[Q] Low brightness screen flicker - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

I got my nexus 7 today, but around 30% brightness the screen will start to flicker like a candle and it's pretty unbearable. I was wondering if this was a softwarw problem that could be fixed or whether I should just exchange it for another one.

joshyc5 said:
I got my nexus 7 today, but around 30% brightness the screen will start to flicker like a candle and it's pretty unbearable. I was wondering if this was a softwarw problem that could be fixed or whether I should just exchange it for another one.
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Same problem if the environment light is not stable, the light sensor is so sensitive that will make the problem happen. The Nexus 7 1st has this problem too. The AUSU' offical explanation said that the problem is normal situation. Unbelievable!!!

hmm.. I dont see to have this issue? Are you able to provide steps to replicate it?

R930 said:
hmm.. I dont see to have this issue? Are you able to provide steps to replicate it?
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No I'm not, it happened today while I was visiting a friend. I just dropped my brightness down to about 30% and this horrible flickering just started, I got home today and I can't seem to replicate the problem.
Taking it back on Saturday anyways because I was watching a movie and oh god, I got some BAD light bleed.

joshyc5 said:
No I'm not, it happened today while I was visiting a friend. I just dropped my brightness down to about 30% and this horrible flickering just started, I got home today and I can't seem to replicate the problem.
Taking it back on Saturday anyways because I was watching a movie and oh god, I got some BAD light bleed.
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I haven't seen a lot of this reported at all really. Before you return, if you could, take a short video of the issue happening. I'd be curious to see what it looks like. It does sound like a bad panel, though; so definitely let us know how the new one works out.

I just got my nexus today and have experienced this flicker issue within 10 minutes of use , I'm happy to say I immediately came to my trusty xda app for answers and as usual found one !! Seeing that I'm not the only one having this issue I'm thinking its a hardware problem.
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I read about this here or some place else and if I remember they said not to lower brightness below 40 for those with the issue.

Asus_USA said:
I haven't seen a lot of this reported at all really. Before you return, if you could, take a short video of the issue happening. I'd be curious to see what it looks like. It does sound like a bad panel, though; so definitely let us know how the new one works out.
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My actual camera has been lost for like uh, 4 months lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_UmftjzZI
This is exactly what happened to me, also I can reproduce it while having my brightness in the 20-50% range while having a subpar wifi signal.

