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Screen Burn Effect

Hey all,
I was turning my screen off last night before heading to bed when I noticed that I could still see the picture frame widget while I was stood under my bedroom light....it looked like it had burnt onto the screen as you could only see it faintly while direct light. I then turned it on and off again and the picture frame widget disappeared but area in the top right hand corner of the screen could now be visable again under direct light. I flicked the phone on and off again a couple more times and eventually it was completely blank.....anyone else experienced this? Is my handset faulty or is this just a characteristic of mini TFT screen? I know it hasn't actually burnt the image on the screen as I don't leave the screen on long enough for it to occur and its not just residual light as it doesn't fade, but it will go completely blank after a couple more on and off's.

Strange one,I will try and reproduce it when it is dark tonight
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wiki term called "Image persistence"
might help u

Aaahhhh...thanks dead101, so just a characteristic of LCD screens....had me worried for a bit!

haven't checked out that terminology yet, but i am pretty sure that LCDs do not have the burn in effect in the way that the old CRTs did.

I've noticed this phenomenon as well, and haven't noticed it on any other device. It always goes away if I press on and off again. I don't know that it is image persistence, because that seems to require leaving it off for a period of several hours to remove the effect, not switching it back on and off quickly.
I'm worried it may actually be a fault where the screen sometimes won't switch off completely. One night, my Streak went from full charge to dead in about 8 hours while on aeroplane mode. Could be unrelated, or could be that the screen was still drawing a current. Who knows... it never happened again. Annoyingly I could not get the "what's been using my battery."
Either way, whenever I notice that part of the screen is still visible after putting it on standby, I always switch on and off to clear it.

[Q] HTC magic possible broken screen?

Hi everyone,
I might have broken the screen on my HTC magic (sapphire) but i'm not completely sure. The screen does not show any signs of cracking, however shows a static screen of red green and blue horizontal lines (ill provide a picture). It is clear the phone still boots as it responds to touch (the vibrator goes off when I tap what would normally be my lock screen). Interestingly, the phone battery drains almost instantly (within 30 seconds) from a full charge and the processor gets warm, however, if I disconnect the screen it will remain on for a normal amount of time (vibrates, so I know it actually turned on, but no red light indicates battery is low).
So can anyone provide a diagnosis and possibly how I might be able to fix it? I appreciate any help.
Thank you.

I am not sure about your symptom. However, I found my htc magic had a vertical line last year but display ,multitouch, everything work fine. Luckily, it was in warranty, after I sent to the htc service center, they replaced my screen and the problem gone.

Thanks for the reply, did your screen look like the photo I provided of mine?, or was it just a single line through? I had a look on ebay, screens are only about $30 and by the look of things, not too hard to fit. However I am a bit hesitant as I cant be sure that the screen is the problem, because there's no signs of cracking, its just perfectly straight red green and blue bars vertically down the screen, which seems to me (i am far from an expert) like the screen isn't broken, the signal going to the screen is, also and it seems weird that the screen would cause the processor to heat up so much and drain the battery so fast. Anyone else with any ideas?

Screen Retention

I used my phone heavily today (GPS, google maps, 4g, social media apps, camera) when I got back home I plugged the charger and left it untill It was fully charged I unplugged it and I noticed the clock still has some white lines on the screen :'( it disappeared in few seconds but I'm afraid that's a bad sign :'( did anyone experience that before ? : (

Any screen shots??

I wouldn't worry about it. The image retention that you are experiencing isn't permanent and is fairly typical for an LCD. I have it on one of my tablets.

But it is there! if you were an owner, shouldn't you be worried

da'vinci said:
I used my phone heavily today (GPS, google maps, 4g, social media apps, camera) when I got back home I plugged the charger and left it untill It was fully charged I unplugged it and I noticed the clock still has some white lines on the screen :'( it disappeared in few seconds but I'm afraid that's a bad sign :'( did anyone experience that before ? : (
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Typical behavior of LCD.
LCD has always had this issue.
You can get stuck crystals but displaying differing screens will help save the issue.
Running a rapid pixel test will usually solve a persistent image problem.
It will be fine...

Screen Problem

Hello i have problems in screen after charging. I noticed after charging, the sides of the screen had yellowish green tinge. After hours, it disappears and when i charge the phone again it reappears. Someone help me. Or does somebody experienced this issue?
P.S. no issues on screen responsiveness. Just the yellowish green tinge after charging.
Thank you for help.

OngGwopo said:
Hello i have problems in screen after charging. I noticed after charging, the sides of the screen had yellowish green tinge. After hours, it disappears and when i charge the phone again it reappears. Someone help me. Or does somebody experienced this issue?
P.S. no issues on screen responsiveness. Just the yellowish green tinge after charging.
Thank you for help.
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Does it go away immediately if you reboot?

It does not. I also noticed when the background is black or green, the green tinge disappears. But when other colors are in the background, it appears. Do u think lcd has the problem?

patruns said:
Does it go away immediately if you reboot?
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As of now, it disappeared again. But after i charge my phone later, im sure green tinge will be back again. Its been bothering me.

