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[Galaxy S II General] -Tj-:
I just noticed a dead green subpixel on mine. It didn't exist when I received it about a month ago, and it was a replacement for a dark circle problem.
[Galaxy S II General] piciuletz:
yeah dudes, can i join in u`r club? i just bought a galaxy s2 about a month ago, and today i figured i have one subpixel dead. it is hardly noticeble but every time i wanna do something i see it, it`s like it is on my brain. lol. I will go tomorrow at orange to see if they can do something for me, or else i will burn their office :).
[Galaxy S II General] StupidIdea:
i had a bunch on my first phone

When I got my thone, there where a bunch of dead red subpixels on the bottom of the screen just above usb slot. They there scattered in like 0.8x0.5cm area. On red test screen it looked like darker red blob. On white test screen like light blue blob. Nothing on green and blue. Too bad I didn't take a picture.

When I tried to return it to the shop, assistant told me "I barely see anything, so it should not be an issue for you". I said that he is over committing for his position (I was really pissed for his comment) and that he just need to call tech support guy (its a translation so its not exact :p). Now tech guy he confirmed the issue and said there should be no problems to get a replacement.

Anyway, got a replacement, but had to wait for 2 weeks till Samsung confirmed defect. Checked it in the shop before signing papers. No dead pixels so far.
[Galaxy S II General] piciuletz:
hell yeah! as i heard, samsung is the only company that offers you warranty for one dead pixel. As i said, i went to orange store with one pixel down and they accept my warranty. i can`t hardly wait to get my hands on my phone again :D
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
i saw my first dead pixel on a smartphone on this brand new sgs2 :( atm i was really messed up, but now, after 2 weeks, i forgot all about it, maybe i'll send it at the warranty in the near future, but right now it's too damn hard to survive without it in my hands :D
[Galaxy S II General] -Tj-:
Is this true or just something you heard? Because I was under the impression that Samsung, like most companies, only accept dead pixels as warranty-covered defects if there's a certain amount of them and/or within a certain space. If this is true, I'd definitely like to try and get mine replaced.
[Galaxy S II General] sorrowrain:
i have a strip like you but from all the way up to down

it came after using the phone for 2 weeks but it started to vanish?

thanks to god it did became harder to see know
[Galaxy S II General] TML1504:
AMOLED do emit a very small amount of light when "active", even if the picture you want to display is completely black.

also you can notice this when in a totally (or at least near totally) dark room, with your eyes accommodated, and then switching your phone off. the small light amount emitted will be visible until you feel the vibrate (which indicates a total off).

this is technology imminent, and occurs on all AMOLED's i've seen so far!
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
Just bare in mind that over 3,000,000 of these phones have been sold worldwide. I know that not everyone that has one is on xda, but to me that sounds like a pretty good success rate.
[Galaxy S II General] angerfist19:
just noticed that also i got an dead green subpixel....

but i don´t know if it´s there since i got my sgs2

i think i will life with it...because it´s at right corner and i don´t recognize him in normal use...
[Galaxy S II General] dr.3rman:
E.X..

IS it something like that .. ??

Can i replace it with new one ??

Or Can i Fix it .. ??

Or Should I live with this disease .. ??

ThanX alot >> :)​
[Galaxy S II General] -Tj-:
Yeah, that's how mine looks, too. It was really bugging me at first but I've since gotten used to it. I still see it, but I'm trying not to let it bug me too much lol.
[Galaxy S II General] dr.3rman:
So .. Nothing to do for that .. __
[Galaxy S II General] randomhkkid:
yeah i've got a red one in the middle-right of my screen. guess i just have to live with it....
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
dont take this crap from any of samsung policies, i dont know about your country but in portugal that makes DECO laugh, if they ever dare to tell me to not replace my phone before 15 days of use by the store, or the brand tech support will refuse to fix the dead pixel even if its one they will be in big trouble as DECO imediatelly will sue them and having the law by their side they win.

Its very simple to argue against that crappy policy, youve bought a phone with 800*480 resolution, you are getting 800*480-1 resolution, that is not according to specs, a dead pixel be it only 1 is still a manufacturing defect.

