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[Q] Strange marks beneath the screen

I’ve a strange problem with the screen of my Note, I noticed this when switching off the phone in a complete dark room. The screen turns dark grey for a split second before switching off, this is when I noticed some strange black marks beneath the screen.
I made a jpeg to replicate this problem (1st attachment), along with a screen capture of the marks (2nd attachment). Can somebody please download the picture and check to see if there are any marks on their phone?
You need to be in a complete dark room for this to work, it helps if you turn the screen brightness to 100% and allow a bit of time for your eyes to adjust to the dark.
I also added roughly what the marks look like.
Many thanks
P.S. this does not affect the screen in normal use.

I have noticed that too....
Edit: forgot to mention that it does not affect usage in anyway
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Why.....
SH!T, not this crap again. The Galaxy S2 has this at a greater extent, but I was LEAST EXPECTING this on the Note, especially since they JUST starting manufacturing this model. I don't even think the demand is as high as the S2. I'm having mixed thoughts now. Those marks are NOT normal.

SAlmighty said:
SH!T, not this crap again. The Galaxy S2 has this at a greater extent, but I was LEAST EXPECTING this on the Note, especially since they JUST starting manufacturing this model. I don't even think the demand is as high as the S2. I'm having mixed thoughts now. Those marks are NOT normal.
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why is this a problem?

Bigmille said:
I’ve a strange problem with the screen of my Note, I noticed this when switching off the phone in a complete dark room. The screen turns dark grey for a split second before switching off, this is when I noticed some strange black marks beneath the screen.
I made a jpeg to replicate this problem (1st attachment), along with a screen capture of the marks (2nd attachment). Can somebody please download the picture and check to see if there are any marks on their phone?
You need to be in a complete dark room for this to work, it helps if you turn the screen brightness to 100% and allow a bit of time for your eyes to adjust to the dark.
I also added roughly what the marks look like.
Many thanks
P.S. this does not affect the screen in normal use.
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hi...is your phone UK or EU version?

This is the biggest manufacturing defect of the season! Go to the Samsung Herculus (T-Mobile S2) Forum and you have over 500 users observing the same exact problem! Samsung is carelessly sealing the back of the AMOLED display panel, therefore you will see lines and blotches everywhere. This is absurd!
jason370 said:
why is this a problem?
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Bigmille said:
I’ve a strange problem with the screen of my Note, I noticed this when switching off the phone in a complete dark room. The screen turns dark grey for a split second before switching off, this is when I noticed some strange black marks beneath the screen.
I made a jpeg to replicate this problem (1st attachment), along with a screen capture of the marks (2nd attachment). Can somebody please download the picture and check to see if there are any marks on their phone?
You need to be in a complete dark room for this to work, it helps if you turn the screen brightness to 100% and allow a bit of time for your eyes to adjust to the dark.
I also added roughly what the marks look like.
Many thanks
P.S. this does not affect the screen in normal use.
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I guess it could be a problem, but to be honest with you, I don't have any interest in trying this.
Go to a completely dark room and turn the screen to 100% and look for defects? Uhh, what?
When I'm in a very dark room, I find 3% quite comfortable, thank you. (10% brightness * screenfilter (30%)
- Frankt

SAlmighty said:
This is the biggest manufacturing defect of the season!
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Hmmm.... so something that you can only see when you are switching the phone off in a completely dark room is "the biggest manufacturing defect of the season"???
I understand that when you drop hundreds of £s/$s/€s on something, you want it to be perfect, but something that can only be seen for a split second as you turn the phone off in very specific circumstances, scarcely warrants such a title in my opinion!
I can certainly think of worse - lightbleed on Asus Transformer, or Newtons rings/oil click on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for example, which (if present) can be seen during use.
Regards,
Dave

