Hi,
I bought a Galaxy Nexus phone yesterday, and last night I noticed this:
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As you see, the screen looks a bit more reddish on a side and a little more greenish on the other. It's more noticeable with low brightness levels, especially when displaying white backgrounds.
Is this normal on these phones? Should I get a refund and / or replacement?
Thanks!
These screens have some issues at lower brightness levels.. that's just the screen though. In your case I guess it would come down to how much it bothers you really
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Well, it does. I know these screen have some other issues, such as some noise and granularity, but as far as I've read this is not a common issue. Hence the question, do you guys have it too?
frandavid100 said:
Well, it does. I know these screen have some other issues, such as some noise and granularity, but as far as I've read this is not a common issue. Hence the question, do you guys have it too?
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Hallo my friend, seems like we are in the same boat. We have a screen issue thread over 60+ pages in galaxy note Q & A.
check this thread out
The issue u see are definitely associated with these Amoled screens, but the biggest problem of all is the ignorance from everybody thinking it is NORMAL.
Where i say its NOT NORMAL
And still everybody thinks is NORMAL & continue to think they hv the best Super Amoled screen in the world.
I m getting frustrated...
I'd assume that's not normal and it would bother the crap out of me. Try getting a replacement?
try Franco Kernel as it fixes the color... if you buy his app you will be able to control the color to your liking.
but this is definitely not normal
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but this is definitely not normal
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Er, well. If you agree that it's not the way the screen should look, I think I'll get a replacement rather than mess with the kernel. I'll let you know how it went, thanks guys.
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Take a look at this screenshot of my phone. Does it look washed out to you? I think it's horribly washed out. I had a serious hardware issue with my phone (the microphone failed completely - I even reverted to 100% stock and the issue persisted).
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So I had a warranty replacement and this new phone's screen seems horribly washed out. I took a screenshot which I've posted here, but I'm not sure if it does justice to how bad the screen seems to my eyes.
The background looks gray but is supposed to be much more black looking (Tapatalk dark view).
Should I request a replacement due to screen issues?
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You do realize that the screenshot will absolutely show nothing that the physical screen is showing you? It's effectively showing a "video out" of the screen. Its showing what the phone hardware is sending to the screen.
You have to take a picture of the screen with another camera...
Looks fine on my iPad 2.
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Looks fine on my iPad 2.
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Looks perfectly fine on my notebook too. LOL.
Ya do what the 2nd guy said.
Sometimes my Tapatalk looks like this and other times the app is actually black. Are you saying my screen goes from washed out to not washed out?
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I think what he is seeing is the HW acceleration gradient present in ICS.
To the OP, if you go to your settings, do you see the same gradient running from the bottom of the screen and getting progressively darker near the top?
I would recommend using Franco's kernel until voodoo comes out. To me the "hue" is slightly yellowish on stock. Using Franco's kernel it's much nicer.
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It isn't washed out. That gradient you see means hardware acceleration is currently enabled.
anyone tried this:
looks like funny idea, but I'd love to know how it affects touchscreen and readability in sunlight
Looks crazy. You have a product link as that's obviously not a note.
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Looks crazy. You have a product link as that's obviously not a note.
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not note, but they seem to have the same pic for all 183 devices: http://shop.brando.com/search.php?keyword=Mirror+Screen+Guarder&Submit=Product+Search
Brando protectors are very good. IMO
Under Samsung, note they have one....
http://shop.brando.com/mirror-screen-guarder-for-samsung-galaxy-note_p06557c1366d011.html
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Mirror screen protectors affect the quality of the display. You'll see rainbows occasionally.
I love the idea. I'd need to see it on the Note to judge, however.
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Mirror screen protectors affect the quality of the display. You'll see rainbows occasionally.
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as long as the rainbow comes with small unicorns, I'm in
p107r0 said:
as long as the rainbow comes with small unicorns, I'm in
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I cannot say how much I liked that. I want to make a response using the words "Unicorns", "come" and "rainbows", but none will pass my internal smut filter ....
I suppose there are no screen protectors out there that have this feature that is coupled with a privacy sort of filter?
Ive tried this on my iphone.
Be prepared to drain your battery faster as you will need to set your brightness to MAX to be able to see whats behind that mirror especially when youre outside and the sun is so bright, you wont be able to see unless you set to max brightness.
I have a Matte protector on my note, i find it hard to see through it also when im outside.
enjoy man
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nice, but where's the on/off switch?
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nice, but where's the on/off switch?
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Haahhahahahhaahah
hi all XDA's
ok i know i use whatsapp alot but this is so strange !!!!!!
