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evo developing a light spot in middle of screen

What the hell is this? It's not dead pixels.. I noticed this a few weeks ago and it looks like it may be getting worse. It's mainly noticeable on white backgrounds. I baby this phone. It's protected with a case and screen protector from day one. Never dropped. I would take it in now and see if I could get it replaced, but I hear replacements are coming with 2.2 and I don't want to be stuck without root. Anyone else have this lighter spot in their screen?

boredmug said:
What the hell is this? It's not dead pixels.. I noticed this a few weeks ago and it looks like it may be getting worse. It's mainly noticeable on white backgrounds. I baby this phone. It's protected with a case and screen protector from day one. Never dropped. I would take it in now and see if I could get it replaced, but I hear replacements are coming with 2.2 and I don't want to be stuck without root. Anyone else have this lighter spot in their screen?
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I have this exact same anomaly. The pictures below don't quite do it justice, but I'm sure the passers-by can get the idea here. It's more evident when the screen is bright, and the background is white. Very annoying. Screen has never been dropped, etc. My HW revision is 0002.. novatek panel.
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Aww crap, I'm in the same boat as you guys...
And to think I was going to get a phone that WASN'T defective first time around

Weird. That's almost the exact location of my spot.

I think it a heat spot from the CPU.
I have the same thing.
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I also have one, in almost the exact same spot. I don't know what's causing it, but I also have that issue with my monitors on my laptops. I usually end up getting like 3-4 big spots on the screen. I don't notice it to much because I've gotten used to it, but my screens have preformed just fine even with the bright spots.
Just think of it this way, you can see those spots better in the sun now, since it's brighter

I had that on my first phone. I also had light leakage so I figured they were related.
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It's really not a big deal to me, so long as it does not get worse. It's hardly noticeable. It's just one of those things you notice because it's wrong, but no one else would ever see. My Evo is great otherwise.. I'm not interested in risking a return for a refurb or unrootable 2.2 device.

scriptx said:
It's really not a big deal to me, so long as it does not get worse. It's hardly noticeable. It's just one of those things you notice because it's wrong, but no one else would ever see. My Evo is great otherwise.. I'm not interested in risking a return for a refurb or unrootable 2.2 device.
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I have the same problem. Novatec 0002. It started out barely noticeable and it has grown to be significantly worse. A big white spot that is really really bright white on white screens.
I was showing off my EVO and everyone was just fixated on that spot. Can't show off the EVO anymore. I'm very upset, I would rather have an unrooted 2.2 than a big eyesore on the screen. I'm sure someone will root 2.2 soon enough.

firemedic1343 said:
I have the same problem. Novatec 0002. It started out barely noticeable and it has grown to be significantly worse. A big white spot that is really really bright white on white screens.
I was showing off my EVO and everyone was just fixated on that spot. Can't show off the EVO anymore. I'm very upset, I would rather have an unrooted 2.2 than a big eyesore on the screen. I'm sure someone will root 2.2 soon enough.
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Might be worth making a stink about after a new hw revision (or with recent) and after 2.2 is rooted. Cry a river about light leakage and get a replacement. I can deal with it the way it is now, but would rather be proactive before it gets worse.

I have it as well didn't think much of it cause i had never heard anyone else say anything, now i atleast know im not alone, and it should be noted as a issue.

For those of you with similar issues, list your hardware builds and screen manufacturers, etc.

Revision 003 novatech panel. Seems like everyone with this problem has a nova panel so far.

Same here.
I have the same issue.. similar spot, I don't mind as long as it doesn't get worse.

It doesn't bother me horribly, but I do find my eye being drawn to it. Also, for as much money as I've spent on this thing i expect the screen to not have defects like this. As soon as root for 2.2 is achieved I will probably be trying for a replacement.

I have been waiting on a replacement from radio shack for 8 weeks because of the same issue.REV 2 nova panel.Mine has gotten bigger and is now 2 separate spots.

I have the same issue on a Rev 3 Nova, also ended up with some kind of weird screen "burn in" - you can see numbers from the vanilla lockscreen clock when the screen is black. I'm supposed to be getting a replacement (my third now) from the local repair center sometime in the next few days.

So apparently these novatech panels are junk.

