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Notification bar burned onto the screen

I just got a new nexus one swapped 2 days ago from HTC under warranty. I'm running MIUI on the new nexus and I just noticed that my notification bar burned onto the screen. I had MIUI on the last nexus for about a month and nothing happened to the screen, had to get it changed for different reason.
I was thinking it was due to the fact that miui's notification bar is transparent or somehow the screen didn't turn off during the night, but then all of the other things(icon, etc.) would have burned onto the screen.
Im going to call HTC and find out what they have to say. But does anyone have any insight to this. I really dont want to leave MIUI, really like that rom.

This is going to be a risk you run with refurbed Nexus Ones. Most people run them with white notification bars. I have two Nexus Ones and even being careful I have some burn-in. I run my everyday Nexus with a black notification bar and still there is slight burn in(uneven wear). I've never personally seen a Nexus without some form of burn in(uneven wear) from the notification bar. It is the most persistent part of the UI, even when you hide it with something like LauncherPro, etc.., it will pop up when in the market, and other apps that do not have the option to hide it. etc..

I'm running mine with the stock white notification bar as I'm 100% stock. I don't see any burn in on my screen. Any ways to check with an app that makes it more visible?
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msavic6 said:
I'm running mine with the stock white notification bar as I'm 100% stock. I don't see any burn in on my screen. Any ways to check with an app that makes it more visible?
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try going in to the Gmail app, then go in to an email with not much text and scroll down until you have a white screen, and look at the left side of the screen(in landscape) against the white background.
that said, if you do not notice it now, I WOULD NOT GO LOOKING FOR IT...you will most likely find it and it will start bothering you.

I guess thats why gingerbread went with black notification bar.

I only notice the burn in on my N1 when I'm on Google's homepage

Old MuckenMire said:
try going in to the Gmail app, then go in to an email with not much text and scroll down until you have a white screen, and look at the left side of the screen(in landscape) against the white background.
that said, if you do not notice it now, I WOULD NOT GO LOOKING FOR IT...you will most likely find it and it will start bothering you.
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I'm not gonna look for it as I wont be able to forget about it.
Hopefully gingerbread shows up soon so the black notification bar wont burn into my screen.
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Old MuckenMire said:
try going in to the Gmail app, then go in to an email with not much text and scroll down until you have a white screen, and look at the left side of the screen(in landscape) against the white background.
that said, if you do not notice it now, I WOULD NOT GO LOOKING FOR IT...you will most likely find it and it will start bothering you.
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Yeah, I noticed it using Floating Image myself, a nifty program that floats images from your camera dirs and the internet past you. Noticed the notification bar area looked odd, then looked closer and realized it was darker.
I've since started using a ROM with a dark notification bar, maybe mitigate it a bit, although I suspect the clock being in the same place all the time will burn up there too.

Too much for not looking for it. I just went on the Google homepage in landscape and I saw a tiny tiny bit of burn in like barely noticable. So I turned my brightness to Max to see if it was more visible and I couldn't see it on 100% brightness. Only when its on lowest brightness am I able to see the burn in. Good enough for me
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khaytsus said:
Yeah, I noticed it using Floating Image myself, a nifty program that floats images from your camera dirs and the internet past you. Noticed the notification bar area looked odd, then looked closer and realized it was darker.
I've since started using a ROM with a dark notification bar, maybe mitigate it a bit, although I suspect the clock being in the same place all the time will burn up there too.
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yeah pretty much anything that is persistent is going to possibly cause an issue. I'm glad Google is going with black now. I think it looks better and is safer for our AMOLED screens. As far as I know, this is not an issue for folks with SLCD Nexus ones since LCD phosphors have a much higher half life so do not show this issue until you are pretty much ready to upgrade your device....if it ever shows. LCD tech is much further advanced in this area than AMOLED.
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Too much for not looking for it. I just went on the Google homepage in landscape and I saw a tiny tiny bit of burn in like barely noticable. So I turned my brightness to Max to see if it was more visible and I couldn't see it on 100% brightness. Only when its on lowest brightness am I able to see the burn in. Good enough for me
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Just be careful of using high brightness: it will age the pixels quicker and make it even more noticeable. Best thing to do is use a launcher like Launcher pro and hide the bar as much as you can for awhile to "wipe" the worn pixels. Same with any apps that allow for hiding the notification bar in settings. That will improve it some and then you can use the black bar that will come with Gingerbread and you should be good. It wont be gone 100% but will be barely visible at that point.

