I don't know why but all of a sudden my screen resolution has gone down.
Everything have a lesser quality to it.
I've read in a topic that you need to Reflash or so a Hard reset... I've change a ROM and it look the same.
Did you installed a screen protector? lol i know this sounds dumb but anyways needed to be asked
I've ZAGG InvisibleShield, but I've placed him before this problem has happened.
The most notable thing I've notice about the screen quality dropping was me being able to see those Transverse lines across me screen when ever I look in black things and in some other colors and parts of my phone.
someone told me something about being able to up grading the screen to 24bit
By any chance can you take an actual photo AND a screen shot of the display ?
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By any chance can you take an actual photo AND a screen shot of the display ?
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for some reason the Home+power button option doesn't work... is there any other way of doing it?
It should work. Why wouldn't it?
If it really doesn't then this,
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.edwardkim.android.screenshotitfull&hl=en
Regards.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/20110813205338.png/
see at the bottom and upper sides of the screen, those vertical lines, and a lot of small dots.
Sorry for the double post but I really need hel with that problem.
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I don't know if I am being stupid, but I can't seem it see anything wrong with the screen shot you uploaded.
Take a photo with a digital Camera or whatever of your phone
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I don't know if I am being stupid, but I can't seem it see anything wrong with the screen shot you uploaded.
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Can't you the the lines where the wifi, GPS icons are and on the bottom as well?
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I can't see anything out of the ordinary either :/
I've just look at my friend's SGS1 and his phone doesn't have those lines all over the screen. And I remember how my screen was when I bought it.
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I've just look at my friend's SGS1 and his phone doesn't have those lines all over the screen. And I remember how my screen was when I bought it.
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please help with that?
That's not resolution, that's colour depth where you end up with banding. Have you installed a new rom, or an update for a rom lately?
Read this and you'll have some more knowledge on the situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121840&highlight=color+banding
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That's not resolution, that's colour depth where you end up with banding. Have you installed a new rom, or an update for a rom lately?
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I've change 2 roms since this problem has started and it doesn't change.
DruNKfuX- Reading it right now
doesn't help... I need to change my screen from 16 to 24
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doesn't help... I need to change my screen from 16 to 24
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Sorry for the double post but can someone tell my how can I chane my screen from 16 to 24 bits.
Nothing help with this problem and this is the only think I didn't try doing.
Maybe you can't see a different from an ordinary SGS2 screen, but when I look at the alarm clock notes and a lot of other screen I can clearly see vertical lines when going from one color tune to a more darker one.
Hahahahaha. Dude, everyone with an SGS2 hates the fact that everything is 16 bit. The whole firmware needs to have rewritten drivers for us to get more than 16 bits! It's impossible as of yet.
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I've been searching on google and on here and can't seem to find a thread on it.
My home button led seems to leak half way into my display when i'm viewing a black screen.
The screen would display a black image and having the buttons on makes the home button leak on the screen
It is really annoying... Anyone else have this issue? it looks like a lightsaber on my phone...
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Given where you sent this message from, I think you may be in the wrong forum.
If not, I can't say I've had such an issue, but apart from using a mod to turn off the LEDs for good, there's probably not much you can do.
i'm using my hd2 because I just got my vibrant from Samsung for a screen replacement....
No one has a problem if the led from home leaking?
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i'm using my hd2 because I just got my vibrant from Samsung for a screen replacement....
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I think you just answered your own question
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I think you just answered your own question
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haha thats what everyone would think but it had this problem before i even sent it out
thanks for your help!
Exact same problem with the home key, gradually learnt to live with it
How bad is yours? I just need to feel better about it lol
My gf is not as bad as mine
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In complete darkness it gets to about half of the screen. In normal light its not as bad.
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Yea I have the same problem, My gfs doesnt. I think its a factory defect when they are putting it together. One little pinhole in the paint that seperates the softkeys from the rest of the screen and boom, you have led glare half way up the screen.
I had 3 vibrants replaced an they all had same problem but I dont care buttons are off most of the time
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I have this problem but it's very minor. I barely see it when dark. Do they just give you a new vibrant for replacement? Were you able to force them to let you do like an upgrade to a better phone or something?
no they replaced the chrome bezel and the housing + the display and glass...
