Need a few questions answered before i decide to buy - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, sorry for the really long post.
my current phone is the nexus 6 and i plan to upgrade to either the nexus 6p or moto x in the next week or so but first i have some questions.
Firstly i have had my nexus 6 for almost a year and for the first few weeks i had 5 different devices as the nav buttons and status bar kept burning in to the screen after a few days or sometimes even a day of use with the brightness at about a third. After the 5th phone i just accepted the burn in and kept it but i was wondering if any of you have had burn in on the 6p. I know amoled screens get burn in over time but im hoping the 6p has a better screen and less chance of burn in than the 6.
Also does the screen go as bright as the 6? I checked in the store at a demo version and it didnt seem as bright at max brightness. But it did still have that yellow tint to the whites and pinkish tint when the brightness is at its lowest. I was hoping that would be fixed in this new phone but its not a big deal as i have gotten used to it from my nexus 6.
On to the back and i was wondering if it scratches easy and if so what would be the best colour to get so that the scratches are the least noticeable? Also i looked at another display model from a different store which wasn't a real phone just one of the fake ones you see and the N and E from the nexus logo on the back was rubbing off. Is this the case with the real phones or was it just because the fake phone in the store was made different.
Thank you

lew87ys said:
Hello, sorry for the really long post.
my current phone is the nexus 6 and i plan to upgrade to either the nexus 6p or moto x in the next week or so but first i have some questions.
Firstly i have had my nexus 6 for almost a year and for the first few weeks i had 5 different devices as the nav buttons and status bar kept burning in to the screen after a few days or sometimes even a day of use with the brightness at about a third. After the 5th phone i just accepted the burn in and kept it but i was wondering if any of you have had burn in on the 6p. I know amoled screens get burn in over time but im hoping the 6p has a better screen and less chance of burn in than the 6.
Also does the screen go as bright as the 6? I checked in the store at a demo version and it didnt seem as bright at max brightness. But it did still have that yellow tint to the whites and pinkish tint when the brightness is at its lowest. I was hoping that would be fixed in this new phone but its not a big deal as i have gotten used to it from my nexus 6.
On to the back and i was wondering if it scratches easy and if so what would be the best colour to get so that the scratches are the least noticeable? Also i looked at another display model from a different store which wasn't a real phone just one of the fake ones you see and the N and E from the nexus logo on the back was rubbing off. Is this the case with the real phones or was it just because the fake phone in the store was made different.
Thank you
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1. Too early to tell about burn in.
2. IDK, I didn't have the 6. It's bright enough to need to turn down.
3. I have mine in a case. If you are worried about scratches, then get the plain aluminum.

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1. Too early to tell about burn in.
2. IDK, I didn't have the 6. It's bright enough to need to turn down.
3. I have mine in a case. If you are worried about scratches, then get the plain aluminum.
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Do you have any problems with screen colour like pinkish or yellowish tints?
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Newer Nexus 4's ALL have yellow screens?

The first Nexus 4 I received was a rev10 I got that shipped the third week after release. It has a perfect calibration with beautiful popping whites and dark blacks. Unfortunately, I had the issue where a portion of the screen would tint yellow (about the size of my thumbprint) after it heated up.
This annoyed me so I got an RMA phone and it turned out that the entire scree was an ugly yellow even without heat. This was shipped to me from jan 1-7 I forget the actual date but it was recent. It also had a sluggish vibration issue that annoyed me. I sent it back and they sent me another RMA phone that arrived on the 14th and what do you know, it also has a yellow tint to the screen. The colors are much darker compared to my original screen as well and I tried color calibration apps but they just don't look as good as the original. This phone is a rev11 if that matters.
Do all the newly made phones have color issues? Or are there well calibrated ones out there and I should keep on RMAing?
The new screens just don't look as good and are really ugly. Someone let me know if they have a good screen
If you figured that out from an extensive poll of people then I'd understand that conclusion but from 2 RMA that's just plain stupid!
My screen is white as can be, compared to One X its looks insanely good, the One X colors pop and are really vibrant though
slashei2 said:
the first nexus 4 i received was a rev10 i got that shipped the third week after release. It has a perfect calibration with beautiful popping whites and dark blacks. Unfortunately, i had the issue where a portion of the screen would tint yellow (about the size of my thumbprint) after it heated up.
