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Super AMOLED screen "Burn-in" problem observed

I own both Samsung Captivate and Focus, both devices have SUPER AMOLED screen. Both devices have burn-in problem after months of usage.
Captivate:
I could see the notification bar on top of the screen with the fuzzy clock and battery indicator burn-in to the screen with very pale color especially very noticeable with a white screen! I also saw AT&T stores had these demo units experiencing the exact problem! I then called up Samsung to replace the Super AMOLED screen. Now it's fine but very annoying.
Samsung Focus:
I just got mine in Dec and didn't use a lot on that device. There is a very good reason why WP7 has to hide those status indicators on top to prevent Super AMOLED screen burn-in problem. I also checked out the demo units in AT&T stores, all of the Focus had Windows Phone 7 logo burn-in to the screen at the top left corner due to the static logo constantly playing on the demo mode.
In conclusion:
SUPER AMOLED screen's quality life-time is still short compare to LCDs. Given about 2 months of usage, 8 hours a day with static image such as notification bars for example, burn-in issue is inevitable! In real-life daily usage, give it about 2.6 hrs a day, your screen will be burnt after 6 months.
NEVER USE SUPER AMOLED SCREEN WITH STATIC IMAGE!

On my phone the screen isn't on for very long periods. Even when I am talking on it if near my face the screen is off.
How does this compare to your experience?
Does a phone in demo mode have the screen on constantly?

The only reson OLED isn't so widely used is because of its limited life span (especially on blue color). From what I read in the past, it is very difficult to get blue channel pixels pass 2,000 hours of life span. Not sure if AMOLED or SAMOLED made any advancement in this area. So, the precautions should always be taken. Let your phone screen on 8-hour a day is not a good approach. That's why there is a setting to let phone go into sleep and turn off the display.
My Captivate has been working flawless since August 2010 with zero image retention or burn in.

foxbat121 said:
The only reson OLED isn't so widely used is because of its limited life span (especially on blue color). From what I read in the past, it is very difficult to get blue channel pixels pass 2,000 hours of life span. Not sure if AMOLED or SAMOLED made any advancement in this area. So, the precautions should always be taken. Let your phone screen on 8-hour a day is not a good approach. That's why there is a setting to let phone go into sleep and turn off the display.
My Captivate has been working flawless since August 2010 with zero image retention or burn in.
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How many hours per day do you keep your screen turned on? I would give that minimum 480 hrs with static image to experience burn-in. No need to wait 2000 hrs of life-time in Blue Channel in AMOLED.
The life-time of the entire Super AMOLED is here and I'm also being conservative: 480Hrs to start to get burn-in issue using AT&T store demo units as reference.

wildbilll said:
On my phone the screen isn't on for very long periods. Even when I am talking on it if near my face the screen is off.
How does this compare to your experience?
Does a phone in demo mode have the screen on constantly?
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I use skype and bluetooth headsets alot, so screen shut down may not happen at all until i manually shut off the screen. Moreover, using GPS navigation will definitely cause burn-in problem with static images such as the miles, eta, notification bar, clock, battery indicator, etc.
Android is just not a good OS for Super AMOLED. WP7 on the other hand is for Super AMOLED.

I'd estimate less than 30 minutes total per day (only counts screen on time). So, 480 hrs should let me use my phone for 960 days, or way beyond my tolerance for an *old* phone.
If I'm sitting in a meeting broswing internet or reading news using some apps, almost all of them are full screen and won't necessary have static images on the fixed locations.
Turn the brightness down (I use auto brightness setting) and don't let the screen on for extended period. You will be fine.

squarejp said:
Android is just not a good OS for Super AMOLED. WP7 on the other hand is for Super AMOLED.
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I have to agree. The metro color schem (black in most of the screen) is the best way to reduce AMOLED battery usage and lower the potential burn-in risk.