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as you see in the previous picture
in the upper part of the screen there is a less than 1 cm bar thick, which is much whiter than the rest of the screen and there is a smile face and clip icon on the right of that bar
its identical to whatsapp chat bar
the problem is that this bar is like a back light on the screen its showing in the screen where ever you are at and its so clear to see on a white or gray back grounds its even noticeable on CWM , its so annoying and defecting the beautiful screen of my note 2. :crying:
cant seem to understand how or why that happened
could it be that my screen is a defected unit ?? cuz my brother's note 2 is just fine
right now i dont know what to do i asked a mobile's repair shop for new screen and he said it will cost me 300$ (its half price of a new device)
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*note : it may be no so clear to see on those pictures but in real its so clear and ugly
I have heard issue of Screen burn
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Looks like screen burn in. Common defect of amoled displays unfortunately.
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Looks like screen burn in. Common defect of amoled displays unfortunately.
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I have heard issue of Screen burn
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so the only solution is to replace the screen with new one right ???
and do u think that the one year guarantee that came with the device should cover this ??
thanks all for helping
i make up my mind
the screen is so annoying cant live with it and even the colors tune is less brighter than it was and more yellow-ish i started to hate the phone cuz of the screen
and the new screen will cost me 300$ and its too much its almost a price of a new mid range android device
i decided to sell it and buy HTC one but not so sure
i will think about it and do some researches on the HTC one and see if it is good enough
damn you samsung you always disappoint me with your super amoled problems
There is a small gap between the face and the body on my watch. Does anyone else have this as well?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oepqtnica7f4qz8/2014-09-17 13.58.33.jpg?dl=0
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kmahan said:
There is a small gap between the face and the body on my watch. Does anyone else have this as well?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oepqtnica7f4qz8/2014-09-17 13.58.33.jpg?dl=0
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Nope, not on mine.
kmahan said:
There is a small gap between the face and the body on my watch. Does anyone else have this as well?
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Wow that's weird. Return that one! Definitely not ip67
Mine doesn't do this, but the two I have show stuck pixels. The quality control (if there is any) on these things is really disheartening. Dead pixels and now things like this start showing up?!? They hyped the watch for months, you'd think they could figure out how to make it correctly?
kmahan said:
There is a small gap between the face and the body on my watch. Does anyone else have this as well?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oepqtnica7f4qz8/2014-09-17 13.58.33.jpg?dl=0
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I talked with Moto support and they escalated it saying they hadn't seen that issue before. Since I bought it from Best Buy just 2 days prior they recommended I take it back and get another.
Well of course they are out so I just got a refund. Back to the waiting game again. :crying:
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I talked with Moto support and they escalated it saying they hadn't seen that issue before. Since I bought it from Best Buy just 2 days prior they recommended I take it back and get another.
Well of course they are out so I just got a refund. Back to the waiting game again. :crying:
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just checked mine, doesnt have it.
Went back to BB today and they had a silver. No gap, no stuck pixels, and it's charging as we speak. Since I used it for a few days before having to return it, I really missed some of the functionality. Will be nice to have one again. :victory:
Nope. Mine just had a gap like this on the left but not the right
https://app.box.com/s/29ybfealxhxd3g8rw9wj
Anyone else experiencing this red after image thingy on the sides of the screen? It is most noticable when looking at a dark image or completely black. See image below and notice the sides.
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I mentioned after images because the icons on the status bar sometimes shows an "after image" when for example I toggle the wifi off thereby the wifi icon disappearing, an after image is left behind but not that noticeable.
Any thoughts as to what it is and possible remedy?
I've noticed this also on mine. If I'm right , I get this red tint on the right side of my screen, after I play that football game on Messenger. It seems to go away after a while. It's noticeable on grey colours.
thats called burn in and thats a hardware issue.
That's a screen burn if I'm not wrong. Even I had experienced the same and the device was under warranty so got the screen changed and it was all fine until now, 10 months after the change, that it's back again. I'm thinking of switching to Nexus 6P now.
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That's a screen burn if I'm not wrong. Even I had experienced the same and the device was under warranty so got the screen changed and it was all fine until now, 10 months after the change, that it's back again. I'm thinking of switching to Nexus 6P now.
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I was thinking of having it replaced since it is still under warranty but after reading your post, should I still go for it?
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I was thinking of having it replaced since it is still under warranty but after reading your post, should I still go for it?
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Here what happens with my device : When I shoot up the brightness to the fullest, those "red after images" kind of dissappear. But then again when the auto brightness is switched on it returns back (pssst... LG G4's are haunted! ?). I don't know what exactly the problem is, whether with the digitizer or screen. I would still suggest to get the screen changed as it's still in the warranty or if you don't want to take the pain switch to some better phone.