Anyone can tell me if S5 is affect purple smearing like s4 and note 3?:fingers-crossed:
I messed around with an S5 demo unit in my local O2 shop last weekend and performed a direct comparison between my S4 and the S5 looking for this very thing. There was no smearing at all on the S5, where as it's blatantly obvious on the S4 in comparison.
So no is the answer, which is great news.
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I messed around with an S5 demo unit in my local O2 shop last weekend and performed a direct comparison between my S4 and the S5 looking for this very thing. There was no smearing at all on the S5, where as it's blatantly obvious on the S4 in comparison.
So no is the answer, which is great news.
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This problem shows when in low light ambient and display set to minimum
Did you tested in that condition?
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This problem shows when in low light ambient and display set to minimum
Did you tested in that condition?
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No, I didn't. But, speaking as someone who has owned an S4 for 12 months, it doesn't just show itself in this environment. As I said, I ran a direct comparison between my S4 and the S5 whilst in the shop with both set to low brightness, and in that particular environment the S4 smearing was obvious and the S5 didn't manifest any at all. So at the very least it is considerably better than the S4 and I'd go so far as to say the issue has been rectified.
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No, I didn't. But, speaking as someone who has owned an S4 for 12 months, it doesn't just show itself in this environment. As I said, I ran a direct comparison between my S4 and the S5 whilst in the shop with both set to low brightness, and in that particular environment the S4 smearing was obvious and the S5 didn't manifest any at all. So at the very least it is considerably better than the S4 and I'd go so far as to say the issue has been rectified.
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Thank you so much!!:good:
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Anyone can tell me if S5 is affect purple smearing like s4 and note 3?:fingers-crossed:
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They S5 review by GSM arena, they did mention the smearing issue when brightness is set to low. Atleast it is noticeable in lower brightness.
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They S5 review by GSM arena, they did mention the smearing issue when brightness is set to low. Atleast it is noticeable in lower brightness.
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True. All Amoled bahaves the same.
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It certainly wasn't noticeable on the S5 I used in the shop. As said above, at the very least it's considerably better than the S4.
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It certainly wasn't noticeable on the S5 I used in the shop. As said above, at the very least it's considerably better than the S4.
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Way better!
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It certainly wasn't noticeable on the S5 I used in the shop. As said above, at the very least it's considerably better than the S4.
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Hello, today i bought new s5 and tested in a dark room with video that shows "quick moving black objects" and the result is :
the s4 pink smearing is still affected on s5
the entire screen background is turned from s4 BLACK to s5 BLUE and that can help hide the smearing because no black color is showing(pixel off)
this may result more consumption of battery (i think) .
you can still notice the pink smearing when in dark room set screen bright to lowest, go to Phone Dial and fast pressing on the 3 dot icon (more) on top right under the Contacts icon > PINK PINK!! (because this background is black)
because this is the SUPER AMOPINKLED bring to you by SAMSUNG :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
I believe gsmarena and anandtech both mentioned smearing. Not a big big deal but I wish Samsung would do better.
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I'd take the S5's SAMOLED with smearing under extreme low light over any competing IPS with backlight bleed at all levels of backlight.
To each its own, that's like runflat vs regular tires to each pros and cons
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A little something I found that helps greatly reduce the "purple" smearing:
1. Set your screen profile to Pro Photo or Movie(preferred).
& more importantly.
2. Download Lux from the Play store. Enable night mode and set the White Balance to Fluorescent.
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I haven't noticed it on mine like I did with my s4
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Yep... My S5 and Note 3 have near-identical levels of smearing at the lowest brightness in the middle of the night in a dark room.
But if that's the price I pay for having a screen where black really is black (as opposed to dark grey) and doesn't use battery for black, I'll take AMOLED any day.
Yes, it suffers in the same way.
It's a problem related to AMOLED technology. If you use a totally black screen, all points are off. When you move a line in this screen, the points must be switched on and the response time cause the problem.
The only solution is not using a totally black background. Use a DARK one, but not full black. This, for exapmple, is what Samsung have done in the setting screen. Try it.
