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Hi
I have a problem that i can't find any existing threads on.
I just received my SGS2 and noticed right away when i turned it on that it had very poor viewing angles regarding color accuracy.
If i tilt it just a little back/forward or right/left, it shows a strong green/blue-ish tint on the screen.
My girlfriend also bought a SGS2 a week ago and her phone does not do this when i tilt it.
Is this normal behavior the first few days or is my screen broken?
I will make a video tonight that shows the problem.
maxx001 said:
Hi
I have a problem that i can't find any existing threads on.
I just received my SGS2 and noticed right away when i turned it on that it had very poor viewing angles regarding color accuracy.
If i tilt it just a little back/forward or right/left, it shows a strong green/blue-ish tint on the screen.
My girlfriend also bought a SGS2 a week ago and her phone does not do this when i tilt it.
Is this normal behavior the first few days or is my screen broken?
I will make a video tonight that shows the problem.
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I had the same problem. Sent it back on rma and waiting for a new one.
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What is the brightness setting at?
Sleepycat3 said:
What is the brightness setting at?
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Auto, highest, lowest, middle.
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Sleepycat3 said:
What is the brightness setting at?
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It doesn't matter. I tried changing the brightness and background effect to no avail.
This doesn't sound right. I cannot see it on my SGS2.
da13 said:
This doesn't sound right. I cannot see it on my SGS2.
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Neither can i on my girlfriends SGS2. I will test this on my friends phone when i get home and if his phone is ok, then i'll return mine and buy a new one.
I've had 3 now and it is definitely present on all three. It's just the way the glass is as far as I can tell.
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Mine has the same issue as well. Is that normal?
Same here and with all shop display models I have played with. Even my mothers htc desire has a similar problem.
Am used to it now.
ABC_Universal said:
Mine has the same issue as well. Is that normal?
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It is NOT normal! I have tested mine against two other SGS2 now, both are less that 4 weeks old and none of them has this problem.
I think what you other guys are referring to is the blueish white that all the screens have. This is not what i'm talking about. My phone shows a really strong blue tint when you tilt it just a little in any direction. It is so strong that it is even clearly visible and disturbing in photos shown on the screen, making it impossible to sit several people and watch photos on the phone.
I cannot show any video or images of this problem as i have already sent it back.
maxx001 said:
It is NOT normal! I have tested mine against two other SGS2 now, both are less that 4 weeks old and none of them has this problem.
I think what you other guys are referring to is the blueish white that all the screens have. This is not what i'm talking about. My phone shows a really strong blue tint when you tilt it just a little in any direction. It is so strong that it is even clearly visible and disturbing in photos shown on the screen, making it impossible to sit several people and watch photos on the phone.
I cannot show any video or images of this problem as i have already sent it back.
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I only see the blue tint when the phone is tilted. It can be quite strong, but as I said in my last comment, I've seen this in all models I have tested so far.
Would like to see one that hasn't got this.
simacca said:
I only see the blue tint when the phone is tilted. It can be quite strong, but as I said in my last comment, I've seen this in all models I have tested so far.
Would like to see one that hasn't got this.
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There isnt one.
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Don't know what you lot are on about, but when I tilt my screen, even to an insane angle and view it almost till I am looking at the side of the phone, the colour is the same as when i'm looking at it dead on.
I think the viewing angle is amazing, and the colours and brightness are just as good viewed at an angle as straight on.. so I'm confused.
You guys must be proper straining to find things wrong with this phone.
eallan said:
There isnt one.
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Yes there is.. My girlfriends and my friends phone does not do this. I will take som photos to document this.
I have a feeling the problem lies with the glass screen or the coating.
I switch the screen off and tilt it, I get a bright daylight reflection on the screen, but I look at the glass and not the reflection. I then notice that the glass has got a blue hue to it.
Actually if I tilt it in other directions I can see pink colouration too lol.
Have others noticed this?
I better stop obsessing now or it will start to annoy me
simacca said:
I have a feeling the problem lies with the glass screen or the coating.
I switch the screen off and tilt it, I get a bright daylight reflection on the screen, but I look at the glass and not the reflection. I then notice that the glass has got a blue hue to it.