Add me to the list as well. 002 w/Nova. Same exact spot about an inch above the back button at the bottom. Has anyone successfully got Sprint to replace theirs for this issue?

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Add me to the list as well. 002 w/Nova. Same exact spot about an inch above the back button at the bottom. Has anyone successfully got Sprint to replace theirs for this issue?
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Waiting for a new HW build (and verification that it doesn't have similar problems) before calling Sprint about it.

Galaxy Nexus Screen - What's Normal, What's Not. (Photos!)

Got the Nexus today and having no experience with the AMOLED screens (iPhones and EVO before) I'm not sure what is considered normal and what is defective. I know there are plenty of threads about this, but very few examples.
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Viewing Angle - At extreme angles the screen with produce an iridescent effect.
Courtesy of TAMIM2007 - Left Galaxy nexus / right Galaxy 1
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Galaxy Nexus OLED's with a black screen showing red and green pixels are indeed slightly lit even though it should be "black" (15 second exposure).
Galaxy Nexus "black" vs LCD "black" (15 second exposure).
THESE ARE DEFECTS Exchange these phones... You shouldn't have to live like this!​
Courtesy of asb123 - Tint Fade at 0% brightness.
Courtesy of staticx57 - Black spots on a dark screen. Very common issue, odds are your replacement screen will have these, too.
Courtesy of blackhand1001 - Image Retention issues.
Courtesy of tonnytech - Banding and Transparent Lines
If other people want to add their own pictures for analysis I'll try and add them to the first post so people new to the AMOLED world can feel better about theirs/exchange for a new one.

I'm seeing the same thing with the whites. They almost feel like they have a yellow hue to them.
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normal with a pentile display same thing happened with the nexus s the rgb settings arent exactly correct

Aye completely normal. It's what a high-definition Pentile screen looks like.

Well, that answers that then.
Thanks guys.

Is this really supposed to be normal? I'm not convinced yet.

I came from a SGS2 and I can say the banding/lines/grey dots are much worse. The S2 seemed more glossy and colours seemed richer than the matt styled newspaper type of screen that the nexus has. I am quite annoyed as this was not mentioned in any of then reviews.
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very useful post, thanks OP. i just picked up the gn two days ago, and the screen is bothering me as well. i havent done as rigorous testing as the OP, but i definitely notice similar banding at lower brightnesses. from what it sounds like, it is normal.
i came from a nexus s 4g and gs2, i've never noticed this problem with AMOLEDs in the past. very disappointing so far.

wadyas said:
I came from a SGS2 and I can say the banding/lines/grey dots are much worse. The S2 seemed more glossy and colours seemed richer than the matt styled newspaper type of screen that the nexus has. I am quite annoyed as this was not mentioned in any of then reviews.
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that's because the sgs2 does not use pentile, it uses full rgb, at the cost of a considerably lower resolution.

Updated post to include an up close look at the PenTile display pixels. Appears the same as all the others FWIW.

nice thread, i think you should change the title and have a mod to sticky it, this helps people not starting useless threads about their display showing tint of yellow/blue/grey etc.

I think the sticky is a good idea as well. Not sure what i would need to change in the title though.
Who knows a mod? LOL

I wish I had seen this thread sooner. It almost seems like no one else is complaining about this issue. I'm afraid to turn in my GNex for replacement because I'm afraid the replacement will be much worse than this.

For some reasons, the AMOLED on Samsung phones (GS, GSII, etc.) are not that great with the stock settings Samsung pre-set.
Just wait until supercurio (the guy behind voodoo project) works his voodoo magic on the GN's AMOLED.
You'll be amazed.

andythefan said:
I wish I had seen this thread sooner. It almost seems like no one else is complaining about this issue. I'm afraid to turn in my GNex for replacement because I'm afraid the replacement will be much worse than this.
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For what it's worth I actually took mine back for a replacement since I had what looked almost like a fingerprint under the glass - and my replacement is somewhat better.
The blue hue when seen at an angle is a little less blue and the "linen" effect is a little more subdued as well. It's definitely still there though but I think it's worth it.
Oh why didn't they just make it standard RGB like the Galaxy S II?

chjade84 said:
For what it's worth I actually took mine back for a replacement since I had what looked almost like a fingerprint under the glass - and my replacement is somewhat better.
The blue hue when seen at an angle is a little less blue and the "linen" effect is a little more subdued as well. It's definitely still there though but I think it's worth it.
Oh why didn't they just make it standard RGB like the Galaxy S II?
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i've returned my galaxy nexus three time to the shop, and been through 5 units in the shop, problems were bright pixels, scratched screen inside and outside, random movement of the screen (like someone has been touching the screen continuously), in all cases the screen looked ok, just like the photos shown in first post, except for one that had a tint of purple/pink along the top of the screen(can only be seen in grey settings and dark rooms).
about the RGB, i dont think they have the technology to make super HD amoled display with RGB at low cost yet, but thats by guess.

