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So I've had my Moto g for a few months and I love it. My wife's phone just died, so I got her one of these lovely machines as a replacement. We were setting it up and the latest Android update popped up. I have the new update myself so I whent ahead and upgraded. Now Chrome, some of the notification windows and many other text areas have this grid of black specks over them. Just wondering if there is a way to fix it, or if I should return it for a replacement.
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Noticing a kind of very lite shade of greys in white screens irrespective of the brightness. No problem with any other colors. Can’t capture it in a snap. So tried my best to represent it in the image(attached). You can download the image and zoom-in and shake the image in the marked area to clearly see what I’m talking about. Anybody else having this issue? Is it huge issue as I will be working with photographs in the phone?
Just bought the device yesterday. Would be nice if someone can tell me how to convey this to the retailer without making him think that I’m crazy for a replacement. :laugh:
Unlocked model S7(flat)
I have found that all modern high density AMOLED screens have this to some extent. I bought 7 Galaxy S6s and none were perfect, with some better than others. 99% of people won't notice it. And even if you're someone who can notice it, sometimes it takes a couple weeks of owning the phone before you see it, and then once you see it, it's hard to unsee it. It's especially noticeable if you're scrolling and move your eyes up and down the screen with the content as it moves.
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I have found that all modern high density AMOLED screens have this to some extent. I bought 7 Galaxy S6s and none were perfect, with some better than others. 99% of people won't notice it. And even if you're someone who can notice it, sometimes it takes a couple weeks of owning the phone before you see it, and then once you see it, it's hard to unsee it. It's especially noticeable if you're scrolling and move your eyes up and down the screen with the content as it moves.
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I saw it in the first day itself. Expected value for the price paid is not delivered means. It's cheating
Its very common on AMOLED devices unfortunately and my guess is that the vast majority of users cannot see it so lower # of units returned to samsung and they probably will blame it on QA. If a lot of consumers would start to notice it and demand for close to perfect panels then samsung will probably up their AMOLED game.
we bought 3 sgs7 phones all of them have this issue...how can such a company like Samsung do this ...like i cant see that LOL my vission on close distances is verry verry good so thats whay i saw those gray lines in a minute after buying one.i went to see my brothers gs7 after that and of course his one was the same and then after one week my father bought one white version so i thought that the 3rd one has to be a good one but NOPE it was the same story again...im very pissed so i will go to Samsung and tell them about it and will see what will they say...just to let u know guys i had similar problem on xperia z5 but instead of grey lines i had white ones and also some white spots and i send it to waranty and told them about the display issue and they have replaced the screen and now its perfect...so im goin to do that on Samsung aswell. good luck ppl
just to let u know guys i went Samsung and they replaced the screen but those gray lines are visible again so they sad that they cannot fix it and change screen everytime.... it looks like that alot of led panels are baddly constructed in the factory so i decided to return the phone.
I am on my 3rd galaxy S7. The 1st had the SD card connecting and disconnecting. The 2nd one the USB port would no longer transfer data(learned because VR stopped working) I am worried about the build quality of this phone....
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JovHok said:
Noticing a kind of very lite shade of greys in white screens irrespective of the brightness. No problem with any other colors. Can’t capture it in a snap. So tried my best to represent it in the image(attached). You can download the image and zoom-in and shake the image in the marked area to clearly see what I’m talking about. Anybody else having this issue? Is it huge issue as I will be working with photographs in the phone?
Just bought the device yesterday. Would be nice if someone can tell me how to convey this to the retailer without making him think that I’m crazy for a replacement. [emoji23]
Unlocked model S7(flat)
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I have exactly this same issue and it's driving me nuts! I cannot return my phone now, but it's very noticeable for me those grey lines when some other people I tried to show it couldn't see it...I hate AMOLED displays, I have never had a phone with an AMOLED display which was perfect, all of them always had some issue at some point. From Motorola, other Samsung, Huawei, all of them had some sort of issue with the display.[emoji35]
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Replaced once, too. Mine was not a perfect line, like gray dust splattered along a line. Especially visible with grayish flat images, there were clear fluctuations on shade of "gray". Second device is almost perfect. If you look with magnifying glass , there were some pinkish littttle dusty dots on white, but it is really hard to see with naked eye. So happy with second now.
This issue is present because AMOLED screens don't use backlight. Every pixel is emitting light, and my guess is that they aren't distributing the same amount of brightness on every area of the screen.
It's noticable, but as some said to a very small amount of people, and it isn't that much of an issue if u ask me. Bigger issue is that amoled screens burn in over time. I could see my keyboard on white background on my S5 after a year and a half of use. Thank god that s7 has themes so I can change keyboard layouts.
Everything comes with a price... LCD's have their flaws, and so do AMOLED's.
Good news, its just a software bug on Android M, just reflash it to Android N and it will be fixed.
bitterano said:
Good news, its just a software bug on Android M, just reflash it to Android N and it will be fixed.
