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Weird scratches beneath the screen

DAMN IT!
Got some weird scratches/marks beneath the screen.
It's only visible in low light surroundings, and on a black background, but it's very very ugly.
When I made this thread a few similar posts came up.
Apparently it's a known problem on the S2 and note too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335423
I can't make a picture of it right now. Will try tomorrow.
Somebody made this to explain what it looks like.
Mine is like this, but much worse
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Please check for yourself in a dark room and a fully black background on the phone. Do you have the same?
I'm going return it tomorrow, and hope they give me a refund, so I can buy another one straight away (and check it off course). And hope I don't have to wait for 3 weeks for the repair/replacement

Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
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Yup, does not bother me too much though.
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Elisha said:
Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
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Exactly. When i first saw my sgs1 under direct sunlight i thught that was broken. Later i discovered that the lines ias seeing was the circuitry under the screen. You can see iy under direct sunlight when the screen is off.

Elisha said:
Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
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I don't see any spots or ink marks on my GS2 at all. But seems like a lot of the GS3's are having these spots.
Some have exchanged their phones for those with a lot less of of those markings.

Elisha said:
Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
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It's only there when the screen is on, but it's actually visible in daylight now I know it's there.
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I read somewhere that this is a residual issue caused by the bonding glue they use t to attach the glass, they should fade as the glue dries, but keep any eye on it and nuke 'em if it doesn't!

Yeh galaxy nexus has a similar thing its the amoled display some of the pixals are not turning fully of, I think that was the conclusion .
But only noticeable in very dark room with the screen black and when your eyes adjust. Could be wrong without a pic I can't say.
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I think its an inherent flaw with AMOLED panels. It looks like patches of the screen do not go as dark as the rest of the screen.
Some screens are brighter than others in general though, among the same phone. This Nexus was brighter than another one I had at the same time, at both lowest and highest settings, and had less black dots on black screen, presumably because the screen was brighter overall.
Doesn't mean to say I won't check for the problem before I purchase though
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Well I exchanged it for a new one.
This one is flawless
I'm glad I bought it in a physical store now vs online!

lostsoul said:
DAMN IT!
Got some weird scratches/marks beneath the screen.
It's only visible in low light surroundings, and on a black background, but it's very very ugly.
When I made this thread a few similar posts came up.
Apparently it's a known problem on the S2 and note too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335423
I can't make a picture of it right now. Will try tomorrow.
Somebody made this to explain what it looks like.
Mine is like this, but much worse
Please check for yourself in a dark room and a fully black background on the phone. Do you have the same?
I'm going return it tomorrow, and hope they give me a refund, so I can buy another one straight away (and check it off course). And hope I don't have to wait for 3 weeks for the repair/replacement
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Yep I have the exact same thing with my SIII but not as bad as yours. What did you do about your SIII? Did you return it? I notice it mostly on a black background whilst watching films/videos mine isn't really that noticeable on my SIII but still pretty annoying.

New 7.7 with burn in circles

I just got the 7.7 today, and in the evening on lowest brigtness I noticed this! I googled, and this seems to be common, should I still try to bring it to a repair center? Or is this "OK" for the samoled panels?
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How to test your tab.
1. Go in to a pitch black room.
2. Set brightness to the lowest value.
3. Google black images, and scroll trough them.
You should see 6 medium circles, 2 small and hundreds of black dots.

yeah i have it too, but doesnt bother me as i rarely am on fully black apps/pages

There's already a long thread about that issue here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1463622

I don't have this problem. LIKE at ALL. My screen is pitch black with no deviation....not even a HINT of backlight.
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aletheus said:
I don't have this problem. LIKE at ALL. My screen is pitch black with no deviation....not even a HINT of backlight.
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Not a hint of backlight?
That might be because of the 7.7 doesn't have any backlighting...
My screen is absolutely fine, too. For 3 months now.

Yeah I have the same thing on mine and had it on my Note as well. Never really bothered me.

Using the 7.7 in a totally black room with brightness at minimum and viewing totally black web pages is a ridiculous situation which says nothing about the 7.7 in every day use.

Gaugerer said:
Using the 7.7 in a totally black room with brightness at minimum and viewing totally black web pages is a ridiculous situation which says nothing about the 7.7 in every day use.
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Well I play games before I go to sleep, ant the bright light hurts my eyes. For example Osmos, you can clearly see those rings and dots.

