Develop Bugs

Display Artefact/ghosting line on lowest brightness

I have a diagonal line that runs along the width of the display it runs at a slight angel, it can be only seen with the display set a its lowest setting and running a black image in a very dark room. I have taken the phone back to three (solihull) who after 3 goes of trying to see it are aware of the problem and acknowledged it. They checked their demo phone which didn't have the problem. They have contacted their Samsung rep who I am awaiting a call from.
Does anyone have a similar problem?

This is normal with AMOLED displays.

the thing is, my GS2 doesnt have this "problem" on the lowest screen brightness.
I compared them last night side by side and its very noticable on my Nexus
That said, i've already accepted the fact that everyone else has some variation of this "issue" but im more curious on what the Samsung rep has to say about it. I'm also curious if its more visible on some devices as opposed to others.
I put my brightness on a static settings so it doenst effect me much (I can see it a bit on dark grey backgrounds) but i'm just imagining people who use auto brightness cause there's NO way you can miss it on whites/greys

you must have a magic Galaxy S II then, because it is a known issue with AMOLED screens when running at low brightness.

ill try and take a picture tonight with my devices side by side
honestly, anyone would be able to spot it out if you saw them in person.
Either my GS2 doesnt have the issue, or its VERY hard to see. I took long hard looks because i was really debating if my Nexus was defective - if this is just how it is then im willing to accept it - i just want to make sure we're not part of some funky batch

i assume like this here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19881421&postcount=87
And if you said they tested the demo units, thats also my observation. Some screens have it more than others (others being almost not visible) and some inbetween

oscillik said:
you must have a magic Galaxy S II then, because it is a known issue with AMOLED screens when running at low brightness.
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It may be a known issue, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable. I've not experienced any issues like this on either of my Fascinates. I'd certainly return mine if there were any screen issues.

oscillik said:
This is normal with AMOLED displays.
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I understand the artefacts you mean but this is a single bar about 3mm thick its not dead pixels like the three store suggested otherwise it wouldn't matter about the brightness it almost looks like something is pressing gently against the screen. I have tried to photograph it but my camera/me are not the best.

Thyrus said:
i assume like this here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19881421&postcount=87
And if you said they tested the demo units, thats also my observation. Some screens have it more than others (others being almost not visible) and some inbetween
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yeah its pretty much like that
it's like...grainy with weird colours. I wouldnt say i see any thick LINES, instead it reminds me of throwing paint on a wall and letting it slide down. I'll try and take a picture tonight with some high res camera so you guys can hopefully see what im talking about
unfortauntely its not so easy for me to get a return since im in canada and i bought mine through Handtec in the UK - im pretty sure RMA-ing is a huge hassle and wait, plus im not sure if i have to pay for the shipping

Thyrus said:
i assume like this here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19881421&postcount=87
And if you said they tested the demo units, thats also my observation. Some screens have it more than others (others being almost not visible) and some inbetween
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Its not like that on mine.

lol i took that pic with my G2x, its not as extreme as that in real life.

An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compounds which emit light in response to an electric current.
It;s Organic. Each row of organic pixels may have slightly different tolerances to voltage than the next, hence you get dark and lighter rows varying to different degrees on different screens.
By all means take a chance and see if a replacement is all the same tolerances with no darker or lighter lines or if it has lots of them and looks like a striped screen. I don't think its a "defect" as such, its just a "characteristic" of AMOLED. If they wanted Samsung could measure the tolerance of each OLED to a very accurate level and there would be no dark or light lines on any screen. It would be very expensive though, so they fall into a catagory of acceptable or not.
Thats just my opinion by the way.
edit: Im actual glad so many others are questioning this too. I feel less pedantic now. lol

mcgon1979 said:
By all means take a chance and see if a replacement is all the same tolerances with no darker or lighter lines or if it has lots of them and looks like a striped screen.
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Bear in mind that any replacement you get may in fact have a worse screen. I was lucky when I got my replacement phone (replaced due to volume bug, nothing to do with the screen) and my screen was luckily better. You may not be so lucky.
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I don't think its a "defect" as such, its just a "characteristic" of AMOLED.
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Indeed

well i just got my nexus today and as expected noticed a small transparant line running down with screen with auto brightness / low brightness. So i turned it of and manualy set to around 55 60% defintly cant notice it now just bummer cant use auto brightness .... will have to see how battery holds out like this as i luv this phone

horizontal lines on the screen?