This annoyed me so i got an rma phone and it turned out that the entire scree was an ugly yellow even without heat. This was shipped to me from jan 1-7 i forget the actual date but it was recent. It also had a sluggish vibration issue that annoyed me. I sent it back and they sent me another rma phone that arrived on the 14th and what do you know, it also has a yellow tint to the screen. The colors are much darker compared to my original screen as well and i tried color calibration apps but they just don't look as good as the original. This phone is a rev11 if that matters.
Do all the newly made phones have color issues? Or are there well calibrated ones out there and i should keep on rmaing?
The new screens just don't look as good and are really ugly. Someone let me know if they have a good screen
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o am jee :d
SlasheI2 said:
Do all the newly made phones have color issues? Or are there well calibrated ones out there and I should keep on RMAing?
The new screens just don't look as good and are really ugly. Someone let me know if they have a good screen
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My screen is perfect. You should maybe change the light bulbs in your place..
I have a revision 11 and a revision 10 which is going back due to speaker crackle. The screen on my revision 11 looks cooler but I certainly wouldn't have described either as being yellow.
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It goes away after a couple days...
As ctowne said, it goes away after a while. It's the glue that is used to laminate the glass and display.
Mine was pretty yellow at the start, however a couple of weeks on, and it's absolutely fine now.
Yes let us assume that the two phones we received is indicative of all phones. Makes sense.
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It goes away after a couple days...
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lambomanx1 said:
As ctowne said, it goes away after a while. It's the glue that is used to laminate the glass and display.
Mine was pretty yellow at the start, however a couple of weeks on, and it's absolutely fine now.
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+1. Mine was yellow. After a few days, the screen is normal. Rev. 11.
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As ctowne said, it goes away after a while. It's the glue that is used to laminate the glass and display.
Mine was pretty yellow at the start, however a couple of weeks on, and it's absolutely fine now.
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+1. Mine was yellow. After a few days, the screen is normal. Rev. 11.
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Yeah mine went away within 3 days at the very most. Also, you can adjust the screen settings with fauxclock if you really want to tweak it. As long as you have uniform yellow on the whole screen then don't worry about it. If certain spots are yellow after a few days then you might have a problem.
To those of you whose yellow tint went away, was the yellow tint uniform over the entire screen before it went away?
I just got my rev11 RMA, and I've only got a yellow tint on the bottom half of the screen. Should I expect it to go away over the next few days?
Also, just holding it side by side with my rev10, I have to say, in addition to the yellow tint, the rev11 just seems a little bit less clear and a little bit less sharp. Could be because it has the factory Google screen protector on it, I guess, whereas my rev10 has an SGP crystal clear on it.
On the plus side, the light bleed is improved on rev11. Nowhere near perfect, but signifciantly better than my rev10.
If the yellow tint goes away, I can live with the rev11. If it does not go away, it will be another RMA.
I got a Rev11 one, but never had a yellow screen from the start. I guess i've been a lucky one..
When I did my RMA, my rev_11 had a more yellow tint to it on whites.. I could really tell on apps like SMS...
colors look OK and I've gotten used to it..
My rev 11 doesn't have a yellow tint.
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phositadc said:
To those of you whose yellow tint went away, was the yellow tint uniform over the entire screen before it went away?
I just got my rev11 RMA, and I've only got a yellow tint on the bottom half of the screen. Should I expect it to go away over the next few days?
Also, just holding it side by side with my rev10, I have to say, in addition to the yellow tint, the rev11 just seems a little bit less clear and a little bit less sharp. Could be because it has the factory Google screen protector on it, I guess, whereas my rev10 has an SGP crystal clear on it.
On the plus side, the light bleed is improved on rev11. Nowhere near perfect, but signifciantly better than my rev10.
If the yellow tint goes away, I can live with the rev11. If it does not go away, it will be another RMA.
