Hey, I just got a gs3 today. I noticed that on really dark greys(basically never) I can see these black spots around mid lower region of the screen. If I use the app "screen filter" and set it to around 2% I can clearly see them. Can someone else try it out so I know if its my phone or not?
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I know I have some black spots on my phone I just got today as well. Can see them on low brightness with dark background. Is this normal? Reminds me of the nexus. The screen is better though.
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yeah not sure, if it isn't I'm gonna have to return it and get a new one. Definitely not getting stuck in an endless CLN replacement loop.
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I'm gonna go ahead and say it's normal at low brightness seeing how I've had three brand new nexuses and six replacements and all of them had black spots and there was a thread. What's normal on your screen and what isn't. And they marked this as normal.
Even if you go in and swap it promise you the new one you get will also have black spots. Not just saying that.
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Have same issue got new s3 and there are good few of them. I also did some research and it's basicly the amoled screen what causing this problem. Not sure now if should i swap it or not. New one might be even worste
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Its very common.. I guess its on all devices that use the same screen as the SIII, I think amoled. Anyways, the two devices I have had both had it, I'd say if their not HUGE and you dont notice them unless your in a dark room then its not a big deal. But its totally up to you. I think they are called ink marks as well.
Mine has a few also that are most visible when a youtube video is loading (that dark grey screen that's not quite pure black). It's not very noticeable and I hardly see them so I'm not worried
I believe this is pretty common though
That's unfortunate. No black spots to report on mine. Maybe it was part of a bad batch from the factory?
They are there. You just don't know how to look for them.
Every Samsung amoled has them.
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I have a ever so slight blueish tint to my screen noticeably on the whites unless I turn the brightness up. Anyone else have that? I heard it goes away within a few months.
EDIT: I notice the tint the most when I have it on auto brightness with KB5.
Strange, I have never had that issue. In fact one of my favorite things about this phone is the kickass screen. Mine has been flawless with amazing clarity. Maybe you got a defective phone. Bring it back and exchange it if it's that noticeable.
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Well I got it refurbished for 50$ so I cant complain. I heard it goes away with time even. I dont even think I am on contract because I am on flexpay too.
It's your screen. It should go away after a bit of use, mine did the same thing when I bought it. I run on max brightness most of the time though, might have something to do with it going away, I don't know.
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Max brightness? And I need a way to turn this damn 4g off it kills my frickin battery. Can you test it out on the auto brightness to see if the blueish tint is still there?
This is normal super amoled screens have an ever so slight blue tint to them, the thing is that i cant even notice it at all while using it unless im using another phone like my iphone side by side with it so i was wondering just how noticible is it?
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Someone who doesn't own the phone probably wouldn't notice. I can't see it right now.
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I do own the phone...sorry if thats not what you meant
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maybe that's the reason amoled screens look better in bright sun light.
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maybe that's the reason amoled screens look better in bright sun light.
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You are correct!!!
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I've had the skyrocket a day now and theres a odd stripe thing going on with the screen or should i say grahpics. Am I the only one with this problem?
Well do u have a screenshot?
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Its not something a screen cap can show due to photos I took on my OGSII looked great on it and like crap on the skyrocket. I'm hoping there's a fix for this?
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Its not something a screen cap can show due to photos I took on my OGSII looked great on it and like crap on the skyrocket. I'm hoping there's a fix for this?
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so the pictures that you are taking are coming out like crap....i have used my camera and have to say that the pics come nice, nothing mind bowing but still Good quality<<
We really need to see what you're describing in order to make a better judgement.. can you take a picture with a camera?
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We really need to see what you're describing in order to make a better judgement.. can you take a picture with a camera?
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I cant but its like streeks of lines it almost look like a school of dead pixels but only can be seen on low lighting. im taking it back
I think he's talking about the vertical lines of lower brightness you can see when the screen is dim especially in the gray. I think that's a problem with all plus displays.
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I think he's talking about the vertical lines of lower brightness you can see when the screen is dim especially in the gray. I think that's a problem with all plus displays.
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I switched back to oggs2 no screen issue... I tried.
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It's a known issue with the T-Mobile GS2 that also affects the Skyrocket.
Mine has it also. Most or all have it to some degree.
To see it best, just set your display to about 1/3 brightness and then drop down the notification bar and look at the lower solid grey portion. You'll see the verticle lines/haziness.
I had the same issue with my Atrix but I haven't seen it yet with my G2S.
Maybe it's a quality issue. I've had my Skyrocket for a few days now and didn't notice a single problem with the screen. I was aware of this issue with the T-mobile version so when I switched my OGS2 to the Skyrocket I kept checking for this screen problem. On the other hand my office mate bought a Skyrocket and he noticed the problem that the OP was having. He returned it the next day, got a new one and no problem since.
I am guessing the reason this effects the T-Mobile version and this one is due to the stretching of the screen to 4.5" and staying at a resolution of 800X480.
