Hey Friends,
First of all I have to warn you, I am a bit of a perfectionist as I am German
I've noticed that the display of the watch is not 'perfectly round' as I can observe very small impurities around the edge of the display.
The Jagged Edge is mostly visible at the very top of the display. Attached you find a picture, unfortunately on the pic you cannot see it very clearly.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/pushbullet...IO8tEddsKSQ8mb8AVWJml/IMG_20141229_225843.jpg
Looking at it with the naked eye you can see it much better that the display is not perfectly round around the edges.
I was wondering if this was due to the manufacturing process of the round display or if it was a hardware problem only on my device.
Can you put the brightness on full and check if you see it on your device?
It looks as if a few pixels are missing around the top edge of the circle.
Would love to hear from you! Thanks
Thomas from Germany
the display isn't perfectly round
you can't get a perfect circle out of square pixels and in this generation, the ppi is still low enough that you can see jagged edges - if you are really looking for them
Wanted to point out something about the OP5 'Prototype' which was leaked few days ago
If you look at specifically the edge screws, notice how they look really really similar Also the right one has a slightly brighter grey around it that looks like it matches the one on the left And if you look closely you can see some antenna bands on the front of the phone, and the camera placement on the Prototype is exactly the same as on OP3/T, So is the logo underneath
And the display is slightly lifted
Here is the proof
https ://imgur. com/XcwqVgq
It's just a prototype...
I'm sure there are several.
Noticed something for the first time today. Looks like there's light bleeding from the left side edge of my screen where it meets the frame. It's not uniform either so it makes me think that there was some sealent that detached somehow. Anyone else have this issue? I'll try and take a pic once I have another camera to use.
Looks like the same is happening to mine. Left side bottom corner. Actually seems to just be the paint under the glass is peeling away or something? Doesn't seem like it's physically open, compromising the water resistance.
Look like this?
Sent mine in like 2 weeks ago. Still waiting for them to ship it back.
They managed to replace the LCD and motherboard for some reason... wth Samsung
another thread...its not light bleed -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/help/light-bleed-t3670247
Dang. That's too bright for a dark room.
Huh just noticed that on mine too. Not that bad though but still noticable.
Composed on Galaxy Note8
I've had 2 replacements so far. First one was on the left side from top to bottom. Second phone was all round. Looked the screen had it's own halo!
Interestingly the store manager said that this is not the norm having compared them against the the display phones in store and his own Note 8 which were all flawless!
Whether it's the light reflecting from the screen etc etc, i personally believe this should not be like this, not when there is so much inconsistency between flawless handsets and handsets with the light bleed.
Samsung needs to address this and actually take ownership.
This is one of the first things i checked when i got my Note 8. Mine doesn't have this "bleed"
Do you guys have the issue?
Bothering the hell out of me
Second device still has this issue
Should I continue to exchange until I get a normal one?
It's OLED screen, how could that be? You could put a photo on here.
edwinpang said:
Do you guys have the issue?
Bothering the hell out of me
Second device still has this issue
Should I continue to exchange until I get a normal one?
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It's not light bleed
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thread already here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/help/light-bleed-t3670247
It's common. Just like every issue, not everyone has it, but quite a few people do. I think that we all agreed on a few things:
1. It isn't actually light bleed by the standard definition. It is light leakage around the bottom of the screen, reflecting off of the metal of the bezel.
2. It has been around since curved screens have been around.
3. It does not affect water resistance.
4. It isn't being caused by the screen lifting. It appears to be happening because the black around the base of the screen isn't flush with the bottom. Samsung is aware of it and they don't consider it a defect. It's more of a tolerance issue.
5. Getting the screen replaced isn't a guarantee of a fix. We had at least one person on the above listed thread that had the screen replaced and ended up with the exact same issue.
6. Getting a replacement device is not a guarantee of this being fixed and instead, you might get a device with this issue and some other issue.
7. Most cases will hide the issue.
My wife and I both have Note 8s and both of them have it. I just put the phones in cases and forgot about it. Given the number of things that can go wrong with one of these things, there's just no way that I was going to try swapping it when it is likely that I would end up with another device with the same issue and/or something worse.
Because of the nature of what may appear to be a light bleed, logic dictate to me that an exchange, or screen replacement will not keep light from reflecting off the edges!
princeasi said:
Because of the nature of what may appear to be a light bleed, logic dictate to me that an exchange, or screen replacement will not keep light from reflecting off the edges!
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If the black around the inside edges of the screen goes to the very bottom of the screen all the way around, then you will not have the light leakage. The reflection happens when the black doesn't go all the way to the bottom and light reflects off of the metal. This is why some people don't have it. In those cases, there is no light leaking out the bottom of the screen that can reflect.
usmaak said:
If the black around the inside edges of the screen .
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What is this "black around the inside edges" you speak of?
Honestly, unless you getting "leakage" like this, there's no good reason to try and play the lottery. I sent it in to Samsung to get repaired. There's very little "leakage" with the new LCD panel and glass, but there's still a tiny bit, not super noticeable like before.
This is what I saw when looking directly at the screen. Yeah, it was pretty bad. You could see it during the day/lit room.
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What is this "black around the inside edges" you speak of?