I agree with foxmeister. Why try and find a fault when there's really no fault there!
So you've got dots on your screen when in a completely dark room, with screen set at 100%, that lasts for a second or two......so what! Don't sit and stare at your phone in the dark is the answer. Then the problem will go away.
Jeeez, some people are never satisfied or happy.
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Thanks for the feedbacks, I have the EU version from amazon.de.
There is definitely a fault with either the screen or how it was put together, otherwise I'll not be able to notice it. Those marks does not show up on my Galaxy Tab 10.1, the original Tab or any my pervious mobile devices as far as I can remember.
I did note this don't affect the screen in normal use. Also the 100% brightness suggestion is to make the problem easier to spot, I normally have the screen at 5% in the dark, and we have no control over the brightness when the phone is switching off (when I noticed the marks).
I started this thread to find out what is the course of this problem and how widespread it is before deciding if I should send it back to Germany for a replacement/refund.
BTW, under EU consumer law, we have 21 days to return the device either for a refund or replacement from the seller, after that we might have to send the phone for repair.

Sounds like there is a manufacture defects with the EU version?!

Head over to the International Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile) Forums and the answers behold. Hundreds of comments stating the same exact issue. I'm just surprised how this slipped into the SAMOLED HD display. I don't recall the original Galaxy S (which also had a Pentile Matrix) having such an issue, or did it?
foxmeister said:
Hmmm.... so something that you can only see when you are switching the phone off in a completely dark room is "the biggest manufacturing defect of the season"???
I understand that when you drop hundreds of £s/$s/€s on something, you want it to be perfect, but something that can only be seen for a split second as you turn the phone off in very specific circumstances, scarcely warrants such a title in my opinion!
I can certainly think of worse - lightbleed on Asus Transformer, or Newtons rings/oil click on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for example, which (if present) can be seen during use.
Regards,
Dave
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Perhaps we should ask folks from India, they just got their stocks as well.
DMax99 said:
Sounds like there is a manufacture defects with the EU version?!
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SAlmighty said:
Head over to the International Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile) Forums and the answers behold. Hundreds of comments stating the same exact issue. I'm just surprised how this slipped into the SAMOLED HD display. I don't recall the original Galaxy S (which also had a Pentile Matrix) having such an issue, or did it?
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Do you have some links?
Also is there somewhere photos that show the issue?

Common Indeed!
T-Mobile Galaxy S2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300133
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320942
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310945
International-Based Galaxy S2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217047
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079444
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197743

SAlmighty said:
Head over to the International Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile) Forums and the answers behold. Hundreds of comments stating the same exact issue. I'm just surprised how this slipped into the SAMOLED HD display. I don't recall the original Galaxy S (which also had a Pentile Matrix) having such an issue, or did it?
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I have a Galaxy S II, and regularly frequent those the international forum, and I've not seen this come up as an issue (though I don't disbelieve you that it probably does somewhere). I looked in the TMo US Galaxy S II specific forum and I did find such a thread, but I was unwillingly to pour through 50+ pages to see the final outcome as it was filled with people who have the issue, don't have the issue, or have the issue but don't care.
I've not noticed this issue with either my Note or my Galaxy S II, and I'm not going to go look for it in artificial environments that I'd typically never be using my device in.
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"​
According to the OP, on the Note, this only appears for a brief moment whilst the phone is being switched off in pretty much total darkness, so my point is - does it really matter?
Regards,
Dave

Well, many EU owners are already reporting black spots on their Note!
http://www.golem.de/1111/87475-3.html
http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung...iche-displayverhalten-beim-galaxy-note-2.html
and
http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung...s-der-farbtiefe-des-galaxy-note-displays.html
Translate to English, this is serious!

Bigmille said:
I’ve a strange problem with the screen of my Note, I noticed this when switching off the phone in a complete dark room. The screen turns dark grey for a split second before switching off, this is when I noticed some strange black marks beneath the screen.
I made a jpeg to replicate this problem (1st attachment), along with a screen capture of the marks (2nd attachment). Can somebody please download the picture and check to see if there are any marks on their phone?
You need to be in a complete dark room for this to work, it helps if you turn the screen brightness to 100% and allow a bit of time for your eyes to adjust to the dark.
I also added roughly what the marks look like.
Many thanks
P.S. this does not affect the screen in normal use.
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I was lying in bed last night and saw what you are talking about. I think. I has used my phone heavily for the last week and didn't notice anything else.
So I suspect we all have it but uhhhhh whatever.

