I just noticed this after looking at the screentest app, but on gray background I can see some lighter "smudges" or light spots near the middle bottom of the screen. I was hoping it was a smudge on the actual screen since I still have the piece of plastic from factory on it, but I don't think that's what it is. Does anyone else have these lightish spots, and is it something I should expect? I don't see any other issues like stuck or dead pixels so I thought I was in the clear. I can't see it on every screen and I have to really look for it unless it's a gray background like in the picture below.
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it's called pink smearing a lot of users has that and it's still not clear whether it's a sofware or hardware issue
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it's called pink smearing a lot of users has that and it's still not clear whether it's a sofware or hardware issue
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All the smearing topics I've seen involved scrolling and seeing the gray bars leave a trail behind them, this is a persistent spot on the screen that is just lighter than the rest on certain backgrounds.
This thread says he got the screen replaced:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272689&highlight=light+spot
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All the smearing topics I've seen involved scrolling and seeing the gray bars leave a trail behind them, this is a persistent spot on the screen that is just lighter than the rest on certain backgrounds.
This thread says he got the screen replaced:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272689&highlight=light+spot
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also som3 said they got it when going to settings anyway as far for replacement
you can even get the phone replaced
Not sure what the first part of your post means, but this looks like LCD mura. Verizon said I have 14 days to get another one if something is wrong, so as long as I can get a brand new one in exchange and test it out in the store I may try to return it. I paid full price for the phone and it's going to annoy me every time I see it now.
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Not sure what the first part of your post means, but this looks like LCD mura. Verizon said I have 14 days to get another one if something is wrong, so as long as I can get a brand new one in exchange and test it out in the store I may try to return it. I paid full price for the phone and it's going to annoy me every time I see it now.
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yes you should replace it i would be annoyed 2 if my phone has that i mean if i pay for a high end phone i expect it to be perfect or has a few issues that i don't care for and plus i hate pink
I hate pink too, but this doesn't have anything to do with that. Pink/purple smearing is an entirely different issue.
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Hello everyone,
when I got my SGS3 I was very excited. However, I noticed a possible production fault with the display, and I kindly ask any other SGS3 owner to check, whether this affects your phone as well.
Here is what's wrong:
When the you are in a dark environment (e.g. in your bedroom, reading in bed with your lights out - that's when I noticed it) and display a black image (most conveniently displayed with a display test app for example Screen Test - no outside links allowed for me, yet. Just look for it in the play store. It needs no rights and should have no strings attached ;-)).
Once your eyes have adjusted to the darker environment light, you will notice, two things:
a) the 'black' of the SGS3 is - by far - not as black as it was back on the SGS2. It looks much more greyish to me, as you see somehow kind of a back lighting. Don't know why you can see this, as I always thought AMOLED does not need such a thing, but anyway.
but much more importantly:
b) you see (at least that's what can be seen on my phone) little black (they are really black, in contrast to the display) 'snakelike' or 'wormlike' formed rubbish behind the display, which looks to me like sawdust or cuttings. Definitely a fault from production, though.
As I am not equipped with a good camera I am unfortunately not able to provide any photos (remember, it has to be dark in order to see 'through' the screen).
Can anyone confirm he has - or hopefully for you - has not these kind of problems?
The only good thing is, that the 'worms' are only visible in very rare circumstances. But now that I know that they are there, I always look out for them. And that is really annoying .
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If yes then you're not alone everything related should be in this thread. If something else, try to snatch a picture of it or reproduce it in Photoshop
Thanks, exactly like that. Didn't find it with the search function though. Thread can be closed, I guess
Cuz you're using the wrong terminology.
Those are often referred to around here as "blobs".
Skyrocket and Hercules (both GSII) are full of them.
But when ICS leaked for Skyrocket, it made the dark grey more black and it became harder to see the blobs, though they are obviously still there.
