This is really wierd. Theres smudges on my screen that almost look like part of the coating is gone. nothing i can do is getting rid of them. its really wierd
any ideas?
Phone is only 3 days old, just bought it off a guy on craigslist the plastic was still on it and it didnt look like the plastic was reapplied.
Thanks
is it possible to snap a picture of ur phone with the smudges so that we can have a look at it
arekieh said:
This is really wierd. Theres smudges on my screen that almost look like part of the coating is gone. nothing i can do is getting rid of them. its really wierd
any ideas?
Phone is only 3 days old, just bought it off a guy on craigslist the plastic was still on it and it didnt look like the plastic was reapplied.
Thanks
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This happened on the first phone I picked up within a few days - the oleophobic coating came off in 2 spots. I returned it with no questions once they saw that. No issues with it since. There are a few posts with photos of this if you want to do a search and see if yours look similar. From what you describe though it sounds like this is it.
Hey,
These arent spots theyre huge swaths. Ill try getting a picture later tonight.
Sorry havent replied b/c i had a final today. Thanks for your guys' help
Pictures are a no go. They arent showing up.
But they definitely arent spots. Theyre streaks across the phone and the top right corner is basically all gone. Its really wierd
Thing is i bought it off of someone. Its a rogers phone but do i need a receipt to take it back?
when i had the same problem i took the phone in to a shop without box or charger and they saw what was wrond and just replaced the handset there and then !! try it you have nothing to loose
ill try that thanks
I have the same problem on my motorola atrix. There's a forum about this on the droid life forums. I'm not sure how this happened, I think I let something maintain contact with the screen too long and it was like corroded.
I think this happened with my whole screen too, I may have cleaned it with water because I touched my screen as soon as I came out the shower then wiped it off. After that my screen started feeling really "rough" I just put on a matte screen protector after that even though I didn't want to at all
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My Invisible Shield has an annoying brown dirt under it somewhere near the bottom left corner of the screen and there are some imperfections that look like stains. I was told that I should wait for a while for the imperfections like the stain-like thing to go away. However, I have to get that brown dirt out of the screen protector.
Is it fine to lift some parts of my Invisible Sheild so I can take the dirt out? Will the Invisible Sheild still stick?
I had this installed on my N1's screen 11 days ago and failed to see the dirt before I left the store because I didn't turn my screen on. I got it from iShield, an authorized seller here in the Philippines. There's lifetime warranty but replacement costs about $4.3 because the N1 protectors have to be shipped from the US. I'll ask them to replace this, but if I can, I want to fix it myself because it's hard for me to visit the store.
I would take it back. If you peel it off, Its like a window tint glue, It will not stick as well as the first time.
NeoAndroid said:
I would take it back. If you peel it off, Its like a window tint glue, It will not stick as well as the first time.
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That's right. That's exactly what happened. I'll take this back as soon as I can.
Btw, the screen still looks stained or something. I don't know how to explain this. It's the blur you get when the invisible shield is not perfectly in contact with the screen. I was expecting the curing time to be a week or less. It's about 3 months already
I've found that running it under the water really helps re-application. It cleans the shield, and makes it easy to apply.
If you havent taken it back to the shop yet, you should give it a try.
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I've found that running it under the water really helps re-application. It cleans the shield, and makes it easy to apply.
If you havent taken it back to the shop yet, you should give it a try.
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That helped a lot! Too bad, mine is already messed up and it seems irreversible because I didn't do this before. It looks better now, though.
Thanks!
picked up 2 Nexus S on release day, went home happy. Preoccupied with work, so I only powered them up last night.
To my Surprise, both phones have dust under the glass! WTF Samsung? Removed the plastic sheet on the front to make sure, and yes, it's under the glass.
on one phone the dust was smack in the middle, while on the other phone it was a little left of the middle.
Can't be seen on a dark screen, but once you switch to a white background like the web or texting you can see it.
I know I am probably being OCD and anal about this, but heck I paid over $1k for both phones out of contract.
Went back to BestBuy and returned them promply, of course now they are sold out, and I have to wait for the next shipment.
Just wondering if others have similar experiences? BTW, I also had a Galaxy Tab and before returned it, it also had some dust specs under the glass...
I also own an HD2 and G2, seems HTC is better at QC.
Shame, really want this phone but WTF samsung?
