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wow i just noticed this

My brother just got his new s2 a day after mine. i noticed that when i put his s2 at the lowest brightness and mine too, if we put them side to side, his has a blue like tint while mine has a whiter brownesh tint. Same kernel and firmware. is that nornal? Is his screen in better health than mine?

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No need i just confirmed uts an issue with the screen. Landscape mode i can see that were the status bar is the colors are exactly like my brothers phone. its weird because both of our phones are brandnew.
I guess i have to ship mine back..

My status bar has also a blue tint. I can only see it in landscape mode because the status bar is black. And when I post a screenshot of my screen you dont see it.

helikido said:
My brother just got his new s2 a day after mine. i noticed that when i put his s2 at the lowest brightness and mine too, if we put them side to side, his has a blue like tint while mine has a whiter brownesh tint. Same kernel and firmware. is that nornal? Is his screen in better health than mine?
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Same screen adjustment settings (movie, standard, dynamic, natural) ?

sometimes I get this on other phones if they have different screen protectors or the other one has one but the other doesn't, so ugh you guys surely didn't buy any right?

This is AMOLED 'feature'.

It is normal for two AMOLED screens to look very different on same phones and same settings however status bar having a blue tint is a typical sign of AMOLED degradation. This is why the stock grey notification bar is better than black that people usually use. If you bought your S2 as brand new, I'd ship it back. It has obviously been used if screen degradation is already present.

Funny thing is that the seller is claiming that the phone has never been used. I bought of on eBay and won the auction for $220 on the phone. They claim that all phones they sell are brand new and unsused. I noticed though that they don't ship it in an original galaxy s2 box but rather a box that just says Samsung on the front. They are going to be sending me a replacement soon.

helikido said:
Funny thing is that the seller is claiming that the phone has never been used. I bought of on eBay and won the auction for $220 on the phone. They claim that all phones they sell are brand new and unsused. I noticed though that they don't ship it in an original galaxy s2 box but rather a box that just says Samsung on the front. They are going to be sending me a replacement soon.
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I would not trust this seller!
Demand a sealed box with hologram from Samsung.

Happens with AMOLEDs. Due to the different rates of degradation of the organic material on different phones due to different usage.
P.S. Thread name "wow i just noticed this" is not helpful man. Not helpful. Please change.

I can't now since I returned the phone only. But would it be normal if it just had normal yellow tint anywhere on the screen?

Many S2s have a slightly warmer left side of the screen. And most look yellow overall but that's about it I think. Enter *#0*# in the dialer and choose blue background. If you can see the screen is more vivid in the notification bar area and/or you can see outlines of on screen objects and such then the phone is definitely not new and has been used.

Screen issues on dark greys/blacks

I'm on my 5th replacement S4, all because of screen issues!
This is my current (5th) handset and I notice horrible green tint and stripes on the screen when on low brightness in a dark room.
Before you say it, "but this isn't normal conditions" this is my normal conditions when I use my phone at home. My room is dim.
And my S, S2 and S3 all didnt do this.
Anyone else notice this sort of problem??

Yes my first s4 had the stripes in low light.
My second replacement didn't have the stripes but has the pink tint on the lower half of the screen.
Not sure whether i should risk exchanging this one and get another s4 with a different screen issue.

I saw ur screen shot.. do u mean by green tint in left sides from corners?
If yes then its faulty.. and ignore the answer which is written below
If u mean why black is horible in settings menu like settings, file manger..
Then I have truth answer of that shot..
We all know samsung have smearing thing like we move text on settings its looks bad ghosting caused by true black pixel(turned off in black fully)..so for that, samsung did change they make a black intensity to 0 to 1% in settings menus..
So, for fixing smearing issue they did that..
If u have doubt with black.. then open a pure black image or download screen test from play store..
See the black should fine..
Dont trust on black on settings..
Its normal normal normal normal..
Edit. And I seen u are in custom rom..
Well the notification bar it's pure black and see the menu side..(file manager)
I hope it helps
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dwang said:
Yes my first s4 had the stripes in low light.
My second replacement didn't have the stripes but has the pink tint on the lower half of the screen.
Not sure whether i should risk exchanging this one and get another s4 with a different screen issue.
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In my opinion, with the S4 you just end up replacing one issue with another!
Trust me I've had 5 replacements and not one has had a perfect screen
I've given up on my quest for perfection now, which I don't think is to much to ask for one of the most expensive phones on the market!
Samsung have let themselves down on this one.

Obagleyfreer said:
In my opinion, with the S4 you just end up replacing one issue with another!
Trust me I've had 5 replacements and not one has had a perfect screen
I've given up on my quest for perfection now, which I don't think is to much to ask for one of the most expensive phones on the market!
Samsung have let themselves down on this one.
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That's a shame. I would exchange the phone for a HTC one but I don't want to give up the 5 inch screen, user replaceable battery, and micro SD card.
Hoping Samsung comes out with a firmware fix for the pink tint like they did with the s2.

dwang said:
That's a shame. I would exchange the phone for a HTC one but I don't want to give up the 5 inch screen, user replaceable battery, and micro SD card.
Hoping Samsung comes out with a firmware fix for the pink tint like they did with the s2.
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This issue isn't software related.
It's a very poorly made AMOLED display. Samsung only have $$$ in mind.
It is a shame, and believe me, if the HTC One had an SD card slot I would totally own one right now!

