Had a replacement from cpw the other day and now I have a dead pixel at the center of the phone so it's very visible but only on white background. Looks like I'll have to get another replacement . anyone else had pixel problems?
Yup! It's very hard to get a phone now days without getting at least one dead pixels. ALL of my past 7 phones have had at least 1. Ive gave up caring xD
vimto25 said:
Had a replacement from cpw the other day and now I have a dead pixel at the center of the phone so it's very visible but only on white background. Looks like I'll have to get another replacement . anyone else had pixel problems?
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Wow you can see a dead pixel on this phone? Lol
Yep it's bang center in the middle and cus I no it's there it annoys me lol
Dead pixels can happen to anyone on any device, its just bad luck - I had two nexus 4's with dead pixels and ever since that I have made sure that I check the screen as the first thing I do on any device.
There are good screen test apps in the Play Store.
Finally got a dead pixel after 2 weeks of normal usage, no root, never overheat, cased, stored in dry box every night.
definitely a defective hardware. i use a tiny droplet of water to magnify the dead pixel.
when i return it to the shop for a new device, they decline my request :crying:
and i have to wait 2 more weeks until LG official service center have the titan screen replacement, said the procedure of replacing it only took 30 minutes
Ive had to return my g3 due to dead pixel been waiting for nearly two weeks for the repair centre to assess the phone. Sucks because the g3 was only 3 days old
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Got my G3 and ran all the color, pixel and screen gamut tests, no problems.
Then, three weeks later, I noticed it has a hot/stuck pixel now, not a dead pixel, a hot pixel, that was not there when I first ran the tests.
Only shows up on light colored or white backgrounds as bright white. Dark colors it doesn't show.
It's not visible under normal use unless you're looking for it or know where it is. Unfortunately for me, I know where it is and I'm always looking at it.
I got a dead pixel 2 days after my phone. Judging by the size it's probably a bunch together...
How to check dead pixels ?
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How to check dead pixels ?
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Don't even look for it. Once you start caring about dead pixels, there's no turning back. If you're not noticing them now, I'd recommend not finding out.
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Download Dead Pixel Test, run it, look for anything the resembles a dot not being the same color as the rest of the screen. If there's one dead, it'll be black. If there's one stuck, it'll be the wrong color. Good luck with your future LCD testing.
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I just got my g3 replaced due to dead pixels
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I have an odd pixel right in the middle of the screen. When I run Dead Pixel Detect (which you can find in the Market), it is lit in the following ways:
- on a white screen, it seems red;
- on black, it seems black;
- on blue, it seems blue;
- on red, it seems red;
- on green, it seems black;
- on yellow, it seems red;
- on cyan, it seems black;
- on magenta, it seems magenta.
Does anyone know what kind of faulty subpixel(s) this is about? Is it a dead green subpixel?
I think it's just a stuck pixel because if it was black all the time, then it would be a dead pixel. Try JScreenFix from the Marketplace and pray that fixes it:
try http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.jscreenfix.android
Well, I'm sure that it isn't a dead pixel indeed but it seems to be a dead subpixel. :-( I already tried that JScreenFix app but it hasn't made any difference so far.
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Well, I'm sure that it isn't a dead pixel indeed but it seems to be a dead subpixel. :-( I already tried that JScreenFix app but it hasn't made any difference so far.
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Technically, I think it may not possible for an AMOLED to get a "stuck pixel" like you would get on a normal LCD screen. The fact that you are getting a red pixel on a white screen, most likely means that the G & B (as in R,G,B) are dead.
Traditional LCD screens produce different colours by passing a charge through a kind of lens that twists producing different colours as the light passes through it. A stuck pixel happens when one of these lenes gets jammed and stops twisting, which is why you can sometimes fix them by flashing loads of colours on the screen rapidly, it sort of rattles the pixel loose.
If you've got a pixel that's displaying the wrong colour then it's broken rather than stuck.
I am not sure what else you could try to fix this... is it still under warranty? Realistically, I think having it replaced is your only option.
I have exactly the same problem a 'pink' pixel on the screen which is mostly visible on light backgrounds. Did anyone try to exchange it for this reason? I bought it from t-mobile UK.
I know that in the past they would need a certain number of pixels to be faulty before they would change anything (tv-s, monitors, etc.) Is this true for this phone?
If they dont then just say it has a different problem, most operators send out the replacement and pick up the 'faulty' one at the same time.
