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I have been through three separate Galaxy Nexus handsets and they all had issues.. mainly screen related!
1st handset - got it on launch day UK.. vertical grey lines on screen and volume bug.. exchanged it..
2nd handset - last week.. horizontal grey lines on screen and paint like blobs all over the screen in lower brightness levels.. exchanged it..
3rd handset - today.. horizontal white band across screen.. and vertical colour gradient down the screen.. returned!
I really like ICS and wanted to like the Galaxy Nexus.. I am really disapointed to have waited months for this phone to be let down by poor quality control..
I have decided I will not get another Galaxy Nexus (or Samsung phone - past experience)..
Eagerly waiting for HTC's interpretation of ICS.. meantime.. I sold my HTC Desire (big mistake)..
Wanted to thank everyone here who posted a lot of useful information..
Could be worse... you could be in the US and not even be able to purchase it yet.
Too bad.. i Love this phone... its superd.
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Does this issue have something to do with the super amoled display? Have people heard of this in earlier phones ?
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That's harsh but I've not noticed anything wrong with my handset - perhaps my eyes just don't notice these sorts of things (or I don't seem them as an issue). I'm sure I'd notice white lines though!
there is known issue with the display when its on low brightness. it goes away when its at high brightness.
if you can't live with that, i am sorry for you. you are missing out yet another pure google experience device.
It's hard to say w/o actually seeing them, but the "vertical grey lines" may have been perfectly normal. From what I've read, there's some level of streaking that normally occurs in these types of displays. On mine, when I have the brightness all the way down and am on a white screen, you can see something that might be described as "vertical grey lines."
A lot of Nexus Galaxy's I've seen have this screen anomaly, which is the vertical streak(s) going down the phone. This is only on white/gray backgrounds, as the screen is absolutely fine with other colors. The issue can be resolved by turning off the automatic brightness and manually adjusting the screen to at and/or above 30% brightness. Or you can flash one of the auto-brightness mods to turn up the default brightness.
nyijedi said:
It's hard to say w/o actually seeing them, but the "vertical grey lines" may have been perfectly normal. From what I've read, there's some level of streaking that normally occurs in these types of displays. On mine, when I have the brightness all the way down and am on a white screen, you can see something that might be described as "vertical grey lines."
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My gray lines are horizontal and quite clear on a lighter grey screen.
So sad to hear. I just got my phone and absolutely love it
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sorry for your issues.. loving mines
fr4c said:
A lot of Nexus Galaxy's I've seen have this screen anomaly, which is the vertical streak(s) going down the phone. This is only on white/gray backgrounds, as the screen is absolutely fine with other colors. The issue can be resolved by turning off the automatic brightness and manually adjusting the screen to at and/or above 30% brightness. Or you can flash one of the auto-brightness mods to turn up the default brightness.
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You shouldn't have to do anything to get a perfect screen on a phone that costs this much.
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You shouldn't have to do anything to get a perfect screen on a phone that costs this much.
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From what I understand, it's an inherent characteristic of the type of display. If it bothers someone that much, buy a phone w/ a different display.
Hey guys I just saw this and thought I would Give my experience...
I myself got a Galaxy S2 a month back barely and noticed it has the same horizontal lines... about 2 horizontal ones and one diagonal one... along with some blotches... this is a manufacturing fault due to terrible quality control which has started after the super amoled plus screens and sadly and surprisingly seems to have carried on to the amoled HD ones too... never any such issues with the super amoled on the galaxy S including tthe one I owned...
Since it's a manufacturing defect the phone will be replaced generally but unfortunately in my region there is no official Samsung dealer for the S2, I had to live with my purchase...
Again as people have already mentioned you can only see them on the lowest brightness setting or if you are only looking at a dark screen... sometimes can see the lines on grey but depends on other surrounding colours...
I know I'm not happy about iit since it was so frikking expensive, but its still something which guess I can live with... doesn't really make the phone any less amazing...
Would have loved to try the nexus... but just couldn't get myself to go for the missing features...
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feel your pain m8 , ive had like 4 sII returned for same kinda issues sensation xe that twice got dust under screen. And now well first phone transparant line annoying as hell second crazy colour banding like you never seen try searching "crazy colour banding" my third arrived with broken screen so awaiting 4th i love this phone but samsung qq is awfull. I can appreciate people say its down to the tech / characteristic but if thats the case why do the reviewers never get one of these handsets .... hmm wait probably becouse they got a cherry picked one.
