Light bleed ANSWER FOUND - Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I got an10 and I would like to know how to tell if there is light bleed? I've seen people speak of it but I don't see where anyone says how to check if I have it and I only have a few days left before I can return it. thanks to those who may help me cue in on this problem to see if I have it.
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Download a light bleed app from Google Play and shut the lights off and see.
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Here's the link to the app in the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeleveque.backlightbleedtest
Fair warning, though: be prepared to contract a bad case of OCD.

NO. WHY?
All caps aside, if you don't notice it I wouldn't look for it. Because once you find it, it'll probably stick to your mind for a long time.
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CWalkop said:
NO. WHY?
All caps aside, if you don't notice it I wouldn't look for it. Because once you find it, it'll probably stick to your mind for a long time.
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Exactly right. If light bleed is so bad that it really bothers you then by all means return the device and try to get a better one, but if you can't even tell if the problem exists don't go looking for it. All you have to gain is dissatisfaction with an otherwise good device. Watch some movies, use the device as you normally would, and if it looks good to you don't worry about light bleed again.

JasW said:
Here's the link to the app in the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeleveque.backlightbleedtest
Fair warning, though: be prepared to contract a bad case of OCD.
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Or you have the same experience I had. Little to no appreciable light bleed. My first N10 had none, but had a small fracture/defect in the glass (you'll see my image in the light bleed forum).
Second one, a nickle sized but very dim bleed and only seen when in a closet with the door closed and no light.
Acceptable.

Loving mine. I have a small "chipping" in the top glass, also minimal light bleed.
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SeaFractor said:
Or you have the same experience I had. Little to no appreciable light bleed. My first N10 had none, but had a small fracture/defect in the glass (you'll see my image in the light bleed forum).
Second one, a nickle sized but very dim bleed and only seen when in a closet with the door closed and no light.
Acceptable.
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I took another picture the other day in a closet, since the first one I posted in another thread gave the screen a purplish glow due to the angle. Also, the Backlight Bleed app icons were at the bottom of the screen so I turned the N10 upside down for this one. The white icons are overexposed, which I suppose means the bleed in the photo may be exaggerated to some extent, but it seems pretty accurate as to the extent itself. Again, 100% brightness in a dark closet. I'm telling myself I can live with it.
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If you go looking for a problem - you will find one. Even if there was not one to begin with.

I am on my 6th unit. I've had it for a week, and I've been using it constantly. It appeared to have minimal bleeding upon opening. After a week of "breaking it in," however, the bleed in the bottom left corner is quite apparent. Anything brighter than auto-brightness and it's noticeable in any setting or on any screen. I'm just tired of gambling with every return. I mean...this is my 6th one. *lol*
Judge for yourself.

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Display has yellowish tint to it. Help!!

So my excitement kinda came to an early end last night. I got my second replacement mt4g due to a bad screen. This one is perfect...except that when I was reading some text on a page with a white background, I noticed that from bottom to top, the white gradually goes from white to this yellowish tint. I will post a picture of it later on tonight.
My question is, do you have/had this problem and did you end up returning it or did it go away kind of like when this was happening to the iphone 4? I really hope this really doesn't become a full-blown issue like with the washed colors, because then I would have to request a 3rd replacement and make sure that it doesn't have dead pixels, dust under the screen, washed out colors, yellow tint, crooked ffc, creaky buttons, and gaps around the bezel. Thanks.
Here is an example of what i'm talking about except my display is white at the bottom and gradually goes to the color of the phone that is on the right, at the top.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856792
Here you go guys:
img831.imageshack.us/img831/159/img1091z.jpg
(sorry for the link, I haven't posted 8+ times yet)
My bosses phone has looked like that since day 1
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ESKIMOn00b said:
My bosses phone has looked like that since day 1
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Do you think that the problem is improper screen calibration and all I have to do is wait for a software update?
225 views and one reply?? Really guys?? Not trying to sound like I'm whining, but this is a serious problem and I think i'm not the only one. I just received my replacement, and it too has this yellowish tint towards the top of the screen. This will be my 4th time that I will be requesting a replacement, so in total so far, 4 defective phones.
ur phone has a bad screen. when black looks more light greyish and when white doesn't quite look white, bad screen.
return it, these are things u wanna check within the first few days!
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I'm sorry, but it's really difficult to tell based on the picture you linked. Is there any way you can take a comparison photo with a good screen?
I can't see anything wrong from that photo. It will take something more than this to let others know if you have a problem.
smirkis said:
ur phone has a bad screen. when black looks more light greyish and when white doesn't quite look white, bad screen.
return it, these are things u wanna check within the first few days!
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The blacks never looked grayish, the colors were bright, crisp and vibrant, it was when looking at something with a white background. This issue has nothing to do with the washed screens that people are getting.
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I can't see anything wrong from that photo. It will take something more than this to let others know if you have a problem.
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I figured it out based on a chat I had with a friend. I think that the backlight was improperly calibrated or something. Sorry that I can't take a better picture as I have already received my exchange which is much much better, the light is just more distributed evenly then the previous phone. Plus it doesn't creak, the ffc is dead centered, and light doesn't leak through between the bezel and the screen at the top of the phone. After 4 exchanges(5 phones total), I finally got a "perfect" device.
Here is a side-by-side shot sort of(I returned the defective device before I could think of take a pic of them together due to my excitement!)
You can easily tell that the screen of the phone on the right has way more light at the bottom of it and the top doesn't which results in a more obvious yellowish tint. The phone on the left (good one) doesn't have it as bad, the light is distributed evenly. Both were on auto brightness. The good display's(right) brightness is down a bit more but it doesn't matter since I tried to increase and decrease the brightness on the defective one(left) and it made no difference.
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[Q] Problem with light bleeding (kind of) at the right of the screen

