If I look at an all-white screen at certain angles, I see a subtle effect where the top inch of the screen (in portrait mode) looks slightly darker/grayer than the rest of the screen with a sort of faint line dividing it. It's easiest to see it on the lowest brightness setting for me (which is what I use most of the time indoors).
Does anyone else have this issue? Or is it likely that my Charge's screen has a defect? It's something that I can live with, but still bothersome nonetheless.
An easy way to get a full white screen is to go into a browser and browse to about:blank
I don't see that at all, I think you've got a bad screen.
OK thanks, was pretty sure it couldn't be normal. Will probably actually go and exchange it now that I can't stop thinking about it.
i had this same issue with my infuse 4g!
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Have noticed something on my Fuze today-
My screen is starting to turn yellow right where the little keyboard icon is between the soft buttons. There is also another small spot 1.5 inches directly above that.
You can really only see it when the screen is showing bright colors- in landscape entering a text message, during boot when the AT&T world phone splash screen is on...
Seems like it is starting to get a little darker day by day.
Is anyone else noticing anything like this on their TP or Fuze?
Tnx
No way man, that's definitely not normal. In years dealing with pdas I haven't heard of burn-in.
Sounds defective- I'd take it back and exchange if I were you.
the technology behind lcd result in burn in never being possible at all
it's a thing only located in crt and plasma screens
Burn in isnt the right terminology, I know. It's not burn in like a CRT, its more like after the screen has been on a while, I start to see discoloration in those two little areas.
In other words, if you look at the keyboard icon in lower bar right after you turn the PDA on, it is white.
After 15 or so minutes of use, the white outline starts turning yellowish.
The longer the screen is on, the more yellow this spot gets.
It's almost like there is a surface mount LED right under that spot that is heating the LCD and causing it to discolor.
Does that make any sense?
I am very happy with my Touch Pro. In fact, I bought 2. Now I have very many HTC Devices, however, both Touch Pros now show a very strange
behaviour.
I get some ghosting on the screen, which means, if I use solid colour
backgrounds, they previous graphic is partially visible.
Best example is the volume control. I get very strong distortions against the solid background.
Anyone else has this problem?
I also noticed that the mounting points on the edge of the screen, causes
a slight distortion close to ever corner of the screen...
never had this before.
I have the same issue. I've heard that this issue is programmatic not physical lcd burn. Usually a restart helps. Try
darfri said:
I have the same issue. I've heard that this issue is programmatic not physical lcd burn. Usually a restart helps. Try
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Yes, soft reset helps. But i find the location of these distortions really strange.
i get them around the LCD mounting points.
Indeed it is strange and looks really like a physical damage but I think it has something to do with the software (BIOS or whatever is on that position in pda) link to the screen power management. I have this kind of distortion once per week and often it also goes away itself. Actually it almost doesn't disturb me. Ii yours very strong?
This is interesting. I always look over my LCD displays in laptops very carefully for defects. Sometimes corners are pinched and produce dark areas. Sometimes the inverter is bad and gives bad illumination.
My Raphael's screen seems pretty decent so far, even if I look at its edges from extreme angles I don't see much of a problem.
Can you post pictures or youtube? I am curious to know what you are seeing.
I just noticed today a rectangular area on my lcd screen where it looks like oil on water. It's basically a rectangle w/ a half inch border of the "Normal" screen. I can see it from any angle as well as when the phone is turned off. The phone and the touch screen both appear to be working fine. The distortion will react to pressure on the distored part of the screen as well. I'm thinking some moisture got in my phone some how (although I can't for the life of me think when I could've gotten moisture in there). Is there an easy way to fix this or should I call up ATT support to see about sending it in to have them fix it? What's the general next step? I'll post a pic when I get home to my camera. I've had the phone since the first of the year and am currently using EnergyROM 2.0.
Thanks a ton,
Patrick
I haven't seen anything like this before but if it it was you say its probably moisture inside or even oil. Wait a little and see if it clears up, failing that give AT&T a call.
Holy Crap
Dude i have the same problem with mine sometimes, and i thought i was the only one!!
Its almost like the LCD screen is getting some burn-in. Even on a black screen you can see the shadow of an image, using touch flow 3d/2d its about half of the slider bar on the bottom of the screen. Did you also notice that the screen is flickering VERY slightly in the same area, but not on the rest of the screen? You have to try REALLY hard to see it. Almost like when you use a camcorder to see a CRT monitor's refresh rate. I had a feeling from the beginning that it was moisture causing this, because i do have the bad habit of taking my phone in the bathroom when I shower. My LID has turned pink because of the steam.
What makes me think it could be screen burn-in, is that I always keep my backlight as bright as possible, and once i see this start happening, i can turn my phone off for a few minutes, turn it back on and it works just fine with no image shadow.
I actually have been thinking about using my insurance to get a new phone because of this, and making sure i don't shower with the new one.
It's a known issue of the phone. I was able to get mine replaced, but I had it less than 30 days. You should be able to manage to get them to replace it if you make them look up known issues with the phone.
Sorry for the inactivity, I've been spending my days pulling Cat 5e in attics and haven't had much computer time at work / energy at home - I'm going to get in touch w/ ATT sometime this week and see about arranging a replacement, I'll post my results.
i have the same problem. near the corners i see very slight flickering as if the refreshrate can't handle the tf3d.
it most likely because of the themes. when using all of those non-original themes, it' shaving to load all the images, causing it to have very very slight lag. maybe?
it's rediculous, with the price of this phone, you'd expect higher technology for the screen.