I just purchased my phone and i am noticing horizantal lines on light color backgrounds like white and gray. It is extremely annoying, especially for the price i paid for the phone.
Anyone else having this issue. Looks like i have to exchange it. Any thoughts?

sti-06 said:
I just purchased my phone and i am noticing horizantal lines on light color backgrounds like white and gray. It is extremely annoying, especially for the price i paid for the phone.
Anyone else having this issue. Looks like i have to exchange it. Any thoughts?
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If you can still see them above 20-40% brightness then you may have a poor screen. It is normal to see grains and a small amount of banding on AMOLED pentile displays when the brightness is very low. They entirely go away for me at 25% brightness.

I dont see them over %40-50 brightness for white backgrounds but they still can be seen on grey backgrounds. Well when you keep the brightness that high it sucks the battery pretty quick. I dont know what to do
Should i just go ahead and exchange it?

I have this same issue. I swapped it out 2 times each one had the same issue.
I'm pretty upset about this.
I've been told that the iPhone had similar issues and that use of the phone will cure the screen and the glue. Not sure if this is the case. I have been playing movies non stop to help "cure" the screen.
I notice it most when I use auto brightness. If I put the brightness all the way up it pretty much goes away.
Anyone able to help us out?

its because this phone uses an outdated "pentile" screen. sure its "HD" with a higher resolution & pixel count then standard pentile screens but its still pentile. if you want a screen that will amaze you then exchange your phone for a Rezound. i actually had a Rezound but gave in to the hype and exchanged it for the Nexus. oops

This has been discussed on here (and on forums for other phones) for some time now. I've followed many of the threads, and my understanding was that it had more to do with Super AMOLED displays, rather than pentile.
For example, the Galaxy SII also has this issue, and it uses an RGB display, not pentile. And my Nexus One, which is pentile, uses a non-Super AMOLED display and doesn't have this issue at all.
All that being said... when I got my Galaxy Nexus, this was more noticeable than I expected to be... but I found it actually bothered me less than I thought it would.

I call them vertical banding ghosts, but I guess in your case they are horizontal. Every sAMOLED phone has them, I don't know why. My Vibrant has it too, but honestly I just got used to it and now I don't even notice them.
I wonder what causes it.

phazerorg said:
This has been discussed on here (and on forums for other phones) for some time now. I've followed many of the threads, and my understanding was that it had more to do with Super AMOLED displays, rather than pentile.
For example, the Galaxy SII also has this issue, and it uses an RGB display, not pentile. And my Nexus One, which is pentile, uses a non-Super AMOLED display and doesn't have this issue at all.
All that being said... when I got my Galaxy Nexus, this was more noticeable than I expected to be... but I found it actually bothered me less than I thought it would.
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it isnt bothering me too much either actually. just sucks that at this point in time(on a high-end device even) that we're having to deal with it period. my last 3 phones were HTC(Incredible 2, Thunderbolt & Rezound) and they never had this issue. Actually, the display on the Rezound was the best i had ever seen.
just in case anyone is having second thoughts about the Nexus, i have seen the Rezound going for around $300 - $500 on craigslist/ebay & the Nexus' at $600. so you could always make a bit of money rather then just doing an exchange at the store.
im contemplating it myself depending on how soon/if they can fix this phone & ICS to get it to properly play certain files/games that are a big deal to me.

If they were to fix the screens, would they replace the older phones for free?

