Hi to all,
I would like to share my brief experience with Galaxy S2. After changing 4 phones when I saw defects on the screen of the 5th one I fed up and returned it for good.
The manufacturing quality of these displays are absolutely garbage on these phones. I own SGS and the screen is perfect. I expected the same thing with SGS2 especially if I pay 700 for a phone. when I came home and compared 2 phones I was disappointed.
Here is my experience with 5 phones. I live in Toronto so these phones purchased locally. First three of them from Best Buy, last 2 from Bell.
1.) Colors were fine but there was a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen. A black dot. I exchanged the phone.
2.) In store I checked the phone for defects and couldn't find one (because of bright environment). I went to movie right after the purchase and realized in 2 min something was wrong with colors. When you dim the light, there was no grey. It was purple. keyboard was purple, gmail was purple. I exchanged it.
3.) Colors were so so. Still had a visible pink tint on it. and when you tilt the phone and view from different angles colors were changing, having a blue tint. If you view with 90 degrees it was pinkish again. (there is no such problem on my SGS)
addition to this, when in a dark room if you open a pure black picture the screen was showing some defects (dark black lines and spots on screen).
When you pull down the status bar, in low brightness there were some bands.
I returned the phone, got my refund and wanted to buy form somewhere else to see maybe its a batch problem.
4.) I went to another place. Got my phone. Screen had no defects but it was like someone pissed on it. It had a yellow tint. whole screen. colors were so pale. I actually kinda missed the pink tint. which was better and giving more vivid colors. I exchanged it the same day.
5.) It had a pink tint( which is ok since I got used to it). It had no banding when you pull down status bar and displays pure black very good.
BUTTTTT!!!! when you pull down status bar there was a half centimeter diameter white spot. And once you see it u never not see it. It was there in every pic (mostly grey colors)
I had enough and returned it. I wish I could find a good one like my SGS(which I didn't have such problems)
I tried 5!!!!! phones and none of them had a perfect display. Such a shame for a 700 dollar phone. I decided to wait and see if its gonna change in several months or not.
Maybe they shipped all the dodgy ones to Canada. I have a UK model (bought just over 2 months ago) and my screen is fine - no dead pixels, no purple or yellow tint...
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Isadora said:
Maybe they shipped all the dodgy ones to Canada. I have a UK model (bought just over 2 months ago) and my screen is fine - no dead pixels, no purple or yellow tint...
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Maybe they rushed the manufacturing for Canada. who knows. But one thing is obvious there are literally 2 different screens. I had been many stores. Many. And Checked maybe 30 display phones and from different stores and there are either Yellow tint screen or Pink tint screen.
Even if half of all the SGS2's have defective screens, the probability of you getting five in a row is 3%.
Yeah, maybe Toronto is receiving all the defective, returned ones. Or maybe you're just really unlucky. Or cursed.
Wow, that's a string of badluck. I've had mine for a couple of months now and have had no screen problems.
kbiz90 said:
Even if half of all the SGS2's have defective screens, the probability of you getting five in a row is 3%.
Yeah, maybe Toronto is receiving all the defective, returned ones. Or maybe you're just really unlucky. Or cursed.
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Yeah its probably because of my girlfriend. She never wanted me to get this phone since I am already in 3 year contract with bell owning SGS and had to purchase the phone with full price.
Also many first time buyers might not see those things. I have SGS at home and can compare. My sgs has a blue tint too but at least when you view from different angles colors don't change at all and not a single imperfection. And blue tint makes the whites brighter and less irritating than having a yellow white.
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Yeah its probably because of my girlfriend. She never wanted me to get this phone since I am already in 3 year contract with bell owning SGS and had to purchase the phone with full price.
Also many first time buyers might not see those things. I have SGS at home and can compare. My sgs has a blue tint too but at least when you view from different angles colors don't change at all and not a single imperfections. And blue tint makes the whites brighter and less irritating than having a yellow white.
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You should have kept number 4. Yellow tint was a software issue and KG2/KG3 fixes it.
I only had to exchange once due to 2 dead/stuck pixels on the bottom left. Haven't seen any of the other issues you mentioned.
