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so i got a 8525 today and i cant exchange it for another one but ive got 1 dead red pixel.. is there any way i can rub this out or anything similar to that? its in the most annoying place!
jacob-mda said:
so i got a 8525 today and i cant exchange it for another one but ive got 1 dead red pixel.. is there any way i can rub this out or anything similar to that? its in the most annoying place!
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screen swap. expensive but less expensive than buying a new phone.
ppctechs right? runs about 125$ if i remember correctly
jacob-mda said:
ppctechs right? runs about 125$ if i remember correctly
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yes sir. ORRRRRRR is your warranty still valid?
cant do a warranty exchange the way i got the phone.. so im gonna have to pay the 169$ or deal with a red dot apprently
jacob-mda said:
cant do a warranty exchange the way i got the phone.. so im gonna have to pay the 169$ or deal with a red dot apprently
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yes. if you were me and i were you, id swap screens. i can have the casing banged up to all hell but the screen must be flawless. even hearing about a dead pixel from a stranger's phone is making me want to go clean my screen.
yea i wasnt happy when i turned it on and seen a red dot.. my heart about dropped
Hi, it sounds stuck, not dead, I actully tossed my stylus at my screen one day, When it froze up, and caused a pixel to stick blue, after some work rubbing it out with the round of my fingernail, or the curved butt end of the stylus which almost completely removed it, and giving it a few days with diff color screens, it finally unstuck.
There are some apps that are supposed to help fix screens also for ppc's.
Might as well give it a shot, if youre considering replacement, it did take a fair bit of pressure, you should see it turn black, then release.
what apps are these that u talk about?
ive used http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=377&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 and doesnt seem to be working
aslo used http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44756 which is the same thing.. guess ill let it run over night like the guy did
are you sure htc won't let you get it repaired under warranty?
i had a mda compact II i bought off ebay and rang them up, saying i was told to contact them, they repaired it all under warranty and i had it back within a week (they had to replace the mainboard.lol.dont ask!)
try HTC!
jacob-mda;1311656 said:
ive used http://www .pocketpcmag.com/blogs /...pcthoughts.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t =44756 which is the same thing.. guess ill let it run over night like the guy did
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Opps, I didnt catch that second link, till I hit reply, but the first is one I tried, and I had seen one other, but it required the .net framework, I was too freakin out at the moment to really have patience with the apps, because the blue pixel was staring me right in the face on my black todaypaper.
If that doesnt work running it, I recommend setting a black background, and gently applying pressure, until you see the pixel go black, and then work it back and forth between red/black in a circular/orbital type motion over the pixel, if it doesnt fully go away, but appears more faint, just give it a few days, and maybe even switch out your today screen a few times a day, but just make sure it isnt red, even occasionaly massaging the pixel from time to time, thats tthe method I used, and mine went away, hope you have the same luck.
stuck pixels
I had a stuck pixel and I was able to get rid of it using a combination of the stuck pixel fix movie and rubbing. It's good to do it while the unit is warm or hot...like leave it in the car and then rub that area using moderate pressure. There are plenty of guides on the web to fixing stuck pixels on lcd monitors. Consult one of those.
ok ill try that angelis..
i dont think i can contact htc about this.. i sorta got the phone on the DL..
none of these tips have worked.. still have this little red pixel. crazy thing is.. when i have yellow or green on the screen the pixel turns green or yellow depending on the background color.. this makes no sense
Jacob, search Ebay for Hermes parts.. and see if you can get a new screen...
im so trying to avoid that..
can you post a pictuer of this screen? just curious...lol
how do u expect me to do that? lol.. theres no way my digital will pick up 1 dead pixel
ahh....ya...lol
Does anybody have prbolems with the housing of the mytouch 3g? My housing around the volume keys is coming off a little bit. I had this problem like 3 weeks ago and it was pretty bad you could see the inside of the phone and everything. i returned it and got a new handset but its happeneing again just wondering if anybody else has had a problem with this it's really annoying. I dunno what it is thats causing it.... please help.
How?? mines has a few chips on it but thats it! god knows how it has happened, Do you work with any hazardous chemicals? Petolium can make rubber expand but i dunno if iit affects plastic. I have searched for a housing but cant find it anywhere
Yeah its very weird. You know how in between the face plate and the back cover that comes out to get to the battery there is a dark grey line that goes all around the phone? That is whats coming off Ans it's happening around where the volume keys are. Like I said this is the second time that is happeneing again. The first time it was very bad and the funny thingl is that on the box where the other phone came in the picture of the phone on the outside had the same thing. I'm not sure about the new box though ill check it out when I get home. Also I have a black jelly on my phone so its protected...