Can you take a photo of it and post here ?
I had an idea what could possible be the problem but i am not 100% sure.

devaa01 said:
Can you take a photo of it and post here ?
I had an idea what could possible be the problem but i am not 100% sure.
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Hello. As of now the green tinge is gone. I tried to take a photo but the green tinge is not noticeable. Can you tell me your idea? Thank you in advance.

Is it temperature-related?

Sounds to me like the glue holding the screen layers is loose, allowing the layers to become separated when the heat from charging expands one layer more than the other.
Do you fast charge? Try charging with a slow charger (it creates less heat) and if then the problem goes away, or is much less noticeable, I would try to RMA the device.

jdock said:
Is it temperature-related?
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No sir. It did not heat much when charging. I tried lg charger they provided in the box and the green tinge appeared. But when i tried samsung fast charger green tinge DOES not appear. Their charging time was same (1hr 20mins). I just assume that the charger had the problem tho.

bv90andy said:
Sounds to me like the glue holding the screen layers is loose, allowing the layers to become separated when the heat from charging expands one layer more than the other.
Do you fast charge? Try charging with a slow charger (it creates less heat) and if then the problem goes away, or is much less noticeable, I would try to RMA the device.
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No sir. It did not heat much when charging. I tried lg charger they provided in the box and the green tinge appeared. But when i tried samsung fast charger green tinge DOES not appear. Their charging time was same (1hr 20mins). I just assume that the charger had the problem tho.

Well, this is strange since if both chargers fast charge, they should raise the temperature at the same level. And I can't think of any other reason other than temperature why you would see the yellow tinge.
Just to explain myself, I don't think the phone is overheating more than it should, I thought the screen was faulty.
Can't help why more than this, I'm glad you found a "fix".

bv90andy said:
Well, this is strange since if both chargers fast charge, they should raise the temperature at the same level. And I can't think of any other reason other than temperature why you would see the yellow tinge.
Just to explain myself, I don't think the phone is overheating more than it should, I thought the screen was faulty.
Can't help why more than this, I'm glad you found a "fix".
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Its strange for me too since they are both fast charge. And i used ampere app, they both max 2400mAh when charging (both samsung and lg) and fill the juice up for same time. Thanks for the help man. Im going to try other fast charger if they produce that annoying green tinge. But as of now, im using the samsung charger. So far, it does not produce any green tinge.

galaxy s5 display issues

My galaxy s5 started acting up a month ago. The screen will flicker green/yellow then go black, or stay black entirely. It got a lot worse recently where it will only work hitting the power button 1% of the time. Is this a hardware issue? Or software?
When the screen dims before sleep, it spazzes out too. I've noticed it works better when it warms up from charging too. But still fails to display way too much. It still registers touch when black. I replace the battery a few months ago BTW.
If the device has no hope, can you guys reccomend a good cheap phone?

Put your phone on max brightness & set your phone to never turn the screen off
Leave your phone screen turned on with max brightness for a at least a few hours
If that doesn't solve it then you may need a new screen - it is a hardware fault on these devices with these types of screens

If I were you I'd also follow the advice of
TheFixItMan said:
. I'd make sure to run a slideshow in your gallery while having your screen at max brightness though as this may reduce the risk of having burn-in on your screen.
If all fails you could buy a new display for your S5. I did so myself recently as I kept having "snowstorms" on my display when I turned my phone/ the screen on. Worked for me, managed to get a new and genuine one from a reputable seller on eBay. Hope you won't have to resort to the latter though.
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@TheFixItMan thanks for the advice, I tried it last night, and it didn't improve at all. Is there any possibility that the device isn't giving the screen enough power? Because I have better success when its plugged in. What do you think caused this to happen after 5 years?
@James160103 Thanks, I tried it and it didn't work. I'm exploring all my options. For $10 more then an OEM gs5 screen, I can get a gs7.

Perhaps it's got something to do with your new battery then, did you buy a genuine Samsung battery? How about sticking the old one back in and seeing if that makes a difference?
Also try using a genuine Samsung power adapter and charging cable.
It's worth a try anyway. Let me know if that made a change.
If it doesn't help you could remove the screen from the phone and press the flex cable from the digitizer downwards to see if it might be a loose connection between the motherboard and the screen that's causing the problem. I'd try that as a last resort though as you could damage your display in the process (replaced the screen myself and managed not to break anything, did it for the first time). There's lots of videos on YouTube (I recommend JerryRigEverything) that could help you out.
While this is unlikely, you may want to try before buying an S7.
Also, try booting into TWRP and playing around with the brightness settings and turning the display on and off again to see if it's some bug with the OS (again, unlikely but it's worth trying).
Please let me know if any of the oprions worked for you or made a difference, cheers.

@James160103 my old battery can't hold a charge, so I disposed of it. My new one has been fine for a few months without any problems. As far as a charger, I have a better charger then the stock, and a thick gauge nylon wrapped cord, that's been doing fine for the last 2-3 years.
The whole display issue isn't just on the OS, when I boot normal or into recovery it stays black, or flickers for a split second.
I did notice that if I hold it in front of my car vent, with full heat. Once its warm it seems to work, just until it cools off. I'm guessing its a hardware issue at this point, but I'll try to check the connection.
Thanks for your help

Facing this exact issue. It has gotten worse now.