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Active Notifications lighting all pixels?

strange quirk with active notifications.
1) notifications light up using select few pixels (GOOD)
2) notifications fade out and go away completely (GOOD)
3) all pixels light up very dim for a second (KINDA ODD)
You have to have the lights off in your room for you to notice it really.
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Mine doesn't do that in a pitch black room.
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matt87n said:
strange quirk with active notifications.
1) notifications light up using select few pixels (GOOD)
2) notifications fade out and go away completely (GOOD)
3) all pixels light up very dim for a second (KINDA ODD)
You have to have the lights off in your room for you to notice it really.
Check it out...
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you have the beginnings of the universe!
nah, you should get that replaced.

i forgot to mention im still running 4.2 in Canada..

Rhiannon224 said:
Mine doesn't do that in a pitch black room.
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its super super dim and hard to catch if u dont OCD over things like i do.. lol

call motorola, they might be able to get your a replacement, if you havent rooted and unlocked bootloader

oh man, seriously nobody else has this going on? its such a small bug and seems fixable.. i dont wanna send back my motooo!
gonna try n reset the phone to see what happens.. my expectations are near nil though.. anyone else with this strange issue?

Just tried in a pitch black room. Saw nothing after the active display time faded out.

The whole screen flickers gray right? I'm on a Rogers X. Mine does that.
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Just for giggles, I checked out my phone and two coworkers phones and none of them do it. Two AT&T, one Verizon.

Yeah, I don't think that's normal. The whole reason Active Notifications doesn't annihilate your battery life is because only the pixels that need power, get power. That's how AMOLED works. You can turn off each individual pixel. Which is why you don't see something like Active Notifications on phones with an IPS panel such as the Nexus 5. IPS works by lighting a giant backlight, and the pixels act something like shutters, opening and closing as needed. Of course it's more technical than that, but in layman's terms, that's how you can think of it.
So yeah. Something's up. Those pixels should not be lighting up on an AMOLED display. If it were an IPS, that would be normal.

Two Rogers phones here, neither do that.(I am running 4.4 though)

My VZW MM doesn't do that. Seems strage, as it's a big selling point for the phone that it only lights the pixels you need.

i have the same problem, im on 4.2.2, i will take it to motorola

Hayaku said:
The whole screen flickers gray right? I'm on a Rogers X. Mine does that.
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YA! a Rogers phone running 4.2 still.. i did a reset but it didnt help

Johmama said:
Yeah, I don't think that's normal. The whole reason Active Notifications doesn't annihilate your battery life is because only the pixels that need power, get power. That's how AMOLED works. You can turn off each individual pixel. Which is why you don't see something like Active Notifications on phones with an IPS panel such as the Nexus 5. IPS works by lighting a giant backlight, and the pixels act something like shutters, opening and closing as needed. Of course it's more technical than that, but in layman's terms, that's how you can think of it.
So yeah. Something's up. Those pixels should not be lighting up on an AMOLED display. If it were an IPS, that would be normal.
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thanks for the explanation! cant wait for OLEDs to be ubiquitous.. wonder what comes after OLED, or is it the final frontier for active matrix

Since its a problem that only I would notice, and only in the darkest of rooms, I Dont want to go thru the hassle of explaining to the poor guys at the Rogers store why I want to exchange the phone. I'm wondering whether it may be a software related thing... What's the best way to reset the software besides deleting all data.. Is there a way to get down deeper and scrub it clean?
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matt87n said:
Since its a problem that only I would notice, and only in the darkest of rooms, I Dont want to go thru the hassle of explaining to the poor guys at the Rogers store why I want to exchange the phone. I'm wondering whether it may be a software related thing... What's the best way to reset the software besides deleting all data.. Is there a way to get down deeper and scrub it clean?
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Well, it's most likely just a software bug in the Rogers 4.2 rom. As the others who are not on Rogers do not have this issue, your best bet is probably to upgrade to the T-Mobile 4.4 ROM, which is what I'm running (I'm also with Rogers).
EDIT: Just noticed someone had said that they had Rogers phones that didn't have the issue... I say proceed with caution. You can try reflashing the Rogers stock firmware from the internet, see if that clears it up?

I've had 4 Moto X's. They all did this. It doesn't impact battery enough for me to worry about it. It may be the backlight or something though I admit I know very little about how SAMOLED works.

I think is happening is that there's some code in there that's telling the transistors to discharge throughout the matrix instead (which explains why the whole screen is dim for a second) which helps with reducing the amount of wear on individual parts of the screen (the notification icons itself). If someone can compare the ActiveNotification between 4.2.2 and 4.4, that would be nice.

Moto display color issues?

Has anyone else noticed a subtle color change, almost like a flickering when when unlocking the moto display? It is something fast but it does happen and it is getting annoying.
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pacobahyba said:
Has anyone else noticed a subtle color change, almost like a flickering when when unlocking the moto display? It is something fast but it does happen and it is getting annoying.
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Yes, and it's so miniscule you wouldn't notice unless someone pointed it out.
My opinion: get over it.

