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[Galaxy S II General] knyitogato:
I had the yellowish/darker left side as well, so I returned it and will refunded.

I hope Samsung will react in a statment or anything.

If yes, I will buy SGSII again, especially if they will be able to resolve the defect.

If not, then I will choose another brand and forget Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Can you post a pic or two showing the discoloration in apps that you notice it in most? From your description, and knowing it gets amplified by the camera, yours might be a good extreme example. So far, no one's seen a pic of the discoloration in a real world example; only the gray background. It would be helpful in understanding whether it effects different devices to varying degrees or whether we all just have different standards.

If it's as bad as you say, how are you going to sell it? And why wouldn't you send it to Samsung to repair it?
[Galaxy S II General] Seabass1:
It's a shame I didn't get photos of mine before I returned it was visible pretty much everywhere. High brightness settings reduced the problem but didn't get rid of it completely.

Having seen the photos you posted however has given me confidence in getting a replacement since they don't seem to have this problem at all, if it's there it's very subtle. They do seem to show a slight blue tint in parts of the screen but that might be caused by the camera. Even if it is visible it would be a lot less annoying than a brightness gradient across the screen like I had.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
For comparison, here's a picture of my phone with the gray test screen. Maybe you guys can use it to compare yours. I never posted it originally once I realized my phone had it too. It's at 10% in a fairly dark room.
[Galaxy S II General] darkriderz:
Thanx man... you are great :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] icet69:
Some are trying to tell us, that this issue is not visible in real life. Please stop claiming that. On my SGS 2 it was visible in a lot of applications so I returned the phone and I'm not glad about this. So please stop telling us that we are seeing ghosts. Be happy with your phone and ...
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Where was it said the issue is not visible in real life? Let's assume that on a scale of 1 to 10, ten being worst, my phone's a 1. It sounds like you and couple of others got 10s. And how do you know more phones aren't like mine than yours? Who knows where the majority of phones fall in? People sharing pics (good and bad) helps determine that. So far, there haven't been any bad pics of the issue on anything but a gray screen. Hopefully somebody will post some soon showing the issue as it would appear in everyday use because I'm assuming that's what counts for most people. And everyone's expectations are different and what is totally unacceptable to you may not be to someone else. Sharing objective information allows them to decide. I certainly can understand your disappointment but trying to make the problem worse than it is only serves to freak people out and doesn't really accomplish anything.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
I'll see if I can get a picture later. It's subtle but there. SwiftKey should show it.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well the Yellowish line is completely visible. With Naked eye, yes. It's definitely a bad bad fault of Samsung. Getting mine tomorrow, just hoping that I will be on the Non Yellow list :p
[Galaxy S II General] style34:
And dont forget to upload a picture of yours :)
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Surely I will, but I don't have a Camera! Is it possible to take a screenshot by pressing Menu+Power key which I was used to do in my Wave S8500?
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Yes you can take screenshots, but they won't show this hardware issue.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Wow, where to start. You can't see my phone with the "naked eye" since you're in India and I'm in the U.S. Looking at a pic of my phone on your PC monitor doesn't qualify as "naked eye;" you'd have to have my phone in front of you. I'm assuming you can't see your phone with the "naked eye" since you don't have it yet. Me, looking at my phone, with my naked eye, I don't see the yellow banding even though it shows up in the pic I posted. I'm guessing my phone qualifies as one of the better examples.

I'm also guessing you'll be a member of the "yellow list" since every phone appears to be effected to some degree. Although, since you're in India, your phone will be a later build and maybe Samsung will have addressed the issue in some form.

There's two things you need to do if you want to see if your phone's effected. First follow the directions on the first post in this thread to display the gray background. With your naked eye, see if you see any discoloration. If you don't, take a picture of your phone in a dark room with the screen brightness set to 20%. If your phone looks like mine, you're an official member of the "yellow list." If there's no discoloration in the pic than congratulations, yours will be the first SGS2 with a perfect screen.

