Was in a shop today and saw two Note 2 side by side, 1 grey, 1 white.
The screen on the white seemed to be noticeably not flat, ie the screen seemed to be higher in the middle and slightly depressed towards the sides, it was really noticeable when you have a screen of app icons or you have something split down the middle of the screen. The effect is a bit like the old CRT tv that bulged out, i.e. wasn't a flat screen telly.
The screen on the grey note 2 seemed normal to me, the screen didn't seem particularly "not flat" and I didn't notice anything weird.
Can present owners confirm that this might just be a one off? Perhaps the store model had been squashed badly. Because I've ordered a white note 2 (the retailer is currently waiting for stock) and I don't want to have this visual defect when it arrives. thanks.
Is only your illusion .. all the variants of the note 2 have the same screen
My white note 2's screen is 100% flat.
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I got my galaxy nexus this morning and I have to say, this screen is awful. I'm not sure if it's defective or they are all like this. Everything was fine until I turned the brightness down. I loaded google.com up and the white on the page looked like it had colored dots in it. It's not white at all. After looking at it for a while, it appears to be some type of image retention? Do these type of screens get burn in? When I flip to landscape the area where the 3 bottom buttons are is worse in discoloration and I can make out the button images. It's not too bad but this thing was $700 and plus it's only 12 hours old... I don't know if I should return it?
Spray neutrogena sunblock on the screen...make sure its spf 100+!! No more burn! Oh wait!...
Seriously, you may just have to exchange it.
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Other people have reported image retention too. It's 'normal', unfortunately.
I got it to my plan is to just wait a few months/weeks and wait until batches with perfect screens will ship then I will return my phone. So I get hopefully one with perfect screen. Trying to get one with a good screen now looks like playing russian roulette.
Hello,
My screen yelleow tinte
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391509&page=12
You might want to take a look at that thread. It probably is not burn in, but perhaps color tint and banding. (At low brightness, the whites will seem grey and have a sort of linen look to them. Many screens have also red/green discoloration.)
Here are samples about the screen issues:
https://dl.dropbox.com/0/view/pd5u8d...-47-17_435.jpg
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3687/gndisplay.jpg
http://aijaa.com/000229287969
Long story short, get it exchanged - however, there is a high likelihood that the new unit will suffer from the same issues.
I exchanged mine and this one doesn't have blue streaks vertical lines or dots.
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If you see vertical streaks in it, exchange it. My first GNex had some very noticeable streaks but my second one is fine. The 'linen' look on light backgrounds when the screen is very dim is going to be on all of them from what I can tell. That seems to be a quality of the SAMOLED screen used on the GNex. If it is uniform, then it's it no big deal and 'normal'. You should not have to put up with the vertical streaks, though.
Hey all. Today i moved from my HTC sensation to a brand new galaxy note 2. Being aware of the burn-in effect i decided to install screen filter. After that, i set the brighness to the minimum in the app and i have observed some black dots on my screen, dots wich i couldn't see on the default brightness of the phone. Anyone having this problem? Besides that, i just love this phablet:d
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I think he's talking about the black blobs normal to an amoled screen. When the screen is at very low brightness on a black background you can see these black dots/blobs.
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prinzhernan said:
I think he's talking about the black blobs normal to an amoled screen. When the screen is at very low brightness on a black background you can see these black dots/blobs.
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It's true for oled and amoled screen, my ps vita with oled screen and my note 2 had it too, it perpectly normal
gunlock4real said:
It's true for oled and amoled screen, my ps vita with oled screen and my note 2 had it too, it perpectly normal
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I can see tge streaks on auto brightness. Mine goes back to Sprint Monday and I'm going toninspect the replacement for one with less streaks - I can love with the dots.
i have multiple black dots on my note 2 screen. am taking it for warranty today cuz i have multiple other issues like bubble under glass near home button. but will try to explain to service guy about black dots too but it will be really hard cuz it doesn't appear in well lit areas. unless he pulls a blanket over his head
maybe he'll be able to see this idk
http://i.imgur.com/ttJuN.jpg
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i have multiple black dots on my note 2 screen. am taking it for warranty today cuz i have multiple other issues like bubble under glass near home button. but will try to explain to service guy about black dots too but it will be really hard cuz it doesn't appear in well lit areas. unless he pulls a blanket over his head
maybe he'll be able to see this idk
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excuse my eyes, but i really can't see which black dots that should be your problem in pic above... it's all black to me....