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Look along the bottom edges of the screen. The actual image area does not go all the way to the edge of the bezel. All around, that portion of the screen is blacked out. If the black does not go right to the very edge of the screen, there's a very small area where light can escape and reflect on the bezel.
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Look along the bottom edges of the screen. The actual image area does not go all the way to the edge of the bezel. All around, that portion of the screen is blacked out. If the black does not go right to the very edge of the screen, there's a very small area where light can escape and reflect on the bezel.
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I'm asking what exactly is the "black" that you're speaking of? Are you speaking of the material that makes up part of the actual display? Is it the black paint on the side frame? What exactly is the "black"? Or is the "black" referring to the area where light is not reflecting?
None issue. I'd be more concerned about screen uniformity if I were a fusspot.[emoji9]
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I'm asking what exactly is the "black" that you're speaking of? Are you speaking of the material that makes up part of the actual display? Is it the black paint on the side frame? What exactly is the "black"? Or is the "black" referring to the area where light is not reflecting?
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The black that I'm referring to is along the edge of the screen. It is the material that makes up the display, along the bottom edges. I don't know if it's paint or some other material.
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The black that I'm referring to is along the edge of the screen. It is the material that makes up the display, along the bottom edges. I don't know if it's paint or some other material.
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If what you say is true, this should be adressed by samsung. Can you point me to any credible sources substantiating what you're saying?
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If what you say is true, this should be adressed by samsung. Can you point me to any credible sources substantiating what you're saying?
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I remember seeing it here somewhere as well. Someone even pasted in a conversation that they had with Samsung. In the conversation, Samsung basically said that it was normal, which to them means it is within tolerance. There is a much bigger thread somewhere in here about "light bleed".
I also saw it somewhere else on the internet, but can't remember where. I stopped thinking about this issue about three days after I got my phone.
I've found a pretty simply solution to this issue. Get yourself some of the glue that's included in the Dome Glass screen protectors. I know they sell similar stuff on amazon, it's UV glue or something, I'd make sure ppl talk about using it to glue on smartphone screens. Since the stuff has a really low surface tension, it sucks itself into any tiny crevices, which include the tiny concave space between the frame and the screen. This stuff blocks the light from leaking, and it's just more glue, which they used to glue the screen on in the first place.
You can use the UV light on it to cure it, or just leave it. since it's such a small amount exposed to the air it it will dry on it's own. The thing I used to hold the glue was super stuck to something the next day and I didn't use the UV light on that, so the stuff does air dry.
I noticed this when I put on my dome glass screen protector and the part where the glue spilled over had no light leaking anymore.
I've found a pretty simply solution to this issue. Get yourself some of the glue that's included in the Dome Glass screen protectors. I know they sell similar stuff on amazon, it's UV glue or something, I'd make sure ppl talk about using it to glue on smartphone screens. dab on tiny bits of the glue, and since the stuff has a really low surface tension, it sucks itself into any tiny crevices, which include the tiny concave space between the frame and the screen. This stuff blocks the light from leaking, and it's just more glue, which they used to glue the screen on in the first place.
You can use the UV light on it to cure it, or just leave it. since it's such a small amount exposed to the air it it will dry on it's own. the thing I used to hold the glue was super stuck to something the next day and I didn't use the UV light on that, so the stuff does air dry.
I noticed this when I put on my done glass screen protector and the part where the glue leaked had no light leak anymore.
I've got a P-Smart 2019 and the display has cracked around the tear-drop cutout. Only the display has cracked - The digitizer is still perfect. The phone hasn't been dropped or knocked or bent. The screen literally spontaneously cracked. I bet phone manufactures hear these types of stories all the time, and Huawei's repair centre in Finland are saying that the screen is cracked, therefore it must have been dropped and isn't covered by warranty.
The phone has always been kept in a case, and I replaced the film screen protector with a tempered glass one. When I saw the damaged display I removed the screen protector, and it's clear that the digitizer isn't damaged at all. I'm also certain that the phone wasn't knocked or bent in any way, so how best to handle this with Huawei? I've attached a photo, although from looking at it you can see that the display is broken, but you can't see that the digitizer is perfect.
That's strange, do you think it was a faulty device?
It looks as if something was burnt under it?
P Smart 2019 - hairline crack developed near camera cutout
This happened to me too.
The phone is in a solid protective case.
It has also has a front screen protector.
I have not dropped it or impacted it.
I have not squashed it or scratched it.
A curved 15mm long hairline crack has developed that starts from the camera (or teardrop) cutout at the top of the screen.
I suspect the glass area around the cut out may be weak spot created during the manufacturing process.
I can see no other explanation as the screen was OK one minute, then not the next.
A small search reveals I am not the only person who has discovered an unexplainable hairline crack travelling outward from an origin point ond the circumference of the camera cut out.
The fact that there are multiple cases with the same specific details indicates a high possibility that this could be a common fault with the P Smart 2019.
A weak area of glass at the point where the camera cutout meets the main screen.
Could it be that this weak area could split after an unspecified period of time.
Hence the reason we are beginning to see a gradual occurance / increase of the same specific fault in this particular model since its initial release in approx late 2018 / early 2019?
The P smart 2019 - an otherwise excellent phone.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with this model.
Note - accidental or impact damage cannot be included.
This crack developed on its own.
I will include images of the fault characteristic in another post.