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All 3 of my phones have had an uneven yellow tint. I RMA'd a rev10 first which had a brighter and cooler screen than the two replacements, but and uneven tint along the bottom 1/3rd. My rev11's, the one I sent back and the one I have now have a less bright display, and the one that went back had half of the screen horizontally yellow tinted, this one has yellow tint in the bottom left corner. It's the least tinted out of all of them.
FTR the uneven tint did NOT go away on my first two phones. While overall yellowness may clear up, the uneven factor doesn't change.
All 3 have had backlight bleed, was probably the least on my rev10, the first rev11 had it pretty bad along the taskbar and left/right hand sides. The second rev11 has it on the taskbar, but a little less, and the top left hand side.
The displays are just pretty crappy LG IPS panels, I'm certain most people will be on an RMA goose chase to get a phone without any uneven tinting/backlight bleeding. They'll exist, but how long do you want to ride your luck changing? I also think LG have changed the display between rev10 and rev11, as as I said both my rev11s are duller.
I got my third replacement N4 today (REV 11) and it (like the previous 2) has the yellow tint to the bottom of the screen and left edge in particular. Looks noticeably brighter the bottom half too (slight though). I'm really disappointed with this as I don't think it's looking like there will be any (or many) from this current batch that don't have this problem.
Does anyone know from a technical point of view why LCD panels are prone to this - why is it such a consistent problem in manufacturing? What exactly is the cause and why isn't it prevented? Any links? I've Googled it but no results...

Have you got yellow screen tint?

Hey guys, I've recently noticed my nexus 6p has a very warm/yellow feel to it when compared to other devices such as my old HTC one m7!
I did some reading and apparently the nexus 5x has had a massive problem with "yellow screens".
Now am I just being naive as I've never had an AMOLED display before or is there likely to be something wrong?
Also, is it likely to be software related as its affected both the 5x and 6p?
Thanks
Mine does not have a yellow tint, not sure about if it is software.
I am coming from Oneplus One. After two days with 6p it does have yellow whites and a bit of pinkish hue when looking straight at it, when tilting it disappears (pink).
Looking back at Oneplus One feels too blue on the other hand
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Could it be the adaptive display?
I seem to recall the Nexus 6 having various screen issues upon release, too.
I switched adaptive display off and no change so I guess its not that. I think this is its "feature" and we have to live with it
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It's just the way the screen is calibrated. This will be adjustable later on in development I'm sure.
yea, its how the screen is calibrated. i compared it to my oneplus and the oneplus has a more white color, though a slight blueish tint. the nexus 6p has a more yellow screen.
Loose Part(s) When Tapping on Screen?
Yes. If they don't tweak it, then surely the community will.
On another hand, does anyone have a hollow/loose sound when tapping on the top right quarter of the screen? The sound reminds me of a loose ceramic buttons on a Nexus 5. It feels as if it's behind the screen just right of the speaker but sounds as if it's out the side.
Could be the adhesive for attaching the screen... If the yellow goes away after a day or two the adhesive needed to cure. It's happened with other devices
Put it side by side with my Nexus 6. Apparently the Nexus 6 screen is super yellow, never noticed. The 6P is MUCH whiter. Looks great.
Ask Google if you should return it. I've seen some complains around about yellowish screens. During the reviews one thing that was pointed out was precisely the opposite, with the 6P having a much cooler screen than the 5X, way more to the blue (cool) than to the warm (yellow) whites.
A bit strange you find the opposite.
Tung_meister said:
It's just the way the screen is calibrated. This will be adjustable later on in development I'm sure.
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So its not likely that I need to return the phone?
Alferboy said:
Ask Google if you should return it. I've seen some complains around about yellowish screens. During the reviews one thing that was pointed out was precisely the opposite, with the 6P having a much cooler screen than the 5X, way more to the blue (cool) than to the warm (yellow) whites.
A bit strange you find the opposite.
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I bought it from Carphonewarehouse (UK) so I may speak to them!
Pink not Yellow
Mine's got a pinkish hue at certain angles, but no yellow. Have come from an S4, which has a much whiter screen. Changing to sRGB gets rid of the pink hue but gives ghastly washed out colours instead. Guess we have to wait for some kind of tuning facility.
