Small Advice before buying your GN phone - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hi Ladies and Gents,
this is everyone who is compaling about quality screen.
First of all when you became your phone check the screen
I became first piece- yakju build, display had lot of vertical and horizontal lines,catastrophic! Visible almost on every background.
First i decided to live with that issue, i thought that it is normal
Then i sent back the phone and ordered from another eshop
2nd piece is yakjuw build and has almost no banding, only 2 vertical lines barely visible. White is another, i cant say if better or worse but another.
When viewing from side visible less green color comparing to first piece.
And last thing display is mounted more deeply.
I dont understand how can be such visible differencies .....

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Screen Burn?

I got my galaxy nexus this morning and I have to say, this screen is awful. I'm not sure if it's defective or they are all like this. Everything was fine until I turned the brightness down. I loaded google.com up and the white on the page looked like it had colored dots in it. It's not white at all. After looking at it for a while, it appears to be some type of image retention? Do these type of screens get burn in? When I flip to landscape the area where the 3 bottom buttons are is worse in discoloration and I can make out the button images. It's not too bad but this thing was $700 and plus it's only 12 hours old... I don't know if I should return it?
Spray neutrogena sunblock on the screen...make sure its spf 100+!! No more burn! Oh wait!...
Seriously, you may just have to exchange it.
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Other people have reported image retention too. It's 'normal', unfortunately.
I got it to my plan is to just wait a few months/weeks and wait until batches with perfect screens will ship then I will return my phone. So I get hopefully one with perfect screen. Trying to get one with a good screen now looks like playing russian roulette.
Hello,
My screen yelleow tinte
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391509&page=12
You might want to take a look at that thread. It probably is not burn in, but perhaps color tint and banding. (At low brightness, the whites will seem grey and have a sort of linen look to them. Many screens have also red/green discoloration.)
Here are samples about the screen issues:
https://dl.dropbox.com/0/view/pd5u8d...-47-17_435.jpg
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3687/gndisplay.jpg
http://aijaa.com/000229287969
Long story short, get it exchanged - however, there is a high likelihood that the new unit will suffer from the same issues.
I exchanged mine and this one doesn't have blue streaks vertical lines or dots.
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If you see vertical streaks in it, exchange it. My first GNex had some very noticeable streaks but my second one is fine. The 'linen' look on light backgrounds when the screen is very dim is going to be on all of them from what I can tell. That seems to be a quality of the SAMOLED screen used on the GNex. If it is uniform, then it's it no big deal and 'normal'. You should not have to put up with the vertical streaks, though.

Red Color Problem!?

Hi, I have a Problem with Red Colour on my Gnex.
When I use Vodoo colour test patterns, When I switch to Red I have stripes int the red field. This only happens with Red color.
I never noticed that before, can be that this was there since i have this device (since release) or it is there since a few weeks.
Can somebody check if this is normal or if my device has a problem with display!?
I'm on Jelly bean already tried different kernels, also with color improvement. seems to be also with stock!
When I make a screenshot, and have a look on it on a normal PC screen, then the Red color is completely ok.
So iassume that something with my Gnex screen is wrong. Would be nice If somebody can give me feedback!
Are your stripes horizon all over the screen? Yes I have this too. They began at the top and spread down over the first month of usage. I think its normal for this phone.
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Yes, they are horizon. But red is the only color where this happens, all other colors are without stripes.
Looking a little stupid in some apps licke kicker for example!
Anyone else experiencing theese problems?
I only would liekt to figure out if this is normal or if it is a defect!
I also have this issue, it happens in all colors but more obvious in red.its annoying as **** when you start noticing it.when i record videos its really obvious in dim light. Im just glad im not the only one.:/
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I have also noticed this sh** , but my brother nexus does not have the same problem
any one knows why ?
My guess it's a side effect of the pentile matrix. AMOLED screens have a significantly lower life span than your traditional LCD screen and does degrade with time. This is also noticed in how the color balance gets very off with time (and does pretty dramatic changes over just the span of 1 month!), usually colors meant to be neutral looks very ugly green-tinted.
As for my screen? I noticed it in all the primary colors. Red was for sure had most visible "banding" but when I looked closely I noticed it as well in the green and blue as well (green being the least visible).
My Gnex is a year and a few months old as I've had it since February last year.
same thing happened to my screen in about 1_2 weeks when I got my phone. All colors were affected, but red is the most obvious. Pentile is ****
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But why my brother's nexus is still ok ? although he bought his nexus before me ?
So are you saying that any pentile screen would face this ?
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IIEtCII said:
But why my brother's nexus is still ok ? although he bought his nexus before me ?
So are you saying that any pentile screen would face this ?
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Do you really need someone to point out that not all screens are made equal? If it drives you to distraction, root and install Trinity Kernel or Franco's Kernel (which has Trinity's Contrast) they have a plethora of colour options.
I run a very icy-white colour on my Nexus.