Anyway if it is a characteristic they could at least put something in the docs they include with phone so the consumer is aware. Or raise the parameters of the screens they pass thru in manufacturing. I know its a different situation but its not like you would except a tv or laptop with these issues so why do we have to accept it with out phones which quite frankly these days can cost more then a laptop or tv.
you do know there are version of Samsung phones with sLCD instead of SAMOLED displays, eh?
if the display is your gripe, then just waint for the SLCD versions of the same phone
like the SGS2 for example or the next version of Galaxy Nexus i9253 with SLCD
kkh786 said:
I have been through three separate Galaxy Nexus handsets and they all had issues.. mainly screen related!
1st handset - got it on launch day UK.. vertical grey lines on screen and volume bug.. exchanged it..
2nd handset - last week.. horizontal grey lines on screen and paint like blobs all over the screen in lower brightness levels.. exchanged it..
3rd handset - today.. horizontal white band across screen.. and vertical colour gradient down the screen.. returned!
I really like ICS and wanted to like the Galaxy Nexus.. I am really disapointed to have waited months for this phone to be let down by poor quality control..
I have decided I will not get another Galaxy Nexus (or Samsung phone - past experience)..
Eagerly waiting for HTC's interpretation of ICS.. meantime.. I sold my HTC Desire (big mistake)..
Wanted to thank everyone here who posted a lot of useful information..
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I have a horizontal line on my screen. I might be able to post some photos of it later. Adjusting the brightness has no effect.
Sadly getting an exchange. Really enjoying the phone so far.
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I love my nexus
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I have the gsm GN in US. I have also noticed that at lowest brightness level screen on my phone has a darker red/greyish tint from the top of screen towards the center. But I am not returning it. I have seen similar issues with my SGS2 that I exchanged. However my retired Captivate had a perfect screen. I guess it has to do with SAMOLED displays.
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Your first phone had nothing wrong with it. The grey lines are part of the Super AMOLED display. Any Super AMOLED screen will behave that way, apparently. And it's really only apparent on low brightness. I turned mine off auto and set it to about halfway and it looks great now. Can't even notice it.
As for the volume bug, that's a software issue and was fixed with the latest OTA update...
Watching Netflix or anything in full screen it's noticeable. Very noticeable. After one week of owning it about a month ago, I saw a similar topic and thought "this would never happen to me". Fast forward a month later, I have it. And a scratch on my screen after putting it in my pocket only with nothing else in it.
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monkey hung said:
Watching Netflix or anything in full screen it's noticeable. Very noticeable. After one week of owning it about a month ago, I saw a similar topic and thought "this would never happen to me". Fast forward a month later, I have it. And a scratch on my screen after putting it in my pocket only with nothing else in it.
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Take a photo and post it please.
Mine does too, mighty thanks to amoled
This is going to happen regardless of what you do.
Acceptance is key
Can someone post a picture? I would like to see what all the fuss is about.
By nav bar, do you mean the notification/status bar? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. The static cyan text is a burn-in waiting to happen. I noticed a little bit of cyan tint in that area when brightness is low and the screen is white. It's by no means that bad at all but I use the hide the status bar option in ADW to prevent it from getting worse. 2 months later and it hasn't gotten worse.
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By nav bar, do you mean the notification/status bar? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. The static cyan text is a burn-in waiting to happen. I noticed a little bit of cyan tint in that area when brightness is low and the screen is white. It's by no means that bad at all but I use the hide the status bar option in ADW to prevent it from getting worse. 2 months later and it hasn't gotten worse.
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By nav bar they mean the soft keys (Home - Menu - Recent - Back) buttons on the bottom.
Oh, in that case I haven't seen that problem but I have heard of people with it. You can get rid of those soft-keys with custom mods too that makes your phone full-screen.
I noticed this on my Gnex as well. Rotating the screen clockwise to a landscape orientation, the left side of my screen where the soft buttons were has a notably bluer tint. For the record, I keep my screen on auto, which I was hoping would reduce the burn-in effect. Setting the screen brightness to 100% seems to hide the burn-in. Dunno if that will always be true.
Even worse, when I did a screen compare of my previous Nexus vs the display model at the Verizon store back in early Jan, the demo model's screen was noticeably dimmer and off color even at full brightness. Seemed like running in torch mode 24/7 with a bright red background caused the screen to degrade noticeably after only a week or so.
