anyone had any problems with a dead spot on their screen?
foxsdaddy67 said:
anyone had any problems with a dead spot on their screen?
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I am on my 3rd Optimus G and haven't had and dead spots. I am assuming you are referring to pixels. There was someone on IRC who had an OG with a broke screen. His issue was half the screen didn't come on. I am not sure if that was a hardware issue or if it was physically broke.
I have only had one screen issue and it was on all three OG I have had. There is a bit of light leak on the edges and top. Light leak is when the back light of the screen shines around the edges on a dark screen. I think that is a common universal issue. But, the screen is very vivid and not many people have had complaint about it.
Can you clarify you issue? We might be able to give you some ideas. If you are the original purchaser it is under warranty still. If not, I recommend TEP. If you are on XDA then TEP is a must.
kc_exactly said:
I am on my 3rd Optimus G...
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What happened to the previous 2?
when i run my finger across the screen in the middle it wont detect my touch. if i turn on the options in the developers setting to see what its doing you can see when it traces a line, it skips in the middle and starts again about a half inch later. only had the phone for a week or so, so thats not a problem. had a similiar issue on my evo shift way back when. had to take it to sprint store then too. any way i have an appt at 9 to have them take a look at it
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What happened to the previous 2?
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Held my rum and coke under my phone while texting drunk. The phone is big, the cup was bigger. 0.4 nano seconds was all it took.
Second one, testing gone wrong, fixing went full [email protected] wrong.
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Does any one else have black rectangles all over the screen.
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well they are out of stock on the G.. on backorder for a week before i can get replacement. wtf.
had to laugh cuz the "tech" didnt know how to turn off the screen touch traces in the developer settings lol
man this is annoying. seems like everything on the phone depends on that part of the screen ie hitting send for texts and other things lol
foxsdaddy67 said:
man this is annoying. seems like everything on the phone depends on that part of the screen ie hitting send for texts and other things lol
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Have you tried in landscape? This is a way for me to do certain things when customers come into the store with touchscreen issues.
Landscape is more annoying than the screwed up spot lol
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kc_exactly said:
Held my rum and coke under my phone while texting drunk. The phone is big, the cup was bigger. 0.4 nano seconds was all it took.
Second one, testing gone wrong, fixing went full [email protected] wrong.
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I bet you sobered up quick when you dropped it. Lol
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There is this strange pale spot on my Evo's screen. It is not a stuck pixel, and I am not sure what it is really haha. It almost looks like there is a tiny pin hole in the screen or something that is letting the back light escape. I have never seen this in a screen and am having a hard time explaining it.
Anyone know what I am talking about?
Take a picture so we could see
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michaelvibe said:
There is this strange pale spot on my Evo's screen. It is not a stuck pixel, and I am not sure what it is really haha. It almost looks like there is a tiny pin hole in the screen or something that is letting the back light escape. I have never seen this in a screen and am having a hard time explaining it.
Anyone know what I am talking about?
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I'm assuming its brighter than the rest of the screen? If so its probably damage from pressure. It didn't crack the screen but it did damage it. I had 3 of them before I got my replacement.
Im not sure I will be able to get it in a picture but I will try to take one tomorrow some time.
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Actually it isn't brighter but it seems like the back light is shining through or something. Ill get a picture.
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Sounds like a hot spot from the processor. Is it in the lower right section of the screen?
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dglowe343 said:
Sounds like a hot spot from the processor. Is it in the lower right section of the screen?
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Upper left corner. Im at work until seven. Will try to dig my camera up and get a picture then lol
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weehooherod said:
I've got 3 exceptionally bright spots on my screen but it actually doesn't bother me.
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Yeah, it doesn't really bother me. I only really notice it when the screen is bright white. I was just mainly curious as to what it was. My camera is still in storage apparently as I just moved. When I dig it out I will post a pic.
Just wanted to post that the problem I mentioned has been brought up by several others in the following thread. No picture required!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755875
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So if u don't already know pretty much all of our s3 phones have black ink spots on the screen when viewing a black background at night time or somewhere really dark. If u don't believe me download the LCD test, go to black color picture wait a few seconds for ur eyes to adjust and ur screen to auto dim in the dark.. and ull see a bunch of stains.
I'm just wondering how bad is too bad?
I have 2 curved lines down the length on the screen and a few other stains. I just want to have an idea if I should replace my screen with hope that I will get less spots or smaller spots than now.
Please post ur ink imperfections here..
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Probably like 6-7 q-tip sized ones. Maybe a little smaller.
=D I only have one spot that looks like some one stroked it with a QTip. Dead center in the screen.
