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Wow! The pink screen sure is annoying!
I just got my replacement phone from HTC (at&t N1) for my reception / audio issues.
The new screen looks horribly pink - noticeably so.
I think its just luck of the draw with these screens. My first phone had a slight green tint, but was pretty close to natural colors; the replacement is very red'ish tinted. My original phone had an issue with the cpu throttling not working properly any more. the replacement screen causes the grey areas to appear pink/purple'ish. (even the black areas)
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I think its just luck of the draw with these screens. My first phone had a slight green tint, but was pretty close to natural colors; the replacement is very red'ish tinted. My original phone had an issue with the cpu throttling not working properly any more. the replacement screen causes the grey areas to appear pink/purple'ish. (even the black areas)
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This is really bad - I will probably ask for another replacement, especially since the new phone has really bad reconnection issues. QC on the nexus one is just beyond bad! This should NOT happen.
I wonder what percentage of people have this tint problem...
[POLL] do you have the red tinted screen?
If you do not know what I am talking abut, or never noticed it; turn your screen brightness down to its lowest setting and then open up the stock android keyboard. (it becomes most pronounced at brightness settings below 50%) If you have the problem, then the keys an surrounding dark grey will have a red tint to it. The red tint is only an issue for the various shades of grey; black and other colors are not affected. (on my screen anyway, and white may be a bit off as well)
The reason I ask, is that I recently had an issue with my CPU getting stuck at 100% load at random, so I sent in for a replacement. I got the new phone in the mail, and it appears to be a new, or at least a failed/repaired assembly line unit. (received a -04 part number btw)
This thing has a bad red tint to the screen, worse than my GFs nexus which we also received a replacement for. (both replacements had worse red screen) I might could get used to it, but currently it is distracting to no end.
Problem is, is that my original device has seemed to stop getting the random 100% CPU load problem. I wiped and flashed back to shipped ROM and then re-did the update path through to 2.2 build. (completely stock no root or unlocked bootloader) I did have an issue with the CPU getting stuck at 100% after that, until I uninstalled an app and reinstalled it; seems that when switching from this app to another app would cause it to get stuck. So now I am on the fence about wether to keep the new device or the old one; the CPU issue may actually be a hardware issue and come back at random sometime, or it may not.
edit: BTW is there a way to edit the poll? Iy seems that some have the tint issue at first and then it gets better. I would like to add that option.
edit 2: Pictures of the new and old devices. If you can also see my trackball is also sunk in too deep.
New on left, old on right.
No red tint on mine.
none on mine either
The first couple weeks with my nexus it had a purple tint at the lowest brightness. This is now gone.
wsrider said:
The first couple weeks with my nexus it had a purple tint at the lowest brightness. This is now gone.
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So it got better? This could explain why the GFs screen has much less red tint than the new devices. Just sucks that my original phone is near perfect in the color area.
As far as it being purple tint, the darker colors tinted with red would appear purple-ish. The only colors I have noticed being "off" was grays and brown. (when displaying full screen single colors)
easiest test is to go to htc's website, ash/grey deigns of the site are in pinkish tint. Which is the case for me and as well as my friends, he is on Tmobile, I'm on At&T. I think this is a problem in the newer batchs of nexus. I bought mine this April.
In any case, it doesnt bother me, not a deal breaker considering I have Flash 10.1 on my phone
I would say majority of the recent owners from last 4-6months.
Marine6680 said:
So it got better? This could explain why the GFs screen has much less red tint than the new devices. Just sucks that my original phone is near perfect in the color area.
As far as it being purple tint, the darker colors tinted with red would appear purple-ish. The only colors I have noticed being "off" was grays and brown. (when displaying full screen single colors)
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Yes overtime it fixed itself. I remember it begin annoying and now i cant see it
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Yes overtime it fixed itself. I remember it begin annoying and now i cant see it
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Did it fix itself, or did you just get used to it?
mythamp said:
I would say majority of the recent owners from last 4-6months.
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I bought my nexus at the tail end on January. (around the 25th) I bought the GFs nexus a few days later. (she has the tint issue)
And I added pics in one of my prior posts.
Really would like to edit this poll; add about the self fixing and about when you bought/received your device.
This poll will determine if I bother with having a third replacement sent out. I'm also running a solid red screen at full brightness for about an hour, see if that helps take out some of the red's over saturation. It affects yellows as well, I just noticed.
I ordered my Nexus when it was released and also had a purplish tint when brightness was down. I think androidandme did an article about it... maybe. Anyway it didn't bother me because I always leave it on full brightness anyway. Just checked it out on low brightness for the first time since I got it and I can confirm that the tint went away.
