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I got my Galaxy Nexus yesterday and I love it. There's just a couple of things bugging me and wanted to see if anyone else was having the same problems and of course if anyone knew of any solutions.
1- Screen. The resolution is fantastic but i've noticed some banding in flat colours. It's most noticeable in light and mid greys. There is a strip that runs up the middle of the screen that is noticeably lighter that the rest of the display. This goes away on high screen brightness but is really quite hard to ignore at other times.
2- Notification LED. Why is there no native support for customising this in ICS!? Either I've missed it or Google have missed a trick. I got it working with an app from the market but it only worked while the apple was running in the background, if I dismissed the apple from the new task switcher... No more custom notification lights.
Anybody else having these issues?
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To get the most out of your multicoloured LED you can use the Lightflow app which is available free from the market, to get this working properly on the Galaxy Nexus enable "Run in Foreground" in the general settings menu.
Thanks to jabok for spotting this setting.
Crin said:
I got my Galaxy Nexus yesterday and I love it. There's just a couple of things bugging me and wanted to see if anyone else was having the same problems and of course if anyone knew of any solutions.
1- Screen. The resolution is fantastic but i've noticed some banding in flat colours. It's most noticeable in light and mid greys. There is a strip that runs up the middle of the screen that is noticeably lighter that the rest of the display. This goes away on high screen brightness but is really quite hard to ignore at other times.
2- Notification LED. Why is there no native support for customising this in ICS!? Either I've missed it or Google have missed a trick. I got it working with an app from the market but it only worked while the apple was running in the background, if I dismissed the apple from the new task switcher... No more custom notification lights.
Anybody else having these issues?
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Sorry to bump but I'd really like the opinion of a few other Galaxy Nexus owners, especially about the screen.
I love this phone but I am considering taking it back because of the banding on the screen, it's not noticeable until there is a flat grey in an app and then it's quite visible as a lighter band up the centre of the screen.
Is this a fault or is it to be expected on sAMOLED screens? I've only had LCD before.
Does it look anything like this or something different? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320942
Either way there are issues with SAMOLED+ screens, there are people with the Galaxy S II and Droid Razr with screen issues too.
as far as I know, it is a common trait with Super AMOLED screens - had the same issue with my Nexus S, and with my friend's phones that have Super AMOLED screens.
The banding disappears if you have the screen at a higher brightness, so it does seem to be an issue inherent with changing the brightness/colour temp of the screen.
Also, AMOLED screens are susceptible to screen burn, which is why if you leave the screen on some white text on a black background, if you then switch to a screen with mostly grey elements you'll see a ghosted image of that text.
Crin said:
Sorry to bump but I'd really like the opinion of a few other Galaxy Nexus owners, especially about the screen.
I love this phone but I am considering taking it back because of the banding on the screen, it's not noticeable until there is a flat grey in an app and then it's quite visible as a lighter band up the centre of the screen.
Is this a fault or is it to be expected on sAMOLED screens? I've only had LCD before.
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Seeing similar on my screen but it's not really noticeable unless the phone is on auto brightness or the lowest manual setting.
From reading other threads, sounds like the GSII has a similar problem. Looks like some people have been through a few phones before getting a "band free" unit.
You could try taking it back to a (willing) store for a swap - given the current stock levels you may have a few issues though and you may not get a unit without the banding anyway.
In terms of notification LED, wait a bit for some better third party apps to arrive. Not many (existing) phones use RGB coloured LED's or similar for notifications (Nexus One and Galaxy Nexus are the only two that quickly spring to mind) so it's possible Google didn't add support because of the limited use. ICS is in it's infancy and there's a lot of development to come (both from Google and third party dev's).
Thanks for your responses!
In some ways it's good to know it's a know issue, and in others it's a bit disappointing.
I've attached an image for you to look at, you think it's worth sending back?
No.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.
Crin said:
Thanks for your responses!
In some ways it's good to know it's a know issue, and in others it's a bit disappointing.
I've attached an image for you to look at, you think it's worth sending back?
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Personally, I'd just live with it - especially given that there's no guarantee you'd get a better model if you swapped it - hell you could end up with a worse screen!
I'm not sure it would be worth the hassle to send it back. This seems to be an issue to some degree in most SAMOLED screens. You might end up with a worse phone.
I seem to recall that many phone screens have artifacts at very low brightness settings.
This is exactly the same problem as I have. On low brightness it is visible but not on normal brightness.