Old MuckenMire said:
Just be careful of using high brightness: it will age the pixels quicker and make it even more noticeable. Best thing to do is use a launcher like Launcher pro and hide the bar as much as you can for awhile to "wipe" the worn pixels. Same with any apps that allow for hiding the notification bar in settings. That will improve it some and then you can use the black bar that will come with Gingerbread and you should be good. It wont be gone 100% but will be barely visible at that point.
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I always leave my brightness on automatic and now i hid the notification bar in launcher pro. i'm set until gingerbread

My 2nd hand Nexus One has burn in of the title bar. TBH I'm not that bothered; its very unlikely I'll even still have this phone this time next year. How long do some of you folks really think you'll own this phone for? Its aged well, but in 12 months time, I reckon it'll be a pretty small percentage of people posting now who still use one of these with any regularity.
I just ignore it.
I do use a theme with a black bar now anyway.
I wonder if the SAMOLED stuff suffers this issue?

tameracingdriver said:
My 2nd hand Nexus One has burn in of the title bar. TBH I'm not that bothered; its very unlikely I'll even still have this phone this time next year. How long do some of you folks really think you'll own this phone for? Its aged well, but in 12 months time, I reckon it'll be a pretty small percentage of people posting now who still use one of these with any regularity.
I just ignore it.
I do use a theme with a black bar now anyway.
I wonder if the SAMOLED stuff suffers this issue?
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I plan to use my nexus one until the end of 2011. I only got my phone in may 2010.
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msavic6 said:
I plan to use my nexus one until the end of 2011. I only got my phone in may 2010.
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Yes, but I bet you'll replace it by then.

Same exact thing happen to me on a swap and the went me another one that was in perfect condition without hassle
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Buck Shot said:
Same exact thing happen to me on a swap and the went me another one that was in perfect condition without hassle
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That's been my experience with HTC, they've never hassled me about anything I've wanted help with. I sure wish they were making the next Google phone.

cant we make the notification bar more transparent using some sort of theme or something ??? :S

Super Amoled Plus screen burn-in

Its been about a month since the launch of the SGS2. I know it may be a bit early but has anyone noticed any image retention or screen burn? I haven't as of yet and I but i do keep my brightness usually on the lowest all the time im at home. Outside its on Auto.
Also even if anyone hasn't how long will it take to happen since I know that all OLed displays including TV's eventually retain images?

I have a Galaxy S. For my phone, It took around 4 months to burn down some pixels after keeping the Screen on for about 3 hours a day. The Status bar was visible on blue background along with screen burn where AM and PM is displayed.
Best Practice is to keep changing the Orientation of the phone frequently and use a Theme with transparent status bar and switch to 24 hour clock to prevent burn in of AM or PM pixels, since they are ON all the time.

Yeah, im trying to do that as much as i can especially changing the orientation with the market and some apps.
So once your pixels gets burned in, can you change them back to normal by putting a different colour over the burned area or is it for good?

I think UK as all the Europe uses 24h clock. So no need to worry about am pm burn in.

dhiru1602 said:
I have a Galaxy S. For my phone, It took around 4 months to burn down some pixels after keeping the Screen on for about 3 hours a day. The Status bar was visible on blue background along with screen burn where AM and PM is displayed.
Best Practice is to keep changing the Orientation of the phone frequently and use a Theme with transparent status bar and switch to 24 hour clock to prevent burn in of AM or PM pixels, since they are ON all the time.
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"4 MONTHS" any sign of any burn in on my screen and i`ll be looking for a replacement under the warrenty. If this is the case then i`m afraid the Amoled technology is a complete failure in my opinion...!!!

