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I got a Galaxy S (i9000) and I'm now considering upgrade to S3 or One X.
There are a lot of reasons for me to get S3 but what bug me most is the lifespan of SUPER AMOLED HD. My 1year+ i9000 got slight grey burn in all over the screen, looks like some stains on the glass and feel kinda dirty. It is visible at all brightness and even worst in low brightness. I really hate this as I would like to keep the phone for history/as a memento.
1) I think this question is quite obvious but I will like to ask anyway. Will S3 screen suffer from burn in? Will it be worst than i9000?
2) Should I care about burn in problem ? why yes and why no?
3) Will Super LCD2 suffer from burn in or any other degrade?
Thanks a lot to those who reply.
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it *COULD* get burn in, but with normal use it *SHOULDN'T*
Samsung have removed most features that keep the screen on for too long (except smart stay.. but that is smart).
e.g. no "night clock" mode
My SGS2 got bun in 10 months down the line, so there is a chance the SGS3 could also.
HOX won't as LCD is a different tech.
Wouldn't intend to use one as a night clock, but I'm wondering if using an S3 as an in-car sat-nav is the best idea for this model - screen often on a quite high brightnesses for hours at a time... ?
WibblyW said:
Wouldn't intend to use one as a night clock, but I'm wondering if using an S3 as an in-car sat-nav is the best idea for this model - screen often on a quite high brightnesses for hours at a time... ?
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If the image refreshes or changes often enough it will reduce the chances. Would you use it as such every day? if not I wouldn't worry too much.
My 2 year old desire (amoled one) has a burn in of the top notification bar. I guess it's possible on the s3 too, as the notification bar is always visible.
On mine the burn in is visible only when some app uses the full screen with a light colour. And I think it just became noticeable recently, which means that the s3, using pretty much the same tech, would also last quite some time before this started.
Don't worry.
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I don't think I would keep Sgs3 for more than 2yrs. So the burn in issue shouldn't bother me
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1.) The S3 will most probably suffer burn in as well. I have seen heavy burn in on SGS1, SGS2, Note and GNex. It's very unlikely that the SGS3 will be safe from the issue. I don't think the burn in will be worse than the i9000, probably just the same.
2.) Yes, you should worry about burn in. Every time you enter a full-screen app, you'll always see those images burned into the screen. Thing is, the burn in will only get worse.
3.) SLCD2 will not have burn in. Sure it will degrade over time (years!), but the degradation is balanced - entire screen will fade, unlike Amoled screens that will degrade one spot (pixel) at a time.
Keep in mind that LCD technology is years ahead of LED. Plus, Samsung even admitted that their Amoled screens don't have a very long lifespan.
If you intend to keep your phone, go for the One X, or better yet, the Optimus 4X HD.
To avoid screen burns....as far as i know....try keeping ur screen brightness as low as possible ........
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My Galaxy S II has some burn-in for the status bar, which can be seen on blue backgrounds. There is also cloudy burn-in where the time is displayed in the bar. I always use maximum brightness.
Ways to minimise or prevent burn-in:
1) Set your screen time-out as low as is convenient for you (1 min with SmartStay should be fine)
2) For apps that have the option like PowerAmp and QuickPic, select NOT to display status bar.
3) If you really want to be sure, as the status bar is the most likely to burn-in since it's the only element that's consistently displayed use wallpapers that are dark or black where the status bar touches it so there's no edge.
4) In cases where the screen will be on for long periods of time while displaying certain elements consistently on screen, use a lower brightness.
5) And if you're really concerned, use a launcher such as Apex or Go Launcher EX that allows the option to hide the status bar.
But in the end, I would suggest not getting too hung up on it. By the time it could potentially become a problem such as on your original GS it should be fairly cheap to get a new replacement.
nikzDHD said:
My SGS2 got bun in 10 months down the line, so there is a chance the SGS3 could also.
HOX won't as LCD is a different tech.