I did have another nexus on order that I was going to compare it with but I decided to get an N9 instead as I don't need 2 nexus phones! I figure I can go try android beam in a phone shop lol
The question about sending it back is a tricky one - it's not visible With normal brightness so how can we be sure the replacement won't have the same problem? We can't.
yep. i have a vague banding when i look very closely.
solution ? keep my eyes more than 3 inches from the screen.
I hate it when people point out things that you have to look very hard at cos you then notice them forever more
can you confirm that with normal brigthness the problem is solved on every screen?
for the LED customisation get Light Flow from the market, works great for setting different colours for all sorts of things.
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can you confirm that with normal brigthness the problem is solved on every screen?
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on auto-brightness i can notice it (if i look very hard) on the calendar app.
pump the brightness up to about 85% and go back to the calendar app and i cant see it ... but now my eyes hurt
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on auto-brightness i can notice it (if i look very hard) on the calendar app.
pump the brightness up to about 85% and go back to the calendar app and i cant see it ... but now my eyes hurt
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85% in an unusable brightness for eyes and for battery, so the problem isn't fixable in an easy way. sincerely I
don't want a defective phone and get its defect as a feature.
Crin said:
Thanks for your responses!
In some ways it's good to know it's a know issue, and in others it's a bit disappointing.
I've attached an image for you to look at, you think it's worth sending back?
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i had problem like this on my atrix too...( i think most of atrix owners noticed that too )
light grey.........
the only common thing between atrix & GN is Pentile matrix....
i dont know this is the reason...
i just want u to know that you are not alone...
by the way , i sold my atrix...
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85% in an unusable brightness for eyes and for battery, so the problem isn't fixable in an easy way. sincerely I
don't want a defective phone and get its defect as a feature.
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i just picked a random setting to prove/disprove the brightness thing. to be honest i REALLY have to look for these bands on auto-brightness .....
just tried 50% (still too bright in my opinion) and i still cant see banding. nor about 40%.
switched back to auto (which must be only about 20%) and they are there is i get really close and squint.
Seriously .... wouldnt let them worry you !
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i just picked a random setting to prove/disprove the brightness thing. to be honest i REALLY have to look for these bands on auto-brightness .....
just tried 50% (still too bright in my opinion) and i still cant see banding. nor about 40%.
switched back to auto (which must be only about 20%) and they are there is i get really close and squint.
Seriously .... wouldnt let them worry you !
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thank you.
I have just completed a 3hr car trip using Google navigation and noticed the banding on auto resolution with it disappearing on bright vivid colours or dark/blacks. Thinking of asking phones4u to check out others for a possible swap.
When the phone was on charge i didn't notice any status light or none flashing when a txt was received. Should there be?
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amczee said:
I have just completed a 3hr car trip using Google navigation and noticed the banding on auto resolution with it disappearing on bright vivid colours or dark/blacks. Thinking of asking phones4u to check out others for a possible swap.
When the phone was on charge i didn't notice any status light or none flashing when a txt was received. Should there be?
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definitely seen an LED flashing for notifications. surprising large LED and at the BOTTOM of the phone !
I was just thinking how the soft buttons being static for so long could cause them to be burnt onto the screen. I had this problem with my N1, the white notification bar, and both share amoled screens. From my understanding, if you leave a amoled pixel on for long periods of time it loses its brightness, this is what happened to the white notification bar on the N1 and also why google switched to a black notification bar. Interesting that google picked a AMOLED screen with soft buttons that stay static for long periods of time. I'm truly not worried about it but havent heard anyone pointed this fact out yet.
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I was just thinking how the soft buttons being static for so long could cause them to be burnt onto the screen. I had this problem with my N1, the white notification bar, and both share amoled screens. From my understanding, if you leave a amoled pixel on for long periods of time it loses its brightness, this is what happened to the white notification bar on the N1 and also why google switched to a black notification bar. Interesting that google picked a AMOLED screen with soft buttons that stay static for long periods of time. I'm truly not worried about it but havent heard anyone pointed this fact out yet.
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Yeah but they change throughout the process dont they? Its the same a lot but not constant.
Good point. Should be able to check at all the retail store models since they usually keep them on for so long
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spinkick said:
Yeah but they change throughout the process dont they? Its the same a lot but not constant.
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They do change but they are much more constant than most everything else
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mikel.canovas said:
They do change but they are much more constant than most everything else
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Yeah, it stays constant for 90% of my daily use.
