Seemingly to counter the LCD owners moaning about AMOLEDs vibrant colours Samsung has added an extra mode to the S3 screen settings.. 'Natural'. We now have 4 modes.
Dynamic
Standard
Natural
Movie
There is also a temperature option within the videoplayer itself to further tweak the look.
Which do you prefer?
Natural all the way. Once you use it for a while Dynamic and standard look a little too gimmicky..
Actually prefer standard! Natural and movie look too washed out and dynamic looks too saturated.
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Can anyone share a video or pictures of the different modes?
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I hate the sharpening artefacts brought by the dynamic and normal modes. Just look at the signal bar. I personally use the movie mode.
The screen set on standard looks the best for me, natural or movie look way too washed out, quite horrible, in fact.
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I hate the sharpening artefacts brought by the dynamic and normal modes. Just look at the signal bar. I personally use the movie mode.
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I was waiting to see the display in real life to buy one.
But does the screen really look thàt bad? Cuz dear god! It looks like Windows 95 without video driver?
Nah in person the screen looks amazing. Dunno what all the fuss is about.
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I was waiting to see the display in real life to buy one.
But does the screen really look thàt bad? Cuz dear god! It looks like Windows 95 without video driver?
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Nah, it doesn't have any of the "scanline-ish" stuff you see on the pictures, it's the camera's macro mode.
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Maybe not the scanlines, but my galaxy s ii with low resolution and dithering can look like a windows 95 machine with only 256 colors when viewing many pictures. Giant blocks of limited colors and shades. They just happen to be very very saturated, and dark.
And thanks for the picture comparison. It was so nicely shot I was debating whether it was a screencap or not. I guess it is still hard to judge though since I am viewing these pictures right now on an IPS monitor. Even if I viewed them on my s2 with superamoled, there's no guarantee with all the image processing from the camera and my phone, but the comparison makes its point in regards to the color differences between the modes.
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I hate the sharpening artefacts brought by the dynamic and normal modes. Just look at the signal bar. I personally use the movie mode.
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Only movie mode disables the horrible sharpening artifacts. But out looks way too wash out and too warm. What I do is use power save level 1 in browser.
Wish there was a mode between Natural and Standard. Natural is just a tad bit too washed out, but Standard is way too overexposed.
Can't wait for the devs to do their magic!
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Mostly natural but will switch to standard now and then.
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I was waiting to see the display in real life to buy one.
But does the screen really look thàt bad? Cuz dear god! It looks like Windows 95 without video driver?
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No. That's just a crappy photo. The screen is amazing.
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Can someone post a video of the different modes, like playing a movie trailer? I wanna see how saturated animated 3d movies are (lorax, madagascar 3) and whether or not live action movies people have natural skin tones instead of alien colored red and orange skin.
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Wish there was a mode between Natural and Standard. Natural is just a tad bit too washed out, but Standard is way too overexposed.
Can't wait for the devs to do their magic!
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I agree. Standard is oversaturated, while natural is undersaturated.
I voted dynamic, but i think it depends a lot on the wallpaper you have and its colors. if my wallpaper had vibrant colors I think I'd tone it down
There is however a too high blue tint on the screen. Can this be solved?
I'm really curious to see what devs can do about this and I agree that a mode between 'natural' and 'standard' is needed. Or better yet, the ability for users to set their own custom modes. I wonder too if it will be possible for devs to remove the white shadow that appears around text, especially over grey backgrounds.
With proper tweaking, I think the SGS3 screen will look as good as the one on the HOX but there's still a lot of work to be done...
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I'm really curious to see what devs can do about this and I agree that a mode between 'natural' and 'standard' is needed. Or better yet, the ability for users to set their own custom modes. I wonder too if it will be possible for devs to remove the white shadow that appears around text, especially over grey backgrounds.
With proper tweaking, I think the SGS3 screen will look as good as the one on the HOX but there's still a lot of work to be done...
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The white shadows around text are sharpening artifacts. That looks bad enough but the sharpening also make text appears grey instead of black and lowers the contrast. Using the level 1 power saving mode in browser turns off the sharpening and improves text appearance but makes the display slightly bluish.
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I was wondering if (previous) SGS owners that own a SGSII could comment on the differences in display sharpness between these units? IMO small text looks very bad/jagged on the SGS (fixed partially by speedmod kernel with sharpness fix).
From what I understood the new screen theoretically should be sharper (RGB vs. pentile matrix layout) but I'd like to know first-hand if it makes a huge difference or not, especially for small text?
