anyone else out there have stuck pixels on their device? i have a single pixel that likes to stick itself green from time to time. a minor annoyance.. but interesting nonetheless.
am i the only one?
There was a thread on here the other day with someone complaining about the same thing. I don't think it's a very common occurrence, though.
captain_awesome said:
anyone else out there have stuck pixels on their device? i have a single pixel that likes to stick itself green from time to time. a minor annoyance.. but interesting nonetheless.
am i the only one?
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you are not alone...I have one stuck pixels as well. I am reluctant to exchange the phone because this is my 4th unit that finally works well. The first was laggy and kept rebooting, the second one had a faulty buzzing earpiece, the third had a home key that didnt work.
I love this phone and as a result have been willing to live with all the exchanges. I was finally given a unit without the prior 3 issues, but now am stuck with a unit with one tiny stuck pixel. I am willing to accept this minor annoyance because it is bairly noticeable and i am tired of reinstalling all my apps again.
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you are not alone...I have one stuck pixels as well. I am reluctant to exchange the phone because this is my 4th unit that finally works well. The first was laggy and kept rebooting, the second one had a faulty buzzing earpiece, the third had a home key that didnt work.
I love this phone and as a result have been willing to live with all the exchanges. I was finally given a unit without the prior 3 issues, but now am stuck with a unit with one tiny stuck pixel. I am willing to accept this minor annoyance because it is bairly noticeable and i am tired of reinstalling all my apps again.
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agreed that its a minor annoyance. i chalk it up to the hiccups of relatively new technology. one pixel does not bother me. as long as it doesnt turn into a huge patch later.. haha
Try getting Color Flashlight from the market and run the pattern "Rainbow"
I'm not sure about SAMOLED, but flashing different colors has been known to unstick LCD pixels.
ah HA!! yes.. good idea.. i remember that from the LCD days way back when.
just an update here.. after flipping through the various colors available on color flashlight, my pixel remains stuck. it virtually disappears on the blue and green screens, barely visible on the amber screen but totally black on the red screen. the red part of the pixel must be dead. ahh well.
cest la vie.
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Well I received my nexus one about a week ago and I absolutely love everything about it...
Unfortunately I've just noticed two dead pixels on the screen. One top left and the other bottom right. Both about an inch in from the screens edge.
I've seen a lot of posts of people complaining about clicking edges and dust under their screens but I'm pretty sure this is not dust. The specks look identical to each other and are tiny in size. They are mainly visible on light/white backgrounds.
Unfortunately I live far away from any of the Google supported countries so doing any kind of exchange is going to be really difficult :-(
Anyone seen similar issues? Any suggestions?
There's a coupla apps on the market to check for dead pixels.
All they do is flash up white, black, red, green, blue so you can see what pixel is stuck. It might be worth trying one of those just to make sure they are actually dead pixels.
If they were working before, they might just be stuck pixels, and alot of toggling between colours may unstick them.
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There's a coupla apps on the market to check for dead pixels.
All they do is flash up white, black, red, green, blue so you can see what pixel is stuck. It might be worth trying one of those just to make sure they are actually dead pixels.
If they were working before, they might just be stuck pixels, and alot of toggling between colours may unstick them.
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But if it was a stuck pixel then you would see it lighting up on dark backgrounds but these are only noticeable on white or bright backgrounds.
BTW I have already tried the market apparently and no joy.
Has no one else been noticing these?
I had one stuck pixel that appeared a couple days after i got my phone
but i fixed it and it came back like 5 times.
But knock on wood its been 4 weeks and it hasn't come back.
Mine was weird it would only show on the lock screen and it was very random but once i swiped to unlocked it went away so it wasn't that bad.
If i were you I would return it especially were its two pixels and software isnt fixing it.
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I had one stuck pixel that appeared a couple days after i got my phone
but i fixed it and it came back like 5 times.
But knock on wood its been 4 weeks and it hasn't come back.
Mine was weird it would only show on the lock screen and it was very random but once i swiped to unlocked it went away so it wasn't that bad.
If i were you I would return it especially were its two pixels and software isnt fixing it.
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When you say u fixed it what do you mean?
Just to clarify, the dots on my screen look dark like there's no light coming through them. That's dead not suck right?
:'-(
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When you say u fixed it what do you mean?
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Mine was weird it would only show on the lock screen and it was very random but once i swiped to unlocked it went away so it wasn't that bad.
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mine was stuck and it was red sorry forgot to mention that.
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Just to clarify, the dots on my screen look dark like there's no light coming through them. That's dead not suck right?
