I have been using my KF for little under a month, first on Hellfire ICS, now on Glazed ICS.
Today I noticed that there is ghosting/artefacts on the screen where the status bar is in landscape mode (see photo). This persists in all apps, even fullscreen video like BS player. Is this a kernel issue, or do I genuine have LCD burn after less than a month? I keep brightness down to about 30% at all times. I tried installing GeDe and it was still present.
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Shows in TWRP as well, so looks like a genuine hardware fault. It is literally a month old.
You probably want to take it to Amazon.
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Is it burn or just image retention?
I am on my 3rd KF, the first two had image retention so bad that it was very annoying. If you viewed a screen of icons or text then went to a mostly clean screen you could still read the old contents for a minute or two. I called Amazon and they sent me out replacements without any issue at all. Just make sure you revert your KF back to stock and have it activate with Amazon before you call them. The first person I spoke to said that he could tell that I had just done a factory reset so he was not going to have me do it again.
My opinion is that a high % of Fires suffer from image retention but the stock colors and launcher make it less noticeable. It can be really easy to see with ICS installed as you can have more contrasting colors, with the stock launcher its all pretty gray.
linuxsense said:
Is it burn or just image retention?
I am on my 3rd KF, the first two had image retention so bad that it was very annoying. If you viewed a screen of icons or text then went to a mostly clean screen you could still read the old contents for a minute or two. I called Amazon and they sent me out replacements without any issue at all. Just make sure you revert your KF back to stock and have it activate with Amazon before you call them. The first person I spoke to said that he could tell that I had just done a factory reset so he was not going to have me do it again.
My opinion is that a high % of Fires suffer from image retention but the stock colors and launcher make it less noticeable. It can be really easy to see with ICS installed as you can have more contrasting colors, with the stock launcher its all pretty gray.
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If it's image retention then it must be a hardware flaw.
Yeah, it's persistent even after the KF being off overnight.
Thing is, I am in the UK, so I got it from a third party on eBay so going to have to sell it for spares...
Getting a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 instead, UK seller and ICS as standard so hopefully won't happen on that...
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Maybe you could just buy one of the IPS displays and replace it yourself.
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I guess I'll be calling them up for a replacement.
I have no idea why I thought this was normal.
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Agreed but many have it. For me its been 2 of 3, but the stock launcher color palate hides it quite a bit.
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Got my first CDMA Nexus on the day released. Was running IMOSEYON's Kernel at 1.42ghz and phone suddenly rebooted. Nothing I did from that point on would write to memory. Tried 2 or 3 ways to restore factory image but it didn't clear sdcard (as it's supposed to). Tried to relock bootloader using fastboot and it would say it did so but was unlocked again upon a reboot. Finally returned it under insurance. Had to pay deductible since it was permenantely rooted even though I think there was an electrical problem in the memory write circuit.
Got new phone and all was well until I dropped the thing last weekend on tile and cracked the screen (first time in 4 years of smart phones). Everything still worked, but returned it under insurance after restoring factory images (successfully). Another $100 bucks down the drain.
Got new phone. Set everything up and it started random reboots - particularly when charging. Reloaded CMR recovery that had worked so well. Still randomly rebooting.
Insurance is sending me my 4th phone in a month and a half (free this time). I broke one, but two out of three appear to have been duds. Quality control issues???
Anybody else having this kinda problem? I've used (rooted and rom'ed) an HTC Incredible, Droid Charge, Asus Transformer and Kindle Fire with no (permanent) problems. This is, frankly, disappointing.
HAve you tried using your phone stock without messing around with ROMS or bootloaders and custom kernels?
The majority of problems I've had with these types of devices have been with non-stock units...
It's probably because you are over clocking. Charging and using the phone with an overclocked processor generates a lot of heat. The phone will reboot on its own to save it from frying.
Scan the forums, other than your cracked screen you are describing known or soon to be known issues with the SGN.