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I have bought 2 Galaxy S From the first batch for me and my.
Now I just purchased one for my father.
And his screen is much better, may be it is just the calibration
But the color seem more bright, vivid and white.
the color of mine is more yellow.
Just a thought
May be Samy improve for the last batch
No pictures and it didnt happen..
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mine is very white as well, I have seen the ones with yellowing and mine doesn't have it.
May be is only that i don't have chance and the 2 first i get is like that.
In fact i don't see a band like other thread mention, it just like calibration thing.
But it is ok, if i haven't see my dad's one i would never notice
i don't think picture would reveal that small details, and will send his phone to the dad day.
Thx
Have you checked the Settings>display> Background Effects to verify both are on the same setting, and yours isn't on movie?
I read somewhere that some specific models have a yellowish colour problem on the screen..
This really shouldn't be normal, so my best answer is to send it in for repair
No yellowing on mine all looks good.
Are both phones using the same brightness settings?
On my phone, when the brightness is low, whites have a yellow cast, but on full brightness, they look very good.
Mine is white as well. No yellowish color or pink spots on camera shots.
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Stonos said:
Are both phones using the same brightness settings?
On my phone, when the brightness is low, whites have a yellow cast, but on full brightness, they look very good.
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I'm sorry to tell you, but you have the problem
Engadget: "Affected users are reporting that the left side of their Super AMOLED Plus displays have a yellow discoloration, viewable mainly with low brightness -- especially on white and grey backgrounds."
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I'm sorry to tell you, but you have the problem
Engadget: "Affected users are reporting that the left side of their Super AMOLED Plus displays have a yellow discoloration, viewable mainly with low brightness -- especially on white and grey backgrounds."
Source: http://mobile.engadget.com/2011/05/30/is-your-galaxy-s-iis-display-yellow-on-the-left/
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What he described is not the problem that people are facing.
BTW Engadget are simply repeating what people are saying here. They have no information of their own and it was people here mailing them that alerted them to the problem in the first place.
Blue1k said:
Mine is white as well. No yellowish color or pink spots on camera shots.
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Photos?
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I've noticed on mine that the colour temperature gets warmer at lower brightnesses. Also dark grey takes on a brown cast. On full brightness it's perfect though. No left hand side yellow cast either that I can see.
There's 60 pages of discussion on this already and the points you're making have been made there a dozen times. Do we really need another 60 page thread on the exact same issue? In the other thread there's also a code to tell what version of screen you have. It would be interesting to see if the claimed "new batch" has a different version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444
Interresting, Once at home i will check that
Serav said:
I've noticed on mine that the colour temperature gets warmer at lower brightnesses. Also dark grey takes on a brown cast. On full brightness it's perfect though. No left hand side yellow cast either that I can see.
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May be with time the screen degrade.
My Sgs2 seems a bit too green. But i can't notice too much yellow..
Btw the samoled+ is just awesome..
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Just checked my screen first batch from handtech and no discoloration in any brightness setting, might be a bad batch?
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The main question arises....HAS THE BANDING issue been rectified...so i can FINALLY go head with my S2 purchase ? I'm hesitant to purchase such an expensive device..KNOWING it has a very obvious banding defect...and it seems samsung is unaware of its existence!
I had to ask this question, when I had my S8500 I always set the Brightness to 0, still the screen was enough bright with vivid colors and good contrast looked very sharp and there was no Bluish tint on the screen. But here with S-AMOLED+ if I set the Brightness to mid level or higher then the screen performs well and probably beat the former screen. But when it's set to Auto brightness it seems that the screen has a bluish effect and the whites are not perfectly white, the pictures are not that crisp like it was on the former one, in this case I'd easily say that former screen was better. Now is this a feature of S-AMOLED+ or problem? In low or 0 brightness it is the S-AMOLED which perform much better but not S-AMOLED+ !
Just hand-on and test SS Galaxy S3 final version. I got some pics for you.