See this link for another photo of the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337499
The photo is taken with a small Canon camera, with ISO = 200, and a 15 seconds of exposure time.

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The Note is going back to Amazon. I was able to see the some of the black marks against black border when watching film in the dark last night with the screen brightness of 5%.
I was going to keep it before it started to affect my normal use, lets hope the replacement has less or no marks.

[Q] White GNote AMOLED Display, any issues?

Many have complained about problems with the GNote's Display. Does anyone here have the white version of the GNote? How's the display?

SAlmighty said:
Many have complained about problems with the GNote's Display. Does anyone here have the white version of the GNote? How's the display?
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I have/had a white one... On mine there were no probz at all.
However, i didn´t test it that crazy... No banding and no abnormal pixelation of the blacks atleast.
Atm it´s in for service... Had a complete crash... Maybe that will be the white version faults

^ What about the issue of faint horizontal and vertical lines especially on a white background at minimum / maximum brightness?

I have a white one as well. no problems at all
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Have a White G NOTE ... no problems with the display!

^What is the Month of Import?

the white ones suffer from the same problems as the "blue" ones! seen two of them, both had the "classic" faults: one had a very strong tint which got worser on the right side of the screen, the other one was considerably darker and had a yellowish tint over the whole screen! both had the black clipping issue and cut the gamma test at 4 (in standard mode)!
VERY IMPORTANT:
i had a LOT notes so far, all of the screens were faulty to some extent. only 2 out of 14 had a correct (or at least much better) gamma calibration/value, but both of them had other severe problems (one side tint, unevenness)!
also to notice the "blotch errors" you have to display a black picture, go into a complete dark room, let your eyes accommodate and see for yourself!
AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPARE YOU WONT BE ABLE TO TELL IF YOU HAVE COLOR TINT (only if its really dramatic), I THOUGHT A FEW TIMES MY SCREEN IS NOW REALLY GOOD IN TERMS OF COLORATION, BUT EACH TIME I WAS ABLE TO OUTPERFORM IT DRAMATICALLY WITH AN OTHER DEVICE!!
SO: IF YOU THINK YOUR SCREEN IS FINE: DO NOT COMPARE!!!
otherwise you WILL get worried!!!
just my 2c...

have a white note from movistar in Spain and has the display and camera problems.

+1 to what TML1504
@OP
I think you are looking for a more objective reply rather than a subjective one, I recommend you stop your search for now and probably wait a few batches later.. Maybe 4-5 months from now? If the S2 was a sign of things to improve it really did after 6 months.

I'd figure since new models are set to release, Samsung must have already addressed the problems in the newer Note sooner than it did for the S2.
EarlZ said:
+1 to what TML1504
@OP
I think you are looking for a more objective reply rather than a subjective one, I recommend you stop your search for now and probably wait a few batches later.. Maybe 4-5 months from now? If the S2 was a sign of things to improve it really did after 6 months.
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SAlmighty said:
I'd figure since new models are set to release, Samsung must have already addressed the problems in the newer Note sooner than it did for the S2.
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I was able to check 3 brand new white colored galaxy note from 3 different local shops and they have the video issues the same as mine which the store rep confirmed after we sent the file over and had them test in their storage room, which is my primary concern.
With just a quick glance, I can easily tell those units still show lines,dirty grey renderings and yellowish/greenish bottoms on the screen, this is with an objective result, subjectively the lines are not visible when viewing pictures of anything other then grey or browsing websites with brightness not lower than 2 notches.
I dont think they can or will address this as fast as the common screen issue everyone has is very subjective to the user and only those that are noticeable get returned, some insist on using a higher brightness just to cover it up.