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Yeah, it stays constant for 90% of my daily use.
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That is true..
Even when pressed, the buttons are still lit they just turn a bit brighter
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Wow excellent point, I never even thought of this and I don't think Google/Samsung did either.
The status bar area(date, time, signal) on my Vibrant was burned in within two months of using the phone. Amoleds burn in quickly.
Soft buttons burning in would be horrible but I suspect if the screen is like other Amoleds then it is certain to occur. Yikes!
Actually LEDs don't burn in, they fade out, i.e. get darker after prolonged use.
AFAIK there is some built-in logic in these displays to counteract this normal occurrence (routing more power to those LEDs in the matrix that have been on for a longer time).
SamsungVibrant said:
Wow excellent point, I never even thought of this and I don't think Google/Samsung did either.
The status bar area(date, time, signal) on my Vibrant was burned in within two months of using the phone. Amoleds burn in quickly.
Soft buttons burning in would be horrible but I suspect if the screen is like other Amoleds then it is certain to occur. Yikes!
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You can bet they did.
If you leave your screen on all night charging with the buttons lit, they'll probably eventually burn. Through normal use, it shouldn't be an issue.
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Actually LEDs don't burn in, they fade out, i.e. get darker after prolonged use.
AFAIK there is some built-in logic in this displays to counteract this normal occurrence.
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I have a line of LCD-LEDs at my office which display airline flights that would disagree with you.
Technically it isn't burnin, it's called "image retention" effect is the same though.
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Actually LEDs don't burn in, they fade out, i.e. get darker after prolonged use.
AFAIK there is some built-in logic in this displays to counteract this normal occurrence.
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This too, good point.
Plus, I'm sure there will be mods that will show up where you can turn off the keys after a certain period of time.
OLED does burn!
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Actually LEDs don't burn in, they fade out, i.e. get darker after prolonged use.
AFAIK there is some built-in logic in this displays to counteract this normal occurrence.
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No, we went through this debate over a year and half ago in the Galaxy S and Vibrant forums. Some said it is temporary ghosting, but it isn't temporary, it's actual burn in. LED's do burn in...this was the conclusion after much debate and research. They actually are prone to more burn in than normal.
From Wikipedia:
Screen burn-in
Unlike displays with a common light source, the brightness of each OLED pixel fades depending on the content displayed. The varied lifespan of the organic dyes can cause a discrepancy between red, green, and blue intensity. This leads to image persistence, also known as burn-in.[71]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED
After my notification/status bar was burnt into my sAmoled I started running a new launcher that hides the status bar. 1 year and 6 months later my burn in is still there, hasn't faded at all, despite having a hidden bar.
Correction. What you said was correct, I meant the end effect is a burn-in effect. Either way the image is retained.
I would think that, by now, Samsung has probably worked this out on there OLED's. Only time will tell.
The term "burning in " comes from cathode ray tubes where the electron beam would actually BURN into the phosphor of the screen.
LEDs fade with use, but yes, there will be a ghost image that won't go away, unless there is some controller logic in the display counteracting that behavior.
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No, we went through this debate over a year and half ago in the Galaxy S and Vibrant forums. Some said it is temporary ghosting, but it isn't temporary, it's actual burn in. LED's do burn in...this was the conclusion after much debate and research. They actually are prone to more burn in than normal.
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Screen burn-in
Unlike displays with a common light source, the brightness of each OLED pixel fades depending on the content displayed. The varied lifespan of the organic dyes can cause a discrepancy between red, green, and blue intensity. This leads to image persistence, also known as burn-in.[71]
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After my notification/status bar was burnt into my sAmoled I started running a new launcher that hides the status bar. 1 year and 6 months later my burn in is still there, hasn't faded at all, despite having a hidden bar.
Correction. What you said was correct, I meant the end effect is a burn-in effect. Either way the image is retained.
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Basically, the term "burn-in" would be a misnomer in this context.
I observed the effect with my Fascinate, so I know the screens are susceptible.
My nexus one would ghost on the notification bar. Barely noticeable until you went to a full screen web page.
It would eventually work its way out. I never thought about burn in though.
Like previously stated, I'm positive there will be soft-key options soon. Themes, colors, animations, locations, and behavior. We'll be able to change it up.