squarejp said:
I own both Samsung Captivate and Focus, both devices have SUPER AMOLED screen. Both devices have burn-in problem after months of usage.
Captivate:
I could see the notification bar on top of the screen with the fuzzy clock and battery indicator burn-in to the screen with very pale color especially very noticeable with a white screen! I also saw AT&T stores had these demo units experiencing the exact problem! I then called up Samsung to replace the Super AMOLED screen. Now it's fine but very annoying.
Samsung Focus:
I just got mine in Dec and didn't use a lot on that device. There is a very good reason why WP7 has to hide those status indicators on top to prevent Super AMOLED screen burn-in problem. I also checked out the demo units in AT&T stores, all of the Focus had Windows Phone 7 logo burn-in to the screen at the top left corner due to the static logo constantly playing on the demo mode.
In conclusion:
SUPER AMOLED screen's quality life-time is still short compare to LCDs. Given about 2 months of usage, 8 hours a day with static image such as notification bars for example, burn-in issue is inevitable! In real-life daily usage, give it about 2.6 hrs a day, your screen will be burnt after 6 months.
NEVER USE SUPER AMOLED SCREEN WITH STATIC IMAGE!
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I have both devices and neither or them display image retention. What method or program are you using to test this?
I downloaded a flashlight app on the captivate and on the Focus so I could turn the whole screen white. I also adjusted it to other color,s still see no burned in images.
I've had my Captivate and Focus since day one when they were first released by AT&T.

Go to any AT&T cooperate stores to check out all the burn-in screens. For captivate I use screen test. It cycles from white, black, green, red, blue, and other pallets. I can garauntee you that all Super AMOLED screens are the same given static images and keep the screen turned on such as notification bar, full battery notification, GPS app.
If you don't have any burn-in problems that means you haven't used the screen long enough even you got your devices since launch.
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squarejp said:
If you don't have any burn-in problems that means you haven't used the screen long enough even you got your devices since launch.
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The key here is to keep the screen-on time as short as possible. For normal usage, it will be fine. Will it have burn in 2 or 3 years down the road? Sure, but I probably have to dig it out from the bottom of my drawer to check it out by then. I'd rather enjoy my sharp crispy and colorful SAMOLED for 2 years than worry about burn-in and settle for murky, low contrast and washed out color of the LCD screen for 2 years.
Store demos are the worse case senario.

foxbat121 said:
I'd rather enjoy my sharp crispy and colorful SAMOLED for 2 years than worry about burn-in and settle for murky, low contrast and washed out color of the LCD screen for 2 years.
Store demos are the worse case senario.
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Very true! But still people really need to beware of their SUPER AMOLED screen. But for gamers...... make sure don't allow a static screen staying on for too long.

Well, I was reading an email yesterday on my focus and noticed that the smiley message icon was like a little ghost in the background. I also noticed the circle/arrow icon. I use orange on black mainly. I moved the tiles around a bit, we'll see if it goes away.

jmerrey said:
Well, I was reading an email yesterday on my focus and noticed that the smiley message icon was like a little ghost in the background. I also noticed the circle/arrow icon. I use orange on black mainly. I moved the tiles around a bit, we'll see if it goes away.
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and disappeared?

No, it did not go away. It's only visible on white screens, but it is definitely there. I guess I'm going to drop by the at&t store to see if it's a warranty issue, but I highly doubt it. My guess is I'm stuck with it. Since I use the black theme it's not a huge issue, but when I switch to the white theme it looks pretty awful.

squarejp said:
Very true! But still people really need to beware of their SUPER AMOLED screen. But for gamers...... make sure don't allow a static screen staying on for too long.
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Why beware? Image Persistance can happen on any screen that is left running static for long periods of time. In most of the AT&T stores that I have been in the demo units are set to stay up and running for which I can only assume is to attract people. This will cause the image persistance that you are talking about. These phones screens also get used a lot more than your personal cell will.
Use your phone and don't worry about something that may or may not happen. In two years or less you will likely have a new one anyway.

Hilarious!
This reminds me of the times where projector tvs and lately plasma tvs exhibit the same not-suitable-for-gaming problem! LOL
That's one of the reasons I got the Motorola Atrix with its LCD screen!
My previous smartphone was a Nexus One and even though it didn't exhibit ghosting problems, I always tried to use it as little as possible and used the screen on its dimmest setting.
Now I can leave the screen on at full brightness for hours (like for GPS driving for instance) without any remorse!