Boycott Samsung 'till Further Notice, LOL
Sad to say, even the latest S2 display is better than the Note. The latest S2 batch corrects a lot of the problems that existed in prior batches. I've seen it myself; thats to easy to appreciate. Too bad Samsung doesn't give a damn about their own flagship products.
EDIT: @EarlZ, not a personal question, question to Samsung, Why would I want to conceal the problems that exist by decreasing the lifespan of my product; raising the display brightness will in turn reduce the lifespan of the AMOLED Screen, lol.

Its been like 3 months or less since it came out from the market so its a given that it will take a while to improve.. give it another 2-3 months more.
EDIT:
Similar thread-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355905

By then the successor or newer SAMOLED's will arrive
You never know, lol
EarlZ said:
Its been like 3 months or less since it came out from the market so its a given that it will take a while to improve.. give it another 2-3 months more.
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So what's the procedure to test for this? Any particular video to play, or a site to go to?

bcn_nospam said:
So what's the procedure to test for this? Any particular video to play, or a site to go to?
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On a subjective side, you dont need to do anything special just use the phone how you would normally do and if you dont see anything that bothers you or any image abnormality then simply the issue does not exist on the phone, If your a new buyer just perform the things that you normally do and might do and from there draw your own conclusion, Like others I do not know the exact ratio of good to bad screens/phones but subjectively a majority of the phones should not have any issues on the screen.
If you want to perform something more objective you need to be more open to the methods, there like 3 active threads about it you can easily read up there.

I have a white note for the last 3 days, and due to a few threads about display and other problems, I have been especially looking out for them. but so far I cannot find a single problem with the display or any of the other problems that people have been complaining about.
It was bought from Amazon Germany and shows:
Android 2.3.6
baseband n7000xxla4
kernel 2.6.35.7-n7000xxla4-cl886827 [email protected] #2
build gingerbread.xxla4
If that is of any help to anybody.
But I'm not looking at it with one eye on the screen and one on a spectrometer
just my ol eyes, which to those it looks and works fantastic.
and also my 25 year old son, his eyes should be better than mine also says it looks fantastic to him, and will be getting one soon
seeya

It seems as if the German build quality / manufacturing process of the Galaxy Note is superb! Enjoy your Note.

bcn_nospam said:
So what's the procedure to test for this? Any particular video to play, or a site to go to?
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Play the Dark Knight Rises trailer...
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SAlmighty said:
It seems as if the German build quality / manufacturing process of the Galaxy Note is superb! Enjoy your Note.
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I am returning the German one...has issues...

uh, i guess its all chance then, to samsung--thank you but no thanks,
i guess the white note serves as a placebo then

Which one is better Made in China or Vietnam? Urgent

Guys please help I am going to buy a note for my sis,which one is better?
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DespiNeT said:
Guys please help I am going to buy a note for my sis,which one is better?
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Vietnam for sure..i have the same one..n my cousin has the chinese one..or should I rather say had..coz its been only 10 days since he purchased it n its already lying in the service center..some mainboard issue..
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They all come with warranty so really does it matter. And just becsuse one phone is in repair does not mean the ither factory is better. All products can suffer defects no matter where there made and no two phones are equall regardless where there made
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made in korea the best ;D

I heard that those in Vietnam are the best ones. They don't have problems with the screen rendering.
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Seriously I don't understand peoples obsession with Korean made Samsungs and Finnish made Nokias and such
no matter where they are made they have to adhere to the company guidelines and quality checks so it doesn't really matter does it ?
why would the companies deliberately create sub standard products ? Won't that hurt their reputation and goodwill if they do so?
I understand that cheap products made in China aren't often Upto standards but you are taking about the flagship device of a giant electronics manufacturer , Samsung does have some standards
But for your piece of mind I suggest getting an insurance on top of the warranty

Abagnale said:
I heard that those in Vietnam are the best ones. They don't have problems with the screen rendering.
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not really, had note made in vietnam and had those problems ;D

IMO, Vietnam would produce something better compare to the China but I believe we can trust Samsung to it.