It is pretty crazy how people who have the skyrocket ignore that the screen looks awful when dim. Its even worse that Samsung has not stopped production to fix the problem either. You would think the white one would come with a fixed screen. Usually by this time you have people writing reviews and ranting about phone defects on YouTube, yet with this phone nothing. Just hoping someone agrees with me and maybe we can stick these problem up samsungs behind.
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Dont think anyone cares that much
Why use the screen dimmed? Kinda defeats the purpose of having a super amoled
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Dont think anyone cares that much
Why use the screen dimmed? Kinda defeats the purpose of having a super amoled
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Agreed.
I have mine set at 50% and its bright enough for me all the time.
I never go lower than that though, so I personally never experience poor screen quality.
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I've never notice the problems mentioned throughout the forum regarding dim settings and colors/lines. I'm sure that to a good eye mine is too afflicted.
One a side note, took my screen protector off today, and man! is that screen gorgeous. It's gonna be hard to put it back on, but I learned that lesson with the Atrix when I took it's protection off and it hit the ground.
You see, and that is the problem. You are ignoring to issue. So when your in a dark room you have your screen full brightness? I don't so it does bother me.
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I agree my screen sucks at low brightness. I mainly run my low to save power only turn it up when outside. I wrote a review on Samsung site and did give a bad review on the screen.
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I just picked up a white skyrocket yesterday and I've got the screen issues / lines. Looks like a "brushed metal" overlay on top of everything.
I'm going to be getting it exchanged for a new one tomorrow.
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Maybe I got lucky... I've had my I727-SR for about 4wks now and haven't experienced the screen lines / screen problems others are posting.... I consistently run at low brightness with a screen protector and screen looks perfect.... no lines, blobs or other anomalies.
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Mine has it. So does the white one I looked at. It bothers me and I notice it often. But its the only phone on AT&T that I want and LTE just went live a week ago. I will sadly have to live with it :-(
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Guess I got a new batch, because my phone has no problems.
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I feel bad for anyone having screen problems, but as I type this, I turned the brightness almost all the way down... No problems at all!
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I feel bad for anyone having screen problems, but as I type this, I turned the brightness almost all the way down... No problems at all!
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I got lucky on my new white one. the screen is much better. hoping our second white one is just as nice.
Planning on taking pics to compare to those of the black unit that I posted earlier this week.
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SMH ! Get over it! A few slightly lines which is only visible when phone is up your nose an on a dark grey background on 0% brightness, is the end of the world run!!!
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My screen is great. No lines or any of that kind of stuff.
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just picked one up today. white one.
i see the lines below 50% brightness. above, they are gone.
I believe this is just a simple issue of having the same pixel density of the galaxy S2 but with a larger screen.
this should be device wide.......i dont see why people should have different results....
edit: i have it only above 30% brightness actually....
No problems here... at 0 it still looks great, no lines or weird issues
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I have personally seen this vary from device to device. what may not be that bad on yours could be 20x's worse on another. others of us are in fact picky and expect more for what we paid for this device.
To each their own
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SMH ! Get over it! A few slightly lines which is only visible when phone is up your nose an on a dark grey background on 0% brightness, is the end of the world run!!!
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When I play video ie Netflix YouTube etc I notice that the picture quality is not.what I expect.from a 250$ phone. I love this phone and that is.my only complaint. I have tried.adjusting.the brightness but it doesn't seem to help. Is this a problem that all are having?
I just got the Skyrocket today and just now turned the brightness all the way down and did not see any issues with screen clarity. Looks pretty good to me.
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Mine has the same issues. However, they are ignorable if you customize the look of your phone. I changed the screen density and customized my phone with a dark bg and modified system apks.
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When ever my screen goes black in been opening apps or websites, I notice that there are lighter spots or smears, but they only show up on the black screen. Does anybody else have this, and or know what it is? besides on black screens, it really doesn't affect anything, but I worry it might get worse
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Do a search for "blobs"
There are quite a few posts on it. Some phones are worse than others. Both of our skyrockets have small identical blobs
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When ever my screen goes black in been opening apps or websites, I notice that there are lighter spots or smears, but they only show up on the black screen. Does anybody else have this, and or know what it is? besides on black screens, it really doesn't affect anything, but I worry it might get worse
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Currently having this issue with my white skyrocket as well.. Need to look for a solution.
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Sadly after 5 sr phones now having some sort of issue I don't think you will find a cure all solution that includes keeping the sr
The lines drove me crazy . . The blobs (in my case) I never see
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Currently having this issue with my white skyrocket as well.. Need to look for a solution.
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Sadly after 5 sr phones now having some sort of issue I don't think you will find a cure all solution that includes keeping the sr
The lines drove me crazy . . The blobs (in my case) I never see
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The lines are driving me insane as well. The blobs are noticeable in clockwork mod in the dark. I see like a bunch of black dots on my screen everywhere.... Damn.. is Samsung planning on fixing this issue for our phones?
They say they are "looking into it."
I only ever see the blobs on otherwise black screens if my eyes are very dark-adjusted. One example is if the phone is off and charging, and I wake it up (but don't turn it on) in the middle of the night.
That is: the blobs are the next best thing to a non-issue for me. The lines are a minor annoyance that I can ignore easily enough under almost all circumstance.
