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Strange Screen problem

Not sure if anyone else has noticed or has this but when my screen is off it looks like there is fluid or something on the inner part of the screen. Almost like grease looks like on water .
Any ideas anyone.

Same problem here! It´s only in the middle of the screen - (1 cm border) - the same for u?
you can only notice it when you tilt the screen to a light! you dont see it in the dark..

It's probably just the screen protector...

I honestly cannot see anything like grease on water below the screen when the phone is off. Possibly because all I see is grease on the screen from my fingers.

its just where the original screen protector was on it. I had the same. 1cm border arround screen. just give it a good scrub with a soft pollishing cloth to get it off

joel78 said:
Same problem here! It´s only in the middle of the screen - (1 cm border) - the same for u?
you can only notice it when you tilt the screen to a light! you dont see it in the dark..
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Yea , same for me . Sorry but its not where the sreen protector is as it has never had one being tempered glass.
Hmm sounds like a warranty return then

it should have been a protector there. sure it's tempered glass, but the digitizer on top of it is plastic.

same problem
I have the same problem on the middle of the screen: 1cm x 2cm area.I can see it with dark background. If I tick this area with the stylus, it moves like some fluid.
I will try to take photos later.

Its under the glass , there is no screen protector on the device. My camera is broken so hopefully some photos will come up later

I have the same problem on my "original Touch" - I noticed that it's visible only when screen is pointed to some polarized light (for example laptop display, fluorescent tubes in subway). In the subway I can hardly read the text. Under the sunlight or under the normal bulb it's not visible (or barelly visible from very sharp angle).
I heard there is some polarization film under the plastic-glass that can get released and make this liquid effect.
My friend noticed this even on his Eten x500+, but not so bad.
This was one of the reason I get my Diamond - because I need to send Touch for warranty repair.
It's a bad news that this problem persists on Diamond

look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=293311

Yea I think the last user is probably right . I keep it in my jeans front pocket so it could be presure on the screen.

Checkered prints on screen

Hey guys, I got my Nexus One earlier this week, and I love it so far, but I have some issues with my screen.
There seems to be a checkerboard kind of print on it. I can't really explain it any better than that. At first I thought it was maybe residue from the plastic wrapping it came in, but after a week and some thorough cleaning, it's still there.
It appears to be finger grease, which indicates that there's a problem with the glass. After cleaning it with a microfiber cloth, the pattern is gone (or at least extremely hard to see), but after some use, it becomes clearly visible again. To me, this says there's extremely small deviations in the glass, which finger grease gets stuck in where it isn't removed by a quick wipe down. To further support this theory, the screen seems more rough swiping top to bottom, than bottom to top, which would make sense given the pattern.
Edit: After thoroughly cleaning the screen, the breathing on it (like a window), my breath makes the pattern clearly visible. Though, this doesn't really confirm anything.
Has anyone else had or seen this issue? Any recommendations on fixing it, or should I be calling up HTC?
I'll try to take a picture when I get home from work, but I doubt it'll be visible. My only other camera is an iPhone.

I think what you see is the digitizer. It is barely visible but you can see it on every touchscreen phone

watercool said:
I think what you see is the digitizer. It is barely visible but you can see it on every touchscreen phone
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Not to be one of those guys, but I never saw the digitizer on my iPhones, until I got my Nexus One. Had a moment of uh, my phone's screen is really going to be like that? until I realized what it was, and now I only notice it at an angle in bright light.

You are right, with you can see it I meant just in theory.
I saw it the first time on an n1 too, but only once or twice, but never saw it again since it is so barely visible

watercool said:
You are right, with you can see it I meant just in theory.
I saw it the first time on an n1 too, but only once or twice, but never saw it again since it is so barely visible
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Yeah, I definitely knew what you meant. Just wanted to throw that out there.

It kind of sounds like your phone is suffering some form of Newton rings. In the phone world its when the front screen presses on the digitizer and creates light refraction, thus looking like oil swirls. My HTC fuze suffered this horribly and it gets worse over time as far as touch sensitivity goes. I would recommend calling HTC. My nexus doesn't have this issue at all.
I am wondering now if the shipping nexus ones have the LCD screens instead of amoled because of the shortage in amoled screens though.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

I don't believe I'm seeing the digitizer. This is on the glass, not the display itself. It's visible on the bezel around the screen as well. I'll try to take a picture when I get home from work.
Edit: to be clear, it covers the entire front glass, over the display and the bezel, and is clearly visible even with the display on.

Strange issue. Never saw this when I purchased mine, though that's probably because I was excited to turn it on rather than inspect the body.
I think it probably has to with the adhesive material between the digitizer and the display not completely curing. When it does cure you don't see it very well but when you use the phone and it heats up the pattern comes back. At least that's my theory.
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Took some pictures. For the sake of size, I'll link them.
Full screen, off
Screen edge, off
Screen edge, on
These are pretty accurate, in terms of what daily usage is like. The full screen one might be a bit much, I had to hand print it up to get it to show in the picture, but the one with with the display on is pretty much what using it (indoors) is like.