So my Note 2 and some others are experiencing dull and yellowish white contrast as talked about in this POST. Also this POST shows the Note 2 being much brighter. We've tested this with both units on high brightness and dynamic mode on, with the browser brightness all the way up as well. I even did a hard reset, and the low brightness dingy whites are still there on the Note 2. I'm looking into returning the phone for a replacement through the AT&T store I bought it from. Most people don't have this problem on their Note 2's so it seems like its only affecting a few units, but we need to get this out in the open. Maybe there are two different panel types shipping out. Please check and compare your Note 2's white's brightness compared to other Note 2's and other original notes and report here.
I'm also seeing the same dirty white screen. I might go to the local AT&T store to compare it with another Note 2 if they have a demo unit. If anyone can do this and get side by side comparisons I'd like to see this. I hesitate to do a replacement because they are probably only going to offer a refurbished unit as a replacement and the chances are it's going to be another unit with the same issue.
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I'm also seeing the same dirty white screen. I might go to the local AT&T store to compare it with another Note 2 if they have a demo unit. If anyone can do this and get side by side comparisons I'd like to see this. I hesitate to do a replacement because they are probably only going to offer a refurbished unit as a replacement and the chances are it's going to be another unit with the same issue.
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The AT&T store said they would order me a new one. When I called customer care (611) they would only offer a refurbished phone. So stick to the exchanging it at the store. The store I bought it from doesn't have any more in stock but are willing to order me a new one.
You know what stop comparing note 2 to other screens. Every screen has different color calibration and software versions effect this.
My first phone was galaxy s1 and the screen seemed fine since I had no other phone to compare but I compared to my ipod touch 2nd gen. Sgs1 had blue tint. Then I got sgs2 and the screen was very purplish compared to my friends sgs2.
I was obsessed to get the perfect screen so I changed it 5 times. 1 for the dead pixel and 2nd for the white spot on tje screen and the last 3 for the purplish hue. 3rd phone was really purple and obviously something was wrong. And I checked all the phones that are on display in various stores they had yellowish hue. But still compared to sgs1 it had warmer whites. Now I have note 2 and I recently put all 4 of them side by side and compared.
Sgs1: cool blue tint, looks very unnatural.
Sgs2: has a red hue compared to sgs1 but still looks not as warm (red) compared to itouch.
Note2: compared to sgs1&sgs2 it has a warmer white, much much better color balance of them all. However compared to itouch I realized it has a yellow hue.
BUT!!!! I compared it to my laptop's white and 40" lcd tv's white, note 2 still as not yellow as my laptop and tv.
If I were you I would try to enjoy the phone instead of comparing it unless its an obvious defect. Each screen is different and has to be calibrated. Its just means the calibration is different then other devices.
I have to admit, when I compared note 2 to itouch I was surprised by the yellow hue but I am not gonna go and change it again. Not every 2 screen is the same.
Think that your "note2 doesnt have a yellow hue" , maybe its your old note has a blue hue?
Also if you tilt the screen and look it from different angles you will see yellow hue disappear. I had the exact same thing on sgs2. You have to live with it. I am %100 sure even if you change 5 times you will end up with the same problem.
Wow fukn bs yellow ****
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Also if you tilt the screen and look it from different angles you will see yellow hue disappear. I had the exact same thing on sgs2. You have to live with it. I am %100 sure even if you change 5 times you will end up with the same problem.
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warfanax is pretty right I went and exchanged it today for another note 2 and it looks the same an 4 units tested in store, all had warm whites....so that being said the OG note still has a brighter "looking"screen and brighter whites even if they are blue it gives the appearance of being brighter. Oh well, I'll live with it for the quad core and 2 gigs of ram though. Cant have everything...
