Possible internal crack? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I noticed today an artifact that appears on my screen. It is very easy to see of I use an app with a white background. I let the screen turn off. I turn on the screen and a couple of seconds after unlocking the screen I see a small orange starburst that fades in and after a second or two it fades out and is gone. The phone has not been dropped nor abused at all. Does this sound like an internal issue that I should be looking at getting my phone replaced? It is bear the too of the screen.
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it sounds like the lcd screen is cracked. (hence the orange color) You don't have to drop your phone for this to happen, you could lean against something, or even from having it in your pocket if you put to much pressure against it.
Unfortunately your only real choice would be to get the screen replaced at the sprint store.

Well after further investigation I think it mat be some left over artifact of the sprint logo eventhough my phone is rooted with custom splash and boot screens. I scrolled my desktop and looked at this where the background was black. When I look at it on a black background it looks yellow and not orange and it looks a lot like the end of sprint logo that brightens and dims.
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ElAguila said:
Well after further investigation I think it mat be some left over artifact of the sprint logo eventhough my phone is rooted with custom splash and boot screens. I scrolled my desktop and looked at this where the background was black. When I look at it on a black background it looks yellow and not orange and it looks a lot like the end of sprint logo that brightens and dims.
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sprint is unhappy you rooted and is haunting your phone

heythatsghetto said:
sprint is unhappy you rooted and is haunting your phone
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muahahahaha

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Stuck pixel!

I just got a stuck pixel on my phone in the bottom of the screen, i picked it up today from the local T-Mobile store, anyway to pix it or am i gonna have to return it?
best thing to do is to return it for another one
it's very rare to see a stuck LED on the SAMOLED+ screens
it stays even after a reboot?
yea i rebooted it 3 times and i also ran those youtube stuck pixel fixers that flash billion colors on the screen really fast...it didnt work its still there
Stuck Red Pixel
Anyone else have one?
It's really not a big deal, except that I've only had the phone for two days. They usually go away on their own after time but I have to admit it's annoying.. because I purposely look to see if it's their when I'm in the web browser, which is really the only time I see it (only really visible on white background)
take it back and change it ASAP
Dead Black Pixels? Picture not rectangle?
Okay so I was about to go to bed when I realized that the phone died...so I plug it in and I was like wooooahhhh wtfff...
I see all these weird dead black pixels and on top of that the battery isn't perfectly rectangle...the back part is zigzaggy...I tried to take a picture but it doesn't come out..
Try it. Go into a really dark room and turn phone completely off. Plug it in and wait for the battery picture to come on...any of you see the multiple dead black pixels and non rectangular battery? ?
An alternative way that I also tried was a black background on the lock screen...I saw only a few dead black pixels...not as much as plugging it in...dam I thought my batch was perfect...
You can take a screenshot by holding the home key and pressing the lock button.
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That wouldn't help because its a hardware problem. I'm going to return it and wait 2 months and get it at a cheaper price....
are you sure those are dead LED?
there's no pixel in SAMOLED displays, each "pixel" is actually a LED
so are you absolutely sure those LED at dead?
if you put a HD picture on screen of a uniform colour, does it leave any black spots?
That's what I meant, thank you for clarifying....I see splotches on dark shades of black...its like the screen is dirty, but isn't.
I actually have a spot I didn't notice until last night, its a red spot that's stuck at the bottom. So that's a dead led?
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The_Biz said:
I actually have a spot I didn't notice until last night, its a red spot that's stuck at the bottom. So that's a dead led?
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a few guys reported the red pixel already
AllGamer said:
a few guys reported the red pixel already
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Link? I may have to exchange this one now.
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i merged the 2 topics
since it's talking practically about the same problem
OK. Thanks.
AllGamer said:
are you sure those are dead LED?
there's no pixel in SAMOLED displays, each "pixel" is actually a LED
so are you absolutely sure those LED at dead?
if you put a HD picture on screen of a uniform colour, does it leave any black spots?
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I was thinking the same thing. Very rare to see something like that.
interesting
In dark areas..
Go in a dark area and turn your brightness all the way down and got to a greyish picture or the clocks app. I see black spots on my phone.. How bout yall?
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I see the samething when doing the Screen brightening glitch in a dark room.
When I turn off my phone and connect to the charger in the dark, it show the battery charging and surrounding it are black dots and lines. is this even normal? does everyone got that or its my defective device?