These policies are made by samsung and other companies so it makes their manufacturing process cheaper and instead of sending the screen to garbage they just sell it broken anyways to make more money out of costumers, they even refer to this crap in the manual warranty to try to make users like you and me to back off, kinda pathetic really when companies like ATI and INTEL struggle to make billions and billions of transistors with no faults at all.
[Galaxy S II General] piciuletz:
dudes but why don`t u guys use u`r warranty for fixin` u`r superb phones? it`s not ok that u leave it that way, because, as i heard, if u have one pixel dead, this problem can spread very quick... 2day u will have one down, next week another one...if u can, why can`t u prevent this?:D
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
Well its because most people believe in Corporate policies to be above the law, it needs persistence to fix this problem as samsung will probably tell you "NO" to fixing your device unless you threaten then with court, who knows maybe some countries respect corporate policies more than consumer rights.
[Galaxy S II General] dr.3rman:
If i send my device to Samsung ..

Will they repair it or not ...
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
theres a good chance they will send it back to u, you have to make alot of fuss and pay a lawyer to talk to them, unless you have a consumers right corporation like in Portugal then you can talk to them as soon as t hey send it back unfixed
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Lol, stop dramatizing. Services are not the same in every country. You just make people think Samsung support is terrible in every single country, which obviously isn't true.
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
im not dramatizing unfortunately, its what the manual states and thats the crap they tried on me before i talked to them again with a lawyer and its not only samsung, LG too has these crappy policies.

I got lucky with the monitor because the store actually helped me replace it.

Anyways what i would say if i were you is simply my screen is broken and has a dead pixel so im sending it for repair, dont ask if its in warranty or anything like that, if they try to tell you something about policies you tell them you dont really care about that, you didnt sign a contract uve agreed with those policies and those policies are only available once you buy the product in its manual, if they still refuse to repair it then you should threaten them with court, if not even that will work then i dont know what u can do in ur country but in here i would have just taken the matters to the consumers right firm.

PS: make sure to ask the name of that person and write it down with the date and time if they wont fix it.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Actually this post proves otherwise. So stop talking generally and refer just to particular cases like yourself. Isn't it better just to share your experience instead of trying to persuade people that if you got a certain treatment everybody should automatically get the same ?
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
http://www.samsung.com/my/support/warrantyinformation/warrantyInformation.do?page=POLICY.WARRANTY

as i said my problem was resolved with the store, the guys at the brand technical support wanted to bullcrap me, good thing u solved ur problem at the store too, lets just hope they will send you a new screen.
[Galaxy S II General] pachi72:
I got like 6 dead pixels..but you need a certain wallpaper to see them.
[Galaxy S II General] maxximuscool:
I found one by accident. When I was playing video at night in the dark. It comes up in black or dark grey. It's a light grey colour or white dead pixel on black.

tried the screen test and found it at the bottom near the the home button. Also my device had some other issues, gps doesn't seems to be reliable in getting lock, the device sometimes reboot on its own, poor cellular signal. My nokia N900 didn't have any of those issues.

Sent it back for warranty already but still waiting to be assessed by the store. Hope to get a new one though.

Maxx
[Galaxy S II General] samven582:
just got mine from amazon today. Unfortunately it has three stuck pixels and I can not get a replacement. I would have to wait 2-5 weeks. Looks like I be getting a refund instead. :(
[Galaxy S II General] etherspin:
ive seen 4 red and 6 green,all tiny subpixels ..

all ,located within a 2cm by 2cm square in bottom left of screen.