I have the the imprint of Internet Explorer Mobile's chome burned onto my screen.
1+ hour of continuing browsing daily.

day2die said:
I have the the imprint of Internet Explorer Mobile's chome burned onto my screen.
1+ hour of continuing browsing daily.
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Im a high internet user and txtin user etc.. and on my old galaxy s i had the qwerty keyboard burnt onto my screen and not i have my galaxy s2 i can see the same thing startin to happen. For me if this isnt sorted by the time i get another phone in say a yr n half, as much as i adore my amoled screens im defo not goin down that rd again, wat a shame they cnt sort this out, and they r makin thousands of phones and tablets with these screens, so not cool samsung

D79_ said:
Im a high internet user and txtin user etc.. and on my old galaxy s i had the qwerty keyboard burnt onto my screen and not i have my galaxy s2 i can see the same thing startin to happen. For me if this isnt sorted by the time i get another phone in say a yr n half, as much as i adore my amoled screens im defo not goin down that rd again, wat a shame they cnt sort this out, and they r makin thousands of phones and tablets with these screens, so not cool samsung
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They have been trying very hard in the past decade or so. The main problem is the blue channel pixels' life span. Most companies have ditched their effort and move to other technologies. That's the main reason why there is no consumer TVs made of the OLED screens other than the $4000 Sony 14" OLED tv.
Unless there is a scientific breakthrough, this situation will remain for years to come.

Has anyone dealt with Samsung Tech support on this issue I just got off the phone with them and they wanted me to do a Hard reset. I tried to explain that this was a physical issue, but they still wanted to follow their script.
Now they have sent me a label to send it off but want me to remove my SD card. It ismy understanding that this card is bonded to the phone and cannot be used in a replacement phone if they send me one. I am going to call them back ut based on my previous conversation I am not holding out hope that anyone there will know what I am talking about.

Be careful : Screen Burning on GS II !!!

Hi, I'm French so sorry for my English.
I use every day software called "iCoyote" to signal and be notified of fixed and mobile radars.
I've never let "iCoyote" running over 30 minutes.
Yet, I have a huge "Burn-In".
(on a I9100)
Photos (the last photo shows you how is "iCoyote" to compare with the screen burning).
My S GS II is now to the after-sales service since yesterday.

RaPiiDe said:
Hi, I'm French so sorry for my English.
I use every day software called "iCoyote" to signal and be notified of fixed and mobile radars.
I never let "iCoyote" running over 30 minutes.
Yet, I have a huge "Burn-In".
(on a I9100)
Photos (the last photo shows you how is "iCoyote" to compare with the screen burning).
My S GS II is now to the after-sales service since yesterday.
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that does look really bad but the thing is if you are using that in the car and its infront of the sun as well it will get extremely hot...hopefully now that you have took it back they will sort it for you...but using the phone intensively it will get hot...just like computers or laptops even playstation..use them long enough they do start getting hot my friend..all the best hope it wont happen again

Dont these mobile screens have any threshold temperature values to turn off when reaching such temperatures???

Matriak31 said:
that does look really bad but the thing is if you are using that in the car and its infront of the sun as well it will get extremely hot...hopefully now that you have took it back they will sort it for you...but using the phone intensively it will get hot...just like computers or laptops even playstation..use them long enough they do start getting hot my friend..all the best hope it wont happen again
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Thank you for the answer .
I know the sun can be responsable but the problem is not present with a GPS device or many phones.
Samsung sells a car holder but if you use it, you kill your phone...
I've never used it more than 30 minutes in a row... And my screen is burnt...
I made this new topic to warn people. Be careful using this screen.