Sorry about that my friend, Hope you get a good one soon.
My screen is fine, but i noticed something as you said. When seeing a full black color while using any screen test app. I see many lines like drawing if looked closely :
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Sorry about that my friend, Hope you get a good one soon.
My screen is fine, but i noticed something as you said. When seeing a full black color while using any screen test app. I see many lines like drawing if looked closely :
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Exactly. However when I open the same test pattern in SGS and put side by side, my sgs is smooth ad butter. Nothing on it. Just pure color, no imperfections whatsoever.
I have a question to you. When you dim the light do your status bar and other button colors band whites (such as keyboard, swype keyboard) has a purplish tint? Is it normal or a defect?
When I opened keyboards those buttons appear purplish. In my sgs they are grey.
I'm in Vancouver and got mine a few days ago shipped from Bell. No problems here with screen colors or dead pixles. My son also dropped it on tile already and not a single scratch, thank god. Still waiting for my case from ebay.
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Exactly. However when I open the same test pattern in SGS and put side by side, my sgs is smooth ad butter. Nothing on it. Just pure color, no imperfections whatsoever.
I have a question to you. When you dim the light do your status bar and other button colors band whites (such as keyboard, swype keyboard) has a purplish tint? Is it normal or a defect?
When I opened keyboards those buttons appear purplish. In my sgs they are grey.
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Nothing else except that, and bro my phone is always having 0% brightness hehe.
and to be more precise those drawings on full black color looks like burns on old CRT tv when suddenly power cuts isn't it ? haha
Anyways, Colors are vivid and really better than my LED TV.
and no viewing angle problems.
Do i really need to worry about those drawing while on full black? though you see them only if you look closer or focus ur eyes for long
mine has a blue tint when viewing off angle
so is this not normal because my buddy's is the same
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mine has a blue tint when viewing off angle
so is this not normal because my buddy's is the same
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I dont know what is normal or not no one knows. But I am assuming if there is no color shifting when tiliting on my SGS this one shouldn't have it either.
I really wonder if people don't realize whether their screen is yellowish/purplish or their phones are just perfect.
As far as I see there is no natural color phone toronto by now. And belive me I am not exaggerating it. If you put those two phones side by side their color tint is completely different. What kinda manufacturing is this?
I can even say which stores in toronto have what colors.
If u wanna see purplish tint display phones:
-Future shop in dundas
-Bestbuy in dufferin mall
-Source in dufferin mall
-Bell in Eaton center (lower floor store)
Yellow tint display phones:
-Bell Eaton center second floor they had like 5-6 displays which were all yellow)
-virgin mobile in dufferin mall.
I don't even remember some stores. this doesn't mean if u buy from there u are gonna get the same color phone. Its totally random. These are the colors of display phones.
i dont understand man, i have mine for 2 months now in UK, screen is fine it is the best screen i have ever seen.
it could be a trick from Apple hahahahha not wanting SGS2 to succeed in the USA and Canada.....
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it could be a trick from Apple.
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Apple has patented the concept of a display that completely works. If Samsung didn't have some sort of defect, Apple would file another lawsuit.
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Apple has patented the concept of a display that completely works. If Samsung didn't have some sort of defect, Apple would file another lawsuit.
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LOL! That actually made my day, didn't expect that to make me crack up so badly.
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LOL! That actually made my day, didn't expect that to make me crack up so badly.
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Yeah, gotta love the deadpan humor. Some members here are quite good at it.
I had a dead pixel when I ordered mine when it was released in UK about 2-3months ago. The dead pixel went away within 2 days of owning. Maybe your 1st device was your best 1 with a little more patience.
Theres no excuse to you having 5 devices with problems. I really think there might be quality control problems with the screen manufactors. But I do know this is probably a very small percentage since it doesnt seem widespread.