I completely agree with itsrijo... Where ever the product is manufactured the machines and instruments used for manufacturing and calibrating are made in one place and by only one vendor. For example a die for making outercase will be manufactured by same vendor that we cannot indulge two for big investment like this ( because cost of a die worth upto millions). And we cannot get the similar output.
The only difference is people who manages the output quality ( initial quality study also called IQS) may have different level of standard which may result in different Level quality. I own many Chinese manufactured products (branded) and most of'em working good without any trouble.
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EdgaBimbam said:
not really, had note made in vietnam and had those problems ;D
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+1..banding n clipping are very much there..u should ditch note altogether n go for HTC One X instead..
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Mine is Chinese and works great and never had any issues, we'll it did have an issue with the Franco Kernel but that was due to hardware revisions.
Several years back I had simular situation between VW Golf's, I Brazilian made or right next to it was a German made one. I chose the German one. Wasn't much of a choice though since at the time, all TDI motors and transmissions were German made. 220K miles later, it was a good choice.

gedster314 said:
Mine is Chinese and works great and never had any issues, we'll it did have an issue with the Franco Kernel but that was due to hardware revisions.
Several years back I had simular situation between VW Golf's, I Brazilian made or right next to it was a German made one. I chose the German one. Wasn't much of a choice though since at the time, all TDI motors and transmissions were German made. 220K miles later, it was a good choice.
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What about the color banding n black clipping issue?..do u have this problem?..n what is the manufacturing date n purchase date of your phone?
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Guys finally got a white one Made in Vietnam.so far issues encountered are the same clipping and banding ones.
Thanx all for suggesting
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DespiNeT said:
Guys finally got a white one Made in Vietnam.so far issues encountered are the same clipping and banding ones.
Thanx all for suggesting
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Hows does it look?
Oh darn.. You got the issue? I won't pick up the vietnami make now. Perhaps Made in Korea ones are the best.

filthykid said:
Hows does it look?
Oh darn.. You got the issue? I won't pick up the vietnami make now. Perhaps Made in Korea ones are the best.
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Mine also is white. And my feedback would be: color banding in skype, xda app and other app are 100% software related because i have ics and no banding at those app, with gb i had color banding in skype,xda. Talking about black color clipping, hmmm hard to say, i had black note made in vietnam and it had huge black color clipping and now i have white made in korea, black color clipping isnt so visible. In shinny days it is impossible to see black color clipping, at night you can see a little clipping but it doesnt bothers me btw my old one black note had much bigger black color clipping

Here in India i have compared all the makes from china vietnam and korea but vietnam is comparatively performing better.china had overheating issue,koreans had bluish tint on the display but vietnamese has only these clipping and banding issues which also exists on the the other two,i guess its a software concern and samsung will be addressing the issues with ics update.and ya guess what i found is smoled might have great contrast ratio but the display on htc one x is a stunner,you must see it to believe it.it was a bit more costly so i went for note
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@filthykid
Ya white looks awesome dude
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Mine also is white. And my feedback would be: color banding in skype, xda app and other app are 100% software related because i have ics and no banding at those app, with gb i had color banding in skype,xda. Talking about black color clipping, hmmm hard to say, i had black note made in vietnam and it had huge black color clipping and now i have white made in korea, black color clipping isnt so visible. In shinny days it is impossible to see black color clipping, at night you can see a little clipping but it doesnt bothers me btw my old one black note had much bigger black color clipping
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DespiNeT said:
Here in India i have compared all the makes from china vietnam and korea but vietnam is comparatively performing better.china had overheating issue,koreans had bluish tint on the display but vietnamese has only these clipping and banding issues which also exists on the the other two,i guess its a software concern and samsung will be addressing the issues with ics update.and ya guess what i found is smoled might have great contrast ratio but the display on htc one x is a stunner,you must see it to believe it.it was a bit more costly so i went for note
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I don't think the blue tint will bother me (perhaps). What else problem have you incurred on Korean makes?