I've seen that sometimes on my phone, but it's not nearly as often as it seems to be with yours. Not sure what that is then.

I had a problem with my screen that can only be described as similar. One of the replacement Nexus Ones I received had an incomplete oleophobic coating where the entire bottom 1/4th of the screen would be very clear and the top would get cloudy after light use. There were also a few circles just like the bottom of the phone on the upper portion as well.
I called HTC and they just replaced it for me. Sounds like you should do the same.

Whoa, those look like the glass was machined improperly or that the adhesive issue I hypothesized about earlier could be the culprit.
Contact HTC or Google at 1-888-48-NEXUS (63987).

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Whoa, those look like the glass was machined improperly or that the adhesive issue I hypothesized about earlier could be the culprit.
Contact HTC or Google at 1-888-48-NEXUS (63987).
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Thanks! Just got off the phone, they're going to replace it. Also, I can't believe how friendly/helpful they were. I'm extremely impressed.

j.bruha said:
I had a problem with my screen that can only be described as similar. One of the replacement Nexus Ones I received had an incomplete oleophobic coating where the entire bottom 1/4th of the screen would be very clear and the top would get cloudy after light use. There were also a few circles just like the bottom of the phone on the upper portion as well.
I called HTC and they just replaced it for me. Sounds like you should do the same.
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Nexus One's do not have a oleophobic coating on the screen.

cbaltzer said:
Thanks! Just got off the phone, they're going to replace it. Also, I can't believe how friendly/helpful they were. I'm extremely impressed.
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Same here, they're extremely nice.
I wanted to get a replacement battery since mine has short battery life and constantly overheats, so they forwarded me to HTC but unfortunately for some reason they didn't have my IMEI or S/N on their records, so I couldn't do anything.

BE WARY! of the devil of the knock off lcd assemblies!!!

Hey fellas ;
I just wanted you to know that i cracked my screen and half of my digitizer was not functional.
I used "wm size 768x800" on the terminal to be able to use the screen until i got my replacement lcd assembly. (Frame included.)
Yesterday i got it. I wish i hadn't.
I first realized that the screen is significantly more blue than the original. I thought maybe when i mount it it would go away (It was a long shot.)
I mounted it and it was ready to go , then i received a phone call and i couldn't end it because the screen wouldn't turn on. I immediately knew that there was something wrong with the proximity sensor. i plugged it out and tested it , it works fine but the problem is with the slot. It's significantly higher than it should be , causing a gap between the screen and the proximity sensor. Proximity sensor outputs it as an object in proximity and turns the screen off , never to turn on again unless the other side ends the call. I solved that with power button ends call feature.
Then i got a notification from facebook and i realized there is a circle around the notification led , that circle should have been covered with an optical filter which filters and focuses light. Without that filter you won't be able to get side colors such as purple because there are two sides to that LED which light up differently. One side lights up as blue , the other as red then these lights go through the filter at the same time , they are combined to give you purple.
I harvested my broken screen's filter and cut it so that it fits the circular spot in the frame. The actual shape is a rectangle because it is put between the frame and the digitizer.
So , i got it to a tolerable state then i went to get some cigs. I got a call , talked then when i slid the phone in my pocket , the digitizer fell off and ripped the flex cable.
Then i got home , flamed the seller so hard (politely) , he probably caught fire while reading it , so he accepted paid back my money , didn't even ask for a return shipping , he said to keep it.
I went ahead and bought the original one from a friend who works at LG , and all's well.
I mean not even a hiccup , it's great.
I'm opening this thread so you don't need to live through the same nightmare i did.
First thing to check is the digitizer's IC on the flex cable , it should be wrapped with aluminum foil , if it's not , it's a fake.
LG doesn'T sell the assembly without the frame so those that are without frame , they're fake.
There shouldn't be a circular spot around the notification LED , if there is , it's fake or without frame , still fake.
The screen should be pitch black on medium light , if it's bluer , it's a fake.
If the screen bulges out from the frame so much that it's annoying , it's a fake.
If the proximity sensor isn't working , it's probably a fake as well. It doesn't have anything to do with the purple filter , it does with the gap.
If the lcd does that weird thing when you tap on the screen , it's a fake. (That weird thing is , colors and pixels getting all mixed up like there is some kind of a liquid inside the monitor (there is). It happens because the glass is more flexible than it should be , thus it's not gorilla glass.
I mean i wouldn't mind a nice clone with just the blue of the screen , but this is intolerable.
It was 40 dollars on ebay , should have figured it was a fake from the price tag.
I hope i spared you a nightmare.
Edit : So , i still had the knockoff screen lying around , thought i would buy a broken nexus 4 for 100$. I got it , installed the screen , fixed the digitizer flex cable , everything was fine but out of the blue , the screen started appearing weird , there were lines on the screen and the resolution somehow dropped to like 640x480 , i can see the pixels clearly now , they got bigger. I don't know how or why. Anyways don't buy knockoffs because they're cheap. A week tops , then you'll need to get a new one. OEM FTW!