I'm also on my fourth SGN. First had a line under the screen that looked like a crack. The next two had the lock up reboot issue and the one I'm on now isn't showing all the virtual SD space that all the others I received had, it's two gigs short.
It appears that quality control at Samsung is not as comprehensive as it should be.
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If you want to complain on the phone then you should have stock room, if not you should complain in the rom thread. It sounds as if you have not had problems with the phone itself(on any of the phones), it sounds as if you have tampered with it. If so you shouldn't complain about the phone.
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Scan the forums, other than your cracked screen you are describing known or soon to be known issues with the SGN.
I'm also on my fourth SGN. First had a line under the screen that looked like a crack. The next two had the lock up reboot issue and the one I'm on now isn't showing all the virtual SD space that all the others I received had, it's two gigs short.
It appears that quality control at Samsung is not as comprehensive as it should be.
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How much space shows? Mine is 13.3 gb.
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How much space shows? Mine is 13.3 gb.
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My total capacity shows 28 GB.
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I'm also on my second defective Galaxy Nexus in a week. The first had horrible banding even at full brightness and a glitchy accelerometer or compass. You could open Google Sky Map and sit the phone on a table and watch it jump around the night sky. The new one has a creaky case, a green cluster of dead pixels in the center of the screen, and all of the greys are royal purple. Not cool. Samsung needs to work on their quality control.
If my third is a bum unit, I'm going either Razr MAXX or D4.
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Scan the forums, other than your cracked screen you are describing known or soon to be known issues with the SGN.
I'm also on my fourth SGN. First had a line under the screen that looked like a crack. The next two had the lock up reboot issue and the one I'm on now isn't showing all the virtual SD space that all the others I received had, it's two gigs short.
It appears that quality control at Samsung is not as comprehensive as it should be.
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Can you please explain what lock up reboot issue means?
I am on my second sgn after discover a hair like crackon the screen.
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Can you please explain what lock up reboot issue means?
I am on my second sgn after discover a hair like crackon the screen.
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The phone would become unresponsive and reboot itself. Sometimes it would say the headset was connected and I would lose the microphone and speakers which was terrible when I was on a call because the other party couldn't hear me any more and I couldn't hear them. It was terrible. Sometimes it would force reboot multiple times in the course of a few minutes. I even tried just running plain stock but it made no difference.
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So I've had the SII since October. My original was fine (minus excessive blobs and lines which I just lived with) until I updated to the LDE update through Kies. I was stock unrooted at the time, and it sent it into a boot loop. Couldn't get it to master reset or even get into download mode. I took it in to T-Mobile and they couldn't get it to reset either. They ordered me a warranty replacement.
The replacement I received had random reboot issues. Serious issues, as in it randomly rebooted 50+ times in the 24 hours I had it. Master resets did not solve the issue. T-Mobile ordered me another warranty replacement.
The next replacement had a scratched screen. Very scratched, all over the screen, but very fine scratches that I only noticed it once it was in sunlight. It actually seemed they were underneath the screen, as you could not feel them when running your fingers over it. But severe enough the screen became unusable in sunlight. I had this one less than 24 hours. T-Mobile ordered me another replacement.
This replacement has a scuff mark on the internal body (which would normally be covered by the battery cover), left of the camera. There is also a horizontal line under the screen, approx. 1 1/2 inches from the top. It goes to mid screen, then a vertical line from that for approx. 3/4 inch, then another horizontal line to the other edge of the screen. This is noticeable in sunlight, whether screen is on or off. The screen matrix (pixel matrix?) is absolutely noticeable in sunlight as well. I've had this phone less than 24 hours. T-Mobile ordered me another replacement.
Has anyone else had issues with replacements? Is there any way to get them to send me a new phone instead of the refurbished (they confirmed all replacements are refurbished) ones I'm receiving?
Share your stories or suggestions below.
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Got my replacement from Samsung after the screen died. Well they didn't replace it, they just fix the problems (and replaced the dinged bezel) and sent it back. It was perfect after that.
I've never heard of bad coming from T-Mobiles replacement, but if they can't get it right, I'd suggest trying Samsung.