Actually if I tilt it in other directions I can see pink colouration too lol.
Have others noticed this?
I better stop obsessing now or it will start to annoy me
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I haven't tested this with the phone off. But i do know that the problem i describe has nothing to do with being obsessive. The first thing both my girlfriend and friend noticed was the strong blue tint which is completely non-existent on their devices.
I aswell notice the blue tinting when i tilt it abit, its easily noticable, but its nothing terrible, its just there.
would be interested in more parties opinions, seems as though only a select few so far dont have it, or cant notice it for some reason =)
I have used two SGS2's from the first batch and one from the second batch. They all have the blue tint when tilted.
fuusuke said:
I aswell notice the blue tinting when i tilt it abit, its easily noticable, but its nothing terrible, its just there.
would be interested in more parties opinions, seems as though only a select few so far dont have it, or cant notice it for some reason =)
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Yes we need more data.
Maybe we should also define how much tilt we're talking about.
On my device only a few degrees, less than 7 degrees produced a strong blue-ish tint wich was easily observable and annoying to the point that you couldn't really sit several people beside each other and watch photos on it. My old SGS1 did not have this problem either at all.
Here's some vids of SGS2 devices which do NOT have this issue as reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK7M_RNQM7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOxAh4I2jrk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvr_P0euqWc
The last video link is really good. It shows the screen from a lot of angles where none of them produces any blue tint. Look at 6:35 where he titlts it upwards and down again on the table. No tint. If i laid my phone on the table and filmed if from the same angle as he did, my screen would show a strong blue tint.
I have used a Galaxy S from an year until recently last week, i exchanged it to get a new Galaxy S II. I like the phone very much and i still think its the best phone ever made. But i notice that even my screen has the yellow discoloration problem as others. I don't bother much about it but what made me curious was that a friend of mine purchased a new Galaxy S a few days back when i brought my S II. I put both the displays side by side and noticed this
1) The display of the Galaxy S was much brighter than my S II at 0 and 100 levels of brightness. I felt that my S II screen was more dull and yellowish while that of S was brighter and greyish
2) In direct sunlight, the visibility of the Galaxy S screen was more than my S II at both 0 and 100 levels of brightness.
I was surprised by these findings and I want to know whether
a) Super AMOLED+ brightness is supposed to be better than Super AMOLED ?
b) Or does my SII have a faulty screen and can i get it replaced ( purchased mine a week back) ?
To be honest, i always used my old Galaxy S at 0% brightness and even at times i felt it was too much brightness in a dark room, so used the Screenfilter app. But thats not the case with my S II, i have to use it at around 20% in the same dark room. So, i want to know whether my particular screen is defective or is it the same for everyone else ?
Settings display background effect: choose dynamic
And you can turn off the adjust screen for power option in display settings
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u sure u disabled power saving mode for the display? That usually causes a duller/greyish screen...
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I have used a Galaxy S from an year until recently last week, i exchanged it to get a new Galaxy S II. I like the phone very much and i still think its the best phone ever made. But i notice that even my screen has the yellow discoloration problem as others. I don't bother much about it but what made me curious was that a friend of mine purchased a new Galaxy S a few days back when i brought my S II. I put both the displays side by side and noticed this
1) The display of the Galaxy S was much brighter than my S II at 0 and 100 levels of brightness. I felt that my S II screen was more dull and yellowish while that of S was brighter and greyish
2) In direct sunlight, the visibility of the Galaxy S screen was more than my S II at both 0 and 100 levels of brightness.
I was surprised by these findings and I want to know whether
a) Is Super AMOLED+ supposed to be better than Super AMOLED ?
b) Or does my SII have a faulty screen and can i get it replaced ( purchased a week back) ?