UPDATE: I did a careful comparison of small text on my SGS (2.3.4 JVP, Speedmod Kernel with Sharpness fix, dpi 220, EXT4) with an SGSII of a colleague, and my conclusion is that IMO there is not enough difference in that area to justify getting an SGSII. If you are mainly looking for a speed improvement it might be worthwhile though. I thought my tweaked SGS was fast, but I was truly amazed by the speed of the II!
Thanks! I know the specs, but I was looking more for user opinions on a sharpness comparison regarding small text.
it's slighly easier to read on the SGS2 because they ditched the pentile matrix scheme on the SAMOLED+. The difference isn't that great mind you, but it's there
The sub pixel count increased, but the screen size increased too which basically cancels out the improvements. The Samsung infuse especially doesn't look sharp.
So the consensus is that there is not that much difference in crispness/sharpness of tiny text ? I really hoped that I would be able to zoom out small text a bit more on the SGSII without it becoming unreadable?
O well, I guess I just will have to physically check it out myself.
If a sharp display is what youre looking for, you'd best steer clear of this device. Dont get me wrong, the screen itself is quite nice (so videos look good), but the resolution is so incredibly low that text and pictures, especially while browsing, look terribly pixelated. I'll post a few photos in a bit to give you a general idea. Why samsung would ruin the the screen's vibrancy and sharpness by going with such a low resolution absolutely boogles me.
Here are some photos, as promised. Make sure to look at them at 100%. You'll notice the photos are incredibly blockey/pixelated.
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Seriously, this is the screen everyone is raving about? Am I missing something here?
Also, on a separate note......8 megapixel camera? Seriously? Here's a photo I took today in Ginza on maximum resolution, superfine. The result, cloudy/washed out/blurry. Seriously......photos came out better on my 3 mega pixel 3GS (no, not a fanboy). Look for yourself.... (again, make sure you're looking at the picture 100%).
What the heck is going on?
Looks like you need to clean the lens, photos on my sgs2 are amazing
@cphil19:
Hi mate,
Ad browser screenshots:
Are you sure your browser is not forcing the picture quality down for mobile browsing? Plz check for such option as you can see the text is sharp its the images wich look bad.
Ad camera pic:
As the previous poster advised, Plz clean your lens
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@cphil19:
Hi mate,
Ad browser screenshots:
Are you sure your browser is not forcing the picture quality down for mobile browsing? Plz check for such option as you can see the text is sharp its the images wich look bad.
Ad camera pic:
As the previous poster advised, Plz clean your lens
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Hi Cloned, thanks for your reply...
Lens is clean.....it's a brand new phone for gosh sake. Also, if indeed the pictures are only terribly because of some setting, do you know where that option is? I'm unable to find it. Also, you should know that although for some reason text appears clear here, its quite blockey on the actual phone...
anybody?....
Dunno what's wrong with your phone, maybe you got a dud. Take it back to store for exchange.
Intratech said:
Dunno what's wrong with your phone, maybe you got a dud. Take it back to store for exchange.
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Tried. They insisted it was "just part of the phone".
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Tried. They insisted it was "just part of the phone".
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There is nothing wrong with your screenshots, just looks like your viewing a mobile website that has gfx for low res devices, and scales them. Text looks sharp and believe it or not that uses pixels too
I've never seen any pictures that pixelated on my sg2...
Sure there are crisper reso screens out there, but the sg2 still looks fine.
Screenshots are no indication of display quality at all, it's just a bitmap of what *should* be displayed, not what it actually looks like on a particular screen (would need a macro photo for that).
Seriously, you can't use screen caps to compare screen sharpness. A screen cap on a SGSII will look the same as a SGSI as the image is captured before it reaches the AMOLED display.
That lens of yours looks dirty. Here is a photo that I took with my SGSII through a window and it is heaps sharper.
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Also, on a separate note......8 megapixel camera? Seriously? Here's a photo I took today in Ginza on maximum resolution, superfine. The result, cloudy/washed out/blurry. Seriously......photos came out better on my 3 mega pixel 3GS (no, not a fanboy). Look for yourself.... (again, make sure you're looking at the picture 100%).
What the heck is going on?
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Clean ur lense..that is not hygienic at all...use the cloth they use for monitors..
The sgs-II can make very good pictures
Yours look like it still has the protective plastic on the lens and a saved screenshot does not show nothing about the quality of the screen.
