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HTC Diamond Screen Contrast

Okay today i bought my US version Diamond from ebay, yeah i said it ebay, im just a poor man w, BUT! The first diamond i had was a UK version which i bought from Expansys 600 $ .
Now i seen many people have this problem the "yellow contrast tint" on the US Diamond, so i am writing this post to ask should i even bother contacting HTC, about the Yellow Tint? and would they fix it (Swap LCD screen out to a normal one), under warranty or even for money?
Or am i better off changing it myself with a replacement lcd screen from ebay or from any where else i can get my hands on one?
Also the reason this is a problem for me, seeing how some people can deal with it, its that the dullness of the screen actually hurts my eyes, seeing how i wear glasses.
Thank you in advance for any advice you may have for me.
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Also my display has contrast yellow tint. (Italian Diamond)
The other, however, seems to have the contrast blue tint...

were you able to fix it? My screen has the same problem

hi
no fix htc wont help either and charges 163 to rep the screen so best bet is to buy a diam100 screen and rep it yourself

I supply HTC Touch Diamonds for my clients and set them up with software that we make here and I can safely say all new Diamonds have the yellow screen. We've tried to source them from several different locations, every one of the new ones has a yellow screen. The ones we get are mostly DIAM100's as well, so the model number doesn't dictate the screen tint. I've still got one of the original diamonds with the proper white screen and I'm glad I do as I can't stand the yellow ones.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE just MAKE A CONTRAST PROGRAM FOR THIS PHONE!!! ITS SUCH A SHAME!!

I've got a US Diamond with a white screen, thankfully.

teggboi said:
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE just MAKE A CONTRAST PROGRAM FOR THIS PHONE!!! ITS SUCH A SHAME!!
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As far as I know, the underlying technology in the screen doesn't support it, so it'll be a tad pointless.

from what i was led to beleve from orange sum diamonds are made in china (the good ones) while some are made in taiwan for a portion of the price, these cheaply made ones are the ones with the screen tint issue!! i had to return my diamond a few times b4 i finally got a decent one lol

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I supply HTC Touch Diamonds for my clients and set them up with software that we make here and I can safely say all new Diamonds have the yellow screen. We've tried to source them from several different locations, every one of the new ones has a yellow screen. The ones we get are mostly DIAM100's as well, so the model number doesn't dictate the screen tint. I've still got one of the original diamonds with the proper white screen and I'm glad I do as I can't stand the yellow ones.
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this is really a deal killer for me. i was about to buy a us version than read that us versions are prone to yellow screens but if this is true, even the euro versions are now all yellow!

I am glad to see this issue has been brought up. I've got 2 Diamonds from both regions as well, and can confirm this 100%. It was actually the first thing I noticed when powering on the American Diamond for the first time.
My only guess is that the American version is using a cheaper LCD, as the blacks looks more like washed out grays. The whites, are this off-white cream color, its just not healthy to look at. The backs of both my Diamonds are 'Made in Taiwan'.
So I'm sticking to the European Diamond as it looks a lot better, and I can easily live without 3G.
On the Left, European Diamond
On the Right, American Diamond
Brightness 100% on both:
Brightness 100% on both:
Brightness 100% on both:
Auto Brightness on both:

I have a Vodafon UK version and days before a friend of mine got a diamond that the white was like you say "white cream"....
so you wrong saying that the european version have a cheap lcd. mine is colorfull and bright.

The same problem on my Diamond from Orange Romania.

Same probleme with my Diamond dressed in white ^^, but its not that bad as show on the photo, its only a little bit yellow.

i`m from romania and i buy a htc diamond from france , paris , and the screen its not yellow .... its white/blue .......

LCD display

I broke my digitizer and LCD display and bought the replacements via ebay. Both were "OEM" or whatever.
I replaced them, and the digitizer seems to have worse multitouch than before. I understand that it sucks, but my 2 points never used to get confused when they crossed axis, (or so I dont remember them getting confused).
But also, my LCD seems to have a pink hue to it. I definitely know mine did not have this before the break. I read over a lot of posts here and elsewhere about the pink hue problem. This doesn't appear to be a browser problem, but an actual hardware issue.
Should I return the LCD and get a replacement and hope that the other one I get will be regular, or are my odds slim to none. My previous one was NOT pink whatsoever. And this new one I noticed it right off the bat.