Wow man messed up. I bought mine from China and it's the best. Absolutely perfect no defects at all! Perfect just Perfect!
well I just got off the phone with Samsung and they told me that what I'm seeing is a defect
I don't know if I should exchange it for another one or just return it and stick with the Atrix
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Okay so I am on my third Vibrant. My first Vibrant was perfect in every way except battery (which seems to be a general issue) and the settings touchkey become unresponsive (which is the reason I changed it). I got my second replacement in the mail and noticed a huge different in screen colors:
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The one on the left is the second Vibrant while the one on the right is the first Vibrant. Seeing other Vibrants - in videos, at the store, etc. - I figured my second Vibrant's screen was defective so I called in and had T-Mobile replace it again. However, the third Vibrant I just got seems to have the same problem as the second Vibrant.
(The first Vibrant was a 7/11, the second was a 7/19, and the third is a 7/18.)
I know here is already existing discussion about screen tints, but I am not sure if my problem is the same as that being already discussed, or if the new Vibrant's have different hardware than before (the software seems to be the same, with build date of 6/22).
Any input is greatly appreciated! I would really like the screen that my first Vibrant had, so if I have to I will go for a fourth replacement.
Thanks!
Seems like you created your own monster. I really don't know what you all are doing with your phones to create all of these problems but I haven't had any of these issues and Ive had the phone since day 1.
not sure if that's the best background to judge "color tint"
if it helps, looking at your pix and my phone, mine looks more like the one on the right, but a lot of that could be the color settings on my screen and the color balance you used in taking the picture
you might try, on android market is an app called "Color FLash" - it's a freebie, but it basically turn your screen all white (to use as a flashlight)
but in it you can adjust brightness or even select colors to display - you might download it, and set to full bright in white to see if or what tint the screen's showing
if it's only that settings page showing a brown tint, it could be in the software and to be frank, if that were the case i wouldn't worry about that page being brown tint
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No question in my mind there are significant variances amongst screens.
I got two Vibrants on the same day from a T-Mo store. My GF's screen was noticeably dimmer. When we dialed in the settings to give the same brightness, hers was a good deal warmer (aka: red). Mine is considerably cooler (aka: blue).
So... we went back the store a few days later to exchange hers. We had 4 Vibrants out at one time and none had the same screen characteristics. Mine was the brightest but bluest, the others mixes. She took the next brightest one that had a more neutral color cast.
This is either QC trouble at Samsung or the nature of the beast with AMOLED displays. Remember, OLED is new and immature. Blue OLEDs especially are proving to be a problem. We're on the bleeding edge.
With that said, and with what I've seen and read, I would not sweat the differences in screens unless the color cast is really screwy.
I think you should post your pics and discussion here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733344
that way we can keep tint problems all in one thread.
these phones all have different tints, makes no freaking sense to me why there are such fluctuations in QC and manufacturing. It is really starting to piss me off.
You walk into an Apple store, you see like 10 iPhones on display, the screen tints look identical on each one.
You put vibrants next to eachother, and each tint is different, from blue to blue/green, to yellow, to dingy dark yellow to brown.
I contacted samsung directly and let them know about the tint issue, the rep replies "we have never heard about this tint problem before, you are the first to report it."
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME SAMSUNG. MY GOD
Perfect vibrant since day 1.
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jackhuny said:
Perfect vibrant since day 1.
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Funny. Have you compared to a few others?
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I think you should post your pics and discussion here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733344
that way we can keep tint problems all in one thread.
these phones all have different tints, makes no freaking sense to me why there are such fluctuations in QC and manufacturing. It is really starting to piss me off.
You walk into an Apple store, you see like 10 iPhones on display, the screen tints look identical on each one.
You put vibrants next to eachother, and each tint is different, from blue to blue/green, to yellow, to dingy dark yellow to brown.
I contacted samsung directly and let them know about the tint issue, the rep replies "we have never heard about this tint problem before, you are the first to report it."
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME SAMSUNG. MY GOD
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just buy an iPhone.
And that is not a fair comparison.
When was the last time you saw Apple using a SAMOLED screen.
They just use LCD.
Samsungs LCDs don't have tint problems.
this is a problem with the technology.
You should really do some more research instead of pulling the whole Apple is perfect BS.