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Not here, I'm running the latest beta on my s7 and the grey lines are still there, it's a problem with the display itself.
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Found a perfect solution
Found a complete solution here.
Works like a charm.
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My experience.
Hi all,
I have an unlocked, rooted, Nougat ROM S7 Edge and I have been experiencing the same issue for 3 months.
The only way for me to fixed it is to flash Superman ROM, then the lines disappear. Any other ROM (Elyos, S8 ports, ...): I have the grey lines. A kernel issue?
Cheers.
P.S.: Flicker free kernel used to work with Superman ROM but if I flash it after any other ROM, my phone gets stuck in boot.
Just wondering if anyone else hates the way 8.1 tints the screen or completely changes the UI color based on how dark/light your wallpapers is?
I wouldn't mind the dark tint so much if it wasn't such a drastic difference going from your home screen to the settings, Google Now or even swiping down and getting white notifications. It clashes very badly, at least in my opinion. Some of the wallpapers even tint the screen an odd color (first two example pics). It's just a weird design choice. Maybe it's just me though. I've never had such a hard time picking a wallpaper... lol
I attached a picture with some examples.
Anyone else care to chime in?
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Just wondering if anyone else hates the way 8.1 tints the screen or completely changes the UI color based on how dark/light your wallpapers is?
I wouldn't mind the dark tint so much if it wasn't such a drastic difference going from your home screen to the settings, Google Now or even swiping down and getting white notifications. It clashes very badly, at least in my opinion. Some of the wallpapers even tint the screen an odd color (first two example pics). It's just a weird design choice. Maybe it's just me though. I've never had such a hard time picking a wallpaper... lol
I attached a picture with some examples.
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I'm with you man. Like dark wallpapers, but also love the white UI
Don't like this change at all.
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Or at least give the user the choice
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Hate the tinting, make it stop!
It's lazy, idiotic and disgusting. And we're stuck with it, with no hope of anything improving in Android P.
This is annoying, especially because of Now Playing album artwork as background feature, because the tint is STILL the wallpaper color! Best solution I've found is to use dark/black backgrounds - then the tint is merely dimming.
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It's lazy, idiotic and disgusting. And we're stuck with it, with no hope of anything improving in Android P.
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Wallpaper colour based Tints are gone in Android P DP4. It's back to a nice, normal, Black Tint throughout.
Thought i'd share the good news.
@ForeverZ3RO
Does anyone know what version of 8.1 gets rid of the screen tinting. For the pixel 2 its the July patch I believe.
when scrolling text on a black/dark background at minimum brightness a purple smudge/trail follows the text.what problem is this?
I have started noticing it since the day 1 when I bought oneplus 6,it is very disgusting
What should i do to overcome this?
Should i take this isue to service center or is it normal?
Gale kumar said:
when scrolling text on a black/dark background at minimum brightness a purple smudge/trail follows the text.what problem is this?
I have started noticing it since the day 1 when I bought oneplus 6,it is very disgusting
What should i do to overcome this?
Should i take this isue to service center or is it normal?
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I have that too
I just got my phone and opened it an hour ago and I just used the dark theme and moved to min brightness and scrolled the settings menu and I see no purple smudging/trailing. I assume any dark background and white text would be what you're talking about.
If i do it slowly it looks like the pixels are lagging behind or something. They take some time to come on
Coming from Pixel 2 xl, guys, dont complain about smearing ?
blaze9090 said:
Coming from Pixel 2 xl, guys, dont complain about smearing
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LoL
Amoled issue.
Someone explained that the green pixels turn off the quickest but red+blue take a little bit longer. So when you go from white to black. It'll be purple for a split second.
I can't confirm that, no issue here.
Don't worry, it's a thing with (probably) every AMOLED panel. The pixels turn off on black background & when you move fast the image enough, you can see them turn back on & do the purple blur
It's a problem of amoled ?
All amoled phones have that....chill n njoy ur oneplus 6...
At the moment I can't see any dispaly issue like the one you described. 8/256 version.
I can't see anything as you have described, so either I have a goldilocks screen or my eyes suck
Same problem with my OnePlus 6 and I had it on my previous OnePlus 3T. But I don't find it annoying, fortunately!
Hey!
Since some days, I have noticed that the color of my Galaxy S8+'s display are getting weird.
I'm using a Galaxy S9 wallpaper, the blue one with the squares detail. In the areas with the color shading, the color looks burned. I don't really know how to explain it, but it looks like 6 bit images, something like this:
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https://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/lecture_notes/2007-08/20080312/images/balloons.6bit.gif
I tried other wallpapers, and it is still the same. With bright wallpaper I don't notice the problem, but with darker ones I see that the colors get burned. With the darker wallpaper, if I boost up the display brightness, the problem almost disappear.
I don't know what's the problem, I own the phone since the day one, and never had any issues. All was fine until Saturday I think. I also tried a reset, but nothing.
Could be maybe an update problem? Maybe Samsung UI has a bugged update? Anyone else is having this problem?
Thanks in advance.