I realize that Super Amoled HD on Galaxy S3 not much better than G Nexus or G Note. Something less over saturated colors, lower max bightness
Something made me impressed
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Test some features:
Display
- At Max brightness: Pink tint
+ S2 vs Note vs S3 vs One X
+ Note vs S3:
+ S3 vs One X
+ Some others capture angle:
- At min brightness: Gray pink
Note: due to some reason of my camera ( or other I can not define ), S3' display appear striped but infact only light gray pink.
Update:
After change color setting for more accuracy white balance on my camera: MAX BRIGHTNESS
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Update more @ 31/05/2012
As I said, just receive my Olympus OM-D E-M5 and I'm very happy with it because it help me show the truth when I came to my friend' store and compared 3 Galaxy S3: My white S3, 2 brandnew Pebble Blue.
Here SOME EVIDENCE for you. How do you think? Do I joke? Hmm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26806795&postcount=145
Display pure black in dard inviroment: many ink marks
It looks lika a moiré-effekt this could be a reason of the subpixel setup but the pink tone isnt well, hope they will fix it...
audino said:
It looks lika a moiré-effekt this could be a reason of the subpixel setup but the pink tone isnt well, hope they will fix it...
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Colors balance = problem of all Super Amoled untill now.
I doubt they'd release a phone with this much of a problem, probably just a defective unit as I've seen pictures of the GS3 with a white background and looked fine.
The Note is using Pentile as well and that looks fine.
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I doubt they'd release a phone with this much of a problem, probably just a defective unit as I've seen pictures of the GS3 with a white background and looked fine.
The Note is using Pentile as well and that looks fine.
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I agree, probably op got a defective unit.
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Looks like its a problem with the white balance. I guess it can be easily fixed.
I got to play with a test unit yesterday and it didn't have this issue. Just a faulty unit.
Have you checked with different screen modes? There are 4 modes in GS3.
Maybe faulty like others mentioned or just a test unit made without any QC. Try comparing against another retail unit if you can find.
hey guys, here there are some photos of the galaxy s3 with almost all white screen and there isn't the problem of the pink display.
http://www.tuttoandroid.net/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s3-video-anteprima-48607/
probably, it is a defective unit
peppe.desire said:
hey guys, here there are some photos of the galaxy s3 with almost all white screen and there isn't the problem of the pink display.
http://www.tuttoandroid.net/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s3-video-anteprima-48607/
probably, it is a defective unit
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hey guy, stop spam to this site
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hey guy, stop spam to this site
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THIS SITE give all us very important informations.
peppe.desire said:
hey guys, here there are some photos of the galaxy s3 with almost all white screen and there isn't the problem of the pink display.
http://www.tuttoandroid.net/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s3-video-anteprima-48607/
probably, it is a defective unit
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Its a defective unit for sure,
But i will tell you one thing...
Samsung QC is amongst the worst for their AMOLED screen process. The tolerances they have for screens are borderline "anything goes". The Note had screen issues with "pink" and so did the galaxy nexus. The SGS2 had green/yellow issues... Its a lottery;/
You may get a great one, or it may be rubbish,
It took me 6 SGS2's to get a nice even AMOLED screen, its the big downside to AMOLED;(
JD
I've used galaxy nexus for 2 months, before I gave it to my niece.
One thing I noticed with the galaxy nexus display is the color banding on grey background at low brightnesses. I have checked several galaxy nexus's at local samsung store and all of them had this issue. Surprisingly there is no similar issue on galaxy note.
I wonder if this problem exists on galaxy s3?
as op have mentioned it as a final unit lets hope we wont see many such defective screens. Spending some nice money and seeing a screen with some problem will be totally annoying and frustrating.
edit: in all the videos i have seen so far i can clearly spot a blue tint in the screen. hope supercurio starts to work on his voodoo color for sgs3 soon
@ intratech
did you note any blue tint with your s3?
This S3 is not faulty. My camera has a little problem on white balance. I will update more pics from new white balance setting.
At min brightness, S3 display white color more and more gray compare to S2, Note!
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Thank you
Thank you, if this is true, I will feel so sad.
Locky Loki said:
Thank you, if this is true, I will feel so sad.