:'-(
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OLED have very deep blacks so its hard to tell if its stuck on black or if it is dead
...anyhow if you cant fix it you should return it.
Man returning it is a such a mission as it was bought in Singapore and I'm not even there any more...
I suppose I could find a way to send it back there and then from there back to the US.... heh. The problem is that I only received the handset about a week ago so if these kinds of problems have been reported since the launch whaat says the replacement wont have the exact same issue? Which would then be a massive waste of time and money ;(
Thats the problem i even set up an RMA to return mine but had a gut feeling i would regret it. So i canceled my RMA and prayed the pixel would eventually not stick anymore.
I didn't want to take a chance of getting a referb phone with other issues.
I feel your pain EVERY device that I get now days that has a LCD screen ALWAYS has at least one dead pixel. But to my surprise my Nexus One is 100% fine .
Its right at the bottom of the screen on top of the P in Phone on the HTC dock. Now i've heard that for a pixel to be stuck, it should be only one colour. But the weird thing with mine is that it appears to be a different colour depending on the angle i look at it from. It changes from green to red, and i think blue too. Is this stuck or dead, and anyone have tips to sort this?
Im kind of annoyed because my phone is only 4 days old. And i don't want to send it back because shipping could be costly and take weeks to months.
I have fixed stuck pixels in the past by pressing quite hard on the screen and "massaging" the spot. Be careful not to press to hard, but it can take quit a bit of pressure. There are several causes for stuck pixels, and this wont always work, but from what you have described, this probably will.
You may have to apply pressure slightly offset from the pixel.
Good luck!
I dont know how hard to press, im scared i could do some damage to it. The screen feels like glass so i dont think im reaching the pixel..
DO it when the screen os on, preferably with a white background. Press untill you see the colours go funny.
Its pretty sturdy dont worry too much about breaking it. I havnt actually done it with a DHD, but i have with an iPhone and a G1.
i wouldnt press on the glass lol, your risking breaking it then warranty wont be covered you might just have to either live with it, or send it back to handtec asap.
seems like you got a bad unit stuck pixel and sim gap cover, still surprising since mine is from same handtec batch as yours and its 100% perfect
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DO it when the screen os on, preferably with a white background. Press untill you see the colours go funny.
Its pretty sturdy dont worry too much about breaking it. I havnt actually done it with a DHD, but i have with an iPhone and a G1.
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No matter how hard i press, the colours dont go funny. I know what you mean by this, i have a stuck pixel on my laptop too and applying even a little pressure and the colours change because the screen isnt protected by glass, but by plastic. But doing this in the DHD is another story.
Do you have a Desire HD JamesBarnes? Could you try it yourself? Pressing on the glass until it flexes seems far too risky imo.
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i wouldnt press on the glass lol, your risking breaking it then warranty wont be covered you might just have to either live with it, or send it back to handtec asap.
seems like you got a bad unit stuck pixel and sim gap cover, still surprising since mine is from same handtec batch as yours and its 100% perfect
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I think i'll live with it Im in no mood to send it back and have to wait even more.. i guess im cursed because all my gadgets get stuck pixels. My old psp, my laptop, and now my DHD.
I just tried it, and had the same result, no joy. I guess that means its well built though
See if you can find a stobe application, sometimes rapidly changing the colour can fix a stuck pixel too...
There are certain screen fixes you can run in the browser which flash the colours very fast which can unstick some pixels. I've used it before on a laptop. Just google for stuck pixel fix. Not sure if they will work with the refresh rate of a phone screen but its worth a try.
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I downloaded an app called JScreenFix and let that run for 25 minutes. It changes the colours of all pixels rapidly. But still no luck.
They might not replace it if its only 1 singel pixel.
If it's anything like LCD's then they usually have a specific number of stuck/blown pixels before they accept it as faulty..
Usually around 5 - 8 pixels mark...
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They might not replace it if its only 1 singel pixel.
If it's anything like LCD's then they usually have a specific number of stuck/blown pixels before they accept it as faulty..
Usually around 5 - 8 pixels mark...
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Correct, but it's up to the manufacturer. For example, if I remember correctly, HP requires 3+ pixels to replace.
for phones its usually a zero dead and / or stuck pixels. you will have to send htc an email asking about their dead stuck pixel policy
Unlucky m8
Hello, i'm sorry for create duplicate thread from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093995 because i did't get any answer, so i decided to open new thread at this subforum, because many ppl look at it
few weeks ago [3 may 2011] i bought a new desire HD
and today, i realized there's a stuck pixel at the top right panel near the clock, the panel gray and the stuck pixel just colour almost same, take time and focus to realize it.
i create a new thread because all other threads of the stuck pixel didn't give me any solution
and this stuck pixel not just stuck in 1 colour
but,
when the screen is white, the pixel is red
when screen blue, its blue [dissapear]
when screen light purple, its light purple
when screen black, its black
when screen green, its blue
idk if the pixel really gone when its blue or purple, but my eyes are normal i guess..
