Top of screen. - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Anyone notice the top of the screen above the notification bar, the light? Its a line above it. Drives me nuts. Its hard to explain.
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I see nothing on mine GN, maybe you should post a picture of it
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Could also be ROM related ... Don't remember on which ROM it was actually, but I had a bright line somewhere around the notification area ...

Mmm, if it's is a custom rom maybe it could be the battery bar (try to look if it decrease at battery decreasing). Then you've only to disable it in the settings (probably you've turned on without noticing if it's the case).

fk.gregor said:
Anyone notice the top of the screen above the notification bar, the light? Its a line above it. Drives me nuts. Its hard to explain.
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I also have a line at the top of the screen. It is there all the time, and on any ROM.

No line for me, AOKP MR1
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Mmm, if it's is a custom rom maybe it could be the battery bar (try to look if it decrease at battery decreasing). Then you've only to disable it in the settings (probably you've turned on without noticing if it's the case).
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This was what I was thinking as well...Its the only time I've ever seen a line on mine with any of the ROMs I've run

It is definitely not there on stock, so it is either your ROM or a hw failure.

It's not on stock. That's annoying.
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Well, and on which rom happens? Does it happens on everyone you have tried?

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Auto-brightness-once it goes up it doesn't come down

On my nexus, my auto brightness is not working right. If I take my phone in bright light, the screen brightness goes up. However, if I move away to a dim place or cover the light sensor, it doesn't dim the screen. Its like its stuck on that higher setting till I turn the screen off and on. Of course we have the very low brightness issue also, but this is different. Can anyone try this on theirs' and see what happens?
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Same here. Minor inconvenience. Last phone did it also.
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I've never had a phone other than an iphone 2g that did this. Its very bad for battery life. I mean, you would be using your phone in bright light and then move away to a dim place and expect the screen to go down in brightness to save battery. But its but working here this way.
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if you unlocked, there are a couple of patches in development section.
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Im using a myTouch 4G and its always done that. My mothers MT4GS does the same thing. I think its just something that isnt accounted for
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if you unlocked, there are a couple of patches in development section.
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yes pach it
guys, especially the new Verizon owners, do you all notice the same thing on your phones?
Please can someone test this out? I need to see whether its a defect on just my phone or whether its normal behavior with the Nexus . Thanks.
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Its not just yours. Patch it or move on.
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All you have to do is lock and unlock the phone. It will adjust
Edit: Didn't see that that's what you already do
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kangxi said:
All you have to do is lock and unlock the phone. It will adjust
Edit: Didn't see that that's what you already do
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Great, but it shouldn't do that. It should auto adjust on the fly. I saw it functioning fine on the Note I had. After the patch, does this work normal now?
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OMG I've just tested my iPod Touch 4th Gen with my LED torch.
It behaves exact same as the Galaxy Nexus
Once the screen brightness has been boosted up, it won't go down until I switch the screen off and on again.
What the hell is this? Is it a kind of function but not a bug?
wm2001wm2001 said:
OMG I've just tested my iPod Touch 4th Gen with my LED torch.
It behaves exact same as the Galaxy Nexus
Once the screen brightness has been boosted up, it won't go down until I switch the screen off and on again.
What the hell is this? Is it a kind of function but not a bug?
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Yea, my old iphone 2g had worked the same way. Once it goes up, it doesnt come down. I've never had a android phone that works that way. All of them go up or down dynamically as needed. I'm sure the change is something new on ICS. Gingerbread & older OS did not do this, example: The Galaxy Note I had before Nexus would dynamically shift. But not the Nexus. On the Nexus, I have to turn the phone off then on for it "sense" the dimmer lighting to decrease the brightness.
Or simply not use auto-brightness.
frankdeale said:
Or simply not use auto-brightness.
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You could do that, but the intent of this thread was to highlight an obvious flaw with ICS. Im sure thats how google wanted it, but why?
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Did anybody find the patch and does it work?? I searched the dev section and all I could find was patches to increase the light levels of the auto brightness, couldn't find the patch or a fix for the auto brightness not dimming. If someone could link it or point me in the right direction that would be awesome
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Nobody was ably to fix the issue of the screen not dimming???
Same here on 4.0.4, I find it very annoying. A friend of mine now uses AOKP MS5 on his device, which dims correctly (as I think of what "correct" is).
mike2518 said:
Yea, my old iphone 2g had worked the same way. Once it goes up, it doesnt come down. I've never had a android phone that works that way. All of them go up or down dynamically as needed. I'm sure the change is something new on ICS. Gingerbread & older OS did not do this, example: The Galaxy Note I had before Nexus would dynamically shift. But not the Nexus. On the Nexus, I have to turn the phone off then on for it "sense" the dimmer lighting to decrease the brightness.
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Stock android has always been in this way iirc...
Only phones not running an aop Roms (like samsung) lower the dimm...
CM9 has a specific option to enable backlight dimming and always had (yes, in gingerbread too)
evcz said:
Stock android has always been in this way iirc...
Only phones not running an aop Roms (like samsung) lower the dimm...
CM9 has a specific option to enable backlight dimming and always had (yes, in gingerbread too)
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Im the OP of this post, turns out most of the custom roms have an option under display settings called decrease hysteresis that allows the screen to dim. I am completely satisfied now.
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[Q] Jellybean 4.1.1 Status Bar and Navy Bar burn ins?