I have also been bit by knockoff screens for a few phones. The knockoffs just are not held to the same specs I guess. My latest was a new screen for my daughters G2. Cheap price and fast shipping, but as the phone heats up from use it gets ghosting and white lines......hard lesson learned I guess.

maulich said:
I have also been bit by knockoff screens for a few phones. The knockoffs just are not held to the same specs I guess. My latest was a new screen for my daughters G2. Cheap price and fast shipping, but as the phone heats up from use it gets ghosting and white lines......hard lesson learned I guess.
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Back when the digitizers were separate from the lcds and gorilla glass wasn't so popular , i used to order knock off digitizers from ebay for me or my friends then i would fix their phones with that stuff , it always worked but i myself glued them to the frame. I had never tried knockoff LCDs because i knew better.
FFS , i live in Turkey and nobody and i mean nobody has ever heard of "3m". So i usually need to order it from U.S. , which takes about a month to get here and i was out of double-sided tape.
Genuine assemblies come from European countries or U.S. but almost never from China , which is a shame because nobody else offers free shipping. 10 $ for the glass + 30 $ for the shipping. That's just unfair.

Fellas who did the overheating mod , please visit the following link and be forewarned! ;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/beware-overheating-mod-complications-t2825993

XT890 - Caught the Frame, Screen went a funny colour now black

HI.
I've unfortunately caught my XT890's screen with what was probably a set a of keys and have pushed the frame away from the glass at the Sim and SD card slot so that there is approx. a 4 mm gap between the glass and the frame ( the sealant is visible).
The phone's screen continued to work perfectly for about a day until I pushed the frame back into place and appear to have done some damage as the screen slowly stopped working - I had a section of black that appeared at the top of the screen and slowly crept down the screen, which went purple first then black , creeping down the sides of the screen first, then filling in the middle until the full screen is black. I think I've also lost the digitizer input, as I can no longer turn the 6am alarm off on it.. and I can't take out the battery either :S
I've "rebend" the frame to the original damage, but this has had no impact in reverting the screen to "usable".
The glass looks complete - no cracks or anything, so I'm really not sure if replacing the glass screen and digitizer pre-build as a "frame" will fix the problem, or not. At ~£30 for the part on a phone worth ~£70, I'd like to understand if its' worth the risk or just to buy a replacement outright.
Has anyone had similar experience with this?

lol, never seen that before. Looks like the liquid inside the screen slowly dropped out and damaged some internal parts. This will certainly needs replacements. But unless u can do it your self i would consider buying a new one.
How did u bend your phone sides on the first place? (i never tried it, but it seems very sturdy)

I have absolutely no idea how I managed this - I was up a ladder at the time and must of inadvertently put a leatherman or keys in the same pocket as the phone and then "trapped" it so that it pushed sideways on exactly the weak spot of the simcard slot. I'll upload a picture of the damage for prosperity.
I didn't think AMOLED had liquid in them, but that would correlate with the affect I had - it must of been a tiny, tiny hole :S.
Such as shame after 2 years of perfect operation - and I had hoped for another year instead of procuring a new phone as it did the job so well.
Yep, I'm happy to replace it myself, I've done 4 or 5 screens on a Defy before, and this looks simpler.

PS - it looked very similar to the pictures in this, so that's positive in some ways!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456966

I cracked my screen and bought a new with digitizer. was very easy to replace just follow the youtube video about disassemble razr i.
You will also need some glue though for the stupidly placed motorola logo..
i bought mine from ebay for less than 20 euro. but it has some wierd greenish color in the top where the statusbar is. its not visible when holding the phone vertical. but when holding horizontel its alittle noticeable. not a problem at all but just be carefull going for the cheap ones.

Dead Pixel?

So I have noticed a "black" dot near the right edge about halfway down on my screen. I can feel what may be a scratch but definitely not a deep one. When I first saw it, I had a screen protector on it and thought a piece of dirt had gotten in between the screen protector and the screen but after I took it off I noticed this dot. Anyone had this problem. I would like to think Samsung would help me but my back glass has spider cracked and I'm not sure if they would still honor this. Anyways here's a few pictures, tell me what you think.

It is not ONE dead pixel, it is a group of pixels, most likely due to an impact, only fix would be screen replacement, sorry

Stunna4life888 said:
So I have noticed a "black" dot near the right edge about halfway down on my screen. I can feel what may be a scratch but definitely not a deep one. When I first saw it, I had a screen protector on it and thought a piece of dirt had gotten in between the screen protector and the screen but after I took it off I noticed this dot. Anyone had this problem. I would like to think Samsung would help me but my back glass has spider cracked and I'm not sure if they would still honor this. Anyways here's a few pictures, tell me what you think.
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I had one little dead pixel, samsung replaced whole screen and battery

Well, that 'scratch' that was made is basically a drop to your phone.
Whatever it is that the phone fell on managed to poke into the OLED screen, probably missing the digitizer by a little, damaging that cluster (the shape and shading of that makes this make sense)