Colors changing on s4, not adapt display - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

So yeah does anyone else have this issue? My s4 colors tend to get warmer and like have a green tint when the keyboard is pulled up any keyboard for that matter in any app with adapt display on or off and auto brightness off or on. Like the status bar turns greenish too. It's so strange.
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do not understand you well , do you mean the icon of notiffication bar getting green sometimes , and some times they do not?:laugh:

Yes. But only when the keyboard is up. The color of the whole phone gets warmer
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Maybe power saving mode?
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Nope. It like changes the
Saturation a little when the keyboard tray is displayed.
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interesting.

I want to see if someone else can test this. Open up or even reply and look at the status bar and tell me if the black becomes like a greenish tint as well as the whole screen. Then close the keyboard and watch it change back to normal.
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I see it change a slight bit, but my face has to be pressed up against the glass when opening the keyboard to even notice. Is this really an issue?
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No but I was just curious as to why it did it
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I have exactly the same problem on Verizon S4. It really bothers my eyes as it seems to be changing the white balance / tint simply based on what's on the screen all the time. I have of course turned off all options that have anything to do with automatically adjusting the display.

I have the exact same problem with my GS4 international version. The problem gets even worst when playing a youtube video. The colour of the youtube video and the whole screen changes when the status bar is present and when it is not. The whole screen becomes reddish when the status bar is present and greenish when the status bar is not present. Any help on how to disable or fix this?

tatpong5413 said:
I have the exact same problem with my GS4 international version. The problem gets even worst when playing a youtube video. The colour of the youtube video and the whole screen changes when the status bar is present and when it is not. The whole screen becomes reddish when the status bar is present and greenish when the status bar is not present. Any help on how to disable or fix this?
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No but people seem to not realize it's even there. It's built into touchwiz. Only goes away in like cyanogenmod or something. But I'm sure it can be fixed if a dev wants to help so let's all keep this rolling. Anyone else notice it?
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I noticed all the Hues are screwed up, even with out a keyboard being displayed. Internet surfing, playing games, Navigation.
I miss my Galaxy S2 because it didnt have this issue.
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Compared my s4 with Note2, and note 2 cilors and hues are so much better.

I don't see a change. ..
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I have the same issue but mine happens very rarely. It's super annoying. Has anyone tried deleting colorblind.apk?
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After I noticed it a few days ago, I think it is ok now, at least not as bad as the first time i saw it. Youtube video seems to be ok now with very very tiny bit of change in colours and contrast compared to yesterday with the same video. I think it might just be some bugs in the software. I did try restarting it many times yesterday and also disabling auto brightness, auto adjust screen tone and adapt display and that didn't help at all but now it's just kind of fixed itself

I just realised that this only happen when the brightness is set at a very low level. The effect is less noticeable when the brightness is high.

Yes so it's throttling the display to save battery and such

Does flashing cm10.1 fix the issue?
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Pinkish screen

HI, has anyone noticed a pinkish shade towards the bottom of the screen? didnt notice it at first but when i looked at my keyboard, it looked slightly violet. i installed a screen test and on a white background, a light pink/violet shade is visible on the screen. does it need to "break in" or is it a defect?
I think your screen might be damaged.
My phone also has a slight pink tint towards the bottom of the screen and the annoying thing is that the tint also blacks out near-black colours. The weird thing is that I have never had tint problems with original phones yet always with replacement phones.
Pink tint on the phone is a screen defect.
Take it back for replacement
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Its seems like the issue known as "Screen Smearing"...
Try Smear Fix or Screen Adjuster from the Play Store... Hope it fixes it...
However a more solid way of correcting the issue is thru a procedure known as "Screen Calibration" but that can only be done thru a Custom Kernel which supports it.... I prefer Perseus Kernel for that....
Good luck!!!
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HassanM said:
Its seems like the issue known as "Screen Smearing"...
Try Smear Fix or Screen Adjuster from the Play Store... Hope it fixes it...
However a more solid way of correcting the issue is thru a procedure known as "Screen Calibration" but that can only be done thru a Custom Kernel which supports it.... I prefer Perseus Kernel for that....
Good luck!!!
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Pink tint is not the purple smearing, it's totally different.
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I have a yellow tint all over the screen is it fixable via screen calibration?
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GREEN TINT IN S4 i9500

