I have seen various Galaxy S2's in and around my area. I've noticed that the motherboard comes in 2 different colors, one Blue, and the other, Forest Green.
interestingly, i've observed that the green color tends to heat up pretty quickly compared to the blue. I was wondering if there would be any differences between the two boards. When the Galaxy S2 first arrived to market, the color was blue when I checked at a retailer. A couple months later, when inquiring the price, one of the store employees opened the back cover and showed me the color. It was Forest Green. After playing around a bit with the phone, the phone became considerably hot, something that was not encountered with the earlier phone I saw in May. I'm doubting the color has anything to do with hardware revisions, but this sparked some curiosity.
Question: Is your motherboard "Blue" or "Green" ?
How to locate color-
- remove back cover
- remove SIM
- color is there
Reply with following,
Color, Blue / Green
Heat Issue, Yes / No
Date of Purchase, X/X/11
Country, Where Purchased?
Got a blue motherboard. I got the phone on release. It still can heat up a lot. Don't know if its a lot more than the green one, since I haven't felt one.
Mine's are green.it heats up alot.there are 1 time where my phone temp went up to 60 degree celcius.its freakin hot.
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i've never got my temps over 50C, even i had everything on and played some demanding 3d games while charging!
Blue motherboard.
Mine is blue ..heat has never been a problem ...Even with the SGP Case on .
Interesting little thread .....
Green very early release on day one of sale .No heat issues .
jje
Interesting responses, keep this thread going. I've seen one with green and phone get very hot on normal use. I've had no problems with my phone, other than that the fact that there is some yellow color on bottom left, looks like a software bug.
Based on the responses, the heating may have to do with the way things are soldered onto the board. i don't know about differences, but green used to be used on prototype devices, and blue was official. really weird. doubt the colors have anything to do with revision.
when have you all purchased your devices?
Green
No (42c)
18/8/11
vodafone uk.
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Blue
No heat issue
August 18. 2011
Norway, cdon.no
why do i am i able to see a tiny part of the motherboard in the headphone jack. is this normal?
I had a Green one in the original Rogers i727R, never had a problem until one day the phone died when in Recovery mode when I was installing new ROM.
Tow sources determined mainboard needs replacement, wow after a guy from Samsung lab that does work on a side, put in a new one it is "Blue" now and works great.
I am guessing the new boards are blue.
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Hi
I am having problems with my screen. Looks like the LCD is faulty. Trying to resolve with Samsung Support, but thought I would ask here if this is a known problem or if there is a simple fix.
It looks like the grayscale colors are not right, I installed a screen tester and the grayscale bars have a red tint. all other tests in the appl look ok. however pictures/video's all look like they are 16bit color and icons look like they are bleeding
Here is a picture of the problem
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Any thoughts?
Eric...
Looks like a faulty panel !
Take it back to where you bought it and have them exchange it.
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I have exactly the same problem Tablet has been bought in the United States and now I am in Europe. Samsung won't repair/replace it anywhere in Europe. Only US Samsung offered to help me but the tablet needs to be at a United States address. Now I have to send it back to someone I know.. will take months
Well my problem disappeared.... not really sure why/how, but I have been playing with different ROM's etc. and I THINK it might of been when I did a permissions repair, but...
Plus i'm 99.3% sure I had the problem before I rooted/ROM'd
Another reason to stop loading these 3rd party ROMs. I dont understand why people are installing these 3rd party ROMs to begin with. The stock ROM is by FAR the most stable and error free ROM you can use. Most of the issues people are starting threads about would have NEVER occurred if they just stuck with the stock ROM.
I get this too now. I've been pootin' around with different roms for a while, no problems. Then a few days ago while I was running GalaxyTask 8.0 the "bleeding" started slowly. First around the edges of things, but then the entire screen. The colors seem to color-cycle into the end result. I figured it might be the rom so I tried a stock one. And then I tried a complete stock reset with stock recovery and factory reset - the works. No change. It's still like this. And in the bootloader and the recovery too. Sometimes it gets moments of clarity, everything is fine, but only for a few seconds.
Busted tablet? I bought it while in the US this summer, so taking it back will be an issue. Getting a Transformer Prime late next week *fingers crossed* but still. I was hoping to sell this fully functioning :|
Example:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120921/IMG_20111214_214938.jpg
I had the same issue. Also bought in US while I live in Hungary. I had to send it back to my relatives who took it back to Samsung and they replaced it in warranty. Fortunately, I was travelling there by the time we got the new one and I could take it back home with me. This seems to be a weakness of the tablet. My replacement unit has been working nicely ever since.
I had the same issue with an August build stock tablet from the US.
