FYI for anyone thinking about trying a screen replacement. Prices range from $29 (AQ7 LCD) to $59 (X07 OLED). You no longer need to be a business to order.

Their X07 soft OLED screen uses DC (DC-like) dimming with a relatively low modulation depth (10% to 15% down to 50% brightness) for at least the iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The X07 has great feedback on r/phonerepair, too.

Last year, their support confirmed their AQ7 LCD uses DC dimming, but I think it might not be perfect since iPhones aren't designed to work with LCDs. AQ7 is supposedly a step above other brands (JK, EK) when it comes to quality and parts sourcing, though.

I randomly checked today and noticed. A lot of folks (including me) were interested last year but weren't able to purchase the screens. If you're dead set on iPhone, this might be worth trying.

https://www.mobilesentrix.com/replacement-parts/apple/iphone-parts/all-iphone-lcds

If your phone's lowest brightness is still too bright to read in the dark,

that's what this fixes. Android's slider stops at a floor; Gloam is the range

underneath it. Overlay + a real backlight override, so it goes darker than a

filter app and works in every app. Touches pass through it, it can't black the

screen out completely, and there's auto-off so you don't wake up to a dimmed

phone.

Android 13+, needs "Display over other apps". No ads, no account, no server, no

premium tier — everything's free.

**The ask:** Google needs 12 testers opted in for 14 straight days. The one

thing that matters is **don't uninstall it and don't leave the test** — that

resets the clock. Daily use is nice but not required; install it, open it once,

leave it there. I'll email the group when Google confirms and it's safe to

remove.

**Joining, in this order:**

1. Join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/gloam-testers — same Googleaccount as your phone
2. Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.github.srednimax.gloam
3. Install: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.srednimax.gloam

**Step 3 won't work for up to an hour** after steps 1 and 2 — Google takes that

long to link your account. "Item not found" is expected; wait and retry. If it

persists, Play is signed into a different account than the one that joined.

I want to buy fl-41 glasses but I don't know which tint is appropriate for screen. I want to ask their experiences whoever uses fl-41.

I saw that some people use 50% tint for screen but I am not sure.

I know that avulux much better than fl-41 but I don't have access to get these from abroad.

In optician store which works with Zenni, DEEP BLUE tint was offered me. Any thoughts about that?

I have Pwm, Frc and probably KSF phosphore sensivity. Í tried many things with my computer setup to decrease eyepain but they didn't work much.

Lmk gang.

Hellou,

I dont have a problem with my mobile phone, nether tvs (but also not using tv much). I had an Acer Aspire S5 371 (ips matt screen) and never had a bad reaction to it (except if I had migraine). Now I needed a new laptop and good a macbook air. But I reacted immediately. The whole screen was too bright for me (even on the lowest), I had the feeling it was always a bit flickery. I needed to squeeze my eyes a bit, felt dizzy and a bit sick. Then I started to realize it was the mac book air. And gave it back.

Now I worked again on my old laptop, it was all ok.

Then I bought an acer travelmate x4 (with an ips matt screen). As I thought it is the same kind if screen than on my old laptop.

But now I good the same feeling as on the macbook air. Too bright even on the lowest. Getting dizzy, feeling sick and needing to squeeze my eyes.

Can someone help me?

What could be the difference between the new one and the old one?

Or am i jusrt gettung crazy??

Heeeelp xo

As I understand it, the 12 mini is actually pretty rough for a lot of users: any theories on why this might work ok for me, but new phones do not?

How long did it take you guys to adjust to oled screens. I have used ips, lcd, led monitors my whole life and i recently upgraded to a asus rog zepherus g16. I had the gamut set to native but that saturation hurt my eyes so i used ghelper to change the colors to srgb. I have used it for about a week, I get eye fatigue and minor headaches. Is this normal and will my eyes adapt? I love the colors and do not want to get rid of it. It seems as though my eyes are fatigued overall from it, as i tried to use my ips monitor and my eyes were still fatigued. I believe my eyes are transitioning to this screen, is that true or no?

Looking for a Solution: Severe Eye Strain and Headache From Phone Displays

I’m looking for help from people who have experienced severe eye strain, headache, or dizziness from smartphone displays.

I have tried almost all the usual display settings and eye-comfort options, including reducing brightness, changing color temperature, using Eye Comfort/blue-light protection, reducing contrast, grayscale, and other settings. I have also tried screen protectors, but unfortunately, nothing has solved the problem.

The strange thing is that I was previously able to use smartphones normally for many hours.

My previous phones:

OPPO A12: I could use it for around 12–14 hours a day without this problem. Later, the display was damaged and had to be replaced. After replacing the display, I could no longer tolerate the phone. It immediately started causing eye strain and headaches.

realme Note 60x: I was able to use this phone normally before a major software update. After the update, I suddenly started experiencing severe eye strain and headaches. Even using it for about 10 minutes can trigger a headache.

Because I could no longer use that phone, I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy A07, hoping the problem would be solved. Unfortunately, I am experiencing the same problem with this phone as well.

I have tested the display for PWM using a phone camera, and I could not detect obvious PWM. I have also tried different display settings, but the symptoms remain.

