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iPhone X Screen on iOS12 ... Saturated?

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You merged threads on the subject of screen issues but the problem most are reporting is not “saturation” it’s “washed out” or “yellowing”.

Can you change the title to something that reflects this please?
 
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magicschoolbus said:
The X screen does really look like it has a yellow tint (using True Tone) and it’s not as sharp.

Apple really has to fix this; if it’s not fixed before ios11 is done being signed; I’m going back to 11. It looks like my phone has a tint to it.

I tried to get photos of my fiancé’s ios11 device... you have to see it with your eyes.
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Well Mr Trump it might be reflecting your luminous orange like tan.

it is strange though as the first beta i tried it was hideous, perhaps the GM improved on that and ive got used to it. whereas coming from ios 11 its more noticeable.
 
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anubis1980 said:
Well Mr Trump it might be reflecting your luminous orange like tan.

it is strange though as the first beta i tried it was hideous, perhaps the GM improved on that and ive got used to it. whereas coming from ios 11 its more noticeable.
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That’s what the shades are for.

I was not on betas so when I went from 11 to 12... huge difference.
[doublepost=1537271380][/doublepost]I think the intensity of True Tone has been adjusted in the new iOS update - I just noticed if I raise the true tone up; it gives the screen way of a less orange feel and brings back a cooler temperature while still having true tone on.
 
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I just updated to iOS 12 last night on my iPhone 8 and noticed the same thing...Same brightness setting, but way too much and yellow.

Enabling increased contrast and reducing transparency did not resolve the issue. Only when I reduced the white point (by 25%) and increased the brightness, did I get my display to look the same way it did on iOS 11. Hope that helps.
 
Updated iPhone X through iTunes and noticed the brighter lockscreen wallpaper right away. The photo looks less HDR and almost like there’s a filter over it.

I set it as my lockscreen again, but it looks the same. Something definitely changed.

Outside of the lockscreen though, everything else looks the same.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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I don't know guys but my screen is really Poping. It was great before the update but now its much better. Did a clean ios12 install and then backup restore.
 
I don't think the word is saturated.. I think the calibration for the screens on this update is out of wack.
 
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I immediately noticed a difference in my home screen and my first thought was iOS 12 had upped the display brightness; I'm glad I found this thread as I thought I was imagining it.
 
so what do people who have already made the jump to those who have not yet upgraded? Wait till Apple (maybe?) sorts this out or just go ahead and upgrade and make the necessary adjustments as some have shared above?
 
blackberrycubed said:
I don't know guys but my screen is really Poping. It was great before the update but now its much better. Did a clean ios12 install and then backup restore.
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I was really holding back on this update because of this screen issue on my iPhone X. But I conceded and updated... and good news! My iPhone X and my iPad Air 2 have no problems. I also did a clean install like blackberrycubed above. Actually I did:

1. Back up to iTunes (with encryption)
2. Enter DFU mode and restore the iPhone to the latest version (iOS 12)
3. Restore from backup.

It's perfect!
=)
 
Same problem with my iPhone X. Had a rather bright wallpaper, but had 0 problems with the home screen on iOS 11. Now, in 12 everything looks like it has a white or brightness filter over it. Icons and app names are way harder to read.

I’m using the ‘Reduce White Point’ workaround, but have to use different valies for daytime and evening.

What are you even doing Apple?
 
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ddkkpp said:
Updated iPhone X through iTunes and noticed the brighter lockscreen wallpaper right away. The photo looks less HDR and almost like there’s a filter over it.

I set it as my lockscreen again, but it looks the same. Something definitely changed.

Outside of the lockscreen though, everything else looks the same.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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That’s the main thing, I think. As long as actual content (photos, video, web pages etc.) still looks great, then I can overlook wallpaper/lock screens. However, it is a bit odd that after decades in the computer business Apple are still working out how to do wallpaper. You might think they would have solved basic problems like that years ago.

Since you have an OLED that can display true black, may I ask if that has been retained in dark room viewing conditions?

I’m still on LCD so there’s always some glow and that makes it harder to know whether or not the black point has been shifted.

Maybe this will help:

http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/colorman/blackpoint.html

Or maybe not! There are possibly better tests out there, but that was the first that a quick Google search brought up.

There’s also this:


Again, that may or may not be useful. I don’t think Youtube videos are ideal test material.
 
MaximizedAction said:
I’m using the ‘Reduce White Point’ workaround, but have to use different valies for daytime and evening.
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My concern with that would be that it could adversely affect non-wallpaper or non-lockscreen content. That is, if that option is global, but the problem is local.

What are you even doing Apple?
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It is bizarre!

PS: I went looking for Youtube videos of phones that might illustrate the issue and I found a couple in which the phone looked a bit washed out, but it could have been due to the video camera settings because, actually, the videos themselves looked a bit washed out. Then it occurred to me that it might have been iOS 12 making the videos look like that. So confusing!

I did find this:

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The iOS 12 phones are the left hand phones in each pair. The iPhone X on iOS 12 looks a lot brighter there. It could be set up differently though.
 
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I should point out I do a lot of colour work (graphic design for print) so I'm pretty upset about the change - it really makes my iPhone X look like it has a cheaper screen than before.
[doublepost=1537348825][/doublepost]Reading through this forum and others it seems people are getting mixed results. Some people describe this as 'oversaturated' others as 'faded' or 'washed out' - some as 'yellowish' other as 'cooler'... I would guess all displays are possibly calibrated (either by make, or individually) and that potentially iOS12 has a bug that disables the colour correction that is applied to each display...
 
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umusachi said:
Reading through this forum and others it seems people are getting mixed results. Some people describe this as 'oversaturated' others as 'faded' or 'washed out' - some as 'yellowish' other as 'cooler'... I would guess all displays are possibly calibrated (either by make, or individually) and that potentially iOS12 has a bug that disables the colour correction that is applied to each display...
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That does make some sense as an explanation, but it could be a case of subjective impressions and people using the same words with different meanings.

A more sinister, but extremely speculative, possibility: the factory calibration matrix has been destroyed/zeroed. I had that in the back of my mind when I asked if reverting to iOS 11.4.1 undid the change.
 
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Infrared said:
That does make some sense as an explanation, but it could be a case of subjective impressions and people using the same words with different meanings.

A more sinister, but extremely speculative, possibility: the factory calibration matrix has been destroyed/zeroed. I had that in the back of my mind when I asked if reverting to iOS 11.4.1 undid the change.
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Does reverting to 11.4.1 “fix” the problem?
 
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