Thankfully Samsung UK took it in for repair and ended up replacing it as it was apparently unrepairable.
My issue used to show up with 60+ minutes of continued use. I think it was thermal related as the warmer it was the quicker it seemed to develop the fault. putting it on standby for a few minutes used to clear it, but the problem would come back quickly as it was warm.
Anyone know how Samsung handles this issue if the device it out of warranty? Mine is acting up pretty bad and I haven't been able to find anything on here about repairing the issue on your own. It will be clean view for a few minutes and then the color bleeding some background effects kick in making the tablet a large paperweight. I've been looking for and excuse to get the 10.1 Note, but it sure would be nice to get a few bucks for this since it's in perfect condition... besides the screen.
My 10.1 is starting to develop the same issue. Never been rooted, always on a stock rom. I've never dropped it or banged it around. It also seems to start happening afternlonge usage. First imsee a few purple lines across the screen and then the entire scren turns to 8bit colors, etc. Once I turn it off and back on it goes back to normal. Annoying, especially simce I bought it 13 months ago so I'm guessing it's past the warranty period.
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Jnowak1981 said:
My 10.1 is starting to develop the same issue. Never been rooted, always on a stock rom. I've never dropped it or banged it around. It also seems to start happening afternlonge usage. First imsee a few purple lines across the screen and then the entire scren turns to 8bit colors, etc. Once I turn it off and back on it goes back to normal. Annoying, especially simce I bought it 13 months ago so I'm guessing it's past the warranty period.
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I'm with you - mine has never been rooted or tampered with. Other than getting heavy usage, I've taken perfect care of it. I've been unable to find a fix.
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Anyone know how Samsung handles this issue if the device it out of warranty? Mine is acting up pretty bad and I haven't been able to find anything on here about repairing the issue on your own. It will be clean view for a few minutes and then the color bleeding some background effects kick in making the tablet a large paperweight. I've been looking for and excuse to get the 10.1 Note, but it sure would be nice to get a few bucks for this since it's in perfect condition... besides the screen.
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If you're out of warranty you're on your own. Samsung won't repair or replace it for free.
At this point I'd just like to know how to fix it and what it would cost, ballpark. I haven't been able to find anyone who's delt with it, bar throwing their tablet.
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Ed Riverside said:
At this point I'd just like to know how to fix it and what it would cost, ballpark. I haven't been able to find anyone who's delt with it, bar throwing their tablet.
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My 10.1v just went.
Guys, I'm having the same issue today. And here is the fix:
1. Take out the back cover.
2. Look for the black cable that have SET printed on the end.
3. Removes both ends and then reconnect.
4. Push/rub at both ends while the screen is on. You'll notice the tint-colour of the LCD will change. Stop when it looks normal again then put a tape on top to hold the cable in that position
4. Put the cover back and enjoy your Note 10.1 again
Good luck!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that is about 6 weeks old. A couple of days ago, an area of my screen became purple and is staying that way. See the right side of the attached image. (Ignore the moire patterns that are just an artifact of the photo.)
1) Any idea what could cause this? Is this a clear warranty replacement issue?
2) About warranty replacement: I purchased the phone from The Telephone Booth in Canada, on the Bell network, then rooted and unlocked it, but kept with the stock firmware. If I relock it to Bell and use a USB jig to get rid of the download count, will I have any trouble get it replaced on warranty?
Thanks for any help!
I think if you reset to stock and wipe the states with the jig you should be good to go.
How ever I would try to get a direct replacement from phone Booth as bell takes forever to fix a phone.
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As far as I know, there's no stock kernel available yet, so I don't know how to unroot the phone. But I'm hoping that if the download count is reset to zero and it is re-locked to Bell, then I won't have trouble...
I would opt for a direct replacement if you are within the time frame. I was able to swap handsets from best buy with a different kernel installed. I just made sure it was a stock KG2 version so that it wouldn't stick out too much or have the yellow triangle at boot. Good luck
jdchristensen said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that is about 6 weeks old. A couple of days ago, an area of my screen became purple and is staying that way. See the right side of the attached image. (Ignore the moire patterns that are just an artifact of the photo.)
1) Any idea what could cause this? Is this a clear warranty replacement issue?
2) About warranty replacement: I purchased the phone from The Telephone Booth in Canada, on the Bell network, then rooted and unlocked it, but kept with the stock firmware. If I relock it to Bell and use a USB jig to get rid of the download count, will I have any trouble get it replaced on warranty?
Thanks for any help!
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I'd the same problem but after a night my screen became all purple.
Have you manage to make it replaced with the warranty?
pereira6david said:
I'd the same problem but after a night my screen became all purple.
Have you manage to make it replaced with the warranty?