Basically LED displays comprise of 3 LEDs. Red, Blue and Green. When they lit up all together, the form white. Unlike the LCD technology, LED's are diodes which convert electricity into Light and hence they have a lifespan. They gradually start degrading which reduces the amount of light that they emit.
Blue has the highest tendency to degrade faster, hence the AMOLED screens have a Bluish tint to compensate for the same.
Suppose you use a 12 Hour clock and you have AM and PM displayed all the time, as a result of this, the blue pixels that are present at the AM, PM display location degrade, which causes a color imbalance. I.e the other pixels emit more light, but the "Burnt" pixels emit less light. At a later stage when the other 2 LEDs start getting burnt, you can see a patched up section, which represents the burnt pixels, which could be spotted on specific backgrounds.
There is no way to fix screen burn than to get a new display. There is a HUGE topic about screen burn in SGS section. It's worth a read.

I got my galaxy s in August last year and there is a large amount of burn in especially where the clock is.
You can check the individual colours in SGS tools or the xda app when you first open it.
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dhiru1602 said:
I have a Galaxy S. For my phone, It took around 4 months to burn down some pixels after keeping the Screen on for about 3 hours a day. The Status bar was visible on blue background along with screen burn where AM and PM is displayed.
Best Practice is to keep changing the Orientation of the phone frequently and use a Theme with transparent status bar and switch to 24 hour clock to prevent burn in of AM or PM pixels, since they are ON all the time.
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I haven't had any burn-ins whatsoever with my SGS. I had it since October and used it everyday. None. Just checked after reading this thread. None whatsoever.
Koreans are very critical of things they buy. They are one of if not THE country where consumer reports are spread fastest due to their connectivity with the web. Things like this is just NOT accepted over there. And there would be a country outrage especially regarding Samsung products. I highly doubt this is the case. Maybe you have a one off defect.

The Burn-in is caused by the short life of the blue pixel.
I suggest don't make blue pixel lit in the status bar.
I don't know if there has any launchers could make Time and Signal status area displayed in yellow or green rather than white.

My nexus one had status bar burn in within the first month. Still there, no way to reverse it.
But using launcher pro is best solution which hides the status bar completely.

Same here I have had an S1 since it was launched. I used it heavily every day, the screen was on a lot as i used it as an ebook reader. There is zero burn in (checked using screen test).
A friend has one as well, which he bought at the same time as me, he is very critical of every detail, and there is zero burn in on his either.
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I`m going to use my SG2 as I want, i`m not going to worry about screen burn in, if it happens which i doubt it,i`ll be demanding a replacement . No one should have to use any programs to hide status bars etc, just to try and prevent it. If it happens then in my opinion its a defect and should be replaced.
Did anybody try for a replacement with the First SG that suffered screen burn...

That's what two year warranties are for I guess. Like post above, I would love to hear of successful replacement for original sgs.
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richie_jones said:
I`m going to use my SG2 as I want, i`m not going to worry about screen burn in, if it happens which i doubt it,i`ll be demanding a replacement . No one should have to use any programs to hide status bars etc, just to try and prevent it. If it happens then in my opinion its a defect and should be replaced.
Did anybody try for a replacement with the First SG that suffered screen burn...
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Many people exchanged their nexus one, desire, galaxy s, for a new screen and the burn in just happened again after a month on the replacement. Not much can be done just live with it.

How serious of a burn are we talking about here? A slight shadow or a full on watermark type situation??
Just curious as mine is en route but if this is as bad as some are making out then it will be a deal breaker for me....
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richie_jones said:
I`m going to use my SG2 as I want, i`m not going to worry about screen burn in, if it happens which i doubt it,i`ll be demanding a replacement . No one should have to use any programs to hide status bars etc, just to try and prevent it. If it happens then in my opinion its a defect and should be replaced.
Did anybody try for a replacement with the First SG that suffered screen burn...
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+1
warranty ain't issued by Samsung for nothing. Loving this phone. Its blazing fast since day 1 and ain't getting slower. Over 150 apps now installed. Still as fast ==3
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Doesn't effect the user much. Barely visible on daily use.