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Watching Netflix or anything in full screen it's noticeable. Very noticeable. After one week of owning it about a month ago, I saw a similar topic and thought "this would never happen to me". Fast forward a month later, I have it. And a scratch on my screen after putting it in my pocket only with nothing else in it.
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monkey hung said:
Watching Netflix or anything in full screen it's noticeable. Very noticeable. After one week of owning it about a month ago, I saw a similar topic and thought "this would never happen to me". Fast forward a month later, I have it. And a scratch on my screen after putting it in my pocket only with nothing else in it.
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Take a photo and post it please.
Mine does too, mighty thanks to amoled
This is going to happen regardless of what you do.
Acceptance is key
Can someone post a picture? I would like to see what all the fuss is about.
By nav bar, do you mean the notification/status bar? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. The static cyan text is a burn-in waiting to happen. I noticed a little bit of cyan tint in that area when brightness is low and the screen is white. It's by no means that bad at all but I use the hide the status bar option in ADW to prevent it from getting worse. 2 months later and it hasn't gotten worse.
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By nav bar, do you mean the notification/status bar? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. The static cyan text is a burn-in waiting to happen. I noticed a little bit of cyan tint in that area when brightness is low and the screen is white. It's by no means that bad at all but I use the hide the status bar option in ADW to prevent it from getting worse. 2 months later and it hasn't gotten worse.
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By nav bar they mean the soft keys (Home - Menu - Recent - Back) buttons on the bottom.
Oh, in that case I haven't seen that problem but I have heard of people with it. You can get rid of those soft-keys with custom mods too that makes your phone full-screen.
I noticed this on my Gnex as well. Rotating the screen clockwise to a landscape orientation, the left side of my screen where the soft buttons were has a notably bluer tint. For the record, I keep my screen on auto, which I was hoping would reduce the burn-in effect. Setting the screen brightness to 100% seems to hide the burn-in. Dunno if that will always be true.
Even worse, when I did a screen compare of my previous Nexus vs the display model at the Verizon store back in early Jan, the demo model's screen was noticeably dimmer and off color even at full brightness. Seemed like running in torch mode 24/7 with a bright red background caused the screen to degrade noticeably after only a week or so.
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The only time I notice any sort of image retention (relating to the notification bar) is when I first open the XDA app and it quickly goes full screen. Other than that I never see it. However, I commonly see image retention going from home screen to Market but it fades very quickly.
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Mine as well as my friend's has burn-in at the top and bottom where the status bar is and the soft buttons. Also my old nexus S as well as my friend's has burn in at the top status bar. It's inevitable I guess...
I started seeing this too but i quickly switched to transparent top and bottom bars so that those pixels got even wear, and it actually reversed my burn in mostly. My screen is near perfect now.
this happen to me, too. it sucks. can this be exchanged in person somewhere instead of shipping it? i don't want to wait.
Burn in was a term for lcd screens. For this situation think of it as "reverse led fatigue". The leds that are not used as much as the rest of the screen will appear brighter giving you the impression that it is burn in. On the first gen amoled's some would leave and entire white screen on full brightness overnight to normalize or calibrate the leds. Doesn't bug me one bit though.
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chopper the dog said:
Burn in was a term for lcd screens. For this situation think of it as "reverse led fatigue". The leds that are not used as much as the rest of the screen will appear brighter giving you the impression that it is burn in. On the first gen amoled's some would leave and entire white screen on full brightness overnight to normalize or calibrate the leds. Doesn't bug me one bit though.
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Exactly right. But the term burn in is so familiar to people it will likely never change.
I forgot to say that to eliminate this burn in i also use full screen browser at all times to hide the status bar. And i consistently rotate the screen to different views while i read my webpages to give the other pixels a rest. The effect is excellent.
To test this the best, install dead pixel detect from market and toggle thru every color. Rotate the screen too to see both areas. The color red is the only one that shows the burn in for me. Which is strange cause blue is the weak color that wears out the quickest. But my blue looks fine.
This will probably happen to all of us to some degree sooner or later.
The image retention that lasts 1-3 seconds we might see within a month or two usage is actually one of the characteristics of AMOLED "Ghosting effect"
which is not the same as AMOLED "reverse led fatigue" (or although technically incorrect but more widely understood term "Burn-ins") which maybe seen as permanent image retention shown as yellowish outlines of icons / keyboard outlines, etc.
Sadly, there's really nothing you can do about this problem after the fact, except to change the screen itself if it is really bothersome. Or you may try to change/delete/make transparent of the permanently placed icons/other objects/pictures to try to reverse these effects.