It never bothers me. But when I got a warranty replacement phone for a different issue, I noticed it had a lot less blobs on it than the first phone did.
Hey guys, i have the moto g for about 3 weeks now. i am pretty satisfied with it, battery life is great, altho for some reason it kinda shortened in 3 weeks, maybe its just my imagination. Anyway the phone is awesome but i've just noticed a small blueish spot on the display when the background is white. Its not very noticeable but only the thought of knowing its there makes me a lil sad. Anyone knows if it has any importance ? is it going to spread or something ? I have no idea when this happened, it might have been there since the beginning. Thx in advance !
I have two of them, except they're white and only show on black backgrounds. They're called stuck pixels. No they're not going to spread. You can try to play one of those stuck pixel fixer videos from YouTube on it for a couple hours and see if that fixes anything, or gently massage the pixel and see if that fixes it. You can also return it and get a replacement.
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He didn't say it's a single pixel, but a "spot". It might be something more serious. A photo would be enough to understand, if you can get one.
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He didn't say it's a single pixel, but a "spot". It might be something more serious. A photo would be enough to understand, if you can get one.
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The anandtech review mentioned they thought was unique to their samples - it looked like bubbles in the gorillaglass or similar. I wonder if this is that?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7586/motorola-moto-g-review/5
One unfortunate thing about the Moto G I was sampled however is the presence of two small bubbles in the cover glass. I initially thought these were dust, but inspection with a microscope reveals they are in fact inhomogeneities in the cover glass.
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source: bit.ly/1lm3QLE
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I had this exact problem with my Moto G. I sent it in for repairs on the 23rd and I talked to Motorola today and they said they are still evaluating it and couldn't confirm if this was covered by their warranty or not. Has anybody else had Motorola repair their G for this problem?
Sounds like it might be a stuck pixel, search on play store: Dead Pixel Detect and Fix (sorry can't post links) & if that doesn't work than its most likely a dead pixel...
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Sounds like it might be a stuck pixel, search on play store: Dead Pixel Detect and Fix (sorry can't post links) & if that doesn't work than its most likely a dead pixel...
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It's not a stuck pixel. It is an issue with the screen under the glass in the way it was installed. It is a pretty common issue. Sometimes these spots will go away after use.
I've had my Note 4 for about a month now. I downloaded a game yesterday night, and played it the whole night. As soon as I closed the game I noticed the screen burn right away where the static white edges of the game was displayed, like shown in this image:
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I've always known about amoled burn-in issue, but i've had no idea it happens this fast! It isn't very noticable, and only shows on white backgrounds, I have to look a little hard to see it but it's there.
is there anything I can do to fix this, or the burn settled there for good? Is this covered under samsung warranity?
Lol... sry
That comes from playing crap 80's games on modern hardware
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lol... Sry
that comes from playing crap 80's games on modern hardware
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where the hell is burn there?????
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I've had my Note 4 for about a month now. I downloaded a game yesterday night, and played it the whole night. As soon as I closed the game I noticed the screen burn right away where the static white edges of the game was displayed, like shown in this image:
I've always known about amoled burn-in issue, but i've had no idea it happens this fast! It isn't very noticable, and only shows on white backgrounds, I have to look a little hard to see it but it's there.
is there anything I can do to fix this, or the burn settled there for good? Is this covered under samsung warranity?
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I am a little surprised it happened this fast, but I guess it's not impossible.
I don't think there's any way to fix it and it will probably not be covered by warranty.
However, you could call Samsung and ask or just send it to a service centre and see what they say. Best of luck!
Well i know it seems strange, but it went away on its own. Like it was a temporary burn in or something.
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Well i know it seems strange, but it went away on its own. Like it was a temporary burn in or something.
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It's called image retention. Very common especially with plasma TVs. It will go away when the screen displays other content for a period of time.
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Note 4 has an invert colors option under settings> acessibility > vision
This may help with burn in or image retention but I'm not sure you would want to play a game that way.
