optometrist says my eyes are healthy but I have large pupils that don't contract very efficiently. As a result I get halo effects at high contrast even when using proper vision correction. It's not something that poses a health threat otherwise. But he did advise me strongly against laser eye surgery as there would be a high risk of halos getting worse.
So that's me in a nutshell.
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Super dim is a root app and it can lower the brightness below the normal values
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Super dim is a root app and it can lower the brightness below the normal values
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I'm not looking to lower the brightness - I know how to do that already. I'm looking to decrease the contrast by making the black levels greyer.
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[APP] screenfilter

Found an app that dims your screen more than the stock brightness it helps save battery and helps when its dark.
Link!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
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wish they'd find away to get rid of the app installing bug .... Juicedefender has the same problem ...
Built into NardROM already.. good app to save battery..
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Thanks so much, great app!
nightmode
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Just a quick FYI, this will only give a battery life improvement on AMOLED screens. AMOLED is special like that. Using this app on an LCD-based device will, if anything, have a negative impact on battery life, as it's not influencing the actual backlight at all.
(P.S. Let's dispel this myth right now -- AMOLED displays DO NOT have a backlight. The pixels themselves emit light. AMOLED displays are literally nothing more than hundreds of thousands of very tiny LEDs made from organic compounds, and a clever transistor layout.)

SCREEN FILTER: Dim/Darken Screen app

I read this up yesterday and wanted to post it here too for those who don't know about the app yet. "Smart Filter".
This app is magnificient in that it doesn't tweak hardware functions, but it applies a dark layer. Thus making it work wonderfully with the OLED screens (Apparantly OLED can only be dimmed to a certain extent).
This app is fantastic for reading, viewing videos or taking notes at night. Also awesome for using your phone in the theatres (I guess?).
Once again, app is called: Screen Filter
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...utm_medium=organic&utm_term=screen+filter+app
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i use this app alot. great one because i too could not figure out how to lower the brightness.
Thanks for sharing!
I have tried many screen filter apps, and to this day, none have come close to Lux Auto Brightness.
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I have tried many screen filter apps, and to this day, none have come close to Lux Auto Brightness.
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+1
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Does Lux apply
a filter as well? The only down side I can think of with the filter method is that it doesn't really save battery (in comparison to actually emitting less light).
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JiraffeLeung said:
Does Lux apply
a filter as well? The only down side I can think of with the filter method is that it doesn't really save battery (in comparison to actually emitting less light).
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I dont think it applies a filter. I think it allows you to go below stock settings.
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What display settings do you use?

What display settings do you use.
Right now I'm using Standard with the change color tone to save battery option. But my second favorite would be natural with the color tone option off.
I was reading that if you use Movie mode and turn off auto tone, you get the most real looking pictures and the best contrast ratio. It beats the IPhone display in every way, contrast and real color. I tried it out and it made the display look like a LCD display. It was kinda neat. Using those settings with an iphone 5 side by side to my Note 2, the Note 2 looks way better. But still, I'm not really into the washed out look of LCD displays like the iphone 5's.
Anyway I'm just wondering what display settings you guys use on you're Note 2.
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i like real colors, so i try to use whatever is best for that goal.
actually, i use natural, without the auto adjusting. looks the best imo
I was using dynamic, but I've switched to movie. I like the way it looks.
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I always use standard, but ill try some of the options.
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cashyftw said:
I was using dynamic, but I've switched to movie. I like the way it looks.
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I also use dynamic and just tried using Movie. Looks weird to me, everything seems...washed out. I'm sure you get used to it after awhile but everything looks so crisp and vibrant under dynamic.
Think I'll just stick with that.
blazinazn said:
I also use dynamic and just tried using Movie. Looks weird to me, everything seems...washed out. I'm sure you get used to it after awhile but everything looks so crisp and vibrant under dynamic.
Think I'll just stick with that.
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I agree with that, just messing with settings for now.
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I use natural. I prefer the look of my s3 but it sits in the middle of standard and natural. Standard and vivid are just way too saturated for me. Movie is slightly more dull.
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After trying all of them I'm sticking to dynamic. It looks the best and more vivid IMO
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Yeah I don't use Movie mode. I was just saying what it does. Maybe for people that came from the Iphone and want the screen to look more like there old phone.
I just use standard with color tone to save battery on. I really can't tell a difference with battery life with it off though.
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Natural all the way lol
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What would be auto tone and how do I disable it ?
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What would be auto tone and how do I disable it ?
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Check the display settings... It's in there at the very bottom. Simple as checking it or un checking it
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I use standard
Dynamic. I love the vibrant, deep colors.
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Anyone use scene modes?

Im just asking if anyone uses the screen mode settings or if anyone uses the natural setting? Im using the naturl setting and reminds me of my iphone screen but bigger and better
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EyLaTnOgN said:
Im just asking if anyone uses the screen mode settings or if anyone uses the natural setting? Im using the naturl setting and reminds me of my iphone screen but bigger and better
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Movie is the most accurate visually. I couldn't handle the difference Movie made when I was used to Standard so I had to gradually get to Movie mode by using Natural as a stepping stone. Now im using movie mode and know i'm getting the most accurate intended colors. I can't ever imagine using the oversaturated standard mode. Now we have the best color reproduction / best contrast in amoled.
boodies said:
Movie is the most accurate visually. I couldn't handle the difference Movie made when I was used to Standard so I had to gradually get to Movie mode by using Natural as a stepping stone. Now im using movie mode and know i'm getting the most accurate intended colors. I can't ever imagine using the oversaturated standard mode. Now we have the best color reproduction / best contrast in amoled.
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Right!? Im actually going to try out movie mode now
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I find that natural is the best for me.
I edit photos on my calibrated desktop monitor. When I view those photos on my phone, natural gives the most similar colors and contrast compared to my calibrated desktop monitor (I calibrate it every 15 days or so with a spyder).
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sychak said:
I find that natural is the best for me.
I edit photos on my calibrated desktop monitor. When I view those photos on my phone, natural gives the most similar colors and contrast compared to my calibrated desktop monitor (I calibrate it every 15 days or so with a spyder).
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u sure? I also have spyder calibrator. but I hear that from OFFICIAL tests, movie gives most accurate colors.(out of any phone available apple or non,) maybe youre comp monitor is not calibrated correctly?

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