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Yes, it was repaired under warranty. But it took quite some time to get repaired.
jdchristensen said:
Yes, it was repaired under warranty. But it took quite some time to get repaired.
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Does your screen became all dark/black after 2 days?
Mine became very dark, I cannot see nothing on the screen now...
Don't do drugs
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pereira6david said:
Does your screen became all dark/black after 2 days?
Mine became very dark, I cannot see nothing on the screen now...
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Mine was purple, and gradually got worse over several weeks, but was always readable.
Any idea of what the cause to this is please guys?
I dropped my phone the other day in the toilet (unused before you ask ), and fished it out as quick as possible. Took battery straight out, put in rice for a couple of nights. Put it all back together, and all working perfectly fine.
Then, the following day, I noticed a purple mark on the screen, which has a bigger portion of purple that looks like an ink mark, and then the blotching around the purple that is more like in the photo above.
Thinking it might be some damp, I returned back to rice to take out, and have it in there still, so hopefully might disappear, but doubtful...
Now, is this an LCD screen issue? How do I know what the water damage indicators look like before they show that it's had water damage (in case of possible attempt at getting done under warranty)? Are they clear to begin with, then purple hatched lines, or purple hatched to begin with and turn clear/all purple?! Any info on this would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance,
David
Its looks like the screen was pinched in the drop, not a lot just sufficient to cause a purple tinge, it to do with electrical conductivity across the LCD.
Just really surprised because with the gorilla glass I thought it would have been protected - unless the pressure was from the back forward.
Well, I don't think it was the water damage, as was still the same after I took it out, and then within a day, the screen just died completely. Can't see a thing through it, yet working perfectly...
Now, to take it to pieces and see what the water damage tags are like... If ok, then need to see what I need to do to get it back to stock rom etc ... Now, any easy ways to do that without seeing the screen?
Hey guys,
Needed some information on my Galaxy S2. I got it as an upgrade at the end of July, had to take it back for slow internet 2 days later, they said its fine it wasnt so took it back again and they swapped it... Since then there has appeared this small grey circle abit the size of my little finger pushed on the screen and it only appears when over darker objects like grey backgrounds so its not even noticible all the time just when a grey background appears which isnt often cause i generally dont use anything with a grey background. Because my phone is over 30 days old they will not replace it they want to send it off (Carphone Warehouse that is) but they said it can take up to 14days, however I am very angry as I have already been in twice with this phone and has two complaints so this would be the third time. I tryed to complain they gave me a number to complain but just took me round in circles with prompts to press 1 or press 2 and never get through to a person just always prompts. Im so mad with their service I will never be upgrading with them ever again. Its a joke. I have purchased a new phone in order to swap my sim card in to which hasnt arrived yet but want to sell my Samsung Galaxy S2, however I would rather not sell it if its going to break on someone.. but from what ive read on other forums its just the Suction Point where the screen was inserted and its not actually meaning that the phone would break? ...
Does anybody know anything of the same thing happeneing and is it service affecting ect.
Thanks,
Stace
I'll try to make this brief. I bought my phone back in early December. I've had overheating and battery issues from day 1.
Overheating: My phone will constantly get to the "overheat" status through normal usage (not on charger) when I'm on the phone or just browsing the Internet. It gets hot.
Battery life: I understand that smartphones don't have great battery life. I've owned a lot of them. I sometimes unplug at 6:30 AM and end up in the red zone at 3-4 PM. It just sits on my desk. Sometimes I don't even use the phone for anything. This is unacceptable standby time.
I went through the troubleshooting process with Verizon (new battery and charger) and now they are sending me out a replacement phone.
1: I want a new phone, not a replacement. What am I doing wrong? Why won't they give me this?
2: I also asked for a different model phone (Nexus for example, but anything really) and they won't work with me on that either.
Advice?
1. What do you mean, a new phone? They don't send out "new" phones, ever. They send out CLNRs.
2. They won't give you a Nexus. Period. They'll give you something else, but only if you've been through a lot of phones.
tekhna said:
1. What do you mean, a new phone? They don't send out "new" phones, ever. They send out CLNRs.
2. They won't give you a Nexus. Period. They'll give you something else, but only if you've been through a lot of phones.
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Thanks. That answers all my questions actually. I would of expected more from them since I bought the phone brand new recently and switched from Sprint just to get the phone, but whatever. Anyone else have different advice?
FWIW: I just had to get a Certified Like-New Device....
It is hands down better than my original... and I thought my original was good! this ones got the really red soft keys... no dead pixels...
you could get lucky too..
Camp said:
Thanks. That answers all my questions actually. I would of expected more from them since I bought the phone brand new recently and switched from Sprint just to get the phone, but whatever. Anyone else have different advice?