RaPiiDe said:
Thank you for the answer .
I know the sun can be responsable but the problem is not present with a GPS device or many phones.
Samsung sells a car holder but if you use it, you kill your phone...
I've never used it more than 30 minutes in a row... And my screen is burnt...
I made this new topic to warn people. Be careful using this screen.
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Nothing to do with heat, research amoled displays. The more you use a particular color the less bright over time the color pigment will be. Blue lasts the shortest, then green then red.
On my old galaxy s, the clock made a set of "burnt in" pixels in its place. On an all blue screen, the clock had obvious burn in, green screen less noticeable, red not noticeable. One idea could be to lower the brightness to reduce the effect, but it WILL happen to some degree. For me it isn't noticeable unless I look for it...
The ring you see is actually not "burn in" in the sense of old CRTs or plasma, in fact its the opposite. With burn in, if blue "burns in" you always see blue. Amoled is the OPPOSITE. The reason the ring above appears to be redish-green is because the blue is "depleted" more so than red or green. As I said before the colors deplete at different rates, thus blue will burn out sooner than green, green sooner than red. So for the ring you see above, on a screen meant to be 100% white, your "ring" will be maybe 80% blue, 95% green, 100% red based on how much brightness each sub-pixel has lost.
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Nothing to do with heat, research amoled displays. The more you use a particular color the less bright over time the color pigment will be. Blue lasts the shortest, then green then red.
On my old galaxy s, the clock made a set of "burnt in" pixels in its place. On an all blue screen, the clock had obvious burn in, green screen less noticeable, red not noticeable. One idea could be to lower the brightness to reduce the effect, but it WILL happen to some degree. For me it isn't noticeable unless I look for it...
The ring you see is actually not "burn in" in the sense of old CRTs or plasma, in fact its the opposite. With burn in, if blue "burns in" you always see blue. Amoled is the OPPOSITE. The reason the ring above appears to be redish-green is because the blue is "depleted" more so than red or green. As I said before the colors deplete at different rates, thus blue will burn out sooner than green, green sooner than red. So for the ring you see above, on a screen meant to be 100% white, your "ring" will be maybe 80% blue, 95% green, 100% red based on how much brightness each sub-pixel has lost.
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Maybe its because of sunlight...
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Maybe its because of sunlight...
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I know the sun can be responsable but the problem is not present with a GPS device or many phones.
Samsung sells a car holder but if you use it, you kill your phone...
I've never used it more than 30 minutes in a row... And my screen is burnt...
compuw22c said:
Nothing to do with heat, research amoled displays. The more you use a particular color the less bright over time the color pigment will be. Blue lasts the shortest, then green then red.
On my old galaxy s, the clock made a set of "burnt in" pixels in its place. On an all blue screen, the clock had obvious burn in, green screen less noticeable, red not noticeable. One idea could be to lower the brightness to reduce the effect, but it WILL happen to some degree. For me it isn't noticeable unless I look for it...
The ring you see is actually not "burn in" in the sense of old CRTs or plasma, in fact its the opposite. With burn in, if blue "burns in" you always see blue. Amoled is the OPPOSITE. The reason the ring above appears to be redish-green is because the blue is "depleted" more so than red or green. As I said before the colors deplete at different rates, thus blue will burn out sooner than green, green sooner than red. So for the ring you see above, on a screen meant to be 100% white, your "ring" will be maybe 80% blue, 95% green, 100% red based on how much brightness each sub-pixel has lost.
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Thank you for this answer. Now, I understand that the screen is "used" and not burnt.
Always using auto brightness.

I can see a difference in the notification bar area when I put the phone in landscape, eg in the browser.
I've got the phone about 3 months and a half ago.. I've pretty used the phone. Using auto brightness.

I noticed over the last few days some burning in. I went to start a thread to see if anyone else had this and there is a thread also underway in the Q&A section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284984

That means any app that stays open (i.e. Car Home) can damage your screen. I had no idea, thanks. At least Car Home has the screen 90% black...

Thank's for the heads up and I will try not to use blue no more. (I did not think it would make a screen "burn out" so fast.) My 5 year old 32in Lcd hdtv I had dimed out to the point were it started becoming hard to see movies with dark themes. (I now have a 46in LED tv)

yep. I have Samsung Omnia II - first Samsung phone with AMOLED display. And noticed that time that blue pixels wear very fast.
It's pretty similar to plasma displays.

sorg said:
yep. I have Samsung Omnia II - first Samsung phone with AMOLED display. And noticed that time that blue pixels wear very fast.
It's pretty similar to plasma displays.
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Yeah, a little research on AMOLED screens will reveal their struggles with finding blues that last anywhere near as long as green, much less red. Since it's an organic compound in the end, it's going to have a somewhat limited lifespan. How long it'll really last is going to vary by use, brightness, and luck of the draw.

Awww nuts!
That's a bit off-putting really but I'm glad I found out about the screen issue. I'm having a real to-and-fro battle trying to decide which phone to buy, Sensation or GSII. Each have their pros and cons.

when i had my mobile for like 3 days i was playing fruit ninja at highest brightness and all the slashing on the screen after 3-4 min i had a warning that screen temperature is high and it reduced brightness automatiacally but nothing happened to screen

Thanks for sharing this info, RaPiiDe. And thanks to ompuw22c for explaining this amoled specific issue.
Did anyone managed to get screen replaced, does warranty cover it?