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The only time I notice any sort of image retention (relating to the notification bar) is when I first open the XDA app and it quickly goes full screen. Other than that I never see it. However, I commonly see image retention going from home screen to Market but it fades very quickly.
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Mine as well as my friend's has burn-in at the top and bottom where the status bar is and the soft buttons. Also my old nexus S as well as my friend's has burn in at the top status bar. It's inevitable I guess...
I started seeing this too but i quickly switched to transparent top and bottom bars so that those pixels got even wear, and it actually reversed my burn in mostly. My screen is near perfect now.
this happen to me, too. it sucks. can this be exchanged in person somewhere instead of shipping it? i don't want to wait.
Burn in was a term for lcd screens. For this situation think of it as "reverse led fatigue". The leds that are not used as much as the rest of the screen will appear brighter giving you the impression that it is burn in. On the first gen amoled's some would leave and entire white screen on full brightness overnight to normalize or calibrate the leds. Doesn't bug me one bit though.
good day.
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Burn in was a term for lcd screens. For this situation think of it as "reverse led fatigue". The leds that are not used as much as the rest of the screen will appear brighter giving you the impression that it is burn in. On the first gen amoled's some would leave and entire white screen on full brightness overnight to normalize or calibrate the leds. Doesn't bug me one bit though.
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Exactly right. But the term burn in is so familiar to people it will likely never change.
I forgot to say that to eliminate this burn in i also use full screen browser at all times to hide the status bar. And i consistently rotate the screen to different views while i read my webpages to give the other pixels a rest. The effect is excellent.
To test this the best, install dead pixel detect from market and toggle thru every color. Rotate the screen too to see both areas. The color red is the only one that shows the burn in for me. Which is strange cause blue is the weak color that wears out the quickest. But my blue looks fine.
This will probably happen to all of us to some degree sooner or later.
The image retention that lasts 1-3 seconds we might see within a month or two usage is actually one of the characteristics of AMOLED "Ghosting effect"
which is not the same as AMOLED "reverse led fatigue" (or although technically incorrect but more widely understood term "Burn-ins") which maybe seen as permanent image retention shown as yellowish outlines of icons / keyboard outlines, etc.
Sadly, there's really nothing you can do about this problem after the fact, except to change the screen itself if it is really bothersome. Or you may try to change/delete/make transparent of the permanently placed icons/other objects/pictures to try to reverse these effects.
The only preventive measures would be changing screen rotation from vertical to horizontal, and make sure you don't have the screen on at a stay still image (preferably set auto screen off to 30seconds or so.)
It is humorous how particular many people are about "pocket" screens. Oled technology in reality is like the merger of lcd and plasma screens. And oled does get image retention and burn in similar to plasma. It is harder to avoid on a cell phone with so many possibilities of static images. Really though, it is good to mention/complaint about it so it gets attention and oled manufacturers try to improve upon the technology and try to minimize or get rid of the issues altogether. Many people still think plasmas get burn in very easily and that is far from the truth. The last 3 years or so Panasonic and Samsung have made great strides in minimizing the possibility and you see very few complaints about it. And it is even more humorous that many people think lcd technology is better for viewing because it is newer than plasma when the exact opposite is true. LCD technology is older than plasma, and aside from power usage and weight, lcd doesn't have many benefits over plasma. And because of the post processing to try and overcome the deficiencies of lcd viewing lcd screens are closing the gap in power consumption with plasma. But yeah, all you can do about the image retention of oled now is put pressure on samsung and lg and any newcomers to the technology to improve it. Hopefully, oled will overcome its shortcomings to lcd and plasma and be the better tech out of all three in the near future. I wish they made laptops with plasma screens. That would be an awesome option for laptop users that use theirs as desktop replacements like myself.
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I don't have any "burn in". I guess different screens behave differently.
case0 said:
I don't have any "burn in". I guess different screens behave differently.
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Many people think they dont have it till they install dead pixel detect and check each color. I bet you have it on the color red.
RogerPodacter said:
Many people think they dont have it till they install dead pixel detect and check each color. I bet you have it on the color red.
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All my pixels are fine but I notice the notification bar retention on brown with the XDA app and I notice the bottom (whatever it's called bar) on grey from the app you suggested. Either way, I still love the phone!!!
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RogerPodacter said:
Many people think they dont have it till they install dead pixel detect and check each color. I bet you have it on the color red.