Personally I'd rather have 8 of these marks instead of just one, DEAD CENTER OF MY SCREEN. Brings out the OCD in me.
Avelnan said:
=D I only have one spot that looks like some one stroked it with a QTip. Dead center in the screen.
Personally I'd rather have 8 of these marks instead of just one, DEAD CENTER OF MY SCREEN. Brings out the OCD in me.
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Same.. i got one spot right in the middle and a curved line on the right side of the screen.
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Don't know and don't care, the phone works perfectly fine for me, no need to be all nit picky over small issues
I refuse to look, if I don't see it now, I won't notice it under normal use. If I do this and see it, I'll constantly dwell on it.
sounds like i got it pretty bad lol
i have about a shirt-button sized circle on the top center as well as a few other random little spots. Doesn't bother me though.
I don't have any.. let's see how many flaws my replacement has :\
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z0phi3l said:
Don't know and don't care, the phone works perfectly fine for me, no need to be all nit picky over small issues
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That couldn't be more true, but some of us paid a lot for this phone. It's not an issue at all when you think about it, but once you do notice it, it becomes a psychological issue and it upsets the user.
se1000 said:
I refuse to look, if I don't see it now, I won't notice it under normal use. If I do this and see it, I'll constantly dwell on it.
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I downloaded the lcd test app and looked. None there.
I got one that looks like south America it's big from center of screen to bottom.
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I exchanged mine within the warranty period.
Had to. For i got my phone with my mom's plan.
The one I have is perfect.
The bad one. Bottom right corner.
Both phones white
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So when I get mine replaced at the T-Mobile store how do I tell if the phone is new or refurbished.. I want to make sure they will give me a new one and don't screw me
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Btw thanks a lot for the response guys.. its very helpful
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Ooo... replaced my phone today.. for another one.. took a good minute for lady to see it in the bathroom with no lights... had to send her in there twice... bit mine was pretty bad... this new one its almost perfect just a few tiny tiny dots that I can only see with LCD tester in pitch black room... thanx for ur help guys
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I dled the apps and dont see any spots unless I'm doing something wrong. Can someone tell me exactly wat I'm supposed to be doing
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The spots are like backlight bleed. I don't think a tester will show anything...
I had this issue with my S2; the refurbished one had them everywhere. When I got my S3, I didn't notice a thing! Thanks for the awareness though.
***t screens.
just saying.
colors are nice, but at what cost. i would trade an HTC LCD screen for this one any day
What's so bad about the ink spots though? Since you can't see it when the screen is or off. Only when it's dark.
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I just purchased my galaxy note 2. After the 4.1.2 update my touchscreen is acting crazy. It's like its registering touches that aren't there. Like I will open spotify and it will select a song and start playing when I just open the app and my fingers are nowhere near where my fingers are. Anyone else having this issue? It's kinda like this video I found of the first note on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAAWDwPVYmk&feature=youtube_gdata_player. Any feedback is appreciated. UPDATE here is the video of my doing it that is posted in the the thread below http://youtu.be/ROTcp-fvBNw
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Has your phone been fully stock and unrooted all along?
Have you tried rebooting it?
Yes I have done nothing to it except for the update from AT&T.
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Try a factory reset. Good etiquette after an update.
Yeah I should, I was hoping to avoid that due to my authenticators on my phone. Pain in the butt to set them up again. I will try and see if it stops.
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Well I just did a reset. All seemed well as my apps were updating. When they were done I slid down the notification menu and touched clear all button. After I did that it registered 3 touches (I know because of the reset the annoying water sound for touches is back on). It opened 2 apps just by touching the clear button. I must have a faulty screen. Strange it didn't happen until the 4.1.2 update.
get a replacement
I got it to act up on video here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROTcp-fvBNw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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This may sound crazy but I do it once a week... I put a little squirt of Hand sanitizer on my screen.. rub it onto the screen and then wipe off with a paper towel. The glass looks perfect afterwards. maybe your glass is just dirty.
I actually do that as well. Not only to keep it nice but to keep the germ filled touchscreen from getting me sick since I deal with the public then touch my phone then take a call. Gross when you think about it. I am going to exchange this phone this morning I have had it for a week,
I had this problem in my last phone, it was due to a fault digitizer
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Yeah, I would call it the digitizer as well - - not fun to buy/replace.
Good thing it's still fairly new.
Pretty wild though.. I thought it was your Palm at first, then you moved it.
Serious question, do you have a black note 2? Or is that a colored glass screen protector?
Maybe my eyes deceive me.. Lol
It's a titanium note 2. The lighting sucked because I had to catch it in action.
