Great ! Earlier I wrote about the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) which didn't heart my eyes. After the Android April security patch the eye strain returned. How is this even possible ? Hopefully i can find a way to downgrade.
Phone software details (without eye strain)
phone software details (with eye strain, after update)
I guarantee you that as part of the "security update" (which is really just an important-sounding name for a x.x.# revision) they screwed with the color profiles. Seems that this was introduced in Android 6 and REALLY screws with people. Versions of ROMs that don't contain color profile setting seem to be much easier on people's eyes. For HTC, this means staying with Android 5. For other phones it was 6 or even 7, clearly with the J3 it's ... the March revision of 7.1
Probably. Or just unlocking it and flashing back to the older official Samsung ROM. XDA Developers forum is a great place to start, but lots of reading to get up to speed.
I tried searching the forums, but it looks like no one has tried Lineage OS for eye strain?
ryans I suspect color profiles because one user higher up in this thread reported that he could flash Paranoid Android onto his phone and it was fine... and the only difference in display drivers between Lineage and Paranoid Android (they had the same kernel and codebase) on his device was that PA didn't have color profiles. This jives with HTC, in Marshmallow they introduced color profiles to compensate for different screen resolutions. And other users have seen color profiles be a problem for Windows monitor drivers as well!
Gurm I just found that post. That's very interesting. Have you tried Paranoid yourself? Last I saw you might try iPhone Plus models. I prefer Android because I don't like how locked down iOS is, but frankly I'd take any modern smartphone that was usable for me.
We need a wiki (wikimedia or something) that has a list of things like this to try. The 520 posts just has too much info to absorb.
Thanks for the help as usual Gurm!
Has anyone tried/ tested an iphone se or iphone 7 plus/8 plus?
Seefree iPhone SE is literally the same screen that was on an iPhone 5S. If you can use an iPhone 5S, you can use an iPhone SE.
The 7+ and 8+ are pretty similar. I think some people like the 6+/6S+ better than the later models. I find the 7+ tolerable for short periods, better with a matte film, and generally "ok" for light use but can't read on it for extended periods (in excess of as long as it takes to look up directions somewhere or text someone).
Hi guys, I recently wrote about a system update on my Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) which caused me eye strain. I was able to downgrade back to the firmware with exact the same kernel from when it didn't cause eye strain. For some reason I still get eye strain now ??
I think I changed some settings the first time but dont remember what. I tried different color schemes, brightness, color correction mode. Anyone who has another suggestion I can try ? Any help is appreciated !
michiel Maybe it's your favorite app that causes eye strain? Like the browser. Your best bet is to change any display-related settings to default or what looks like default. And don't use third-party apps that control brightness unless you know they're safe to use. A system reset might help, if that didn't happen during the downgrade.