Samsung Korea: Tinted Screens Due to AMOLED - Galaxy S6 Edge General

Here in Korea, the official Samsung Service Center website has issued a statement regarding pink/yellow-tinted screens. I can't post any links since this is my first post, but you can Google "화면 관련, 이런 증상은 고장이 아닙니다."
Here's my translation:
Q: The colors are different on the top and bottom of my screen.
A: The AMOLED displays used in the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge feature high resolution, chroma, and color gamut in order to produce a clear picture. This may result in slight differences in color. However, please visit your nearest service center if you notice a large difference in color to receive an accurate judgement.
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The original statement wasn't very well-written either. They also mentioned that light bleeding around the edges of the screen may occur because they use Flexible Display technology. So, according to Samsung, all of this is normal.
In Korea, you can't just go to the store and ask for a replacement. You have to go to a Samsung Service Center and get your phone inspected for defects. If you're lucky, you'll receive a document that grants you the honor of exchanging your phone. My phone's display was deemed normal, but seriously, the top of my screen is bright and gets darker as you go down... like a gradient. It's really distracting. Additionally, my screen is warmer and lower in brightness compared to other S6 displays. Yet, all I got was a firmware update. Thanks...
I also noticed that a lot of people on the forums are wondering if the Korean-made versions are less defective compared to the ones from Vietnam or China. During my visit, it looked like most of the people there had complaints about their S6/S6 Edges.
I miss the US... Getting your crap replaced was a piece of cake.
I was really hyped up about this phone, but this is most likely my last Samsung.

Nothing to miss in the US.
Getting my device replaced has taken weeks now, and I still don't have a replacement. It took arguing down a whole lot of idiots to even get things this far.

Here's my 925F made by samsung
The picture taken by d5300
Two pictures are the same but one of them with high contrast
Some say it can be fixed with an update !

Longer discussion over on the regular S6 board: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/getting-replacement-s6-due-to-screen-t3074865

Talal Aziz said:
Here's my 925F made by samsung
The picture taken by d5300
Two pictures are the same but one of them with high contrast
Some say it can be fixed with an update !
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How did you edit to show with high contrast

Bass-15 said:
How did you edit to show with high contrast
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Google Photos Editor
Sent from my SM-G925F

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Google Photos Editor
Sent from my SM-G925F
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Do mind telling me how please lol. I've been trying to play around with the settings but I can't show the pink blotch I have on my screen

Bass-15 said:
Do mind telling me how please lol. I've been trying to play around with the settings but I can't show the pink blotch I have on my screen
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LOL 0_0 I forgot how I did it.
But let me tell you how, go tune image and make the
brightness -100
Contrast +50
Saturation +50
Should do the job
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Do mind telling me how please lol. I've been trying to play around with the settings but I can't show the pink blotch I have on my screen
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LOL 0_0 I forgot how I did it.
But let me show you this
Sent from my SM-G925F

yep. somehow samsung changed mind. They used to very generous in service.