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I don't. Out of curiosity I tried that app out after reading about it on this thread.
On many phones or laptops the screen blinks really fast (probably to preserve energy). Many people seem to be ok with /don't notice that, but it really drives me nuts when a device does this. There's no way for me to preview how the screen works before buying, so please tell me - does Galaxy Nexus' screen blink? (And I mean really fast turn off - turn ons, like 60 times per seconds or so)
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On many phones or laptops the screen blinks really fast (probably to preserve energy). Many people seem to be ok with /don't notice that, but it really drives me nuts when a device does this. There's no way for me to preview how the screen works before buying, so please tell me - does Galaxy Nexus' screen blink? (And I mean really fast turn off - turn ons, like 60 times per seconds or so)
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You mean refresh rate? ALL screens have a refresh rate. That's how the image changes. As for the Max refresh rate for the gnex panel, I'm assuming it's 60hz, which is standard for most android phones.
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Are you talking about the Auto brightness flashing when the screen changes brightness or the refresh rate. The flashing with Auto brightness can be fixed with a rom that lets you change the auto brightness. You can search the forums on how to do that with CM9. The refresh rate is stuck the way it is no way to change that. I do not think i have ever seen a refresh rate problem.
I've never seen nor experienced anything similar to this. Or even heard of it anywhere except on the One X.
I am okay with it although I am not bothered even at 50Hz, some people can be extremely sensitive and there's no way out of that. I watched lots of Nexus reviews on youtube and I never seen the screen flicker effects. 50fps videos looks very smooth on Nexus.
For America, there is the Nexus for Sprint and Verizon so you might be able to try them out in the store.
This video shows the SIII flickered like crazy, but isn't a problem in other reviews, so I guess its either his camcorder fps or a problem with his SIII unit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DQ_UAtrnOg&feature=plcp
I'm not talking about the refresh rate I mean the backlight of the screen blinking independently, very fast. You can see it on many older Nokia phones, but recently I found out that my new Samsung Netbook does this and it drives me nuts! There's no way to change it, I think it's physically built into the device
Samsung phones use AMOLED screen which they manufacture. I don't know a lot about OLED technology, but the pixels light up themselves, therefore backlight is not used with OLED screens. AMOLED screen can achieve exceptional black level and high contrast ratio. As for how fast the subpixels in an AMOLED screen blink, I have no idea.
Before you get the Nexus, you should also read up on Pentile matrix versus RGB matrix. The Nexus and SIII use Pentile matrix making things appears grainier on close up. But for me, the Nexus screen is beautiful.
If you can find a store that sells a galaxy nexus, head in and see if you can see that "blinking". Personally, I haven't seen that blinking issue on my gnex.
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That's what I would do if I didn't live in Poland It was very surprising to me how little known is this phone in here
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I'm not talking about the refresh rate I mean the backlight of the screen blinking independently, very fast. You can see it on many older Nokia phones, but recently I found out that my new Samsung Netbook does this and it drives me nuts! There's no way to change it, I think it's physically built into the device
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No it doesn't flicker. Its an amoled screen so there is no traditional backlight. Individual pixels light up rather than needing a backlight.
Nexus has no flicker. Its smooth as butter.
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Samsung phones use AMOLED screen which they manufacture. I don't know a lot about OLED technology, but the pixels light up themselves, therefore backlight is not used with OLED screens. AMOLED screen can achieve exceptional black level and high contrast ratio. As for how fast the subpixels in an AMOLED screen blink, I have no idea.
Before you get the Nexus, you should also read up on Pentile matrix versus RGB matrix. The Nexus and SIII use Pentile matrix making things appears grainier on close up. But for me, the Nexus screen is beautiful.
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You need a damn microscope to even tell the screen is pentile. Or hold the phone directly in front of your face.
Does anyone else experience eyestrain with devices that have the HD Super Amoled screen?
I notice after about 10 - 15 mins of use, I get dizzy and my eyes hurt like they are being crossed or something when using the galaxy s3 or galaxy note, my old galaxy s2 skyrocket doesn't bother me though....
I've tried to turn the brightness down all the way, using the device at different distance to no avail.
Any possible solutions to remedy this? or am I going to have to sell my new S3 like I did my galaxy note? :/
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I've actually noticed a decrease in eye strain coming from an LCD screen on my atrix. LCD screens are constantly flashing, and the screen on my galaxy s3 is super clear for me almost no eye strain. Its probably personal preference though.
