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Sorry to repeat but awaiting an answer, when charging, the amber light comes on and stays solid, just above where the top of screen meets the metal frame there appears either a reflection of this amber light or if its not a reflection then a bit of light is seeping through the top of the phone which must mean its not sealed properly, can anyone identify with this? I have just bought this and am trying to ascertain if the top of the phone has a bit of this amber light coming through or is it just a reflection light bouncing off the metal frame? Anybody who has this would know what i mean, please assist?
greedydog
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When connected to Bluetooth, should there not be a blue light either on or flashing, on my Topaz, the left hand to the top speaker is the charging orange light but i thought the other side lit blue when bluetooth is activated apparently the other side is just a sensor and does not light up at all, IS THIS CORRECT? or does my phone have a fault? It is brand new and came loaded with 6.5, appreciate any help?
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At the top of the phone you have what i thought were 2 lights, the left turning amber when charging and green when fully charged, when the phone is on normal standby i thought it flashed periodically, does it cos mine does not? secondly the other side which is a 'light sensor' but i thought this went blue when bluetooth was activated, again mine does not, my phone is Brand new with 6.5 preinstalled, is my phone faulty? i am sure on previous HTC models the right side was a 'blue light' so to clarify when my phone is in normal 'standby' there are NO lights, the only lights are on the left side which go amber when charging and solid green when fully charged and flashes green when there is a missed call or sms, the right side appears just to be a 'sensor' Is this all correct.
Any clarification will be much appreciated.
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greedydog said:
Hi,
When charging, the amber light comes on and just above that where the top of the screen meets the metal frame there appears to be a leakage of light giving the impression the phone is not sealed properly or i cant work out if its a reflection of the amber lite hitting the metal frame, i pulled out the plug and had a close look under sunlight and i could not see any miniscule gap but it is a bit weird, just wondered if anyone else identifies, if not then there must be a tiny gap and the top of the phone cant be sealed properly, i have only had it 2 days and its BNIB.
Feedback appreciated
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Greedydog
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greedydog said:
Sorry to repeat but awaiting an answer, when charging, the amber light comes on and stays solid, just above where the top of screen meets the metal frame there appears either a reflection of this amber light or if its not a reflection then a bit of light is seeping through the top of the phone which must mean its not sealed properly, can anyone identify with this? I have just bought this and am trying to ascertain if the top of the phone has a bit of this amber light coming through or is it just a reflection light bouncing off the metal frame? Anybody who has this would know what i mean, please assist?
greedydog
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You'll never gonna learn it, isn't it...
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Either answer my question or keep your mouth shut, you interfering moron, what a sad man you are, you have nothing more to do than make stupid comments, you definitely have mental problems!
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Like I said before... You'll never gonna learn it...
Try to read and to search. Don't spend your time in this sort of PM's.
@GD:
Although I fully agree with koen-ronse (I've read all your posts, I'm asking why you're staying here if all custom ROMs are rubbish?!), you'll get an answer from me to prevent a 5th post with same rubbish question (you could easily find out the answer by yourself which would have taken half a time than posting the same question again and again):
1. The one on the left is a light. It works, if you you can see it!!!
2. On the right is a light sensor. A sensor is a sensor, not a light!!!
3. BT and WiFi don't use light if active!!! Other HTC models do so, TD2 not.
Your TD2 is fine, everything works as wanted by HTC, have a nice day.
take the trouble to read my question
I will try one last time as it appears i am wasting my time, WHEN THE AMBER LIGHT IS ON (CHARGING) THERE IS A REFLECTION JUST ABOVE IT ON THE METAL FRAME GIVING THE IMPRESSION THE LIGHT IS LEAKING THROUGH AT THE TOP WHICH WILL BE ONE OF 2 THINGS, EITHER THERE IS A REFLECTION OR THE TOP OF THE PHONE IS NOT SEALED, NOW IF ANYONE SAYS' I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN' THAT WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO REALISE THERE IS A FAULT BECAUSE IF IT WAS COMMON THEN ANOTHER OWNER WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
And it is necessairy to open 4 new threads for that???
There's an edit-function, when your text is readable and shorten I'll try to answer
And stop sending me PM's. Act normal.
greedydog said:
I will try one last time as it appears i am wasting my time, WHEN THE AMBER LIGHT IS ON (CHARGING) THERE IS A REFLECTION JUST ABOVE IT ON THE METAL FRAME GIVING THE IMPRESSION THE LIGHT IS LEAKING THROUGH AT THE TOP WHICH WILL BE ONE OF 2 THINGS, EITHER THERE IS A REFLECTION OR THE TOP OF THE PHONE IS NOT SEALED, NOW IF ANYONE SAYS' I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN' THAT WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO REALISE THERE IS A FAULT BECAUSE IF IT WAS COMMON THEN ANOTHER OWNER WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
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There is nothing wrong with your device. It's the LED shining underneath the thin black black frame. You can also see it under the frame at the top of the screen. Blame it on poor design.