LMAO, im addicted to minutequest to OP! i actually have been running a bot sort of thing that keeps my guy moving so iv had this game on my phone screen for hours the past couple of days. havent noticed anything yet, but am very scared of screen burn in.
Blam it on Ingress
Sorry for bumping this, but I, too, burned the "Ingress" scanner image onto my Note 4 after leaving the screen on for hours. It's very noticeable on blue and white screens.
I also have screen burn and be sure to change the display?
Hi all,
I've had my 6p for almost two weeks and tomorrow is my last day to return it. They will not extend buyer's remorse to a replacement unit so before tomorrow I need to decide if the issue I have is specific to my unit (get a replacement) or related to the AMOLED panel used on this phone (cancel).
The issue is that colors seem not to converge correctly, just like old CRT screens would. This is most noticeable on high contrast borders such as black text on light backgrounds, which my brain interprets as embossed text rather than nice flat text. Below is a zoomed in example showing this issue, upper borders are reddish/darker and lower ones are greenish/bright.
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Anyone else seeing this? my friend's S5 has a similar thing but way less noticeable and i could probably live with it, whereas my 6p is probably too much. Yes this is my first AMOLED.
Thoughts? thanks!
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Hi all,
I've had my 6p for almost two weeks and tomorrow is my last day to return it. They will not extend buyer's remorse to a replacement unit so before tomorrow I need to decide if the issue I have is specific to my unit (get a replacement) or related to the AMOLED panel used on this phone (cancel).
The issue is that colors seem not to converge correctly, just like old CRT screens would. This is most noticeable on high contrast borders such as black text on light backgrounds, which my brain interprets as embossed text rather than nice flat text. Below is a zoomed in example showing this issue, upper borders are reddish/darker and lower ones are greenish/bright.
Anyone else seeing this? my friend's S5 has a similar thing but way less noticeable and i could probably live with it, whereas my 6p is probably too much. Yes this is my first AMOLED.
Thoughts? thanks!
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You are joking? Right?
That image is blown up how much??
400%. Otherwise you wouldn't see it on a forum, but real life you can see it with no need to zoom
Feature, not bug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering
hi all, I noticed that the screen of my 6t is not uniform ... in a dark room with gray or similar colors in low brightness is lighter on the left while on the right is darker. You can check it with the OLED TEST application , if you put gray and lower the brightness.second you have to do it replace? I have read that the oled screens have this problem almost all and it would be lucky to find one without flaws.
Amoled screens are always a lottery unfortunately. You may get lucky and get a good one or you may get unlucky and get what you got. You can try and exchange but it's not guaranteed they accept it as a fault unless it's really bad. If you are in the return window you can go that then and then by a new one. You might get a better one and you might get one that is worse. I got lucky with mine this time.
In the image it looks a little brighter in the middle but I can't really see that with my eyes it's the camera that's doing that.
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Amoled screens are always a lottery unfortunately. You may get lucky and get a good one or you may get unlucky and get what you got. You can try and exchange but it's not guaranteed they accept it as a fault unless it's really bad. If you are in the return window you can go that then and then by a new one. You might get a better one and you might get one that is worse. I got lucky with mine this time.
In the image it looks a little brighter in the middle but I can't really see that with my eyes it's the camera that's doing that.
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what image did you use to get a full screen? the test does not get to the notch..
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what image did you use to get a full screen? the test does not get to the notch..
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Downloaded a grey image and opened it in Google Photos and zoomed into it and then tap the screen and statusbar will go away.
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trxjam said:
hi all, I noticed that the screen of my 6t is not uniform ... in a dark room with gray or similar colors in low brightness is lighter on the left while on the right is darker. You can check it with the OLED TEST application , if you put gray and lower the brightness.second you have to do it replace? I have read that the oled screens have this problem almost all and it would be lucky to find one without flaws.
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Have you replaced yours? I also have this problem