I just got my first sprint TP2 not more then 2 weeks ago and it had a dead pixel. They only really show up when the screen is all black other then that you cant notice them unless its a dark image or its a very bright white.
Now I just got my 2nd Sprint TP2 and it also has some dead pixels, is this normal for the sprint TP2? Just wondering if any one else has this issue did Sprint Use different LCDs for their version.
God I hope not.
Here is another fun fact I did a hard reset and turned them both on at the same time the older one starts up like 4 seconds faster....why would this happen. So there both like new out of the box.
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Hi all, desire arrived yesterday and is fab. Only problemso far is that I have a red dot/pixel on the screen which is to the right of the 8 when I have the keyboard up. Tried 2 apps from market place to get rid but one comment said it wouldn't work on led screens - and it hasn't.
Is there anything I can do?
Ok so having done a bit of research whilst watching the GP, it appears that not a lot can be done. It's so small, only seen on light coloured backgrounds, that I might leave it. Will see if T-mobile want to swop though just in case
ring t-mobile they should give send you a new one in replacement
Yep, you should phone T-Mobile and ask for a replacement!
Hello.... T-Mobile?
I have a duff HTC desire... stuck pixles, etc...
Oh... you don't have any? when will you be getting more... HOW LONG???!!!!??? :-(
OK, I have a dead pixel, or stuck not sure what the correct terminology is. Anyway, it is only noticeable when the screen is black or a dark blue. I have run jscreenfix, a free pixel massager found in the market with no luck. I AM within my 30 days BUT is it worth the risk of getting a hardware 0004, I currently have a Hardware 0003 with the new partitions I am happy with my phone besides the dead pixel, will more start popping up? My guess is this came with the phone, it just took me a few to notice it. Am I whining over nothing, or should I reoplace and risk more dead pixels, and Hardware 0004 (heard 0003 is better than 0004, could be wrong about that?)
Thanks
Personally, I would take a 004 over a 003 with a dead pixel any day. You will just have to figure out for yourself if it bothers you enough. Based on your post, it looks like it will bother you, so just go get it replaced. Just because there is one dead pixel, doesn't mean more will start dying though.
I am pretty sure the 004 hardware issues have been all figured out for the most part.
Get it fixed now while you are in your 30 days, before the problem gets worse or more annoying. If you wait even 1 day after that 30 days, you will get a refurb that's probably in much worse shape then your current phone. You paid a lot of money for the best phone sprint offers, dont settle for a bad screen.
And dont worry about the hardware versions. They are exactly the same.
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OK, I have a dead pixel, or stuck not sure what the correct terminology is. Anyway, it is only noticeable when the screen is black or a dark blue. I have run jscreenfix, a free pixel massager found in the market with no luck. I AM within my 30 days BUT is it worth the risk of getting a hardware 0004, I currently have a Hardware 0003 with the new partitions I am happy with my phone besides the dead pixel, will more start popping up? My guess is this came with the phone, it just took me a few to notice it. Am I whining over nothing, or should I reoplace and risk more dead pixels, and Hardware 0004 (heard 0003 is better than 0004, could be wrong about that?)
Thanks
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My girlfriend's EVO has a dead pixel too. It bugs the hell out of me. Lol. She doesn't mind it though. I would replace it...
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DANG!
I was just logging back in to post that I will deal with it. But call and let sprint know about the dead pixel in-case something happens in near future. I have the white back Evo, I turned it into a black one with OME from e-bay. I wonder if they will give me crap about that one screw having the sticker off it. probably not as long as I bring it in black and let them take the parts off and put the white back on it. Yeah I bought it Feb. 27th for $355 by the time I got a rubber case and screen protectors, minus $100 in a few months, frickin rebates! Looks easy enough to un-root, gonna call and make sure they even have a new one in stock
Wait, first I better flash to stock and make sure that pixel is still dead with stock rom
Yes, dead pixel is there in recovery, so its definitely not rom related, I guess the worst part is the location. it is in my clock and I use a dark clock via Beautiful widgets...