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Remove the back cover, clean the lens like everyone has mentioned above and then put a small sellotape to cover both the flash and the camera from scratches.. put the cover back on once done.. you might want to repeat these once every alternate weeks depending on how you use your phone and where you place it, etc.
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Hi,
Just got my Galaxy SII today.
Compared to my old LG Optimus 2X, the screen is very dim, although very colorful. The whites are incredibly blue, as can be seen here:
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The Optimus (to the left) is with automatic brightness enabled, and the SII (to the right, duh!) is with brightness set to max, manually.
The screen seems VERY blue compared to the Optimus.
Is this normal with the SII?
puttitat said:
Hi,
Just got my Galaxy SII today.
Compared to my old LG Optimus 2X, the screen is very dim, although very colorful. The whites are incredibly blue, as can be seen here:
The Optimus (to the left) is with automatic brightness enabled, and the SII (to the right, duh!) is with brightness set to max, manually.
The screen seems VERY blue compared to the Optimus.
Is this normal with the SII?
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There's definitely color variations across different examples of the phones ranging from cool to warm. The warm seems to bug people more than the cool. In this long and painful thread you can see some pics of other phones side-by-side to see where yours falls.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444
Mine's on the cool side but I can't tell from the way you took the pic how different it is from yours. There's some pics of mine in the above thread.
BarryH_GEG said:
Mine's on the cool side but I can't tell from the way you took the pic how different it is from yours. There's some pics of mine in the above thread.
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It just bothers me that the Optimus 2x which havent been marketed on base of it's screen, beats the hell out of the GS2, in brightness and color trueness.
puttitat said:
It just bothers me that the Optimus 2x which havent been marketed on base of it's screen, beats the hell out of the GS2, in brightness and color trueness.
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I had a G2X, the O2X's bastard relation. I liked the G2X display but thought the contrast was just OK and it didn't perform well in daylight. The SGS2 screen because of the black-blacks and exaggerated colors took some getting used to. After two months, I look at an LCD display now and go ewww. You'll probably feel the same way when you get over the shock. Watch a movie, that'll make you feel better
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I had a G2X, the O2X's bastard relation. I liked the G2X display but thought the contrast was just OK and it didn't perform well in daylight. The SGS2 screen because of the black-blacks and exaggerated colors took some getting used to. After two months, I look at an LCD display now and go ewww. You'll probably feel the same way when you get over the shock. Watch a movie, that'll make you feel better
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I appreciate your input, although the blue is so bad, it gives people in the vids a kind of smurf-ish look.
And besides that, the off-center viewing angle makes the blue tint even worse. The reviews praise the wide viewing-angle, which is as arrow as about 30-40 degress before the colors gets distorted.
ammm,,,i dont think that that much bluish tint is normal,,,,u sure u dint get a faulty handset??i mean yeah super amoled plus has a bit of a bluish tint,,,,but man! thats too much blue....(ps-i compared mine to some lcd screens so dont tell me to place it beside one)
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I appreciate your input, although the blue is so bad, it gives people in the vids a kind of smurf-ish look.
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That's one of the funniest things I've read in a while. No, that's not normal. Definitely exchange the phone.
BarryH_GEG said:
That's one of the funniest things I've read in a while. No, that's not normal. Definitely exchange the phone.
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It seems as if the problem degrades slowly over time... Hmm...
The viewing angle issue can be seen here:
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Shot with my EOS 60D.
As you can see, you can't move the camera much before the colors go even more smurf.
I think the blue tint is related to the Super AMOLED Plus technology.
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I think the blue tint is related to the Super AMOLED Plus technology.
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yes,,Amoled technology alwayz had this issue,,,its very slight,,,u can not notice it that easily,,,but that much blue is not normal...
It actually seems as you'll have to look at the phone from a very straight angle, as only a few degrees will result in the blueish colors. And the weird part is - going a few degrees further will result in normal-ish colors (yet still very dim) - and afterwards turn into blueish again, "the rest of the way", if you catch my drift.
I'd go blue over yellow any day. But that's too blue and whoever you bought it from would have to be blind to not see it; return it. I hope you didn't buy it off eBay...
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I bought it from my phone subscription company, so it shouldn't prove that big of a deal.
Thats too blue to be normal, have it replaced.
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Thats too blue to be normal, have it replaced.
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I'll try visting the local repair center. Hope they can see the problem.
My SGSII is blue too. Is the voodoo app working for this phone?