It's practically new now..
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I had 3 vibrants replaced an they all had same problem but I dont care buttons are off most of the time
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Same exact thing here. The home button leakage is on most(if not all) vibrants. But it's only noticable in near or in pitch dark really. Using 2.2.1 roms turn off the lights while not being used but for some reason, that particular build on whatever rom always decreases sensitivity to the point where going back to used applications(holding home) doesn't work while the processor is being used extensively(800-1ghz) which is REALLY annoying. Anyone else by chance?
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no they replaced the chrome bezel and the housing + the display and glass...
It's practically new now..
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Since doing the work it too much, Ilm sure they instead give you a refurbished vibrant and used your old one for parts. In other words, Samsung didn't repair anything for yours but gave you another vibrant(which could be using parts from various sources).
It's the same imei and the same way the home button leaks... I also have a minor scratch on the camera which mine still has
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Hey guys
I got my XPERIA S from Expansys USA this wed, and so far im loving it! but noticed some application have a very noticeable color banding issue such as XDA app! Is anybody experiencing this?
I have attached a snapshot of XDA and Hulu Splash screen from my phone
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Hey guys
I got my XPERIA S from Expansys USA this wed, and so far im loving it! but noticed some application have a very noticeable color banding issue such as XDA app! Is anybody experiencing this?
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Well I think it's more a users created bitmap issue as a display one...
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Hey guys
I got my XPERIA S from Expansys USA this wed, and so far im loving it! but noticed some application have a very noticeable color banding issue such as XDA app! Is anybody experiencing this?
I have attached a snapshot of XDA and Hulu Splash screen from my phone
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Could be due to high resolution. Most of the apps images are build for standard resolution.
Lack of high res apps might be one of the reasons but yeah the phone has 720p screen and 16m colors !
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Lack of high res apps might be one of the reasons but yeah the phone has 720p screen and 16m colors !
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true...but if the resolution of the image isn't there, it's not there notice the pixelation as well on those examples? They just don't scale well...
Exactly, as well as some apps are just not written for this screen resolution
like Photobucket.
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Hey guys
I got my XPERIA S from Expansys USA this wed, and so far im loving it! but noticed some application have a very noticeable color banding issue such as XDA app! Is anybody experiencing this?
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My banding is a lot worse than yours.
Even my 2 year old desire looks much better than this. Anyone having same issue?
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xach said:
Even my 2 year old desire looks much better than this. Anyone having same issue?
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It's not an issue in the phone. It's an issue in the app using a low-quality image.
Your 2 year old desire does not have a high enough resolution or color depth to show this, but if it did, you would see the same thing.
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It's not an issue in the phone. It's an issue in the app using a low-quality image.
Your 2 year old desire does not have a high enough resolution or color depth to show this, but if it did, you would see the same thing.
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I'm actually more concerned with why my screen looks so different from kdadone's. Same phone and same application.. His pic looks at least much more acceptable than mine.
Does using the root image from development section affect anything in terms of 'display driver' that renders the screen?
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I'm actually more concerned with why my screen looks so different from kdadone's. Same phone and same application.. His pic looks at least much more acceptable than mine.
Does using the root image from development section affect anything in terms of 'display driver' that renders the screen?
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I have exactly the same as you have. I think his is the same as well, just resized to a smaller version. Think the resize smooths it out a bit.
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I have exactly the same as you have. I think his is the same as well, just resized to a smaller version. Think the resize smooths it out a bit.
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hmm..perhaps the jpg compression?
I dont believe that I altered the snap shot, all I did is that I took a snap shot from the phone which is unrooted btw and attached it in the topic! I'm running firmware. 67
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Do you have this on your screen guys? A
Small black circle tint visible on blaxk background.. i cant take picture of it as it is not visible when shot on cam
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No not at all.
I always have a black background.
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this is common on most super amoled screen not to worry about
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Its only visible on night with very low brightness using a dimmer app you can notice it if you have a black back ground
. Its a small circle black..which is very noticable like a black tint which bothers me a lot..