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Got my replacement from Samsung after the screen died. Well they didn't replace it, they just fix the problems (and replaced the dinged bezel) and sent it back. It was perfect after that.
I've never heard of bad coming from T-Mobiles replacement, but if they can't get it right, I'd suggest trying Samsung.
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I've thought about just sending it in to Samsung if the next phone doesn't work out, especially since this will be the 4th replacement. I have another phone I can use (my HTC T-Mobile G2) in the meantime. How long did it take to get yours back?
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They wouldn't except a repair on my phone which had tons of lines, because there was a scratch the screen which "voided the warranty"...
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I've thought about just sending it in to Samsung if the next phone doesn't work out, especially since this will be the 4th replacement. I have another phone I can use (my HTC T-Mobile G2) in the meantime. How long did it take to get yours back?
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It took 10 days, if I remember correctly
I also bought my phone back in October. Despite the lines and blob issue, I did not get it replaced. Recently my phone call were directly going into my voicemail. Even after the master reset, problem persisted and T-mobile agreed to replace the phone under warranty.
Even though I was told that it will take up to 7 business days to get the replacement, I received mine in 2 days. Although there is no definite way to tell, but my replacement phone looked brand new and has not given me any problems so far. It doesn't even have the line/blob issue!
While talking to T-mobile I was assertive that this is my only phone and I need the replacement ASAP. I also asked for a new phone rather than a refurbished one. The rep told me she'll put a notification on the account but there is no way to guarantee that the replacement phone will be new. I guess it worked!
I hope this helps.
Good Luck!
So i received replacement #4 today. Initial inspection found no significant body damage, but there are still 2 horizontal lines of about a 1/4 inch on two sides of the screen noticeable in sunlight.
I'm beginning to think I'm being overly critical because of the previous faulty replacements I received. So i've decided to just keep this one. At this point I'm tired of the back and forth with the phones.
If I find I can't live with the screen issues at a later time, I'll either contact Samsung directly for it to be fixed or replaced, or ask T-Mobile about the alternate exchange program.
This one is now rooted and ready for some awesome custom ROMs that will be dropping shortly now that we have source!
Thanks for the tips/advice!
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So I've had the SII since October. My original was fine (minus excessive blobs and lines which I just lived with) until I updated to the LDE update through Kies. I was stock unrooted at the time, and it sent it into a boot loop. Couldn't get it to master reset or even get into download mode. I took it in to T-Mobile and they couldn't get it to reset either. They ordered me a warranty replacement.
The replacement I received had random reboot issues. Serious issues, as in it randomly rebooted 50+ times in the 24 hours I had it. Master resets did not solve the issue. T-Mobile ordered me another warranty replacement.
The next replacement had a scratched screen. Very scratched, all over the screen, but very fine scratches that I only noticed it once it was in sunlight. It actually seemed they were underneath the screen, as you could not feel them when running your fingers over it. But severe enough the screen became unusable in sunlight. I had this one less than 24 hours. T-Mobile ordered me another replacement.
This replacement has a scuff mark on the internal body (which would normally be covered by the battery cover), left of the camera. There is also a horizontal line under the screen, approx. 1 1/2 inches from the top. It goes to mid screen, then a vertical line from that for approx. 3/4 inch, then another horizontal line to the other edge of the screen. This is noticeable in sunlight, whether screen is on or off. The screen matrix (pixel matrix?) is absolutely noticeable in sunlight as well. I've had this phone less than 24 hours. T-Mobile ordered me another replacement.
Has anyone else had issues with replacements? Is there any way to get them to send me a new phone instead of the refurbished (they confirmed all replacements are refurbished) ones I'm receiving?
Share your stories or suggestions below.
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Man...sorry about that. I live in Puerto Rico. When i went to the store for a warranty replacement they gave me a brand new phone. I think all depends on their staff. Some are nice...some are not. Im telling you this because before go to this store i tried a different one...one close to where i live and the girl was so rude. She didnt even care nothing at all. Then i dedided to go to a different store and this girl was such a blessing. She gave me a new one and told me: Nobody gave you this phone as a present...if you paid for it you need a new one!