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However SIII is capable of getting burn ins, meanwhile it wont be as fast as burn ins on SII, since SIII uses pentile matrix which means less blue subpixels which degrade much faster than green or red ones.....i own SI for year and half with blue theme since ICS release which means blue theme and there isnt much of degratation with normal usage....however screen doesnt look as it did when i bought it and im annoyed that statusbar region (which is black for most time ) has blue tint-well known to amoled screens......we can expect similar behavior oj galaxy SIII, but i think it will degrade slower because i think samsung is trying to improve lifespan od samoled
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I had an Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Nexus before. They both had a 'temporarily screen burn', I fixed it by downloading 'Dead Pixel Fix', they flash different colours constantly, I left it for 30 minutes to 1 hour and my burn went. Although I can't guarantee this will fix all burns, it's worth a try if you do encounter it.
I hope Samsung finally have fixed this problem.
Sharpshooterrr said:
I hope Samsung finally have fixed this problem.
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The S3 use almost the same Display like the Nexus. I don't think so...
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I'm seeing a very slight burn-in on the status bar on some S3 display units already.
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I'm seeing a very slight burn-in on the status bar on some S3 display units already.
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Shame. Unlikely this will make a good phone choice to use as a GPS in a car (on at full brightness much of the time with some static screen elements).
I hope it lasts for 2 years at least!
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I have status bar burn in!
Sharpshooterrr said:
I'm seeing a very slight burn-in on the status bar on some S3 display units already.
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It has been 2 weeks since I got this phone and I am already starting to see burn in on the status bar on blue backgrounds!
My Galaxy Note is 3 months old and gas terrible status bar burn in as well!! What gives???:crying:
angelofmusic said:
It has been 2 weeks since I got this phone and I am already starting to see burn in on the status bar on blue backgrounds!
My Galaxy Note is 3 months old and gas terrible status bar burn in as well!! What gives???:crying:
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On the bright side, since your devices are new, you can still have them replaced.
Hello guys, now its been almost a week since i've had my s3 but yesterday night before going to sleep, i just unlocked my phone in pitch black darkness and what i saw was white light originating from the left capacitive key extending to the screen which looked really bad like a screen burn or some kind of weird white patch on the screen as if i've cracked it, and if it were from both keys i cud have convinced myself that its normal but its only the left key! and its not at all noticable even in a little light and if your screen is not using a dark black background.. so what do you guys suggest me to do? can you guys check your phones in a fully dark room with black blackground and touch keys lit up?? and will my warranty consider this an issue and cover it? i feel so bad right now :/
I'll check later tonight, but I generally have those lights permanently off since my S2 as the intermittent on/off at every screen touch is an annoyance particularly when watching videos
I would suggest turning them off, the buttons are easy enough to find in the dark plus you save a little bit of battery.
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Yep right its leaking, turn mine off ALWAYS plus its better looking when turned off
i dont know how but getting to know that the rest of you have it, i feel fine now and as most of you said, i'll turn them off, thanks
how do you turn them off?
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how do you turn them off?
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setting > display > touch key light duration
i was also delighted that i was able to turn them off... now the phone looks button-less and stunning
thanks - i agree 100% better looking
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I also have Light leakage coming from the Left menu button! I want to know if this
I also have Light leakage coming from the Left menu button! I want to know if this a general flaw on the galaxy 3 or should i exchange it?
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I also have Light leakage coming from the Left menu button! I want to know if this a general flaw on the galaxy 3 or should i exchange it?
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i dont have it and i also turn off those capacitive lights. either you have to live with or go far an exchange.
You sure?
Are you sure?
It can only be seen in a dark room and with a black background on the phone.
I dont like having flaws on my new stuff. I am gonna try to exchange it.
Gpino said:
Are you sure?
It can only be seeXn in a dark room and with a black background on the phone.
I dont like having flaws on my new stuff. I am gonna try to exchange it.
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I went to the dealer and they said that they would send it to the shop to check if it really had a failure, and if it had a hardware failure they would exchange it in one week!!!!!!!!!!! i will just stay with my phone as it is. It is more possible they will really screw it on the shop with something really bad to worry about, and I bet that the next one will have the same flaw or another even worst, so I prefer to stay with mine.
Hi, guys.
I just trade my lg optimus 2x for a moto razr XT910.
