Dear note users,
Recently I encountered the second discoloration of colors on my screen, for example the center of the chrome icon and everything blue turns purple, this problem occurs in the entire os. I have also made a screenshot and after the phone magically restored the colors; it turned the screen off, because I wasn't using the phone and when I turned it back on the colors on the screen were back to normal; and the colors on the screenshot were also normal. So apparently the os sees the colors properly....
So what do you think is this a hardware failure (I am thinking it is), also if it is, does it fall under guarantee? And finally my screen is ok, for most of the time, but sometimes this error does occur. How can I possibly tell the guys of the Samsung service center something is wrong with the screen? I did take a phone with my point to shoot, but they could say it's photoshop or something and the photo is a bit blurry. Since I cannot force the phone into this situation I can't also make new photos....
I am using alliancerom v3 and speedmod k3, I also don't think the error was due to the rom and kernel, because both weren't developed when the previous discoloration occured....
hom.hom said:
Dear note users,
Recently I encountered the second discoloration of colors on my screen, for example the center of the chrome icon and everything blue turns purple, this problem occurs in the entire os. I have also made a screenshot and after the phone magically restored the colors; it turned the screen off, because I wasn't using the phone and when I turned it back on the colors on the screen were back to normal; and the colors on the screenshot were also normal. So apparently the os sees the colors properly....
So what do you think is this a hardware failure (I am thinking it is), also if it is, does it fall under guarantee? And finally my screen is ok, for most of the time, but sometimes this error does occur. How can I possibly tell the guys of the Samsung service center something is wrong with the screen? I did take a phone with my point to shoot, but they could say it's photoshop or something and the photo is a bit blurry. Since I cannot force the phone into this situation I can't also make new photos....
I am using alliancerom v3 and speedmod k3, I also don't think the error was due to the rom and kernel, because both weren't developed when the previous discoloration occured....
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Take a video
Try changing ROMs, full wiping etc...
R: [Q] Strange discoloration on my screen
I also had this issue, two times to be exact... I was worried that gpu was going to break. Do you have the gpu's voltages decreased?
Ps: I'm not saying it's a gpu problem (it's a simple thought) , so don't worry
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Same issue
I got the same problem too. i thought im the only one...I agree with hom.hom.. it the hardware problem, FYI warfareonly, i tried to change ROM, full wipe and everything...the problem still occurred..as what hom.hom said it hardware issue..
some picture taken from webcam..
Yeah, with me it looks just the same; I suppose the problem is that you can't reproduce this issue. So the Samsung repair center probably won't repair your phone. After your phone went to sleep or you reboot the issue disappeared for me. Is this the same case for you, and have you checked at a repair center of they fix this issue for you?
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Hey!
I bought my galaxy 6 months ago. Not long after I noticed a minor issue with my AMOLED display. I could see blue "artefacts" in some bright areas of the screen from time to time. Nothing serious, just blue dots and stripes, subpixels. I even posted a picture of it on reddit (second attachment) more out of curiosity than anything but was later convinced it was probably a software issue. I did have some suspicions something might be wrong with my phone but it actually happened so rarely and the issue was so minor that I just got used to it because it didn't bother me that much.
I recently flashed dark core 2.2 along with rc6 and it got *significantly* worse. I could see blue subpixels all over the screen wherever there's bright white, generally on the lowest brightness setting. Now, I believed that the hardware got worse and it's time to ask for a replacement. So before doing so I obviously had to flash stock firmware and guess what - it all disappeared. So I flashed just the dark core again to go back to rc6 - and it was back again.
The thing is, I really love this ROM and I love the voodoo improvements that come with it. I don't think I can live without them any more. On the other hand, it might be difficult to convince people from samsung that there's actually something wrong with my phone - since it happens so rarely on stock ROM. And I think that this display defect is intensified by the screen improvements from voodoo/dark core.
My only idea is to somehow make it show up on stock ROM and send it to them just then. But is this even possible without rooting my phone? Does anyone has an idea why would these blue subpixels show up in white areas? Is it something they check with specialized equipment or do they boot the phone first to see what's wrong?