Is it normal for the screen to be a bit yellow when the back-light is dim? While the back light is ~50% to 100% it's a nice clear white. When it's turned down though it has a yellow/green tint. I had an Epic before the fascinate, and it was always a clear white. Side-by-side the epic was also a bit brighter.
Picked up a Droid X yesterday, since it was the last day for the buy one get one free, and it's screen is even brighter than the fascinate. Which seems to contradict most of the reviews and comparisons I've read.
I'm wondering if this is normal, or if i should get it exchanged since it's only my 3rd day with the phone.
It's funny that you say something like that because I used to have the epic and the screen on my fascinate has colors off as well. whites look yellower and greys and blacks have a red hue so they look almost maroon. My brother's fascinate does not have these issues and looks exactly as my epic did.
edit: also, this is with any screen brightness not just minimum
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It's funny that you say something like that because I used to have the epic and the screen on my fascinate has colors off as well. whites look yellower and greys and blacks have a red hue so they look almost maroon. My brother's fascinate does not have these issues and looks exactly as my epic did.
edit: also, this is with any screen brightness not just minimum
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Sounds like you need to exchange yours at least. I might take mine up to the store and compare them, just to be sure.
Does your screen turn a bit yellow when the backlight dims as well?
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Sounds like you need to exchange yours at least. I might take mine up to the store and compare them, just to be sure.
Does your screen turn a bit yellow when the backlight dims as well?
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it is yellowish at 0%, yes, but darker greys are almost maroon as I said
it makes the lighter greys look green and the darker greys look maroon, so it's definitely something i'll be exchanging in the near future. I just need to have the time
My whites also have a yellow tint. Is this anything to worry about or will Voodoo ColorFix fix it?
I think my wife's phone has the same issue. After reading this thread I compared them and there is definitely a difference.
There doesn't seem to be a difference at the higher brightness settings though. (remove the space in the url to see my comparison)
This is at 0% brightness (my wife's is on the left)
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We got our phones at the same time on release day. As well as using the same screen protector (phantom skinz for now - driving me nuts and ready to take it off)
I took mine up to the store today, and i'm going to exchange it for a new one tomarrow(store was closing). They said it was defective.
Also, thanks for posting the screenshots Ooklah.
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I took mine up to the store today, and i'm going to exchange it for a new one tomarrow(store was closing). They said it was defective.
Also, thanks for posting the screenshots Ooklah.
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So it's a defect? Should I return it?
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So it's a defect? Should I return it?
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I would. The store should do an even exchange. After all, the screen is best part of the galaxy S phones.
My wife and I just got back from exchanging her phone, and out of two new phones they checked, they both had the same yellow hue... their display unit didn't, and neither did the associate's Fascinate who helped us. I wasn't going to make them open more phones up as this store has been really good to us.
The associate said he thinks that may just be the way they are manufacturing them. If that is the case, perhaps it is the software, and there is a setting buried somewhere that can be changed. I'm not sure, but I am curious to hear about everyones results on their exchanges.
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My wife and I just got back from exchanging her phone, and out of two new phones they checked, they both had the same yellow hue... their display unit didn't, and neither did the associate's Fascinate who helped us. I wasn't going to make them open more phones up as this store has been really good to us.
The associate said he thinks that may just be the way they are manufacturing them. If that is the case, perhaps it is the software, and there is a setting buried somewhere that can be changed. I'm not sure, but I am curious to hear about everyones results on their exchanges.
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Samsung did an awful job calibrating the display. Colors are extremely saturated(I'm a home theater buff and it looks like that awful dynamic/vivid setting.) I don't mind it though. I just wish this could display whites like my Droid. Maybe I should try returning it and see if I can get one with a working GPS and good screen?
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Samsung did an awful job calibrating the display. Colors are extremely saturated(I'm a home theater buff and it looks like that awful dynamic/vivid setting.) I don't mind it though. I just wish this could display whites like my Droid. Maybe I should try returning it and see if I can get one with a working GPS and good screen?
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Same here. I have a screen calibration unit even for my displays. Hopefuly Voodoo will be out soon though.
