A fix for the yellow-ish display
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Just recieved the replacement 32GB and now I want to return my 16GB as well because the new 32GB's white level comparing to both the old 32GB and the 16GB is very obvious.
Left: Old 32GB
Center: New 32GB
Right: 16GB
http://i.imgur.com/WLR2AKo.jpg
Left: Old 32GB
Center: New 32GB
Right: 16GB
http://i.imgur.com/WLR2AKo.jpg
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Got my replacement 32GB
It's still a warm-ish screen, but it looks as it should to my eye, and not like it was soak dried in piss like the first one
guys try kernel franco, set your colors http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47410536 # post47410536
I flashed franco kernel and can definitely notice a difference. But where can we set the colors? The white that i see now definitely has some blue tint now
Not is possibleI flashed franco kernel and can definitely notice a difference. But where can we set the colors? The white that i see now definitely has some blue tint now
Ok. Not that i am that bothered too much. Just would have to grow a liking to this 'white' now since the original whites were a little washed out for me but i was not complaining since i liked that as well. Was not that yellow and was pleasing to the eye.
I suspect this is just anecdotal but when comparing the black model with the white one, I noticed that the screen on the white one was less warm in color temp. The difference, while noticeable, was not that great however, but pretty easy to spot. Does anyone else have both models with which to compare?
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Very nice. I would also add that when people take photos of their phones with cameras, the camera must decide the proper white balance for each photo. So, the photographer adds yet another variable into the mix, and there is no real good way to manually set the white balance against something that is producing its own light! So, if a camera decides that the white of one phone is correct and the other not, the phone not chosen will look abnormally colder or warmer on the photo than the one the camera deemed as the correct white point. The point being, you can't simply take a photo of your phone and show us how "yellow" your screen is. It just doesn't work like that.
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Very nice. I would also add that when people take photos of their phones with cameras, the camera must decide the proper white balance for each photo. So, the photographer adds yet another variable into the mix, and there is no real good way to manually set the white balance against something that is producing its own light! So, if a camera decides that the white of one phone is correct and the other not, the phone not chosen will look abnormally colder or warmer on the photo than the one the camera deemed as the correct white point. The point being, you can't simply take a photo of your phone and show us how "yellow" your screen is. It just doesn't work like that.
For whatever it's worth, here is my screen experience in a nut shell.The whites on my first N5 had extremely bright whites. Bright to the point where I would say to myself. Damn this screen is bright. Kind of hirt my eyes bright. What also cought my attention was how my brightness was always set to a significantly lower point than where I used to set my N4 at. Anyway, that screen ended up having some dead pixels. Whether that bright screen had anything to do with the dead pixels, I can't really say, but I just thought about so who knows. Now, I got my replacement N5 yesterday. The newer screen definitely has a yellowish/warmer tint which I like actually. The first N5 screen and the whites it produced were too intense. This one seems to be just right. And no dead pixels
Here take a look for yourself. The new one is on the left. O guess there is a possibility that after a while the new one will lesson in that yellow color. I won't have my other one that long to compare it to though. Either way, I like my current N5 anyhow.
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Where do you get this stuff from? If there were glue, there would be splotches? If there were glue, wouldn't the glue have been applied uniformly so as to prevent detection of varying thickness of the glue layer? Even if there were glue, the glue doesn't begin to dry the moment you open the box as some posts seem to imply.
I really dont understand the big deal with all of this. It isn't some random 'glue-in' issue nor some manufacturing issue. It is clearly just a warm display which will be fixed pretty easily through kernels with Franco's latest starting to do so already.
mine was really yellowish when i 1st got it..it has been improving after using the phone for a while
Everyone isn't going to want to try a different kernel. From personal experience, I probably would have never noticed it if I hadn't compared it to my black Nexus 5. After seeing it, it's hard not to wonder if something is wrong.
The display being warm and yellow is not purposely intended. If it was, all Nexus 5 phones would have a similar yellow hue. Yet look at the photos posted in this thread. One photo posted shows three Nexus 5 devices side by side, and they ALL have different whites. This is loose tolerance manufacturer variation, not some greater than thou new feature.
I get it from the various accounts I've read of where the glue issue has happened on other devices. I've read about splotches of yellow, and also where the edge of screens are yellowish. But never where the entire screen is consistently yellowish and seen that it's gone away. I've owned a few devices myself that had the issue and that I had for over a month, and the issue never miraculously resolved itself. I've had my original N5 for a week now, and it hasn't gone away.
Anyone can believe that this is glue if they want, but I just suggest that they don't wait beyond the 15-day return period for it to go away if they're not happy with it.
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Agreed about the kernel (I don't want to depend on developers to resolve an issue with a brand-new device). And, yes, the issue is most obvious if you're comparing it to something else. If you're not, then you'd likely not notice it.
Problem is, I go from my Nexus 10 tablet, which is excellent, to my original Nexus 5, and the yellowish tint on the latter is just unattractive and glaring. If I wasn't going from my N10 to my N5, I'd probably be okay with it. Of course, that's not my situation.
I still don't get why there's so much argumentation over this issue. I didn't like my N5, I RMA'd it, the screen on the replacement is significantly better overall (whites are whiter, colors are deeper, contrast is higher), and so I'm happy. Some other people might like a warmer, more yellowish screen. If so, excellent.
But why does it bother some people so much that some of us don't like the screens on our N5's? Seems like it's no skin off of anyone else's teeth...
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3I find it hilarious that people think an RMA is going to fix color calibration.
Folks, the screen's not yellow. It's warm. A good color calibrated display SHOULD be warm. Many phones and low quality (TN panel) computer screens are calibrated towards an extremely blue white point.
This may "look" more white, but here's the problem. You know where else you see those ultra-blue whites? Those big old flourescent lights. Yes, that's right, you're demanding that your phone look more like the sickly blue-white that offices have been infected with for decades.
The reason warm temperature colors are preferred for color accuracy is because that's how most of us see light. The sun, being the most significant producer of light on earth, is not a blue-white. It's a yellow-orange white. By aiming at a warmer color temperature, photos and movies will look much more like the real world. It's also easier and less straining on the eyes.
Finally, the reason it may seem to "fade" is simply perception. As you get used to the screen looking warmer than you're accustomed to, it'll perceptibly seem less warm, even if it's not. Trying to compare from memory is frankly the most unscientific and unreliable method of comparing anything. Your brain simply doesn't retain detail like that. The only way to appropriately measure it is to use a color meter. No, photos won't cut it, your camera must also make choices on color temperature and it can get it very wrong.3
Based on me putting two N5's side by side and everyone in the room agreeing my screen looked very yellow and his looked very white.
Whether you like a yellow screen or not, a distinct, tangible difference between displays on the same model indicates that something is up.
I know you're determined to imply that people in this thread with complaints are stupid plebs, but that really isnt the case.1
A warm white balance is yellowish not red. At low levels my N5 is massively warm next to my N41
I do not see a difference.
Here is my Black 32GB next to my Nexus 4. I already ordered a replacement. If I see a difference with the replacement, I'll post another side by side pic.1
I just received my second white 32gb model. It still wasn't has nice a screen as the Nexus 5 I already had but not as bad as the white 32gb I had before.
The interesting thing that has happened is, the display looks better now.
One of the things I had noticed, other than the yellow tint of the previous model, was my Google + profile pic in the pull down area was not as sharp and seemed to not fit well in the box. Now it looks normal and just as good as my other N5.
It basically straightened itself out after I used the phone for a awhile. The yellow tint is just about gone and the screen seems to be brighter. It's still. It quite as bright as my first N5 but it's darn close.
I would say keep using it and see what happens
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