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Hi guys,
I am newbie to the Nexus S.. have had it since yesterday.. loving it.. upgraded to ICS..
But.. I have noticed a thin (probably a pixel width) green line on the left side of the screen.. this line is visible on white (or lighter backgrounds).. try going to the Google homepage on auto brightness.. you may see it.. it is hard to spot but once you spot you cant miss it..
I think it may be due to the pentile nature of the screen specifically the green sub-pixel.. and possibly affects all the AMOLED Nexus S handsets..
I just wanted some reassurance from fellow AMOLED SNSerz that this is a feature and not a defect on my screen.. before I am tempted to return my new favourite toy..
PS.. apologies in advance if this has been discussed before but I did do a search before posting..
PPS.. I would request you guys to tell me if my theory is indeed correct and that you guys all have this green line on the left side of your screens..
Thanks..
KKH
I have never noticed this on my NS4G, which has a samoled display.
Follow the leader @corythug
Woah I have been using this device for a year and never noticed that before :O
Damn why did you told us that >_< Now it will always take my attention >_<
Yep. I noticed it. Even received 3 replacements. I believe they are on all of them. I try not to think about it.
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I noticed it a lot when a person had a blackish contact image in messaging. Glad to know I wasn't the only one!
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It caused by pentile matrix used in none plus samoled screens. Each pixel is made of two sub pixels one green and one either blue or red. The green sub pixel is always on the left side so the left side of the screen will always have that green line.
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Thanks guys.. you have confirmed my suspicions..
I'll just live with the "feature"
PS. corythug.. the line is not noticeable if you don't look for it.. but once you see it you can't avoid it..
Hi,
I wont say I'm new to XDA as I've been following XDA since the Windows Mobile 6.5 days. I was even a member of xda then but unfortunately forgot my account details when I switched to using a Nokia N900 for a year or so. I moved on to the Galaxy SII last year and have been following XDA again since then. I finally sold my SGS II and bought the Galaxy Note last week. And this device has finally brought the need to join again. I never tried playing videos initially, but in a few days I played some videos which were randomly scattered in my sd card and I discovered that every video looks sick on my phone. There were black and purplish pixellation on almost all the dark scenes (even HD videos and FullHD videos, even the ones taken by the phone's camera) and upon googling it, I came to know in detail about this issue. I went through every thread in this forum related to this issue and even found supercurio's abandoned thread. Exchanging phones here in India is a painful experience. Samsung gives a 4day exchange policy which is a headache and after reading through the threads, I realised that there is no point fighting for a replacement or changing the screen as I may end up getting another issue while this issue would still persist to some degree. Since this black clipping problem is going on since release without any solution as of now, I posted the issue to GSMArena along with links to the threads here stating the issue. I never expected them to publish it but check out GsmArena today.
www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_plagued_by_display_issues-news-4513.php
Now lets hope for an explanation from Samsung with a fix. I hope this is a good start from my side.
UPDATE (July14th) : Guess we are making some progress. Check this out.
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/07/13/samsung-galaxy-note-display-problem-could-be-kernel-glitch/
http://www.knowyourmobile.in/news/1482177/now_samsung_galaxy_note_faces_display_issues.html
http://www.phonesreview.com/review/samsung-galaxy-note-display-problem-could-be-kernel-glitch/
http://www.mobgaze.com/news/mobile-phone-news-samsung-galaxy-note-5-3-display-issues
http://american-reviews.blogspot.in/2012/07/samsung-galaxy-note-plagued-by-display.html
http://jtplanet.com/samsung-galaxy-note-display-issues/
http://www.mobilebloom.com/display-issues-plaguing-the-samsung-galaxy-note/2216782/
Welcome to XDA.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_plagued_by_display_issues-news-4513.php
Thanks for reporting it to gsmarena. Glad they did not ignore it.. and welcome.. back! to XDA!
satishp said:
Now lets hope for an explanation from Samsung with a fix.
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You'll get your explanation and fix in no time at all, I'm sure.