Your digitizer is touching the LCD because too much pressure has been applied to it, probably in your pocket.
What you are seeing are Newton's rings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_rings
I think we're talking about two different problems here.
First, you have the rectangular area like the topic starter described and may indeed be what bubble said. However, they are not rings... its a true square (at least for me).
Second, you have the flickering issue. I have this myself sometime at the position of the menu bar. Opera seems to be the only app that triggers this for me though - then i get flickering Opera 'burn in' like effect. This will eventually disappear again after keeping the phone off for a few hours, then on with the screen off. This effect does survive soft-reset and such.
Newton's rings is the name of the observed optical phenomenon. It has nothing to do with it's shape.
I know that in this case it appears on a square section of the screen (I face the same issue and I already ordered a replacement screen).
Is there a solution to the flickering and screen burn problem? I didn't notice it until I had loaded a 6.5 rom and was using the light colored R&R theme. I could then see flickering in the bottom portion of the screen. Then I notice the screen burn of both soft keys.
It went away overnight with the phone off, but came back by the end of the day. It's really upsetting as I love this phone, but hate having something that isn't working right. Any suggestions?
I've had the same issue a couple of times although it wasn't nearly the entire screen. It was just a small blob in the very center of the screen. It happened because it was in my pocket. When it occurred initially it was summer (30-40 degrees celcius here in Perth) and would fix itself after about 5 minutes of being in my hot car (temperature hot, not awesome hot =D ). However (more recently - it's colder now) it stayed for half a day or so and only fixed itself after I sat it in front of the cars heating vents with the heater on for about 10 minutes (not too hot). I'm wondering if the digitiser separates from the LCD when heat is applied. It makes sense to me but I'm not sure I'd recommend anyone trying my solution ... especially if you've got the big square issue.
You also have to be aware that this phenomenon is only visible under artificial light.
That's why some people report it to disappear/reappear.
True ... but when the "phenomenon" disappears (i.e. as the lcd seperates from digitiser) it makes a clicking noise and the screen behind the blob flickers (like when you push on a normal LCD with your finger) indicating that the pressure of the digitiser pulling the screen upwards has been released. Once this has happened the blob has gone. It's not visible under ANY light.
If it happens again ... I'll get some footage.
I found another thread regarding the "Oil Spot" that comes and goes on the LCD that I'm experiencing if others are interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475294
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Hi guys, I have the solution for you! I see burn-ins on my screen and I was able to get rid of them with a simple video that switches fast the main colors (Red Green Blue). Here is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMySLZkF5o
I have the video pulled from youtube as mp4, and 5 minutes of playing on full screen, the display got back to normal, clear and without any burn-ins.
If you need the mp4 vid, let me know so I can send it over (email)
Regards to All
I read in some blog that the g-tablet uses a netbook LCD screen, but I have saw netbook screens that looked better when viewing in an angle.
lilgotti56 said:
I read in some blog that the g-tablet uses a netbook LCD screen, but I have saw netbook screens that looked better when viewing in an angle.
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as many people have said on here it seems like a hardware issue but only because it almost seems as if they put the screen in upside down. if you turn the portrait mode upside down and have buttons in the bottom left the screen looks 10 times better.
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as many people have said on here it seems like a hardware issue but only because it almost seems as if they put the screen in upside down. if you turn the portrait mode upside down and have buttons in the bottom left the screen looks 10 times better.
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LMFAO....I just turned the screen upside down and noticed how much better the viewing angle is...Now that I have the TnT lite rom installed this tab is so much better, but the viewing angle is horrendous. Well if this is true Viewsonic's manufacturing dept. are a bunch of tards. I wish there was something they can do on the software end to make it better, but after viewing the screen upside down it's more than likely a hardware issue.
I wonder if there is a contrast adjustment that can be accessed somewhere, it seems that it would be much better if we could just adjust the contrast...
some of my friends actually think that the screen is better the way they made it since its almost as if its like a privacy screen since people cant see what you are doing if you dont want them to see anything.
The stock screen isn't all that bad when it comes to landscape orientation. But due to different viewing angles on the vertical axis (15 degrees "up" and 30 degrees "down"), portrait mode is painful to use. In portrait mode, one eye sees a normal screen, but the other eye sees a washed out screen, which combined gives it a 3D look to it.
Video is bad but text is pretty good. I assume the manufacture thought it would be used for text more often?
Think you're right, They (viewsonic) making it in purpose.
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I have a question about whether a (relatively) minor issue on my device can allow me to get a warranty claim. So I discovered that using my device outdoors with bright sunlight, and with the device set at auto-brightness, there are a lot of strange lines on my screen. It looks like that part of the screen cannot go up to the brightness the rest of the screen is at, because a screen capture does not show the problem and it does not occur at lower brightness values either. I'll try and post a picture if it occurs again, it basically looks like strangely contorted line that is slightly less bright than the rest of the screen.
The problem is definitely noticable when outdoors on sunny days, and somewhat distracting.
So my question is, would I have the phone replaced or serviced due to this issue? Thanks in advance!
If it's software or has to do with the digitizer and you didn't drop the phone, yes I think they'd replace it.