I9000 since august, no burn in so far , used everyday..
I9100 since, well less than a month, ofc no burn in

conantroutman said:
How serious of a burn are we talking about here? A slight shadow or a full on watermark type situation??
Just curious as mine is en route but if this is as bad as some are making out then it will be a deal breaker for me....
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Its very very light, barely noticeable unless you look hard for it on white web pages. This is prob why not everyone sees it cause they are looking for something much worse.

I have a slight temporary image retention on my phone, it only lasts a few seconds after using the keypad or the circular lock screen etc , but its pretty noticeable on a dark background
Sure, it fades after a few seconds, but I'm quite concerned that it'll cause lasting damage over time.
I'll try get some snaps, later.. my phone is er, 3 days old

Nexus 9: Lightbleed Thread

Hey,
Thought we could have a thread to document Light bleed and how it varies between device (apparently).
Here's a potato quality version of mine: http://imgur.com/YzFs4uy
It's not too bad but I can notice it on dark screens particularly the bottom left corner and top right. Wondered if it's worth RMA'ing or if this is similar to what people have on theirs. If it's bad by the average then I'll return.
Just thought this could be a useful resource.

Wow, that's bad! Mine is barely notable, only on the top it is visible of the status bar is colored.

I've just started the RMA process for my Nexus 9 because of the light bleeding right across the whole top edge of the display (and because I can't increase the volume on it without digging a nail into the button!).
I though I could ignore it but with the way all the material design apps colour in the status bar they status bar looked like it was always a gradient as opposed to a solid block colour.
I was in two minds whether or not to RMA it or not but came to the conclusion that if I went today to trade it in at a shop (for money or in part exchange for another product) with the condition of the screen and the button I wouldn't even get the a top trade in value for it even though it's only 2 days old.
I'm hoping that the unit that gets sent out to me is in a much better condition.

simmac said:
Wow, that's bad! Mine is barely notable, only on the top it is visible of the status bar is colored.
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Mind posting a photo? Didn't think mine was that bad really? Think the potato quality might make it worse.

ethanjim said:
I've just started the RMA process for my Nexus 9 because of the light bleeding right across the whole top edge of the display (and because I can't increase the volume on it without digging a nail into the button!).
I though I could ignore it but with the way all the material design apps colour in the status bar they status bar looked like it was always a gradient as opposed to a solid block colour.
I was in two minds whether or not to RMA it or not but came to the conclusion that if I went today to trade it in at a shop (for money or in part exchange for another product) with the condition of the screen and the button I wouldn't even get the a top trade in value for it even though it's only 2 days old.
I'm hoping that the unit that gets sent out to me is in a much better condition.
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How was it in comparison to my picture? Not sure if to RMA or not?

There is already a thread in the help section with quite a few pics and posts of people with light bleed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/help/notice-light-bleed-t2927824

So like everyone else has notice, I have some light bleed as well, but I don't notice it unless I load a black wallpaper. I am not sure if I will return it or nor as I don't usually run a black black wallpaper.

KinetiClutch said:
Hey,
Thought we could have a thread to document Light bleed and how it varies between device (apparently).
Here's a potato quality version of mine: http://imgur.com/YzFs4uy
It's not too bad but I can notice it on dark screens particularly the bottom left corner and top right. Wondered if it's worth RMA'ing or if this is similar to what people have on theirs. If it's bad by the average then I'll return.
Just thought this could be a useful resource.
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Mine looks virtually the same as yours. One big patch of light bleed on the upper right (viewing in portrait mode) and 2 small patches along the lower corners. I'm on a White 32gb.
My advice is return for an exchange or RMA'ing, whichever you think is faster.
If bought locally, exchanging is the way to go.
I found a video on Youtube of someone claiming that his doesn't have lightbleed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrT0GAaPgoQ
Take this video with a grain of salt though because I think the camera he is using is on VERY low exposure to the point where you can't see the backlight.

