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[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
62.0.A.3.109 is out, does it fix it or not?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] patqqk:
Bought the phone 3 days ago, was kinda scared if it will have

that bug. Suprisingly 0 issues with the screen and my local Sony center haven't had any reports about it either.

Offtopic battery is mad and the phone never gets hot, some minor stutters here and there but its no surprise on any phone as none's Perfect.

Hope the issue will be resolved for those that have it.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
Just isntalled this update and it didn't fix anything, green tint issue is still there. Btw the temporary workaround / fix with setting brightness up and down still works as well...
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
Probably we will have this bug to android 12. (y)

SO-52B, A102SO, SOG04 also have this problem?

I am thinking of flashing firmware from these models
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Either there are different hardware used or users just doesn't see the issue, as some are and some aren't complaining?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] combinedfleet:
Same here.

Maybe we can figure something out if we gather some data from other users?

My device is an XQ-BT52, as reported by the "About phone" settings section. On the back of the phone, however, it says HQ-BT52 near the bottom.

Some additional info from the *#*#SERVICE#*#* menu:

Phone Software Version: 62.0.A.3.109 GLOBALEEA-A2 - user
S1 Boot Version: 1322-1665_X_Boot_SM6350_LA2.0_R_49
ETS Software Version: Unknown
Sony Product Code: 43040213
Customer ID: c999999
Type Number: PM-1350-BV
Color ID: 126

This is for a phone which exhibits the green tint issue.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
Interestingly enough settings app says XQ-BT52 and back of the phone says HQ-BT52. Weird, nice catch.

Aditional sevice info is basically identical to combinedfleets. Just Sony product code is different and Color ID says 128.

My phone also exhibited and still exhibits the green tint issue.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Strange, there is atleast one user without any issues - https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/10-...green-tint-and-flickering/td-p/3809046/page/3
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
Maybe it depends on the software region. Mine is EEA and the problem is there. Someone may ask this user what region he/she has?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Asked, here it is:
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
I flashed the O2 firmware but the screen is still green. I have no idea what this could be about. I think Sony has a problem fixing it.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Please report it to Sony.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
Done. But after all this time and so many reports, I doubt they'll fix it. They started creating a device tree on the github. Maybe custom roms won't have any problems.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Mnkai:
Based on the combinedfleet's idea, I quickly made an app to use myself since I don't use Tasker. Thank you combinedfleet.

I really hope Sony fixes this problem soon.

I'm on 62.0.A.3.109 (Customised SEA) and still have this issue.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
As software is same for all (at least for the specific model), but not all users are having green tint issue, then it must be hardware related, probably display -s are manufactured in different places or just some or a batch is problematic. If so, then Sony won't or cant fix the software just for the some and just replaces the device. So I suggest to contact support and swap the device.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] combinedfleet:
I'm still not entirely convinced that the issue doesn't occur in some units. I get the feeling that some people just don't notice it. Given how widespread the issue appears to be, and considering some people have replaced their devices and saw no improvement at all.

Sorry to bother you @patqqk but could you please go to a completely dark room with your phone and visit https://www.lightbleedtest.com/ just to make really sure? After you tap "Click Here", you should no longer be able to see the screen, like *at all*, regardless of the screen brightness set. Can you confirm that's the case?

And while at it, does your phone also say "HQ-BT52" on the back? Thank you.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
The unaffected user from Sony communtity replied to this test - "Mine is, indeed, completely black and cannot be seen."
[Sony Xperia 10 III] patqqk:
No changes, black is as it should for me. It says "HQ-BT52", system info says "XQ-BT52".

The longer I use the phone I'm starting to notice a different quirk, while in low light conditions and with pure black wallpaper instead of going green screen looks like it's trying to boost the contrast ( I guess that's what that is for lack of better word).

No matter wether I use original or standard mode colors seem to get more vibrant but also somewhat bleed into one another, which also gets fixed by the "brightness trick" one of you guys figured.

