While I have not been sensitized to yellow screens having never had one, darned if I can see the slightest trace of yellow in my launch day Mini. AB on, reduce WP off.
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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My 12 Pro Max presents a combination of issues:
- Yellowish whites;
- Greenish grays;
- Reduced brightness;
- Reduced contrast;
- Background that flickers from black to green during startup;
- Excessively aggressive True Tone; and
- Overactive Auto-Brightness that changes the color balance depending on ambient light conditions despite True Tone being disabled.
Without technical knowledge, one can only speculate whether or not the issues are related.
I have an LG OLED latest generation and it’s just as white as my week 47 12PM.Dear All, for all of you who have a TV oled or amoled, and i'm sure lot of you ( I wish).
Please put the " cinema mode " on your screen, and you will get the same white as on your 12.
It's to say : yellow.
This is only due to the colour accurancy.
I think Apple should let us adjust : green red and blue individually as on other android phone.
We could definitely close our case.
Concerning viewing angle, yes there is a little tint that begins at 45°.
for this i think we can't do nothing. Some screens are little better than other for this.
My second one is really better in this respect.
(not even the slightest hint of yellow) means NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF YELLOW. I have never had an iPhone screen, even back to my 4S (which I still have) that had a yellow screen like that on my 12 Pro Max. I've owned lots of iPhones and this is a new phenomenon for me.
I've noticed that there are quite a few recent posts here that are seemingly trying to convince us yellow screen folks that it's all in our imagination, or something to that effect.
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I have a feeling the 12s will eventually be plagued by the same touch issue the iPhone 11s have (see recently issued repair program, which was also issued for the X) -- seems to be an issue with OLED screens with Apple. So some of us will be able to utilize that a year from now to fix the yellow screens 😂
I do have technical knowledge. The reduced brightness is an ALS issue. If you disable Auto Brightness, your screen will be much brighter. Reduced contrast will be fixed too.
All other issues are unrelated to this issue. This particular issue is hardware related and won’t be fixed via a software update.
Yellow/Black/Green all might be issues, but unrelated to AB or ALS.
It is possible this is a hardware or software issue and may or may not be partly fixed, I wouldn’t bank on a full fix. But Apple might fix non AB non ALS issues to make the devices tolerable.
I have anyway heard newer replacements are fine. So it is best to return by 8th Jan and buy a new device in Jan or Feb.
My 11 Pro is a bit yellow too. Compared to my X. My X might have been a bit yellow compared to my 7. You might have been super lucky or not that sensitive. But over the last few years each year has been on an average a bit yellower than the last. This year Apple screwed up big time by making super yellow screens.
Ignore these ignorant posts. Don’t engage with these people.
I am expecting a Week 49 iPhone 12 Pro Max from Factory G0 that shipped from ZhengZhou. I will report how it is.
I do think it can be solved by software. If truetone is able to keep the screen much whiter, it is because some parameter can be altered to modify the tone of the screen.
I’m not talking of the yellow issue. I’m talking of the dullness/dimness issue. This issue is there since 2017. It just affects way more iPhones this year. Although it can be fixed in software, I’ll bet a thousand bucks Apple won’t do it. Not for every single iPhone sold much less.
If I had any kind of financial interest in any of these major technical sites I would not want want my site to be the one that made a major newsworthy announcement about a flaw that would cost APPLE millions of dollars to correct. Better it be left to those individuals who see the problem to just send their iPhones back and wait for next year's corrected product. My 2nd iPhone 12 Max will show up later this week. If it looks yellow compared to my current iPhone 11 Pro Max, I'll send it back and wait for the iPhone 13 Pro Max (does anyone here remember the technical site, and the grief it experienced, that ended up with, and reported on, a not-yet released iPhone that was found in a bar near the Apple headquarters?).
Thank you, greatly appreciated.You got it! It’s DNPDP - I don’t know how to check the production week unfortunately.
Phone was also bought direct from Apple.com and is factory unlocked if that makes a difference.
You can use the tool I linked below. Just enter the serial number and it will give you the production week. Don’t worry, software is safe.
In fact the opposite iS true. If I owned a media house and could take Apple down, I would take them down. Because that sensational campaign would bring me to the No1 position while giving me leverage over Timmy’s balls.
Talking about products under NDA might be illegal based on the context. Reporting truth isn’t.
I would like to verify my understanding of this. An increase in display brightness after Auto-Brightness is disabled is always an indication that the ambient light sensor is defective. Is this correct?
No.
The below is only valid for Apple OLEDs:
If you set brightness to 100%, turning off AB will increase brightness if ambient lightning isn’t very high.
If however you’re in high ambient lightning (but not super high, example directly under the sun):
And if your brightness level isn’t 100 nor 0%. ideally test around 50%.
Then turning off AB shouldn’t increase brightness. If it does, it is an ALS defect.
It could be slight or extreme based on how much additional brightness you gain with AB off.
Slight can be ignored since it is very common these days.
Test:
Test to be done under below lighting conditions:
Artificial/Tube/LED light/Dark room/Not too much sunlight - (Indoors)
Autobrightness should be on/shouldn’t be turned off
Set brightness level manually to around 50%
Open Safari Google.com white background
Observe for 5-10 seconds
Turn off auto brightness
Again open same page on Safari Google.com
Wait 15-30 seconds
If brightness level increases a lot, ALS is defective. If brightness level stays same, phone is perfect.
Don’t do test at 100/0% brightness. Only middle level brightness. Don’t do test outside.
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No problem. Try to do the test on as many Apple OLEDs possible. I’m always seeking more and more information and surveys on this issue.
Can you disable Auto Brightness and again put the Mini to 65%? Does that fix the issue?
Do share your qualifications please. You can’t just say “I have technical knowledge” or “From past experience”. Are you a hardware/software engineer? Do you work on phones or at Apple? Being a good Googler isn’t the same as having technical knowledge.