they are only visible simultaneously on a light grey background (both the red and green at same time) don't show up on blue background ... the reds show up on a red test background - they appear as lighter reds and the same with the green ones on a green background .. the subpixels are so small though, I fear no one else in the shop would spot them.. anyone had experience with that?
[Galaxy S II General] musafir84:
I face exactly the same issue as jassingh. The dead pixel does not show up on the *#0*# screen test except a really micro speck on the Green but is more clear on Grey when I test using dead pixel detect apps from the Market. I have asked Samsung about their dead pixel policy via twitter and facebook and am awaiting a reply from them before going any further. Nothing that bothers me much nor very noticeable, but when you pay such a big amount, you do expect things to be perfect right?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Not really perfection but with in specification, there should be no dead/stuck pixels at least for 1-2yrs.
[Galaxy S II General] musafir84:
If I choose to ignore the issue and live with the hardly noticeable dead/stuck pixel, is it possible that the situation could worsen and the problem could increase further by causing some more dead/stuck pixels?
[Galaxy S II General] musafir84:
My experience with the dead / stuck / bright pixels

Here's my first hand account with I came across 3 bright pixels on my LED screen... 2 green and 1 red and these were visible only on backgrounds with shades of grey and blue and with high display brightness... I got in touch with Samsung who asked me to get in touch with the nearest authorized service center to have them check my device if I have 3 or more such dead/stuck/bright pixels... The Samsung policy is to repair the display only if there are 3 or more pixel that are dead/stuck/bright... Also, if the defect is noticed within the first 7 days of purchasing the phone, then the phone is replaced with a new one else they just replace the faulty display with a new one... My advise to anyone considering to buy a new phone, have a good look at the display for any defects at the store itself while purchasing one...
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
Just to add some contrast to this thread

I DO NOT have any dead pixels
[Galaxy S II General] raditz:
Dead Green Pixel

Sadly, I have one too, slightly upper left from the center.

I bought mine from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

It appeared after 2 weeks.
[Galaxy S II General] yoohoo:
You may dial *#0*# to test the screen for dead pixels.

I spotted one stuck pixel and requested for another unit which is perfect at the point of purchase.
[Galaxy S II General] etherspin:
thanks to all who gave me advice on this thread, I think we should be taking samsung up on this, as iphone 4 users should if they get retina displays with dead or stuck pixels, the phones are marketed with their key feature being display quality,clarity and vibrance and this is a claim that is shot down by dead pixels, the phone is not fulfilling the job we bought it for, if the repair centre hadnt given me my 2nd replacement screen today I would have taken it up with samsung and brought in the appropriate legal/government authority .. however ..

I took it back to the repair centre this morning..

the shop assistant was very patronising , painfully so as he passed on what was real BS from the technician.. said they were doing me a favour in replacing it, that I had been watching "high definition movies" on the phone which is "very tempting" but burns pixels and that my wallpaper was the other culprit – even though I repeated that I had set the old school TV test pattern (as I walked into the shops!) as wallpaper purely to show them the dead pixel problem..

screen seems perfect. if there is another problem though I will of course pursue it, I paid for a slim phone that has been marketed by its vibrant,unique screen and ability to do things like play "high definition movies" and it would bloody want to , it records in high def from the camera !
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Thats a good attitude right there, get what you really payed for and not accepting obvious technical defects. If a lot more people would actually start to return their defective devices instead of just accepting it as "normal" then samsung would be able to step up the game in terms of quality.
[Galaxy S II General] pachi72:
I like like 10..but it's very very hard to tell..you need certain wallpaper to tell.
[Galaxy S II General] musafir84:
The following wallpaper did the trick for me. Give it a try...

http://www.4shared.com/photo/RZZ8pkIy/Mac-Apple-Wallpaper-Dark-Gray.html
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
Received my second Galaxy S2, (first one had a red stuck pixel), this one has a dead pixel, well i'm not sure it's a dead pixel but there is a tiny black spot on the bottom right. Could be dust... but I can't take it off, it's in the screen.

Do you have any black particle under your S2 screen ? :confused:

Gonna replace it again :(
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
Anyone ?

I can't seem to get any flawless screen... am I just unlucky or what ? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] leoni1980:
I had a dead pixel on my first S2 but of the four that have passed through my hands since then I've had no problems whatsoever. If you want to see shoddy hardware you should buy an HTC Sensation. They leak dust under the screen. Mine is back for its second repair.
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
Well it's a very tiny black particle under the screen but I can see it over the wallpaper and the icons, can't get my eyes off it, so annoying.