However, I was playing with it last night, i found out there are some tiny blue dot appearing when the screen is totally black, ( like when the phone is booting)
I researched a bit and found that they are called stuck pixels.
Is there anyway to fix it?
Please help!!!
oh, i tried using an app called dead pixel fix that flash the screen with different colors, but after 3 hour or so, it did not do anything.
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ettorehu said:
Hi, guys.
I just trade my lg optimus 2x for a moto razr XT910.
However, I was playing with it last night, i found out there are some tiny blue dot appearing when the screen is totally black, ( like when the phone is booting)
I researched a bit and found that they are called stuck pixels.
Is there anyway to fix it?
Please help!!!
oh, i tried using an app called dead pixel fix that flash the screen with different colors, but after 3 hour or so, it did not do anything.
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I too have one. YOu just have to live with it. In day to day use it hardly matters. And if have a habit to stare at a blank screen in the dark, it is YOU who needs help and not the phone. LOL! Just kidding. There is nothing we can do for it at the moment.
you can replace screen. with glass and touch. but this is madness
Pardon me if a thread already exists for this but I have tried to search but didn't find a thread describing this problem any where. Redirect me if you know of a thread like this.
So here is what I am experiencing. My One Max is a week old but from day one I have noticed that while i am typing a text message or email screen brightness increases a bit as soon as I hit any key on screen. Sometime it happens sometime it doesn't. I have also noticed that it only happens wherever key pops up on keyboard e.g E, R, G, O etc etc or it happens when I am scrolling messages or any thing which is in Black and White contrast (May it be messages or a web page with different dark and light pictures/rich text)
Mine is a brand new Stock Phone. No unlocked bootloader, or S-Off or Custom ROM or something of that sort. Brightness is at around 30%-40% in settings. Phone CID is HTC__J15 (Arab CID and International version).
I don't think its an hardware problem but wanted to share it with you guys and find a reason as well as a solution to it.
Cheers.
It sounds like your light sensor is adjusting itself very rapidly. I can't confirm if that's an hardware issue as your environment or fingers might have preventing light from falling on the sensor.
I would suggest you to ask a friend or a family member use your phone and see if that happens to them also, this way you could make out if your way of handling the phone is creating the issue or the hardware might be faulty.
Might be you were typing in a landscape mode.
When typing those letters, your left thumb blocks the light sensor.
If yes, then I would think It is normal.
It is just how do we use this beast.
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As far as I know light sensor is right at the top with speaker. I dont use phone in a landscape mode.
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So I am concluding that it doesnt happen with yours One Max. Right?
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Brainwave!!! i think i know what you are talking about.. occurred to me as well, the only co-relation i see is both of our units are J15 units.. ofcourse i am unlocked rooted soffed !
I was the same way when I use rom viper
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Mine does this too. Vzw version. I have chosen to overlook it because there's too much I like about this phone.
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dottat said:
Mine does this too. Vzw version. I have chosen to overlook it because there's too much I like about this phone.
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I agree. This flickering doesn't matter to me too because this phone has so much more to offer that bit of a flickering wont bother me at all. I bought Note 3 for $710 and sold it right after 10 days for $600 because I didn't like touchwiz at all. But this One Max is an ultimate phone for me for next two years I believe
I've noticed it but only in low light situations. I just set my brightness at night or in dark places to eliminate the issue.
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farazhassankhan said:
So I am concluding that it doesnt happen with yours One Max. Right?
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I have this too..... Just when brightness is from 0 - 24 % ( if flickers) (by higher back-light it is away - but it sucks, when you wanna watch movies in night You think it is a thing for reclamation? And have you too that the upperside of the lcd below the sensors and front camera is more white (from the back-light) than the lower side cca 1cm by the hardware buttons? you can see it in white background by web browsing.... etc...
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I have this too..... Just when brightness is from 0 - 24 % ( if flickers) (by higher back-light it is away - but it sucks, when you wanna watch movies in night You think it is a thing for reclamation? And have you too that the upperside of the lcd below the sensors and front camera is more white (from the back-light) than the lower side cca 1cm by the hardware buttons? you can see it in white background by web browsing.... etc...