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Flickering screen

I have noticed that my screen is flickering ever so slightly in all applications. it is bearable but slightly annoying. Could this be hardware related and will I have grounds for a warrenty replacement? should I wait and see if any OTAs resolve it?
Everything is stock. Brightness is set to auto.
I have problems with shadowgun crashing when there is an explosion etc. possibly related?
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Yeah, i noticed this too on my One X I've mostly seen it while my mobile data connection was on, and it seems to decrease a lot but not completely disappear when it's off. I also got a weird message yesterday while charging, saying something along the lines of "your phone is using too much current, -" (the message was in dutch, not sure what the exact message is in english) my phone turned off before I could completely read it. I wonder if those issues are somehow related. Maybe the screens backlight isn't getting enough power when the radio is on. Anyways, I'm not an expert, so don't quote me on that.
I also heard the tegra 3 drivers are buggy, so shadowgun crashing and performance drops etc. will hopefully be resolved in future updates.
I've got it as well I think it's a driver issue the last thing I want to do is go for a replacement and that to have more dud stuff as this is the only dud thing on mine. Everything else is fine apart from flickers now and then.
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JimmyEatFood said:
I have noticed that my screen is flickering ever so slightly in all applications. it is bearable but slightly annoying. Could this be hardware related and will I have grounds for a warrenty replacement? should I wait and see if any OTAs resolve it?
Everything is stock. Brightness is set to auto.
I have problems with shadowgun crashing when there is an explosion etc. possibly related?
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hey jimmy go to Menu->settings-> Developer options and untick all the option restart your phone and magic..... screen flickering will disappear
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backstabz0r said:
Yeah, i noticed this too on my One X I've mostly seen it while my mobile data connection was on, and it seems to decrease a lot but not completely disappear when it's off. I also got a weird message yesterday while charging, saying something along the lines of "your phone is using too much current, -" (the message was in dutch, not sure what the exact message is in english) my phone turned off before I could completely read it. I wonder if those issues are somehow related. Maybe the screens backlight isn't getting enough power when the radio is on. Anyways, I'm not an expert, so don't quote me on that.
I also heard the tegra 3 drivers are buggy, so shadowgun crashing and performance drops etc. will hopefully be resolved in future updates.
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@backstabz0r for screen flickering pls refer to my earlier ans and for your problem which you got warning message thats common warning you get when you have put phone in charge and if you using it for gaming which consumpts more nergy then, message will be" battery consumption is more then the supply"
so suggest ou to let battery get charged till 30 % and then use it for gaming or any other apps
I've read a few threads here regarding the flicker and it seems some people are confusing flicker with something that I really don't know what to call.
Flicker for me is when there's a stroboscope-ish effect, like when you place your sight just above an old CRT monitor, or when a fluorescent light is on it's last breath. Not when what you see on the screen makes random movements a few pixels in any direction.
I have flicker on my HOX. But it's only noticeable on lower brightness levels. This happens in all applications and in settings menu, everything with white or light grey background, so not related to badly written apps. But I wonder if this really CAN be software related? Has this happened with other models from various manufacturers?
mertzi said:
I've read a few threads here regarding the flicker and it seems some people are confusing flicker with something that I really don't know what to call.
Flicker for me is when there's a stroboscope-ish effect, like when you place your sight just above an old CRT monitor, or when a fluorescent light is on it's last breath. Not when what you see on the screen makes random movements a few pixels in any direction.
I have flicker on my HOX. But it's only noticeable on lower brightness levels. This happens in all applications and in settings menu, everything with white or light grey background, so not related to badly written apps. But I wonder if this really CAN be software related? Has this happened with other models from various manufacturers?
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I've got what your describing quite a few users have. I believe it could be down to the drivers for the Soc. Might just need a driver update. Only the next update we can tell if this fixes the issue or not. We need to pressure HTC regarding this issue.
nikzDHD said:
I've got what your describing quite a few users have. I believe it could be down to the drivers for the Soc. Might just need a driver update. Only the next update we can tell if this fixes the issue or not. We need to pressure HTC regarding this issue.
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But is it really possible that a driver issue can cause flicker? I've never seen it before.
