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Hmmm!!?? purple-ish screen tint on lowest brightness on my new NS

Well I used to cause a big fit about the N1's HTC would warranty swap me because of this issue. The first N1 I purchased didnt have this problem. I just bought the NS today and right away I noticed the same exact issue. Is it safe to say that maybe this should be considered a normality rather than a defect?

Its actually the Amoled tech itself...It cant reproduce whites perfectly so they come out cool....thats why its off a bit but in return you get exact blacks
Lcd's are opposite...you get real whites but no real blacks.

It shows up in certain shades of grey, like in contacts and in clock dimmed while set on lowest brightness setting. The whites and other colors display fine.

Yeah i saw that too but thats the OS thats doing that so you should be cool

Is it either on the bottom or top? I have watched a YouTube unboxing video clip says that when you browse with your nexus s to the top of the page, or the the lowest of the page, it will actually dimmed darker. This is to let you know you have reached the lowest or highest of the page. You couldn't scroll anymore .
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No, it has nothing to do with scrolling. It's exactly what I've said. Also I'm pretty positive its not a software issue. It's definitely the display. It must be either new materials Samsung is using for there displays or a calibration issue!

I also noticed this today, the purplish tint while on lowest screen brightness in a very dark room. If you bump up the brightness slightly, it goes away.

Nothin for me. No tint.

For me when I have the screen off I notice there is a purple tint to it compared to say a vibrant maybe that is the cause of you're problem

what i'm speaking of shows only while the screen is on.

aimfire72 said:
I also noticed this today, the purplish tint while on lowest screen brightness in a very dark room. If you bump up the brightness slightly, it goes away.
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This is right on the money. Same exact issue with my N1 and now i see it with the NS. I notice this on the N1's because my very 1st purchased unit displayed perfectly without any kind of discoloration after dimming the brighness below 50%. Soon after I warranty exchanged that unit for another, I recieved one with the tint issue. After I exchanged a couple more times, I recieved another without the tint issue but the touchscreen problem was much worse than the others i've had so i sent that one in. After that, i havent received one without the tint problem yet. I bought the NS expecting not to see this problem again and lo and behold, it surfaced as soon as i dimmed below 50%.

I checked out the demo phones, and every one had it on the lowest brightness setting. I think it has something to do with the new colors in the OS. If everything was black, it would be harder to see, so they use a little purple to differentiate when on a low brightness setting. You dont have to turn the brightness up much to make it go away

Psosmith82 said:
I checked out the demo phones, and every one had it on the lowest brightness setting. I think it has something to do with the new colors in the OS. If everything was black, it would be harder to see, so they use a little purple to differentiate when on a low brightness setting. You dont have to turn the brightness up much to make it go away
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The issue I'm speaking about, it doesn't literally "go away" in the manner you might be thinking. Its just that certain shades of greys are affected by it. Here's how to test for it, goto a dimmly lighted area and set the brightness thru the power widget to highest. Next, goto the dialpad on your NS, and notice the bar topright below the menu tabs, it should be grey. Now go back to your power widget and switch brightness to lowest setting. Go back to the dialpad and look at that bar again. It still should remain grey no matter how I adjust the brightness levels, but instead it'll shift to a light purplish hue.

princeasi said:
The issue I'm speaking about, it doesn't literally "go away" in the manner you might be thinking. Its just that certain shades of greys are affected by it. Here's how to test for it, goto a dimmly lighted area and set the brightness thru the power widget to highest. Next, goto the dialpad on your NS, and notice the bar topright below the menu tabs, it should be grey. Now go back to your power widget and switch brightness to lowest setting. Go back to the dialpad and look at that bar again. It still should remain grey no matter how I adjust the brightness levels, but instead it'll shift to a light purplish hue.
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It's because of the amoled screen uses the pentile sub pixel layout. I thought this was well known. All Samsung amoled screens do this as the all use pentile sub pixel layout, which many people hate as the feel its not as good as the true 3 sub pixel layout screens. And It's true it is not as good, but I still prefer it over non amoled screens, crap pentile and all.