OK after reading I have jumped the gun. I do not have a "dead" pixel, I have a "stuck" pixel. Is everyones thought still the same, return it? I will run that massager again to see if it help un-stick it, but I dont think it will
Ok, so I returned my phone still in DOA period.
My problems were the glitching all over the place, and not just once a day, but it kept on getting worse, youtube, camera, browser, status bar, apps, multitasking, scrolling, keyboard, jumping white line in messages,etc...
Mine also was creaking arround the front camera and part of the corner of the screen there too.
My battery was displayed wrong all the time, so I couldn't see the right %.
Yellow bottom of on the screen.
Games were lagy, Tegra 3 and normal like teeter.
1 dead pixel.
Probably forgetting some problems now.
Somethings will be software, but because I(and most of us) don't know what is software I preffered to send it back before the doa period was over. Also some posters stated htv told them to send it back, witch problems same as mine.
Also if this is software for most of the part, than why isn't everybody getting the problems.
So I made this topic so you can tell what the problem was with your first device, and if you allready had your second (or third, etc) and what improved and what stayed the same... So you can we get a better vision on that.
My first phone arrived yesterday and is getting swapped out by a currier tomorrow for what will then be my second device.
The problems I am having is the jumping/bumping at the bottom of the screen; this is very inconsistant but does happen more often than it doesn't. For instance I was using the phone for 40 mins earlier it was happening, then for 10 mins it wasn't, again it happened for 5/6 mins and then didn't happen for around an hour but again its happening as we speak.
I've also had the problem whereby you can't unlock the device by pulling up the ring, and I have to shut down and startup the phone for this to be fixed. This has only happened twice so far; but again should not happen at all.
Lastly I have had the problem that when you lock the device the screen turns back on, even when you only pressed the lock button once.
I think thats everything... I do believe its software problems more than hardware, however as you have said why isn't this happening to everyone if that's the case. I guess you could look at it that maybe it is but they are either living with it or reporting it direct to where they purchased it from; either way they are not posting it on here. Who knows?
Now I do understand bugs are there in just about every phone and to be honest they are normally bugs you can live with until an update; the problem here is that the bugs are completely preventing the use of the device and/or making the use of the device very difficult. No phone should be released with this being the case.
One thing I do know for sure is that its happening to those who got the phone from a network (mines from Vodafone) and those who got it SIM free; in all areas or the world. This means they (Vodafone, Orange, O2 etc...) have not caused these problems so it eliminates any tweaks/software they may have placed onto the device meaning the problems do entirely lie with HTC to resolve. Lets just hope they do; or more importantly lets just hope its a small number of phones that are affected and that our replacements are okay.
I will let you know tomorrow what the second one is like... (sorry for the long post),
How did u notice a dead pixel
Sent From My HTC sensation (desire with rcmix s )
Phone turning back on after i pressed power button to lock the screen, got that too. But happens at random, so not always.
I saw a very tiny shiny spot when in a complete dark room, on a black background. Dead pixel i suppose.
Im considering getting it online but not sure what to do if i get a dead pixel
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Send mine back because one of the 2 yellow spots didn't go away after 10hrs screen on (5 days) and I had some random restarts.
I don't want a faulty device, some devices will keep giving problems while others have no issues from the start.
Nitin985 said:
Im considering getting it online but not sure what to do if i get a dead pixel
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You would be able to send it back if you bought it online, just like buying it from a shop. They have to give you the same period of support...
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Send mine back because one of the 2 yellow spots didn't go away after 10hrs screen on (5 days) and I had some random restarts.
I don't want a faulty device, some devices will keep giving problems while others have no issues from the start.
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Have you had the replacement device; how is that getting on?
Something i noticed when setting my wallpaper, I have always used a black wallpaper since i had the Galaxy s2 and Galaxy Nexus to "Save battery" but I went to set one on the s3 and notice on the bottom of the screen it appears to have a "scratch" buit it only appears when using a black background.
I have ran the LCD test *#0*# and it does not appear on any other color other than black... is this a common issue or should i attempt to get it replaced?
Anyone else with this? It is almost like a DARK STREAK that stands out...Im kinda of OCD when is comes to things like this, is this something i could take it back for? and if so do i just let them know my screen has a dark spot?