I'm very disappointed in the screen calibration. The 6p has the same pixel dimensions as the Nexus 6 with the 6p having slightly more pixels per inch. When I play a youtube video side by side the 6p looks terrible!!! Especially since during the keynote they said they worked really hard to get the colors right on the screen calibration. I hope this can be fixed with a software update. I might be returning mine.
A2Eric said:
I'm very disappointed in the screen calibration. The 6p has the same pixel dimensions as the Nexus 6 with the 6p having slightly more pixels per inch. When I play a youtube video side by side the 6p looks terrible!!! Especially since during the keynote they said they worked really hard to get the colors right on the screen calibration. I hope this can be fixed with a software update. I might be returning mine.
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It does seem like the calibration is off compared with my old HTC one m7. However I just compared my 6p to a mates nexus 6 screen and his is a lot more yellow than mine! So that's made me feel a bit better.
Hopefullythis can be fixed on the software side!
darfbozo said:
Mine's got a pinkish hue at certain angles, but no yellow. Have come from an S4, which has a much whiter screen. Changing to sRGB gets rid of the pink hue but gives ghastly washed out colours instead. Guess we have to wait for some kind of tuning facility.
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I too have the pinkish hue but I have come use to this on amoled displays. Every single phone I've had with a amoled display has had a pinkish hue. So either I'm very unlucky and keep getting device after device with a bad screen, or I have eagle eyes and I can see it when others can't.. haha Some times people do not notice it. I think it really has to do with your eyes. If they are sensitive enough to see it. For example. I work for Swappa and me and my co-worker both had the international version of the Droid Turbo(The Moto Maxx) I had asked him if he noticed a pink hue, he said no he did not.. When we met in person I saw it right away. While it wasn't as pronounced as it was on my device, it was still there. He didn't see it.
Last night I was chatting with Derek Ross from phandroid and I showed him a pic of my 6p screen.. I saw pink..he said it looked fine to him.. lol I still might order a replacement just to see if the next one is like that.
graffixnyc said:
I too have the pinkish hue but I have come use to this on amoled displays. Every single phone I've had with a amoled display has had a pinkish hue. So either I'm very unlucky and keep getting device after device with a bad screen, or I have eagle eyes and I can see it when others can't.. haha Some times people do not notice it. I think it really has to do with your eyes. If they are sensitive enough to see it. For example. I work for Swappa and me and my co-worker both had the international version of the Droid Turbo(The Moto Maxx) I had asked him if he noticed a pink hue, he said no he did not.. When we met in person I saw it right away. While it wasn't as pronounced as it was on my device, it was still there. He didn't see it.
Last night I was chatting with Derek Ross from phandroid and I showed him a pic of my 6p screen.. I saw pink..he said it looked fine to him.. lol I still might order a replacement just to see if the next one is like that.
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I am using a screen filter app now and it seems to fix the screen so I'm pretty happy!
hltbest said:
I bought it from Carphonewarehouse (UK) so I may speak to them!
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Store bought or online?
I'd go there indeed. If they have stock they should replace it.
Saw below you tuned it with an app (which?) but that may not be a permanent solution.
Alferboy said:
Store bought or online?
I'd go there indeed. If they have stock they should replace it.
Saw below you tuned it with an app (which?) but that may not be a permanent solution.
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It's called MOBTI screen filter. I just put it to like 15-19% opacity and only had the blue halfway, a tiny bit or red, no green and it feels a lot better. Obvs its a temp solution, but it shows it can be fixed by software changes!

Fix uneven/yellow screen with intentional burn-in

So I was on my 2nd Nexus 6P and like the first it had an uneven screen. Normal/slightly pink at the top and at the bottom it's more yellow. Instead of returning it I've decided to try and fix the yellow tint by intentionally causing a burn-in on the over-enthusiastic green pixels in the bottom half of my screen.
To do this I flashed a kernel which unlocks the high-brightness mode of the display, the awesome EX kernel, set my screen timeout to 15 minutes and left the display turned on for 3x15 minutes in high brightness mode with a black-to-green gradient open full screen in the Photos app (absolutely nothing else on screen). After each of the 15 minutes I checked the progress, after the 3rd time I considered it done. I'm happy to report that this has nearly eliminated my uneven screen problem.
