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Bizzare screen defect - help!

So check this out. I got a replacement phone from verizon about 2 weeks ago. After the first few days i noticed a slight discoloration in the top left side of the screen. You could only see if on a white screen, other than that it was pretty inconspicuous. However I was dissatisfied that my new replacement had this defect so I called and they promptly sent a new one with standard 5 day shipping!
So, as the week went on this weird spot that I can only compare to a grease stain on a piece of clothing, started to grow... every day it was a little bigger. It grew at a rate that was barley noticeable. I had to see what icon it was touching, and then compare that to its position the next day.
by last night (about a week later) it had grown to affect half of the screen. i assumed that it would eventually take over the enter screen and I would be left with a slightly shaded screen coloring.
when i woke up this morning, this is what it looked like
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Its pretty much totally unusable. you can see from the picture that somehow the puzzle piece pattern burned into the screen (not sure how as that screen is never on for more than a few seconds, especially since it wasn't burned in last night and my phone sits on my nightstand and was not on).
Its like the screen 'ink' or whatever just totally failed.
anyway, i have the replacement already, but I wanted to share this weird story
the replacement phone is already listed on ebay and I will be upgrading to the HTC Rezound as soon as it comes out.

Definitely a faulty panel there.
Very strange to see it go that way, though. Pretty interesting picture.
BTW: These screens are not LCD, there's nothing like "Screen ink" in them. Each pixel is an array of 3 tiny LED lights (one Red, one Green, one Blue).

AlexDeGruven said:
Definitely a faulty panel there.
Very strange to see it go that way, though. Pretty interesting picture.
BTW: These screens are not LCD, there's nothing like "Screen ink" in them. Each pixel is an array of 3 tiny LED lights (one Red, one Green, one Blue).
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thats what I thought too. So what is causing it to "bleed" like that? by the way.. its only been a about 2 hours since i took that picture, and its almost entirely "blue". my guess is that in a few hours it will be completely failed

Probably just a bad run on the screen.
I'd be interested to see if there are more of them out there, since the panels are manufactured in large batches, so one defect should have several similar screens like it out there.
Could also be a fault somewhere else in the device, like maybe the display controller, and it's maybe overvolting the red and green LEDs, causing them to burn out much faster. (pure conjecture on my part)

I did just install ep3Ha on that the day I got it. wonder if its possible something went bad in the flash and toasted the screen, or is that even possible

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I did just install ep3Ha on that the day I got it. wonder if its possible something went bad in the flash and toasted the screen, or is that even possible
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doubt it, that looks like massive hardware fail

yeah, I don't think there's anything you could do software-wise that would do anything like that.

Is that a pressure crack? That's what it looks like.

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Is that a pressure crack? That's what it looks like.
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no, this happened very very slowly. it looks like an LCD screen when you sit on it or step on it.. but no. since its not lcd it cant do that.
it took it about 7 days to get to this point.

I was talking to a colleague of mine who is an EE. He thinks it was a failure in the glue that holds the layers of the panel together. because of how it started, small and in 1 corner, it is similar de-lamination that can can happen in things like plywood. these screens are layered pieces of plastics and material that allows it to work as a screen. once it started to 'peel' apart, it was just a matter of time.
the screen slowly started to come apart until it reached a critical point. the result would be the same if you had the screen out of the phone and started to separate its layers.
seems to make sense to me, hes the EE, im just a physics major.. what do i know

I can hear the screen saying IIIIIMMMM MEEEEELLLLLTTTTTIIIINNNNNGGGGG
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[Q] screen replacement issues (with pics)

first off this is my first post, ive come to xda for a while to get roms and learn a bit about my phone! any ways, my issue is my new screen... a while back i dropped it while bike riding and broke the glass. i just got my replacement screen and put it in today. when it first loads it looks ok, maybe a little yellowish, but ok... now when i lock it then unlock it you can barely see the screen and when i take the battery out and try again it starts fine and ends bad.... im running gtgs gingerbread and i have unclipped the screen and such and im wondering if it is an issue with the screen or if it is other parts... thanks guys
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after locking, trying to unlock

I get that same problem about once per week, I thought I was the only one with this problem.. I lock and unlock again and it would go back to normal.

where did you buy the screen? I replaced mine but got a bad one and am trying to resolve the issue with the reseller. I have a fealling I'm gonna have a long rant bad mouthing the seller ( in China ) I want to know if we used the same website.

