I was in a shop looking at s11 and generally playing with it and put the screen brightness up to full and was not that impressed so i compared it to the galaxy s in the same shop and the screen on that seemed much brighter and vibrant than the s II, maybee its just another setting i didnt find but the galaxy s screen looked better to me which really supprised me, can anyone with both phones confirm this by doing a comparison and has anyone else noticed it.
There is now way in this god given earth that a SGS screen is better than this. Brightness can vary from SAMOLED to SAMOLED, as every screen is different. But + will always be better because of its density and screen reaction time. My mates SGSII is very blue, mine is pure white with a hint of blue. But when any screens brightness is on low it may look a bit yellowish, that is the only downside of.SAMOLED. Trust me, this phone is fried gold
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It's the automatic screen power, turn it off, changes alot.
Also in the display settings you can set it to standard, dynamic or movie.
Just like you can with a samsung tv.
I have used a Galaxy S from an year until recently last week, i exchanged it to get a new Galaxy S II. I like the phone very much and i still think its the best phone ever made. But i notice that even my screen has the yellow discoloration problem as others. I don't bother much about it but what made me curious was that a friend of mine purchased a new Galaxy S a few days back when i brought my S II. I put both the displays side by side and noticed this
1) The display of the Galaxy S was much brighter than my S II at 0 and 100 levels of brightness. I felt that my S II screen was more dull and yellowish while that of S was brighter and greyish
2) In direct sunlight, the visibility of the Galaxy S screen was more than my S II at both 0 and 100 levels of brightness.
I was surprised by these findings and I want to know whether
a) Super AMOLED+ brightness is supposed to be better than Super AMOLED ?
b) Or does my SII have a faulty screen and can i get it replaced ( purchased mine a week back) ?
To be honest, i always used my old Galaxy S at 0% brightness and even at times i felt it was too much brightness in a dark room, so used the Screenfilter app. But thats not the case with my S II, i have to use it at around 20% in the same dark room. So, i want to know whether my particular screen is defective or is it the same for everyone else ?
Settings display background effect: choose dynamic
And you can turn off the adjust screen for power option in display settings
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u sure u disabled power saving mode for the display? That usually causes a duller/greyish screen...
krishelnino said:
I have used a Galaxy S from an year until recently last week, i exchanged it to get a new Galaxy S II. I like the phone very much and i still think its the best phone ever made. But i notice that even my screen has the yellow discoloration problem as others. I don't bother much about it but what made me curious was that a friend of mine purchased a new Galaxy S a few days back when i brought my S II. I put both the displays side by side and noticed this
1) The display of the Galaxy S was much brighter than my S II at 0 and 100 levels of brightness. I felt that my S II screen was more dull and yellowish while that of S was brighter and greyish
2) In direct sunlight, the visibility of the Galaxy S screen was more than my S II at both 0 and 100 levels of brightness.
I was surprised by these findings and I want to know whether
a) Is Super AMOLED+ supposed to be better than Super AMOLED ?
b) Or does my SII have a faulty screen and can i get it replaced ( purchased a week back) ?
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All I can say, we all have the same GS II, same screen, same Yellowish tint, Bluish white in Auto/Low Brightness, some admit it, some not. If you wanna exchange it, exchange it, but I bet you will a same screen like before. And the comparison about Super AMOLED and Super AMOLED +, I too think that S-AMOLED is better than Plus in case of Low/Auto Brightness. I previously had a Wave S8500, and I never turned the Brightness to even 1 in one year as on lowest settings the screen was gorgeous. But I can't say that for GS II. I disabled the Auto brightness already, I just can't take that Bluish White effect. I am on 20%, the screen is cool now, still I am not that impressed with it as I thought I'd be. I don't think it's a feature of S-AMOLED Plus screens but a manufacturing fault, now Samsung admits it or not it's a different story. But I still hope that a Firmware update could turn things in the right way, just a hope. I purchased this device for only having another OLED screen, cause I've saw ARC and Play, and they just couldn't stand against my Wave, but if I knew that GS II would have this type of screen I'd not ignored those phones. Let one more OLED+ device from Samsung get released and if that one has this problem too, I am out from Samsung forever, yea I know they simply don't care for one customer, but I do care for me.
Regards.
I have disabled the Power saving mode, and also tried the three different modes- standard, dynamic, and movie. But i didn't find much difference. SAMOLED+ is supposed to be brighter than SAMOLED, right ? Other than this the phone is marvelous !!!