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If they were to fix the screens, would they replace the older phones for free?
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I don't think there will be a fix because I don't think it is necessarily broken. All phones with sAmoled have those banding ghosts (I'm assuming this is what the OP was reffering to). I've never heard of horizontal though, usually vertical. All the sAmoled phones have it.

Drachnem said:
I have this same issue. I swapped it out 2 times each one had the same issue.
I'm pretty upset about this.
I've been told that the iPhone had similar issues and that use of the phone will cure the screen and the glue. Not sure if this is the case. I have been playing movies non stop to help "cure" the screen.
I notice it most when I use auto brightness. If I put the brightness all the way up it pretty much goes away.
Anyone able to help us out?
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Update: I went back to Verizon and played with their Demo phone, had the rep come look for reference, then we unboxed and booted until we found one with out the lines. This is defiantly not a technology issue, its a defective screen issue.
I swap for the new phone and now I have no lines.
When you go, make sure you pull up dark green and white full screen and DO NOT accept any phone with the lines.
Now that I have one without a screen issue I can relax. Yes, the Rezound has a smoother look and a little more resolution or PPI (pixel per inch) but it doesn't come near the vibrancy of the Nexus.

Drachnem said:
Update: I went back to Verizon and played with their Demo phone, had the rep come look for reference, then we unboxed and booted until we found one with out the lines. This is defiantly not a technology issue, its a defective screen issue.
I swap for the new phone and now I have no lines.
When you go, make sure you pull up dark green and white full screen and DO NOT accept any phone with the lines.
Now that I have one without a screen issue I can relax. Yes, the Rezound has a smoother look and a little more resolution or PPI (pixel per inch) but it doesn't come near the vibrancy of the Nexus.
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Hmm this method sounds like pain however, I expect this phone to be %100 flawless as far as hardware goes for the money we are paying for it. Without a contract this phone costs $800 and it is not acceptable to have a screen that has vertical lines on a phone that costs as much as this one.

sti-06 said:
Hmm this method sounds like pain however, I expect this phone to be %100 flawless as far as hardware goes for the money we are paying for it. Without a contract this phone costs $800 and it is not acceptable to have a screen that has vertical lines on a phone that costs as much as this one.
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If you're paying $800 off contract for this phone you aren't looking at your options. VZW sells it for $649. You can import it for $685.
This isn't a defective screen issue, it is how the technology is made. Just because one phone doesn't experience it to the same caliber as another phone does not mean it isn't simply how the screens are.

The phone is for verizon however i bought from bestbuy mobile. They brought the phone up without my upgrade and the price came out to $800. Thats where i based my price.
Honestly, I will not pay $685 for this phone yet alone $800.
I am a little confused now...should i not exchange it?

sti-06 said:
The phone is for verizon however i bought from bestbuy mobile. They brought the phone up without my upgrade and the price came out to $800. Thats where i based my price.
Honestly, I will not pay $685 for this phone yet alone $800.
I am a little confused now...should i not exchange it?
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The point is no one should ever buy an off contract phone from Best Buy or Amazon, because they make more money by locking you into a two year contract, that is why their off contract prices are ridiculous.
And unless you want to be like that one guy and unbox every single phone in the store until you find one that doesn't have the bands, you should just keep it because it isn't a screen defect the one he found after doing that just doesn't experience it as much as some of the other ones.

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The point is no one should ever buy an off contract phone from Best Buy or Amazon, because they make more money by locking you into a two year contract, that is why their off contract prices are ridiculous.
And unless you want to be like that one guy and unbox every single phone in the store until you find one that doesn't have the bands, you should just keep it because it isn't a screen defect the one he found after doing that just doesn't experience it as much as some of the other ones.
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Dang...
I am a little disappointed tho. I mean all this hype and screen doesnt even function how it supposed to. Leaving the screen brightness high sucks the battery life.

I actually turned brightness all the way up, even then i still get vertical lines on grey backgrounds.
I dont think that is acceptable, i am going to exchange this phone.

