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Full History - 2016 - 08 - 18 - ID#4yafoe
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Vsially impaired question about screen settings. (self.Blind)
submitted by claudettemonet
Hi all. OK so my computer is great, and my phone used to be awesome, but I recently got a new phone, exactly like my old one, except one jellybean or kitkat or whatever higher. Now the screens are mostly white with black text instead of black with white text and green accents. It is way too much white screen all the time.

There is only one way I have found to change it and that is to inverse the colors, which I HATE. It messes with all my pictures and everything. It drives me batty.

Is there any other way to change the theme for a samsung s4 that has one of the newer operating systems?

My solution right now is to hold it way away from me so the bulk of it is in the very center where it is most clear and floaters and static don't get in the way ad much. I would like a better solution...

Suggestions?
God-Macabre 3 points 6y ago
Unfortunately, I think you'll have to stick with the current theme for your Samsung S4. I know you did not like the invert function, but I use it on my iPhone and for me it is incredibly helpful. I believe, just like the iPhone, you can enable a shortcut for all the accessibility options you need at a quick press of a button. So, to avoid the the screen from staying inverted, which ruins pictures, videos, and basically anything unless it's black text on white background, $1. So, how I use this (for iPhone equivalent) to my advantage is, if I am struggling to read my texts, a website such as Wikipedia, the Facebook app, et cetera which all have black text on a white background, I quickly invert my screen with the shortcut (and zoom in if necessary).

I use invert all the time, so I hope knowing how to make it into a shortcut so you can invert or un-invert at free-will will help you. I don't think their would be a theme easily available that will have a white text on a dark background. I had a Sony Xperia and I had to sell it as when I updated the Android OS, the theme had completely changed to black text on transparent, light colour backgrounds and I could not see it at all to read my texts and that phone didn't have any good Android accessibility options. So, I know the struggle lol.
claudettemonet [OP] 2 points 6y ago
Thank you! I will try that out!
God-Macabre 1 points 6y ago
Hopefully it works very similar. You're welcome. :)
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