So my Nexus has burn in. Nothing new there on an AMOLED based screen. However, the other four Nexus I've seen that are more than a month old have the same issues as mine.
My question is simply this: how many of you who have a Nexus have burn in? Please include age of Nexus and when you first noticed burn in, if possible, as I'm looking to put together an objective look at time between purchase and initial occurrence.
If you are using color mods, please mention that as well.
Thanks.
~Jase
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I'm like...mega OCD about screen-burn.
I don't even enable my nav bar %95 of the time.
It's only open when I'm going to need the back button repeatedly as I change settings or something.
So annoying having to do that to keep your screen looking decent =[
I also use the full-screen browser option to minimize status bar burn (as I'm primarily in my browser during use).
No burn yet though!
Phone is a few months old now.
And the only color mod that will hurt your screen is the color multipliers...
Which I leave at default.
Jubakuba said:
I'm like...mega OCD about screen-burn.
I don't even enable my nav bar %95 of the time.
It's only open when I'm going to need the back button repeatedly as I change settings or something.
So annoying having to do that to keep your screen looking decent =[
I also use the full-screen browser option to minimize status bar burn (as I'm primarily in my browser during use).
No burn yet though!
Phone is a few months old now.
And the only color mod that will hurt your screen is the color multipliers...
Which I leave at default.
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Thanks for the info. Exactly what I was looking for.
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I got no burn in at all - I've had the screen since launch but the internals are new-ish. (washed my first one on accident so bought a new one, swapped my original screen in since it was much better quality ) Stock everything except rooted and leaked 4.0.4 ROM. I don't leave my screen on unattended though.
I have major burn in, even from my keyboard being up.
Really sucks and makes me sad.
May try a burn in reversal app on the market, if it works i'll make a fullscreen version for us nexus users
If the burn-in is that bad, wouldn't you be able to have the phone replaced under warranty?
Is it really that bad? :O
I bought my Gnex three days ago and I use the phone quite a lot, so that'll probably happen soon.
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If the burn-in is that bad, wouldn't you be able to have the phone replaced under warranty?
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Yes. But if it's a universal thing....
Theshawty said:
Is it really that bad? :O
I bought my Gnex three days ago and I use the phone quite a lot, so that'll probably happen soon.
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Maybe, it depends on how you treat it...
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My nexus is now on its 2nd day and I noticed on low brightness if I make the whole screen white I can see faint burn in from the status bar and navigation bar.
Can this be reversed or should I consider returning it for replacement?
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MHHubris said:
My nexus is now on its 2nd day and I noticed on low brightness if I make the whole screen white I can see faint burn in from the status bar and navigation bar.
Can this be reversed or should I consider returning it for replacement?
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Ick.
No way.
Roll around in a white screen for 3 minutes at a higher brightness.
It'll go away.
Would a stuck pixel rgb alternating screen help if I were to run it overnight while charging?
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If and when my screen "burns-in", it would still be good for daily use, right? Is it something that would bother me much? I have this phone on a two-year contract and would hate having it fail me halfway.
Well it would be but it would definitely hurt the experience some.
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Well it would be but it would definitely hurt the experience some.
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Indeed it does. I've got a blacked out theme now, so I don't really notice it....but when it was stock/bright colored theme I noticed every bit of it.
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We already posted threads on the burn in issue. Why nor search them out to get the info already posted.
RogerPodacter said:
We already posted threads on the burn in issue. Why nor search them out to get the info already posted.
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Ummm....who are you?
No one said I didn't search, if you'll reread my OP I'm looking for specific information.
Pardon me for asking a question, in the right forum, about a device I own.
Sincerely,
Jase
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I've had my screen on 100 percent brightness since November and I don't have any burn in
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I've had my screen on 100 percent brightness since November and I don't have any burn in
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First relaxing comment on this thread.. I was starting to feel shaky..
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First relaxing comment on this thread.. I was starting to feel shaky..
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Burn-in or no burn-in, nothing can scare me away from this phone.
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Burn-in or no burn-in, nothing can scare me away from this phone.