Gaugerer said:
Using the 7.7 in a totally black room with brightness at minimum and viewing totally black web pages is a ridiculous situation which says nothing about the 7.7 in every day use.
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It's easily visible - and really annoying - while watching videos at night... which is a very everyday-use situation for me.
Moderators, could this redundant thread be merged with the other ongoing one?

mine doesn't have these kind of circles but got lots of tiny scratches i wonder if its really a gorilla screen or cheap plastic screen

Gaugerer said:
Using the 7.7 in a totally black room with brightness at minimum and viewing totally black web pages is a ridiculous situation which says nothing about the 7.7 in every day use.
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Unless you're an artist who likes to paint on black backgrounds.... <----!
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FYI Purchased a display model (ie last one, used by lots of customers for demo) Galaxy Tab 7.7 P6810 Wifi-Only in Australia (JB Hi-Fi) on 8.Jun.2012: no burn in circles or screen defects at all. I get beautiful even smooth black screen in darkness with lowest brightness setting.

aletheus said:
Unless you're an artist who likes to paint on black backgrounds.... <----!
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But not in a totally dark room for the canvas and paints would be impossible to see.

Gaugerer said:
But not in a totally dark room for the canvas and paints would be impossible to see.
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aletheus said:
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Is this picture take with low brightness ? and u must take pic with another device dude

s0r0sh said:
Is this picture take with low brightness ? and u must take pic with another device dude
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DUH, and I took the screen capture just to show you the app features in screen. I'm not an idiot, don't treat me like one.
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aletheus said:
DUH, and I took the screen capture just to show you the app features in screen. I'm not an idiot, don't treat me like one.
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oH god , im really sorry dude

i've got one too on my 7.7...i think its common problem with SAmoled?
its called Newton Ring right?
CMIIW

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How about a screen shot of a totally black web page in a totally black room?

After some more reading, I decided to keep my "faulty" tab. This is not a big deal after all. Plus there is this problem on S II, and one is complaining. I agree that it is bad that there is this problem, but now I think its minor, and the samoled panel is still gorgeous 90% of the time I use it.

[POOL] Does your Nexus 7 have defects?

Does your Nexus 7 have defects?
Also post where did you buy your Nexus 7 from.
Mine is coming soon and I will tell.

pclov3r said:
Does your Nexus 7 have defects?
Also post where did you buy your Nexus 7 from.
Mine is coming soon and I will tell.
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Mine came perfect.

The left side of my screen near the center makes a strange noise when I press down on it, almost like adhesive lifting.

This thread title has defects
No I'm sorry. I don't believe I have any dead pixels. Mind you, I didn't search for long. What freaked me out however was that I never got the USB drivers from the SDK. I'm good now though, rooted and runnin'.

100% ok here sexy n sleek
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The few bits of information about people having screens coming loose has me all paranoid. Mine makes a slight noise if the push on the lower right side of the device. But close examination makes it appear not to be the screen but the rear cover has a tiny bit of play (assume it is a slightly less than ideal retainer clip). I don't expect it to be an issue but if it does turn into one but the time I probably need to RMA it they should be further into the production cycle and hopefully past small issue like that.

There's already a thread like this
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I'm not sure I would call one dead pixel "very minor". Could absolutely ruin things depending on where it is.

C6 from Gamestop with no issues so far.

thebobp said:
I'm not sure I would call one dead pixel "very minor". Could absolutely ruin things depending on where it is.
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Yeah. I Agree with you here.

so 25% of users are reporting defects? damn.

Uh where do you get 25%?? More like 5-8%
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feelinfroggy23 said:
Uh where do you get 25%?? More like 5-8%
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add it up... about 25%... lf course the numbers aren't that great lol.

Keep in mind, I am simultaneously knocking on a huge piece of wood as I type this, but my Nexus that I purchase at Gamestop is brilliant. No issues at all to speak of. Hope it stays that way and that all of you who got defective units get them replaced soon. Cheers.