OK, so ever since I've been using the stock ROM for jellybean, I've been noticing a burn-in on the screen when I view media, play games, or anything that hides the two. I've never seen this happen on any other Android OS. I was wondering if maybe you guys had the sane problem and some way to fix it because its getting really annoying. I was thinking about it and maybe its because of the new Project Butter and how the display updates a lot and since the status bar and Nav bar never really change their position on the screen it would cause a burn in. So, I was wondering if you guys have a fix for this? Thanks in advance
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Sorry guys I meant "Nav" not navy. Lol stupid autocorrect
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EpiclyEpic said:
OK, so ever since I've been using the stock ROM for jellybean, I've been noticing a burn-in on the screen when I view media, play games, or anything that hides the two. I've never seen this happen on any other Android OS. I was wondering if maybe you guys had the sane problem and some way to fix it because its getting really annoying. I was thinking about it and maybe its because of the new Project Butter and how the display updates a lot and since the status bar and Nav bar never really change their position on the screen it would cause a burn in. So, I was wondering if you guys have a fix for this? Thanks in advance
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There are so many threads on burn in I am not sure where to start...
Some people have experienced what you are calling burn in and others like me have not noticed it at all. You could try getting a screen wipe app and see if that clears it up.
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dschreiber69 said:
There are so many threads on burn in I am not sure where to start...
Some people have experienced what you are calling burn in and others like me have not noticed it at all. You could try getting a screen wipe app and see if that clears it up.
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OK I'll try it! Can you give me a link to the app?
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this should help i have a burn in on my status bar and it bothers me while in fullscreen mode lol i havent tried it myself yet https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fw.apps.burninsaviorfree&hl=en
I don't see burn in but I see a bluish tint in the browser where the notification bar would be.
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Yeahhhh that's exactly what I'm talking about. Is there any way to fix it?
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Meh doesn't bother me, its not that bad. Earlier phones like the nexus one had worse looking burn in.
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I've had my nexus since February and have a blueish tint on the bottom half of the screen from the keyboard. Its only noticeable in low light when the screen brightness is turned down low.
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akira02rex said:
I've had my nexus since February and have a blueish tint on the bottom half of the screen from the keyboard. Its only noticeable in low light when the screen brightness is turned down low.
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thats burnin from nav bar and status bar.
Hide your top and bottom bars fellas, that's what I do.
In the browser I hide the notification screen, but the nav bar I don't.
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[Q] nearly one year old gnex. Screen burn in?

Noticed yesterday. At the top of the screen where the status bar is and at the bottom where buttons are.
Turned on film on Netflix and noticed blueish tint in those places.
Does anyone else is having this as well ?
Is there NY way of stopping it ?
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as far as i know the Gnex screen is an amoled screen not LCD. i didn't think amoled's could suffer from burn. don't quote me on it
AMOLED screens can get burn-in faster than LCDs... I rotate the screen and use it in landscape mode very often, to avoid such problems... It is good to use lower brightness too...
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I use LMT Launcher and hide the navbar
but still have the same problem at the status bar
wow, i looked it up and yeah, it's the opposite of what i thought. here i was thinking amoled was better than lcd. i'm pretty shocked
Yes, eventually you wil see a burn-in effect on the navbar and status bar if you rotate the phone to landscape. I see it on my 9 months old gnex. Doesn't bother me enough to consider it an issue.
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I've heard if you put an image on the screen that is just a blank white photo it will take the burn out. I'm not sure but I've heard it before
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HTCluva said:
I've heard if you put an image on the screen that is just a blank white photo it will take the burn out. I'm not sure but I've heard it before
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Even if that works, the burn in would soon return because the position of the navbar and status bar are on the same spot 95% of the time.
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This is why I hide top and bottom bars. Amoled burns in very easily.
RogerPodacter said:
This is why I hide top and bottom bars. Amoled burns in very easily.
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Would anyone know if the Samsung warranty covers this?
Screw hiding it, had enough of that in my nexus one days. I see a bit of blueish tint, nothing too drastic.
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vicorama said:
Would anyone know if the Samsung warranty covers this?
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I very much doubt warranty covers a vaguely noticeable burn-in effect, that only shows if the phone is rotated in certain views with certain backgrounds.

