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Three strikes and out.. :(

I have been through three separate Galaxy Nexus handsets and they all had issues.. mainly screen related!
1st handset - got it on launch day UK.. vertical grey lines on screen and volume bug.. exchanged it..
2nd handset - last week.. horizontal grey lines on screen and paint like blobs all over the screen in lower brightness levels.. exchanged it..
3rd handset - today.. horizontal white band across screen.. and vertical colour gradient down the screen.. returned!
I really like ICS and wanted to like the Galaxy Nexus.. I am really disapointed to have waited months for this phone to be let down by poor quality control..
I have decided I will not get another Galaxy Nexus (or Samsung phone - past experience)..
Eagerly waiting for HTC's interpretation of ICS.. meantime.. I sold my HTC Desire (big mistake)..
Wanted to thank everyone here who posted a lot of useful information..

Could be worse... you could be in the US and not even be able to purchase it yet.

Too bad.. i Love this phone... its superd.
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Does this issue have something to do with the super amoled display? Have people heard of this in earlier phones ?
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That's harsh but I've not noticed anything wrong with my handset - perhaps my eyes just don't notice these sorts of things (or I don't seem them as an issue). I'm sure I'd notice white lines though!

there is known issue with the display when its on low brightness. it goes away when its at high brightness.
if you can't live with that, i am sorry for you. you are missing out yet another pure google experience device.

It's hard to say w/o actually seeing them, but the "vertical grey lines" may have been perfectly normal. From what I've read, there's some level of streaking that normally occurs in these types of displays. On mine, when I have the brightness all the way down and am on a white screen, you can see something that might be described as "vertical grey lines."

A lot of Nexus Galaxy's I've seen have this screen anomaly, which is the vertical streak(s) going down the phone. This is only on white/gray backgrounds, as the screen is absolutely fine with other colors. The issue can be resolved by turning off the automatic brightness and manually adjusting the screen to at and/or above 30% brightness. Or you can flash one of the auto-brightness mods to turn up the default brightness.

nyijedi said:
It's hard to say w/o actually seeing them, but the "vertical grey lines" may have been perfectly normal. From what I've read, there's some level of streaking that normally occurs in these types of displays. On mine, when I have the brightness all the way down and am on a white screen, you can see something that might be described as "vertical grey lines."
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My gray lines are horizontal and quite clear on a lighter grey screen.

So sad to hear. I just got my phone and absolutely love it
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sorry for your issues.. loving mines

fr4c said:
A lot of Nexus Galaxy's I've seen have this screen anomaly, which is the vertical streak(s) going down the phone. This is only on white/gray backgrounds, as the screen is absolutely fine with other colors. The issue can be resolved by turning off the automatic brightness and manually adjusting the screen to at and/or above 30% brightness. Or you can flash one of the auto-brightness mods to turn up the default brightness.
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You shouldn't have to do anything to get a perfect screen on a phone that costs this much.

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You shouldn't have to do anything to get a perfect screen on a phone that costs this much.
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From what I understand, it's an inherent characteristic of the type of display. If it bothers someone that much, buy a phone w/ a different display.

Hey guys I just saw this and thought I would Give my experience...
I myself got a Galaxy S2 a month back barely and noticed it has the same horizontal lines... about 2 horizontal ones and one diagonal one... along with some blotches... this is a manufacturing fault due to terrible quality control which has started after the super amoled plus screens and sadly and surprisingly seems to have carried on to the amoled HD ones too... never any such issues with the super amoled on the galaxy S including tthe one I owned...
Since it's a manufacturing defect the phone will be replaced generally but unfortunately in my region there is no official Samsung dealer for the S2, I had to live with my purchase...
Again as people have already mentioned you can only see them on the lowest brightness setting or if you are only looking at a dark screen... sometimes can see the lines on grey but depends on other surrounding colours...
I know I'm not happy about iit since it was so frikking expensive, but its still something which guess I can live with... doesn't really make the phone any less amazing...
Would have loved to try the nexus... but just couldn't get myself to go for the missing features...
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feel your pain m8 , ive had like 4 sII returned for same kinda issues sensation xe that twice got dust under screen. And now well first phone transparant line annoying as hell second crazy colour banding like you never seen try searching "crazy colour banding" my third arrived with broken screen so awaiting 4th i love this phone but samsung qq is awfull. I can appreciate people say its down to the tech / characteristic but if thats the case why do the reviewers never get one of these handsets .... hmm wait probably becouse they got a cherry picked one.
Anyway if it is a characteristic they could at least put something in the docs they include with phone so the consumer is aware. Or raise the parameters of the screens they pass thru in manufacturing. I know its a different situation but its not like you would except a tv or laptop with these issues so why do we have to accept it with out phones which quite frankly these days can cost more then a laptop or tv.