Anyway, guys if you could point me in the right direction or had any better ideas... Seriously, It would be helpful even if you said that I should just return my phone and hope for the best. I'm a student and I can't really afford to be charged for returning - what they think is - an operational phone
I attached two pictures
1. a picture of how my screen behaves after flashing the latest dark kernel
2. a picture of how my screen sometimes behave on stock kernels
I'd appreciate any help or advice
I just experienced the oddest thing, which gave me a fright. I was messaging a friend when suddenly the predicted words and message "bubbles" changed from blue to pink. I had just installed the keyboard some hours ago and had been using it without any issues. Thinking that I might have accidentally changed the keyboard setting by tapping too quicly, I tried to change that but could not find any pink theme.
So I got out of messaging, and to my horror saw that all my icons had changed colour too, to fluorescent shades of pink, green and blue, where there should be colour. I believe there was greyscale such as white and black as well, but I reacted so quickly that I hardly saw that. Barely able to think from panic, I rebooted the phone, and all the colours went back to normal! So I quickly wiped my cache and dalvik and did my titanium and nandroid backup.
Could my poor Note be suffering from some kind of screen failure? I've read briefly of screens turning green, but mine did not, only the icons and "accents" got affected. Or could it be a virus that attacked my phone? I'd installed a handful of new apps today and have uninstalled them since the incident. I've run Lookout Mobile and ALYac but they didn't detect any threats. By the way, my battery was down to about 15 or less when that happened, though I've frequently used my phone in such conditions without any issues.
Any thoughts about what might have happened? I feel a bit unsettled and am wondering whether to flash back to stock without root, just in case the phone goes kaput and I can't turn it back on nor flash with Odin.
sounds like a software failure. It is likely just a random glitch, do not worry.
People do believe that all the software products work the same way every time they are run, but that is not so. Data in RAM itself is actually quite fragile (compared to something 'physical') due to the speed and optimisations made. Magnetic fields and cosmic rays will always have a tiny but random effect. When you are processing 3 billion instructions per second (as your phone is at max), that gives you al lot of opportunity for random stuff-ups.
i've also encounter the same thing like you do. i quickly click on the sleep button off and on back and the color back to normal. battery indicator shown me that my device was 51°C. btw my device was non-root and running stock rom LA1 at that moment. so i guess it must have been too hot and triggered the color changes.
Happened to me once though not really sure the steps I followed to make it happen. A reboot fixed it and I didn't bother much with it anymore.
Thanks for all the answers! It's reassuring as misery loves company. Not that I'm miserable anymore, but for a few seconds I was thinking of life without my Note, and it was quite unthinkable!
Anyway, I know there's no perfect device so I'm not too concerned, though a friend who heard my brief account today said it could be a video driver issue, whatever that means!
All my screen burn in complains started with LPY ICS. Suddenly I noticed bluish color in place of status bar(top of screen) while reading web on landscape.
Later, it change to situation like on screen test status bar location seems to giving best color. Rest of the screen has yellowish tint now.
So my screen is acting weird or getting broken. Anyone else has this issue?
I want to go back to GB, but I am afraid to brick. If go back to GB, should I choose non wipe GB for mobile odin?
I have CF-Root LPY kernel.
necrocavus said:
All my screen burn in complains started with LPY ICS. Suddenly I noticed bluish color in place of status bar(top of screen) while reading web on landscape.
Later, it change to situation like on screen test status bar location seems to giving best color. Rest of the screen has yellowish tint now.
So my screen is acting weird or getting broken. Anyone else has this issue?
I want to go back to GB, but I am afraid to brick. If go back to GB, should I choose non wipe GB for mobile odin?
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Screen Burning?? This is kind of hard to believe, at least that ICS is causing the problem when there is a lot of people on ICS now with no problems like that. Just a defected phone probably and you should try to return it to Samsung if you have a warranty.
