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I noticed as soon as I turned my Nexus on today that there was a line across the screen that looked like dirt under the display.
It is only noticeable on low brightness but the auto brightness set the phone to minimum when I turned it on so I saw it. I can only also see it on bright backgrounds like the forum - it is not visible on dark backgrounds or the home screens.
Does anyone else have this issue? I will return it soon and get it replaced but I am wondering if this is widespread or I was just unlucky.
Try turning the brightness right down and looking at this page and see if you see any lines/marks under the glass.
I have a line as well but it's quite small so I'm not really bothered.
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Few very feint lines here too. Setting phone to fixed second lowest brightness setting and they vanish though.
This issue is on the gs2's too.
if you go to every forum of a phone that launches you will see the same complaint. its a plague
Spinstorm said:
I noticed as soon as I turned my Nexus on today that there was a line across the screen that looked like dirt under the display.
It is only noticeable on low brightness but the auto brightness set the phone to minimum when I turned it on so I saw it. I can only also see it on bright backgrounds like the forum - it is not visible on dark backgrounds or the home screens.
Does anyone else have this issue? I will return it soon and get it replaced but I am wondering if this is widespread or I was just unlucky.
Try turning the brightness right down and looking at this page and see if you see any lines/marks under the glass.
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I can also see two faint grey vertical lines on either side of the screen if I have a light (white) background and brightness settings 1-3!
I haven't come across any other issues, I only noticed it after reading this thread and now its in bugging me. But I love the handset.. better than I expected!
Are these lines normal or do I have a duff handset? I have a couple of weeks to change it if necessary but I am also aware of the stock availability due to high demand.
Anyone else in same situation (O2 UK handset)?
I have the same issue on the lowest brightness, but not on the highest. It is also very faintly noticeable on my SGS2 on the lowest brightness. On my Omnia 7 (samoled) it is also very visible on low brightness, I think it is an amoled thing.
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Exactly even the iphones with it's tinting issues SGS2 with it's Blotches in the dark
and the glass isn't perfect around the bezel
people just look for this stuff
I don't understood if this lines means defective screen or if all phones will have this lines.
I have the same thing on my Galaxy Nexus. I guess it's just a thing with Super Amoled screens, rather than a defect.
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I have the same thing on my Galaxy Nexus. I guess it's just a thing with Super Amoled screens, rather than a defect.
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+1 Just as I said in my post above I have 4 amoled screen devices and they all it to some effect. Do not worry, your phone is fine.
could someone please post a picture so i can see what you guys are talking about? i'm curious to see what it looks like since i don't notice this on the samoled screen on my nexus s.
I had that issue with 2 evo screens. I would also get dead pixels or blotches.. Just have to get lucky with one I guess.
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+1 Just as I said in my post above I have 4 amoled screen devices and they all it to some effect. Do not worry, your phone is fine.
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why is fine if it seems to have a problem?
do you think that it is normal to have lines on the screen?
can you tell for sure that every phone have that lines?
I have the same thing on minimum brightness. Its best seen by using a white image as wallpaper and having nothing on your far left and far right home screens. I have many vertical lines. When I scroll the home screen all the way over to the left until I see the blue gradient appear, the gradient varies in shades exactly where the lines are.
I noticed it as soon as i first powered on the device, same as the OP, as it was set to minimum brightness but I dont generally notice it any other time. I dont recall having the same problem with my galaxy S2
how many have devices like this? It doesnt seem to disappear on mine until about half brightness up.. and even there i can slightly tell. is this a problem on most phones or only some? Also with light usage i'm losing over 10% per hour, doesnt seem right at all
All AMOLED screens have that issue at low brightness, it just varies from phone to phone. Give it a few charge cycles before you start looking at the battery. The battery on my Nexus drained extremely quickly when I first got it but it's been lasting longer and longer with each passing day (3 so far)
My screen is the same, you need to be at half brightness to get a decent image. Auto brightness in full darkness makes you think that the screen is totally broken.
yours has like bands of a different shade too? mine has one thick one on the right of the screen and it's pretty annoying.. about to go into the city tomorrow to exchange it but if there all like that then i dont know
I went in to the store, and they said that they wouldn't switch it out.
Mine looks fine at lowest brightness. I use mine mostly at.about 10% brightness and look great.
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Yes ! I thought that mine was also broken. It is good to know i am not alone .
can we get a screenshot?