you do know there are version of Samsung phones with sLCD instead of SAMOLED displays, eh?
if the display is your gripe, then just waint for the SLCD versions of the same phone
like the SGS2 for example or the next version of Galaxy Nexus i9253 with SLCD
kkh786 said:
I have been through three separate Galaxy Nexus handsets and they all had issues.. mainly screen related!
1st handset - got it on launch day UK.. vertical grey lines on screen and volume bug.. exchanged it..
2nd handset - last week.. horizontal grey lines on screen and paint like blobs all over the screen in lower brightness levels.. exchanged it..
3rd handset - today.. horizontal white band across screen.. and vertical colour gradient down the screen.. returned!
I really like ICS and wanted to like the Galaxy Nexus.. I am really disapointed to have waited months for this phone to be let down by poor quality control..
I have decided I will not get another Galaxy Nexus (or Samsung phone - past experience)..
Eagerly waiting for HTC's interpretation of ICS.. meantime.. I sold my HTC Desire (big mistake)..
Wanted to thank everyone here who posted a lot of useful information..
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I have a horizontal line on my screen. I might be able to post some photos of it later. Adjusting the brightness has no effect.
Sadly getting an exchange. Really enjoying the phone so far.
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I love my nexus
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I have the gsm GN in US. I have also noticed that at lowest brightness level screen on my phone has a darker red/greyish tint from the top of screen towards the center. But I am not returning it. I have seen similar issues with my SGS2 that I exchanged. However my retired Captivate had a perfect screen. I guess it has to do with SAMOLED displays.
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Your first phone had nothing wrong with it. The grey lines are part of the Super AMOLED display. Any Super AMOLED screen will behave that way, apparently. And it's really only apparent on low brightness. I turned mine off auto and set it to about halfway and it looks great now. Can't even notice it.
As for the volume bug, that's a software issue and was fixed with the latest OTA update...

[Q] screen Issue(terrible blue tint)

When i tilt my Nexus ever so slighty any direction the entire screen turns blue. Is this an issue that can be fixed with a software update or just a bad screen. Thanks for your help in advance!

Sounds like a bad screen, haven't heard of anyone else having that problem, take it to a Verizon store and show them and they should give you another one.
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I have a similar problem, except that the screen appears to me to have a yellow tint when looking at the screen from head on and only appears normal when I look at it from an angle. I would prefer mine to be like yours, as it sounds like the blue is brighter overall.
Are you using a custom kernel? A couple of them do have more blue than the stock ones.
The screens on these devices do seem to be be extremely variable. I am now on my third GN after having had my original handset replaced twice and each screen has had a different defect. None of them showed colours properly. I have checked with ones in my local store, and they do not seem to be affected, which makes me wonder if this has to do with certain batches. Sadly, my carrier will not allow me to exchange mine for one in the store because I bought it over the phone. I'm now going to try going through Samsung to see if they are able to exchange it for one from a different batch.
With my old Galaxy S, I used Voodoo Control to get the colours just right.
If a similar tool becomes available to calibrate the colour on this screen, I'd be more likely tolerate this problem.