I tweeted @htcdev earlier today about it but no response yet. I wonder what the best way to make htc aware of this is. Contacting their lousy customer support feels pointless, it won't reach the people who actually can make an impact.
mertzi said:
I've read a few threads here regarding the flicker and it seems some people are confusing flicker with something that I really don't know what to call.
Flicker for me is when there's a stroboscope-ish effect, like when you place your sight just above an old CRT monitor, or when a fluorescent light is on it's last breath. Not when what you see on the screen makes random movements a few pixels in any direction.
I have flicker on my HOX. But it's only noticeable on lower brightness levels. This happens in all applications and in settings menu, everything with white or light grey background, so not related to badly written apps. But I wonder if this really CAN be software related? Has this happened with other models from various manufacturers?
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This is what I have, but its far worse on higher brightness levels.
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Right guys untick animations in Developer options, restart give it a while, go into camera you'll notice glitches, play a YouTube video you'll notice green bar on the left hand side of the screen in full screen mode. Untick animations and this disappears. It's worrying not sure what to do now.
Edit: can't repeat this but will keep trying as something did trigger it off for the screen to go like that.
Yeah, with flicker I didn't mean anything like having low fps when scrolling through stuff. I meant a quite noticable fluctuation in the brightness of the backlight if that makes sense. It is indeed quite like a CRT monitor with a low refresh rate. I haven't seen it yet when my screen brightness was high, but I'm not sure if it doesn't occur on higher brightness settings. It is also not constantly flickering, It only seems to act up when my mobile data connection is active, although I have seen a very slight flickering with data turned off. I really hope this isn't a hardware issue, the rest of my phone is pretty much perfect and I'd rather not send it in for a replacement after all the trouble I had with my sensation :/
I have the flicker issue, the screen flickers near the center a little bit to the right though, and it is reall irratating, but i can only see it when viewing pictures and on greys.
I hope it isn't hardware!!
tried all the ideas given to stop it but none work for me, still seems to flicker
Me too
I have the screen flickering too.
Im reluctant to return it as apart from this the handset is solid.
It on appears on certain colours making me think its software related.
I also have the exact same flicking issue. From what I have heard it is a software issue rather than a hardware issue. Just to be on the safeside though I am returning my One X to Phones4U for a replacement. Will be interesting to see if the replacement has the same issue.
I made a thorough check yesterday. I downloaded a brightness control app where you can write what brightness level you want so i tried from 3% which was the lowest possible step by step up to 15%. At 15 the flicker stops so its not 30 as I said before. this is my only issue too so I dont dare to replace it just to get a worse phone. My sister is getting one next week so gonna compare them.
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I noticed this too, but i believe its a software issue only. When I unlock the phone, the screen flickers while sense runs and the three menu button appears then goes. Once its all settled its fine. I believe this is to do with sense rather than a phone issue, and will be addressed via OTA.
nickp123 said:
I noticed this too, but i believe its a software issue only. When I unlock the phone, the screen flickers while sense runs and the three menu button appears then goes. Once its all settled its fine. I believe this is to do with sense rather than a phone issue, and will be addressed via OTA.
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Not so sure about it being a specific Sense issue as I have noticed the screen flicking in 3rd party apps such as Spotify.
has anyone had theirs replaced yet? this is doing my head in! really noticeable on a grey background
johnbhoy89 said:
has anyone had theirs replaced yet? this is doing my head in! really noticeable on a grey background
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Phones4U are sending me out a bag to send it back so hopefully should have a replacement by Monday or Tuesday.
dr9722 said:
Phones4U are sending me out a bag to send it back so hopefully should have a replacement by Monday or Tuesday.
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I phoned dialaphone there, i made them aware of the problem with my phone, told them if it wasnt fixed with the update then I would like to replace my phone, told me I had until next tuesday to see if its fixed, until I reminded her about distance selling regulations which gives me 28 days from receiving the handset.
johnbhoy89 said:
I phoned dialaphone there, i made them aware of the problem with my phone, told them if it wasnt fixed with the update then I would like to replace my phone, told me I had until next tuesday to see if its fixed, until I reminded her about distance selling regulations which gives me 28 days from receiving the handset.
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You do indeed have 28 days to return your phone however I wouldn't count on HTC releasing an update before then

