I noticed a white hue on the top of the screen and ONLY on the homescreen. I thought it was a Fairphone 5 issue, but now i noticed it on my Nothing Phone 2a (photo)as well. What is it?
It does.
Boeddabart
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That is what Fairphone said. But then, why do i have it and others don't? And why does this happen when i'm using a fully black wallpaper? It should be visible enough already...
True! And to be honest, i kinda checked it again after your comment... (With no luck)
Yep. I've seen it happen in brighter backgrounds too: but instead the fade will be a little darker (it does not happen on a white only wallpaper tho...) I was afraid it was an actual "feature", and this all kinda comfirms it. For now, a launcher will be the only "fix".
Hmm, i still notice some fade effect.. Edit: same on both devices.
Really? I double checked on my other phone, there it was visible as well...
Hmm... I understand why you say that. But the thing is, my Fairphone has been send to the repaircenter for this exact reason. I got the same one back because there was no fault present in the screen or phone.
The funny thing is, the same thing happened for other people:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/white-fade-at-the-top-of-home-screen.983310/page-2
Notice the guy saying: "oh, it actually shows up on a screenshot"? And i don't see it there too. Edit: actually i do, but indeed much less then when taking a actual photo.
This is just weird man...
Yeah, it looks way worse on my original photo, because brightness was turned on to the max. On Fairphone it is a little worse then on my Nothing phone, but not that much.
I agree. Sadly the Fairphone 5 is still running Android 13... A14 is "planned" to released this summer
Fairphone is dropping some balls when it comes to software. So much that in its current state, i can't recommend the Fairphone 5 at all. Plenty of issues. They need to hire better developers/software designers and probably more of them too.
I've had contact since november, and only a few weeks ago (after i had to sent it to the repaircenter in France, i live in the Netherlands) they could tell me it was "an intentional design choice"; so the notificationbar would be more visible. I sent it to them because of the hue, because they first said; "it looks indeed suspicious". So... Yeah...
That was actually one thing i also thought! But then i thought, why only do that on the homescreen? Because even the lockscreen misses that "feature".
Nope. My Nothing Phone 2a came in yesterday, and i've tested my Fairphone for it already.
Yes, the white fade on the notification panel.
No, i used them as backgrounds on my homescreen. In gallery the fade is not present on your images.
Well, that's nevertheless somewhat odd. Fairphone and Nothing have different stock launchers. I think they just modified the standard launcher and thus used a "feature" that was included in the first place? All things point to an actual intended design choice which can't be changed.
Different launcher does indeed fix the issue, but that's such a shame because i really like the stock ones already.
Nope. Because on the lockscreen and when i slide down the notification/quick setting panel, it is just normal, oled black.
Only on the homescreen
Haha no, it is not.