When im sitting in a darkish room with no
lights on in the room if i pull down the status bar or looking at dark pictures i can notice 2 black lines? Anyone else have this?you have to look kinda close and move the phone round abit tho to see it
Anyone?
What you mean black lines down the sides? Cos I see nothing else and they normal.
I see about 3 small spots which are darker than others but they are only small, i do however know people who own s3's which suffer from a problem similar to the one you describe, but they both decided it want worth a return (yes two of my friends with the same problem what are the chances?)
I guess you mean the irregularities in the screen on black background in low-lit conditions.
Depending on how prominent they are, it's considered normal for AMOLOED screens and similar effects can be seen on all AMOLED-devices.
My best guess is that some LED ranges get a tad too little power on minimum brightness when displaying very dark content so that they really stay dark while the others give a very faint flow.
(Such flaws and differences in the screen are one of the reasons why AMOLED can't go really dark like LCD's can)
I was just about to post this aswell. When I'm using the phone and there's a black background, I see a couple of extra dark dashes on the screen
Is there a fault with the screen?
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don't worry man.
chill
What causes the dark spots?
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If i tilt my screen even the slightest bit, the screen gets a blue tint to it.
I have read some people say its only temporary. Some people have also said they never had it out of the box.
My phone is 2 days old. What should I do?
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Do you mean when the screen is on or off?
i've only had a few samsung devices with the amoled series screens, but from what i can tell it seems to be the rule not the exception that the blue tint will be present in the screens.....
someone correct me if i'm wrong, i'm just going off personal experience
I'm not seeing it on my SGSII or my Captivate. I just checked again to be sure.
i have blue tint. You can see really well if you are viewing a white web page and move the phone slightly.
Yeah I've noticed this as well on the two GS2's that I've had over the past few days. Not an issue to me, but it is odd.
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Do you mean when the screen is on or off?
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When the screen is on.
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It doesn't bother me enough to want a new phone, i was more or less pointing it out and making sure i dont have a defective phone.
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I noticed this too last night. I imagine that it's "normal".
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I noticed this too last night. I imagine that it's "normal".
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Keep in mind, some were saying on the euro sgs2 forums that it went away after a few weeks.
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Slight blue tint is not a bad thing. Blue pixels dim down faster than red and green. Over time, you will get it balanced.
AMOLED is not known for color accuracy. Don't be too picky
This is perfectly normal for the display type. http://www.smartmobix.com/Super_Amoled_vs_Super_LCD
I see the blue if you hold the phone about 45 degrees tilted from straight on. Pretty much any direction if you aren't straight on you see the weird tint.
Mine has a severe blue tint with only about a 10 degree rotate on any axis. I never imagined that a phone could have such a poor viewing angle. My Captivate's screen was leagues better.
What am I doing wrong, I cannot reproduce this blue tint.
At about 45 degrees I see a slight change, but it looks more yellow than blue. Its barely noticeable, and only at >45 degrees, hardly an issue.
I never use screen protectors because of past experience with them making the screen foggy when viewed at an angle. Could the screen protector be causing the issue for others? Or, at least amplifying the issue?
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Well, mine must be defective.
You know those holographic comic book covers and how you see a shimmer with the slightest angle change? It's like that. The slightest shift brings on the blue.
I don't think I'm incredibly picky either. My Captivate and Tilt 2 before it were dynamite by comparison.
My Thrill did that, when I 3D mode, the viewing angle was minuscule in that phone.
I am nothing but amazed with the screen on the SGS II. You should definately swap for a new one.
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Normal experiences for an amoled screen. its like when you see a plasma that's off and its greenish, it just has to do with the panel I assume.
Here is a video of what I see. I actually start to see it sooner than the camera does though. But you can still easily see how it changes to blue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y5p0KZoLMM
Thanks for posting that video. I've been noticing this problem too. I would say anyone that says it goes away has just gotten used to it. I don't think there is a solution.
There are a few threads out there that have touched on this issue but none as far as I can see that deal with it directly.