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It's because of the amoled screen uses the pentile sub pixel layout. I thought this was well known. All Samsung amoled screens do this as the all use pentile sub pixel layout, which many people hate as the feel its not as good as the true 3 sub pixel layout screens. And It's true it is not as good, but I still prefer it over non amoled screens, crap pentile and all.
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Yes I know about the subixel stuff with the amoled displays, but I have to disagree with you as far as all of them display this way. As I've mentioned before, I've had 2 N1's without this issue. I'm gonna go back to BB to see if they can open a couple so that I can do some comparisons.

As I said, mine is this way too, but went to 2 BB's tonight and checked out the demo models at each store. They both had the weird purple tint as well, on those few shades of gray, like you pointed out. I also watched the Engadget video review and could see the purples on their phone too. I think all the NS's are like this, just the way the screen is. Perhaps in a software update, they could tweak the colors a bit and fix it.

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It's because of the amoled screen uses the pentile sub pixel layout. I thought this was well known. All Samsung amoled screens do this as the all use pentile sub pixel layout, which many people hate as the feel its not as good as the true 3 sub pixel layout screens. And It's true it is not as good, but I still prefer it over non amoled screens, crap pentile and all.
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actually
this is not true. i had to go around 4 Galaxy S screens and finally i was able to find one without pinkish color in it in low brightness.
if you want to tell if you have pinkish hue. download a solid dark gray wallpaper. turn the brightness to low. if you see it pink. then you have defective screen. i repeat. its a defective screen. dont justify your self with it.
i went through 4 galaxy S and i was able to find one where white is actually white and closer the the cool blue. not a friggin pink
and its not amoled screen either. the iphone 4 is same issue. go to macrumors forum and check for your self.
i went through like 6 iphones to get one with cool blue and no yellow tint in it.
the difference is light and day now when i compare my iphone 4 to my other friends.
if you have an OCD with this " because i do. i have OCD for light leakage, same black level the whole screen, yellow/pink tint on the screen in low settings "
the whole phone to me is nothing but a big screen. if they f*** that up. then its useless

aimfire72 said:
As I said, mine is this way too, but went to 2 BB's tonight and checked out the demo models at each store. They both had the weird purple tint as well, on those few shades of gray, like you pointed out. I also watched the Engadget video review and could see the purples on their phone too. I think all the NS's are like this, just the way the screen is. Perhaps in a software update, they could tweak the colors a bit and fix it.
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its not a software problem.
its hardware issue. when my phone with pinkish tint along with my brother one didnt have one, i thought it could be a software issue, and we even both implimented the voodoo fix : galaxy S : and still looked different.
its a hardware issue. and i really think you need to change your phone. because if you are like me, who cares alot about his phone, then once you see someone with a nexus S and you compare the whites and the gray colors on both phones. you will be one sad panda.
hell put the brightness up to the max even. you will still see the difference in white level between a pinkish/yellow tint screen and cool blue one. its not even funny :/

Yes I'm definitely OCD'd on this issue lol. I'm still not total convinced that this a defect yet. Ill be going to a few BB's today to do some comparisons. If I do find one without the tint, then cot dammit, shame on Samsung for allowing this to slip thru on these screens again! Ill report my findings later.

My NS suffers from this horribly on top of the bad touchscreen issues it also has. Def. a defective unit

[MotoX] [2014] Purple Display at Low Brightness [Lollipop] [Amoled]

Okay so I bought a new Moto X (2014) last week In India. Everything about the phone is great. It was already on lollipop. But when I decrease the brightness to below 30-40% the display gradually becomes more and more purple. And with Adaptive Brightness on and in a dark room, it's so purple that the green and yellow shades appear grey or black. I know amoled panels have this problem at very low brightness and apparently many Nexys 6 users are also facing it. However I didn't see many complaints here in the Moto X forum.
So if you have this problem please vote in the poll above. Then I can ask them for a replacement. Thank you.
I'd later add some photos of the screen.
P.S. If you are experiencing this, please add some photos so that people can compare it with their displays.

ok i have this problem too, but when I'm in the bed and reading random news this purple display isn't disturbing me. i can feel it relax more my eyes. so i can say i take advantage from a bug

I don't think this is a bug, way easier on the eyes in the dark, perhaps some kind of a feature on AMOLED and Lollipop. The Nexus 6 has it, too, i think.
I don't know if anyone else noticed that in direct sun light, the screen goes extra bright - like indoor bright + boost?

