Hey guys!
Yesterday I noticed the reflections off my 5X's screen seem to be distorted, especially around the top right corner of the phone. Isn't this a sign of a warped screen? When I reflect the same object off of my Xperia Z's screen, there is no distortion at all. Is anybody else having this issue? Should I contact Google about it? Thanks in advance!
I didn't notice that on my unit, maybe you should contact Google....
I see some warping of reflections, but not to any degree that worries me. However, it is alot more noticeable than that of my z2.
Nothing to worry about.
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Hello XDA, long time lurker here. Just got a new GSM Galaxy Nexus from negri electronics. Everything is as it should. First thing to do was to check the screen. Using a dead pixel app, I managed to find just one but felt like I could live with it (plus it has to be 5+ to be considered defective for negri electronics exchange).
The problem is I am noticing what seems to be a slight light leak/fade on the upper right hand of the screen. It's really not noticeable in any other colors except for gray/dark gray colors. Unfortunately, most of ICS apps (market, settings) have a band of gray on top which makes the right corner very apparent. I know that the gnex has pentile technology, and it seems that the rest of the screen does exhibit this sort of leakage/fade throughout but it is most obvious on the upper right. I'm not sure if it's attributable to a defective screen or is common amongst gnex
I'm also a bit worried due to negri's exchange policy and whether or not this would qualify. Tried to take a photo with my DSLR, can't capture it well.
Anyone else experience something like this, or noticed inconsistent quality with the display?
So I ordered a galaxy nexus on google play.
The screen for the most part looks great.
The greys are better than the galaxy nexus that my mom uses.
However I have noticed two issues.
There is some banding that you can see sort of in the pictures that i attached. Of course it is easier to see in real life than the pictures. IT doesn't really bother me that much though and I think my mom Gnex also has it. Seems to be in all GNex's.
The other issue that bothers me more is the light leakage in the lower left corner of the screen(looking at it in portrait). It is hard to tell in the pictures.
It doesn't really show on a black screen or during anything with colors.
The only time it seems to be very obvious is when in the settings menus. The grey background there for some reason shows it. The lower left corner is just brighter than the rest.
The one pictures shows the phone in landscape orientation, so the bottom left corner is the bottom right of the picture.
I am wondering whether I should return it at this point. It seems silly to me since everything else is pretty acceptable and its really not such a big deal. I don't want to be overly perfectionist with this cause its never gonna be perfect.
What do you guys think?
Thanks for your thoughts.
I think what you're seeing is normal. Mine looks like that from day one. I have slight purple at lowest brightness. Welcome to the internet. The world where normal phenomena can easily be turned into an epidemic and 1WS rules.
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I don't see any unevenness on either of mine in the same settings menu. If you're wanting encouragement to exchange it, then I would offer that encouragement.
The grainy-ness and banding, as you said, seems to be in all of the panels, but i've yet to see one that has brighter spots.
I know the average person wouldn't in a million years notice it.
But I inspect a device when it arrives and look for things like that.
I may just end up giving it to my dad for whom I plan to order a Gnex in any case.
But for me, I can deal with normal imperfections but I don't like things that are obvious like that.
Does anyone else have a little but of backlight bleeding on the bottom right of their 10?
Oddly enough it isn't visible on a black screen, only colors. Grey seems to be when it is most visible, such as the calculator app.
I think I might have a very slight amount of bleed. I never would have noticed it though unless I was looking for it.
jaredkzr said:
I think I might have a very slight amount of bleed. I never would have noticed it though unless I was looking for it.
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Same spot?
PR4X15 said:
Same spot?
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Yep. Lower right corner. It does seem to show up better on gray.
jaredkzr said:
Yep. Lower right corner. It does seem to show up better on gray.
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Hmm, interesting. It's definitely not enough to warrant an exgange or anything in my opinion.
Still kind of annoying though.
Almost all LCD screens have some form of light bleed. My G4 has light bleed around the edges, if you're in a dark room with moderately high brightness. Not noticeable any other time.
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Almost all LCD screens have some form of light bleed. My G4 has light bleed around the edges, if you're in a dark room with moderately high brightness. Not noticeable any other time.
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I suppose I'm surprised only because the M8 that I had exhibited zero bleed.
Like I said before, not a huge deal, just a bit curious.
I just noticed some light bleed on the exact same spot: lower right corner. Is your display a Tianma by chance? Can it get worse over time? To be honest, I didn't notice any bleeding on the M8 or M9 either, so I'm a bit surprised as well.
Light bleed should not get worse over time.
Either I'm blind or I don't have any bleed.
I'm kind of dissapointed of HTC quality. All my android phones are/were HTC but I think that their quality is getting worser. Month ago I've decided to buy HTC A9, first unit had crackling earpiece. Replaced it and the second unit already had burned spots on the AMOLED. Then I've decided to spend some extra cash and replaced the second A9 with HTC 10. The first unit had 2mm white spot 1cm above the fingerprint scanner. The screen was also a bit dimmer and at full brightness the LCD grid was clearly visible. There was also a gap above the earpiece from where I was able to see the headphone jack internals, so probably a few rain drops and the phone is bye bye. The second HTC 10 have some gaps here and there but nothing major...they'll fill with dust and durt over time, so there will be no gaps .and yes the there is backlight bleed in the lower right corner also smaller amount bleeding on the entire lenght of the upper part of the screen. I've noticed the bleed right away when I was still at store, but honestly I have never seen LCD without even small amount of backlight bleedind and also I gave up on finding the perfect HTC A9 or HTC 10 , so I'm keeping the second one and I'll try to forget about the price paid.
