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Whites

What color are your whites? Mines is a dull yellow.. is that normal? Maybe defect?
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My white is white... If you are suffering from discoloration I would get it replaced. This is not supposed to happen.

Defect. Return in
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Well not every phone is gong to be the same exact color...example galaxy nexus. I had same problem but wasnr going to return my phone as everything else was perfect. Before returning it tho try morfics trinity kernel and see what u think. Colors are awesome on that definitely changed my mind from returning this thing. And i know u shouldnt have to flash a kernel to get good colors but hey after all u are on a website that modifys android phones

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The galaxy s3 white isn't really white, it's more of a pearl white.
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I'm talking about the screen.
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do you have power saving enabled? what browser are you using?

-FuRBz- said:
do you have power saving enabled? what browser are you using?
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Power saving is off & I'm using stock browser.
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in the browser click -- menu..brightness and colors and make sure automatic brightness is checked off

Its not the browser its just the screen it's the Same in every app, I may have to get a replacement. I'll wait because Samsung is rushing phones to meet demands & those may be faulty.
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yeah it seems like phone is faulty.. give it sometime and then get a replacement

iloveandroid16 said:
What color are your whites? Mines is a dull yellow.. is that normal? Maybe defect?
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When I got my Galaxy S3 I was suprised how much more white whites were on it than my GS2, you should definitely send it back and get it replaced. Whites should be white on this phone.

Go to settings, display, uncheck auto adjust screen tone.. It makes the screen/whites look much brighter..
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iloveandroid16 said:
What color are your whites? Mines is a dull yellow.. is that normal? Maybe defect?
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Dull yellow here as well when facing the phone, true white when I tilt the phone in any direction.

Chilled26 said:
Dull yellow here as well when facing the phone, true white when I tilt the phone in any direction.
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Defective, I'm returning mines, if I can'y get a good screen I guess ill have to get a iPhone 5 beecause I refuse to get a ugly one X.
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iloveandroid16 said:
Defective, I'm returning mines, if I can'y get a good screen I guess ill have to get a iPhone 5 beecause I refuse to get a ugly one X.
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I've had this phone for a month how can I go about getting it replaced?

iloveandroid16 said:
Defective, I'm returning mines, if I can'y get a good screen I guess ill have to get a iPhone 5 beecause I refuse to get a ugly one X.
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Even with auto adjust screen tone unchecked its still no good?? If so def get a replacement.. Mine looks amazing with that setting unchecked.. It's a noticeable difference this way..
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Chilled26 said:
I've had this phone for a month how can I go about getting it replaced?
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Call t mobile & say your screen is defective.... frabricate a bit & say you have blobs on your screen... & color reproduction is off.
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xxmelissaxx said:
Even with auto adjust screen tone unchecked its still no good?? If so def get a replacement.. Mine looks amazing with that setting unchecked.. It's a noticeable difference this way..
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I unchecked it still not white or blueish which I rather have than yellow
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[Q] Yellow tint on new Note 2

So I got my new Note 2 today and after playing with it for a couple of hours I noticed a yellow tint when viewing white colors. Like if I visit a website I know use a pure white bsckground, I can see that there is a yellow tint.
The weird thing though is that if I slighty tilt my device, either way, I can see pure white again.
I remember having the same issue with my sgs2 too.
So my question is, do anyone else have this issue? Should I return it or what?
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Change rhe contrast settings
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rg1973 said:
Change rhe contrast settings
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I have already tried that. It only helps abit and it still dont explains if i ever so slightly tilt my phone, the whites are pure white and not yellow-ish
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I have already tried that. It only helps abit and it still dont explains if i ever so slightly tilt my phone, the whites are pure white and not yellow-ish
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A lot of s3 have yellow on whites, i guess that some note 2s will have some yellow tints to some extent, seems Samsung hasn't completely solved the tint issue on amoleds...if you have a tint on your phone there is not much you can do, if u can try and get it replaced
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How bad are ur AMOLED ink spots?

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.

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=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.
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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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Screen Issue, returning 5th SIII what is it?

Hello, I have been having the same issue with my screen on my Galaxy SIII since I bought my first one last february, what is causing it and what is it?
Pictures below, it has just started to develop on this my 4th SIII that of which was a BNIB not one of those replacement ones which my last two replacements were.
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The circles start out hardly visible and progress getting darker eventually I have a row of up to 5.
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maybe I'm blind but I don't see any thing there... and the s3 didn't come out last year until summer of '12....

Ok well then its worse because ive gone through 4-5 SIII since july
Look in the area circled in the original photo since the edited one became smaller
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I don't see much either maybe something yellowish to green idk
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I don't see anything I wouldn't expect to see.
Edit: I see them now. It's like one of those pictures you have to stare at to see the image.