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Purple tint on AT&T screen

As reported at BGR, I too have noticed a slightly purple/red tint to my AT&T N1 vs. the TMO version I've been using on AT&T's network when compared side-by-side. The TMO version almost seems like it has a yellow tint in comparison, and is certainly warmer as far as color temp goes.
Anyone else here in the forum have both versions and can report on how their screens compare? I'm debating whether it's worth sending this back but would first like to know if there are any AT&T screens that do NOT exhibit this appearance when shown side-by-side with the TMO counterpart.
Please share your experience if you own both or can compare to a friend's!
boygeniusreport.com/2010/03/18/google-nexus-one-for-att-shipping-with-bad-displays/
(sorry for not using hyperlink - forum rules for new users)
I just have the AT&T but I LOVE the screen.
The viewing angle, brightness, color pop are the best ive seen on any phone.
akgrown said:
As reported at BGR, I too have noticed a slightly purple/red tint to my AT&T N1 vs. the TMO version I've been using on AT&T's network when compared side-by-side. The TMO version almost seems like it has a yellow tint in comparison, and is certainly warmer as far as color temp goes.
Anyone else here in the forum have both versions and can report on how their screens compare? I'm debating whether it's worth sending this back but would first like to know if there are any AT&T screens that do NOT exhibit this appearance when shown side-by-side with the TMO counterpart.
Please share your experience if you own both or can compare to a friend's!
boygeniusreport.com/2010/03/18/google-nexus-one-for-att-shipping-with-bad-displays/
(sorry for not using hyperlink - forum rules for new users)
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LOL fricken BGR. Such Apple fanboys, publicizing every single negative rumor (without sources or data of course) they can to make Android look bad.
I like the latest guy's comments:
While I generally enjoy reading the latest rumors and non-news on BGR, I have to say that this post is pretty poor. Besides being terribly written (hard to even tell what the writer’s point is after 1st 3 sentences), it is so incredibly vague on details as to be meaningless. What exactly does “We’ve confirmed that this is happening to more than just our device” mean? Is there some reason the author is withholding this important bit of info? Is it one other device, 5, 20, 50? Give me a break. If you’re going to go about leveling claims like this, at least have _some_ semblance of not being total bs, really now.
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I unsubscribed to BGR in Google Reader months ago after reading this particular piece of /facepalm: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/01/09/google-android-personal-thoughts/
BGR is nothing but Apple fanboy POS. It's no wonder Marc Flores left to techcrunch.com.
Paul22000 said:
LOL fricken BGR. Such Apple fanboys, publicizing every single negative rumor (without sources or data of course) they can to make Android look bad.
I like the latest guy's comments:
I unsubscribed to BGR in Google Reader months ago after reading this particular piece of /facepalm: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/01/09/google-android-personal-thoughts/
BGR is nothing but Apple fanboy POS. It's no wonder Marc Flores left to techcrunch.com.
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I've gotta say that while I think he is mistaken on some points, I gotta agree with the feel of the article on that one (the one that made you unsubscribe), and I'm about as anti-Apple as it gets.
Yeah, BGR can be great for product leaks to stay abreast of what's coming down the road, but they can definitely be biased.
It's not the end of the world, and I may not have noticed it if I hadn't put the units side-by-side - just trying to determine if this screen behavior is in the minority and actually a manufacturing defect. I'd be less interested if I hadn't just plunked down $579 ($50 WA sales tax) - you want to get what you pay for!
Mostly I'm just anxious to root this and get CM & the undervolted kernel up and running, like I have on my TMO unit. Don't want to unlock the bootloader though if it's heading back to the GOOG mothership.
wow, that drive me crazy, i have 2 units, the "old" in the left and the atnt in the right:
I got my AT&T N1 yesterday and yes, there is a more noticeable purple hue on its display compared to the 2 month old N1 while on the lowest brightness setting.
Funny thing is, I seem to recall my original N1 having a purple hue on the lowest brightness too, but then that was two months ago. Does the display change over time or am I mistaken?
