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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qnet:
Wow, I'm so glad I found this thread. I believe having the exact issue as some of you. I've had a black 32GB Nexus 5 since November 4th. The screen is awesome but, I decided I wanted the white version. I just recieved the white 32GB version today and noticed the yellow tint.

I wouldn't have even noticed it if I haven't compared it to my current Nexus 5. My current nexus 5 screen looks awesome compared to the new one. Even with a screen protector on it, it looks better. It's a subtle difference but I notice it. I can really notice the difference on white backgrounds, in other backgrounds it's harder to see.

I read in this thread and other places about the glue needing to dry on the new phone and wonder if I should wait a week or so. I had planned on eventually selling the black phone and keeping the white one as my primary phone but I may have to exchange it first.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
From what I'm gathering, the yellow screen issue mainly seems to be present on the 32gb model. Do any of you with the 16gb model have this problem?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliffspab:
My replacement 32 Gb arrives today.

Will update
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
Unfortunately, it's not the glue--in that case, there would be yellow splotches on the screen, not a uniformly yellow-tinted screen. It's very unlikely to go away.

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Mine too, and I will as well. Fingers crossed, I really don't want to deal with another bum unit.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qnet:
Yeah, I didn't really think it was, just hoping. I talked to Google support today and I'm getting a replacement. I really hope I get a good one, it's like 50/50 so far for me. I'm looking forward to hearing how you guys replacements look.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
Got my replacement today, and the screen is definitely improved. Colors are brighter and whites are truer. As I compare to my Nexus 10, the first unit is definitely yellowish and dingy. Now, knock on wood, I won't find any dead pixels and the radios will get better reception.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
16 or 32 gb?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
32GB Black.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfree2340:
Don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but Screen Adjuster in the play store does the trick for me.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nour85:
I tried that it helps but navbar is not transparent anymore
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nour85:
I have 3 from top to bottom 16g from virgin mobile Canada and the other 2 are 32g from playstore. 16g has the best screen whites look nice only issue is that i have 2 dead pixels :crying: not sure if its only the 32g suffering from yellow tint
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intothevoid:
Just recieved the replacement 32GB and now I want to return my 16GB as well because the new 32GB's white level comparing to both the old 32GB and the 16GB is very obvious.

Left: Old 32GB

Center: New 32GB

Right: 16GB

http://i.imgur.com/WLR2AKo.jpg
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nour85:
Im getting my replacement on thursday hopefully its like yours. Question does ur replacement have any dead stuck pixels ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intothevoid:
Not that I can see.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loganno:
Yes, this is a problem. What is your configuration?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliffspab:
Got my replacement 32GB

It's still a warm-ish screen, but it looks as it should to my eye, and not like it was soak dried in piss like the first one

:)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loganno:
guys try kernel franco, set your colors http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47410536 # post47410536
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prgopala:
I flashed franco kernel and can definitely notice a difference. But where can we set the colors? The white that i see now definitely has some blue tint now :P
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loganno:
Not is possible
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prgopala:
Ok. Not that i am that bothered too much. Just would have to grow a liking to this 'white' now since the original whites were a little washed out for me but i was not complaining since i liked that as well. Was not that yellow and was pleasing to the eye.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
I suspect this is just anecdotal but when comparing the black model with the white one, I noticed that the screen on the white one was less warm in color temp. The difference, while noticeable, was not that great however, but pretty easy to spot. Does anyone else have both models with which to compare?

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Very nice. I would also add that when people take photos of their phones with cameras, the camera must decide the proper white balance for each photo. So, the photographer adds yet another variable into the mix, and there is no real good way to manually set the white balance against something that is producing its own light! So, if a camera decides that the white of one phone is correct and the other not, the phone not chosen will look abnormally colder or warmer on the photo than the one the camera deemed as the correct white point. The point being, you can't simply take a photo of your phone and show us how "yellow" your screen is. It just doesn't work like that.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eep2378:
Franco tweaked the white balance with his latedt r10 kernel. Yellowish tint is definitely improved. At this time his app doesn't allow for control control but it will be implemented in the near future I presume.