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Agreed getting one very soon
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just like the tittle says, any updates?
Nope.
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Glad i didnt donate . Somethin like this might've happened
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Glad i didnt donate . Somethin like this might've happened
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he did look into it.
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he did look into it.
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its been like over 3 months lol =/ soo sad, especially since it was supercurio, i trusted the guy =/
It has nothing to do with trust. He clearly stated his agenda and never gave a timeframe. He even stated a few times he was working on the note abd other phones first since they were easier fixes than our "black sheep" of a phone. He is well know and i wouldnt think that hed take a phone just to take it and not evetually work on it.
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its been like over 3 months lol =/ soo sad, especially since it was supercurio, i trusted the guy =/
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It has nothing to do with trust. He clearly stated his agenda and never gave a timeframe. He even stated a few times he was working on the note abd other phones first since they were easier fixes than our "black sheep" of a phone. He is well know and i wouldnt think that hed take a phone just to take it and not evetually work on it.
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yea hell work on it eventually
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yea hell work on it eventually
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eventually lol that could be 6 months from now, i wont own this device by then lol
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eventually lol that could be 6 months from now, i wont own this device by then lol
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Who cares ? You made a weeping farewell speech from the T989 months ago, what happened ? Be gone already...........
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eventually lol that could be 6 months from now, i wont own this device by then lol
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The blobs that everyone donated for was clearly a possible hardware issue which means that nobody would be able to fix it without mods made by hand. At best all he could do was look into it. Its not his fault people paid for a new phone just to look into it.
The whole situation is analogous to if Samsung released a new phone where a quarter of them had bad search buttons. It could be a software issue but likely a hardware problem with QA. Instead of exchanging the phone people then proceeded to setup a bounty to buy a new phone to get this fixed. Its looked into and it turns out its just a bad solder connecting the search button. This would of been likely in the first place and people should of just exchanged their phone rather than setting up a bounty for something which has a fair likelihood of being a hardware issue.
You have a hardware issue then exchange your phone.
If the blobs bother you exchange your phone. If the blobs only bother you when you have to follow a page of instructions on how to see it, really. If you need to follow a multi step guide to see it then its not that big of a deal. If it is then exchange your phone.
Just curious...
Anyone play the game Osmos....that will really show off your lines and blobs if you play it in a low light enviornment or at night.
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G1ForFun said:
Just curious...
Anyone play the game Osmos....that will really show off your lines and blobs if you play it in a low light enviornment or at night.
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I play it I notice it with auto brightness on mines so it doesn't bother me. Since my lines are not visible with auto brightness off. It doesn't bother me. Auto brightness is buggy on this phone. Anyway doesn't seem to accurate.
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Killbynature said:
I play it I notice it with auto brightness on mines so it doesn't bother me. Since my lines are not visible with auto brightness off. It doesn't bother me. Auto brightness is buggy on this phone. Anyway doesn't seem to accurate.
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Yeaaa I turned brightness all the way up and it is much better of course but it is just unfortunate that this bandaid is the end all solution. The battery when playing a game and having the brightness all the way up gets effed.
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Yeaaa I turned brightness all the way up and it is much better of course but it is just unfortunate that this bandaid is the end all solution. The battery when playing a game and having the brightness all the way up gets effed.
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I don't have to do that when auto brightness is on for me I have lines. When it's off at the lowest brightness no lines. If I can't see in the sun I just slide my fingers across the status bar to adjust.
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Hmmm is it safe to say that the supercurio project for the t989 is dead???
I've sent my Galaxy Nexus off for screen replacement twice now - both times, the Samsung UK repair centre in Norwich has said there is no fault found.
It's really not that hard to miss - I have a large area of different colours where the navigation bar lives compared to the rest of the screen. It makes landscape video watching quote annoying.
Has anyone else had problems getting out replaced? Mine was just 11 months old when I first sent it off, back in March. This time around, it was marked as repaired and awaiting delivery on the 10th April - I called today to find out what's happening with it, only to be told it was still on the premises.