But, I would recommend using PC Odin to go back to GB.
andreww88 said:
Screen Burning?? This is kind of hard to believe, at least that ICS is causing the problem when there is a lot of people on ICS now with no problems like that. Just a defected phone probably and you should try to return it to Samsung if you have a warranty.
But, I would recommend using PC Odin to go back to GB.
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It's not a defect, it's just an unfortunate side effect of AMOLED screens.
This is discussed extensively on XDA, particularly in the I9100 forum.
Your best solutions are preventative ones, use a launcher to hide the status bar, leave screen on minimum brightness, avoid leaving the screen on for excessive periods with still images and try not to leave it in direct sunlight (on or off) because this damages them too.
To be more correct, this is actually not burn in, it's the organic LEDs wearing out, the longer they are lit for the more they wear out over time and the less bright they become. Because status bar is black, they get used least and so end up brighter or tinted, and pixels used most (clock area or lock screen circles) get dimmer.
necrocavus said:
All my screen burn in complains started with LPY ICS. Suddenly I noticed bluish color in place of status bar(top of screen) while reading web on landscape.
Later, it change to situation like on screen test status bar location seems to giving best color. Rest of the screen has yellowish tint now.
So my screen is acting weird or getting broken. Anyone else has this issue?
I want to go back to GB, but I am afraid to brick. If go back to GB, should I choose non wipe GB for mobile odin?
I have CF-Root LPY kernel.
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I was on fully stock LPY and I noticed almost the same thing. What appeared to be dead pixels in the shape of one blue dot and one red dot formed on my screen. Though only visible when the screen was OFF for some reason. Anyhow. I flashed back to LC1 stock odexed rom via pc odin and my screen was back to perfection. Well, if you disregard the black clipping issue
alias_neo said:
It's not a defect, it's just an unfortunate side effect of AMOLED screens.
This is discussed extensively on XDA, particularly in the I9100 forum.
Your best solutions are preventative ones, use a launcher to hide the status bar, leave screen on minimum brightness, avoid leaving the screen on for excessive periods with still images and try not to leave it in direct sunlight (on or off) because this damages them too.
To be more correct, this is actually not burn in, it's the organic LEDs wearing out, the longer they are lit for the more they wear out over time and the less bright they become. Because status bar is black, they get used least and so end up brighter or tinted, and pixels used most (clock area or lock screen circles) get dimmer.
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Yes, I think it is as you said. Screen colors dimmed. But, I bought this 6 months ago. It should be a defect. Your suggestions should be valid to use the phone for years without problem.
necrocavus said:
All my screen burn in complains started with LPY ICS. Suddenly I noticed bluish color in place of status bar(top of screen) while reading web on landscape.
Later, it change to situation like on screen test status bar location seems to giving best color. Rest of the screen has yellowish tint now.
So my screen is acting weird or getting broken. Anyone else has this issue?
I want to go back to GB, but I am afraid to brick. If go back to GB, should I choose non wipe GB for mobile odin?
I have CF-Root LPY kernel.
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Thats impossible. I think you just have a factory defect note.
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Go back to stock GB and contact samsung. It has nothung to do with firmware IMO.
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necrocavus said:
Yes, I think it is as you said. Screen colors dimmed. But, I bought this 6 months ago. It should be a defect. Your suggestions should be valid to use the phone for years without problem.
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Not exactly, I remember a member of the SGS2 forum uploading photos of he's screen after using something called coyote, some sord of car navigation, after regular daily use for a couple weeks it had caused noticeable wear in his screen.
Static images are bad for these screens if you have a lot of screen on time, the most affected will be your statuary because it's almost always off (black) so it'll be brighter than the rest.
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Not exactly, I remember a member of the SGS2 forum uploading photos of he's screen after using something called coyote, some sord of car navigation, after regular daily use for a couple weeks it had caused noticeable wear in his screen.
Static images are bad for these screens if you have a lot of screen on time, the most affected will be your statuary because it's almost always off (black) so it'll be brighter than the rest.