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Keep in mind, I am simultaneously knocking on a huge piece of wood as I type this
Cheers.
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TMI

This is what I'm afraid of ... had the first transformer and that device was just rubbish .
What makes me thinking is that all the issues I had on transformer are showing up with nexus .
1. Loose screen (in transformer at first no problem after a week I could feel it being loose when grabbed . After 3 weeks screen collapsed and from the top of the edge to the screen surface there was like 2-3mm difference
2. Light bleeds ... had it all over the screen. That was an IPS screen.
3. Screen not stuck properly top right corner . When looked at the screen under about 160 degrees (pretty much looking at the screen when its flat) the actual screen was off by 3-4 mm from the main glass and could see the light coming through
4. Dead pixel. One but that's it .
And that was just one single device ... makes me wonder how Asus build this one when I read all the comments
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Wha? Where did u even get those calculations???
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My left side was dodgy - but easily clicked back into place. Now it's perfect

exzacklyright said:
add it up... about 25%... lf course the numbers aren't that great lol.
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Damn right I would say 25%. I got the rising screen on the left. Read in another thread if u apply enough force it should click and stay down... pooooooooor quality control to be honest.
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MattSkeet said:
This is what I'm afraid of ... had the first transformer and that device was just rubbish .
What makes me thinking is that all the issues I had on transformer are showing up with nexus .
1. Loose screen (in transformer at first no problem after a week I could feel it being loose when grabbed . After 3 weeks screen collapsed and from the top of the edge to the screen surface there was like 2-3mm difference
2. Light bleeds ... had it all over the screen. That was an IPS screen.
3. Screen not stuck properly top right corner . When looked at the screen under about 160 degrees (pretty much looking at the screen when its flat) the actual screen was off by 3-4 mm from the main glass and could see the light coming through
4. Dead pixel. One but that's it .
And that was just one single device ... makes me wonder how Asus build this one when I read all the comments
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Yep sorry to confirm, but I have the "loose screen issue" with my Nexus 7.
It's a device from Google I/O, so it could be that this this batch was put together in a hurry, and that caused the defect, but it's still a bummer, that it's not even a month old, and this happens. There's no way of returning it, because I'm in the EU...
Oh yeah, it's one of the few ones with a white back. The white is rubbing off where it sits on the table and where you hold it with your hand. The base black is slowly emerging.
I hope the ones people actually buy will be better manufactured...

Vertical bars on screen

Sorry if this has already been asked but I did a search and couldn't see anything...
Can any one else see faint vertical bars on the display?
I can see it worse on dark colors.
Is this normal?
You have to look for it to see it but now I've noticed it I see it all the time...
Any one else that can see it.
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zolah said:
Sorry if this has already been asked but I did a search and couldn't see anything...
Can any one else see faint vertical bars on the display?
I can see it worse on dark colors.
Is this normal?
You have to look for it to see it but now I've noticed it I see it all the time...
Any one else that can see it.
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I've wondered this myself a few times, but I've also done a ton of acid in my lifetime and am willing to chalk it up to brain failure.

Ordered Chaos said:
I've wondered this myself a few times, but I've also done a ton of acid in my lifetime and am willing to chalk it up to brain failure.
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Lol
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It could be touch screen digitizer

zolah said:
Sorry if this has already been asked but I did a search and couldn't see anything...
Can any one else see faint vertical bars on the display?
I can see it worse on dark colors.
Is this normal?
You have to look for it to see it but now I've noticed it I see it all the time...
Any one else that can see it.
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Yes! I have the same exact problem! It almost looks like faint pinstripes right? And they go away on a mostly bright screen right?

s2monkey said:
Yes! I have the same exact problem! It almost looks like faint pinstripes right? And they go away on a mostly bright screen right?
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Yeah that's right. As the post above said it could be the digitizer
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Same here. Noticed it a few days ago. I only see 2 of the though.
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Same here. Noticable on grey color especially googleplaystore. Not sure whether to return or no...
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The silver dots are the digitizer your phones are fine.
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The silver dots shouldn't interfere, they are best seen when the screen is off at somewhat of an angle to direct light.

XxSilent22xX said:
The silver dots are the digitizer your phones are fine.
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Its not the dots from the digitizer that I am talking about. I know the difference.
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The silver dots are the digitizer your phones are fine.
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Did you even read what the op wrote? The silver dots are a total different thing.
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No I'm not talking about any silver dots I'm talking about faint lines running the full length of the display...
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zolah said:
Sorry if this has already been asked but I did a search and couldn't see anything...
Can any one else see faint vertical bars on the display?
I can see it worse on dark colors.
Is this normal?
You have to look for it to see it but now I've noticed it I see it all the time...
Any one else that can see it.
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When my phone screen is off, at a specific angle with light bouncing off I can see those bars you're talking about. But it whilst the screen is on

I believe this is what the OP is referring to:
http://i.imgur.com/U73D7.jpg
I see them on my screen as well.