Just tried it in the settings menu by around 5% drops and don't see these lines u speak of. Do u have a link to a sample picture/background to reproduce them?
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I thought I was the only one with this problem too, no biggie. It only seems noticeable on the lowest brightness for me at night anyways...

voxigenboy said:
its because this phone uses an outdated "pentile" screen. sure its "HD" with a higher resolution & pixel count then standard pentile screens but its still pentile. if you want a screen that will amaze you then exchange your phone for a Rezound. i actually had a Rezound but gave in to the hype and exchanged it for the Nexus. oops
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it isnt bothering me too much either actually. just sucks that at this point in time(on a high-end device even) that we're having to deal with it period. my last 3 phones were HTC(Incredible 2, Thunderbolt & Rezound) and they never had this issue. Actually, the display on the Rezound was the best i had ever seen.
just in case anyone is having second thoughts about the Nexus, i have seen the Rezound going for around $300 - $500 on craigslist/ebay & the Nexus' at $600. so you could always make a bit of money rather then just doing an exchange at the store.
im contemplating it myself depending on how soon/if they can fix this phone & ICS to get it to properly play certain files/games that are a big deal to me.
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Your posts are seriously the most worthless waste of bandwidth I've ever read on a forum. I really have to take a look and find the ignore feature. They are just unbearable to read any longer. I'm convinced you just come here to talk **** about a damn cell phone.

Is my Galaxy Nexus screen okay?

Hello. So this is my 6th GNexus that I received today, because I just seem to be getting phones with the same dark screen (in my eyes they are dark). This is at 25% brightness.
Or maybe I'm used to my first brand new one that was just perfect to me? It was naturally bright. The current one I have seems good, but the keyboard is darker and in the notification greys and browser bar grays u can notice the color differences. When I go to a website that's background is reddish/organish it's pretty noticeable there.
As of me typing this, I spoke to Verizon and said if on my 7th GNexus (next one coming Thursday 3/29) had the same issue with the screen they'd be consulting it with Samsung to see if it's a software issue or the LED inside the screen is messed up or something.
Thanks. So how would you describe a "good" screen? Pictures appreciated, just making sure I don't have one that's fine and I'm freaking out about it.

Are you for real or just trolling?
Seriously? Complaining about a dark screen when you have the brightness set to 25%? The screen is supposed to be dark the lower you set the brightness at; that's just common sense, geez...
I think I've finally decided to stop coming to XDA. Coming to these forums just gives me a headache now. All the absolutely idiotic threads/posts by what seem to be either trolls or complete retards. /endrant

I'm for real.
It's at 25% brightness and I've held not one but two GNex in my hands that looked fine at 25%. Something is wrong.
If the forums give you a headache and you can't tell the difference between trolling and reality, welcome to the interwebz. /endrant.
Maybe the thread wasn't completely necessary, but there's the occasional decent person that likes to input on the situation.
Let's start by clearing your headache, you didn't need to reply, if it was a "idiotic thread by a troll or compete retard". Lol.

Let's look at the one constant between all 7 phones, you. I've got one guess where the problem is located.
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Let's look at the one constant between all 7 phones, you. I've got one guess where the problem is located.
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Okay, thanks. I appreciate you coming forth with a more reasonable reply.
In case I'm still being looked upon as a troll, does anyone know the symptoms for a "bad" screen? I searched and read the thread about what's okay and not for a Galaxy Nexus screen but seems like I have some good stuff and some bad stuff, which is confusing.

User error. Obviously.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.

So I'm guessing you've had a look at the sticky on this forum? I don't see what's so confusing about it? You either have unattainable expectations on what the screen 'should' be or your the most unlucky person ever. There's no way 7 devices in a row would be faulty.

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So I'm guessing you've had a look at the sticky on this forum? I don't see what's so confusing about it? You either have unattainable expectations on what the screen 'should' be or your the most unlucky person ever. There's no way 7 devices in a row would be faulty.
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Yeah, you got me thinking now, anyway here are some pictures, while I'm not a pro photographer I tried my best as I was in a hurry. These are taken from an HTC Thunderbolt. (25% brightness) These look right?
Anything odd in the color of the yellow coins in Temple Run?
Red and Brown seem odd to any of you?
Keyboard, here's where I really think it's a bit dark, look behind the keys. This is a screenshot but if the issue shows even in the Android OS Screenshot.. isn't that an issue?