The only preventive measures would be changing screen rotation from vertical to horizontal, and make sure you don't have the screen on at a stay still image (preferably set auto screen off to 30seconds or so.)
It is humorous how particular many people are about "pocket" screens. Oled technology in reality is like the merger of lcd and plasma screens. And oled does get image retention and burn in similar to plasma. It is harder to avoid on a cell phone with so many possibilities of static images. Really though, it is good to mention/complaint about it so it gets attention and oled manufacturers try to improve upon the technology and try to minimize or get rid of the issues altogether. Many people still think plasmas get burn in very easily and that is far from the truth. The last 3 years or so Panasonic and Samsung have made great strides in minimizing the possibility and you see very few complaints about it. And it is even more humorous that many people think lcd technology is better for viewing because it is newer than plasma when the exact opposite is true. LCD technology is older than plasma, and aside from power usage and weight, lcd doesn't have many benefits over plasma. And because of the post processing to try and overcome the deficiencies of lcd viewing lcd screens are closing the gap in power consumption with plasma. But yeah, all you can do about the image retention of oled now is put pressure on samsung and lg and any newcomers to the technology to improve it. Hopefully, oled will overcome its shortcomings to lcd and plasma and be the better tech out of all three in the near future. I wish they made laptops with plasma screens. That would be an awesome option for laptop users that use theirs as desktop replacements like myself.
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I don't have any "burn in". I guess different screens behave differently.
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I don't have any "burn in". I guess different screens behave differently.
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Many people think they dont have it till they install dead pixel detect and check each color. I bet you have it on the color red.
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Many people think they dont have it till they install dead pixel detect and check each color. I bet you have it on the color red.
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All my pixels are fine but I notice the notification bar retention on brown with the XDA app and I notice the bottom (whatever it's called bar) on grey from the app you suggested. Either way, I still love the phone!!!
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Many people think they dont have it till they install dead pixel detect and check each color. I bet you have it on the color red.
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I don't. Out of curiosity I tried that app out after reading about it on this thread.
Hi everyone, on my Galaxy Nexus I have MAJOR screen burn-in from the navigation bar. (black bar at bottom, back/home/apps) Whenever I turn the phone sideways (i.e. in a full-screen video or game), the navigation bar moves to the side as usual, and gets narrower...when it does this, I see a purple (why purple?) line that "fills up" where the navigation bar would be on portrait. Of course when it is portrait, this cannot be seen, as the navigation bar covers it. In ClockworkMod Recovery, at the bottom of the screen, I can see a strong burn-in of the navigation bar. It is incredibly annoying, and I heard that by displaying white on the entire screen for a long time (full brightness) this can be weakened or fixed. I have seen apps for this, but have no clue how long I should run them for. Is it REALLY possible to fix something MAJOR, or is it a "maybe..sometimes" or just a hoax?
you can try to take a snapshot of your screen and invert the colors of the image in a program (like photoshop online, idk). then you put that inverted image on your phone and view it full sreen.
I don't really know if this helps, but I read it somewhere when I had some sreen problems with my GNex (I sent it to warranty)
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you can try to take a snapshot of your screen and invert the colors of the image in a program (like photoshop online, idk). then you put that inverted image on your phone and view it full sreen.
I don't really know if this helps, but I read it somewhere when I had some sreen problems with my GNex (I sent it to warranty)
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I'm not really sure how that would do anything. The rest of the screen is fine, there's only a problem at the navigation bar. Leaving an image like that might just burn in other colors. If it really was SAMOLED, then it should not have a burn in there at all...because it turns off "black" pixels. It's confusing and annoying.
Or try a Kitkat ROM with Google Experience Launcher which doesn't have the black nav bar and status bar...
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I'm not really sure how that would do anything. The rest of the screen is fine, there's only a problem at the navigation bar. Leaving an image like that might just burn in other colors. If it really was SAMOLED, then it should not have a burn in there at all...because it turns off "black" pixels. It's confusing and annoying.
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maybe rest of the screen actually burned, so only not burned part is navbar and seems weird.
there is a tool: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codefortravel.amoled_screen_burn_in it has an option, that makes all your screen black and your nav bar white, using it for a while makes your navbar also burned, so it would eventually catch other parts and be the same level in theory..
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Or try a Kitkat ROM with Google Experience Launcher which doesn't have the black nav bar and status bar...