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But the Super Amoled HD still not very good eps compare to IPS LCD (2). I beleive 10 S3 has 10 difference color tint
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But the Super Amoled HD still not very good eps compare to IPS LCD (2). I beleive 10 S3 has 10 difference color tint
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How's the screen clarity (sharpness) and colors compares to Galaxy Note? 'Cause I wasn't impressed with Note's display much. Despite the higher pixel density, S2 seems to have more details in pictures when I compares Note and S2 side by side. I wonder if the same thing happens to S3.
btw: You must be the guy on tinhte, haven't seen this topic up there . Is your S3 a test unit ?
I believe the difference between the note and s2 will be to with the physical screen size. Smaller screen will be better with less pixel density.
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How's the screen clarity (sharpness) and colors compares to Galaxy Note? 'Cause I wasn't impressed with Note's display much. Despite the higher pixel density, S2 seems to have more details in pictures when I compares Note and S2 side by side. I wonder if the same thing happens to S3.
btw: You must be the guy on tinhte, haven't seen this topic up there . Is your S3 a test unit ?
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No offense to the OP but I trust these images and analysis more.
http://mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s3-fl-en.shtml
Please take a look at this site and their comparison images. I really think the OP has a faulty device.
Oct 6th: I got some phone compare to Note 2:
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Oct 2nd: Today I hand on Note 2 import from Hong Kong but I don't like the screen: still not better than S3, I think S3 screen a little bit better. How about yours?
Note 2 next to IP4.
Its known AMOLED screens have bad whites...
But I didn't bother me on other AMOLED screens, so I think it will be fine as long I wont compare it with other displays.
Would like to see more on this. I heard the screen on this was noticeably better than Note 1 and the S3. Less blue and less pentile hatcheting. Is that true?
I think you forgot to adjust the brightness
Is there any tint problem with note II?LIke the pink tint of s3????I dont know why but the display of note II appears a bit pinkish or i may be wrongg???
GizmoFreak said:
I think you forgot to adjust the brightness
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Indeed at low brighness the amoleds do not look good.
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I think you forgot to adjust the brightness
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Of course no . Both = max brightness.
Can you take a pic of a webpage (for example the xda webpage) on both machines please?
I'd like to see how text looks against the background.
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Would like to see more on this. I heard the screen on this was noticeably better than Note 1 and the S3. Less blue and less pentile hatcheting. Is that true?
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I'm thinking about marketing purpose when Samsung change matrix from Pentitle to non-pentile with strange matrix arrange .
Sorry, but its hard for me to believe this... Every site said the new AMOLED has great whites.
Can you compare it with Galaxy S3?
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Sorry, but its hard for me to believe this... Every site said the new AMOLED has great whites.
Can you compare it with Galaxy S3?
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When I compare to my IP4, I decide buy it later because I know that Super Amoled = not uniform. Tomorrow I will compare again with S3, IP4, IP5 and other I can .
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Can you take a pic of a webpage (for example the xda webpage) on both machines please?
I'd like to see how text looks against the background.
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Tomorrow I will hand on again cause I did not buy it .
I remember on my S3 there was a setting in the display menu....I can't remember on top of my head but this setting would allow the S3 to optimize the screen image to save battery. If this setting is enabled on your note like my s3 was then that could be why its not being brighter.
The only thing disappointing about this are the other people showing the Note II being better than the iPhone.
images.fonearena.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/galaxy-note-2-vs-iphone-4s4.jpg
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I remember on my S3 there was a setting in the display menu....I can't remember on top of my head but this setting would allow the S3 to optimize the screen image to save battery. If this setting is enabled on your note like my s3 was then that could be why its not being brighter.
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Of course no battery save mode
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The only thing disappointing about this are the other people showing the Note II being better than the iPhone.
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At this time, Super Amoled can not be better IPS about white color but black
How are you performing your test exactly?
You didn't buy it? How are you testing it in a room so dark then?
I've actually noticed, on my note 1, if you use the 'stock' internet browser and use a power saving mode, then it dims it using a very bluish tint, which looks quite different from just setting brightness at a lower level. So it could be test related.