Never heard of that happening, I've had mine for a few months and nothing of that sort. You should invest in a skin for your phone. Best buck fity you'll ever spend on Amazon. Is that what you mean by black jelly?
Well yeah I have a mytouch brand jelly and it protects my phone really well I also have a screen protector. So it's just plain weird. Ill try to get a picture so I can post it and you guys can see it.
I got my Galaxy S II this morning, and it's awesome, but I'm starting to get this problem which completely destroys the experience...
After using it for a while, the screen starts getting horizontal streaks (but no vertical streaks) that match the brightest colour in that row. For example, I have a facebook con on my homescreen and the entire vertical row gets more and more blue. This is the same for everything, and it's particularly bad with black text on a white background, where the whole line has a grey background...
Any one else with this problem or anyone with some advice? I'm starting to think I'll have to take it back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13444483#post13444483
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062966
I had to go through 4 phones to get a perfect one.
Exchange/ send it back right away.
If you bought it instore then check the new one there. If you bought it online.. =/ it might take some time to get a perfect one.
Damn, gonna take it back tommorow I think.
Are you in the US? What retailers in the US will take these back for exchanges?
No, I live in the UK and bought it in Phones4U
great so how the heck are we supposed to order from UK over here in the USA if we may potentially have to return multiple times just to get a good screen? sadness
RogerPodacter said:
great so how the heck are we supposed to order from UK over here in the USA if we may potentially have to return multiple times just to get a good screen? sadness
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Wait till it comes out in the US?
I wouldnt risk it.. just wait.
RedBlueGreen said:
Wait till it comes out in the US?
I wouldnt risk it.. just wait.
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that is like a horny man coming in proximity of a beautiful naked lady. WHO CAN CONSTRAIN themselves? rare extremely strong willed or straight minded people
My screen is just fine. Flawless.
None of these problems. My friend will be getting this phone next week. We'll see.
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Looks like I wont be returning it today... left it charging overnight with the phone off and started using it again this morning, been using it for about an hour now and no screen issues at all, before it would start appearing after about 10 minutes. :/ I've got 30 days to return it so i'll wait... just hope I dont get any long term screen problems, although this will hopefully come under the two year warranty...
LarcusMywood said:
Looks like I wont be returning it today... left it charging overnight with the phone off and started using it again this morning, been using it for about an hour now and no screen issues at all, before it would start appearing after about 10 minutes. :/ I've got 30 days to return it so i'll wait... just hope I dont get any long term screen problems, although this will hopefully come under the two year warranty...
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Wow that is good news !!!
Remember those yellowish spots on iP4 screen? Maybe SGS2 also needs time to "cure" something in its screen?
LarcusMywood said:
Looks like I wont be returning it today... left it charging overnight with the phone off and started using it again this morning, been using it for about an hour now and no screen issues at all, before it would start appearing after about 10 minutes. :/ I've got 30 days to return it so i'll wait... just hope I dont get any long term screen problems, although this will hopefully come under the two year warranty...
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Get a white screen up and wait till it dims down and check again. You should be able to still see those lines.
kreoXDA said:
Wow that is good news !!!
Remember those yellowish spots on iP4 screen? Maybe SGS2 also needs time to "cure" something in its screen?
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That's what I've been thinking! It did it one more time today, but only after the screen being on playing a 720p video for a couple of hours, and it hasn't done it since.
RedBlueGreen said:
Get a white screen up and wait till it dims down and check again. You should be able to still see those lines.
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Done that, but there isn't any. It definetely isn't burn-in, the colour of the lines change depending on the brightest colour that is in that line, pretty hard to explain so I wish I could take pictures, but the only camera I have is the one on the phone, lol.
These issue topics are making me nervous since I just ordered mine and it won't have a warranty ;\
ignign0kt said:
These issue topics are making me nervous since I just ordered mine and it won't have a warranty ;\
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for every 100 owners of SGS2 there is only one who is an active poster here. And out of every 100 active posters , only like 1 would have issues. So do not worry and hope for luck!
Got my SGSII yesterday only to realize that there is a circle on the downleft of screen. It's very annoying. Went to Telenor today but they had no phones left. Only thing to do now is wait 4 weeks for a new one.