I didn't notice such a thing. Not even when you point it out.
What are you talking about? I don't see what you mean while unlocking the moto display

jphilippon said:
Yes, and it's so miniscule you wouldn't notice unless someone pointed it out.
My opinion: get over it.
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yeah, I am trying to do that! I kinda think this could be software related so a update could fix it
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I have noticed it as well
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Ok i updated moto display, now I see it as well. The normal lock screen appears for a millisecond. The fact that I didn't notice it before the update proves that it wasn't there before and should be fixed easily by Motorola.
For now I deactivated the lockscreen, I never really used it.

[Q] Display Brightness Boost Mode

Hello all,
I recently return my Nexus 6 because the max brightness paled in comparison to my LG G2 and the phone was just unwieldy. I thought I'd give the Moto X (2014) a shot because it's the perfect size for me. I decided to go to the AT&T store yesterday and see it in person. It's beautiful but I was, again, let down by the max brightness. It doesn't compare to the G2 in that front. However, I read on AnandTech that the Moto X has a display boost mode that brings the brightness up to 390 nits. Compare to the 242 nits it normally pushes, that's awesome!
"What's interesting to note is that the brightness is similar to that of the 2014 Moto X, another recently released Motorola device that sports an AMOLED panel. However, even Moto X has an auto boost mode which pushes it up to 390nit"
Does anyone know how to enable this? I spent an hour at AT&T trying to figure out enable this boost mode and increase the brightness. I couldn't find it anywhere. Is Anandtech wrong? Is the brightness simply subpar on the Moto X?

markospena said:
Hello all,
I recently return my Nexus 6 because the max brightness paled in comparison to my LG G2 and the phone was just unwieldy. I thought I'd give the Moto X (2014) a shot because it's the perfect size for me. I decided to go to the AT&T store yesterday and see it in person. It's beautiful but I was, again, let down by the max brightness. It doesn't compare to the G2 in that front. However, I read on AnandTech that the Moto X has a display boost mode that brings the brightness up to 390 nits. Compare to the 242 nits it normally pushes, that's awesome!
"What's interesting to note is that the brightness is similar to that of the 2014 Moto X, another recently released Motorola device that sports an AMOLED panel. However, even Moto X has an auto boost mode which pushes it up to 390nit"
Does anyone know how to enable this? I spent an hour at AT&T trying to figure out enable this boost mode and increase the brightness. I couldn't find it anywhere. Is Anandtech wrong? Is the brightness simply subpar on the Moto X?
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I read it as a sort of critique in that "even the original Moto X has an auto boost mode", implying that the new one doesn't. Even then, I don't think it's something you can just enable. I think the ambient lighting needs to reach a certain level for it to take effect.

floepie said:
I read it as a sort of critique in that "even the original Moto X has an auto boost mode", implying that the new one doesn't. Even then, I don't think it's something you can just enable. I think the ambient lighting needs to reach a certain level for it to take effect.
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I think you're right! That's unfortunate. I can't make that compromise (first world problems).
Pass

Probably in Lollipop for starters

For current users: How IS the MX2 Brightness in Direct Sunlight? Readable?

l_stevens said:
For current users: How IS the MX2 Brightness in Direct Sunlight? Readable?
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It is very bad. I almost want to return this phone because of this.

lyall29 said:
It is very bad. I almost want to return this phone because of this.
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Thanks for replying to steven. I'm kinda glad I didn't buy it now. That's a shame. Such a beautiful phone.

the new moto X (2014) is much brighter and easier to read in direct sunlight than the original X. (i own both). if for some reason the new X does not get bright enough, go into settings/display and turn off "adaptive brightness." then increase brightness to 100%. nice and bright. even indoors, 100% brightness is not as bright as 100% with "adaptive brightness" disabled. I keep "adaptive brightness" enabled and can usually read it fine in direct sunlight. I will admit that with "adaptive mode" enabled, occasionally it will not always enable the "extra bright mode" as soon as I would like but it is readable at 100%. AMOLED has never been as readable in direct sunlight as TFT screens but I prefer amoled for its better blacks, better energy efficiency and more vivid colors. the new X has the best amoled screen I have ever seen.
I am running stock lollipop

markospena said:
Thanks for replying to steven. I'm kinda glad I didn't buy it now. That's a shame. Such a beautiful phone.
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The screen brightness limitation on the Moto X 2014 is subjective. One man's "really bad" is another man's "satisfactory".
Some people may like their screens really bright in general, so when they go outside with the Moto X it feels dim to them. I've never had an issue reading the display in direct sunlight personally, and if I ever did I would just turn away from the sun so that a shadow was created. When I'm outside for long periods of time I tend to be socialising, making a phone call or travelling somewhere; therefore elite visibility in direct sunlight isn't a requirement for me.
Sometimes an opinion represents an individual's tastes and needs rather than a universal truth. To each his own.

moto
Just got the Moto X a few weeks ago. Just go to settings - display - turn off adaptive brightness

Active display is available in moto e 2015,any way to get this feature in our moto g

moto e 2015 is comparatively a low end device and it also does not have LED display but it have active display feature ,system dump of moto e 2015 is available and it is also in lollipop 5.02 same as moto g2 ,so can we port this feature to moto g2?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achep.acdisplay
Ta daaa!