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Got my galaxy s2 couple of days ago from expansys, it has no blue tint or yellow left side, the only thing it has is on lowest brighness setting on grey background bottom right corner you can barely see some kind of ring like shadow . Good thing you can only see it under that situation only.
Feel bad for others with blue tint and yellow side , get replacement ?
My captivate(SGS 1) and SGS2 both have same even whites.
Hard to see even harder to photograph shadow ring.
The ring thing is called the "coin syndrome".
The service center wouldn't acknowledge the blueishness as a defect, even though my phone compared to a demo GSII was an electronic smurf.
The blue tint is probably from the Gorilla Glass coating.
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The blue tint is probably from the Gorilla Glass coating.
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So not every Galaxy S II is Gorilla Glass coated?
I was browsing the SGSII i9000 dev threads and found this little jem, which is now supported on the i777. What this will do is enable you to be able to get rid of Sammy's nasty contrast settings and fix banding, which it does beautifully.
All credit's go to supercurio!
You can also download it in market as Voodooscreentuning.
*after doing this and adding the roboto font, I got to say i'm very pleased with the way the SGSII looks. I've been a little upset about the way it was calibrated. Never understood why devices don't come professionally calibrated, tv's out of the box for the matter as well. I suppose they want to exaggerate color saturation , contrast and what not to give it that "pop".
Here is the link to the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241590
and to thank supercurio, I will honor him like this kid did in memory of steve jobs by shaving your face into my head!
http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/6630579/steve-jobs-shaved-into-head
I downloaded and installed but cant see any difference when I click native or samsung. dont see anything happening at all.
running UnNamed rom
Speedy350z said:
I downloaded and installed but cant see any difference when I click native or samsung. dont see anything happening at all.
running UnNamed rom
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Only difference I noticed was the sharpness changed....
Really? Wow, it's clear as night and day. I'm running unnamed too. When you use the app you can see right there that the gradient is all banded looking while on samsung settings, it is totally obvious when you switch to native.
Supercurio is a beast!
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Really? Wow, it's clear as night and day. I'm running unnamed too. When you use the app you can see right there that the gradient is all banded looking while on samsung settings, it is totally obvious when you switch to native.
Supercurio is a beast!
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I did notice that, but I also noticed the sharpness on pictures seemed to have blurred. That may just be a by product to fix the banding. I'm no screen calibrator.
exactly when you watch movies you will notice that their is no more artifacts, because when you artificially add/enhance contrast/sharpness you create noise it becomes apparent when you are watching movies on your phone. So what you see now is a calibrated native experience. I do graphic design and invested a lot of money on sensors to calibrate my monitor and TVs. It makes a world of difference when you get it right. I notice it most when watching a scene where there is a lot of shadows, the blacks don't crush out all the dark grays.
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exactly when you watch movies you will notice that their is no more artifacts, because when you artificially add/enhance contrast/sharpness you create noise it becomes apparent when you are watching movies on your phone. So what you see now is a calibrated native experience.
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That's something I never really noticed in the first place with movies. Everything just looked crisp.
The app is cool, but I would like a little more control as opposed to 2 buttons. Know what i mean? At any rate, it's free, and you can NEVER hate on free
I agree, more options is probably the one common denominator we share. From his thread this is going to be "huge". That little app took him 4 months of calibrations so I think he is going in the right directions. Curio is the most OCD person I have ever met, which is a good thing in this case! LOL
* I did notice when i got the phone that things looked a little cartoonie! I was still flattered with the screen. I love how everything is a little more natural to the eye.
FYI for those using CM7 on the AT&T SGS2: support will be coming later next week for our device name. Right now it will show as "model not recognized" when you try and run it.
This app is nice. Kudos to SuperCurio
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Sure as hell makes my cartoon style with more solid color wallpapers look a lot better
ok I went to a picture in the gallery and I can see some fine adjustment to picture. when you put it in native and close the ap does it stay in native or you have to keep the ap open?
I think it sticks. I just rebooted and it looks like it's still working.
Just because I think Curio, should get all the respect he deserves for his OCD. I am going to shave his face into my head like this kid did in respect for steve jobs!
http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/6630579/steve-jobs-shaved-into-head
well it's a pretty nice app... that with SCreen adjuster you can make it pretty good.. hopefully the dEv can add rgb settings so I can finally get my screen exactly as the industry standard.
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how exactly does it work...when i open it it just says native and samsung....i clicked both
neither did anything?
Boobie Watcher said:
how exactly does it work...when i open it it just says native and samsung....i clicked both
neither did anything?