Any idé on what this is? Have you checked your own ones?
imgur.com/a/pLZC5#3guAm
More people have this. I don't know if it went away with anyone? Some say it should go away and the production process causing it.
I see you also have the 1/3 yellowish/darker screen. I am wondering if there is someone who doesn't have this.
Sorry didn't want you to focuss on it, guess you didn't saw yet. but a lot have this(if not everybody).
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More people have this. I don't know if it went away with anyone? Some say it should go away and the production process causing it.
I see you also have the 1/3 yellowish/darker screen. I am wondering if there is someone who doesn't have this.
Sorry didn't want you to focuss on it, guess you didn't saw yet. but a lot have this(if not everybody).
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Haha now when you say it. I was so blind cause of that circle that I didn't notice the yellow/dark thing! Haha!
Do you have a link to any other source that say that they have gotten rid of the circle thing? I searched alot before posting but couldn't find anythin.
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Got my SGSII yesterday only to realize that there is a circle on the downleft of screen. It's very annoying. Went to Telenor today but they had no phones left. Only thing to do now is wait 4 weeks for a new one.
Any idé on what this is? Have you checked your own ones?
imgur.com/a/pLZC5#3guAm
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wow almost looks like you kept your phone in your pocket with some coin for too long
dial *#0*# to see the menu for individual color display, or use some app like Dead Pixel Detect , to do more tests.
lol it's funny
Dont have any problems with my screen. Tried setting higher and lower brightness on different background and saw nothing. Are display problems really that common?
Jonzza said:
Dont have any problems with my screen. Tried setting higher and lower brightness on different background and saw nothing. Are display problems really that common?
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So no Yellow on the left side on grey? No vertical lines of white on grey background?
No blue coating when tilting the phone?
Take a picture i will look.
ams84 said:
lol it's funny
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Funny like a face plant, as long as it's someone else.
I wouldn't be amused having to wait 4 weeks to get that fixed.
imgur.com/a/xdEvR
I took some more pictures on different backgrounds and it seems like it is only visible on grey. Ar almost.
Only thing to do is send it in?
this phone has so many faults.
all you can do is send it back and get another one... and hope that there isnt something wrong with that.
Am I lucky? My one has no problem. Did you do special things? Or the circle point was pressed? I am worry about possible problem on my sgs2.
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Am I lucky? My one has no problem.
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Give me 10 minutes with your phone and I'll find you one.
topambire said:
Am I lucky? My one has no problem. Did you do special things? Or the circle point was pressed? I am worry about possible problem on my sgs2.
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Didn't do anything. Opened it, charged it and booted it. Tested it out and rolled down statusbar, noticed directly and all my happyness for my new phone dissappeared.
I guess its the kind of person who owns the phone..
I myself am almost a perfectionist.. well.. atleast when i buy new things.. why would i want a new product with some minor/ major problems on it?
hardware problems.. not software.. since software can be fixed.
I had the circle on mine, top right of the screen. Made a thread about it last week: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078058
Noticed it shortly after taking delivery of the box when I was viewing some photos. It's not visible on pixels where full brightness is used (no matter if it's R, G, or B), but on anything between black and full white it's visible. Sent mine back yesterday for replacement, but I was told by an Expansys-USA rep that they won't have any in stock till the 30th.
Supposedly it's from the suction cup used on the assembly line and that it's technically supposed to go away over time. Expansys only gives a small window of time for returns, and my circle wasn't showing signs of disappearing. Might wanna have yours swapped out, too.
Thanks, was looking for someone else having this problem.
I live in Sweden and ordered from operator Telenor.
They only have a 7 day DOA, so I called them and because all phones were out both in physical store and on the web, they was going to send me a servicebox that I will pack everything and then send it. Hopefully I will get a new one in a few weeks. They say that it can take up to a month though.
Hey there,
I got the exact same thing, but on the right side of the display. I got this thing just yesterday, I live in Germany.
I really do not want to send it back, especially since it seems display problems are pretty common with this phone and there is no guarantee I'll get another one without it.
Anyone knows if this might go away? I have 4 weeks until I have to send it back.
No idea if it will go away, but if you've got 4 weeks, maybe you can see if it does fade over time? I had a really short period of time to report any problems with the phone to Expansys (48 hours), so I couldn't wait.
Man... 4 weeks..! That seems like such a luxurious amount of time to check for problems with the phone.
