[Q] Note 2 screen problem? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I bought my phone from an online store in Romania on February 22.I have warranty and other things, it was brand new. I kept the screen on full brightness, and Dynamic color mode. That's how I like it. I was aware of burn in so I switched colors with a display tester every 3 days or so. Yesterday I noticed that the spot where status bar is used to be in portrait mode is brighter than the rest of the screen when displaying blue, white and grey colors. Brighter not Darker. I searched on Google images and that doesn't look like burn in. It wasn't here until yesterday when I spotted it. It's barely visible with display tester but in Games videos photos and multi colored things it can't be finded, You need to look with max attention. I used Nova launcher to hide the status bar. I also heard that there are 2 different things, image retention which is fixable and permanent burn in. I searched for something like this but I don't seemed to find something good. I don't know what it is,I never browsed the Web without changing the pixels where the status bar is for more than 20 minutes. I heard burn in occurs in extreme cases. I don't know how this happened so that's why I'm asking you guys. I don't know even what to do it bothers me only in display tester, but otherwise the screen is perfect. Please give me an advice because I don't want to have a faulty screen.. Can it even be repaired under warranty for that?

No one knows what's the problem?

Maybe you could post a photo ?

Look at the top of the screen...That's actually what I'm seeing when looking on a blue test background.This kind of discoloration/brightness where the notification bar usually is when in portrait mode.This is not a screenshot or photo ,it's just a blue image that i modified to show about i'm talking about.It also happens on grey and white and cyan .I couldn't take a photo because i have a crap 7 MP shooter ,and one crapper 2 MP shooter on my old Galaxy Y.I tried them both but noone of them can catch thatstrange discoloration/burn-in/brightness
Xda don't let me to post links..That's the link without the X'es so delete X from this link to go to the image hXttp://i4XX4.tinypic.coXXm/2w4g39j.jpgX
I really don't know what this can be.

I have the same problem! I noticed it a few weeks ago. The bar on top, when in full screen mode, is slightly brighter/lighter compared to the rest of the screen. I can see it the most when using the browser. The screen looks slightly more yellow compared to the grayer (or something like that) bar. Remember the bar is not actually there, just the discoloration in its place. I have no idea what is causing this and I'm hoping it's not hardware related.

It ain't hardware if it shows up in a screenshot. Looks like the exact dimensions of the status bar, almost as if it's compositing it or it's shadow placeholder where it expects it to be. Try a different ROM, or install the Simplistic Framework and try changing the status bar's colour and transparency setting, see if it makes any difference.

vanButton said:
It ain't hardware if it shows up in a screenshot. Looks like the exact dimensions of the status bar, almost as if it's compositing it or it's shadow placeholder where it expects it to be. Try a different ROM, or install the Simplistic Framework and try changing the status bar's colour and transparency setting, see if it makes any difference.
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I wrote that.It doesn't show up in screenshots.I edited a blue picture to look exactly like my phone screen.The problem I think it's the screen itself.And the reason for why I edited a picture is that as I said my shooters can't spot it.Any ideas?Also I use the stock ROM ,un-rooted..Everything stock ,including the notification bar.I just have a custom launcher wallpaper and widgets...

It shows up when you turn the phone in landscape mode as well. It remains on the side as a vertical discoloration where the notification bar resides when in portrait mode. I'm not pleased to say the least.

Techweed said:
It shows up when you turn the phone in landscape mode as well. It remains on the side as a vertical discoloration where the notification bar resides when in portrait mode. I'm not pleased to say the least.
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Exactly what's happening to me.

Made in china phones r crap..made in korea by samsung is gud quality

If you have the warranty the warranty, why not use it? Since the problem is from the phone itself.

This is same like what happen to OG note..i thought sammy already solve the problem when they using RGB instead of pentile on our note 2.. this is not good...
I check mine, so far nothing yet. But i afraid now!!
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naimmkassim said:
This is same like what happen to OG note..i thought sammy already solve the problem when they using RGB instead of pentile on our note 2.. this is not good...
I check mine, so far nothing yet. But i afraid now!!
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I also thinked that it won't happen on Note 2 too ,but here it is.I'll go further and I'll send it in the service ,after my holiday ends.This thread is good to maintain active because it may help people that also came along this problem

I always set brignest to auto and screen movie mode. So maybe it did save mine from that problem
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naimmkassim said:
I always set brignest to auto and screen movie mode. So maybe it did save mine from that problem
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My phone was on Dynamic and Full Brightness all the time.I love oversaturated and bright screens.LOVE AMOLED <3

Well I found a solution to the problem. It takes time to pull off and is still a work in progress for me but it's working.
I created an image that matched the resolution of the phone screen. I then made a rectangle at the top of this image that presents the exact size of the status bar and colored it white. The rest of the image was colored black.
I installed an app that keeps the screen on without dimming when plugged into the charger. Overnight I display the image I created with the screen set to stay awake and don't dim at full brightness. So what you see is a black screen with a full brightness white strip where the status bar is supposed to be.
This process quickly "ages" the status bar area and it slowly starts to match the rest of the screen. I've been doing it for almost a week and the difference between the two sections of the screen is starting to diminish. I bet a couple more weeks of this and the difference between the two sections will be gone.