When it comes to delivering those, Samsung is as fast as a quadriplegic snail.:silly:
They are working on the fix to the black clipping and the Emmc bug!
Galaxy note 2
not sent from an I phone....cos I'm not a fanny
numbnutsuk said:
They are working on the fix to the black clipping and the Emmc bug!
Galaxy note 2
not sent from an I phone....cos I'm not a fanny
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Have they specifically stated that there won't be any clipping anywhere? Link please.
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Samsung are not going to fix anything for the note 1. Be it black clipping or the brick bug..
That will cost them.
Instead they will fix it with the note 2 and make us pay fot it.
Simple business
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Its not that I expect anything from Samsung, but atleast they have to givevan explanation now as this is in the media. I just bought the note a week ago and everything is perfect. No spots, no tints, no hues, nothing. Everything looks flawless untill I apply a dark wallpaper or play any video. And thats when you realise how disgusting it looks. Even HD videos. Everybody knows that the Note isnt cheap and here in India, nothing is easy. It takes a month or more to recieve a product after warranty. The service team is so bothered about fixing your device as it comes back scratched and scuffed and with other new issues. Replacement period here is 4days and going through that itself is a pain. I still remember waiting for my GSII replacement for almost 9hrs trying to explain to the blind engineers about the Yellow tint which was obvious on the left side of the display. Showed them all the threads online regarding this widespread issue, as it was a 'one of a kind' issue for them. After finally waiting for hours, they finally gave me a DOA with 'screen fade' as the issue. And when my next GSII exhibited the same issues and I went back for replacement the same day, they refused to replace it telling they can only process a DOA for a customer once. They called the Head office here and the retarded 'engineer' said that he couldnt see any tints while he clearly accepted that there is a slight yellow tint on the left side at my face. Finally after talking to Samsung Head office here and after a lot of arguements and hours of waiting, they finally gave me a second DOA. And guess what, the third one was just marginanally better or so I felt but the tint was staring at you on the face. But I gave up and decided to live with it due to the experience I went through. Luckily a kernel update later seemed to fix or hide the issue. Hence, I dont prefer going for warranty or fighting for replacement (which is almost impossible now as its been a week or more) over an issue which may still persist or another new random issue. So for the money I paid, atleast I deserve an explanation from Samsung before I decide what to do. Thats what made me report this to Gsmarena. I wonder why people here just decided to live with it when the issue was stabbing you at the face without a solution and its been almost a year.
I got my gnote 3 days ago I'm on Cm9 and don't have that but my screen sometimes goes from perfect to intermitent yellowish back to perfect again.. Don't know if this its a known issue or a Cm9 kernel issue
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satishp said:
Its not that I expect anything from Samsung, but atleast they have to givevan explanation now as this is in the media. I just bought the note a week ago and everything is perfect. No spots, no tints, no hues, nothing. Everything looks flawless untill I apply a dark wallpaper or play any video. And thats when you realise how disgusting it looks. Even HD videos. Everybody knows that the Note isnt cheap and here in India, nothing is easy. It takes a month or more to recieve a product after warranty. The service team is so bothered about fixing your device as it comes back scratched and scuffed and with other new issues. Replacement period here is 4days and going through that itself is a pain. I still remember waiting for my GSII replacement for almost 9hrs trying to explain to the blind engineers about the Yellow tint which was obvious on the left side of the display. Showed them all the threads online regarding this widespread issue, as it was a 'one of a kind' issue for them. After finally waiting for hours, they finally gave me a DOA with 'screen fade' as the issue. And when my next GSII exhibited the same issues and I went back for replacement the same day, they refused to replace it telling they can only process a DOA for a customer once. They called the Head office here and the retarded 'engineer' said that he couldnt see any tints while he clearly accepted that there is a slight yellow tint on the left side at my face. Finally after talking to Samsung Head office here and after a lot of arguements and hours of waiting, they finally gave me a second DOA. And guess what, the third one was just marginanally better or so I felt but the tint was staring at you on the face. But I gave up and decided to live with it due to the experience I went through. Luckily a kernel update later seemed to fix or hide the issue. Hence, I dont prefer going for warranty or fighting for replacement (which is almost impossible now as its been a week or more) over an issue which may still persist or another new random issue. So for the money I paid, atleast I deserve an explanation from Samsung before I decide what to do. Thats what made me report this to Gsmarena. I wonder why people here just decided to live with it when the issue was stabbing you at the face without a solution and its been almost a year.