....I don't think that matters, but yes mine display is Tianma.
same here, fa67 black, tianma 2 weeks old
whiteness on the lower right (it seems bigger in calc app), above home button, but gently pressing and holding between scanner-home button disappears that.
i think there is a small gap in the screen, but this annoys me
Neither here, I have a Tianma panel, but I am struggling to understand where the light is bleeding?
Front of my phone is black, so screen is up against front black bezel, where would it bleed to ?
any chance for a photo example?
Anybody else noticing an extremely subtle light purple-ish haze on the edges of extremely low light photos - i.e. where the dark/black areas are in a low light photo around the edges?
It's subtle. It's a reach to see it at times. But this is an expensive phone, so I'm going to nitpick... It reminds me of the old issues with the HTC One M7 and some older Motorola devices, though on a much more subtle level. I'm probably crazy, but I know I'm seeing it at times.
Snapdragon S20+ here (Verizon variant)
Ok, so I realize it would've helped my first post with some photos and additional info. Please keep in mind, I love the camera on this phone 90% of the time, but this 10% is an issue that reminds me of the old days (per my first post). I have two sets of photos... First are the originals, uploaded, and added into Photoshop with a black "frame" to help you see the haze better. The second set is a photo from my iPhone of what those photos look like on my S20's screen. Reality lies somewhere in between the two. The second set over-emphasizes more than what I see on the screen, and the first set mutes it too much. These photos are night mode photos, which I realized after my first post helps to accentuate and show the issue.
Ultimately the problem seems to be how the software and/or sensor are handling the extremes when you have a bright light source as the focal point, and dark outer edges (again, reminiscent of oooold devices). Anyway, the photos are attached. Hopefully that help clarifies it a bit more. It's nitpicky, as there aren't many scenarios where this would come up. But it's a $1k+ phone... I feel like I'm allowed to be nitpicky.
Is it always on the left side of the phone screen? i.e. always on the top of the phone? or does it change to either side when you rotate the phone (could be on the top or bottom sides)? I have not observed this purple thint issue, but your third photo shows that it is extremely bad.
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Is it always on the left side of the phone screen? i.e. always on the top of the phone? or does it change to either side when you rotate the phone (could be on the top or bottom sides)? I have not observed this purple thint issue, but your third photo shows that it is extremely bad.
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No, it's more pronounced on the left there due to the lighting in that situation. But if you look at the fourth picture you can see it's relatively even on both sides where things start to darken.
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No, it's more pronounced on the left there due to the lighting in that situation. But if you look at the fourth picture you can see it's relatively even on both sides where things start to darken.
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I'm not saying it's normal, I too suffered from the HTC M7 syndrome but in those specific photos, is the purple haze coming from a TV light on your left? Is there any tv screen running when you took the pictures?
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I'm not saying it's normal, I too suffered from the HTC M7 syndrome but in those specific photos, is the purple haze coming from a TV light on your left? Is there any tv screen running when you took the pictures?
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No - no TV's on anywhere. The purple haze is coming from the especially dark areas.
Just checked on mine s20+ exynos, other than very minor green tint no issues, if i were you i would replace it asap - something isnt right
Klopers33 said:
Just checked on mine s20+ exynos, other than very minor green tint no issues, if i were you i would replace it asap - something isnt right
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I bought an unlocked S20 (+ was too large for me anyway) and tested it last night in the exact same spot and exact same scenario, and very little haze at all with no purple. I can see what it's trying to do - it's trying to lighten up those darker areas, but for some reason on that S20+ it was making it purple-ish and just plane ugly. It doesn't look "great" on the regular S20, but it's at least not purple and clearly just trying to lighten it up. S20+ is already on its way back for the return.
.. is the sound u get when tapping the screen also changing depending on where you tap the screen; meaning it sounds more low-pitched in the middle of the screen and more higher at the top and bottom?
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.. is the sound u get when tapping the screen also changing depending on where you tap the screen; meaning it sounds more low-pitched in the middle of the screen and more higher at the top and bottom?
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Jup. As this point I'd call it common knowledge, we have talked about this on XDA for about 9512 times already^^
We even have dedicated threads, the search engine is your friend here.
It has to do with how the screen has been bonded to the edge of the frame and what lies underneath the screen. It's also present on quite the number of other phones, like the new IPhone 13s.
And the beat goes on
thanks guys!
so lets get on to another screen issue (since i cannot find a display thread here): do u also have a reddish tint as soon as u slightly tilt the phone?
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thanks guys!
so lets get on to another screen issue (since i cannot find a display thread here): do u also have a reddish tint as soon as u slightly tilt the phone?
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Nope, not at all. I just checked most colors and tilted my phone in every direction, and for some odd reason I can't seem to find any sort of color tint. Even my white stays white in a ridiculous tilt, which never happened before with a pixel phone. All my previous pixel phones went a bit bluish when tilted. .Maybe my eyes have gone kaboom sh*t crazy, or I won the lottery ticket of this years display.
Some people here claimed / talked about a yellowish tint of their display, even though that was more of a general sort and also present when the phone was not tilted. I'm not able to reproduce that, so there is not much more to say.
Do you have a screen protector by chance? That one might be responsible for tint if tilted.