N1 screen isnt LCD... did you get an LCD or an AMOLED?

Well it's LCD with LED backlight. I believe the company I got it from off Ebay got the OEM product directly from Samsung.
It is the same as the one I had before. The part number on the display is the same as the one on my original cracked one, 60h00287-00p

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Well it's LCD with LED backlight. I believe the company I got it from off Ebay got the OEM product directly from Samsung.
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So the colours are a lot more bland and the black isn't really black? You would most definitely know if you got an LCD, it would look ugly compared to what you had.

stuff said:
Well it's LCD with LED backlight. I believe the company I got it from off Ebay got the OEM product directly from Samsung.
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Are you SURE its an LCD? as andrew said, the nexus only has an AMOLED screen which is a completely different technology
if it is indeed an amoled, then you may have gotten an ATT nexus amoled which is known to have a purple/pink hue

Well what I'm saying is the p/n written on both displays are the same, both from samsung. Which means, yes, it is a AMOLED display.
I don't think it's a case of an "at&t" display being sent to me. My nexus one was for at&t, and I didn't have such pink issue. But this new display does.

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Well what I'm saying is the p/n written on both displays are the same, both from samsung. Which means, yes, it is a AMOLED display.
I don't think it's a case of an "at&t" display being sent to me. My nexus one was for at&t, and I didn't have such pink issue. But this new display does.
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well china sells a lot of fakes and they can match up stuff like that.....
and not all nexus display this kind of saturation. Do you have a picture so we can see the extent of the hue?

it doesn't show up much in pics.
but I think it's beginning to fade. I've been leaving the display up with a red color. and alternating through white and black.
Here's a pic I took. But again, it doesn't show up much in it.
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nah its noticeable on the keyboard and borders. use if for a while and see if the screen conditions itself. that is the same hue i believe that some att users were mentioning

It's worse to the eye than in the photo though.
I'll see if it fixes itself.

hopefully it just needs to be broken in

At 100% brightness, the pink tink is barely noticeable.
Actually, anything above 50% brightness and it seems fine. It's when it gets lower than that, it starts to look pink

[Q] Screen Color Balance Warm?

Just received an Incredible S & have a few questions. Is this the normal color temperature for it's screen. The phone on the right is a Samsung Exhibit II. Both should be at full brightness. Whites on the IncS look like a cream color.
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Also odd that I bought the phone from Amazon.com & it seems to be meant for the India according to the software # & that English (India) was the only language option. No wonder there was no sense update. The warranty should still be ok in the US?
I got this phone to use with my legacy T-Mobile data plan for 4g & tethering. Both work fine unlike the Exhibit II but I notice that the wifi hotspot shows a 3g symbol. I seem to be getting 4g speeds tethered(other then ping) to just testing on the phone. So the 3g wifi hotspot is really 4g where there is service?

Can anyone just look at their phone LCD & compare it to another phone or their monitor & tell me if the colors on this phone are suppose to be like this?

I've ask this on another Android forum & have gotten no replies there either. I don't know why, but I hope this isn't how the screen should be normally & everyone is in denial. In any case contacted tech support & they do agree that the color balance is too warm in that picture. So I will be sending it in soon & hope that I get better screen back.

youthcom said:
I've ask this on another Android forum & have gotten no replies there either. I don't know why, but I hope this isn't how the screen should be normally & everyone is in denial. In any case contacted tech support & they do agree that the color balance is too warm in that picture. So I will be sending it in soon & hope that I get better screen back.
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my screen seems normal compared to my mac... guess your piece is faulty ... good luck with the new one

HTC repair had a pretty quick turnaround getting my phone back to me in about a week. Unfortunately they don't tell you what they fixed/replaced. I sent it in for loose USB & warm color screen. The USB is better & even the speaker sounds a little better, but the screen I still think is rather on the warm color temperature side.
Can I have some more confirmation from other Incredible S users if the colors are really this off. It's a shame since the screen looks nice with anything besides white. It's something I could probably live with if this is just how it is with this phone(maybe I'm just too use to cooler screens). Here's another photo comparison to my old Nokia N900. I know the camera has it's own white balance processing but this is how it really looks to my eyes.