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All I can say, we all have the same GS II, same screen, same Yellowish tint, Bluish white in Auto/Low Brightness, some admit it, some not. If you wanna exchange it, exchange it, but I bet you will a same screen like before. And the comparison about Super AMOLED and Super AMOLED +, I too think that S-AMOLED is better than Plus in case of Low/Auto Brightness. I previously had a Wave S8500, and I never turned the Brightness to even 1 in one year as on lowest settings the screen was gorgeous. But I can't say that for GS II. I disabled the Auto brightness already, I just can't take that Bluish White effect. I am on 20%, the screen is cool now, still I am not that impressed with it as I thought I'd be. I don't think it's a feature of S-AMOLED Plus screens but a manufacturing fault, now Samsung admits it or not it's a different story. But I still hope that a Firmware update could turn things in the right way, just a hope. I purchased this device for only having another OLED screen, cause I've saw ARC and Play, and they just couldn't stand against my Wave, but if I knew that GS II would have this type of screen I'd not ignored those phones. Let one more OLED+ device from Samsung get released and if that one has this problem too, I am out from Samsung forever, yea I know they simply don't care for one customer, but I do care for me.
Regards.
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I used a Galaxy S and it was an excellent phone with Lagfix and Darkys ROM. Briefly, in between I used an Xperia Play for a few days and it was so laggy, many apps used to force close, etc. So i decided to go for a dual core and I think there is no match for S II in this regard. I am very satisified with this but just wanted to know about this SAMOLED+ screen and it was supposed to be better than SAMOLED. To be honest, i always used my old Galaxy S at 0% brightness and even at times i felt it was too much brightness in a dark room and hence used the Screenfilter app. But thats not the case with my S II, i have to use it at around 20% in the same dark room. So, i want to know whether is my particular screen defective or it is the same for everyone else ?
krishelnino said:
So, i want to know whether is my particular screen defective or it is the same for everyone else ?
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As I said in my previous post, 100/100 phones are like that, including me
ithehappy said:
All I can say, we all have the same GS II, same screen, same Yellowish tint, Bluish white in Auto/Low Brightness, some admit it, some not. If you wanna exchange it, exchange it, but I bet you will a same screen like before. And the comparison about Super AMOLED and Super AMOLED +, I too think that S-AMOLED is better than Plus in case of Low/Auto Brightness. I previously had a Wave S8500, and I never turned the Brightness to even 1 in one year as on lowest settings the screen was gorgeous. But I can't say that for GS II. I disabled the Auto brightness already, I just can't take that Bluish White effect. I am on 20%, the screen is cool now, still I am not that impressed with it as I thought I'd be. I don't think it's a feature of S-AMOLED Plus screens but a manufacturing fault, now Samsung admits it or not it's a different story. But I still hope that a Firmware update could turn things in the right way, just a hope. I purchased this device for only having another OLED screen, cause I've saw ARC and Play, and they just couldn't stand against my Wave, but if I knew that GS II would have this type of screen I'd not ignored those phones. Let one more OLED+ device from Samsung get released and if that one has this problem too, I am out from Samsung forever, yea I know they simply don't care for one customer, but I do care for me.
Regards.
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Whoa there! Extreme much? You'll never get another Samsung because the screen isn't bright enough at 0% brightness? Lol. Are you serious? Oh well, to each his own.
krishelnino said:
I have disabled the Power saving mode, and also tried the three different modes- standard, dynamic, and movie. But i didn't find much difference. SAMOLED+ is supposed to be brighter than SAMOLED, right ? Other than this the phone is marvelous !!!
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The plus got nothing to do with brightness but with subpixels. Its red blue and green in every subpixel where amoled got red green and blue green. Makes the image sharper to read.
zkyevolved said:
Whoa there! Extreme much? You'll never get another Samsung because the screen isn't bright enough at 0% brightness? Lol. Are you serious? Oh well, to each his own.
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Yes, that's correct. It's not an improvement for me coming from S-AMOLED and I don't like it. When I've seen better I won't bear a lesser.
You are correct in that part.
Regards.
Does anyone know, how much power is saved by using the display powersave mode? I just tried turning it off and the screen looks much brighter and crisper. Is activating power save mode worth it?
My SGS1 not as bright as this one and not ad good in sunlight.
Yellow tint if i have it i dont care i dont see it.
Dont like SGS2 sell it simple answer.
jje
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paranoid2007 said:
Does anyone know, how much power is saved by using the display powersave mode? I just tried turning it off and the screen looks much brighter and crisper. Is activating power save mode worth it?
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I never have power saver switched on and my battery manages to make it thru a day with moderate use..havent seen too much diff with it switched on..
Same problem for me..i also believe SGS1 is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118532
SGS is slightly brighter than SGS II. It's in almost every review that measures screen brightness. AMOLED Plus was updated for sharpness, not brightness.
DJTaurus said:
Same problem for me..i also believe SGS1 is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118532
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What do you think your screenshots will tell us? If you want to prove anything, post *photos* not screenshots.
