Do not like colors.

February 12, 2012 3:03 PM

Can I switch the colors on my Android phone to grayscale?

It is an HTC Evo. I want the display to be totally grayscale/black and white. On my PC I can achieve this by going into my display adapter settings and turning the color saturation to Zero.

I have found some apps that let me adjust colors, but not to the desired degree. I imagine this is possible somehow but am coming up short.

posted by blargerz to Technology (7 answers total)

You can do this with CM7 and some other ROMs using Render Effects. What ROM are you using?
posted by kindall at 3:15 PM on February 12, 2012

Response by poster: I am not Android savvy, everything is stock/default.
posted by blargerz at 3:18 PM on February 12, 2012

There's directions on how to install CM7 on your Evo here.
posted by dunkadunc at 5:35 PM on February 12, 2012

Sorry, I should give you better instructions than that.
First, you need to root (gain administrative rights) to your phone:

How to root your EVO 4G
THEN you can install the custom Cyanogenmod firmware I mentioned above, which will allow you to use a grayscale render effect.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:25 PM on February 12, 2012

I don't see grey in the CM7 nightly render effects. Am I missing one?

(Night, terminal, blue, amber, salmon, fuchsia, red, yes. Greyscale, no).
posted by zippy at 7:37 AM on February 13, 2012

Minimal Magic Theme (once CM7 is installed) white/black should get you close enough. It should have an icon pack to also install & may have to manually change out some icons.
posted by ijoyner at 8:52 AM on February 13, 2012

Crud, I could have sworn there was a monochrome render effect in CM7. Sorry.
posted by kindall at 9:53 AM on February 13, 2012