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.
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This is a physical problem, the screen works fine and has no distortion as far as what it looks like when its on. But I noticed this weekend that when it was off I noticed a like triangular section in the middle of the screen, where it has a rainbow-ish discoloration pattern and small dots in the middle of the screen, about 1/4 of a inch inward all the way around the display part of the screen. The dots are in a perfect grid-like format and the rainbow color distortion almost looks like an oil slick.
I have had the factory screen protector on it since day one, I peeled it back today only to find its on the screen itself, I tried to wipe it off and nothing. I always carry the phone in a belt clip and never in my pocket, etc. So I don't know how it could have gotten damaged or how damage could cause such a curios perfect pattern of strangeness on the screen.
Anyone else ever seen this happen?
well i have heard its damage from high pressure... the touch layer in the screen gets damaged some how and leaves an oil looking spot... sorry but here is a good thread on what i think your seeing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428749&highlight=spot+screen
Oh wow/crap its times like this when I guess I'm glad I'm not a regular consumer but have this through work, so I'm sure they will replace it, if not they will buy me another. Should I even get another or is there something like this but better? I'm with ATT.
If you want a windows mobile powerhouse stay with the fuze... for sure... i have had mine since november when they first came out for at&t and mine runs and looks great... no screen problems or anything... ya and good thing its through your company
Can anyone else press the screen semi hard with one finger and distort the LCD screen too?
I know it is not normal for anyone to be pressing that hard, but I just want to make sure I do not have a defect before my 14 days return window closes.
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ive done it before and that happens. It seems to have the same effect on all lcd/led screens with a bit of pressure. IMHO totally normal.
qubit76 said:
ive done it before and that happens. It seems to have the same effect on all lcd/led screens with a bit of pressure. IMHO totally normal.
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Thanks for the response. I know LCD screens do that, I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't an issue with the glass flexing and pushing on the LCD screen.
So if yours is doing it, then I'm OK with mine doing it too. It's not like we are going to be pressing that hard anyway.
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You do know the L in LCD means liquid? If you press hard on any LCD screen this will happen. you are displacing the liquid under the screen. You aren't hurting anything. It corrects itelf in a matter of seconds.
The xoom has a really thin glass panel, this is most likely the reason you can distort the liquid easily
How this distortion looks? It could help discern what type of LCD Xoom is using. (for example pressing my PVA screen show a dark smudge)
angry birds causes me to do this now and then!
I get white smudges. I thought that Gorilla glass would have less flex.
Does it look like this?
I returned mine, as the first one I have doesn't exhibit this. Yes, if you press if really hard, any LCD would show this, but this is barely a tap. I'm using my Wacom stylus here, but it's the same with just my finger. It's actually worst in person, but you can clearly see it happening on the video. And it's only on the right hand side of the screen also, so it's definitely a defect. On mine anyway.
tommyxv said:
I get white smudges. I thought that Gorilla glass would have less flex.
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Actually, if you look it up on youtube, there are some videos showing how tough it is that also show how surprisingly flexible it is. It's pretty impressive stuff.
Visual360 said:
Does it look like this?
I returned mine, as the first one I have doesn't exhibit this. Yes, if you press if really hard, any LCD would show this, but this is barely a tap. I'm using my Wacom stylus here, but it's the same with just my finger. It's actually worst in person, but you can clearly see it happening on the video. And it's only on the right hand side of the screen also, so it's definitely a defect. On mine anyway.
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Yeah...mine is mostly on the right side into the center. Center to the left, it gets really hard to do it.
it's easier on the right side than the left on mine too but i still kinda have to push a bit. if you push in on the back panel on the right side it does it too.
I've read alot about people having some issues wit the screen but nog this
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As soon as I booted the Transformer the first time I noticed a raster/grid like overlay on the screen on brighter backgrounds (i.e. whites like this forum). This is probably the touch part of the screen and it is only sometimes noticable and not pronounced enough to irritate or annoy. I first didn't think of it as a real "defect" or "issue" but I did not read anything similar on this forum. Thus i'am wondering if this is "normal" or not. Do you noticed anything similar?
I noticed it when I breathed on the screen before wiping it with a cloth, the screen was off at the time. I didn't notice it with the screen on though.
Jh, I experienced that too whn i was wiping the scren with a moist (water) cloth
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that grid is indeed for the touch, i see it on all my capacitive devices to some degree with the screen off, never with the screen on though.
I see it on mine when the screen is off. I do see it with the screen on but usually when it has a crapload of hand grease. Some windex makes it look good again. Is this common for tabs? Mine is not even straight, the grid is way off center. Does the Douche....i mean ipads have this?
Notied this on mine first day I got it too, but only see it in sunlight with screen off. And no the iPad does NOT have this wierd pattern on the screen.
i just got my nexus s a week ago, and i've noticed some spots on the screen that do not come off.. (since about the 3rd day i had it).
the most noticable area is on the right side. it's looks like a rectangle about a half cm wide and half the length of the screen. whatever i do it just WONT COME OFF!! also, if a breath on it, the rest of the screen fogs up except that area.
do you think it's worth asking for an exchange? it doesn't affect the actual screen itself, it just bothers me when i see it. and when i swipe my fingers, the part i swiped turns up as a gray streak, but the 'permanent rectangle' looks the same. no smudges on it. there's also two other tiny dots as well...
I just got my TF700 and near the top of the screen theres a small circle spot, less than 1 mm in diameter. It seems as if its underneath the glass and cant be wiped off. Its most noticeable when theres a bright background and its darker than its surroundings.
Has anyone else had this happen to their transformer? Is it fixable? Or should I get it exchanged?
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I just got my TF700 and near the top of the screen theres a small circle spot, less than 1 mm in diameter. It seems as if its underneath the glass and cant be wiped off. Its most noticeable when theres a bright background and its darker than its surroundings.
Has anyone else had this happen to their transformer? Is it fixable? Or should I get it exchanged?
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I also have something black sandwiched between the glass and screen as well. Drives me crazy when browsing the web since most pages have a white background.
Looks like a small piece of debris got under there during the manufacturing process. Shame because everything else with my infinity is perfect. It's too noticeable to ignore so I'm going to have to swap it out for another.
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I also have something black sandwiched between the glass and screen as well. Drives me crazy when browsing the web since most pages have a white background.
Looks like a small piece of debris got under there during the manufacturing process. Shame because everything else with my infinity is perfect. It's too noticeable to ignore so I'm going to have to swap it out for another.
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I might replace mine too, but it doesnt look like its debris. It's just slightly darker than its surroundings.