My friend just bought this phone and I am shocked at how poor the display is. I was so excited to check out this phone but compared to my Xperia S, the display is crap. The colors are so washed out, the status bar is grey not black...it's not so bad when viewing videos where bravia kicks in, but in the System UI it's piss poor. My Xperia S is so much vibrant and I can't believe that is the case.
I tried googling, saw a lot of people complaining, but some of the data is old and supposedly that was only the case in test models? Has this issue not been resolved or is my friend's phone defected?
The status bar is meant to be grey.
A a snippet from my post in another thread:
The screen looks stunning, like as good as (if not better than) HTC One stunning.
I think the biggest problem is genuinely the grey interface. If you dump the default wallpaper for one with some deep colours it really looks awesome. I reckon if the next update has black interface bars too, it will really show up that this is a really nice screen, just with a slightly dull initial interface.
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The ignorance of some people never stops to amuse me.
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Please elaborate.
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Change your wallpaper to black you will see the black than.
Please Sony release the update and make the ui black and let us free. lol.
The built in wallpaper of a blue flower on black background really shows the blacks up well.
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Why are people still responding to posts questioning the screen quality? It's obvious that the colours are not subject to over saturation and therefore will look 'washed out' next to other devices that have the saturation cranked up to the max. I was initially a bit disappointed with the screen myself, but after having the Z for a few weeks, now see the colours are actually displayed correctly on the Z.
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revan17 said:
My friend just bought this phone and I am shocked at how poor the display is. I was so excited to check out this phone but compared to my Xperia S, the display is crap. The colors are so washed out, the status bar is grey not black...it's not so bad when viewing videos where bravia kicks in, but in the System UI it's piss poor. My Xperia S is so much vibrant and I can't believe that is the case.
I tried googling, saw a lot of people complaining, but some of the data is old and supposedly that was only the case in test models? Has this issue not been resolved or is my friend's phone defected?
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Your friends phone is totally fine. The xperia z i like that. There are a couple of tweaks that can modify and improve the xperia z colours it like the whitebalance mod
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Thanks guys, I want trying to bash Sony, I was just surprised initially. Very bad decision by Sony with the UI, really looks bad and very washed out..
I went to service mode and did the display test, the blacks are fine.
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The next update is said to have black ui bars so it should make that side of it better.
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alexp999 said:
The next update is said to have black ui bars so it should make that side of it better.
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what's your source?
rubenswing said:
what's your source?
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Here, probably - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2253386
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revan17 said:
Thanks guys, I want trying to bash Sony, I was just surprised initially. Very bad decision by Sony with the UI, really looks bad and very washed out..
I went to service mode and did the display test, the blacks are fine.
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Ya, the worldwide edition status bar is in grey color, only Japan DoCoMo Edition origin in black.
That why a lot mod already here for changing grey bar to black or even now semi transparent possible.
Rumors also mention coming version will revert to black bar.
Does anyone experience seeing many red pixels scattered around the screen on a black background? Whenever I use the camera app and pan over something that is dark, red pixels flash all over the black areas. Is it dead pixels?
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ipeemyself said:
Does anyone experience seeing many red pixels scattered around the screen on a black background? Whenever I use the camera app and pan over something that is dark, red pixels flash all over the black areas. Is it dead pixels?
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Take a look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317507
Anybody else notice this on the supposed "leaks"? The cartoonish icons and white round home screen page indicators and more I'm sure. Idk that I buy these as legit. Usually its apple ripping of Google. What do u guys think?
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Anybody else notice this on the supposed "leaks"? The cartoonish icons and white round home screen page indicators and more I'm sure. Idk that I buy these as legit. Usually its apple ripping of Google. What do u guys think?
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Nova Launcher + DCikonz pack = No worries about anything changing. Or you could just switch out the apks from 4.3.
Not really worried about the change more wondering if these leaks are phony. Its smells like apex launcher with an iOS theme too me
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They're from genuine sources as far as I know because the people that leaked them want to remain as anonymous Google employees. However one thing that I find annoying is that they're getting rid of the holo blue statusbar notifcations. I'm not really fond of the white which reminds me of HTC Sense.
Please use one of the existing discussion threads, there's too much clutter in this forum already for people to be posting a new thread for every new thought they have re: these leaks
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For some reason. After I reboot everything is lighter colored. So instead of sark gray its light gray. Instead of a dark green hangouts icon its lime green. And its like that on everything for about 30 minutes or so...anyone know what that is?
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Nvm. Turns out the wallpaper makes a difference. But the keyboard is still supper light. Almost white instead of dark gray
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russian392 said:
Nvm. Turns out the wallpaper makes a difference. But the keyboard is still supper light. Almost white instead of dark gray
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It's probably a power saving feature for the lcd. The contrast changes depending on how much black there is on the screen
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It's probably a power saving feature for the lcd. The contrast changes depending on how much black there is on the screen
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Could be the msm-dcvs power save script...ugh.
Is there a way to get all the cards on android wear to use a black background with white text instead of the current white one?
I would love this because I think the white cards are to blinding.
Doubt we will see it before a custom rom. Might be implemented in to it then.
Wow this would be boss!! Definitely in for a solution to all this white in lollipop/AndroidWear
Yeah. All my Google now is black on my nexus 6. White looks nice. But black is better.
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Yeah. All my Google now is black on my nexus 6. White looks nice. But black is better.
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I'm waiting for my Nexus 6 to be delivered and I hate all of the white in Lollipop on my watch and on my phone. Can you share how you got black on Google Now?