My GS is almost 2 years old, but the screen is perfect. I guess that's because I set the screen the lowest bright unless I use it outside. Even though it's lowest bright, the screen is bright enough to do almost everything. I love superamoled.
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yqed said:
That means any app that stays open (i.e. Car Home) can damage your screen. I had no idea, thanks. At least Car Home has the screen 90% black...
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A respectable night docking app must do two very important things right:
a) must lower brightness to minimum
b) must move the image left/right/top/bottom by a few pixels every so often , to minimize strain on pixels.
Slysdexia said:
Yeah, a little research on AMOLED screens will reveal their struggles with finding blues that last anywhere near as long as green, much less red. Since it's an organic compound in the end, it's going to have a somewhat limited lifespan. ...
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Just so no one gets confused here: "Organic" in OLED does not mean "material came from once-living organism, or is a product of decay". It instead means "made from an organic compound" - where "organic compound" is a material that contains carbon. Another example of an organic compound is diamond. Carbon is basically everywhere

I have terrible usage from PowerAMP in car mode. Just got my USB jig though. Will most likely send it in for replacement.
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[Q] So those who have one, what are your first impressions?

Surprised that hardly anyone who has got one is letting on how they feel about it and what first impressions are, unless you are all treading carefully so as not to incite rage and indignation at the (ahem) less than smooth ordering process that has left the rest of us wondering whether tablets will be a thing of the past by the time ours arrive.
So far the only review/feedback I've seen is the poor guy who got a developer ROM and had to return it.

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Surprised that hardly anyone who has got one is letting on how they feel about it and what first impressions are, unless you are all treading carefully so as not to incite rage and indignation at the (ahem) less than smooth ordering process that has left the rest of us wondering whether tablets will be a thing of the past by the time ours arrive.
So far the only review/feedback I've seen is the poor guy who got a developer ROM and had to return it.
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I'm pretty sure the ones that gotten theirs are busy just playing with it :laugh:

got one
i got one delivered today morning at office, package is neatly sitting beside me... will go home and let you know... as of now my impression is package looks good

Recieved mine yesterday, so far happy enough. There is slight backlight bleed bottom right and left corners not enough to bother me tho. All in All seems like a nice bit of kit build quality seems spot on. Quick delivery as well ordered 10.30am 13/11 and deliver in my hands 20:00 14/11

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Recieved mine yesterday, so far happy enough. There is slight backlight bleed bottom right and left corners not enough to bother me tho. All in All seems like a nice bit of kit build quality seems spot on. Quick delivery as well ordered 10.30am 13/11 and deliver in my hands 20:00 14/11
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Did you have a Nexus 7 before the 10? Are the colors washed out as badly on the Nexus 10 as the Nexus 7? I was fairly disappointed with the Nexus 7, but am hopeful for the Nexus 10 resolving the color saturation problems.

How is the screen compared to the Ipad retina? Is it comparable? The backlight bleed is noticeable in any condition?

evhop said:
Recieved mine yesterday, so far happy enough. There is slight backlight bleed bottom right and left corners not enough to bother me tho. All in All seems like a nice bit of kit build quality seems spot on. Quick delivery as well ordered 10.30am 13/11 and deliver in my hands 20:00 14/11
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Can we have a photo of the backlight bleed? Make the screen fully black, turn the brightness up to max and take a picture of the screen in a dark room.

How about USB-OTG, pen drives etc. working?
FullHD videos - how about lags?

Great
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pcgeek86 said:
Did you have a Nexus 7 before the 10? Are the colors washed out as badly on the Nexus 10 as the Nexus 7? I was fairly disappointed with the Nexus 7, but am hopeful for the Nexus 10 resolving the color saturation problems.
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Didn't have the 7 before no, so dont have it to compare against but colours look really good to me no complaints.
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Vertron said:
Can we have a photo of the backlight bleed? Make the screen fully black, turn the brightness up to max and take a picture of the screen in a dark room.
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In work at the minute will try later when I get home, havent tried USB-OTG , Full HD runs fine no lag

