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So s4 is in stores now and we saw its features hardware and software. I saw the airview feature by hand for example. My question is that cna we get that working to our notes or is it a hardware issue?
Hardware. We won't get a whole lot of gesture stuff that uses IR sensor either. We'll get eye scroll and smart pause (hopefully) though.
The one that you hover your hand to answer the phone? Isnt that controlled with the front sensors?
No, there is dedicated hardware for that. If you want an S4, you need to buy an S4, not hold out hope that the N2 will get a bunch of magical upgrades.
from what i saw s4 sensor is very sensitive, you need to be very close and you will sometimes missclick(seen in the samsung event shown in youtube videos)
the note 2 gives you at least 1.5-2cm with the spen so it works better
xwonic said:
from what i saw s4 sensor is very sensitive, you need to be very close and you will sometimes missclick(seen in the samsung event shown in youtube videos)
the note 2 gives you at least 1.5-2cm with the spen so it works better
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s4 has feature called something like "improve touch sensitivity" with that ticked you can work on it even with gloves on. yes with that theres some misslicking when airviewing but turn it off and touch/airview works perfect.
also, s4 has noticeably sharper screen
tried s4 last week
S4 screen is clearly better than N2. No blue/green tint and less staturate. I love to use Pro Photo or Movies mode.
S4 screen suffer smearing while Note 2 not! I use some black background apps and it annoy me in late evening
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People who wear glasses love the smart features as half the time they dont work as the camera doesnt detect the white in our eyes :crying:
Damn, I really wanted that answer with gesture.
Misleading title!
Zanr Zij said:
S4 screen is clearly better than N2. No blue/green tint and less staturate. I love to use Pro Photo or Movies mode.
S4 screen suffer smearing while Note 2 not! I use some black background apps and it annoy me in late evening
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I find the screen amazing on N2, but for saturation issues try going to Settings > Display > Screen Mode and select Natural or Standard,, that should sort it.
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I find the screen amazing on N2, but for saturation issues try going to Settings > Display > Screen Mode and select Natural or Standard,, that should sort it.
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Natural and Standard are not enough. Note 2 got blue/green tint.
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Natural and Standard are not enough. Note 2 got blue/green tint.
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That's not blue, that's the green tint, yes. You could get rid of that easily by flashing perseus.
http://youtu.be/x6-a_sQbRSo?t=1m53s - at least to my eyes, whites appear "whiiter" on Note II, even on stock.
Either way, moot point.
Hello all! I'm still using my Galaxy Nexus (Toro) and I'm due to upgrade next month, I'm now seriously considering the Galaxy S4, but the one thing that has me concerned is the screen quality.
As some of you may already know, the Galaxy Nexus has some odd color reproduction (especially in the greys) when the screen is anything below maximum brightness. It looks like there is almost a texture to the greys, and whites when scrolling. (See photos here)
I understand that this is the nature of the display on the GNex and I've learned to just tolerate it.
I really just want to know if the S4 suffers from the same issue at all?
Thanks in advance!
Liskrig said:
Hello all! I'm still using my Galaxy Nexus (Toro) and I'm due to upgrade next month, I'm now seriously considering the Galaxy S4, but the one thing that has me concerned is the screen quality.
As some of you may already know, the Galaxy Nexus has some odd color reproduction (especially in the greys) when the screen is anything below maximum brightness. It looks like there is almost a texture to the greys, and whites when scrolling. (See photos here)
I understand that this is the nature of the display on the GNex and I've learned to just tolerate it.
I really just want to know if the S4 suffers from the same issue at all?
Thanks in advance!
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I personally notice the same thing for the greys in my S4, but I think is less evident than on the Nexus (my sister has one and I compared the 2 displays). In any case I think that it is a "feature" of AMOLED displays! The white instead is perfect and believe me is the best white I've ever seen on an AMOLED display!
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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Dont know about i9505 but the only "issue" i have on my i9500 is purple smearing that too on some 3rd party apps and barely noticable(after the update)...
And s4 has currently the best screen that u cn get in the market apart from iphone5 or note 2..but the latter phones are not full hd so s4 somewhat wins the round.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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Those were all the issues I was afraid of...
I may risk it though, I believe Verizon has a pretty painless return/exchange policy.
Thanks for all the continued replies, I really appreciate it!
Obagleyfreer said:
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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I have none of these issues, except the smearing, which with the update is fixed. Anything else is just perfect. I would say that this is the best mobile display put on a phone so far, and by faaaar the best SAMOLED out there.