Same thing on mine, I think they want to mimic the color temp of AMOLED display that I hate. TBH I really hate AMOLED over saturated colors. Still this thing is a little better than AMOLED still it's nowhere as good as my Dell UltraSharp .

So I'm not alone, but is this the norm or just a panel lottery? I wonder why they can't just supply software controls like on PC's so we can adjust colors to our liking.

I guess this issue is only with the incredible S manufactured lately...one of my friend bought INC S some two weeks back...I compares it with mine (I got it when it got released) n found put that the display had a yellow tint...we reported to the shopkeeper... he told us that this issue is only with latest INC S...
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium

two of my friends have inc's and their screens have the blueish white tint to the screen as mine is a warmer yellowish tint.
i had to replace the screen on mine a couple of weeks ago and it still has the warmer tint .
have gotten used to it and i only notice if i put it next to my friends phones..

It is a bit warm colour on my IS as well, especially when I compared it to nexus s SLCD version. However, before the comparison I did not feel any uncomfortable looking at the screen.
Without proper tool to analyse the screen and give detailed statistics, It's hard to tell if It's faulty or not.
Different manufacturer/technology makes different screen, such as super amoled tends to be greenish on nexus s and lots of people love it. So I think It's down to personal preference and taste.
However, if you think yours is too warm, don't hesitate to get a replacement.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

THe first batch of Incredible S phones had a ACER manufactured screen, but later the displays came from SHARP which have not the same quality.
I saw this on a Dutch forum:
This guy has 3 Incredible S (don't ask me why.)
Phone A: Bought on 17-03-2011
Phone B: Bought on 20-07-2011
Phone C: Bought on 18-04-2011
It looks like Phone A and C are from the first batch and B with a SHARP screen.
HTC does this also with other phones like the Sensation

So on the chance that HTC would replace my screen I wonder if one could specifically request an Acer? Probably not and they might not even have those screens anymore.
Not sure if ACER would be better anyway since I found this about the Sensation screens "To really sum it up, the Sharp screen is slightly less "vivid" than the Acer. But the Acer has ghosting, tearing and flickering. In short: more issues."

yellow tint on screen

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Which one is normal? The whiter one is from Sam's Club and the yellow one from Google. Google has always given the nexus devices a yellowish hue so I'm not sure..
My gnex is more yellow than both lol

Well I have to say, it sucks that you have a yellowy screen from google, but this is just the range of screens you will find in manufacturing. Would you have found it yellowy had you not had something to compare it to? Probably but it all comes from the same place... Asus. Google did not tune screens from Play store to be more yellow than that brick and mortar stores. I don't like that there are inferior screens out there, or defects in general. In a perfect world there would be NO defective units, but we don't live in a perfect world. Even the retina equipped iPad has yellow screens for some, etc. If you don't like it (I wouldn't!) please get an exchange! I would not accept that knowing that there are nice white screens out there. In fact, I went through 7 nexus S's and 2 galaxy nexus phones to get one with a screen that I could accept.