I've got a slight blue tint when I tilt mine as well. Is this normal?
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zamboni52 said:
I've got a slight blue tint when I tilt mine as well. Is this normal?
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Sounds normal to me if it only shows up when you're tilting the phone and it doesn't stop you from clearly viewing what's on the screen

The blue tint is just what happens with this screen. All the units I have used(including my current one) only do a small section of the screen, not the entire screen. So, if it is going over the majority of the screen then it is a bad unit.

Low Brightness w/ purple tine and grainy on whites

New Galaxy Nexus owner with Sprint. Well late last night I dim my screen cause it so freaking bright Noticed a lot of the greys turned purple and the white (stock messaging app) go a lot of grain in it. Looked like I had dust all in the screen. Is this normal? Looked similar to this picture

I play with my phone on minimum brightness all the time and have not noticed this.
It is possible I'm not observant enough though.
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It's normal.
I don't get the purple hues...but I'm using custom color values.
Which have also reduced the grain. But it's still there.
I may be in the minority here...
But I hate this screen tech. It's my only complaint with this phone.
Nav-bar/Status-bar burn-in potential scares the **** out of me. (Although I don't have any yet...I have to assume it's because I'm so compulsive about hiding the nav bar and using apps that remove the status bar.) And the screen looks like complete crap when it's dimmed.
I mean, it looks GREAT at 30%+ brightness...but browsing in bed and such (low brightness scenarios) always makes me cringe a bit.

I currently have my old fascinate and nexus on hands.
I need to say that Samsung pretty much dropped the ball... :-(
Fascinate screen is so much better looking, though partially because custom ICS rom, which I guess incorporates voodoo tweaks.
I will happily wait while GN ICS gets to that state, but I afraid that it is hardware/ manufacturing process issue and I doubt if anybody will be able to fix it grammatically. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I heard something about gradient fix, but do not completely understand what was fixed and how.
My phone has a slight vertical tint on the right side. I pensive it as pink vertical stripe, followed by green one. Not extremely saturated, but noticeable at any brightness level. I've stopped by Verizon store to see if other phones have it. Out of two checked phones one had noticeable green stripe, another was OK to my eyes.
I got a deal on wirefly and now I'm kind of on the verge - exchange or not. I afraid to get one which will be even worse.

Well I just went back to Sprint and explain it to them. Well since the GN is new that Sprint has no tickets for the purple Screen. So the asshole tells me that it is a software issue and that the next ics update will fix the purpleish colors. I was like WTF it is a hardware issue hahah. I do thank you guys for responding. cant wait to get some Sprint roms avaialble. What do you guys think software issue?

No. its a hardware issue. My GSM doesn't have the purple tint at all. My fiance's first Verizon GNex was the same. One day it died and they sent her a new one and it's screen was very purple tinted. She sent it back and got a new one which didn't have the tint at all.
I would return it.

Thats exactly what I told them and they said to wait for an update. this pisses me off cause they wont let me exchange it at all.

marcusva79 said:
Well I just went back to Sprint and explain it to them. Well since the GN is new that Sprint has no tickets for the purple Screen. So the asshole tells me that it is a software issue and that the next ics update will fix the purpleish colors. I was like WTF it is a hardware issue hahah. I do thank you guys for responding. cant wait to get some Sprint roms avaialble. What do you guys think software issue?
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i dont know if its hardware or software but you can try this. its supercurio's display expert and might help. it did get rid of most of the purple for me, still can see it with certain grays. as for the grainy white, my first galaxy nexus had that problem at low light too. its almost like a transparent cheese cloth over the screen and some lines running down it. i returned that one.
just keep trying with a different rep. the first one i talked to pretended not to see anything wrong with my phone so i talked to the manager and got the exchange after about 15mins. they were still very hesitant. try to call their call center first i find their call center reps are usually more understanding.

El Daddy said:
No. its a hardware issue. My GSM doesn't have the purple tint at all. My fiance's first Verizon GNex was the same. One day it died and they sent her a new one and it's screen was very purple tinted. She sent it back and got a new one which didn't have the tint at all.
I would return it.
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I have a purple tint, but only at brightness levels going below 15 (setting custom brightness with aokp), but the default brightness was at 19 so I never noticed until I started to mess with the settings. I think its normal, or at least I hope it is. Well now I want to ask, is it normal to have purple tints at really low brightness?

