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I find it really surprising that they have done it once again - released a device with a full RGB LED,but without any support for it in the software by default. Pretty much like my old Nexus One, the Galaxy Nexus can only blink in white for me. Has anybody found a way to use all colours of the LED for different notifications?
Tweet deck for blinks a yellowish hue, although i did download led tester from the market to make it was working and can display all the colours i can throw at it. I don't think you can set custom colours though I am sure a rom will be baked soon with that option though.
Try Blink: https://market.android.com/details?id=imoblife.blink&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImltb2JsaWZlLmJsaW5rIl0.
This worked well on my Nexus One.
Blink does not work, but application called Light Flow works just fine.
Blink does not work unfortunately.
I've had Blue and Green notifications plus the standard white so far - would be nice to be fully customisable as standard though.
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Blink does not work, but application called Light Flow works just fine.
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Cool. Glad you could find one that works!
I'll remember light flow for when I can get my hands on one here in the US.
when mine blinks white it looks more like a mix of colours rather than all white, like green at the bottom, abit of red in the middle and like a purple colour towards the top. is this just mine or is everyones like this?
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when mine blinks white it looks more like a mix of colours rather than all white, like green at the bottom, abit of red in the middle and like a purple colour towards the top. is this just mine or is everyones like this?
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mine is as well, lets hope this is normal
Light Flow is free and works really well. Lets you customize notification colours, sounds, duration etc from within the app... and it doesn't require root.
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Light Flow is free and works really well. Lets you customize notification colours, sounds, duration etc from within the app... and it doesn't require root.
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You sure, it asked me for root when I had it, and I believe it was stated in it's description too, even though it adds itself to the accessibilities.
Surprisingly it works fine without changing anything other than the colors wanted
no root required
Tung_meister said:
when mine blinks white it looks more like a mix of colours rather than all white, like green at the bottom, abit of red in the middle and like a purple colour towards the top. is this just mine or is everyones like this?
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That's because its and RGB led and to make white, all 3 colours will be on
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Light Flow is amazing, thanks
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Evostance said:
That's because its and RGB led and to make white, all 3 colours will be on
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ye I understand that I've experienced RGB LED's before but not with such bad colour bleed through so I was just checking it wasn't my device that was at fault
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Light Flow is free and works really well. Lets you customize notification colours, sounds, duration etc from within the app... and it doesn't require root.
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It only works while the program is running or "minimized". If you close it in task switcher it stops working.
Thanks for that, seems to work perfectly.
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ye I understand that I've experienced RGB LED's before but not with such bad colour bleed through so I was just checking it wasn't my device that was at fault
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I have noticed the same colour bleed and it has a very very slight flicker as the light pulses too.
I'm glad this isn't a fault, though I would feel better if other people who read this could just confirm their Galaxy Nexus does the same thing??
I can see the three distinct colours, yeah. It's almost like they have separate R, G and B LED's on the circuit board really close together instead of one RGB one. If you get my drift. Doesn't bother me though.
jmbillings said:
I can see the three distinct colours, yeah. It's almost like they have separate R, G and B LED's on the circuit board really close together instead of one RGB one. If you get my drift. Doesn't bother me though.
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Thanks for the reassurance buddy!
Hi,
I got a grey One X last week and while fairly happy with the phone I thought the notification LED was pretty dim. Unless I look at the phone flat on I can't see it is on. I accepted this was to do with the LED being placed within the speaker grill; however a friend got a White version a few days later and the LED on his is about 3 times brighter.
A few videos I have seen show the Grey phone has a very dim light, would post them but can't link unfortunately.
Search this text on youtube for video example
HTC One X videopreview da Hitechworldita.net
Has anyone else noticed this or is this an issue with my phone?
Bobbeh84 said:
Hi,
I got a grey One X last week and while fairly happy with the phone I thought the notification LED was pretty dim. Unless I look at the phone flat on I can't see it is on. I accepted this was to do with the LED being placed within the speaker grill; however a friend got a White version a few days later and the LED on his is about 3 times brighter.
A few videos I have seen show the Grey phone has a very dim light, would post them but can't link unfortunately.
Search this text on youtube for video example
HTC One X videopreview da Hitechworldita.net
Has anyone else noticed this or is this an issue with my phone?
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I think that is simply because with the white casing, the light is able to shine through the white casing itself. Whereas obviously with the darker casing, it is truly confined to the tiny little hole of the earpiece. I do get the feeling that HTC designed the white one first
Yeah maybe, but comparing the two side by side, it looks as though his LED is a different type entirely. Looking at the LED straight on should negate the case colour and in that scenario his white version is still far brighter.
As long as other people think the grey one is dim there is no reason to send mine back.