Not really the service standards I'd hoped for - the handset was over £500 when I got it.
Rich
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burn in is normal. this has been beaten into the ground already.
use the search.
I know it happens, though I'd hoped using the pentile display would've eliminated the problems they had with the Galaxy S and S2. My question was has anyone else had issues getting the display swapped when under a year old?
I think at this age, it's a premature failure. Am I mistaken?
Thanks,
Rich
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Zepius said:
burn in is normal. this has been beaten into the ground already.
use the search.
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He's not asking if it can be fixed. He's asking if he can get his phone repaired/replaced under warranty because of it.
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times_infinity said:
He's not asking if it can be fixed. He's asking if he can get his phone repaired/replaced under warranty because of it.
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And he received an answer in the negative twice.
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And he received an answer in the negative twice.
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I'm missing something, I fear. Could you enlighten me as to where the was a negative twice please?
Many thanks.
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GreenMug said:
I'm missing something, I fear. Could you enlighten me as to where the was a negative twice please?
Many thanks.
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The 2x you were rejected by Samsung UK.
Ah, I understand now! I thought I'd misunderstood something in an earlier post.
Rich
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How the hell is it getting that bad!?? I've had my phone since Feb 2012 and I have ZERO burnin.
Are you using the damn thing as a nightlight/desk clock while you sleep at night???! Do NOT leave the screen on for more than 10min MAX with a static output. Be smart about this man.
Lol with how many CLNR's I've gotten they havent had time enough to burn in
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Mine is much worse
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How the hell is it getting that bad!?? I've had my phone since Feb 2012 and I have ZERO burnin.
Are you using the damn thing as a nightlight/desk clock while you sleep at night???! Do NOT leave the screen on for more than 10min MAX with a static output. Be smart about this man.
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No, far from it. Screen is always set to automatic brightness, with 30 second time-out. It's never been left on overnight, used as a sat-nav, or streamed vast amounts of TV or anything like that.
This is why I'm so annoyed - I don't mistreat it. And a phone of this calibre should remain defect-free for longer than 11 months, surely...
Rich
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No, far from it. Screen is always set to automatic brightness, with 30 second time-out. It's never been left on overnight, used as a sat-nav, or streamed vast amounts of TV or anything like that.
This is why I'm so annoyed - I don't mistreat it. And a phone of this calibre should remain defect-free for longer than 11 months, surely...
Rich
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This. It happens. I never leave my screen on for more than 2 minutes, unless I'm watching a video, which then the status bar and navbar are hidden.
So it just happens, unfortunately.
Mine doesn't burn-in.but there are two brighter lines than other areas ,at the top and bottom of the screen.
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I have searched t-mobile galaxy s4 quiet extensively, and didn't see anything addressing this issue, my apologies if I blindly skipped a thread talking about this. I wanted to know how many people are dealing with this screen smearing problem on their t-mobile galaxy s4, if there are only few I'm going to consider getting a replacement. Thank you.
there is no such topic on the t-mo version, but there is a 42 page thread about this on the int'l version, link below fyr. also, i have that problem along with some lags here and there as well, but not too bad that makes me wanna exchange for a new unit though. the camera shutter lag is what bothers me though.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445
Yea I really only notice a blue smear while scrolling in system settings..
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pezlomd said:
Yea I really only notice a blue smear while scrolling in system settings..
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yes mine does it too, its probably a issue in all the s4
I had noticed this in the first couple of days of using my S4 but now it seems to be gone. Had it for 6 days.
You can fix this issue by installing an app called screen adjuster, then setting the contrast to -7. This will eliminate true black (pixels will be illuminated as they were on the GS3), but will fix the smearing issue until Samsung pushes a fix (which may do the same thing).
Every s4 I have looked at has the smearing issue. I returned mine today and didn't bother to get another. I figure, hey if I'm going to shell out hundreds of dollars to a multi billion dollar corporation, then I want that product to work 100%
Smearing happens with any grey on black image. Try this. Google images "grey on black" then open them in gallery and zoom in. Move the image around and sometimes the screen even goes crazy and puts out white and black lines!! Yeah smearing can be "mostly" fixed via an app to turn down contrast. But why should we have to??? :banghead:
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I havent noticed it on mine, maybe they'll fix it later with an update?
