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LCD screen bleed fix

I don't have a G2X yet, but I wonder if an owner who has some LCD bleed might want to try this out and report any results.
Screen bleed is a pretty common problem across LCD's. I don't think it's so much of a manufacturing defect as it is due to shifting during transport etc. All that has to happen is a corner of the screen gets too far or too close to the back light behind it. The screens tend to shift around a bit in their casing.
A common fix on regular LCD monitors is to massage the area of the bleed with medium or firm pressure. This can move the screen enough to reduce bleed.
Not sure if this would work on a glass-surface device like the G2X but it's probably worth a shot. Also try massaging with pressure *behind* the phone, not just on the front glass.
Ipad 2 seems to be having some bleed issues as well, and some owners report that slight twisting of the entire device corner-to-corner can re-seat the screen in the proper position and reduce bleed. Be careful with this one, but again, might be worth a shot to apply some twisting pressure.
Not recommending that anyone does this who isn't comfortable and ok with the possible consequences! But... as I live in Canada and want a G2X, it would be a lot easier to know that this sort of thing might fix the bleed than it would be to attempt returning it to the USA or an ebay reseller.
Please keep the "ARE YOU CRAZY?!" replies to a minimum... if you don't want to do it then simply don't do it.

dasbin said:
I don't have a G2X yet, but I wonder if an owner who has some LCD bleed might want to try this out and report any results.
Screen bleed is a pretty common problem across LCD's. I don't think it's so much of a manufacturing defect as it is due to shifting during transport etc. All that has to happen is a corner of the screen gets too far or too close to the back light behind it. The screens tend to shift around a bit in their casing.
A common fix on regular LCD monitors is to massage the area of the bleed with medium or firm pressure. This can move the screen enough to reduce bleed.
Not sure if this would work on a glass-surface device like the G2X but it's probably worth a shot. Also try massaging with pressure *behind* the phone, not just on the front glass.
Ipad 2 seems to be having some bleed issues as well, and some owners report that slight twisting of the entire device corner-to-corner can re-seat the screen in the proper position and reduce bleed. Be careful with this one, but again, might be worth a shot to apply some twisting pressure.
Not recommending that anyone does this who isn't comfortable and ok with the possible consequences! But... as I live in Canada and want a G2X, it would be a lot easier to know that this sort of thing might fix the bleed than it would be to attempt returning it to the USA or an ebay reseller.
Please keep the "ARE YOU CRAZY?!" replies to a minimum... if you don't want to do it then simply don't do it.
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I just tried and I will say that the places that I had it originally did not get fixed or seem to be any dimmer than before which would have been nice... My bleeding is not that bad anyway...
However, the first time i twisted the phone a bit i noticed some more bleeding in the upper left of my phone (portrait directional) before i twisted it back to normal...
Good idea, but i would not recommend anything until we have some concrete evidence of it really working to fix ORIGINAL problems

lol this is not a fix and NEVER was a fix... you cant "massage" a LCD tv.... and a phone is no different gorilla glass or not it will NOT reset the screen.... good attempt at trying to find a solution but the bleeding isnt from the screen being out of place... its from poor manufacturing...
some bleeding is expected with LCD technology ... but not as bad as ive seen on some peoples ..... let alone on a 4" screen... but w/e if you have full brightness and are in a dark room then you must be blind.....

I wouldn't do it because you have to disassemble and it may void the warranty; in addition, you may break the LCD if you apply too much force.
If the bleeding/backlight leak is bad, just send it back and exchange.

nate420 said:
lol this is not a fix and NEVER was a fix... you cant "massage" a LCD tv....
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Yes, you can. I fixed all bleed from my Acer 26" lcd by doing exactly this. I could see and feel the panel noticeably creaking back as I did it.

dasbin said:
Yes, you can. I fixed all bleed from my Acer 26" lcd by doing exactly this. I could see and feel the panel noticeably creaking back as I did it.
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I've done the same, actually.

It made it a lot worse on mine. Good, though, as I plan to exchange it.

Profondo_Rosso said:
I've done the same, actually.
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well i never herd of "massaging" a tv to fix it but i wouldnt do it to my 52" samsung cuz the manual states DO NOT PUSH FIRMLY ON SCREEN WHEN CLEANING so i dunno how it would work without taking it apart and "pushing the screen" back to the right spot...
let alone i got a 3 year warranty from best buy on it.. and if i crack it open AT ALL it voids so no thanks if anyone does this and it works on a phone i will be awed....
AND you shouldnt have to push the screen on ANYTHING to fix it... it should come correctly assembled in the first place....
just my .02 tho

I actually did fix my girlfriends bleeding with some massaging....Worked for me..

alnova1 said:
I actually did fix my girlfriends bleeding with some massaging....Worked for me..
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what you did there. . .

I tried the massage but it doesn't work. I have very bad light bleeding from the top corners, and if I squeeze hard enough on top and bottom of the phone, it's a little better, but as I release my hands, everything goes back to normal, very bad looking darks colors. I'm exchanging it.

When my LCD screen started bleeding, I just put a bandaid on it

Asus bleeding
dasbin said:
Yes, you can. I fixed all bleed from my Acer 26" lcd by doing exactly this. I could see and feel the panel noticeably creaking back as I did it.
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I have heard of this a lot. Massaging the LCD. I too am looking to fix a laptop screen. I heard before to massage the back of it, what side did you do? No one here who was successful mentioned if they did it to the front or back so I figured I'll do as you did? Thanks any help much appreciated!

My iPhone 5 is bleeding, pushed on it gently and it only made the black blotch spread. I don't recommend this

Screen rippling a widespread issue?

