Just noticed this annoying dead pixel. Is there a way to fix it?
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If the pixel is dead, it's dead.
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If the pixel is dead, it's dead.
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some apps claim to fix dead pixels by flashing red blue and green quickly to un-stick it. its rare that it works, but its worth a shot, try to find a free dead pixel fixer on the market.
Right - but a dead pixel isn't a stuck pixel. If there is no power getting to it, no amount of flashing or rubbing etc with give it power. It's dead.
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Right - but a dead pixel isn't a stuck pixel. If there is no power getting to it, no amount of flashing or rubbing etc with give it power. It's dead.
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true, although they are sometimes referred to as the same thing, so i wanted to let him know regardless. (didnt see the pics) that, and if its broke, and its a free try at a fix, why not try it.
Ran the pixel fixer app over night. Didn't work. I read on the Internet if you put pressure on it with like an eraser or something it would fix it. But that seems dangerous....
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happyjack96 said:
Ran the pixel fixer app over night. Didn't work. I read on the Internet if you put pressure on it with like an eraser or something it would fix it. But that seems dangerous....
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well it was worth a shot, best bet is to ignore it. or at least try, trust me, i know how hard that can be.
As Gamma said, if it's dead, it's dead.
I've seen people put a lot of pressure on a display, so a little bit I think will not hurt it. But, you may wind up with more dead pixels also if you press too hard.
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Just noticed a stuck pixel on my tab. What is the best thing to do about it? Send it for repair?
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massage it
Still there. Will try taking it back to tesco
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if u have the dialer there is a screen test mode that might just do the trick let me think its *#0*#
Link to my post with codes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013060
Yes still there. Shame Tesco won't give me a refund
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Man that sucks to hear I know this has nothing to do with tab but I've noticed psp and even some tvs have a pixle fixed and all it does is flashes through the 3 basic colors rapidly and it normaly fixes it
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Ok will try
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trying jscreenfix now. so far no luck
bump still not fixed
A dead pixel is usually just that, dead. It affects a small percentage of lcds and the only real fix is to get a new screen. So either send it off to get a replacement screen fitted or a cheaper alternative is to replace it yourself.
Typically, defect of dead pixels (up to 5) is acceptable for a screen size of 7 inch, it is not subjected to manufacturer's warranty, same as for a laptop. It is under disclaimer notes. This is due to the properties of glass during manufacturing process.
I am not sure if Samsung will honour any wty claims on this?
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Just noticed a stuck pixel on my tab. What is the best thing to do about it? Send it for repair?
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If it's black, then it's probably dead and you can't fix it.
If it's a colour, then it's just stuck and (as you've tried) the jflasher app sometimes seems to work, you might need to leave it running for several hours though.
The early PSPs were terribly prone to stuck pixels, but they used very poor quality LCDs (hence the awful refresh rates), thankfully I've not had any recent devices (2 large TVs, tablet, phone etc) with any stuck pixels. I had an iMac for a while which had 3 stuck pixels, jflasher fixed one of them but the other 2 were stuck, one was about 2-inches to the right of dead centre and bright pink, so it was quite noticable.
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If it's black, then it's probably dead and you can't fix it.
If it's a colour, then it's just stuck and (as you've tried) the jflasher app sometimes seems to work, you might need to leave it running for several hours though.
The early PSPs were terribly prone to stuck pixels, but they used very poor quality LCDs (hence the awful refresh rates), thankfully I've not had any recent devices (2 large TVs, tablet, phone etc) with any stuck pixels. I had an iMac for a while which had 3 stuck pixels, jflasher fixed one of them but the other 2 were stuck, one was about 2-inches to the right of dead centre and bright pink, so it was quite noticable.
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No, its stuck. Have tried running jscreenfix with no luck. any other ideas or am i best calling tesco again? I have also tried a pixel massage (Worked on my laptop after i got it back from having a new screen fitted (Glossy instead of the original antiglare - WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!) with 5 stuck pixels)
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No, its stuck. Have tried running jscreenfix with no luck. any other ideas or am i best calling tesco again? I have also tried a pixel massage (Worked on my laptop after i got it back from having a new screen fitted (Glossy instead of the original antiglare - WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!) with 5 stuck pixels)
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Massage won't work on the tab, the glass is too thick.
