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iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro “raised blacks” display

Sorig said:
Yes, it is ridiculous they released the iPhone 12 with the raised black issues when they didn’t have this problem on the 3 previous OLED models they released. It was an obvious oversight by Apple.

It doesn’t matter if most people couldn’t notice it. The OLED screen wasn’t operating properly on these 12s.

And OF COURSE things should be released bug free. What kind of standards do you have? Any at all?
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You do realize that 11 had PLENTY of issues, including significant display issues. Why did you buy your 11? It was a hot mess when it was released. Did you complain then? Or are you just BSing to make yourself feel better about your 11?

Of note, my wife has an 11 PM…great freaking phone.
 
Hi guys,

I have now also downloaded the 14.5 B2 on my iPhone 12, because I wanted to know if the problem is really fixed. I don't want to accuse Apple of anything, but for me it looks like only the symptom has been fixed and not the cause. To me, it currently looks like you now have perfect black in a completely dark room (on 40% brightness / without auto brightness). In a lighted room (dimmed enough that you can see if black is illuminated or not) that still seems to be the illuminated black (on 40% brightness / without auto brightness).

I'm currently trying to capture this in photos somehow. I'm testing with the lockscreen and the original black wallpaper.
From my point of view it helps to cover the illuminated areas (time, flashlight icon etc) while testing (e.g. with playing cards).I know this is a bit of a test scenario and you have to look closely with the naked eye, but you can see it and maybe one of you would like to test it.

By the way, I have a G9P display. Week 41
 
Madtiger27 said:
You do realize that 11 had PLENTY of issues, including significant display issues. Why did you buy your 11? It was a hot mess when it was released. Did you complain then? Or are you just BSing to make yourself feel better about your 11?

Of note, my wife has an 11 PM…great freaking phone.
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Never had any screen issues or otherwise with my 11 Pro. Neither with my previous Xs Max. Both had inky blacks like they should. So no complains.

I skipped the 12 Pro Max this time just for this issue. Even if Apple has truly fixed the raised blacks (which it’s too early to tell if they really fixed the problem or just made it less noticeable) I’m not interested in the 12 anymore.

Hopefully Apple won’t make the same mistake this year.
 
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okay...I did some more testing and it's definitely not resolved from my perspective (at least on my iPhone 12). It was just made less visible from my point of view. I can now reproduce it very well in the following way:

1) Turn off auto brightness

2) Set display brightness to 40% via Siri

3) Go into a completely dark room

4) Open Apple Timer app

5) Turn the sliders

6) Display should stay perfectly black (this is what has definitely been fixed)

7) Use a small light (small flashlight etc. that doesn't produce much ambient light) to shine directly on the brightness sensor

8) Turn the sliders again

9) Now the black is no longer perfect and the greenish glow appears.

10) If you turn the flashlight off again and continue to turn the sliders in the dark room, the display will be perfectly black again after a short time.


This can be reproduced 100% in all possible black apps or backgrounds.

Very very sad! On the other hand, it is definitely significantly less visible than before 14.5. and since I no longer use a black background it has not bothered me so much even under 14.4 (because you can hardly see it). But in the end very sad for a product from a manufacturer whose devices you buy because of the quality!!!!
 
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Nils132 said:
okay...I did some more testing and it's definitely not resolved from my perspective (at least on my iPhone 12). It was just made less visible from my point of view. I can now reproduce it very well in the following way:

1) Turn off auto brightness

2) Set display brightness to 40% via Siri

3) Go into a completely dark room

4) Open Apple Timer app

5) Turn the sliders

6) Display should stay perfectly black (this is what has definitely been fixed)

7) Use a small light (small flashlight etc. that doesn't produce much ambient light) to shine directly on the brightness sensor

8) Turn the sliders again

9) Now the black is no longer perfect and the greenish glow appears.

10) If you turn the flashlight off again and continue to turn the sliders in the dark room, the display will be perfectly black again after a short time.