If in fact your phone is effected there's no need to post again about "what are we going to do about it?" That's been covered in the previous 52 pages of edge of your seat reading. Your choices come down to:

1) Live with it and hope Samsung addresses the issue at some point down the road and you can send your phone in for repair.

2) Return the phone and get something different or re-buy the phone if and when Samsung starts making them differently.

3) If your phone is worse than some of the phones people have posted pics of exchange it until you get a better specimen. So far, every phone seems to have it to some degree so you're going to have to decide whether you can live with it or not (see item number 2).

There's also no need to post another gray screen - that's been done a dozen times already. If you can see any discoloration in the apps you're using, post pics of that. So far, we've only seen pics of the discoloration on the gray test screen.

Good luck with your phone tomorrow :)
[Galaxy S II General] nakiboi:
Ordered my phone from Handtec , arrived 2 days ago. Have tried to see this on a grey screen and cannot. I may take a picture to see if that brings out the 'yellow'. I am happy at the moment. will see what happens. Now think will take photo and post later.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Naked eyes mean naked eyes. I can clearly see the Yellowish tint at the left of the screen even on my LCD Monitor, I am sure it will be more prominent on the device itself as it has an OLED screen.

Anyway lets see whats mine turn out to be.
[Galaxy S II General] whmcal:
No problems on my phone...flawless screen. Bought from Expansys last week. I usually don't have such good luck with Exoansys! Definitely send it back if you have this fault. Clearly it's a faulty early batch. BUT, It's unacceptable bearing in mind the price of this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] style34:
Ok people, just upload pictures to prove that. I really hope it is only a fault with the first batch because I am about to buy this phone. So, please get a shot of the notification bar with a camera and post it here.
[Galaxy S II General] Karmilhan:
So can anyone tell me does it get worse with time or not?
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Stayed the same here so far.
[Galaxy S II General] Chainfire:
My entire screen has a weird color tint. Put a few SGS2's together, mine's colors are just weird. Going to RMA it.
[Galaxy S II General] TML1504:
what do you mean in detail with weird?

i've seen app. 10 devices (from friends, colleagues etc.) so far, EVERY SINGLE ONE HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR TONE. it differed from "heavy" yellowish tint, to barely noticable one; some of them had "stable" colors from extreme viewing angels, some of them don't (maybe due to coating differences as well)...

about 2/3 had the yellowish tint to a degree that i wouldn't accept it personally (although the owner of that device said it's no problem for him), also about 2/3's had at least one dead sub-pixel.

my conclusion to this is that the "full matrix amoled" production technology isn't fully matured yet!

either way, good luck with your RMA!
[Galaxy S II General] sachilleas:
Maybe the most explanatory and realistic post i've seen so far
[Galaxy S II General] jaws5656:
Could this problem solve with software update or it's definetely hardware problem?
[Galaxy S II General] MartinNH:
Good post. I had the exact same experience when comparing my S2 to my girlfriends. Hers has cooler more bluish colors and very little tinting, mine has a warmer, more orange ting to it and yellow, darker colors in the top left corner.

Other than that it's also less ligt-intense than hers.

And oh yeah, we both experience quite big problems when making or receiving calls. My provider tells us that a patc from samsung should arrive at their office in a few days.. But we have to wait for weeks for them to customize the patch to their blanding of the phone. Thank god for root!
[Galaxy S II General] MartinNH:
They might be able to make some kind of software patchwork, but it's definitely a hardware related problem. Mine also has a weird blue tint when viewed at the slightest angle and a more warm hue when seen spot on.
[Galaxy S II General] swatbee07:
I have the yellow tinge over the left side of my galaxy s2 as well. Its kind of distracting once you know its there. I was thinking if a software like the "screen filter" app found in the market could help alleviate the darker yellow tinge problem? How about a modified screen filter app with some sort of inverse gradient ? (From lighter bluish on the left side to transparent on the right).
[Galaxy S II General] Chainfire:
Full screen yellowish tint as I see it. My friend says its actually a blueish tint. I don't understand colors, lol.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
I'd just prefer samsung to fix my screen ;)
[Galaxy S II General] MartinNH:
Exactly, that might work. If it allowed the user to specify where the gradient should be and its color. I'm not a programmer but I don't imagine that would be the most difficult app to make? Btw I just learned from my provider that they only have a 7 days DOA period for the phone, so if I return mine it'll be for repair and not immediate exchange or money back. So for now I'm gonna keep the phone and maybe send it in for repair and possible exhance once Samsung has had some time to iron out the flaws of the device.
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
Mine comes tomorrow, I'll post back some pictures. Ufff. I'm nervous.
[Galaxy S II General] dinan:
I have 2 SGS2's and both have this problem. One of them is a bit less, but that one also has an overall more dull and yellowish screen, so that may be why it's not as noticeable on some handsets.

