Is my Nexus 4 screen faulty? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just bought my Nexus 4 today and i noticed it has the same dots on screen as my old Live With Walkman has. It isnt nearly as bad as on my Live With Walkman, but it is noticeable when some bright light or sun is pointed at my screen.
Is it just me or is everyones screen like that? It really anoys me, should i return the phone...?
I took a picture of my LWW but cant take the one on Nexus. Its the same as on my Nexus except the dots are around 5mm apart...

Its the digitizer...no worries.

It is a 100% normal. As "PsyOr" stated, it's the digitizer. The reason why you notice it more on the Nexus 4 in oppose to tradition touch screen phones is because of LG's "zero gap" technology.
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PsyOr said:
Its the digitizer...no worries.
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Ooooh, ok then! Thank you!

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Dead pixels?

I have some dead pixels on my Nexus 7. I purchased it from Sam's Club and am embarrassed to exchange it over a couple dead pixels. The pixels aren't noticeable unless they are on a white screen.
Does anyone else have any dead pixels?
Does anyone know how to fix them?
UPDATE:
If you're experiencing dead pixels return the Nexus. I've just started experiencing some bad screen flicker. The second I get back from vacation I'm returning it.
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Nxxx said:
I have some dead pixels on my Nexus 7. I purchased it from Sam's Club and am embarrassed to exchange it over a couple dead pixels. The pixels aren't noticeable unless they are on a white screen.
Does anyone else have any dead pixels?
Does anyone know how to fix them?
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I suspect with the gorilla glass, it would be difficult if not impossible to fix. Usually they can be fixed if you apply some direct pressure on the screen, but with the glass, I don't see how that's possible. I would just replace it, dead pixels bug my OCD!
I too would return it. In the one case where I did get a dead pixel on an LCD monitor on my desktop, I wasn't able to fix it, even with all of the applications out there that flash each pixel a hundred times a second or whatever... I've just dealt with it since I bought the monitor second hand dirt cheap. In the event of the tablet I'd likely opt to replace it.
Shano56 said:
I suspect with the gorilla glass, it would be difficult if not impossible to fix. Usually they can be fixed if you apply some direct pressure on the screen, but with the glass, I don't see how that's possible. I would just replace it, dead pixels bug my OCD!
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Does the N7 even have Gorilla Glass?
I too purchased a Nexus 7 today (just happened to be from Sam's Club as well) and I have a single dead pixel (it's more grey than black though) in the bottom-middle part. It's only noticeable on white or grey backgrounds. I've been running various "dead pixel" transition screens found on YouTube for about 10 minutes so far to no avail. I haven't decided what I'm going to do as to returning it or not.
Dead pixels are a defect. You should have no qualms about returning it. The store will have no problems taking it back, believe me.
Especially if it came from Sam's since they probably have more units... at least my local Sam's Club does. No reason to settle for dead pixels if it bothers you.
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Does the N7 even have Gorilla Glass?
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No. It has Corning glass with a scratch resistant coating.
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No dead pixels on mine but I'm rather unimpressed by the display on this thing. Its a noticeably worse than the new iPad. Not by a little, by a lot. Text in Books isn't that clear when compared to your average Galaxy S III-
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I have four stuck pixels that light up blue when the screen is black. I'll probably be keeping it nevertheless as it doesn't have any other problems and the pixels aren't quite visible unless the screen is black.
Don't be embarrassed, you paid good money for this product and its not right. Take it back.
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Agreed, they should be used to dead pixels, they sell TVs!
In addition to the dead pixel, I've noticed some random flashing in the middle of the screen. I'm not able to do anything in particular to reproduce it, but it's just very infrequent and random. It's only happened twice in the last 4 hours since unboxing it. Needless to say, I'll be returning for replacement tomorrow.
ijeff said:
No dead pixels on mine but I'm rather unimpressed by the display on this thing. Its a noticeably worse than the new iPad. Not by a little, by a lot. Text in Books isn't that clear when compared to your average Galaxy S III-
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Well the Nexus is barely half the price of the new ipad. And the Galaxy SIII also costs more then twice as much if you don't buy it from a carrier. (or whatever it's called in the USA or Canada) So that's probably the reason the display isn't as good as those 2.
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Well the Nexus is barely half the price of the new ipad. And the Galaxy SIII also costs more then twice as much if you don't buy it from a carrier. (or whatever it's called in the USA or Canada) So that's probably the reason the display isn't as good as those 2.
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Lol they actually all called it the galaxy siii this time and the epic 4g skyrocket fascinate lol.
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gsrrr said:
No. It has Corning glass with a scratch resistant coating.
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Corning, gorilla, whats the difference corning manufacturs it anyways
I couldn't find a single dead pixel in my GNX7 so far. It's pretty flawless, with no bezel separation / raised display, leakage and flickering of any kind.
I was lucky.
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No dead pixels on mine but I'm rather unimpressed by the display on this thing. Its a noticeably worse than the new iPad. Not by a little, by a lot. Text in Books isn't that clear when compared to your average Galaxy S III-
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Wow, really? I don't even know what to say to this. Of course not, it's half the price.
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Just got memo today line of dead pixels across the screen.
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Asus memo aka nexus 7
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Bought from playstore
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(Q) is it normal for these screens.