Nope you sure its under the glass?
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No dust under the screen here.
It seems that this first batch of phones is a rather mixed bag; some have defects and others are fine. It was a good idea to return them, hopefully your replacements will be free of issues.
My first S had a little speck of something. I initially thought it was a dead pixel, but I could see it when the screen was off also so I assumed it was dust. I returned it and checked the next one out before I left the store and it seems to be good.
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Nope you sure its under the glass?
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100% sure, remove the screen protectors on both of them and rubbed the area where it was, thought it was a dead pixel too, but no it was fine on a dark background, but on a white background could see it easily.
sold out at my local bb, but still available online might go that route.
just wanted to see other people's experiences or maybe they didnt notice yet, lol.
jdm_cars said:
100% sure, remove the screen protectors on both of them and rubbed the area where it was, thought it was a dead pixel too, but no it was fine on a dark background, but on a white background could see it easily.
sold out at my local bb, but still available online might go that route.
just wanted to see other people's experiences or maybe they didnt notice yet, lol.
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this happen when you have 2 layers for the screen. the internal part and the upper part where you touch.
there is an advantage for this. if god forbid you dropped and broke the screen, only the upper part gets replaced. and wouldnt cost you much to do so " and you wont get another screen with dead pixel and being OCD whatever the new screen is good or not. because the actuall inner screen isnt touched.
the bad thing about is what you said. dust can enter in the middle between both layers of the screen.
even if you get a new nexus S without dust under the screen, if you leave it in the open area with sun and wind always hitting it, you will get a dust somehow inside as well. so make sure your phone is in a pocket most of the time.
the only phone i remember right now that had both layers of the screens touched as 1 part is the iphone 2G and the iphone 4 " i am sure there are others but i dont know "
this result to no dust under the screen no matter what " unless the dust came from factory while they were attaching both screens on top of each other and glue them "
but if you break your screen in the iphone 4.... god help you.
Yeah, after about a week and couple of days of usage, I've got my first spec of dust in the top left area of the screen. Really, it's nothing noticeable but I do have some sort of OCD with my phone (god help me if I get a visible scratch on the screen).
I don't think it's really worth taking it back to get it changed as this Nexus S I have currently has no problems whatsoever, I don't even have the pink or yellow screen issue with this one. I think I'm just gonna have to live with that one spec of dust for now...
I think this may be just bad QC. I looked at ifixit taking apart the NS. Basically they said the trickiest part to the disassembly was the screen, and they had to use a heat gun to soften the glue just to separate the 2 screens. So dust entering between those 2 screens would be pretty difficult unless the glue wasn't properly applied from the assembly line.
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I don't have dust under my Nexus S screen... but I do have dust under my front facing camera! And its only recently just got there - I remember playing around with it extensively when I first got it 6 months ago and the camera was really clear and sharp.
Now it is all fuzzy and white haze. And I can see all the dust particles on the underside of the glass. Annoying!
Anyone know if there's an easy way to clean it? Or is it a case of back to Samsung?
When you hold your back cover up to the light you can see a bunch off little cuts. What are these!?!? They're driving me crazy even though I can't see them in sunlight or anything else except indoor lights. Like really close. I haven't dropped it yet or even set it on a table.
Does anyone else have these and what are they?!!
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When you hold your back cover up to the light you can see a bunch off little cuts. What are these!?!? They're driving me crazy even though I can't see them in sunlight or anything else except indoor lights. Like really close. I haven't dropped it yet or even set it on a table.
Does anyone else have these and what are they?!!
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I came into your house while your sleeping and messed with your phone a little bit... sorry about that
ap3604 said:
I came into your house while your sleeping and messed with your phone a little bit... sorry about that
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Your funny.
I'm not even sure what you mean by little cuts. Any chance of posting a pic that shows them?
My phone's been treated fairly gently, but not with kid gloves. If I look really hard in the right kind of lighting I can see a few micro-scratches on the shiny plastic back. I see the same thing on my shiny black iPhone 3gs and my Galaxy S i9000.
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I'm not even sure what you mean by little cuts. Any chance of posting a pic that shows them?
My phone's been treated fairly gently, but not with kid gloves. If I look really hard in the right kind of lighting I can see a few micro-scratches on the shiny plastic back. I see the same thing on my shiny black iPhone 3gs and my Galaxy S i9000.