Did u check the display setting?

durvall said:
I get that same problem about once per week, I thought I was the only one with this problem.. I lock and unlock again and it would go back to normal.
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how does your screen look with whites? i was messing around a bit more before i locked it and found out what is most likely the issue and if its not , i have two lol you can see what im talking about in the pic
Dani897 said:
where did you buy the screen? I replaced mine but got a bad one and am trying to resolve the issue with the reseller. I have a fealling I'm gonna have a long rant bad mouthing the seller ( in China ) I want to know if we used the same website.
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i got mine from whole sale gadget parts, i am able to return it, but i was hoping it was fixable but after this other picture i would say not lol. only thing im worried about is that when i send it back i might have to send my full assembly. when i ordered the screen i thought i was getting the full assembly but it was just the screen and digitizer and so i called and the guy said it should have been the full and he would make sure it was on there next order they get. so fingers crossed on that one, because i taped the screen in pretty good lol.
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Did u check the display setting?
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settings were fine, i was able to see enough to go and change the brightness and all and nothing worked
here is what it does with a white background... yea its a screen issue, not the phone

Doublea34 said:
how does your screen look with whites? i was messing around a bit more before i locked it and found out what is most likely the issue and if its not , i have two lol you can see what im talking about in the pic
i got mine from whole sale gadget parts, i am able to return it, but i was hoping it was fixable but after this other picture i would say not lol. only thing im worried about is that when i send it back i might have to send my full assembly. when i ordered the screen i thought i was getting the full assembly but it was just the screen and digitizer and so i called and the guy said it should have been the full and he would make sure it was on there next order they get. so fingers crossed on that one, because i taped the screen in pretty good lol.
settings were fine, i was able to see enough to go and change the brightness and all and nothing worked
here is what it does with a white background... yea its a screen issue, not the phone
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got mine from xcrater because everyone else was out of stock at the time. it looked legit enough with a maltese cross in the logo and an English website, I didn't figure the Chinese would use a Maltese cross. but the seller is in China and they seem to have turned the return process into a negotiation, they even asked me to cancel the PayPal dispute before the whole thing was properly handeled. believe when this is over I'm posting a thread with details, email records ands sending them the link so they might think twice about how they handle business.
alsoi have that same dark spot but mine is in the upper left corner and its a lot bigger. I don't have the random total screen darkness though.

Light bleed?

Is this something to just be expected with these tablets or should I go through the headache of returning it? Took me almost 2 weeks to receive it so I'd hate to return it if I'm being over critical...
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Soul TKR said:
Is this something to just be expected with these tablets or should I go through the headache of returning it?
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Looks about like mine, and for me it goes away after the boot is complete and the brightness is reset to a "normal" level.

_that said:
Looks about like mine, and for me it goes away after the boot is complete and the brightness is reset to a "normal" level.
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Yea mine seems to go away after the boot as well, until I watch a movie or something that has the typical black bars on the top and bottom, then it's noticeable again...

same here
i also have a spot of light bleed on the upper right hand side that's fairly annoying.
i heard this can be cured by loosening one of the screws inside that holds the lcd to the glass.
it seems that the light is caused by pressure. i would love to hear from someone who has successfully opened the tf700 without breaking it LOL
im a DIY kind of guy but $500 + GLASS =

Just got mine yesterday. I noticed something like that on boot, but haven't had the time to grab my magnifying glass. This may be a quirk of the tablet. My razr has ugly black blobs when the brightness is way low and I'm in the dark. A bit annoying, but I'm over it.

That's fairly normal. It's not intentional, but light bleed happens on pretty much every device from any brand that uses LCD or LED screens. Not all infinities have it (Europe seems to have a higher quality standard than the US) but it is quite common worldwide.

Mine has some too. I went through like 5 returns for various reasons. From the July to October. They all had various degrees of light bleed.
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So my coworker who is a big apple fanboy, looks at my tablet and the first thing he says is " what's wrong with your screen?"
I didn't even bring it up to him. He noticed it on his own. Great...
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Soul TKR said:
So my coworker who is a big apple fanboy, looks at my tablet and the first thing he says is " what's wrong with your screen?"
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Minor light bleed is normal on most LCD screens. You can put your TF700 and any Apple device side by side in bright ambient light, then enable IPS+ and maximum brightness on your TF700, and ask the Apple fanboy what's wrong with *their* screen.
(The TF700's display is one of the brightest out there - see http://www.anandtech.com/show/6036/asus-transformer-pad-infinity-tf700t-review/2)

Mine has even worse bleeding, do you guys believe I can ask a RMA after 4 months?
Would it make sense or they would send me back my tablet in the same or even worse condition?
Thanks

I wouldn't take much that any Apple "Fanboy" has to say about any Android product. They are, after all, called Fanboys for a reason. A bit of light bleed is normal and it happens even to iPad's. My wife and son both have one, one of the two has a light bleed very similar, so it's not just Androids or the Infinity.