Obagleyfreer said:
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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I can confirm that I have all these issues aswell...
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derWolf_ said:
I have none of these issues, except the smearing, which with the update is fixed. Anything else is just perfect. I would say that this is the best mobile display put on a phone so far, and by faaaar the best SAMOLED out there.
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The latest update did NOT fix the smearing.
It is just no longer as noticeable in the settings of TW.
All 3rd party apps and even other parts of TW still have the purple smearing, even the stock gallery.
It is simply a drawback of the AMOLED display showing pure black by turning off the pixels.
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Liskrig said:
Those were all the issues I was afraid of...
I may risk it though, I believe Verizon has a pretty painless return/exchange policy.
Thanks for all the continued replies, I really appreciate it!
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It's worth the risk mate. The S4 is still one hell of a phone!
It's just a shame Samsung were blinded by the $$$ and didn't put the S4 through proper quality control.
If you bought it I don't think you'd regret it
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The latest update did NOT fix the smearing.
It is just no longer as noticeable in the settings of TW.
All 3rd party apps and even other parts of TW still have the purple smearing, even the stock gallery.
It is simply a drawback of the AMOLED display showing pure black by turning off the pixels.
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True, however for most of us it was most obvious in the settings menu, and it is gone from there, which is fine by me
However, you said it is a drawback of the AMOLED technology. I don't remember my old S2 having smearing issues? Or did it..
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True, however for most of us it was most obvious in the settings menu, and it is gone from there, which is fine by me
However, you said it is a drawback of the AMOLED technology. I don't remember my old S2 having smearing issues? Or did it..
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It's not a drawback of AMOLED it's a draw back of this display turning off pixels to make black.
The S, S2 and S3 did not shut down pixels for blacks.
You get better battery life and purer blacks on the S4 but the downside is the smearing effect.
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It's not a drawback of AMOLED it's a draw back of this display turning off pixels to make black.
The S, S2 and S3 did not shut down pixels for blacks.
You get better battery life and purer blacks on the S4 but the downside is the smearing effect.
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Your right...we have to live with it...the pixel are going from off to on when scrolling through black menus..thats why this happens. ..older galaxies never actually cut off...if wanna fix this you can use screen adjuster and slightly adjust the rgb, this will stop the smearing but also stop the pixels from turning off when displaying black
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Anyone else experiencing this??? It looks weird almost like it's a lag or something but it's not. It's like a legit pinkish type tint when scrolling. Am I gonna have to return my device ALREADY?!?! I literally just bought it 4 hrs ago -___-
EDIT: OK so I'm informed this is called "smearing" and that's the perfect word to describe it. Only happens in the settings, looks like the words are lagging behind my scroll and catch up lol. Is there a work around for it or something? Even though there shouldn't have to be but that'd be nice i I didn't hafta go through the process again of getting a new phone a day after I got this lol.
If you mean in the settings, that's normal. That's screen smearing/ghosting. Explanation is in this video here http://youtu.be/C_APG3kLiYs around 13:30.
The pink tint issue is another thing.
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If you mean in the settings, that's normal. That's screen smearing/ghosting. Explanation is in this video here http://youtu.be/C_APG3kLiYs around 13:30.
The pink tint issue is another thing.
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Yes, it only appears in the settings that it "smears" as you call it, yeah actually smearing is a way better word to describe it, not a different tint. Is it on every S4 that this is happening, or is it a defect in only a small % of S4's? And is there a workaround for it?
Also, what is the "pink tint issue"?
Thanks!
Joe0113 said:
Yes, it only appears in the settings that it "smears" as you call it, yeah actually smearing is a way better word to describe it, not a different tint. Is it on every S4 that this is happening, or is it a defect in only a small % of S4's? And is there a workaround for it?
Also, what is the "pink tint issue"?
Thanks!
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It's the software. I've heard of the pink tint but haven't read up on it. I heard the smashing affect is cleared up on the new update we might get but that could just be talk.
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Delakit said:
It's the software. I've heard of the pink tint but haven't read up on it. I heard the smashing affect is cleared up on the new update we might get but that could just be talk.
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Ok good. So I don't have to return my phone right?
Joe0113 said:
Yes, it only appears in the settings that it "smears" as you call it, yeah actually smearing is a way better word to describe it, not a different tint. Is it on every S4 that this is happening, or is it a defect in only a small % of S4's? And is there a workaround for it?
Also, what is the "pink tint issue"?
Thanks!