I've had tons of Nexus S's as well and SAMOLED screens have a huge variance in color temperature and brightness, so as suspected, the SGS2 also has a pretty big variance based on the 2 I have.

Either way... it's not too noticeable and I can live with it.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
I really don't know what you guys are talking about? Try as I might, I see only a flawless screen... Same thing for the banding issue reported by others... I guess going from an hd2 to SGS2 has either made me immune to this or I don't have said issues...
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Late on this, but FWIW, my notifications screen is a little darker on the left - no yellow, just darker - and I notice it on my (stock Samsung) keyboard too. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Can't see it at all in any app or my browser, and have no need or wish to post proof.

$0.02
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
What proof? You just said you noticed the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
Hi there,

have the same problem as you guys. And I'm kind of relieved that there are so many fighting this problem.

Would be really great to have this problem fixed by an update or an app...

Let's hope it.

Bye

briko78
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Sorry, dupe. Spleen vented below.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Read carefully sonny,

I

don't have a problem with this. Whether you do or not is a matter of supreme indifference to me. Let's do it again:

Having read this whole thread, including the froth-at-the-mouth posters who insist that everyone on this planet has a yellow tinge on the left hand side of their screens, I'm telling you again - that I don't. My notifications screen is slightly darker on the left. So's my keyboard.

That's it. And I don't give a ****. Nothing on my browser, nothing on any app screen. Don't do games, couldn't care less.

Should I write slower? Will it aid your comprehension?

It's like talking to small children here sometimes.
[Galaxy S II General] style34:
No, you should just take your bills or better - to go for specialized help. There are such places for people like you...
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Oh sweetheart! Has my post that wasn't in any way, shape or form directed to you offended you? Let me kiss it better. There there...

Informed, relevant and wonderful. You're delightful - hope you know that.

Learn to write some form of comprehensible English. "Take your bills or better"?? What on earth does that mean? And don't forget to throw away the tissues under your bed before your mummy finds them.

You've got a yellow screen, haven't you? The rest I'll put down to bullying or bedwetting.
[Galaxy S II General] style34:
Oh I see now the picture smartass. You have an inferiority complex. Why so poor boy? Did your father abused you when you were a little innocent boy or what? Or just we have here an Oedipus complex? I tell you mate they could help you with that just give them a chance. And no bad feelings we are here to help each other. Right gay?

P.S. I meant guy...
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Guys, quit the personal attacks. While amusing it'll get the thread locked and I wouldn't want to have to live through another mind numbing 53 pages of "yes it is" and "no it isn't" while it's being recreated.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Barry, you have posted the most cogent and relevant posts in this whole sorry thread - kudos.

But as you indicate, 53 pages of pantomime calling hasn't actually been conducive to much. Some have screen problems, some don't. Mystifying that so much bile spews forth from such - I for one would welcome a closure of said thread. Nothing new is going to be said - locked and stickied would be fine by me. Not my call though. Thank Christ.