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All I can say, we all have the same GS II, same screen, same Yellowish tint, Bluish white in Auto/Low Brightness, some admit it, some not. If you wanna exchange it, exchange it, but I bet you will a same screen like before. And the comparison about Super AMOLED and Super AMOLED +, I too think that S-AMOLED is better than Plus in case of Low/Auto Brightness. I previously had a Wave S8500, and I never turned the Brightness to even 1 in one year as on lowest settings the screen was gorgeous. But I can't say that for GS II. I disabled the Auto brightness already, I just can't take that Bluish White effect. I am on 20%, the screen is cool now, still I am not that impressed with it as I thought I'd be. I don't think it's a feature of S-AMOLED Plus screens but a manufacturing fault, now Samsung admits it or not it's a different story. But I still hope that a Firmware update could turn things in the right way, just a hope. I purchased this device for only having another OLED screen, cause I've saw ARC and Play, and they just couldn't stand against my Wave, but if I knew that GS II would have this type of screen I'd not ignored those phones. Let one more OLED+ device from Samsung get released and if that one has this problem too, I am out from Samsung forever, yea I know they simply don't care for one customer, but I do care for me.
Regards.
I have disabled the Power saving mode, and also tried the three different modes- standard, dynamic, and movie. But i didn't find much difference. SAMOLED+ is supposed to be brighter than SAMOLED, right ? Other than this the phone is marvelous !!!
ithehappy said:
All I can say, we all have the same GS II, same screen, same Yellowish tint, Bluish white in Auto/Low Brightness, some admit it, some not. If you wanna exchange it, exchange it, but I bet you will a same screen like before. And the comparison about Super AMOLED and Super AMOLED +, I too think that S-AMOLED is better than Plus in case of Low/Auto Brightness. I previously had a Wave S8500, and I never turned the Brightness to even 1 in one year as on lowest settings the screen was gorgeous. But I can't say that for GS II. I disabled the Auto brightness already, I just can't take that Bluish White effect. I am on 20%, the screen is cool now, still I am not that impressed with it as I thought I'd be. I don't think it's a feature of S-AMOLED Plus screens but a manufacturing fault, now Samsung admits it or not it's a different story. But I still hope that a Firmware update could turn things in the right way, just a hope. I purchased this device for only having another OLED screen, cause I've saw ARC and Play, and they just couldn't stand against my Wave, but if I knew that GS II would have this type of screen I'd not ignored those phones. Let one more OLED+ device from Samsung get released and if that one has this problem too, I am out from Samsung forever, yea I know they simply don't care for one customer, but I do care for me.
Regards.
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I used a Galaxy S and it was an excellent phone with Lagfix and Darkys ROM. Briefly, in between I used an Xperia Play for a few days and it was so laggy, many apps used to force close, etc. So i decided to go for a dual core and I think there is no match for S II in this regard. I am very satisified with this but just wanted to know about this SAMOLED+ screen and it was supposed to be better than SAMOLED. To be honest, i always used my old Galaxy S at 0% brightness and even at times i felt it was too much brightness in a dark room and hence used the Screenfilter app. But thats not the case with my S II, i have to use it at around 20% in the same dark room. So, i want to know whether is my particular screen defective or it is the same for everyone else ?
krishelnino said:
So, i want to know whether is my particular screen defective or it is the same for everyone else ?
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As I said in my previous post, 100/100 phones are like that, including me
ithehappy said:
All I can say, we all have the same GS II, same screen, same Yellowish tint, Bluish white in Auto/Low Brightness, some admit it, some not. If you wanna exchange it, exchange it, but I bet you will a same screen like before. And the comparison about Super AMOLED and Super AMOLED +, I too think that S-AMOLED is better than Plus in case of Low/Auto Brightness. I previously had a Wave S8500, and I never turned the Brightness to even 1 in one year as on lowest settings the screen was gorgeous. But I can't say that for GS II. I disabled the Auto brightness already, I just can't take that Bluish White effect. I am on 20%, the screen is cool now, still I am not that impressed with it as I thought I'd be. I don't think it's a feature of S-AMOLED Plus screens but a manufacturing fault, now Samsung admits it or not it's a different story. But I still hope that a Firmware update could turn things in the right way, just a hope. I purchased this device for only having another OLED screen, cause I've saw ARC and Play, and they just couldn't stand against my Wave, but if I knew that GS II would have this type of screen I'd not ignored those phones. Let one more OLED+ device from Samsung get released and if that one has this problem too, I am out from Samsung forever, yea I know they simply don't care for one customer, but I do care for me.
