Mysterious orange dialog bubble. - Samsung Galaxy S9 Questions & Answers

Hi everyone,
So I am trying to help my brother with an odd problem. Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 10, all updates done. My brother noticed that the phone battery is draining faster than usual, nothing particular with data usage. The particularity is that an orange dialog bubble has appeared on the lower left of the screen. It stays there, over any app. If I take a screenshot, the bubble doesn't appear on the screenshot. The bubble is a bit transparent. I havent been a member here for long enough to post the picture.
It is pale, but it stays there no matter what. My guess is that it's a screen burn, but the bad performance of the phone and the battery makes me think otherwise. My brother also doesn't think he ever saw this orange bubble in any app. What are your opinions?

Its hard without seeing a pic. try to upload the screenshot on imgur and posting here the link (use spaces between dots to avoid censor)

alternageek said:
Hi everyone,
So I am trying to help my brother with an odd problem. Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 10, all updates done. My brother noticed that the phone battery is draining faster than usual, nothing particular with data usage. The particularity is that an orange dialog bubble has appeared on the lower left of the screen. It stays there, over any app. If I take a screenshot, the bubble doesn't appear on the screenshot. The bubble is a bit transparent. I havent been a member here for long enough to post the picture.
It is pale, but it stays there no matter what. My guess is that it's a screen burn, but the bad performance of the phone and the battery makes me think otherwise. My brother also doesn't think he ever saw this orange bubble in any app. What are your opinions?
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we need a pic
effry said:
Its hard without seeing a pic. try to upload the screenshot on imgur and posting here the link (use spaces between dots to avoid censor)
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^^^ this ^^^

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Very strange screen problem(amoled)

Undere the normal status/notification bar there's something like anoter status bar stucked...for example when i start the phone,there's the htc logo on a white screen,and in the highest part of the display I can see a status bar but it's like if it's under the white screen becouse it's difficult to see.
Also when something goes into that part of the display it changes a bit the colors,like if there's a sort of veil over...
what can i do?
here is a pic
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as you can see...in that part i can see a clock stuck at 18.38 and other notification symbol .-.
I'd put my money on screen burn-in.. have you by any chance had the screen on for hours on end? then that would explain it.
bortak said:
I'd put my money on screen burn-in.. have you by any chance had the screen on for hours on end? then that would explain it.
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hope no xD there are any solution?becouse it's a bit annoying
BurningKoala said:
hope no xD there are any solution?becouse it's a bit annoying
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Is it like that on ALL other ROMs? If yes then it's a hardware problem and you can a) contact HTC b) change your screen yourself.

3-D Texting!