Either way, I'm not sending the phone back, it's minor.
rotohammer said:
I got my AT&T N1 yesterday and yes, there is a more noticeable purple hue on its display compared to the 2 moth old N1 while on the lowest brightness setting.
Funny thing is, I seem to recall my original N1 having a purple hue on the lowest brightness too, but then that was two months ago. Does the display change over time or am I mistaken?
Either way, I'm not sending the phone back.
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Maybe the Nexus One has to age like a fine wine?
I see the difference but its not serious. Its a matter of opinion really. I like the warmer look of the T-Mo version but that wouldn't stop me from getting the AT&T version. I'd rather have a desire thought. Getting tired of waiting though so we will see.
Got my AT&T N1 on Wednesday. I haven't had any problems with the screen.
The blacks are black and the whites are eye-piercingly white (on max brightness -- just white white on dim/regular brightness).
Maybe bad sets? Maybe they need warming up?
Anyone got a link to a picture that should show purple hues on my screen?
Antioch18 said:
Got my AT&T N1 on Wednesday. I haven't had any problems with the screen.
The blacks are black and the whites are eye-piercingly white (on max brightness -- just white white on dim/regular brightness).
Maybe bad sets? Maybe they need warming up?
Anyone got a link to a picture that should show purple hues on my screen?
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+ one for a picture.
I can't tell a difference on mine, but I don't have a T-Mob one to compare with.
quaa said:
+ one for a picture.
+ one for pic.
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On second thought - maybe I'd rather not see a pic and smash my rose-colored perception of the phone? lol
Don't know if this is the best pic or not, but I find that the reference photos they use on dpreview.com for their camera reviews have a lot of good color references in them:
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a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD3s/samples/comparedto/boxraw/d3s-DSC_3302-acr.jpg
akgrown said:
Don't know if this is the best pic or not, but I find that the reference photos they use on dpreview.com for their camera reviews have a lot of good color references in them:
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a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD3s/samples/comparedto/boxraw/d3s-DSC_3302-acr.jpg
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Thank you so much for this. Upon loading this image up on my computer, and then loading it via the phone browser I can confirm that my ATT nexus one's screen is SPOT on for color balance [and I was a little afraid of what I'd find]. This is compared to a highly calibrated monitor used from print ad creation. Kudos HTC
super helpful post, thanks akgrown
be interesting to see what tmobile nexus one users might yeild from a similar test?
liorra3 said:
wow, that drive me crazy, i have 2 units, the "old" in the left and the atnt in the right:
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Try the test image posted in this thread:
a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD3s/samples/comparedto/boxraw/d3s-DSC_3302-acr.jpg
see which units are "closer" to true color? My ATT unit is spot on with its calibration.
No problem - glad you found it helpful! I'm going to try the same test myself, once I get home, against my calibrated PC monitor.
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My ATT unit is spot on with its calibration.
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As I said, BGR is nothing but a bunch of Apple fanboy garbage spewing out unsubstantiated Android hate for no reason.
Paul22000 said:
As I said, BGR is nothing but a bunch of Apple fanboy garbage spewing out unsubstantiated Android hate for no reason.
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Well, there's still the possibility that some units have a skewed color temp/saturation. I'm hoping my results will align with strongergodzilla's, tho.
Also, the tint is definitely most noticeable at the lowest brightness setting, so it might take a little tweaking of monitor brightness to compare apples to apples. However, if the colors match up at "normal" brightness levels, that's good enough for me.
here you go (from some angles), on the bottom is the atnt:
Actually in the past with the numerous iphones i had, there were many times when SERIAL numbers were passed around about which iphone series had a better screen and so on. Which turned out to be fairly true, it was merely a hardware change or different screen manufacturer source who knows. But i for some reason DOUBT its a quality control problem that me though