I don't disagree with you, but if they can provide a software workaround i'll take it.
If they can do some type of filter to the bottom or top of the screen to offset the pink tint that would fix the issue most likely.
I'm thinking that's what Samsung did to fix the yellow tint on the left side of the screen for the galaxy s2.
I don't see why Samsung can't do that for the s4.

Obagleyfreer said:
This issue isn't software related.
It's a very poorly made AMOLED display. Samsung only have $$$ in mind.
It is a shame, and believe me, if the HTC One had an SD card slot I would totally own one right now!
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U r feeling over shame..lol..
There is still no competitor of samsung..
Samsung amoled have pure black.. truly pixels off in black. Amoled have high saturated coloure.
Htc and sonys display are sufffering moslty from dead pixel but in s4 is no dead pixels..
I love amoled screen..even I have slightly tint..which not noticable..
If samsung have $$$ in mind then its not enough and not true..
Samsung have $$$ because their product have high sales becauase its best and people like it..
I know that u r sad because u got bad piece after replacement too..
My suggestion is sell it and buy s4 from original shop...
Trust me u will get perfect device...
I was non samsung fan until I buy from local shops..that results in so many faults..
After buying from original center, now I have original handset...
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Mandeep148 said:
U r feeling over shame..lol..
There is still no competitor of samsung..
Samsung amoled have pure black.. truly pixels off in black. Amoled have high saturated coloure.
Htc and sonys display are sufffering moslty from dead pixel but in s4 is no dead pixels..
I love amoled screen..even I have slightly tint..which not noticable..
If samsung have $$$ in mind then its not enough and not true..
Samsung have $$$ because their product have high sales becauase its best and people like it..
I know that u r sad because u got bad piece after replacement too..
My suggestion is sell it and buy s4 from original shop...
Trust me u will get perfect device...
I was non samsung fan until I buy from local shops..that results in so many faults..
After buying from original center, now I have original handset...
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I got all 5 phones from reputable shops here in NZ.
The first 2 were from 2Degrees and the last 3 from Vodafone.
We don't have a Samsung store here so I've gone to the best places that are available to me.
I feel this new Full HD AMOLED panel was rushed to market and didn't have the proper quality control or testing done. Simple.
Yes I'm a bit annoyed over it, but not sad.
There are much worse things going on the world right now than my phone having a green screen.
I was just wanting to know if it really is worth me chasing the perfect screen or if everyone else is experiencing issues like this.

I got my s4 here in nz too. The firmware was out of date and I had horrible blacks in videos too. I flashed to the German firmware and it's night and day better with proper blacks etc. My only complaint now is the yellow green tint on the screen, really annoys me watching movies. It disappears if you tilt the screen slightly but when viewed straight on everything has a faint yellow tint.
I agree with what was said above - my view is it's just a poor screen.
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Yellow tint on note 3 screen?!

Hi I have the white galaxy note 3 and I've noticed after a few weeks of using it that the screen has a slight yellowish tint. it is especially noticeable when looking at white backgrounds and on the Google home page. My gf also has the black note 3 however she got hers a month after me and I got mine the day it came out. On her screen there is no yellow tint at all and the whites are perfectly crisp white and not off white. Does anyone have a solution for this or how to fix it also the screen on her phone seems a lot more hd and clearer compared to mine, this can especially be seen at low brightness. Please help Thank you.
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Drizzy xS said:
Hi I have the white galaxy note 3 and I've noticed after a few weeks of using it that the screen has a slight yellowish tint. it is especially noticeable when looking at white backgrounds and on the Google home page. My gf also has the black note 3 however she got hers a month after me and I got mine the day it came out. On her screen there is no yellow tint at all and the whites are perfectly crisp white and not off white. Does anyone have a solution for this or how to fix it also the screen on her phone seems a lot more hd and clearer compared to mine, this can especially be seen at low brightness. Please help Thank you.
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Really sounds like a hardware issue I'm afraid. Return it and get a replacement.

BunnyPig said:
Really sounds like a hardware issue I'm afraid. Return it and get a replacement.
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Is that literally all you can do? Cause I'm worried Carphone warehouse will be arseholes about it and not acknowledge it as an issue
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Drizzy xS said:
Is that literally all you can do? Cause I'm worried Carphone warehouse will be arseholes about it and not acknowledge it as an issue
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Well, you can download an app called "Screen adjuster" and see if you can remove the yellow tint that way. I seriously doubt it but it's worth a shot, otherwise I don't see another way to solve this. Maybe someone else got an awesome idea. But try the app, otherwise I think it's a defect screen, unfortunately.

The yellow tint will be more noticable on Movie mode correct? How about if you switch to dynamic mode and or standard mode, do you still see yellow?
My S4 used to be slightly yellow also. As did most of my IOS phones I had before.