This is not a feature. It's an issue with amoled displays. That's why Samsung limits the lowest brightness to a higher level. While Moto X seems to go way down. I just want to know if everyone's having this. Then it's okay. But if it's not everyone then there're some good amoled panels out there and we are getting the bad ones.

Yup, keep noticing this before the screen goes completely off.

It's not a "bug" with AMOLED displays, it's inherent to the way the displays work. Red LEDs use much less power than other colors so when the brightness is down low the displays looks like it has a slightly red tint to it. While Samsung does keep their best displays for themselves the lack of a red tint is not due to that but is instead due to not letting the brightness go as low on their displays.

raptir said:
It's not a "bug" with AMOLED displays, it's inherent to the way the displays work. Red LEDs use much less power than other colors so when the brightness is down low the displays looks like it has a slightly red tint to it. While Samsung does keep their best displays for themselves the lack of a red tint is not due to that but is instead due to not letting the brightness go as low on their displays.
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That's what I meant. Not quite the best choice of word, I guess. But if that was the case, everyone should have had the pink tint at low brightness. Do you mean the ones who are not getting it are either lying or have Moto X's with LCD panels?

CosmoDroid said:
That's what I meant. Not quite the best choice of word, I guess. But if that was the case, everyone should have had the pink tint at low brightness. Do you mean the ones who are not getting it are either lying or have Moto X's with LCD panels?
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Well, only 2 out of 11 people have reported no color distortion. And remember that while you're asking "Is there a purple tint?" they're answering the question "Have you noticed a purple tint?"

What I've noticed is that when Adaptive Brightness is on, the display gets super dark and causes the purple tint. When I turn Adaptive Brightness off in a dark room, it actually completely loses the purple tint, and compared to my Galaxy Tab S 8.4 at lowest brightness, the screen is brighter than the Tab S. So I guess Motorola hasn't caught up with Samsung's display technology since my Tab S can actually get dimmer without such a dramatic color distortion - for my Moto X to get to a brightness level that dim, I need to turn on Adaptive Brightness (thus with the purple tint).

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I wouldn't say it gets a Purple tint but rather a reddish one with adaptive light.
And I LOVE it. This way I don't have to install Lumen.CF or any other stuff. Way easier on the eyes at night and it gets reeeeeeaally dark. Just perfect!
I also love that it naturally has a lower white temperature point than other lcd/phones screens. Warmer white is cozy white.

7 votes for without purple/red tint.
People who are not seeing the tint, can you please upload a side by side photo of "your phone at lowest brightness with the adjustment bar visible" and "a white paper".

CosmoDroid said:
7 votes for without purple/red tint.
People who are not seeing the tint, can you please upload a side by side photo of "your phone at lowest brightness with the adjustment bar visible" and "a white paper".
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I voted for no color distortion as my display is very very good. I can tell you there is certainly a variation in displays. A few months back someone posted about being able to see color banding and such. Those of us with really good displays do not see that. I was going to order a Pure edition to replace my unlocked XT1097 but the display is so good on it I decided not to, I doubt another one will be as good. I had 5 different Moto X 2013 models and the displays varied on each of them as well. I kept the best one and my 2014 model is still quite a bit better then the best 2013 I had.