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Yes. Every S4. There is a work around. But it takes away from the screen by messing with the gamma. The pink tint issue is when part of your screen is darker than the other. Like my S4 is dark at the bottom and gets lighter as it goes up like a gradient. Like this picture http://i.imgur.com/9jhVEnr.jpg or this http://i.imgur.com/DhryGwg.png
It's more noticeable on grey screens.
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Yes. Every S4. There is a work around. But it takes away from the screen by messing with the gamma. The pink tint issue is when part of your screen is darker than the other. Like my S4 is dark at the bottom and gets lighter as it goes up like a gradient. Like this picture http://i.imgur.com/9jhVEnr.jpg or this http://i.imgur.com/DhryGwg.png
It's more noticeable on grey screens.
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Actually now that I see it. I notice it on every settings menu with a dark interface. Doesn't happen on lighter screens, only the black screens really.
Joe0113 said:
Actually now that I see it. I notice it on every settings menu with a dark interface. Doesn't happen on lighter screens, only the black screens really.
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The smearing will only happen in dark settings yes. It has to do with unused pixels. Like the video I posted before explains. If you don't have a pink gradient issue then you're all good. If it does I'd get it exchanged asap before you're stuck with it like me.
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The smearing will only happen in dark settings yes. It has to do with unused pixels. Like the video I posted before explains. If you don't have a pink gradient issue then you're all good. If it does I'd get it exchanged asap before you're stuck with it like me.
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Is there a test to do to see if I have the gradient issue?
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Is there a test to do to see if I have the gradient issue?
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Look at a solid dark grey background. If its darker on one side that's bad. I noticed mine when I was texting everytime I pulled the keyboard up the text bubbles changed colors a bit.
Hi Guys
I got my Note 3 today. The first thing i saw was this purple Ghostimg..
Uncheck Auto Brightness and set the slider to -5.
Then in Settings and Contacts you can see Smearing like on the S4 (not that bad but its there)
If you use Tapatalk change to dark theme and scroll slowly..
The Grey Text gets purple... When you stop scrolling its grey..
This Su***
Sorry for my bad english
Sorry for DP
You can also see it in LCD Test (Amoled Ready) App.
Change Brightness to lowest possible level.. Then switch between black and darker grey.. You can see a purple bar between them
Edit: I tried the S4 Fix. Changed Contrast to -10 (with Screen Adjuster) and Smearing is completely gone
so note 3 screen is fine then?
Thinking of buying the Note 3 but really wanna know how bad the smearing issue is cause i bought the Galaxy s4 on launch day and couldn't live with the smearing issue ( my girlfriend also bought a Galaxy s4 on launch day and still has it..she didn't think the smearing was annoying..i hated it )
Could someone with a Note 3 try both things explained below on low brightness
1. Download zedge and search for black wallpapers..then while scrolling thru the wallpapers..do you so smearing..purple glow on the grey background in zedge between the wallpapers?
2. Choose a black wallpaper as background and install nova launcher...then on the homescreen set a widget with some grey in it like the stock music player widget and scroll between the homescreens...and also with some icons on the homescreens?
On the Galaxy s4 doing the above there was a lot of smearing..purple glow visible even after the fix from samsung cause they only fixt it in the samsung framework
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For me... Its too much Smearing.. I sold my S4 because of Smearing.m And now Note3 is the same.. Bought it Yesterday.. Now i sell it on ebay.. i hate this ugly smearing.. its a no go for a 750 € Smartphone..i stay with my Note 2 -.-
Edit: Tested Zedge... Between Black and Grey Wallpapers massive Smearing.. very very bad :/
Yeah Samsung will fix this for sure.. But in Tapatalk ect Smearing will still be there
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Gee, I have this issue with my Galaxy S4. I don't have the Note 3 but considering they have the same screen technology, the issue is probably with the hardware.
I've attached a picture which really shows the smearing.
1. Set brightness to lowest.
2. Open the attached picture in the galaxy app.
3. Zoom in on the picture.
4. Scroll up and down. You'll see purple shadow around the black edge.
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Gee, I have this issue with my Galaxy S4. I don't have the Note 3 but considering they have the same screen technology, the issue is probably with the hardware.
I've attached a picture which really shows the smearing.
1. Set brightness to lowest.
2. Open the attached picture in the galaxy app.
3. Zoom in on the picture.
4. Scroll up and down. You'll see purple shadow around the black edge.
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Yup, I see the purple smearing on my n9005.
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Me too...mm..quite dissapointed with 1080p display..
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Son of a b...... I knew I should stop reading stuff.....