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My wife and I just got back from exchanging her phone, and out of two new phones they checked, they both had the same yellow hue... their display unit didn't, and neither did the associate's Fascinate who helped us. I wasn't going to make them open more phones up as this store has been really good to us.
The associate said he thinks that may just be the way they are manufacturing them. If that is the case, perhaps it is the software, and there is a setting buried somewhere that can be changed. I'm not sure, but I am curious to hear about everyones results on their exchanges.
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I don't believe that it is just the way they are manufacturing them or else both mine, my epic's, and my brother's display would all be the same regarding colors. The colors should not be so significantly different between two units of the same model if they are manufacturing them properly. I will be returning mine and making sure they open them until the displays are properly colored... I am only returning one unit and I, like most consumers on xda, am not part of the majority they serve so I actually... well, notice the color difference.
Please don't put me in the "unwarranted exchange" club! My display really is off, and I haven't seen this in any of the other Galaxy S forums, just the Fascinate. I feel ripped off after having switched from Verizon to Sprint for the Epic, then being unsatisfied with my sprint bill/Epic switching back to Verizon and getting a junk display.
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I don't believe that it is just the way they are manufacturing them or else both mine, my epic's, and my brother's display would all be the same regarding colors. The colors should not be so significantly different between two units of the same model if they are manufacturing them properly. I will be returning mine and making sure they open them until the displays are properly colored... I am only returning one unit and I, like most consumers on xda, am not part of the majority they serve so I actually... well, notice the color difference.
Please don't put me in the "unwarranted exchange" club! My display really is off, and I haven't seen this in any of the other Galaxy S forums, just the Fascinate. I feel ripped off after having switched from Verizon to Sprint for the Epic, then being unsatisfied with my sprint bill/Epic switching back to Verizon and getting a junk display.
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What's funny, and is actually kind of bugging me now is that my phone (without the yellowish tint) has noticeably dimmer capacitive buttons than my wifes new one. This might be due to it almost being a month old vs. one that is only a few hours. But if the LEDs are diminishing that quickly, what will they look like in another month, or even six months from now? I just don't think Samsung's quality control is what it should be.
As far as the screen, it isn't that big of a deal to me since the phone only has the yellow hue on the dimmest settings. If it were noticeable on brighter, or even mid settings then I'd be having a fit until we got one that looked good to us.
Your particular case sounds like it is way worse than what my wife and I have experienced. It sounds like a genuine defect, and you SHOULD get a replacement.
I just got back with my new one, no yellow tint at all.
The Vibrant has had similar issues with their displays. Ranges from a brown to a blue tint even. I've read a few about Epics having a yellow tint as well. So it's not unique to the fascinate.
I don't mind "vibrant" colors as long as the black is as black as possible. Even if it makes my ViewSonic look dull.
Now that I really look at it, whites are very blue tinted, while other colors are yellow tinted or over-saturated(which is on every one of these. The D1, D2, DX, and iPhone 4 are the only phones I've ever seen calibrated correctly out of the box.) Is this a defect? I am just happy these whites aren't like my friend Incredible's. His whites get black streaks down one line of pixels(it's hard to explain, but looks awful.) To return or not to return? If I return they better apply a new Invisible Shield for free.
Wow, you guys are really picky. I'm not about to say that my Fascinate's screen is perfect, but then again, no screen is. They ALL have flaws, one way or another. I for one have noticed that whites have a bluish tint, which strangely changes to a yellowish tint when I press on the screen. Does this make me want to complain and return the phone? Of course not. It really is not worth the hassle of going through that. Honestly though, I've never seen a screen that looks more awesome than this super AMOLED screen, despite the minor flaws. Guess there's just no pleasing some people. ;-)
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Wow, you guys are really picky. I'm not about to say that my Fascinate's screen is perfect, but then again, no screen is. They ALL have flaws, one way or another. I for one have noticed that whites have a bluish tint, which strangely changes to a yellowish tint when I press on the screen. Does this make me want to complain and return the phone? Of course not. It really is not worth the hassle of going through that. Honestly though, I've never seen a screen that looks more awesome than this super AMOLED screen, despite the minor flaws. Guess there's just no pleasing some people. ;-)
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The screen on my new one seems pretty perfect to me. No tints, and certainly doesn't change color when i touch it. Guess some people prefer to accept defects and substandard quality control.