Would it even show in a screenshot? Yes, it's AMOLED... that's the way it is. More than worth it.
It wouldn't show in a screenshot since this is a hardware related issue. And I don't think it's normal if it has brighter spots like explained. Mine isn't as smooth as you would expect either at lower brightness levels but it is not like explained by the OP.
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All SAMOLEDs sacrifice clarity and color representation for slightly better black levels. Just the nature of the screen technology. All 4 Samsung models (and all 7 phones) I've come across have it.
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Mine looks fine at lowest brightness. I use mine mostly at.about 10% brightness and look great.
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in denial???
I've never seen the banding effect before, and this is coming from someone in a household with two out-of-commission Galaxy S', two GSIIs, a Focus, and my Nexus. The PenTile screen door effect can get to me if I'm looking for it, but that's the only SAMOLED issue I'm familiar with.
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I actually like the slightly grainy look mine has at lower brightness levels
Would Voodoo Control be compatible with this? It was an awesome feature that my Nexus S had!
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Not only is mine grainy at low brightness, it also has a pink and green tinge (in opposite sides of the screen)
It doesn't seem to happen on the 1st gen AMOLED (Nexus one, not grainy at low light) or S-AMOLED (Galaxy S, it did have an overall blue tint, but it was on the WHOLE screen)
Not completely noticeable, but would have expected better. At 40% or higher, its barely noticeable.
Got the same problem 40-50% and its barely noticable, any lower and i can see much distortion.
I know its a hardware thing but is this something that might be fixed with a future update or are we stuck with this?
The screen will look grainy on white/grey backgrounds at lower brightness settings, but there should not be any vertical/horizontal banding on the screen.
My first phone had a vertical bar of banding going down the entire screen, and bothered the crap out of me. Went in this morning and had it swapped with a Nexus that has no issues. For the price that we're paying for this phone (especially those with International unlocked imports) it better be perfect.
yup, i only ever see it in one place (the grain), and thats on the store before anything loads (an all gray background). Don't see it on white or anything else... that i know is pentile.
Galaxy Note is similar at lower brightness levels, must be AMOLED.
iPhone 4S is best if reading at lowest brightness levels is very important,
but in brighter light the Nexus and Note look amazing.
Hallo friends, i read lot of about problem with this kind of display( pentile matrix)
I have vertical and horizontal banding too. But this one is something what is bothering me much more.
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Hallo friends, i read lot of about problem with this kind of display( pentile matrix)
I have vertical and horizontal banding too. But this one is something what is bothering me much more.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/imgp5137v.jpg/
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That's nothing to do with the Pentile Matrix! Definitely a defective screen, return it to the store and ask for a warranty replacement. The 'banding' is more to do with the AMOLED screen technology rather than the Pentile, as it was present on my SGS2, but is generally only visible under certain conditions (background colour/brightness).
Regards.
Is it visible on colors other than grey?
Sure, on blue background too,sometimes on white.(poarws photo with blue background) It depends on brightness.
More visible at white background with high brightnes.
More visible at blue and grey background with lower brightnes.
It does have to do with the Amoled technology, but I doubt it's a defective display. You can try to exchange it to see if it really is defective or not.
I have some vertical and horizontal banding only with lowest brightness at the white background.
With maximum brightness no lines or whatever
AMOLED has a few imperfections here and there, so it's not surprising. But if it's bothering you too much exchange it for another one, it could have less prevalent issues.
Just performed a test using screen test app my screen looks great.
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How high is brightness with test screen
Mine is fine too but 60 percent and more.But this one issue bother me pernament ( no matter if 30 or 70 percent brightnes)
Tuesday iam going for a new piece, hope that will not be affected worse than mine
Try viewing those shades of grey on your phones, it's usually the most problematic color. Use a low brightness setting (around 25%) at a dim environment.
This exists on all OLED screens. Its the exact same on my Nexus S. It has nothing to do with pentile matrix, but OLED.
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Yes i had nexus one galaxy s galaxy s II so i can compare,nothing like that before that.
50-60 percent of brightnes
I have the Galaxy Note and it has the same panel as the Galaxy Nexus albeit at 1280x800 instead of the Nexus's 1280x720. (Super AMOLED HD with Pentile sub-pixel arrangement)
My screen is great. The whites are brighter than they were on the Nexus. The Nexus displayed whites with a yellowish tint especially on low brightness. Plus I can't seen any banding on the screen and I have tested it on White, Red, Blue, Green and Grey backgrounds.