Three strikes and I am out. This is my first amoled screen so I am not really sure if it is supposed to be like it. I will try that apk and see if that works. Thanks buddy. I am honestly afraid to get another one and then it is fully a retarded phone so I will stick with it.

I'm unable to use that apk. Error says "There is a problem parsing the package"
Do you have link to thread or other location, please?

i dont know the exact post but its in this thread towards the end.
forgot to mention that you have to use a kernel that supports color calibration, im using franco's.

neotekz said:
i dont know the exact post but its in this thread towards the end.
forgot to mention that you have to use a kernel that supports color calibration, im using franco's.
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I have tried this, and under stock, cold and warm I still get a purple tint to my screen at low brightness (from 1-10) above 10 is usually when it stops. Any ideas?

Cptsamir said:
I have tried this, and under stock, cold and warm I still get a purple tint to my screen at low brightness (from 1-10) above 10 is usually when it stops. Any ideas?
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You will have too root phone and use the Franco kernel. Doing that tomorrow
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marcusva79 said:
You will have too root phone and use the Franco kernel. Doing that tomorrow
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Let me know how it goes, cuz I am rooted and running Franco kernel and still getting the purple tint.

the purple tint is still there for me too but the cold setting in that app helped a lot.

It is a hardware issue even though some software tweaks will help a little bit. My GSM gnex has this issue while my friend's gnex does not have it at all. I can't exchange mine because it is from Poland and I do not know anybody there. I just set the brightness to 50% and the issue is almost nonexistent. So my advice is to exchange it; try another store or speak to the manager. Good luck.

neotekz said:
the purple tint is still there for me too but the cold setting in that app helped a lot.
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Ya for some reason for me thought it only happens are really low brightness. How about you?

I tried playing around with color calibration on one of my previous purple Galaxy Nexus phones. Got rid of the purple, but then things started looking too green or something.
Not sure how you can calibrate to fix colors at low brightness levels where purples become a problem and not screw up the colors when you increase the brightness levels. Doesn't seem like this would be a good solution.
I have just kept exchanging my phones. And I hate AMOLED, it's great when you get a good one, but it seems like Samsung can't make very many good ones.

Lol. If you're going below stock's lowest setting the purple graininess is normal. Get a grip people. Its a mobile screen and it has tolerances. If you get purple just lowest stock setting, I would say it is not normal but chances are Samsung will say it is within tolerance. I played with root dim the other day my screen got purple and grainy at 4/255 and below. Slightly grainy at 5/255 and 12/255. 13 and higher it was fine. 15/255 I believe is stock's lowest setting.
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How do you feel about Samsungs Display?

I first found this forum when I got my SGSII and read about the yellow tint issue, bad colour banding etc. It drove me insane the first month because I couldn't get over it. I eventually got over it after some time due to it getting "old".
I hoped my Note II would have a good screen but it seems the tint can be found in all AMOLED screens. It was easy to notice the yellow tint in my SGSII but it was very weak compared to others so I were happy. On my Note II you can notice it (I think) if you concentrate really hard and it saddens me. You also have the weak lines (colour banding?).
So, how do you feel about this? Is it something you can get over and just accept that Samsung make worse screens but with awesome hardware? The reason I stick with Samsung is because I love them and I wouldn't want to choose another brand. But still, it hurts me when I realized that Note II still has these issues. I understand all manufacturers has their problems but we're in 2012, is it impossible to create a screen that is "perfect"?
Please no "I don't have this problem, my screen is perfect". We all know everyone's phone have some kind of this issue. Is it a issue or is it something you have to accept?

I don't have this problem, my screen is perfect. I'm saying this because it is. I don't see any tint or anything.