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Why would you bump a 5 day old thread?....
Native is the altered settings. If you can't notice a change, then it's because you have a diff screen quality on,
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Says my device is not supported
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Why would you bump a 5 day old thread?....
Native is the altered settings. If you can't notice a change, then it's because you have a diff screen quality on,
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why do you care if i bumped a 5 day old thread...i wanted to know how it worked...get over it
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Why would you bump a 5 day old thread?....
Native is the altered settings. If you can't notice a change, then it's because you have a diff screen quality on,
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Seriously chill out dude, this app just hit made the front page of xda so people are curious about it. Go troll somewhere else...
Yes you hit native. If you notice the gradient it looks less banded. Trust me super curio had done a lot of work on this, he is a legend. If you dont notice anything then you really don't need the app. It works you just aren't that particular about the calibration. SOme people are some people are not.
how can this acceptable for production. $20 pre paid phones dont have this crap on the screen
not happy at all
both mine and my dad have **** on the screen
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Why have my pictures been edited?
why don't you post some pictures of the screen displaying an actual image. You've fallen prey to the age old wives-tale of screens having issues because they look odd when they are not displaying an image...
My second RAZR had the black blotches when viewing anything dark in a low lit room. It has now been sent back and need to decide if I'm risking another. No matter what the screen should not have any **** on it full stop, not on a high end handset like this.
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All RAZRs have this. It's only visible in extremely dark lighting and extremely dark content displaying - E.G. you-won't-notice-it-unless-you're-looking-for-it-and-it-makes-no-difference-anyway.
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All RAZRs have this. It's only visible in extremely dark lighting and extremely dark content displaying - E.G. you-won't-notice-it-unless-you're-looking-for-it-and-it-makes-no-difference-anyway.
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Well I noticed it when taking a picture outside and also when watching a movie and believe me even Stevie Wonder would have noticed them so forgive me but your "you won't even notice it unless your looking for it, makes no difference anyway" is a crock of ****e.
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no that what i see when im watching a movie and a dark part of the movie plays... this is not acceptable for a phone of this caliber....
el_dc5 said:
no that what i see when im watching a movie and a dark part of the movie plays... this is not acceptable for a phone of this caliber....
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Quite simply its defective and needs to be replaced.
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exif data is ripped out of this pic, but the original shows a Nikon D200 and:
It's a 15+ second long exposure IIRC.
That long open shutter is going to make it more dramatic looking. I'm sure that people looking at this pic think that is exactly what they will see in real life. Nope.
Here's a version with exif intact:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-514344-47059/Razr.jpg
yup, a 15 second exposure:
Camera Maker: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D200
Image Date: 2011-11-25 01:24:29 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 32.0mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm)
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 15.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Software: Nikon Capture Editor 4.4.0 W
This is the same crap that people freak out about (and post the same exagerated photos) in the LCD computer monitor forums/threads. It's all a bunch of crap. Turn your screen on and get over it.
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This is the same crap that people freak out about (and post the same exagerated photos) in the LCD computer monitor forums/threads. It's all a bunch of crap. Turn your screen on and get over it.
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It is not exaggerated if the owner of the handset can notice the blotches doing things like taking a photo or watching a video or anything that has a black background in low level lighting. In the UK the RAZR costs £450 and for that money I want a screen that's perfect and not full of blotches. Simple really
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"The RAZR display uses a new high efficiency OLED material. These screens may in some cases exhibit slightly darker regions, like you've noticed. Because the darker regions are only visible when viewing the black screen in a very dark environment, they will not interfere with general use. Most importantly, they don't change over time and are typical for this generation of OLED material. They in no way indicate a problem or defective screen."
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"The RAZR display uses a new high efficiency OLED material. These screens may in some cases exhibit slightly darker regions, like you've noticed. Because the darker regions are only visible when viewing the black screen in a very dark environment, they will not interfere with general use. Most importantly, they don't change over time and are typical for this generation of OLED material. They in no way indicate a problem or defective screen."
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And that is the biggest load of **** I have ever heard a company use to excuse screen defects.
Its like buying a car from Ford and them saying your windscreen might exhibit black blotches while driving in the night, but don't worry as this is perfectly normal and won't effect your driving.
Bull****
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It can't be a defect, every single RAZR has it.
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It can't be a defect, every single RAZR has it.
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If every single RAZR had it how come some people are stating that there handset does not have it? Plus if all RAZR's have it then it is a defect on a massive scale. No screen on a handset of this value should have a spec of dust under it let alone these black blotches that people are noticing.