There is a stickied thread in the Desire forum about screens with a pink tint, might be worth reading if you have it. No idea what's in it though
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There is a stickied thread in the Desire forum about screens with a pink tint, might be worth reading if you have it. No idea what's in it though
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I agree it is something to do with the type of display, but it seems that many do not have this issue; my first device did not. If I had always had the issue, I would not be noticing it now, but the difference is jarring.
I'm tempted to be careful with the "void" stickers and swapping the displays out myself.
Leaving the solid color running helped a small bit, but not enough to really matter.
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Did it fix itself, or did you just get used to it?
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Haha I got a second opinion its not pink or purple anymore.
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Haha I got a second opinion its not pink or purple anymore.
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I don't notice the tint as much unless I have the two phones side by side; though I still see it. As you can see by the pics I posted on the first page of this thread, the difference is huge.
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 !
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Those look like stuck pixels to me.
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What are Stuck Pixels?
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??
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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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I just plugged my phone into the computer and it told me I had a new update about 2 days ago and flashed it.
I've always used the filter your screen app since my Z1 had the yellow hue, but after the update I started to feel like my screen was looking weird so I turned it off and the screen looks awesome now! It's not yellow anymore and white looks nice and white although the blacks could still use some improvements. Anyone else?
my screen is still the same after the update. only abit of change in color and brightness, but still yellow tint. still have to use filter your screen app.
natkaen said:
my screen is still the same after the update. only abit of change in color and brightness, but still yellow tint. still have to use filter your screen app.
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Dang that's really unfortunate. I was hoping most people might finally have a solution to this problem but guess I just got lucky with this update.
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Dang that's really unfortunate. I was hoping most people might finally have a solution to this problem but guess I just got lucky with this update.
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sony said that the next update will fix the screen problem. so i'll wait for it, but if it doesn't fix it then i'll probably have to go to the sony service which i really don't want to.
After updating to latest firmware my display turns into a bit yellowish.
I dont have that issue eversince I got my Z1, I flashed the .534 via flashtool and its back to normal now..
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Mine was bit yellow but only on greys, after the update the yellow tint has been reduced although There's still a bit of yellow on grey colors.
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Mine was bit yellow but only on greys, after the update the yellow tint has been reduced although There's still a bit of yellow on grey colors.
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That's because of the optimise backlight option is always on in the new update which causes yellow shades on the greys
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I never had issues with the display of my Z1.White is crystal clear and the last update just made a very good screen even better. The best way to check your display is by looking a picture with pure white and not the operating system. I had serious issues with yellow tint with my previous phone Xperia T at all stock roms. I saw the same issues to some Z1's screen shots.The weird is that never saw that at non stock roms like paranoid, jellybam or aosp. The white at these roms was even better than my Z1's so I can imagine that was probably a software issue. Z1 also have a small issue with viewing angle for white levels and it can give the impression that the white is not the same at all the screen. This is not right and you can check it by changing a little bit the viewing angle when yoy look at a while screen. You will see that the yellow tint moves up and down when you change the viewing angle so it's a screen limitation and not a hardware issue .I hope i helped a little bit.
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I never had issues with the display of my Z1.White is crystal clear and the last update just made a very good screen even better. The best way to check your display is by looking a picture with pure white and not the operating system. I had serious issues with yellow tint with my previous phone Xperia T at all stock roms. I saw the same issues to some Z1's screen shots.The weird is that never saw that at non stock roms like paranoid, jellybam or aosp. The white at these roms was even better than my Z1's so I can imagine that was probably a software issue. Z1 also have a small issue with viewing angle for white levels and it can give the impression that the white is not the same at all the screen. This is not right and you can check it by changing a little bit the viewing angle when yoy look at a while screen. You will see that the yellow tint moves up and down when you change the viewing angle so it's a screen limitation and not a hardware issue .I hope i helped a little bit.
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Thanks for clearing that up!
tospace2006 said:
I just plugged my phone into the computer and it told me I had a new update about 2 days ago and flashed it.
I've always used the filter your screen app since my Z1 had the yellow hue, but after the update I started to feel like my screen was looking weird so I turned it off and the screen looks awesome now! It's not yellow anymore and white looks nice and white although the blacks could still use some improvements. Anyone else?
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In my experience, the yellow tint was fixed by factory reset.
I got the phone from O2. It came with a slightly older O2 branded firmware (the one before 534 I think, 518?).