[Q] Faint black line on screen issues

I just got my GN2 today and I noticed pretty fast that there's a constant faint black line that runs across the width of the screen and has one dead pixel on it.
I know I probably cannot fix this without sending the phone away to get repaid. I emailed in to get this seen to. But has anyone had this problem before, and possibly found a solution/cause for it? This is quite annoying, considering it's such an expensive phone.
I don't have any dead pixels and my screen is excelent, but I have this exact same issue that I had with the Note 1. While I'm on my bed about to sleep (what I mean is.. you can only see this when on a dark room, almost pitch black) and I have a grey background I can see black lines on the screen, on my Note 1 they looked like stains, like little drops and on my Note 2 they are lines , 2 on the left corners (bottom and top). They never bottered me because you can't see them under normal use and they don't even seem to affect the screen in any way, but when I found my Note 2 had it too, I don't know, felt a bit dissapointed since it is such a great -and expensive- piece of work. I don't care about it but I though I was the only one. Clearly I'm not. But like I said it doesn't affect my screen in any possible way and you can't see it 99& of the time so I don't care =)
RodriTihuana said:
I don't have any dead pixels and my screen is excelent, but I have this exact same issue that I had with the Note 1. While I'm on my bed about to sleep (what I mean is.. you can only see this when on a dark room, almost pitch black) and I have a grey background I can see black lines on the screen, on my Note 1 they looked like stains, like little drops and on my Note 2 they are lines , 2 on the left corners (bottom and top). They never bottered me because you can't see them under normal use and they don't even seem to affect the screen in any way, but when I found my Note 2 had it too, I don't know, felt a bit dissapointed since it is such a great -and expensive- piece of work. I don't care about it but I though I was the only one. Clearly I'm not. But like I said it doesn't affect my screen in any possible way and you can't see it 99& of the time so I don't care =)
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Yeah I seen a lot of people complaining about that on the original Note. The line doesn't cause any screen issues, it just really irritates me because now that I've seen it, I can't unsee it. That, and a dead pixel is just poor show! Once I return this I'm going to buy the UK LTE version, if possible. The UK LTE situation is terrible right now, though.

[Q] Warm vs Cold Phone and horizontal banding

I've had my phone about a week and the screen is fine when I'm inside. But I noticed on the way home from work (I walk from my work, about 10 minutes away) that the more I took my phone out, the more I noticed horizontal banding. It freaked me out a bit (I bought this phone from Swappa), but as I got back in a warm environment, the banding went away. Went back out for a run and it did the same thing.
My question is:
1. Is this normal behavior for AMOLED screens, for this device, or is it a defect?
2. Will this temperature change hurt the phone? I live in Wisconsin and odds are it's going to be cold a lot.
3. Should I get a snuggie for my phone?
Never noticed any banding, perhaps i'm not really looking for it.
Will look out for it when my phone gets back from the service center..
Take mine skiing all the time. No banding.
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Mach3.2 said:
Never noticed any banding, perhaps i'm not really looking for it.
Will look out for it when my phone gets back from the service center..
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Well I've read up a bit on horizontal banding and i know it's common with this phone. But I've never had anyone say it's temp related.
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I noticed this as well with my phone. I had horizontal banding all the time, but the banding seemed to be more pronounced when the phone was cold.
I returned it for a screen replacement under warranty and just got it back about a week ago. The banding is now gone and I don't see it when the phone is cold, either. I don't think the banding is normal but, if it is occurring, it can be made more noticeable when the phone gets cold.
Breaking news : the GN screen is crap.*
*there aren't any existing threads about it on XDA, not a single one. /s
When you say banding do you me slightly darker stripes (almost like shadows) or do you mean bright white horizontal stripes where no information can be seen.
I live in the north of Sweden and often subjected my old Galaxy S to -10 to -20°C. I would quite often see white banding or rows of white pixels. These always disappeared whed the phone was taken inside. The phone still works faultlessly today.
For me, the horizontal bands were linear "shadows" of lower screen-brightness alternating with linear areas of normal brightness. There is no loss of information.
After the screen replacement, I would say the screen is as nice as on any phone I've used. My last phone was a Nexus One, and the new screen is comparable in quality to the one on the N1.