So far I've seen no ill effects, just a nice even screen.
I used this black-to-green gradient that was a close match to where my screen was yellow. My first 6P had a different pattern of yellowness, so that would have required a different gradient, more like black-green-black.
Interesting, the normal slightly pink at the top transitioning to yellow at the bottom describes the screen on my original nexus 6P and it's replacement.
I'll look into giving this a try as well.
I´m not sure if something like this could be considered as a defect. If you look at a very high angle, you might see some sort of "rainbow effect" on the screen. You should be careful about "burning in" Pixels in a Amoled screen. High brightness will wear out the LEDs faster than you think. At least this is how I remember my old Samsung Galaxy S3 but maybe Amoled technology has improved a lot.
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I´m not sure if something like this could be considered as a defect. If you look at a very high angle, you might see some sort of "rainbow effect" on the screen. You should be careful about "burning in" Pixels in a Amoled screen. High brightness will wear out the LEDs faster than you think. At least this is how I remember my old Samsung Galaxy S3 but maybe Amoled technology has improved a lot.
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I can't really comment on if the OP's method is safe or not, but it is worth noting that the gradient/tint change is noticeable even when viewed straight on under normal use, such as browsing etc.
It could sort of be likened to the old TN based flat screens from a number of years ago where the top and bottom looked slightly different colours, however a lot of this was down to narrow viewing angles. I'm wondering if the same applies to the specific AMOLED display used by the 6P as well.
The AMOLED screens on my Moto X 2nd Gen and Moto X Force don't have the same problem.
I have a slight purple tint too on the screen but it is only visible on a white background. It does not bother me, if you set a higher brightness it is barely visible. Maybe all Nexus 6P have this sort of display and you simply have to live with it.
Azarin said:
I can't really comment on if the OP's method is safe or not, but it is worth noting that the gradient/tint change is noticeable even when viewed straight on under normal use, such as browsing etc.
It could sort of be likened to the old TN based flat screens from a number of years ago where the top and bottom looked slightly different colours, however a lot of this was down to narrow viewing angles. I'm wondering if the same applies to the specific AMOLED display used by the 6P as well.
The AMOLED screens on my Moto X 2nd Gen and Moto X Force don't have the same problem.
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Would you happen to have a before image for your screen? I would like to try this on my phone but can't say for sure what exact color the uneven section is. Most of the screen seems to have a pink tint that fades into a green/yellow tint in the bottom left corner. I don't want to stress the wrong color accidentally.
Can you post before and after pics of your screen please?
Gorgtech said:
I have a slight purple tint too on the screen but it is only visible on a white background. It does not bother me, if you set a higher brightness it is barely visible. Maybe all Nexus 6P have this sort of display and you simply have to live with it.
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Its a well known characteristic of samsung AMOLED screens. Samsung users have been complaining about this for some time. Its actually worse on the sgs6. But more brightness will make it less noticeable. Honestly, if you forget about it and stop focusing on it, you will stop noticing it.
Yeah I understand some are really bad you should send it back.but if its slight. There's no.point obsessing about it. It takes the joy away from using the phone
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Yeah I understand some are really bad you should send it back.but if its slight. There's no.point obsessing about it. It takes the joy away from using the phone
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It's impossible not obsessing about it since the display is very thing you look at when using a phone, people wouldnt tolerate if it was an LCD, dead pixels or any other defect at the advertised price, but since it's amoled we should be expected that these errors occur.
The issue on slight displays is that the screen is uneven on white, so its impossible to ignore on web browsing and how dark ui and gapps is not provided by Google, I would prefer it to be slightly pink/blue all over not half so you won't notice it.
Not meaning to rant and whine but consumers shouldn't have to accept this or fix the issue themselves, when I show the phone of friends, they notice the inconsistent white background and are shocked when I say its something you have to live with, the features are not going to outweigh the display issue
The joy of the phone is still there, just wish they implement quality control.
