Hidden iPhone 3g firmware might fix “Yellow Tint”
The 3G iPhone display’s yellow tint is bothersome to some early 3g iPhone users. But Apple exec explains the sift in color balance is to improve the warmth and contrast of the new device.
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Bob Borchers, senior director of product marketing for the iPhone: the screen’s color temperature has been purposely altered on the new iPhone to produce warmer, more natural tones, sharper images, and deeper blacks. The company says that 1st gen iPhone screens appeared colder and less defined, and they made some adjustments for the new models [Via Engadget]. |
Interestingly, some reader at Ars Technica‘s forum have discovered that they found the way to activate a newer firmware code (5A347), which might take that yellow tint effect away.
“Although clicking "Check for Updates" in iTunes continues to reveal no new firmware, touching "Restore" installs firmware two builds newer than what was loaded on to the new iPhones in the factory, bumping them from 5A345 to 5A347.”
In addition, AppleInsider has received the confirmation that 5A347 firmware may also fix recurring app crashes.
[Via AppleInsider]
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