Just plug in your iphone to Itunes, then Run the "RESTORE" and it will update to the newer firmware (5A347).
So why don't you update your phone to 5A347 and let us all know if it's still yellow? Good call? Good call. Cheers.
The update to 5A347 was just completed on my phone, now my display is much brighter than my wife's and now her's looks yellow in comparison. With the brightness slider set to the middle on each phone, my display is much brighter now and looks whiter as well, but that may just be because of the increased brightness.
Sorry, I don't see a difference. In fact, after looking at all the pictures, I have no idea which is supposed to be the old one vs. the new one. My wife looked two and laughed. She couldn't tell a difference either.
Big ups to akhomerun for that post - I totally agree. I'm pretending it hasn't come out yet, and in a week or two I can leisurely stroll into an AT&T store and find no people in there - and maybe even get an iPhone 3G that isn't yellow
Meanwhile, iLounge has extensive A/B comparison pictures of the iPhone vs. the iPhone 3G here:
Nice real world review and images. It make me want to get a white one after seeing all the fingerprints, but I'm pretty sure I'll stick with the black one.
The one really disappointing part to me is the lack of FireWire charging. I have been using my old iPod-to-FW400 cables with the old wall chargers for years. Oh well.
That would appear to be plastic discoloration, not the display.
Oh, and speaking of a nation of whiners...
Well, the iPhone's screen is glass, not plastic, so....
Anyway, neither of those screens look wrong to me, merely different. One looks dimmer, but neither is turned up to full brightness anyway.
Of course, all of us viewing on our computer screens are looking at the tint of our screen and of the camera used, more than we're looking at the tint of the phone!
Just want to share some of the photos and hope to provide some comparison and tracking as reference so people may get an idea what batch they got.
* Model: iPhone 3G Black 8GB
* Supplier: ATT local store
* Production Date: 8482********
* Default firmware: 2.0 (5A345)
First photo was taken under yellow lamp, and the second two took under white fluorescent lamp. When taking the shot under strong flash light, it does turn the iPhone screen a bit dimmer but not yellow. The screen otherwise looked crisp and sharp with no yellow issue.
I find the yellow tint quite distracting. I noticed it almost immediately and now it really bugs me! I really hope it isn't a hardware issue. I'm trying the firmware update through the Restore option to see if that helps. If not, it's going back!
Fussy? Perhaps, but I'm a Mac user, what do you expect!
Those of you who can't see a difference - maybe it would help to calibrate your Mac's display? Mine is calibrated, and tehre's a HUGE difference between the 2G and 3G iPhones in the article's pictures.
I'm getting an iPhone on Wednesday, as that's when the next batch arrives here in Norway. I hope this issue has been sorted out by then.
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Just plug in your iphone to Itunes, then Run the "RESTORE" and it will update to the newer firmware (5A347).
So why don't you update your phone to 5A347 and let us all know if it's still yellow? Good call? Good call. Cheers.
The update to 5A347 was just completed on my phone, now my display is much brighter than my wife's and now her's looks yellow in comparison. With the brightness slider set to the middle on each phone, my display is much brighter now and looks whiter as well, but that may just be because of the increased brightness.
Yuck. Not sure if urine-colored iPhones are more appealing than poo-colored Zunes, but they're definitely a close tie.
Well you have come to the right forum to get THAT question answered.
Meanwhile, iLounge has extensive A/B comparison pictures of the iPhone vs. the iPhone 3G here:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/new...lts-here/14715
Meanwhile, iLounge has extensive A/B comparison pictures of the iPhone vs. the iPhone 3G here:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/new...lts-here/14715
Nice real world review and images. It make me want to get a white one after seeing all the fingerprints, but I'm pretty sure I'll stick with the black one.
The one really disappointing part to me is the lack of FireWire charging. I have been using my old iPod-to-FW400 cables with the old wall chargers for years. Oh well.
That would appear to be plastic discoloration, not the display.
Oh, and speaking of a nation of whiners...
Well, the iPhone's screen is glass, not plastic, so....
Anyway, neither of those screens look wrong to me, merely different. One looks dimmer, but neither is turned up to full brightness anyway.
Of course, all of us viewing on our computer screens are looking at the tint of our screen and of the camera used, more than we're looking at the tint of the phone!
That would appear to be plastic discoloration, not the display.
Apple touts a glass screen for the iPhone, not plastic.
I don't even see any yellow.
If you have a mac enter in this key combo
ctrl+option/alt++8
the color switch will enhance the color difference.
If you have a mac enter in this key combo
ctrl+option/alt++8
the color switch will enhance the color difference.
My Mac doesn't have an alt key!
its particularly annoying looking at photos. the contrast (gamma) seems lifted, too. i hope they fix this.
* Model: iPhone 3G Black 8GB
* Supplier: ATT local store
* Production Date: 8482********
* Default firmware: 2.0 (5A345)
First photo was taken under yellow lamp, and the second two took under white fluorescent lamp. When taking the shot under strong flash light, it does turn the iPhone screen a bit dimmer but not yellow. The screen otherwise looked crisp and sharp with no yellow issue.
My Mac doesn't have an alt key!
Then you must have a Chinese knockoff.
My iPhone looks quite nice. I have a 2G here and a 3G and I noticed the 3G looked nicer to me.
It felt smaller than the original one in my hand even though the pics show it's wider.
It happened to my non-3G iphone with the 2.0 update. its most noticable at low brightness levels, where i usually keep mine.
its particularly annoying looking at photos. the contrast (gamma) seems lifted, too. i hope they fix this.
It's good to have a report that it is probably a software issue.
Fussy? Perhaps, but I'm a Mac user, what do you expect!
I'm getting an iPhone on Wednesday, as that's when the next batch arrives here in Norway. I hope this issue has been sorted out by then.