So after using the phone for a week, I can see a faint line in the top of the screen which I find quite weird since I haven't used the phone at max brightness nor had any static images for long periods of time. I'd just like to know if this is something other people have experienced with their devices? There's also a slight green hue with white screen which is absent at the bottom of the screen. I only noticed it because of a black wallpaper that showed that there's actually a constant notification bar in the launcher screen.
Just use warranty or replacement from. Warranty
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Ok so you assume that this definitely is a defect? Too bad.. it's really really faint, but since I've seen it, it's always there. The home button from AOD is the most notable, varying by the brightness.
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Ok so you assume that this definitely is a defect? Too bad.. it's really really faint, but since I've seen it, it's always there. The home button from AOD is the most notable, varying by the brightness.
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Is it burn in or ghosting?
If you are unsure about if your display is burning in or showing ghosting or both, use a full screen gallery app like QuickPic. Get a gray image and view it. With ghosting you will immediately see the navigation buttons but they will fade (scroll about to a few other images to help it fade), if they don't fade, well the display is probably burning in. You can easily download the checkerboard pattern with a google search.
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Is it burn in or ghosting?
If you are unsure about if your display is burning in or showing ghosting or both, use a full screen gallery app like QuickPic. Get a gray image and view it. With ghosting you will immediately see the navigation buttons but they will fade (scroll about to a few other images to help it fade), if they don't fade, well the display is probably burning in. You can easily download the checkerboard pattern with a google search.
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Thanks for your reply, I also have a suspicion that it might be due to the fact that I used navbar to make the navigation bar entirely black, making the navigation bar "not to burn in" so to say. I disabled that and will see if this has any effect. I also disabled the home button on AOD. If it is burn in it is extremely light still, and only visible with gray backgrounds. I have a feeling that it might be fading away, or my eyes are just starting to give up fingers-crossed, the latter probably the better since I hate to be this nitpicky.. :silly:
Also I haven't read about anyone else suffering from this green tint/hue at the top of the screen. It's not so prominent when I lower the green values or when the screen is dimmer. It's this green stripe that sort of leaves this completely white gap between the bezel. Not very easy to explain but it is easy to distinguish with white backgrounds. It almost looks as if the panel isn't aligned properly and a line of pixels is "out of bounds". Weird if I'm really the only one with this symptom..
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I would if I had a camera.. I was just wondering if anyone has had even remotely the same problem. I should probably just learn to live with it
It's because that Samsung S8 and S8+, have problems with some wallpapers. I get a faint status bar on for examples some wallpapers, because of their aspect ratio. So if it's that, try out the inbuilt wallpapers as they don't get this problem. Don't get a flip, if it's not that you ment!
Try and take a screenshot. Just say Hi Bixby, take a screenshot.
Regards
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It's because that Samsung S8 and S8+, have problems with some wallpapers. I get a faint status bar on for examples some wallpapers, because of their aspect ratio. So if it's that, try out the inbuilt wallpapers as they don't get this problem. Don't get a flip, if it's not that you ment!
Try and take a screenshot. Just say Hi Bixby, take a screenshot.
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I wish it was, though the green hue is noticable on completely white and grey backgrounds. I did notice what you mean though when I used a black wallpaper that had this weird bar at the top.
I get that too on some black wallpapers, but if i use a builtin black theme the strange oversaturated dark bar disappears.. and when I take screenshots the bar stays on the screenshot.. so it's not the screen having prob..
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I get that too on some black wallpapers, but if i use a builtin black theme the strange oversaturated dark bar disappears.. and when I take screenshots the bar stays on the screenshot.. so it's not the screen having prob..
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Yea, but I'm talking about whites now. With a solid white background the top has this green line, not with blacks.
try to screenshot it if the green line appears on the image when you scroll around..
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Yea, but I'm talking about whites now. With a solid white background the top has this green line, not with blacks.
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try to screenshot it if the green line appears on the image when you scroll around..
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if you zoom in on the left part you will notice a slight over saturated bar.. but on the original wallpaper there isn't.. it only comes out when I use wallpapers that are not built in on the theme.
Ok so now I stumbled across this thread on reddit https://www.google.fi/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/682xmo/my_screen_is_a_little_uneven/
I have a strong feeling I'm experiencing the same problem, though at the top there is this white line that goes through the green area just below the green line at the top. Don't know if this splotchiness is a completely different issue..