Hi, my device is also showing these strange vertical bars, one of them is exact in the middle of the screen. It looks like banding and is mostly visible on grey or darker backgrounds (for example during the loading screen on play store). Today I compared it with a nexus 4 from my local store, which showed the exact same vertical lines. Increasing the brightness makes it even more visible. Is this a common issue due to the design of the display? I've never seen anything like this before on ips panels, my 4xhd was perfectly fine.
Should I RMA?

Can someone post the screenhot?

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it is the banding of the display and is present on all devices... it is my first time seeing this on any phone display
im using one of the color configurations posted on xda that makes it a little better i barely notice it now or maybe im just used to it already

I read somewhere that these faint lines are due to the gamma values being set incorrectly on displays. So LG have screwed it up in the factory.
All displays don't have this as some people are saying. My old HTC Hero didn't have it, my ipad 3 doesn't have it, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, SGS2. All perfect displays. I don't think there's much you can do apart from messing about with colour control but you have to root to do that and it probably won't really make a difference.
My problem is three or four faint wide lines visible on grey or white backgrounds, gonna call Google and ask them what it is.

[Q] Nexus 4 plaid screen defect

I've received a brand new N4 about a month or so ago and I've been struggling to have it RMA'ed since then because the screen has clearly visible plaid effect. I don't have a camera to capture the defect with the screen fully on, but here's how it looks thru the Nexus 7 camera with the screen off.
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Has anyone had similar problems with the screen on their Nexus 4? Have you had it exchanged?

mine is the same.. i think thats normal. Well atleast thats what i think, since my previous phone had amoled display

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I've received a brand new N4 about a month or so ago and I've been struggling to have it RMA'ed since then because the screen has clearly visible plaid effect. I don't have a camera to capture the defect with the screen fully on, but here's how it looks thru the Nexus 7 camera with the screen off.
Has anyone had similar problems with the screen on their Nexus 4? Have you had it exchanged?
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Its completely normal. It wont affect viewing when the screen is on. Youll also see some diamond like dots when in bright sunlight.

Agreed. This is normal. You're seeing the digitiser grid.

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Agreed. This is normal. You're seeing the digitiser grid.
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This is correct. The digitizer it the apparatus that detects your finger touches.
The reason you can see it more prominently than on other phones is because it is fused to the glass.
This is not a defect. Just the way the phone is designed.
It's like saying the phone is defective because the glass screen reflects the sun into my eyes
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Well, I can actually see the grid when the screen is on.
And none of my friends' nexi 4 have the digitizer so visible. Howcome the nexi 4 are so different from one another?

Its definitely normal. The reason you're seeing it is because of LG's "zero gap" technology.
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I can also see the grid when the screen is on. If you look hard enough.
I can't explain why it looks less obvious on your friends n4 but yours looks exactly how mine and my friends n4s look.
I don't know what you are looking for by keeping this going but this issue is certainly not a defect
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Alex240188 said:
I can also see the grid when the screen is on. If you look hard enough.
I can't explain why it looks less obvious on your friends n4 but yours looks exactly how mine and my friends n4s look.
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Did you and your friends get yours shortly after N4 were made available for purchase from Play Store in Canada or do you have one of the newer ones (with the small plastic bump on the bottom)?

I guess it's normal, got the same plaid screen
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Originally Posted by Alex240188<br />
I can also see the grid when the screen is on. If you look hard enough.<br />
I can't explain why it looks less obvious on your friends n4 but yours looks exactly how mine and my friends n4s look.
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Did you and your friends get yours shortly after N4 were made available for purchase from Play Store in Canada or do you have one of the newer ones (with the small plastic bump on the bottom)?
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I'm in the UK. My friends got theirs a few weeks after launch when the backorders started shipping.
I got mine in April (one of the new ones with nubs on it). Both have the same look on the screen
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stangri said:
I've received a brand new N4 about a month or so ago and I've been struggling to have it RMA'ed since then because the screen has clearly visible plaid effect. I don't have a camera to capture the defect with the screen fully on, but here's how it looks thru the Nexus 7 camera with the screen off.
Has anyone had similar problems with the screen on their Nexus 4? Have you had it exchanged?
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Lol that's not a defect at all, its the digitizer.