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My uncle, step-dad, and 2 friends that have the RAZR have this. Look at the number of people commenting on it at any given time on any RAZR-related site. Granted, most people won't notice because it's rarely visible, but I am 99% sure that every single phone has this. It's intentional.
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It's intentional.
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What?
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You can't make the same mistake thousands of times. It has to be. And that is what that paragraph states that it is.
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You can't make the same mistake thousands of times. It has to be. And that is what that paragraph states that it is.
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So you don't believe in manufacturing defects and everything ever made in this world has been perfect?
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ianford10 said:
So you don't believe in manufacturing defects and everything ever made in this world has been perfect?
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No, but it is also very improbable that EVERY SINGLE phone produced has it as a defect.
Mine looks a bit like the image on the left, and I am just wondering if this is very common and it would take multiple returns to get a better display.
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Probably just the early production. Mine is perfect and nobody in the same buying group (around 100 people or more) complained.
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Mine looks a bit like the image on the left, and I am just wondering if this is very common and it would take multiple returns to get a better display.
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Mine is grainy, too. I'm thinking of contacting LG for a fix or a replacement. It shows mostly on the camera. The photos are garbage. Even one of the cameras' lenses is shifted to the bottom a little lol
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My display is completely free from noise or banding or whatever at any brightness level or color. An excellent display.
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Mine looks a bit like the image on the left, and I am just wondering if this is very common and it would take multiple returns to get a better display.
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It looked really bad and that way (like a paper texture) on my display when using the battery saver when turning down the display resolution to lower brightness levels (on LG Stock ROM).
This was something I noticed quite heavily at the beginning when getting the device.
HOWEVER
I haven't seen this on non-Stock firmwares so far, even in lower brightness.
Looks like it could be an effect of power saving measures on Stock firmware which exposes the grainyness of the Diamond Pentile Matrix of the display more
The same thing happens to me while using the cameras in low light. Is this not an issue with all units?
Edit: This goes away completely if the brightness is above 50%
Here's an example. https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Xjwch17Dqqt2NUV8
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sinnerz2000 said:
The same thing happens to me while using the cameras in low light. Is this not an issue with all units?
Edit: This goes away completely if the brightness is above 50%
Here's an example. https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Xjwch17Dqqt2NUV8
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I can confirm that as well, high brightness eliminates the bloching, especially in dark gray tones. however, something even more weird, brightness of 25% or lower can make some shades of gray completely disapear! they simply turn to black!
ferez said:
I can confirm that as well, high brightness eliminates the bloching, especially in dark gray tones. however, something even more weird, brightness of 25% or lower can make some shades of gray completely disapear! they simply turn to black!
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Just checked with a YouTube reviewer. He says that this is a known issue with all LG poled displays (v30, v30s and Pixel XL). So replacement won't really help me.
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Got my replacement phone and it's still just as bad, I love the phone otherwise but the screen is terrible and it's hard to get over it. The low brightness and yellow-ish colors(White mainly) I could tolerate but not these noisy sandpaperish display. Don't wanna deal with more returns and stuff so back to Essential phone.
The grainy display only is on grey backgrounds on low brightness and is completely gone if I increase the brightness a bit. I can deal with that for a display this good. BTW my hardware version is displayed as v1.1, maybe you should get that.
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The grainy display only is on grey backgrounds on low brightness and is completely gone if I increase the brightness a bit. I can deal with that for a display this good. BTW my hardware version is displayed as v1.1, maybe you should get that.
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I'm experiencing a grainy display as well and have a hardware version 1.0 - what do you mean by 'getting that'?
kakiulee1503 said:
I'm experiencing a grainy display as well and have a hardware version 1.0 - what do you mean by 'getting that'?
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What's your brightness level?
ChazzMatt said:
What's your brightness level?
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The grain is noticable on every brightness level. Drove to 7 different phone shops and finally found one on display and was perfect (no grain), going to get mine replaced...
Perfect display here. It's actually my second V30+. Overall I have 2 big gripes. The crushed blacks and maximum brightness. V40 apparently fixed those 2 things
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Perfect display here. It's actually my second V30+. Overall I have 2 big gripes. The crushed blacks and maximum brightness. V40 apparently fixed those 2 things
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Mine is a hw version 1.1 and I see grainy/blotchy greys at brightness under 40%.
V40 may have fixed this but it has a notch. Maybe I'll upgrade if the v50 is a fullview display.
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