Update on my situation, I sent the phone to service center through my provider. We'll see if they see what I see. It feels so bad to be away from my Samsung.. I hope they treat it well. Will update once I get updated.
I'm quite surprised but today I got an update on my situation. They swapped the screen and battery so my concerns seem to have been justifiable. I'm sorry that I couldn't replicate or get a picture of my problem.
Now received the phone, new problem arose. The so called "light bleed" that many have been complaining about, but for me it's literally everywhere. It's in the receiver, in all corners and all sides. Damn, such a shame to be sending my phone to service all the time.. Guess I won't be touching any curved screens anymore.
Edit, And to all those who say the light bleed is normal, I didn't have it before the service so I am certain it is a defect or misalignment of the screen.
Got my phone back from the service today. They said that the light bleed is normal and should be expected with "edge" screens. Yet as a precaution they swapped the screen again. Now I have to deliberately look to find the same problem, so on that behalf problem solved. What they didn't manage to fix is the uneven greens. The screen is quite uneven from top to bottom. Darker at the bottom, lighter at top. Really don't want to send this fixed again so I'm pretty sure I just try to live with it and see if it really bothers me with my normal usage, videos etc. I do know that this issue is really common with amoleds (speaking from experience.)
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Thanks for your reply, I also have a suspicion that it might be due to the fact that I used navbar to make the navigation bar entirely black, making the navigation bar "not to burn in" so to say. I disabled that and will see if this has any effect. I also disabled the home button on AOD. If it is burn in it is extremely light still, and only visible with gray backgrounds. I have a feeling that it might be fading away, or my eyes are just starting to give up fingers-crossed, the latter probably the better since I hate to be this nitpicky.. :silly:
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Um... That's exactly why it happened. You need to understand what "burn in" is. It's not burning at all. Simply that amoled pixels lose brightness and color the more time they are used. That's all. So if you have a status bar as black, it will not be losing its brightness but the rest of your screen will. So basically you burned in your screen. Really the screen is always burning in, the key is to make it burn in uniformly. That's why leaving AOD on without it moving would burn the time in, because the lit pixels are decaying while the rest of the screen isnt
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When you start the app, at the xda splach screen is the bronze / red colour the same across the whole screen or is it like a gradient getting lighter towards the top left?
Just wondering if my screen is duff but maybe I'll be better downloading a screen test app.
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When you start the app, at the xda splach screen is the bronze / red colour the same across the whole screen or is it like a gradient getting lighter towards the top left?
Just wondering if my screen is duff but maybe I'll be better downloading a screen test app.
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No, nothing wrong with your screen for that reason. Just loaded xda and it does change shades from top to bottom.
If you think there's issue with the screen, google search for a photographic color calibration image, that should give you a good image to check with.
Thanks. I thought that was the case as I haven't seen this problem in any other apps or when using the phone normally. Still a relief to hear though!
no clue, i have set mine to DARK theme to safe power.
but when i look at a BLANK WHITE page, the 2 bottom corners just above the 4 soft buttons have a weird purplish gradient, which did not exist in Galaxy S
but that is due the Concave screen design
Mines on dark also but I'm talking about the splash screen that shows on starting the app - whether light or dark theme selected.
No such purple tint here.
The xda splash screen gradient looks a little banded because of the pentile sub pixel layout of the amoled screen. Nothing really wrong with your screen, that's just the way it is with these screens. It's a trade off.
Don't think I'm seeing banding, it's just the fact the xda splash screen tends to lighten as it gets to the top left of the screen.
From what others have said this seems normal though so. I'm not concerned.
Ah got it, I mis read. Yeah I think that's normal.
This is slightly off topic but relevant to the xda app. When I first view a new thread using the app, it always jumps either to the last page or a random page. Or if the thread is only one page long, it starts halfway down the thread. Again this is for new threads I've never viewed before. Anyone else experiencing this or know how I can fix this?
Thanks!
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Yep seeing this too and never quite worked out the pattern / reason.
Don't worry about hijacking the thread, my question was answered long ago
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Mines on dark also but I'm talking about the splash screen that shows on starting the app - whether light or dark theme selected.
No such purple tint here.