I went to my local Verizon store, and all of the display models looked like this. A sales person let me compare to his phone, and his looked like this also.
Seems like this is just the new standard I guess, or maybe some of us have sensitive eyes.

RickROM said:
I went to my local Verizon store, and all of the display models looked like this. A sales person let me compare to his phone, and his looked like this also.
Seems like this is just the new standard I guess, or maybe some of us have sensitive eyes.
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It's one of those things that once you see it you can't unsee it and it will always bother you. I had the rezound before my nexus and the capacitive buttons all leaked light onto the screens. I had to point out this fact to the sales guy cause he didnt see it. Once he did he checked all of the display models and they all had the same problem.
That being said, all phones now a days seem to have some "problem" with them and sadly you need to pick the problems that seem to bother you the least.

As excited as I was for this phone, the screen alone made me return it. It's awful. It was sad comping it to my Palm Pre Plus of all instantly being amazed at how much better that screen looked compared to the Galaxy Nexus. I was never expecting to see a grainy screen full of banding.
It's also annoying no review pointed this out. I've always been annoyed at how vague most phone reviews are and the fact so many reviews just seem like they really aren't tech savvy because issues like this should be pointed out. The fact that I've read numerous reviews say the screen is absolutely gorgeous really makes me wonder if these reviewers are scared to be critical in fear of losing review units. Reviews should be critical and be picky about specifics so we don't have to discover these things after we purchase the phone.

I'm really not that impressed with the screen overall. Every unit I have seen (9) has had some issue with color consistency across the screen, or banding that never goes away at any brightness (let alone the linen effect). The screen on my fascinate (galaxy s) is downright amazing, with whites as bright as an iPhone 4 and great vibrancy. The galaxy nexus screen (every one I have seen) is washed out and yellow in comparison, almost like it has a disgusting tan film covering the screen). By itself it looks pretty good, but side by side with any other device (IPS or my galaxy s's pentile amoled) it looks like complete crap. I really don't know how Samsung screwed this up so badly and can only hope the color temperature can be changed via software to get rid of the disgusting yellow tint.

Image burn on lovely Epic 4g Touch screen...

So after reading that the reason that the super amoled screen was used in the GS3 was for "longevity".. I read somewhere in the comments that the SAMOLED+ screens suffer from some image burn... but wait... my phone has one of those....
Then I recalled that over the past few days I noticed that the top of the screen of my phone has been "shaded" a bit... so i whipped it out.. found a white picture and and sure enough. right at the top where the status bar is... it's shaded a bit. it's very faint right now... but it's definitely darker than the rest of the screen...
thoughts? anyone else experiencing this?

I don't have that problem (yet) but I was wondering if its covered under warranty?

btate0121 said:
So after reading that the reason that the super amoled screen was used in the GS3 was for "longevity".. I read somewhere in the comments that the SAMOLED+ screens suffer from some image burn... but wait... my phone has one of those....
Then I recalled that over the past few days I noticed that the top of the screen of my phone has been "shaded" a bit... so i whipped it out.. found a white picture and and sure enough. right at the top where the status bar is... it's shaded a bit. it's very faint right now... but it's definitely darker than the rest of the screen...
thoughts? anyone else experiencing this?
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Yup. It happens. The pixel inactivity seems to be the culprit.
Happened on my nexus s sporting an amoled display and I figured it was bound to happen to the gs2. And of course, it has.
Its one of those things you don't really notice unless youre looking for it, though. So just don't think about it and enjoy the phone.
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barnacles10 said:
Yup. It happens. The pixel inactivity seems to be the culprit.
Happened on my nexus s sporting an amoled display and I figured it was bound to happen to the gs2. And of course, it has.
Its one of those things you don't really notice unless youre looking for it, though. So just don't think about it and enjoy the phone.
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If he's anything like me, once its there that's all hell see, like a scratch on the screen or a bad ding on the phone. Once I noticed the crooked screen on my evo3d, it drove me nuts. Actually I just checked and I also have a slight discoloration along the top of the screen.
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Happened to the status bar of my og epic.
Since I've had my et4g, I have made sure to go full screen mode whenever possible (go launcher settings). So far haven't noticed any burn in.
This is also the reason why I still prefer GB over ics's designated onscreen buttons(maybe I'm just paranoid). Not to mention, more screen estate for viewing pleasure.