When browsing through settings now and then as a proud insomniac in the ui/dev options I can notice the color of the ui backround itself shifting slightly but had no issue with black not being black.

The things I was the most worried about before getting my 10III were:

"green tint issue" many ppl expirience with various intensity as it appears

camera* quality, which turned out to be quite nice I'd say, coming from mi9t/redmi k20 (gcam* not the stock one)

that it'll throttle running TFT/Hearthstone and struggle while in split screen and to my surprise and relief it's great

If need be feel free to ask for any info that you guys think might help u resolve the infamous green tint thing.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
A reddit user with XQ-BT52 from Finland is also experiencing this issue. He followed thru all the steps recommened by Sony customer support and sent his phone for replacement.

Today he wrote, i quote: "Got my Xperia 10 III from repair today. They replaced the screen and updated the software. Did not resolve the tint problem. There was an system update when I started the phone (version 62.0.A.3.109) and that did not also resolve the issue. Sent an email about it to my countrys customer support."

Interestingly enough previously he didn't manage to do the temporary fix trick but now with the replaced screen he is able to pull it off.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Please give original post url.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
There ya go:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/p18ejq

The user i quoted is Texi92.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Thanks, actually I have plan to purchase Xperia 10 III in next month, so proactively I sent question about display green tint to Sony support and like I expected, the answer was polite "go away" style:

"It's very hard for us here on customer service to determine if something is software or hardware related and as you write some users have it and some not. There's nothing specific for this model, but this article have it included in the 'Applicable Products'. If those steps doesn't solve it, then it's most likely something with the hardware and it should most likely be inspected by our servicepartner"

Anyway, I replied back with quotes and links to that issue and will do it until I get specific answer, will they fix it and if yes, then when.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
Aight man, keep us updated here if possible please. :)
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Will do.

However I urge you all to contact Sony support and complain, the more we act, the bigger change may be the fact that Sony can't deny issue and must do something - https://services.sony.ee/supportMVC/en/Contact/Email?Cat=mobile
[Sony Xperia 10 III] zpk787:
From what you described, it seems that this app changes the screen settings for all apps except the whitelisted ones. So it might actually be the one that causes the problem. I wonder if deleting it will fix this.

I don't own this device, so someone should try, I think it worth a shot. You can delete and then reinstall it thorough adb, no root needed. Google "android uninstall apps though adb". Don't forget to reboot.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
Did anyone try this suggestion? Did it help? I'm not really knowledgeable of how these things work((
[Sony Xperia 10 III] combinedfleet:
I've tried disabling this app back when I got the phone and it would make the screen stay in the green-tint state all the time. Maybe it's different on the newer firmwares.

For a rooted phone though, it should be possible to mod that app, so that all apps are treated as if they were on the whitelist, which would probably mean that to fix the screen, you'd just have to briefly raise the brightness to maximum regardless of app in use.

But as I don't want to root just yet, I have no way of replacing that app with a modded one.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] zpk787:
Interesting. I wonder what'll happen faster, root and a patch from the community or an official patch from Sony.

There's also an exposed module that does pretty much that (whitelist everything). Of course, it also needs magisk root.

GitHub - rhjdvsgsgks/VideoEnhancementPlus: let xperia mobile video enhancement feature(a.k.a X-Reality) work for every application

let xperia mobile video enhancement feature(a.k.a X-Reality) work for every application - rhjdvsgsgks/VideoEnhancementPlus

github.com
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ada12:
I tested phh gsi lineage and green tint is fixed -
[Sony Xperia 10 III] xexec:
So it is pure software problem... If i change to this ROM then i will lost Google Pay and LDAC? (maybe silly question but last time i have rooted my phone like 10 years ago :D )
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ada12:
LDAC its work

recently google have enforced attestation for safetynet waiting workaround for this.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] matmutant:
Hi, got my Xperia 10iii yesterday, and ... was shocked with that very bad tint at low light level... workarounds using "whitelisted" app works great (but is NOT a solution).