Im getting a new Galaxy Nexus in a couple of days. Since this unit is from a later batch I hope that there is no banding on the screen too.
Funny, I have a similar issue to Delarock's on my Galaxy S2, manufacturing date is 19th of October. I'm still thinking whether to replace it or not since since it's only visible on dark'ish grey, I couldn't replicate it on lighter greys, white, or any other color at various brightness settings.
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Yes i had nexus one galaxy s galaxy s II so i can compare,nothing like that before that.
50-60 percent of brightnes
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the same on lowest brightness...
so I always set up my phone to the hightest brightness
Hard for me to get a good photo but you can see the same problem on my NEXUS S screen. Its just a characteristic of OLED displays in general.
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Really similar to the screen on my new Galaxy Nexus. I didnt notice the diagonal right away but that is certainly more significant. My screen a rosy hue in the bottom half and especially the lower left.
I'd love to see a similar picture of someone who says that their screen doesn't have it.
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So are some of these screens defective? Or is it really just the nature of the beast?
How does one tell what manufacturing date their device was made to? Would I be able to go to a store and exchange for a datecode that shows no banding issues?
I am having the same issue ... another thing I notice is weird issues with the camera while in a dark room. If I have my camera on in a low light room, I get this weird "dancing" of black blotches in the really dark areas of that room.
I like all solid black wall paper, I find the fastest easiest way to get it is to turn off the camera flash, put my finger over the lense and take a pic. Worked for every other phone I have but the GNex. I get a weird blotchy image ... now I am on GNex#3 (other 2 I returned for different issues) and I have noticed this camera thing on #1 and now #3. With the first one I assumed this was normal ... but after going from the second one to the third I see a HUGE difference in screens. With phone #2 I was able to do the phone/black wallpaper with no weird distortion. Now the really strange thing is that that same pic taken with the second phone (that displyed pure black on that device) shows up blotchy on device 3.
Hope this makes sense to someone lol cuz reading it back I sound crazy.
I just hope the folks at the Verizon store don't give me a hard time trying to get another one!
Hey Guys,
I just got my GSM Nexus about 2 days ago from Germany (Ordered it online and my uncle bought it here in India for me). The phone is AMAZING! I love everything about it! Specially the screen... but I just noticed something. I was going through some thread regarding the screen of the Nexus. My phone has some serious contrast issues.
The black (Pure black), on the screen is perfect. Say for example - The navigation bar. But when the phone is on low brightness level, the greys turn into purple! This is a common issue, I know, just keep reading..
At low brightness level, I can see the grains on the screen, they are very much visible and all the greys turn into purples! NO idea why! It's actually really annoying, my keyboard, my settings background and notification drop down literally turns purple.
So searching for this issue, I tested the screen through this - http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php - The first black, IS PURPLE ON THE PHONE. The background is pure black but the first black sample is purple!
I just noticed that even on 100% brightness I can see the grains and there are some purple stuff I can still see! Specially the starting of the gradient on the Settings menu.
I'm really worried right now. I have the bill/invoice of the phone. The warranty period is 2 year but I'm not sure whether they'll replace the phone's screen here in India through warranty or not. If not, I'll be so depressed.
Any idea as to what I should do?
I would contact them about the issue being resolved through warranty. The only thing I would be worried about if they did cover it would be if they exchanged it for a new one and it ended up having the same problem(since it seems somewhat widespread from what I have read). Not sure how the warranty works though. Best of luck to you!
I went through 3 Galaxy S II's before finding one that had an acceptable (but grainy) display.
My Galaxy Nexus has annoying SAMOLED issues as well, such as vertical lines and color banding, graininess, spots, etc. All I can say is don't expect a perfect screen, even if you get a replacement.
The biggest problem is - The Galaxy Nexus has not been launched in India -.-
I just sent a mail to the head of Samsung service but didn't get a positive reply they're saying that the replacement of the screen will be costly. Really disappointing.
I am really sorry to see that Samsung won't replace this phone. I had this same exact issue with the purple tint especially on low brightness. It is very noticeable on certain backgrounds or shades of black where it suddenly turns purple. The best example I could find was putting the standard color gradient wallpaper that comes with ICS and turn on the clock program and with the brightness on low turn the clock to dark mode and the purple shows up all over the place. It is quite annoying because this affects everything you do with the phone. Luckily I was within my 30 day trial period so I could get it replaced. The new phone is perfectly fine.