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Technically, I think it may not possible for an AMOLED to get a "stuck pixel" like you would get on a normal LCD screen. The fact that you are getting a red pixel on a white screen, most likely means that the G & B (as in R,G,B) are dead.
Traditional LCD screens produce different colours by passing a charge through a kind of lens that twists producing different colours as the light passes through it. A stuck pixel happens when one of these lenes gets jammed and stops twisting, which is why you can sometimes fix them by flashing loads of colours on the screen rapidly, it sort of rattles the pixel loose.
If you've got a pixel that's displaying the wrong colour then it's broken rather than stuck.
I am not sure what else you could try to fix this... is it still under warranty? Realistically, I think having it replaced is your only option.
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Thanks for the explanation!
Well, I bought it 5 weeks ago so it should be under warranty although it is rooted. I can hardly see the dead subpixel (even though it is in the middle) so I'm not really concerned but I might consider contacting HTC customer service anyway.
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Thanks for the explanation!
Well, I bought it 5 weeks ago so it should be under warranty although it is rooted. I can hardly see the dead subpixel (even though it is in the middle) so I'm not really concerned but I might consider contacting HTC customer service anyway.
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No problem bud, although, if i were in your shoes, then i would unroot it and send it back for replacemet while still under warranty. Afterall, you paid for a product that should not have any defects, and something like a dead pixel to the screen would annoy the hell out of me
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No problem bud, although, if i were in your shoes, then i would unroot it and send it back for replacemet while still under warranty. Afterall, you paid for a product that should not have any defects, and something like a dead pixel to the screen would annoy the hell out of me
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Yep, I'll probably do so. The only thing is ... my Desire was Vodafone UK branded, and I unbranded it when rooting. However, there is no full RUU available for Vodafone UK handsets. However, in my opinion, HTC should not care about that since it's a hardware defect ... but no one seems to know their opinion about it.
Hi, I have my Defy for about a month and just now noticed 2 tiny stuck pixels of green/blue colour. They are actually visible only on black screen and in normal usage you can only find them if you know where they are, otherwise it only looks like a tiny particle of dust.
Since I only noticed it now it's too late for me to send it back
Have tried different software solutions and ran them over some nights, but nothing helped. So it seems they are permanent. I'm still on stock firwmare and havent flashed it yet.
It's sort of psychological thing... personally, I find it frustrating and it pisses me off because I know the problem is there and I have paid the full price for the phone to be perfect.
I was wondering how many of you experienced this and is there any chance that motorola would cover this problem under warrianty (in EU)?
My first Defy got a stuck pixel within the first week of me owning it. I phoned T-Mo and they sent me a replacement the next day. Before I did that though, I asked a T-Mo employee in one of their shops about it. He told me that if I couldn't get it sorted over the phone, to come back into the shop and they would help me get it replaced under warranty.
I don't really know how it all works but that was just my situation - hopefully it's of some use.
My defy that I just sold had two dead white pixels. One in the middle of the screen and one about the height of the volume rocker. Only visible on black screen though.
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I have about 5...does anyone else have this issue?
I have 2 dead pixels
Pristine and unblemished here. Sorry for your loss.
I've got one dead pixel. Not too worried about it though.
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Pristine and unblemished here. Sorry for your loss.
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Same here.
I got one :crying:...
I have another watch coming, I'm going to check that one and return the one with the most dead pixels.
One, but it just went away. Lucky me.
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Pristine and unblemished here. Sorry for your loss.
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Haha no loss here...just seeing if others had the same experience. Thanks though!
Just picked up mine, one dead pixel.. Apparently the first batch is mostly defective
None.
I have 1. Google Play is in the process of replacing the watch. I reported it to them the day I received it.
Really disappointing to see this issue be so common.
i received two silvers from motorola today... two stuck green pixels on both, same mid/upper left location.
I have about 4 dead pixels, best buy is going to replace it. They ordered me another one and I'll just return my current watch when it comes in.
Numerous dead or stuck pixels all over. Just got it today, contacted Motorola (bought it straight from them) and got a full refund, a return label, and a 10% promo code to purchase a new one.
I had one dead pixel. Just returned mine yesterday.
So, a buddy of mine ordered ours together and we both wound up with dead/stuck pixels: His had 2, mine had 5.
We don't want to be without them and potentially get stuck waiting for a couple weeks, since we got the silver ones and they seem to be in high demand, but I think we might just have to return/exchange them. It sucks because if his Best Buy wasn't closing down relatively soon, we could hold on to our current ones until the new ones came in but they have orders to the store disabled meaning we'd have to return them right away and ship the replacements to his place.
