Finally we get dark mode for pixel dialer! - Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion

Here you can see

That looks really cool!
How did you get it? Version no.?
Nvm... Got it from apkmirror... v26
Thanks for sharing!

Just installed it... very cool.

Thanks for the heads up, also if you were trying to hide a real number for home, I would recommend remove the photo.
I can still make out the numbers in the screenshot.

Google seem to have totally missed the point, it's all greys not blacks

b1g1an said:
Google seem to have totally missed the point, it's all greys not blacks
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Google didn't miss the point, the idea was to give the user an option, in their apps, of a DARK skin, not black!
Dark gray is a fine option.

itzik_man said:
Google didn't miss the point, the idea was to give the user an option, in their apps, of a DARK skin, not black!
Dark gray is a fine option.
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Given they stated power savings as one of their reasons for doing it, yes they did, black saves power on an oled and dark grey makes an oled look like an LCD.

itzik_man said:
Google didn't miss the point, the idea was to give the user an option, in their apps, of a DARK skin, not black!
Dark gray is a fine option.
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Totall agree... Black skins are awful and looks old, like andoid 4 ones. Google should have all their apps in dark mode, I don't understand why they are launching them one on one...

b1g1an said:
Given they stated power savings as one of their reasons for doing it, yes they did, black saves power on an oled and dark grey makes an oled look like an LCD.
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True...
Grey means those pixels are 'ON' and thus are consuming power.
So what's the point?

Xebeck said:
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True...
Grey means those pixels are 'ON' and thus are consuming power.
So what's the point?
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I don't know. Not being blinded by all the white and instead being greeted by a more aesthetically pleasing and easy on the eyes grey, I guess. Black would be so Android Gingerbread, so 2010.

It's enabled on mine but I don't have the option to switch it back off. Any ideas?

warrencoakley said:
It's enabled on mine but I don't have the option to switch it back off. Any ideas?
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Disable Dark theme in your settings of the phone. When dark theme is enabled, the apps automatically default to dark mode.

Ah! The good old days of of Gingerbread and Jellybeans!
nitrous² said:
I don't know. Not being blinded by all the white and instead being greeted by a more aesthetically pleasing and easy on the eyes grey, I guess. Black would be so Android Gingerbread, so 2010.
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Any one here get call screening on pixel 2xl? Without root
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nitrous² said:
I don't know. Not being blinded by all the white and instead being greeted by a more aesthetically pleasing and easy on the eyes grey, I guess. Black would be so Android Gingerbread, so 2010.
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I agree. Pure black just looks so... junk. The dark grey is nice.
That being said...when the hell is Gmail getting dark mode? Anything on that yet?

alinawaz said:
Here you can see
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You do realize that the phone number you tried to paint over is still clearly readable?

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question about AMOLED screen...

