My iPhone screen's color inverted (negative). How do I get back to normal?

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glengauthier Author

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My iPhone screen's color inverted (negative). How do I get back to normal?

My screen's color inverted (negative). How do I get it back to normal?

imac G4, iOS 4

Posted on Mar 8, 2011 5:42 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 2, 2017 8:54 PM in response to glengauthier

You may have Zoom enabled, with the Invert filter, but zoomed all the way out so it is not apparent. Turn off Zoom from settings, or turn on the zoom controller (gen-> accesssability --> Zoom) press controller center, click filter, toggle or confirm invert setting)

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Answer 2

Akineko

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Jul 27, 2017 11:35 PM in response to atchao

I have mine in invert color but it won't change back i have the I phone 7+ and the three clicking just gets me to all the pages , I tried resetting my phone and going to Assessability's in general but still no sign of regular color

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Answer 3

Mar 8, 2011 6:10 AM in response to glengauthier

My 3GS has been reversed for months, at first resetting the accessibility worked but over time it became permanent. There was a fairly long thread on this quite a while ago. If you are in warranty I would get it replaced while you can.

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paulcb

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Mar 8, 2011 6:21 AM in response to glengauthier

It might be this... see p. 250... http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf

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Answer 5

Mar 8, 2011 6:26 AM in response to glengauthier

I should have said that there is a black on White setting in accessibility that you can change If it has been set by accident. Sadly in my case that is not the problem and it is now permanent.

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Answer 6

Mar 8, 2011 6:33 AM in response to brendan002

If no change after restoring your iPhone with iTunes as a new iPhone or not from your iPhone's backup, your iPhone has a hardware problem.

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Answer 7

Mar 8, 2011 7:55 AM in response to Allan Sampson

Sadly I know Allan, and it started after the 12 months ran out. At first it changed on and off all day but now it is permanently the wrong way round. You can only tell the difference when I turn it on or off but the polarity is set the inverse way. As it seems to be settled though I would rather use the £200 for an OOW replacement towards the next phone as I had already decided to skip the IP4 as can't afford a new one every year.

Hoping it continues as it is, only problem is I can not in good faith sell it to a private seller even though it is officially unlocked so will need to use a recycle site. Never mind, let's see the next one and I think Apple Care will be a must this time! 🙂

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Answer 8

Mar 8, 2011 9:59 AM in response to glengauthier

Please, go to settings>general>accessibility> and turn off "White on Black"

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Answer 9

Apr 2, 2011 8:25 AM in response to Ericmcaldas

Thank you Ericmcaldas, I was a bit worried but the problem was I had pressed 3 times the home button and I activated the black/white option.
Thank you again

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Answer 10

lahi96

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Apr 14, 2011 9:18 PM in response to glengauthier

i am not sure how to describe this so here it goes. The normal color scheme on my iphone home screen keeps changing. I find that at times the green icons turn blue, the red icons turn blue. When i hard reset, it goes back to normal. But it will change colors schemes again. Any one know what the heck this problem is?

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Answer 11

atchao

Level 1

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Jul 19, 2011 8:17 AM in response to glengauthier

push the home button 3 times in a row. should fix the "white over black"

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Answer 12

Nov 19, 2011 3:53 PM in response to glengauthier

Thanks.. Just found the answer on the forum.. Have great day

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Answer 13

JHamp

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Dec 2, 2011 2:23 PM in response to glengauthier

New, correct answer # 47CLunN65e334

1. Push "Genera"l. There's another "General" there. Push THAT "Genera"l. Now, under the second General" is an undescript button called ""accessability" . When that one gets pushed, about 4 controls down, is the obvious button called "White on Black". Try pushing that and see if the problem doesn't go away.

John Hampton

Apple user since "Classic", "SE", "C530" (the largest, heaviest color laptop ever made on earth), iBook G3, iBook "Clamshell, "12-inch silver PPC", the BEST laptop ever made, "Performa-X (for the kids), Black I Book (NICE cross between Unibody and today's Unibody as to features and speed) White Newest Unibody (Gave to wife)

and now, Mac Book Pro, Jury's still out due to Lion, and 3 Xeons for 3 ProTools rigs, iPhone 1, 3G, 3GS w/Otter-box (✰✰✰✰ for Otter-Box)

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Answer 14

Apr 7, 2012 3:25 PM in response to Ericmcaldas

Thank you, that's great my phone's back to normal. I have no idea how it happened but thanks for the advice!

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Answer 15

Jan 7, 2013 9:36 AM in response to glengauthier

I fixed this problem on my iPhone 4 by navigating through these 4 simple steps:

1. Settings

2. General

3. Accessability

4. Invert Colors, then select "OFF" on the slider

Easy peasey!

In my case, I believe my phone was inadvertently switched to a negative image mode through an accessibility feature activation touch gesture. I've had more trouble because of these! Whenever something weird happens, I first check to see that this isn't the culprit...and it usually is!

The last time it happened, the images on my screen were zoomed to the point where I couldn't even turn the phone off because the slider that confirms your desire to do a hard shut down was not fully visible; rendering this slider non-functional. Thank heavens this forum contained the solution in the settings menu!!!

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