For me the screen is georgious. I like it very much, the screen doesn`t have that flickering sometimes the Note1 had. The colours are vivid, full and the screentones are custimizable.

gee2012 said:
For me the screen is georgious. I like it very much, the screen doesn`t have that flickering sometimes the Note1 had. The colours are vivid, full and the screentones are custimizable.
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It is indeed awesome, but the issue is still there. I don't like to have brightness on because of possible burn in, I keep it at 0%.

SweFox said:
I first found this forum when I got my SGSII and read about the yellow tint issue, bad colour banding etc. It drove me insane the first month because I couldn't get over it. I eventually got over it after some time due to it getting "old".
I hoped my Note II would have a good screen but it seems the tint can be found in all AMOLED screens. It was easy to notice the yellow tint in my SGSII but it was very weak compared to others so I were happy. On my Note II you can notice it (I think) if you concentrate really hard and it saddens me. You also have the weak lines (colour banding?).
So, how do you feel about this? Is it something you can get over and just accept that Samsung make worse screens but with awesome hardware? The reason I stick with Samsung is because I love them and I wouldn't want to choose another brand. But still, it hurts me when I realized that Note II still has these issues. I understand all manufacturers has their problems but we're in 2012, is it impossible to create a screen that is "perfect"?
Please no "I don't have this problem, my screen is perfect". We all know everyone's phone have some kind of this issue. Is it a issue or is it something you have to accept?
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Is it true the Note II screen is brighter than Note 1?
I didn't have a chance to compare.
On the other hand, Note 1 colours are definitely more vivid and more awesomelicious!
And mine after 6 months, have a strong yellowish tint together with a burnt screen.
I'm not impressed with AMOLED's longevity.

Livebyte said:
Is it true the Note II screen is brighter than Note 1?
I didn't have a chance to compare.
On the other hand, Note 1 colours are definitely more vivid and more awesomelicious!
And mine after 6 months, have a strong yellowish tint together with a burnt screen.
I'm not impressed with AMOLED's longevity.
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My own Note II aren't very strong in brightness but others might be. My SGSII definitely have stronger brightness! My SGSII didn't have any burn in, maybe due to the fact that I keep the brightness at 0%. To scared for anything else hah.

Livebyte said:
Liar.
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I think mod really have to see a solution of your random rant on this section all you do is saying bad things about the note, I'm really sorry that you had bad experience with your note 2 but no one is forcing you to keep using it, get over it and stop trolling for god sake...

Hell Guardian said:
I think mod really have to see a solution of your random rant on this section all you do is saying bad things about the note, I'm really sorry that you had bad experience with your note 2 but no one is forcing you to keep using it, get over it and stop trolling for god sake...
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I doubt his screen is perfect, I asked nicely for no such posts because we all know it's not true.

AMOLED is juvenile technology. It's definitely not ready for public use. Pentile displays look horrible, even at a higher resolution, burn in occurs incredibly quickly and colours are over saturated to disguise the quality. Personally haven't seen the colour banding myself but enough people report it to make it a real issue.
AMOLED is the way forward, but it is not ready for everyday use. Samsung need to put their heads together and get production rates sorted out. Only when they can start churning out RGB displays that are correctly calibrated and don't suffer from burn in or tinting after a year can they really consider AMOLED suitable for mainstream consumption.

Hell Guardian said:
I think mod really have to see a solution of your random rant on this section all you do is saying bad things about the note, I'm really sorry that you had bad experience with your note 2 but no one is forcing you to keep using it, get over it and stop trolling for god sake...
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That's the point... he doesn't even have a Note II... he's just complaining about a Note I...

Haven't noticed any problem with the screen because I am not looking for it. If you have to concentrate that hard to find it, maybe you should concentrate on something else entirely like going out and enjoying the day?