amazon, all One X are faulty :(

Hey guys,
today i spoke to amazon germany about the one X, because i had already 3 faulty devices and all devices had the same issue, screen flicker.
The amazon worker said, they tested all devices and every device was faulty, now they are waiting for a statment from HTC. I think its very sad especially for the people who waited for their device, HTC shame on you -.-
picxar said:
Hey guys,
today i spoke to amazon germany about the one X, because i had already 3 faulty devices and all devices had the same issue, screen flicker.
The amazon worker said, they tested all devices and every device was faulty, now they are waiting for a statment from HTC. I think its very sad especially for the people who waited for the device, HTC shame on you -.-
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This is very well known issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617009
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Just a bad batch.
Over here in Ireland, very few if any people have had to return faulty devices.
yeah but not in this dimension, i thought a bunch of devices were faulty but not that much, what do you think hardware or software?
The store were I swapped mine 3 times also said there is no "sense" in swapping for a 4th as they are all flawed.
when they cant fix the issue through an ota, then its gonna be expensive for HTC
picxar said:
when they cant fix the issue through an ota, then its gonna be expensive for HTC
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They may be able to fix it through an OTA. A lot of early ICS ROMs for the Rezound had screen flickering problems, but they've since been worked out. At least there's hope!
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If only the level of attention AntennaGate got becomes as widespread for HTCs woes...then we might all get a free case - oh wait that won't fix the Wifi issues, or the flickering...or the yellow spots...
And the transformer prime had the.same.issue, it took 4 ota to fix it. I think I have seen people say it is possibly tegra related
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picxar said:
Hey guys,
today i spoke to amazon germany about the one X, because i had already 3 faulty devices and all devices had the same issue, screen flicker.
The amazon worker said, they tested all devices and every device was faulty, now they are waiting for a statment from HTC. I think its very sad especially for the people who waited for their device, HTC shame on you -.-
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While the problem is very real, I highly doubt that Amazon ripped open lots of boxes and started testing the phones. There are seals on the tape on the side of the box and they wouldn't have been able to resell the device after opening it I think they probably re-tested the faulty ones returned and judged by the number of returns that there was a general fault. By the way, it is easy to determine if your phone is a new never used one or not. When you switch the phone on, if it takes ages to start, going black for a while, it is new. If someone had switched it on, even if they didn't do anything, and switched it back off again, it would not take long to turn on the next time, due to fast boot. Since the fast boot setting is always on after a factory reset, I believe it is impossible to get the phone back into a state of "reset + long boot".
Also, having now been on my 6th phone, every single one of them had flicker. They were not all built at the same time or bought from the same store. I found a test case that could make any of them flicker
1) Battery below 50%
2) Brightness set to 40%-50% (varies a bit from phone to phone)
3) Go to the XDA forum web page on the phone. As the page is loading up, focus on the background and will see flickering as the CPU activity increases during rendering
I think there are two types of flicker. One that happens all the time on some phones most visible on grey backgrounds. And another type of flicker that happens at certain brightness/battery/cpu levels.
Another test case is:-
1) Set brightness very low, such as 20%
2) Go to app/play store
3) Choose "My Apps"
4) This may only work with a considerable number of apps..I tried it with 60. Rotate to landscape, watch very carefully the grey background...and then when the white re-appears, watch the brightness change upwards after it settles.
5) Rotate to portrait and watch again at the grey, then the white brightness levels
A friend bought a HOX just recently and it shows as well on these 2 test cases.
I bought my HOX from an italian ebay seller (a month ago: htc23) and device has arrived with an Amazon Spain package.
Never had any issue: no screen flicker, no flex ..no gap
When you have to set it up just to see it flicker that shows it's NOT an issue in my eyes - 'battery less than 50%, turn brightness to this level, etc.'
I have my phone on auto brightness, let the battery run to nothing sometimes and I have NEVER had the screen flicker. I'm saying there might not be a problem but when you get it under very precise circumstances I think you're deliberately looking for a problem...