Had this happen to me on my replacement phone. Took it in to verizon and the reps thought I was crazy. I tried to explain that it was mostly visible with low light levels and that they should take it into the back and look at it but they just stood there. So, my third phone should be here today and I am going to be pissed if it has any issues.
I still think this is a great phone regardless of the above issues
Yeah I don't think it's the OP's phone that has the problem. I think all Galaxy Nexuses have the same problem.
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Really disappointing though. I paid a hell lotta money for this thing It's the GSM version..
I always assumed that this was the standard color pattern of the Gnex. Mine has it, and I've gone through 3 screen replacements so far and all of them had it.
From what I heard Supercurio might be working on Voodoo Color for the Galaxy Nexus so hopefully it will be able to adjust the colour balance so the grey looks more grey. As for the grain effect I don't think there will be a way to fix that since from what I read it is caused by pixel inhomogeneities.
Anyway if it makes the OP feels any better once you get used to it you hardly notice the problems at all unless you specifically look out for it. Any screens you buy have some sort of imperfections and the Galaxy Nexus's is definitely one of the least imperfect.
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It took me 3 exchange to get rid of purple but now I have vertical banding.
Quality control sucks...it just that simple.
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I don't have any grain, but my keyboard looks purple from ~20% and lower brightness. Bit of a shame, it's the only chink in this phone's armor so far, but it ceases to become an issue at ~50% brightness, which I use. Until now I thought it was a part of the ICS colour pallette as even pulling up a sample of dark grey on Google doesn't replicate the purple
Such a weird issue this is! I also have an HTC Sensation with Vanilla ICS 4.0.3 - The greys are perfect due to the SLCD panel, no grains too!
But meh, whatever! The Nexus's screen is sexy! So pure! (At high brightness levels)
I'm always going to love it
Okay great news! I talked to the manager of Samsung Mobile India CC - He agreed and told me to visit the nearest service center. But now it depends on the SC to change the screen or not.
I think this is just normal for this phone...I just got mine and its purple too...no biggee... still an awesome screen.
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I think this is just normal for this phone...I just got mine and its purple too...no biggee... still an awesome screen.
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Exactly! Do you have a grainy screen too?
My first Galaxy Nexus seemed perfect, I didn't even know about these screen problems, because mine didn't have them and I so I really ignored topics about screen problems.
Then I swapped it out for a cheaper open box Galaxy Nexus. Now I'm seeing a purplish tint to my dark wallpaper when I have the brightness level down. And more troubling is I seem to have a grainy effect mostly visible on grey backgrounds at any brightness level (I see it a lot with the Market and Kindle apps). I don't seem to have a grainy effect with other colors though that I notice.
Little disappointed. But don't think there is much I can do because it was an open box. Doubt the retailer would let me exchange it. Does Samsung offer warranty support for the i9250 in the US? I go to Samsung's support website and enter my i9250 model number and it just says invalid.
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Does Samsung offer warranty support for the i9250 in the US? I go to Samsung's support website and enter my i9250 model number and it just says invalid.
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Just find a service e-mail ID and send them a mail! That's what worked for me! They'll reply back by the next day. Try to convince them as much as you can!
The purple may be common, but it's certainly not normal. My first GN had deep blacks and very nice neutral greys. But it had two dark blotches that were visible on a black background without having to be in total darkness - just evening lighting would make them visible. But the colors were similar to the Nexus S it is replacing. The replacement GN I got has the normal amount of graininess at low light settings, which is acceptable to me, but the colors have a very purple tint and the contrast is not very good - holding it up between the first GN that I have to ship back and the Nexus S makes the purple and low contrast very obvious. Maybe third time will be the charm....
Just bought a new Zplay 1 week ago. I noticed on dark (not total black) colors that my top right screen corner is a bit brighter that the other parts of the screen. This brightness expands from right too to the middle. My question: is it fixable? Should i ask for a replacement device from Motorola's service (will they accept it?) or stick with this device and live with that? From previous experience from other services, usually i got the older phone back in worst condition than it was before. Anyone else with same problem?
I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.
Btw, fantastic device :fingers-crossed:
Amoled displays cannot have backlight bleeding since they have no backlight. Try downloading a pure black image, turn your brightness to maximum (no auto brightness) and see what you get. If you can still see something, then you might have a defective oled display. Motorola customer service might try to turn you down with the usual "Back light bleed is totally normal (it is normal on IPS LCDs to an extent)", since they more than likely dont know the difference between an IPS LCD and an AMOLED.