Never owned a IPS screen or so.
Is it normal to have yellow tint on the edges when having a black background ? When I have a white background its pure white ( saw someone with yellow tint on white background) .
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Nope. That is one of the problems that some users are facing. You should RMA your 7.
It would be pretty bogus if that was how ALL IPS screens were, lol.
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kind3rgarten said:
Nope. That is one of the problems that some users are facing. You should RMA your 7.
It would be pretty bogus if that was how ALL IPS screens were, lol.
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True. After hours or researched. I came up with not much to go off by lol.
PC screens with IPS screens were saying that yellow tint were cause by a glue not being dry out evaporated yet and the more you use it they tend to just go away and get Better. I guess iPad 2 had similar problems. Most of them advice to use it more and they will go away so I might try that . I'd hate to be without this for a week to 2 weeks. But then again I got mine at Sams but their put and no way of knowing when they we will one.
Didn't happen doh until I got some heavy duty gaming last night. So might have gotten hot and was evaporating the left over glue? Lol correct me if I am wrong but that's what I gather so far..
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dadsterflip said:
True. After hours or researched. I came up with not much to go off by lol.
PC screens with IPS screens were saying that yellow tint were cause by a glue not being dry out evaporated yet and the more you use it they tend to just go away and get Better. I guess iPad 2 had similar problems. Most of them advice to use it more and they will go away so I might try that . I'd hate to be without this for a week to 2 weeks. But then again I got mine at Sams but their put and no way of knowing when they we will one.
Didn't happen doh until I got some heavy duty gaming last night. So might have gotten hot and was evaporating the left over glue? Lol correct me if I am wrong but that's what I gather so far..
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I don't have it in mine and don't know much about it but my roommates IPS monitor NEVER had a yellow tint.
And Google will do an advanced RMA where they send you one and put a hold on your credit card until you send the other one back.
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kind3rgarten said:
I don't have it in mine and don't know much about it but my roommates IPS monitor NEVER had a yellow tint.
And Google will do an advanced RMA where they send you one and put a hold on your credit card until you send the other one back.
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What's their number or so. I couldn't find it or just looking at the wrong place lol. I'm sure they'll charge me and just bill out back correct? After I send that one back.
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I just got my n7 and same issue yellowish tints on all corners edge of the screen, anyone know for a fact that after use it goes away?
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What's their number or so. I couldn't find it or just looking at the wrong place lol. I'm sure they'll charge me and just bill out back correct? After I send that one back.
So I guess the issue was not fixed after intense gaming...
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Just got mine!