EddyOS said:
When you have to set it up just to see it flicker that shows it's NOT an issue in my eyes - 'battery less than 50%, turn brightness to this level, etc.'
I have my phone on auto brightness, let the battery run to nothing sometimes and I have NEVER had the screen flicker. I'm saying there might not be a problem but when you get it under very precise circumstances I think you're deliberately looking for a problem...
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I didn't go looking for the problem. I stumbled across it. I am very analytical, so once I find a problem, I determine the test case that produces it. I didn't return any of my phones for this problem. They all had other issues, such as screens that were not seating properly, one that displayed the left part of the image on the right side and vice versa (really weird that one), one that had a massive blue splodge near the middle of the screen etc etc
jonstatt said:
I didn't go looking for the problem. I stumbled across it. I am very analytical, so once I find a problem, I determine the test case that produces it. I didn't return any of my phones for this problem. They all had other issues, such as screens that were not seating properly, one that displayed the left part of the image on the right side and vice versa (really weird that one), one that had a massive blue splodge near the middle of the screen etc etc
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That I can accept but this whole flickering issue seems a bit far fetched. I've got VERY good eyesight but cannot see anything wrong with my phone so I either have a perfect one or I'm just not bothered by it
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picxar said:
yeah but not in this dimension, i thought a bunch of devices were faulty but not that much, what do you think hardware or software?
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Not that much? How many does Amazon DE have in stock? 20? If it's more than that I highly doubt they opened every single unit to determine they're "faulty." The flickering's s/w and any phone is subject to it. Not all do, but all could. Last announcement on May 2 was HTC identified the issue and was working on an update specifically to address it. You're better off waiting until that fix is released.
ciubeca said:
I bought my HOX from an italian ebay seller (a month ago: htc23) and device has arrived with an Amazon Spain package.
Never had any issue: no screen flicker, no flex ..no gap
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you are so lucky! mine is an ht23 too, but it does have flickering and suffers when pressing the LCD left side. HTC says it's normal for an LCD which is pressed, i've tried to explain them that this happens only on screen borders, that most devices have no flex issues and so on.....they don't want to replace it.
really disappointed.
my first and last htc for sure.
EddyOS said:
That I can accept but this whole flickering issue seems a bit far fetched. I've got VERY good eyesight but cannot see anything wrong with my phone so I either have a perfect one or I'm just not bothered by it
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Indeed, but also how often are you staring closely at the screen while a web page is loading. It hasn't really bothered me but if it was flickering the whole time on a grey background, that would certainly annoy me.
Don't think I've ever seen a panel phone, tv or monitor that doesn't flicker under certain circumstances if you really look for it. Unless of course it's happening all the time in which case something is wrong.
My One X? No problems here as far as I can tell and I'm not about to start to try and make them happen either.
Don't forget also - everyone's eyesight is different. Anyone familiar with rainbow effect on DLP projectors? Doesn't affect everyone - it's something to do with the way the brain interprets the signals.......
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Federic0 said:
you are so lucky! mine is an ht23 too, but it does have flickering and suffers when pressing the LCD left side. HTC says it's normal for an LCD which is pressed, i've tried to explain them that this happens only on screen borders, that most devices have no flex issues and so on.....they don't want to replace it.
really disappointed.
my first and last htc for sure.
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Strange, as my last 2 had that issue. Made a youtube about it, send the link to HTC support and they contacted me. They told me that it was not the way an One X panel should react on pressure. Got a refund after the 3rd one, now I'm struggling what to do with my premium navigation license.
EddyOS said:
That I can accept but this whole flickering issue seems a bit far fetched.
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If its far fetched why have HTC admitted to the problem in one of the many threads raised by users facing this issue?