OLED technology from day 1 was a burn in technology. Unlike LCD's (and LED-LCD's, LED TV's are used in billboards not your house) with a black light shining through colored pixels which are darkened by liquid crystal which are subject to total backlight failure, age. The component of OLED has a lifespan on a per pixel basis.
Blues over all the various OLED tech's have the shortest lifespan. My laptop has an OLED display on it for information its a Teal color and its rather toasty

Yeah it's real simple to see if you want into any store with some smartphones on display that use OLED... those screens are destroyed most of the time

Cant you put up a pure white image fullscreen for extended time period to reduce the effects of image burn, or does this only work on other types of screens?

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Cant you put up a pure white image fullscreen for extended time period to reduce the effects of image burn, or does this only work on other types of screens?
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On OLED you actually want to display an inverse image of whatever is burned in. You need to burn the rest of the pixels to match the current state. White would probably still have a decent effect but I am not 100% certain. I have a really cruddy LCD that I have to do that for its really weird.

Rich3077 said:
I don't have that problem (yet) but I was wondering if its covered under warranty?
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I have that problem now, and i wonder if it is covered by warranty...

Unequal pixel degradation. Lol
This happened really badly on my first epic 4g. They gave me a new on. For it too. Here is the thread where it was discussed, as well as pictures.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-epic-4g/135478-anybody-wanna-see-image-burnt-my-screen.html
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Happened to me. I can see the outline of my keyboard after I send a message and the keyboard goes down. It kinda makes me sad but that's normal I guess.

Ya. Mine was the samsung home dock apps and clock.
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Reading all this makes me sad.
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TEP
If you have TEP, this is a defect covered by TEP. Therefore you should be able to walk in to a repair shop and show it to a manager. Now I am afraid it is going to do it to me. Somehow, as I use the official rom, the auto brightness setting begins to get set so low that I cant read it. So I would have to go manually set it all the way up and then turn on the automatic brightness.

Blu3Fr0g said:
Now I am afraid it is going to do it to me.
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If you don't leave the screen on for unnecessary periods of time showing one thing you will be better off. I don't know if the guy with the dock or the dock itself has the screen not turning off. But having it display a static menu especially on high brightness for very long periods of time will destroy it quick.
Watching video for example is very random on wear and would not show up like a menu. Would average in wear like any other use.

I downloaded this and it works. Touch your screen to change the colors. Fortunately, my screen is good to go.
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RainMotorsports said:
If you don't leave the screen on for unnecessary periods of time showing one thing you will be better off. I don't know if the guy with the dock or the dock itself has the screen not turning off. But having it display a static menu especially on high brightness for very long periods of time will destroy it quick.
Watching video for example is very random on wear and would not show up like a menu. Would average in wear like any other use.
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The samsung dock app didn't let the screen turn off while it was docked.
I'm not sure if that is still going on with it, but I switched to alarn clock plus app. It dims and then moves around the clock a little bit every few minutes to avoid having the image in the same place causing burn in.
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I just noticed this today on mine. I am too lazy to go in and try to get a sprint guy to see what I see and get a replacement. Kind of alarming though because my phone is only 6 months old...

My girlfriends old fascinate had this issue. Was pretty annoying but my epic touch seems fine for now. I heard not turning up the brightness real high helps.
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White 32gb Light Bleed? With pic.

I've now had about 6 of the white gs3 from t-mobile. I have had 1 16gb (it didn't have bleed). The other 5 (32gb) has had this bleed from the buttons in some way. It's worse in person than in pictures, but you can get an idea.
I've also had one where you could see the insides of the phone from an improper seal where the screen meets the bottom by the lights (screen meeting white trim).
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Am I the only person to notice this? I'm pretty picky, but this (especially the right one) is totally unacceptable. Video or a dark background at night makes it stick out like a sore thumb.

