Lumia 928 "Soft-White" display color: Dull compare...

I was showing my 928 to a friend who has an Apple 5s and the difference in display quality was dramatic. The "White" background on the 928 was dull in comparison. It became painfully obvious when comparing Kindle, the Apple was truly page-white while the lumia as a dull slightly yellow off-white. I had the color turned all the way to "Cool" and it was still no where near as sharp or brilliant as the Apple.
I also compared it to a white-balance card and the "white" background is simply NOT WHITE
I thought the Nokia displays were supposed to be State of the Art, am I missing something here or is there something wrong with my 928
Has anyone else made this comparison???

hi mate, if you believe that the screen is too yellow then you can take your phone to Nokia Care for inspection.

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So I have had my Lumia 928 for over a year now and I love it! I have dropped it many times and brag about how durable it is, however recently I dropped it on the corner on accident and the glass craked. So naturally I called the microsoft store and verizon to see what my options are and I got nothing, so repairing it myself it is. I am a computer engineering student so I would say I felt confident in knowing what to do with the help of some YouTube videos. So I go on eBay and instead of buying just new glass I bought a whole new screen because it would be a lot easier to fix. I take my phone apart, replace the screen everything went great! Super easy! Went to turn it on and it turns on all the hard keys on the side work, the windows key, search, key and back key all work and light up. The phone vibrates and I can talk to Cortana but nothing shows up on the display. So i took it apart and checked it again to make sure i had the display plugged in right and I did. I reassemble it and again all of the same stuff.
I dont think it is a screen problem because the windows button, search, and back button all light up and work and they are tied to the same connector and screen.
Here is my thought, when I bought it off eBay I bought it new and on the bottom it says proto.nokia.com So it is from a prototype lumia 928? Either way I dont think it should matter. Should it? I tried a soft reset and a hard reset and nothing. Any ideas?

Did you buy the display from a Chinese Ebay seller?
It's a prototype display which has been leaked from a contract manufacturer (of Nokia) to the third party sellers.
There's already been a thread about it: http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Nokia-Lumia/Nokia-Lumia-1520-was-just-sold-a-prototype-model-what-do...
I purchased a brand new display for my wife's Lumia 1020. The seller was a Chinese guy on Ebay and when I received the display, I found out it's a prototype. I contacted to a friend of mine who works for Nokia/Microsoft and asked whether the display would be legal or not. He told me that Nokia/Microsoft is not selling any prototype material to third party sellers so then it's illegal and has been stolen from the contract manufacturer.
I wrote about it here and a Finnish guy (I'm also Finnish) contacted me and asked some questions. I told him "if I were you, I'd track down the leaker to find out who's not the trusted party". I offered to bring that prototype display to the nearest Nokia Care Center where they could examine it and maybe find out who has leaked those ones to Ebay sellers. But then I'd need to purchase a brand new OEM display at a decent price so a "trade" so to say. He never replied me so I guess they're not interested to find out the leaker. Bummer
So you replaced the display by yourself? Thumbs up mate! That's what I do as well! I wonder these discussions haven't already been censored from this forum since IMO moderators don't want people to take their own initiative to fix their phones even though when the warranty is not valid anymore

Installed the update tonight and now my phone (Lumia 928) won't power up. I've tried a soft reset, but the screen goes from the Nokia logo to a red Verizon screen to a black screen. What's wrong and how do I fix it? Help!

Installed the update tonight and now my phone (Lumia 928) won't power up. I've tried a soft reset, but the screen goes from the Nokia logo to a red Verizon screen to a black screen. Tried it 10 times with the same result. What's wrong and how do I fix it? Help!