The problem comes when you display a pure black screen in low light conditions. It shows that the AMOLED screen is actually grey / blotchy / cloudy instead of being pure black. Initially I thought mine had fingerprints or smudge marks on it, until I realised they were behind the screen. I guess I might have got a phone with a screen that was replaced, but the amount of people who have also reported a similar issue leads me to believe that it might be a manufacturing default? The blotches / clouds on the screen dont change, but exhibit a random formation as one would expect from a defect. It is also possible to see a very faint outline of light running along 3 edges of the screen.
Naturally this is a situation that doesnt reveal itself very often. But I as I use my phone a lot at night, especially reading ebooks or watching films, you start to notice it more and more where you have large expanses of empty black screen.
What I would like to know is how many people have got screens that exhibit this behaviour and how many of you have sent them in for service or had them replaced?
Is it a common issue and something that is to be expected from this type of screen?
You can test if yours has this problem using 'Screen Test' (its free) from the market place. It cycles through solid colours and patterns every time you touch the screen.
Just do it in bed with all the lights out P), give your eyes a few seconds to adjust and see what your screen looks like displaying pure black.
I'm very interested in everyone's experiences and any input or information you have.
Thanks everyone in advance!
ps: I came from a ZTE blade (OLED) which has a uniformly dark grey background when displaying pure black. I kinda expect this as it is a budget phone (albeit with a better than budget screen), but I didnt expect the SGS2 to be quite as bad.
Use "screen adjuster" from the market and set contrast to -60
i have never seen this black low light screen defect. but i am asking you people if any of you have noticed that ugly blurry shadows which are perfectly visible with low light, on white backgrounds especially. they look like marks above the actual display and make high quality images look like low resolution.. it is annoying as hell..
I have this. Noticed it one night when my phone was switched off and charging.
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I also have this, noticed the first evening i used the phone...you can notice this during the screen wake delay, or when in a call if you cover then uncover the proximity sensor...don't know if it's a defect but sure it bugs me, i know many won't notice it and will say they don't have this...i will add that if u look carefully to the screen dimmed at lowest brightness in a low light (buy not dark) environment, like early morning, you'll see some "interferences" behind the image, also the darker/yellower left half screen is still visible in these conditions
These things shouldn't be there in a 500€ phone
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Thanks for the feedback already.
@elmerendeiro: I have also noticed some 'interference' lines on my phone from time to time. I did a bit of research and it seems when your phone's brightness is set around 25 - 30% it picks up interference from either the wifi or 3g radio. Notch the brightness either above or below this level and you wont see it anymore.
I agree with you when you say we shouldn't be having these problems on such an expensive phone.
It bugs me too - if it wasnt for this i'd have to say it would be an amazing phone
Might give the Samsung service center a call and see if its something they're aware of and if they are replacing screens with this problem?
Hello
I'm new to android and just bought my s3 so forgive me if it's a stupid question
Whenever I watch a movie, there are two or three black spots. I feel like they are dead pixels. It doesn't show up on a white background nor on my ics inspired background but now I notice it a lot during a movie especially if it's a dark colored movie(darkness and all). Are these dead pixels? Is there a display app which I can use to display pure different colors and find out?
Thanks in advance
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Spots? If what you are describing look like smears on the screen then no, I think this is an unfortunate defect with oled devices when black is viewed in really dark environments. My phone (not an s3 but uses amoled) exhibits the same problem and my PS Vita shows it very prominently.
A dead pixels is just a pixel (pretty much a dot on the screen) that is stuck in 1 color no matter what's being displayed onscreen.
There's a test screen, just dial *#0*#
However the black spots on dark background when your screen is on minimum brightness (e.g. in darkened rooms) are well-known issues plaguing AMOLED.
There are several threads around here describing them and their possible cause, and at least one developer has announced working on a screen tweak solving this and other typical AMOLED issues.