I think I might have understood why this behaves that way, and someone else here concluded in a similar manner :

Sony might want to protect the OLED burn in by making the panel wear homogeneously using kind of 'safe mode' that prevents the pixels to go off thus all pixel being lit a little at all time.

The whitelisted apps are apps that need better color rendering, disabling that 'safe mode' when used...

That 'safe mode' is not an issue at higher brightness levels as ambient lighting is enough not to see the 'non-black' dark pixels.

At lower brightness levels, in dark rooms, we can see them ... and it looks REALLY ugly.

Sony should really reconsider the pertinence of that 'feature' at lower brightness. Disabling it at less than 35 or 20% could be a good way to get the best of both world : less burn-in at higher brightness when it is most needed, better color rendering and user experience at low brightness.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] matmutant:
one note though, I can't find "com.sonymobile.displaybooster" in the system processes (build 62.0.A.3.109)
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
62.0.A.3.131 is available, does it fix the issue?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
It seems fixed. Finally. Probably all regions will get an update next week.

What is "black crush"?

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[Sony Xperia 10 III] jamfanli:
I use the local A102SO in Japan. The same problem was confirmed. And according to the responses of other users, other models of SO-52B, SOG04 10 mkIII also encountered these problems. It can be determined that this is not an individual problem. I personally think that if it can't be completely solved by firmware upgrade, Sony should issue a recall plan, but it is almost impossible for Sony to do so.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
So is the green tint fixed globally for every user with this recent update or not? I am getting confused and still waiting for my update to come.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] combinedfleet:
I've received the 62.0.A.3.131 update today and I can confirm that the problem is finally gone. The screen now behaves like a proper OLED at last 🙌
[Sony Xperia 10 III] RobertONE2:
Can confirm this confirmation, green tint is no more.

Took way longer than I had imagined initially but hey, better late than never. Thanks Sony!
[Sony Xperia 10 III] matmutant:
Got the update yesterday: it is much better than before.

I wouldn't say "fixed" though : blacks aren't pitch black in the minimum brightness setting and there are still some dark color discrepancies, but at least there is no more "green tint" (note that previous workarounds to prevent green tint don't seem to fix color discrepancies this time)

This Xperia 10III might become a decent device after all !
[Sony Xperia 10 III] jakobdotcom:
Is the green tint fixed or not? My Xperia on latest firmware is green on low brightness and on pure black the pixels aren't turned off. Definitely looks worse than the LCD on my four year old Xiaomi.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
What firmware version are You using?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] jakobdotcom:
EEA - 62.0.A.3.131

I have a lot of both green tint and black crush, mainly on darker shades.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] ksuuk:
Ok, btw, 62.0.A.3.137 is out.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] jakobdotcom:
But it's only HK firmware I think. Not that I know if there's any difference in actual firmware?

Edit: Tried this 62.0.A.3.137 firmware and my blacks and greys are much improved, some green tint on grey but black is completely black for me now.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] zpk787:
It seems that people on 1 iii are experiencing the same issue. So I don't believe it's just a software problem anymore. I think a different screen would behave normally even on the launch firmware.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] r3verse:
Just to let people know, 62.0.A.3.131 solves black details and green tints for most brightness levels if you use your phone during daytime. I would say that there are no issues using brightness levels between 10 and 100%.

At 10 to 0% brightness, different shades of black just turn into 1 shade of black, this is a bit annoying but i can live with that.

For green tint, when you start using an app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/...icytsang.screenfilter.app.android&hl=en&gl=US to dim your screen even further at night (below 0%), it becomes very obvious that it's not completely fixed yet, you see the green tint very good. For me this is only recognizable at night and it makes the screen about as bad as it was before the update at daytime.