I must be very unluky then, I'm going for my 3rd one :o
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
Third one received, one green stuck pixel, and one hardly noticable dead pixel.

Don't know what to do... it's my 3rd faulty one. I'm mad now :(
[Galaxy S II General] hyperbolic:
This is true regarding big screens 16"+

Back in the days I had a Nokia N95 used it for about a year, and suddenly I had 2-3 dead pixels.

I went to my carrier and they changed the screen to a new one.

the OP should just try that...
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
I'm gonna replace my 3rd faulty S2...

But I wanna be sure that a flawless screen exists, I mean, without dead or stuck pixels :confused: I have had 3 S2 in hands, 3 screens with dead pixels... what is that ?! (my hp laptop which is cheaper than the S2 has a perfect LED screen)

For those who had dead pixels on their devices, how many times did you replace it before getting a PERFECT screen ? (I'm not even sure there is a perfect screen after all those unfortunate replacements...)(I'll probably get another faulty one with more dead pixels..)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Devourz:
Reading trough all 16 pages and waiting on my SGS2 to come over sometime this week probably all I can say is disappointment. I now fear my pricey toy/phone will have same issues like the ones people experience in this thread.

And knowing you can test it now I must test my unit on arrival. And even if it does have some dead/faulty pixels not sure if Ill send it back since it would probably take forever to exchange it and not to mention the dumbness with the sales persons who first need to be convinced its a flaw!

In think way ahead of things to come, but maybe I get lucky and get decent screen aka just what I paid for and that is all my pixels alive... I hope.

Seen how much money this costs its disappointment to receive defective unit screen wise. I feel for all the people who rage about this issue.
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Don't over react. The people I know in real life and I have no dead pixels. Others have been just really unlucky. Good luck and I hope your unit is okay.
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Hi. Most screens I've seen have no dead pixels including mine. Maybe your should have a Samsung repair center replace yours so they can give you a good screen since that would be what you'll be complaining about mainly.
[Galaxy S II General] 4ktvs:
My GS2 has been very good to me so far. I hope they can fix it for you.
[Galaxy S II General] Devourz:
Today I got my SGS2 brand new unit, and just like a feared for like 2mm vertical line in the FREAKING MIDDLE of the screen, it shows on RED and GREEN, you have to see it in some angle tho but still ****ty.

You can imagine how disappointed I am. Still in doubts is it worth all the hassle of returning it, take the piss at the people in shop where I need to convince them to send it back probably wait for like 15-30 days they to confirm then wait for just as long probably to get me new phone etc.

**** sake.
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
I'm mad just like you.

I got a green stuck sub pixel plus 2 dead subpixels.

For the green sub pixel, at normal distance, you don't see it, but it sucks. The dead pixels only show up on white background.

I mad against samsung which can't produce flawless screens on their "best" smartphone. What is the point of having a super amoled screen if you don't even have all the pixels out of the box. I bought it 1 month ago, got it replaced 3 times and still can't enjoy the phone.

I'm gonna replace it one last time, if I still get a faulty unit, then, it's my last samsung purchase.

Maybe I'm just the unluckiest dude in the world. I got problems too with apple. 2 years ago, I bought an ipod touch, right out of the box, I noticed the stinking yellow tint and washed out colors, and compared it with my friends apples devices, my screen looked like piss. I got it replaced 8 times (yeah right), and I always got the pissed on screens. I ended up selling it and I never bought any apple device since then.
[Galaxy S II General] cseegran:
I just got I9100G this afternoon, check for dead pixel at the shop could not find any. Tonight updated via OTA (Samsung) to 2.3.5, checked around for awhile and saw 1 dead pixel can be seen on green and white background. Could it be due to the update or I did not noticed it this afternoon.
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
You probably didn't notice it.

My dead green pixel don't show up in the LCD test (on red, or blue, or white). You have to watch closely on grey backgrounds, then you will spot the stuck pixels easier.
[Galaxy S II General] cseegran:
Hmm, thanks. Do you think I can get a replacement if there is only 1 dead pixel??
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
It depends on your seller policy, I don't know ! Call your carrier if you bought it from your carrier or the store if you bought it from a store !