[Q] anyone in UK with a good screen? (gamma test)

Recently upgraded from a black S2 to a black note (which i love) then learnt of the whole screen issue (black clipping/crush)
ive trailed through soooooo many pages and seems very little evidence of anyone who has done the gamma test pattern and had a good screen
My gamma result is that i can see all the way to the number 4 and then it turns black (i have blocky grey squares for example when there is a scene change during a video and the screen darkens)
my question is is there anyone in the UK with a good screen? i am within the 28 days so i guess they would swap for a brand new note but dont want to go through the process if there doesn't seem to be any good screen units in country!
(i realise there is a member supercurio working to correct this in ics but some people saying it might be a hardware issue since other solutions are simply shifting the values in the gamma test to 6-7 so i would rather have a good screen if possible)

I think its a software and not a hardware problem, but I read the threads on this long ago. In day to day use I can't even tell about the black leveling off, so it doesn't matter to me. If I were you id just stop looking for problems in this amazing device because if you look you'll always find something wrong.
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whatsaqazza said:
I think its a software and not a hardware problem, but I read the threads on this long ago. In day to day use I can't even tell about the black leveling off, so it doesn't matter to me. If I were you id just stop looking for problems in this amazing device because if you look you'll always find something wrong.
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i'm with you on what you said at the end...but the blacks on my phone are more grey and if i watch videos/youtube etc its obvious (actually prefer watching stuff on the s2 and that goes against why i wanted i bigger screen)
i did specifically want to know if there are phones without the issue in the uk as i'm still within 28 days and eligable to swap the unit
regarding if it is software - people still saying the problem is there who have flashed ics though?

fast_asleep said:
i'm with you on what you said at the end...but the blacks on my phone are more grey and if i watch videos/youtube etc its obvious (actually prefer watching stuff on the s2 and that goes against why i wanted i bigger screen)
i did specifically want to know if there are phones without the issue in the uk as i'm still within 28 days and eligable to swap the unit
regarding if it is software - people still saying the problem is there who have flashed ics though?
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Samsung may just not care about it with ICS and things like that, exactly why a XDA member is working on it instead. But since you just got it you might as well swap it quickly and see if it's better. Personally on my note (it's not from the UK) I don't notice this at all, just a yellow tinge sometimes (Damn you pentile!)

Permanent red tint on screen

Hey guys,
I started noticing bit of red tint on lower half of the screen.
I am aware viewing angle make difference, but no matter which orientation/angle I look from it is still there.
Anyone else having similar issue?
Also, if this is a defect, is this the kind that retailer usually replace for consumer?
It is giving me headache looking at the screen for a prolonged period even though the tint is not severe.
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Its very, very slight on mine. Nothing that would make me consider returning it though.

Also, screen tint shift based on angle is a lot more frequent than my s3 (i9300). I tilt note4 by even 5deg and I see colour shift already, but nothing like that on s3.
Can someone confirm this please.
Thank you.
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mkim055 said:
Also, screen tint shift based on angle is a lot more frequent than my s3 (i9300). I tilt note4 by even 5deg and I see colour shift already, but nothing like that on s3.
Can someone confirm this please.
Thank you.
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Yes, my phone does this. However I've checked a lot of shop display units and have noticed many are better and some are worse than mine. The sad fact is that there seems to be a bit of a screen lottery going on and it's luck whether you get a good screen or a bad one.