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I have been living with it, but only due to the reasons you habe given, I am on my third Note, all have had the black crush, I called samsung only to be told that they do not know of yhe proble (thats a lie) and that I need to send my third brand new device in fir repair, I told em to stick it. I am just so fed up with hitting my head against a brick wall that I have pretty much given up on this ever being fixed.
Thank you for letting GSM arena know. I don't think anyone should have to live with a defective product especially if it costs an arm and a tooth. Outside of the US, people pay full price for these things and that's why companies like Samsung need to take it seriously. I don't care if the number of defective units is small, the fact that it exists means that Samsung has f****d up and needs to come out with a fix. AND if they can't rectify it via software, then recall the damn things. Owners of defective units or even just sympathizers should be posting like crazy over at GSMARENA and other news channels if we really want Samsung to take action.
numbnutsuk said:
Samsung are not going to fix anything for the note 1. Be it black clipping or the brick bug..
That will cost them.
Instead they will fix it with the note 2 and make us pay fot it.
Simple business
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I agree with you that chances are few that a fix may come out, but we deserve an explanation for the kind of money we paid and a solution whatever be it. As far as I've seen, most phones here in India are affected. Atleast every phone I've seen and judging by the comments in the original threads, a lot more. Hence, this isnt an isolated case at all. And when every phone in the vicinity experiences it, it becomes very difficult to get a warranty here in India as Samsung immediately blasts out that it is a feature rather than a defect.
Using applications such as a screen filter or Screen Adjuster is pointless as it reduces the contrast and makes the blacks grayer to hide the issue. And for the resulting contrast, it would have been better going for an LCD panel rather than calling it an AMOLED. My GS2 never had any problems playing dark scenes and blacks were pitch black. But the note's screen isnt even true black in the dark. But then most AMOLEDs still look dark gray in darkness but atleast every other AMOLED based device I've seen has played back videos and images well and blacks were jet black in real life situations and I've never noticed black crush or clipping on any other phone. On my Note, the black and purplish pixellation is visible in a well lit room. So its really unpleasant to watch any video or look at any dark image. But the whites and other colours are perfect and browsing is a treat. Thats what makes me feel this isnt a screen or hardware defect
Could everyone who feel their Notes are affected by the black crush/clipping, please leave comments on the gsmarena article. Samsung should know the severity of the issue from the number of comments on that article. Only then will they respond to the situation. In the meanwhile, I'm mailing other reputed tech blogs to bring this issue to light. Lets wait and hope for the best.
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Using applications such as a screen filter or Screen Adjuster is pointless as it reduces the contrast and makes the blacks grayer to hide the issue. And for the resulting contrast, it would have been better going for an LCD panel rather than calling it an AMOLED. My GS2 never had any problems playing dark scenes and blacks were pitch black. But the note's screen isnt even true black in the dark. But then most AMOLEDs still look dark gray in darkness but atleast every other AMOLED based device I've seen has played back videos and images well and blacks were jet black in real life situations and I've never noticed black crush or clipping on any other phone. On my Note, the black and purplish pixellation is visible in a well lit room. So its really unpleasant to watch any video or look at any dark image. But the whites and other colours are perfect and browsing is a treat. Thats what makes me feel this isnt a screen or hardware defect
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I tend to agree with you. I cant remember having problems with stills, just video. I'll not go through the whole rigmarole of the various tests, but suffice to say that I feel confident that I managed to isolate this to software.
satishp said:
Could everyone who feel their Notes are affected by the black crush/clipping, please leave comments on the gsmarena article. Samsung should know the severity of the issue from the number of comments on that article. Only then will they respond to the situation. In the meanwhile, I'm mailing other reputed tech blogs to bring this issue to light. Lets wait and hope for the best.