Hi everyone, forgive if anything like this is already up (I searched and found nothing). But I completely customized the text messaging appearance so that it takes advantage of the pure black that the AMOLED uses.
(This is all using the app: "Handcent SMS")
I downloaded "handcent SMS" went into settings --->custom style--->bubble settings:
Here is where I Changed Conversation style to: Android
Background color: pure black (all colors to zero)
Incoming background and outgoing background to: pure black
(By then everything should be black)
Now this is what makes the effect happen:
I adjusted incoming font color to pure red (255)
Then I put outgoing font color to 138-Green and 255-Blue
I adjusted both fonts to size 22.
I Also noticed that the date font color also helps with the effect and I have mine at 83-green.
So once you have all these setting in place, the pure black and the incoming red font should look like it pops right out at you, while the blue outgoing font color sits in the back!!!
I noticed the effect pops out more outside or whenever theres a more light in the room!
(First write up, forgive if I'm not as thorough as I should be)
Give it a shot, mess around with the colors!
Interesting effect. I do like the glossy black background. Though I found the pure red to be too harsh. I settled on official Android Blue (51, 181, 229) for the incoming text font color.
Will try it out for a few days to see whether it's a keeper.
Update: Making the incoming text font a couple of points larger than the outgoing enhances the 3D effect.
uhhh, screenshot?
emerica243 said:
uhhh, screenshot?
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screen shot or didnt happen..
ummm...not even sure what to say about this. my mother always told me if i have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all.
........
I'm gonna give this a shot when I get home today. Sounds like a neat little effect.
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I've noticed 3D looking text in other apps like tibu but I've never though of using it for texting, its pretty cool
can you take a screenshot of it?
Crazy! It actually does give a semi 3D effect
z06mike said:
Crazy! It actually does give a semi 3D effect
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Can you post a screenshot?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Eh, the red text certainly pops out but I wouldn't say it does so in a 3d kind of way. In fact it looks sort of pixelated to me and harsh to look at. More like it's grabbing my attention by being so stark compared to the rest of the screen.
I think I like your color settings for the outgoing text though, very easy on the eyes. I'm messing around with options for the other color, so far I'm working with max green, mid blue and red.
Still waiting for a screenie
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Blue and red colors always appear to have depth on a solid color hence the red and blue 3D glasses. It's an optical illusion but neat if you like that sort of stuff.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Can someone post a screenshot
Wow pretty cool!!!!!
Ok so clearly a troll post. Looking at the instructions alone you can tell nothing 3D about it. I'll post a screenshot in 10 mins. Maybe we can get an op to get rid of it.
Screen shot attached
ellimistx99 said:
Ok so clearly a troll post. Looking at the instructions alone you can tell nothing 3D about it. I'll post a screenshot in 10 mins. Maybe we can get an op to get rid of it.
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It actually gives you an optical illusion of a 3D effect.
And it works, I tried it on my phone.
Nice find OP.
SynFox said:
It actually gives you an optical illusion of a 3D effect.
And it works, I tried it on my phone.
Nice find OP.
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I just updated a screenshot of it. Look at my results. I followed the instructions in the OP. If you think it's any different then provide a screenshot as proof.
You can see same illusion/effect in Titanium backup's app list
ellimistx99 said:
I just updated a screenshot of it. Look at my results. I followed the instructions in the OP. If you think it's any different then provide a screenshot as proof.
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Ever thought that this effect won't come out in a screenshot because it's an effect of the AMOLED screen or the specifical display?
Ever thought that this is an optical illusion and not an actual 3D-effect and you might just not see it because it is, in fact, an illusion?

[Q] Note 2 screen problem?