Light bleed during booting up is perfectly normal, light bleed while you're watching movie/video is not normal. You can throw a custom bootanimation on yours so that during boot up you won't see the it.

Help! Gear S3 Screen is Dead/Pixelated After 1 Week

So everything on my Gear S3 works beautifully except I have a major problem where the screen is pixelated/dead.
I believe all the functionality works because I am able to start/turn off the watch by feeling the vibration.
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The first 2 times it happened, I was able to fix it by charging the watch for some reason. But the 3rd time it happened, charging would not fix the issue too. Anyone have a similar issue?
I have only gotten the watch for 1 week.

3 weeks on, never encounter such a problem. You should return it for a new one.
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keweli said:
So everything on my Gear S3 works beautifully except I have a major problem where the screen is pixelated/dead.
I believe all the functionality works because I am able to start/turn off the watch by feeling the vibration.
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The first 2 times it happened, I was able to fix it by charging the watch for some reason. But the 3rd time it happened, charging would not fix the issue too. Anyone have a similar issue?
I have only gotten the watch for 1 week.
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This happened to mine when I applied a watchface from Watchmaster app. It was fixed by holding the power for 7 secs and rebooting. I think it might have been caused by a duplicate watch face. Is yours working okay?

bendez85 said:
This happened to mine when I applied a watchface from Watchmaster app. It was fixed by holding the power for 7 secs and rebooting. I think it might have been caused by a duplicate watch face. Is yours working okay?
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+1, Confirm the pixelated comes from watchmaster.... had the same issue on my moto360 when install watchmaster... It happen randomly

bendez85 said:
This happened to mine when I applied a watchface from Watchmaster app. It was fixed by holding the power for 7 secs and rebooting. I think it might have been caused by a duplicate watch face. Is yours working okay?
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Unfortunately it did not work no matter how many times I reboot or held the power button. I returned it to the shop for a replacement so have a new one. I am afraid to install any non Samsung watch faces now... I mean it's pretty poor to have a watch face able to make your whole watch unusable.
PS. I didn't install the WatchMaster app but had a few watch faces from WatchMaster.

Hey i don't think u should be afraid to try out non samsung apps. U probably had a defective unit. Do not worry about it much and enjoy your watch. In any case, u have a warranty.
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I have the Classic and Frontier, have had to get both replaced. The Frontier had bad QC, there was as side that was missing paint, you can see the silver stainless steel under. The Classic had scratches as well, out of the box. These weren't egregious issues by any means, but I am tired of paying full price and not getting a product free from defects and that is why I decided to swap them out, Amazon sent replacements and I sent the defective ones back.
I have had every Samsung phone since the S1. When they were all plastic it didn't matter much, but as Samsung started to use glass and materials (also more expensive materials, so destroying it for a minor defect costs them a lot more $$) they aren't accustomed to, their QC suffered. For example, I got my wife and myself a pair of S7 Edges. Mine had a small divot (pin sized) on the front screen out of the box and my wife's had a deep scratch on the back glass, again out of the box. The only reason I didn't return or swap out the phones was because they were sold out and phones get scratched up quickly anyway.
Samsung has more QC issues than other OEMs and if you haven't experienced them then good for you, but I have, especially in my recent purchases.
I love Samsung products, but welcome to the Samsung experience.

Gear S3 dead pixel at the top of the screen
i am having strange problem. i have noticed dead pixel at the top of my watch screen exactly below the 12 am/pm. its a proper half round dull pixels on screen. i am using black watch faces and its not visible on black and dull colors but on solid color like blue its black. and on green its light green.. anyone knows what is it. its my new watch and it really hurts me. and for a little dot i dont want samsumg people to open my watch. plz help

I have the same issue with dead pixels around the 12. Purchased it from Best Buy and their recommendation was to take it back to the store for Factory repair. I wonder how long that will take?