Sent from the Islet of Langerhans
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kresk:
For whatever it's worth, here is my screen experience in a nut shell.The whites on my first N5 had extremely bright whites. Bright to the point where I would say to myself. Damn this screen is bright. Kind of hirt my eyes bright. What also cought my attention was how my brightness was always set to a significantly lower point than where I used to set my N4 at. Anyway, that screen ended up having some dead pixels. Whether that bright screen had anything to do with the dead pixels, I can't really say, but I just thought about so who knows. Now, I got my replacement N5 yesterday. The newer screen definitely has a yellowish/warmer tint which I like actually. The first N5 screen and the whites it produced were too intense. This one seems to be just right. And no dead pixels :)

Here take a look for yourself. The new one is on the left. O guess there is a possibility that after a while the new one will lesson in that yellow color. I won't have my other one that long to compare it to though. Either way, I like my current N5 anyhow.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
Where do you get this stuff from? If there were glue, there would be splotches? If there were glue, wouldn't the glue have been applied uniformly so as to prevent detection of varying thickness of the glue layer? Even if there were glue, the glue doesn't begin to dry the moment you open the box as some posts seem to imply.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tremblingwater:
I really dont understand the big deal with all of this. It isn't some random 'glue-in' issue nor some manufacturing issue. It is clearly just a warm display which will be fixed pretty easily through kernels with Franco's latest starting to do so already.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hello00:
mine was really yellowish when i 1st got it..it has been improving after using the phone for a while
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qnet:
Everyone isn't going to want to try a different kernel. From personal experience, I probably would have never noticed it if I hadn't compared it to my black Nexus 5. After seeing it, it's hard not to wonder if something is wrong.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlomein:
The display being warm and yellow is not purposely intended. If it was, all Nexus 5 phones would have a similar yellow hue. Yet look at the photos posted in this thread. One photo posted shows three Nexus 5 devices side by side, and they ALL have different whites. This is loose tolerance manufacturer variation, not some greater than thou new feature.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
I get it from the various accounts I've read of where the glue issue has happened on other devices. I've read about splotches of yellow, and also where the edge of screens are yellowish. But never where the entire screen is consistently yellowish and seen that it's gone away. I've owned a few devices myself that had the issue and that I had for over a month, and the issue never miraculously resolved itself. I've had my original N5 for a week now, and it hasn't gone away.

Anyone can believe that this is glue if they want, but I just suggest that they don't wait beyond the 15-day return period for it to go away if they're not happy with it.

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Agreed about the kernel (I don't want to depend on developers to resolve an issue with a brand-new device). And, yes, the issue is most obvious if you're comparing it to something else. If you're not, then you'd likely not notice it.

Problem is, I go from my Nexus 10 tablet, which is excellent, to my original Nexus 5, and the yellowish tint on the latter is just unattractive and glaring. If I wasn't going from my N10 to my N5, I'd probably be okay with it. Of course, that's not my situation.

I still don't get why there's so much argumentation over this issue. I didn't like my N5, I RMA'd it, the screen on the replacement is significantly better overall (whites are whiter, colors are deeper, contrast is higher), and so I'm happy. Some other people might like a warmer, more yellowish screen. If so, excellent.

But why does it bother some people so much that some of us don't like the screens on our N5's? Seems like it's no skin off of anyone else's teeth...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qnet:
I've read the majority of this thread and don't understand that either.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlomein:
Got my second Nexus 5 today. Pictured below is a 32GB Black on the left and 32GB White on the right. Both are at the same brightness level. I showed them side by side to two people in separate situations, only saying "look at my new phones", and they each answered within 3 seconds "why is one so yellow?".

I don't believe for a second this is an intentional design feature by Google/LG. If it were, all Nexus 5 would be yellow. Instead, this thread has shown there is a large variance in screen tint between individual phones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyalaa:
Hey guys,

Here are my both phones. Its pretty annoying, hopefully you can see the difference
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZheGoose:
Question?

To the people who have gotten replacements, did you ship the 1st device back at the same time the other shipped or were you allowed to keep the original one until your replacement arrived? I don't have a backup phone so thats an issue for me.

I also have a yellow tinted phone, I called google and the rep told me that the yellow tint is not caused by glue but a cleaner that they use on the screen or something and that it should go away in a couple of days or a week because using the screen will reduce help to dry/clear the yellow tint. I just received my phone today and compared to my nexus 4 which has a very neutral screen just like macbook, my nexus 5 is pretty yellow

:(

Should I wait a couple of days or have it RMAd asap?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZheGoose:
I meant to say that according to the google hardware specialist, using the screen will dry/clear the cleaner LG used and reduce the yellow tint.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intothevoid:
You are allowed to keep the phone until you receive your replacement, thats what I did. I was told that if you don't receive your replacement towards the end of 21 business days return period then give them a call and find out what's going on and to extend the amount of time you can keep your current phone.