I complained about this on my Nexus 6. Ended up buying and returning a total of about 8 phones from various stores until i found the "perfect" one. Its incredibly irritating when you can notice it and its the first thing you see when the pixels light up. Some people may care more than others but im not willing to compromise anymore. AMOLED displays look great, but LCDs seem to have a better yield or QA. I was of course down voted and flamed about this. Good to see people starting to take action against garbage quality AMOLEDs.
ariekanarienl said:
So I was on my 2nd Nexus 6P and like the first it had an uneven screen. Normal/slightly pink at the top and at the bottom it's more yellow. Instead of returning it I've decided to try and fix the yellow tint by intentionally causing a burn-in on the over-enthusiastic green pixels in the bottom half of my screen.
To do this I flashed a kernel which unlocks the high-brightness mode of the display, the awesome EX kernel, set my screen timeout to 15 minutes and left the display turned on for 3x15 minutes in high brightness mode with a black-to-green gradient open full screen in the Photos app (absolutely nothing else on screen). After each of the 15 minutes I checked the progress, after the 3rd time I considered it done. I'm happy to report that this has nearly eliminated my uneven screen problem.
So far I've seen no ill effects, just a nice even screen.
I used this black-to-green gradient that was a close match to where my screen was yellow. My first 6P had a different pattern of yellowness, so that would have required a different gradient, more like black-green-black.
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This post is old but I wanted to try this nonetheless. You can't just burn in or wear out the pixels in such sort of time no matter what. 45 mis is not enough to cause such an effect. I tried it as I have a screen with the same exactly issue but there is no change. And I did it for far more than you. I let it all the night long for 3 days. There was no change. I don't think you can fix this issue this way (or any other way)
You guys keep saying "AMOLED issue". I bought 6p after having OnePlus X - it has AMOLED without any issue, it was perfect screen! Nexus 6p is great phone, but screen really bothers me... I hate, but I need to replace the phone. And I am not sure whether I will get a good phone or not. Support told me that if I would ask for replacement - they could send me a refurbished phone. Only buying new will give a new phone. I can still return it as I have it for few days...
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You guys keep saying "AMOLED issue". I bought 6p after having OnePlus X - it has AMOLED without any issue, it was perfect screen! Nexus 6p is great phone, but screen really bothers me... I hate, but I need to replace the phone. And I am not sure whether I will get a good phone or not. Support told me that if I would ask for replacement - they could send me a refurbished phone. Only buying new will give a new phone. I can still return it as I have it for few days...
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Hey,
Seriously, a refurbished device just after a few days? Like you had it for 10 months, lol? Is it Huawei?
Escalate the case to a supervisor and don't give up until you get a "proper" new phone!
Good luck...

Yellow Display

hello all,
yesterday i got my 6P. next to my XPERIA Z3C its very yellow. okay on this photo it looks extreme in reality its not so extreme. i write an email to the seller and they told me they know this problem and it will go away after about 1 week. can anyone confirm this?
** sorry for my bad english
greetings, denis
If you select use sRGB in the developers options, it should fix it.
i already tried that but it turns always off on reboot. and i think normally it should work without using the sRGB function...
I'm not really sure then. I don't really notice it on mine if it is yellow.
Ladrogue said:
hello all,
yesterday i got my 6P. next to my XPERIA Z3C its very yellow. okay on this photo it looks extreme in reality its not so extreme. i write an email to the seller and they told me they know this problem and it will go away after about 1 week. can anyone confirm this?
** sorry for my bad english
greetings, denis
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I understand your frustration. I have a 6p and also a Z3 and when I first compared them the difference was obvious.
The problem is that that'll happen whenever you compare an LCD screen with an AMOLED screen, LCD will always have "whiter whites". The degree will vary depending on the model though.
Anyway, if I didn't also use my Z3 then I'm sure after a few days my eyes would've gotten used to the color calibration, but since I do use it, it was driving me absolutely crazy.
After some research I saw that the best solution to my problem was to install a custom kernel. It's a fairly easy process and there are several very stable kernels out there for the 6p. And with that you can tweak the screen color calibration. After this, I couldn't be happier, my whites actually look white and not yellowish
At least yours is uniform. I'm on my 2nd 6P and this one has uneven tint with the lower screen being yellow tinted and the upper seems normal and warm. Returned my first due to other issues.
