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Different Screen Qualities in each Nexus 5?!?

Hello,
my stepfather just bought a new Nexus 5 directly from the google play store as I did half a year ago.
At a direct comparison of both phones I recognized a huge difference between both displays.
At the attached pic you'll see his brand new Nexus on the left hand side and mine on the right. I'll hope the quality fits to show what I mean.
As you can see the nexus on the right is much more "snow" white compared to the "beige" looking white on the left.
Both brightness setting is to maximum. Power saving mode is disabled on both too. The only difference is stock rom on the left and cataclysm rom on the right.
Is that normal or better to ask, is it possible that the display quality can various that much?!?
I know each phone is slightly different produced but I think this is a huge difference..
Thanks for any reply ?

Display quality varies. Many people report yellow screens.

rootSU said:
Display quality varies. Many people report yellow screens.
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Thanks for answering so quick! I never thought that there is a big difference ?
In your opinion, any chance of a warranty case?!?

sworn3yes said:
Thanks for answering so quick! I never thought that there is a big difference ?
In your opinion, any chance of a warranty case?!?
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Give it a few weeks before you try the RMA route. A lot of folks have said that it gets better with time. I don't really buy into any electronic "burn-in times" but you've got nothing to loose at this point. Also people have RMA'd and gotten a device that looked worse.

sworn3yes said:
Thanks for answering so quick! I never thought that there is a big difference ?
In your opinion, any chance of a warranty case?!?
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Not really. You're likely to get a worse one
theesotericone said:
Give it a few weeks before you try the RMA route. A lot of folks have said that it gets better with time. I don't really buy into any electronic "burn-in times" but you've got nothing to loose at this point. Also people have RMA'd and gotten a device that looked worse.
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Some said it was the glue and it got better. Others just corrected it with kernel profiles.
No idea what the cause is myself.

theesotericone said:
Give it a few weeks before you try the RMA route. A lot of folks have said that it gets better with time. I don't really buy into any electronic "burn-in times" but you've got nothing to loose at this point. Also people have RMA'd and gotten a device that looked worse.
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Thanks for the suggestion! ?

People have been reporting screen color variances/yellow tint since the device first came out over a year ago. Even if Google will allow it, exchanging the device isn't likely to yield better results. Color calibration can be changed with a custom kernel. The simplest way to correct for yellow tint would be to flash ElementalX kernel with the option for cooler color profile enabled.

Bright White Spots on the screen

Since some weeks I am facing an increasing number of bright white spots on the screen (pls. refer to attached picture). Ok picture is not perfect, but should give an impression what I am talking about. Is anybody having the same issue with his screen.
I am wondering whether this is realated to a general quality issue or a faulty handling on my side.
Thx for your comments.

If your screen does that, perhaps it's time to get it looked at under warranty?

Swan Princess said:
If your screen does that, perhaps it's time to get it looked at under warranty?
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unfortunately, it is already a replaced one....not coming from Huawei....

flyingjack said:
unfortunately, it is already a replaced one....not coming from Huawei....
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I am sure there are options for repair still, if the white spots bother you that much.

If it's an already replaced screen, it's probably not the best quality.
Could be adhesive.

I had a ASCEND MATE 7 for a while and after about two months got wild white patches on screen, sold it by the way and bought a new one. This new one even had brighter patches from the beginning!
Got this one replaced with MATE 8 by the warranty (yeah, they gave me the MATE 8 instead for whatever the reason!)
I'm now useing it for about 2 and half months and again I got white patches almost in middle and bottom of the screen! What the hell !?
I think this is the problem with internal batteries, as they are poor quality and after some time of use the battery's pressing against the back of the LCD ... and the whites appear
We should definitely blame Huawei for this
It's maybe because of poor quality made IPS-NEO screens used in mate series .. anyway Huawei MUST answer

mine is even worser. the device never dropped, not even a scratch around...

Ultra bright white clusters on screen while viewing white background

Got my XZP a few days ago. unboxed today and powered on and while booting up with the white screen and logo I found some clusters of ultra white pixels on screen.. I have since returned the phone for replacement, but I do suggest you check yours.. I had a similar issue with my Z3.. Thought Sony overcame these issues of the past.. seems not

What a surprise, no pics.

FartyParty said:
What a surprise, no pics.
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sorry I returned the phone for repair before I was able to take pics and submit here... Just letting people know to check their screens. No hate on Sony.

cheetah2k said:
sorry I returned the phone for repair before I was able to take pics and submit here... Just letting people know to check their screens. No hate on Sony.
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Well it's not easy to know what you meant with no pics. I looked at my screen which looked fine but without pics I would have no idea.

FartyParty said:
Well it's not easy to know what you meant with no pics. I looked at my screen which looked fine but without pics I would have no idea.
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Got my replacement XZP on Friday last week. All good now. Except I have a touch screen lag when the phone gets warm Ah sony....