Anyone else noticed this issue ??
There is a spot at the right (in the red circle ) which is quite brighter.
This is noticeable only in bright backgrounds (white websites, market etc..)
You can not notice it at all on black or other dark backgrounds (youtube app etc..)
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Mate, you should look at the screen on the Transformer in a darkened room.
Believe me, that's lightbleed, but not as we know it.
Search youtube for asus eee pad transformer lightbleed issue and see what I mean
I returned my first A500 because it had really bad light bleed. I guess that's what you would call it, but its like the opposite of the other tablets blight bleed complaint, noticeable on white backgrounds but went away with dark ones.
Futant55 said:
I returned my first A500 because it had really bad light bleed. I guess that's what you would call it, but its like the opposite of the other tablets blight bleed complaint, noticeable on white backgrounds but went away with dark ones.
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Exactly..
Its the opposite from what other devices have, but its still annoying in the same way
anstelios said:
Anyone else noticed this issue ??
There is a spot at the right (in the red circle ) which is quite brighter.
This is noticeable only in bright backgrounds (white websites, market etc..)
You can not notice it at all on black or other dark backgrounds (youtube app etc..)
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mine has that in the same location
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Exactly..
Its the opposite from what other devices have, but its still annoying in the same way
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Either way, if it's a fault which spoils your enjoyment of the product then it's not acceptable in a product at this price point.
I returned 3 transformers with the same issue before I got pi$$ed off enough to ask for a refund.
Take it back if you are not happy and email support, they will only know about a potential issue if people are scrupulous about quality control.
I have the same problem so I took the a500 back to best buy for an exchange. The geek quad guy looked at the tablet and told me it is normal and refused the exchange. According to him, there is a light bulb that runs across the screen and the bright spot is the result of close contact between the bulb and the screen. He said that I could either return it or keep it but no exchange. His reason, once the tablet is opened, it can't be sold to other customers and he does not want me to end up return the exchanged tablet which will hurt the company's profit. I was like, sure, the iconia is the only product in the store and by the way, you should be an employee of the month for looking after best buy like that.
I really have noticed this issue on every device i ever held in my hands !!
This must be some general problem.. !!
How about everyone else??
i m really surprised that only a few people reported back on this issue !!
My screen does not have this problem. Maybe your screens are too tight? In fact my Asus netbook does have this problem, (kind of), because it's backlit by LEDs.
Does anyone know what the backlighting is on these Iconias? Did anyone take one apart?
I also noticed this a bit when I was doing some pdf reading with the tablet vertically oriented. Pretty much the exact same spot, but it sounds like it was manufactured that way by the responses of some of the other people on here.
Same problem here at the same spot. Pretty annoying when reading e-books for example. Is there something we can do ?