@style34 - That would be a

superiority

complex. Now take your bills or better. Love you xx
[Galaxy S II General] aly19:
now now children.. grow up guys
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well so I can finally confirm that there is NO Yellowish/Bluish or any colored tint at the left side of the screen or at any where on the screen. If I had a Camera I'd love to take a shot and upload it here, but as I don't I can't do that. The screen is so vivid with proper Whites and Deep Blacks. I am thoroughly impressed.
[Galaxy S II General] powerba11:
sgs2

I've just returned my second SGS2, same problem as first one...only on this screen was more visible. Also the pink spot on camera was present in all indor pictures. Thursday they will get me two SGS2 for testing, if there are with defects I'll get a refound, then I'll wait a few days, maybe weeks...for samsung to acknowledge and resolve this issues.

I noticed also some horizontal lines, clearly visible on grey colour.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I love that you used cogent and pantomime in your post ;) Something else struck me after I posted my soliloquy. There's probably what, a couple of thousand posters and lurkers on the SGS2 forum? XDA'rs are known for their anal retentiveness. You'd think if more phones than not had detectable yellow banding in everyday use the hue and cry would be much louder. Especially because this thread made it a worldwide event. The only conclusion I can draw is that far more phones are like mine (fine, to me) than some of the pretty bad examples we've seen. Something prospective purchasers might want to consider.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
I shall nick my boy's warm milk - his bedtime in 10 minutes - suck my thumb, sleep perchance to dream, and awake frisky, aroused and refreshed - and ready to to do battle with keyboard heroes - an epic war with no give and no take.

On my command unleash... warm milk.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
The one on the left doesn't look that much different than mine. How's that display in everyday use? I think the conclusion's been reached that, at least in the short term, all the phone's are going to fail the gray test to varying degrees. So far, no one's posted any pics of the yellow banding showing up in any apps, video, or stills (not that it doesn't exist). The whole "but banding showing up on gray means the screen isn't perfect" thing has been beaten to death. The question yet to be answered is what's the real world impact? If I were at this point a prospective purchaser that would be my burning question.
[Galaxy S II General] :
hmmm

Nothing more will come from this topic that has not been revealed yet. It's going to be the same monotonous I don't have it/you have it banter.

SIDENOTE: I do like the choice of words that you used here ^..^
[Galaxy S II General] powerba11:
I had a Samsung Wave S8500 with flawless SuperAmoled screen&camera before this. I want the same quality from SGS2. I'm quite sure that both problems are hardware defects, maybe they will try to fix it by software updates...but I don't think that Samsung will succed 100% to make screen&camera perfect with this software solution.

On SGS2 the yellow banding was clearly visible aslo on keepad screen.
[Galaxy S II General] earthdome:
i'm in need of usb jig. I'm going to request a replacement. Not only yellow tint, i also have a weird circle on top right of it. I'm pretty sure that's not a burn in. I don't have any games, apps etc2 which have circle on that position. Really disappointed
[Galaxy S II General] icet69:
I'm not sure what Samsung is trying to sell us but thats not ok. I think I wouldn't risk to buy a Samsung phone any more. That's too much by now. I'll take a closer look to the Motorola Atrix.
[Galaxy S II General] MartinNH:
I'm seeing a very clear gradient towards the top of the screen here in Tapatalk. I've tried to photograph it, but the effect is difficult to get om Camera. Guess it has to do with the way cameras handle contrast.
[Galaxy S II General] TML1504:
hell, unlucky you!! :(

the "circle" is from a suction cup with which the screen would be placed into position, some other ppl have reported this too...
[Galaxy S II General] redbullman:
Just to add my own experiences to this. I've had my galaxy s 2 a week. Everything was perfect or so I thought.

I have brightness on about 20% as its too bright for me. I was showing the wife lots of pictures I had taken of the children which I thought looked great. She immediately said they looked weird. On closer inspection, I noticed all faces near the centre of the picture were pinkey purple. Also all the walls in the background (all inside shots) looked slightly blurry. Every picture also seems unnaturally yellow to each corner of the image.

Are these the classic issues everyone else is experiencing? I've only noticed problems when viewing photos.

