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dark blotch on screen

I just got mine today it is a great phone but then I noticed when I'm on a white screen I see a dark blotch or blur in the center of the screen..i call it a fish eye about the size of a pencil eraser.
Has anyone else seen this ? I'm returning it as soon as my replacement comes hope this isn't a common issue with the nexus and don't want to go through 10 returns before I get a good one.

ericman77 said:
I just got mine today it is a great phone but then I noticed when I'm on a white screen I see a dark blotch or blur in the center of the screen..i call it a fish eye about the size of a pencil eraser.
Has anyone else seen this ? I'm returning it as soon as my replacement comes hope this isn't a common issue with the nexus and don't want to go through 10 returns before I get a good one.
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pics?

FatalityBoyZahy said:
pics?
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Don't know if you'll be able to see it from this screen shot.

When you look at it close it looks just like a dimple in the screen behind the glass.

ericman77 said:
When you look at it close it looks just like a dimple in the screen behind the glass.
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You probably have warped glass from the installation of the panel to the digitizer. One of mine had a bright yellow glue ring about 60-70% down the screen in the middle. Try angling the screen in different lights and see if you notice any wavering... Like a very faint ding on a car. I think whatever machine presses the screens down does it too hard.
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You need to post a real pic. Screenshots won't show a physical defect.
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lol....................
Do you have a camera available?

americasteam said:
You need to post a real pic. Screenshots won't show a physical defect.
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Lmaooo
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subxero123 said:
Lmaooo
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Lol yeah I will take a better pic when I get out of work. And its definitely under the glass.

Okay hope this helps. Taken with my no jellybean getten t mobile HTC one s.

Oops didn't let it finish uploading, here they are. Its in the search bar.

ericman77 said:
Oops didn't let it finish uploading, here they are.
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Is it what I see in the search bar area? I'd send that back for sure.. Haven't heard of anyone else having that problem either

VoiD_Dweller said:
Is it what I see in the search bar area? I'd send that back for sure.. Haven't heard of anyone else having that problem either
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Yes its terrible. I have a new one on the way. Hope its good.

Many rectangle on screen

Hi all , i have used Nexus 4 for four days . I see many small rectangles on my screen ( screen off) when the shunshine(or light) radiate to my screen . Is it ok ?
Thanks all and sorry for my bad English

Small rectangles? Not sure what it's supposed to mean you should take a picture so others can help you
If it's really a defect and not some smudge or something then you could request for a RMA from Google, send it back and get a shiny new Nexus 4.

Is normal. What you are seeing is the digitizer.
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Yes, it's fine, it's the digitiser.
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steviewevie said:
Yes, it's fine, it's the digitiser.
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El Daddy said:
Is normal. What you are seeing is the digitizer.
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Really ? Thanks all

Hi,
It's like here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029220&highlight=digitizer+dots (post n°8)?, yes normal less or more visible but yes it's normal...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2171685&highlight=digitizer+dots

viking37 said:
Hi,
It's like here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029220&highlight=digitizer+dots (post n°8)?, yes normal less or more visible but yes it's normal...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2171685&highlight=digitizer+dots
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2171685&highlight=digitizer+dots 100% like this , is it ok ???

Re,
Yes it's fine, no worries. It depends also to the angle view and ambient luminosity.

viking37 said:
Re,
Yes it's fine, no worries. It depends also to the angle view and ambient luminosity.
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thanks , when i go out and use my phone i see it if its dark screen @@

[Q Many white dots on the screen

Hi all, i have bought 2 nexus 4 and they have many white dots around status bar when i use "lcd test ( amoled ready)" . It can be seen with a very very small angle and on white screen with full brightness . Is it ok ?? I'm very worried about it . Thanks all and sorry for my bad English

hoangtungst said:
Hi all, i have bought 2 nexus 4 and they have many white dots around status bar when i use "lcd test ( amoled ready)" . It can be seen with a very very small angle and on white screen with full brightness . Is it ok ?? I'm very worried about it . Thanks all and sorry for my bad English
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If it bothers you or gets worse, return them under warranty? You probably won't notice that anyway under normal usage.
Maybe the lcd settles in a couple of weeks and they disappear!

hoangtungst said:
Hi all, i have bought 2 nexus 4 and they have many white dots around status bar when i use "lcd test ( amoled ready)" . It can be seen with a very very small angle and on white screen with full brightness . Is it ok ?? I'm very worried about it . Thanks all and sorry for my bad English
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Digitalizer.