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jefferson9 said:
I've actually noticed a decrease in eye strain coming from an LCD screen on my atrix. LCD screens are constantly flashing, and the screen on my galaxy s3 is super clear for me almost no eye strain. Its probably personal preference though.
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I've actually experienced the opposite as my first android device was an atrix....
I think it may have something to do with the 1200 x 800 resolution on such a small screen because If I turn up the resolution on my PC HD monitor to something like 1600 x 1200 for example, my eyes start to hurt.
I was actually going to post a new great until I saw this. I came from retina displays and my eyes are sore after I look at the screen for over 10 minutes on my GS3. Kinda concerning!! Might have to switch back to an apple product. I was getting use to droid too. :-/
its because of the screen size/pixels. Your eyes still needs to be adjusted to the new screen lol... obv
Yes!
I got vertigo/migraines about a month after getting my S3. I had a number of medical tests to see what was causing it - but even after new glasses I've narrowed it down to the S3 display being too strong for my eyes. I'm going to sell mine and get a replacement with a duller screen.
Try this...
Try changing the Screen Mode to 'Natural' or 'Movie". Helped a bit.
I also immidiately noticed eye fatique after getting Galaxy s3, particularly in my right eye. It started only getting worse, and coincidently only when I was using Galaxy. Other lcd devices such as older 3gs never bothered me at all. Surpisingly majority of reviews call the display stunning quality, but its pretty dim, practically unusable outside and colors are unnaturally oversaturated, all of which didnt bother me that much as long as my eyes wouldnt hurt so much. I started reading more about specs in Super amoled technology, but nothing pointed out to potensial issues, than I googled galaxy s3 refresh rate, and the first video from the search result comparing s3 to the iphone, provided a major clue. The poor quality camera was picking up horrible flickering from galaxy, but iphone screen didnt flicker at all. It instantly brought me back to old CRT days, and I also remember getting dizzy from such displays running at low refresh rates of 60mhz. Back than bumping up refresh rate to 75mhz conciderably dicreased eye strain. I took the video to the store, sales person was suprised that I was returning such popular product, but its been a day since my exchange for another brand and eye strain is gone. The issue maybe overlooked as it affects low percentage of people, but if you have sensitive vision, than you'd be much better off with non hd amoled technology
Could it be the brightness?
I'm sure your not holding it against your nose while watchin you tube, but maybe its the overall brightness of the screen thats getting to you? I use a powersaver app that has a black screen filter that dims it out a good little bit, maybe something like that could help, or a matte finish screen protector...the anti glare ones I think.
Use the "Screen Filter" for use at nights.
Set brightness to 0, and enable filter. I set mine at 48.6% and 36.9% (created two widgets with these percentages) and use either as needed.
Set your brightness lower. It's the brightness of your screen. I have the same problem before turning down the screen
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Keep phone at safe distance from face. Try a dark theme or inverted apps, or both they will most likely reduce eyestrain as well as save battery.
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Seems ok to me with brightness anywhere from dimmest to 50%.
hmm, can't say I've experienced any strain.
The cm10 rom is extremely bright too, at half, I started getting headaches but on stock, I can state at near brightest all day.
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Hi all,
There are a lot of users who feel uncomfortable with AMOLED displays (not all of them, for example sgs2 is not affected). They can struggle with head ache and eye strain. You can google "galaxy s3 eye strain" for example or watch how AMOLED blinks through photo/video camera (there are tons of youtube videos). This effect apperars only when screen brightness is not at maximum level. The nature of that is the mechanism used for brightness control. Instead of forcing the pixels to glow at less brightness they force them to blink very fast. The faster pixel blinks - the brighter it seems to the user. The downside of this is that the whole screen blinks as an old CRT monitor which causes this negative effect.
I found an app which could help us to workaround this issue. I filed a feature request. So if you are interested you can add yourself to wathcher list and post a comment here - https://bitbucket.org/VitoCassisi/lux/issue/38/lux-auto-brightness-feature-request-for
This should not take a lot of time since you can authorise there with your google/facebook/twitter or other account.
Wow! I switched the screen to "natural", the problem with oversaturared, too rich colors was solved. I had to keep the brightness low so color pictures aren't too bright, but this made reading text on white backround unpleasant. Of course now I have to find new brightness levels (what brightness levels do you guys use for day and night?)