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No, I haven't noticed any brighter spot under front Cam or over hardware buttons. Don't have this problem at least in my phone but yes flickering is something that I notice regularly.
Its not something which bothers me in a great deal but I believe we must get a perfect product because we spend a serious amount of money at the time of purchase. In my country HTC One Max is for $700 and I believe this is a lot of money to spend on a phone at least.
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No, I haven't noticed any brighter spot under front Cam or over hardware buttons. Don't have this problem at least in my phone but yes flickering is something that I notice regularly.
Its not something which bothers me in a great deal but I believe we must get a perfect product because we spend a serious amount of money at the time of purchase. In my country HTC One Max is for $700 and I believe this is a lot of money to spend on a phone at least.
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It is on my phone bad back-light. (on upper-side you can see more white light from the light-tube... or what is there, down by hardware-buttons is instead less light it seems like burned out)
These two things with flickers - flickers less than the back-light worry's me.
You think it can be solved by reclamation on warranty repair. (i´m afraid that they say, ... this is normal by these kind of lcd) and they do nothing...
But i will it send because we are customers, and we payed not for a brick bud for high tech.... so i hope it well be good.
Before i had no problems with htc warranty's..... ( i try to show you pictures of it.... )
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It is on my phone bad back-light. (on upper-side you can see more white light from the light-tube... or what is there, down by hardware-buttons is instead less light it seems like burned out)
These two things with flickers - flickers less than the back-light worry's me.
You think it can be solved by reclamation on warranty repair. (i´m afraid that they say, ... this is normal by these kind of lcd) and they do nothing...
But i will it send because we are customers, and we payed not for a brick bud for high tech.... so i hope it well be good.
Before i had no problems with htc warranty's..... ( i try to show you pictures of it.... )
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I certainly believe that this must be covered in warranty. None of us paid that much of an amount to own a faulty handset. If they tell you that all units are like that then you should take your money back and look for any other phone. My brother owns HTC One, my wife has HTC One X and they don't have this faulty backlight issue then how come it can be a default feature in HTC One Max.
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I certainly believe that this must be covered in warranty. None of us paid that much of an amount to own a faulty handset. If they tell you that all units are like that then you should take your money back and look for any other phone. My brother owns HTC One, my wife has HTC One X and they don't have this faulty backlight issue then how come it can be a default feature in HTC One Max.
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Here are my photos of this issue... On the web-browser you can see, that it is everytime on just the lower side of the phone. On upper side you can see more light .... On the video is the issue for further epilepsy... Bottom line is that I use the phone in dark places so, internet browsing, movie watching, is not possible on zero backlight just from 26... 27% it's seems be to eliminated... But my eyes are after that like from welding. So be or not to be ..(welder or epileptic)
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I certainly believe that this must be covered in warranty. None of us paid that much of an amount to own a faulty handset. If they tell you that all units are like that then you should take your money back and look for any other phone. My brother owns HTC One, my wife has HTC One X and they don't have this faulty backlight issue then how come it can be a default feature in HTC One Max.
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Here are my photos of this issue... On the web-browser you can see, that it is everytime on just the lower side of the phone. On upper side you can see more light .... On the video is the issue for further epilepsy... Bottom line is that I use the phone in dark places so, internet browsing, movie watching, is not possible on zero backlight just from 26... 27% it's seems be to eliminated... But my eyes are after that like from welding. So be or not to be ..(welder or epileptic) video added
One Max screen brightness fluctuations
I noticed this to be the case on my One Max the first couple of weeks playing with it. i noticed at times the screen would get dimmer and dimmer. While it wasn't ovewhelmingly annoying, I decided to disable automatic brightness in settings-brightness and all my screen troubles went away! :victory:
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Here are my photos of this issue... On the web-browser you can see, that it is everytime on just the lower side of the phone. On upper side you can see more light .... On the video is the issue for further epilepsy... Bottom line is that I use the phone in dark places so, internet browsing, movie watching, is not possible on zero backlight just from 26... 27% it's seems be to eliminated... But my eyes are after that like from welding. So be or not to be ..(welder or epileptic) video added
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In your video I can see that screen brightness changes and that happens to me too. This happens when webpage or movie has different Black and White contrast and screen goes kind of crazy as what it should do and there it starts kind of flickering. However, Screen Backlight Tubes problem in those photos that you posted earlier, I dont have that issue in my phone atleast. I belive that is something you should get your Unit fixed/replaced from HTC.