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Yeah, you got me thinking now, anyway here are some pictures, while I'm not a pro photographer I tried my best as I was in a hurry. These are taken from an HTC Thunderbolt. (25% brightness) These look right?
Anything odd in the color of the yellow coins in Temple Run?
Red and Brown seem odd to any of you?
Keyboard, here's where I really think it's a bit dark, look behind the keys. This is a screenshot but if the issue shows even in the Android OS Screenshot.. isn't that an issue?
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i think a visit to your friendly neighborhood eye doctor will do wonders. or an eyepatch so the looks you get won't be so bad.

Ehh a nice amount of sarcasm there but, that can mean 2 things good or bad, so you think it's alright?

Looks fine. I've seen pictures that were easily worse.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.

Okay, thanks huge sigh of relief.
So the other ones I had that were brighter, were just different screens but they weren't bad (nor was this one)? Right?

Looks just fine to me.
You have the brightness at 25% though? If the screen on another one looked fine at 25% (maybe a demo in the store?) maybe you should think about the lighting where you used it. If it was inside and fine at 25% but you are using yours outside at 25% then that is likely the problem. The brightness needs to be higher in brighter rooms / brighter days.
Try setting it to auto and see if it works fine for you that way. If it does, then you are using it as intended AND it works for you, so no worries. Remember, it is an AMOLED display and is designed to be more power efficient than other displays, so having it on auto should be just fine.
I personally set mine to 20% on another phone (totally different type of display, though the backlight itself might be similar, IDK) and its fine until a bit of sunlight hits it. I then switch it back to auto when I exit a building or enter a place with those obnoxiously bright halogen lights.
I suspect that is the issue you are having, how you are using it vs how it is designed to be used.

I know what you mean. But the 3rd GNex and the first I had, everything on the phone was literally brighter on 25% brightness. So I guess every phone has a different screen? (The phones with working/good) screens.
What I mean by "brighter" is for example the background of the keyboard set when your going to type a message, it varies a lot in brightness from phone to phone.

Green tint on greys

Is this normal? Greys have a green tint which is really noticeable on low brightness. Is this a limitation of AMOLED? But I don't recall this issue on my 6P or Note 4.

Hmm. Not having this issue...

Greys are really greenish. Though it happens only at some certain brightness level (a little more than the lowest).

The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review

Not noticing this on mine either.
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I may have a slight tint on mine on greys, only on one half of the screen though. I'm colourblind so it could be green. I'm thinking it's more purple-ish though...

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Greys are really greenish. Though it happens only at some certain brightness level (a little more than the lowest).
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mr mystery said:
The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review
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Not noticing this on mine either.
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I may have a slight tint on mine on greys, only on one half of the screen though. I'm colourblind so it could be green. I'm thinking it's more purple-ish though...
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Yes what I had experienced from my last 3 phones I.e galaxy s2,s3,s4,s4 mini,s5 all of em which had amoled screen all have this thing. Its like if u seen u can't able to unseen. But its hard to notice. I think these displays are rather builded like this to work. Even my brother's new s7 has this thing.

rayzen6 said:
Yes what I had experienced from my last 3 phones I.e galaxy s2,s3,s4,s4 mini,s5 all of em which had amoled screen all have this thing. Its like if u seen u can't able to unseen. But its hard to notice. I think these displays are rather builded like this to work. Even my brother's new s7 has this thing.
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On only part of the screen though? I know when tilting AMOLED displays that can happen but head on I don't know. (I've avoided AMOLED up until now because my last couple experiences with older ones was not so nice)

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On only part of the screen though? I know when tilting AMOLED displays that can happen but head on I don't know. (I've avoided AMOLED up until now because my last couple experiences with older ones was not so nice)
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Yes on part of the screen at bottom its much noticeable in dark.