Yellowish tint on the bottom of the screen?

Hello guys,
I am seeing a yellowish tint on the bottom left on my screen, but only on some grey background. I'm still on the 15 days returning window so I am thinking of sending my phone back.
Anyone with the same issue? Should I ask for a refund and purchase back a new phone or ask for an exchange?
Thanks.

anmar21 said:
Hello guys,
I am seeing a yellowish tint on the bottom left on my screen, but only on some grey background. I'm still on the 15 days returning window so I am thinking of sending my phone back.
Anyone with the same issue? Should I ask for a refund and purchase back a new phone or ask for an exchange?
Thanks.
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Like any oled screen. It's a lottery what the colour shift, evenness. If you notice it you should exchange it. It will annoy you to no end

Yea it happens, u could exchange it but whos to say itll be worse or better? Maybe the device will have another defect thats major. Who knows of its really annoying u go for the exchange and pray.
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My color shifts a little when grey (I guess like yours) but I feel like it will look like this no matter how many times I exchange it. Still looks good IMO. Just suck a large screen so different angles may shift.

Cause the screen is so tall your always looking at parts of the screen at different angles

Reuben_skelz92 said:
Cause the screen is so tall your always looking at parts of the screen at different angles
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Nah if he looks at it straight on and still has color distortion its an amoled issue, its been like that for years any device that uses amoled will come across this color uniformity issues you can even google it samsung has it apple has it its common.

StreetkillnHD said:
Nah if he looks at it straight on and still has color distortion its an amoled issue, its been like that for years any device that uses amoled will come across this color uniformity issues you can even google it samsung has it apple has it its common.
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I know...I'm very aware and come across it often. But how severe it is is pot luck. Some are near perfect

Reuben_skelz92 said:
I know...I'm very aware and come across it often. But how severe it is is pot luck. Some are near perfect
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Id hope they got better it dont seem to be a 50/50 shot
Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

StreetkillnHD said:
Id hope they got better it dont seem to be a 50/50 shot
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I think they may have improved a bit. But I've sent many devices back for tints or uneven colours . Including Samsung

Same here when i had an galaxy s8 and my op5.
I wont what the op did of he returned it or not lol

Display question/discussion

Have a Note 9 which I'm keeping, just got the Ultra and the display is a disappointment.
Side by side with the 9, colors are not as vibrant, contrast is so-so, sharpness is off. Fine details, icon edges, etc. are fuzzy.
Now, I'm anal about this kinda stuff. If I never saw the 9's screen, I'd never know and think it's fine, and to most, it would be. But this is me you're talkin' to. ?
I don't know whether to return it or pray for a Samsung fix. I'm not a gambling man. I've gone through every display setting and resolution there is, including dev options. I'm pretty experienced.
Maybe it's Nova launcher, but it's just not as nice as the 9's screen. Exact same home screen, icon theme, everything identical.
Your thoughts/opinions/gut feelings? Got till next week to return to Best Buy.
Thanks a lot,
Rich

You're 100% right, my N20U has a yellowish dirty white look to it when compared to my N10+
I doubt Samsung sees this as a defect until all of us report it as a defect so they can fix it with a software update.
Using vivid mode with green slider turned to lower setting helps but that's about it...
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VICosPhi said:
You're 100% right, my N20U has a yellowish dirty white look to it when compared to my N10+
I doubt Samsung sees this as a defect until all of us report it as a defect so they can fix it with a software update.
Using vivid mode with green slider turned to lower setting helps but that's about it...
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I posted in another thread that I got an app - Screen Balance - from the play store. With that I was able to get rid of more green as it has several adjustments for white balance. Use various adjustments judiciously. I like things cool. Seems *all* amoleds look green to me anyway.
Lest anyone thinks I'm spamming the app, since I mentioned it in another thread, I am not. Just a much happier user. ?
Doesn't solve the aforementioned problems though.

My gripe is temporary image retention. Using dark mode and gray screens, sometimes, the outline of the keyboard will remain on the screen for 5-10 seconds. I notice that if one uses the phone in light mode, it seems perfect, but once in dark mode, it has some minor flaws.

It's funny to see so many of these posts popping up. I made a post about this before as well that the screen has an overall yellowish greenish overtone to it. In fact, mine got worse. Now I have screen burn in. It's crazy since I don't have my phone at high brightness. It's somewhere in the middle. This is the first time I have to have a screen replaced. I miss my note 9 so much. If the note 9 had an ultra wide camera, I would so have kept it. This is likely the most problematic note I've owned. I had 3 note ultra in the past and they are all the same in terms of display. There's no escaping it. If you call the Samsung costumer service, they aren't allowed to admit issues with the device that Samsung hasn't cleared for them to admit, so they'll deny any screen issues at this time. I was going to trade this in for the Oneplus 8 pro, but they aren't taking Note 20 ultras as a trade in device, so may still sell or try to hold on till S21 ultra and pray by then Samsung corrects this new line of Amoled screens.