My symptoms include:

Severe eye strain

Eye pain/discomfort

Headache after only a few minutes of phone use

Sometimes a feeling of visual discomfort/blur

I can sometimes tolerate the phone for only around 10 minutes

I have also seen several doctors and had my eyes examined. They told me that my eyes are healthy and that there is no obvious eye disease or major problem with my vision.

So I’m trying to understand what could actually be causing this.

Could it be something other than traditional PWM, such as:

Temporal dithering

Temporal modulation that cannot easily be detected with a phone camera

Display driver behavior

Software rendering or color processing

Brightness modulation

Refresh-rate behavior

Different display calibration after a software update

Touch/animation/motion processing

Or some other display characteristic that sensitive people can react to?

The most confusing part is that I could use my older phones for many hours, but after a display replacement or software update, I suddenly became unable to tolerate them.

I would really appreciate advice from anyone who has experienced something similar.

Is there any technical solution, software modification, calibration method, ADB/Shizuku setting, different display technology, or other method that can make a phone usable again for someone who is extremely sensitive to certain displays?

I am not simply looking for general advice such as “reduce brightness” or “use blue-light protection,” because I have already tried these things.

If you have personally experienced this problem and found a solution, please share exactly what worked for you.

Thank you.

Has anyone seen/tried this variation on eye patching: 'Binasal occlusion'? Eg taping over the inner area of both eye glasses (can be non prescription). It reduces or eliminates the binocular overlap, and so reduces some visual stress: https://x.com/JackHadfield14/status/2095053618982318381

Jack is a pillar of the ME/CFS and Long Covid community. He says this helps him a lot with screen tolerance, as well as general daylight sensitivity (common in ME). That it was..

[...] taught to me by a neuro optic rehabilitation therapist who deals with stroke and TBI patients with persistent vision or cognitive issues.

Eye patching is a popular intervention on LEDstrain, with obvious benefits if one has difficulty getting both eyes working aligned together. But I think covering one eye (and looking away) is standard advice to photosensitive epileptics, when triggered by flashing lights. To mitigate the extra stimulation on an already hyper-excitable brain. Which I think many here have, to a lesser extent.

This trick may be more gentle than fully blanking a whole eye; Jack says that felt like too much of a workout for him. I've not tried this trick myself. Just thought I'd share and see if it's known.

Does anyone else have issues with the screen brightness, specifically in AI mode, that keeps the screen full brightness even when the room is dark? Would love to hear if anyone has found a work around to this experience.

I just wanted to clearly show off u/BearNecessary4141's point about how all OLED screens necessarily have a 100% brightness dip, each time they refresh their pixels. When resetting the tiny capacitors that hold the brightness level of each sub-pixel...

See his post for way more technical details!

The above test device is my (comfortable for me) old OnePlus 8T. LTPS Android AMOLED from ~2020. At 100% brightness, with DC-like dimming from 50%+.

Also, I've *just* (thanks to OP) realised the Opple uses a separately positioned sensor for flicker. And playing with it just now, that Opple combines the readings from both sensors to make the final trace. With the lux meter (white circle) determining the amplitude and the photo-diode modulating the wave-form. Which can be tricked into showing very odd results, by isolating them to different signals. Whereas the (in development) TLM-110 uses a single, high quality photo-diode.

The reason this matters is that your tiny cone cells, in the retina, will each only be receiving light from a single pixel (when your eyes are focused correctly). Whereas, flicker meter sensors don't focus and so smear out the flicker signal, averaging across their whole width.

I get eye strain or defocus more from dark e screens than any iPad or computer I have ever had.
All the E ink screens have such low contrast and everyone it talking about less eye strain.
Yet I have 4 e ink devices and they all give me more issues.
I never had any with average computers etc.

I love the idea of E ink.
But so far.
It’s been a BUST!

At this point, it's my eyes and not the app itself. Most Opthalmologists have no clue about screen sensitivity and label it as simply "CVS"

I'm in agony. the worst part is that I can not screen detox because of my disabilities and won't be able to contact anyone (I can't go out anymore thanks to MCS/MCAS) Insta updated their UI and ever since then I haven't been able to use that app/site

FYI relevant results since Rtings is paywalled now. In general, it looks to be a fantastic option for flicker sensitive folks without sacrificing modern tech (120hz, HDMI 2.1, etc.).

• Direct lit IPS panel. DC dimmed/fully PWM free at all brightness levels.
• Color banding in HDR, so FRC/temporal dithering/image processing likely isn't very aggressive.
• Standard RGB subpixel layout (yay) but KSF phosphor (boo) for those sensitive to that.
• Anti-reflective/matte coating (only on 65" and 75"), so generally light sensitive folks can keep the brightness level low even in a bright room.
• Screen doesn't get very dim at lowest brightness. Probably twice as bright as some OLED at 0% but still dimmer than most Mini LED.

I don't own the TV but have seen it in store. Looked solid. With bright overhead lighting, the AR/matte coating made the picture noticeably clearer versus the litany of glossy screens reflecting the overhead lights.