iPhone XS Max - Yellow Tint

ATTENTION: YELLOW SCREEN IS SELF FIXABLE! I noticed this yellow tint on my iPhone XS Max and was obsessed on fixing it. Finally figured it out and it looks better then my previous iPhone X and earlier phones now. In fact, it’s perfect now. Follow my directions:

Disclaimer: Make sure True Tone and Nightshift are off first. If the yellow tint is still there, which it was in my case, here is the fix:

No More Yellow!

1. Visit your Settings App > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Turn on Color Filters
2. Tap Color Tint and verify it’s checked
3. Navigate to the HUE slider and move it left or right until you reach your desired screen look. (I personally recommend this setting at around 35%)
4. Then adjust the INTENSITY slider left or right to suit your preference (I personally recommend this setting at around 65%)

Want additional brightness?

Additional optional setting:

Visit your Settings App > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > TURN OFF Reduce White Point

I’ve attached a screenshot of my settings, If you have any questions, or want me to send you additional screenshots of the perfect settings, feel free to email me at **** and I’ll respond as soon as possible

I have the exact same issue. Just got it yesterday and noticed it right when I was home. It always looks like night shift or true tone is enabled. Probably gonna replace it (wich ***** cuz the closest apple store is an hour away from me). I have a feeling this could be because of LG producing some of the displays. They are known for having problems with blue - or yellow shift.

Return it if you can and get a new one :)

Try this (Don't waste your time trying to exchange it, most likely it'll be the same OLED), this fixes it:

1. Visit your Settings App > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Color Filters
2. Tap Color Tint and verify it’s checked
3. Navigate to the HUE slider and move it left or right until you reach your desired screen look
4. The adjust the INTENSITY slider left or right to suit your preference

True Apple fan here too.

To help put your minds to rest, I went to the Apple store last Sunday (Sept. 30th) and compared it to the store models that they have there (Santa Monica, CA). They all pretty much look the same as mine, even compared it to my friend's who has a X.

It's definitely "warmer" in tint than the phone I replaced which is an iPhone 7 (LCD).

With that said, it's almost 2 weeks since I've had my iPhone XS, and it definitely gets less "yellow" over time.

Thank you - Thank you! This didn’t completely work for me, but it got me on the right track. I turned off Color Filters *and* under Display & Brightness i turned off True Colors. That made the whites a clean and pure white with no yellow tint. Thanks Again.

This worked for me GENERAL > ACCESSIBILITY > DISPLAY ACCOMMODATIONS > COLOR FILTERS > Turned Off Color Filters. Then under Display & Brightness I turned off True Colors. That made the whites a clean and pure white with no yellow tint. Hope this helps.

Make sure first that true tone is turned off and nighr shift is not scheduled to activate automatically at night till morning, then if you can tell since when you bought your iphone because some times you need to wait for few days till the screen gets its real tone because there’s a kind of glue under the glass that needs to dry. For me after five days exposing to sun with outside use i feel it’s much more better now

When I bought my iPhone X it has the same issue and also the iPhone Xs max but after a period of use the iphone X got better white balance so i think the same will happen to the Xs max because of the glue under the glass is responsible for the yellow tint

It is not a software problem (provided you do turn off night shift etc). My first xs max 512 had severe yellow tint.

The replacement was much better restored from

the exact same iTunes backup - but not perfect.

It gradually got better over the approx 10 days I had it before returning the replcement unit as well.

The yellow tint was not the decisive factor. I had severe connectivity issues - especially in my car. The latter is a no-go as I commute several hours for work.

My old iphone X luckily still has no issues.

I must say the XS Max display of the replacement was stunning (better than X) viewed a bit off axis, the speed of the A12 is amazing, the 4 GB ram is noticable and the speed of the internal storage is blazing fast. Faceid speed was also better than my X.

I sure hope it is software issue. It is happening on my XS Max as well. I went to my local Apple Store to get the geniuses check it. They were kind enough to replace the one that I have but unfortunately when I got home, there is no improvement at all. It has the same yellow tint as my previous one.

My brother and I bought two iPhone XS Max’s for ourselves and two iPhone XR’s for early Christmas gifts three days ago. I’m coming from the 7S plus expecting an amazing difference due to video reviews I saw online about the XS Max. WOW was I disappointed. As soon as I got home before even grabbing my 7S plus to compare I could tell it was yellow. Right away I turned off all the unnecessary options (exact ones mentioned in previous comments) but no luck..yellow still visible. Same thing on both XS Max’s. My old 7S plus is way brighter and clearer. Not gonna lie after sitting and comparing my XS Max to my old 7 and to the XR’s we got...both the 7 and XRs look better...they keep their nice bright white color whether tilted or straight unlike the XS max...complete opposite of what I saw on reviews. Seriously regret getting it.