It's just a warmer white. Some will get a cooler white which is blueish. Just how displays end up. I know my rezound has a warmer white compared to my friends but I wouldn't call it a defect
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I'm going crazy, each nexus 7 I've got have a defect:
Blinking screen, bleeding edge, colour defect :S
Check this, Franko Kernel r13 left, right stock 2min uptime. Both are C80 8gb from google.
I hate this, Too many replacements, what to do, replace again?

the one on the left is correct, the one on the right has washed out colors

It's yellow tint, screen works perfect, if yo compare both tablets you realized how bad the screen is :S

All my previous 2 replacement units have the yellow tint. My original one has normal white color.
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Another one affected by yellow tint, in my case in a C80.
This is my second replace, first one was by a very minimal screen lift in the left side.
I'm surprised by the argument about "this is not a defect". We are talking about screens. In a TV/monitor it's unthinkable to ignore these artefacts, why we should do it in a touchscreen device??
Each one have a tolerance, but the fact is the fact. The screen works bad, maybe is related to calibration or maybe with a bad ensamble, but no one guarantee you that it doesn't going to worst.
If you want to have a device that is not optimal "out of the box", you accept a unnecesary risk.

both C80.
Latest 8gb 3 of them with yellow tint.

And here is me thinking the 'warmer' colours were normal on a N7.
Just realized how yellowish all the whites are on mine... and I thought everything is fine with this one.

It's amazing how fast and good can be a cheap 7inch tablet. But when so many have problems
Yellowish whites on IPS
Blueish whites on SAMOLED.
Poor quality controls made by asus

Falipene said:
It's amazing how fast and good can be a cheap 7inch tablet. But when so many have problems
Yellowish whites on IPS
Blueish whites on SAMOLED.
Poor quality controls made by asus
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Wait, what? Which tablets have samoled's?

Same here
I think they use different screens - the one on the right is the 3G model. I bought one last week and returned it because of the screen tint. The replacement has the same problem. The device on the right is the 32GB WiFi version I bought three weeks ago. I'm going to return it again and confront customer support with this issue.

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I think they use different screens - the one on the right is the 3G model. I bought one last week and returned it because of the screen tint. The replacement has the same problem. The device on the right is the 32GB WiFi version I bought three weeks ago. I'm going to return it again and confront customer support with this issue.
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And your result?
Same problem here: http://www.android-hilfe.de/nexus-7...tlich-schlechtere-dislays-als-im-n7-16gb.html
Regards!

Question Do you have rainbow effects on your Pixel 7 screen?

A user on Reddit posted that they had rainbow effects on their P7 screen when the screen was held at an angle. I did a little searching, and found that this was fairly common on the P6 screens as well. Apparently Google found that this was a normal effect and in tolerance with their manufacturing specifications.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pixel7series/comments/y3af8s
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/qo6wz7
Do you see any rainbow effects on your P7 screens?

I noticed it yesterday when the phone was about three feet away from me on the table. Maybe at a 45 degree angle it rainbows, but holding it, or being close to it, shows no signs of it. It doesn't bother me since the way I "normally" hold and use it do not produce the effect. Only if it's at a big enough angle. Even so, it is very minor. When I did see it I had to move my head back and forth to really notice it. Otherwise the screen just looks a little off color on parts of the screen. No biggie.

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A user on Reddit posted that they had rainbow effects on their P7 screen when the screen was held at an angle. I did a little searching, and found that this was fairly common on the P6 screens as well. Apparently Google found that this was a normal effect and in tolerance with their manufacturing specifications.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pixel7series/comments/y3af8s
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/qo6wz7
Do you see any rainbow effects on your P7 screens?
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The phenomenon of lenses causing light to split into its component parts is called "diffraction". Any transparent medium where light travels at a different speed from the medium it came from will exhibit this phenomenon.

Mine has a slight blueish and pink tint on white at angles. I'm not sure what to do. It's not bad, I don't really notice it. I would be happy to exchange it if I knew there were some displays that didn't have this issue.

Mine has that too. But geezes, you have to be looking at the phone at an extreme angle to notice it.

Thanks for posting your experiences guys. I tried to edit the poll to reflect a vote where the issue is present but doesn't cause a problem. You should be able to change your vote. Hopefully I didn't screw things up there, and if I did, my apologies.

I notice it but the bigger issue is the green tint, just looks awful compared to my calibrated monitors.
My old S8 had a bit of a reddish tint but the colors looked better overall if a bit oversaturated. Might try to root and use Sa2ration or something.