so as far as i understand, true black on our screen is turning the pixel off. i've heard that you can get something like a status light that will use only a couple of pixels from the screen to notify in other colors then the LEDs red and blue. what i was wondering is if there is a program or if it would even be possible to have a program that would pop up texts on the screen in the same way. so that instead of turning the whole screen on just the lines of text appear.
murso74 said:
so as far as i understand, true black on our screen is turning the pixel off. i've heard that you can get something like a status light that will use only a couple of pixels from the screen to notify in other colors then the LEDs red and blue. what i was wondering is if there is a program or if it would even be possible to have a program that would pop up texts on the screen in the same way. so that instead of turning the whole screen on just the lines of text appear.
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I found an app that was supposed to do what you're wanting
However, I found it back when I was running Eclair and it didn't seem to work, never tried it on 2.2. I'll dig around and look for it. I'll let you know the name once I find it.
*Update: Alright found it, it's NoLed on the market place
XtaC318 said:
I found an app that was supposed to do what you're wanting
However, I found it back when I was running Eclair and it didn't seem to work, never tried it on 2.2. I'll dig around and look for it. I'll let you know the name once I find it.
*Update: Alright found it, it's NoLed on the market place
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That's not what he's asking.
And to musro74, no there isn't any program like that.
063_XOBX said:
That's not what he's asking.
And to musro74, no there isn't any program like that.
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Um.. Yes it is? Hes asking to use the screen basically as an LED notification.
063_XOBX said:
That's not what he's asking.
And to musro74, no there isn't any program like that.
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well he understood part of what i wanted. that's actually the program i had heard of. XOBX do you think it would even be possible to do what i'm asking?
XtaC318 said:
Um.. Yes it is? Hes asking to use the screen basically as an LED notification.
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No......he is asking for the text itself to show up on the blank screen....not a led notification.
Jemack said:
No......he is asking for the text itself to show up on the blank screen....not a led notification.
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Ahh. Whoops, my apologizes
Read it a little too quickly the first go around hehe.
murso74 said:
well he understood part of what i wanted. that's actually the program i had heard of. XOBX do you think it would even be possible to do what i'm asking?
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Doubtful, and you're probably better off just installing the AOSP messaging app and using the black theme.
I do think it is an awesome idea though.
Wht you guys want is noled. There is a thread in th i9000 forums. Only thing is it doesn't play well with text message popups. Or widgetlocker.
cd's or tapes?
schnowdapowda said:
Wht you guys want is noled. There is a thread in th i9000 forums. Only thing is it doesn't play well with text message popups. Or widgetlocker.
cd's or tapes?
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Again, that's not what the OP is asking for.
If you'd like an option for the sms stuff, I'd send an email to the guy who makes NoLed. He seems pretty cool.
As far as the pixels being off for black on SAMOLED, I can see a slight amount of light if I'm in a dark room and my phone is displaying a pure black image.
So, does it really turn pixels off, or does it just cause them to get really (really!) dim.
this would be an awesome capability!
s84471 said:
As far as the pixels being off for black on SAMOLED, I can see a slight amount of light if I'm in a dark room and my phone is displaying a pure black image.
So, does it really turn pixels off, or does it just cause them to get really (really!) dim.
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might be the light from the active pixels filtering through the glass.... look at when you boot the phone and the samsung logo pops up before the sprint and galaxy S boot screens... it seems to me that the rest of the screen is completely off.. if it would save a bit of battery when my sms pop up comes on i'd be happy with it. plus it would look sick
s84471 said:
As far as the pixels being off for black on SAMOLED, I can see a slight amount of light if I'm in a dark room and my phone is displaying a pure black image.
So, does it really turn pixels off, or does it just cause them to get really (really!) dim.
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There is definitely some light when the screen is showing black in a dark room. And it isn't there when the screen is off/timed-out. I also thought the pixels were off when they are black.
One thing I noticed with NoLed is that it keeps the screen from actually sleeping. It keeps it black but on so it can display the dots. If black really isn't off, then how much power does that use, I wonder.
Lol @ OP ... It's called a verizon samsung continuum....
Seriously, they just emulated the normal 4 android buttons and had a larger screen. It's probably possible, but it would be a little hacky to get it working.

AT&T Red SGS3!?

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?p...76&mapcode=wireless-networks-general|consumer
VERY EXCITED
Can someone post a picture of it (Obviously when it's released/found)?!
red s3
this one seems to be the red one not sure though...
Red looks pretty ugly.
Pretty sure that is just a mock up and not the real thing.
GS3Central said:
Pretty sure that is just a mock up and not the real thing.
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No I don't think that's a mock up.
http://www.gsmarena.com/att_begins_galaxy_s3_preorders-news-4337.php
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AT&T will also offer the handset in an exclusive red color scheme at some point this summer.
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vinaymonu25 said:
this one seems to be the red one not sure though...
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Thanks.....I'm not really sure how I feel about it so far.
I am a huge fan of the color red (it's generally my favorite color) so I'm interested in seeing more of it before making my preorder in a day.
Still hoping for real pics, but this is the only one I've seen so far.
Sir-Awesome said:
No I don't think that's a mock up.
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I think he was saying that the image of the white/red phones is just a mock up. Also, I posted the official press release confirming the red SGS3 in my original post.
The red, white and blue!
Pretty ugly.
It looks like red candy.
I would prefer more of a wood alike color/effect
they should also make pink for the girls.
radeonxt said:
they should also make pink for the girls.
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they will come out with a pink color variant...looking by their history with s devices....may be it will launch for valentine's day 2013 and can be called as 'shiny pink' or 'rose pink'
i'm sure vickytoria will like a pink sgs3.
If thats the real deal, I'll have to see it in person. Not my color of red, looks more pink to me. If it was a more vibrant red then I'd consider it.
Red Reallyyyyy??????No doubt it will be hideous
2 cents
my mockups.
inspired by nature.
Stone,Apple,Rose, Flower on screen
equishd said:
my mockups.
inspired by nature.
Stone,Apple,Rose, Flower on screen
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If those were the real ones, I'd definitely get the Apple one I like it.
I really like your mock-ups, I'd pick Stone if I had a choice Now back to real life and waiting for my pebble blue to turn up...
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Ah, i made a mockup two days ago how it would look like in black AND RED (dark)!
LTame said:
Ah, i made a mockup two days ago how it would look like in black AND RED (dark)!
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Not bad, the red looks like cherry wood.