I bought my phone from an online store in Romania on February 22.I have warranty and other things, it was brand new. I kept the screen on full brightness, and Dynamic color mode. That's how I like it. I was aware of burn in so I switched colors with a display tester every 3 days or so. Yesterday I noticed that the spot where status bar is used to be in portrait mode is brighter than the rest of the screen when displaying blue, white and grey colors. Brighter not Darker. I searched on Google images and that doesn't look like burn in. It wasn't here until yesterday when I spotted it. It's barely visible with display tester but in Games videos photos and multi colored things it can't be finded, You need to look with max attention. I used Nova launcher to hide the status bar. I also heard that there are 2 different things, image retention which is fixable and permanent burn in. I searched for something like this but I don't seemed to find something good. I don't know what it is,I never browsed the Web without changing the pixels where the status bar is for more than 20 minutes. I heard burn in occurs in extreme cases. I don't know how this happened so that's why I'm asking you guys. I don't know even what to do it bothers me only in display tester, but otherwise the screen is perfect. Please give me an advice because I don't want to have a faulty screen.. Can it even be repaired under warranty for that?
No one knows what's the problem?
Maybe you could post a photo ?
Look at the top of the screen...That's actually what I'm seeing when looking on a blue test background.This kind of discoloration/brightness where the notification bar usually is when in portrait mode.This is not a screenshot or photo ,it's just a blue image that i modified to show about i'm talking about.It also happens on grey and white and cyan .I couldn't take a photo because i have a crap 7 MP shooter ,and one crapper 2 MP shooter on my old Galaxy Y.I tried them both but noone of them can catch thatstrange discoloration/burn-in/brightness
Xda don't let me to post links..That's the link without the X'es so delete X from this link to go to the image hXttp://i4XX4.tinypic.coXXm/2w4g39j.jpgX
I really don't know what this can be.
I have the same problem! I noticed it a few weeks ago. The bar on top, when in full screen mode, is slightly brighter/lighter compared to the rest of the screen. I can see it the most when using the browser. The screen looks slightly more yellow compared to the grayer (or something like that) bar. Remember the bar is not actually there, just the discoloration in its place. I have no idea what is causing this and I'm hoping it's not hardware related.
It ain't hardware if it shows up in a screenshot. Looks like the exact dimensions of the status bar, almost as if it's compositing it or it's shadow placeholder where it expects it to be. Try a different ROM, or install the Simplistic Framework and try changing the status bar's colour and transparency setting, see if it makes any difference.
vanButton said:
It ain't hardware if it shows up in a screenshot. Looks like the exact dimensions of the status bar, almost as if it's compositing it or it's shadow placeholder where it expects it to be. Try a different ROM, or install the Simplistic Framework and try changing the status bar's colour and transparency setting, see if it makes any difference.
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I wrote that.It doesn't show up in screenshots.I edited a blue picture to look exactly like my phone screen.The problem I think it's the screen itself.And the reason for why I edited a picture is that as I said my shooters can't spot it.Any ideas?Also I use the stock ROM ,un-rooted..Everything stock ,including the notification bar.I just have a custom launcher wallpaper and widgets...
It shows up when you turn the phone in landscape mode as well. It remains on the side as a vertical discoloration where the notification bar resides when in portrait mode. I'm not pleased to say the least.
Techweed said:
It shows up when you turn the phone in landscape mode as well. It remains on the side as a vertical discoloration where the notification bar resides when in portrait mode. I'm not pleased to say the least.
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Exactly what's happening to me.
Made in china phones r crap..made in korea by samsung is gud quality
If you have the warranty the warranty, why not use it? Since the problem is from the phone itself.
This is same like what happen to OG note..i thought sammy already solve the problem when they using RGB instead of pentile on our note 2.. this is not good...
I check mine, so far nothing yet. But i afraid now!!
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naimmkassim said:
This is same like what happen to OG note..i thought sammy already solve the problem when they using RGB instead of pentile on our note 2.. this is not good...
I check mine, so far nothing yet. But i afraid now!!
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I also thinked that it won't happen on Note 2 too ,but here it is.I'll go further and I'll send it in the service ,after my holiday ends.This thread is good to maintain active because it may help people that also came along this problem
I always set brignest to auto and screen movie mode. So maybe it did save mine from that problem
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naimmkassim said:
I always set brignest to auto and screen movie mode. So maybe it did save mine from that problem
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
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My phone was on Dynamic and Full Brightness all the time.I love oversaturated and bright screens.LOVE AMOLED <3
Well I found a solution to the problem. It takes time to pull off and is still a work in progress for me but it's working.
I created an image that matched the resolution of the phone screen. I then made a rectangle at the top of this image that presents the exact size of the status bar and colored it white. The rest of the image was colored black.
I installed an app that keeps the screen on without dimming when plugged into the charger. Overnight I display the image I created with the screen set to stay awake and don't dim at full brightness. So what you see is a black screen with a full brightness white strip where the status bar is supposed to be.
This process quickly "ages" the status bar area and it slowly starts to match the rest of the screen. I've been doing it for almost a week and the difference between the two sections of the screen is starting to diminish. I bet a couple more weeks of this and the difference between the two sections will be gone.
I got the problem as well. And I'm telling as many people as I can because I'm annoying like that. Seriously, I hate the fact that I spent such money on faulty phone...Samsung galaxy note 2. <blech>
Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.

G4 white flash display glitch bug!

Anybody else have this odd screen glitch on the lower right corner of the display. Its like half a second white flash once in a while when I'm on Tapatalk, or the Amazon app or other apps.
Maybe its a bad display of my G4 or a 5.1 bug?
I also have this but it's on the left side of my screen. I'll see as I'm scrolling a website, or reddit app. It almost looks like tv static.
dipole said:
I also have this but it's on the left side of my screen. I'll see as I'm scrolling a website, or reddit app. It almost looks like tv static.
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Sweet, not in a good way that you have it, but that my display is not bad. I was trying on a new case yesterday that was really hard to get on (leather backs suck for cases) and pressed hard and thought I might have messed up the display.
Odd yours is on the left side and I think your description of tv static is right on!
New thread with poll:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/g4-white-static-flash-display-glitch-t3124573