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farazhassankhan said:
In your video I can see that screen brightness changes and that happens to me too. This happens when webpage or movie has different Black and White contrast and screen goes kind of crazy as what it should do and there it starts kind of flickering. However, Screen Backlight Tubes problem in those photos that you posted earlier, I dont have that issue in my phone atleast. I belive that is something you should get your Unit fixed/replaced from HTC.
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Thanks, i search now for a cheap android device for the weeks, when my MAX will be away .... My older phone DHD has my girlfriend, so now i search for a cheap android device and after that i send it ..... .
The flickers .... i see too the problem with the black - white contrast but the normal htc one has it not ... so i think they should work on it ..... and try to fix it ..... maybe could it by a software problem
I newer wanted samsung because of their amoled displays with they burnout - i had this on my phone on samsung omnia with windows mobile..... and the reclamation was a walk through the valley of darkness .... on the end, they told me ... that the oled-lcd how i have it on my phone is normal ... and there is nothing to repair .... ( he had white stripes in it too - so samsung and oled is for me a route to hell)
farazhassankhan said:
In your video I can see that screen brightness changes and that happens to me too. This happens when webpage or movie has different Black and White contrast and screen goes kind of crazy as what it should do and there it starts kind of flickering. However, Screen Backlight Tubes problem in those photos that you posted earlier, I dont have that issue in my phone atleast. I belive that is something you should get your Unit fixed/replaced from HTC.
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FLICKERS - HTC REPAIR SAIS THAT THAT IS A attribute
→ behavior
→ cast
→ characteristic NOT A THING TO REPAIR SO I ASK WHY IS THIS JUST UNDER 27 - 30% OFF BACKLIGHT VISIBLE - IT SHOULD BE EVERY-TIME THERE ... ( DISAPPOINTED.... BECAUSE NOWHERE IS WRITTEN THAT THE HTC ONE MAX HAS THIS BEHAVIOR .... HTC ONE HAS IT NOT .... SO SHOULD THE USERS OF ONE MAX USE A SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT ? WHERE IS THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS IN THIS WORLD DISAPPOINTED - WE CAN GO IN THE MIDDLE AGE WHERE IS NO ELECTRICITY .... OR WHY USE A TOP END PRODUCT WHEN WE CAN USE SOMETHING FOR 40% OF THIS PRODUCT)
THE BACKLIGHT TUBES PROBLEM THEY SAID, THAT THEY SEE NOTHING ... SO I WAITED ON THE PICTURES AND IT IS THERE, HOW MANAGE IT NOW? (DISAPPOINTED AGAIN)
SAMSUNG NEWER .... AGAIN
HTC I THINK NEWER AGAIN TOO THE DAYS ARE GONE WITH THE QUALITY
LG.... OR SONY ... MAYBE ... BUT .... LG WITHOUT THE SD CARD ....
unbelievable
I own my galaxy s3 for about 2 years. The Problem is, that i have serious screen burn in. I alway See a shadow of my keyboard when displaying a white image. Is there any way to fix this? I know that amoleds have this Problem, but i did not expect that after only two years
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I'm having the same issue. Would love to know how to solve this. Although I think the only solution is replacing the screen.
2 years? It can happen in a couple of days if you leave a static image on the screen.
I read a while back that this might work but don't quote me on that. Also, I'm not responsible if anything bad happens.
Try putting your phone on max brightness, displaying a completely white picture and leave it like that overnight. Plug in the charger and keep the display from dimming and turning off.
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Okay i think ill try it. How much is it, if i replace the screen? Would you recommend to replace the screen or just wait a bit and buy a New phone?
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New screen is 1/2 the price of the whole handset.
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New screen is 1/2 the price of the whole handset.
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Too Bad Do other Phones with amoled technology like s4,s5 have this Problem too? In other words: Will all amoled displays in the future get burn ins after a while or is it possible to reduce this effect?
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