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That's what I'm talking about. How can they be scratches though because I haven't dropped my phone yet. Or even set it on the table.
I suppose they could be scratches from rough cloth....from putting the phone in your pocket and taking it out.
I haven't really noticed them on my phone, though I can't say they'd bother me all that much if I had to hold the thing in the light just right.
Android Touch said:
That's what I'm talking about. How can they be scratches though because I haven't dropped my phone yet. Or even set it on the table.
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Are they in any kind of swirling pattern?
I suspect they're just remnants of the manufacturing/packaging process. Either that or just a (bad) side effect of using shiny black plastic backs. Like I said, even my iPhone(s) with it's ceramic/plastic back have the same thing, especially the black one.
Thanks for the replies guys.
Yeah I can barely notice them, it just bothers me that I've babied this phone and it somehow got little scratches.
Android Touch said:
Thanks for the replies guys.
Yeah I can barely notice them, it just bothers me that I've babied this phone and it somehow got little scratches.
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I know how you feel. If you're really worried about scratches, you could put an "invisible shield" or other protector on the back only (I don't use them on the front ever). I put one on my Galaxy S i9000 after about 6 weeks because it really started getting scuffed up. The plastic on the NS looks similar, so this may be a concern down the road if you want to keep it looking pristine.
Thanks for the "thanks" button push, btw.
ok guys im back with a g2x.. had a nexus s there for awhile. anyways i trade my nexus s for the g2x in perfect shape but i noticed under the screen has 1 spec of dust and what looks like to be a few fingerprints or something. not sure what it is but i dont think this phone has been taken apart. is there away i can find out? the good thing is that this phone doesnt really have any screen bleeding which is awesome. the guy said he had this phone for 4 month and he was an older guy that didnt seem like he knew a lot about phones. lol i will post pics and u can kinda see what im talking about.
looks like a replaced lcd display, not sure about that
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looks like a replaced lcd display, not sure about that
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well i was gonna have tmobile replace it but i dont know if it has ever been taken apart. the good thing is the phone has no screen bleeding lol
Are those scratches?!
No screen bleeding sounds like a custom job. If you get another one, it'll have it.... some worse then others. I've swapped a few and screen bleed has all varied. My original was the best but the GB updater killed it. The second replacement I sent back because the bleed was so bad. The third was a little worse then my original, but by then I had 2 tiny scratches... so it was a good trade off.
Dust and a fingerprint would have me swapping it out.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
Looks like scratches.
yeah it has a few good scratches going down the middle of the screen and u only see it when the screen is white. looks pretty bad thought and there are a lot of scratches underneath the screen. then in two corners it looks like a smug of a finger print and there is one piece of dust that stands out when the screen is white (like for a text message) it drives me nuts. tmobile said they will replace it but i dont want them charging me money if they find out the phone has been opened up to replace the screen. i never did it but whoever did failed so bad it wasnt even funny. i didnt noticed any of it until i was in a dark room. in the sun light i dont notice anything.
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Are those scratches?!
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yeah they are. most are underneath the screen too which made me think the lcd screen has been replaced.
A factory phone would never have dust or fingerprints under the screen. The phone had to at the least have been taken apart and then carelessly handled before being put back together. When I tear down phones for repair I am extra careful about blowing out all dust and cleaning the inside of the screen (and try to never touch it).
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A factory phone would never have dust or fingerprints under the screen. The phone had to at the least have been taken apart and then carelessly handled before being put back together. When I tear down phones for repair I am extra careful about blowing out all dust and cleaning the inside of the screen (and try to never touch it).
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damn i wish u would have fixed whatever was wrong with this phones lcd. cause whoever did it sucked ass seriously lol. the dude failed to tell me it was taken apart. he said he has it for, 4 months and had no issues with it. which i havent had any reboots or screen bleeding but the dust and smug is driving me nuts lol. unless its a refurbished g2x but i doubt they would have done a ****y job like that. but how do u even fix the screen bleeding?
s10shane said:
damn i wish u would have fixed whatever was wrong with this phones lcd. cause whoever did it sucked ass seriously lol. the dude failed to tell me it was taken apart. he said he has it for, 4 months and had no issues with it. which i havent had any reboots or screen bleeding but the dust and smug is driving me nuts lol. unless its a refurbished g2x but i doubt they would have done a ****y job like that. but how do u even fix the screen bleeding?