JscreenFix tested, 1 hour, no work
tapping, scrubing, massage method, no work
is there any other method that you recommend?
i didn't root the phone yet because it still in Warranty, and i guess if i bring it to HTC Care, i won't get a new unit, but a new lcd, and the mechanic sure open the phone and broke the void sticker..
any suggestion?
If you have tried all the above I would phone HTC and try and get it replaced...
Good luck as some people have problems replacing phones with dead/stuck pixels as they are allowed a certain percentage of dead/stuck before its deemed a fault
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If you have tried all the above I would phone HTC and try and get it replaced...
Good luck as some people have problems replacing phones with dead/stuck pixels as they are allowed a certain percentage of dead/stuck before its deemed a fault
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The HTC didn't want to replace it, but i contact the shop where i buy and ask them for replacement, but still is there any other method that someone had test it and work?
I'm not suggesting this, do it at your own risk, don't blame me if you brake anything!!!
There is a way of "unstucking" the pixel by pressing hard on your screen(so I've heard, never had a dead pixel in my life=>never tried it). It looks like that your pixel isn't actually "dead"(it would only shine in one color(white) or wouldn't shine(black) if it was), but rather "stuck"(again, so I've heard, and didn't do any research about it, how and why is this happening, so there's a big chance I'm wrong).
If they won't replace your phone, and you don't really want to try exotic stuff that might break your phone(like pressing hard on the screen/dissassembling the phone and poking the screen from behind with the screwdriver/yelling loud at it), there isn't really anything that you can do about it, except get used to it...
I've had a stuck pixel on my Desire HD since 4 days after i purchased it, which was at the beginning of December. At the time, i tried everything i could to fix it but nothing worked. So now i just learned to live with it.
Btw, i really recommend to not try push/massage on the screen because the glass on the DHD does not flex. If you apply enough pressure you could shatter the glass (considering it's not gorilla glass).
So if JScreenFix doesnt do anything then im afraid nothing can really be done, unless you decide to disassemble the phone yourself (i dont recommend), or brake your phone purposely so HTC will replace it
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If you have tried all the above I would phone HTC and try and get it replaced...
Good luck as some people have problems replacing phones with dead/stuck pixels as they are allowed a certain percentage of dead/stuck before its deemed a fault
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It takes 3 dead pixels to replace it with a new one, here were I live. I have one on my DHD, but it's in the down right corner, can't even see it, noticed it by accident when i was watching a video that was cropped so it had alot of black around it.
Otherwise, don't see it-don't care
I've even had a dead pixel on my Philips monitor, for 1 year, and then it just dissapeared. And it was a red ugly one, right in the middle of the screen, very annoying.
I've had a stuck pixel for some time now. It's bright red and in the middle of the screen, i just lived it. I barely notice it. Only when i look for it do i find it. I'm tempted to say 2.3 fixed the problem for me but it could just be that i changed my wallpaper from the live sense one to a black one.
So i recieved my Galaxy s2 the other day, as a replacement for my HTC HD2 which was in for a repair with a broken screen - apparently it was 'unecconomical' to repair - but i certainly wasnt complaining!
Awesome phone, had it for two days, rooted it fine using Odin and superoneclick - fantastic tool..
After rooting i re-flashed with stock kernel again.
All was absolutely fine, i was using my phone without problems until a few hours later (yesterday evening) when after putting it down for five minutes and picking it up again, there was a pixel wide horizontal line running across the screen.
They are not dead or stuck pixels, as they change colour with the background- they just appear extremely brightly, so stand out from the rest of the display.
No amount of adjusting has resolved this, rebooting/hard reset etc. the line remains prominently running from the right side, and slowly fading to the left.
Ive searched online but cant see any issues with screens like this, just dead pixel lines and stuck pixels.
If anyone may have an idea on whether this could be software related problem or hardware related would be great to know your thoughts.