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I've posted on the comments @gsmarena and dropped in my penny worth about the eMMc issues. My thanks to you for making this effort and getting it a wider attention. Please let us know of the other blog/web sites when you get their attention.
Cheers
Its been almost 24hrs since the article came up on gsmarena and we havent heard from Samsung yet.
..and I'm afraid we we'll not hear them.
As far as I know Sammy is well aware about this issue, there is a post that also cover this issue (from Supercurio) but now it has been closed.
Unfortunately Sammy prefer to release new device and not to investigate in faulty one....sad rules of businness.
Bye
ermeda said:
..and I'm afraid we we'll not hear them.
As far as I know Sammy is well aware about this issue, there is a post that also cover this issue (from Supercurio) but now it has been closed.
Unfortunately Sammy prefer to release new device and not to investigate in faulty one....sad rules of businness.
Bye
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Persistent, focused pressure.
But yes, the big corp does work that way, until public pressure hurts the corporate image.
Persistent, focused pressure.
Because there is a very simple fix to it...
I have an upgrade (Verizon) and have opted for the S3 over the Note 2, because of size and rom development.
I am a 23 year old, built dude who needs help with the color lol. Black (kinda boring but different for an s3) or white (which is so common and sort of feminine, but exemplifies freshness).
"Doesn't matter if [...] black or white"
xD
I have the black and I regret it. You see too much fingerprints and dust whereas my white never showed anything. DEFINITELY WHITE!!!
This is a weird thread, but after a bad experience with a black pleather slip case 'rubbing' against an old HTC Hero G2 and eventually causing a non-removal grey/black smudge on the phone, I avoid white phones.
The white S3 looks nice, but I have a pebble blue myself.
Don't know if it's an option but I've got the i9305 in titanium & it's a very nice colour
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I have an upgrade (Verizon) and have opted for the S3 over the Note 2, because of size and rom development.
I am a 23 year old, built dude who needs help with the color lol. Black (kinda boring but different for an s3) or white (which is so common and sort of feminine, but exemplifies freshness).
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Who cares? Just choose and get on with it.
BTW - why ask the same thing twice?
LenAsh said:
Who cares? Just choose and get on with it.
BTW - why ask the same thing twice?
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Duplicate post was a mistake.
And I care, cause its my phone for the next 2 ****ing years and wanted to see what you guys liked to weigh my options? Wtf is wrong with that?
Both posts were a mistake - hundreds of different opinions from the community isn't going to help do anything meaningful.
You'll be asking which is the best ROM next...
The white one has better developer support, the black one has a bigger battery.
Sod this
sargasso said:
The white one has better developer support, the black one has a bigger battery.
Sod this
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Lol
I think that the white one looks kinda weird because the soft keys dont come up as clear as on darker colored models.
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LenAsh said:
Both posts were a mistake - hundreds of different opinions from the community isn't going to help do anything meaningful.
You'll be asking which is the best ROM next...
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Wow. You're just a tool I guess.
Opinions from people who actually have them (versus trolls like you) actually would help.
I like both and I've seen both genders have these colors. Actually it's odd at my office since all the male have white phones.. except me. haha. But if you're ok with both and are looking for something different, go with the opposite color from your old phone.
I've been considering the HTC One M8 for my next purchase and I was targeting the Gunmetal grey version (it really looks awesome), BUT from what I've been reading, besides being a little slippery in the hand, it is very scratch prone. (some remote topics here on XDA, some remote topics in android central's forum, etc.)
Seeing on how a lot of us wouldn't want to hide such a great phone behind a cover, let's talk here about how easy or hard it is to scratch the phone and how it looks after some wear-and-tear and, maybe, how it all depends on the color of the phone ...