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Yes on part of the screen at bottom its much noticeable in dark.
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Guess that answers that, cheers!. (although mine might be right side of the screen, not bottom)

On my phone, the bottom part is also "greener" than the upper part. This is especially visible when brightness is set low (which I do when not outside, because it totally suffices).
Do more people have this problem?
Would returning the unit and getting a new OP3 make sense, or are these unevennesses typical??

hasenbein1966 said:
On my phone, the bottom part is also "greener" than the upper part. This is especially visible when brightness is set low (which I do when not outside, because it totally suffices).
Do more people have this problem?
Would returning the unit and getting a new OP3 make sense, or are these unevennesses typical??
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I'm wondering if it's just an AMOLED thing... If it's really really bad then you may be better off RMA-ing it of course.

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The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review
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The findings on Anandtech have nothing to do with the quality and everything to do with the calibration, which is just software.

Hi, is it darker like the pics from my thread? I think I have the same issue on my display, just at the middle of the screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/dark-line-oled-screen-t3402293

One thought came to me: In the upper half of the OP3 are the parts which get warm when the phone "works". Perhaps the part of the screen which is warmed up regularly loses a bit of green tint, while the lower, colder part remains as it is??? Just a thought...

I get a weird purpley/dark colour on greys and when scrolling white font on black background, but only on minimum brightness.
After reducing brightness below a threshold (just above the minimum) the colours across the display seem to shift
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I got my replacement phone today. And. The display is even more worse. The colors are uneven, like some of them have here. The bottom is greener and the top slighlty pinkier/the correct color.

Argh. That's what I'm afraid of (sent my device in for replacement on Saturday):
That, as a replacement, simply someone grabs a box with a new device and sends it to me, without testing.
Edios, what did you write in the service request as your reason why you want a replacement? Did you write about the display problems?
Welcome to the lottery...
Does anyone know: If the 2nd device also has a defect, and the 14 day return time since I got the 1st device is already over, can I demand from Oneplus that they take back the 2nd device and that I get my money back??

hasenbein1966 said:
Argh. That's what I'm afraid of (sent my device in for replacement on Saturday):
That, as a replacement, simply someone grabs a box with a new device and sends it to me, without testing.
Edios, what did you write in the service request as your reason why you want a replacement? Did you write about the display problems?
Welcome to the lottery...
Does anyone know: If the 2nd device also has a defect, and the 14 day return time since I got the 1st device is already over, can I demand from Oneplus that they take back the 2nd device and that I get my money back??
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I didn't even mention the issues, Amazon immediately gave me a replacement.
The problem is, they provide only a single replacement and now insisting to give a refund. But I want this device cos there's no other device that I'm interested in. And it's out of stock also.

For what it's worth, these sound like typical AMOLED issues. There are long threads in the Galaxy S6, S7, etc. forums with people experiencing the exact same thing. AMOLEDs just seem to not be as consistent as LCDs in the quality control department and it's always just the luck of the draw whether you get one with green or pink tints or not.

Who received a Pixel 2 XL with absolutely no blue shift?

Who received a Pixel 2 XL with absolutely no blue shift?

from everything i've read that phone doesn't exist, they all have it to some degree. seems like everyone agrees that the shift varies and photos seem to show that. But oddly enough i have yet to see a single photo/video that has two P2XL next to each other having a different tint, so i'm sorta skeptical any are different and the variation i photos can be explained by room lighting and or white balance of the camera taking the photo of the screen.
Ive compared mine to two others in real life and all were identical in shift (which in my opinion is really bad).

Mine is very minimal to the point I can't notice it unless I look really hard which I don't.