Same here, I bought it from ebay Lte Att version. I believe common issue.
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About a month ago, i bought a unit of Gear S3 and it works fine until recently this exact problem occured. I sent it back to the service center twice for them to switch the board at first, and the display for the second time. It's been a day after that and so far so good.

Hi all,
My s3 watch screen turned green complet3ly. I can barely see any apps on it. Need to look really sharp to see where is to power it off on the screen.
What to do?
Thanks

Night Mode Differences

I recently received a replacement pixel after breaking my screen through insurance. The replacement was a refurb and I set it up using the device transfer. The only issue I have with the replacement is the "Night Light" is too amber. There is a dramatic difference between Night Light on my old Pixel vs replacement Pixel. From what I can tell, Night Light relies on hardware.
Night Light uses a new hardware composer interface to do color transforms on the display hardware rather than using a GL Shader, which unfortunately means it requires driver support that is not present on Nexus devices.
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https://plus.google.com/+IanLake/posts/Py4SgZ2HGu7
With an hour or so of searching, I haven't found any other reports of this. Is it possible the replacement is defective? Has anyone else heard of this? Android is up to date.
See attachment for a picture of a side by side comparison between the two. Adaptive brightness is off and brightness level roughly the same for both. Both displays are much more amber than the picture shows, but it does show the difference between the two.
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What is wrong? On the right side night mode isn't active. It's set to sunrise but it's not triggered.

It is activated. It's not obvious in the picture because the amber is more subtle on the phone on the right side.
To confirm that the night light on the right looks correct, I have compared with a coworker's Pixel XL.

DRStevens said:
It is activated. It's not obvious in the picture because the amber is more subtle on the phone on the right side.
To confirm that the night light on the right looks correct, I have compared with a coworker's Pixel XL.
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There might be hardware involved but it is effected by software too. I changed mine to blue.

Tulsadiver said:
There might be hardware involved but it is effected by software too. I changed mine to blue.
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Nice. Do you have link to instructions handy? I'm having trouble finding this.

DRStevens said:
Nice. Do you have link to instructions handy? I'm having trouble finding this.
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It involves modding your services.jar. I probably have a stock one you could flash if you are rooted. Or blue.
Or if you are familiar with editing jars I can show you where the editing takes place.

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It involves modding your services.jar. I probably have a stock one you could flash if you are rooted. Or blue.
Or if you are familiar with editing jars I can show you where the editing takes place.
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I know how to edit Jars, but I have not rooted this phone, and would prefer not to. I assume sudo is required? I actually don't want blue, but simply a less aggressive amber/orange.

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I know how to edit Jars, but I have not rooted this phone, and would prefer not to. I assume sudo is required? I actually don't want blue, but simply a less aggressive amber/orange.
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I think root is required. You might try doing a factory reset or flashing a stock system image.

DRStevens said:
I recently received a replacement pixel after breaking my screen through insurance. The replacement was a refurb and I set it up using the device transfer. The only issue I have with the replacement is the "Night Light" is too amber. There is a dramatic difference between Night Light on my old Pixel vs replacement Pixel. From what I can tell, Night Light relies on hardware.
https://plus.google.com/+IanLake/posts/Py4SgZ2HGu7
With an hour or so of searching, I haven't found any other reports of this. Is it possible the replacement is defective? Has anyone else heard of this? Android is up to date.
See attachment for a picture of a side by side comparison between the two. Adaptive brightness is off and brightness level roughly the same for both. Both displays are much more amber than the picture shows, but it does show the difference between the two.
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My phone is doing the same exact thing. They said they're sending me a replacement. This is the third replacement by the way. First was a camera unable to focus, then it was a microphone problem , now it's the screen .. I'm losing trust with this product

A phone replacement resolved this issue for me. Unfortunately it took two more replacements after this to get which had no other issues.

DRStevens said:
A phone replacement resolved this issue for me. Unfortunately it took two more replacements after this to get which had no other issues.
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I just received my 4th replacement. This one has an orange screen and not as bright as my other 3 Pixels. I guess I need a 5th replacement. This is really making me really angry.

I had this issue with many replacements. My original was the only one to not have the deep orange look. But I had other issues with that device.
I got tired of sending for replacements so I just said forget it, I won't use night light.
I'm running O DP4 now and there is an intensity slider on the night light options which I've finally settled for. You can make it as intense as you want.