Vangelis13 said:
If it bothers you or gets worse, return them under warranty? You probably won't notice that anyway under normal usage.
Maybe the lcd settles in a couple of weeks and they disappear!
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my friend also has a nexus 4 .When he bought it there is no problem with the screen but after 3 days using , the screen has the same problem of mine . He return his phone under warranty and he has been recived a new phone but after about 3-4 days using , the dots appears

ace7196 said:
Digitalizer.
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i have heard about it when i see many tiny rectangles on my screen ( screen off) . But i don't think the dots i see are digitalizer

Dead pixels maybe
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Shift2win said:
Dead pixels maybe
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does your phone have this problem ?

Dose anyone know?
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Same problem here more visible on a light background. Just organized a replacement, there is no way I can live with this I can't stop looking at it.
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richarddwyer10 said:
Same problem here more visible on a light background. Just organized a replacement, there is no way I can live with this I can't stop looking at it.
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My friend has a same problem and he has sent his phone to the shop. After one week he received a replacement but after 3 days using the problem appeared again
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hoangtungst said:
My friend has a same problem and he has sent his phone to the shop. After one week he received a replacement but after 3 days using the problem appeared again
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I hope my replacement is defect free
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No my phone doesnt
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hoangtungst said:
does your phone have this problem ?
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No my phone doesnt
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So what is this problem?
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It's not a problem it's normal in capacitive touch screens
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073087

I just tried the app, the screen is fine, can you take picture of the issue?, its couldn't be the digitizer if its just on the statusbar

republicano said:
I just tried the app, the screen is fine, can you take picture of the issue?, its couldn't be the digitizer if its just on the statusbar
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i have tried to capture a picture but it can't be seen by picture @@

Can someone help me?
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Needs help
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Needs help
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White pixel.

I posted last night that there is this really small white dot on my screen. It only visible on light colors like white . But its not visible if the color is really dark. Like on you tube where the search option is it not visible but when i go to Facebook i can see right next to my notification but its small. Anyways is there a way for it to go away? This phone is only like a day old :/ & it was bigger last night but it got smaller because i played a video that repeated blue red and green fast because i heard it make stuck pixel go back to normal.
Also is it a dead pixel or stuck?

Return the phone if you can't live with it.
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I think, you should return it too, this kind if issue will make you mad, you will always see it
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Gokh said:
I think, you should return it too, this kind if issue will make you mad, you will always see it
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I was hoping to fix it :/ i guess ill fill out the rma stuff.

Where is it? I couldn't see it.
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^ same here :s
BDW, OP can u please post the picture of your white case on N4? Or u can PM me the link if u upload elsewhere.

I'd RMA it, pretty sure they'll replace it free of charge. Although it's just a pixel, stuck and/or dead pixels annoy the crap out of me because once you notice them, you can't stop looking at them every damn time!
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Depends on Google/LG's interpretation - Samsung don't except anything under 5 pixels as faulty

wngmv said:
Where is it? I couldn't see it.
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Its really small i sent a picture to the rep that i was speaking too he said its small but we will still replace it . But im worried that when they inspect it they wont see it & they will charge me :/. It only like 2 days old now.
Also i told the rep that i been have some random reboots.

filthykid said:
^ same here :s
BDW, OP can u please post the picture of your white case on N4? Or u can PM me the link if u upload elsewhere.
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There i can send you link to buy it if you want.

teddytales66 said:
There i can send you link to buy it if you want.
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Thank u so very much for posting these pics. I was thinking of ordering a white case since a week but was very skeptical of how will it look on my N4. Ordering one now. Will give u 3 Thanks in return. Gave one today.:good:

Done hitting that Thanks button thrice.

happened to me too
did you get your phone replaced original poster. because I have the same problem.

RMA that sucker,I had the same thing and I could not stop looking at it I had to RMA it
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richarddwyer10 said:
RMA that sucker,I had the same thing and I could not stop looking at it I had to RMA it
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I just saw a white pixel on the middle of the screen but I can only appreciate it at dark, when screen is black and brightness set to maximum (which I never have on dark environment). Was that an issue for you? I really have to look for it for a while in any other case. Pixels are sooo small. Don't even bother to rma. No other issue with the phone.
I'm thinking it's just a pixel stuck in a grey colour because it so difficult to see.
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exactly the same problem, around the same place !
tonight or tomorrox I'm gonna command a new one, I already called google.
what happened to you OP ?

