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[Q] Original AMOLED owners - Replacement question

To those who had an AMOLED screen (hardware version 002) and issued a replacement from Verizon:
Did they give you an AMOLED phone?
If so, how recent was this?
Also, did it have any issues?
Was it refurbished, or certified like-new?
I may have to look at getting my Inc replaced, but I sure as hell won't do it if I get an SLCD.

I just got my replace like 8 days ago.. I got a certified like new one... the only problem that I have is that I have no clue how to find out if I have a sLcd or a Amoled.. I know it should have a 002 number under the battery but honestly I dont see that in mine...
hope my info helps...
Note: I just check and I got a Amoled 002...

Settings > about phone > hardware information
-CM7 ADR6300

When I got my replacement last month they gave me another amoled. To be honest though, the colors sucked, white had a yellowish tint. Nothing a little calibration couldn't fix however.

I've had four of them replaced, all for blown speakers. The last two I asked them for an amoled. If you ask, they will send you which ever one you want.
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KyleBS said:
When I got my replacement last month they gave me another amoled. To be honest though, the colors sucked, white had a yellowish tint. Nothing a little calibration couldn't fix however.
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I don't mean to hijack, but how do you calibrate the color of the screen? The last two replacements I got have had a yellow screen and it seems to have gotten better, but I think I just got used to it.
EDIT: to add useful info, I have had 3 replacements since last April, the most recent one being last week and all were amoled screens. My wife had one replaced too and it was also an amoled.

I had mine replaced a few weeks ago, and it's an AMOLED. I haven't had the color tint issues, but my power button is a little sketchy. :/
I also can't sign into Peep on this phone when running Skyraider, but my old phone didn't have problems with it. It doesn't seem like it'd be a hardware problem, but it's the only difference I can think of.

Alright, seems safe to get a refurb now. Thanks guys.
And I assume they're all refurbished units by now instead of certified like-new, whatever the difference would be.
-ADR6300

dpwhitty11 said:
Alright, seems safe to get a refurb now. Thanks guys.
And I assume they're all refurbished units by now instead of certified like-new, whatever the difference would be.
-ADR6300
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There's not a difference. It's either that or you send yours back to HTC to have them repair/refurbish YOUR phone and wait for whatever their turnover period is to get it back to you. There might not even be any history on the replacement you got at all so stop worrying about whether it's refurbished or not.
Second point, if you originally purchased an AMOLED unit, and you need a replacement you will receive another AMOLED. If you purchased an SLCD version you'll get an SLCD replacement. We have different SKU's for both that are automatically populated in the order system.

KyleBS said:
When I got my replacement last month they gave me another amoled. To be honest though, the colors sucked, white had a yellowish tint. Nothing a little calibration couldn't fix however.
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I'd like to know how to calibrate the screen too. My wife's phone has a crappy pinkish tint to it ....
Thanks !!!
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Visited Verizon today, getting a replacement in 2 days.

NemesisXV6800 said:
I don't mean to hijack, but how do you calibrate the color of the screen? The last two replacements I got have had a yellow screen and it seems to have gotten better, but I think I just got used to it.
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KB3MMX said:
I'd like to know how to calibrate the screen too. My wife's phone has a crappy pinkish tint to it ....
Thanks !!!
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Here is the thread I found it in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745248
I can only vouch for ASOP however, I don't use a Sense rom so haven't tested it. Just download and flash calibrated-signed-42-Universal.zip. Then boot up and install Calibrator-5.1-Universal.apk. When you run that, you should be able to change each color calibration. It's pretty amazing, I was thrilled when I finally found it.

Got my replacement today.
Works perfectly. Also, it is AMOLED. Screen isn't "washed out" or anything either.
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Well, ****. It has ONE dead/permanently blue/cyan pixel in the middle of the bottom half of the screen.

[Q]blue tint on bottom of screen?

I just had my phone replaced because of a power button issue.
Didn't notice with the first one, not sure if it had it, but at the bottom of the screen there is a slight tint of blue in color shift vs the top of the screen.
Kind of like a blue haze coming up from the bottom of the screen about a inch or so.
If you put on a white screen and look at the top then bottom you I see the shift in color.Mainly on white or grey color though.
Is this normal or did I get another bad one do you think?

Yep same situation happened to me.. unless u dont mind. Get a new one.
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He he yeah it would bug me.
Guess it goes back.
I am having great luck. 2 with issues ha ha
Yeah well.
Thanks for the advice though.
The store is going to love me brining back another one

There seems to be some build quality issues.

Well it is about 3:30 here now and I am off to take this back to the store here in FL to see if they will take it back.
Wish me luck.
Will let you all know what I find.