Nexus 7 brightness problems

Just got the nexus 7, but...
When I change the brightness through the power-control widget or settings/brightness, on or close to the lowest level it turns off the display completely. I can't see anything no matter what the lighting condition is. Is this a software bug? I don't see how I can turn it back easily.
Another problem, when reading book, the light from the left bezel bleeds and I have a darker top-left corner. It is kind of annoying.
I also have the flickering problem when the brightness is set on the mid brightness... software updated right after startup.
cccxyz said:
Just got the nexus 7, but...
When I change the brightness through the power-control widget or settings/brightness, on or close to the lowest level it turns off the display completely. I can't see anything no matter what the lighting condition is. Is this a software bug? I don't see how I can turn it back easily.
Another problem, when reading book, the light from the left bezel bleeds and I have a darker top-left corner. It is kind of annoying.
I also have the flickering problem when the brightness is set on the mid brightness... software updated right after startup.
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Anyone have the screen completely off when turning the brightness down?
I also happen to have eight stuck (white) pixels...
Yeah, I have a very similar problem to what you described.
Check out my pics.
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My backlight bleeding is very similar.
Does your screen get completely black when the brightness is low? Now, even when I turned on the automatic, it gets complete black. Is it just me or everyone else the same?
cccxyz said:
My backlight bleeding is very similar.
Does your screen get completely black when the brightness is low? Now, even when I turned on the automatic, it gets complete black. Is it just me or everyone else the same?
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No, it does not go black at min brightness here.
I just got the Nexus 7 and the light bleed is Horrendous. I have owned a Asus Transformer before and expect some light bleed but this is really really bad. Like WTF
Jeeverz said:
I just got the Nexus 7 and the light bleed is Horrendous. I have owned a Asus Transformer before and expect some light bleed but this is really really bad. Like WTF
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Holy cow... If mine arrives like that I'll be requesting a replacement.. That's insane!
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Mine looked exactly, so I went back to staples for a replacement. Luckily, they have one left. The bleeding on the new one is unnoticeable and the brightness settings are all normal.
cccxyz said:
Mine looked exactly, so I went back to staples for a replacement. Luckily, they have one left. The bleeding on the new one is unnoticeable and the brightness settings are all normal.
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Wow. I thought my transformer bled light bad. I'm not feeling so bad now. Of course it has some other weird issues, but has been mostly reliable. If it acts up too much I'll just send it back. I've had it for almost 30 days and can't find any real reason to take it back. It reboots every once in a while if it gets overloaded or too hot (did it today in the sun..of course I had it overclocked too.....) and I've opened the dock to see that it has shut down for some reason, but its not a huge deal. Other users have reported the same, so clearly something isn't perfect. I came to this thread because I heard that the nexus has huge issues. I was curious to see what people were reporting. if I got a nexus like that I would be p****ed! There are reports of them locking up on startup. My transformer just keeps chugging along. Really I've had more problems with apex launcher than ICS on my tf300t.
edit: the light bleed is barely noticable on mine actually...only in darkness does it seem bad. I heard ips displays have issues with that, so took it as good enough for "spec" and really its not all that detractable unless I sit in perfect darkness. Video looks pretty great on the display.

Yellow screen ?