I did get a new phone and I am not having the issue anymore. I think it had a short in it. I am glad to get it on here though, so if others have the issue it may provide some help.
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I am very careful with my phone, screen protector, case, never dropped. Pulled it out of my pocket this afternoon and noticed a small pink area just over the button and to the left lower corner of the screen. as the evening progressed the area is now larger, about the size of a quarter over the button and near the corner.
Not sure what the hell is causing this, i'll try and post some pictures.
Attached image,
sorry for crappy resolution, was with an iphone.
What are we looking for in that pic??
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jasvncnt1 said:
What are we looking for in that pic??
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The screen is bleeding from the lower mid to left of the screen, i can see the text and images under the colored area fine, To me it looks like the screen has separated. The touch screen is working fine. I have no idea how it happened, I do know that it was never dropped and never came in contact with water.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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What are we looking for in that pic??
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LOL uploaded wrong image.
Iz3man said:
LOL uploaded wrong image.
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Wow that's awful looking.
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Iz3man said:
LOL uploaded wrong image.
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Lol that's what I was trying to figure out. Dude that looks messed up
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Has happened to mine as well. I have a pink dot in the middle of the left side of the screen. I read that it is a defect in the screen. It's annoying an want to turn it in on warranty but can't be without my phone for a month.
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pmkeitt said:
Has happened to mine as well. I have a pink dot in the middle of the left side of the screen. I read that it is a defect in the screen. It's annoying an want to turn it in on warranty but can't be without my phone for a month.
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I'll have to send it out,its now 1/4 the way up the screen. I'll have to use my Iphone for a while till this guy comes back.. From preliminary talks with Bell, they sound like they will push the "You dropped it" card... it will be hard to prove for them cause the lack of any physical damage, but hey, they are douche bags after all.
So this is as of 2 mins ago.
It's crazy, by tomorrow it will be 1/2 the screen!.
Update - The screen is now completely Blue with a dark blue section near the bottom.
This morning image
the more i look at it, the more i think water got inside your phone 0_0
I've never seen water do that to a display.
It wasn't water, It's under warranty so it's being replaced, so i'm happy about that. Showed it to the "support Tech" and the response i got was "Holy Sh*t"
It was a screen defect where the AMOLED display actually separated .
My wife let out 2 year old play with her phone. He threw it on the ground and now the screen looks like this. Any ideas?
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Damaged digitizer. Not cheap to fix.
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Supamike88 said:
My wife let out 2 year old play with her phone. He threw it on the ground and now the screen looks like this. Any ideas?
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It may not be the Digitizer. This phone has had a lot of abuse hurled at it by various members of Toddler class. It has time and again proved to be solid.
Just to rule on hardware or software issue, can you comment on if there are any other issues except display ? Also did the 2 year old threw on hard concrete or carpet ?
Haven't noticed any problems but the screen and he threw it on tile floor
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Perseus71 said:
It may not be the Digitizer. This phone has had a lot of abuse hurled at it by various members of Toddler class. It has time and again proved to be solid.
Just to rule on hardware or software issue, can you comment on if there are any other issues except display ? Also did the 2 year old threw on hard concrete or carpet ?
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Well just about 25% of the status bar is black as well as part of the screen. I'm sure rebooting the device or doing a factory reset isn't going to fix it.
But hey let's see. Supamike88 boot into recovery and see if the issue with the display is present there. To get into recovery press and hold volume up, home button and the power button and release them when the phone vibrates and you see blue text in the upper left corner of the screen (which in this case you might not see because of the screen). Is the issue still present?
You could do a factory reset to see if it fixes the screen, just back up everything before doing so.
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The whole screen is pretty much black now
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Supamike88 said:
The whole screen is pretty much black now
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Are you not able to turn on at all ? If that's the case, then its probably goner.
Supamike88 said:
The whole screen is pretty much black now
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If the screen is black but the phone still works, then its most likely the digitizer like I pointed out earlier.
You can buy a new digitizer and replace it, but its not really recommended. You might as well get another S3.
You could also just sell it for parts and try to get another S3. (I wouldn't recommend this unless you can do a factory reset).
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Are you not able to turn on at all ? If that's the case, then its probably goner.
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I called T-Mobile and they're gonna send me a new one. Luckily their isn't a crack on the screen so it doesn't look like something we did
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Supamike88 said:
I called T-Mobile and they're gonna send me a new one. Luckily their isn't a crack on the screen so it doesn't look like something we did
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Good for you. Please note, when you get the new device back, carefully read the label behind the battery. You may get SGH-T999L instead of existing SGH-T999. The L stands for LTE. If that happens, you will be in luck. But need to understand its not the same device but rather newer version.