I can't imagine any reason at all why the screen would be worse than the S3.
Samsung has said this is their best screen ever.
- Frank
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How are you performing your test exactly?
You didn't buy it? How are you testing it in a room so dark then?
I've actually noticed, on my note 1, if you use the 'stock' internet browser and use a power saving mode, then it dims it using a very bluish tint, which looks quite different from just setting brightness at a lower level. So it could be test related.
I can't imagine any reason at all why the screen would be worse than the S3.
Samsung has said this is their best screen ever.
- Frank
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I won't believe it neither unless I see it in person.
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ChodTheWacko said:
How are you performing your test exactly?
You didn't buy it? How are you testing it in a room so dark then?
I've actually noticed, on my note 1, if you use the 'stock' internet browser and use a power saving mode, then it dims it using a very bluish tint, which looks quite different from just setting brightness at a lower level. So it could be test related.
I can't imagine any reason at all why the screen would be worse than the S3.
Samsung has said this is their best screen ever.
- Frank
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Samsung always said that when thay launch a new product
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Samsung always said that when thay launch a new product
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And so does any other company in the world
A friend of mine used today a S4 and says it has some Ink spots.
Anyone else have Ink Spots?
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You mean like these on the SGS3? I'd be surprised if the SGS4 didn't have them. The N2 did. My N2 may or may not have them because I've never looked at its display on a solid grey background with brightness turned down to zero in a dimly lit room as I don't typically use my phone on a solid grey background at zero brightness in a dimly lit room. There are always multi-page threads in every Galaxy with a SAMOLED display's forum talking about the "ink marks." Yet other then in the situation I described its never affected anyone in everyday use. People that this is going to freak out shouldn't buy a SAMOLED display.
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I don't typically use my phone on a solid grey background at zero brightness in a dimly lit room.
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But..... that's .00000000000000000000000009% of my typical usage. Why Samsung!?! Why!?!
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What Barry said. Those blotches are pretty much standard. If you go "looking" for things, you could see backlight lines on perfectly white backgrounds on LCD too if you're REALLY looking for it. The thing is none of these are even nearly noticeable on daily usage. And neither do they interfere with your usage tbh.
That said, if you're buying the phone to view an entirely black image in a pitch dark room with low brightness, then avoid any AMOLED devices
GS4 has greatly reduced DC Bias. Much better contrast than the GS3 and Galaxy Nexus.
I remember having them on my old SGS3. Really annoyed me so I feel your pain.
It's called "mura" and is present on every Samsung device I have owned (GS2, Note, GS3, Note 2)
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It's called "mura" and is present on every Samsung device I have owned (GS2, Note, GS3, Note 2)
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Yep, every single SAMOLED device, Samsung or not, has it AFAIK. Degrees might vary, but it's there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365032
There are some members saying that apparently applying heat reduces the effect, not even gonna try it though. It is not that noticeable on my Note 2 even on low brightness/pitch black screen on pitch black room. S II users were the ones who had real torrid time with blotches.
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Yep, every single SAMOLED device, Samsung or not, has it AFAIK. Degrees might vary, but it's there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365032
There are some members saying that apparently applying heat reduces the effect, not even gonna try it though. It is not that noticeable on my Note 2 even on low brightness/pitch black screen on pitch black room. S II users were the ones who had real torrid time with blotches.
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Yeah, definitely don't try this. Can't remember where now but someone had this complaint about their Note II and went and used a heat gun on it. Suffice to say that "tiny annoyance" turned into a "I've got to call and get a replacement and this is going to be an awkward conversation". No idea if he got it replaced under warranty or not.
I didn't know.
Now i'm well informed, and will buy my S4 on May. :laugh:
I've had that on my SGS2, the screen was gorgeous so no worry.
I don't think even there are some black spots, anybody can recognize them
The black on S4 is tooooooooooooo black, much much much deeper black than Note 2
I can still see the luminance on Note 2 in dark room, not S4
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A friend of mine used today a S4 and says it has some Ink spots.
Anyone else have Ink Spots?