Horrid color distortion at normal viewing angles

Has anyone noticed that the warm colors are only available when looking at the display head on?
Tilting just a few degrees does keep the image sharp, but the colors are much colder...
What im asking is - is this normal, or should i get another?
Well - i just spoke to supercurio, he says its to do with crappy glass treatment, not the panel itself.
Will go and see what else they have at the store tomorrow...
Only a slight change in color for me. Nothing that I would say is an "issue". But, of course, it depends on your personal perception...
What more annoys me is the banding (gradient) and the oversaturated, unnatural colors that I experienced with all AMOLED displays until now. I prefer LC displays...
ftgg99 said:
Has anyone noticed that the warm colors are only available when looking at the display head on?
Tilting just a few degrees does keep the image sharp, but the colors are much colder...
What im asking is - is this normal, or should i get another?
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Well - i just spoke to supercurio, he says its to do with crappy glass treatment, not the panel itself.
Will go and see what else they have at the store tomorrow...
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Seems to be common in Samsung devices but not all exhibit such a bad viewing angle, my Galaxy S and S8500 didnt have any color temperature changes when tilted even at extreme angles while my Galaxy S2 had a slight shift to green, while my note's first screen didnt have any hint of temperature change but after the screen replacement I had a blue tint with really bad viewing angles.
I havent seen how bad it is on the Tab7.7 but im guessing its gonna be similar.
EDIT:
Found this show case video on the Galaxy Note about the viewing angles, their unit doesnt seem to exhibit any color changes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0we861FoBz0
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Don't let me stop you, just letting you know that its common among samsung devices but not all of them exhibit the same issue, a friend dropped by after getting his tab 7.7 about 2hrs ago and there is no color change at an angle, so yours might be faulty.
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Man I don't post too often but you've gotta relax a little bit, take a chill pill.
The other guy does have a point in saying that its common to all Samsung devices especially the Galaxy S line of devices. I've had a Galaxy S2 that had color temperature change when viewed from an angle and even my current nexus does it.
I got my galaxy tab 7.7 2 weeks ago and I'm very happy to say that it does not have any temperature color change even viewed at an extreme angle.
And this guy did an unboxing and also mentioned that he has no color changes when viewed from an angle as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rha2jJXCy8M
I hope you find my "opinion" relevant but whatever, relax and chill out.
Also he did add to his post that he saw a friend Tab 7.7 and it didn't have the color change that you mentioned.
Flightless said:
Man I don't post too often but you've gotta relax a little bit, take a chill pill.
The other guy does have a point in saying that its common to all Samsung devices especially the Galaxy S line of devices. I've had a Galaxy S2 that had color temperature change when viewed from an angle and even my current nexus does it.
I got my galaxy tab 7.7 2 weeks ago and I'm very happy to say that it does not have any temperature color change even viewed at an extreme angle.
And this guy did an unboxing and also mentioned that he has no color changes when viewed from an angle as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rha2jJXCy8M
I hope you find my "opinion" relevant but whatever, relax and chill out.
Also he did add to his post that he saw a friend Tab 7.7 and it didn't have the color change that you mentioned.
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Right, ill try to take it easy. But you might want to think why opinions about "Samsung devices" are completely irrelevant...
You might also like to read the op, look at my profile page and signature and make some deductions regarding the entire reasoning process as well.
And thank you for the strait, relevant answer. Its appreciated.
Flightless said:
I got my galaxy tab 7.7 2 weeks ago and I'm very happy to say that it does not have any temperature color change even viewed at an extreme angle.
And this guy did an unboxing and also mentioned that he has no color changes when viewed from an angle as well
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That you notice.
This would be the first OLED or any screen (LCD obviously is bad for this) that doesn't change a bit when viewed off axis then. I have seen the Note, the Infuse, and even Zune HD screens and they all shift a bit when viewed at an angle. I would be very suprised if this did't shift at all but I suppose it may be possible.
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That you notice.
This would be the first OLED or any screen (LCD obviously is bad for this) that doesn't change a bit when viewed off axis then. I have seen the Note, the Infuse, and even Zune HD screens and they all shift a bit when viewed at an angle. I would be very suprised if this did't shift at all but I suppose it may be possible.
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Look at the video posted above on the note, it does not have any color temperature change as far as I can tell. Before I had my screen replacement it was similar to that.
Just bought three more for the office, all with perfect screens. The first was a dud, store took it back after some cajoling.
Thanks for the help.
No colour change with mine. Best screen I've have ever looked at.
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I also took mine back because it turned blue when i looked at it at a small angle. New one is not perfect either, still distorting way more than screen on my lcd 8.9 though.
I wonder how many people just dont realise that small color distorion is normal and never complain and how many actually haver crappy screens (since i assume they are pretty much the same manufacture date)?
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I also took mine back because it turned blue when i looked at it at a small angle. New one is not perfect either, still distorting way more than screen on my lcd 8.9 though.
I wonder how many people just dont realise that small color distorion is normal and never complain and how many actually haver crappy screens (since i assume they are pretty much the same manufacture date)?
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I also wonder what you're doing with your tablets... When I'm using mine I'm holding in front of me, I don't tilt it at 78.5 degrees only to see that physics does its job with the glass filtering/separating colours at certain angles through reflections between the two glass surfaces.
You can't just have everything: a super-tough screen glass, brilliant colours, high resolution, crisp sharpness, 180 degrees viewing angles in every direction.... Be happy with the best screen in a tablet so far!
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I also wonder what you're doing with your tablets... When I'm using mine I'm holding in front of me, I don't tilt it at 78.5 degrees only to see that physics does its job with the glass filtering/separating colours at certain angles through reflections between the two glass surfaces.
You can't just have everything: a super-tough screen glass, brilliant colours, high resolution, crisp sharpness, 180 degrees viewing angles in every direction.... Be happy with the best screen in a tablet so far!
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Actually you can. My very first 7500 was PERFECT. As was an excellent Incredible S i owned.
Ive now seen 4 of these and none had what i would call a good screen compared to the LCD in my first 7500. Changing up to 170 degrees on it only affects the brightness not the pixels visible color temperatures.