Oh no Mr.Ected!
I can see if we can get your phone back on! I understand how important it is to have a phone. Have you tried this to see if we can get it back on? http://vz.to/1DZhteH . If it is still goes to a red Verizon screen and then to black we might need to do a master reset. While the phone is off try this:http://vz.to/1DZhXkU Be mindful this is the last resort because it will erase everything on the phone. If you have done back up assistant in the past you will be able to get you contacts back. Please let me know if you need any more help.
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I suggest re-reading C S S Simon's and my reply, including the links I provided with solutions and historical explanation – It is apparent you didn't!
Pay your money and make your display choice, but don't blame the wide gamut capable display because you are unwilling to learn how to use the technology advantages it provides!
Please read this factoid:
All Wide Gamut Displays when properly setup to display in a "wide gamut" mode such as Adobe RGB will only display images correctly in color managed applications – PERIOD.
Your Asus display has two factory calibrated modes, Adobe RGB and sRGB, which will only work properly using the color profile provide to you on CD (or downloaded) by Asus – This the monitor profile Asus used when hardware calibrating your specific serial number monitor at the factory. The displays internal LUT contains that calibration information, and there is no way for you to recalibrate it using a Spyder 3 or other hardware calibrator. I am going to paste here three separate solution alternatives I made at the other post – Use only one (1):
Solution 1) Delete your i1 Display custom profile and install the Asus provided PA246Q driver and profile. Then use the monitor's "factory calibrated" Adobe RGB wide Gamut selector mode with Lightroom and other color-managed applications. When using non-color managed applications, switch your monitor’s mode selector to sRGB. Calibration using i1 Display or other hardware device cannot be used with this option. User hardware calibration should only be performed using the monitor's 'User Mode.'
Solution 2) In addition to your Asus PA246Q wide gamut monitor, install a second standard gamut sRGB monitor. Calibrate both monitors separately using your i1 Display unit, which will create separate profiles for each monitor. Use your Asus PA246Q wide gamut monitor only with Lightroom and other color managed applications. Use your second sRGB monitor for with both non-color or color managed applications. You may still have issues properly calibrating your Asus PA246Q monitor with its proper 'User Mode' selection as others have reported, but the results should be better than what you have now.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&message=3897 4810&changemode=1
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&message=3908 1965&changemode=1
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HT4623 my new iphone(4S) background display color is light yellow instant of white.

my new iphone(4S) background display color is light yellow instant of white.

Today after more than 45 minutes, talking to Apple Web, they decide to send me a new iPhone 4s. Good luck to everyone.

Colors dull, sometimes

I've had this problem before. I can't remember how I fixed it. This is in regard to my G5 Dual desktop. All of a sudden colors are dull, at least in some places. For example, the stock widget has green and red where it shows prices as being up or down. These have changed from bright green and red to dull green and red. On some web pages the colors of photos are dull and others normal. All the colors for Labels at the Finder level have gone dull.
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Do you have a heat indicating control panel such as Temperature Monitor? This kind of item
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So I have this serious problem with my Macbook Pro.
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Note this was only near max white and max black areas of the screen.
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I hope I can one day afford a Macbook Air, but until then, I don't want to throw more money after my poor macbook (which I pronbably can't sell anyway, like previous mac's I've owned, the day get a new. It's too worn out + battery got only 5min on a full charge).
I think it's wisest to rather save the money for a Macbook Air, and try to survive until then. Therefor I was hoping someone could help me with a temporary solution.
In Windows 7, using the Nvidia Control Panel to apply color management, I was able to adjust the individual color output values, and thereby remove the the screen issue! Maybe the colors are not as good anymore, but it sure beats not getting a headache after 10minutes trying to read an article.
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Who exactly is your comment "I am asking you to fix this problem soon" directed at?
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Also, if you have an iPhone 3G and iOS 4.2.1 is the latest software that you can install on your phone, then there is absolutely nothing that anyone can do to fix the problem if you want to install Skype that requires iOS 4.3 - what do you think anyone can magically do?
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Nokia Lumia 928 Texting Problem

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Hi there Lloyd,
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I've recently been having this problem with my Nokia Lumia 928, I was doing a reset (Factory Reset) on my phone when I've been on spinning gears for a few couples last night. Waited and nothing, so I looked around and tried find other solutions.
I did the soft reset/hard reset but all I've been getting is the low battery, I plug it into the charger for a good 30 minutes + But still won't turn on and still saying it is low battery. I tried doing the resets again but basically all I'm getting are the two, spinning gears and the low battery. Also, while it's charging it randomly go'es to the spinning gears.

Dear Juan,
Try this... taken from another forum... it really works:
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After spending 8 hours trying to recover from spinning gears following a hard reset, of all the methods I tried, this is the one that worked:
-Phone was showing spinning gears
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--Volume UP
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--Volume DOWN.
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--Volume UP
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--POWER
--Volume DOWN.
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--Volume UP
--Volume DOWN
--POWER
--Volume DOWN.
-Your phone will now automatically reboot it will show the spinning gears again but within 10 mins it will start up as a new device.
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Kind regards,
careduro

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I took up a keen interest in bird photography earlier in the year. So many times when I go out the sky is grey or white.
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Watch Lesson 12: Quick Colorless Sky Replacement | Alibony Lessons for Photoshop Elements Episodes | How To Videos | Bli…
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