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Resolved it (kinda), I shut the "Economy mode" and the screen stop the flickering....
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I'm creating a new thread for this problem got an answer there telling me it's my phone, but I would like to know if somebody else notice this.
It's like on good old CRT. Got a Note I (got stolen) bought a Note 2 and I can see a flickering, like if the display had a 60Hz refresh rate, never notice such a thing with the Note I.
It's more noticeable on white screens. And when you are using peripheral vision, by pointing your eyes like 10 centimeters from the side of the device, the flickering must be more visible
The effect looks like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3jHOwE8MqA not mine but can give an idea of the problem.
Thanks
Livebyte said:
YES I HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM.
I was worried sick that my phone might be going dead soon.
And I'm talking about Note 1 here.
I don't want to waste money on a Note 2. I don't want burn my wallet again! ):
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Never notice it with my Note I, it seems that it's partly due to AMOLED technology, but as I did not notice it on my Note I...
Maybe it varies form device to device...
The effect looks like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3jHOwE8MqA
Livebyte said:
YES I HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM.
I was worried sick that my phone might be going dead soon.
And I'm talking about Note 1 here.
I don't want to waste money on a Note 2. I don't want burn my wallet again! ):
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It's Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Livebyte said:
Yes I have it, but mine is definitely more severe than yours.
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Then why didn't you return it under warranty?
Go to Display > Features > Smart Rotation . Disable Smart rotation and voila the problem is resolved....
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It's Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Don't feed the troll
Ok, so if you do not own this device the Note 2, and do not want the device, why chime in and post/comments...
My scraan is flickering too. Feels like old CRT TV. When brightness not at 100% level I can observe this problem. Looks like samsung using PWM to control brightness. I think this is terrible. And I hope this can be fixed by software (adjust brightness by gamma correction etc)
mine also sometimes flickering on the lock screen in the near clock area for about 0,5-1 sec. but no need to worry, i guess its a hidden samsung note 2 feature...
So there are no solutions to fix screen flickering? Maybe we can overclock screen somehow? Maybe alternative brightness control?
The screen flicker mus be due to a bad batch of screens. Mine had the screen flickering too. and even with economy mode shut down and brightness is set to less then 100%. if you rapidly move the phone you can see that you see several screens instead of a blurry moving screen. this way you know it flickers. so for example if you move your phone up and down very rapidly instead of seeing a blurry view of the screen you will see several edges of the screen simultaniously. this tells you its flickering. While just looking at the screen you wont actually see the flickering but its somehow disturbing.
The way i know that your screen is defect is because due to a rescent replacement of my screen on my note 2 the flickering is totally gone now.
But keep in mind that my battery usages with screen on has increased. so i think samsung changed the power management for these new screens so that they wont flicker anymore. but they consume more power now. first i used the screen 6,5 hours and had a standby of 24 hours. now i have 6 hours screen on time with 24 hours standby. so its a bit of a change though. I just tested it 1 time. so it could also be i used the phone in another way when getting only 6 hours.
But just to let you guys know the flickering can be fixed.
Hi all,
I just gotten this phone today. I noticed the auto brightness transistion is not smooth but rather jerky and on my set it will brighten the screen and then lower the brightness quite often even though the lighting in the room did not change. Just wondering if I got a lemon set.
Newbie123 said:
Hi all,
I just gotten this phone today. I noticed the auto brightness transistion is not smooth but rather jerky and on my set it will brighten the screen and then lower the brightness quite often even though the lighting in the room did not change. Just wondering if I got a lemon set.
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I see the same thing. I hope it's not defective.
Mine does the same thing. Ended up turning the feature off, and leaving the brightness at about 50%
mine to i think it's a software issue
andygold said:
Mine does the same thing. Ended up turning the feature off, and leaving the brightness at about 50%
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Exactly What I did. I used to have the face recognition to keep screen on and that was really annoying with the screen dimming every 15 seconds but with the brightness. Set at 50 I can still see the screen pretty well in sunlight.
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thedudex said:
Exactly What I did. I used to have the face recognition to keep screen on and that was really annoying with the screen dimming every 15 seconds but with the brightness. Set at 50 I can still see the screen pretty well in sunlight.
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Coming from 2.5 months of HTC One, I just got this phone yesterday! Awesome phone amid some lags here and there at times. I hope that the next update of Android 4.2.2 will iron out those issue.
Yes, Since Android 4.1, the Autobrightness is kind of "too extreme" to be practical especially the dimming of backlight in low light. I have also set it to 52% manual.