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That's the point... he doesn't even have a Note II... he's just complaining about a Note I...
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Yes. I am complaining about Note 1. I'm glad they solved the issues in Note II. I saw my friend's Note II a while ago. Indeed they solved most of the issues.
IM IMPRESSED.
But I still suspect longevity is an issue.
EDIT: BLUE TINT.
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Won't it be possible to tune the colour of the screen when roms become more developed?
My SGS used to have a yellow tint too. Increasing the blue in the built in colour tuning app changed it to pure white.
I think a while ago I remember reading someone using an app from the play store to tweak the colour of their SGS 2 screen too. I'll try & find it.
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Here it is. It's called screen adjuster.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa
Try increasing the blue or lower the red & green and see if that gets rid of your yellow tint. You have to be rooted.

Well, I have to agree that Note has "burned mark" stain like on the screen. Mine was the first batch for Malaysia. I also noticed the same stain like effect on the Samsung's Technician's Note. But I have no problem asking Samsung to change the display for me. After replaced, there is no problem with it for about a year now. Could it be that the first batch of display have such problem?
For Note II, it's crystal clear. No stain mark. I suggest that anyone who is not satisfied with the screen should either exchange the phone or have the display replaced.

Guess some had unlucky screens, but i really like the Note2 screen. And I got one white and one grey, both have np with tints, flicker or bad colors.
But i am not the one to speak after years off use tho, as I change mobile quite often. But Note i use longer then I usually use any mobile as the functions and Spen on note is hard to find on other devices.
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After using the original Note for over 8 months I had no issues with its screen at all except for the very light black clipping under very specifc conditions,.And now almost after one month with my Note II, I can confidently say that this is the best screen I have ever had,no yellow or black issues,so the OP either has a faulty unit or he is a troll.
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There is not a single AMOLED screen which is problem free. Be it tint or any other thing. It's quite true that people who are saying my screen is 'perfect' either don't know what a perfect screen is or simply lying.
And yes, my Note 2 screen has Yellowish tint, but it's on a much lower level than my S2 and spreaded all over the display unlike S2's only left side area. So I'm more or less happy with it. This is my 5th OLED displayed phone and NONE was perfect, NONE. Only which was my favorite and near perfect was Wave S8500 screen.
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Livebyte said:
Liar.
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Trolling again? For someone without the note 2, you sure spend a lot of time whining about it.
If people arent happy with it, they should get it replaced or sell and move on.
We have two n7100's in the house. Both are fine.
Note I didnt say perfect because its very rare that something is perfect. But we arent going to stare at the screen from 2mm away checking every pixel.
And everything will have a flaw in someone elses eyes.
So going by the op's logic, anyone that says otherwise is a liar?
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jujuburi said:
There is not a single AMOLED screen which is problem free. Be it tint or any other thing. It's quite true that people who are saying my screen is 'perfect' either don't know what a perfect screen is or simply lying.
And yes, my Note 2 screen has Yellowish tint, but it's on a much lower level than my S2 and spreaded all over the display unlike S2's only left side area. So I'm more or less happy with it. This is my 5th OLED displayed phone and NONE was perfect, NONE. Only which was my favorite and near perfect was Wave S8500 screen.
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Furthermore Im mot really happy if someone has to tell me to lower down my brightness. Its unacceptable. AMOLED's are what I call still in the beta stage. Its not ready for primetime.
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To be honest my screen has no tinting like what the op said.
Also, I don't get why people don't use it at a normal brightness level. If it burns in then have it replaced while it's under warranty. That's what I did with the s2.
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Green tint on greys

Is this normal? Greys have a green tint which is really noticeable on low brightness. Is this a limitation of AMOLED? But I don't recall this issue on my 6P or Note 4.

Hmm. Not having this issue...

Greys are really greenish. Though it happens only at some certain brightness level (a little more than the lowest).