Screen smearing on galaxy S5's as well

Well i just noticed the dreaded screen smearing/purple haze on my new note 3 when i had the brightness turned all the way down, so i decided to check my new S5 and guess what its there too!
FU samsung how can they not pick up on this???
Yes there are fixes but it shouldn't be happening in the first place if you want to test yours out download the pic below, set brightness to 0 and zoom in on the pic and you will notice pink/purple smearing between the black and grey colours when moving the pic around.
Hmm wonder why they made all the menu bars green? now you know.
Don't see any problem in mine.
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Don't see any problem in mine.
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You need to have the screen brightness all the way down and make sure your looking real closely.
Out of the S4, note 3 and the s5 Samsung has seemed to make it the less noticeable on the S5.
What you could be seeing is the after image of the screen. You're seeing pink shade because of the way RGB is showing the color grey. You're seeing smearing because you could be moving the image around quite fast and the display is not fast enough to trail your fingers.
I followed your instructions and could see nothing that you are speaking of.
I have also previously owned a Note 3 and did not experience any "purple smearing" either.
In my opinion you are grossly overreacting.
mediumsteak said:
I followed your instructions and could see nothing that you are speaking of.
I have also previously owned a Note 3 and did not experience any "purple smearing" either.
In my opinion you are grossly overreacting.
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Have you read through THIS THREAD on it happening on the Note 3?
This is true exaxtly the same and really annoing when i want to use the phone at night how can i fix it
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I started the "infamous" thread over a year ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252445
Despite some thinking it was a software issue, it's simply a hardware issue with the panel.
The smearing occurs due to the native refresh times of the panel when going from completely off to dark shades, I.e black to greys etc.
The reason it wasn't an issue on older amoled screens was that the pixels were not completely off when displaying black, which is why in a dark room you could see a glow to blacks and also the "infamous streaks and blobs".
On the newer samsung amoled screens black is completely black, the pixels are not illuminated.
Samsung are just using cheap panels.
I spent a lot of money on an oled samsung tv there was the same issue. Putting a film on like sin city would highlight it. I returned the tv.
^S5 is the latest, so it's definitely new. So, was it really the panel?
What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?
Come now, this thread is surely to attract the likes of trolls, or have I missed something?
I have no smearing, probably its all in your shorts lol.
homer285 said:
What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?
Come now, this thread is surely to attract the likes of trolls, or have I missed something?
I have no smearing, probably its all in your shorts lol.
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Or you have bad vison. Just put ur brightnes to lowest and enter a dark roon and you will see it
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Ok lets be realistic, the people saying their S5's are not doing it are ether one of 2 things,....
1. Plain stupid and don't know how to adjust their phones display to reproduce the smearing, example: "homer285 What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?"
2. or in denial and don't want to believe their perfect s5's could have such a flaw.
Because all S5s and note 3s for that matter are all shipped with the same display hardware tech, and no you don't have some super special s5 that has different hardware from everyone else cause your awesome .
Now saying that there are fixes for the problem, one can use a screen colour adjuster to keep the "off black pixils" turned slightly on witch helps big time but kills ur battery dead.
homer285 said:
What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?
Come now, this thread is surely to attract the likes of trolls, or have I missed something?
I have no smearing, probably its all in your shorts lol.
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Not black on whole screen, but you may see pure black parts when you watch videos that are not on HD scale. Also, around 95% of movies have at least one dark or low-light scene.
Xanode said:
Ok lets be realistic, the people saying their S5's are not doing it are ether one of 2 things,....
1. Plain stupid and don't know how to adjust their phones display to reproduce the smearing, example: "homer285 What application requires one to view a dark grey image at 0 brightness zoomed in at 100%?"
2. or in denial and don't want to believe their perfect s5's could have such a flaw.
Because all S5s and note 3s for that matter are all shipped with the same display hardware tech, and no you don't have some super special s5 that has different hardware from everyone else cause your awesome .
Now saying that there are fixes for the problem, one can use a screen colour adjuster to keep the "off black pixils" turned slightly on witch helps big time but kills ur battery dead.
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Most of us are neither of those two. Just because you experienced it, it doesn't mean that everyone has. Phones are not made in a single batch/production date. It's impossible to produce millions of S5 in a single day anyway. All products sold internationally have the so-called batch date/number to trace possible problems. My previous S3 have the black blotches when screen is dark and viewed under very low light, but my friend's has none. Now, my S5 doesn't have any screen problems.
ramsenn said:
Or you have bad vison. Just put ur brightnes to lowest and enter a dark roon and you will see it
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Have fun with your "smearing" lol
I can confirm this too on my SM-G900F 16GB model... The Note 2 and S3 i owned didn't have this, but the S4 does and now the S5 also....
When having a black background (and lowered brightness) you'll notice it when swiping through the homescreen pages.
I don't know what causes this but i doubt it can't be fixed, yet Samsung continuous playing it their own way by ignoring the problem (the 'anti-smearing' update they once released was a joke)