My Pixel 6 Pro did. The Pixel 7 Pro does not.

Ok I can weigh in now. I see the exact same effect on this phone as my other oled phones. When you look at the screen at more extreme angles, you get a bluish tint to white screens. Really not an issue for me, and I don't consider it a rainbow effect (though I think it is the same thing).

On my pixel 7 I get the rainbow effect on white backgrounds when looking directly at the screen not at an angle. The screen on my Samsung a53 is much better then the screen on my pixel 7

people cant enjoy the phone for what it is...just buy the damn thing and enjoy it, its not like its noticeable if you looking at it from a normal view

I think it also depends on the kind of person you are. At work I asked 10 people and only one colleague noticed a slight shift. My iPhone XS Max back in the days also had this issue. I traded it in and got a new one, which had the same issue. I then used the phone for another 2 years and aside from the first week it didn't bothered me anymore.
They all have it. Some more than others. If you're looking for it, it's there. If you just use your phone it will disappear and just leave an excellent phone to enjoy.

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people cant enjoy the phone for what it is...just buy the damn thing and enjoy it, its not like its noticeable if you looking at it from a normal view
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i agree

Maybe a bit, but only at extreme angles. Any normal angle I'd look at my phone I can't see anything.

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My Pixel 6 Pro did. The Pixel 7 Pro does not.
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My p6 pro doesn't have it, even at angles and full brightness, weird

Mine has bluegreenish and redish wave-tints on angles displaying white backgrounds. But I got enough other problems in life. So ... idc

I have had three Pixel 7 (non Pro) - all of them had the same rainbow effect.
And this is quite annoying because you can not really keep 100% the same angle by reading or looking at the display while holding the smartphone in the hand. You always move a bit - and then the blue or red waves are rolling over your screen.
For me the display is one of the most important components - the display you are looking at all the time you are using the device.
But that's just my point of view...

At first I had no clue what people were talking about, but after turning the brightness to 100% and tilting the phone in an angle I'll never use (since its impossible to look at the screen since its so tilted) - then yes.
I do have the rainbow-effect on my Pixel 7.
However, its a non-issue.
I had to tilt it even more than the person in the video from OP,
but even that angle seems like a non-issue tbh.
Might as well be my protective glass for all I know.
I'll never see it unless I tilt to an unusable angle.

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Mine has a slight blueish and pink tint on white at angles. I'm not sure what to do. It's not bad, I don't really notice it. I would be happy to exchange it if I knew there were some displays that didn't have this issue.
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Upgrade to the Pixel 7 Pro since it doesn't have this issue since they didn't cheap out on the display. Seems they didn't change the screen from the Pixel 6 since XDA actually mentioned this in the review they did on the screen: "Rigid OLEDs are an older construction that is now usually only used in budget phones...Also, on rigid stacks, the refraction of the light transmitted through the glass layers causes unwanted rainbow viewing angles that you simply don't see on flexible OLEDs."
I personally find it annoying but only because I know about it now and only really noticeable if you looking at the phone at extreme angle like sitting on your desk or other flat surface. My fancy expensive larger S7+ Samsung tablet also has same issue so obviously doesn't bother enough people for them to spend more to upgrade the display to get rid of it. Also, pretty anoying that my much older LG v35 phone doesn't have this problem either since it was flexible OLED, but as you can see flexible OLED easier to break around edges, another reason I went with Pixel 7 instead of the Pixel 7 Pro.
Pixel 7 Pro: it does not have any rainbow issues.
Here's a pic I took of my S7+, iphone SE, LG V35 and Pixel 7 and can u guess which one is the Pixel? Easy to spot since only other one than the large S7 with the rainbow colors. Also, as you can see from the pic most noticeable on a clear white background so if you work or look at a lot of that like say documents at angle might be annoying enough but not to upgrade to the Pixel 7 Pro just to get rid of it. Even if you did you would still get bluish color like on the LG V35 OLED display at bottom because that's just how OLED works
Why do I see a color shift when I look at the display from an angle?​
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