The one on the bottom, you're being a little picky. The one on the side is legitimate...but why not just turn off the LEDs and save yourself some hassle?

Felnarion said:
The one on the bottom, you're being a little picky. The one on the side is legitimate...but why not just turn off the LEDs and save yourself some hassle?
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They're worse in person. So basically don't use the lights? Eff that.

The_Biz said:
They're worse in person. So basically don't use the lights? Eff that.
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I agree, if I was paying for a $700 device I would want it perfect. I get mine (White 32gb) Friday and will report my findings. I have a strong feeling i'm gonna go back to blue.

How have you had so many GS3's? I'm not shocked though because this was discussed to no end when the phone was first released. I'm sure they could have prevented this by using a dark film underneath the screen with a masked cut out for the menu and back keys. But what do I know about manufacturing. Maybe they see this as a bonus feature?

Paging Dr B said:
this was discussed to no end when the phone was first released.
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I never saw it discussed. I'll have a blue tomorrow and see if that has it like the white's do. If not, I'll stay with the blue. I'd rather have a purple button than light bleeding.

The_Biz said:
I never saw it discussed. I'll have a blue tomorrow and see if that has it like the white's do. If not, I'll stay with the blue. I'd rather have a purple button than light bleeding.
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You're not going to have that problem with the blue one, If I'm right I think most white phones has the same problem, I know my friends white skyrocket has it.

Yikes... That's a nasty light bleed

I noticed this on my white GS2 as well but I got the blue for my GS3. My wife has the white but it doesn't look that bad to me.
I think this is a tough problem to conquer for everyone. Remember how long the white IP4 was delayed?
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thats nothing compared to the bleed on the Amaze 4G, but i get what you saying, we paying so much money for a phone, everything should be perfect

I wanted the White, but this is why I chose the blue. That would of drove me nuts!!
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Yea i think all the white ones will ultimately have it to some degree. The skyrocket also has it and so does the sgh-t989 (white model) the dark colored phones such as black and blue kind of hide this.....i have a white one and mine bleed but im not returning it because of that that is just a little to anal. Now if the screen was bleeding then thats a different story. Il tell u what though id love to make them brighter somehow! My T989 keys were super bright

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tell u what though id love to make them brighter somehow! My T989 keys were super bright
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I thought the same thing until I compared my capacitive keys to my buddy's (we both have pebble blue) and his were much brighter than mine. I'm going to compare mine to some store models and if it's the same deal I'm swapping mine out.
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ThC23 said:
I wanted the White, but this is why I chose the blue. That would of drove me nuts!!
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I love the white and still want the white. But after this many, I can't be bothered by it any longer. The blue one will be delivered today.
sarni84 said:
Yea i think all the white ones will ultimately have it to some degree. The skyrocket also has it and so does the sgh-t989 (white model) the dark colored phones such as black and blue kind of hide this.....i have a white one and mine bleed but im not returning it because of that that is just a little to anal. Now if the screen was bleeding then thats a different story. Il tell u what though id love to make them brighter somehow! My T989 keys were super bright
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I don't find it about being anal though. I can't stand distractions like these. Playing a game or watching a movie and there's the bleed! Knowing that something is wrong with a $700 device drives me crazy.

True we do pay out the ass so they shouldnt come like this.....at all
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I have the white one no bleeds thank god.
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yeislak said:
I have the white one no bleeds thank god.
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All white devises have the bleed, try it in a dark room and you'll see it.

can you post the date and location the white was manufactured to see if it is a fault at the plant

6/14 China
All of them.

LOL.. I have a lot, I kinda liked it.. it looks cool in the dark like phone is ALL lit up.

Is my screen faulty or are the colours slightly purple?