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on the Nexus S
i have a very nice and smooth dark brown to light brown gradient going from bottom right to top left
on the Galaxy S
the same gradient looks like chopped, chunky, banded, it's like looking at a picture in 16bit color (SGS) vs 32bit color (SNS)
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on the Nexus S
i have a very nice and smooth dark brown to light brown gradient going from bottom right to top left
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the same gradient looks like chopped, chunky, banded, it's like looking at a picture in 16bit color (SGS) vs 32bit color (SNS)
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That's interesting. I thought these used the same screen technology - samoled?
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i have a very nice and smooth dark brown to light brown gradient going from bottom right to top left
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the same gradient looks like chopped, chunky, banded, it's like looking at a picture in 16bit color (SGS) vs 32bit color (SNS)
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That's originally what I meant with my post cause I see the banding on my screen too. It should be identical since these screens are literally identical I believe.
that's what i would like to know as well.. i was left when i did the comparison
Anyone notice a slight screen discoloration, almost a purple-ish or some other dark-ish tint? Most noticeable when compared side-by-side with another device...?
Pictures maybe?
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Anyone notice a slight screen discoloration, almost a purple-ish or some other dark-ish tint? Most noticeable when compared side-by-side with another device...?
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AMOLED screens does look a bit different compared to LCDs
do you mean a superficial discoloration or a change in the colors of the Amoled screen?
It's like a purple-ish tint over the entire screen- it's difficult to notice until you compare the phone side-by-side with another device. I know SAMOLED screen look very different but the colors should be more vivid, not discolored. Best test is to go into the clock app, hit the dim button in the upper right-hand screen and see if the bottom dock row of buttons turns super purple. If anyone tests this, would be great to hear your results...
Yeah I've noticed this as well, I did the test that you just mentioned with the clock and the bottom bar does turn purple for me as well.
People who have looked at my phone have said there seems to be a tint to it.
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Yeah I've noticed this as well, I did the test that you just mentioned with the clock and the bottom bar does turn purple for me as well.
People who have looked at my phone have said there seems to be a tint to it.
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I've heard mixed feedback with some saying their's does NOT respond with the purple-ish tint and that if it does, its defective; others have said this is just how SAMOLED screens are (doesn't sound right). I'm going back to Best Buy today to try and exchange and compare. Will let you know my results.
It's been discussed over here, check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883109
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Hey everyone, I bought my HTC One S used, and at a discounted price because of screen burn-in. The burn-in isn't noticeable at higher brightness settings, but when there is a dark background applied, or when the backlight is dim, you can clearly see burned in areas.
Has anyone had any success using any burn-in removal techniques with apps like Display Tester?
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester&hl=en)
Just realized this should've been in the Q&A section.. woops!
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Hey everyone, I bought my HTC One S used, and at a discounted price because of screen burn-in. The burn-in isn't noticeable at higher brightness settings, but when there is a dark background applied, or when the backlight is dim, you can clearly see burned in areas.
Has anyone had any success using any burn-in removal techniques with apps like Display Tester?
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester&hl=en)
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What exactly is screen burn-in? Is it the same as the screen has different color depending on what angle you are looking at it? My experience is when i look directly on my screen, it show some yellowish in white background, but when i tilt it forward or backward, the white becomes white with no yellowish color. And when i turn it sideways it become pinkish.. do you think my screen is busted? Or is it what you call the screen burn-in?
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What exactly is screen burn-in? Is it the same as the screen has different color depending on what angle you are looking at it? My experience is when i look directly on my screen, it show some yellowish in white background, but when i tilt it forward or backward, the white becomes white with no yellowish color. And when i turn it sideways it become pinkish.. do you think my screen is busted? Or is it what you call the screen burn-in?
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Yeah, exactly how you described it. Looks yellowish/orange depending on the background
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4147471980_4e153af3bf_o.jpg
^-That's a good example of what a screen burn (or is it image retention?) looks like. Found this image on Google just for the purpose of an example, it's clearly not from an HTC One S haha
My friend who uses the HTC Sense clock has developed minor screen burn from having the clock widget in the same place since day one of his phone
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Yeah, exactly how you described it. Looks yellowish/orange depending on the background
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4147471980_4e153af3bf_o.jpg
^-That's a good example of what a screen burn (or is it image retention?) looks like. Found this image on Google just for the purpose of an example, it's clearly not from an HTC One S haha
My friend who uses the HTC Sense clock has developed minor screen burn from having the clock widget in the same place since day one of his phone
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But i don't have that kind of burn-in like in the picture.. the yellowish color i see is in the whole screen but in the picture you post ia only a part of the screen is having the yellowish patches..