I don't have the programming knowledge but don't think an app that changes screen colors is very hard to make. Some kind of color boost is already included in our phones in display section.
There was an app like that for sgs1 that let you tweak RGB colors.
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I don't have the programming knowledge but don't think an app that changes screen colors is very hard to make. Some kind of color boost is already included in our phones in display section.
There was an app like that for sgs1 that let you tweak RGB colors.
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Like this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
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Like this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
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Thanks for the link but that app only washed the screen out with the contrast adjustment. It washed out the black levels. I just realized that I'm running Paranoid Android on my original Note and under Settings>Display there is an option for filtering and dimness. Its set to (20) by default. If I lower the number to like 10 it then matches my note 2's screen brightness at 100%. Its as if this Paranoid Android setting makes the back light on the Note 1 put out brighter (while killing battery life I'm sure) while still keeping the black levels black. Could this setting be what is making my note look brighter than my note 2 and can settings like those be applied with a new rom or an app on the Note 2?
I exchanged out my Grey GN2 for a white version for another defect issue yesterday and the screen on this new phone is definitely whiter. I'm happy, but I agree with others that the yellowish screen was probably due to normal manufacturing tolerance variations.
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I'm within my 14 day window so I'm going to go to the ATT store and compare mine to another GN2 and if mines deficient I'll have them replace it. Will post back with results in a few days.
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am i the only one that is noticing this? while its not as apparent as it was on t989, this phone seems to have blobs, vertical lines and other screen defects
link to the issue thread for t989
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300133
ive went through 2 phones(one had physical defect) and both had this issue, so im going to guess its probably pretty widespread.
anyone wanna check their phones for these as well?
since blobs, lines are not acceptable on a 600dollar phone like this
To find the blobs/lines, look at grey background at night with no other lightsource than the phone itself.
Mine has a small line but it's like dead in the middle of the screen.
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Mine has a small line but it's like dead in the middle of the screen.
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mine too, only 3 small blobs, and a line
the thing with these screens is that the oleds are controlled by a voltage regulator, and when you turn the brightness down the voltage regulator can't neccearily provide enough voltage to the screen, which causes the issue we have
i was hoping samsung would have fixed this issue by now..its a surprise that they havnt
just to add
this is the kind of technology samsung needs;
http://www.ignisinnovation.com/technology/ignis-technology-overview/ignis-maxlife-technology
and
http://www.ignisinnovation.com/technology/ignis-technology-overview/intelligent-pixel
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am i the only one that is noticing this? while its not as apparent as it was on t989, this phone seems to have blobs, vertical lines and other screen defects
link to the issue thread for t989
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300133
ive went through 2 phones(one had physical defect) and both had this issue, so im going to guess its probably pretty widespread.
anyone wanna check their phones for these as well?
since blobs, lines are not acceptable on a 600dollar phone like this
To find the blobs/lines, look at grey background at night with no other lightsource than the phone itself.
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People call it black crush it's known for anoled screens https://www.google.com/search?hl=en....0.89.255.3.3.0.les;..0.0...1ac.1.sJaoi5a2zrQ
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deeznutz1977 said:
People call it black crush it's known for anoled screens https://www.google.com/search?hl=en....0.89.255.3.3.0.les;..0.0...1ac.1.sJaoi5a2zrQ
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No, this is not black crush, the blobs and vertical lines are something else.
blackcrush does exist for these phones, but mura and vertical lines exists as well.
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To find the blobs/lines, look at grey background at night with no other lightsource than the phone itself.
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Real life you sit around in a dark closet looking at a grey screen? Maybe your being a little too critical? Just enjoy the damn phone. It rocks!
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danr238 said:
Real life you sit around in a dark closet looking at a grey screen? Maybe your being a little too critical? Just enjoy the damn phone. It rocks!