Steve-x said:
I voted for no color distortion as my display is very very good. I can tell you there is certainly a variation in displays. A few months back someone posted about being able to see color banding and such. Those of us with really good displays do not see that. I was going to order a Pure edition to replace my unlocked XT1097 but the display is so good on it I decided not to, I doubt another one will be as good. I had 5 different Moto X 2013 models and the displays varied on each of them as well. I kept the best one and my 2014 model is still quite a bit better then the best 2013 I had.
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The rest of the phone in my case feels pretty solid and well built. Also I'm getting 47k+ scores on Antutu. Hence I am having second thoughts about getting it replaced.

My PE doesn't turn purple and has better whites than my AT&T branded one. The screen on that one is awful to me but I also use a G2, iPhone 6, '13 N7, no one notices but me.
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After three replacements, I finally got a decent one. :laugh:

I'm pretty sure this is just a feature of the moto x2 go to Settings/Display and turn off adaptive brightness, you will see that it changes to normal

born1690 said:
I'm pretty sure this is just a feature of the moto x2 go to Settings/Display and turn off adaptive brightness, you will see that it changes to normal
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Indeed, when adaptative brightness is turned off, purple tint will not occur. However, I am not sure this is a "feature". It actually looks more like a poor implementation of auto brightness.

CosmoDroid said:
Okay so I bought a new Moto X (2014) last week In India.
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I use the CF Lumen app to turn down the red and green just a tad in the master mode. That makes my screen less pinkish.

I had the purple display issue in 5.0. Now I upgraded to 5.1 and the issue is gone. Colors are well balanced down to minimum available brightness.

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I had the purple display issue in 5.0. Now I upgraded to 5.1 and the issue is gone. Colors are well balanced down to minimum available brightness.
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Running 5.0 having the same issue waiting for the update. Will report back thanks for this info I thought it's a amlod display issue, new to this display past few years was on lcd panel device's just got this device more than a week only now. But this is a great news. Thanks.

yellow screen?

Is this normal or do I have a faulty unit?
Screen looks very yellow compared to my other phones.

tmzbeme said:
Is this normal or do I have a faulty unit?
Screen looks very yellow compared to my other phones.
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What is the other phone? Go to settings -> display -> color mode and set color to normal, that will normalize it a little. It's set on vibrant by default. Regardless of that setting though, the screen on this phone is a "warm" one compared to others. The phone on the left is "cold" and bluish in comparison. Warm screens are a little more yellow/red, cold are blue. If the other phone is AMOLED there's your reason, but even if it's LCD, it's just tuned a bit differently. You should know that the phone on the left isn't producing a perfect white either, just a kind of white you're used to. Personally I prefer a warm screen, I find colder screens harder on my eyes.
TLDR- it's working as intended.

Unless you screwed with some settings no that isn't normal. If my whites were that yellow I'd return it. While an LCD might never be as white or black as an amoled it shouldn't look like 20 year old yellow paper either. WIth LCDs if you lower the brightness the screen will become more colored but nothing like that. You can also go compare it to some phones at the store that have LCD's and get an idea if its out of whack.

I spoke to two different support people at motorola ...one said it was normal for this phone as the screen was optimized for gaming?? .....the other said it was not normal and I should return it.
I tried using the app 'screen adjuster' to boost the blue light and it did indeed make it look white rather than yellow so it seems to be a color temperature setting so I'm still not sure wether changing the phone would make any difference and I can't compare in stores because they don't have them yet.
p.s. the other phone is an LG G2 which is LCD

Mine seems to have a little yellow at low screen brightness but it doesn't seem as bad as in your photo. I probably would not have noticed if not for this thread. Is your screen brightness low? Mine gets more white as the brightness goes up.
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tmzbeme said:
I spoke to two different support people at motorola ...one said it was normal for this phone as the screen was optimized for gaming?? .....the other said it was not normal and I should return it.
I tried using the app 'screen adjuster' to boost the blue light and it did indeed make it look white rather than yellow so it seems to be a color temperature setting so I'm still not sure wether changing the phone would make any difference and I can't compare in stores because they don't have them yet.
p.s. the other phone is an LG G2 which is LCD
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If it bothers you you can go through the return process and see if another one is different. My phone looks pretty much the same next to my Galaxy Note n-7000. That's AMOLED, but AMOLED or not, screens can be bluish. For perspective, here's what white looks like for reference. Neither of the phones are producing white. One is bluish, one is yellowish. Do you notice it when you're not comparing phone screens? After a few minutes of looking at the screen, going from app to app or looking at pictures, do white things register as white?