I was just wondering if everyone has the screen rippling issue when u press down on the screen. Also, based on people who have reported this issue, it appears to be a lot more common in white H1X's. Anyone care to share?

I noticed this in the store when initially checking out the phone before buying BUT it only seems to happen on the very edges of the screen and you need to press pretty damn hard to get it to do that. Hasn't actually affected real world usage for me since pressing the screen that hard is never necessary, especially on the outer edges.

Just tested mine out, no matter how hard or where I press I cannot get it to happen even a tiny bit. Apparently it only affects some devices.

You mean the same screen ripple that you see when you press on any LCD display?
I just tried on my phone while it displayed a white image and a black image, and I didn't see anything. But I can do it on my computer and TV. I thought that was typical of LCD displays.

jmattp said:
You mean the same screen ripple that you see when you press on any LCD display?
I just tried on my phone while it displayed a white image and a black image, and I didn't see anything. But I can do it on my computer and TV. I thought that was typical of LCD displays.
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it is, and especially on a phone this thin. I was told an explanation, but I can't remember for the life of me. But I never notice it from day to day use.

vioalas said:
it is, and especially on a phone this thin. I was told an explanation, but I can't remember for the life of me. But I never notice it from day to day use.
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I assumed the ripple was because it's a Liquid Crystal Display.
Regardless, I've never seen it on mine. I have the dark grey one. Maybe some units have a thinner panel?

I actually know why this happens with HOX. Anal Torture & Tyranny told me to call HTC about replacing my phone. Talking with them explained my situation.
Phone where the lower right edge sits higher also causing a light leak, also causes the ripple is due to the battery cable inside the phone not sitting flush in the body. Also, there is a gasket that should be internal in the phone its basically electrical tape. Sometimes it rolls up causing the same problem.
Because of the battery cable not sitting flush it adds pressure behind the screen making the liquid crystal more prone to the ripple due to stress. Instead of flush in concave or convex depending on how you look at it.
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ethantarheels123 said:
I was just wondering if everyone has the screen rippling issue when u press down on the screen. Also, based on people who have reported this issue, it appears to be a lot more common in white H1X's. Anyone care to share?
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i've seen this on all 4 devices i've had my hands on, and you don't have to press hard at all to get it.

symmetrical lines all across glass?

i got my tf300 in the mail today and opened it and everything looks to be completely unmolested.
however if it's off and i get the light shining on it just right, i see diagonal lines on the screen that form perfectly symmetrical squares all across the screen. i seriously touched the screen twice since taking it out of the box, so it's nothing i did. i can't take a picture of it either, it doesn't show up. it is subtle but absolutely noticeable.
can anyone else look at theirs and tell me if i'm crazy? i mean i don't know what else it could be if it isn't part of the glass. the lines are way too perfect to be some kind of accident.
btw, can't feel them or anything, they look like light marks...tried to wipe them off with the cleaning cloth to no avail.

It is part of the screen, I assume it is part of the digitizer (or whatever you want to call it for capacitive touch screen sensor).
It only is visible on certain angles, not always.

yep, they're there all right. they actually look pretty cool. i don't think asus would put them there if they didn't have a good reason, you can't see them most of the time anyway so it's all good.

Weird screen issue

I don't think it is ROM related so I how this is the right place to post. I noticed last night while reading using the kindle app my screen was smudged. I used my cleaning cloth and noticed a darkish smudge under the glass. I wiped a bit more and it would not go away. I pressed the home button and went back to my book and it was gone. I experimented and found it happens on a white screen with moderate to light pressure but when i change the screen it goes away. Has any one else encountered this our did I ruin my screen somehow. I'm pretty careful with it either storing it connected to the dock and/or in my padded sleeve I bought for it. In case it matters, I'm on the latest and greatest CROMI w/ 240 DPI US. Thanks everyone. If more details are needed I have no problem providing. I don't make a lot of posts like this so I hope I was descriptive enough and followed all protocols. I don't believe it was dropped or mishandled.
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I saw a similar effect once, but only with more than light pressure when cleaning. After this scary experience I am now extra careful not to press too hard when cleaning the display.

You mean the blotches that appear when you press any screen apart from the old TFT's?

ShadowLea said:
You mean the blotches that appear when you press any screen apart from the old TFT's?
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Those usually go away automatically after a second or so. This effect goes only away by a content change, which was previously unknown to me.

_that said:
Those usually go away automatically after a second or so. This effect goes only away by a content change, which was previously unknown to me.
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That is certainly odd. I can see this hapening on an E-Ink device, but not an LCD

I've seen this too -- it looks a bit like there a drop of liquid under the glass of the display. The first time I saw it was when cleaning the screen and not keeping to the instructions, spraying some cleaning stuff right onto the display. No need to elaborate on the shock. I do not worry too much about it, though. It would be prudent, obviously, to take care when pressing on the screen -- you do not need to press that hard, anyway.

Discoloration of screen with pressure?

So i just got my hands on a MotoG3 and wanted to ask you guys if there any sort of ripple/discoloration effec that you notice on the screen if you press the screen a little hard? Not very hard but more than a slight touch. I see small ripples around the area where I press on the screen. Is it normal?

Definitely not normal. Might be an issue with the glass and glue on top of your display.

nkay08 said:
Definitely not normal. Might be an issue with the glass and glue on top of your display.
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If you press right in the middle of the screen, what do you see? A little more than average pressure.

Its like when you touch the screen of your laptop. The distortion in the LCD display.

makes me wonder if the screen was left out in the sun. You could take a chance and try to get an OEM lcd/digitizer on fleabay - just make sure it says oem. Also google for motorola g3 teardown and read them all.

I have the same thing on my device since day one. It hasn't got any worse or better and it is present only in one place - a liitle above the center to the right.