Omnia Screen unreadable in daylight

[Guest barbs666]

Hello modaco readers,

my omnia is basically useless in most daylight conditions! It really disappoints me..... is there anything i can do to make it more readable in daylight conditions/?????

I have adjusted backlight to brightest (or very close to) and then set it to automatic.........

I am using touchflo with a black background and white writing..... and can see the big clock (barely see the clock that is)

thanks in advance!

Edited May 17, 2009 by barbs666

[Guest bekmezci]

no solution friend,

only changing theme colors to light ones help a bit but not as expected.

[Guest somedude]

use you hand to block out the sun/cast a shadow over the screen.

Edited May 17, 2009 by somedude

[Guest Dado...]

this is problem long time ago for owners WM devices....

somewhere i heard for protective screens in color for sun protection but dont see this anywhere

[Guest jvckey]

Hello modaco readers,

my omnia is basically useless in most daylight conditions! It really disappoints me..... is there anything i can do to make it more readable in daylight conditions/?????

I have adjusted backlight to brightest (or very close to) and then set it to automatic.........

I am using touchflo with a black background and white writing..... and can see the big clock (barely see the clock that is)

thanks in advance!

this was the only advantage of my old nokia e65... could detail the screen in any light conditions

[Guest Tim-H]

The only thing you can do is just shade it with your hand or in the shadow of your body. It's going to be nearly impossible to find any type of backlit LCD that is readable in the sunlight.

look at the sun(dont really do it) and look at your screen in darkness and the sun is much brighter. It will always overpower it.

[Guest barbs666]

just an update,

took my omnia to get screen checked and they replaced it, it now is awesome!! can mostly read it in daylight! but still needs to be better, but can now use it outside!

[Guest Bulldogs]

It's an issue with the distance the display screen is from the outer layer of the screen. You notice with the iPhone it doesn't have the issue due to the outer layer of the screen being less than 1mm. This problem is also apparent while trying to do the touch calibration and looking from different angles.

I got a mirror LCD screen protector that was meant to increase visibility in sunlight by enhancing the back screen, although this was counteracted by the mirror coating of the protector that is meant to act as a mirror while the screen is off, so in the end it made it much worse, couldn't even tell if the screen was on or not.