dustin_b said:
Mine seems to have a little yellow at low screen brightness but it doesn't seem as bad as in your photo. I probably would not have noticed if not for this thread. Is your screen brightness low? Mine gets more white as the brightness goes up.
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I have it on auto-brightness at 50%
Do you notice it when you're not comparing phone screens? After a few minutes of looking at the screen, going from app to app or looking at pictures, do white things register as white?
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I noticed it had a very warm color temp immediately I turned it on, and then got my other phones to compare ....it does bother me yes ...it's like having a TV with a yellowish screen ....I'm pretty sure it can be fixed with a software update and is not a hardware problem which is why I'm not sure if returning the phone would accomplish anything unless I see some other pures to compare
I just found this thread on another forum:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/mo...to-x-pure-edition-screen-has-yellow-tint.html
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I also noticed that the Moto X screen runs a little warm with regard to color temperature. When browsing the web via Chrome, there’s a noticeable yellow tinge, especially when compared with the iPhone 6 Plus’ screen.
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This is mine. I think ambient light may affect it. It looked more yellow when I was in a dark room. This is in a well lit area.
Sent from my Moto X Pure.

Mine is warmer color from 50% to 0%, Higher values and its very white. Didn't even notice it till I saw this post and well, it can't be unseen lol. I keep my display around 10-20% usually on the low side however at night in bed it doesn't look warm at all.

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This is mine. I think ambient light may affect it. It looked more yellow when I was in a dark room. This is in a well lit area.
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When you take screenshot of course it comes white lol wth
@op: is normal, that's what you get for paying this little. Low quality screens. Check androidauthority latest review of the phone, his screen is exactly like yours.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A

yeah, ok so it seems it is quite normal for this phone then, although from the androidcentral forum thread I posted above some screens are more yellow than others and some are actually very white, seems to depend on the batch .....i guess I'll just learn to love it :laugh:

A little Solution:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.uk.quickdoc.screenbalance

Thanks
This app fixed the yellow tint, thank you.

BlueHue/YellowHue/Speakers - Google's Response

I gave Google a call about the pink hue after trying to ignore it all day. I was told that anyone with a pink or yellow hue should return the device as soon as possible and that those units are from an early batch. The engineers are apparently trying to resolve the issue now. The glue curing advice is incorrect and I suggest you don't wait their suggested 10 day wait time.
As for the speakers, they should both be equal. This includes both bass and treble and the sound (including volume) from both speakers should be identical.
For anyone who isn't aware, stock is kept aside and priority is given to replacements. So if that's all that's holding you back, get sending.

MajorCS said:
I gave Google a call about the pink hue after trying to ignore it all day. I was told that anyone with a pink or yellow hue should return the device as soon as possible and that those units are from an early batch. The engineers are apparently trying to resolve the issue now. The glue curing advice is incorrect and I suggest you don't wait their suggested 10 day wait time.
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What's the number to get in touch with Google to talk to them about it?

MajorCS said:
I gave Google a call about the pink hue after trying to ignore it all day. I was told that anyone with a pink or yellow hue should return the device as soon as possible and that those units are from an early batch. The engineers are apparently trying to resolve the issue now. The glue curing advice is incorrect and I suggest you don't wait their suggested 10 day wait time.
As for the speakers, they should both be equal. This includes both bass and treble and the sound (including volume) from both speakers should be identical.
For anyone who isn't aware, stock is kept aside and priority is given to replacements. So if that's all that's holding you back, get sending.
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Have you gotten your device replaced? I have a slight link hue and don't want to risk getting a device with a worse screen. I'm just going to RMA it in a month to be extra careful.
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Google Nexus Support, then screen, then screen not working. It requests a call for you. I'd link but I'm restricted with less than ten posts.
I had to keep pushing for him to admit it was a defect and that they are working on it. So there's a little bit of tippy toeing happening I think.
Sadly I can't go through Google for my replacement (with an Aussie carrier). I'll be returning it tomorrow.