Oh my, finally an Android tablet that doesnt feel like a downgrade from an Android mobile phone.
Nice lcd screen, nice weight balance, nice keyboard and most of all so smooth, exactly like the Note 2 I had before.
I'm not a big fan of Touchwiz but on this tablet it actually seems to make more sense than in a phone.
I've wasted a lot of money on Android tablets, hope this one lasts me for a while lol!
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congrats, I love my note 8
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Me too. Most of the Android tablets out there are junk. This one's definitely different.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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Same mind.
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Yeah just found I have bad light bleed. I'm going to try to get it replaced. It's only annoying when watching videos though.
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The light is bleeding from where?
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congratz.. it will be a nice tablet man:cyclops:
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The light is bleeding from where?
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In portrait mode top left on about 4-5cm and top right side 2-3cm. Shop wouldn't replace it... It's true that in normal use you don't see it, only with dark movies. My Tab2 was as bad or worse but on the 10.1 screen it wasn't so bothersome.
If it bothers me I will try to send it in under warranty.
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In portrait mode top left on about 4-5cm and top right side 2-3cm. Shop wouldn't replace it... It's true that in normal use you don't see it, only with dark movies. My Tab2 was as bad or worse but on the 10.1 screen it wasn't so bothersome.
If it bothers me I will try to send it in under warranty.
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Is it cover by warranty? I have very bad light bleeding issue too.
msn0005 said:
Is it cover by warranty? I have very bad light bleeding issue too.
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I dont know I'm living with it for now. Fact is that when you flex the tablet the whole screen goes black or white so probably there is something with how these tablets are built. Also if I press at the spot the light bleed disappears...
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Nutsonfire said:
Oh my, finally an Android tablet that doesnt feel like a downgrade from an Android mobile phone.
Nice lcd screen, nice weight balance, nice keyboard and most of all so smooth, exactly like the Note 2 I had before.
I'm not a big fan of Touchwiz but on this tablet it actually seems to make more sense than in a phone.
I've wasted a lot of money on Android tablets, hope this one lasts me for a while lol!
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Welcome to the club! While I was very happy with mine out of the box I'm getting a lot of pleasure out of tweeking the performance and trying out different apps to take advantage of the stylus (in between playing a shed load of games that wouldnt run on my old tablet).
There is no need to open a new thread because you bought the tablet. Imagine everyone who buys Galaxy Note 8.0 to open a new thread.
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pixels viewable?

I love the new Nexus 7 screen but I'm curious if you guys can still see pixels if looking closely...specifically at the keyboard buttons....its not a big deal I'm just curious as I heard some reviewers say that you can't see any on the 1080p screen
sure can if you want to go blind from the brightness of the screen. better off trying to find pixels looking at the sun
Considering that there are 2,304,000 pixels in the screen (that's quite a few in such a small display), just look at the number and call it good! :good:
Or consider that this tablet has a higher resolution than most tv's..
Can u count them for me please? ... I want be sure you got all pixels.
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I've tried my hardest to find a pixel. Can't do it...
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mrminor13 said:
I've tried my hardest to find a pixel. Can't do it...
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Same here lol. My 4 year old son grabbed his toddler tablet and started to do the same thing. I look up and he's got his tablet an inch in front of his face like me haha
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Nexus 7 2nd generation FHD display

I got mine today from Amazon uk and I must say that I am a bit disappointed from the screen. I watched many reviews and all of them were talking for one of the best displays out there. Well they probably haven't seen Samsung galaxy tab 7.7 super amoled + magic. I will post a video later on with both devices playing a trailer from imdb.
Don't get wrong here. I love it but it just can't display black. Period.
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But of course everyone knows that Samsung make the best displays out there and nothing else touches them lol.
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Get your eyes checked. You may be going blind.
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There's the link. Enjoy. For argument's sake I am not going to tell you which is which although it is really easy.
http://db.tt/OlND68RW
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I compared the display on mine with my wife's iPad4 with the retina display and I think its just as good if not better than that. Plus at this price point you cant go wrong.
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I compared the display on mine with my wife's iPad4 with the retina display and I think its just as good if not better than that. Plus at this price point you cant go wrong.
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I couldn't agree with you more. The Galaxy tab was retailing at 700 us while the nexus a fraction of that. However the amoled display on my "old" Sammy tab 7.7 is out of this world. The black and the color reproduction are just stunning. I was used to that display and the gnex looks to me a bit washed out. Other than that is is really great.
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I suppose he is talking about the colours?
They are a little bit washed out and the white is a bit yellow when compared to my nexus 4 that has francos gamma settings applied.
However, when gamma controls are ported to the Nexus 7 the screen will look great with some tweaking. :thumbup:
Guys you do realise this screen is one of the few ones actually calibrated in the factory at two different stages and that the colours are accurate. What you see in the unfortunate Samsung models etc is a screen just with ridiculously saturated unrealistic colours. You guys need to train your eyes to see real quality...
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400% saturation doesn't make a good screen
daleski75 said:
But of course everyone knows that Samsung make the best displays out there and nothing else touches them lol.
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AlexWekell said:
400% saturation doesn't make a good screen
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Sarcasm doesn't seem to work on xda it would seem.
daleski75 said:
Sarcasm doesn't seem to work on xda it would seem.
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Text doesn't really have tone either, woops, sorry about that.
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