Screen Flicker - Just experienced it and its reproducible...

Hi all, I am on my second device but had up until now never experienced screen flicker at all.
I open up power settings, click on the graph at the top and I can see a the graph kind of lightly pulsating/flickering. I've tried it on fixed brightness levels and automatic and seems to do it on both.
Anyone else able to test it and see if they see it too ?
mgdew said:
Hi all, I am on my second device but had up until now never experienced screen flicker at all.
I open up power settings, click on the graph at the top and I can see a the graph kind of lightly pulsating/flickering. I've tried it on fixed brightness levels and automatic and seems to do it on both.
Anyone else able to test it and see if they see it too ?
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Not having a go but why have you opened a new thread for this when there are loads already?
mgdew said:
Hi all, I am on my second device but had up until now never experienced screen flicker at all.
I open up power settings, click on the graph at the top and I can see a the graph kind of lightly pulsating/flickering. I've tried it on fixed brightness levels and automatic and seems to do it on both.
Anyone else able to test it and see if they see it too ?
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Tried it on low to high and auto.Not a single flicker.
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cjm1979 said:
Not having a go but why have you opened a new thread for this when there are loads already?
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because I am not convinced what I am seeing is what others are describing in the other threads as screen flicker, hence why I described it.
If its not appropriate then feel free to get someone to delete the thread.
No flicker here, HT245
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I'm on an HT23 device, bizarre, I've asked a couple of colleagues here at work to check it and make sure its not my eyes playing tricks on me.
Nothing on my HT23.
Before this gets closed.......I'm convinced not everyone can see the flicker and those who can may well experience it to different extents.
Sadly, I can see the flicker of DLP projectors all also know as "the rainbow effect" whereas many others cannot.....
flicker may not be the correct term, its like a really minimal strobe effect, its like the voltage to the brightness is being constantly altered by a couple of percent rapidly.
It's visible on my phone by myself and some colleagues using 50% brightness fixed and auto
and as I said in post 3, if people think this should be in another thread, or I have violated any rules and annoyed people please feel free to get a moderator etc to delete the thread.
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flicker may not be the correct term, its like a really minimal strobe effect, its like the voltage to the brightness is being constantly altered by a couple of percent rapidly.
It's visible on my phone by myself and some colleagues using 50% brightness fixed and auto
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I have provided test cases for how to reproduce this kind of flicker before. Today I reviewed another two HOXes of colleagues and so far I have not found a single HOX that I cannot make flicker. I know some are defiantly stating their phone doesn't do it. Maybe there is one out there. But I am now up to 8 phones that I have made flicker and I have yet to be shown one I cannot get to do it!
However, all of them require the battery level to be below 50% to make it reliably happen.
And yes, my wife insists she cannot see the flicker...so not everyone may realise/see it anyway.
There are 2 huge threads about the same thing btw, screen flickering...
I have the exact same thing also. It's not only in the battery menu but sometimes when i'm viewing pics, on screen with grey color is dominant it is visible more but i am used to living with that already since it's a known bug and software related, it is going to be fixed for sure in the upcoming updates. And yes, my wife and some of my friends can also see it happening, the strobe effect, trembling kind of thingy that is hard to explain.
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I have provided test cases for how to reproduce this kind of flicker before. Today I reviewed another two HOXes of colleagues and so far I have not found a single HOX that I cannot make flicker. I know some are defiantly stating their phone doesn't do it. Maybe there is one out there. But I am now up to 8 phones that I have made flicker and I have yet to be shown one I cannot get to do it!
However, all of them require the battery level to be below 50% to make it reliably happen.
And yes, my wife insists she cannot see the flicker...so not everyone may realise/see it anyway.
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just fyi, i went through 4 phones, all flickered, then 5th and 6th didn't flicker at all. so there are some out there that genuinely don't flicker.
I see it too. As if the refresh rate isn't correctly set.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617009
Keep it in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597448
Or here.
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There are two components to what people are referring to as "flickering."
1) Nvidia PRISM controls (or tries to) the backlight to save energy.
NVIDIA PRISM Display Technology - PRISM (or Pixel Rendering Intensity and Saturation Management) reduces a mobile device’s backlight power while simultaneously enhancing the pixel color to deliver the same visual quality with substantially extended battery life.
It's more noticeable than it should be and is an issue on the Asus Prime also. We may have to live with it in some form.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542367
2) Graphics issues including "flickering," task bar corruption, funky appearance of the camera app and others are related to the Teg3 graphics drivers which are supplied by Nvidia. HTC acknowledged in the thread this should have been posted in that they identified the problem on May 2 and an update (not 1.29) was forthcoming. The Prime experienced this too and it took multiple updates to resolve. Let's hope Nvidia/HTC gets it right in one shot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617009
Keep it in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597448
Or here.
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Thanks for the reply. Like I have said twice happy for someone to delete or lock this thread if it's not appropriate.
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Are these defects?