Yea, I googled it, lol what was I thinking.
Anyway, thanks for post. After talking to my rep (who was awesome about everything, no tip toeing around, he just wanted to make sure I was happy with my phone) he had me test the screen a little and decided that a replacement was required. Just have to tell my bank another charge is coming and it'll be on its way. I highly recommend giving them a call if you're having color issues with the screen. (I never saw pinks, just yellow)

MYxdaUSERNAME said:
Yea, I googled it, lol what was I thinking.
Anyway, thanks for post. After talking to my rep (who was awesome about everything, no tip toeing around, he just wanted to make sure I was happy with my phone) he had me test the screen a little and decided that a replacement was required. Just have to tell my bank another charge is coming and it'll be on its way. I highly recommend giving them a call if you're having color issues with the screen. (I never saw pinks, just yellow)
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What kind of test did you do?
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All he had me do was crank brightness to max, no adaptive or auto brightness, then scale it back to about 1/3 brightness and report what I saw.
Thankfully I'll get to at least check out the two next to each other when the new one gets here. I didn't wanna take one of the replacements if I didn't need to.

For anyone wondering what the best way to identify the fault is, this is what I did:
First turn off Adaptive Brightness and then slide the brightness to the lowest setting possible. Then open up a white page and slide it back and forwards. Then turn on the Adaptive and try again. If it's hugely noticeable, then you have a defective unit.
Generally the pink or yellow hue issue decreases slightly with Adaptive Brightness off + sRBG mode in the developer options. The hue is increased on lower brightness, with Adaptive on.

MajorCS said:
For anyone wondering what the best way to identify the fault is, this is what I did:
First turn off Adaptive Brightness and then slide the brightness to the lowest setting possible. Then open up a white page and slide it back and forwards. Then turn on the Adaptive and try again. If it's hugely noticeable, then you have a defective unit.
Generally the pink or yellow hue issue decreases slightly with Adaptive Brightness off + sRBG mode in the developer options. The hue is increased on lower brightness, with Adaptive on.
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This is not a defect, AMOLED screens at the lowest possible setting shift more than IPS LCD towards a pinkish/red hue. Yours may just be slightly worse, but if the effect is only noticeable on the lowest brightness setting then this is not a reason to RMA. Your unit is not defective

andreoidb said:
This is not a defect, AMOLED screens at the lowest possible setting shift more than IPS LCD towards a pinkish/red hue. Yours may just be slightly worse, but if the effect is only noticeable on the lowest brightness setting then this is not a reason to RMA. Your unit is not defective
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I would agree with that if the pink is even on the entire screen. Mine is coming from the bottom this time. Visible in high and more on low brightness. Top is yellow bottom pink that's not an Amoled feature lol
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wazka2 said:
I would agree with that if the pink is even on the entire screen. Mine is coming from the bottom this time. Visible in high and more on low brightness. Top is yellow bottom pink that's not an Amoled feature lol
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If it's even slightly visible on high it is a defect. My point is a lot of people have said they only see it on low brightness, which isn't a defect.

easy tiger, @andreoidb. it may be defective. Who are you to say what is noticeable or not without witnessing it? I've had lots of amoled displays without this hue.