I am using my s4 from past 20 days but today i noticed whenever i open keyboard to type something a slight green tint occurs on the display it is very visible while using the phone in dark environment with zero brightness and with higher brightness levels its not that clear but still it is there ... i got rid of smearing issue courtesy screen adjuster app but this issue is bothering me .... anyone else having the same issue plz let me know.
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Haven't noticed this on my I9505, try using another keyboard
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I'm having this issue and it's doing my head in!
Every time I bring up the on screen keyboard the hue changes slightly to greeny tone. Then back again when keyboard goes.
I'm surprised not more people mention it.
The easiest way I found to see it was ten brightness right down, go to a dark room and open play store. Touch on the search bar to bring up recent searches and keyboard, then hit the back button, then touch touch bar again, then the back button. Keep doing this so your toggling keyboard on and off and watch the whole screen shift tone.
I'd love to know if it's an issue across the board or if only a few phones are affected.
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I am facing the exact issue bro but i hope it will be a software related issue but i am also worried that may be we have defective handsets because very few people raised voice against this issue so it means that most users are not suffering from this issue.
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Is this for the stock keyboard? I'm using SwiftKey though.
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I tried with other keyboard and its still there
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It's got nothing to do with the keyboard.
If you watch a movie on you tube (black and white is best) put to full screen and wait for slider to dissappear, then tap screen to bring it back. The hue changes to green!
It's whenever the screen has to bring something up like a keyboard, menu, slider etc.
Come on guys please can you test this so we know it's a problem on all handsets like smearing or if it's a hardware fault in a few handsets.
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Yess same issue here like u mention
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Same thing with my.
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Disable the auto tinting option at display options and the problem is mostly gone...
I9505 here and same thing.
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Disable the auto tinting option at display options and the problem is mostly gone...
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What auto tinting option ?? Where is it ??
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Lol there is no 'auto tinting' option. If you mean adjust screen tone, it makes no difference.
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This happens on kernels based on MDN below,
anything above MDM the tint issue is fixed.
On ME2 firmware and I experience the same issue. It feels kinda like a 'flicker'.
I have same keyboard tint problem too and its bugging me. Is it a sw or hw issue? Can it be fixed?
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Raad76 said:
I have same keyboard tint problem too and its bugging me. Is it a sw or hw issue? Can it be fixed?
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Brother i think its a sw issue along with purple smearing ... i hope it will be solved with next update
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saad2687 said:
I am using my s4 from past 20 days but today i noticed whenever i open keyboard to type something a slight green tint occurs on the display it is very visible while using the phone in dark environment with zero brightness and with higher brightness levels its not that clear but still it is there ... i got rid of smearing issue courtesy screen adjuster app but this issue is bothering me .... anyone else having the same issue plz let me know.
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mostly all people have this problem & I was worried too about this. But update your phone. you should get a new update notification by now.! I already updated and it fixes this problem. and the smearing issue as well. And then you can also move your apps to sd!!!!!:victory:
Hi, just got my replacement after having some overheating problems and noticed this problem on the new one. I'm pretty sure is the screen, and not a software problem. Mine looks yellowish/greenish on the bottom. I downloaded Screen Test app and notice the problem. I have some pics showing the color differences along the screen. I'll go for another replacement tomorrow.
Renowned xda member bala gamer said that after installing MEA update this green tint issue is gone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42454525
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Screen brightness