I got the problem as well. And I'm telling as many people as I can because I'm annoying like that. Seriously, I hate the fact that I spent such money on faulty phone...Samsung galaxy note 2. <blech>
Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.

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[APP/EXPERIMENT] Yellow tint test

Ok so I just wanted some1 to test something for me. I want to know if the yellow tint can be cancelled with a gradient overlay. So done an little app to test this.
Need some1 who has this yellow tint really bad and can see it very easily.
Again this is just a test and may amount to nothing, I need volunteers as I don't have this defect enough to see it accurately at 20% brightness.
The app is safe as there is no burn in mode yet. Just the ability to custom create a 3 point gradient from left to right with variable pixel widths for each segment.
So if anyone can test that has this really bad, that would be great.
IMPORTANT:
This little app has no burn in method yet so completely safe.
THIS IS NOT A THREAD TO ***** OR COMPLAIN AT SAMSUNG!!!
All I want to know is does this cancelling gradient help.
Start, Mid, End buttons set the settings panel to control the points (LEFT to RIGHT)
P = position
R = red
G = green
B = blue
A = alpha
So if you have a yellow tint, then you want to start with blue and alpha etc!
Updated the app to default all 3 points to 119,119,119 a 255 so the starting points are the same col as the bg
UPDATED
Not ment to be that user friendly at the moment
If it does actually do something, then I will probably have nice sliders and ability to save setting etc. Just cant be arsed doing that if it's a none starter.
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Mine has the yellow tint on the left side but I'm having trouble figuring out how to use this app. It does seem to be changing gradients.
I should have made the gradients to default to gray, will alter and put new version up later today, may do a little vid on how to use also
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updated and put in 2 lines to make it easier to show you where to look
Cool app. Seems to help if you tweak it right. What exactly does the "BURN" button do?
dinan said:
Cool app. Seems to help if you tweak it right. What exactly does the "BURN" button do?
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Well, if some1 can manage to do an inverse gradient to their yellow tint, then I would enable saving in the app, and enable burn-in, that does just that, full brightness pixel values for extended periods of time to tint the display inversely to the yellow tint, thus attempting to lessen the effect.
Ideally I want some1 with a bad example tint who also has no way to return their phone to try it

Image burn in.

Yup. Notice it in YouTube videos. A line all the way across where the soft keys end and sometimes you can see the outline of the home button.
What do?
I didn't think this would happen, but it did...
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Smokeey said:
Yup. Notice it in YouTube videos. A line all the way across where the soft keys end and sometimes you can see the outline of the home button.
What do?
I didn't think this would happen, but it did...
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What colour home button have you used the most? Blue by chance?
White.
However I understand blue pixels die/burn easily.
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It's not technically burn in. Think of it as reverse led fatigue The leds that make up the navbar are burning brighter due to less time on them and where you can see the button images is where the leds have been used. On the first gen galaxy's some would make entire screen white and put it at full brightness and let it sit on overnight.
good day.
We've posted this many times, yes the screen gets burn in. That's why I hide the top and bottom bar each day to use those pixels frequently. I also reduced the height of the buttons. My burn in is basically gone.
I know the screen burns in. This thread isn't about a new discovery. This thread is about what I should do about it. I disabled the soft keys and am using LMT Launcher now.
I'd like to use the normal keys, but want them to hide. Like how the task bar in windows will hide. Any apps you may know of that do said feature?
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SAme problem here... I have some icons ''burned in'', im trying a 10 hours white screen youtube video now, maybe it will work.... You guys have other ideas?
I can recommend using Display Tester by gombosdev Its free and supports ics fullscreen option in settings. Use the dead pixel test to display a single color. I got burnin for red only for the pixels that have not been 'exercised' top and bottom.
I was expecting burnin eventually but not that the 'black' pixels would burn in and certainly not that the red color would be affected and not the blue.
I started seeing this after only a few weeks
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Smokeey said:
Yup. Notice it in YouTube videos. A line all the way across where the soft keys end and sometimes you can see the outline of the home button.
What do?
I didn't think this would happen, but it did...
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Sounds more like a result of dead pixel.
Cause of the nature AMOLED's working, a dead pixel causing an entire line of pixeld distorting and then dead after some time.
P.S. Oh sorry, its not, readed it wrong
Yeah I hide the bars once a day. Also I make my button color green, and signal and click etc green since that is the most robust color, and also green text looks sharper since there are twice as many green pixels as blue and red. So it looks good too.
How bad it is, when I have a lot of blue on screen? How long it can last ? And is damage permanent? Stock JB has quite a lot of blue pixels and I would also like to use some themes like http://droidviews.com/2012/iphone-4s-ios-theme-for-miui-v4-update/
Does any ROM have the ability to set white notification and soft-key areas? I'm very keen to try and even out my reverse burn-in problem.
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Does any ROM have the ability to set white notification and soft-key areas? I'm very keen to try and even out my reverse burn-in problem.
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For notifications and the soft key bar, I believe you would have to use a theme. The only rom I know that has nav bar coloring abilities built-in is Codename Android.