Post screenshots of your Motomaker designs

Motomaker.com is now live, but you can only play around with it and save your order. You need to go to an Att store and buy in store, where they give a moto card with a code that will allow you to complete the order online. Why do we have to go to the store? Well they want us to use the in-store displays and see the colors in real life (not all the colors look exactly the same as the renders due to lighting), so this minimizes the chances of someone sending it back to change colors if it didn't turn out the way they expected it.
Anyway, get to it and have fun.
Here is mine (back/accents/front): Royal blue/Orange/Black
Yaaaaaay
http://i.imgur.com/siNCL2c.png
Turquoise Back, White Front, Orange Accent
Crimson Back, White Front, Silver Accent
tizz06 said:
Crimson Back, White Front, Silver Accent
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Is black the new white? :laugh: Good choice though.
I'll probably go simple. I can't get away from the woven black, or the black front with the AMOLED.
Navy, Metallic Purple (it's the new orange), white
Turquoise back, Black front, Lime accents
http://imgur.com/g9p4OKT
samarth1 said:
Is black the new white? :laugh: Good choice though.
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Yeah it is lol i didnt even kno i thought i changed it back to white but i like the way it looks with black too
Black front/Cement Back/Metallic Yellow Accents.
simple black pattern, black front and silver trim.
anotherdroid said:
simple black pattern, black front and silver trim.
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I like that look. Very simple but pleasant looking. It will catch peoples attention when they see it.
jonnyg1097 said:
I like that look. Very simple but pleasant looking. It will catch peoples attention when they see it.
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Don't you think something wicked like yellow back, red accents, and white front will catch more attention? If I ever get a X imma get some funky colors lol.
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shahrukhraza said:
Don't you think something wicked like yellow back, red accents, and white front will catch more attention? If I ever get a X imma get some funky colors lol.
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i'm selling this phone as soon as i can get my hands on a Dev edition Moto X with customization. that could be a few months away. i might even go back to Verizon...
shahrukhraza said:
Don't you think something wicked like yellow back, red accents, and white front will catch more attention? If I ever get a X imma get some funky colors lol.
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Will it get more attention? Yea sure any phone that has three distinct colours like those would attract some attention, but I personally don't think it would be very pleasing to the eye as something that is all white/black with one other colour accent.
But hey I like minimalistic things and plain uniform patterns.
anotherdroid said:
i'm selling this phone as soon as i can get my hands on a Dev edition Moto X with customization. that could be a few months away. i might even go back to Verizon...
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i swear if they make a google edition with customization i will get it instantly.. lets hope they do that.
jonnyg1097 said:
Will it get more attention? Yea sure any phone that has three distinct colours like those would attract some attention, but I personally don't think it would be very pleasing to the eye as something that is all white/black with one other colour accent.
But hey I like minimalistic things and plain uniform patterns.
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i personally wouldnt ever get like all white or black and just a different accent. okay not the one that i said before but maybe olive with black? or something with yellow....
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Nice
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I've played around with this same scheme. The orange really pops against the black and the woven black definitely looks nice.
shahrukhraza said:
i swear if they make a google edition with customization i will get it instantly.. lets hope they do that.
i personally wouldnt ever get like all white or black and just a different accent. okay not the one that i said before but maybe olive with black? or something with yellow....
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A lot of conservative people probably feel the same too. I've been going back and forth on whether I like the woven black. The smooth black you get on the motomaker is a clear winner, and picking color accents gives just a little bit of flare without having an overly flashy from having a colored back.