I never noticed the problem until I read this thread haha
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RavenY2K3 said:
I never noticed the problem until I read this thread haha
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Then is it really a problem?
BarryH_GEG said:
Then is it really a problem?
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Haha very true, well it wasn't... it is now lol
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it is okay long as the ghosting doesn't affect my photo, video and apps
cdon2109 said:
Gee, I have this issue with my Galaxy S4. I don't have the Note 3 but considering they have the same screen technology, the issue is probably with the hardware.
I've attached a picture which really shows the smearing.
1. Set brightness to lowest.
2. Open the attached picture in the galaxy app.
3. Zoom in on the picture.
4. Scroll up and down. You'll see purple shadow around the black edge.
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I noticed it when browsing several forums that have darker themes, any black/grey transitions smear terribly with purple..
I don't think it's a screen tech thing, because fast moving films with dark scenes don't seem to smear, it only seems in the rendering of UI stuff..
It is hardware problem?
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I think I read it is a screen tech thing - a side effect of the deepest blacks produced by turning off the pixels altogether. Then the smearing is caused by the pixels being turned on again but not quite fast enough. At least I think that was the theory.
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Is it possible to remove the smearing permanently?
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harold5249 said:
Is it possible to remove the smearing permanently?
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You can reduce it a lot by downloading screen adjuster in the playstore and set contrast to - 10 to - 15 and then press activate
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This happen to every set? Or some only?
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I tried with the picture someone attached, zoomed in with lowest brightness and moved the picture around. I was not able to see anything weird.
Definitely has it on mine at lower brightnesses, got it yesterday. VERY easily noticed in Tweetings where mentions are in a grey-ish colour. Only does it on text at basically minimum brightness, so I can live with it. Really bugged me on my S4 on text as it was apparent at slightly higher brightnesses.
Well i just noticed the dreaded screen smearing/purple haze on my new note 3 when i had the brightness turned all the way down, so i decided to check my new S5 and guess what its there too!
FU samsung how can they not pick up on this???
Yes there are fixes but it shouldn't be happening in the first place if you want to test yours out download the pic below, set brightness to 0 and zoom in on the pic and you will notice pink/purple smearing between the black and grey colours when moving the pic around.
Hmm wonder why they made all the menu bars green? now you know.
Don't see any problem in mine.
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Don't see any problem in mine.
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You need to have the screen brightness all the way down and make sure your looking real closely.
Out of the S4, note 3 and the s5 Samsung has seemed to make it the less noticeable on the S5.
What you could be seeing is the after image of the screen. You're seeing pink shade because of the way RGB is showing the color grey. You're seeing smearing because you could be moving the image around quite fast and the display is not fast enough to trail your fingers.
I followed your instructions and could see nothing that you are speaking of.
I have also previously owned a Note 3 and did not experience any "purple smearing" either.
In my opinion you are grossly overreacting.
mediumsteak said:
I followed your instructions and could see nothing that you are speaking of.
I have also previously owned a Note 3 and did not experience any "purple smearing" either.
In my opinion you are grossly overreacting.
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Have you read through THIS THREAD on it happening on the Note 3?
This is true exaxtly the same and really annoing when i want to use the phone at night how can i fix it
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I started the "infamous" thread over a year ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445
Despite some thinking it was a software issue, it's simply a hardware issue with the panel.
The smearing occurs due to the native refresh times of the panel when going from completely off to dark shades, I.e black to greys etc.
The reason it wasn't an issue on older amoled screens was that the pixels were not completely off when displaying black, which is why in a dark room you could see a glow to blacks and also the "infamous streaks and blobs".
On the newer samsung amoled screens black is completely black, the pixels are not illuminated.
Samsung are just using cheap panels.
I spent a lot of money on an oled samsung tv there was the same issue. Putting a film on like sin city would highlight it. I returned the tv.
^S5 is the latest, so it's definitely new. So, was it really the panel?
What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?
Come now, this thread is surely to attract the likes of trolls, or have I missed something?
I have no smearing, probably its all in your shorts lol.
homer285 said:
What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?
Come now, this thread is surely to attract the likes of trolls, or have I missed something?
I have no smearing, probably its all in your shorts lol.
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Or you have bad vison. Just put ur brightnes to lowest and enter a dark roon and you will see it
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Ok lets be realistic, the people saying their S5's are not doing it are ether one of 2 things,....
1. Plain stupid and don't know how to adjust their phones display to reproduce the smearing, example: "homer285 What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?"
2. or in denial and don't want to believe their perfect s5's could have such a flaw.