Subtle purple edge tint in very low light? (S20+)

Anybody else noticing an extremely subtle light purple-ish haze on the edges of extremely low light photos - i.e. where the dark/black areas are in a low light photo around the edges?
It's subtle. It's a reach to see it at times. But this is an expensive phone, so I'm going to nitpick... It reminds me of the old issues with the HTC One M7 and some older Motorola devices, though on a much more subtle level. I'm probably crazy, but I know I'm seeing it at times.
Snapdragon S20+ here (Verizon variant)
Ok, so I realize it would've helped my first post with some photos and additional info. Please keep in mind, I love the camera on this phone 90% of the time, but this 10% is an issue that reminds me of the old days (per my first post). I have two sets of photos... First are the originals, uploaded, and added into Photoshop with a black "frame" to help you see the haze better. The second set is a photo from my iPhone of what those photos look like on my S20's screen. Reality lies somewhere in between the two. The second set over-emphasizes more than what I see on the screen, and the first set mutes it too much. These photos are night mode photos, which I realized after my first post helps to accentuate and show the issue.
Ultimately the problem seems to be how the software and/or sensor are handling the extremes when you have a bright light source as the focal point, and dark outer edges (again, reminiscent of oooold devices). Anyway, the photos are attached. Hopefully that help clarifies it a bit more. It's nitpicky, as there aren't many scenarios where this would come up. But it's a $1k+ phone... I feel like I'm allowed to be nitpicky.
Is it always on the left side of the phone screen? i.e. always on the top of the phone? or does it change to either side when you rotate the phone (could be on the top or bottom sides)? I have not observed this purple thint issue, but your third photo shows that it is extremely bad.
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Is it always on the left side of the phone screen? i.e. always on the top of the phone? or does it change to either side when you rotate the phone (could be on the top or bottom sides)? I have not observed this purple thint issue, but your third photo shows that it is extremely bad.
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No, it's more pronounced on the left there due to the lighting in that situation. But if you look at the fourth picture you can see it's relatively even on both sides where things start to darken.
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No, it's more pronounced on the left there due to the lighting in that situation. But if you look at the fourth picture you can see it's relatively even on both sides where things start to darken.
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I'm not saying it's normal, I too suffered from the HTC M7 syndrome but in those specific photos, is the purple haze coming from a TV light on your left? Is there any tv screen running when you took the pictures?
Tabtoub said:
I'm not saying it's normal, I too suffered from the HTC M7 syndrome but in those specific photos, is the purple haze coming from a TV light on your left? Is there any tv screen running when you took the pictures?
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No - no TV's on anywhere. The purple haze is coming from the especially dark areas.
Just checked on mine s20+ exynos, other than very minor green tint no issues, if i were you i would replace it asap - something isnt right
Klopers33 said:
Just checked on mine s20+ exynos, other than very minor green tint no issues, if i were you i would replace it asap - something isnt right
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I bought an unlocked S20 (+ was too large for me anyway) and tested it last night in the exact same spot and exact same scenario, and very little haze at all with no purple. I can see what it's trying to do - it's trying to lighten up those darker areas, but for some reason on that S20+ it was making it purple-ish and just plane ugly. It doesn't look "great" on the regular S20, but it's at least not purple and clearly just trying to lighten it up. S20+ is already on its way back for the return.

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