Hello all,
it looks like someone shot through my display. Suddenly it has some dead pixels,
arranged in a circle. This happend after a 40 centimeter drop down. The phone was
saved by a very thick bag, named 'airbag'. So I did not expect that anything happened
to the phone.
Searching this forum brought up that this could be 'Newton rings'. But in my case it
does not look like it has anything to do with the digitizer. It works like usual. Anyway,
I tried out the suggested trick to freeze it. It was frozen for 36 hours. But it had
almost no effect. The pixels are just a bit more spread over the screen. They are still
black, did not get brighter or change to gray.
Has anyone an idea what happened and how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance
Try waiting for 2 days, fixed it for mine.
I have the same problem, my phone felt almost a meter down some months ago and I got some dead pixels. And the freaking htc service here in greece sucks, so I haven't fixed it yet
guys tell me, what is this "freezing trick" you're talking about?
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Hi
Yesterday i noticed that the screen of my Touch Diamond had a strange oil pattern in square in the middle. everything works OK and i can't see it when it is turned on, but i would like to know what it is.
i have attached a picture...
Regards,
Allan Boegild Pedersen
www.allan-bogild.dk
looks like some seperation of the layers. trippy...
I have that pattern on my old phone with touch screen, but not on my diamond. Wanna know what that is
I once had that on my Artemis.
If you put it very close to a radiator, you will notice after a few minutes it will start to get smaller and smaller
Lol
It went away on its own after a few days.
The thing that triggered it was that I took it out with me one time and it was extremely cold outside, even snowing. I left it in my pocket.
When I got home, I noticed that.
If you leave it at room temperature for a few days it will get smaller and smaller then just eventually go away. But you probably exposed the device to too much cold a couple of days ago.
I had this on my compact iv, just recieved a new one a few days ago and noticed this same kind of thing but the exact size of the activesinc sticker, gone now though after a few days
that looks like some sortt of humidity or condensation...do you have a screen protector? if you do, take it off....
Touch layer separate of display glass WOW what a huge surface...I had it on asus P525 about half of centimiter in diameter but nothing affect touch sensitivity but this is LOL
sry cant help myself
Did you get off screenprotection too fast and agresively????
This square seems to be equal to the size of the screen protector's glued surface (the one which is originally delivered with it, not the one you place yourself). So I would think about the same with the guy just above: Was it too much glued and you took it forcing ?
I've had that too since the beginning.. i thought it was normal.. mine is a bit smaller and sometimes you cant notice it ... how the hell do i get rid of it?
wrong post.. sorry
Update
Hi
Just want to give a update of my problem...
I send my TD in for warranty repair and just got it back today, the front including the LCD screen has been replaced.
It is so good to have my TD back, btw it took a little over a week at a HTC service center here in Denmark.
Regards,
Allan
Same problem
I have the same problem with my diamond (same size and shape). I sent it to warranty repair 2 weeks ago and still waiting for it. The guy in the service said: he don't think the service will replace it.
abp: Do you have a service report about your problem? If my service refuse to replace it, I want to show them a service report to appeal.
Is this normal? It doesnt really effect much as you can only tell when the phone is in certain lights? Just seems odd... Would a screen protector sort it out or anything?
hmm, mine has it also - but not from the beginning (at least i think so).
it appeared about 4 months ago, after 1 one year usage.
i used to have a screen protector an took it off, because i thought thats the reason for this "effect" - but it´s under the display glass.
anyway - it has to be some liquid stuff, because wehen i´m pushing on the display, this "blur" is moving like some lava lamp
my blurred zone is 1,8 x 3 cm....
How strange, I got mine off ebay so I dont know how long it had been used for... But the phone itself was in great condition and you can see the screen okay so I didnt fancy complaining! Wonder if there is a fix? Doubt there is a simple fix anyway!
Mine has that as well. A friend advised me to get a new digitizer (basically it's the screen) as it would also improve it's touch responsiveness... not that I'm having much of an issue. Plus it's cheap, you can get it on ebay starting at about 7 uk pounds.
Any input on this issue? It itches me that it's there.
Seems odd that a few people are having this problem, whats this thing you can buy off ebay ? Would it mean opening the phone up n stuff ?
Just got my Captivate, the screen is beautiful, but this has been bothering me ever since I got the device.
It's just a dark, skinny, blurry vertical stripe that comes up form the bottom of the screen. It's really only visible when a solid color is being displayed in that area.