The screen looked perfect in terms of colour.
Then I started messing around, installed the unbranded UK firmware 534.
Then I noticed my screen was slightly yellow which I found weird, since it was fine before.
I then did a factory reset because I read in a thread that it helped.
This has fixed the problem, and I get bright whites now, no need to adjust colour.
It might or might not work for you. It's a pain having to set everything up again. But for me it was worth it, to get the right colours.
Of course, this could all be in my head and a placebo effect, but the point is that now I'm happy with my phone and the way it looks.
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In my experience, the yellow tint was fixed by factory reset.
I got the phone from O2. It came with a slightly older O2 branded firmware (the one before 534 I think, 518?).
The screen looked perfect in terms of colour.
Then I started messing around, installed the unbranded UK firmware 534.
Then I noticed my screen was slightly yellow which I found weird, since it was fine before.
I then did a factory reset because I read in a thread that it helped.
This has fixed the problem, and I get bright whites now, no need to adjust colour.
It might or might not work for you. It's a pain having to set everything up again. But for me it was worth it, to get the right colours.
Of course, this could all be in my head and a placebo effect, but the point is that now I'm happy with my phone and the way it looks.
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will give it a try if my screen does it again
Does anyone get any inconsistent light bleed at the bottom of the screen, I know light bleed is normal in current screen technology, i'm just curious, top and left/right side looks fine on my unit, it's just the bottom, I will not return my unit as it isn't realy consider a defect.
kms108 said:
Does anyone get any inconsistent light bleed at the bottom of the screen, I know light bleed is normal in current screen technology, i'm just curious, top and left/right side looks fine on my unit, it's just the bottom, I will not return my unit as it isn't realy consider a defect.
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Mine does not have any light bleed...
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Come to think of it, you can only see it if you are on the lock screen using the white, rose or white background, I did notice this as well on the other units before I chosen this one as my final one.
I have a slight light bleed on the bottom right hand corner. i only notice it if i really look for it,. it only shows on brighter colors. Only thing im afraid of is it getting worse.. my xperia z3 compact had the same issue, but way worse. it was yellowish, so i think it was the glue melting or something. whats crazy about the z3 compact having the issue is; i bought the phone with a cracked display and sent it to Sony to fix/replace everything that was broken and i received it like that. i havent owned one IPS display device without having light bleed.
PS. i have the xperia x, non performance.
No light bleed here. You're talking bottom of screen above speaker?
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No light bleed here. You're talking bottom of screen above speaker?
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im talking about the very bottom right part of the bezel. think of it as if you had a white tool bar at the very bottom, you would notice it on the right edge of the screen, on the bottom portion. it goes up about half an inch. I would get it replaced, but then id be without a phone and i only really notice it if im looking for it.. still bugs me with my OCD though
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im talking about the very bottom right part of the bezel. think of it as if you had a white tool bar at the very bottom, you would notice it on the right edge of the screen, on the bottom portion. it goes up about half an inch. I would get it replaced, but then id be without a phone and i only really notice it if im looking for it.. still bugs me with my OCD though
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I'm looking and don't see it. My only issue which doesn't affect functionality and that I ignore is that my front camera isn't quite centered in the opening. It's slightly shifted to the right. It's weird because when I check the phone I don't see any gaps even with a flashlight. But no big deal.
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I'm looking and don't see it. My only issue which doesn't affect functionality and that I ignore is that my front camera isn't quite centered in the opening. It's slightly shifted to the right. It's weird because when I check the phone I don't see any gaps even with a flashlight. But no big deal.
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All I have is a row of very faint light dark light dark light....... along the bottom from one end to the other, I think its just the row of LED along the bottom, I have check many units from friends and display model, they all have this.
But since it's very faint and only shows with white or beige background, it isn't important and I don't think its a defect.
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All I have is a row of very faint light dark light dark light....... along the bottom from one end to the other, I think its just the row of LED along the bottom, I have check many units from friends and display model, they all have this.
But since it's very faint and only shows with white or beige background, it isn't important and I don't think its a defect.