LCD test isn't working for me on my GS3. You sure it's *#0*#?
EDIT: Downloaded LCD test and on black screen, it is completely black (like the screen is off), which is what it's supposed to look like. You might have dead pixels or something?
OP you're not crazy. I read about that somewhere. **edit** found it. Is this what you're talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715936
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LCD test isn't working for me on my GS3. You sure it's *#0*#?
EDIT: Downloaded LCD test and on black screen, it is completely black (like the screen is off), which is what it's supposed to look like. You might have dead pixels or something?
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Would dead pixels show every other color fine?
Yes this is something you can exchange it for technically.
Ok im trying to recreate the problem but just like the link said Im not able to get the "darker" pixels to show in rooms with light...
What would I say when I get to best buy?
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Ok im trying to recreate the problem but just like the link said Im not able to get the "darker" pixels to show in rooms with light...
What would I say when I get to best buy?
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Tell them the truth. If they say "no" then ask for a manager. If the manager says "no" then ask to speak to the district manager. Just don't be mean about it and they should be able to help you. They most likely won't doubt you as they won't be able to test it since those damn stores are so bright. It'll just be easier for them to exchange it.
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Tell them the truth. If they say "no" then ask for a manager. If the manager says "no" then ask to speak to the district manager. Just don't be mean about it and they should be able to help you. They most likely won't doubt you as they won't be able to test it since those damn stores are so bright. It'll just be easier for them to exchange it.
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+1 or have one of their techs take it to the bathroom and turn off the lights.
I'm on my phone so I'm not up to digging up the links, but this has been discussed several times, both here and in the international version forums. They're usually referred to as "ink marks" and from what little I've read, they're on every single gsiii, and maybe even some other amoled devices including older galaxy S's.
I love my screen. However just last night I was curious so I installed the dead pixel test app from the market. In a dark room, on the black screen in that app, if you get your eyes focusing just right, you can see some black-er spots. It really doesn't bother me though, because I never notice them during normal usage.
I'm not saying to just ignore what you feel is a problem, but beware your replacement may have similar markings.
Why does the title of this thread have Sprint in it? carrier is irrelevant for this question.
It showed up... I've got this phone just one week and i can't replace it because I don't live in USA.. is there any way to fix it,? will any "pixel fix app" works on this amoled screen?
edit: i read about it and there is no way to fix it I'll try to return this phone, soo bad samsung..
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It showed up... I've got this phone just one week and i can't replace it because I don't live in USA.. is there any way to fix it,? will any "pixel fix app" works on this amoled screen?
edit: i read about it and there is no way to fix it I'll try to return this phone, soo bad samsung..
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I played this "game" a few weeks ago. I also live outside the US, so I had to send it back for repair,due to a speaker problem (the speaker was 'crackling') and no firm in europe could fix it.. They were the worst weeks of my summer,it took almost 2 months to get my phone back,but I dont have any issues with the phone since then. Hope youll have more luck, 2 months were really too much.
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I played this "game" a few weeks ago. I also live outside the US, so I had to send it back for repair,due to a speaker problem (the speaker was 'crackling') and no firm in europe could fix it.. They were the worst weeks of my summer,it took almost 2 months to get my phone back,but I dont have any issues with the phone since then. Hope youll have more luck, 2 months were really too much.
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I'm seeing something similar but It's not always there, only shows up occasionally when the screen goes off and I wake it, started happening using liteROM
It's not a "stuck pixel". AMOLEDs can have dead pixels at worst (and it's MUCH rarer than in LCDs and usually it's only one color that doesn't respond). There's some deeper issue. Take a screenshot and see if it shows up there -- that'll tell us if it's in software or hardware.
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It's not a "stuck pixel". AMOLEDs can have dead pixels at worst (and it's MUCH rarer than in LCDs and usually it's only one color that doesn't respond). There's some deeper issue. Take a screenshot and see if it shows up there -- that'll tell us if it's in software or hardware.
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If I have two bright green pixels, which are on all the time on the sa screen of my tab 7.7, what is this called then?