Database Users

New Galaxy S2 Batch Better Screen

I have bought 2 Galaxy S From the first batch for me and my.
Now I just purchased one for my father.
And his screen is much better, may be it is just the calibration
But the color seem more bright, vivid and white.
the color of mine is more yellow.
Just a thought
May be Samy improve for the last batch

No pictures and it didnt happen..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

mine is very white as well, I have seen the ones with yellowing and mine doesn't have it.

May be is only that i don't have chance and the 2 first i get is like that.
In fact i don't see a band like other thread mention, it just like calibration thing.
But it is ok, if i haven't see my dad's one i would never notice
i don't think picture would reveal that small details, and will send his phone to the dad day.
Thx

Have you checked the Settings>display> Background Effects to verify both are on the same setting, and yours isn't on movie?

I read somewhere that some specific models have a yellowish colour problem on the screen..
This really shouldn't be normal, so my best answer is to send it in for repair

No yellowing on mine all looks good.

Are both phones using the same brightness settings?
On my phone, when the brightness is low, whites have a yellow cast, but on full brightness, they look very good.

Mine is white as well. No yellowish color or pink spots on camera shots.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App

Stonos said:
Are both phones using the same brightness settings?
On my phone, when the brightness is low, whites have a yellow cast, but on full brightness, they look very good.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sorry to tell you, but you have the problem
Engadget: "Affected users are reporting that the left side of their Super AMOLED Plus displays have a yellow discoloration, viewable mainly with low brightness -- especially on white and grey backgrounds."
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Source: http://mobile.engadget.com/2011/05/30/is-your-galaxy-s-iis-display-yellow-on-the-left/

bruflot said:
I'm sorry to tell you, but you have the problem
Engadget: "Affected users are reporting that the left side of their Super AMOLED Plus displays have a yellow discoloration, viewable mainly with low brightness -- especially on white and grey backgrounds."
Source: http://mobile.engadget.com/2011/05/30/is-your-galaxy-s-iis-display-yellow-on-the-left/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What he described is not the problem that people are facing.
BTW Engadget are simply repeating what people are saying here. They have no information of their own and it was people here mailing them that alerted them to the problem in the first place.

Blue1k said:
Mine is white as well. No yellowish color or pink spots on camera shots.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Photos?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App

I've noticed on mine that the colour temperature gets warmer at lower brightnesses. Also dark grey takes on a brown cast. On full brightness it's perfect though. No left hand side yellow cast either that I can see.

There's 60 pages of discussion on this already and the points you're making have been made there a dozen times. Do we really need another 60 page thread on the exact same issue? In the other thread there's also a code to tell what version of screen you have. It would be interesting to see if the claimed "new batch" has a different version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444

Interresting, Once at home i will check that

Serav said:
I've noticed on mine that the colour temperature gets warmer at lower brightnesses. Also dark grey takes on a brown cast. On full brightness it's perfect though. No left hand side yellow cast either that I can see.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
May be with time the screen degrade.

My Sgs2 seems a bit too green. But i can't notice too much yellow..
Btw the samoled+ is just awesome..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App

Just checked my screen first batch from handtech and no discoloration in any brightness setting, might be a bad batch?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App

The main question arises....HAS THE BANDING issue been rectified...so i can FINALLY go head with my S2 purchase ? I'm hesitant to purchase such an expensive device..KNOWING it has a very obvious banding defect...and it seems samsung is unaware of its existence!

I had to ask this question, when I had my S8500 I always set the Brightness to 0, still the screen was enough bright with vivid colors and good contrast looked very sharp and there was no Bluish tint on the screen. But here with S-AMOLED+ if I set the Brightness to mid level or higher then the screen performs well and probably beat the former screen. But when it's set to Auto brightness it seems that the screen has a bluish effect and the whites are not perfectly white, the pictures are not that crisp like it was on the former one, in this case I'd easily say that former screen was better. Now is this a feature of S-AMOLED+ or problem? In low or 0 brightness it is the S-AMOLED which perform much better but not S-AMOLED+ !

Weird scratches beneath the screen

DAMN IT!
Got some weird scratches/marks beneath the screen.
It's only visible in low light surroundings, and on a black background, but it's very very ugly.
When I made this thread a few similar posts came up.
Apparently it's a known problem on the S2 and note too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335423
I can't make a picture of it right now. Will try tomorrow.
Somebody made this to explain what it looks like.
Mine is like this, but much worse
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Please check for yourself in a dark room and a fully black background on the phone. Do you have the same?
I'm going return it tomorrow, and hope they give me a refund, so I can buy another one straight away (and check it off course). And hope I don't have to wait for 3 weeks for the repair/replacement

Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

Yup, does not bother me too much though.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

Elisha said:
Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exactly. When i first saw my sgs1 under direct sunlight i thught that was broken. Later i discovered that the lines ias seeing was the circuitry under the screen. You can see iy under direct sunlight when the screen is off.