PS: Samsung has been doing similar tricks with the colors in their TVs. Some series 6 TVs made the picture look like it was from a heat sensor in dynsmic mode, and this was their default mode.
PPS: Mobile screens suck. LCDs have washed out blacks which strains the eyes, and AMOLEDs don't care about correct colors which makes you duzzy.
S3 screen flickers!
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I also immidiately noticed eye fatique after getting Galaxy s3, particularly in my right eye. It started only getting worse, and coincidently only when I was using Galaxy. Other lcd devices such as older 3gs never bothered me at all. Surpisingly majority of reviews call the display stunning quality, but its pretty dim, practically unusable outside and colors are unnaturally oversaturated, all of which didnt bother me that much as long as my eyes wouldnt hurt so much. I started reading more about specs in Super amoled technology, but nothing pointed out to potensial issues, than I googled galaxy s3 refresh rate, and the first video from the search result comparing s3 to the iphone, provided a major clue. The poor quality camera was picking up horrible flickering from galaxy, but iphone screen didnt flicker at all. It instantly brought me back to old CRT days, and I also remember getting dizzy from such displays running at low refresh rates of 60mhz. Back than bumping up refresh rate to 75mhz conciderably dicreased eye strain. I took the video to the store, sales person was suprised that I was returning such popular product, but its been a day since my exchange for another brand and eye strain is gone. The issue maybe overlooked as it affects low percentage of people, but if you have sensitive vision, than you'd be much better off with non hd amoled technology
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You are absolutely right. S3 screen flickers a lot. Try to move it quickly in front of your eyes, move your eyest when looking at it, or move your finger fast in front of the screen. I certainly do notice it.
What other phones have better displays? Sony? HTC?
I have a solution to resolve galaxy S3 scren flickering: set brightness to max in settings, install an app like "Screen Filter" (one with black-white rectangle) and decrease brightness there, in the app.
Flickering gone!
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You are absolutely right. S3 screen flickers a lot. Try to move it quickly in front of your eyes, move your eyest when looking at it, or move your finger fast in front of the screen. I certainly do notice it.
What other phones have better displays? Sony? HTC?
I have a solution to resolve galaxy S3 scren flickering: set brightness to max in settings, install an app like "Screen Filter" (one with black-white rectangle) and decrease brightness there, in the app.
Flickering gone!
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Most of phone LCD screens are not affected by flicker. Even some amoled displays too. For example old HTC Legend and galaxy S2.
Galaxy note 3, 4, Galaxy s4, 5 are also affected. I strongly recommend you not to buy any new samsung phones equipped with AMOLED screens.
Now with this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux software you can get rid of screen flickering issue. Automatic brightness adjust will also work.
I had before Note and it was burninng in! Things like keyboard or status bar, now I'm afraid to use my Note 2 because I don't want to have burn-in things on my screen :/ So will galaxy note 2 burn-in? They said the new screen in Note 2 is non-pentile ,so.. it will be burn-in proof ? (rethorical question)
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Yes with the time it will have burn-in as all amoled screens.
I had my note 1 for a year and I was worried about the screen being damaged with screen burn. I kept the brightness down to a low to medium level and found no noticable wear on the screen after a year. The brighter and more vibrant your screen settings are set on the faster your screen will suffer.
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All AMOLED screens suffer from burn in, it's a matter of when but with caution you can prevent it. My SGS2 with RGB non Pentile suffered from burn in after 11 months, likewise my sisters SGS2.
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It will burn in, but I've had my Note 1 for nearly 11 months now and I don't have any burn in, and I keep it on automatic brightness. But I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
My GS2 got bad burn-in from Navigation - I left the screen on all the time when driving.
I am now using a MIUI rom which lets me press the home button 4 times to invert screen colours. I use this on Navigation to try to balance it back out (the lighter middle section of the nav screen is where the burn occurred).
I use lowest btightness and little screen on time and in 6 to 9 mths i noticed it
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Ok so this is only my opinion.
This phone is awesome but very expensive. Some buy this phone with a 2 year contract so i think its really bad that screens on phones like this have screens that can burn in within a year.
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b4d5h0t said:
I had my note 1 for a year and I was worried about the screen being damaged with screen burn. I kept the brightness down to a low to medium level and found no noticable wear on the screen after a year. The brighter and more vibrant your screen settings are set on the faster your screen will suffer.