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Yeah maybe, but comparing the two side by side, it looks as though his LED is a different type entirely. Looking at the LED straight on should negate the case colour and in that scenario his white version is still far brighter.
As long as other people think the grey one is dim there is no reason to send mine back.
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It was one of the first things I noticed when I held a grey one. So I don't think it is faulty. But just like most things, LEDs do vary from unit to unit in brightness.
i haven't seen a grey one, but with my 2nd white replacement, the charging led was stupidly dim. now im on the 3rd replacement, the same led is much much brighter. leads me to believe it was positioned incorrectly, or just a crap led.
quality control really sucks atm.
The other day I noticed that my once stock white colored notification LED was acting strangely. It now is multicolored and seems to have a slight flicker when it goes off. I went through Samsung US support steps, removed apps, then full factory reset. Still same problem. I installed Light Flow and tested all colors. Most work but still with a bit of a flicker. White is not working. It displays in three colors, yellow pink and green/blue? I suppose my LED has broken. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution? Samsung US will not support the repair as it is an international GSM phone.
Thank you.
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The other day I noticed that my once stock white colored notification LED was acting strangely. It now is multicolored and seems to have a slight flicker when it goes off. I went through Samsung US support steps, removed apps, then full factory reset. Still same problem. I installed Light Flow and tested all colors. Most work but still with a bit of a flicker. White is not working. It displays in three colors, yellow pink and green/blue? I suppose my LED has broken. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution? Samsung US will not support the repair as it is an international GSM phone.
Thank you.
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Yeah white isn't really white, its a combination of three colors. Its normal.. no biggie
Well mine is also like that..
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I have had my phone since January and it was always a white notification. My old Nexus One was also always a plain white notification. I am pretty sure thats what stock Android intends it to be. The multicolored just started. Either way Light Flow when set to White should display a white notification but it cannot. I am almost certain my LED is defective. Anyone else?
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Yeah white isn't really white, its a combination of three colors.
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As proved by Newton:
White light is the effect of combining the visible colors of light in suitable proportions (the same present in solar light).
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Ok, so... no help here. Thanks anyway, guys.
I sure wish my LED could be fixed. <head down>
Everything you describe is normal.
You probably just never noticed it before.
I actually did notice it and that is why I have posted here. The notification light is supposed to be white. Not multicolored. I know this phone like the back of my hand. The led has changed.
Mine has been like exactly what you've described on both Nexus' that I've owned.
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It's a tri-colored LED (red, green, blue).
It displays different colors by mixing those 3 primary colors.
To get white, it mixes all 3.
The 3 LED's aren't close enough together, so around the edges you'll see the individual colors, but in the center it will appear white.
At certain distances/angles/lighting conditions, it can appear almost fully white.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDrYDjXThLc
If you insist that it was pure white before, then somehow you had a white LED and it has transformed into a RGB LED.
I'm pretty sure no Galaxy Nexus's were shipped with a white LED, and certainly not ones that can transform.
AFAIK
The notification LED at the bottom of the phone has always been a 3 color LED. Red, green and blue. To get white it turns on all 3. Other colors are variations on a theme.
Thank you, terryhau.
My notification light does not look like it does in that video. It is now mostly pink with a green hue no the bottom portion and a purple/blue color in the top left hand portion. It DID NOT used to be like this.
I guess I need to post a pic somehow.
Maybe something like an update or .apk has changed the behavior of the LEDs like reduced the output which would explain why you now see all 3 colors instead of white.
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Maybe something like an update or .apk has changed the behavior of the LEDs like reduced the output which would explain why you now see all 3 colors instead of white.
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I did a full factory reset hoping that may be the case. No luck. This hasn't happened to anyone else?
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Thank you, terryhau.
My notification light does not look like it does in that video. It is now mostly pink with a green hue no the bottom portion and a purple/blue color in the top left hand portion. It DID NOT used to be like this.
I guess I need to post a pic somehow.
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The video shows that it is not pure white, but a mixture of colors. Kind of hard to see because of the bad camera.
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The video shows that it is not pure white, but a mixture of colors. Kind of hard to see because of the bad camera.
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Yes. And in the video it shows what my led looked like about three days ago. It no longer displays that way. Now the three colors are glaringly obvious with a bit of a flicker as it fades out.
I am having the same issue. I have a galaxy nexus from sprint and the play store. the sprint one is perfect. all colors requiring a mix of colors show perfectly like pink, magenta, lime etc. However the play one does not. its almost like its off center so with lime you will see a bit of green and then orange on one side. Pink is slightly pink on one section then almost white every where else. Purple is purple and then has a nice section of blue on one edge.