Elisha said:
Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't see any spots or ink marks on my GS2 at all. But seems like a lot of the GS3's are having these spots.
Some have exchanged their phones for those with a lot less of of those markings.

Elisha said:
Is it there when the screen is off?
If not then it's not scratches. I think its an AMOLED thing. I notice it when my SGS2 freezes on a black screen. But not there when powered down or back up again.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's only there when the screen is on, but it's actually visible in daylight now I know it's there.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300

I read somewhere that this is a residual issue caused by the bonding glue they use t to attach the glass, they should fade as the glue dries, but keep any eye on it and nuke 'em if it doesn't!

Yeh galaxy nexus has a similar thing its the amoled display some of the pixals are not turning fully of, I think that was the conclusion .
But only noticeable in very dark room with the screen black and when your eyes adjust. Could be wrong without a pic I can't say.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

I think its an inherent flaw with AMOLED panels. It looks like patches of the screen do not go as dark as the rest of the screen.
Some screens are brighter than others in general though, among the same phone. This Nexus was brighter than another one I had at the same time, at both lowest and highest settings, and had less black dots on black screen, presumably because the screen was brighter overall.
Doesn't mean to say I won't check for the problem before I purchase though
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Well I exchanged it for a new one.
This one is flawless
I'm glad I bought it in a physical store now vs online!

lostsoul said:
DAMN IT!
Got some weird scratches/marks beneath the screen.
It's only visible in low light surroundings, and on a black background, but it's very very ugly.
When I made this thread a few similar posts came up.
Apparently it's a known problem on the S2 and note too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335423
I can't make a picture of it right now. Will try tomorrow.
Somebody made this to explain what it looks like.
Mine is like this, but much worse
Please check for yourself in a dark room and a fully black background on the phone. Do you have the same?
I'm going return it tomorrow, and hope they give me a refund, so I can buy another one straight away (and check it off course). And hope I don't have to wait for 3 weeks for the repair/replacement
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep I have the exact same thing with my SIII but not as bad as yours. What did you do about your SIII? Did you return it? I notice it mostly on a black background whilst watching films/videos mine isn't really that noticeable on my SIII but still pretty annoying.

Blotches on an all black screen? Test yours here

Can you guys with cameras that have manual control test something for me?
Following on from a post by someone else about weird blotches on an all black image displayed on the screen, I checked mine today in pitch darkness and noticed a faint 2 inch or so of blackness on one edge of the screen along with smaller blotches. It doesn't appear to be as visible as the other poster's though but I exaggerated in in the photo so it's easier to see and settings posted below for people to check as well.
This is only visible on an all black screen. This does not exist on any of the S2's I've owned. I'll check my dad's S3 tonight when I go see him in the same way but the way to photograph it to keep the results consistent are as follows:
Stick camera and phone in a cupboard and...
Phone screen brightness: 50%
Camera ISO: 200
Camera Shutter: 15 seconds
Camera Aperture: f/4.5
Remember to pre-focus and use the 10sec timer to avoid shake
Those settings will over exaggerate the effect as shown in my photo below but it makes it easier for everyone to see as you do have to focus your eyes in reality and it's not immediately obvious unless you're in pitch darkness and looking at an all black screen.
I don't know how I feel about this though but if it's visible using the above camera settings for lots of people then I'll leave it as is.
Again, it's only visible on an all black screen so make sure your image that you load is all black and not grey or something Make sure screen timeout is set to at least a minute to avoid the screen going off!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Thanks!

I used this free app to notice my blotches. It worked great for me. Your method has alot of steps in my opinion.
If I have assisted you, please press Thanks button.

What free app? It's a black image with screen timeout extended. The rest is your camera settings to be able to fairly photograph the screen for everyone to compare, an app can't do that

ronj1986 said:
I used this free app to notice my blotches. It worked great for me. Your method has alot of steps in my opinion.
If I have assisted you, please press Thanks button.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which free app? What exactly did you do in order to notice them?

Did you see these threads Robbie?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1700350
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683483
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686633

I didn't see those nope! Thanks for the links. Seems strange though as the white S3 belonging to my dad has none of the blotches, neither does a pebble blue on another forum. My 2 S2 handsets had no issues either.
Oh well!

My first phone: (F/4, ISO 800, 20sec)
Second phone: (F/4, ISO 800, 30sec)
The guy at the store (**** Smith in Australia) was unable to reproduce the issue in-store, so swapped the phone out and said I'd have to go to samsung if I reported the same issue again. The 2nd phone still has the issue, but as you can see, nowhere near as bad... still... not very good is it.
My 2 year SGS1 had about 4 spots - never noticed any issue. The first SGS3 was definitely noticeable just scrolling through system menus at night.

That's rather bad^^ I've emailed mobiflefun with picture so let's see what they say.

Suggest you up your exposure (duration and/or ISO) to make it a bit more noticeable. Looks like you've got a fair amount of guff in the top-left corner.
:/ dodgy manufacturing.

I don't have an SGSIII yet, but I noticed pretty much this same thing on my Galaxy Note. One night I was viewing an image with an all black screen and it had these weird blotches on the screen. I had never noticed them before.

Actually mine does has it as well but I can't seem to see it under normal conditions

Northern-Loop said:
Actually mine does has it as well but I can't seem to see it under normal conditions
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is AMOLED. My PS Vita has same thing. Nothing you can do about it.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

I have it too. Looks like a crack from the inside out on the bottom left corner.
I can see it in Settings/led notification screen at the bottom at night with screen brightness low.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

mobilehavoc said:
This is AMOLED. My PS Vita has same thing. Nothing you can do about it.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My galaxy nexus doesn't have this so it's not all of them.

I saw around 10 to 15 blotches on my screen,not at all noticable in everyday use only when i looked very closely i saw them scattered around the middle.As its my first amoled phone,i want to know is it harmful for the screen?Shd i ask for replacement?Though i dont have any pink spots or tints watsoever.
Sent from my s3

Aridon said:
My galaxy nexus doesn't have this so it's not all of them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My 4 GNexus did.

Wow this looks like a widespread issue. Samsung needs to know about this

I assume samsung knew even before shipping the units.

Northern-Loop said:
Actually mine does has it as well but I can't seem to see it under normal conditions
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This "issue" is known since the SGS1. Is the leakege from the AMOLED display. One thing to consider i only have a line about half a CM in the same place where you have the circle mark. Maybe a manufacture failure?

quicker way to test.
1 - dark room
2 set auto brightness off and screen to lowest brightness.
go to phone and dial *#0*#
click vibrate test which will display black screen.
and then check....
p.s been through this in other threads here but mky local telco had 26 with this issue went to another telco and got a blue one today - and no issue whatsoever...

Burn-in on screen

I can't believe I have fricking burn-in on my screen! I have had the phone less than two weeks and have been loving it but last night noticed lines on the screen. They look to line up exactly with the thread topics list on the Tapatalk app.
I have been using the app a lot but there is no way I should have burn in happening. It's not like I have even left the screen sitting in one place when using the app. My hypothesis is that it might have happened from using the ultra brightness mode (adapt display with maximum brightness on with auto brightness turned on) in bright sunshine and using the Tapatalk app.
I have googled burn in for this screen and haven't seen anything so I wonder if I somehow have a bad screen. It did look great when I first got it. If anyone out there has heard anything about this or can check their screen on a dark grey background I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Tapped It!

perhaps a picture?

same here too bad.....

-PiLoT- said:
perhaps a picture?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Hard to take a good picture but you can see it a bit.
Tapped It!

djase said:
same here too bad.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You have burn-in on your s5?
Tapped It!

Nothing on mine. I'd go exchange it if I were you
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Does anyone else have this issue? Does anyone else use the dark theme for Tapatalk app on their S5? Just want to double check if I should try it again when I get a replacement. Thanks!
Tapped It!

Bump
Tapped It!

Got a new phone and the screen is actually a little worse than the original. Has the same white lines across screen when the brightness is turned down in a dark room with a dark grey or similar color on screen. Sent the replacement back and am going to keep the first one. The lines are actually not that easy to see during normal usage and I really like the phone.
Tapped It!

Every AMOLED device has that....
On Tapatalk Dark it looks completely blotched on all of my 8 AMOLED devices.
Any colour other than dark grey is fine.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk 2

ShadowLea said:
Every AMOLED device has that....
On Tapatalk Dark it looks completely blotched on all of my 8 AMOLED devices.
Any colour other than dark grey is fine.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I have had an s2, galaxy nexus and s3 before this and have noticed some screen uniformity issues before. Never had seen the distinctive thin lines like I see on the two s5's I have examined. I was hoping to have just got a lemon but now that I have seen another new one that actually looked a little worse it has actually eased my mind a bit even though my OCD wants everything perfect.
Tapped It!