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I had exactly the same experience with my galaxy s and galaxy s2. I always kept the screens at low brightness, and never noticed any burn in. A friend of me who also had an S2 always had his brightness set very high, and at his phone I noticed there was some screen burn in when I looked at it.
So, now I have my note 2, and I am going to keep the brightness at a low level most of the time, so I don't expect any problems.
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Preventing AMOLED burn in
I've had the Samsung Moment (AMOLED), Epic 4G (Super AMOLED), and the Epic 4G Touch (Super AMOLED+).
I noticed burn-in on both the Moment and the Epic 4G due to long screen on times and high brightness. I used to leave the screen on during my 45 minute commute so the Pandora Controls and the status bar icons were easy to see on any white backgrounds. With my latest phone I use short screen on times and adjust the brightness as needed (using the status bar slider). I've also switched to dark backgrounds in an attempt to maximize battery life as well as prevent burn in. This phone is currently just over a year old and has no detectable burn in, as checked with a dead pixel app swapping the screen colors between red, green, blue, and white. I've also integrated smart stay to keep the screen on when I need it but shut it off when it's not being looked at.
So, YES! Amoleds will burn in. In order to prevent screen burn-in I suggest this:
Limit unnecessary screen on time ~burn in is directly related to how long the screen is on.
Use the correct brightness for your situation ~burn in is directly related to how bright the screen is.
Use dark vs lighted based themes ~black uses no pixels, can save battery, and prevent eye strain!
Auto-hide the notification bar, or change the time format frequently ~It's the first thing to burn-in since it's visible and in the same location regardless of what app you're running!
Consider using a screen filter app at night for an even dimmer screen ~It'll protect your eyes and your pixels.
To detect screen burn in you can use just about any dead pixel app. Burn in will be most visible when the screen is all WHITE or all BLUE although you may be able to see some burn in in RED or GREEN although those colors are less likely to help detection.
Replacement is the only real solution in order to correct screen burn in. If you replace your phone every year (like I do) it shouldn't be much of an issue for you. However, If you're stuck with your phone for 18-24 months than you should take burn-in prevention seriously!
is the screen replaceable and for how much?
lyricalchaos said:
is the screen replaceable and for how much?
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Best would be a warranty repair. Otherwise you have to source the screen + digitizer so price will depend on that, then you'll have to do the teardown/ replace/ reassembly yourself:
This is sad, warranty should cover this, it´s so miserable that you must be this careful about usage of this pricey phone...
How do I Auto-hide the notification bar?
Also, how do I disable UMTS messages from a mobile phone carrier that sends occasional messages to notify the balance I have left on my prepaid card?
walord said:
I've had the Samsung Moment (AMOLED), Epic 4G (Super AMOLED), and the Epic 4G Touch (Super AMOLED+).
I noticed burn-in on both the Moment and the Epic 4G due to long screen on times and high brightness. I used to leave the screen on during my 45 minute commute so the Pandora Controls and the status bar icons were easy to see on any white backgrounds. With my latest phone I use short screen on times and adjust the brightness as needed (using the status bar slider). I've also switched to dark backgrounds in an attempt to maximize battery life as well as prevent burn in. This phone is currently just over a year old and has no detectable burn in, as checked with a dead pixel app swapping the screen colors between red, green, blue, and white. I've also integrated smart stay to keep the screen on when I need it but shut it off when it's not being looked at.
So, YES! Amoleds will burn in. In order to prevent screen burn-in I suggest this:
Limit unnecessary screen on time ~burn in is directly related to how long the screen is on.
Use the correct brightness for your situation ~burn in is directly related to how bright the screen is.
Use dark vs lighted based themes ~black uses no pixels, can save battery, and prevent eye strain!
Auto-hide the notification bar, or change the time format frequently ~It's the first thing to burn-in since it's visible and in the same location regardless of what app you're running!
Consider using a screen filter app at night for an even dimmer screen ~It'll protect your eyes and your pixels.
To detect screen burn in you can use just about any dead pixel app. Burn in will be most visible when the screen is all WHITE or all BLUE although you may be able to see some burn in in RED or GREEN although those colors are less likely to help detection.
Replacement is the only real solution in order to correct screen burn in. If you replace your phone every year (like I do) it shouldn't be much of an issue for you. However, If you're stuck with your phone for 18-24 months than you should take burn-in prevention seriously!
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