P.S. Just had for the 2nd time in 24hours the screen not turn off when left on. Either this is a bug or something else is wrong with my phone!
[Galaxy S II General] whmcal:
SEE ATTACHMENTS

Sorry for making statement without putting proof on here. I agree, it's a lot of money to spend without being sure about the functionality of what you're buying. As you see, I'm being honest about my phone when I say there's no yellow tinge on left hand side / right side. The screen has always been uniform. Shows brilliant pictures. Sorry about my photos of the pull down, no matter what i did, I got a reflection, plus, i had a massive fingerprint smudge on the screen protector.

Anyway, I hope that you have my luck and get a phone without this problem. For those who've not yet bought it though, maybe it's not worth the gamble if there are still lots of poor quality ones circulating. With mass production, no two screens are going to be exactly the same, however, when the quality varies between phones - there's a problem
[Galaxy S II General] earthdome:
Thanks for the info. Maybe by frequently putting the phone facing down would accelerate the problem. Blame the speakers!

It has become more and more apparent especially after noticing it. It's kind of annoying. Can't stand a faulty hardware. I wish I could get my money back. :(

Now I have to wait for my USB jig to arrive. Hopefully soon enough
[Galaxy S II General] nomnompie:
I too have this issue. While it is true that it is mostly visible on gray, I can also see it on my lockscreen (the blue beach background with sand), in Dolphin browser, the phone dialer, contacts list, Bejeweled 2 (if I look closely) and on anything white, blue, gray, orange, on that side of my screen. Everything on that side of the screen just looks a bit "sickly" or "warm". It's a pain in the arse. Especially knowing I'm staring at $800 right there.

Can I post pics? Not really, because my camera doesn't seem to play nicely with the contrast and the screen looks over-bright anyways except on a gray background.

If it was a yellow tint seen only when angling the phone, I can accept that, but I cannot call an 800 dollar phone with a screen that looks as if it has been held over a lit cigarette, acceptable. Perhaps some are worse than others. In my case, I have contacted the place I purchased from and showed them the Engadget article on the issue, and they responded telling me to fill out the form for exchange. I will probably try my luck with it.

For

ME

, such an issue kind of overshadows the phones greatness. It's like a bad factory window tint job on a Ferrari.:p Sure everyone is going to be like OMG a Ferrari, until they sit in it and look out the window and go "dude WTF?"

If it is truly a bad batch, they maybe the more reports of it will spur samsung to do something, even if they silently fix the next batch. Maybe not, but if we don't try, we are guaranteed that nothing happens.

To those that have been asked to prove your phone is fine: If you're fine with your phone, don't worry about it. I'm sure the people here are only asking as to supply some hope that there really is a chance that there are handsets that do not have the yellow tint therefore giving more probability that going through the trouble of exchanging has a good chance of supplying a handset with no issue, rather than one with the same issue but worse. Picky people call "Tolerable" and "Nonexistent" two very different things. I would love to be able to tolerate the issue, but I myself was born a very picky person with these kinds of things and it drives me crazy to look at it.;)

This post already ended up longer than I expected. So that's my $1.00.:p
[Galaxy S II General] Flowlance:
I can see it, honestly. lol. Clearly visible in your 2nd picture. The top is darker than the bottom (seeing the phone horizontally).

Have you tried to view http://fiddle.jshell.net/qFxsC/1/show/ yet?
[Galaxy S II General] Bratag:
Really wish we could get some statement from Samsung about this. As I said 90% of the time I don't see it on my phone but the 10% of the time I do it really gives me the ****s. Course the alternative phone for me was going to be the sensation and that has the signal loss grip of death issue the iphone had, except it affects wifi and bluetooth as well on that handset.

Sigh is it so hard to get a perfect device. The S II is so close.
[Galaxy S II General] redbullman:
Hi there

Has anyone else noticed the issue I raised last night? Is this reason enough for a replacement? Photos all look very artificial!
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
Yes, the pink spot is a known problem
[Galaxy S II General] redbullman:
Pink spot with yellow to the sides and background of all photos. going to take it back. does anyone know whether i can return it to t mobile store as i upgraded over the phone? Harder to exchange directly with them surely?