This is why I rarely, if ever, buy first gen/first batch electronics.
Hmmmmm I have one dead pixel barely noticeable but it's there.. Tempted to exchange it but don't want more dead pixel there.....
None here, pristine. I'd go insane if I had dead pixels. Dead pixels are the worst to me. My eye gravitates to them every time. I have a few on my work monitor and it drives me insane but they wont' buy me a new monitor and its out of warranty.
I traded 3 total.... Every one had 1 or 2 idea pixel..... I gave up.....
So, to see the dead or stuck pixels is everyone setting the brightness on 5 and going to a black screen (such as the about screen under settings)?
When I do this, I see a few pixels at the top of the screen and one in the lower left that appear to be stuck? However, without turning up brightness and being in a dark room on a black screen, I see none. I also can't see the stuck pixels on any other screen except for the boot up screen or this black about screen.
So I had my Nexus 7 2013 for about 1.5 years. It was not until now, that I realized that there is a dead pixel in the middle of the screen. It is really noticeable in dark backgrounds, such as black. The screen just displays a giant red dot, very obtrusive. Since my warranty from Asus has expired, I was wondering if anyone knew how I can go about resolving this?
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So I had my Nexus 7 2013 for about 1.5 years. It was not until now, that I realized that there is a dead pixel in the middle of the screen. It is really noticeable in dark backgrounds, such as black. The screen just displays a giant red dot, very obtrusive. Since my warranty from Asus has expired, I was wondering if anyone knew how I can go about resolving this?
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The information is a bit less to work out with. Do you have ghost touches or unresponsive screen in the middle or just dead pixels ? Add some more details and quote me back for a reply!
If you live in US, i have had from many people who delivered their nexus to asus and they replaced the screen for free actually. So give it a try.
Good Luck!
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The information is a bit less to work out with. Do you have ghost touches or unresponsive screen in the middle or just dead pixels ? Add some more details and quote me back for a reply!
If you live in US, i have had from many people who delivered their nexus to asus and they replaced the screen for free actually. So give it a try.
Good Luck!
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Hi,
The tablet still functions fine. Touchscreen and all works perfect. It is just dead pixels which show in the middle of the screen. I do not live in the U.S., so I am not sure how I can go about repairs.
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The tablet still functions fine. Touchscreen and all works perfect. It is just dead pixels which show in the middle of the screen. I do not live in the U.S., so I am not sure how I can go about repairs.
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I am afraid that is a hardware issue. I remember I got my nexus tablet in the UK from US on August 2 or 3. I had a bit of a defected piece. I wrote to ASUS UK and they replaced it for me and helped me fix it. Maybe you can write down to ASUS in your region and see what do they say and quote me back about it ?
So looks like my pixel XLs screen has uneven white tones. There is a slight pink tinge on the left side that you can see when the Night Light mode is on. Or any dark grey backgrounds. And white is warmer on the right than the left. Do you guys think this will go away or should I just exchange it? That's the only thing I find defective. Besides that, an awesome phone.
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So looks like my pixel XLs screen has uneven white tones. There is a slight pink tinge on the left side that you can see when the Night Light mode is on. Or any dark grey backgrounds. And white is warmer on the right than the left. Do you guys think this will go away or should I just exchange it? That's the only thing I find defective. Besides that, an awesome phone.
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Unfortunately colour shift is a well know amoled screen issue. Some phones have it more than others, its just a lottery on the type of display you get.
You could see if they will let you exchange for one and hopefully get a better screen.
I have couple of S7 Edge and had a one plus 3, those didn't have any issues. My Nexus 6P had it the worse and got it exchanged couple of times till I got the right one. I might have to do this for the pixel. Sigh... Hate that about AMOLED
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I went through 6 samsung s6's because of this. my note 5 and 7 were perfect.
At the price we paid i would exchange it until its near perfect.
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If it bothers you, exchange it. Samsung has gotten better this year - both my Note7's had ZERO color shift on white which was a first for me. So far my Pixel XL looks pretty great, but I haven't tried looking too hard to see if it is a problem.
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If it bothers you, exchange it. Samsung has gotten better this year - both my Note7's had ZERO color shift on white which was a first for me. So far my Pixel XL looks pretty great, but I haven't tried looking too hard to see if it is a problem.
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Samsung phones don't if you have the profile set to dynamic or whatever it is, it's the mode that over saturates everything. If you put it to natural then it's the same as the pixel.
