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[Q] Yellow backlit "J" key on physical keyboard

Does anyone else have something similar to this?
Without the backlight, the J key looks perfectly normal, just like the others. When lit however, it is noticeably yellow compared to the others.
I thought at first I got the key dirty somehow, but after trying to clean it repeatedly, then seeing it not backlit, I have come to the conclusion that it's the actual backlight.
Doesn't really bother me, but it does stand out, especially now that I look there first whenever I open my keyboard.

I dont have that on my keyboard everything shows the same amount if light and same whiteish color

Maybe someone in China peed on the keyboard....

Can youh posyt a pic? I think all of my keys are "yellow"
Sent from my T-Mobile G2

I am at the store right now. As soon as i get home in about an hour i will post the picture.
Thanks fellas.
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Picture of yellow "J"
Well, here's the picture.
Sorry if the quality is kinda of bad. Had to do it in low lighting so it can be seen well, and I took the picture from my old G1
So this is what it looks like. Let me know what you think!

tazz9690 said:
Well, here's the picture.
Sorry if the quality is kinda of bad. Had to do it in low lighting so it can be seen well, and I took the picture from my old G1
So this is what it looks like. Let me know what you think!
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Yea something is wrong. Either you had some highlighter/marker on ur finger or that area led is going out. I just dont know if the keyboard does 1 led per key. But thats ehat it looks like is an led going out
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xile6 said:
Yea something is wrong. Either you had some highlighter/marker on ur finger or that area led is going out. I just dont know if the keyboard does 1 led per key. But thats ehat it looks like is an led going out
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Well, that's not good news.
Hmm, I don't think it's really worth me taking it back to T-Mobile for. I'm still under my buyer's remorse. I already took 1 back, but then again, it sucks that I have this problem in the first place.
It looks normal when not lit, so I didn't get something on it. Like I said, not sure if it's even worth taking back to the store.

to say the truth, i lol'd when i saw the picture, it looks like someone pissed inside the phone in the factory LOL, or a drop of piss XD

Well the "J" is one of the keys with the little tactile nub on it...is the "F" key the same way?

Nope. The F key is the same as the others.

tazz9690 said:
Nope. The F key is the same as the others.
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Yup..... Some China dude has a grudge against America... He must be mad that Snao-On-Tools are still make in the USA.

The keys near the F key look a little yellowish as well.
My guess would be the keyboard backlighting has a bad LED; maybe it uses multiple LEDs to generate the white backlight and the blue LED died?
Anyone have a G2 disassembly link so we could see?

keenerb said:
The keys near the F key look a little yellowish as well.
My guess would be the keyboard backlighting has a bad LED; maybe it uses multiple LEDs to generate the white backlight and the blue LED died?
Anyone have a G2 disassembly link so we could see?
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Nope thats how a white dying/burnt led looks. I do alot of work with leds.
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Stuck pixel!

I just got a stuck pixel on my phone in the bottom of the screen, i picked it up today from the local T-Mobile store, anyway to pix it or am i gonna have to return it?

best thing to do is to return it for another one
it's very rare to see a stuck LED on the SAMOLED+ screens
it stays even after a reboot?

yea i rebooted it 3 times and i also ran those youtube stuck pixel fixers that flash billion colors on the screen really fast...it didnt work its still there

Stuck Red Pixel
Anyone else have one?
It's really not a big deal, except that I've only had the phone for two days. They usually go away on their own after time but I have to admit it's annoying.. because I purposely look to see if it's their when I'm in the web browser, which is really the only time I see it (only really visible on white background)

take it back and change it ASAP

Dead Black Pixels? Picture not rectangle?
Okay so I was about to go to bed when I realized that the phone died...so I plug it in and I was like wooooahhhh wtfff...
I see all these weird dead black pixels and on top of that the battery isn't perfectly rectangle...the back part is zigzaggy...I tried to take a picture but it doesn't come out..
Try it. Go into a really dark room and turn phone completely off. Plug it in and wait for the battery picture to come on...any of you see the multiple dead black pixels and non rectangular battery? ?
An alternative way that I also tried was a black background on the lock screen...I saw only a few dead black pixels...not as much as plugging it in...dam I thought my batch was perfect...