SirRhor said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achep.acdisplay
Ta daaa!
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Which works very well BTW. You'll probably see a little more hit on the battery, but active display reportably uses more battery.
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Tel864 said:
Which works very well BTW. You'll probably see a little more hit on the battery, but active display reportably uses more battery.
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I wish we had an AMOLED display because this app allows you to have the background completely black so that way it would save some battery when it's on.
It has some quirks, like when playing music it would not respond fast enough when turning the screen on, or when a notification arrives, the LED will work only when the screen is on, but when it turns off, the LED would stop working too.
All in all is a great app, and it's free.

Moto X (2014) grainy display

Hello!
Yesterday I bought brand new Moto X 2nd gen. Just as I turned it up for the first time I noticed some weird grain on screen. Its more visible on brighter color a like white or even green-grey color lollipop uses when notification bar is pulled down. I didn't see much people reporting this problem so I decided I will post here first. Some people were saying this is how it is on every Pentile Matrix amoled screen, but I have to disagree. Never seen any galaxy suffering for this problem before. The grain is most noticable while scrolling and its always at the same place.
Amoled is always a part of a reason why I bought this phone-never had problems before. I like everything about this phone, so I really wouldnt want this to be a deal-breaker. I still have 2 years of warranty, but I am afraid that next moto would have same problems. Can some guys verify they don't have this un-clean like grain over whole display?
Motorola Moto X 2nd gen. XT1092
Model: SM3958AN7T1
Lollipop 5.0.1 - 5.1 (updated recently, problem persists)
Help me out guys, what should I do? Go for replacement?
Thanks, H

Haaveilen said:
Hello!
Yesterday I bought brand new Moto X 2nd gen. Just as I turned it up for the first time I noticed some weird grain on screen. Its more visible on brighter color a like white or even green-grey color lollipop uses when notification bar is pulled down. I didn't see much people reporting this problem so I decided I will post here first. Some people were saying this is how it is on every Pentile Matrix amoled screen, but I have to disagree. Never seen any galaxy suffering for this problem before. The grain is most noticable while scrolling and its always at the same place.
Amoled is always a part of a reason why I bought this phone-never had problems before. I like everything about this phone, so I really wouldnt want this to be a deal-breaker. I still have 2 years of warranty, but I am afraid that next moto would have same problems. Can some guys verify they don't have this un-clean like grain over whole display?
Motorola Moto X 2nd gen. XT1092
Model: SM3958AN7T1
Lollipop 5.0.1 - 5.1 (updated recently, problem persists)
Help me out guys, what should I do? Go for replacement?
Thanks, H
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Go for a replacement. I have no grain at all.
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I'm not really sure by what you mean by grain, but my display is absolutely fine. Bought my XT1097 2 days ago.. I think you should go for a replacement
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Thank you both for quick answers. Well I might have gone for grainy instead of grain. Try googling grainy effect, and you will see where I am aiming .
I am contacting place where I got my phone from now. I will let you know.
Thanks, H

Haaveilen said:
Thank you both for quick answers. Well I might have gone for grainy instead of grain. Try googling grainy effect, and you will see where I am aiming .
I am contacting place where I got my phone from now. I will let you know.
Thanks, H
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You fixed screen?

Hello guys, my Moto X 2014 (XT1092) suffers from the same problem. I can see this grainy effect on the screen especially with white backgrounds, on the material keyboard and notification bar. What I have to do?

AMOLED just like that. White is not as white as on LCD/ IPS. It is normal

Well, a bit O-T here, but I thought I'd ask: how's the low brightness level on the phone?
Are the whites really turning blueish or other shades and how bright is it? I ask because I read one comment before where the person was saying that the display temains quite (too) bright even at the lowest setting and was saying that this is not a very good phone for night reading....
I bought (and returned a LG G2 before where it was the opposite: screen was too dark for normal use with any setting lower than 35%...)
Any input on this?
Edit: nevermind, soon after posting this I watched a video review where the guy was showing and saying that brightness can be dimmed down a lot and that it was fine for pre-bed time reading.

Brightness of my Moto X at mid level, automatic. Can still see the problem under the sunlight, with my eye near the screen.

i have the exact same problem too !! is this normall. it makes the screen look REALLY bad!!

Guys, Amaz sent me the replacement and the problem is still there.