Sorry for the late reply.
Forgot to when I got home.
Just showed them the color shift in the store and that it was on all screens and not just a particular app and they set me up with another one.
Screen on the display unit that didn't have the haze and the new one both look good, but not quite as bright whites as the one that did have the haze to it.
But I am okay with that.

I had a green tinted area in the top half of the screen showing on white and dark screen backgrounds. I came across someone whos screen turned completely green one day and didnt work at all afterwards so I took mine back to be on the safe side. Im now on my 3rd S4 in a week. Still love this phone

How long to wait?

I have a 32GB reserved at Best Buy for pickup today. I have an original n7 32 that I got back in December, and this one is going to replace it. I was actually already planning on selling it, because the light bleed and lag drives me nuts. I was thinking of canceling the Best Buy order and waiting, because I have seen a disturbing number of early build issue type posts. Question is, how long should I wait for the first run issues to be worked out before buying? When I bought mine in December, I expected those issues to be worked out, but I went through three before hitting on one that did not have screen lift issues.
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I am pretty eager to hear opinions regarding this question as I bought my first nex 7 in september and it still had the scren lift like yours one.
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Got my 32gb on friday at best buy. No hardware issues/defects/issues. You'd have to wait maybe a month for section shipments.

Mostly it depends on the stock ordered by those sites and stores. When they run out of stock, then only will they replace their stock. It only depends on how much the stock is recycled, given the amount of people returning their device due a "single dead pixel" or a lil bit of "light leak"...
I suggest wait for a bit, like 2-3 months for the first batch to run out, then give it a shot.

Best buy says 30-60 days is next order
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I suppose that I could always pick it up, give it a try and return it if there are any issues. It's just that I have always had terrible luck with release date electronics. I have never had one without issues.
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Just to update, I went ahead and picked it up. Figure that I can always return it if it has problems. Unfortunately, I'm going to need to return it. There are three problems that I saw right off.
1. There is a bright spot on the screen that's visible to the eye. If displaying white, the bright spot is brighter white, when displaying blue, it's brighter blue, etc...
2. There is a speck of dust under the screen, about half an inch below the bright spot.
3. It creaks pretty badly when held on the right side, near the bottom. So basically, when holding it in portrait mode.
Of these four issues, only the first issue is a deal breaker for me. The spot is large enough that it is noticeable when looking at the screen. It is more obvious when looking at a lighter color like white or light grey, but it is visible with all colors. I'm not sure how these screens are put together, so this might be completely off. It looks like there's some kind of film or something, and in the brighter area, it looks like it is a little thinner. The only reason that I noticed the spec of dust was because I was looking at the white spot under a magnifying glass, to see if I could figure out what it was. The spec of dust is not visible, even while wearing my strongest glasses. The creaking comes and goes. I'm guessing that with time, it would disappear entirely. And I do plan on having it in a case, so it really wouldn't matter. One thing that seems apparent while comparing the two, at least to me, is that the original model was more solidly built. Not that the new one seems cheap, because it doesn't. But it just doesn't seem as solid. Of course I did have to go through three original N7s before I found one that didn't have screen lift.
The screen itself (once looking past the white spot) is amazing! I have had a number of iPads and I have my current N7 and a Kindle Fire (original), and I have NEVER seen a screen that is so even. One of my primary complaints with my original N7 is that the screen is ever so yellowish along the right side of the screen. It is distracting enough when reading on the Kindle app that I set the background color to Sepia to overcome it. And not only is it very even, but the resolution is unlike anything that I've ever seen on something this small. The text on Kindle books is crisp and easily readable. On my original N7, I can see pixels. Though not nearly as bad as the Kindle Fire. Also, the white is more pleasing to the eye than the white on the original N7 was. I know that this is a subjective thing. Where my old N7 had a slightly reddish tint to the white, the new one doesn't have that. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it. But I think that it looks much nicer. The new N7 is also much brighter than the original. I'd say about 30% brighter.
And it's definitely fast. I wasn't really happy with my orignal N7, because of the issues that it has with light bleeding. But now it also seems really slow. I'm not sure how to fix that. Maybe a new ROM is in order.
Unfortunately, I can't keep one with a bright spot like this one has, so back it goes. Perhaps I'll take the advice given above, and give it a few months and try again.
One of the ways that I sold my wife on the original N7 was by saying that it would keep getting Android updates. I guess I accidentally lied about that. 4.2.2 appears to be as high as the original N7 will go, at least without a custom ROM.

