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[Q] Nexus 4 weird display issue

I got my Nexus 4 yesterday, and just today I've noticed that when in dark screen (locked, or simply the settings page) and outside of the house I see kind of weird black lines on the whole display screen, going form top to bottom making some 3 small square shapes after the others all over the display, can be obviously seen when display facing bright sky outside in almost any angel, but in room light barely can see them with certain angels.
will make a photo of it asap.
p.s. I've never seen a notification light yet on the middle bottom of my device.
Anyone same "problem" with display?

Its the digitizer.
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El Daddy said:
Its the digitizer.
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Could you link an example image from goolge or something to make sure it is what I mean? can't seem to find something alike..is this normal?

I can confirm that its the digitizer I too have found that with this phone it is very easy to see even with weak light I see it when I get the right angle. It looks like you described but the vertical lines look more like dots arranged neatly than lines on mine.
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Just noticed the same thing on my device. Thought I was tripping out maaaaaaan
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Its the digitizer, its normal. I think its because of the "zero gap" technology thing ; the display and the digitizer are right below the glass.
As for the notification light, download Lightflow from the Play Store. Works great.
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For the notification LED, make sure you enable the " Pulse notification light" option in Settings->Display. Using Lightflow on top will give you lots of customisation options though.
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irbajacka said:
Could you link an example image from goolge or something to make sure it is what I mean? can't seem to find something alike..is this normal?
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I am now noticing the same issue in my nexus 4. If it is because of zero gap technology then why it is not there in iPhone 5 and other phones which use this technology?
I also notice that my brother who got the phone some time in November 2012 is not having this issue. I got the phone in Jan 2013...is it issue with only the new lots?
What google and LG are doing to address this issue?
-Chetan V S

Its the digitizer. I mean seriously why are y'all complaining about that, its normal.
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Question on display, please

Sorry, on a black background you can see the glow of the light bulb as to form a stain?
I would not be just my problemi
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It looks the same as every IPS monitor ever.
Great color, great brightness, but mediocre blacks when viewed from the side
If you mean light bleeding or bad panel uniformity, yes most (if not all) have that.

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And so the infiltration of light from the top of display is normal?
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Tyler DeLarge said:
And so the infiltration of light from the top of display is normal?
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Yes it's normal on IPS screens. The degree that it "infiltrates" varies between devices. my First Nexus 4 had backlight bleeding that was more obvious then the replacement device I have now. The replacement's back light bleeding is barely noticeable.
I've owned various devices with IPS screens
Asus Transformer TF101 (I've handled about 5 different devices)
Asus Transformer Prime (handled about 3 devices)
Asus Transformer Infinity(handled just the one I owned)
LG G2X (Had multiple replacments)
Nexus 4
Nexus 7(handled 3: 2 32gb HSPA+ and 1 16gb Wifi)
All had some light bleeding to a certain extent or another. Some being much worse than others.
I have a RMA for a 3rd Nexus 4 (The one I have now I love, hardly any backlight bleeding and everything is great except there is this one dark vertical line from top to bottom of the screen that you can see on white/gray backgrounds. My original Nexus 4 didn't have any of that)
If my 3rd has worse backlight bleeding than the one I currently have I might just deal with the dark line on the screen on white/gray backgrounds on my current device as that's the ONLY thing that bugs me about it.

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Can you see my display please?
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Turn the brightness down

sorry, the attachment does not work. whatch my display please

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Waaaaaaa i have vertical dark line too waaaaa
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It s normal that spot?
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Tyler DeLarge said:
sorry, the attachment does not work. whatch my display please
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It's normal...
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so I can feel comfortable?
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Tyler DeLarge said:
so I can feel comfortable?
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Yes
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Pinkish screen

HI, has anyone noticed a pinkish shade towards the bottom of the screen? didnt notice it at first but when i looked at my keyboard, it looked slightly violet. i installed a screen test and on a white background, a light pink/violet shade is visible on the screen. does it need to "break in" or is it a defect?

I think your screen might be damaged.

My phone also has a slight pink tint towards the bottom of the screen and the annoying thing is that the tint also blacks out near-black colours. The weird thing is that I have never had tint problems with original phones yet always with replacement phones.

Pink tint on the phone is a screen defect.
Take it back for replacement
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Its seems like the issue known as "Screen Smearing"...
Try Smear Fix or Screen Adjuster from the Play Store... Hope it fixes it...
However a more solid way of correcting the issue is thru a procedure known as "Screen Calibration" but that can only be done thru a Custom Kernel which supports it.... I prefer Perseus Kernel for that....
Good luck!!!
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HassanM said:
Its seems like the issue known as "Screen Smearing"...
Try Smear Fix or Screen Adjuster from the Play Store... Hope it fixes it...
However a more solid way of correcting the issue is thru a procedure known as "Screen Calibration" but that can only be done thru a Custom Kernel which supports it.... I prefer Perseus Kernel for that....
Good luck!!!
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Pink tint is not the purple smearing, it's totally different.
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I have a yellow tint all over the screen is it fixable via screen calibration?
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Galaxy s4 purplish tint/blurring

Hi. I got my SGS4 a couple of days back. Initially, didn't have any trouble at all (mostly because I had been using it on max brightness). But now I am facing an issue I had been horrendously tormented by in the past. The grey gradients have a purple tint and the greys blurr on scrolling (esp on black background). No solution or cause of the problem is apparent to me.
I used to have a Nokia C7 back in 2011 and it used to do exactly the same. This is most evident when you have lowered the brightness. The dividers in the settings blurr & turn purplish on scrolling. Watching dark scenes in a video also shows some purple/pink smudges.
Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just me? Is it present in all the phones or just some or maybe just mine?
Share your experience and/or opinions on this!
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I noticed this on mine too when scrolling trought the settings. It becomes blurry.

I think you should check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445
Everyone is experiencing the same.
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Well all Samsung amoled screens have some issues like earlier note 2 having yellow tint
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I know AMOELDs do have a tint. But the blurring & smudges in videos is totally unacceptable. Is there a solution to this? Like some hue/gamma correction app? Or some color calibration for such screens?
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Try some different kerner if there is one for S4 to calibrate colors..
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In some angle u will get pink or purple tint and it s not problem
It s normal to have different experience in different angles
I had pink tint on s3 from low angle on side
Just thr s no big tint in IPS screen
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Has anyone, as of yet, had any luck with a different kernel?
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Obagleyfreer said:
I think you should check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445
Everyone is experiencing the same.
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Please refer to the thread quoted above, there is no need for 2 threads about the same topic.
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[Q] Is there a way to adjust the color calibration

I'm rooted on the i9505g and I'm having no luck finding a way to adjust the rgb color calibration of the display. The display appears too warm to my eyes and I would like to match the cooler display of my nexus 4. It's especially noticeable when I have a white background like in Google plus. Whites appear more yellow than pure white and it's driving me nuts. Thanks in advance for any help
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sparks83 said:
I'm rooted on the i9505g and I'm having no luck finding a way to adjust the rgb color calibration of the display. The display appears too warm to my eyes and I would like to match the cooler display of my nexus 4. It's especially noticeable when I have a white background like in Google plus. Whites appear more yellow than pure white and it's driving me nuts. Thanks in advance for any help
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa&hl=en

Thanks but I already tried that and it doesn't seem to actually adjust the colors but instead it applies overlay of color
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