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Mine is very minimal to the point I can't notice it unless I look really hard which I don't.
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That is amazing as most appear to have it. Mine isn't what I would call intense blue but it is a distracting thing starting at 5 degrees and I think I will return it. Love the phone if they hadn't of cheapened out on displays.

lightfire said:
That is amazing as most appear to have it. Mine isn't what I would call intense blue but it is a distracting thing starting at 5 degrees and I think I will return it. Love the phone if they hadn't of cheapened out on displays.
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I agree;. I wish the went with Samsung screens but since they invested a billion dollars in LG that isn't going to happen.

I constantly run with "night mode" on, I really see no blue shift with it active.

bossei said:
I agree;. I wish the went with Samsung screens but since they invested a billion dollars in LG that isn't going to happen.
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They invested a billion dollars in LG?

aysiu said:
They invested a billion dollars in LG?
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For OLED screens...

If you get the blue shift try the oreo colorizer, it made it so I don't even notice it till the phone is almost at 90 degrees.

RiffyDivine said:
If you get the blue shift try the oreo colorizer, it made it so I don't even notice it till the phone is almost at 90 degrees.
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I didnt see any different w/ oreo colorizer and my blue shift (does make the colors pop more).

I hardly notice it on mine. It's not there until it hits a certain degree angle, as another stated already, then it's pretty minor. It honestly looks like the screen is just getting a tad darker, like I've seen on other phones (like my s7 edge)... And it doesn't show for everything. I don't see it in videos or pictures or really anything that's not a white or very light color. Honestly, let's be real, how often do you look at your phone from an angle lol.

I can see a slight blue shift when angled but it doesn't bother me because I don't look at my phone from an angle. And the slight blue tint is only obvious if you're looking for it specifically or looking at photos with alot of white color.

RiffyDivine said:
If you get the blue shift try the oreo colorizer, it made it so I don't even notice it till the phone is almost at 90 degrees.
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off-axis shifting is a hardware issue, not a software one.. no amount of apps or updates will change it.

gettinwicked said:
I hardly notice it on mine. It's not there until it hits a certain degree angle, as another stated already, then it's pretty minor. It honestly looks like the screen is just getting a tad darker, like I've seen on other phones (like my s7 edge)... And it doesn't show for everything. I don't see it in videos or pictures or really anything that's not a white or very light color. Honestly, let's be real, how often do you look at your phone from an angle lol.
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I look at mine at an angle all the time. If it is sitting at a desk in front of you, it is at an angle. A blue angle, in this case.

SquallLHeart said:
off-axis shifting is a hardware issue, not a software one.. no amount of apps or updates will change it.
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Absolutely yes, hardware issue. Google cheapened out on panels with LG. Someone should be fired for allowing these to be sold with these issues. I can't imagine anyone who cares (in Quality Control or product manager) signing off on these as to release to public.

SquallLHeart said:
off-axis shifting is a hardware issue, not a software one.. no amount of apps or updates will change it.
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Then I guess magic happened cause mines pretty much fine now except at the far stuff around 80+

lightfire said:
I look at mine at an angle all the time. If it is sitting at a desk in front of you, it is at an angle. A blue angle, in this case.
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Lol. I thought about that, but, if I'm not holding my phone in my hand, I'm not doing anything like reading something, or FB, or whatever, so I'll really never have the blue hue problem. Videos and such don't seem to have the tint problem for me.

gettinwicked said:
Lol. I thought about that, but, if I'm not holding my phone in my hand, I'm not doing anything like reading something, or FB, or whatever, so I'll really never have the blue hue problem. Videos and such don't seem to have the tint problem for me.
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Mine color shifts at a slight angle when watching videos. Straight on it is OK.

I don't notice any at all because I don't look at my phone sideways like an idiot.

Mine is incredibly subtle, especially when compared to the pictures and videos I saw prior to getting it three days ago. Additionally, you have to view it from an extreme angle (greater than 45°) before you noticed it, but again, it's subtle. I'd say the effect is more a cooler look to the screen than a blue tint. The blue does eventually appear and become obvious, but it's only when you're looking at it from almost directly from the side.
In my regular use with the phone, I never notice the color shift - even when viewing the mostly white screen in Chrome.