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I feel like the screen brightness is trending significantly lower with the auto brightness sensor enabled. I could swear that the screen would bump up the brightness more in certain settings that now appear too dim. Is anyone else seeing this, or am I imagining it?
Actually, I didn't really notice at first, but my girlfriend's Epic has been updated already and mine has not (still waiting for the update message). After i read this post I put them side by side to check...in the same lighting conditions her Epic is definitely dimmer now.
Sigh... why'd the break it! Screen brightness was perfect! Now I find myself pointing the screen at a light source from time to time because it goes too dim too fast. Sure, it may give the OLED matrix a slightly longer life, but most of us don't use this thing for hours outdoors anyway - in addition to the fact that we'll (probably) be replacing the phone after 1-2 years for the next best thing anyway. Any fixes anyone?
It seems like the screen can get dimmer now but I could be wrong.
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i was thinkin that before and also while web browsing i used to be able to adjust brightness even with my general brightness on auto .. but now i cant ....
I just leave mine at either 50% or 100%
They lowered the minimum brightness, which affects the auto scaler at all levels. I noticed that the EVO could get much duller than the Epic and that when indoors, the lowest setting was still quite bright. It should help save battery.
I use manual, so I don't care.
i really love the dimmer screen, i always have it very low because at work i really dont need a brighter screen and of course save battery, love that change.
I like the lower setting because it was hard to look at in the morning after waking up before. You can easily adjusting the brightness by swiping left or right on the status bar.
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So I've read a bunch of reviews of the S4 and they ding it a fair bit for its screen brightness. Anandtech, AndroidCentral, Engadget, Giz....they all say the screen is dim compared to newer LCD. I'm sure some of you have seen Displaymate's review of the S4 screen. They gave it an excellent review, but what stood out to me is that the screen is MUCH brighter on autobrightness than whats possible by adjusting it with the slider (from 355 nits to 475 nits, iphone being 556 nits). I have not seen any other S4 reviewer point this out, not even Anandtech, who are usually very technical with their reviews and go to great lengths to discover and point out all the caveats of devices. Im wondering, did most reviewers miss this or is Displaymate somehow wrong about there assessment. Those with the S4, or better yet an S4 and a iPhone/HTC One, care to shed some light on this?
sam2c said:
So I've read a bunch of reviews of the S4 and they ding it a fair bit for its screen brightness. Anandtech, AndroidCentral, Engadget, Giz....they all say the screen is dim compared to newer LCD. I'm sure some of you have seen Displaymate's review of the S4 screen. They gave it an excellent review, but what stood out to me is that the screen is MUCH brighter on autobrightness than whats possible by adjusting it with the slider (from 355 nits to 475 nits, iphone being 556 nits). I have not seen any other S4 reviewer point this out, not even Anandtech, who are usually very technical with their reviews and go to great lengths to discover and point out all the caveats of devices. Im wondering, did most reviewers miss this or is Displaymate somehow wrong about there assessment. Those with the S4, or better yet an S4 and a iPhone/HTC One, care to shed some light on this?
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It is much brighter on autobrightness under very strong environmental light. You can't achieve the full brightness under normal condition.
frensel said:
It is much brighter on autobrightness under very strong environmental light. You can't achieve the full brightness under normal condition.
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If it reaches maximum brightness only under sunlight, I'm ok with that, and I would imagine most people wouldn't mid as well. What I don't get is why reviewers seemed to have either not noticed this or left it out of their articles. I don't really think Samsung did the right thing here by limiting the brightness level when set manually, but Its also misleading for all the reviews to say that the maximum brightness of the S4 is around 200-250 nits lower than the competition, if its in fact about 100 nits lower under conditions where it truly matters
Subscribed. Also, per the Anandtech review, then screen mode affects display brightness as well.
Currently in auto, adaptive until I learn more.
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Does anyone know if we can tap into the maximum brightness through root or otherwise?
cfn87 said:
Subscribed. Also, per the Anandtech review, then screen mode affects display brightness as well.
Currently in auto, adaptive until I learn more.
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Yup, Anandtech pointed out that "Movie" mode is brighter and has the truest colors
The movie mode looks like crap, lol
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The movie mode looks like crap, lol
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Personal opinion. I actually prefer movie mode since it makes it look more like an LCD screen. To each their own, though.
Kiserai said:
Personal opinion. I actually prefer movie mode since it makes it look more like an LCD screen. To each their own, though.
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I've always preferred LCDs too, but going from standard to movie is tough.
I'm all for natural colors, too. Either way, even on standard, colors are more natural than my s3.
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did anyone notice a purple/pink ish haze on the bottom portion of the screen? or is it a defect?
Nope. Mine is uniform. Pics?
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If we root the S4, is it possible to reach the same brightness allowed by the auto brightness? Is there a utility to make it so we can get to the Mac brightness without the auto brightness or by modifying it somehow?