This can be reproduced 100% in all possible black apps or backgrounds.

Very very sad! On the other hand, it is definitely significantly less visible than before 14.5. and since I no longer use a black background it has not bothered me so much even under 14.4 (because you can hardly see it). But in the end very sad for a product from a manufacturer whose devices you buy because of the quality!!!!
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Thank you for your testing. I have noticed the same. It can also be seen on the black bars outside of video and photos.

I agree it’s better but on my phone it’s definitely still there.
 
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Sorig said:
Never had any screen issues or otherwise with my 11 Pro. Neither with my previous Xs Max. Both had inky blacks like they should. So no complains.

I skipped the 12 Pro Max this time just for this issue. Even if Apple has truly fixed the raised blacks (which it’s too early to tell if they really fixed the problem or just made it less noticeable) I’m not interested in the 12 anymore.

Hopefully Apple won’t make the same mistake this year.
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I am sure that the port-less 12S/13 will have plenty of issues that needs fixing……like they do every year. If you think iPhone 11 was flawless, then a simple search on this forum will tell you otherwise.
 
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Nils132 said:
okay...I did some more testing and it's definitely not resolved from my perspective (at least on my iPhone 12). It was just made less visible from my point of view. I can now reproduce it very well in the following way:

1) Turn off auto brightness

2) Set display brightness to 40% via Siri

3) Go into a completely dark room

4) Open Apple Timer app

5) Turn the sliders

6) Display should stay perfectly black (this is what has definitely been fixed)

7) Use a small light (small flashlight etc. that doesn't produce much ambient light) to shine directly on the brightness sensor

8) Turn the sliders again

9) Now the black is no longer perfect and the greenish glow appears.

10) If you turn the flashlight off again and continue to turn the sliders in the dark room, the display will be perfectly black again after a short time.


This can be reproduced 100% in all possible black apps or backgrounds.

Very very sad! On the other hand, it is definitely significantly less visible than before 14.5. and since I no longer use a black background it has not bothered me so much even under 14.4 (because you can hardly see it). But in the end very sad for a product from a manufacturer whose devices you buy because of the quality!!!!
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If you are using the iOS 14 beta 2 make sure you are reporting this back to Apple.
 
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Woyly said:
On iOS 14.5 beta 2, i can confirm raised black issue is now fixed on my iPhone 12 Pro Max. 😳 green tint issue seems improved as well.
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I’m more confused that ever before. Some are saying it’s fixed, some are saying slightly fixed, some are saying it’s still the same. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂
 
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LFC2020 said:
I’m more confused that ever before. Some are saying it’s fixed, some are saying slightly fixed, some are saying it’s still the same. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂
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It’s probably a little bit of each. I do wonder how people are testing it. You HAVE to be in a dark room otherwise you’re wasting your time. But just as I’m confident that I have the know how to look for it, I believe others do too. So I believe people when they say it’s fixed for them.

Edit: I wonder if the different screen manufacturers have something to do with the disparity and require different levels of tweaking. Hence some are fixed but others not yet.
 
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Woyly said:
I meant in low brightness the grays still looks kinda greenish to me. But the display now will show true black. If this makes sense.
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Are you reporting back to Apple that there is still some green tinting happening?
 
Ah, balls. I spoke too soon. It’s just as visible as ever in the borders of photos in the photos app.
 
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Talmeida said:
Use 3utools

Samsung is G9N/G9P/G9Q, and the screen code of LG Display is GVC/GH
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G9P here checked yesterday with 3uTools, some flickering happens in pitch dark rooms at medium brightness, seems to not happen at 0% brightness, I do have a shift in the screen tint, left area is more greenish while the rightmost part gets warmer, more like redish.
This is like my 5th attempt so I may just live with it.
And tbh I don't see how a software update could fix all these issues, they're clearly hardware defects, so rushing to install every beta as soon as it's released in the hopes it solves the problem is kinda pointless imho.
 