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it's normal for OLED displays, even the ps vita has it.
First of all, let me say that prior to reaching the decision to open this thread, I did some quite extensive research on what I am going to talk about, but only found references to the smearing thing.
So, the problem, as quick as possible...
Do you use Tapatalk? I'm sure many of you do. You know how it's got a dark gray background, right? Well... that dark gray background... look closely. The bottom portion of the screen is going to be gray (actual gray!), while, as you go toward the top side, you'll see the color turning into a purple hue... :/
Same thing can be observed in the inverted version of Play Store (such as the one included in SlimKat) which has the same background as Tapatalk - dark gray.
I think that the top side of the screen is now displaying gray as darker purple because of the CPU (it's right there, heating the display all the time).
Anyone else experiencing issues like this one?
Thats normal with super amoled display.. I bought s4 recently and got this same issue and also some horizontal and vertical lines in the display which are only visible on low brightness.. I asked for replacement and after my phone replaced twice I got twice new phone with same issue.. I have also searched over net about this isuue and this problem is common in super amoled display.. so just make ur brightness more or equal to 50% and those issues will get vanished..
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coolkoushik07 said:
Thats normal with super amoled display.. I bought s4 recently and got this same issue and also some horizontal and vertical lines in the display which are only visible on low brightness.. I asked for replacement and after my phone replaced twice I got twice new phone with same issue.. I have also searched over net about this isuue and this problem is common in super amoled display.. so just make ur brightness more or equal to 50% and those issues will get vanished..
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I know it is a common issue with Super AMOLED displays. Having owned the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 2, I'm well aware of it. Just figured they have figured it out and made the displays much better in the Galaxy S4. Truth be told, I've owned this S4 for almost 8 months now, so it's done its job, lol.
8 months? its still covered by samsungs' one year warranty.
TRusselo said:
8 months? its still covered by samsungs' one year warranty.
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Yeah but I don't have one...
Knox?
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TRusselo said:
Knox?
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No. I'm on the old MGA bootloader, so no Knox. I haven't bought this phone from a retail store, but from a guy, who... RIGHT... he said he has a friend in Samsung store so it can act as a warranty. That was 7 months ago, though. Anyway, will give that a shot. Regardless, hope the issue I'm having doesn't spread and become worse!
Formhault said:
I know it is a common issue with Super AMOLED displays. Having owned the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 2, I'm well aware of it. Just figured they have figured it out and made the displays much better in the Galaxy S4. Truth be told, I've owned this S4 for almost 8 months now, so it's done its job, lol.
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So u got the issue after using it for 8 months?? When u bought ur phone, ur phone was free from this issue??
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coolkoushik07 said:
So u got the issue after using it for 8 months?? When u bought ur phone, ur phone was free from this issue??
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Yea, the screen was next to perfect when I bought it - if you disregard the white color being generally inconsistent across the entire screen, which is the case for almost every AMOLED display out there (to some extent). But the gray color was the same.
To be clear, my device is a I9505, not I9500. I hear there are some differences in screens between the two models, with the I9500 having a slightly warmer screen.
@coolkoushik07, @TRusselo... Are your screens acting up, too?
I have had a samsung captivate for a year and a half, an S3 for 8 months, and now a S4 for about as long, with never one screen issue (aside from dropping it)
TRusselo said:
I have had a samsung captivate for a year and a half, an S3 for 8 months, and now a S4 for about as long, with never one screen issue (aside from dropping it)
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I'm assuming you did check thoroughly. Not like other people I know do, like, say, my girlfriend (glances quickly at the screen while in Chrome, observes nothing, thinks I'm crazy) :silly:
Formhault said:
I'm assuming you did check thoroughly. Not like other people I know do, like, say, my girlfriend (glances quickly at the screen while in Chrome, observes nothing, thinks I'm crazy) :silly:
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No. I'm just like your girlfriend....
Gaw...
TRusselo said:
Retired Moderator and Recognized Developer?
No. I'm just like your girlfriend....
Gaw...
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I saw that and wanted to edit the post later to cut that out. Forgot...