I'm long over due for an upgrade. I'm coming from a Nexus S and the screen is a pain to see outside. How is the outdoor experience? Bonus if you were a former NS owner.
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If you like to keep the phone at low brightness and you are in bright light, you really struggle to see anything on the screen. However, just putting the brightness up to full will allow you to view the screen in bright light no bother.
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Presumably the auto-brightness copes with such situations fine - it turns it up to max brightness when in daylight, right?
Correct
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MercuryStar said:
Presumably the auto-brightness copes with such situations fine - it turns it up to max brightness when in daylight, right?
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Screen is beautiful especially contrast, vivid colors and pure black
Inside I set brightness static low and as soon as I get outside I use Auto.
Only downside is heat when brightness is high and pages/app is light themed.
One example could be my light themed newsreader. If I use it in light conditions (near window) phone get a bit hot after some time (10-15 min)
One day using it in direct sun light, I had to stop reading due to heating ...
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Presumably the auto-brightness copes with such situations fine - it turns it up to max brightness when in daylight, right?
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It does, but it's a bit dim-witted, needs a second or two to react to the lighting outside.
hmm s4 is the best screen dont worry about anything i can only say 2 words FREAKING AWESOME!
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oh and ye its also birght! (remmber also ask someone else my eyes are so so sensitive to brightness!
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It does, but it's a bit dim-witted, needs a second or two to react to the lighting outside.
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Thats generally a good thing. On some older Android phones, it would be overly sensitive and would be constantly changing its brightness just in response to small changes in which angle you're holding it, etc.
From the answers here, it looks like this might be subjective. My last phone was an Xperia Arc and I have to say that in comparison, the SG4 screen is pretty bad outside. In bright, direct sunlight it can be VERY difficult to make out any detail even with the brightness turned all the way up. But I guess this is the trade off for the battery saving of super OLED. In shadow or indoors, the screen is pretty much unbeatable, bright, clear and sharp.
Some thing weird I noticed on my nexus 7 2nd gen. If I push brightness slider all the way to the right instead of screen brightness going to max the screen goes dark? So if I lift my finger I can't bring screen brightness back on again? Is this normal? Doesn't behave this way on my gnex on 4.2.2
Edit: my normal understanding as a long time android user is that brightness slider all the way to the left is about 10% brightness (dim enough for you to still see something), while all the way to the right is max 100% brightness. The behavior I'm getting on my new nexus 7 is dim screen (but not dark) all the way to the left but black screen all the way to the right. So instead of linear brightness the slider behavior is like a bell curve? Android 4.3 bug or feature? Its annoying because if you slide all the way to the right it goes 100% dark and it's hard to get brightness to come on again because you can't see anything
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Some thing weird I noticed on my nexus 7 2nd gen. If I push brightness slider all the way to the right instead of screen brightness going to max the screen goes dark? So if I lift my finger I can't bring screen brightness back on again? Is this normal? Doesn't behave this way on my gnex on 4.2.2
Edit: my normal understanding as a long time android user is that brightness slider all the way to the left is about 10% brightness (dim enough for you to still see something), while all the way to the right is max 100% brightness. The behavior I'm getting on my new nexus 7 is dim screen (but not dark) all the way to the left but black screen all the way to the right. So instead of linear brightness the slider behavior is like a bell curve? Android 4.3 bug or feature? Its annoying because if you slide all the way to the right it goes 100% dark and it's hard to get brightness to come on again because you can't see anything
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somethings wrong. All the way to the right make my tablet very bright.
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somethings wrong. All the way to the right make my tablet very bright.
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Yeah that's what I feared. I did a factory reset but still the same problem. My nexus can't go very bright just goes dark with the slider all the way to the right. I'm on stock rooted. Any help? Should I flash a factory image?
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I have reflashed a factory image but brightness slider does not behave as should. I thought it was just software issue. So is this a hardware issue?
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I would just exchange it for a different one while it is still under warranty.
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I would just exchange it for a different one while it is still under warranty.
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Damn. I shipped it from the US to the Philippines I wouldn't want to spend on shipping again. All I did was unlock and root it. Now its all back to stock with no root and issue is still there. Tough luck for me
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Can anybody recommend any brightness app I can use so I can have a working brightness slider?
Edit: tried lux and backlight widget. Still the same behavior. Seems my tablet only has 3 brightness levels - dim, normal and completely dark. No levels in between. Looks like hardware defect. I can live with it though, no biggie
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I'm hearing a lot of different stories regarding the screen turning heavily pink when the brightness is at its lowest.
Thought i'd make a poll to see how many people are affected, then we can hopefully gather its its a hardware defect.
No pink here, even using an app that takes it lower than stock.
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I'd say it's more purple than pink but yes I have it. Same thing when I had a Galaxy S4. I'm pretty sure they're using the same AMOLED tech, which is a shame but yeah.
spunkfaucet666 said:
I'd say it's more purple than pink but yes I have it. Same thing when I had a Galaxy S4. I'm pretty sure they're using the same AMOLED tech, which is a shame but yeah.