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Whoa there! Extreme much? You'll never get another Samsung because the screen isn't bright enough at 0% brightness? Lol. Are you serious? Oh well, to each his own.
krishelnino said:
I have disabled the Power saving mode, and also tried the three different modes- standard, dynamic, and movie. But i didn't find much difference. SAMOLED+ is supposed to be brighter than SAMOLED, right ? Other than this the phone is marvelous !!!
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The plus got nothing to do with brightness but with subpixels. Its red blue and green in every subpixel where amoled got red green and blue green. Makes the image sharper to read.
zkyevolved said:
Whoa there! Extreme much? You'll never get another Samsung because the screen isn't bright enough at 0% brightness? Lol. Are you serious? Oh well, to each his own.
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Yes, that's correct. It's not an improvement for me coming from S-AMOLED and I don't like it. When I've seen better I won't bear a lesser.
You are correct in that part.
Regards.
Does anyone know, how much power is saved by using the display powersave mode? I just tried turning it off and the screen looks much brighter and crisper. Is activating power save mode worth it?
My SGS1 not as bright as this one and not ad good in sunlight.
Yellow tint if i have it i dont care i dont see it.
Dont like SGS2 sell it simple answer.
jje
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paranoid2007 said:
Does anyone know, how much power is saved by using the display powersave mode? I just tried turning it off and the screen looks much brighter and crisper. Is activating power save mode worth it?
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I never have power saver switched on and my battery manages to make it thru a day with moderate use..havent seen too much diff with it switched on..
Same problem for me..i also believe SGS1 is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118532
SGS is slightly brighter than SGS II. It's in almost every review that measures screen brightness. AMOLED Plus was updated for sharpness, not brightness.
DJTaurus said:
Same problem for me..i also believe SGS1 is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118532
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What do you think your screenshots will tell us? If you want to prove anything, post *photos* not screenshots.
JJEgan said:
My SGS1 not as bright as this one and not ad good in sunlight.
Yellow tint if i have it i dont care i dont see it.
Dont like SGS2 sell it simple answer.
jje
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I am not bothered about the yellow tint either. What bothers me is the brightness level of SGSII when compared to a SGSI. Having used a SGSI for an year, the new SGS II has to be atleast equal to it. But lesser than the previous one is unacceptable. Thats my point
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I am not bothered about the yellow tint either. What bothers me is the brightness level of SGSII when compared to a SGSI. Having used a SGSI for an year, the new SGS II has to be atleast equal to it. But lesser than the previous one is unacceptable. Thats my point
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Well all i can say is bought SGS2 and one week later sold SGS1 in that one week it was noticeable that SGS2 was brighter clearer more vibrant better screen .Thats not memory thats matching both side by side .
jje
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Whoa there! Extreme much? You'll never get another Samsung because the screen isn't bright enough at 0% brightness? Lol. Are you serious? Oh well, to each his own.
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Yeah it seems a strange comment.... one thing that always annoyed me about the original Galaxy S was the screen was TOO bright on the lowest setting - it was a nightmare if you were using it in bed with the lights off.
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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abacon15 said:
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".
phonic said:
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.
I got my GS3 A few days ago and i noticed the screen look awfully warm, so i thought it was just samsung color calibration. But when i tilt the phone in any angle from a normal viewing angle the screen temperature goes warm to cold. Has anyone had a similar experience?
Same exact problem here man. I've posted a few threads about it but I figured I was alone since no one replied. My room step s3 is yellow as well. I'm on my 3rd and they have all been the same.
I'm just going to assume it's calibrated this way. Sure does look nice from an angle though lol
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upgrading from the gs II, I picked up my gsIII last week and noticed the warmer color...especially on a white background. The warm white reminds me of LCD instead of OLED... i was thinking Samsung duped us and swapped LCD for OLED.