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TC is probably referring to ghosting. Kinda like
http://www.pixeltuneup.com/images/screenburn.jpg
or to a lessor extend but more common
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5523/2005fpwsw2.jpg
Notice the faint icons? As to fixing it, I don't believe there is a way other than replacing the screen. It happens when an image is displayed without movement. It sort of "burns" into the screen, and when viewing something else, its slightly visible, thus "ghosting"
As for the yellow tint you see in the whole screen, I believe some displays are just like that.
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TC is probably referring to ghosting. Kinda like
http://www.pixeltuneup.com/images/screenburn.jpg
or to a lessor extend but more common
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5523/2005fpwsw2.jpg
Notice the faint icons? As to fixing it, I don't believe there is a way other than replacing the screen. It happens when an image is displayed without movement. It sort of "burns" into the screen, and when viewing something else, its slightly visible, thus "ghosting"
As for the yellow tint you see in the whole screen, I believe some displays are just like that.
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Thank you for the explanation.. but i don't have that ghosting nor the faint icons.. i only experience the different colors when viewing in different angles, i just hate it, nothing else, but why is that?
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angeloalonzo01 said:
Thank you for the explanation.. but i don't have that ghosting nor the faint icons.. i only experience the different colors when viewing in different angles, i just hate it, nothing else, but why is that?
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tbh i wonder what would happen if you attempted to burn in the color inverted (dont do it, lol)
But most likely a new screen, which isn't too expensive.
If you had a big enough discount, it'd be no problem.
I just started using the Expanded Desktop MOD (No Navbar) and noticed that the bottom 8-10mm of the screen has a yellowish tint which isn't really visible on dark backgrounds like the Navbar.
It's clearly visible in apps that use the light theme such as Chrome, Hangouts.
The easiest way to check would be to open the Google keyboard in reverse landscape mode (volume buttons facing upwards) and compare the color from edge to edge.
Fortunately, my N5 doesn't have the overall yellow tint issue which my friend's N5 does and a lot of users have mentioned here.
My question is, is there anyone who has a perfect device? No overall yellowish screen and no uneven colors issue that I have.
I don't want to go through a bunch of RMAs and never get a perfect screen.
Please check your phone's keyboard in reverse landscape mode and post if you see this issue or if the colors are uniform.
Thanks.
My screen has a very slight yellow tint too at the bottom 10mm (the rest is fine, no yellow tint), but it is minor.
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sonnysekhon said:
I just started using the Expanded Desktop MOD (No Navbar) and noticed that the bottom 8-10mm of the screen has a yellowish tint which isn't really visible on dark backgrounds like the Navbar.
It's clearly visible in apps that use the light theme such as Chrome, Hangouts.
The easiest way to check would be to open the Google keyboard in reverse landscape mode (volume buttons facing upwards) and compare the color from edge to edge.
Fortunately, my N5 doesn't have the overall yellow tint issue which my friend's N5 does and a lot of users have mentioned here.
My question is, is there anyone who has a perfect device? No overall yellowish screen and no uneven colors issue that I have.
I don't want to go through a bunch of RMAs and never get a perfect screen.
Please check your phone's keyboard in reverse landscape mode and post if you see this issue or if the colors are uniform.
Thanks.
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That is the Glue drying! It should go away soon
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That is the Glue drying! It should go away soon
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It's bad quality control if that's the case. I've had it for almost a month so don't think it's going to get better.
Anyone else has this issue?
I've got an N5 32GB that doesn't have the yellowish tint to the screen. Out of the few people I know that have N5's, none of them have that problem. I am wondering if the slight shadow effect is what is being referred to int his thread. Both the top and bottom have a slight shadowing effect on the edges of the screen with the Google Experience launcher. I haven't checked to see if you can turn this off but you can in Nova Launcher. When I get in from work, I'm going to round up some backgrounds to check. If anyone has any they think illustrate the issue best, please post them and I'll check back and try them with my device. For now, I recommend trying the Nova Launcher and turning off the shadowing to get a clear idea of what is going on with the edges of the screen.
Edit: Using Google Search and Hangouts, I don't see any yellowish anything on the edges of my screen regardless of the orientation. I also asked a co-worker to have a look as well and he didn't see any variation in the screen color on the edges, yellow or any other. The launchers I tried was Nova Launcher beta3 and the Google Experience launcher. Both yielded the same results.