Cheers, Alex
I would be taking it straight back . I got a couple of sgs2 handsets back in may when they were 1st released and i had numerous screen issues. i got one a few days ago an my friend got one yesterday and the screens are pretty much bang on (tiny tiny yellow tint if you go looking for it)
No lines , no dead pixels , beautifull screens even with the slight yellow tint
I hated my 1st screens so there are defo some bad ones knocking about and some that are literally 10x nicer to look at
Like i say take it back buddy
Good luck with it and let us know how you got on
Also pictures of the problem could be interesting
Yep I definitely will...
Just whether to un-root and reset flash count first or not - probs a good idea im thinking.
Aside from that i agree its a lovely display- ive heard about the yellow tint but noticed it on mine.
Will try and get a pic up before it goes back..
Cheers for the input!
I just got my warranty replacement yesterday. Noticed last night in a dark room that there is a small stuck blue pixel in the virtual soft button area, really an eye-sore. My first device had a hole in the backlight that looks like a big spec of dirt, so not as bad as that, but still irritating. I always seem to have the worst luck with ordering electronics (went through 5 sensations going around the warranty system )
Does anybody know of a way that it might be possible to fix this pixel? It's only visible when there is any blue or white on the screen above it. So if I download that pixel fix app and set the background color to blue, that stuck pixel screams, but if I set it to black or gray, it's not visible at all. It's only on if something above it is on. Almost like it's a short in the signal or something. Anybody know of a way to fix it? I've tried the pixel-fix it apps to no avail, albeit I haven't tried for more than 5 minutes.
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I just got my warranty replacement yesterday. Noticed last night in a dark room that there is a small stuck blue pixel in the virtual soft button area, really an eye-sore. My first device had a hole in the backlight that looks like a big spec of dirt, so not as bad as that, but still irritating. I always seem to have the worst luck with ordering electronics (went through 5 sensations going around the warranty system )
Does anybody know of a way that it might be possible to fix this pixel? It's only visible when there is any blue or white on the screen above it. So if I download that pixel fix app and set the background color to blue, that stuck pixel screams, but if I set it to black or gray, it's not visible at all. It's only on if something above it is on. Almost like it's a short in the signal or something. Anybody know of a way to fix it? I've tried the pixel-fix it apps to no avail, albeit I haven't tried for more than 5 minutes.
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Pixel fixer apps don't really work, some may report success only because it is an intermittent pixel fault that will just come back or would have fixed itself anyway. If it was as easy as flicking through a serious of colours the manufacturers of LCD panels would do this already as it costs them loads of money in throwing away panels with faulty pixels.
Some pixels will fix with gentle pressure, but often will just come back.
I'm sorry to say the only option is an exchange.
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Phil
I'm getting a red pixel that shows up randomly. Either by the notification bar or navigation bar. It goes away if I touch the screen. Is this something that could get worse?
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I'm getting a red pixel that shows up randomly. Either by the notification bar or navigation bar. It goes away if I touch the screen. Is this something that could get worse?
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You have a faulty pixel that corrects itself sometimes when given a little bit of flexing as would happen when you touch the screen. It is unlikely to spread to other pixels, but one day the pixel may become stuck red permanently or may just fix itself for good.
It isn't uncommon to have pixels like that, although with improvements in manufacturing it's getting rarer. If you think it will annoy you, you have little option but get it exchanged.
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Phil
MusicMan374 said:
I just got my warranty replacement yesterday. Noticed last night in a dark room that there is a small stuck blue pixel in the virtual soft button area, really an eye-sore. My first device had a hole in the backlight that looks like a big spec of dirt, so not as bad as that, but still irritating. I always seem to have the worst luck with ordering electronics (went through 5 sensations going around the warranty system )
Does anybody know of a way that it might be possible to fix this pixel? It's only visible when there is any blue or white on the screen above it. So if I download that pixel fix app and set the background color to blue, that stuck pixel screams, but if I set it to black or gray, it's not visible at all. It's only on if something above it is on. Almost like it's a short in the signal or something. Anybody know of a way to fix it? I've tried the pixel-fix it apps to no avail, albeit I haven't tried for more than 5 minutes.
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I would appreciate if this discussion continued on the general forum I made to discuss these issues...
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024710
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I would appreciate if this discussion continued on the general forum I made to discuss these issues...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024710
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Didn't realise you were a mod
Its a strangely behaving pixel too. It only shows if there are a lot of blue sub pixels activated on the screen. Example, if the entire screen is blue, the stuck pixel will scream, but if its red, green, or black on then rest of the screen (dark video or picture or something) the pixel is black. Unlike any stuck pixel I've had before. Only stuck blue if the rest of the screen has blue... And if the pixel is supposed to be showing black. If it's showing white or gray, it'll function properly, but if it's supposed to be black, it'll be blue.
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