Help Clock transparency on S4 Lollipop

Straydog · May 14, 2015

Since I upgraded to Lollipop, whenever I start it or reboot, the stock clock on the home screen (not the lock screen) appears with black figures on a white transparent background. A long time later on, sometimes hours, the figures turn to white on a dark transparent background. How can I always keep it with white figures on a dark transparent background, because I always use dark wallpapers?
Thanks for the instructions.

[With the changes going on this forums and I haven't understood, I am not sure of having posted on the right forum. If not, maybe a kind moderate will transfer this thread. I do not post frequently, but now I no longer know where to post :thinking:

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Straydog · May 21, 2015

Any help, please, or is this the wrong forum?

funkylogik · May 21, 2015

You should probably ask in the s4 forum but to me it sounds like a "feature" possibly to minimise display "burn in"?

chanchan05 · May 21, 2015

Does it follow the time frame? The stock clock widget for Samsung usually changes with the time of day, being blue or light in the morning and darker in the evening. This isn't a configurable setting. Its easier to just get a different clock widget. I personally use Beautiful Widgets.

Straydog · May 26, 2015

Thanks for the replies.

chanchan05, I do not believe that it follows the time frame because it is not on the weather with clock widget that you mention. It is the simple stock "Clock (Digital) 2 x 1" widget, as you can see on the attached screenshot file. It does have, and always had a whitish transparent background on the widgets page, but it was always on a slightly non bothering dark transparent background when added to the home screen. Only now since I updated to Lollipop the background is sometimes dark as before and as it should be, but it is whitish on most other times. which is very annoying. What is this annoying whitish rectangle doing on the screen?

What about other people using this widget? I would like to know. What can I do to have back what it is has been for two years on this phone without any problem, please?

chanchan05 · May 26, 2015

If Samsung changed the widget with the lollipop update, there's nothing you can do other than just download a different widget more to your liking.

Straydog · May 28, 2015

Thanks chanchan05, but was it changed, is it a bug on it or an issue on my phone? That's the question. I think that without knowing this foe sure I mustn't even try anything.

chanchan05 · May 28, 2015

It might not be an issue at all, and Samsung just up an decided to change the color and gave the new widget with the update. From my experience for example, Samsung made a rather drastic change in widget sets. When I got my P6200 a few years back, I needed to have a separate clock and weather widget if I wanted both info on the homescreen (or download a third party one). A year layer the device was updated to ICS from HC, and the weather widget disappeared and a new clock+weather widget appeared. Could be the same thing in your case.

If it is a bug, it's a rather weird bug. However, since it came with the update, the only way to fix it would be a factory reset, which would work like a reinstallation of the update on a clean device.

Straydog · May 29, 2015

OK, thanks chanchan05. Ise that mobiles OSs are a mystery for almost everyone because publishers are mean in information and as I see from here, practically only a developer can go and investigate the code to get the right undoubted answer. Definitely not the same as with PCs. Usually, they don't even give us a choice for anything. Google putting their dirty hands on Linux was the end of a free system for mobiles. So let's leave it like this. Sorry for the time I've made you spend

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Straydog · Jun 2, 2015

I think I've found this is a planned issue by Google. I notice that the whitish background rectangle disappears at 6 o'clock pm. Meaning another idiotic idea from Google that they want to impose to people not leaving the user any choice. Google stuff has always been made for aiming the dumb. That is why I avoid to use anything from them. I even had my first phony Gmail account because of the phone. I only use Google things if there is no alternative. So I just downloaded one of the many available clocks on google play and that's it. They will not impose me that stupid background at times they choose. Google spoiled Linux on mobile. They only want spy on people to sell what they can get. I won't let them. Unfortunately US legislation protects those exploiting the people in favour of big corporations and banks, and many other countries copy what is wrong, not also what is right. Here in Europe they get multimillion fines, but that is not enough and does not solve the problems. Going to root my phone and remove all the Google shit in it. It is completely useless for me, just as for so many people not following Google on a leash.

Thank you an again and sorry for the time I made you waste with my problem on this silly subject.

chanchan05 · Jun 2, 2015

Ah seems I was correct in assuming it's time dependent. Although I think you're putting the blame on the wrong person this time. The Google clock widget doesn't have a background. And the clock widget on the Nexus doesn't have changing backgrounds based on time. That's because the clock widget you have is from Samsung. Note that Samsung replaced lots of the default Google widgets with ones of their own design. An example would be their S Planner and Email apps+widgets. Both of which are quite different from the calendar and email app Google provides.

Don't take me as a Google apologist, but let's try blaming the correct persons responsible. So blame Samsung. Lol.

Straydog · Jun 3, 2015

For once was not Google, but we are so used to that, that we sometimes take a step forward... and can be wrong. They are to blame for so many things, that one more, one less won't make much difference. Anyway, I love my liberty on programs choices. Many thanks again.

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