JJEgan said:
My SGS1 not as bright as this one and not ad good in sunlight.
Yellow tint if i have it i dont care i dont see it.
Dont like SGS2 sell it simple answer.
jje
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I am not bothered about the yellow tint either. What bothers me is the brightness level of SGSII when compared to a SGSI. Having used a SGSI for an year, the new SGS II has to be atleast equal to it. But lesser than the previous one is unacceptable. Thats my point
krishelnino said:
I am not bothered about the yellow tint either. What bothers me is the brightness level of SGSII when compared to a SGSI. Having used a SGSI for an year, the new SGS II has to be atleast equal to it. But lesser than the previous one is unacceptable. Thats my point
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Well all i can say is bought SGS2 and one week later sold SGS1 in that one week it was noticeable that SGS2 was brighter clearer more vibrant better screen .Thats not memory thats matching both side by side .
jje
zkyevolved said:
Whoa there! Extreme much? You'll never get another Samsung because the screen isn't bright enough at 0% brightness? Lol. Are you serious? Oh well, to each his own.
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Yeah it seems a strange comment.... one thing that always annoyed me about the original Galaxy S was the screen was TOO bright on the lowest setting - it was a nightmare if you were using it in bed with the lights off.
Hi,
I just got my new Samsung Galaxy S2 .
I already have an iPhone 4 .
But i actually have some doubt now .
I compared the 2 screens from the iPhone and GS2 , and found that Galaxy s2 has lower brightness than the iPhone 4 .
But i google'd and found out that people say that galaxy s2 has higher brightness than the iPhone 4 .
This has made a doubt in my mind as to whether my Samsung galaxy S2 screen maybe faulty .?
I have turned auto brightness to off and my brightness is set to maximum on my S2 .
Still i feel like it has low brightness .
Is there some benchmark program (Like quandrant and smartbench )that produces a score for the screen brightness .?
So that i can compare the score and be satisfied that my screen is ok .
Or what else is the option for checking whether the brightness is ok or not .??
Should i upload a video here so that you guys can check that and tell me .??
Reply plzz ....
I think you are comparing the Brightness at it's lowest level but try to do the opposite, compare them on 100% brightness and see what you get.
ithehappy said:
I think you are comparing the Brightness at it's lowest level but try to do the opposite, compare them on 100% brightness and see what you get.
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No , I'm comparing the brightness at maximum for both devices .
What is the way to find out if S2 screen is faulty .?
Should i post a video .??
The SGS2 screen isn't as bright as the SGS1 so don't take people's word for it when they said its very bright. But it is definitely sharper than its predecessor, that's for sure. Try using manual brightness and set it to about 50% to 60% you should be satisfied with that unless you're under sunlight
Anyway I don't know of any apps that test the screen out. If you really wanna be sure, then take it back to where you bought it from or Samsung and ask to do a comparison. Or test with a demo set if they have one.
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sasha007 said:
Hi,
I just got my new Samsung Galaxy S2 .
I already have an iPhone 4 .
But i actually have some doubt now .
I compared the 2 screens from the iPhone and GS2 , and found that Galaxy s2 has lower brightness than the iPhone 4 .
But i google'd and found out that people say that galaxy s2 has higher brightness than the iPhone 4 .
This has made a doubt in my mind as to whether my Samsung galaxy S2 screen maybe faulty .?
I have turned auto brightness to off and my brightness is set to maximum on my S2 .
Still i feel like it has low brightness .
Is there some benchmark program (Like quandrant and smartbench )that produces a score for the screen brightness .?
So that i can compare the score and be satisfied that my screen is ok .
Or what else is the option for checking whether the brightness is ok or not .??
Should i upload a video here so that you guys can check that and tell me .??
Reply plzz ....
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Who cares how it compares to anything else? Are you happy with the brightness? If so, forget it and enjoy. If not, try a replacement and if you're still not happy then swap it for a different phone.
cr0wnest said:
The SGS2 screen isn't as bright as the SGS1 so don't take people's word for it when they said its very bright. But it is definitely sharper than its predecessor, that's for sure. Try using manual brightness and set it to about 50% to 60% you should be satisfied with that unless you're under sunlight
Anyway I don't know of any apps that test the screen out. If you really wanna be sure, then take it back to where you bought it from or Samsung and ask to do a comparison. Or test with a demo set if they have one.
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As i said at 100%? brightness also i feel it low when comparing it to IP4 .
So called Yellowish Display problem is going on but there isn't anything about Brightness I've heard of!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444&highlight=Yellowish
Who cares how it compares to anything else? Are you happy with the brightness? If so, forget it and enjoy. If not, try a replacement and if you're still not happy then swap it for a different phone.
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How can he if he has already see a brighter one?