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Yes, my phone does this. However I've checked a lot of shop display units and have noticed many are better and some are worse than mine. The sad fact is that there seems to be a bit of a screen lottery going on and it's luck whether you get a good screen or a bad one.
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So you reckon retail wouldnt replace it.
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You can try it. If they have a display unit that is obviously better than your current one and they can see that. Problem is you might end up with a replacement that is just as bad or worse!

toadsurfer said:
You can try it. If they have a display unit that is obviously better than your current one and they can see that. Problem is you might end up with a replacement that is just as bad or worse!
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That is not right.... =(
People spend $1000 just to go into lottery of getting 'normal' one....
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mkim055 said:
That is not right.... =(
People spend $1000 just to go into lottery of getting 'normal' one....
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Thats been the case since the Galaxy Note 2, even my note 3 has a slight reddish tint on the top part of the screen.. most if not all the units ive seen either has a red tint or a more warmer color tone at a certain part of the screen. People have accepted this as a norm.

EarlZ said:
Thats been the case since the Galaxy Note 2, even my note 3 has a slight reddish tint on the top part of the screen.. most if not all the units ive seen either has a red tint or a more warmer color tone at a certain part of the screen. People have accepted this as a norm.
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Yeah funny it is a norm for Note series when it is not for S series when both using same display technology
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Agree. My old s5 was much better with colour shift and tinting. As are the new tab s tablets. I'm disappointed with the note 4 screen.

Have you tried setting the display to photo mode?
I am still wondering if we talk about the same phone, my Note 4 has no red tint and no color shift at all, no matter how much I turn the phone.
Also looking at a totally white/red/yellow picture, I can't find any part of the screen that is warmer. Some people also reported that greys look terrible, I can't comfirm that for my display.
Coming from the Nexus 5, this display looks so much better in all aspects, I am still stunned after using the phone for 3 days now.

There seems to be quite a disparity between phones. Some are good, some are bad. That tends to be why people are having different experiences.

mkim055 said:
Yeah funny it is a norm for Note series when it is not for S series when both using same display technology
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It was the norm for the S series up until the S4 came out. The S4 was the first Samsung screen since the Note 2 that had a very nice and even screen.
S1, S2, S3, Note 1, Note 3 all suffer from poor screen uniformity. Guess you can add the Note 4 to that too.
This worries me as I'm planning on skipping the Note 4 for the Nexus 6. Samsung will already be giving Motorola last years Amoled tech, and stretched across the bigger screen the unevenness will be even more obvious.
Especially now that Android Lollipop will be mostly light grey everywhere! Amoled's worst nightmare.

red tint?
What red tint, is this when the screen is on? off? I haven't noticed any red tint but now I'm worried...

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What red tint, is this when the screen is on? off? I haven't noticed any red tint but now I'm worried...
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Wow, if you do not notice it - do not find a reason to notice it. Be happy with your device.

My display is a very slightly more blueish/pinkish towards the top half, specifically the top right. It's only noticeable on white content. It's subtle enough that I won't go through the hassle of getting a replacement especially since the replacement could be even worse... At least my display has been brightness and no banding or anything. Overall though, this display is simply phenomenal. Hopefully these slight display issues will improve as time goes on, although the screen on my S4 was very uniform, doesn't even come close to the performance of the Note 4 screen though.

Seems like the problems are much less pronounced that the typical uneven backlight of LCD?

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Wow, if you do not notice it - do not find a reason to notice it. Be happy with your device.
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Then I shall not look for it! Hope those who do have it find a solution!

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Have you tried setting the display to photo mode?
I am still wondering if we talk about the same phone, my Note 4 has no red tint and no color shift at all, no matter how much I turn the phone.
Also looking at a totally white/red/yellow picture, I can't find any part of the screen that is warmer. Some people also reported that greys look terrible, I can't comfirm that for my display.
Coming from the Nexus 5, this display looks so much better in all aspects, I am still stunned after using the phone for 3 days now.
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Love to see some youtube videos from people who have issues, mine looks fine to me.

HerRoyalDykeness said:
Then I shall not look for it! Hope those who do have it find a solution!
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Yeah trust me, you will end up paranoid and find a reason to dislike your phone (even if you never noticed the problem in the first place). Like they say, ignorance is bliss! Enjoy the phone.