Thought so.
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So I noticed this when I bought my tablet and tried to disregard it but after 2 weeks its starting bother me. I'm pretty sure its a dead pixel and trying to decide if I should bring it back to office depot and ask for a new tablet. What do you guys think? I posted two pictures to show what I'm seeing. On the first picture, its right by the N in education. I know, probably seems picky but when I'm on a white page, its pretty noticeable.
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So I noticed this when I bought my tablet and tried to disregard it but after 2 weeks its starting bother me. I'm pretty sure its a dead pixel and trying to decide if I should bring it back to office depot and ask for a new tablet. What do you guys think? I posted two pictures to show what I'm seeing. On the first picture, its right by the N in education. I know, probably seems picky but when I'm on a white page, its pretty noticeable.
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Well, if it bothers you then you should return the tablet and get one that doesn't bother you, simple as that. I also have a stuck pixel on mine, but it doesn't bother me at all and thus I won't be returning mine.
a white pixel (stuck on) I would definitely return.
I have two miscolored pixels on mine that chose to not care about. It's common with TFT screens..
You can fix it........unless its a grey or a black dead pixel......massage it hard and try to move it towards the nearest side the effect is not instantaneous.......use an app called pixel fixer.....leave ur tab on charging while using that app......do both the methods and it would be gone in a week.....(worked for my phone)....
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You can fix it........unless its a grey or a black dead pixel......massage it hard and try to move it towards the nearest side the effect is not instantaneous.......use an app called pixel fixer.....leave ur tab on charging while using that app......do both the methods and it would be gone in a week.....(worked for my phone)....
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That's a horrible recommendation for an LCD that sits behind a gorilla glass touch screen. Unless you tell him to take the gorilla glass digitizer first he'll be risking breaking the digitizer before he ever gets close to the lcd!
vari9 said:
You can fix it........unless its a grey or a black dead pixel......massage it hard and try to move it towards the nearest side the effect is not instantaneous.......use an app called pixel fixer.....leave ur tab on charging while using that app......do both the methods and it would be gone in a week.....(worked for my phone)....
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Rubbing the screen doesn't work on devices with real glass displays, especially not gorilla glass. That method only works on displays where the glass is flexible or malleable (like computer lcd monitors or earlier/older phones).
To the OP:
If you're brave you COULD attempt some very gentle finger taps right above the area. I suggest trying to find a software fix though. If you try and try and it still sticks, then go ahead and return. I couldn't deal with that on my screen either.
Exchange it for another one NOW. You paid for it. You should have nothing less than a good screen with no stuck pixel.
Sorry to read this.
I'm the guy who's windshield and glasses are never clean enough, so a dead or wonky pixel would drive me nuts.
Thanks for the suggestions but I ended up just taking it back. Like a few of you said, I paid for it so I expect it all to work right. They took it back no questions asked. All is well in the new one
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Rubbing the screen doesn't work on devices with real glass displays, especially not gorilla glass. That method only works on displays where the glass is flexible or malleable (like computer lcd monitors or earlier/older phones).
To the OP:
If you're brave you COULD attempt some very gentle finger taps right above the area. I suggest trying to find a software fix though. If you try and try and it still sticks, then go ahead and return. I couldn't deal with that on my screen either.
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I used it on my phone with gorrila glass and it absolutely worked.....
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Is there anyway to fix the screen ripple?
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In the words of the virgin Mary, come again?
Sorry. I was wondering if there was a fix for when you pressed down on the side of the screen and it started to ripple like an lcd
RMA it like I did yesterday.
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Sorry. I was wondering if there was a fix for when you pressed down on the side of the screen and it started to ripple like an lcd
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It ripples like an lcd because it is an lcd.
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Yeah, I dont think an rma is going to fix this. Don't squeeze it so hard... fixed.
Mine does it as well, so not knockin ya but. It has yet to be an issue in actual real life use. Sure you can sit there and pinch the thing, but just stop, and you'll never notice it again.
I am very OCD about my devices. Honestly, as long as I know that nothing is wrong with it in that category, I will be fine
I noticed the ripple on two of the three N7's I tried. While I think it probably SHOULDN'T be happening (i.e., it represents an underlying design and/or manufacturing flaw), I don't think it will cause any issues. Like the screen lift, it's one of those things where it's technically a defect, but it's not likely to cause any performance or other issues.