This should only be a problem at night or in low light environments(typically when screen brightness is very low). I'm pretty sure it's a hardware limitation of Pentile AMOLED screens with the diamond sub pixel matrix, and thus affects all GS5's at low/very low brightness levels.
I've suggested this a couple of times on here, I'll say it again: 1.Change the screen mode to Cinema or Pro Photo.
2. (More importantly) Download Lux(free) and change the White Balance to Fluorescent. This slightly tints the blacks, and greatly reduces the smearing effect.
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denski101 said:
I'm pretty sure it's a hardware limitation of Pentile AMOLED screens, and thus affects all GS5's at low/very low brightness levels.
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The S3 had a PenTile AMOLED screen and it wasn't affected by this. AFAIK it's due to the Diamond Pixel layout Samsung uses on the latter Galaxy series.
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The S3 had a PenTile AMOLED screen and it wasn't affected by this. AFAIK it's due to the Diamond Pixel layout Samsung uses on the latter Galaxy series.
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Your right. I had that in mind, but was confusing Pentile and the Diamond pixel layout as one and the same. My mistake.
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Xanode said:
You need to have the screen brightness all the way down and make sure your looking real closely.
Out of the S4, note 3 and the s5 Samsung has seemed to make it the less noticeable on the S5.
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wow, pathetic. I hate all the BS threads about how samsung screwed us on the screen. Basically, by saying to turn down the screen all the way down and looking closely, in a dark room, you are asking somebody to look for a problem that never happens in a real world scenario anyways? WTF is up with all the people looking for problems in technology? Honestly, why in tha hell do people always try to find the tiniest this and the smallest that in every piece of tech they own and then bash the constructor for it, things that in the first place only appear in VERY SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT YOU NEVER ENCOUNTER IN REAL LIFE?
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wow, pathetic. I hate all the BS threads about how samsung screwed us on the screen. Basically, by saying to turn down the screen all the way down and looking closely, in a dark room, you are asking somebody to look for a problem that never happens in a real world scenario anyways? WTF is up with all the people looking for problems in technology? Honestly, why in tha hell do people always try to find the tiniest this and the smallest that in every piece of tech they own and then bash the constructor for it, things that in the first place only appear in VERY SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT YOU NEVER ENCOUNTER IN REAL LIFE?
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Or you are just a kurwa who use full brightness at night to fuc up your eyes.
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Its still there right out of the box. $800+ for a gorgeous Midnight black T-Mobile Galaxy S8. I swipe down the notification shade to mess with settings and I can't help, but notice the subtle, but very existent, yellowish tint on the top right 1/3rd of my display compared to the slightly reddish bottom 2/3rds.
The white background on the notification is not all white. Any solid color white or grey background and you can notice that there is a yellowish and pinkish hue in certain areas of the display. This is extremely distracting and almost nauseating when reading an article and as you read the white background starts shifting color from yellowish white to a pinkish white.
We had same issues with GS6 and GS7. PANEL LOTTERY! I had to exchange my S7 about 4-5 times in order to get a unit without Screen defects. its 2017 and the S8 has the same damn issue that we've been reporting to Samsung, they don't care because some average consumers don't notice it or assume thats just how the phone is. Well I don't take lightly to defects and anomalies when I'm paying this much. Its very annoying that this SUPER AMOLED display attached to a near $1k price tag lacks the quality assurance it should have. it can't even display a full even white or grey screen.
Time to exchange and make a youtube video about it I suppose. I'll post pictures when I get home from work.
EDIT: Posted this in Discussion section, but I think it might belong here.
Thanks.
I've seen about a dozen U.S. phones and they've all been fine including mine. Obviously some folks have had a display issue. No one here knows how many out of how many phones are affected.
It's a little early for the "gate" word but it certainly does add dramatic affect.
BarryH_GEG said:
I've seen about a dozen U.S. phones and they've all been fine including mine. Obviously some folks have had a display issue. No one here knows how many out of how many phones are affected.
It's a little early for the "gate" word but it certainly does add dramatic affect.
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There are thousands, probably tens if not hundreds of thousands. One guy looked at about 30 display models and noted only TWO that were not affected. So far in the UK nobody I know is not affected.
ewokuk said:
There are thousands, probably tens if not hundreds of thousands. One guy looked at about 30 display models and noted only TWO that were not affected. So far in the UK nobody I know is not affected.
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There were over 2M pre-orders. My sample set of 12 is as meaningless as your sample set of 100. Hope your YouTube video makes you lots of money.
BarryH_GEG said:
There were over 2M pre-orders. My sample set of 12 is as meaningless as your sample set of 100. Hope your YouTube video makes you lots of money.
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What sample set of 100? And I don't even use youtube.
ewokuk said:
What sample set of 100? And I don't even use youtube.
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They're not literally saying that you have seen 100 phones, they're just saying that people's personal anecdotes of having seen even up to hundreds of phones (thirty, in the case of the other xda member in the red tint thread) is meaningless because the sample size is too small relative to millions of GS8's worldwide.