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No pink here, even using an app that takes it lower than stock.
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Make sure to actually vote guys, would help out a bunch
I have had two 6's and sent the first back because of the pink issue. 2nd phone is still pink below 1/3 brightness slider, just not as pink as the first. Called Google and talked with a hardware tech and they said it was part of the performance of the screen, and just to keep it above 1/3 brightness (wack). Both phones I had only turned pink with adaptive brightness on and the slider below 1/3 in a dark room. In normal lighting it doesn't seem to dim into the "pink" range.
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I have had two 6's and sent the first back because of the pink issue. 2nd phone is still pink below 1/3 brightness slider, just not as pink as the first. Called Google and talked with a hardware tech and they said it was part of the performance of the screen, and just to keep it above 1/3 brightness (wack). Both phones I had only turned pink with adaptive brightness on and the slider below 1/3 in a dark room. In normal lighting it doesn't seem to dim into the "pink" range.
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Same. I use adaptive brightness. My grays have a pinkish hue at very low brightness settings. Doesn't bother me, don't usually have brightness so low.
Just part of being an early adopter, I suppose. Not that big a deal to me, but I can see how others might be upset. It's my first phone of this caliber so I'm still totally stoked with it.
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My device turns pink with adaptive on in a dark room. Also without adaptive only when the screen is just about to turn off.
Mine does this of course, because it is something that happens with every AMOLED phone I can think of. It was something I forgot about of course being on a phone with a regular LCD screen for the last year, but as soon as I got my Nexus 6 I remembered about this little quirk of AMOLED. Hopefully custom kernels can minimize how much we notice it with custom color calibration.
Mine is also much more purple than pink, if it is actually a really pink color them maybe something is wrong, IDK. My purple tint doesnt start to happen till I am about 25% of the way down the brightness slider. All the way down and the screen is very heavily tinted purple. But that is too dark to see with anyway so I never turn things down low enough to make things look bad enough that I would actually care about. The screen look beautiful in any normal lighting conditions. I just think of it as a "night time feature" to be easier on tired eyes. lol.
Wasn't this talked about before release? I thought it was part of the brightness setting and to make it more of a battery saver?
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On... So if I jack my brightness down, it gets a little pink. Whoopty-do... Why care? It looks fine at whatever brightness I use and I've never expected a display to look perfect when it's almost off. It's not some damning evidence that the thing is low rent.
Everyone's looking to complain. Omg, If I click on back 19 times while shaking the phone and switching back and forth into chrome, I drop a frame.... A $650 shouldn't do that!
Smh
Oh I'm not looking to complain at all, I just wanted to see if it's something everyone had or not.
I've just heard so much Conflicting info on this it's driving g me nuts... Either way, I'm super excited about getting it ?
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... Either way, I'm super excited about getting it ?
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You should, it's a great phone. But like every other phone out there, there will be some that have issues and others that are just here to stir the pot.
Heck, I thought it was a feature to make it easier to read text with the brightness super low...
*shrug*
Well, I guess if it's a bug I am glad I got a bad one. Sure as heck not sending it back with the PVS 13. With my luck I'd end up with a 2.
My 2014 Moto X screen turns pink when I crank the brightness down also on lollipop. I think it's due to the AMOLED screen because I can do the same to my N7 and it doesn't turn pink. I've noticed on lollipop that the screen can be made a lot dimmer than on kk
This is all due to amoled folks. And partly how it is calibrated. But it is an inherent quality in these display panels. As long as it's not pink at your "normal" viewing brightness then :thumbup:
Sorry my screen is pretty:good:
One thing I have noticed is that with adaptive brightness on...if I turn my brightness all the way down I do see tint pinkish hue. If I turn my adaptive brightness off and turn my brightness all the way down...I don't have a pinkish tint on the screen.
Anyone else's screen reacts this way?
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I've been reading about this issue all over. Maybe I lucked out but I don't have the pink issue at all.
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One thing I have noticed is that with adaptive brightness on...if I turn my brightness all the way down I do see tint pinkish hue. If I turn my adaptive brightness off and turn my brightness all the way down...I don't have a pinkish tint on the screen.
Anyone else's screen reacts this way?
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Yeah mine does. Lol I am now learning that adaptive is not the same as auto-brightness. But seems like with adaptive on it keeps the screen a bit darker than without. I noticed with the slider maxed out or turned all the way down it gets much brighter and dimmer respectively with it off.
Gorjira said:
I've been reading about this issue all over. Maybe I lucked out but I don't have the pink issue at all.
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If you turn adaptive on, and manually turn the brightness all the way down (something you would likely never do in real word use) you will see it. Even in a dark room I don't see it since my display is still bright enough to stay over the threshold where this phenomenon manifests. If I go lower the brightness way down however, it appears.