Anyway to change backlight color in capacitive button ?

Is there any way to change backlight color in hardware keys. backlight lits in blue color. i had xperia u which has RGB strip above capacitive keys which has ability to change any anyone upon any action using a 3rd party app.
PrakashGD said:
Is there any way to change backlight color in hardware keys. backlight lits in blue color. i had xperia u which has RGB strip above capacitive keys which has ability to change any anyone upon any action using a 3rd party app.
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Yes OMG! They could've stayed with white
ddaharu said:
Yes OMG! They could've stayed with white
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Rather than more customizable ?
PrakashGD said:
Rather than more customizable ?
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Exactly
how can we change button light which app
I don't think so as it's something hardware related.
PrakashGD said:
Is there any way to change backlight color in hardware keys. backlight lits in blue color. i had xperia u which has RGB strip above capacitive keys which has ability to change any anyone upon any action using a 3rd party app.
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I actually quite like the blue. But tbh, I disabled the lights on mine.
n0013z said:
I actually quite like the blue. But tbh, I disabled the lights on mine.
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I've disabled them too. They made sense as I had backlit symbols there telling me what the keys do. But I don't need lights for two dots that give me no information.
n0013z said:
I actually quite like the blue. But tbh, I disabled the lights on mine.
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The blue is really pretty imo, but I understand if others aren't a fan. Maybe people could get color changing tape? XD
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dalepothen said:
how can we change button light which app
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It can be changed by app i guess with root access or through xposed module
User422 said:
I've disabled them too. They made sense as I had backlit symbols there telling me what the keys do. But I don't need lights for two dots that give me no information.
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I believe the symbols have been done away with to accomodate the button order swap feature.
Gaurav.Stallion said:
I believe the symbols have been done away with to accomodate the button order swap feature.
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That's it. There was no way to swap the functions of the keys on my previous phone. I could just turn it on or off. It was useful when you had a blackout and had to look which button does what ^^
Anyway, it was more a nice to have than a must have feature. I probably wouldn't use the back lighting as it sometimes even was brighter than the phone screen.
Or just annoying while watching videos or something.
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That's it. There was no way to swap the functions of the keys on my previous phone. I could just turn it on or off. It was useful when you had a blackout and had to look which button does what ^^
Anyway, it was more a nice to have than a must have feature. I probably wouldn't use the back lighting as it sometimes even was brighter than the phone screen.
Or just annoying while watching videos or something.
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I'd have preferred it if the backlight was always on when the screen is on, but not a big deal if it's off. I liked the backlights of my Nexus S, they weren't too bright.
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The blue is really pretty imo, but I understand if others aren't a fan. Maybe people could get color changing tape? XD
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Thinking about it. It'd be nice if it could change to match accent colour
n0013z said:
Thinking about it. It'd be nice if it could change to match accent colour
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Thats what im looking for
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Thats what im looking for
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Are you sure they built in RGB light for the buttons?
OlMightyG said:
Are you sure they built in RGB light for the buttons?
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Who knows ?
n0013z said:
Thinking about it. It'd be nice if it could change to match accent colour
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That would be pretty awesome. Maybe next year they could give them a brightness control and color control.. my umi super had a home button that strobed and changed colours.. It was beautiful to look at. It doubled as a notification LED..