Well what rotten luck for you. I haven't any of these Problem fortunately. Hope you get it fixed

usmaak said:
4.2.2 appears to be as high as the original N7 will go, at least without a custom ROM.
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Heh???
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-updates-pushing-today-current-nexus-devices
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aooga said:
Heh???
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-updates-pushing-today-current-nexus-devices
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agreed, my first get ironically updated to 4.3 1.5 hours prior to me picking up my new nexus 7 on friday

aooga said:
Heh???
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-updates-pushing-today-current-nexus-devices
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Yea. Dumb statement that I made. My N7 has not gotten any use for the last few months. I saw that it was on 4.2.2 still, and just made an assumption.
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usmaak said:
Just to update, I went ahead and picked it up. Figure that I can always return it if it has problems. Unfortunately, I'm going to need to return it. There are three problems that I saw right off.
1. There is a bright spot on the screen that's visible to the eye. If displaying white, the bright spot is brighter white, when displaying blue, it's brighter blue, etc...
2. There is a speck of dust under the screen, about half an inch below the bright spot.
3. It creaks pretty badly when held on the right side, near the bottom. So basically, when holding it in portrait mode.
Of these four issues, only the first issue is a deal breaker for me. The spot is large enough that it is noticeable when looking at the screen. It is more obvious when looking at a lighter color like white or light grey, but it is visible with all colors. I'm not sure how these screens are put together, so this might be completely off. It looks like there's some kind of film or something, and in the brighter area, it looks like it is a little thinner. The only reason that I noticed the spec of dust was because I was looking at the white spot under a magnifying glass, to see if I could figure out what it was. The spec of dust is not visible, even while wearing my strongest glasses. The creaking comes and goes. I'm guessing that with time, it would disappear entirely. And I do plan on having it in a case, so it really wouldn't matter. One thing that seems apparent while comparing the two, at least to me, is that the original model was more solidly built. Not that the new one seems cheap, because it doesn't. But it just doesn't seem as solid. Of course I did have to go through three original N7s before I found one that didn't have screen lift.
The screen itself (once looking past the white spot) is amazing! I have had a number of iPads and I have my current N7 and a Kindle Fire (original), and I have NEVER seen a screen that is so even. One of my primary complaints with my original N7 is that the screen is ever so yellowish along the right side of the screen. It is distracting enough when reading on the Kindle app that I set the background color to Sepia to overcome it. And not only is it very even, but the resolution is unlike anything that I've ever seen on something this small. The text on Kindle books is crisp and easily readable. On my original N7, I can see pixels. Though not nearly as bad as the Kindle Fire. Also, the white is more pleasing to the eye than the white on the original N7 was. I know that this is a subjective thing. Where my old N7 had a slightly reddish tint to the white, the new one doesn't have that. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it. But I think that it looks much nicer. The new N7 is also much brighter than the original. I'd say about 30% brighter.
And it's definitely fast. I wasn't really happy with my orignal N7, because of the issues that it has with light bleeding. But now it also seems really slow. I'm not sure how to fix that. Maybe a new ROM is in order.
Unfortunately, I can't keep one with a bright spot like this one has, so back it goes. Perhaps I'll take the advice given above, and give it a few months and try again.
One of the ways that I sold my wife on the original N7 was by saying that it would keep getting Android updates. I guess I accidentally lied about that. 4.2.2 appears to be as high as the original N7 will go, at least without a custom ROM.
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I'm sure BB would let you exchange it for another (and even open it in store to make sure it's good) if you wanted to keep it still.

[Q] Yellow screen burn at bottom of screen

Guys, over the past few days I have noticed at the foot of the screen in the centre there is a yellow line (approx 1 to 2mm thickness) appearing which looks very much like screen burn.
It can only be seen when a lighter colour is present but it is there no matter what you are looking at.
When watching movies it is horrendous as your eyes are constantly drawn to the yellow thick line.
Question being has anyone else noticed this?

Sounds like a faulty panel to me

Lennyuk said:
Sounds like a faulty panel to me
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That's what I am thinking but before I contact Clove tomorrow it would be interesting to hear if this is an isolated case?

Give us a picture

htc_HD2 said:
Give us a picture
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Impossible to see if you do a screen grab. The grab would not show the screen burn.
The only way to do it is to take a photo of the G3's screen and I don't have another camera at hand with me this weekend.

Dead pixel maybe
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StreetkillnHD said:
Dead pixel maybe
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No, it's nothing like a dead pixel.
It's more like a yellow stain that progressively gets darker the longer the screen is left on.
I contacted Clove who would send it back to LG for them to look at.
In the meantime if I change the Home a Touch Buttons to Black it covers up the Yellow stain whenever a screen uses the touch buttons.
It's when you are either looking at photos, watching movies or playing games where you don't have touch buttons displayed that you see it.