This is the screen burn in that I have unfortunately. Going to get the screen replaced, hopefully this weekend.

Mrplennium said:
This is the screen burn in that I have unfortunately. Going to get the screen replaced, hopefully this weekend.
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Burn-in does not show in screenshots, It will only be visible on your device as it is the physical screen with the damage

*Detection* said:
Burn-in does not show in screenshots, It will only be visible on your device as it is the physical screen with the damage
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Then it's a mystery what that anomaly is. I am not the only one as a member in another forum posted similar. Image retention maybe? I don't know. But whatever it is, it's not going away and the Samsung phone techs agree I need to change the screen. Hopefully the new one doesn't do this.

Mrplennium said:
It's funny to see so many of these posts popping up. I made a post about this before as well that the screen has an overall yellowish greenish overtone to it. In fact, mine got worse. Now I have screen burn in. It's crazy since I don't have my phone at high brightness. It's somewhere in the middle. This is the first time I have to have a screen replaced. I miss my note 9 so much. If the note 9 had an ultra wide camera, I would so have kept it. This is likely the most problematic note I've owned. I had 3 note ultra in the past and they are all the same in terms of display. There's no escaping it. If you call the Samsung costumer service, they aren't allowed to admit issues with the device that Samsung hasn't cleared for them to admit, so they'll deny any screen issues at this time. I was going to trade this in for the Oneplus 8 pro, but they aren't taking Note 20 ultras as a trade in device, so may still sell or try to hold on till S21 ultra and pray by then Samsung corrects this new line of Amoled screens.
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Oh geezzzz...that:s not encouraging.. looks like I'm holding on hoping for a soft/firmware update. A replacement would probly have the same or worse issue. No burn in here so far.
Definitely keeping my note 9!

Mrplennium said:
Then it's a mystery what that anomaly is. I am not the only one as a member in another forum posted similar. Image retention maybe? I don't know. But whatever it is, it's not going away and the Samsung phone techs agree I need to change the screen. Hopefully the new one doesn't do this.
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Your screenshot looks clear to me on my PC, so if you are seeing burn-in then it will be on your screen and will need a replacement, what I was saying is you cannot send someone a SS to show them the burn-in, they would need to look at your screen with their eyes

Mrplennium said:
This is the screen burn in that I have unfortunately. Going to get the screen replaced, hopefully this weekend.
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Bro did you just try to screen shot your screen burn ? :laugh: You need to click with another camera

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Burn-in does not show in screenshots, It will only be visible on your device as it is the physical screen with the damage
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warriorvibhu said:
Bro did you just try to screen shot your screen burn ? :laugh: You need to click with another camera
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Hahaha lol I just realized the error of my ways :laugh:
I've never had such screen anomalies before. Still can't understand how it got there since I don't keep my phone at max brightness. Guess I got unlucky this time around.

Mrplennium said:
Hahaha lol I just realized the error of my ways :laugh:
I've never had such screen anomalies before. Still can't understand how it got there since I don't keep my phone at max brightness. Guess I got unlucky this time around.
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Same image on the screen for extended periods can cause it too, so if you're always in WhatsApp chat or Facebook app and the same thing is always on the screen you'll be more likely to see it then too

Mrplennium said:
Hahaha lol I just realized the error of my ways :laugh:
I've never had such screen anomalies before. Still can't understand how it got there since I don't keep my phone at max brightness. Guess I got unlucky this time around.
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Yeah i used to worry a lot about this as i know there are batches of screens that have this problem. Initially i thought the green yellow tint problem was also in some batches esp when Display mate gave this screen such high rating, which means they are all who have sold their souls for money and not honest, so thought mine was a bad batch but it seems everyone has this tint issue. Its sad that you have burn in but its more common than you think. Many people got it with the Samsung View case too.

warriorvibhu said:
Yeah i used to worry a lot about this as i know there are batches of screens that have this problem. Initially i thought the green yellow tint problem was also in some batches esp when Display mate gave this screen such high rating, which means they are all who have sold their souls for money and not honest, so thought mine was a bad batch but it seems everyone has this tint issue. Its sad that you have burn in but its more common than you think. Many people got it with the Samsung View case too.
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Yeah, pretty unfortunate. I did see the issues with the Samsung cases causing the burn in as well. What's funny is that if you speak to a supervisor at the Samsung customer service number and tell them about the screen issues and you have someone else with a Samsung phone call them back hours or a day later and get the same supervisor, they'll tell you that they never had one complaint about the screen. Unless Samsung instructs them it's an issue they can fix, they will not admit it. Still hoping Samsung can correct the yellowish greenish overtone of the general display.

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Burn-in does not show in screenshots, It will only be visible on your device as it is the physical screen with the damage
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Cracked screen show up well using a screen shot

Limeybastard said:
Cracked screen show up well using a screen shot
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Scratches show even better ? :silly: