Lock screen button contrast

Is there any way to improve the contrast on the passcode (lock) screen?
Before iOS7, the buttons on the passcode screen had good contrast with the background.  Now with the new UI, the buttons only have a thin circle surrounding them.  The inner color of the buttons (inside that circle) is the same as the bacground color, and seeing the buttons in bright light (especially sunlight) is almost impossible.  I can't unlock my phone in sunlight any more.  Someone with even a mild visual impairment has no chance at all.
I've tried creating an ugly lock screen wallpaper with white circles on a black bacground, but it gets heavily blurred on the lock screen.
This same problem exists in the phone application - I can't see the buttons in sunlight, since there is no contrast between the button and the background.
I've tried all of the visual settings, but none of them help.

muxpux wrote:
  i already have a new back glass piece in the mail (buddy works at sprint, said hed do it for me, ordered before the super bowl) but im afraid if i do that, Apple will be able to tell if i take it in for the button issue and be less likely to replace for free.
Oh no worries about that.  Apple is not going to touch the device regardless.
They will offer an Out of Warranty replacement because as you've stated you have already dropped the device and damaged it.  This is not covered under warranty.
If your friend or anyone other than Apple opens the device, then the warranty is voided.
Bit the bullet and spend the $149 for a replacement device, or if elligible for an upgrade through your carrier, get a new device.

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