S24 Display Quality & AOD Missing Options

[Locoblade]

Hi All

I've just got my S24+ today to upgrade my trusty but ageing S10+ having not strayed from Samsung for almost 10 years. Naturally I was hoping it would be an upgrade in all departments but although on the whole it is, there's several annoying and unexpected downgrades that are making me seriously question whether it's actually worth spending quite a bit of money to change.

Firstly, the screen although pin sharp is really washed out. Even in vivid mode the colours are dull and the blacks are significantly more grey than the S10 screen, and even look washed out when put alongside my wife's budget spec A52! I've played around with brightness and colour tone etc but I can't dial it out, and my cousin who's got an S24 Ultra said exactly the same when comparing it against the S22 it's replacing.

Then there's some bizarre features missing from OneUI 6.1, the ones I've noticed so far are specifically in the Always On Display settings.  I use AOD to display as a bedside clock,  with my S10 and also in OneUI 6.0 / Android 14 on the A52 you can rotate the AOD to landscape orientation and control the brightness, you could even do the latter from the AOD lock screen by tapping twice on the clock to access the brightness slider. In OneUI 6.1 unless I'm missing something it seems all that functionality is missing, the brightness of the AOD is linked to the main screen brightness setting which is far too bright for overnight use, and you can't set it to landscape mode which I'd prefer when on it's horizontal night stand next to the bed. Why this functionality would be omitted I have no idea, but it's really annoying! Please someone enlighten me to some hidden menu somewhere that fixes all these issues?! 🙂

[PAHelper]

Samsung has put out info that an update is coming for vivid slider and camera adjustments with February patch soon

[Galaxy Knight]

https://www.samsungmobilepress.com/feature-stories/samsung-announces-galaxy-s24-series-update-offeri...

[Stefan0784]

 

I did it guys and girls! With my petition I changed Samsung's mind about the Vivid issue 😅😅😅 

Me and 75 people who signed! 

On a more serious note, so happy about this fix. Perfect solution with the slider! Glad I kept my S24U, that works great and has no issues, just the less saturated colors.

[Its_aKaSh]

Hey guys, I've been using the S24 Ultra for the past three weeks and I've noticed something weird. When I'm using the phone in direct sunlight, the brightness locks and it says "Your device is optimized for max brightness," but it's actually pretty low. It mostly happens when I'm using the camera outdoors for 10-15 minutes. Have you heard of this issue? It would be greatly appreciated if you could kindly respond to this inquiry.

[Its_aKaSh]

Can anyone respond to this please??

[Maeli79]

Upgraded from an S21 Ultra and noticed immediately that the S24 screen looked incredibly washed out. Extremely disappointed.

[Galaxy Knight]

It is being fixed and will be in the upcoming update. 

[PAHelper]

I wish galaxy ai would have released. I'm using copilot currently as Bixby not great.

[Members_8QoN2Ue]

I'm glad Samsung finally came through. I extended the return date for my s22 as I was hoping they would bring a fix. I feel better now, even if it's not 100% what I would expect, having some vivid options will be good enough for me in all likelihood. Just don't like the current washed out colors and whites not looking white but rather dull and grey-ish, etc. Otherwise I'm happy with the phone (S24+). I guess the timeline wasn't wholly horrific, it just would have been nice to hear from Samsung a little sooner, even if to say they are considering feedback on the display mode issue.

[Stefan0784]

https://youtu.be/ntHFVkVFlpk?si=dSoLjbg2K7NQJhHf

Apparently the update will start rolling out on the 22nd of February.