Edit 2: It should be noted that I am not using the Expanded Desktop Mod and my ROM is stock with root and CWM for recovery.
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It's bad quality control if that's the case. I've had it for almost a month so don't think it's going to get better.
Anyone else has this issue?
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Yes, i have this issue too. It is my second N5 (first one was a RMA) and i noticed it at the weekend when i flashed Purity ROM and checked a blank website using Chrome with Immersion/Expanded desktop mode enabled. Hmm. Besides that, my second Nexus 5 is near than perfect and basing on my research it is possible, that is glue that has to harden out - so it could disappear some day....? I don´t want to RMA it a third time.
I have also noticed, that the spot is getting stronger when the Nexus is on heat, e.g. with benchmarking or gaming. Weird. But that could be subjective.
I think i will have a look how it goes and than i will decide how to proceed.
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It's bad quality control if that's the case. I've had it for almost a month so don't think it's going to get better.
Anyone else has this issue?
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it could take about 2 to 3 months
Are you all still with first batch phones? I had a 16GB (black) 310k that I sold once my 311k 32GB (black) arrived. I didn't have any issues with the 310k either but it seems a lot more people have had various issues with the 310k over anything later.
jcsww said:
Are you all still with first batch phones? I had a 16GB (black) 310k that I sold once my 311k 32GB (black) arrived. I didn't have any issues with the 310k either but it seems a lot more people have had various issues with the 310k over anything later.
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I am on 311k ...
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Do you mean, it is worth the wait or should we order a replacement device?
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Do you mean, it is worth the wait or should we order a replacement device?
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thats up to u..my n5 was really yellowish..it has been improving after using it more often
Thank you for your help. I think, I will have a look at and see how it goes.
Was your whole screen yellowish, or like mine I a small area?
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I run Immersion Mode and yes the bottom where the keys were have a yellow tint
Same issue here, but mine has almost fixed itself with just using it today. Device has been used for less than a week. I'm hoping what little is still there corrects itself too. Was driving me nuts. It's all I noticed. I attribute it to the glue curing.
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Yes, i am looking and searching for it every time i use the phone.. And yes, that is something that drives one nuts.
I will give it a go like i stated before, and when it is not getting better, i will ask Google for a replacement.
I have taken a photo, i hope you can see it..
Hi TR2N,
It has been a while since your post, but did your yellow tint on the top of your screen ever fade or did you eventually RMA or just live with it? I am dealing with the same issue and the tech at Google never heard about anything related to glue drying.
Thanks,
Jason
sonnysekhon said:
I just started using the Expanded Desktop MOD (No Navbar) and noticed that the bottom 8-10mm of the screen has a yellowish tint which isn't really visible on dark backgrounds like the Navbar.
It's clearly visible in apps that use the light theme such as Chrome, Hangouts.
The easiest way to check would be to open the Google keyboard in reverse landscape mode (volume buttons facing upwards) and compare the color from edge to edge.
Fortunately, my N5 doesn't have the overall yellow tint issue which my friend's N5 does and a lot of users have mentioned here.
My question is, is there anyone who has a perfect device? No overall yellowish screen and no uneven colors issue that I have.
I don't want to go through a bunch of RMAs and never get a perfect screen.
Please check your phone's keyboard in reverse landscape mode and post if you see this issue or if the colors are uniform.
Thanks.
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Dragging up a very old thread but I have this exact issue - the bottom 10mm of phone screen in yellowish. Looks bad in landscape
My device is about 6 weeks old. OP - did you RMA in the end?...
surrealjam said:
Dragging up a very old thread but I have this exact issue - the bottom 10mm of phone screen in yellowish. Looks bad in landscape
My device is about 6 weeks old. OP - did you RMA in the end?...
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I did but the replacements had the same issue and were more yellow overall.
I've had my original phone this whole time. The yellow tint eventually goes away as you keep using it and the glue dries up.
Has anyone heard about this new information?
https://thenextweb.com/gear/2017/05/...#.tnw_Cu3oNtvs
Any opinions on it? Just got my S8 last thursday, and i'm getting kinda scared after these, also turned off AOD, it is changing position but wan't to make it sure that it won't burn in.
Burn in on Amoled screens is simply inevitable, just a matter of time - a very very long time though, if you do the necessary precautions.