So my question is those who have replaced your screen is the led attached to it or is it part of the speaker daughter board?
My led is darned close to white (accepting Newton's physical laws etc.). I'm thinking that if yours has changed then perhaps it's damaged, but perhaps your rom settings have (been) changed and your notification colour is now set differently (by default). What rom are you using?
I'm using CM9, which nominally allows me to have notifications in different colours for different apps. I find when I pick colours from the chooser, though I'm meant to have complete control over the colour, in reality I can get white, red, blue, green, and different rotations of rainbows.
Clarification: when I say I can get 'red, blue, and green', I mean properly: I get a solid circle of whichever one of those colours I'm aiming for. But anything else (e.g. yellow, orange, cyan, magenta, lilac, etc.) will be a the chosen colour in a small part of the circle, and an array of all the other colours elsewhere in the rest of the circle.
i can get all those colors too... but only on a portion of the window. white will show green, blue and pink on the side.. but not just around the edges. I think this is what the OP was talking about. I honestly do not think its a software issue as i am running lightflow on both of my nexus's and one is has run cm9 and AOKP witht he same results. It has to be a hardware issue. So if any one can answer this, is the LED attached to the screen or the lower speaker daughter board?
Simple question guys: My phone only shows red or green for notifications - is there no orange on this bad boy? I came from G1/Wildfire so I'm used to there being an orange in between...
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Simple question guys: My phone only shows red or green for notifications - is there no orange on this bad boy? I came from G1/Wildfire so I'm used to there being an orange in between...
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Well there are two led colors, red and green. I think when both are on orange happens
By default green is set for fully charged/90%+
orange is charging
red is low battery
I can't find an orange option in whatsapp so maybe you can't set orange for notifications. On trying colors other than green or red I still get red.
Orange isn't charging. There is only red and green
Red flashing - low battery
Red solid - charging
Green flashing - notification
Green solid - >90% battery on charge
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Cheers guys.
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Hi
It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.
There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.
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Phil
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It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.
There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.
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Phil
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Your LED has the same problem that my two returned grey ones had - the white model I have has a far more visible LED - I can see it clearly from a distance and also when it's at a near 90 degree angle.
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pingu01 said:
Your LED has the same problem that my two returned grey ones had - the white model I have has a far more visible LED - I can see it clearly from a distance and also when it's at a near 90 degree angle.
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That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.
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Phil
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That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.
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Phil
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I guess that makes sense - what a bad design flaw as the dark model just lights up the size of the tiny pinhole and the white one creates a light around the size of a circle drawn around four of the pinholes. If I'm spending over £400 I'd rather have one that I can see the notifications so glad my replacement is going to be a white one. Hopefully the wifi on this one will be ok.
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That is because the white plastic allows more light through, but I don't want a white phone as it isn't my preference so I'm living with it, it isn't that big a deal for me personally, certainly not enough for me to sacrifice my preference for the grey phone.
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Phil
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I have a black model and mine is silimilar to what the other members white phone. I can see it at different angles and from a distance and in a darkened area it's bright with a quarter inch halo around it.
My black one doesn't show much light, just a pin prick. It's bright enough to be seen as long as it's not in sunlight though.
My Sensation's LED was easier to see, i dunno if it was a bigger LED, or the silver grille just allowed more through.
bagofcrap24 said:
Orange isn't charging. There is only red and green
Red flashing - low battery
Red solid - charging
Green flashing - notification
Green solid - >90% battery on charge
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Red and green flashing alternately quickly, you phones too dam hot
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PhilipL said:
Hi
It is a bi-colour LED which seems to be an after thought given it sits behind the ear piece grill and on the grey phones is just a tiny point of light you can only see looking head on to the phone.
There are two types of bi-colour LED, one has 2 connections, the other has 3. A bi-colour LED with 3 pins allows both LEDs to be lit independently, giving Red, Green and Red + Green for Orange. A 2 pin LED will light Red when the current flows one way, and Green when it flows the other, meaning you can only have Green or Red and no mixture. Given there is no orange in use now I suspect the LED is a simple 2 pin affair, so there will be no way it can ever display Orange.
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Phil
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I'm not the only guy who sees orange xD
Orange - Charging
Just bought a new Zplay 1 week ago. I noticed on dark (not total black) colors that my top right screen corner is a bit brighter that the other parts of the screen. This brightness expands from right too to the middle. My question: is it fixable? Should i ask for a replacement device from Motorola's service (will they accept it?) or stick with this device and live with that? From previous experience from other services, usually i got the older phone back in worst condition than it was before. Anyone else with same problem?
I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.