In france, we have 1 week to return any device purchased on internet, for any reason, even if we opened it.

Try to replace it, but I tell you, if the next one is not coming with a black dead pixel, it will probably be stuck pixels, maybe one, maybe more. I've had 3 galaxy S2 in hand, brand new, and each one had issues with its screen. Either it was a black dead pixel, or a bright red one, now my last one has a tiny green sub pixel, but so tiny you don't see it at normal distance... I'm not sure I'll return it again...
[Galaxy S II General] Devourz:
After alot of thinking decided to keep it, **** all the hassle and my nerves. Paid fortune for this phone and im gettin something that is a bit OFF of my expectations. Oh well... life.

Was going to replace it only to get probably same faulty screen on the new one then ill need to replace it again and again, and all that is not worth my time and all the stress. And knowing how much time that will take and how many of my freakinin nerves will be wasted. I come to peace and will be using mine as it is.

For such super hyped avertised w.e phone this was even bigger dissapointment on first look.
[Galaxy S II General] cseegran:
Do agree with you, this is my 1st purchase of phone from Samsung, would be the last..

After reading on a lot of feedback, it seem that most ppl who got replacement still have dead pixel on it..

I was planning to get HTC EVO 3D in the 1st place...siigh..
[Galaxy S II General] tazsob:
I've had my galaxy S 2 for just over a week and not got dead pixels either. I didn't realise it was a problem.

Btw I'm loving this phone!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] cseegran:
The phones overall superb..except for their Super AMOLED plus dead pixel..consider yourself lucky.
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
Well, I think most people having "perfect screen" do have dead pixels or stuck pixels actually, they just didn't look very closely or on the right background. They just didn't see it but it may be there. What if funny is, that I just spotted a green dead pixel on my old samsung SGH G600, that I had never spotted before (I used it for 3 years) !! Well, it had a black particle under the screen right out of the box, but I've never seen this green pixel until yesterday. The black particle was a pain the first few days but then I enjoyed the phone, took cool pictures with it and stuff.

HTC phones have dust issues with the screen... well at least with the sensation.

I'll take my decision to replace it or not tomorrow. I'm actually worried about getting a new one with a dead pixel in the middle of the screen as my current one has a green pixel in the top right corner !

You should try to replace it though, because I had a previous S2 device with a black dot in the screen (dead pixel maybe), and it was really annoying. Try to get another one with no dead pixel (if that's even possible), or dead pixels off center !
[Galaxy S II General] kyle5:
I think you must be crazy to survive all those changes and still willing to change an other one.

I bought my galaxy s2 3 weeks ago and yesterday noticed dead/stuck pixel, it is like a really small blue dot, so small that looks more like particle. It is located in the center 2 cm from the bottom and is kind of annoying for me also, now I will put it for a night running pixel fix 2.0 from android market and see if it changes.

I showed this pixel to my friends and they were telling that probably I'm going nuts, it is a paranoia for sure. I think I won't turn it back since I get another problem or another dead pixel. Probably me and even you will forget about this pixel and won't give a **** about it after 2-3 months of use, as it is with any new device where we see all of it's defects first days of use.

I'm sure most people are not bothered with the issues like in our case cause they just don't give a hack about that and enjoy their phone without spoiling the nerves.
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Mine really doesn't have any. I even checked using three apps and can't see any dead pixels.
[Galaxy S II General] Okkz:
I can only see it well when the brightness is at minimum and i can't even see it with "test apps" or the built in lcd test but it is there.

Anyway, tomorrow I'm sending it again for a replacement, I've nothing to lost, if I'm ending up with a 4th S2 with dead pixel, then f**k that and samsung will never get my money again (just like apple)
[Galaxy S II General] cseegran:
Just send my SG2 to Samsung Customer Service Center, they took the phone and will replace the screen within 3 working days. Now is for me to wait for the result.
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
How do you test if it's there then?