I have heard stories of people complaining about this, but I have yet to see a picture of a screen with any burnt in images. I've looked everywhere, until I see a picture/video of a burnt image on an S8 I am going to believe these articles are just click bait.
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I have heard stories of people complaining about this, but I have yet to see a picture of a screen with any burnt in images. I've looked everywhere, until I see a picture/video of a burnt image on an S8 I am going to believe these articles are just click bait.
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http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-burn-in-issue-768623/
For the few it may have occurred on compared to the millions sold I really wouldn't worry. It's under warranty anyway.
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http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-burn-in-issue-768623/
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Interesting, what surprises me most about this though is that the entire bottom edge of the screen looks brighter than the rest of the screen. Not sure why this would happen. If it was caused by a burned in image the lower portion of the device would not be brighter.
My guess is that is a defective screen, looks like the entire bottom 1/4 inch or so is Extra bright. If that is the case is possible if caused the buttons to burn in. Even that it would take some extreme bright settings to really cause that.
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Interesting, what surprises me most about this though is that the entire bottom edge of the screen looks brighter than the rest of the screen. Not sure why this would happen. If it was caused by a burned in image the lower portion of the device would not be brighter.
My guess is that is a defective screen, looks like the entire bottom 1/4 inch or so is Extra bright. If that is the case is possible if caused the buttons to burn in. Even that it would take some extreme bright settings to really cause that.
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That seemed to be burned in from where entire the nav bar sits. I wish they showed the top (status bar burn in as well).
Or people trying to chime in for some fame from the S8's sucess?
One thing I wonder since buying S8 and reading about those stories. Does AMOLED display "burn" temporarily like IPS display do? (apart from aformentioned permanent and over the time burn).
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I'm sorry to tell you that but it is really an issue. I've had 2 s8 and both had the same problem like on this photo. I've seen 2 other s8 in stores having the same issue. I'm pretty sure you can see it on your s8. Just use an app with black navbar for 1 min then display directly a gray picture in full screen mode. You should be able to see the navbar still...
Enzo1707 said:
I'm sorry to tell you that but it is really an issue. I've had 2 s8 and both had the same problem like on this photo. I've seen 2 other s8 in stores having the same issue. I'm pretty sure you can see it on your s8. Just use an app with black navbar for 1 min then display directly a gray picture in full screen mode. You should be able to see the navbar still...
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Burn in is inevitable on Amoled screens. But the real life scenario wouldn't occur much. When was the last time you opened a gray app/pic or whatever right after?
Enzo1707 said:
I'm sorry to tell you that but it is really an issue. I've had 2 s8 and both had the same problem like on this photo. I've seen 2 other s8 in stores having the same issue. I'm pretty sure you can see it on your s8. Just use an app with black navbar for 1 min then display directly a gray picture in full screen mode. You should be able to see the navbar still...
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I'm confused. on an AMOLED screen, a black nav bar would mean the pixels are not even turned on, so how would something that is not on, get burned in?
ewokuk said:
I'm confused. on an AMOLED screen, a black nav bar would mean the pixels are not even turned on, so how would something that is not on, get burned in?
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In the above picture, IMHO what appears to be burned are actually the pixels that have been turned on for a longer time (the home screen background), and therefore are less brilliant. So you can see that the pixels corresponding to the black navigation bar background are actually more white (i.e. less worn out) than the rest of the home screen.
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vin4yak said:
Burn in is inevitable on Amoled screens. But the real life scenario wouldn't occur much. When was the last time you opened a gray app/pic or whatever right after?
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I spoke about the gray picture to show you this problem, but I see it very often on a lot of different backgrounds. For example, 50% of Samsung's walppapers show this potential burn in. So yes in real life I can see it very very often...
If anything is going to burn in, it'll be your navbar. The AOD changes so much and skips around so often, that it simply cannot burn in, Samsung has made special algorithms to prevent it. A black navbar on apps with a white background is a big issue though, because in that case, the black navbar pixels wear off in a much slower rate than the rest of the screen. This is because the black pixels are only on rarely (home screen to show the wallpaper basically), while the rest of the screen above them shows white
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ewokuk said:
I'm confused. on an AMOLED screen, a black nav bar would mean the pixels are not even turned on, so how would something that is not on, get burned in?