Squeaky wheel gets the oil.
Went into the Verizon store today - the associate who I spoke with immediately recognized the problem, but I did pull out my brother's fascinate without color issues so we wouldn't have to go and check a floor model.
At first she said "Here, it's probably fixed" when she turned the backlight up, but when I showed her the difference between the two phones with the backlight dimmed to lowest. I mentioned the battery drain with it higher would not really be acceptable to me, she was more than glad to accept it as an exchange for a new Fascinate.
I also had my contract switched over to 1 year because I forgot to do that when I was in there and getting my old fascinate... sort of happens when you're sitting around for two hours. Picked up the extended battery too - not nearly as bad as people say unless you're shirt-pocketing it.
Took all of 45 minutes, I guess I was lucky - the longest part was the line.
Tints vary from handset to handset.
Hey just wanted to chime in.
I've compared Epic, Fascinate, Vibrant, and Captivate side by side. Here is what I found, almost no two screens have the same hue/tint/.
These are the following tints I've noticed.
Pink
Yellow (the best in my opinion)
Brown
blue/green
blue
blue/gray
When testing the phones, I set them side by side, and set the same brightness levels to test.
Why these tints vary so much, from individual to individual handset is a good question. I saw two Epic's in a sprint store side by side, one was blue tinted one was brown. Same exact settings. So strange.
I bought a new Note 10.1 at Bestbuy yesterday. Got it home and was enjoying it until I watched a movie in letterbox in a dark room and noticed a "white glow" coming from the bottom left hand corner and shining across about 1/5th of the screen. Never would have noticed it in a normally lit room but in the dark was quite annoying.
Anyway, check yours and make sure it doesn't have this problem. I returned mine and got another one that did not have the glow.
Great :/
Any dead pixels? Just got mine also today, but have yet to open it... crossing my fingers, lol
Ugh, just opened mine and checked it... I also have light bleed in bottom left corner, but even worse at center top of screen as well. Also found a small curved line of dead pixels, shaped like a letter C that is very noticeable on a white background. This sucks, taking it back for an exchange.
I will say this, definitely a very fast snappy tablet, but the low screen resolution is unfortunately noticeable. :/
How can i check for lightbleeds btw? dead pixels i know how to, but lightbleeds, no idea.
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How can i check for lightbleeds btw? dead pixels i know how to, but lightbleeds, no idea.
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Just watch a letterbox movie and look at the corners. There will be some slight glow present but it should be even on all corners and not look like someone opened a door from a lighted room to a dark one.
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Ugh, just opened mine and checked it... I also have light bleed in bottom left corner, but even worse at center top of screen as well. Also found a small curved line of dead pixels, shaped like a letter C that is very noticeable on a white background. This sucks, taking it back for an exchange.
I will say this, definitely a very fast snappy tablet, but the low screen resolution is unfortunately noticeable. :/
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Unfortunately with new tech there will always be some lemons. Just bad luck.
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Go exchange it.
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Exchanged for another, a bit of a pain, they had 3 employees trying to find the dead pixels...
The new one has almost no light bleed, very slight in the bottom left corner, not a big deal though. However I did find one dead grey pixel... weird though, it only shows up on certain shades of green and dark gray. Can't see it at all on a white background and I guess that's what's important, so I'll probably just keep it.
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Exchanged for another, a bit of a pain, they had 3 employees trying to find the dead pixels...
The new one has almost no light bleed, very slight in the bottom left corner, not a big deal though. However I did find one dead grey pixel... weird though, it only shows up on certain shades of green and dark gray. Can't see it at all on a white background and I guess that's what's important, so I'll probably just keep it.
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Yes the problem with employees looking for defects is that they are looking at it in a bright room. Also, if it is BestBuy there is an excellent chance they are also idiots.
They make some apps for LCD screens that try to fix dead pixels. You may want to see if they make one for Android.
