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spot like dot inside touchscreen?

Hi,
I've just had my HTC Desire for about a week and its been working fine, however i have just spotted a concerning water dot-like spot inside my touchscreen but its not affecting anything i do when i use it. I have not dropped it at all or done anything malicious so i'm assuming it was already there from the start. I don't have a screen protector yet but will be receiving it in the next couple days.
here it is > http: //i41.tinypic.com/2h2nsbb.jpg (remove space)
it might be hard to see but its there.
Does anyone know how i might clear that up or should i just leave it since its not really effecting the touchscreen. i'm not sure if i should get a replacement
Any suggestions welcomed.
cheers

I would insist on having it repaired or replaced from where ever you got it from. I'm guessing there is no obvious damage to the top of the screen?

Yeah, that would do my head in! A screen protector may well render it invisible though.
I would contact the provider and insist on a replacement. I would just say there is a mark on the inside of the screen, I wouldn't mention water if I were you, just to be on the safe side, it's one of those things where the conversation could get irksome.

Cheers for the replies..
I will see what 3 can do as i bought it on a PAYG. You can bearly see it until you look closely near light, thats why i only just noticed it yesterday.
No damage at all to the top screen let alone the phone. It still looks brand new. AMOLED screen is faultless and everything works fine.
I reckon it'll be annoying to get this replaced as they have limited stock but i'll see what 3 would suggest me to do when i go there tomorrow..

Faint light in top right corner of the screen

Hi all, hoping someone could help me. Hot a new desire yesterday and have noticed when no a black screen these is a faint light in the top right corner. You can't see it when the screen is light though.
Is this faint light a problem or will it be ok?
Cheers all
Blinky

Not sure how common this is but I have the same problem and have heard about it before. I was thinking of returning the Desire for a different one but if it is a common problem then I won't bother.

Silly suggestion, it doesnt happen when your notification led is on does it?
As that would produce a slight glow from underneath the screen.

I have the faint light in the top corner even when the led is off.
Anyone hot any other ideas what it could be?
Cheers
Blinky

Is this while the screen if off?
Looked on my Desire - can't see any other light source?

Any update on the uper right corner issue, I have same problem and even went back to store to change the device, but the new one had same issue. Dont know if its only my bad luck or what.

Its plain backlight bleeding, could be possibly solved by some ghetto disassembly and sharpie, but I wont sacrifice my warranty to fix something that doesn't bother me (and of course it's a feature/bug of SLCD screened Desires)

So you think i bought desire with slcd not the amoled one. Didnt know slcd desires are already on the market.

Hmmm, I have this issue as well, only really shows up on a dark blank screen, so not to much of an issue in day to day use.....Looks from all the posts that this is a "feature" of the SLCD screens that HTC are using......;o)

Substituted mine today in warranty...no differences, the same problem on the new one.
Thanks htc...good work...

Same story here. Bought mine (SLCD) about week ago and this screen "feature" was there from the very beginning. I was thinking about to return it, but I went through your posts guys and looks like this is a common problem...

[Q] Manually replacing an AMOLED screen with SLCD?

Ever since I got my droid incredible I've been rather disappointed with the screen. I'd say its the best device on Verizon aside from the poor battery life (fixed by slipping in a 1500mah battery) and the pentile matrix AMOLED screen. I love the vibrant colors it produces, but I'm a web junkie on my phone. This means that 90% of the time I'm looking at a pure white screen thus contributing to more battery drain and blurry text all thanks to the AMOLED screen.
So when I heard that they would start replacing AMOLED with SLCD, I got a little happy. Not too happy, because I'm stuck with an AMOLED version. I'm almost two months into my dinc ownership and would like then next 16-22 months to be a little more readable.
I got to thinking, I could sell this and buy a new one, yada yada, but what about doing a screen replacement myself? I've seen it done on youtube and it doesn't look terribly hard. But I have a few reservations:
1. Would my current hardware (version 02) accept a SLCD screen? I noticed that the new hardware version with the SLCD is 03, so I don't know if there's a firmware issue here.
2. Can you even buy SLCD replacements yet? I've looked around a bit and many stores offer "LCD Replacements". I don't understand what is meant by that since AMOLED screens are that I've known of to be available to incredibles. Are they cheap unofficial TFT panels? I'm after the juicy IPS panel SLCD, I'd rather keep my AMOLED than a cheap LCD. My concern is that they won't ever become available.
3. Performing such in depth hardware surgery will surely void my warranty and put me at risk to ruin my phone. This is a given though.
If anyone has any info regarding those above points then please share your knowledge. Thanks for reading and hopefully others have thought about this as well