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If it's even slightly visible on high it is a defect. My point is a lot of people have said they only see it on low brightness, which isn't a defect.
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Putting mine to 100% brightness on xda app. Top is still nice warm yellow but bottom very bright white/pink cold white as if someone was pointing the torch from the corner of the screen lol
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kboya said:
easy tiger, @andreoidb. it may be defective. Who are you to say what is noticeable or not without witnessing it? I've had lots of amoled displays without this hue.
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I'm not saying it isn't defective. I'm saying that that method of testing is flawed. Just turning down the brightness and looking to see if it turns red is not a great way of testing. AMOLED screens, at the lowest brightness a significant amount of color shift to red/pink. Even if it's only in a portion of the screen, if its only visible on the lowest brightness it isn't a defect. I can say that without seeing the screen. If, though, its red/pink on higher brightness its likely defective.

I must have been confused by the statement "Your unit is not defective".

does anyone have any pictures of what the blue/yellow/pink hues look like?

Just wanted say that not all amoled screens have this pink/yellow hue and it's definitely not normal. My Nexus 6 amoled has none of that...so considering the 6P has even a better display it shouldn't have that either.

I have two nexus 6p and there's a difference in screen color for sure

I'm hoping that some of these super-delayed 128GB models (such as mine!) are delayed due to taking steps to minimize issues such as this. I'm probably dreaming, but hey, it could happen!

andreoidb said:
I'm not saying it isn't defective. I'm saying that that method of testing is flawed. Just turning down the brightness and looking to see if it turns red is not a great way of testing. AMOLED screens, at the lowest brightness a significant amount of color shift to red/pink. Even if it's only in a portion of the screen, if its only visible on the lowest brightness it isn't a defect. I can say that without seeing the screen. If, though, its red/pink on higher brightness its likely defective.
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Apologies, I should have clarified. That method of testing simply helps view the color changes a bit more clearly. You're able to see it increase and decrease, instead of having nothing to compare the current screen with. Doing that gives the numerous color changes.
The pink tint at the lower brightness (at least to the level mine was), is not normal. It's almost a deep purple. It's also there at a higher brightness. Place this phone next to another and it's pretty obvious . You're never going to get a perfect screen with AMOLED , but this is terrible.

Minimum brightness

You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the ASUS ROG Phone II's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

I am quite concerned about some of the comments I saw on JD.com . People say the screen is yellowish, uneven coloring and grainy which gets even worse when the brightness is low. Can anyone confirm this here?

zed011 said:
I am quite concerned about some of the comments I saw on JD.com . People say the screen is yellowish, uneven coloring and grainy which gets even worse when the brightness is low. Can anyone confirm this here?
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My friend says screen is great

At low brightness? No strange effects on gray color?

zed011 said:
I am quite concerned about some of the comments I saw on JD.com . People say the screen is yellowish, uneven coloring and grainy which gets even worse when the brightness is low. Can anyone confirm this here?
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In terms of brightness I would say it's average at best. The screen is very dim my current brightness slider is set at 80% and that is just to navigate conformabley. But I would recommend a 85 to 90% settings.
The screen isn't yellowish quite the opposite actually in comparison with my 1st generation ROG, colors are even I would say and no grain.

Rashad83 said:
In terms of brightness I would say it's average at best. The screen is very dim my current brightness slider is set at 80% and that is just to navigate conformabley. But I would recommend a 85 to 90% settings.
The screen isn't yellowish quite the opposite actually in comparison with my 1st generation ROG, colors are even I would say and no grain.
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Hopefully it's just a software issue and will be resolved shortly. Hell, it couldn't be worse than the OP6T. And the ROG2 has around 200 nits more than the 6T. That fukn thing, you can't see **** on if its bright out. Overall, I would think the extra 2,000 mah would compensate for the higher brightness til its fixed.