Am I the only person without lightbleeds?

mk92595 said:
Am I the only person without lightbleeds?
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Maybe. I don't think i've seen an example of one without.
Lightbleeds are most noticeable on a black or very dark screen. You got a picture you can show us of your tablet?

mk92595 said:
Am I the only person without lightbleeds?
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Looks to me your a minority ? my 2nd unit comes this morning, see how I get on with that ?

I saw on reddit that several people are mentioning that this problem only exists on the White model. Any truth to this?

mkygod said:
I saw on reddit that several people are mentioning that this problem only exists on the White model. Any truth to this?
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No, a fair few people with Black versions also complained.
I think I'm going to return mine, frustrating but for the money it shouldn't be hard to not have this non-uniform lightbleed

This is ridiculous.
I have the white 32gb btw

Mine seems barely noticeable so there is hope for those that want to do an RMA.

Muquita said:
This is ridiculous.
I have the white 32gb btw
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You RMA'ing?

Looking at the pics I'm glad mine isn't nearly as bad..there's one bottom left corner on my white 32 that has slight bleed but nothing like the ones you all have posted...

I have 32Gb white, but I don't see any extensive light bleeding on my unit, nor wobbling back panel... I'm extensively using my device for past 24 hours, watched video, news, web browsing, and haven't noticed any issues with extensive light bleeding. I'm not even noticing anything like on the pictures from previous posters.

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You RMA'ing?
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Yes sir. Just drop it off at ups office. I'll get one later, I'm hoping it's just this initial batch that's detective.

Do we/you think we going to have this issue on 4G/LTE version of the Nexus 9, because I'm thinking of buying either the Nexus 9 or the nVidia Shield Tablet 4G/LTE

screen burn in on bottom nav bar

So as titled I've only just noticed that I've got screen burn in, I've had this phone about 15 months now and I've looked after it pretty well, I'm assuming warranty doesn't cover screen burn in issues, also just wondering if anyone else has the same

sofir786 said:
So as titled I've only just noticed that I've got screen burn in, I've had this phone about 15 months now and I've looked after it pretty well, I'm assuming warranty doesn't cover screen burn in issues, also just wondering if anyone else has the same
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Yea. Mine was. I ended swapping it to full immersive mode root.
It went away mine wasn't to bad. But it's a common issue on any and all oled screens.

TheMadScientist said:
Yea. Mine was. I ended swapping it to full immersive mode root.
It went away mine wasn't to bad. But it's a common issue on any and all oled screens.
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I mean it's not too bad, you'll only see it if you really go looking for it, I knew it was a risk with these types of screens, which is why I never tried any aod mods back when I had my s6

sofir786 said:
I mean it's not too bad, you'll only see it if you really go looking for it, I knew it was a risk with these types of screens, which is why I never tried any aod mods back when I had my s6
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I use AOD from 8 pm til about 1 am
I only saw it on brown screens for some reason,No other colors But AOD moves around I've seen it jump all over the screen So I know thats not burning in

sofir786 said:
So as titled I've only just noticed that I've got screen burn in, I've had this phone about 15 months now and I've looked after it pretty well, I'm assuming warranty doesn't cover screen burn in issues, also just wondering if anyone else has the same
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I also have burn in issues, my device is about as old as yours. In my case when looking at a blue screen I see the Whatsapp phone call icon (the one used for Whatsapp phone calls when in a chat). Also the borders of the upper notification bar is slightly visible. What did you end up doing?