As far as the cleaning agent is concerned I am not sure about that because I just received a replacement for my 32GB and it has a white screen. Whiter than both my old 32GB and my 16GB (which I have requested an RMA for as well).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trendiggity:
Agreed. This is the biggest non-issue I have ever seen.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowkay:
Guys, I have gone through each and every post in this thread yet am not able to get to a conclusion whether to send back my Nexus 5 or not. I got a 32Gb black with a yellow tint. Its not all that a big prob for me, but would like to know if this can be fixed with a software update? Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qnet:
I just received my second white 32gb model. It still wasn't has nice a screen as the Nexus 5 I already had but not as bad as the white 32gb I had before.

The interesting thing that has happened is, the display looks better now.

One of the things I had noticed, other than the yellow tint of the previous model, was my Google + profile pic in the pull down area was not as sharp and seemed to not fit well in the box. Now it looks normal and just as good as my other N5.

It basically straightened itself out after I used the phone for a awhile. The yellow tint is just about gone and the screen seems to be brighter. It's still. It quite as bright as my first N5 but it's darn close.

I would say keep using it and see what happens
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowkay:
Thanks for your reply. I rooted my phone and flashed francos kernel. Magically it seemed to have solved the issue. Still not very bright like the Nexus 4 but definitely the yellow tint is gone. Guys give francos kernel a try :)) works! I have decided to keep my Nexus 5. :good::highfive:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unni_kmr:
I just got my Nexus 5 one hour back and immediately noticed the color difference, Googled for "nexus 5 yellow tint" and stumbled across this thread. I contacted Google support immediately and asked for a replacement. Here are photos of my Nexus 7 2013, Nexus 5 and Galaxy S2 side by side. The third photo is with maximum brightness, first two are with auto.

After looking at the Nexus 5 screen, I feel my Skyrocket screen is bluish!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wicpp:
4th Nexus 5 Replacement still have yellow tint.

I ordered my Nexus 5 Black 32GB UK on 31/October/2013 it was having dead pixels so I have to Replace it. Its colours were really nice. The Replacement was having very yellow colours white was like off white so I returned it for a refund. As I have already placed another order for Nexus 5. I received this new order and it was also too yellow. I asked for replacement and the Replacement is again too yellow. Infact it is having the most yellow tint up till now.

I am sure it is hardware fault in the screens as all the screens are different from each other in the same phone model. I do not agree that yellowish colours are intentionally done. And also when I do web browsing on the very first one its colours were too good and it was extremely easy to read text whereas on this yellowish off white web page text is little hard to read. I am using my phone from last 7 days and there is on decrease in yellow tint so I assume it will never go away and probably this is not due to cleaner which is not dried yet.

Also I will tell you that you will never get use to these yellowish colours. If you are feeling that you will adjust to using these colours.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unni_kmr:
Well, that is depressing. I will be getting my replacement today evening. Keeping my fingers crossed...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adio01:
Honesty your N5 looks fine in those photos....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unni_kmr:
When I hold it next to my Nexus 7 and Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, the yellowish color is clearly noticeable. I didn't even see in XDA that there could be such an issue before coming to this thread.

I have a Galaxy S2, Asus TF700, Nexus 7 & Minix X7. All of them have (Nexus 7 had) one or other problem. I may have over reacted, but I didn't want to take any chance this time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eep2378:
Well I got my replacement today and the yellow tint is worse than my original device. I'm gonna RMA one more time. If the next one is still yellow I'll keep the original phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unni_kmr:
I got my replacement device today as well. It is noticeably less yellowish compared to the original one. I thought I will keep the replacement until I saw a dark spot at the bottom right. It looks like a dust particle. Now, I don't know whether I should keep the first hoping its the glue taking time to dry out or return both and ask for a refund!

Attachment 1: Black spot in replacement device

Attachment 2: Original device on left, replacement on right

Update:

I just watched this video where she talks about the color of Nexus 5 screen. Even though the video title says its a mini review, she said quite a lot of things. Ultimately, what I understood was may be this color is ok. (She talks about the color from 8.50 onwards). Also, in this overview video, she says this color is actually more natural (7.30 onwards).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NorteX:
I wonder if having the phone playing a looping video with 100% brightness for a couple of hours would help the glue dry, if this is the issue. What do you guise think?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unni_kmr:
Quoting AnandTech's Nexus 5 review:

Now I feel like a fool for having returned mine. :crying:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlexiPack:
Under saturated doesn't bother at all. I'd take colour accuracy every day over unnatural colours. Unfortunately I couldn't get used to yellow whites :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sciguy125:
Some people were claiming that the latest OTA (4.4.1) changed the colors. I too feel that the screen is cooler, but the white point itself hasn't changed. So, either I (and others) are imagining it, or they played with the curves to make the screen seem cooler overall. Of course, it's likely that I've just gotten used to the warm screen so I can't tell anymore and wishful thinking has taken over...