I hope you guys know what I'm talking about because apparently I can't post pictures.
What is this? LCDs get dead/stuck pixels and AMOLEDs get this?
Is there any way to fix this using software? Like those stuck pixel fixer apps for LCDs?
if u just got it return it for another one, why whould u accept something thats obviously broken
Definitely a problem. My screen has always appeared just fine, and never with any sort of vertical stripe or other artifact like you've described.
+1 return it!
There's a couple scratches on the back of the phone. Does that matter? Will they take it back?
Id raise hell till they took it back. One of the main selling points of the Galaxy S phones is the screen..Hows a ****ty screen gonna look for PR on a brand new phone??
Id say take it back..if they dont take it, make sure you have the accidential warrenty and tell em it went for a swim..theyll prolly give you a refurb sooooo...might wanna thing about that as well.
But my screen is flawless and it rocks.
Sent from the awespme Captivate using the best app in the market.
Weird I have the exact same issue. its a darkish line on the left side of my screen that almost goes the whole length of the screen, it really is only visible on a solid gray background but its definitely annoying.
I was just kind of dealing with it, but now you're making me want to see if i can exchange it.
Never dropped my phone or bumped it in to anything either.
Ill probably go to ATT tomorrow and see what they can do, Ill show them this thread as well.
The AMOLED screens are meant to be notorious for color sticking. If you use your phone as an always on desk clock, music player with screen on etc , you stand a chance of burning colors (dimming the specific LED's), resulting in a faded vertical/ horizontal line where the taskbar would be.
Might not be the case, but worth looking into. And if its a brand new unit, replace it.
I had this happen with a Captivate that had never been dropped I think it was a crack in the LED behind the glass, they replaced it no questions asked it was 3 weeks old. If you are within 30 days take it back.
You have a one year warranty - take it back to AT&T at any time.
Does anybody elses screen image appear to be unstable, especially noticeable after hitting the tiangle soft key above the n hardkey when it kind of greys the screen? Its almost like the refresh rate isn't high enough, like the old style computer monitors. Also very noticeable on the blue jean wallpaper.
I have already taken back one NC due to a faulty bezel, this one was much better but now I am having screen issues.
Anybody else?
Yes, i bet they all have this issue.
The first Nook i had with the dead pixel and dust under the screen did it and my new one does it also on the darker grey screens.
ya, I noticed that as well, thought it was just my eyes being sensitive, only really notice it once in a while, when using apps it seems ok.
Jojo
Well I didn't notice it at all on my first one, but now that Im looking for it, it is very annoying. Im even seeing it in some of the apps that have darker areas.
How many times can you return for a new one without them telling you to shove it?
After fooling around with it some more I have made this observation.
The flickering only occurs at 10-50% brightness. Anything below that or above that seems to be flicker free.
I don't know...Bought mine at Best Buy and they really didn't want to take the first one back...
I really wanted to buy from Walmart because the probably won't give you the third degree on returns, but I was afraid they would have older stock with the sound issue..
If you have a screen with no dead pixels, I would consider yourself lucky and stick with the one you have..
I would return mine again, but I am afraid of getting one thats worse.
Hi Guys,
After hearing so much problems with the Note screen, I had another good look of mine tonight and found these weird looking white lines/dots at the bottom left of my screen.
Are these dead pixels or stuff underneath the screen?
HELP Please.....might have to get an exchange with handtec...so much hassles....
Those look like stuck pixels to me.
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You have taken a pic with the default scratch guard on just remove and slightly clean the screen and see if it goes away, but most probably its 2 dead pixels, mine 1st one had 1. Quality issues with samsung !
eallan said:
Those look like stuck pixels to me.
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ankydu said:
You have taken a pic with the default scratch guard on just remove and slightly clean the screen and see if it goes away, but most probably its 2 dead pixels, mine 1st one had 1. Quality issues with samsung !
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I'm pretty sure it's not between the screen and the default protector....where did you buy yours from?
Seriously...I'm very disappointed with Samsung now....I mean, I have heard many people having problems with their screens, but never thought I would get one of them defected ones....
Looks like dead/stuck pixels I'm afraid.
Can you get a macro shot? It's kind of hard to tell without a closer view. When I've had stuck/dead pixels in the past, they've always been very discrete, tiny dots without any haze or blur, which it looks like yours has. I also wonder if it's something to do with the screen protection film. When you do a macro shot will you lift it and clean the screen?