Samsung Galaxy S III screen problem with black color in the dark

Last night I was laying on my bed watching a movie on my phone. I notice somthing is wrong with my screen, when there's no light in the room and my phone is on a black screen. I have something wrong with my black color on the bottom of the screen, its really hard to describe but if you look at it, it looks not normal. But when im not on a black screen the screen looks 100% normal you cant even tell there is an issue with my screen. I was wondering if other people are getting this issue. Just go to a room that's really dark, put your phone with a black wallpaper and look at the screen you might have to turn up brightness to see it.
rayoubi said:
Last night I was laying on my bed watching a movie on my phone. I notice somthing is wrong with my screen, when there's no light in the room and my phone is on a black screen. I have something wrong with my black color on the bottom of the screen, its really hard to describe but if you look at it, it looks not normal. But when im not on a black screen the screen looks 100% normal you cant even tell there is an issue with my screen. I was wondering if other people are getting this issue. Just go to a room that's really dark, put your phone with a black wallpaper and look at the screen you might have to turn up brightness to see it.
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normal manufacturing of these amoled devices wish it was not but it is
Duskycub said:
normal manufacturing of these amoled devices wish it was not but it is
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OOOOOOO wow... thats lame but I feel alot better that you said that. thanks for letting me know.
mine has it too its normal
In very dark conditions, all these screens seems to have a noticeable glow on black, and lines, dots, and/or spots that are darker (like ink marks). I got mine replaced twice and settled on the third with only a single small spot on the right middle of the screen.
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Yea, i have it too. never really thought anything of it... kinda figured it probably was just something to do with amoled screens. Not like i'm frequently looking at a black screen anyway... and it's only really noticable in the dark.
they look like black blotches of paint or something right?
My Infuse and SGS2 both have them is thats what you are referring too. if you load a brown image like XDA brown far more noticeable.
that is how i noticed them on other two devices.
Maybe I'm just lucky. But I don't have those blotches on my s3. Did have them on my atrix 4G though. And this sgs2 I was borrowing from a friend. Only had my gs3 since yesterday though. Maybe age matters?
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Yea I've just got a small black blotch at the bottem left of my screen. Only noticeable when its pitch black
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What's funny is. On my Atrix they were visible even with "color" showing. Faint. But visible. Very noticeable on black screens though. Gs2 wasn't too bad. But this gs3 shows none whatsoever.
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[Q] Anybody have this issue? Screen discolored badly.

A few moments ago while browsing on my phone the screen flickered multiple times. At first I thought it was normal, because the screen flickers on some JB roms. But then the flicker completely changed the color of my screen. I'd post a picture, but I'm at work with only my phone. The best example I can give is it's as if somebody turned the brightness on a computer monitor to 100% and now the colors are washed. Black is now almost a grey color etc. I thought it was the rom so luckily I had some nandroids, but the discoloration is even worse in TWRP and on boot because of the black background.
My question is, what to do now? The screen is pulsating terribly. I haven't dropped this phone from any significant height either. Does AT&T cover replacements or would I have to go through Samsung? Btw I purchased this new in box off Craigslist, so I'm not sure if that would be a problem getting an AT&T replacement. With tmobile with past phones it didn't matter.
I'd try flashing back to stock through Odin. If that doesn't work its probably a hardware problem and at&t should replace it

[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

[Q] Blue Screen Splotche and Dark Shadows

There is a blue tinted 'smear' in the left center of my phone. I removed my screen protector and realized it wasn't a smudge. It's the screen itself. It doesn't appear in screen shots either. It's apparent with white background.
I also noticed increasingly more dark shadows in my screen when pitch black screens or loading screens show up. They're hard to describe. It's like seeing a lcd with bleeding light but in various smears or shapes.
I've had this since I got the phone on launch day but since then I've noticed the number increase.
I thought maybe I've banged it too much or pressure in my pocket. But I never keep anything in my pocket with my phone besides my leather wallet occasionally. I also had a flip cover too which makes it weirder.
This is a samsung screen thing...most amoled screens have this... I belive its the glue or somthing...if u turn ur screen all the way down and use a screen filter to lower the brightness even more.. it should show up on blacks...there is a thread somewhere buried in qna with same issue.
twanskys204 said:
This is a samsung screen thing...most amoled screens have this... I belive its the glue or somthing...if u turn ur screen all the way down and use a screen filter to lower the brightness even more.. it should show up on blacks...there is a thread somewhere buried in qna with same issue.
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even the weird blue miscolor? Its so annoying :X
Can u take a pic of your phone....like not screen shot but whith a different device?

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