Since the color becomes cooler when you change the viewing angle, i'm thinking it might be a tint in the screen glass or digitizer to give that warmer color when viewing straight on. Personally, I prefer whiter whites but it seems most smart phone users, especially iphone users, are used to/prefer a warmer white screen so maybe Sammy is trying to appeal to the masses used to a LCD look
I hate it, especially coming from the GS2. Looking at it from an angle the screen looks perfect, WHY SAMSUNG WHYYYYYYYYYY:crying:
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I hate it, especially coming from the GS2. Looking at it from an angle the screen looks perfect, WHY SAMSUNG WHYYYYYYYYYY:crying:
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Yeah I hate it too!
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My eyes might be bad but I'm just not seeing it.
Well looks like the only flaw if that's what u want to call it. I'm just glad Samsung got gps right on this phone
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I hope that fix it in later hardware revisions, then I'll just get a replacement.
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Well...coming from a Galaxy Note - which was WAY too 'cool' of a tint (to where it was almost green) - I am thrilled to have a warmer white with the S3!
But I have also spent the last many years as a video/TV "purest" and have my home theater stuff professionally calibrated. Warm (reddish) whites are much more accurate and are actually the NTSC standard (6500k).
I too noticed and hence this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754062
Comparing with vibrant i even thought i had a defective screen. But when i put GS3 next to my laptop and desktop lcd screen, the whites look much better and thus i console my self
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Well...coming from a Galaxy Note - which was WAY too 'cool' of a tint (to where it was almost green) - I am thrilled to have a warmer white with the S3!
But I have also spent the last many years as a video/TV "purest" and have my home theater stuff professionally calibrated. Warm (reddish) whites are much more accurate and are actually the NTSC standard (6500k).
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I agree. My tv is calibrated that way as well. I think most phones are more blue that we got used to it and now the warm color is not "normal" lol
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rakeshchn said:
Comparing with vibrant i even thought i had a defective screen. But when i put GS3 next to my laptop and desktop lcd screen, the whites look much better and thus i console my self
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I just did the same thing and the whites definitely look better than my laptop screen. I guess I can live with that.
Coming from an OG Epic with voodoo sound and color will just be an adjustment I guess.
Has anyone returned their phone because of this issue? If so how did you go about returning it?
Has anyone check their Screen Tone adjustment under Display?
overground said:
Has anyone check their Screen Tone adjustment under Display?
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I beliw 've this is the auto adjust based on the images setting found exactly where the above poster mentioned
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So here is my dilemma and I need some community input or advice. I have a GN2 titanium. I bought it at my employer Bestbuy. Thing is, there is a strange looking line that resembles a tear under the screen that is slightly curved and is about 3/4" long, maybe a tad more. You can ONLY SEE it when the brightness is turned ALL THE WAY DOWN and you are on a screen that is dark. Now if you go into the light with the darkness down all the way it goes away. Full brightness it cannot be seen.Not even at half brightness or 1/4 brightness can it be seen. Thing is I could easily return it BUT bestbuy stopped carrying the titanium on verizon the day they got it! Crazy right , in other words we are sold out of titanium and are not getting more in. I could always get a white one but I don't think I want a white one. Truth be told I think it's just bugging me and need to tell someone lol. If it was your GN2 would you for one even notice it,and if so would you just roll with it? I have to do all the steps above just to see it. I noticed it when watching on mx player in bed at night on low brightness. The touch screen works fine in that area and everything. I wish I could take a picture but I cant seem to get it to show up in a picture.
tl;dr ?
-Strange tear under glass
-causes no touchscreen/pen issues
-only viewable at 0 brightness , in the dark , on a dark image
-exchange for a white GN2
-live with it
jdedeaux said:
So here is my dilemma and I need some community input or advice. I have a GN2 titanium. I bought it at my employer Bestbuy. Thing is, there is a strange looking line that resembles a tear under the screen that is slightly curved and is about 3/4" long, maybe a tad more. You can ONLY SEE it when the brightness is turned ALL THE WAY DOWN and you are on a screen that is dark. Now if you go into the light with the darkness down all the way it goes away. Full brightness it cannot be seen.Not even at half brightness or 1/4 brightness can it be seen. Thing is I could easily return it BUT bestbuy stopped carrying the titanium on verizon the day they got it! Crazy right , in other words we are sold out of titanium and are not getting more in. I could always get a white one but I don't think I want a white one. Truth be told I think it's just bugging me and need to tell someone lol. If it was your GN2 would you for one even notice it,and if so would you just roll with it? I have to do all the steps above just to see it. I noticed it when watching on mx player in bed at night on low brightness. The touch screen works fine in that area and everything. I wish I could take a picture but I cant seem to get it to show up in a picture.
tl;dr ?