Last year, the silver M7 stood really well in this department, with scratches being less easier to spot than the colored versions. How is it now on the M8 Gunmetal grey or Gold compared to the Silver model?
Anybody got scratches? How easily did the phone scratch?
Maybe some of the users could contribute with pictures and stories, eventually giving info for those of us who are still undecided on which color to get :good: ...
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Remember were possible please use existing threads before creating new ones. An example could be found here: Build Quality Concerns
Please don't jump all over me. I searched for a solution for the new blinding white background that arrived with Lollipop, but I couldn't find anything. Android Central had nothing to offer and neither did any of the other Android forums.
I am legally blind in one eye. Bright light causes great eye strain and acute pain in my eye. Because of this new blinding white screen, I have great difficulty using my phone. I run the brightness below 10% and then read the screen with my weak eye closed. It sucks and it's ridiculous that I have to do this. I emailed Samsung and they basically told me to pound sand. I will see if the American disabilities groups can help me with that but, until then, is there anything I can do to dull the teal color and blinding white background in the notification panel and settings screens? I used Nova to change the app drawer background color to gray and am using the Hackers keyboard to replace the white keyboard. Beyond that, there doesn't seem to be anything I can do. No, the vision settings under the accessibility options doesn't help because it turns that ugly bright teal into blinding neon red to contrast with the white text and black background. Good grief.
I haven't rooted my phone, but I will as soon as I do a new back up.
I thought amongst all you programming gurus, someone might be able to help me. Am I missing a setting? Samsung told me to download a theme. Great, Big help.
Thank you for your time.
tunie
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
Thanks. The problem with all the dimmers I've tried is that they dim everything, which of course makes it difficult to read text.
Well, I've read a lot of complaints on the web about the brightness issue, but I guess everyone in here likes it. I love my Note, but what good is it if I have difficulty using it. Imagine if every time you looked at your screen, you got an eye strain headache and your eyes watered and hurt. It's like if MS installed a blazing bright neon yellow background on your laptop that you couldn't change. I'm sure at least a few people would seek out a fix to adjust it.
Thanks anyway. I guess I'm on my own.
Custom ROM that allows for mitigating the blinding white background?
So, I found this thread http://www.quora.com/Why-does-Andro...ckground-instead-of-black-Do-people-like-that They mention custom ROM's. Are there custom ROM's in here that either dim the background of the notification panel and settings screen or allow for customization? I don't even care what else is effected, as long as I can get rid of the blinding white background.
I hope this is the right forum for this question.
Thanks.
Hmm, you could downgrade to KK ? I downgraded a few days ago too.
I know what you mean. I suffer from severe migraines.
Anything with a white screen I can't use for more than 2 minutes at a time. After that every glance feels like knives in my eyes and skull.
Even as a designer I don't understand this obsession with white backgrounds. It drains battery and white on a screen, particularly LED, has been proven time and time again to be very bad for your eyes. It is also common knowledge that light text on a dark background increases legibility. I fully blame Apple for this disgusting white trend.
And until I can choose my own background, or at least choose between white and black, I'm staying on KitKat. Maybe Android M will use its brains instead of 'look at meeeeeee I like to ruin your eyesight!'
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Your only option is to go back to KitKat for the time being, I think.
I feel you though, I had the same headache thingy when I read stuffs on a dark/black background, I guess it depends on the person, how the eyes react to a colour, some prefer the dark, some the other.
There is a PC forum site called hardforum.com, and I can't even visit that site even when that site is pretty darn good. The first time I was reading stuffs there after five minutes or so I felt like I'd vomit on the keyboard!
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There is a PC forum site called hardforum.com, and I can't even visit that site even when that site is pretty darn good. The first time I was reading stuffs there after five minutes or so I felt like I'd vomit on the keyboard!
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That's because whomever designed that forum (Is that Vbulletin/proboards? Haven't seen one of those in ages!) is obviously colourblind and 5 years old.
It's not just you, that forum's design is giving me a headache as well, a double one. One from the nauseating colourscheme and one from the painfully 2001 design.
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