LED notification....

Does the Gnex have an LED notification light? I have yet to see one.
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Sure does. Its below the display. RGB too.
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The notification light in Gnex is one of my favourite options in the phone. Some ROMs provide full customization of the notification light ( ex. Paranoid android) . I've set it to flash blue for missed calls , yellow for SMS, green for whatsapp and red for tango
It only lights up when the screen is off?
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Correct
twillet50 said:
Does the Gnex have an LED notification light? I have yet to see one.
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When I first got it I actually did not know that it had a LED notification light. I got a phone call and noticed the light and I was amazed and I immediately loved my phone more
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Mine only works with Light Flow. Stock or on a rom, no workie.
tgyberg said:
Mine only works with Light Flow. Stock or on a rom, no workie.
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The rom has to support it, and you have to manually set it up...
I installed light flow. That's how I found it. I'm running Affinity rom and have not seen it work before. Maybe the rom doesn't support it.
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AshtonTS said:
The rom has to support it, and you have to manually set it up...
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BAMF does support it and I set it all up long ago. Still no workie!
ac3theone said:
When I first got it I actually did not know that it had a LED notification light. I got a phone call and noticed the light and I was amazed and I immediately loved my phone more
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Same here...bi was like shut the front door... :::::
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Ep3n3wp said:
Same here...bi was like shut the front door... :::::
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Lmao nice
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Lightflow has been really flaky for me (misses many notification events). The built-in settings in CM10 works best. I don't recall it missing anything.
twillet50 said:
It only lights up when the screen is off?
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3rdstring said:
Correct
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Except for receiving a phone call . It lights when the screen is off or on. That's at least what my phone does with PA rom
I love how I makes it pulse when I charge my phone.
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Yup, didn't know there was one also. I got the point of thinking... maybe the VZW version just doesn't have one :crying:
And then it happened...:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
Galaxy Nexus + LightFlow has been a great combination for me. The RGB LED notification is a must for me with any future phones.
is a full on Rom the only way to customize it? Only thing id really like to see, is for it to pulse a bit faster. The length in time it takes to pulse is too long imo. I could turn the phone on an look faster than it would take for me to stare at that point and see if there is a message.
use lightflow.
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Must have been something with the Affinity rom. I loaded CNA and it works as its supposed to, plus its customizable.
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Action bar and status bar

Is there a way to make my action bar and status bar white instead of black? I don't want the screen there to get ruined like I keep hearing.
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I don't see how white would prevent burn in.
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Is there anyway to prevent a burn?
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Maxwell3004 said:
Is there anyway to prevent a burn?
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Turn off your screen.
Find a ROM that can disable the navigation bar and use button savior. Also, some ROMS have built in status bar transparency.
I believe there are themes on the gnex that do this, makes more sense on the nexus 7 though being its an lcd.
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Whoa, you're so smart. Thank for that's smartass.
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White would likely make the burn in worse than black.
In froyo the status bar was white, with gingerbread it changed to black to prevent burn in and IMO made it look better.
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In fact you misses the whole point. Black prevents burn in as they are not being lit up in amoled screens. White on the contrary would do the exact opposite.
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even with black, i find it hard to believe that software could make that to a screen, if the screen itself wasn't damaged in the first place. how else could we explain some screens being affected and others don't?
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even with black, i find it hard to believe that software could make that to a screen, if the screen itself wasn't damaged in the first place. how else could we explain some screens being affected and others don't?
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What does this even mean? Simply put depending on your usage (How often you have the screen on, which orientation, more full screen apps etc) you may or may not have burn in. I personally changed the navbar icon colour for aesthetics more than anything but if you're that worried about burn in then just change the colour to black, it's not like we actually look at the icons after you're used to the layout.
Well I just learned something thank you lol.
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