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Samsung phones don't if you have the profile set to dynamic or whatever it is, it's the mode that over saturates everything. If you put it to natural then it's the same as the pixel.
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OP's thread title refers to white balance which would mean color calibration/profiles, but the content of his post is actually a problem with screen uniformity. Changing the color calibration is not going to do anything if his panel is not uniform in displayed color.
Bottom half of my screen is super pink. Top half and bottom half of screen are very different colors on white and gray screens. Used the support option in the settings menu. Will have a replacement coming in tomorrow.
I went through 3 6Ps until I got an even screen, they all had tints to varying degree but the last one I got was fine.
I'm going to get mine exchanged.
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Mine has is but honestly I have noticed it to a certain extent on every device I've had that had an amoled display (I have never owned a note or GS7 so I can't comment on them) but yeah, I noticed it right away. Mine is on the top half of the screen. I'm not sure if I'm going to end up exchanging it or not because I'm sure the next one will have it to an extent too and having them hold close to a G for every exchange really would suck. lol
I think some people notice more than other people. I know I notice it on other devices when the owner never does. I had a 6p that was really bad exchanged it and got one much better. I remember one dude exchanging his like 8 times and he said every single one had it.
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Mine has is but honestly I have noticed it to a certain extent on every device I've had that had an amoled display (I have never owned a note or GS7 so I can't comment on them) but yeah, I noticed it right away. Mine is on the top half of the screen. I'm not sure if I'm going to end up exchanging it or not because I'm sure the next one will have it to an extent too and having them hold close to a G for every exchange really would suck. lol
I think some people notice more than other people. I know I notice it on other devices when the owner never does. I had a 6p that was really bad exchanged it and got one much better. I remember one dude exchanging his like 8 times and he said every single one had it.
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Yeah I definitely notice them. I went through couple of Nexus 6P before I got good one. The galaxy S7 screens are basically perfect. Probably higher quality panels.
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Bottom half of my screen is super pink. Top half and bottom half of screen are very different colors on white and gray screens. Used the support option in the settings menu. Will have a replacement coming in tomorrow.
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Let us know how the replacement is. I'm debating exchanging mine but need to pay off my CC a little first before I have enough to cover a hold for a replacement.
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Let us know how the replacement is. I'm debating exchanging mine but need to pay off my CC a little first before I have enough to cover a hold for a replacement.
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Replacement arrived today. So far seems perfect. Brand new and screen is much better. No pink tones and white balance is perfect. Very glad I did a replacement now.
Setting up was so easy. Just plugged 2 phones together and it copied everything over to the new one.
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Replacement arrived today. So far seems perfect. Brand new and screen is much better. No pink tones and white balance is perfect. Very glad I did a replacement now.
Setting up was so easy. Just plugged 2 phones together and it copied everything over to the new one.
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Sweet. My replacement comes in tomorrow. That gives me good hope for a better replacement.
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Replacement arrived today. So far seems perfect. Brand new and screen is much better. No pink tones and white balance is perfect. Very glad I did a replacement now.
Setting up was so easy. Just plugged 2 phones together and it copied everything over to the new one.
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Sweet! Thanks for the update!
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Sweet. My replacement comes in tomorrow. That gives me good hope for a better replacement.
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Mine as well! I ordered it today and just got shipping notification. I'll post an update when I get mine. Hope I'm as lucky as NightHawk with my replacement :laugh:
Interesting. I called support today because my screen fades from white on the bottom to a creamy white at the top. This is with brightness at halfway. If it's at 100% I don't notice it, however it's way too bright to look at. Anyway, Google told me it was within standards and not replaceable.
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Interesting. I called support today because my screen fades from white on the bottom to a creamy white at the top. This is with brightness at halfway. If it's at 100% I don't notice it, however it's way too bright to look at. Anyway, Google told me it was within standards and not replaceable.
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I would call back immediately. That is not within standard and should be replaced. I would be furious if I got that response.
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I would call back immediately. That is not within standard and should be replaced. I would be furious if I got that response.
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They said if it's not noticeable within the top 1/3 of the brightness slider then its within spec. Honestly, it's probably something nobody else would notice, it's that slight. I wish there was some type of way to measure the white scale to prove I'm not crazy.
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They said if it's not noticeable within the top 1/3 of the brightness slider then its within spec. Honestly, it's probably something nobody else would notice, it's that slight. I wish there was some type of way to measure the white scale to prove I'm not crazy.
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They told me the same thing. I saw it more at 1/3 brightness. I notice it less at full brightness but I still notice it