Darker display where the 3-dot menubar used to be

Anyone else has the display darker, where they have or had the 3-dot menu bar ?
I noticed this earlier, but didn't pay attention to it. But the part to the softkeys is visibly darker, as the part next to the HTC logo.
When using gmail for example, or just the dead pixel test on white. I can see that its not even.
Normal, lightning issue, faulty device? Or has it something to do with the soft keys?
Visibly darker means I can see it. But I am also able to spot pentile matrix miles away. So the average person might not see it.
Not sure I can capture it on pictures as well. Will try maybe later.
Which rom are you currently using? I havent noticed anything on CM10 or ViperX.
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Am stock, but I noticed this as I bought it few days-weeks after. Even as I had the 3 dot (now rooted with 3 dot fix ) is visible more.
I do not think its a ROM or maybe even SW issue. Seems to me like the display just isn't evenly led.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus - Blue Line on Screen Edges Issue

Greetings,
I just purchased my Samsung Galaxy Nexus but I noticed after some months of use, some strange blue lines that appears only on blue, grey or specially light colors as white backgrounds. I am very upset since I bought this good cellphone but noticed the screen issue. People told me that those blue lines where just a software problem but the thing is that I recently upgraded from 4.2 JellyBean to 4.4 KitKat and those annoying lines still appear on specific backgrounds. I forgot to mention that those blue lines appear in full-screen mode where the notification and the digital buttons bar are when they hide while in that mode, for example: when playing games, visualizing text or images, watching videos on Youtube (all of it in full-screen mode). You got the idea, right? Its like when the full-screen mode is on and the functional bars of the Nexus fade, it is supposed to be the same color as the whole background, but not; it appears like a tone of blue instead. This has nothing to do with the camera by the way.
I now think that the issue is related to some problem with the screen and hardware. I don't really want to replace the whole screen with a new one since Nexus screens are very expensive. I can't claim a warranty as well.
So, the questions are:
¿Does anybody have or have had the exact or similar issue as me?
¿Can someone please explain me what's going on and give me a solution?
I will leave few images bellow where the blue line is more visible:
1st Picture: When Youtube is loading the video, the notification and digital-button bar are gonna fade to play the video in full-screen mode.
2nd Picture: While the video is playing in full-screen mode, on the edge of the screen where previously was the notification bar, the blue line appeared, you can see it easily.
3rd picture: While reading any type of text or viewing a picture in full-screen mode where the notification and digital-buttons bar fade, the blue line appears again and its very easy to see it.
4th Image: This case is different, on a background with dark blue and black colors, there is some blue tint effect that is slightly notorious, the picture taken from the camera doesn't show it very well.
Same here
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exkubik said:
Same here
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Yeah dude, it really sucks and its kinda annoying when watching videos or reading something. Google should make something about it on future cellphones!
If you fix it or at least reduce the blue shadow a little please notice me, I am very upset about it. :crying:
My „blue lines” appeared after I dropped the phone
Seems like standard Galaxy Nexus AMOLED burn-in. Try something like this but dont expect too much.
Screen burn in. I have it too. There's no fixing it on an AMOLED display without replacing the screen. This is my first and last device I will buy with AMOLED.

[Q] Shiney white Spot!!!!

Guys can you help me out with this, its a simple doubt I don't know what it means....Please look at the picture attached and you will find white bright spots(4'o clock position in the image). What is it
P.S IT(THE SPOT) CHANGES ITS BRIGHTNESS INTENSITY WHEN EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT COLOURS, WHEN BLACK ITS ALSO FULL BLACK.
Have you hit the screen or dropped the device recently?
Looks like you have a stuck pixel,try using a video of an off tune signal to see if it fixes,might have to run the video for a few hours.
This might fix: http://www.jscreenfix.com/
Not sure if it's possible to run on a tablet though..
johnisme said:
Looks like you have a stuck pixel,try using a video of an off tune signal to see if it fixes,might have to run the video for a few hours.
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I tried many stuck pixel fixing application... Still no use...

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