Have you experience this guy
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Its only visible on night with very low brightness using a dimmer app you can notice it if you have a black back ground
. Its a small circle black..which is very noticable like a black tint which bothers me a lot..
Have you experience this guy
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Yep there is a topic on it in general section I think. "ink marks" or something. Personally I think it is not a major problem. I have 2 or 3 tiny spots but most of the time we don't use the phone in a pitch black environment, nor are we looking at a pure black screen (how often do you spend in the homescreen?). It would however be an issue if it was noticable during movies, games etc, where the viewing experience is paramount
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Yep there is a topic on it in general section I think. "ink marks" or something. Personally I think it is not a major problem. I have 2 or 3 tiny spots but most of the time we don't use the phone in a pitch black environment, nor are we looking at a pure black screen (how often do you spend in the homescreen?). It would however be an issue if it was noticable during movies, games etc, where the viewing experience is paramount
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Yes true, it would be an issue if it was visible while watching movies and such.. but question is how long should this ink spot last compare to the other parts of the screen?
What does this ink indicate?
Yes I have them and it annoys me. And I don't understand why people defend it and say it's okay, we've all paid a lot of money for these phones how is it okay or acceptable to have black dots all over the screen? Yes it's only under very specific conditions but that's not the point, it is extremely annoying watching movies when they fade to black, when in the app launcher under dark conditions. And it's not just 1 or 2 small dots it's like someone broke a black pen and flicked it all over the screen.
It's just the way how the amoled is made. Every amoled has it. Don't worry. U won't notice that after while
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It's just the way how the amoled is made. Every amoled has it. Don't worry. U won't notice that after while
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I've only had the phone a few days now so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt since everything I've read is saying you get used to it but...... It's there..... There are dots on the screen every time there's black, how do you get used to that? I understand every AMOLED screen has it but don't you think that if it's that big a problem then the screens aren't ready for prime time and need to improved? I've found myself using white everywhere when black is what saves battery on an AMOLED screen and black looks good on an AMOLED screen but I can't stand the dots.
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It's just the way how the amoled is made. Every amoled has it. Don't worry. U won't notice that after while
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I don't now what you are saying by "Every amoled has it."
Because my and my girlfriend don't have it.
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Yes I have them and it annoys me. And I don't understand why people defend it and say it's okay, we've all paid a lot of money for these phones how is it okay or acceptable to have black dots all over the screen? Yes it's only under very specific conditions but that's not the point, it is extremely annoying watching movies when they fade to black, when in the app launcher under dark conditions. And it's not just 1 or 2 small dots it's like someone broke a black pen and flicked it all over the screen.
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I feel the same way bro..
We paid for the right price but what can we do? Samsung got the last laugh..
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I have it too, annoying to know they're there but not that big of a deal in every day use. Still buggers me every once in awhile tho.
I dropped my SGS2 at a party saturday (april 13th), but it came up without a scratch on the screen, just a very small bruise on the corner of the phone, no problems till then.
Monday (april 15th) when I was going to bed I noticed a pink shade on the bottom left corner of my screen, I could only notice it on white backgrounds.
I really dont know what happened to the screen since it is without a bruise, does someone know what is it? Does it have a fix?
I'll upload a photo ASAP.
Thank you!
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Has your sound from bk speaker changed? Funny colour maybe to do with speaker magnet has moved. maybe! Take it to a tec.
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Has your sound from bk speaker changed? Funny colour maybe to do with speaker magnet has moved. maybe! Take it to a tec.
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It hasn't changed!
Its more like a soft red, I thought it is very strange too...
I'll be seeing a tech soon, hopefully a screen replacement will not be needed!
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I haveny had the chance to see a tech, but the shade grew from one day to another....
Nobody knows anything about this issue?
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youre sure it wasent there before?
smartphone screens sometimes habe strange hues that are only visible if you display a completely white screen. which is why they dont bother most people
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youre sure it wasent there before?
smartphone screens sometimes habe strange hues that are only visible if you display a completely white screen. which is why they dont bother most people
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I dont know if it was related to the hit that my phone suffered, but it wasnt there before it! It became visible from one day to another, I use a lot of white screens for emails and browsing, I would have noticed it before...