I have issues with the brightness constantly changing. It is extremely annoying. I believe I have all the settings to where it shouldn't change. Its on full brightness, dynamic and unchecked where it will adapt. It is extremely noticeable on light pages like the web or Tapatalk. This is my 3rd Samsung never had issues before. Thanks for reading
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Turn off auto adjust screen tone in settings>display?
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Already did thanks. There are 3 settings that affect the screen I think. Its driving me crazy
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Yeah, it's a phone wide thing that isn't affected by settings. Happen to me when I switch over to Chrome from a different white display. The whites change, even if every other setting is constant.
Basically, it's a known issue with no way to change it at the moment. Not sure if it continues in AOSP.

weird brightness issue

ok, so try going to 0 percent brightness in a dark room and start like moving around the menus, or using Tapatalk.. do you notice it randomly gets more dim, or more bright, on its own correlating to how much stuff is on the screen? like, I was in the touch buttons display menu and as I moved up and down I noticed sometimes it's brighter, and sometimes it's darker. I think the dna kind of did this too but not as harshly as this.
it's not on auto brightness. I'm on 0, but i think I've noticed this at other levels as well. yeah confirmed i notice it ever so slightly on 40 percent. hard to notice since it's brighter, have to look close. easiest to see on 0.
care to give it a try and let me know?
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it seems like it gets brighter when there's more white on the screen. when there's more gray or darker colors, it gets dimmer. seems to do it consistently on Tapatalk when going from like a thread full of white background and then going back to my subscribed which is only like 3 things, so 3 little white backgrounds and the rest is gray.. so it's dimmer there.
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and when I pull the keyboard up to reply, I'm using a gray keyboard... so it gets dim bc the screen has more dark color on it.. when I drop it down, it's gone and the screen has more white so it's brighter haha
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I haven't noticed any dimness or brightness. I have noticed a flickering of sorts on my call icon and home screen wallpaper. Maybe I'm going nuts or maybe its my eyes...doesn't bother me if its happening. Interesting though.
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Maybe it has to do with that graphic ram thats on the display. They said its suppose to save battery. Honestly i thought ive seen this happening on a couple of review videos.
oh yeah? I'm wondering the same. at 0 brightness my dna would change brightness levels around and I noticed it often.. wasn't as hard of a change as the g2 though but perhaps you're correct with the gram!
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jayochs said:
care to give it a try and let me know?
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It's called dynamic contrast and is present in all modern TVs and smartphones
Your TV set is probably CRT, hah?
I would think the constant change in brightness would mean sensors are constantly running and chewing up battery. But then again, I have no idea what I'm talking about
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I would think the constant change in brightness would mean sensors are constantly running and chewing up battery. But then again, I have no idea what I'm talking about
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Lol u sound like me, then again i have no idea what im talking about. Yeah i was just guessing on the graphic ram. But i coulda swore on one of the vids i saw the phone was really bright and then it changed and was noticeably dimmer, let me see if i can find it, could have been auto brightness but in the same lighted area it was a huge change if it was. Do u have auto brightness on?
Mine almost flickers if I have auto brightness on,its very subtle but it's there
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It's called dynamic contrast
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this. Maybe once its rooted we can find where that is defined... hopefully it is not something supper deep within the code and is something simple like a variable.
Billy Madison said:
It's called dynamic contrast and is present in all modern TVs and smartphones
Your TV set is probably CRT, hah?
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lmfao jerk nah man i have hdtvs... i've never seen that before.
do you know the explanation as to why it does it? I'm glad it's not just my phone lol. what's the point? save battery?
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My G Pro have same problem too.
But i notice when only watching movies, and not always. weird
Here is how it is disabled on Tegra 3 devices. I'm sure there is just an easy of a way for qualcomms chip... we just have to find it after we get rooted
can't wait for root!
btw, there was a secret menu for the att version where you could turn off the dimming when the phone got hot. if we could get that menu maybe we could turn that
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jayochs said:
can't wait for root!
btw, there was a secret menu for the att version where you could turn off the dimming when the phone got hot. if we could get that menu maybe we could turn that
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Yeah buddy.. i forgot to include my link.. like an idiot. Here is what i was referring to lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834387
I'm not sure if it's the same thing as dynamic contrast, but it also sounds similar to some content-aware brightness settings included in some ROMs.
Does auto brightness even work on this phone? I will pull down the notification shade, uncheck auto brightness, put the brightness all the way down, check the auto brightness box and it does absolutely nothing. Anyone else notice this?
Upon further review, if I go to settings and display settings and check the box from there, it seems to work. Maybe it's just broken in the pulldown notification shade?
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Mine gets dimmer when texting...
WizeGuyDezignz said:
Does auto brightness even work on this phone? I will pull down the notification shade, uncheck auto brightness, put the brightness all the way down, check the auto brightness box and it does absolutely nothing. Anyone else notice this?
Upon further review, if I go to settings and display settings and check the box from there, it seems to work. Maybe it's just broken in the pulldown notification shade?
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Yes I felt the same. There is absolutely no change i noticed when i set the auto brightness. I just set it to 30% manually. Not sure if there is a issue with the sensor or just the software..