Or you could try turning up your brightness to maximum and just activate moto display and see if you can see anything.
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Amoled displays cannot have backlight bleeding since they have no backlight. Try downloading a pure black image, turn your brightness to maximum (no auto brightness) and see what you get. If you can still see something, then you might have a defective oled display. Motorola customer service might try to turn you down with the usual "Back light bleed is totally normal (it is normal on IPS LCDs to an extent)", since they more than likely dont know the difference between an IPS LCD and an AMOLED.
Or you could try turning up your brightness to maximum and just activate moto display and see if you can see anything.
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On pure blacks i see nothing. The display is perfect. On the other hand i get to see a difference on other colors, mostly darker greys, for example on Chrome's empty tab panel where the color is a bit gray, there the problem can be seen. I'm don't know if this is natural or not. I will upload some pics to get an idea
Probably burn in on the screen from your status bar.. Also check the nav bar area too
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Probably burn in on the screen from your status bar.. Also check the nav bar area too
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Doesn't look like burn-in issue. Here the pics
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Doesn't look like burn-in issue. Here the pics
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That's not normal, you should get a replacement
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Doesn't look like burn-in issue. Here the pics
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Could be screen temp issue. Maybe wasnt calibrated correctly.
Id suggest get a screen test app , bring up a white color and see if that side has a yellow tint. If so its a color temp issue or also could be color distortion. Get a new one.
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Could be screen temp issue. Maybe wasnt calibrated correctly.
Id suggest get a screen test app , bring up a white color and see if that side has a yellow tint. If so its a color temp issue or also could be color distortion. Get a new one.
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Today i sent it back to the store for a service check. They said if there is any issue with the screen i will get a new one or a refund. The thing is, i don't realy trust the technicians. Most of them are crappy
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Today i sent it back to the store for a service check. They said if there is any issue with the screen i will get a new one or a refund. The thing is, i don't realy trust the technicians. Most of them are crappy
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Bestbuy where i live sucks if the issue is minor they wont sent it back for a new one.
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Good news, they gave me back the money. I will go for a new one.
My moto z plays dispay is slightly on the warmer side (whites are not pure white, a bit of yellowish). Initially i haven't noticed this but when compared this with redmi note 3 then i can see the difference where redmi note 3 colours are more vibrant.Is it normal? Or some issue with the screen?
I just checked m display and it's full black like the deep space, which was obvious since is an AMOLED display and all black pixels turn off to not show anything when they are black.
Ur Moto-Z seems like it was a LCD version lol! Good u get ur money back.
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I just checked m display and it's full black like the deep space, which was obvious since is an AMOLED display and all black pixels turn off to not show anything when they are black.
Ur Moto-Z seems like it was a LCD version lol! Good u get ur money back.
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Technically the pics are not pure black backgrounds so in thay case the pixels are not off..
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My moto z plays dispay is slightly on the warmer side (whites are not pure white, a bit of yellowish). Initially i haven't noticed this but when compared this with redmi note 3 then i can see the difference where redmi note 3 colours are more vibrant.Is it normal? Or some issue with the screen?
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Check ur display with display teaster app
U can get from playstore
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Check ur display with display teaster app
U can get from playstore
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This is my go to app for testing screens, white and grey. Grey is usually the easiest to tell issues on with an amoled. This showed the terrible G-flex 2 panels weakness (greys were horrible on that screen)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinyroar.amoledburninfix&hl=en
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This is my go to app for testing screens, white and grey. Grey is usually the easiest to tell issues on with an amoled. This showed the terrible G-flex 2 panels weakness (greys were horrible on that screen)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinyroar.amoledburninfix&hl=en
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Check ur display with total black background...not grey
Amoled usually checked with black background..& see it in dark invirment if any light visable ..if any light visable than ur display is faulty...
AMOLED displays always has to be TOTAL black, since there is not lamp providing light like in LCD and LED panels.
Obviously, there is a problem with the screen. If it does not affect the use, it does not matter, but if you can not accept such a screen, you can replace a new moto z play screen by yourself. This is a maintenance tutorial for moto z play screen. You can watch this to learn how to repair your moto z play.
Probably a defective model you got. Great you got the refund.
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Good news, they gave me back the money. I will go for a new one.
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try this one Swift Black Substratum Theme +Oreo & Samsung theme