If I hadn't had other problems with mine, I'd have put the best N7 in a case and forgotten all about those two issues.
What were your other problems
My first one had pretty good screen seperation all along the left side, and pretty bad lightbleed from the left side.
My new one has barely any lift (just a 1 inch section, about a third the way up on the left side), but has the lcd ripple.
The screen seperation isn't even noticeable unless you lay it flat and look across the glass and this one feels solid, the first one was spongy.
I can handle the ripple, because it only happens when im messing with it, trying to make it happen.
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Yeah, I dont think an rma is going to fix this. Don't squeeze it so hard... fixed.
Mine does it as well, so not knockin ya but. It has yet to be an issue in actual real life use. Sure you can sit there and pinch the thing, but just stop, and you'll never notice it again.
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Tried it on mine. I am kind of shocked at how hard it had to press to get it to ripple. I am hoping get that the op has a worse case than I do because if not this is crazy. I would never pinch that hard I every day use.
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Dead pixel on one, and a putrid yellow tint on the other two.
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Just found another stuck pixel. Prob going for a return
Well...I woke up and switch on the tablet and A DEAD PIXEL APPEARED!
I got my tablet for like 8 month now and was wondering do you guys have dead pixel(s) over time? Well I'm rooted and have my bootloader unlocked so I can't return for warranty and for 1 dead pixel lol doesn't seems reasonable xD
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Out of curiosity. Have you determined if the pixel is dead or just stuck?
I've had one instance of a pixel getting stuck. At first I thought it was dead. Rubbing it out worked for me. I had a few option to attempt to revive it. The simplest method worked luckily.
wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor
If you seek on your favorite search engine: recover a dead pixel (In case the de-http/www'ed of link sticker does not work..)
There are a few way to find out if it is actually dead, which is sort of rare. Versus simply being stuck. So don't give up at first. It may not be dead.
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Out of curiosity. Have you determined if the pixel is dead or just stuck?
I've had one instance of a pixel getting stuck. At first I thought it was dead. Rubbing it out worked for me. I had a few option to attempt to revive it. The simplest method worked luckily.
wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor
If you seek on your favorite search engine: recover a dead pixel (In case the de-http/www'ed of link sticker does not work..)
There are a few way to find out if it is actually dead, which is sort of rare. Versus simply being stuck. So don't give up at first. It may not be dead.
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I think it's dead (really hopes its not)..... A black dot, how does yours look like?
Edit: i try poke it with the marker thing but it didnt work, you can see pressure on the screen but its still there, i wonder do dead pixels develops over time?
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When I had the stuck pixel. It was also black.
For each pixel, there are three colors. Rotating between all three colors (Blue, Red and Green) in rapid succession sometimes fixes it. If none of the colors 'light up', it surely is dead and not rectifiable.
You can search you tube for: dead pixel fix. Just make sure the video is able to reach the spot where the pixel is affected. Full screen is easiest to achieve this. I suggest let it run for a few minutes at minimum. 10 would be good. Since sometimes it may take a while cycling colors, to get it going again.
Dead pixels can happen at any time. If you do not know.. Most LCD policies on dead pixels, below a certain amount are not considered defect. Asus I think is 5 pixels. One is definitely below that threshold.
Enablingwolf said:
When I had the stuck pixel. It was also black.
For each pixel, there are three colors. Rotating between all three colors (Blue, Red and Green) in rapid succession sometimes fixes it. If none of the colors 'light up', it surely is dead and not rectifiable.
You can search you tube for: dead pixel fix. Just make sure the video is able to reach the spot where the pixel is affected. Full screen is easiest to achieve this. I suggest let it run for a few minutes at minimum. 10 would be good. Since sometimes it may take a while cycling colors, to get it going again.
Dead pixels can happen at any time. If you do not know.. Most LCD policies on dead pixels, below a certain amount are not considered defect. Asus I think is 5 pixels. One is definitely below that threshold.
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Well yeah, my PSP is filled with dead pixels lol. Hmm how many times did you poke it with the pen thing?
