There IS a dimming issue with this phone

[YankeeMike]

I went to BB mobile with my Note 2 and used the S4 side by side;

I used NY Times, ESPN, CNN, Washington Post & Google search.

On the S4 , you click on say a newspaper and you see a sweet bright white almost LED look to the background , then all of a sudden a "lulll ' of grayness appears?? WTH??

Why? doesn't do it on the Note 2 , which isn't as a "bright' BUT it's very close. However, whites are true on the N2 and stay white.

I had brightness all the way up , I tried vivd, pro and regular modes.

Alll showed the flash of white then the graying ?

 

[smooth4lyfe]

I went to BB mobile with my Note 2 and used the S4 side by side;

I used NY Times, ESPN, CNN, Washington Post & Google search.

On the S4 , you click on say a newspaper and you see a sweet bright white almost LED look to the background , then all of a sudden a "lulll ' of grayness appears?? WTH??

Why? doesn't do it on the Note 2 , which isn't as a "bright' BUT it's very close. However, whites are true on the N2 and stay white.

I had brightness all the way up , I tried vivd, pro and regular modes.

Alll showed the flash of white then the graying ?

You may have to turn off the "Auto Adjust Screen Tone" under the Display Settings

 

[bembol]

What a difference compared to my hTc One.

I turned off the Auto Brightness & Screen Tone and still looks pale. I left the Auto Brightness on the One.



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[smooth4lyfe]

What a difference compared to my hTc One.

I turned off the Auto Brightness & Screen Tone and still looks pale. I left the Auto Brightness on the One.



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You have to make it the same level as the One to compare them, one shouldnt be dimmer than the other...put them both on Full brightness to compare
Also use Dynamic Display on the GS4

 

[JHBThree]

Same thing going on on mine, and I have auto screen tone disabled. When it loads a new page, it gets bright and then dims for no reason. I'm not sure why.

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[warpdrive]

Same thing going on on mine, and I have auto screen tone disabled. When it loads a new page, it gets bright and then dims for no reason. I'm not sure why.

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Do you have adapt display turned on? That will make your screen change colors and maybe even get dim too depending on what you are doing.

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[JHBThree]

Nope. Mine is set to movie. It will also change brightness at random times, even though auto brightness is off. Its very odd.

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[warpdrive]

Nope. Mine is set to movie. It will also change brightness at random times, even though auto brightness is off. Its very odd.

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I hate to say it, but I fear that you have a bad phone. I also fear that maybe there was a few bad batches and the ones with the issues may be the reason.

I'll try to use movie and test some more on this. Give me a sec and I'll be back.

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[YankeeMike]

This what I saw in BB, I tried 30 site loads and there it was bright; then gray. I put my Note2 back in pocket and left.

NO way I could live with that.

 

[smooth4lyfe]

What sites are u going on? I wanna test to see if mine does it

 

[JHBThree]

What sites are u going on? I wanna test to see if mine does it

Mine does it in pretty much every app. I don't use the samsung browser so it can't change the brightness.

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[warpdrive]

Sorry JHB but I can't recreate this issue no matter what settings I've tried. Movie and others work perfectly. No dimming that I can tell. I tied 4 different websites and now again on taptalk.

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[warpdrive]

This what I saw in BB, I tried 30 site loads and there it was bright; then gray. I put my Note2 back in pocket and left.

NO way I could live with that.

I wouldn't be able to live with that as well. Thankfully I dont have that issue.

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[mayconvert]

The one in the AT&T store was doing this. I thought it was some setting I was missing. I was setting it to Movie, brightness maxed, auto brightness off and it would load and dim. (adaptive was off as well)

Could it be some Power saving Mode causing it??

 

[JHBThree]

Sorry JHB but I can't recreate this issue no matter what settings I've tried. Movie and others work perfectly. No dimming that I can tell. I tied 4 different websites and now again on taptalk.

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Odd. Now mines not doing it either! I wonder if it had to do with the bright light behind me head at the time. I have most if the smart screen features off, but maybe theres a bug with the sensor? Regardless I'll keep an eye on it. Haven't noticed it until tonight, so it could just be a freak thing.

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[smooth4lyfe]

Mine does it in pretty much every app. I don't use the samsung browser so it can't change the brightness.

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I don't notice any dimming on mine...it must be some setting or something
Try putting it on Dynamic Mode and see...thats what mine is on

 

[YankeeMike]

Type in Samsung S4 Dimming in Google and you'll see this issue is a concern.

 

[warpdrive]

Type in Samsung S4 Dimming in Google and you'll see this issue is a concern.

No body is saying that it isn't a problem with some phones. Just not every one.

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[JHBThree]

No body is saying that it isn't a problem with some phones. Just not every one.

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And because it isn't consistent, it makes me think its a software issue.

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[warpdrive]

And because it isn't consistent, it makes me think its a software issue.

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It could be, or just a setting that we haven't figured out yet.

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