Reechings said:
Yeah I have had an s2, galaxy nexus and s3 before this and have noticed some screen uniformity issues before. Never had seen the distinctive thin lines like I see on the two s5's I have examined. I was hoping to have just got a lemon but now that I have seen another new one that actually looked a little worse it has actually eased my mind a bit even though my OCD wants everything perfect.
Tapped It!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Know the feeling. It freaks me out every time I use Tapatalk.
They also show up when you use a paint app and fill the screen with +-80% brightness with the screen brightness below 30%
However, they disappear when you turn the brightness of the screen up, (and compensate the black to 80% again) so it's just a bit of an error in the led calibration.
The area below the notification bar also has it when you run the colour tests after dialing *#0*#.
It's more predominantly visible on the S5 and Note 3 because those screens have the highest contrast ratio.
I'm horribly OCD over my devices too. There's a 0.5mm distance-to-screen difference between the edges of my screen protector... It bothers me every single day! >.<
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk 2

ShadowLea said:
Know the feeling. It freaks me out every time I use Tapatalk.
They also show up when you use a paint app and fill the screen with +-80% brightness with the screen brightness below 30%
However, they disappear when you turn the brightness of the screen up, (and compensate the black to 80% again) so it's just a bit of an error in the led calibration.
The area below the notification bar also has it when you run the colour tests after dialing *#0*#.
It's more predominantly visible on the S5 and Note 3 because those screens have the highest contrast ratio.
I'm horribly OCD over my devices too. There's a 0.5mm distance-to-screen difference between the edges of my screen protector... It bothers me every single day! >.<
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Funny you should say that I just got one of those tempered glass screen protectors and was amazed that I got it on without any dust or air bubbles. Unfortunately it is also off a fraction to one side and also doesn't quite line up perfectly around the home key. I am so tempted to try to fix it every day but I know I should just leave it alone. ?
Tapped It!

Black or White SM-N915*

As the thread says. Which one are you leaning towards getting?
Im kinda leaning towards white, But the display unit i tested was black and it look nice also.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Also to share some information. I found out that the model number is
Sm-915

Black for me.
Due to lack of news on the note edge, I was a bit undecided initially. I considered the Note 4 and decided if I got note 4 I would get the white colour, and if I went for the note edge it would have to be the black one. For some reason the black version of edge looks nicer on photos & videos.

invisiblesense said:
Black for me.
Due to lack of news on the note edge, I was a bit undecided initially. I considered the Note 4 and decided if I got note 4 I would get the white colour, and if I went for the note edge it would have to be the black one. For some reason the black version of edge looks nicer on photos & videos.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not to sound crazy but Yea the black one did look sexy in the store.
I have a white note 3 and I choice it over black because it look better,
but with the note edge
The screen flows better because it blends with the black.
I wish there was a white edge so I could of had some hands in with that.
I am still leaning towards the white, but I am unsure.

Black for me too.
The white faux leather didn't look right to me in all videos.

They both look great, but I seem to be leaning towards getting the white version as well.

it doesnt matter to me but damn it, it will be a nightmare for people like me in the middle east to get their hands on this amazing phone

Black, so phone retards don't keep asking me which iPhone I have.

^ lol
I think id like the white one just coz I have a black note 3 but I just want one in my hands soon

White
Sent from my GT-S5830i using Tapatalk 2

White variant on any Smartphone really wears fast than black options.
Not picky on esthetic thing but white is easily to notice when a device is having it's "age" or easily needs cleaning.

I have a white Note 2 for almost 2 years now and it has absolutely no wear whatsoever.
TheGeeZus said:
White variant on any Smartphone really wears fast than black options.
Not picky on esthetic thing but white is easily to notice when a device is having it's "age" or easily needs cleaning.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

NWNJ said:
I have a white Note 2 for almost 2 years now and it has absolutely no wear whatsoever.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Then I should have chosen better words, not wear like breaking, I was trying to say that (at least from my experience) that white device doesn't last long at least on resisting getting stained or dirty in base of heavy use.

TheGeeZus said:
Then I should have chosen better words, not wear like breaking, I was trying to say that (at least from my experience) that white device doesn't last long at least on resisting getting stained or dirty in base of heavy use.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have my note 3 for a while and it looks like new. I've also had a screen protector on it since day one. And i take good care of my devices, so I guess it depends in the person
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

My white note 2 looks like new but I do keep it in a case most of the time. If you take good care of it, white holds up just fine.
TheGeeZus said:
Then I should have chosen better words, not wear like breaking, I was trying to say that (at least from my experience) that white device doesn't last long at least on resisting getting stained or dirty in base of heavy use.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

For the record, is not that I work on dirty environment but I guess the lack of use case might be part of the problem, but I rarely nowadays does not chose white color for that reason.

I am headed to Manhattan to pick mine up now, still don't know what color to get.... AHHHHH

Well no white for me
but i got a black one today
I still think the white one looks better, but at the same time the black one look seamless.
Ill rock this one till the white one come out and ill make my choice then.

xile6 said:
Well no white for me
but i got a black one today
I still think the white one looks better, but at the same time the black one look seamless.
Ill rock this one till the white one come out and ill make my choice then.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i bought a black one because sprint is evil and only has black... i wanted white

cvaria said:
i bought a black one because sprint is evil and only has black... i wanted white
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same here with t mobile
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app

I got a black one from Sprint only one they had