Text fading in and out when scrolling

I don't know if it's an Android M thing or Nexus 5X issue but anyone notice the scrolling looks "weird?"
Meaning when you scroll through a page in Chrome, the text letters on the page kind of fade out for a sec. Once the scrolling stops, the text fades in.
I've been playing around with it some more and the text definitely fades out when scrolling. It's also unclear.
Only when the scrolling stops do the text fade in and the words became clear.
Do you by chance have magnification gesture enabled in accessibility settings? That will cause weird scrolling
No, it's not on.
I swear I'm not going crazy.
Text will fade out/fuzz out when scrolling. Once the scrolling stops, the text fades in and becomes legible.
swy05 said:
No, it's not on.
I swear I'm not going crazy.
Text will fade out/fuzz out when scrolling. Once the scrolling stops, the text fades in and becomes legible.
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Very odd. It does this exact same thing with the zoom/magnification gesture on. Have you tweaked anything and forgot about it in dev options maybe? Any apps that could affect this? Just reaching for straws I am
It's brand new out of the box. I haven't touched any of the settings.
Beginning to wonder if this unit is defective.
swy05 said:
It's brand new out of the box. I haven't touched any of the settings.
Beginning to wonder if this unit is defective.
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Could be. Did you get the ~43MB update and install it? Have you rebooted?
Its more seen if the brightness is low right? Yea. Its because of samsung amoled panel. The downside is .. That. Its because the screen controller latency is too high because it need to power on and power off EVERY SINGLE PIXEL. Lol. K
white7561 said:
Its more seen if the brightness is low right? Yea. Its because of samsung amoled panel. The downside is .. That. Its because the screen controller latency is too high because it need to power on and power off EVERY SINGLE PIXEL. Lol. K
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The Nexus 5X has an LCD panel. Although I do know what you're talking about with some AMOLED panels
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Could be. Did you get the ~43MB update and install it? Have you rebooted?
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Yeah, got the update when I first turned it on.
Rebooted after the update. Same thing.
swy05 said:
Yeah, got the update when I first turned it on.
Rebooted after the update. Same thing.
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Try factory reset?
jbdan said:
Try factory reset?
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I'll give it a shot. It that doesn't work, I guess this needs to go back.
Maybe its the hardware?
Hi
swy05 said:
I'll give it a shot. It that doesn't work, I guess this needs to go back.
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It does it on mine as well, but I hadn't noticed until I looked for it, but I see what you mean, it doesn't do it on the older Nexus 5, but the scrolling seems smoother on the 5X almost as if it is a deliberate thing they have done to help our eyes follow rapidly moving text, but it may just be the way they have decided to drive the panel pixels.
It isn't a fault.
Regards
Phil
I have the exact same issue.
I noticed that in static mode the font is looking good, but when I start scrolling, the font looks thinner and less clear.
I have this issue in all apps (Facebook, Chrome, Whatsapp etc). It looks a bit cheap.
If this is setting, I'd love to know how to fix this.
hey,
is there a fix for this issue?
thanks
It seems that it is an LCD panel feature. I've also this behavior on my nexus 5x (511, Mint).
I've also can clearly see pixels on a white background
Didn't notice anything like that on a Nexus 5 though.
It's the LCD panel. All LCD panels are lazy. Especially when it's cold. Try to use it below 5 or 0 celsius. This lazyness effect is more visible then. It's winter now. You won't see it as much in summer.
so the question is, if i will replace the device this thing will apear again?
I've seen that happen on LCD screens too. I believe the problem might be FPS(frames per second). You aren't achieving 30 FPS or more when scrolling thus making the screen look blurry/ faded text when scrolling. Most likely cause of this is either the GPU not able to push 30> fps or LCD latency(highly doubt).
Try different websites and report back.(some sites are resource hog and might slow down your phone) ex. try sites that you know doesn't have ton of ads
Try different browser. (some browsers like opera mini are less resource hungry and might improve rendering on screen)
Try other apps as a last resort.
if the blurry text is from LCD then LG made a poor decision on picking a low frequency screen. maybe 60hz (LCD screen refreshes 60 times)
Coming from an M7, this is really annoying, especially when scrolling through Twitter.

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