Both exist though, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. A little disappointing to be sure.
I've found that the best way to evaluate your phone for blobs is to take your phone, set it to the lowest brightness setting, use the Gallery to display the color #101010 on it, put the phone in a dark room, then use a DSLR camera on the no-flash setting to take a picture of it. You need to have NO light at all coming from anywhere else, so a closet or internal room with a counter works best. It'll take about 10 seconds to capture, during which the phone and the camera need to be perfectly still.
Ignore the green tint - it's a side-effect of the overexposure.
My results:
Phone 1: My mother's Skyrocket, purchased about a year ago.
Phone 2: My Skyrocket, purchased about 6mos ago. I gave the link for this image to an AT&T Rep in the Warranty dep't, and got an RMA ready within 10 minutes.
I found smearing also happens not only in pure black background.
For example in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327389
The first post of the thread smears if I read with xda app using "xda free" display style (dark theme) setting. The first post has dark blue text in dark grey background.
I tried to capture a video but the phenomena cannot be seen in video.
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Still, there are people here who keep on repeating smearing is fixed.
It's not and won't be due to its hardware nature. /working theory /
"Congratulations" to all the reviewers who missed such an easily to notice problem. I noticed it 5 minutes after launching this phone for the first time...
Couldn't believe my own eyes, almost cried after spending so much money on this device.
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Might sound silly, I have tried to replicate this issue on my s4, I honestly cannot see the problem. Am I the only one? Normally I am the first to notice things like this, making me think that the issue is either sporadic or that samsung changed something in more recent units, (mine is about 3 weeks old)
Steve
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Make a paint document and fill it with pure black. Then delete a white space in the middle. Open it from the phone and move the white dot around. If you get no smearing then - you have a normal phone and we have deffective units, which is not nice, but can be repared; or your brightness is very high. Lower brightness exaggerates the problem.
However, since MEA Samsung changed Settings' background to grey from black, which for me is a sign that they know about it and that's a hardware limitation. Pixels "lag", because it's the first time since Galaxy S that black actually is "turned off".
It's worse with grey on black than it is with white on black and also it gets worse the lower you have the screen brightness. grey on black at minimum brightness is an absolute mess on my phone. But i should stress you dont really see the problem in normal usage at all.
Hi, on firmware mdm so not the newest. I'll do further testing tomorrow
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The darker the screen is, the more noticeable the smearing becomes.Touchwiz menus were black and now are grey, thats how samsung thought of to fix this but in certain apps with real black background it all comes alive again so i think this is a hardware issue as many agree also and its a bit of a let down to Samsung Quality Standards when we pay so much for a flaship device like this. Definitely there is room for improvment with this amoled screens.
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Might sound silly, I have tried to replicate this issue on my s4, I honestly cannot see the problem. Am I the only one? Normally I am the first to notice things like this, making me think that the issue is either sporadic or that samsung changed something in more recent units, (mine is about 3 weeks old)
Steve
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I have not noticed any screen smearing till now.
Right, I have tested using the white dot in the middle of a true black image.
I can confirm the issue does occur, but only when the screen is set to or just above minimum and not to the extent I see it as a problem, I still cannot seem to replicate the issue on settings window even at minimum brightness.
For me, this is a none issue however If the issue is more prominent on some screens I can understand how it would be annoying.
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I may be one of the few to not actually give a rat's ass. I didn't care about it when the settings window was truly black and I don't care now when it's LCD-ish black (greyish-black).
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I may be one of the few to not actually give a rat's ass. I didn't care about it when the settings window was truly black and I don't care now when it's LCD-ish black (greyish-black).
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Yep..it is not an issue for me...i have none of those probs while playing games or watching movies or wherever screen needs to show off itself..so y shud i care if my settings looks grey or there is smearing on some xda post..its not like m gonna read it while scrolling or anything..
I wud still prefer amoled over lcd anyday..
Again its just my opinion..everybody has a different view and i respect it..
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You will notice if you play game "piggy drop"
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with high brightness you will not notice the smearing problem. With low brightness is when you can notice it
Just try to read articles in Pocket app or in feedly using black themes.
I switched to ligtht/white themes killing battery life but avoiding smearing. Now my device lasts 3h screen time at best. F... great.
Amoled screen that's not really compatible with true black! The most advertised benefit of amoled is gone with this flawed screen.
What a shame.
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Bottomline..smearing is still there.
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The smearing is also on the s3 with the 4.2.2 leaked firmware
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Guys, the news here is that it happens in dark grey background (with dark blue text). Plz try the first post, use autobrightness.
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Guys, the news here is that it happens in dark grey background (with dark blue text). Plz try the first post, use autobrightness.
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I did the test myself and I can confirm that.
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The smearing is also on the s3 with the 4.2.2 leaked firmware
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Are you 100% sure about that? If that's really the case, it's probably some feature in the kernel that actually turns off pixels completely.
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Are you 100% sure about that? If that's really the case, it's probably some feature in the kernel that actually turns off pixels completely.
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Yes im sure just double checked on my friends s3 with the leaked 4.2.2
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