Question Horrible Display

Nothing cheaped out on one of the most important parts of a phone: its display. The colors are horrible, everything has a green tint to it. I compared it to my Poco F3. Simply horrible.
Just print the retourlabel already
PocoPunch said:
Nothing cheaped out on one of the most important parts of a phone: its display. The colors are horrible, everything has a green tint to it. I compared it to my Poco F3. Simply horrible.
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Try Settings > Display > Colours > Cool Colour Temperature. Slide it to maximum or according to your taste.
PocoPunch said:
Nothing cheaped out on one of the most important parts of a phone: its display. The colors are horrible, everything has a green tint to it. I compared it to my Poco F3. Simply horrible.
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After having read some information, here is what it is about 2 problems encountered and quoted.
The screen tint defect has also been reported repeatedly by other buyers on Twitter and Reddit.
Some users (especially in the first smartphones received) had the misfortune to get "defective" models. These people have been unlucky enough to have their screens turn green, while for others it's dead pixels around the front camera.
These failures seem to affect mainly models from India at the moment. It could be that this problem is localised, as the Indian units are distributed locally and do not affect other markets
This problem of green tint on screens is not uncommon and has already been encountered on other smartphones with an OLED screen. They are sometimes subject to this problem which has been corrected in the past via simple updates.
The best solution if the problem persists is still to contact the brand for a replacement model.​
I already contacted but am still awaiting an answer. Let's hope for the best.
Samsung E4 (F3) vs Visionox rm692e5 (Nothing)
PocoPunch said:
Nothing cheaped out on one of the most important parts of a phone: its display. The colors are horrible, everything has a green tint to it. I compared it to my Poco F3. Simply horrible.
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First of all, that F3 with dark theme looks absolutely awful, wouldn't use it as a benchmark
Secondly, looks like it really is a local problem. Have not heard any problems in EU, my phone arrived yesterday and the display panel is good
Finneri said:
First of all, that F3 with dark theme looks absolutely awful, wouldn't use it as a benchmark
Secondly, looks like it really is a local problem. Have not heard any problems in EU, my phone arrived yesterday and the display panel is good
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Guess what, I'm in the EU too. And I have this very problem.
Finneri said:
Secondly, looks like it really is a local problem. Have not heard any problems in EU, my phone arrived yesterday and the display panel is good
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Not true
PocoPunch said:
Guess what, I'm in the EU too. And I have this very problem.
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Linuxkek said:
Not true
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That's too bad. I quess there is more variations with the panels because the manufacturer is not as good as Samsung.
If I'm nitpicking, I can also see some dirty screen effect in grey colors at very low brightness levels. But that is a minor setback. If the phone feels 90% of the time as a 800€ phone and 10% as a 350-400€ phone, I'll take it.
Linuxkek said:
Not true
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Can you please argue your answer.
You said it's not true, but it's a short answer without explanation.
Thanks for your feedback
Sib64 said:
Can you please argue your answer.
You said it's not true, but it's a short answer without explanation.
Thanks for your feedback
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This problem face EU user

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