Because all S5s and note 3s for that matter are all shipped with the same display hardware tech, and no you don't have some super special s5 that has different hardware from everyone else cause your awesome .
Now saying that there are fixes for the problem, one can use a screen colour adjuster to keep the "off black pixils" turned slightly on witch helps big time but kills ur battery dead.
homer285 said:
What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?
Come now, this thread is surely to attract the likes of trolls, or have I missed something?
I have no smearing, probably its all in your shorts lol.
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Not black on whole screen, but you may see pure black parts when you watch videos that are not on HD scale. Also, around 95% of movies have at least one dark or low-light scene.
Xanode said:
Ok lets be realistic, the people saying their S5's are not doing it are ether one of 2 things,....
1. Plain stupid and don't know how to adjust their phones display to reproduce the smearing, example: "homer285 What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?"
2. or in denial and don't want to believe their perfect s5's could have such a flaw.
Because all S5s and note 3s for that matter are all shipped with the same display hardware tech, and no you don't have some super special s5 that has different hardware from everyone else cause your awesome .
Now saying that there are fixes for the problem, one can use a screen colour adjuster to keep the "off black pixils" turned slightly on witch helps big time but kills ur battery dead.
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Most of us are neither of those two. Just because you experienced it, it doesn't mean that everyone has. Phones are not made in a single batch/production date. It's impossible to produce millions of S5 in a single day anyway. All products sold internationally have the so-called batch date/number to trace possible problems. My previous S3 have the black blotches when screen is dark and viewed under very low light, but my friend's has none. Now, my S5 doesn't have any screen problems.
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Or you have bad vison. Just put ur brightnes to lowest and enter a dark roon and you will see it
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Have fun with your "smearing" lol
I can confirm this too on my SM-G900F 16GB model... The Note 2 and S3 i owned didn't have this, but the S4 does and now the S5 also....
When having a black background (and lowered brightness) you'll notice it when swiping through the homescreen pages.
I don't know what causes this but i doubt it can't be fixed, yet Samsung continuous playing it their own way by ignoring the problem (the 'anti-smearing' update they once released was a joke)
This should only be a problem at night or in low light environments(typically when screen brightness is very low). I'm pretty sure it's a hardware limitation of Pentile AMOLED screens with the diamond sub pixel matrix, and thus affects all GS5's at low/very low brightness levels.
I've suggested this a couple of times on here, I'll say it again: 1.Change the screen mode to Cinema or Pro Photo.
2. (More importantly) Download Lux(free) and change the White Balance to Fluorescent. This slightly tints the blacks, and greatly reduces the smearing effect.
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denski101 said:
I'm pretty sure it's a hardware limitation of Pentile AMOLED screens, and thus affects all GS5's at low/very low brightness levels.
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The S3 had a PenTile AMOLED screen and it wasn't affected by this. AFAIK it's due to the Diamond Pixel layout Samsung uses on the latter Galaxy series.
born4trance said:
The S3 had a PenTile AMOLED screen and it wasn't affected by this. AFAIK it's due to the Diamond Pixel layout Samsung uses on the latter Galaxy series.
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Your right. I had that in mind, but was confusing Pentile and the Diamond pixel layout as one and the same. My mistake.
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Xanode said:
You need to have the screen brightness all the way down and make sure your looking real closely.
Out of the S4, note 3 and the s5 Samsung has seemed to make it the less noticeable on the S5.
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wow, pathetic. I hate all the BS threads about how samsung screwed us on the screen. Basically, by saying to turn down the screen all the way down and looking closely, in a dark room, you are asking somebody to look for a problem that never happens in a real world scenario anyways? WTF is up with all the people looking for problems in technology? Honestly, why in tha hell do people always try to find the tiniest this and the smallest that in every piece of tech they own and then bash the constructor for it, things that in the first place only appear in VERY SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT YOU NEVER ENCOUNTER IN REAL LIFE?
polish_pat said:
wow, pathetic. I hate all the BS threads about how samsung screwed us on the screen. Basically, by saying to turn down the screen all the way down and looking closely, in a dark room, you are asking somebody to look for a problem that never happens in a real world scenario anyways? WTF is up with all the people looking for problems in technology? Honestly, why in tha hell do people always try to find the tiniest this and the smallest that in every piece of tech they own and then bash the constructor for it, things that in the first place only appear in VERY SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT YOU NEVER ENCOUNTER IN REAL LIFE?
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Or you are just a kurwa who use full brightness at night to fuc up your eyes.
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