Anyway, just to say one thing, my previous phone was S8500, and after purchasing I9100, I too find that Brightness is a little bit low than I9100. In fact I found the S8500 screen crisper than I9100. So I liked the S-AMOLED than S-AMOLED Plus. Call me old school, doesn't matter.
Regards.
ithehappy said:
How can he if he has already see a brighter one?
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???
I didn't realise the point of a mobile phone was to be the brightest one available. I asked the OP if he's happy with the current brightness, regardless of whether he's seen something brighter
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Here is a video showing the screen brightness .
Please watch and comment on what you think .?
goo.gl/JCXgA
cr0wnest said:
The SGS2 screen isn't as bright as the SGS1
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Hi, when I was comparing the galaxy s2 and the galaxy s1 (side by side in the shop) and my htc desire (amoled). I wanted to see what the differences were between all the amoled series. So I lined them all up galaxy s2<galaxy s< desires and turned all the brightness' all the way up to max and the galaxy s2 was by far the brightest. Furthermore, I read that Samsung claims that samoled+ is brighter than samoled. I have to agree, samoled+ was brighter than the galaxy s.
Here is a video showing the screen brightness .
Please watch and comment on what you think .?
goo.gl/JCXgA
It's perfect IMO.
Aren't you happy with the brightness of your screen?
I use brightness all the time on 25%. Sometimes on 40% to watch videos.
Take a look at the iPhone screen at full brightness in the dark. Do the same with sgs2 and compare black background on both phones. You're going to realize why sgs2 screen is much better.
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SGS2 screen is the brightest screen on max100% i've ever seen O_O
danielsf said:
Hi, when I was comparing the galaxy s2 and the galaxy s1 (side by side in the shop) and my htc desire (amoled). I wanted to see what the differences were between all the amoled series. So I lined them all up galaxy s2<galaxy s< desires and turned all the brightness' all the way up to max and the galaxy s2 was by far the brightest. Furthermore, I read that Samsung claims that samoled+ is brighter than samoled. I have to agree, samoled+ was brighter than the galaxy s.
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Hmmm ive yet to test this out myself, but i remember reading a head to head comparison with the SGS1 and 2 and they said the SGS1 was brighter, and you can also see that its true even from photographs. But the color and sharpness of the SAMOLED+ definitely wins.
Looks like i need to do a comparison myself.
Can i go to a samsung service center and ask them to compare my screen with another galaxy S2.?
Or do i have to goto an samsung outlet for comparing .?
Hi mate! I and my friend just bought 2 SGS2 today and I found that the brightness of the 2 are differernt obviously. My SGS2's birghtness is much lower and with yelow tint. (both with max brightness)
@aidafa : what u mean by obviuosly .??
They should be same afaik ..
Also , what is the yellow tint issue .??
Can u see my video and tell whether my brightness is up to the mark .???
I bought a White S2 from o2, which arrived yesterday , and I am having similar problems
Firstly I thought the screen was just a bit dim , I was a little surprised as SGS2 owners have been telling me how much brighter their screens are than the iPhone 4
I set the Brightness to max , Auto brightness OFF , Powersave mode OFF , Browser Brightness on full , and it still seems that the screen is incapable of presenting the colour WHITE -coloured images can look OK (not outstanding) - but whites simply look grey/blue and "dim"
It's very strange , flicking through the home screens , the white in the dock icons noticeable changes / dims in relation to how much bright colour there is on the screen , it is almost like having Auto brightness on and moving your finger across the sensor !
I think that this would be just "mildly annoying" , but I know (I have seen videos on Youtube) that the SGS2 should be brighter than the iPhone , but .... Well, look for yourself (both devices set to max , auto brightness off (browser brightness full ) )
O2 are happy to replace it , but cannot perform the swap till Tuesday , I am hoping it is a faulty device, rather than a faulty batch ! - if the replacement turns out the same I don't think I'll be able to keep it.
- I should add , on a screen where the majority of the screen is black , with a small amount of white , it can make that white as bright as the iPhone next to it (i.e. in the menus etc , but when it has a screenful of white (as per the image) it dims right down (hope that makes sense to you ? ) ...even by bringing the keyboard up it (i.e. introducing more dark area to the screen) makes remaining white a little brighter.
Dude .. You have too much money.. Ill have your gs2 and you keep the iphoney... ;-)
Here is a video to try and demonstrate what I mean - notice the more white on the screen , the dimmer it gets - less white=Brighter
This is what is actually happening , it is not the camera adjusting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wXz4I9i04s
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OK I realise it is not the end of the world or anything , its just that when I buy a phone I expect it to be working 100% - I have heard so many people say the SGS2 screen is the brightest they've ever seen , so this suggests mine is not working properly ?