I can't see anything like this on my phone...
How can I see/make it:-??
A friend of mine wanted me to root his Evo for him. After I rooted it, I flashed the Synergy RC1 rom on it. As I was making sure everything was working, I noticed his screen looked a little flakey (see pics). It had like this wisonsin shaped marking on the screen. It's easy to notice on light colored screens. But it's also noticable on dark color screens as well.
I don't know if his screen is going bad or if this is a case of screen tearing or whatever it's called. I never had any of those issues with any of the Evos I ever owned. So therefore, I don't know what to look for.
So nevertheless, can someone please take a look at the pics and let me know if this is a case of th screen going ad, screen tearing or something else. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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A friend of mine wanted me to root his Evo for him. After I rooted it, I flashed the Synergy RC1 rom on it. As I was making sure everything was working, I noticed his screen looked a little flakey (see pics). It had like this wisonsin shaped marking on the screen. It's easy to notice on light colored screens. But it's also noticable on dark color screens as well.
I don't know if his screen is going bad or if this is a case of screen tearing or whatever it's called. I never had any of those issues with any of the Evos I ever owned. So therefore, I don't know what to look for.
So nevertheless, can someone please take a look at the pics and let me know if this is a case of th screen going ad, screen tearing or something else. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
T
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Looks like something dried under the screen.
Like coffee.
mattykinsx said:
Looks like something dried under the screen.
Like coffee.
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So you thinking it may be water/liquid damage then?
Where is the liquid trigger/indicators on this phone. I know one is on the battery. And that one isn't pink or anything.
I also tried flashing another room and it still shows.
plmiller0905 said:
So you thinking it may be water/liquid damage then?
Where is the liquid trigger/indicators on this phone. I know one is on the battery. And that one isn't pink or anything.
I also tried flashing another room and it still shows.
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Keep in mind that if you get the screen wet that doesn't necessarily mean that the indicator would change if you don't get any other part of the phone wet.
However, I think it's pretty obvious it's some sort of liquid damage and I doubt Sprint would be willing to replace it.
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Keep in mind that if you get the screen wet that doesn't necessarily mean that the indicator would change if you don't get any other part of the phone wet.
However, I think it's pretty obvious it's some sort of liquid damage and I doubt Sprint would be willing to replace it.
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So basically he'd have to file a claim with Asurion?
plmiller0905 said:
So basically he'd have to file a claim with Asurion?
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Yeah. If I were him I would take it to Sprint just to try. Can't hurt.
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Keep in mind that if you get the screen wet that doesn't necessarily mean that the indicator would change if you don't get any other part of the phone wet.
However, I think it's pretty obvious it's some sort of liquid damage and I doubt Sprint would be willing to replace it.
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My buddy just came back. He said that he hasn't never gotten the phone wet at all. And have no idea how it could be liquid damage. He's going to take it to sprint tomorrow afternoon after he gets off work.
mattykinsx said:
Yeah. If I were him I would take it to Sprint just to try. Can't hurt.
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Or if he feels comfortable taking apart electronic stuff, he could just take the phone apart and clean it. just make sure it is completely dry before putting it back together.
Muellersirch said:
Or if he feels comfortable taking apart electronic stuff, he could just take the phone apart and clean it. just make sure it is completely dry before putting it back together.
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Well he definately don't feel comfortable doing that and neither than me... lol. It took almost an hour just to take my xbox 360 apart two night ago to fix the rings of death.
Definitely Liquid damage
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Definitely Liquid damage
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I would have to say the same thing. and hey im from Wisconsin, and that doesnt look anything like a Wisconsin Map maybe Lake Winnebago or Lake Michigan but most def. not Wisconsin
Sorry to say but that's liquid damage
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My friends evo had the exact same thing, it was from liquid damage.... His was not in the center of the screen, but it looked identical.... Sprint replaced it under his insurance for I think $50
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Update:
We took the phone to Sprint yesterday and they said that it wasn't liquid damage. They said that it appeared to be a pressure point. Something apparently pressed up to hard against the screen. Nevertheless, because he had insurance, they replaced the screen free of charge.
However in doing so, they apparently broke the speaker in the earpiece and the bluetooth connection. Whenever someone calls the phone, they can hear you, but you can't hear them. They come in in very very low and the sound is distorted and sounds like static.
So he called sprint and we have to bring it back in today. They also added more minutes to his plan for the next 3 months or something like that.