You can take a screenshot by holding the home key and pressing the lock button.
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That wouldn't help because its a hardware problem. I'm going to return it and wait 2 months and get it at a cheaper price....

are you sure those are dead LED?
there's no pixel in SAMOLED displays, each "pixel" is actually a LED
so are you absolutely sure those LED at dead?
if you put a HD picture on screen of a uniform colour, does it leave any black spots?

That's what I meant, thank you for clarifying....I see splotches on dark shades of black...its like the screen is dirty, but isn't.

I actually have a spot I didn't notice until last night, its a red spot that's stuck at the bottom. So that's a dead led?
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The_Biz said:
I actually have a spot I didn't notice until last night, its a red spot that's stuck at the bottom. So that's a dead led?
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a few guys reported the red pixel already

AllGamer said:
a few guys reported the red pixel already
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Link? I may have to exchange this one now.
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i merged the 2 topics
since it's talking practically about the same problem

OK. Thanks.

AllGamer said:
are you sure those are dead LED?
there's no pixel in SAMOLED displays, each "pixel" is actually a LED
so are you absolutely sure those LED at dead?
if you put a HD picture on screen of a uniform colour, does it leave any black spots?
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I was thinking the same thing. Very rare to see something like that.

interesting

In dark areas..
Go in a dark area and turn your brightness all the way down and got to a greyish picture or the clocks app. I see black spots on my phone.. How bout yall?
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I see the samething when doing the Screen brightening glitch in a dark room.

When I turn off my phone and connect to the charger in the dark, it show the battery charging and surrounding it are black dots and lines. is this even normal? does everyone got that or its my defective device?

Conquest to hide the capacative buttons!!!

Hey all,
I am looking for the best screen protector for my Epic 4G Touch, but with a twist.
A friend of mine got his hands on a Galaxy Nexus, and has made me extremely green with jealousy over how there are no buttons (capacative or not)
So, I was wondering if someone out there knows of a way to hide the capacative buttons, under a screen protector or something, so they still function, but are not seen at all... so maybe a screen protector that is black at the bottom or something??
I am pretty sure this can be done, but I would love some input from the community
thanks!

Only thing I can think of is to turn the lights for the buttons off. I doubt theres a screen protector that has black at the bottom.

I'm sure there is a crafty or ghetto way to color the bottom of a screen protector yourself
Sent from my SPH-D710

Screen protector with a sharpie marker.
I did it with my sensation red and it looked like the Sensation xl buttons.

leyvatron said:
Screen protector with a sharpie marker.
I did it with my sensation red and it looked like the Sensation xl buttons.
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are you serious

leyvatron said:
Screen protector with a sharpie marker.
I did it with my sensation red and it looked like the Sensation xl buttons.
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Guillo1 said:
are you serious
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Lmao. Because NOBODY would notice Sharpie ink on a phone bezel.

haha the first thing i thought reading the op was 'someone is going to mention sharpie'

leyvatron said:
Screen protector with a sharpie marker.
I did it with my sensation red and it looked like the Sensation xl buttons.
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Can we get some pictures of that??
And I contacted GhostArmor, but I haven't heard back from them regarding a black screen protector around the edges.... we will seee!!!

why do you think hiding the cap buttons would be cool?

your phone has button at the bottom, deal with it.

Just turn off the lights in the display settings, they're are good as gone. I mean unless you want to block them out completely with a black sharpie lol

Turn off the lights in settings and get the mirror screen protector, you wont see them anymore.

Funny, I was looking at engadget's review of the nexus this morning and I was thinking to myself, "Wow, those soft buttons look like a deal breaker for me. I'm glad I went with the E4GT"

JoeBruin32 said:
Funny, I was looking at engadget's review of the nexus this morning and I was thinking to myself, "Wow, those soft buttons look like a deal breaker for me. I'm glad I went with the E4GT"
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Yeah same here. Hopefully most phones don't start adapting this design in 2012. The onscreen soft buttons take away from the beauty of the screen layout (in my opinion). Seriously, if I'm going to take the time to customize my screen, I don't want these dang soft buttons below ruining the look.

phatmanxxl said:
Turn off the lights in settings and get the mirror screen protector, you wont see them anymore.
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That's a great idea, thanks!