Thats exactly where the light is, under the frame at the top of the screen so it is it a reflection and not a tiny gap? Thank you at last, you are the first person who has had the decency to answer my question
when I leant on one side, the screen's color change to blue.
somebody said that it is innate problem,no problem.
is it normal ?
forgive my English.
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when I leant on one side, the screen's color change to blue.
somebody said that it is innate problem,no problem.
is it normal ?
forgive my English.
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Same here, seems perfectly normal to me!
Jan Roelof
is normal! but galaxy s does not have blue screen and the white colour is more dark!
b16b said:
is normal! but galaxy s does not have blue screen and the white colour is more dark!
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jpijper said:
Same here, seems perfectly normal to me!
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Thanks your replies
Hey guys, i did a test with two omnia 7s and this is what i got
I got an omnia last december (left) and another a month after (right).
There is a blue tint on the left omnia's screen. the screen actually looks duller than the other. It's less bright and has slight colour differences.
I'd like to note that omnia on the left had a blue tint with the screen protector on, and it appears to be the same even after i removed the screen protector (which is what you see in the pictures)
Maybe you guys with omnia want to tell us how your omnia's display looks from an angle then we can see if this blue tint issue is truly normal or not
Hi,
Samsung S4 owners please help. Just received mine and everything looks good, however the screen has a red/burgundy tint on blacks in total darkness.
For testing I closed the camera lens and took picture so it's totally black, when you look at the picture in the dark it's not black and has red colos in it comparing to my Note ii and LG Optimus G.
If you have the same problem please post, so I can return it in two week period or switch for HTC ONE.
Thanks,
My screen is 100% black on darks. It looks like its completely off.
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grant7 said:
Hi,
Samsung S4 owners please help. Just received mine and everything looks good, however the screen has a red/burgundy tint on blacks in total darkness.
For testing I closed the camera lens and took picture so it's totally black, when you look at the picture in the dark it's not black and has red colos in it comparing to my Note ii and LG Optimus G.
If you have the same problem please post, so I can return it in two week period or switch for HTC ONE.
Thanks,
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I have this too, it's not the OS as the screen was very very dark red when I was soft-bricked.
Yep, same here.
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Confirming
Just back from 2 AT&T stores to check if demo S4 has the same problem, and confirming YES the blacks in total darkness is more like super dark dark red not 100% black.
The AT&T rep confirmed and said "If you don't like it, return it".
Also I found topic that covers this problem regarding red subpixels being active when displaying black , but the international version is fixed after firmware update.
So I think only US AT&T models affected with no fix for now.
Another thing I found is that if I scroll really fast on a black background there's a reddish haze on the screen.
Turn your brightness all the way down, go into a dark room, open settings, and scroll really fast up and down.
Does this happen to everyone else?
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Another thing I found is that if I scroll really fast on a black background there's a reddish haze on the screen.
Turn your brightness all the way down, go into a dark room, open settings, and scroll really fast up and down.
Does this happen to everyone else?
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Just checked and I don't have any haze when scrolling fast, but do have red subpixels being active when displaying black.
grant7 said:
Hi,
Samsung S4 owners please help. Just received mine and everything looks good, however the screen has a red/burgundy tint on blacks in total darkness.
For testing I closed the camera lens and took picture so it's totally black, when you look at the picture in the dark it's not black and has red colos in it comparing to my Note ii and LG Optimus G.
If you have the same problem please post, so I can return it in two week period or switch for HTC ONE.
Thanks,
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I Have the Sprint model and also experience this problem. There are several issues I have with this phone. Lag, software glitches, keyboard issues etc. And these occur on every S4 I have used which is several, none Exynos versions though. They rushed the release is what I think. They should have fixed the issues being compained about before release.
ChaseBroyles said:
Another thing I found is that if I scroll really fast on a black background there's a reddish haze on the screen.
Turn your brightness all the way down, go into a dark room, open settings, and scroll really fast up and down.
Does this happen to everyone else?
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There is a long thread in the international S4 forum discussing this. There are two different screen problems, either red pixels are on when displaying blacks, or you get smearing on greys/purples over blacks. Samsung just released a firmware updste for the intrnational version that gets rid of the red pixels for those who had that issue, but it makes their screen smear. So no everyone has the smearing problem with tbe international version. Hopefully they can address the smearing problem with firmware soon. I can imagine some games being affected pretty badly by this issue.
Samsung S4 AT&T Version Red subpixels on black stay on.
See attached sample image. Easy to see in total darkness when brightness all the way down, red pixels visible on any black, picture, menu, web etc.. except boot logo.
The image made in total darkness, for black sample opened 100% black background.
grant7 said:
See attached sample image. Easy to see in total darkness when brightness all the way down, red pixels visible on any black, picture, menu, web etc.. except boot logo.
The image made in total darkness, for black sample opened 100% black background.
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Yep that's what mine looks like.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2
AT&T Update did not resolved the red subpixels on problem.
Received update this morning from AT&T. There was a hope for a fix of the red subpixels glow, but the problem still the same after update.
Returning mine.
grant7 said:
Received update this morning from AT&T. There was a hope for a fix of the red subpixels glow, but the problem still the same after update.