If they try to improve it just slightly more, then i'll be very happy. Right now, i can live with it, since at daytime i see no issues, and at nighttime without dimming app, i also have no obvious issues.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] zpk787:
About blacks, do they glow in the dark? Because my problem isn't as much how they look, but how amoled energy saving with black backgrounds might not work.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] r3verse:
Pure blacks are really black and as far as I can see, they are properly shut down and don't glow on 0 brightness.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] zpk787:
Okay, thanks.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] dimenfer:
I brought the phone last week using for 6 days and for me right now on Customized EEA .163 seems like the black is really black but I see a contrast issues on not pure black like on Google Apps but the overall quality is good only that as some said i've seen better LCDs than this OLED.

On the photos I was using Nova Launcher, don´t remember if it was on the Pure Black theme but you can see the diference the normal one is at Full Brightness and the other no buuuuttttt if I pull down the notification shade which is pure black its not affected by the green issue.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] lufei:
I've noticed on the .163 firmware that not only do I have green tint on certain shades of grey, I also have a strong red tint on some shades.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] dimenfer:
Me too, so I came here to check if anyone else is having the issue, green and strong red exactly like you said, someone form Sony support said for a user I reddit that the "screen problems" of X10III is Android 11 related, so let's see when Android 12 arrives, my hopes to have this resolved in Android 11 are gone.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] notoriginal10:
Came here just to report the same issue, same update version.

Man, I really like this phone. Not much power, but a huge battery, although the "compact" form factor. At the time of purchase, it was the best option for me.

Having said that, I grew pretty tired of the display issues. I overcame the first months of strong green tint (before the third update or so solved it). But having it used in low light conditions lately, it really came back bothering me with the aforementioned strong reds and sometimes minor greens.

I tested multiple calibration options, but it only shifted the threshold slightly, so no solution there...

Sometimes, when there were dark gradients in the original image, it even displayed steps between red and some kind of yellow (when it was supposed to be blueish)!

These issues seem to be gone at brightness levels over 30 or 40 percent, but that's not acceptable in dark environments.

I always felt the price premium justified for Sony builds, but here...? It's pretty much a "No" for me so far.

Here's hoping I don't have to buy another phone soon and have the 10 III as backup in my drawer.

Edit: Attached the worst example of the gradient issue mentioned above I could quickly recreate.

One is a cropped screenshot, the other is a photo from another phone taken at 15-20% brightness in almost complete darkness.

Photo taken from original image (not screenshot).

Original is some kind of grey-ish to dark blue gradient, nothing red or yellow if you crank up the brightness (you can probably test this on your own 10 III).
[Sony Xperia 10 III] dimenfer:
If you not noticed yet right after you lock the screen, before it going off you can see that the issue is gone, try it for yourself.

I use Lawnchair as launcher and double tap to sleep there's a little delay in that delay I can clearly see the screen colors corrected, for me it's clear that it is a software related thing.

Edit: the image attached is perfect to see the problem the color of the Cards are RED in Xperia instead of grey/darkgreen
[Sony Xperia 10 III] notoriginal10:
Wow, just wow...

Yep, this is very obvious.

What's really crazy, if you open your image and scroll back and forth in your recent apps.

I've had a (slightly noisy) rainbow gradient at the edge of the screen when having it swiped left or right at the top card.

It gets really trippy when having dynamic shades displayed above it.

You know the overscroll effect at the end of lists? I use Simple Gallery and it displays an orange tint of this effect by default.

When you slowly expand the effect across the cards in your image, the misrepresented colors get really jumpy across the whole faulty spectrum.

It's best to see it in action, but check these screenshots of arbitrary states:

View attachment 5528551View attachment 5528553View attachment 5528555

(lol disregard the UI overlay, it is quite difficult to screenshot mid-swipe)

As you can see, the intended grey varies wildly. None of these shades match the expected result of a slight orange from the intended effect.

If anyone is wondering what we're talking about, it may look fine on your device. These images need to be displayed at low brightness on a 10 III display. (15-20% for me for a good balance between brightness and distortion)
[Sony Xperia 10 III] notoriginal10:
Did anyone test this on an AOSP based system?

I really wonder how this is still an issue or was an issue with the harsh green tint to begin with.

Sony has to have noticed this from the start, right? I find it hard to imagine that nobody saw it during QA.

