Easy way to test this:

  • take a screenshot where the status bar is visible
  • rotate the screen to landscape then back to portrait (do it 5 times so the elements drift for a significant amount of pixels)
  • open the screenshot in Samsung Gallery

The status (and navigation) bar overlapping your screenshot should be visible, and you should be able to notice whether the status bar elements have moved their position. In One UI 6 they are static no matter what you do.

Screenshot from S23 Ultra running One UI 6. All status bar emenets perfectly overlap each other, indicating they are static.

Screenshot from Note20 Ultra running One UI 5. All status bar elements are moving, indicating OLED burn in protection is working.

This is bad on OLED screens as they will degrade uneven in that area. I have reported this problem to Samsung, but you should do it as well in order to raise as much awareness as possible so it gets fixed ASAP.

Note: Oddly enough, burn in protection works fine for the navigation bar.

  • j_demur3@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Maybe they decided moving the elements was unnecessary? Testing on my own phone it seems like there are places that are almost always lit regardless of how they move around (Clock, Mute and Battery icon don’t move enough to not overlap). And before getting rid of my previous Z Flip 3 (which I got on launch and got rid of on the launch of the Z Flip 5) I tested and there wasn’t even the slightest hint of burn in. My Pixel 3a had it really bad in no time. Maybe there’s something else going on under the hood? Reduced brightness of those elements? - by default they’re on a black background, so they don’t need to be super bright. Maybe OneUI 5 had the alternative mitigation but still moved the icons until they could prove whatever else they were doing was working but with OneUI 6 they’re happy that alternative mitigation is enough? In my opinion, unless we see phones with status bar burn we can’t say this is actually an issue.

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      1 year ago

      The burn in prevention is still in place for the navigation bar. If it was deemed as unnecessary, wouldn’t they have disabled it altogether?