New Pixel 2 XL

Dang the new XL is sweet. It's so much better than what we see in the photos. I think they hit it out of the park with this one. Love the always on, the vibration is way better, screen is great.
https://imgur.com/a/eBEbH
Edit, again picture shows now.
Your link doesn’t work
link works for me
He fixed it notice the edit. Ps phone looks great I don’t know why we’re hearing so much complaining about the bezels. They don’t look big at all
The link is working for me. Congrats on receiving your phone so early!
Congratulations..
Can you please check this out for me, it will be very helpful..
please can you check (when screen locked) if the notifications will show as ambient (screen black with notifications text only for a while) when receiving a new notification..? I know there is an always on display feature, but was wondering if still with it the new notifications texts will show on a black screen for a while like the ambient display feature in the old pixel..
Really appreciate if someone can answer..
Is there a way on Pixel phones to edit the nav bar buttons like on most other phones? I like the back button on the right.
jawmail1 said:
Dang the new XL is sweet. It's so much better than what we see in the photos. I think they hit it out of the park with this one. Love the always on, the vibration is way better, screen is great.
https://imgur.com/a/eBEbH
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We need more real world reviews on the screen from Avg Joe consumer. The screen is taking a beating online. Makes me weary. My 6p had that bluish rainbow effect viewing angle issue.
Can you comment more on how the display looks to you personally? So far the reviews are not good.
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whodatfan said:
We need more real world reviews on the screen from Avg Joe consumer. The screen is taking a beating online. Makes me weary. My 6p had that bluish rainbow effect viewing angle issue.
Can you comment more on how the display looks to you personally? So far the reviews are not good.
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Screen looks great to me. I have it about 50%brightness. Even from angles I don't see what the issue is.
Very nice design but.. Screen looks dull as f..
Not just dull but inaccurate.
meboy said:
Very nice design but.. Screen looks dull as f..
Not just dull but inaccurate.
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DELETE
Don't think that would work anyway.
meboy said:
Very nice design but.. Screen looks dull as f..
Not just dull but inaccurate.
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Actually colors are more accurate than any other OLED screen out there. They’re not over saturated like the galaxy phones
AndreaCristiano said:
Actually colors are more accurate than any other OLED screen out there. They’re not over saturated like the galaxy phones
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You have no idea.
meboy said:
You have no idea.
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Actually yes I do
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Is there a way on Pixel phones to edit the nav bar buttons like on most other phones? I like the back button on the right.
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I don't believe so without root.
whodatfan said:
We need more real world reviews on the screen from Avg Joe consumer. The screen is taking a beating online. Makes me weary. My 6p had that bluish rainbow effect viewing angle issue.
Can you comment more on how the display looks to you personally? So far the reviews are not good.
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So far the screen is fine. I'm not the right guy to ask about screen this or that so I would defer to the big screen thread. The only thing I do notice is a blue tint when you tilt the screen 20 plus degrees like a lot of the other people have stated but it doesn't really bother me as I almost always look at the screen straight on
In the unboxing videos I've seen, I haven't seen the tool for removing the sim card tray.
Is there one included? I'm not sure I have mine still from my 6P. I'm sure I can use something else, but it would be nice if the new phone came with one.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: so funny. Not 60 seconds after typing this, I click on an unboxing video and the first thing shown is the sim card ejector, which is in with the manual packaging.
Oh well, I hope I get this bad boy soon. My ship date is scheduled for the 24th and I'm hoping for sooner.
Yeah got my phone yesterday as well, screen is different to say the least but the accuracy of color is really gorgeous. Google said they will be releasing a fix for the screen to adjust it or maybe disable SRGB as it's not for everyone but the phone works great, lightning fast, and take everything I throw at it. I have substratum themes running on it now (non rooted) and still the phone works great and looks great.
mdonnelly1127 said:
Yeah got my phone yesterday as well, screen is different to say the least but the accuracy of color is really gorgeous. Google said they will be releasing a fix for the screen to adjust it or maybe disable SRGB as it's not for everyone but the phone works great, lightning fast, and take everything I throw at it. I have substratum themes running on it now (non rooted) and still the phone works great and looks great.
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Is there an option in "Developer Options" to toggle sRGB? With it enabled on my 6P, the colors do look more muted, yet more natural. I was just wondering if the picture color mode can be changed.
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Is there an option in "Developer Options" to toggle sRGB? With it enabled on my 6P, the colors do look more muted, yet more natural. I was just wondering if the picture color mode can be changed.
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The funny thing is if you go to settings and search for it, it says it's there in developer options, but when you look for it, it's not there lol

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