So i'm having 2 issues
1) you can see in the 2 of the pictures there is an area of yellow discoloration. I had this problem back when I got an iphone 4 and returned it the next day. But because wirefly has such crap return policies I rather keep the phone if this really usually is a temporary thing while the "glue settles" as been reported in the past
2) I'm getting this heat error when I try to increase the brightness of my screen. Today is the first time I tried upping it beyond the normal 63% due to trying to check out this discoloration issue. Note I did have an otterbox on my phone at that time but I wasn't doing anything CPU / GPU intensive. It seems a little ridiculous that the heat would not let me raise the brightness just on normal use.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same type of issues
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So i'm having 2 issues
1) you can see in the 2 of the pictures there is an area of yellow discoloration. I had this problem back when I got an iphone 4 and returned it the next day. But because wirefly has such crap return policies I rather keep the phone if this really usually is a temporary thing while the "glue settles" as been reported in the past
2) I'm getting this heat error when I try to increase the brightness of my screen. Today is the first time I tried upping it beyond the normal 63% due to trying to check out this discoloration issue. Note I did have an otterbox on my phone at that time but I wasn't doing anything CPU / GPU intensive. It seems a little ridiculous that the heat would not let me raise the brightness just on normal use.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same type of issues
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I got the heat issue one time... i've seen others say they got it as well. I don't normally have my brightness that high though and when I got the message it wasn't really very hot. It does heat up during games and stuff though.
ippikiokami said:
So i'm having 2 issues
1) you can see in the 2 of the pictures there is an area of yellow discoloration. I had this problem back when I got an iphone 4 and returned it the next day. But because wirefly has such crap return policies I rather keep the phone if this really usually is a temporary thing while the "glue settles" as been reported in the past
2) I'm getting this heat error when I try to increase the brightness of my screen. Today is the first time I tried upping it beyond the normal 63% due to trying to check out this discoloration issue. Note I did have an otterbox on my phone at that time but I wasn't doing anything CPU / GPU intensive. It seems a little ridiculous that the heat would not let me raise the brightness just on normal use.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same type of issues
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I am having the same issue. I bought mine last night from Best Buy.
Thanks guys, i'll wait and hope a future firmware fixes the heat. It didn't feel that hot in hand. The yellowing looks better today.
I put mine on the charger 30 minutes ago and the discoloration was gone, but as I was using it you could see that it was returning..
Not having any of those issues. Just traded my GS3 last night for this and loving it. Was able to get the screen to the full 100%. I normally keep all my phones displays at 0%. I guess I have sensitive eyes. Unless in sunlight.
The screen not being able to go to 100% is not a defect. It has been discussed in a lot of reviews for the phone both att version and Sprint version. As far as the yellowing of the screen if it doesn't go away soon I would say it's a defect.
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Thanks for the info Wally! I haven't seen those reviews, can you point me to them. So you would say not being able to go to 100% after just normal use is something that should be normal for a phone?
Speaking of defects, has anyone else noticed the color-banding issues on the display? Is there a way to re-calibrate the gamma on the display (As I'm sure that's the reason for the banding effect)?
Yep, I have the yellow screen at the bottom as well. Bought at best buy last night. Probably going to exchange it, but waiting to see if it goes away after some use.
Update::
I guess this is good news. The yellowing on the bottom of my screen has faded to almost half the amount it used to be. Its still not totally gone yet, but it does show promise. Perhaps this is the same issue that many iPad users had with the adhesive curing with heat and use.
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I had this same issue yesterday i went back to sprint and traded it for another one completely gone now. So it's defiantly a defect, It was weird it took a while before it showed up. If you can get an exchange do that
Exchanged mine as well. The new screen is much better. Seems like its a bit hit or miss.
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cassix said:
Exchanged mine as well. The new screen is much better. Seems like its a bit hit or miss.
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Hmm I'm going to go into a store and check out their display to see if they viewing angle on it are good because mine aren't that great.
Never had heat issue, and I always use 100% brightness. Never had screen discoloration either.
You got a dud.
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Screen issues ?

Hi there,
Someone gifted me this phone and from first day of usage,
I'm having very strange issue with it's screen.
Its screen stress my eyes and make my eyes red if i look at it for above 15 minutes... Even in lowest to sub-lowest brightness.
Same issue was faced by one who gifted me this phone.
I want to ask that someone else is also facing the same problem or there's some fault in my unit?
I can't really figure out the problem my self, and to be honest i never had this problem before. Even thought i spent hours with my old 3.5" android phone and it never stressed my eyes or made it red.
HQuser said:
Hi there,
Someone gifted me this phone and from first day of usage,
I'm having very strange issue with it's screen.
Its screen stress my eyes and make my eyes red if i look at it for above 15 minutes... Even in lowest to sub-lowest brightness.
Same issue was faced by one who gifted me this phone.
I want to ask that someone else is also facing the same problem or there's some fault in my unit?
I can't really figure out the problem my self, and to be honest i never had this problem before. Even thought i spent hours with my old 3.5" android phone and it never stressed my eyes or made it red.
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Try using the screen filter app from the play store. It reduces the screen brightness as maybe that is the problem. I also recommend seeing a doctor as this could be very bad for your eyes.

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