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Got mine today morning ( France ), it was really a fast delivery ( got expedition mail yesterday )
After unboxing I've got 45 min to play with it ( then work... and I'll be back home in few hours tonight ^^ ), first impressions, overall quality of materials are impressive, the "plastic" on the back is really made for the skin of your hand, and doesn't feel like plastic, the upper part of the back is also very nice to see and touch.
I've noticed the upper part was starting to become warm after 30 min of use, not too much, just enough to enjoy having it in your hand in winter
The screen...gorgeous...that's all. I've seen lots of tablet screen recently, the N10 screen is perfect, didn't notice any bleeding for the moment.
The reactivity is also near perfect ( "Near" because I experienced some little little little slowdown sometimes, especially with firefox, I've also got app crash with it )
The negative point would be the destktop of jelly 4.2, I've found that a lot of borders space on the desk is not usable for widgets or shortcuts.
This is the best toy I've ever purchased
I'm looking forward for tonight to install more apps and start my test of PC control throught the tablet.

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Got mine today morning ( France ), it was really a fast delivery ( got expedition mail yesterday )
After unboxing I've got 45 min to play with it ( then work... and I'll be back home in few hours tonight ^^ ), first impressions, overall quality of materials are impressive, the "plastic" on the back is really made for the skin of your hand, and doesn't feel like plastic, the upper part of the back is also very nice to see and touch.
I've noticed the upper part was starting to become warm after 30 min of use, not too much, just enough to enjoy having it in your hand in winter
The screen...gorgeous...that's all. I've seen lots of tablet screen recently, the N10 screen is perfect, didn't notice any bleeding for the moment.
The reactivity is also near perfect ( "Near" because I experienced some little little little slowdown sometimes, especially with firefox, I've also got app crash with it )
The negative point would be the destktop of jelly 4.2, I've found that a lot of borders space on the desk is not usable for widgets or shortcuts.
This is the best toy I've ever purchased
I'm looking forward for tonight to install more apps and start my test of PC control throught the tablet.
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It would be nice if you can upload a photo of the screen in black. I can use that to compare with my nexus's screen to see if the light bleed on mine (if any) is acceptable

rookiegenius said:
It would be nice if you can upload a photo of the screen in black. I can use that to compare with my nexus's screen to see if the light bleed on mine (if any) is acceptable
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Do you mean the Nexus 10 your about to receive, or have you already got one with backlight bleed?

It makes me laugh hearing you guys talk about light bleed...
You guys are aware that every fking display has some? I had two iPad 2 and both had light bleed, my iPad 3 with retina had light bleed too and two of my friends have the Transforme Prime TFT300 and BOTH have light bleed.
Its minor but in a dark room with dark images and britghness set at max, they all show but then again who puts their brithness at the max in a bright room string at the corners of the screen?!

G-Bus said:
It makes me laugh hearing you guys talk about light bleed...
You guys are aware that every fking display has some? I had two iPad 2 and both had light bleed, my iPad 3 with retina had light bleed too and two of my friends have the Transforme Prime TFT300 and BOTH have light bleed.
Its minor but in a dark room with dark images and britghness set at max, they all show but then again who puts their brithness at the max in a bright room string at the corners of the screen?!
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Fair point. It's only an issue if it's distracting during normal brightness & usage.

G-Bus said:
It makes me laugh hearing you guys talk about light bleed...
You guys are aware that every fking display has some? I had two iPad 2 and both had light bleed, my iPad 3 with retina had light bleed too and two of my friends have the Transforme Prime TFT300 and BOTH have light bleed.
Its minor but in a dark room with dark images and britghness set at max, they all show but then again who puts their brithness at the max in a bright room string at the corners of the screen?!
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I agree with you. If consumers were THAT worried about light bleed, you would think they would wait to use one before they ordered it...

Hi,
does anyone else has a chirping sound? Especially when the display brightness is low.
Sounds like a frequency regulator.
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Does usb otg on the nexus 10 supply enough power for a usb hard disk to be mounted? Can anyone try and report back?
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goldstein19 said:
Hi,
does anyone else has a chirping sound? Especially when the display brightness is low.
Sounds like a frequency regulator.
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Hmm, you shouldn't be able to actually hear circuit components. Definitely a defect.
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screen issue...pink hue

i received my note 3 today and just noticed now that the bottom of the screen has a pink tone to it. you can notice it when on a white background like google. please post if anyone else has this issue. im not sure if its common and if i should get it replaced.

Not normal. Replace it now.
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just got off the phone with verizon and explained the situation. they said it shouldnt have that and have not heard anyone else yet with this issue. they are gonna overnight me a brand new phone, charge my account for it and once they get back my replacment they will take the charge off. everyone should check your screens and see if you have the same issue. you can notice it in a white background. if so call verizon and have them replace it.