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The only time you can return a new phone for a different new phone is during the initial trial period (which is I believe 14 days now) and when you do that you will have to pay a restocking fee. After that period you will only get Certified Like New Refurbished phones. Welcome to the world of Verizon. LOL
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thatsricci said:
FWIW: I just had to get a Certified Like-New Device....
It is hands down better than my original... and I thought my original was good! this ones got the really red soft keys... no dead pixels...
you could get lucky too..
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If you ever get charged for turning in a unlocked (out of warranty) device under warranty PLEASE let us know.
thatsricci said:
FWIW: I just had to get a Certified Like-New Device....
It is hands down better than my original... and I thought my original was good! this ones got the really red soft keys... no dead pixels...
you could get lucky too..
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Thanks. That gives me hope. This phone sucks.
Yeah no new phones outside of 14 days. My best Inc2 was a CLNR because the rest had bad speakers or the ugly circle soft keys. CLNRs now a days are actually not as bad as they used to be. New shells and no look of damage. When I worked for AT&T they gave out phones lightly refurbished but still had small dings.
I went through 4 Rezounds within the 14 day period and finally have one that doesn't have pink keys or over heating issues. They were all brand new out of the box. They tried 3 in store and all had pink keys so I didn't even count those.
My keys have always looked a little pink in the right light. But in daytime, or for most of the time, they're pretty red. That's the color of the plastic that covers the LED. It's just not a solid red. They're all like that.
4g and other wireless activity overheats the phone (on your hands) because the cover is the antenna (something that gets really hot during this time).
If you download a 400mb file on 4g (at a high speed), the phone will overheat. Not just so it's 'hot'. But so hot that you can't touch it.
Un-ventilated phones are not yet ready for 4g. Either new, very cool battery and SoC technology needs to come around, or these phones need ventilation. Not going to happen any time soon, for either case.
If your phone flashes red/green alternating for the status light, it's really overheating. If it's just 'hot' to hold, it's not overheating.
Hot for a person is NOT hot for a phone, necessarily.
and to save battery (if you're really not touching it all day), turn off Internet (Mobile Network). Just make a widget, and turn it off on your homescreen. You can still call and text.
My phone will last 6-8 hours (since I have 3 email accounts, facebook, twitter, and everything else syncing at least periodically) with internet on.
With internet off, if I have very few texts and calls, 2 days is not a problem. The phone loses Between 1 and 2 % per hour, roughly, of battery.
Try turning internet off.
I also (at this point) got the extended 2750 battery ($45ish on amazon.com). The phone still fits in my HTC desk cradle (HTC planned ahead, it fits great) and is even more ergonomic in my hand. And the case doesn't 'creek' as much as the original.
70% more battery life = all day. Give it a shot.
Yes, green and orange alternating lights is what I got. And. Yes my lights are dark red. I've had 7 total phones, mixture of pink, light pink, fuschia, white/light pink, I've had a mixture of pink and a couple dark.. It's not as cut and dry as you think. Overheating and turning off is legitimate. I'm not saying "owie its warm in my fingers!"
i recently had a bionic. kept having issues with data dropping & weird clicking sound during calls. they confirmed the data drop was a known issue and replaced it twice. the 3rd time they tried sending me a thunderbolt and i got so pissed & threatened to cancel service. they then offered the rezound and even included the extended battery.
no headphones though(but i didnt like them anyway the 1st time i had them)
Nice. Saw the light and and came over. Love this phone it feels solid. Too bad it'll only be used for three months
Just noticed when swapping my battery that one has red x's and so does the phone. My phone has never been wet. Or rained on. I never take it in the bathroom when showering either. My older battery's sticker is white.
Are there only two indicators? One on phone and one on battery by battery contacts?
Glad I have insurance... But what if I ever want to sell it...
Red Xs dont mean the indicators have been tripped. When the stickers turn solid red, it means theyve been exposed to moisture.
Learn something new everyday! Great Q and A.
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Why then is one battery solid white and the other is white with red x's like inside the phone? TIA
The battery that came with the phone has red X's and the two I received from LG don't, even thought they are the same brand and model of battery, weird!
Ok. Thank God! I take really good care of my devices and was very worried! Thanks!!!
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The battery that came with the phone has red X's and the two I received from LG don't, even thought they are the same brand and model of battery, weird!
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Just because it's the same battery doesn't mean they might not have a different type of sticker...Manufacturers do change things from time to time.
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Just because it's the same battery doesn't mean they might not have a different type of sticker...Manufacturers do change things from time to time.
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Ya they tend to do that with many components of the phone like camera, etc. Nothing is 100% (for the most part lol)