I want my screen to resemble the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus as well. I don't want to see Samsung, and I'd like the capacitive buttons to disappear when not in use. I don't have the extra cash to order right now, but...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Epi...ccessories&hash=item1c1f8c3939#ht_4242wt_1378
I was thinking the above, in combination with a regular protect and cut and match the two. If you try this before I do, post results!

For the right price someone will make your half tinted half not screen protector. Try decalgirl.
This thread still makes no sense to me. Sell the epic and upgrade. Although the nexus isn't an upgrade other than ics. The gs2 has a better display and same hardware for the most part.

eao1991 said:
Yeah same here. Hopefully most phones don't start adapting this design in 2012. The onscreen soft buttons take away from the beauty of the screen layout (in my opinion). Seriously, if I'm going to take the time to customize my screen, I don't want these dang soft buttons below ruining the look.
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Google has already said that all of the new phones that come with ICS will no longer have physical buttons.

Flashlights on the bottom of the display

Hey guys,
I want to know, if you have such "flashlights" on the bottom of your screen, too.
Just on the bottom - on top of mine everything is allright.
I ask myself if this is a reason to swap the device due to garantee reasons.
Look at the picture and pls. vote.
edit: I have the flashlights permanent - even if the lights of the 3 capazitive buttons is off

Shizophren said:
Hey guys,
I want to know, if you have such "flashlights" on the bottom of your screen, too.
Just on the bottom - on top of mine everything is allright.
I ask myself if this is a reason to swap the device due to garantee reasons.
Look at the picture and pls. vote.
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That's light from the Capacitive button Backlights, you should only really see it once the screen just unlocks.
Not always, if it bothers you- Return it, that simple.

I have the lights permanent. Even if the 3 capazitive lights are off!

Shizophren said:
I have the lights permanent. Even if the 3 capazitive lights are off!
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Well that's backlight bleed, just get it replaced.

I have it too

I spoke with an HTC Support Manager at their North American headquarters this morning and they are advising me that this is normal. They apparently designed the display to have these lights to make the viewing angles better and to make the display easier to see in direct light or sunlight.
It's a new technology, so I am told.....

I have the same issue, only noticed it recently. Not sure if it's enough to warrant getting it replaced. Do all people have this? Noticeable when there is colour (ore so on white) on the screen, not when on a black screen.

Dont have the "flashlights" on any color. not even on white.
Should get a replacement if it annoys you..

It's normal. You can see them all the way around the screen if you look hard enough. It's barely noticeable even at just the right angle. You can get it replaced but I wouldn't expect it to be much different. The people in this thread saying they don't have them probably just don't notice. It's a very subtle thing.

they vary between devices but they exist in one way or another
i don't find it hard to believe that these assist view angles

hamdir said:
but they exist in one way or another
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I must have gotten the only issue free One X HTC ever built.

HTC ONE X screen ripple

Hi all.
I returned my black HOX last week because of the screen ripple thing (when you run your finger down the sides of the screen) also the screen seemed to be a tad loose just like so many people have reported on here. So phones4U sent me a white one, I have received it and its worse than the black one now I don't even have to apply any pressure to get the screen ripple. What should I do? should I just put up with the fault or should I change to another phone s3 etc.
Cheers eze

eze2410 said:
Hi all.
I returned my black HOX last week because of the screen ripple thing (when you run your finger down the sides of the screen) also the screen seemed to be a tad loose just like so many people have reported on here. So phones4U sent me a white one, I have received it and its worse than the black one now I don't even have to apply any pressure to get the screen ripple. What should I do? should I just put up with the fault or should I change to another phone s3 etc.
Cheers eze
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Return it and tell them its a known issue (they should know)
ask for a tested device or enforce a newer batch
SH248 on awards are good
latest SH25 and HT25 seems good
loose screen is a known defect, slight screen ripple on outer edges pressure is normal unless its acting badly