Limeybastard said:
The yellow tint will be more noticable on Movie mode correct? How about if you switch to dynamic mode and or standard mode, do you still see yellow?
My S4 used to be slightly yellow also. As did most of my IOS phones I had before.
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Nope I've never used movie mode before always been on standard, dynamic improves it slightly but the yellow is definetly still there and noticeable when looking at white backgrounds
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Limeybastard said:
The yellow tint will be more noticable on Movie mode correct? How about if you switch to dynamic mode and or standard mode, do you still see yellow?
My S4 used to be slightly yellow also. As did most of my IOS phones I had before.
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it's only yellow for me on Movie Mode and Pro Photo mode

Is my screen defective?

Hi.
I come from first Galaxy S i9000, was happy with it but it was stolen. I bought a S5 and it came with a weird band with clearer tone in the upper part of the screen (very noticeable on grey backdrops), so I asked for a replacement. But new replacement have a gradient from top to bottom that gets darker, with a purplish tone. Not as terrible as first s5, but not sure if it should look like this.
Nothing of this happened with my S1, and it had better view angles.
Ask a replacement, refund or keep it?
Greetings.

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drapos said:
Hi.
I come from first Galaxy S i9000, was happy with it but it was stolen. I bought a S5 and it came with a weird band with clearer tone in the upper part of the screen (very noticeable on grey backdrops), so I asked for a replacement. But new replacement have a gradient from top to bottom that gets darker, with a purplish tone. Not as terrible as first s5, but not sure if it should look like this.
Nothing of this happened with my S1, and it had better view angles.
Ask a replacement, refund or keep it?
Greetings.
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are u sure it s not because of S5 touch-wiz theme.
u should compare ur S5 with another one.
i cannot see any problem in pics u attached !!!
S5 super-amoled display is one of the best according to lots of benchmark and etc... (u can search)
after comparison if u see problem in ur display i suggest to as for replace cause S5 is an awesome phone
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drapos said:
Hi.
I come from first Galaxy S i9000, was happy with it but it was stolen. I bought a S5 and it came with a weird band with clearer tone in the upper part of the screen (very noticeable on grey backdrops), so I asked for a replacement. But new replacement have a gradient from top to bottom that gets darker, with a purplish tone. Not as terrible as first s5, but not sure if it should look like this.
Nothing of this happened with my S1, and it had better view angles.
Ask a replacement, refund or keep it?
Greetings.
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Use *#0*# or *#7353# to test your screen.

drapos said:
Is my screen defective?
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No
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Ok, thanks to you all =)

Yellow tint

I have redmi note 4g and its a wonderful phn with a grt specs in vry low price..
Even display is gorgeous but there is a problem with my display.. I dnt knw whether its only me or anyone else hv same kinda issue.. Display works absolutly fine ,but " THERE IS A YELLOW TINT ON SIDE EDGES OF A DISPLAY".
Its a gradient yellow and appers mainly on top side edges of the screen.. No its not becoz of some screen guard or some theme.. I even change the whole rom jst to check whether its the fault of the rom or the display.. I even changed colour saturatuon but that yellowish tint never goes. .It mainly appears on white background. I can clearly see whn i go to settings as it has white background ..
I dnt knw anyone personally who has redmi note 4g to check if everone is stuck up with this prob or jst me.. If anyone is facing same issue then plz post here
Is there any solution to it..?? I stay in india (mumbai) and phns warranty is still not void..
Plz reply soon.. Thanxx
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Could be caused by moisture. Do you bring your phone with you in wet environment? (eg. shower) In that case just avoid that places in the future (or put phone into a transparent plastic bag, like I do)
Or it could be a hardware related problem. Screen was always yellow from the beginning or it changed at some time?

That could b d one reason.. I use phn in bathroom sometimes too listen music..
I exchanged this phn.. Originally it was of my dad.. So i doubt if yellow tint was from beginning or it appeared now
But thanks anyways.. I will try to keep in plastic to get rid of moisture.. And wil tel u if this prob gets solved or not
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Its happening with my Note 4g too
I have a slight tint on bottom pane of my screen. It appears to be not going .
Should i be concerned about this as anybody else got this same issue and has anyone fixed this or shall i take my note 4g to a service center?
Please advice.
Thanks,
Akhil

akhil.dev said:
I have a slight tint on bottom pane of my screen. It appears to be not going .
Should i be concerned about this as anybody else got this same issue and has anyone fixed this or shall i take my note 4g to a service center?
Please advice.
Thanks,
Akhil
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I know I am replying to an old post. But, there isn't any other thread on this matter.
I've got the same issue. I will try to remove the screen guard and check.

yellow tint appear in my phone also when the phone was delivered on 24 Jan. Even old MI 4i and Red mi Note 3 screen are clear and white in comparison to new Redmi note 4. Highly disappointed,made every setting/test updated the phone and also provided details to Mi Service for replacement. MI service although acknowledges the yellow defect but they are not replacing as per replacement policy EVEN WITHIN 15 HOURS OF DELIVERY. Yellowness is defect.
Very bad experience from MI SUPPORT.
You can compare new Red mi note 4 with Mi4i and will feel difference.
Very poor MI service in terms of replacement of note4