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I tried Cyanogenmod 11 and the navigation bar looked weird...it looked like I applied some sort of linear burn to the screen. It was ugly.
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maybe rest of the screen actually burned, so only not burned part is navbar and seems weird.
there is a tool: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codefortravel.amoled_screen_burn_in it has an option, that makes all your screen black and your nav bar white, using it for a while makes your navbar also burned, so it would eventually catch other parts and be the same level in theory..
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It's not that. The rest of the screen is beautiful. It doesn't really seem like AMOLED, though, because the black glows in the dark...also, as I said, if I go on a white image, I see a burn-in of the navigation bar, so it's not that. And, I've already got a burn-in app. I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.feetstech.screenburn
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I tried Cyanogenmod 11 and the navigation bar looked weird...it looked like I applied some sort of linear burn to the screen. It was ugly.
It's not that. The rest of the screen is beautiful. It doesn't really seem like AMOLED, though, because the black glows in the dark...also, as I said, if I go on a white image, I see a burn-in of the navigation bar, so it's not that. And, I've already got a burn-in app. I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.feetstech.screenburn
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Did you buy the GNexus brand new? Reason why I ask is because you mentioned that the blacks doesn't seem like Amoled and how it glows in the dark.
I'm wondering if you or the previous owner had the screen replaced because of a crack and the screen was replaced with a LCD from eBay.
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Did you buy the GNexus brand new? Reason why I ask is because you mentioned that the blacks doesn't seem like Amoled and how it glows in the dark.
I'm wondering if you or the previous owner had the screen replaced because of a crack and the screen was replaced with a LCD from eBay.
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No, I got it off of eBay as a 'replacement' phone. This is my first smartphone (but not Android device) but I am still in a 2 year contract with Verizon and can't get an upgrade yet. It's not really a problem, just an inconvenience.
This was one of the reasons I always try too run in extended desktop mode(no on screen buttons/status bar) and use PIE controls instead.
Also helps running the stock browser in full screen mode.
Even after less than a few months of first owning my GN I've gotten a tiny little burn in on the bottom bar, but luckily it's not easily noticeable.
I have also got a burn-in. It's not too major, but it's there. Please do update us if you find any solution which actually fixes this thing.
I'm going to do some tests with different things.
I heard leaving a white image on full brightness for a long time will help, so I'm going to try that. Another thing I might try is color alternations for long periods of time to just get different colors all over the screen. Probably won't do much, but it's worth a try. I thought I'd also see what it's like using the phone locked upside down. (rotate upside down, lock rotation) This is the app I'm using if anyone else wants to experiment with it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.feetstech.screenburn
Wish me luck, I'll post what happens!
Update 1: I have noticed that on higher brightness levels, the burn is less noticeable. I left a white screen on full brightness for what was probably just over 2 hours, and it hasn't really seemed to help much. I'm going to try color flashing and see what happens.
Try this app. It is specifically developed to solve the navbar burn-in issue of the Galaxy Nexus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bengigi.screen.diagnostic
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AbhishekS said:
Try this app. It is specifically developed to solve the navbar burn-in issue of the Galaxy Nexus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bengigi.screen.diagnostic
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just try that apps on my nexus, thanks the burn got worse than before :crying:
That's not possible.
Check it again after an hour or so. Maybe the screen colors haven't 'settled in' yet.
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AbhishekS said:
That's not possible.
Check it again after an hour or so. Maybe the screen colors haven't 'settled in' yet.
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before using that apps, my burn only a little transparent blueish, after using that apps overnight , my burn becoming a visible blueish :crying: also i think someone posted the same result as my gnex too.i think the only soluton is : just accept that burn in is the weakness of amoled screen., and considering to buy a the amazing n5 cuz its didnt use amoled thank God for that.
Are you sure the burn-in is persistent? Usually it goes away after a while.
Almost forgot I started this thread! I don't really know if the burn in apps helped any, but I've noticed that the lower the brightness is, the more imminent the screen burn is. Around 1% if you touch one of the navigation buttons it turns.......purple. Once you get above around 20%, it's more grey and natural....(not purple)
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amoled + low brightness = nearly unusable.
TheImpossibleEnemy said:
amoled + low brightness = nearly unusable.
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Depends on your environment. In a dark room it's fine all the way down. If you're outside in the sun, even 50% seems a little dark.
atlantic00 said:
Depends on your environment. In a dark room it's fine all the way down. If you're outside in the sun, even 50% seems a little dark.