[Q] Display brightness issue

I'm currently on my second N3 (the first one had vertical lines in photos) and looks like this one has a bad display. When using Tapatalk with the dark theme, the bottom left corner/edge of the display is brighter than the rest. When testing with Screen Adjuster, the difference is very noticeable. The issue can be seen even with just Thumb Keyboard with WP7 theme.
Has anyone else noticed this kind of problem?
Return it and buy from another store. Seems like these guys are selling you lemons.
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The two phones are from different stores, I'm still waiting for a replacement for the first one.
Mine upper side screen seems brighter than below screen.. but this condition only happen when i use xda app set to dark theme..i thought the xda app the one that problem..not the phone...
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Check it with the stock messaging app, it should have a uniform brightness. Mine is glowing on the left edge and especially on the bottom left corner.
jusutus said:
Check it with the stock messaging app, it should have a uniform brightness. Mine is glowing on the left edge and especially on the bottom left corner.
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Done check..no problem on messaging app...:thumbup:
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I returned the second one as well and am now waiting for a replacement, again.
jusutus said:
I returned the second one as well and am now waiting for a replacement, again.
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What state city you in
TWEAKED 2.5
I live in Finland.
Good luck .. do tell us if the new one is better than the previous two.
Got the third one and it appears to be OK.
Can anyone see the problem??
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jusutus said:
I'm currently on my second N3 (the first one had vertical lines in photos)
Has anyone else noticed this kind of problem?
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Should this happen again, The vertical lines are solved by clearing cache/data in the camera app
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The problem can not be seen in a screenshot. And the camera lines disappeared after a hard reset but came back soon after.
Closed the external lighting of the room
jusutus said:
Check it with the stock messaging app, it should have a uniform brightness. Mine is glowing on the left edge and especially on the bottom left corner.
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Closed the external lighting of the room
You may notice that the black screen when you open the settings. Not symmetric Colors.
There is a difference in the backlight. Increase in the left of the screen.
AMOLED has no backlight! the issue is due to the production process (basically: the more of the center of the wafer your particular screen has been cut out, the more uniform it will be)!
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Change from Adapt Display to Dynamic. Best thing to do to resolve the problem.
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Change from Adapt Display to Dynamic. Best thing to do to resolve the problem.
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Dynamic? Hideous more like, my eyes can't stand any of Sammys over saturated pre presets, Movie is closest to normality I can find personally.
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Dynamic? Hideous more like, my eyes can't stand any of Sammys over saturated pre presets, Movie is closest to normality I can find personally.
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If you want to get rid of display brightness issues, just switch to Dynamic, as the 'blacks' in Settings would be even blacker, to the point where it doesn't really light up as it uses the OLED technique of showing true black.

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