Charlie Brown said:
Every s4 I have looked at has the smearing issue. I returned mine today and didn't bother to get another. I figure, hey if I'm going to shell out hundreds of dollars to a multi billion dollar corporation, then I want that product to work 100%
Smearing happens with any grey on black image. Try this. Google images "grey on black" then open them in gallery and zoom in. Move the image around and sometimes the screen even goes crazy and puts out white and black lines!! Yeah smearing can be "mostly" fixed via an app to turn down contrast. But why should we have to??? :banghead:
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QUICK !!
someone give this man an iPhone.
Charlie Brown said:
Every s4 I have looked at has the smearing issue. I returned mine today and didn't bother to get another. I figure, hey if I'm going to shell out hundreds of dollars to a multi billion dollar corporation, then I want that product to work 100%
Smearing happens with any grey on black image. Try this. Google images "grey on black" then open them in gallery and zoom in. Move the image around and sometimes the screen even goes crazy and puts out white and black lines!! Yeah smearing can be "mostly" fixed via an app to turn down contrast. But why should we have to??? :banghead:
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Charlie come back man.
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QUICK !!
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Haha! Yeah right. I've been on these forums for ever.
But I'll let you be the consumer robot and guinea pig, saying yes to every defective product. Lolz..... I'll wait for the issue to be fixed. But you can keep yours.... Sucker.
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This is bugging me too as I have my tapatalk set to black background and dim my screen all the way down when I'm reading at night. I checked my s3 and note 2 and this doesn't happen on those screen.
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Its happening to me too and ITS ANNOYING
Samsung gave us a defective device simple as that.
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I have it. But don't really mind because I only set it on the setting
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Downloading "screen adjuster" and setting the contrast to -30 fixes it but why do we have to do that with our brand new phones.
There is a new kernel that apparently fixes the smearing on the International S4, you can find that info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445&page=60 I'm wondering if there will be a fix for this TM version. I can live with that "purple haze" but sometimes is hard to see text while scrolling on dark backgrounds.
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There is a new kernel that apparently fixes the smearing on the International S4, you can find that info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445&page=60 I'm wondering if there will be a fix for this TM version. I can live with that "purple haze" but sometimes is hard to see text while scrolling on dark backgrounds.
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God to know. And from what I read in that thread is that samsung is aware of it.
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Mine has it as well, it's the first thing I noticed when I opened the menu. Drives me nuts, I thought I was having vision problems
Obviously burn in sucks but in this use it seems to be what I need. Recently I decided to use expanded desktop and notice my status bar plus navbar are burnt in.. But out of the strange the burn in has in fact made the screen show true white or whatever you want to call the horrible screen for the nexus too.
Basically is it possible to burn in the entire screen? I was thinking about pushing a black screen on full brightness for about a day. I've got use to the nexus screen but still it would be nice to have a working color screen.
Has anyone else tried this? Have you noticed this? Did it take long for the burn in? Does it repair itself?
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I have the same problem plus youtube burn in so its worse ...
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bengigi.screen.diagnostic
Try this
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Oh.. You guys misunderstood. I want to burn in my screen. I'll nab a picture some how and show you guys what I mean.
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Oh.. You guys misunderstood. I want to burn in my screen. I'll nab a picture some how and show you guys what I mean.
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Wait, what? You want to intentionally damage your screen?
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Wait, what? You want to intentionally damage your screen?
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If what I'm guessing is correct then yes. Not that it matters though, probably end up with a new phone and different provider since I just moved barely have 1 bar.
Just theory I guess..
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Hi all,did you noticed that,after about a year,our screen shows different colours on the navbar and statusbar area?
I noticed that using the "expanded desktop"..
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Screen burn. Typical on Super AMOLEDs.
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Yet another reason to use extended desktop mode ALL THE TIME.
W/an PIE control.