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Im on my 4th now. Well itll be here on tuesday. I just got my thirdyesterday and the mic doesnt work. So during calls no one can hear me unless i put it on speaker. The secpnd they sent me had usb port issues and the last was completely screwy. I was firm with the last rep and asked if there was another option. They vasically said that their alternate exchange normally would come into effwct now because of how many defective phones ive had in the last 90 days but because this is "their best phone" any other phone would be considered a downgrade. The rep i spoke to today actually said that she noted the account so if my fourth has issues to just check if i can get something else first . Doesnt the sgs3 come ot on the 20th?. You think theyd give me that?. No, i havent scammed the system because i generally have had so many issues with this phone, unrooted abd rooted.
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Tmobile policy is 3 replacements in 90, days gets you an upgrade for free (or it was)
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Tmobile policy is 3 replacements in 90, days gets you an upgrade for free (or it was)
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Still is, but only if they are offering an alternate replacement for the phone. Currently, T-Mobile is not offering any phone as an alternate replacement for the S2. Only a refurbished unit, or a new S2 if you're lucky depending on the inventory of refurbished units when your order is pulled. I looked into the alternate replacement and have verified it at multiple levels.
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Still is, but only if they are offering an alternate replacement for the phone. Currently, T-Mobile is not offering any phone as an alternate replacement for the S2. Only a refurbished unit, or a new S2 if you're lucky depending on the inventory of refurbished units when your order is pulled. I looked into the alternate replacement and have verified it at multiple levels.
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They told me the same thing twice. Im on my fifth now with no issues so far. Im kind of upset that its only been six months and ive had these many issues and replacements. Is the sgs3 confirned for tmobile on tge 20th?
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I recently had to replace a sgs2 under php warranty. Had horrid washed out screen colored and looked as if brushed aluminum. I am glad cuz right after the box arrived my original made in China t989 with the horrid build quality bricked and would never start again after I wiped and did a factory reset. The model I got as my replacement was made in Korea and had stock ICS installed. Also the screen is perfect and amazing.
I have to ask to those of you with nasty screens with blotches and lines. Are they made in China or Korea? I wonder if it is just China crap quality that is the cause while Korean made phones look and work well.
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I just got my new from PHP too. Original was korea, new one is made in China. China's lines and blobs are way way less noticable. GPS seems to work faster. Wifi connects without a problem, but that may be the ICS.
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I just got my new from PHP too. Original was korea, new one is made in China. China's lines and blobs are way way less noticable. GPS seems to work faster. Wifi connects without a problem, but that may be the ICS.
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Maybe after a year they finally got the screen issues resolved? I now can say I love this phone.
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I bought my GS2 used from Craigslist.
The previous owner didn't keep the phone on rubber case. So its got hairline scratches all over the plastic body and 2 dings. Butt he screen is flawless.
It pisses me of sometimes to look at the phone when I take it off the rubber case. Its probably not nice for someone who takes care of their devices and wants them in near mint condition.
I thought about switching my device with warranty exchange, but always feel bad about it. If I exchange it, the device has to have real fault. And Actually do have an issue with non-responsive touchscreen.
Its not happened again since ICS. Also reason I am not rooting is because I do want to exchange the device is the screen goes bonkers again.
But dam it would be nice if the previous owner took better care of the phone. Otherwise I'm happy with the phone. Sorta, still waiting on CM7/CM9 to arrive on this phone, bug free
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I bought my GS2 used from Craigslist.
The previous owner didn't keep the phone on rubber case. So its got hairline scratches all over the plastic body and 2 dings. Butt he screen is flawless.
It pisses me of sometimes to look at the phone when I take it off the rubber case. Its probably not nice for someone who takes care of their devices and wants them in near mint condition.
