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?! 🙂

[BrüZZi]

Yes, BRING BACK COLORED NOTIFICATIONS !!! 

[userw9ZXV5dpOn]

I've sent three messages under support. We should keep hounding them. I don't like how the clock doesn't roam anymore.

[PghLei]

That would be nice 🙂

[HD7075]

Samsung, please bring back the slider for brightness adjustment for the AOD. This option was taken away and the typical brightness is too low, and in low light, even lower. Just because the option for having a full AOD screen is there, doesn't mean the brightness needs to be auto if we don't have that option set. If not, then at the very least tune the light sensors properly and have better auto-brightness.

[Davess24Ultra]

Agreed.

[Windshadow]

I have the S23Ultra, running Android14, I got the update late in November after calling Samsung & wouldn't you know, with the tech on the phone, I opened software update & it was waiting, not 10 minutes before it said " up to date"!!😳☹️🥴because I bought my phone from Samsung in mid-May it came w 13 installed yet never updated from at&t in July... and the light bar did change. Or did they put android 15 on your phone...if so Samsung sucks big time! Here's a pic of the top scroll down menu on android 14....🪷Best of Wishes, :hibiscus:Wind...

[Larry_k]

When will Samsung fix the always on display on the new S24's? Under normal lighting it is so dim you can hardly see it, and who thought that the icons should be black and white? The purpose of the icons is to see what is going on, and the color would tell you from a distance what it was. Isn't that the purpose of the AOD?

[JRMartinez]

Adjust Brightness of AOD

[neilth]

On my S24 Ultra, I don't have screen orientation or auto brightness settings in my AOD settings.

[Moonbase1]

Either does mine.