ZeroKool76 said:
Hopefully it's just a software issue and will be resolved shortly. Hell, it couldn't be worse than the OP6T. And the ROG2 has around 200 nits more than the 6T. That fukn thing, you can't see **** on if its bright out. Overall, I would think the extra 2,000 mah would compensate for the higher brightness til its fixed.
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But even if the brightness slider is set to 100% shouldn't consume much more battery if the screen is still dim...right?
By the way, can anyone let me know how bright is it compared to Razer Phone 1?

el4nimal said:
But even if the brightness slider is set to 100% shouldn't consume much more battery if the screen is still dim...right?
By the way, can anyone let me know how bright is it compared to Razer Phone 1?
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With 6000mah you have nothing to worry about. Reduce the refresh rate to 60 and you will get time over or equal to 10 hours standby time.
Regarding the razor phone I would think it would be much brighter because it's an LCD panel. But I am not definitive.

zed011 said:
I am quite concerned about some of the comments I saw on JD.com . People say the screen is yellowish, uneven coloring and grainy which gets even worse when the brightness is low. Can anyone confirm this here?
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just got my tencent version today. the screen max and min brightness is slightly higher than my oneplus 5. uneven colour/graininess requires you to squint with your face almost stuck to the screen so its really a nonissue. white balance is pretty on point and actually a little on the cool side tho whites are almost perfect white

R8nD0m said:
just got my tencent version today. the screen max and min brightness is slightly higher than my oneplus 5. uneven colour/graininess requires you to squint with your face almost stuck to the screen so its really a nonissue. white balance is pretty on point and actually a little on the cool side tho whites are almost perfect white
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You can also adjust color temperature and saturation in display settings. I think this screen is awesome.

R8nD0m said:
just got my tencent version today. the screen max and min brightness is slightly higher than my oneplus 5. uneven colour/graininess requires you to squint with your face almost stuck to the screen so its really a nonissue. white balance is pretty on point and actually a little on the cool side tho whites are almost perfect white
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The Tencent version is that bad?!?

Cellendril said:
The Tencent version is that bad?!?
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Umm everything I said is praise.
I did notice that graininess and very slight yellow shifting occurs at near minimum brightness but its really not easy to spot
Other than that the experience has been pretty amazing

Cellendril said:
The Tencent version is that bad?!?
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The screen is excellent in my opinion, and while the maximum brightness isn't the brightest out there, it's perfectly adequate even in direct sunlight.

As far as low brightness goes, I felt like the lowest brightness was still a little too bright next to my wife in bed so I installed low brightness pro. If anyone else feels they want to go lower..

Got the phone. Definitely too bright at lowest so either use an app to add dark overlay to dim or wait for a software update I guess

Has red tint on dark theme grey on brightness below 50%
zed011 said:
At low brightness? No strange effects on gray color?
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Yes it does have a red tint on dark grey colors. Visible everywhere in apps using dark theme based on grey like google apps dark mode, the rog ui itself and any dark grey on screen.
Effect is more pronounced while using 120hz. And less on other modes.

sanurocks said:
Yes it does have a red tint on dark grey colors. Visible everywhere in apps using dark theme based on grey like google apps dark mode, the rog ui itself and any dark grey on screen.
Effect is more pronounced while using 120hz. And less on other modes.
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Same. dark greys become reddish when the brightness is lower than 40%

iShubham said:
Same. dark greys become reddish when the brightness is lower than 40%
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Same here, got the tencent version. Lets hope its just a software issue that future update can fix it. Im coming from s9 plus so its hard to compare the beauty of the screen.

Minimum brightness is way too high. Reference compared to nexus 5x and galaxy s7 on lowest setting. It's blinding

Rog 2 is brighter than the sun
I have a great appreciate of the capabilities of this phone, no matter what you might hear this phone has superb color rendering and there is no beating the refresh rate. When it comes to comparing how it delivers in color saturation compared to its competition all you are doing is splitting hairs... But as for its minimum brightness, well you cannot appreciate how truly bright the panel is until you are trying to write a blog post when the lights are off and your partner is asleep next to you.
With the slider all the way down its impossible to look at the screen without squinting real hard because those whites burn through your retinas and imprint on your soul. Do you like watching Netflix on your phone in bed? Not on this phone you won't. Want to read that last Facebook alert you just got after you turned the lights out? Absolutely you can do it... If you like staring at the sun that is. I sincerely hope Asus can do some sort of work around and deliver less power to the display in total darkness because light induced migrains are not fun.
Otherwise pretty good phone.