Eg:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrolpro
Try this, hit button Repair, but for about 30 seconds max (there is a risk of invert burn), then check burn again. In case repeat process.
It helped little for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bengigi.screen.diagnostic&hl=cs
Are you sure that he needs only 30 seconds to repair the display?
People says that you have to leave it on for about 8-9 hours..
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I left it for 2 minutes and I had burned icons, insted of bluish bar.
You can repeat this process, but I do not recommend leave it 8 hours.
I am not sure about the time, try it yourself, but watch out, you can make it even worse.
Maybe using expanded desktop for plenty of weeks would make better job.
Nah, been using expanded desktop for months now and it's not going away. I think the blue burns out faster than the other colors on this screen and that's why it looks bluish compared to the rest of the screen - the blue on the rest of the screen has dimmed over time while the edges have a stronger blue since it's not been used as much. I'm definitely going to avoid AMOLED in the future.
About AMOLED you are right, but every "better" screen than simple TFT is avoidable. ISP on my N7 after year and half is getting yellowish tint around edges... On my old Optimus One was display same after 2 years of usage.
Both devices are still under warranty, so I request for screen replacement, but what about future? I dont want to pay for new display every year...
I think that the pixels on amoled displays starts burning beacuse the pixel on the navbar and statusbar are permanently black..so they aren't used and they don't start damaging..the color that the amoled starts to show by far is yellow...so if we leave screen during night showing a yellow image,the screen comes back to the original colors??
P.s.: sorry for my bad english
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Hi all,did you noticed that,after about a year,our screen shows different colours on the navbar and statusbar area?
I noticed that using the "expanded desktop"..
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Unfortunately after a year and a half burn in appeared on my gnex too
Happened to me in less than 6 months. Nothing much can be done honestly especially after 1 year warranty is over. Unless you consider buying a new device.
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If my gnex will survive,i'll wait till the nexus 6 :thumbup:
Can i use the warranty to have a new screen? Here in Italy the warranty lasts 2 years...
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If my gnex will survive,i'll wait till the nexus 6 :thumbup:
Can i use the warranty to have a new screen? Here in Italy the warranty lasts 2 years...
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I will tell you if they change my display in official Samsung service here in Czech republic.
I am going to go there next monday.
AMOLED never again...
Wait 1 month for a new display? Mm....
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BestBrd said:
If my gnex will survive,i'll wait till the nexus 6 :thumbup:
Can i use the warranty to have a new screen? Here in Italy the warranty lasts 2 years...
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I will tell you if they change my display in official Samsung service here in Czech republic.
I am going to go there next monday.
AMOLED never again...
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In Malaysia, I could. Had to convince Samsung that my screen is bad. I basically showed them a couple of pictures (one of them being Browser's error page) and my phone was full with horizontal gray lines. Then the customer service counter asked me to send those pictures to her phone and she saw it was perfect on her phone. Then she allowed my phone to have a screen replacement.
I had screen replacements twice for my phone. And it took a few days to a week to have the screen replaced but that depends on your luck and country I guess.
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In Malaysia, I could. Had to convince Samsung that my screen is bad. I basically showed them a couple of pictures (one of them being Browser's error page) and my phone was full with horizontal gray lines. Then the customer service counter asked me to send those pictures to her phone and she saw it was perfect on her phone. Then she allowed my phone to have a screen replacement.
I had screen replacements twice for my phone. And it took a few days to a week to have the screen replaced but that depends on your luck and country I guess.
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How long does your screen stay good after first replacement?
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How long does your screen stay good after first replacement?
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It depens from screen to screen...mine started to show this problem after about 1 year...others faced this problem after months...and other doesn't have this problem yet...
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Just thinking, does Kitkat transparency (used immediately after screen replacement) prevent from bluish burn in buttons and status bar area? Or at least delay it?
I have the same tinting after about 6 months as well
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Just thinking, does Kitkat transparency (used immediately after screen replacement) prevent from bluish burn in buttons and status bar area? Or at least delay it?
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If 100% transparent it definitely will reduce the probability of burn-in in these areas.