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I doubt it will go away within a week as the problem lies with the screen calibration... What i did was flash elementalx kernel and calibrated the screen. Now its much better.... Not as white as compared to my OPPO find 7 but way better then initial color...
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At least yours is uniform. I'm on my 2nd 6P and this one has uneven tint with the lower screen being yellow tinted and the upper seems normal and warm. Returned my first due to other issues.
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This. I'm on muy eighth 6P because they've all had uneven yellow tinting to the display. I've gotten to a point now where I've realised that they're all going to have this problem, and I've just accepted that I'll stick with this one because replacing it could mean getting worse tint on the next one.
Heisenberg said:
This. I'm on muy eighth 6P because they've all had uneven yellow tinting to the display. I've gotten to a point now where I've realised that they're all going to have this problem, and I've just accepted that I'll stick with this one because replacing it could mean getting worse tint on the next one.
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Yes this is what I'm afraid too. My first one had worse problems. Loose button which were rattling, imbalanced speakers and low volume output from 3.5 audio jack. I'm my country because we don't have Google Play Store for devices the replacement process is long and complicated. They agreed to exchange my first but they won't for a second unless it has a really serious problem. And yes I'm afraid I will get a way worse unit. At least the uneven tint is severe and I can live with it. Nexus and premium quality do not go together. Sure the 6P is better than previous Nexuses but it is also more expensive. I guess Samsung keeps the AAA quality AMOLED panels for themselves and sell to others the inferior ones. Before the 6P I had the S6 edge+ and the display and overall built quality was stellar. I just couldn't stand TouchWiz lag, the slow updates the nonexistent custom ROMs and the color shifting due to the edges. Google needs to improve QC of their Nexus. The 6P is a Russian roulette.
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Any screen image retention/burn in problems?

I'm looking to upgrade to this phone (coming from an annoyingly-overheating-had-so-much-potential Moto X Pure Edition (Style)) and was wondering if anyone has had any of the typical OLED burn in/image retention problems.
I'll be buying in Swappa so no warranty to fall back on (only way I can afford a better phone).
I use an app to check mine every month or 2 and after a year so far not even a hint of burn in. I am very careful about not leaving a static image on the screen but not even the icons that are always at the top have left any burn in so far.
I bought a used galaxy s6 that had terrible burn in. I used black themes to make it less noticeable.
350Rocket said:
I use an app to check mine every month or 2 and after a year so far not even a hint of burn in. I am very careful about not leaving a static image on the screen but not even the icons that are always at the top have left any burn in so far.
I bought a used galaxy s6 that had terrible burn in. I used black themes to make it less noticeable.
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What app?
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It's called burn check by octane development. But I've used others in the past. No idea which ones is best because I'm only using the basic function of it which is to put it on a white screen and check for burn in or dead pixels.
Well, if you can handle it, to get more mileage...
1. Use a dark theme
2. Use a dark wallpaper
3. Turn brightness down, the farther the better, that you can stand
4. Have the display turn off sooner if you're not using it
You wanna be Cool you gots to do Dark anyways, then the Force will be with you!
Those all helped me I think. I also try to rotate the screen occasionally when I'm using it in landscape mode and it has the status bar showing or some other static image showing. I'd say my screen has held up really well so far to fairly heavy usage. Even though I do make an attempt to prevent issues since I know what can happen to amoled screens.
I have to use it as a speedometer in my winter car because the speedo in it bounces like crazy. 35 year old car. When I do that I try to switch up my landscape orientation or use portrait sometimes. Plus I change the color it displays sometimes or the layout so it displays the digits in different locations. I do this like every 3-6 months at the most though. I'm sure it's helped a lot though.
The question in my mind is, how easily susceptible and paranoid should we be over this?
I have a 5T, so not sure if there's anything better or worse in regards to it over the 5...
I was paranoid/worried about it because I've had a couple used phones that I purchased with burn in (Galaxy s6 and moto x 2014). I don't know how those phones were used before me but they worked fine besides the burn in.
The OnePlus 5 seems to not be very sensitive to burn in so far. Chances are the OnePlus 5t and newer are the same.

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