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I just used a fingernail.. Didn't take long to get it lit up.
lol when I got my TF300 refurbished it arrived with a dead pixel. You'll get used to it and forget its there.
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I just used a fingernail.. Didn't take long to get it lit up.
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oh lol.
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lol when I got my TF300 refurbished it arrived with a dead pixel. You'll get used to it and forget its there.
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yeah, like i did on my psp which has heaps of it LOL!
I have one stuck on red.. want to send it in for warranty. It doesn't want to come out and has been like this for months... but i dont want them to remove my new screen protector or get rid of my goofed up half ass root....
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new ion? said:
I have one stuck on red.. want to send it in for warranty. It doesn't want to come out and has been like this for months... but i dont want them to remove my new screen protector or get rid of my goofed up half ass root....
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
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Nope. If it was it'd be an easy fix... I don't want to unlock cuz I want my warranty still
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new ion? said:
Nope. If it was it'd be an easy fix... I don't want to unlock cuz I want my warranty still
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Wait you root without unlocking ?
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Wait you root without unlocking ?
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... pm me. don't wanna jack this thread.
i was really skeptical at first but then i decided to just try this on my old htc evo 3d and it friggin worked :highfive: (took about 40mins though)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.chris.blackspotdetect&hl=de
Good joke!
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Good joke!
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How is it a joke? Not too familiar with stuck pixels, are you? It IS possible to unstick them, and this is one way.
Toxina said:
i was really skeptical at first but then i decided to just try this on my old htc evo 3d and it friggin worked :highfive: (took about 40mins though)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.chris.blackspotdetect&hl=de
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Thanks for posting. Anything that won't harm the phone is worth a shot before requesting RMA.
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How is it a joke? Not too familiar with stuck pixels, are you? It IS possible to unstick them, and this is one way.
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You cannot fix a hardware problem with some app. The pixel is dead meaning you can consider it faulty screen. You really believe that app fixes it for real lol? If so alright good for you, but the rest of people that value the money they spent on this phone, I would recommend doing rma if they have dead pixels because they can increase in number as time passes. Do not feel sorry for lg and google. They make bellions. Keep rma till you feel you get a good unit. People pay premium prices and so should be what they get in return.
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You cannot fix a hardware problem with some app. The pixel is dead meaning you can consider it faulty screen. You really believe that app fixes it for real lol? If so alright good for you, but the rest of people that value the money they spent on this phone, I would recommend doing rma if they have dead pixels because they can increase in number as time passes. Do not feel sorry for lg and google. They make bellions. Keep rma till you feel you get a good unit. People pay premium prices and so should be what they get in return.
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The OP mistaken "stuck pixel" with "dead pixel"
You can fix stuck pixels..
btw this app is a lot better to detect dead or stuck pixels.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester&hl=en
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You cannot fix a hardware problem with some app. The pixel is dead meaning you can consider it faulty screen. You really believe that app fixes it for real lol? If so alright good for you, but the rest of people that value the money they spent on this phone, I would recommend doing rma if they have dead pixels because they can increase in number as time passes. Do not feel sorry for lg and google. They make bellions. Keep rma till you feel you get a good unit. People pay premium prices and so should be what they get in return.
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the only downside to rma with the nexus 5 is google makes you pay for a new phone, get that new phone and ship it back in the box they send you. not everyone has another $450 to drop on another 32gb model nexus 5
I have a stuck pixel that needs to be fixed. I'll run the app for 30 mins and post up the results in a bit
Toxina said:
i was really skeptical at first but then i decided to just try this on my old htc evo 3d and it friggin worked :highfive: (took about 40mins though)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.chris.blackspotdetect&hl=de
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I ran it for an hour and it did not fix it... it did make it less noticeable though
Just ran it twice, 30mins each time but unfortunately it had no effect on the 1 stuck pixel I have. I'll try it with a few other apps and post up results if anything is successful
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Dead or stuck pixels are faulty pixels. Flashing colours does not fix them, it is snake oil.
What usually happens is the process of running these apps for 30 minutes or so just heats up the display and some faulty pixels have connection faults that fix themselves with the stresses caused by expansion due to the heat. It is the same process that means gentle pressure can sometimes "fix" a faulty pixel if the fault is of a certain type on an LCD monitor. Pressure on mobile phones doesn't work as well as the front glass and display is designed not to flex under the pressure of a finger for obvious reasons.