The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review

Not noticing this on mine either.
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I may have a slight tint on mine on greys, only on one half of the screen though. I'm colourblind so it could be green. I'm thinking it's more purple-ish though...

edios123 said:
Greys are really greenish. Though it happens only at some certain brightness level (a little more than the lowest).
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mr mystery said:
The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review
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Not noticing this on mine either.
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I may have a slight tint on mine on greys, only on one half of the screen though. I'm colourblind so it could be green. I'm thinking it's more purple-ish though...
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Yes what I had experienced from my last 3 phones I.e galaxy s2,s3,s4,s4 mini,s5 all of em which had amoled screen all have this thing. Its like if u seen u can't able to unseen. But its hard to notice. I think these displays are rather builded like this to work. Even my brother's new s7 has this thing.

rayzen6 said:
Yes what I had experienced from my last 3 phones I.e galaxy s2,s3,s4,s4 mini,s5 all of em which had amoled screen all have this thing. Its like if u seen u can't able to unseen. But its hard to notice. I think these displays are rather builded like this to work. Even my brother's new s7 has this thing.
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On only part of the screen though? I know when tilting AMOLED displays that can happen but head on I don't know. (I've avoided AMOLED up until now because my last couple experiences with older ones was not so nice)

thebcooper said:
On only part of the screen though? I know when tilting AMOLED displays that can happen but head on I don't know. (I've avoided AMOLED up until now because my last couple experiences with older ones was not so nice)
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Yes on part of the screen at bottom its much noticeable in dark.

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Yes on part of the screen at bottom its much noticeable in dark.
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Guess that answers that, cheers!. (although mine might be right side of the screen, not bottom)

On my phone, the bottom part is also "greener" than the upper part. This is especially visible when brightness is set low (which I do when not outside, because it totally suffices).
Do more people have this problem?
Would returning the unit and getting a new OP3 make sense, or are these unevennesses typical??

hasenbein1966 said:
On my phone, the bottom part is also "greener" than the upper part. This is especially visible when brightness is set low (which I do when not outside, because it totally suffices).
Do more people have this problem?
Would returning the unit and getting a new OP3 make sense, or are these unevennesses typical??
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I'm wondering if it's just an AMOLED thing... If it's really really bad then you may be better off RMA-ing it of course.

mr mystery said:
The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review
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The findings on Anandtech have nothing to do with the quality and everything to do with the calibration, which is just software.

Hi, is it darker like the pics from my thread? I think I have the same issue on my display, just at the middle of the screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/dark-line-oled-screen-t3402293

One thought came to me: In the upper half of the OP3 are the parts which get warm when the phone "works". Perhaps the part of the screen which is warmed up regularly loses a bit of green tint, while the lower, colder part remains as it is??? Just a thought...

I get a weird purpley/dark colour on greys and when scrolling white font on black background, but only on minimum brightness.
After reducing brightness below a threshold (just above the minimum) the colours across the display seem to shift
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I got my replacement phone today. And. The display is even more worse. The colors are uneven, like some of them have here. The bottom is greener and the top slighlty pinkier/the correct color.

Argh. That's what I'm afraid of (sent my device in for replacement on Saturday):
That, as a replacement, simply someone grabs a box with a new device and sends it to me, without testing.
Edios, what did you write in the service request as your reason why you want a replacement? Did you write about the display problems?
Welcome to the lottery...
Does anyone know: If the 2nd device also has a defect, and the 14 day return time since I got the 1st device is already over, can I demand from Oneplus that they take back the 2nd device and that I get my money back??

hasenbein1966 said:
Argh. That's what I'm afraid of (sent my device in for replacement on Saturday):
That, as a replacement, simply someone grabs a box with a new device and sends it to me, without testing.
Edios, what did you write in the service request as your reason why you want a replacement? Did you write about the display problems?
Welcome to the lottery...
Does anyone know: If the 2nd device also has a defect, and the 14 day return time since I got the 1st device is already over, can I demand from Oneplus that they take back the 2nd device and that I get my money back??
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I didn't even mention the issues, Amazon immediately gave me a replacement.
The problem is, they provide only a single replacement and now insisting to give a refund. But I want this device cos there's no other device that I'm interested in. And it's out of stock also.

For what it's worth, these sound like typical AMOLED issues. There are long threads in the Galaxy S6, S7, etc. forums with people experiencing the exact same thing. AMOLEDs just seem to not be as consistent as LCDs in the quality control department and it's always just the luck of the draw whether you get one with green or pink tints or not.