I'm gonna do another exchange on Tuesday, the dead pixel is driving me nuts, lol.
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I'm gonna do another exchange on Tuesday, the dead pixel is driving me nuts, lol.
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Good luck. Seem to be a lot of manufacturing defects out there.
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Checked 3 times at 0 LUX: no bleed here, none on mine nor on my wife´s .......................
I have no light bleed and no dead or stuck pixels on mine.
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Checked 3 times at 0 LUX: no bleed here, none on mine nor on my wife´s .......................
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That's great. Just my first unit had an issue. The replacement looks good.
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At BB now, just exchanged for 3rd and opened it before I left. Lo and behold I see a dead pixel in center of screen, lol. They're bringing out #4 now... :/
Update: #4 also had 2 dead pixels, unreal! They're bringing out #5, last one in store, lol
For those wanting to check their screens you can use ES Taskmanager from one of the android stores. It has ascreen checker that fills the screen with solid colors to help find dead pixels and to check color purity. You can use the black color in a dark room to test for back lighting bleed.
I like this guy's:
http://jasonfarrell.com/misc/deadpixeltest.php
Btw, Gnote #5 was a winner, no dead pixels! Amazing I had to go through 5 of them, new record for me. They hate me at that BB now, lol.
donec said:
For those wanting to check their screens you can use ES Taskmanager from one of the android stores. It has ascreen checker that fills the screen with solid colors to help find dead pixels and to check color purity. You can use the black color in a dark room to test for back lighting bleed.
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Thanks for the tip. No dead pixels - checked twice. I'll check for bleed tonight.
Note to everyone. Any tablet will have some small light bleed when looking at a totally black screen; however, it should be consistent between each corner and edge and very slight. If there is a noticeable glow that extends 1 or more inches you may have a problem.
Lol, yeah i know BestBuy HATES people returning stuff and they must have been pissed you blew through 5 of their new tablets. Man that is some serious quality control issues from Samsung. These guys are getting sloppy.
Well the 2 tf700s i returned had lightbleed real bad. This one has it at the top. So bummed out. Will have to return this one now.
2 transformers and soon to be 2 notes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
As always, every samsung device I have owned except note 2 has screen issues. Im starting to hate this amoled tech. I had 3 s4's and everyone of them has this pink shade in some part of the screen. Now this note 3 has the same issue actually its worse. I think I need to get rid of this and buy a phone with lcd screen.
Anyone noticing the same issue or am I getting realy bad luck?
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As always, every samsung device I have owned except note 2 has screen issues. Im starting to hate this amoled tech. I had 3 s4's and everyone of them has this pink shade in some part of the screen. Now this note 3 has the same issue actually its worse. I think I need to get rid of this and buy a phone with lcd screen.
Anyone noticing the same issue or am I getting realy bad luck?
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get your phone exchange or refunded asap!
it sound more like a defect than a feature.
LCD also has issues.
Mine had a cream tint over 2/3 of the screen, which was not to obvious until browsing certain forums, where you'd scroll a message up and it would noticeably change color.
I took mine back to the store for exchange, and despite showing them what looked obvious to my eyes, they just couldn't apparently see it... Luckily, they where kind enough to order a new one and exchange it anyway, so will see how the new one does on Tuesday.
Some people are blind to such things, my One X had the yellow spots, so sent that in, and the replacement was much better, to they point I could easily live with it.. My two nexus 7s are fine, and every other Samsung device in their store looked good enough that I'd be happy, so I feel justified in getting an exchange...
I sold mine and bought another, lost about 50$ . Newer one has yellow hue or tint in right bottom cornor in whites and grays. I deserve this I guess, I didnt learn my lesson.
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I sold mine and bought another, lost about 50$ . Newer one has yellow hue or tint in right bottom cornor in whites and grays. I deserve this I guess, I didnt learn my lesson.
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The yellow hue will go away in a couple weeks, just the glue.
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The yellow hue will go away in a couple weeks, just the glue.
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are you sure, only about 2/5 of the screen has this yellow tint. I ll take picture to show u what I mean.
This guys has the same problem I have
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb7EZTPi_eA