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exactly
Hi there,
I recently got a Pixel 2 XL and Iove the phone Minus:
1) When I bend my phone at an angle I see a "blue tint" and when I hold it back straight, I don't see it. is it normal?
I just contacted support and they are sending a replacement but I want to make sure I know what to check when a new phone arrives.
2) How do I check for Screen Burn In issue? Any ways to reproduce it? (Should I use the phone in order to encounter this issue?)
3) Any other issues I should be concerned about when I'm checking out the phone?
Thanks,
Neo
search the forum, all your questions have been discussed ad nauseum.
How's about enjoy the device and quit looking for/creating issues? If you're buying something with the mindset that there is going to be an issue with it you're going to create one.
Burn in is not an issue. Google has already made changes to help alleviate burn in as well. They dim the nav bar buttons a couple seconds after use and they've updated plenty of Google apps to using a white nav bar with dark grey buttons. Google is also trying to get popular 3rd party apps to switch to a white nav bar with dark buttons. So don't worry about it. I've had plenty of amoled displays for years each. The only time burn in was ever noticeable, was when I downloaded a display checker app and looked for it. Otherwise, I would have never known it was there and never did see it during normal operation.
Edit: As for the blue tint. Yes it's there when you view the screen at an angle. I honestly forgot about it, until someone on Android Police brought it up a few days ago. It's a non-issue. Most displays have some degree of discoloration at an angle. This is a little more so than others, but how often do you use your phone at an angle and wish you had perfect colors. Pretty much never. If you're really looking at your phone, you're going to be looking right at it.
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Edit: As for the blue tint. Yes it's there when you view the screen at an angle. I honestly forgot about it, until someone on Android Police brought it up a few days ago. It's a non-issue. Most displays have some degree of discoloration at an angle. This is a little more so than others, but how often do you use your phone at an angle and wish you had perfect colors. Pretty much never. If you're really looking at your phone, you're going to be looking right at it.
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Agreed. When I first got the device, I noticed the blue tint right away when tilting the phone, but after a few days I stopped really noticing. Yes, we really shouldn't have this problem to this degree on such an expensive phone, but it's also not like the issue is present when looking at the phone head-on.
Every device has its own issues, and if you go looking for problems, you'll find them! It's up to you to decide if the problems outweigh the good things about the phone.
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Burn in is not an issue. Google has already made changes to help alleviate burn in as well. They dim the nav bar buttons a couple seconds after use and they've updated plenty of Google apps to using a white nav bar with dark grey buttons. Google is also trying to get popular 3rd party apps to switch to a white nav bar with dark buttons. So don't worry about it. I've had plenty of amoled displays for years each. The only time burn in was ever noticeable, was when I downloaded a display checker app and looked for it. Otherwise, I would have never known it was there and never did see it during normal operation.
Edit: As for the blue tint. Yes it's there when you view the screen at an angle. I honestly forgot about it, until someone on Android Police brought it up a few days ago. It's a non-issue. Most displays have some degree of discoloration at an angle. This is a little more so than others, but how often do you use your phone at an angle and wish you had perfect colors. Pretty much never. If you're really looking at your phone, you're going to be looking right at it.
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I don't know why they bothered dimming the navigation buttons. That won't really do anything for burn in. Burn in is caused by uneven aging of pixels. Since that bar is almost always black most of those pixels aren't being used so they are aging much slower than the rest of the screen. The best way to reduce the chances of burn in is to not have the navigation bar background black. The 8.1 update actually changes the background color to an almost white color but only in a few places such as Settings and GMail. Doing that system wide is the only thing that would REALLY reduce burn in.
However, in the almost 6 weeks that I've had my Pixel 2 XL I haven't seen any burn in yet.
As for the blue tint, I stopped noticing it as soon as I stopped looking for it.
I picked up a Pixel 2 XL and noticed the amount of blue tint is highly dependent on the brightness setting on the screen. On this phone, the blue tint is obvious at 30-45 degrees or more depending on the brightness. Yes, it is worse than the Note 8 and Moto Z Force I compared it to, but as others have said, you have to be looking for it or constantly tilting your phone.
The screen is quite good when viewed straight on or even at a slight angle. It still is a bit annoying that a nearly $900 device isn't up to par with Samsung models. For people that have Verizon and want stock Android this phone is the best option.