Duskfall89 said:
I also have burn in issues, my device is about as old as yours. In my case when looking at a blue screen I see the Whatsapp phone call icon (the one used for Whatsapp phone calls when in a chat). Also the borders of the upper notification bar is slightly visible. What did you end up doing?
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Me too, noticed last week I have my SwiftKey keyboard burnt in, only noticed when I wore my glasses for the first time!! Can't think how this has happened as I always have auto brightness on which is rarely on full brightness and my phone is in my pocket most of the day, only noticable on a white background thankfully but can't unsee it now I know it is there

MilgeS said:
Me too, noticed last week I have my SwiftKey keyboard burnt in, only noticed when I wore my glasses for the first time!! Can't think how this has happened as I always have auto brightness on which is rarely on full brightness and my phone is in my pocket most of the day, only noticable on a white background thankfully but can't unsee it now I know it is there
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What did you end up doing? I am considering contacting Amazon because it is still under warranty but on the other hand it is barely visible (but still, it's there and as you said i can' unsee it) and who can guarantee that it won't happen again?

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What did you end up doing? I am considering contacting Amazon because it is still under warranty but on the other hand it is barely visible (but still, it's there and as you said i can' unsee it) and who can guarantee that it won't happen again?
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I am using the rainbow/colours screensaver when charging, I read somewhere that might help to reduce the burn in over time, but I don't see any improvement after a couple of weeks using it yet

MilgeS said:
I am using the rainbow/colours screensaver when charging, I read somewhere that might help to reduce the burn in over time, but I don't see any improvement after a couple of weeks using it yet
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Do you still have warranty and considering replacing it?

Duskfall89 said:
Do you still have warranty and considering replacing it?
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I guess I had 2 years warranty so it would be under guarantee, I didn't think about getting it changed, maybe I should look into this further!

I have burn in marks for the navigation bar...
Used s8 for 1 year 7 months. I doubt anything will help...

Tiongkia said:
I have burn in marks for the navigation bar...
Used s8 for 1 year 7 months. I doubt anything will help...
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I guess we'll just have to deal with this ****. Don't want to go over the hassle of replacing it and then maybe end up with burn in again.

Duskfall89 said:
I guess we'll just have to deal with this ****. Don't want to go over the hassle of replacing it and then maybe end up with burn in again.
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Nice solution to this is to install Renovate ICE ROM, change status bar colours transparency to about 60% so the whites are dimmer / less vivd.
I also use XDA Nav bar with split pill mode so I don't have any full white static parts. (Nav bar moved below screen) (See screenshot attached) All I do is swipe up onto the screen in the apropriate area. (You will have to config pill yourself unless I can get a config over to you)

I had burn in all over my S8 after 1 year. Nav bar status bar and keyboard

callumbr1 said:
I had burn in all over my S8 after 1 year. Nav bar status bar and keyboard
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I had navbar line burned in after 1 year of use. I went to Samsung Support Centre in Stoke On Trent and they have replaced my screen , frame and battery under warranty within an hour. If you have no signs of damage or drop, I am pretty sure they will replace your screen as well. Regards

ojkajoj said:
I had navbar line burned in after 1 year of use. I went to Samsung Support Centre in Stoke On Trent and they have replaced my screen , frame and battery under warranty within an hour. If you have no signs of damage or drop, I am pretty sure they will replace your screen as well. Regards
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Thanks bro, but my S8 was quite damaged, so I traded it in for a one plus 6T

ojkajoj said:
I had navbar line burned in after 1 year of use. I went to Samsung Support Centre in Stoke On Trent and they have replaced my screen , frame and battery under warranty within an hour. If you have no signs of damage or drop, I am pretty sure they will replace your screen as well. Regards
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I have Amazon warranty of 2 years so I guess they would replace it or refund me if I contacted them... in my case the burn in is visible but not that bad in everyday use though it still bothers me... I also think there is no point in getting a replacement from Amazon without having the guarantee that it won't happen again after some time.

callumbr1 said:
I had burn in all over my S8 after 1 year. Nav bar status bar and keyboard
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Let me guess, you had black navbar, status bar, and keyboard. If that's the case then of course they burned in. Burn in is nothing more than uneven decay of pixels. The black one didn't decay but the rest of your screen did

carloandreaguilar said:
Let me guess, you had black navbar, status bar, and keyboard. If that's the case then of course they burned in. Burn in is nothing more than uneven decay of pixels. The black one didn't decay but the rest of your screen did
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Ive started to notice in life yea amoleds look good but black screens = burn when you got bright colors on that black.