So far I'm liking my G7 but I have noticed that although I have auto brightness turned off, the display dims over time (plugged in or running on battery) requiring me to jack up the slider. An ideas?
CraigVMN said:
So far I'm liking my G7 but I have noticed that although I have auto brightness turned off, the display dims over time (plugged in or running on battery) requiring me to jack up the slider. An ideas?
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I've literally watched mine move around but I do have auto brightness turned on. I'll turn it off and let you know if I have the same experience. It could possibly be a bug, I would factory reset if possible.
same happens here
I forget which phone it was, might've been my Nexus 5X (an LG phone), but even with Ambient Brightness and Auto Brightness settings turned off, the screen would subtly dim itself due to internal temperature. It was subtle, yet definitely noticeable when the same content was displayed on the screen for a while. I wouldn't doubt that's what you're seeing here. Do you notice this happening after prolonged use or when the phone is getting warm? I haven't noticed it with my phone yet but I'll keep an eye on it. I don't run with Auto brightness to begin with because it stinks on this phone.
Alcolawl said:
I forget which phone it was, might've been my Nexus 5X (an LG phone), but even with Ambient Brightness and Auto Brightness settings turned off, the screen would subtly dim itself due to internal temperature. It was subtle, yet definitely noticeable when the same content was displayed on the screen for a while. I wouldn't doubt that's what you're seeing here. Do you notice this happening after prolonged use or when the phone is getting warm? I haven't noticed it with my phone yet but I'll keep an eye on it. I don't run with Auto brightness to begin with because it stinks on this phone.
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Now that you mention it, it does occur when I'm playing games
CraigVMN said:
Now that you mention it, it does occur when I'm playing games
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Yeah. My guess is the kernel decides to dim the screen slightly before throttling the CPU or GPU. This way performance isn't impacted while still reducing heat. The screen itself produces a bit of heat but the real concern here is probably the battery, which will get quite toasty while gaming.
CraigVMN said:
Now that you mention it, it does occur when I'm playing games
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Alcolawl said:
Yeah. My guess is the kernel decides to dim the screen slightly before throttling the CPU or GPU. This way performance isn't impacted while still reducing heat. The screen itself produces a bit of heat but the real concern here is probably the battery, which will get quite toasty while gaming.
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CraigVMN said:
So far I'm liking my G7 but I have noticed that although I have auto brightness turned off, the display dims over time (plugged in or running on battery) requiring me to jack up the slider. An ideas?
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For those that experience this effect while playing games, it's actually a changeable option. Go to Settings/General/Gaming and untick Break Time.
Otherwise I don't know yet. :|
Just installed P and now previous brightness level of 63 it's so dim? I have to have it almost on 90% brightness now, why have they messed with this, it was fine as it was
Ady1976 said:
Just installed P and now previous brightness level of 63 it's so dim? I have to have it almost on 90% brightness now, why have they messed with this, it was fine as it was
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Same for me. WTF Google?
The actual brightness is the same, they just changed how the slider works. The first half moved it fast, last half moved it slower. Now the slider is more uniform.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...c-brightness-slider-introduced-android-p-dp3/
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It's definitely not smooth across the entire range, all my brightness is almost all the last 10% and actually a pain to set properly, it's worse for me.
That's more accurate because in bright indoor lighting or outside it's going to be towards the end of the scale. Dim indoor lighting I'm currently at 43%. And in pitch black it goes to 0%. I pretty much never touch my slider anymore after a couple adjustments. Don't get caught up on the percentages. I would be willing to bet that with Oreo at 40% and Pie at 90% the lumens output of the screen was the same.
Ady1976 said:
It's definitely not smooth across the entire range, all my brightness is almost all the last 10% and actually a pain to set properly, it's worse for me.
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EeZeEpEe said:
That's more accurate because in bright indoor lighting or outside it's going to be towards the end of the scale. Dim indoor lighting I'm currently at 43%. And in pitch black it goes to 0%. I pretty much never touch my slider anymore after a couple adjustments. Don't get caught up on the percentages. I would be willing to bet that with Oreo at 40% and Pie at 90% the lumens output of the screen was the same.
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Yeah I don't touch mine once it is setup generally but it's definitely not even throughout the scale, only gets really bright from like 85% onwards, just seems odd the real brightness is so high up, makes for fine tuning a bit difficult.
The screen has been rated a minimum of 1.78 nits and a maximum of 496 so if it truly is linear now, 50% is something like only 247 which isn't that bright at all.