Returning mine.
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Thats a shame. I was really hoping Samsung would address this sooner than later.
grant7 said:
See attached sample image. Easy to see in total darkness when brightness all the way down, red pixels visible on any black, picture, menu, web etc.. except boot logo.
The image made in total darkness, for black sample opened 100% black background.
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I also have the red subpixels on my sprint sgs4
I had this on my first S4. My GF didn't on hers. I took it back to the store and they looked at me like I was crazy (didn't argue that fact).
Rep took it to the back to show manager and pull another phone and he told me that this was common enough that they got an email about it from HQ.
New unit didn't have the problem.
Not only are blacks with a redish tint, but another way to tell if the screen has this problem is press the menu button. Then, it is easier to tell a good screen vs a messed up screen because they are clearly a different color. Easier to show them that instead of minimum brightness, in a dark room, you can see it I swear kind of argument.
I wish I would have taken a pic to post the differences.
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I had this on my first S4. My GF didn't on hers. I took it back to the store and they looked at me like I was crazy (didn't argue that fact).
Rep took it to the back to show manager and pull another phone and he told me that this was common enough that they got an email about it from HQ.
New unit didn't have the problem.
Not only are blacks with a redish tint, but another way to tell if the screen has this problem is press the menu button. Then, it is easier to tell a good screen vs a messed up screen because they are clearly a different color. Easier to show them that instead of minimum brightness, in a dark room, you can see it I swear kind of argument.
I wish I would have taken a pic to post the differences.
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Thanks for reply,
So you just went to store and replaced bad one for good one? So maybe it's a first ones with this problem? I visited 2 different stores and demo units red as well, they said that all devices they have in stock is the same shipment 60 or so units. Will try next week.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for reply,
So you just went to store and replaced bad one for good one? So maybe it's a first ones with this problem? I visited 2 different stores and demo units red as well, they said that all devices they have in stock is the same shipment 60 or so units. Will try next week.
Thanks again.
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Yea, just head over to AT&T and swap it out. A display issue such as this is very rarely addressed in firmware and has to be replaced.
I replaced my unit yesterday no questions asked(kinda) as they're very aware of the myriad of issues some early devices have. Just don't use too much tech jargon like "pixels" "true black" "contrast ratio" etc. or you might get blank stares as I did lol. Good luck.
I have the T-Mobile version and have this also. I noticed it when I first turned it on. I had an S3 before so I know how black the AMOLED screens can get. I don't mind much since it's just when it's displaying blacks and I haven't seen it much except for boots. I think I have the smearing too but I just look at it as motion blur :silly:
Try turning off the auto brightness. My S4 does the same thing only when auto brightness is on.
does this happen on all models, random models, or only white/black models?
I'm curious to see if this is a potential side-effect of that semi-transparent digitizer (like the notification screen-glow thing that was mention in other threads).
Silly question here, I've had an s3 for 2 years now and when debating which color s5 to get, (between black or white) I'm wondering, does anyone own a white one and had some use with the LED notification light? When I saw an s4 in store I noticed they made these lights smaller/dimmer than on the s3... Is it the same case for the s5?
One thing I liked about the white was when the light was blinking, it would light up half the front bezel on my phone because its white.. Does this effect happen with the s5? If anyone has some pictures of videos of their notification lights blinking on a white phone (I wouldn't mind seeing it on a black phone too) that would be awesome!!
Thanks!
(our tmobile store stucks I went in yesterday and they had NO demo units, they acted like they had no clue when the phone would arrive, and I'm stuck at work all day today, just trying to figure out what color I want).
Hi there,
Was just reading this as my white S5 is flashing away. There is definitely slightly more light spread than just from where the notification light is but I wouldn't say it lights up the whole bezel.
brizzle7 said:
Hi there,
Was just reading this as my white S5 is flashing away. There is definitely slightly more light spread than just from where the notification light is but I wouldn't say it lights up the whole bezel.
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well it only appears to light up a good portion of it in a dark room, like at night when its beside my bed on the night stand and it's dark with no lights on, I can see light travel down the sides (it doesn't quit light up the bottom) but it definitely lights up a large portion of it!!
thank you for your reply!
Is that OK ? I sent it to replace the screen and it came with blue capacitive buttons. I don't know if that's right or it belongs to another model... Thanks !
All S4 phones have white button lights.
So it's probably your new screen that makes the buttons blue. Unless they changed the button lights, which I highly doubt.
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All S4 phones have white button lights.
So it's probably your new screen that makes the buttons blue. Unless they changed the button lights, which I highly doubt.
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http://i.imgur.com/8vGYnof.jpg that's how it looks like. What do you mean when u say my screen is making the buttons blue ? Thanks.
There is Red Aurora S4, my friend has it, and backlight is red so there isn't S4 with only white backlight.
UPDATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58415670&postcount=4
Look here!
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There is Red Aurora S4, my friend has it, and backlight is red so there isn't S4 with only white backlight.
UPDATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58415670&postcount=4
Look here!
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Thanks, that must have happened to me. I'm gonna take it to the service tomorrow, thanks !