I thought about switching my device with warranty exchange, but always feel bad about it. If I exchange it, the device has to have real fault. And Actually do have an issue with non-responsive touchscreen.
Its not happened again since ICS. Also reason I am not rooting is because I do want to exchange the device is the screen goes bonkers again.
But dam it would be nice if the previous owner took better care of the phone. Otherwise I'm happy with the phone. Sorta, still waiting on CM7/CM9 to arrive on this phone, bug free
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Cm9 is basically bug free...
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Power button was sticking on mine... Got a new one with ICS pre installed. No screen issue..no issues at all.
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Also i was sent a brand new phone.
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Also i was sent a brand new phone.
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How can you tell it's a brand new device?
they usually come in a blank white replacement box.
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Re: Change Gnex (continuation)
Because my last thread was DELETED (nice democracy), there's the explanation of it.
PLEASE don't talk about what you don't know.
I need a full replacement because I've sent my phone to warranty for a couple of REAL screen problems (some color problems, a dead pixel, etc) and they sent me the phone back saying that they hadn't find any defect, which is a lie.
So i want a way that they can replace it. As simple as that.
The problem is not me, they are.
So please don't criticize for something you don't know. Ask first what's happening.
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If they determine that your phone doesn't have a defect that warrants a free replacement, then that's something between you and them. As was clear based on your last thread, you are trying to commit warranty fraud by bricking your device to obtain a replacement, which is not cool.
This is something you need to take up with them, not try to cheat the system.
And again, we don't talk about these things on XDA.
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If they determine that your phone doesn't have a defect that warrants a free replacement, then that's something between you and them. As was clear based on your last thread, you are trying to commit warranty fraud by bricking your device to obtain a replacement, which is not cool.
This is something you need to take up with them, not try to cheat the system.
And again, we don't talk about these things on XDA.
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I know that, but as I have those screen issues and they say don't, what can I do?
The screen is full of purple colors, when I close some app the image bands on screen for a couple of seconds, I have vertical stripes visible on Grey colors, I have a dead pixel... And they say it's all okay, after a couple of weeks being 'analyzed' in the warranty...
I have to get a way to get at last the screen replaced!
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I know that, but as I have those screen issues and they say don't, what can I do?
The screen is full of purple colors, when I close some app the image bands on screen for a couple of seconds, I have vertical stripes visible on Grey colors, I have a dead pixel... And they say it's all okay, after a couple of weeks being 'analyzed' in the warranty...
I have to get a way to get at last the screen replaced!
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Welcome to the Gnex screen. Get used to it.
Minus the dead pixel. That's not normal. Maybe take a picture of your screen and circle the dead pixel so we can see.
Case solved. Please block/delete. Thanks
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Well guys its happened. Its burned in and its really noticeable during videos and what not. Is there a way I can help it or do I have to get a replacement cause it makes me go crazy when I'm watching a video.
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Well guys its happened. Its burned in and its really noticeable during videos and what not. Is there a way I can help it or do I have to get a replacement cause it makes me go crazy when I'm watching a video.
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These 'burn ins' are reported often for the GNEX (or other AMOLED devices). I can see them myself on my 10 months old GNEX, not very clear though (maybe I just don't care enough). There are a few apps on the play store that supposedly revive the off-color sections. However, because of the fact the navbar and status bar on the same location >90% of the time, the burn ins will soon return. I'm not sure if you can claim these 'burn ins' under warranty, but even if you could, it's only a matter of time before named sections of the screen will burn in again on your fresh GNEX.
Yea that's what I have read when doing some research. And they probably wouldn't put it under warranty so I guess I should just get used to it.
Samsung has replaced my Gnex screen due to a burn in issue at the nav bar. I only had to send it in , not a question asked. I even offered to email them a photo showing the issue and they said it is not needed.
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I just picked up a nexus second hand with screen burn, rang Samsung and they just said to send it in for replacement screen. They may of course send it back unfixed when I do, but I explained clearly what the problem was to their rep and they seemed to think it was covered by warranty.