hamdir said:
Return it and tell them its a known issue (they should know)
ask for a tested device or enforce a newer batch
SH248 on awards are good
latest SH25 and HT25 seems good
loose screen is a known defect, slight screen ripple on outer edges pressure is normal unless its acting badly
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This one is serial SH24, I have literally just had the screen flicker now to, so this phones is defo a faulty one. So the slight screen ripple is normal, I would say my old black one was normal because you had to apply a bit of pressure for the ripple to appear but this white one aint normal. Anyway I have just got of the phone with phones4u and I have managed to arrange to do an exchange in store.

eze2410 said:
So the slight screen ripple is normal.
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SH23SW, no ripple.

normal is under bit if pressure

I've had two SH25's.
First one had no screen ripple at all but the screen was loose in left bottom corner. I could feel it moving, clicking etc. The backlight was also bleeding from that corner. I returned it and the second one has screen ripple everywhere with light pressure, has a dead pixel and the screen is loose on both sides.
I'm waiting for this one to be replaced. Beginning to wish I wasn't so fussy with the 1st one.

Every HOX will do it under pressure but it shouldn't do it if pressed lightly mines does it but I don't really care as I ain't going to rub sides with a dark screen??
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sherl645 said:
I've had two SH25's.
First one had no screen ripple at all but the screen was loose in left bottom corner. I could feel it moving, clicking etc. The backlight was also bleeding from that corner. I returned it and the second one has screen ripple everywhere with light pressure, has a dead pixel and the screen is loose on both sides.
I'm waiting for this one to be replaced. Beginning to wish I wasn't so fussy with the 1st one.
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you second hox was defected due to the extra ripple and the first hox was defected due to screen loose
you should expect a defectless hox where the screen is rock rigid and fit on all sides and only slight ripple under pressure to the outside edges

I know, going to hold out for a perfect one now.
On this one you can see a small red light in the top left behind the screen when you are on a call, is this normal? I didn't notice it on the last one.
Ronan

sherl645 said:
I know, going to hold out for a perfect one now.
On this one you can see a small red light in the top left behind the screen when you are on a call, is this normal? I didn't notice it on the last one.
Ronan
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normal its the light sensor

i have ripple screen at edge too
is there a way to fix it by mysefl?

hamdir said:
normal its the light sensor
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I dont think he means that, I had that on my original one its the notification led bleeding through the side of the screen and the case, caused by the screen not being glued correctly.

HT25 here and ripples do occur in the middle of the screen with very light pressure. when i press "send" button on SMS app i get a ripple in the middle of the screen. WTF????
I am rooted at this point and not sure if I should screw around with it. What do you guys think?

MadRed said:
HT25 here and ripples do occur in the middle of the screen with very light pressure. when i press "send" button on SMS app i get a ripple in the middle of the screen. WTF????
I am rooted at this point and not sure if I should screw around with it. What do you guys think?
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calm down, if it is something u can live with, just forget ahout it. or else, any hardware faults is still covered by warrenty
sent from my CHARRED ONE X~ and click THANKS if I helped.

Kevin Ma said:
calm down, if it is something u can live with, just forget ahout it. or else, any hardware faults is still covered by warrenty
sent from my CHARRED ONE X~ and click THANKS if I helped.
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I will visit AT&T store and see what can be done. I am still under 30 days.

06/28/12
SH23LW flow-less

MadRed said:
I will visit AT&T store and see what can be done. I am still under 30 days.
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And also in the wrong forum. Tegra3 One X here.

BenPope said:
And also in the wrong forum. Tegra3 One X here.
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Screen is a screen, so i don't see a difference which forum it is.

MadRed said:
Screen is a screen, so i don't see a difference which forum it is.
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lol, true, just see what happens, no one that works at cellphone shops would actually boot into hboot to check ir warrenty, and either way, it should be covered
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@Op, there are many threads about screen issues already.
Why you don't take a little time to search instead of opening a new thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611294&highlight=screen+ripple