I have keyboard burnt in , a Whatsapp chat and some icons of a game...what can I do?

Screen issues still present on new batches of phones or not?

I have seen a lot of early-batch OnePlus 8 Pros with screen issues online, and no new-batch owners reporting with their side of the story. Anyone here with a new, freshly built phone, maybe with the manufacturing day at around the beginning of May?
My phone has some very OCD-inducing red and green greys, and I am planning on returning it and buying a phone from the newer batch. I just don't know if thatwill help me at all, since I have not seen anyone with a newer-batch phone post images of their screens.

dizzy_af said:
I have seen a lot of early-batch OnePlus 8 Pros with screen issues online, and no new-batch owners reporting with their side of the story. Anyone here with a new, freshly built phone, maybe with the manufacturing day at around the beginning of May?
My phone has some very OCD-inducing red and green greys, and I am planning on returning it and buying a phone from the newer batch. I just don't know if thatwill help me at all, since I have not seen anyone with a newer-batch phone post images of their screens.
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My question too

My new 1 is coming tomorrow will update

nathlynn22 said:
My new 1 is coming tomorrow will update
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Please be sure to update with pictures, if possible! Thank you!

dizzy_af said:
I have seen a lot of early-batch OnePlus 8 Pros with screen issues online, and no new-batch owners reporting with their side of the story. Anyone here with a new, freshly built phone, maybe with the manufacturing day at around the beginning of May?
My phone has some very OCD-inducing red and green greys, and I am planning on returning it and buying a phone from the newer batch. I just don't know if thatwill help me at all, since I have not seen anyone with a newer-batch phone post images of their screens.
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when i got my april batch in 2023 europe version never had an issue. i really tried looking for it but cant. how do you reproduce your problem.

xnostra said:
when i got my april batch in 2023 europe version never had an issue. i really tried looking for it but cant. how do you reproduce your problem.
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Now that I think about it... Maybe I'm exaggerating about my issues. My point still stands, though, as I'd love to see if May batches of phones would look better.
The YouTube app on medium to high brightness is fine - different shades of grey in the interface - on 0-15% brightness (mandatory nighttime brightness!) it's almost entirely one shade of green-ish grey, very eye straining and hard to read. For some reason (this is what confuses me the most) the notification shade is lit up in a magenta-pink-ish glow, this happens rarely in the OS but always happens in the YouTube app 100% of the time.
When watching videos on 0-20% brightness, sometimes shadows look like they're more magenta than grey.
Same issues in Chrome on low brightness as in YouTube, minus the magenta notification shade. Grey pages look very greenish.
When loading up a 5% grey fullscreen image on 20-30% brightness, I see slight uniformity issues. I can excuse uniformity on being an imperfection of AMOLED, though, I guess.
Also, I don't know why, but when the YouTube app is loading (the app open animation is playing) the colors look fine and there's no magenta glow. The moment the app is fully loaded, the colors go green and the notification shade starts glowing. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something and this isn't the screen's fault? Either way, very annoying to spot.
Edit: There is also obvious image retention when performing the test with the 5% grey image. Even at low brightness, I can bring up the notification shade, leave it there for maybe 10 seconds, hide it and see the battery and clock icons on the grey 5% image.

