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iPhone 12 Pro Display OLED GATE!! Black Video, flashing image issue!!!
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I say it every year, I wish the first person that uses the tired "gate" cliche would be charged $100.
My small isolated problem is instantly a world wide issue that is being covered up!
My small isolated problem is instantly a world wide issue that is being covered up!
I have this problem and it is getting so frustrating!! I use dark mode on my iPhone 12 Pro 24/7 and the screen flickers even in the Settings app.
This is super disappointing and definitely defeats the purpose of the "premium" OLED
I agree. I have spoken to several Apple Support via phone and chat and what they do is they run a diagnostics only to say that the phone is fine. 🤷🏻♂️
Interesting. Since it’s not happening on yours and it was a launch day phone this leads me to think it’s a hardware issue. I had the issue on a 12 Pro and returned it since it bothered me. I may try to order a 12 to see if I get one that doesn’t have the issue.
All those who are saying that they do not have these raised black and greenish tint issue, they just don’t know how to reproduce it. Good for them.
Might just be pot luck depending on the batches used.
Would you like to give any advice on how to reproduce it? I played the all black YouTube video shared on this thread and had no flashes, flicker or green hue showing up for several minutes.
What do you suggest? If it is indeed that hard to reproduce, is it in fact a problem after all?
Mate, I too was pretty happy that, my iPhone 12 PM, does not have any raised black levels in pitch dark, as I couldn't notice it playing the black video in context.
However, just out of curiosity, I played same video on iPhone 12 PM & Huawei P30 Pro side by side at 0 brightness in pitch black darkness, and there I could see the greenish/grayish glow on iPhone 12 PM. P30 Pro was totally black.
Then, I had some solace that at least my phone doesn't flicker; but set the brightness to 30%, play the black video, it flashed randomly.
And if you still do not have these issues, then it's really great.
I’ll give it another try this evening just for curiosity but I couldn’t see any glow at about 40% brightness. Some of the images here look like faulty screens and I’m confident mine is ok.
A problem that can only be seen by using the phone in a specific way that I don't normally use my phone, is not a problem for me.
Yup, u r right. The issues being discussed here are the complete spectrum of issue. The very specific issue that causes discomfort to meh is when I watch videos on netflix, prime videos daily before sleeping for 1-1.5 hrs with lights off. During the dark scenes, the black/dark areas on screen sometimes appear greenish / glowing. But that's a significant discomfort.
Hi, FYI
my wife's iPhone 12 is affected. She got her replacement today - the issue is gone on the new device!
Will get a replacement for my iPhone 12 Pro Max as well.
my wife's iPhone 12 is affected. She got her replacement today - the issue is gone on the new device!
Will get a replacement for my iPhone 12 Pro Max as well.
I went through 2 minis both have the green flickering problem. My friends regular 12 did haven't a problem no green flickering at all. We played the youtube black video at 50% brightness and it was only flickering on the mini. It's really not an issue for me I would have never noticed it if no one said anything. Still annoying though.
Got my 2nd iPhone 12 Pro Max today. Same issue :/ and it goes back to apple.
Ordered a new one... hoping this will not have the issue.
Ordered a new one... hoping this will not have the issue.
i heard about the flickering raised blacks and green tiny issues bu ti decided to get it anyway. luckily i had no problems for a month now. i love this phone, the form factor, the camera, everything. Last night i was watching netflix on my phone in a dark room in the evening. I had trouble loading shows so i rebooted the phone, and bam! at the boot screen with apple logo, the phone was flickering every second between pure black background and grey. Then back to netflix, the black letterbox bars on top and bottom flicker between pure black and grey. so distracting! loaded up youtube pure black test video, the whole screen is grey, not black. when i flip to portrait mode, it goes pure black, but full screen is not black lol. the flickering is different on different brightnesses. on max brightness its not as flickering. Does anyone know at this point if its a hardware or software issue? the fact that it was perfect until last night makes me think its software? idk. has anyone had this issue and it went away?
EDIT: after more testing it seems to do it all the time in youtube, but less in netflix, and almost not on safari. pure black works FINE on background of messages app in dark mode. BLack image on google is perfect black when i DONT zoom or scroll, if i zoom or move image it shows grey and then when i stop it shows black. related to motion somehow? also if i open control center and close it, it shows grey for a few moments and goes back to black. software issue maybe?
EDIT: after more testing it seems to do it all the time in youtube, but less in netflix, and almost not on safari. pure black works FINE on background of messages app in dark mode. BLack image on google is perfect black when i DONT zoom or scroll, if i zoom or move image it shows grey and then when i stop it shows black. related to motion somehow? also if i open control center and close it, it shows grey for a few moments and goes back to black. software issue maybe?