-Strange tear under glass
-causes no touchscreen/pen issues
-only viewable at 0 brightness , in the dark , on a dark image
-exchange for a white GN2
-live with it
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I have the same issue but I can easily get a new titanium grey one. I am not going to though because it is hardly ever noticible
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jellydroid13 said:
I have the same issue but I can easily get a new titanium grey one. I am not going to though because it is hardly ever noticible
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thank god im not bat sh!t crazy and someone else has seen this, its strange eh? i think ill sit on it as well
Hmm you sure this isn't just the blotches that show up on amoled screens when it goes dark. If you shut the phone all the way off does the line go away. From what it sounds like without actually seeing the phone it sounds like what I described above. If it is. All the super amoled screens tend to do that
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jdedeaux said:
So here is my dilemma and I need some community input or advice. I have a GN2 titanium. I bought it at my employer Bestbuy. Thing is, there is a strange looking line that resembles a tear under the screen that is slightly curved and is about 3/4" long, maybe a tad more. You can ONLY SEE it when the brightness is turned ALL THE WAY DOWN and you are on a screen that is dark. Now if you go into the light with the darkness down all the way it goes away. Full brightness it cannot be seen.Not even at half brightness or 1/4 brightness can it be seen. Thing is I could easily return it BUT bestbuy stopped carrying the titanium on verizon the day they got it! Crazy right , in other words we are sold out of titanium and are not getting more in. I could always get a white one but I don't think I want a white one. Truth be told I think it's just bugging me and need to tell someone lol. If it was your GN2 would you for one even notice it,and if so would you just roll with it? I have to do all the steps above just to see it. I noticed it when watching on mx player in bed at night on low brightness. The touch screen works fine in that area and everything. I wish I could take a picture but I cant seem to get it to show up in a picture.
tl;dr ?
-Strange tear under glass
-causes no touchscreen/pen issues
-only viewable at 0 brightness , in the dark , on a dark image
-exchange for a white GN2
-live with it
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You bought it at Bestbuy. You guys have a really good return policy. Why not swap it out?
hredder said:
Hmm you sure this isn't just the blotches that show up on amoled screens when it goes dark. If you shut the phone all the way off does the line go away. From what it sounds like without actually seeing the phone it sounds like what I described above. If it is. All the super amoled screens tend to do that
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Wow didnt even think of that lol. Thats definitely it thanks.
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sounds pretty typical of an amoled screen they all suffer from it under very low brightness, I haven't noticed on mine may be because I stopped paying attention for it a long long time ago lol, after having a few phones with amoled screens.
I have the same issue. Even started a thread about it in the Q&A section. Glad I'm not the only one to have it lol
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Yep both my Note 2's have the same problem, both are Titanium Gray. My brother got a launch day Marble White from the Verizon store and his screen is immaculate. Not a single black spot or line on his screen. We flipped the lights and tested them using the same app. Once our eyes adjusted, which didn't take more than 10 seconds, it was immediately clear the difference between my phone and his. His screen not only had a deeper black than mine, but it was free of any markings while mine looked brighter and had noticeable splotches all over.
Niiiiiiice.
DaRkL3AD3R said:
Yep both my Note 2's have the same problem, both are Titanium Gray. My brother got a launch day Marble White from the Verizon store and his screen is immaculate. Not a single black spot or line on his screen. We flipped the lights and tested them using the same app. Once our eyes adjusted, which didn't take more than 10 seconds, it was immediately clear the difference between my phone and his. His screen not only had a deeper black than mine, but it was free of any markings while mine looked brighter and had noticeable splotches all over.
Niiiiiiice.
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I don't think the color of the devices have anything to do with it. But all amoled screens are different. I guess I since of the lucky ones mine performs great but had only one little dark spot right under the Samsung logo.
Sent from my rooted galaxy note 2... U mad?