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The navbar doesn't burn in, the rest of the screen does. The black navbar doesn't "age" in the same pace with the rest of the screen due to the pixels being off all the time, and differs in color because of this. The color difference makes it look like the navbar has burned in, when in fact the rest of the display has "aged", and the navbar not
galaxyYtester said:
If anything is going to burn in, it'll be your navbar. The AOD changes so much and skips around so often, that it simply cannot burn in, Samsung has made special algorithms to prevent it. A black navbar on apps with a white background is a big issue though, because in that case, the black navbar pixels wear off in a much slower rate than the rest of the screen. This is because the black pixels are only on rarely (home screen to show the wallpaper basically), while the rest of the screen above them shows white
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The navbar doesn't burn in, the rest of the screen does. The black navbar doesn't "age" in the same pace with the rest of the screen due to the pixels being off all the time, and differs in color because of this. The color difference makes it look like the navbar has burned in, when in fact the rest of the display has "aged", and the navbar not
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In that case I better ditch my black theme
ewokuk said:
In that case I better ditch my black theme
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Black isn't bad, it's good for battery saving, and doesn't actually damage or burn in your display. The bad thing about black is when it sits in a certain place for a long time, while the rest of the display is white. Black parts don't "age" while white parts do, this is why you generally want to have the same color on the entire panel, good example is how the status bar changes color when switching apps. This color switching fixes a problem that older AMOLED-display devices like the Galaxy S3 used to have, the status bar was always black, and "aged" more slowly than the rest of the screen, over time creating a stripe at the top that shows on fullscreen apps
There's no reason to change a black theme, unless half of the screen is white and half of it black, if the theme is black in general there is no harm done
Enzo1707 said:
I'm sorry to tell you that but it is really an issue. I've had 2 s8 and both had the same problem like on this photo. I've seen 2 other s8 in stores having the same issue. I'm pretty sure you can see it on your s8. Just use an app with black navbar for 1 min then display directly a gray picture in full screen mode. You should be able to see the navbar still...
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The theme I use has a black nav bar all the time, I have opened a bright white and a grey image on full brightness multiple times never seen any burn in. I put my phone and its screen on time + brightness through a pretty brutal day every day. I use it almost solely to do my job so I average about 5 hours of SOT and often at or near the brightest setting for the screen. Have yet to see a single issue.
Since it is not wide spread it makes me wonder if there is a certain feature/Theme/setting being used that is causing the issue.
Is there anyone in this thread who has had the issue? Are you using the phone on the highest brightness, or on the highest definition? What about using a theme?
Just wondering if we get some information for anyone who has seen the issue if we could figure out what is causing it.
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So just in case everyone is still not following this story the burn in on all of the phones was only temporary. Most of the Reddit posts have pulled their pictures and edited their posts. Only one dude still has not changed his, my guess is he just is enjoying the fame. I really wish journalistic integrity was still a thing. A few trolls on Reddit set off a huge bunch of worry warts and their was never any issue with the screens.
ShrekOpher said:
Interesting, what surprises me most about this though is that the entire bottom edge of the screen looks brighter than the rest of the screen. Not sure why this would happen. If it was caused by a burned in image the lower portion of the device would not be brighter.
My guess is that is a defective screen, looks like the entire bottom 1/4 inch or so is Extra bright. If that is the case is possible if caused the buttons to burn in. Even that it would take some extreme bright settings to really cause that.
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It's actually the rest of the screen that is burned out. The navbar isn't powered while black, so it doesn't deteriorate as quickly as the rest of the screen. The navbar looks out of place, but it's actually the best condition portion of the display.
The cause is the deterioration of the pixels, typically starting with the blue ones. I'd guess that enabling thr blue light filter would lengthen the lifespan of the display, at the cost of mimicking the effect of the burn out.
Edit: more content appeared since I first read this. I'm just repeating everyone now.
Well, that's true, and I think 70-80% of the galaxy s8 will have this problem. To "solve" it, I've just entered an adb command so that my phone is always in full screen mode. I have now more screen and I don't need to be worry about burn in.
The whole burn in issue has been blown way out of proportion. Dont be scared by it. This technology has been used for years. How many S7, S6, S5, S4 devices do you see still being used that have perfect screens with no burn in? LOTS!
Use your phone how it is intended to be used. Don't disable things because you read something on the internet. On a crappy website at that. Believe it or not, not everything you read on the internet is true