Hi, i have one question for n4 owners.
When you look at your phone like this :
Is the screen look a little bit yellow ?
I hope is not a problem, juste ips technology :fingers-crossed:
410 err on the photo but it's probably uncured glue
if so, it'll fix itself unless you constantly overheat your phone (benchmarks and games)
>90% of the time it'll fix itself in a week or two,
it happens with the first batch or two of every phone launch because they didn't have enough time from screen production to sale for all of the units to fully cure.
When I look at it in line of the bottom left corner the screen looks a bit yellow. Every other corner is fine. Its not a problem it will work itself out in a few days.
I don't know if it's a glue problem.
It's look like screen problem :/ but i want to know if others users have same thing.
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When I look at it in line of the bottom left corner the screen looks a bit yellow. Every other corner is fine. Its not a problem it will work itself out in a few days.
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Yes bottom left and upper right you too ?
I am having the same issue, but i do not need to look from that angle. I see the yellow tone in the options menu just looking directly in front of the phone during normal use. Mainly in the left bottom corner but most of the bottom part I would say.
I'm assuming this is the nature of the screen technology. Mine does this looking at it from the bottom left or top right corner.
Y es i have this problem, and the colors where off, i think the gamma value is high. I hope an update because all have the yellowish screen, i dont think is glue for all at the bottom on the screen.
Mine is like that too
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could you upload a bigger pic, or someone else? my htc one s looked super cold when viewing from the sides lol. that's do to amoled though.
Mine is like that too same angle, every other angle is perfect. i think its on all of them.
I didnt have this issue and i ran couple benchmarks. I did heat up slightly and the scores sucked
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I didnt have this issue and i ran couple benchmarks. I did heat up slightly and the scores sucked
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So you think is gone because of heat ?
I order mine, but im waiting for shipping, when I get it, i will turn on and then I'll check the angle and I let you know if this is natural.
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I order mine, but im waiting for shipping, when I get it, i will turn on and then I'll check the angle and I let you know if this is natural.
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Thank for your futur review.
Anyone have yellow tint too ? Maybe gone with benchmark overheat ?
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Thank for your futur review.
Anyone have yellow tint too ? Maybe gone with benchmark overheat ?
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I have the yellow tint too if I hold the phone diagonal en look at the surface.
Bleu tint web you look opposite no?
Someone know where contact Google ?
Mine is yellow tinted regardless of angle. I'm hoping this is incurred glue, obviously.
I compared against my Atrix last night & it's very obvious.
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If I was to buy the phone in a couple of days would the yellow tint issue be solved as the phone would have been unused stock for a good week allowing enough time for glue to settle?
I'm having problems with my screen as well. Black levels are off and everything has a yellowish grey tint. I have an Optimus G next to it on the left so you can compare, as both of these phones use the same panel. Both phones are on max brightness.
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[Q] What Does A Nexus Without Backlight Bleed Look Like?

I've seen numerous complaints about backlight bleeding, and a few pictures of what terrible backlight bleeding looks like.
However, I've not seen any pictures of either little or none backlight bleeding. Does anyone have a picture (or can someone who has a good Nexus 10 take a picture) of a Nexus 10 with none/low backlight bleeding?
I think it'd be a good reference for those hunting for a good Nexus 10. I'm in the camp that doesn't believe there is such a thing as NO backlight bleeding, but I want to see what is deemed "acceptable" by most so that I know if my Nexus 10 is "return worthy" or not.
Here are a few pictures of mine with its backlight bleed. I'm not sure if this is considered as good as it gets or if I should take it back and try for better?
100% brightness, white backlight bleeding in red, dark patch underneath the front camera in blue:
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Another picture without the markings in the way:
Sort of an inverted picture to help show the trouble spots a bit better:
I would say that mine is almost same as yours, I don't have that much light bleed on top of the screen ( close to the camera lens )
I have 2 more days to decide if I return or not, this is my second unit, first one was even worse than I have now. Fortunately bought in Staples, so I just walk in store and exchanged it. Hope more people will post their screens. Thank you for this post.
I'm bumping this thread hoping someone would post a nexus 10 without any or minimal backlight bleeding. I'm planning to buy next week and I want to know if its worth it. I'm from the Philippines and consumer protection laws aren't great here and I'd probably get stuck with what I will get. Thanks in advance!
Here's a pic of my Nexus 10 app drawer. Pic was taken in a dark room with max brightness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36767166
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Maconi said:
I've seen numerous complaints about backlight bleeding, and a few pictures of what terrible backlight bleeding looks like.
However, I've not seen any pictures of either little or none backlight bleeding. Does anyone have a picture (or can someone who has a good Nexus 10 take a picture) of a Nexus 10 with none/low backlight bleeding?
I think it'd be a good reference for those hunting for a good Nexus 10. I'm in the camp that doesn't believe there is such a thing as NO backlight bleeding, but I want to see what is deemed "acceptable" by most so that I know if my Nexus 10 is "return worthy" or not.
Here are a few pictures of mine with its backlight bleed. I'm not sure if this is considered as good as it gets or if I should take it back and try for better?
100% brightness, white backlight bleeding in red, dark patch underneath the front camera in blue:
Another picture without the markings in the way:
Sort of an inverted picture to help show the trouble spots a bit better:
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LOL, Thnks i need to know what i am looking for, when i receive my N10
I checked mine at first boot real quick and it looked perfect... I'll try again
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Google sent me a 2nd one no problem for light bleed. However the replacement was much worse.
My mother got her replacement yesterday and was much better better but still had bleed, she is keeping hers.
It seems to be a gamble.
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I dont have the bottom left screen bleeding. And the rest are better than yours. But my WiFi sucks....
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I don't have your lower left bleeding. And the rest are much better.... But my WiFi sucks.

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