Don't have that problem I just checked. But hope all goes well. Keep us posted.
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well when the rep ordered the replacement on thursday he didn't realize that he was past the cut off time for ordering for next day delivery so now i have to wait till monday to get the device. hopefully this one has no screen issues. also had some issue with the responsiveness with the touch screen.

well i got my new replacement note 3 and don't really see the pink blotch on the bottom but its still a little bit darker on the bottom. i still have my note 2 and i compared both devices on the google page and other apps and the note 3 has a pinkish display compared to my note 2. whites do not look as white as it should plus its a 1080p screen so shouldnt it? can someone else compare to other devices if u have them, i'm debating on whether i should return the device and wait a little to see if a better batch would come out and hopefully get a better phone. is it possible samsung had a bad batch of phones since this just came out? plus i noticed that the verizon versions come from china and i do have other samsung products like the note 8 and its made in korea and doesn't seem to have issues? idk guys tell me what you think.
edit,, the note 3 is on the left, its hard to tell in the pictures but you can tell in person..

borisshnitkin said:
well i got my new replacement note 3 and don't really see the pink blotch on the bottom but its still a little bit darker on the bottom. i still have my note 2 and i compared both devices on the google page and other apps and the note 3 has a pinkish display compared to my note 2. whites do not look as white as it should plus its a 1080p screen so shouldnt it? can someone else compare to other devices if u have them, i'm debating on whether i should return the device and wait a little to see if a better batch would come out and hopefully get a better phone. is it possible samsung had a bad batch of phones since this just came out? plus i noticed that the verizon versions come from china and i do have other samsung products like the note 8 and its made in korea and doesn't seem to have issues? idk guys tell me what you think.
edit,, the note 3 is on the left, its hard to tell in the pictures but you can tell in person..
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The Note 2 used a different pixel matrix than the Note 3. I'm wondering if the pink hue is a byproduct of the Note 3's Pentile Matrix? With a pentile matrix the red and blue pixels are larger, which if I'm not mistake allows for more vibrant and rich colors. From what I can remember, I experienced a similar issue when I was on my Galaxy Nexus...and it was more noticeable to me when looking at grey tones. Additional reading here: http://www.androidauthority.com/note-3-pentile-note-2-rgb-comparison-270988/

im just wondering if this is a defect or if its normal because of the type of display. if anyone can compare to their other phones.when i looked at the phone when it first came out for tmobile the display looked perfect but i remember their display phones were on 100 percent brightness and dont know if that makes a difference.

Here"s my story in the same regard:
Picked up my Note 3 yesterday from the carrier. Checked device in store to make sure no out of box failure. Put the phone on charge last night (device was switched off). When I checked the in the morning the device was extremely hot and the battery didnt charge at all, infact it had lost 50% of its charge from when I first plugged it in.
Brought the device to work and put it on charge again. Device charged up to 100% and was working fine until I noticed the pink hue on the top third of the screen. Took the device back to the carrier who informed me and immediate replacement could not be granted as the device has to be sent in for an assessment.
I decided to remove the sim card before leaving and then noticed the sim card was melted and deformed.
I now have to wait 7 days for an answer from the carrier as to whether the device will be repaired or replaced.
Needless to say I am very upset considering this occurred within 24 hours of unboxing the device
I suggest those who are having the pink hue issue check their devices while its charging an monitor the temperature.

rishaada said:
Here"s my story in the same regard:
Picked up my Note 3 yesterday from the carrier. Checked device in store to make sure no out of box failure. Put the phone on charge last night (device was switched off). When I checked the in the morning the device was extremely hot and the battery didnt charge at all, infact it had lost 50% of its charge from when I first plugged it in.
Brought the device to work and put it on charge again. Device charged up to 100% and was working fine until I noticed the pink hue on the top third of the screen. Took the device back to the carrier who informed me and immediate replacement could not be granted as the device has to be sent in for an assessment.
I decided to remove the sim card before leaving and then noticed the sim card was melted and deformed.
I now have to wait 7 days for an answer from the carrier as to whether the device will be repaired or replaced.
Needless to say I am very upset considering this occurred within 24 hours of unboxing the device
I suggest those who are having the pink hue issue check their devices while its charging an monitor the temperature.
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Its sounds all screen that having pink issue is actually a burn mark due to heat??
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Go to settings_Display_Screen mode and see what that does. Couldn't really see much in the comparison pics but I hope you two will keep us informed.

