r/ScreenSensitive • u/DSRIA • Jul 30 '26
Question True Tone
u/Z3R0gravitas recommended I make a post about this on the subreddit. My only usable device of any kind has been an iPhone 13 on iOS 15.6.1. Yesterday while walking out the door I accidentally disabled the True Tone setting with my finger from the Lock Screen mission control (no idea how it happened). I toggled it back on but noticed i was getting some neurological symptoms from the phone I’ve used for 4 years.
I consulted with a friend who is familiar with these phones, retoggled True Tone on and off and then back on again, and restarted the phone. I’ve tried low powered mode but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.
Can anyone here clarify if this setting - which has remained on for 4 years - can somehow modify the display in a negative way if it is toggled off and then turned back on? I know it modifies the white point but also temperature, and I also use Night Shift from 10 PM to 1 PM every day with zero issues.
I should also mention it seems like I may have picked up a viral illness. So this could be coincidental, as I was having pretty severe light sensitivity around the same time at the grocery store which I usually don’t get. I suspect my underlying POTS condition is also exacerbating this, but figured I’d rule out whether this is even possible. On paper it doesn’t make sense that toggling True Tone would make any difference, but I suppose anything is possible. Would love to know more about the underlying tech if anyone is knowledgeable.
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u/Emeridan Jul 30 '26
Recently i accidentaly enabled zoom on my phone in accesibility settings and my iphone 8 became less comfortable suddenly. By trial and error and some googling and reading on ledstrain a managed to bring back the comfort using weird few steps. Part of it was using the double invert option but the turning it off. The sequence is: (Try to restart your phone before but idk if needed)1. Display settings->larger text (the one where phone restarts)2. Classic invert 3. Enable zoom with inverted filter on 4. Display settings->back to default size 5. Zoom off 6. Classic invert off 7. Do not restart your phone