SLCD is junk, it isn't a good thing that they're replacing the screens, they're doing it because Samsung is using all their smiled and super amoled screens on their own devices, thus being back ordered for everybody else. There's a reason HTC used the smiled first, if the SLCD was any better they would have used it.

I completely disagree w/ ogkhaze I actually never considered the incredible until it got the slcd. Amoled sucks imo. I hate the over saturated colors and the pentile's pixel layout. The slcd has better color accuracy and text is nice and clear.
Dunno how the fact that amoled was used first makes it any better.
Anyways you can try getting your phone replaced I.e. with your warranty but make sure you request one with an slcd. Dunno if that will work though

Getting a replacement seems like a decent way to go about it, but I'd need a legitimate reason (I'd think) and I don't have the first idea how to con that
Obviously there are varying opinions on the screen types... SLCD is better for my uses, but AMOLED has its merits as well.

Well if you're trying to get a replacement you can always go the insurance route and hope you get SLCD or you can say that you're phones speaker is blown they aren't going to check it and call you out or anything.

Div033 said:
Getting a replacement seems like a decent way to go about it, but I'd need a legitimate reason (I'd think) and I don't have the first idea how to con that
Obviously there are varying opinions on the screen types... SLCD is better for my uses, but AMOLED has its merits as well.
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Verizon replaced my phone when I told them that my phone was rebooting all the time, at complete random, and without any rhyme or reason. Granted, it actually WAS having problems, but if you warranty the thing and they find no issues, what will they do, ask for the replacement back? I doubt it.

Say the AMOLED burned in in the corner, where it says AM/PM. People had woahs like that with the N1 and the notification bar. Demand you get an SLCD replacement so it doesn't happen again. If it works for you I'll try the same, I want an SLCD so I can use a white notification bar and not worry about suffering the N1's fate

[Q] What is on my screen? [Strange symbol illuminating]

Hi there,
I am an owner of MIUI rooted HTC Desire (GSM), installed new radio too. I had no problems so far. But in last few days I have noticed strange things happaning with device's display. There is some kind of strange pink illuminance when screen is displaying totally full screen black colour. This weird problem slightly shows up also on another dark colours. Here is some pictures describing the problem:
(click on image to make it bigger)
Maybe somebody has experienced something similiar? Actually I am very frustrating seeing that, looks like "Me - gusta" face, haha. But if seriously, then I am afraid about device's condition.

It looks to me as if you have pressed too hard at some point
and damaged the screen

Well, it might be. How do you think guys is it repairable by guarantee?

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Yeah I was just gonna say that's not a symbol mate you just screwed the screen.. how hard did you press that thing?? I've quite literally smashed my Desire's screen and got nothing (maybe AMOLED is tougher )
also highly doubt warranty will cover since you did it.

[Q]How much for a new screen?

Mine One X got a little scratch on screen, so I can't return it. I probably have a Sharp panel, since my screen has a pronounced yellowish tone, that I can't get out of my mind.
I know it's probably a stupid idea, since my screen - besides the warm tone - has nothing wrong with it, but if I went to a HTC repair center and asked for a screen replacement (an Acer screen), how much do you think it would cost me?

Given you would need to replace screen + glass (it's stuck together) you're probably looking at $200+. Not worth it IMO just to get rid of the yellowing.
M.

Doubt they'll even have much in terms of spares at the moment. Somebody else tried to get their One X fixed and they were told that pretty much everything is devoted to manufacturing still.