Frankly it would be hard to see why it wouldn't be covered by warranty. They might assert that its just a matter of wear and tear, but I would say that if you follow the comprehensive instructions that come with it and a component stops working as expected within a year that its a question it should be covered by warranty.
(Bear in mind that the instructions are as specific as telling you not to suck the battery, paint the screen or microwave your device, but say nothing of how long to leave the screen on for.)
Of course if they say no it can be hard to actually assert your rights. But for most phone manufacturers its just easier to fix the thing.
Thanks for the replies guys I'll give them a call today.
I, personally, take the framework_res.apk out of whatever rom I'm about to flash...
Edit /res/values/dimens.xml Navsize values to 0...
And install LMTPIE.
This might even help reverse some burn in.
I got burn-in after just three months of pretty heavy usage. I knew it would happen, but it's still disappointing.
I'm getting really leery of buying AMOLED again, to be perfectly honest - as this also happened on my N1.
Wouldn't a transparent Nav bar and status bar prolong the life of the screen?
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In my nexus warranty card it stated that burn-ins are normal for all types of LCD and OLED screens after time and this issue is not covered by warranty.
Jubakuba said:
I, personally, take the framework_res.apk out of whatever rom I'm about to flash...
Edit /res/values/dimens.xml Navsize values to 0...
And install LMTPIE.
This might even help reverse some burn in.
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Another way to remove the nav is add this line to build.prop qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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In my nexus warranty card it stated that burn-ins are normal for all types of LCD and OLED screens after time and this issue is not covered by warranty.
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Lolwut?! They mention it's known to happen and say it's not covered? Let them deny someone. I'd take them to court. You can't mention something as a known or expected hardware failure and not cover it, rofl.
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Lolwut?! They mention it's known to happen and say it's not covered? Let them deny someone. I'd take them to court. You can't mention something as a known or expected hardware failure and not cover it, rofl.
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Depends on how you look at it. It's not exactly a hardware 'failure' since the screen is still working at a level that does not impede with usage of the phone. It's just annoying (depending on who you ask). Compare it with a dead pixel on your brand new TFT computer screen. In some countries, this is not covered by warranty.
I'm not convinced that if someone in the Netherlands would take it to court, they'd win.
Now I'm scared my phone will soon before crap lol
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Hello, I recently found a small dead pixel after using the device lightly for a few days. I've tried to fix it with apps, cleanning caches, reformatting, and even installing roms, but the dead pixel is everywhere solid, even on bootloader screen.
The problem is that I need to send it as a gift next week, and the warranty would probably take 2 weeks or more, so is it worth it?
It's tiny, but it's there, and I don't know if one dead pixel, means more over time...
Please advise
None of those things will fix a bad pixel.
No you won't get more. And sometimes they 'fix' themselves with more use. You can use an app to flash the screen through different colors to 'exercise' it.
Is it an out and out dead pixel or a stuck (on one color) pixel? If you are not sure use a pixel tester from the store. Bad pixels are like light scratches, after a while you don't notice them. But for a gift I'd be disappointed as well.
If it's new can't you do a straight exchange?
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I think it's not worth it.
Pices of replacement screens are teribly high.
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None of those things will fix a bad pixel.
No you won't get more. And sometimes they 'fix' themselves with more use. You can use an app to flash the screen through different colors to 'exercise' it.
Is it an out and out dead pixel or a stuck (on one color) pixel? If you are not sure use a pixel tester from the store. Bad pixels are like light scratches, after a while you don't notice them. But for a gift I'd be disappointed as well.
If it's new can't you do a straight exchange?
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Hey! Good news, you were right man. I was just about to send it, but decided to use it more and more heavily, and those "flashing colors" apps as well (don't know how much that helped), and eventually, it got smaller, and smaller to the point where I can barely see it so tiny.
It was tiny before, but now it's almost invisible. It started out as a stuck green pixel, and it was everywhere in the same place. Even in the bootloader, Recovery, and after various rom reflashes.
Thanks for the tips!