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i wish i could
having had an T989(tmo gs2)
initially the screen looks like what we have now
just look again in a year, the lines will become so apparent that youd want to smash your phone
in either case, it would bother a lot of people when they us their phone at night.
not to mention that this is a 600dollar device, it needs to be flawless!
AznDud333 said:
i wish i could
having had an T989(tmo gs2)
initially the screen looks like what we have now
just look again in a year, the lines will become so apparent that youd want to smash your phone
in either case, it would bother a lot of people when they us their phone at night.
not to mention that this is a 600dollar device, it needs to be flawless!
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Nothing lasts forever. Get that through your head and you'll live a happier life.
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Nothing lasts forever. Get that through your head and you'll live a happier life.
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nothing does indeed, which is why im glad my credit card gave me a 2 year warranty on this phone
in either case, ive posted this so people are aware that this issue exists, should they take action against samsung
The 1st unit I had were free of dark lines; but I am confident that it had the mura effect as well but was much harder to find since the dots were concentrated on the edges (near the bezel) of the display; if you look carefully at all the T-Mobile note 2's, they all have the AMOLED issue. I did notice on my first unit extremely faint stains throughout the display just like in the demo unit (in black background), but the lines were not there and hardly any dots. However, the whites on my 1st unit were somewhat dull, not as bright as the demo unit at the store, and had a yellow tint on the 2nd half of the display, and a light pinkish hue to some extent at the center of the display in a full white background, and also had faint horizontal lines (only when looked carefully) at lowest brightness in a white background (which became worse and more prominent over time).
My 2nd unit, though it does have a 1cm black line in the middle of the display, with 3 or 4 dots on the top and bottom left of the display, the whites are true whites, and the display is much brighter than the 1st unit I had. No yellow tint to be found, no pinkish hue, and no faint horizontal lines at low brightness and white background! Surprisingly, the color and brightness uniformity are flawless on my 2nd Note 2 (throughout the display, white is white, even brightness) , compared to the '3' Galaxy S2's, '1' Note 1, and 1st Note 2 I owned in the past. Best of all, the build quality on my 2nd unit is also better, no squeaking bezel or back cover, and hardly any blemishes on the bezel. The light which was leaking through the home button is almost gone after a couple of weeks of use.
So far, it seems like my 2nd Note 2 is a safe and clear winner; really hard to find a unitform AMOLED display these days and my 2nd Note 2 just so has one.
Why send something back as a result of finding the slightest chance of a mura effect when you might get something worse in return.
Like many say on the forum, "I guess you can't get it all."
I just received a new T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 and I'm wondering if there's a problem with the screen. As you can see in the attached photos, when the brightness is high (about 50% or higher) and the background is white (or other light color), there is significant and noticeable discoloration in all 4 corners of the screen. The second photo also shows that there is an area that is slightly darker (grey color) that persists constantly.
I've read through the forums and don't see any specific mention of this issue with the Note 3, so I'm wondering if anyone has any idea if it's a bad screen, or do all Note 3's display this behavior with high brightness and light backgrounds? If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. Thanks!
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I just received a new T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 and I'm wondering if there's a problem with the screen. As you can see in the attached photos, when the brightness is high (about 50% or higher) and the background is white (or other light color), there is significant and noticeable discoloration in all 4 corners of the screen. The second photo also shows that there is an area that is slightly darker (grey color) that persists constantly.
I've read through the forums and don't see any specific mention of this issue with the Note 3, so I'm wondering if anyone has any idea if it's a bad screen, or do all Note 3's display this behavior with high brightness and light backgrounds? If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. Thanks!
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Do you also notice the discoloration when using it with Chrome or the Internet browser? If so, replace it.
is this a NEW one or a refurbished replacement/exchange? seems like the screen is bad. mine doesnt look like that at all. if its a replacement have them send you another one. could be previous water damage
do you have a screen protector on it? maybe its polarized film and causing that effect?
Yes, the discoloration is present in all apps. The seller told me the phone was brand new (not refurbished) and there is no screen protector. Thankfully, he has offered to take it back and give me a refund. Thanks @Limeybastard and @rlee008 for the help!