I made a fresh reflash with 4.5.0.21 (on Xperia 10 III), and this color banding problem appeared (and is really noticeable with washed out colors, and black is not black anymore).
This didn’t happen before. When i bought the phone in May 2022, I initially flashed it with the latest release (4.4.0.64) and have been updating it with OTA to the latest release now available (4.5.0.21). A couple of days ago i reverted it to Android (62.0.A.3.109, Android 11) to pair my new activity tracker (to get the authentication key, and yes, there was no other way) and i reflashed it with the latest SFOS release.
@direc85’s “Brightness Fix for Xperia 10 III” helps (a very big thank you for that), with only one minor annoying thing: after a reboot color banding is back, until i turn screen off and on again, and then the fix kicks in again.
Any thoughts? I’m thinking about flashing my phone with an earlier Sailfish release (4.4’ish or something). Maybe something was changed along the way that didn’t apply with OTA updates?