No change..same problem...screen pink hue..
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Galaxy Note 3 pink screen tint / hue
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Its sounds all screen that having pink issue is actually a burn mark due to heat??
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Indeed, I came to the same conclusion.
My 3 days old Note 3 has the same pink hue/tint at the bottom of the screen (when used vertically).
I noticed the pink tint today's morning. And just now concluded, after some search and simple screen tests, that my device screen bottom becomes Pink after some use, due to heat.
How I concluded that? I just left it at stand by after the pink tests, and after 10 min. I checked again for the pink hue, and Nothing!
In less words:
When left over the desk with screen off, gets ambient temperature, pink hue goes off.
When left in my pocket, it gets pink (at the bottom).
After some time of use without having initially the pink hue, because the normal heating of the use (CPU heat, screen light heat, etc.), it gets pink at the bottom.
Anyways, today is cold here (around 15 C) but maybe in summer, when the temperature raises around 35, 40 C deg. the screen may get a lot pinkier. And if that happens, it should be a valid excuse to use the warranty.
I may be wrong but, it gets more noticeable as it gets warmer for me.
At least now, I know that I'm not the only one with "bad luck" with new devices :silly:

Need a few questions answered before i decide to buy

Hello, sorry for the really long post.
my current phone is the nexus 6 and i plan to upgrade to either the nexus 6p or moto x in the next week or so but first i have some questions.
Firstly i have had my nexus 6 for almost a year and for the first few weeks i had 5 different devices as the nav buttons and status bar kept burning in to the screen after a few days or sometimes even a day of use with the brightness at about a third. After the 5th phone i just accepted the burn in and kept it but i was wondering if any of you have had burn in on the 6p. I know amoled screens get burn in over time but im hoping the 6p has a better screen and less chance of burn in than the 6.
Also does the screen go as bright as the 6? I checked in the store at a demo version and it didnt seem as bright at max brightness. But it did still have that yellow tint to the whites and pinkish tint when the brightness is at its lowest. I was hoping that would be fixed in this new phone but its not a big deal as i have gotten used to it from my nexus 6.
On to the back and i was wondering if it scratches easy and if so what would be the best colour to get so that the scratches are the least noticeable? Also i looked at another display model from a different store which wasn't a real phone just one of the fake ones you see and the N and E from the nexus logo on the back was rubbing off. Is this the case with the real phones or was it just because the fake phone in the store was made different.
Thank you

lew87ys said:
Hello, sorry for the really long post.
my current phone is the nexus 6 and i plan to upgrade to either the nexus 6p or moto x in the next week or so but first i have some questions.
Firstly i have had my nexus 6 for almost a year and for the first few weeks i had 5 different devices as the nav buttons and status bar kept burning in to the screen after a few days or sometimes even a day of use with the brightness at about a third. After the 5th phone i just accepted the burn in and kept it but i was wondering if any of you have had burn in on the 6p. I know amoled screens get burn in over time but im hoping the 6p has a better screen and less chance of burn in than the 6.
Also does the screen go as bright as the 6? I checked in the store at a demo version and it didnt seem as bright at max brightness. But it did still have that yellow tint to the whites and pinkish tint when the brightness is at its lowest. I was hoping that would be fixed in this new phone but its not a big deal as i have gotten used to it from my nexus 6.
On to the back and i was wondering if it scratches easy and if so what would be the best colour to get so that the scratches are the least noticeable? Also i looked at another display model from a different store which wasn't a real phone just one of the fake ones you see and the N and E from the nexus logo on the back was rubbing off. Is this the case with the real phones or was it just because the fake phone in the store was made different.
Thank you
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1. Too early to tell about burn in.
2. IDK, I didn't have the 6. It's bright enough to need to turn down.
3. I have mine in a case. If you are worried about scratches, then get the plain aluminum.

tech_head said:
1. Too early to tell about burn in.
2. IDK, I didn't have the 6. It's bright enough to need to turn down.
3. I have mine in a case. If you are worried about scratches, then get the plain aluminum.
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Do you have any problems with screen colour like pinkish or yellowish tints?
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