My new iPhone 12 pro max arrived today and tried to compare it with my iPhone 12 pro. The pro max doesn’t have the green tint and raised black problem. Only the 12 pro. Both manufactured in January 2021 but different manufacturers. Although the pro max’s screen is a little bit warmer, but I was shocked that it didn’t show any green tint or raised black issues. I’m gonna test it in the next few days to see if raised black or green tint would appear.
 
I have an iPhone 12 Mini and I know many of you on here said that it is normal behavior for OLED displays to shift colors when looking at the phone for a side view angle. I post my image to see if you all notice a greenish color especially on the padlock icon and on the time and date displays.

Maybe from the photo it does not look all that bad.

But as I said, when looking at the phone at a NORMAL angle, then it seems to be normal in color.

I am sort of confused when people say that they have a green tint issue on their displays. Can this be one of them as viewing their phones from a side view angle?
 

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14.5/B2 didn't solve anything on my 12 Mini. Still raised blacks. Apple Logo on restart glowing around the Apple like always. Can even see it in normal situations with dark display settings. Maybe I have a really bad display, even a yellow tint, thinking about trying another 12 Mini, the 4th one that would be.
 
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iphonefreak450 said:
I have an iPhone 12 Mini and I know many of you on here said that it is normal behavior for OLED displays to shift colors when looking at the phone for a side view angle. I post my image to see if you all notice a greenish color especially on the padlock icon and on the time and date displays.

Maybe from the photo it does not look all that bad.

But as I said, when looking at the phone at a NORMAL angle, then it seems to be normal in color.

I am sort of confused when people say that they have a green tint issue on their displays. Can this be one of them as viewing their phones from a side view angle?
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It would have been easier if you’d just used a plain white image for that. But from what I can see it looks normal. The green tint issue has nothing to do with viewing angle and mostly appears in dark surroundings on grew / black backgrounds.
 
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iphonefreak450 said:
I have an iPhone 12 Mini and I know many of you on here said that it is normal behavior for OLED displays to shift colors when looking at the phone for a side view angle. I post my image to see if you all notice a greenish color especially on the padlock icon and on the time and date displays.

Maybe from the photo it does not look all that bad.

But as I said, when looking at the phone at a NORMAL angle, then it seems to be normal in color.

I am sort of confused when people say that they have a green tint issue on their displays. Can this be one of them as viewing their phones from a side view angle?
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Possible hardware or software issues aside, all OLED screens have a normal tint when viewed from straight on. All OLED phones have either a green, blue, red, or yellow hue of varying degrees and intensities. It’s subtle and usually only noticed when viewed side by side with another phone. Some screens have more than one color as it shifts from one to the next which is the most distracting. OLED TVs have a much bigger issue with this when viewing white as the size of the screen allows for a greater shift and is more easily noticed. But as others have said for these RGB OLEDs off axis color shift is 100% normal and will look cooler/blueish off axis regardless of your screens natural hue. However, if your screen has an inherent green hue combined with off axis viewing (cool) it will only exacerbate the blue shift and look more green/blue.

TLDR: Your screen is perfectly fine.

Edit: The green tint issue people are reporting is completely different than what I have explained and what your experiencing.
 
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I am happy to announce that my 12 pro no longer has any raised blacks whatsoever with the 14.5b2. My phone had some of the worst black issues out there. It was clearly visible even in a medium-bright to bright room. I have a launch day phone, so hopefully everyone out there with a day one phone can see the same results.
 
WookieBlaster said:
I am happy to announce that my 12 pro no longer has any raised blacks whatsoever with the 14.5b2. My phone had some of the worst black issues out there. It was clearly visible even in a medium-bright to bright room. I have a launch day phone, so hopefully everyone out there with a day one phone can see the same results.
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Check out the black borders in the photos App. It’s gone for me too but not there.
 
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