Makes me wonder if there's an issue with the display hardware itself and they just moved the issue from the green tint to somewhere else.

Although I always liked Xperias, this makes me want to look somewhere else for good.

And on a side note, if this isn't fixed, I'll send it in for repair. Where I live, the manufacturer gets two or three attempts to have it fixed before a customer is eligible to return it and reclaim their money.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] zpk787:
X1 and X5 have similar issues, so it's the screens themselves since I'd imagine that ordered them from the same source. Software fixes are probably something crude, like raising minimal brightness. Also green tint isn't uncommon on LED, some early LED iPhones had it too.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] notoriginal10:
If it is the screens and therefore hardly fixable, I will try to return it for sure. This was supposed to be the phone that would last me for two years or more, if ROMs became viable.

I've had LCDs and OLEDs over the last ~15 years (shoutouts to the Nexus 5, which was my daily driver for 5 years), not once had I experienced a particularly bad screen.

Back to topic, this isn't just an isolated issue on some particular dark images.

It really becomes a messy mix of misrepresented colors and crushed black when watching dark scenes in videos at low brightness (at least for me). Fair enough, given the low brightness, at which you can barely argue about image quality.

But having this happen on phones, which have their form factor explicitly advertised as great for movies, absolutely clashes with its premise.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] lufei:
It's pretty damn bad for me too, let's hope the firmware released today can improve the situation.

Update: The new firmware (62.0.A.9.11) didn't fix it or even improve it for me. It looks like this:View attachment 5546635

On this brighness level around 15% it's tinting red and on some other levels its tinting green.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] wirespot:
If it were a hardware defect wouldn't the screenshots look normal when viewed on PC/other phones?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] lufei:
Yes, but on affected phones screenshots will probably be weird.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
Attempt to flash 62.0.A.3.131. Even several times. I don't see any other option. Green tint has already been fixed and new update will not change it (unless a12).
[Sony Xperia 10 III] notoriginal10:
In case you mean the tint that appeared even on 0% brightness, this distortion is exclusively happening on levels between 0 and 25%.

It's prominent across a wider spectrum and it's even crushing blacks.

The original green tint was fixed for me and many others some time before Q4/21, but the new distortion might have been ever present.

I just noticed it when I was starting to use my phone in darker places.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] gnomiik:
I regret buying this phone and can't return it. This has to be a screen issue. I tried 20 roms in the last two days all with same result. After firmware 131 the green tint was improved but still there very noticeable between 0 and 25 percent. Black is never truly black and is washed out on all levels of brightness except perhaps when on Max.

I feel Sony doesn't give a crap about it's users. My xiaomi redmi note 10 has a true amoled screen and the blacks are dark even on lowest without washing out. and it costs less than half of this Sony.

Sony hear me now, you will lose customers and I will tell everyone to avoid your phones. You truly don't care about your customers. I hate your product, for $400 i expect more. Xiaomi can accomplish more for $150...

Don't get this phone, the display truly is horrible!!!
[Sony Xperia 10 III] Kyrimeas:
I have no idea why some people have screen fixed and others have not. Mine is normal and colors are perfect.

As I wrote before, try to flash 62.0.A.3.131 one more time.
[Sony Xperia 10 III] gnomiik:
I have 131 flashed. It is improved compared to earlier versions, but still not what it should be. Green tint remains on low levels of brightness. Maybe you don't notice it?
[Sony Xperia 10 III] notoriginal10:
Having just updated to 62.0.A.9.11, the distorted colors are just as present. It even feels like it has gone "greener"...

I am so fed up with this phone's display. Why am I even paying this price premium when other phones have better displays, better performance and cost half as much (in my region)?

I absolutely can't recommend any recent Sony phone to any of my friends or family. The specific needs you have to have to buy one seem pretty rare, and now the displays are very much inferior to its competitors, it's getting even more unrealistic...

On a side note, may I ask again, if anyone has observed distorted colors on another ROM/GSI?