Beards said:
No, it's nothing like a dead pixel.
It's more like a yellow stain that progressively gets darker the longer the screen is left on.
I contacted Clove who would send it back to LG for them to look at.
In the meantime if I change the Home a Touch Buttons to Black it covers up the Yellow stain whenever a screen uses the touch buttons.
It's when you are either looking at photos, watching movies or playing games where you don't have touch buttons displayed that you see it.
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I have had this on devices in the past, its certainly a faulty screen.

Yes, I definitely agree on that.
Okay I should return it for repair but I would find it murder to be without the phone.
So far it is limited to the area of the touch buttons and like I mention if I change to black you then don't see it a lot of the time.
I'm seeing if I can live with it..........

Beards said:
Yes, I definitely agree on that.
Okay I should return it for repair but I would find it murder to be without the phone.
So far it is limited to the area of the touch buttons and like I mention if I change to black you then don't see it a lot of the time.
I'm seeing if I can live with it..........
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Just as a warning, when I have had this on devices in the past it is something that gets worse over time, the yellow area will spread, its probably worthwhile getting it fixed now to avoid having it become a bigger problem in the future.
Have you spoke to clove yet? Surely they might just swap it out rather than force you to get a repair?

Lennyuk said:
Just as a warning, when I have had this on devices in the past it is something that gets worse over time, the yellow area will spread, its probably worthwhile getting it fixed now to avoid having it become a bigger problem in the future.
Have you spoke to clove yet? Surely they might just swap it out rather than force you to get a repair?
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Yes I spoke with Clove and was quite surprised they would send it back for repair.
At the time I had had the G3 for 18 days.
As such seeing as being without the phone is going to be a nightmare and it's not spreading or getting worse for the time being, I'm mulling over my options.
Fortunately money is not a problem. If it gets that bad I would rather buy another and set up the new G3 in the presence of the faulty G3 then either give the faulty one away to a member of the family which I do with all of my phones and let them decide what to do....

I have the exact same problem. Found this thread googling for it. It's almost right in the bottom center. Looks yellowish and it's driving me nuts. I'll probably hold off exchanging for a while since I cannot afford to go without a phone and have no way to backup everything until someone unlocks the boot loader.

bpyazel said:
I have the exact same problem. Found this thread googling for it. It's almost right in the bottom center. Looks yellowish and it's driving me nuts. I'll probably hold off exchanging for a while since I cannot afford to go without a phone and have no way to backup everything until someone unlocks the boot loader.
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Well, if it's any help to you all I can tell you is it doesn't appear to get any worse.
Yes it's there and more prominant when it gets hotter but it doesn't appear to be spreading or going darker.
At the moment I am still living with it.

Anyone have like a light red/pinkish hue tint along the bottom of the screen and edge

I dont know if my eyes are just completely bugging out or if what im seeing is true. I got my replacement note 7 yesterday and everything went well but then i saw a red/pink tint towards the bottom of the screen i started to freak out but decided that i would let it fly til Monday or so hoping that its just glue or something drying up. Its more noticeable when the screen is on a full white screen or if the bottom/edge part of the screen is white but other than that you can't see it at all.
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Sounds like a display issue. My Note 4 had half the screen streaked/covered with a similar color. It was really similar to what the blue-light filter looks like when turned about half way up actually. But it was only on about half the display, and in streaks so was more of a bother because it wasn't the entire screen. I honestly only really noticed it when I was reading my kindle app on my phone with the lights turned off, otherwise it really wasn't very noticeable in normal lighting conditions. Upon reading about this on google this can happen to these kinds of displays that Samsung uses. Might be something to send the phone back for a replacement. I'd really have to see a pic to know enough to know for sure though.

Sounds like a defect. Bound to be a few. Try massaging that area of the screen fairly hard and see if there is any change.
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chevanlol360 said:
I dont know if my eyes are just completely bugging out or if what im seeing is true. I got my replacement note 7 yesterday and everything went well but then i saw a red/pink tint towards the bottom of the screen i started to freak out but decided that i would let it fly til Monday or so hoping that its just glue or something drying up. Its more noticeable when the screen is on a full white screen or if the bottom/edge part of the screen is white but other than that you can't see it at all.
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I had that issue on my silver Note 7 and opt to exchange it (after many rounds of persuasion and complaints with at least 3 Samsung technicians). Some see it, some don't. This happened right before the recall.
Thought it was only a random unit of mine, but since you also raised this issue, could be more widespread. FYI, my unit was international version. Also same pinkish hue at the bottom. My replacement unit (before the recall) did not have this issue.
My note 7 recall replacement is not here yet (Samsung announced our replacement only available officially on 29 Sept in my country). I too hope my recalled-replacement will not have the pink hue at the bottom of the screen.