dizzy_af said:
Now that I think about it... Maybe I'm exaggerating about my issues. My point still stands, though, as I'd love to see if May batches of phones would look better.
The YouTube app on medium to high brightness is fine - different shades of grey in the interface - on 0-15% brightness (mandatory nighttime brightness!) it's almost entirely one shade of green-ish grey, very eye straining and hard to read. For some reason (this is what confuses me the most) the notification shade is lit up in a magenta-pink-ish glow, this happens rarely in the OS but always happens in the YouTube app 100% of the time.
When watching videos on 0-20% brightness, sometimes shadows look like they're more magenta than grey.
Same issues in Chrome on low brightness as in YouTube, minus the magenta notification shade. Grey pages look very greenish.
When loading up a 5% grey fullscreen image on 20-30% brightness, I see slight uniformity issues. I can excuse uniformity on being an imperfection of AMOLED, though, I guess.
Also, I don't know why, but when the YouTube app is loading (the app open animation is playing) the colors look fine and there's no magenta glow. The moment the app is fully loaded, the colors go green and the notification shade starts glowing. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something and this isn't the screen's fault? Either way, very annoying to spot.
Edit: There is also obvious image retention when performing the test with the 5% grey image. Even at low brightness, I can bring up the notification shade, leave it there for maybe 10 seconds, hide it and see the battery and clock icons on the grey 5% image.
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It's because Youtube runs at 60hz. The hz running changes the tint.
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Batfink33 said:
It's because Youtube runs at 60hz. The hz running changes the tint.
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Wow, you are right. That's.... annoying, still. Good to know, though. Lowering to 60hz doesn't fix the green greys or the magenta glow under the notification shade, though.

Just turned up now. Dated 15th May. Will check it out later

I got also a new one from 15.05. But still I got that milky grey shade over the whole screen when watching videos on low brightness.
I return the phone now a 2nd time.

Got my OP8 Pro May 9 from Amazon .. No issues with screen, and I'm getting 5g from T-Mobile

Still has a milky grey at low brightness just like the poster above (8 May production date). Still not as bad as my two early April devices earlier.

I have checked mine now. Seems ok I can still see a bar at the top but not is bad as before and only when I really look for it. Screen seems much better though. Haven't really tested much else.

For the sake of consistency if anyone is interested could you please test with the attached screenshot? I have very bad green tint on the left half of my display (16/4/2020 unit). I think this grey is bright enough to show any flaws but isn't too dark that it shows up as black.
This is what mine looks like with this blank google assistant page

Mine from 8/5 don't see any issue with display
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BenSow said:
For the sake of consistency if anyone is interested could you please test with the attached screenshot? I have very bad green tint on the left half of my display (16/4/2020 unit). I think this grey is bright enough to show any flaws but isn't too dark that it shows up as black.
This is what mine looks like with this blank google assistant page
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Tried that luckily enough seems fine. Before it was bad on my first 1

For those that are receiving replacement devices, what are you seeing for current turnaround times? I'm going to be shipping mine in within the next couple of days from the US and I'm curious on how long it will take before a replacement arrives.

Yes the new units are still affected.
As someone that had the opportunity to test some units from different dates, I will leave a video of the latest one here:
https://streamable.com/nlr9kf
It's sad, but all the units I tested had the same behavior. To this day, all the people that said "my unit is perfect" was because they didn't use the dark theme or apps with a grey background. Moving the brightness slider with a grey background is an authentic disaster, even on units from may.

I bought my 8 Pro from Amazon and received it on May 11.
I have no screen issues. I've read the posts here and can't reproduce the issue.

Di0g0 said:
Yes the new units are still affected.
As someone that had the opportunity to test some units from different dates, I will leave a video of the latest one here:
https://streamable.com/nlr9kf
It's sad, but all the units I tested had the same behavior. To this day, all the people that said "my unit is perfect" was because they didn't use the dark theme or apps with a grey background. Moving the brightness slider with a grey background is an authentic disaster, even on units from may.
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I can't reproduce the same issues on this new device I received yesterday compared to the 1 I sent back in April...
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I have used the same 5 percent.PNG file as I used to test my 1st OP8Pro the screen on my new 1 seems fine and the brightness at night goes low enough for me to be happy. And I don't have weird discoloured areas. I have only had it a day so far so will keep my eye out but so far all ok. No mis typing from keyboard trying to keep up either