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If you open diagnostics, screen test and look at the full white page.. Do you notice light in the bottom of each corner? (not the top ones, but bottom). I just got my replacement because it was bothering me on my last unit.. this one has the EXACT issue, in the exact spots (more noticable on the right side). a pure black screen looks perfect though? i just think that is so odd.
also, i do notice the black strip you're talking about, i think it has to do with those leds being visable
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If you open diagnostics, screen test and look at the full white page.. Do you notice light in the bottom of each corner? (not the top ones, but bottom). I just got my replacement because it was bothering me on my last unit.. this one has the EXACT issue, in the exact spots (more noticable on the right side). a pure black screen looks perfect though? i just think that is so odd.
also, i do notice the black strip you're talking about, i think it has to do with those leds being visable
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This issue isn't bothing me, but there is a problem I have noticed, not sure if it was their during my purchase or it suddenly just popped out, but in a white screen I do have a patch about 3mm-4mm which is white that shows up, it's much whiter than the actual screen if you have white and also shows up in a biege background, I think it's what people are calling a light bleed I guess, it's on the bottom left corner about 10mm from the left and 15mm from the bottom.
I took it to a local xperia service center yesterday, and they say it could be two reasons behind it, either something is pressing on the back of the screen or a defective LCD panel, either way they say my warranty covers it, it's a shame as It was sort of a perfect screen free from any pixel problems that I find with many xperia phones.
I will have them to service it after my holiday in early October.
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This issue isn't bothing me, but there is a problem I have noticed, not sure if it was their during my purchase or it suddenly just popped out, but in a white screen I do have a patch about 3mm-4mm which is white that shows up, it's much whiter than the actual screen if you have white and also shows up in a biege background, I think it's what people are calling a light bleed I guess, it's on the bottom left corner about 10mm from the left and 15mm from the bottom.
I took it to a local xperia service center yesterday, and they say it could be two reasons behind it, either something is pressing on the back of the screen or a defective LCD panel, either way they say my warranty covers it, it's a shame as It was sort of a perfect screen free from any pixel problems that I find with many xperia phones.
I will have them to service it after my holiday in early October.
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THink you could get a picture of it?
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This issue isn't bothing me, but there is a problem I have noticed, not sure if it was their during my purchase or it suddenly just popped out, but in a white screen I do have a patch about 3mm-4mm which is white that shows up, it's much whiter than the actual screen if you have white and also shows up in a biege background, I think it's what people are calling a light bleed I guess, it's on the bottom left corner about 10mm from the left and 15mm from the bottom.
I took it to a local xperia service center yesterday, and they say it could be two reasons behind it, either something is pressing on the back of the screen or a defective LCD panel, either way they say my warranty covers it, it's a shame as It was sort of a perfect screen free from any pixel problems that I find with many xperia phones.
I will have them to service it after my holiday in early October.
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THink you could get a picture of it? i uploaded a picture from a ebay posting and it makes me feel a little better
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Excuse my edited picture above, here what im experiencing. looks way worse at night. more of an OCD thing, but it does bother me that i paid full price and whatnot. the light bleed actually goes across the whole bottom, not just the edges. just harder to see in this lightning (im at work)
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Does anyone get any inconsistent light bleed at the bottom of the screen, I know light bleed is normal in current screen technology, i'm just curious, top and left/right side looks fine on my unit, it's just the bottom, I will not return my unit as it isn't realy consider a defect.
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exactly same problem here
I had bought this device and as soon as i opened an app with a complete white ui, i noticed some one or two vertical lines(not major enough to be called a display issue, but annoying to the eye)
The lines look like a little more brighter than the rest of screen area and hence noticable. I thought its a problem with my unit and replaced the device. The second unit which I received also has the same problem.
Is this really present on other units as well or there's some protective layer on the screen which could make me see those vertical lines?
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I had bought this device and as soon as i opened an app with a complete white ui, i noticed some one or two vertical lines(not major enough to be called a display issue, but annoying to the eye)
The lines look like a little more brighter than the rest of screen area and hence noticable. I thought its a problem with my unit and replaced the device. The second unit which I received also has the same problem.
Is this really present on other units as well or there's some protective layer on the screen which could make me see those vertical lines?
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I have been using my unit since 2 months now, didn't notice anything of this sort yet!
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I have been using my unit since 2 months now, didn't notice anything of this sort yet!
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Which color unit do you have? The green one or the grey one?
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Which color unit do you have? The green one or the grey one?
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The green one
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The green one
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I also have the green one. It's strange that I received two units with the exact same issue and now I am hesitating to return it.
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I also have the green one. It's strange that I received two units with the exact same issue and now I am hesitating to return it.
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Hey, i also notice those lines. 2 vertical lines towards the right side. My device is white. Not any major issue, as everything else seems fine and have to concentrate to even notice lines
My first device had some vertical lines visible on white backgrounds but I returned it. My second device does not have this, at least not so much that I have noticed it yet.
Lucky that you don't face the issue on the replaced unit