Yeah it's only noticeable on dark backgrounds with low brightness. I downloaded display tester and ran the dead pixel test and the smears were only noticeable if I looked super hard during a black background, not in blue or red or yellow nor gray. So no dead pixels right ?
Also thank you so much !
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Yeah it's only noticeable on dark backgrounds with low brightness. I downloaded display tester and ran the dead pixel test and the smears were only noticeable if I looked super hard during a black background, not in blue or red or yellow nor gray. So no dead pixels right ?
Also thank you so much !
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If you didn't notice any stuck dots, then your phone is good. As for the smears, pretty much everyone has them. I guess you have to be extremely lucky not to have them (that, or you just haven't noticed them yet so it doesn't bother you). The software solution pointed out above sounds interesting though. Will be watching that
About Dead/Stuck pixel on OLED Device Display
I have a S3 GT-9300 that I use daily, the other day I dropped it on a hard surface and a single shiny green stuck pixel appeared on the bottom left corner of the display, it was a bit of an eye sore really, But I'll share my simple FIX if its a related problem like mine was
I thought if the drop caused it, then a related solution may fix it, so I simple activated display and went to the home page.
then I turned the display facing my palm and held the device carefully at the top end and slapped it several times hard into the palm of my hand where the pixel problem area was. then stuck pixel went away...
I hope this works for you too :good:
I just bought a s3 and noticed that in the dark if I use an app with black background or a wallpaper there come Some strange dots on the screen, is that normal and could someone please check about they also have it on their s3
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Yeah its something to do with amoled displays. My galaxy nexus has the same type of splotches. From the research I've done they are pretty common. I've seen some pretty bad ones. Mine isn't that bad I have 3 towards the lower middle part of the screen. It looks like this
-_- lol. I've seen others much worse. You can also notice them slightly when the screen dims if you know where to look. It is really annoying but from what I can tell its pretty common on amoled screens. You can Google amoled black spots to see just how widespread it is.
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Ok thanks I just got so nervous, I was thinking it was something more worse. But Should I go to the phone shop and remind them about the spots so they could fix it or will they just say that's a common problem we can't do anything about it
It's nothing that can be repared since it's a manufacturing inconsistency but not a defect per se.
Usually they are only visible in total darkness with lowest brightness settings on black backgrounds which is not that much of an annoyance
since you usually don't stare for hours on black screens. (Well at least I don't)
It's sometimes annoying, yes, but that's the downside of having low-power high-resolution displays without Ghosting problems.
So i've heard that the S-AMOLED and S-AMOLED Plus technology has "Perfect" Blacks! Like the Blacks don't even "Light-up".
Is it true? Or is it just a marketing thing? :/
Try this and tell me what do u have?
Turn off all the lights in the night and then view some BLACK picture. U'll see that the Blacks are kinda "Greyish" :/
And there are some pixels that are perfectly black.. but they're just Random... :/
known "issue" on lowest screen brightness
Ohk.. So its not "Completely Black".
theres also another problem with it aswell... When I view some pitch black picture in a completely dark room. I see some small rectangular shapes that are "Pitch Black" in that Greyish background. I cant snap a picture of that unfortunately but u kinda get the idea. Can someone try this with there own S3 and report me? :/
It'll be quite helpful
Is well known issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703086
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Mine does the same thing: darker black splotches when viewing a black picture on the dimmest screen setting in a dark room.
Fortunately I don't often find myself looking at all-black images in the dark. It's hardly a major issue.
this issue is quite common, even on iPads, Motorola etc...apparently it is the adhesive within the layers of the AMOLED that causes an "ink" mark when screen displays black images within a dark environment...nothing is actually wrong with your scren, mine has 2 very small dots...while my other friend has had his replaced because the issue was far more prominant...so there is a possibility of claiming warranty? but this will depend on the country/retailer/etc...but always worth giving it a shot if you cant stand this issue...but yes, earlier batches, the issue was far more obvious...but later ones are better but information from other XDA threads suggest that you WONT find a unit without any marks...period.