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Screen bleed cannot be fixed. It is an inherent design flaw of iPS displays. Some have it worse than others, but they all have it to some extent.
The only way to fix the smudges, etc. is to get a new digitizer and do a clean job of replacing the top part of the phone that the digitizer is attached to.
Specs of dust under the screen unfortunately seem to be an LG issue anyway, doesn't necessarily say the digitizer/glass has been replaced.
I bought my G2X brand new from T-Mobile, opened the box myself. And there's a piece of dust under the "back" touch button, at the top of the arrow. Bugs me now and then, but at least it's not on the main screen.
So I cracked my screen. First phone I ever did this to and it annoys the crap out of me cause I dont even know how it happened.
Its a super fine hairline crack diagonally across the corners.
Ive replaced tons of screen glass of different phones before but from reading you cant just replace the glass on these?
Is this true. Do I REALLY have to spend 1/3 the cost of the entire phone just for a cracked piece of glass to buy the digitizer and lcd with it?
Any tips are appreciated.
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tevil said:
So I cracked my screen. First phone I ever did this to and it annoys the crap out of me cause I dont even know how it happened.
Its a super fine hairline crack diagonally across the corners.
Ive replaced tons of screen glass of different phones before but from reading you cant just replace the glass on these?
Is this true. Do I REALLY have to spend 1/3 the cost of the entire phone just for a cracked piece of glass to buy the digitizer and lcd with it?
Any tips are appreciated.
thanks
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You'll have to replace the entire front panel as replacing just the screen is a little hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYG66MFuwcU
i might give this a shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYG66MFuwcU
Everything's fused together.. Replacing just one thing will be really very difficult. Even if you did it, reapplying the new glass will be a challenge as well. But since you've picked apart displays before and with that tutorial, I would surely try doing it myself if I were you. However, where would you buy the new glass? You'll need to buy the whole display, right??
My wife cracked her screen yesterday. Theres a lot of things i would try but screen replacement isnt one. Too many crazy things could be the outcome. Filed a insurance claim and the new n5 arrives todays.
david279 said:
My wife cracked her screen yesterday. Theres a lot of things i would try but screen replacement isnt one. Too many crazy things could be the outcome. Filed a insurance claim and the new n5 arrives todays.
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Didnt get insurance since I have NEVER cracked a screen. Still dont even know how it happened I didnt really drop it. I did let it slip yesterday from like 2 feet but cought it on my sneaker.
Very annoyed. I bought a new screen protector and kind of hoping it conceals it a bit.
Ill wait until the unit gets cheaper in a few months and just replace everything.
I then might just buy the glass (its on amazon) and try to replace the glass on the broken one to see if I can and have a spare part.
Theyre like 80+$ but honestly its so fine that unless its tilted the right way its unnoticeable.
http://www.amazon.com/Replacement-F...&qid=1407516343&sr=8-3&keywords=nexus+5+glass
http://www.amazon.com/Generic-Displ...98&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+5+replacement+screen
The Nexus 4 parts are like 50$ now so maybe in a few months I can get this same thing for like 60$ and be a happy boy again.
Hey dude I've had my n5 for about 6 months now with no issues. My wife is a clumsy type and it took her 5 days to crack it.. I called a bunch of service centers but none had n5 screens. Just paid the deduct able and got it over with. I never get insurance but for her I got to keep it now.
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david279 said:
Hey dude I've had my n5 for about 6 months now with no issues. My wife is a clumsy type and it took her 5 days to crack it.. I called a bunch of service centers but none had n5 screens. Just paid the deduct able and got it over with. I never get insurance but for her I got to keep it now.
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lol
My girl is the same way. Ive replaced every Iphone screen shes had more than once.
I am the safest person with my phone. I was working on my house and it literally fell like 2 feet to my shoe. The pisser is whenever Im working I put my phone off to the side on a shelf or something but I just finished talking to her damnit.
I havent tol her cause this was her xmas gift to me but like i said you cant even see it. Im hoping with a new screen protector it will hide until the part price comes down.
We already have 2 threads regarding cracked screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/cracked-screen-t2605686
And how to fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/how-to-fix-google-nexus-5-screen-t2542873
please use them instead of creating a new thread.
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