Im supposed to see a tech Thursday, let's pray for the best
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Hello all!
Are you guys seeing vertical lines on your screens? specially when it gets dark (ex: notifications comes down) (it's like pcb lines)
I bought my phone this week and i don't know if this is normal or not...
I can't post any pictures because de screen as a reflection and it doesn't show the lines...
It isnt normal
It seems like your unit is defective
Hardware Display issues are usualy easily seen on a dark background and you have mentoned you see it when its dark
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SWEagle said:
Hello all!
Are you guys seeing vertical lines on your screens? specially when it gets dark (ex: notifications comes down) (it's like pcb lines)
I bought my phone this week and i don't know if this is normal or not...
I can't post any pictures because de screen as a reflection and it doesn't show the lines...
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You seem to have a Nexus 4. If you look hard enough, you can see the same lines on that phone too. It's just the screen technology those phones use, it's completely normal.
I understand that but with the Z2 i dont even have to make a effort to see it...
Does it happen to you?
Thanks for the help
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I understand that but with the Z2 i dont even have to make a effort to see it...
Does it happen to you?
Thanks for the help
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I have a defective unit and no i dont see any lines hence why i said a replacement is needed
The display should be stronger than the avarage human eyes which is 430ppi
Z2 Screen is 442ppi, any lines if existant shouldent be easily seen at all and if any are then there is a problem
I havent seen any at on my phone so id recomend sending yours back for a replacement if posible
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I understand that but with the Z2 i dont even have to make a effort to see it...
Does it happen to you?
Thanks for the help
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I had a nexus 4 and own the Z2 as well. It is perfectly normal. It is the digitiser which is built into the glass screen that you see. If I'm not mistaken, it appears under certain lighting conditions and you can see it at times and cannot at others? It is perfectly normal so don't worry! My N4/Z2 digitiser lines are not extremely visible unless held in certain ways for light to reflect off but my brother's N4 has extremely visible lines for the digitiser! Hope this helps! :highfive:
I've just been to two stores to compare my phone with other Z2's and yes the lines are more pronounced than the others... The funny thing is that my blacks are darker and my whites are whiter... It looks that the screens are different...
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I've just been to two stores to compare my phone with other Z2's and yes the lines are more pronounced than the others... The funny thing is that my blacks are darker and my whites are whiter... It looks that the screens are different...
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Yeah some just happen to have a more defined digitiser but by no means is it something to worry about! That said, you can always return it if it is bothering you though!
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Hello all!
Are you guys seeing vertical lines on your screens? specially when it gets dark (ex: notifications comes down) (it's like pcb lines)
I bought my phone this week and i don't know if this is normal or not...
I can't post any pictures because de screen as a reflection and it doesn't show the lines...
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Lines like these ? white screen...
SWEagle said:
Hello all!
Are you guys seeing vertical lines on your screens? specially when it gets dark (ex: notifications comes down) (it's like pcb lines)
I bought my phone this week and i don't know if this is normal or not...
I can't post any pictures because de screen as a reflection and it doesn't show the lines...
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Your unit is fine, im 90% sure its just the backlight (its strobes so looks like white lines on a dark background.)
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Lines like these ? white screen...
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It's not like that. The LCD it self is good and i don't even have dead pixels.
What i see is this:
"Polarizer lines"
I think i'm going to return it. With low light it's ok but during the day i can see it very well.
This is the second Z2 that i return. The first one had a tinted red display.
I bought it on a Uk online store that i'm beginning to suspect that is selling second quality items...
Yeah you might have a more visible polarizer on your unit which magus alot of sense
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Actually funny you mention the polarizer.
I noticed these odd dotted lines on my screen and freaked out....
Polarized glasses.... turn my head 90 degrees and all was well... haha
Those dotted lines are normal. If you've seen mine you would freak out believe me... Lol
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i exactly have those lines. is that normal? visible in white background and can be seen on direct sunlight.
They are normal if they are not to visible! If you see them alot just return the phone...
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