Hi
I just bought a refurbished tab 10.5 (sm t800 bronze/gold version). I read a lot of reviews praising the screen and saying it was one of the most accurate yet in terms of colour. When comparing photos and images next to my computer or old tablet (nook HD+) I notice that the colours don't look accurate to me though. The skin tones especially all shift towards purple slightly. A photo taken in golden sunlight looks more of a reddish colour than the yellow it should be and the grass looks more blue in tone than yellow.
I read that AMOLED screens had problems in the past with accuracy but all the reviews I've read said this solves that problem. But its noticeably off from what I can see. I've turned it onto basic colour mode turned the brightness down and it looks good but still just off. Thing is my whites look very white and blacks black, I cant see a purple cast over the screen, it just seems to be that certain colours aren't reproduced accurately.
I also notice that if I turn the screen off and look at my reflection in it, I can see there's a slightly purple colour to it, as opposed to if I look at my reflection in the nook HD, which makes me think maybe this has something to do with the screen coating?
Anyway, has anyone else noticed this and is it just how these screens are? Or should I be returning it? Going to try and see if I can find a tab 2 to compare it too in a store but would really appreciate if anyone else knows if this is normal or not.
Cheers

Can you please make screenshot or attach the photo you are viewing, and then make a photo with a decent camera of your screen.
Then we will be probably able to tell if it looks like on our tab s like on yours.
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vimesxda said:
I also notice that if I turn the screen off and look at my reflection in it, I can see there's a slightly purple colour to it, as opposed to if I look at my reflection in the nook HD, which makes me think maybe this has something to do with the screen coating?
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Dumb question but is there a screen protector on it?
I ask because although I don't have a 10.5 (I have an 8.4) I don't see any purple colours at all either in the on-screen image or in my reflection.
Definitely do what @jevgeje said because then we'd be able to compare.

koimr said:
Dumb question but is there a screen protector on it?
I ask because although I don't have a 10.5 (I have an 8.4) I don't see any purple colours at all either in the on-screen image or in my reflection.
Definitely do what @jevgeje said because then we'd be able to compare.
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Hmmm that's a good question about the screen protector. As far as I'm aware it hasn't, it certainly feels glassy and I can't see any airbubbles, not sure how id know for sure though.
I can take a photo if that might help others still, but I went to a store today and looked at it next to an s2 which is basically same screen and the purple tinge was obvious. The s2 was more yellow in the whites and more how I felt this tablet should look. Could clearly see mine was more purple next to it. Looking at the little yellow flower on the gallery app too, mine looked almost orange compared to the s2 which was clearly yellow.
So either all the tab s 10.5 are like this , (which I seriously doubt) or I've got a faulty screen. If it was a screen protector causing this that I could remove that would be great as its a shame to send this back and probably won't be able to afford an s2 most likely

Here's some photos of the screen next to my Nook HD+. Can clearly see the purple tinge on it. Also how it looks turned off, reflection is green or purple depending on angle, I think thats normal on amoled though.
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Yep, it's there as you said. Mine has no discoloration like that. I assume the refurbishing didn't quite work?
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jevgeje said:
Yep, it's there as you said. Mine has no discoloration like that. I assume the refurbishing didn't quite work?
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Guess so . I'll be interested to see what the seller says when they get back to me. Such a shame though because its a great tablet, annoying to have to send it back. I do think its stupid they put the mic on the bottom of the tablet though, very easy to cover it up if you are resting it on something and trying to Skype.

Hmm.... I also see what you mean.
Assuming you are stock and this is the same as on the 8.4, look in Settings->Device->Display: See if any of the "Screen mode" settings make a difference as well as unchecking (or checking) "Auto adjust screen tone".

Cheers, yeah i've tried all the settings, none of them look correct. I even tried changing the colours by deliberately choosing the wrong colours in the accessibility settings colour test, which i'd read about on here. That looked even more fake though lol. I think the screen just cannot reproduce those colours correctly for some reason. Maybe it was refurbished with a off brand screen or something, I did ask before I purchased if it was original screen and they said it was though, but who knows. Always gonna be a bit of a gamble buying refurbished really.

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Cheers, yeah i've tried all the settings, none of them look correct. I even tried changing the colours by deliberately choosing the wrong colours in the accessibility settings colour test, which i'd read about on here. That looked even more fake though lol. I think the screen just cannot reproduce those colours correctly for some reason. Maybe it was refurbished with a off brand screen or something, I did ask before I purchased if it was original screen and they said it was though, but who knows. Always gonna be a bit of a gamble buying refurbished really.
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Ah, I am out of ideas then.
Have you contacted the seller? Maybe they can exchange it for you.