Ady1976 said:
Yeah I don't touch mine once it is setup generally but it's definitely not even throughout the scale, only gets really bright from like 85% onwards, just seems odd the real brightness is so high up, makes for fine tuning a bit difficult.
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So much for AI on adaptive brightness, it's rubbish, and why do Google try to fix things that aren't broken, who needs AI for adjusting a backlight? Seems nothing more than just being able to market the phone as having AI! Never had an issue on Oreo, had it set at 25% with adaptive brightness and it was always the correct brightness wherever I was, which shouldn't be difficult given it's got a sensor to read the light levels.
Now since Pie, last night I turned my phone on in the dark and was blinded by a bright display (Oreo it would have been at it's lowest level in the dark), so turned the brightness down, turned it again later and the same thing, way too bright, and again this morning in a fairly dark room the same thing, far too bright, so I turn it down again. How long will it take to learn? The old method it was tamed immediately, now I'm constantly fiddling with the brightness, how is that progress!
Is there an option to go back to the old method?
Wish I hadn't bothered upgrading, just another year with an Android update with changes for changes sake.
Regards
Phil
PhilipL said:
Seems nothing more than just being able to market the phone as having AI!
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Totally agree on this. Adaptive battery and adaptive battery are almost non-sense. Only something cool to brand the item.
And Pixel Visual Core is just something super-expensive to make Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter cameras use HDR+. I'd rather pay something less and not having this feature that is probably expensive (or modifies the perception of the Pixel 2 as super-new and mega futuristic). Also, I've got the feeling they won't use it for Pixel 3 or 4.
Moto X1 was the last to use more CPUs to optimize the phone, before Qualcomm introduced more chips.
Hi
For any one having this issue please report this from your device at Settings > System > About Phone, the more people that flag it the more likely it will get fixed.
For me, I hate these updates that break simple basic functionality and overall add nothing extra to what we had with Oreo. Google really need to test these things properly and stop trying to fix things that simply are not broken!
Regards
Phil
PhilipL said:
Hi
For any one having this issue please report this from your device at Settings > System > About Phone, the more people that flag it the more likely it will get fixed.
For me, I hate these updates that break simple basic functionality and overall add nothing extra to what we had with Oreo. Google really need to test these things properly and stop trying to fix things that simply are not broken!
Regards
Phil
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Already reported, i shouldn't have to have my phone on 90% to be the same as what it was on 63%
Does anyone have any brightness issues? I just got my XL today and the brightness is very weak and I'm very disappointed. I uploaded a video onto Youtube so you can see the issue. Let me know....
https://youtu.be/pTjE4wi2Vc0
i'm not having any brightness issues at all.
freebee269 said:
i'm not having any brightness issues at all.
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but is it bright or just meh? That video with 50% brightness compared to the 5t has it really sucking on the Pixel. UrAvgConsumer also mentioned a few times that the brightness wasn't that great.
It looks bright even outdoors from online reviews I've seen.
minhtluu said:
Does anyone have any brightness issues? I just got my XL today and the brightness is very weak and I'm very disappointed in a 900 phone. I uploaded a video onto Youtube so you can see the issue. Let me know....
https://youtu.be/pTjE4wi2Vc0
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If not already, turn off adaptive brightness on the P3XL like it is on the 5T and compare again. If it is already off I'd like to see the setting in another vid..
The 2 XL was the same on Pie.. I had to set the brightness to 80% ... it's not a display problem it's software for sure..
cryppie said:
If not already, turn off adaptive brightness on the P3XL like it is on the 5T and compare again. If it is already off I'd like to see the setting in another vid..
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The adaptive brightness was definitely off. I was going to make another video but Google Support called me before I uploaded the video. They told me it was working as designed. I'm not going to argue with them. If they don't see an issue with it, they aren't going to fix it. I'm just going to return the phone.
I'm not one to spend a lot on phones, in the past I've owned the Nexus S, 4, 5, 6P, Oneplus One and 5T which were all reasonably priced phones. This was my first phone I decided to splurge on and I felt it wasn't worth the price I paid. Yes, the brightness isn't that big of a deal but for $969.68 I expect a perfect phone.
I hope the brightness issue is a non-issue for you folks.
NICEGYPT said:
The 2 XL was the same on Pie.. I had to set the brightness to 80% ... it's not a display problem it's software for sure..
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Was the brightness control more linear on Oreo?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/android-p-wth-brightness-t3825844
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...c-brightness-slider-introduced-android-p-dp3/
https://forums.androidcentral.com/g...ubt-about-display-brightness-android-pie.html
The slider values have changed from linear to log. No need to worry just move slider more to right and it will be just as bright as before.