jaggyjags said:
I just saw a white pixel on the middle of the screen but I can only appreciate it at dark, when screen is black and brightness set to maximum (which I never have on dark environment). Was that an issue for you? I really have to look for it for a while in any other case. Pixels are sooo small. Don't even bother to rma. No other issue with the phone.
I'm thinking it's just a pixel stuck in a grey colour because it so difficult to see.
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I had three white spots only visible on a light background, it was not visible at all with a dark background
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I better leave this thread before I start to notice something wrong with my screen
Please disregard typos.... Sent from my NeXuS 4

My Nexus 4 has exactly the same problem, at the same place.
OP, I think i got your phone, look at the picture.
I'm now trying to fix it with movies, if it wont gets better, i'll send it back tomorrow.

teddytales66 said:
There i can send you link to buy it if you want.
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I have the same issue but luckily it's right at the top under the notification bar so only see it very occasionally when I turn to landscape in Gmail or something.

Bottom screen not responding well

So I have this weird issue. The very bottom of my screen does not respond well! At first I thought it was a bug with the navigation bar, tried several roms and tried PIE controls until I figured that there is something wrong. I have the navbar now set at 48 dpi and I have to press at middle of it to work, where the very bottom is dead. I activated 360 rotation so that my statusbar now is at the bottom of the screen instead of navbar and it does not respond at all! Anyone can explain ?
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Anyone please ?
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Ensifolk said:
Anyone please ?
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I think you should try a clean flash.. I never had such problem... about you
From when this problem has been started? please share more information so that we can help you..

Rohit02 said:
I think you should try a clean flash.. I never had such problem... about you
From when this problem has been started? please share more information so that we can help you..
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I have Tried like lots of different roms with clean fresh installation and the problem is still there ! I think its a hardware problem. For ezample right now if I set my navbar to 32 dpi it wont respond at all because the bottom of my screen have lost the touch sensitivity. I have droppes my phone several times, could that be it ? I cant really remember when I exactly started noticing the issue...but just few days ago...I have tried PIE and same **** :s I have to set the trigger area to max for it to respond...and yes im talking about experiments after a clean install before installing ANY third party app
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Ensifolk said:
I have Tried like lots of different roms with clean fresh installation and the problem is still there ! I think its a hardware problem. For ezample right now if I set my navbar to 32 dpi it wont respond at all because the bottom of my screen have lost the touch sensitivity. I have droppes my phone several times, could that be it ? I cant really remember when I exactly started noticing the issue...but just few days ago...I have tried PIE and same **** :s I have to set the trigger area to max for it to respond...and yes im talking about experiments after a clean install before installing ANY third party app
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okays... Now I think it surely a hardware problem,as you said you havr also dropped your phone several times.. All the best goto the service centre for the repair.. dont tell them that you have dropped your phone else they will charge you badly even if you are under warranty.. You are welcome..

Rohit02 said:
okays... Now I think it surely a hardware problem,as you said you havr also dropped your phone several times.. All the best goto the service centre for the repair.. dont tell them that you have dropped your phone else they will charge you badly even if you are under warranty.. You are welcome..
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Think Im gonna give no damn about it and of course buy the nexus 5, which I would have done either way..but im surprised how can a touchscreen lose a part of its sensitivity somewhere on the screen ?
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If you look closely at your screen at an angle with the screen off you will be able to see the digitizer matrix that is fused to the screen.
It is a series of squares.
Each of them squares has 3 horizontal lines and one vertical.
Behind the bezel there will be the circuitry that connects every horizontal and vertical line
If say for instance after one of your phone drops it has damaged one of the connectors at the side, you will lose the entire row of touch detection. Which is probably what has happened
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Ensifolk said:
Think Im gonna give no damn about it and of course buy the nexus 5, which I would have done either way..but im surprised how can a touchscreen lose a part of its sensitivity somewhere on the screen ?
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Alex240188 said:
If you look closely at your screen at an angle with the screen off you will be able to see the digitizer matrix that is fused to the screen.
It is a series of squares.
Each of them squares has 3 horizontal lines and one vertical.
Behind the bezel there will be the circuitry that connects every horizontal and vertical line
If say for instance after one of your phone drops it has damaged one of the connectors at the side, you will lose the entire row of touch detection. Which is probably what has happened
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Alex is right i had this happen to my moto defy. I'd say get it done under warrnty no matter if youre keeping or selling. Improve your resale value and protect you from having the entire digitizer die on you