Here....I have lifted up the screen protector....I didn't take off the screen protector was because maybe if I didn't handtec might exchange me the phone quicker....but what the heck...I need to be sure anyways...so here are the pictures.
Man.....so much trouble for this phone....very disappointed with the build quality of the screen now....
Now I will have to wait for a while to get my exchanged new phone ....
Any ideas how long it might take? I read on handtec that if the item is returned after 10 days...it will go under warranty and so does that mean they won't exchange my phone straight away??? Anyone got any experience with them??
maxh said:
Can you get a macro shot? It's kind of hard to tell without a closer view. When I've had stuck/dead pixels in the past, they've always been very discrete, tiny dots without any haze or blur, which it looks like yours has. I also wonder if it's something to do with the screen protection film. When you do a macro shot will you lift it and clean the screen?
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nuh...I have tried to count them...there are a least 4 dots plus a line....very strange....they are also bright green instead of being white.....can't see them with the black background....
Shows you how bad of quality the phone I got....
I am very surprised I have not noticed them before.
Just found out online...there is a difference between stuck and dead pixels, and apparently stuck pixels can possibly be fixed yourself...might give it a try....
nuh...none of the apps seem to work
Been using JScreenFix for the phone for about half a day....just flashing the screen.....
I think the pixels have gotten a bit darker......don't know if it's my eyes playing tricks on me or not....but will continue to flash the screen for the rest of the day and then check it again tonight....hopefully then will be gone
The thing I don't really get is why the green dots (more than 3 of them) would only appear on Green, White and Grey backgrounds, and not appear on the Red, Blue and Black Backgrounds.....Anyone got any ideas?
because every colour of the spectrum uses green except for red, blue and some combination of red blue
black is when the screen is off
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Been using JScreenFix for the phone for about half a day....just flashing the screen.....
The thing I don't really get is why the green dots (more than 3 of them) would only appear on Green, White and Grey backgrounds, and not appear on the Red, Blue and Black Backgrounds.....Anyone got any ideas?
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Hi there. I just bought the Note few days ago and I can confirm that I have the EXACT problem as yours. Except mine is just a dot. It's like a pixel that seems to be the only brighter pixel when the screen displays full green, white or grey background (specifically used the LCD test *#0*# & Burn-In Tester Pro app).
I assume that it is a stuck or a hot pixel simply because.. it lights up. Unlike dead pixel is like.. a dead bulb/pixel (Assumptions. HEHE.)
Actually on the day that I bought the Galaxy Note, I was really careful. I even dialed the *#0*# LCD TEST at the shop to look out for screen defects. It was FLAWLESS. So I bought it. And I have this habit to look out for defects even after purchase, so I always go to the LCD Test and Burn-In Tester Pro app to check, and is still perfect.
Not until, last night, I dialed *#0*# and hit "Black (Vibrate)" with the intention to check for the "blemishes/blobs" in a totally dark room. It was only apparent after my eyes had adjusted to the darkness and I do see the not so obvious blobs. So after noticing that, it didn't bother me so I happily watched an Blu-Ray quality video (Despicable Me) and that's when I noticed the BRIGHT pixel which I assume it to be a STUCK/HOT pixel. I hope it is just a stuck pixel which hopefully can be fixed over time. Don't know about hot pixels..
Right now I'm playing a Full HD video of a downloaded YouTube video called Pixel Fix, on loop, with Video Brightness set to full. My instinct says to try it out but i do know that after awhile, since it's an AMOLED technology, colors could be darker over time as the pixels slowly 'burn-out'.
AND if it doesn't work, I might try to turn off the phone and leave it somewhere really cool/chilled. And switch it on after awhile when it reaches room temperature. I read it somewhere that it works to remove stuck pixels. They put their phones in a fridge in a wrapping and they said it worked. I forgot though where I read it from.
Oh, it's this one --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21025093
Someone managed to fix a dead pixel. Hmm, but it's a phone with an LCD screen. Nyeh.
Good luck to us. Man, it was only few days ago when I bought the Note. *sniffs*
Seems quiet here. Seems like not many people have or aware of this bright spot defect.
But I found this which seems to concern about the matter. http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/7955151.html
I guess it gives some idea of what it really is. Cheers.
And I am gonna let this 'problem' go this time cos it's so small but I do hope that it won't get any worse. Or if it fixes itself that would be a miracle
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