I'm currently getting 5762K for white. Though, I forgot to check right before the update to see if shifted in the last month.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wicpp:
Software update to 4.4.2 has not fixed the yellow tint.

I have update my software to 4.4.2 from 4.4 I also tried 4.4.1 and it has not fixed the yellow tint at all. I have read some posts where people are saying that 4.4.1 or 4.4.2 has fixed the yellow tint, these are all misleading and I can confirm that software updates have nothing to do with yellowish colours. It is definitely a hardware fault. I think the custom kernels who fix this issue are also doing so by adding the blue colour which sets blue colour value to more than 0 for all screen pixels this is not good either as you have lost all those colours forever where value of blue colour should be 0. This is clearly a hardware fault and can not be fixed by software like custom kernels etc.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I dont believe its a hardware fault but its LG's decision to ship phones with different color temperatures. Reviews that state that the white on the N5 is very natural obviously did not get a yellowish screen. When I got my Galaxy Note 2 the whites were pretty warm and a color correction kernel with a white point adjustment fixed it up for me, complete removing the yellowish tint. We just have to wait for something similar on the Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegr8anand:
Guys i just got screen replaced because it was cracked. And when i got it in my hand immediately noticed yellowish tint. Easily noticeable on white background. Can it be resolved by calibration? Some mentioned something to do with the glue (possible because my screen was replaced) but i need a solution. I also have nexus 7 and just to be sure there is a big difference. My original screen was perfect :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagou01:
I just got a 312K batch in belgium, and thought the screen was yellow too..

first it was obvious as hell comparend to my N7 2013.

So i read here and there that it might be because of the glue, and even though i have difficulties thinking it might be true, all elemnts point to this... hear me :

most 312K seem to have the problem... 312K should mean the latest december batches, which are 2 months younger than 310K, and one month younger then 311K... so it could point in the direction of the "the younger the phone (312K), the less time glue has to dry".

Again, most people claim "my new RMA is yellower then my old one" which also points to this direction...

i think i'll just wait anyway as i'm in belgium and there's no such thing as RMA, if i go back with the phone telling it's too yellow they'll kick me out or at best, send it back to repair for 4 weeks, but in no mean will they replace it. so i don't really have a choice do i ?:-p

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which batch are they ? i bet the yellow / no rattling is 312K ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsexpress:
My Nexus 5 White 32GB screen looks bit yellow to me. Don't think mine's too bad but one thing that bothers me, compared to my N7 2013 whites look noticeably yellower. Now both of these devices allegedly have fairly accurate 'calibrated' type displays. So if they're both calibrated at the factory and both should be fairly close to colour accuracy, they should both look very similar. But the displays are clearly different.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbs_uk:
When I put iphone 5 next to Nexus 5, Nexus clearly isn`t as bright and as white as Nexus. Mine has slight yellow tint.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragn4rce:
How long have you had it? Mine went away with time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbs_uk:
Its been used for about two weeks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragn4rce:
Check after its been a full month. I've had mine since the 3rd of Dec
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagou01:
On my side I ve had it for one week and I'm already finding it less yellow...compared to my n4 it's still a bit yellowish but compared to a new xperia z1 it's even whiter... I think I'll just give it time...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sony0619:
kindly update

hey what happened after RMA please post the side by side pic about the screen after RMA or atleast give me at update
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shilent:
Sorry I completely forgot.

The replacement I received wasn't any better as far as yellow tint goes. The replacement was suffering from bad backlight bleeding, so I just kept my original.

After using the phone all this time though, I actually got used to the color. In fact, I no longer think it even has a yellow tint. My Nexus 4 has such a strong blue tint, that putting it next to any phone, makes the other phone look yellow.

Here's something that convinced me it's not yellow. My bathroom has 5000K LED lights, and they look like on the cool side. Putting my N5 next to them, my N5 actually looks a little blue.

Pictures below were taken with the same camera. And also an updated picture taken next to my Nexus 4 to show that my "yellow tint" did not go away like some people believe.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipinbp:
Actually my display is less yellowish than when I got it..!!

I kept my Dell 19" monitor with standard preset mode and compared my device.. I am seeing that my phone is less yellowish.. It's been 20 days since I got my phone..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hello00:
thats because there is an adhesive for the digitizer that takes a while to fully cure and while it is still drying..it gives a new screen a yellowish tint..search next time guys