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Everyday 1-2 hours I am on Google Reader and Browser with white background. But, I still think that screen should be defective to wear off in 6 months.
Currently, I use black background
I think it should be under warranty. When I am not lazy or screen gets worse, I will format my phone to original ROM. Then, go to samsung.
I got the same burn in on my Nexus. Just returned it for repair. Reading about all these problems with super amoled screens makes me wanna change for a other phone since it seems to be a common problem.
If a screen replacement doesn't fix it permanently, i hope I can get an other brand without amoled. Just not okay to have these kind of defects.
Seems like my phone has forgotten it's amoled. It lights up the entire screen even if it's just black. The screen is overly bright and looks washed out and I can see tons of imperfections on it that seem to move with whats on the screen. This leads me to believe it's software, (happened a few days after a cm12.1 install) .
I've tried flashing stock images and it still persists. Anyone experience something like this? Not sure the best solution.
lower your brightness? what brightness do you keep it at?
Regardless of whether brightness is 100% or 0% the screen is overly washed out. It's as though the backlight is being turned on even if there are dark pixels on the screen. Everything is just way brighter and hard to read. Not sure if it's a hardware problem or software problem. Any way for me to determine this? Only thought would be a nandroid backup from my phone being restored on another to see if it recreates the problem but i don't have access to a second nexus 6.
Noxey said:
Regardless of whether brightness is 100% or 0% the screen is overly washed out. It's as though the backlight is being turned on even if there are dark pixels on the screen. Everything is just way brighter and hard to read. Not sure if it's a hardware problem or software problem. Any way for me to determine this? Only thought would be a nandroid backup from my phone being restored on another to see if it recreates the problem but i don't have access to a second nexus 6.
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Can` t you go to store where they sell the Nexus 6 to compare? I reccon you`re on stock and don`t use a custom kernel for color control, my screen is beautiful imo. But also its possible that maybe you have a faulty device, it can happen ....
My screen was great. It's a recent issue that came up. It has happened in the last few days.
Hi All,
After updating to Oreo got this weird issue, screen flickers every, roughly 2 seconds. Wit the times it also starts showing some color artifacts, freezing some parts of the screen and eventually going to complete gray-to-black flickering only. Anyone experienced something similar?
I'm thinking it may not be Oreo upgrade related just (unfortunately) some hardware issue.
Cheers
AlzirR
I've had similar issue after updating to oreo.
Half screen displayed artifacts.
Nokia replied to me saying that there is a bug in display drivers. Probably gong to update it soon.
Had to send it back.
Replacement works fine.
TeddyBeers said:
I've had similar issue after updating to oreo.
Half screen displayed artifacts.
Nokia replied to me saying that there is a bug in display drivers. Probably gong to update it soon.
Had to send it back.
Replacement works fine.
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I have the same problem too but after I put it on the hot plate for awhile its fixed but after awhile the problem came back again..
AlzirR said:
Hi All,
After updating to Oreo got this weird issue, screen flickers every, roughly 2 seconds. Wit the times it also starts showing some color artifacts, freezing some parts of the screen and eventually going to complete gray-to-black flickering only. Anyone experienced something similar?
I'm thinking it may not be Oreo upgrade related just (unfortunately) some hardware issue.
Cheers
AlzirR
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The left half of my screen is covered with black/white/grey artifacts. Sometimes after resetting or going back to factory defaults the screen goes back to normal again.
Running Oreo on a 128gb Nokia 8. REally hope it is software related (driver?). So far installing the latest updates doen't fix the problem.
Switched back to my old Samsung Galaxy S6 but man I miss my 8 already.
I changed the motherboard and I got ghost touch problem then I change the lcd and everything seems fine to me
I don't think is sw problem
I have the same problem today. As i received a call, display start to flicker. As i have all imp docs in my phone as i relies on NOKIA , I am as nothing. Somehow I am able to reset to factory reset. phone start works, but I lost all my valuable datas. How can one relies on NOKIa, who was one of BEST
Bro I have a issue of red strip visible on egdes when we turn on night mode for long time with a grey background