I see them, and yeah that would be pretty annoying. Are you using a particular background, or playing a certain game for an extended amount of time that could be causing those to "burn" into the display? Anything along that line of thought?
Is that only noticeable on light background colors or does it get darker with a darker background color?
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If it was easy you'd of hired the guy at Home Depot to to it.

It's definitely a game or something causing this. Or background as the above user mentioned. Only issue that's common throughout all of the s3 devices are the ink blots. That circling is really strange. I'm putting my money on it being caused by some sort of burn in from the same image being displayed for too long.
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I don't see anything, even if there were something minor you returned 4 galaxy siii because of that?
I once heard a story about a boy after returning five phones for the same issue that was so minor, his mother took him to a psychologist about his perfectionism disorder. (Nothing to do with you, just a funny story)

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I don't see anything, even if there were something minor you returned 4 galaxy siii because of that?
I once heard a story about a boy after returning five phones for the same issue that was so minor, his mother took him to a psychologist about his perfectionism disorder. (Nothing to do with you, just a funny story)
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It only starts getting darker and darker and more noticeable. It starts only being noticeable on white to gray screens then on all screens.
I do not use or have any backgrounds or games which have that design.
Would you pay the same amount for an SIII if you saw defects on the screen?
I pay for the warranty so I will make sure my phone is in prestine condition if ever I decide to sell it.
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YourAntic said:
It only starts getting darker and darker and more noticeable. It starts only being noticeable on white to gray screens then on all screens.
I do not use or have any backgrounds or games which have that design.
Would you pay the same amount for an SIII if you saw defects on the screen?
I pay for the warranty so I will make sure my phone is in prestine condition if ever I decide to sell it.
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I mean, who doesn't have a pair of black balls on their gs3 screen?
Opps wrong thread......
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The_F_Word said:
I mean, who doesn't have a pair of black balls on their gs3 screen?
Opps wrong thread......
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Nicee haha yeah link me to that thread as well lol
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I actually had my phone exchange for the same reason including the black balls on the screen lol new replacement came with less yellowish and smaller balls so I learn to live e with it xD
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Jose0726 said:
I actually had my phone exchange for the same reason including the black balls on the screen lol new replacement came with less yellowish and smaller balls so I learn to live e with it xD
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I suppose I could try to learn to live with it....
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I bid adieu to t989. Thanks developers

I must say its been a great run, but I finally decided to get a nexus 4. My old one is taking a turn for the worst.
I give my many thanks to my awesome developers to this phone. You made it shine.
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Flash the newest radio. That should do it!
If not, try a clean install!
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kj2112 said:
Flash the newest radio. That should do it!
If not, try a clean install!
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Thanks for the advice but that's not my problem. My problem is I think my screen may be going out. Every so often it will have a weird blue/off colored fragmentation on the screen. Its similar to the old upside down 10.1 issue but its not that. Its kinda hard to explain.
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mituzora said:
Thanks for the advice but that's not my problem. My problem is I think my screen may be going out. Every so often it will have a weird blue/off colored fragmentation on the screen. Its similar to the old upside down 10.1 issue but its not that. Its kinda hard to explain.
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Yeah....you called me out. Was just a joke.
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Good luck
Hope you enjoy the new one.

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Hope you enjoy the new one.
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Thanks. I am lol. Though I miss my capacitive touch buttons sometimes.
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screen also going out on my t989. got an off color band on the top of my screen, and the rest of the screen is dimmer than it was new. these ARE organic led displays... still somewhat new tech.
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eleazar6 said:
screen also going out on my t989. got an off color band on the top of my screen, and the rest of the screen is dimmer than it was new. these ARE organic led displays... still somewhat new tech.
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Organic? Not sure of new ways to make money or to save the environment..
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These are amoled displays and with amoled displays after say 3 years of use you get something called "burn in" which make the blue LED lights get dim and dimmer over time which causes the screen to have an off look. You cau can prevent this by keeping your phone on low brightness and changing the screen style to "movie" which reduces the saturation of the colors. Even high end devices like the Note 2 will be eventually affected by this

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These are amoled displays and with amoled displays after say 3 years of use you get something called "burn in" which make the blue LED lights get dim and dimmer over time which causes the screen to have an off look. You cau can prevent this by keeping your phone on low brightness and changing the screen style to "movie" which reduces the saturation of the colors. Even high end devices like the Note 2 will be eventually affected by this
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Didn't know that, I'm moving on to the s4 so I'll be wary of this issue.