Btw, fantastic device :fingers-crossed:
Amoled displays cannot have backlight bleeding since they have no backlight. Try downloading a pure black image, turn your brightness to maximum (no auto brightness) and see what you get. If you can still see something, then you might have a defective oled display. Motorola customer service might try to turn you down with the usual "Back light bleed is totally normal (it is normal on IPS LCDs to an extent)", since they more than likely dont know the difference between an IPS LCD and an AMOLED.
Or you could try turning up your brightness to maximum and just activate moto display and see if you can see anything.
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Amoled displays cannot have backlight bleeding since they have no backlight. Try downloading a pure black image, turn your brightness to maximum (no auto brightness) and see what you get. If you can still see something, then you might have a defective oled display. Motorola customer service might try to turn you down with the usual "Back light bleed is totally normal (it is normal on IPS LCDs to an extent)", since they more than likely dont know the difference between an IPS LCD and an AMOLED.
Or you could try turning up your brightness to maximum and just activate moto display and see if you can see anything.
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On pure blacks i see nothing. The display is perfect. On the other hand i get to see a difference on other colors, mostly darker greys, for example on Chrome's empty tab panel where the color is a bit gray, there the problem can be seen. I'm don't know if this is natural or not. I will upload some pics to get an idea
Probably burn in on the screen from your status bar.. Also check the nav bar area too
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Probably burn in on the screen from your status bar.. Also check the nav bar area too
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Doesn't look like burn-in issue. Here the pics
AxiK. said:
Doesn't look like burn-in issue. Here the pics
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That's not normal, you should get a replacement
AxiK. said:
Doesn't look like burn-in issue. Here the pics
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Could be screen temp issue. Maybe wasnt calibrated correctly.
Id suggest get a screen test app , bring up a white color and see if that side has a yellow tint. If so its a color temp issue or also could be color distortion. Get a new one.
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Could be screen temp issue. Maybe wasnt calibrated correctly.
Id suggest get a screen test app , bring up a white color and see if that side has a yellow tint. If so its a color temp issue or also could be color distortion. Get a new one.
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Today i sent it back to the store for a service check. They said if there is any issue with the screen i will get a new one or a refund. The thing is, i don't realy trust the technicians. Most of them are crappy
AxiK. said:
Today i sent it back to the store for a service check. They said if there is any issue with the screen i will get a new one or a refund. The thing is, i don't realy trust the technicians. Most of them are crappy
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Bestbuy where i live sucks if the issue is minor they wont sent it back for a new one.
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Good news, they gave me back the money. I will go for a new one.
My moto z plays dispay is slightly on the warmer side (whites are not pure white, a bit of yellowish). Initially i haven't noticed this but when compared this with redmi note 3 then i can see the difference where redmi note 3 colours are more vibrant.Is it normal? Or some issue with the screen?
I just checked m display and it's full black like the deep space, which was obvious since is an AMOLED display and all black pixels turn off to not show anything when they are black.
Ur Moto-Z seems like it was a LCD version lol! Good u get ur money back.
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I just checked m display and it's full black like the deep space, which was obvious since is an AMOLED display and all black pixels turn off to not show anything when they are black.
Ur Moto-Z seems like it was a LCD version lol! Good u get ur money back.
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Technically the pics are not pure black backgrounds so in thay case the pixels are not off..
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My moto z plays dispay is slightly on the warmer side (whites are not pure white, a bit of yellowish). Initially i haven't noticed this but when compared this with redmi note 3 then i can see the difference where redmi note 3 colours are more vibrant.Is it normal? Or some issue with the screen?
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Check ur display with display teaster app
U can get from playstore
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Check ur display with display teaster app
U can get from playstore
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This is my go to app for testing screens, white and grey. Grey is usually the easiest to tell issues on with an amoled. This showed the terrible G-flex 2 panels weakness (greys were horrible on that screen)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinyroar.amoledburninfix&hl=en
taphius said:
This is my go to app for testing screens, white and grey. Grey is usually the easiest to tell issues on with an amoled. This showed the terrible G-flex 2 panels weakness (greys were horrible on that screen)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinyroar.amoledburninfix&hl=en
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Check ur display with total black background...not grey
Amoled usually checked with black background..& see it in dark invirment if any light visable ..if any light visable than ur display is faulty...
AMOLED displays always has to be TOTAL black, since there is not lamp providing light like in LCD and LED panels.
Obviously, there is a problem with the screen. If it does not affect the use, it does not matter, but if you can not accept such a screen, you can replace a new moto z play screen by yourself. This is a maintenance tutorial for moto z play screen. You can watch this to learn how to repair your moto z play.
Probably a defective model you got. Great you got the refund.
AxiK. said:
Good news, they gave me back the money. I will go for a new one.
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try this one Swift Black Substratum Theme +Oreo & Samsung theme