If you are lucky, a pixel that starts working may continue to work, usually however it will just fail again at some point in the future. These faulty pixels that work for a while are the same ones that appear after an hour, a day or a week of using the phone after you thought you had a perfect screen. The fault was always there.
The best thing if you don't want faulty pixels and find them, is not to try and fix them, but to exchange the phone. Better to exchange it sooner rather than later.
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Phil
PhilipL said:
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Dead or stuck pixels are faulty pixels. Flashing colours does not fix them, it is snake oil.
What usually happens is the process of running these apps for 30 minutes or so just heats up the display and some faulty pixels have connection faults that fix themselves with the stresses caused by expansion due to the heat. It is the same process that means gentle pressure can sometimes "fix" a faulty pixel if the fault is of a certain type on an LCD monitor. Pressure on mobile phones doesn't work as well as the front glass and display is designed not to flex under the pressure of a finger for obvious reasons.
If you are lucky, a pixel that starts working may continue to work, usually however it will just fail again at some point in the future. These faulty pixels that work for a while are the same ones that appear after an hour, a day or a week of using the phone after you thought you had a perfect screen. The fault was always there.
The best thing if you don't want faulty pixels and find them, is not to try and fix them, but to exchange the phone. Better to exchange it sooner rather than later.
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Phil
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Than you for this post. I have a very very small dead pixel in the center of my screen and it really doesn't bother me. I have to adjust my eyes and have a white background to see it.. Would this damage the screen further or do you think it would be fine? I don't want to have to get a replacement lol
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eastpac said:
Just ran it twice, 30mins each time but unfortunately it had no effect on the 1 stuck pixel I have. I'll try it with a few other apps and post up results if anything is successful
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Exchange it if it bothers you when you have a dead pixel, as your display should be as good as the money you paid imo
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dex2grigg said:
Than you for this post. I have a very very small dead pixel in the center of my screen and it really doesn't bother me. I have to adjust my eyes and have a white background to see it.. Would this damage the screen further or do you think it would be fine? I don't want to have to get a replacement lol
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It is very unlikely to become any worse, so if you are okay with it no problem, you do not need to worried about more failing.
Generally LCD displays have an allowable number of dead/stuck pixels anyway. This is because otherwise the yield would be much lower as displays would be thrown out putting the price very high. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_pixel
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Thanks!! This helped with 3-4 stuck pixels i had. Eventually i'll do an RMA but for the time being it helped.
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Hi
It is very unlikely to become any worse, so if you are okay with it no problem, you do not need to worried about more failing.
Generally LCD displays have an allowable number of dead/stuck pixels anyway. This is because otherwise the yield would be much lower as displays would be thrown out putting the price very high. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_pixel
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Phil
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Regardless of the allowance, Google will RMA a phone with a single dead pixel, no questions asked.
RedBlueGreen said:
The OP mistaken "stuck pixel" with "dead pixel"
You can fix stuck pixels..
btw this app is a lot better to detect dead or stuck pixels.
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Than app is quite good indeed, but unfortunately it doesn't support yet the full screen...
So it can't be used to detect dead-pixels which are located at the bottom of the screen.
I suggest you using this one, instead, which supports full-screen and can be used to detect dead-pixels and fix stuck-pixels:
search Perfect Pixel Checker on Google Play, because the board doesn't let me post links yet.
Il.Socio said:
Than app is quite good indeed, but unfortunately it doesn't support yet the full screen...
So it can't be used to detect dead-pixels which are located at the bottom of the screen.
I suggest you using this one, instead, which supports full-screen and can be used to detect dead-pixels and fix stuck-pixels:
search Perfect Pixel Checker on Google Play, because the board doesn't let me post links yet.
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Yes it does. It absolutely will render on the entire screen. You just have to touch the screen & the status & nav bars will hide.
FWIW I did something similar to my 6 year old Apple Cinema HD display and it worked wonders ironing out stuck & burned pixels.
ran for over 12 hours and didn't fix any of the stuck pixels on both the devices I received that were faulty. RMA'ed first, and now waiting for replacement for my other one. Hopefully 3rd time is a charm.