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[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
I bought two sgs2 handsets from o2 the day they started selling them both had the yellow tint to the left side .

They also had vertical lines running up the screen , both phones had the lines in different posistions so it wasnt uniform problem but random on both devices .

I took one back and got my money back and tried exchanging the other one . The replaced one had the circles on the screen on grey background

That was three out of three with problems the yellow tint was the least of my worrys , the lines were much more prominent and bugged the hell out of me

I went back to my n8 but missed the sgs2 .

Waited a few weeks and tried again via vodafone this time and got one that the checked in on 18/6/2011

It still has a slight yellow stain/tint to the left sid but isnt as visible as the 1st ones and if it has vertical lines i amnot seeing them so i am much more happy with this one and will be keeping it .

From getting through 4 different sgs2 handsets and keeping the 4th i can say that there is defo a variable build/quality issue with the sgs2 screens .

Some are much worse then others

If you have a really bad one i would take it back , if it isnt that bad i wuld just try and enjoy the phone and ignore it . The sgs2 is the best phone on the market and it would be hard to replace it with another one after having the sgs2

There are phones out there with better screens then others it seems which is a dam shame and hopefully samsung can sort this out at factory/build level in future phones .

Like i say this one seems a lot better then my other ones from a few weeks back

On a side note this phone is awesome and big shout to all devs / coders / hackers and usefull helpfull people on this site , so much info to read through and help me get the best out of my sgs2 :-)

I am a symbian user of the last 10-12 years and have been a big part of nokia users forum , helping out with users problems :-)

Hope to make this a second home so big hello to everyone :-)
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
Lol Welcome back buxz. Glad you came back. My replacement is exactly same as yours slight darke/yellowish left 1/4 side but no vertical lines or anything. I don't see it apart from obviously searching for it by putting a grey back ground and 20% brightness.
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
rac?
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
My screen is better than the one i've send in. But it's still there. You see it when you concentrate first on the right side and than on the left one, where you see it's a little darker. But not as visible as this very yellow spot on my first one...

Not gonna send it back anymore. Also still has some vertical/horizontal lines, but also more less than my previous one.

Also, it seems like the grey of the keys of the keyboard for example are more "grey" where is the previous one slightly had this pink tone to it.

All in all I'm pretty happy now. The screen looks good, except for these things that probably only I see, because my friends playing with it yesterday didn't notice anything and thought it was a great phone.

The only problem I have, and it was also on my previous one, is the temporary burn in/left over on the screen. I made a topic abouth it.

I don't know if anybody sees it on here?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Your the second or third person that sent their phone in to have the screen replaced. The replaced screens show the left side banding too. It's most likely a design issue since every phone/screen no matter the build date seems effected.
[Galaxy S II General] |ErosizeD|:
My display it's fine, just a little tint on te left.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
So, is a "little tint" fine :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
To quite a few people, yes. In everyday use I can't see it.
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
i have to agree with barry here . My 1st screens had it badly and i could see it on a lot of screens in everyday useage .

xda forum , market place , facebook , dialler pad , pull down notifacation etc etc

This obvously warranted a return as it majorly effected my useage and was annoying . Plus i also had the vertical lines which made it seem even worse

I then returned them and got this new one at a later date

It is much better and it has a tiny yellow tint to the display on the left side but even on the lowest brightness setting it is much much harder to spot.

That is the key difference with one phone i could see it clear as day with the other i have to go looking for it and load the right colour grey image to see it etc so in real life conditions it isnt effecting me at all really and i am more then happy to enjoy my sgs2 with it there
[Galaxy S II General] Leggenda:
Mine is exactly like yours...

Ps. hai MP. :D
[Galaxy S II General] BackfireNL:
same problem here!
[Galaxy S II General] gtda:
I've just started to notice the yellow tint now, I've just lowered my brightness whilst at work and I can see it more clearly. Ive mostly had my brightness turned up until now

Sent From My iphone Killing Galaxy S II
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
HI guys, yellow tint and banding here too. More than a yellow tint, i notice a darker area on the left side of the display.

I changed this phone one time becouse of a dead green subpixel. Even the past phone had the yellow tint plus banding problem.

I will post a photo as soon as i can.

What should we do? Seems like all phones has this "feature"...

pda: i9100xwke7

phone: i9100xwke1

csc: i9100itvke5

build info: wed may 18 16:08:22 kst 2011
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
"Yellowish areas on the screen produced by the deterioration of AMOLED cells through heat, particularly prominent for gamers and overclockers"

How do you think to fix by software an hardware deterioration?

By the way, in some situations, my phones becomes hot and maybe that's the cause of brightness loss.

The only way to recover this should be a screen recalibration to slight raise the brightness in discoloured areas. Infact this problem is not visible at high brightness.
[Galaxy S II General] Lazy79:
i`ve got no yellowish screen side but a circle on the right as you can see here:

http://www.vip-chicks.de/samsung/P1010879.JPG (big picture size sorry)

it disappeard and now the circle is back - but i only can see this circle clear in the notification area / bar (when its down) and the picture gallery. market, browser (white backgrounds..) i can see it hardly or not. hard to tell because when you see the circle and know about it, you always think you can somehow see it.

talked with the hotline of samsung. they think its a "discoloration" but i do not think thats really a discoloration. sending it back now.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
That is not true, because this problem is revealed as soon as the phone gets out of the box!
[Galaxy S II General] xiskillo:
i can see darker (bit yellowish?) zone in the left side than right side

PD: The picture in light room is not good for test
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
Sorry but you got a yellowish on left side.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
So, we can assume near 100% "defective" displays for this phone, isn't it?
[Galaxy S II General] Lazy79:
you re right but i had no chance yesterday evening to make it better and i`m not really good in making pictures.. like this one shows ;) it`s the light what makes the left side looks "yellow" on the picture.. tested it again right now without lights.

spoken with t-mobile and samsung today. i mean its not a dramatic stuff, but on black backgrounds the spot is there - always now. will fill up my RMA when i have the papers from t-mobile.

have a nice day :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
I don't have this problem guys. Gutting for those of you who do have this problem but is it really that noticeable? That would bug me.
[Galaxy S II General] drm111:
I'll bet my months pay that you do. Everyone who said that they don't have it, and then posted pictures, turned out to have it.
[Galaxy S II General] xiskillo:
xDDDDDDDD

+1
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
Which just proves the majority think of this as a non - issue. Indeed it is. But not enough to effect visual experience of the phone. The picky ones will always be picky. I'm not saying they are wrong, but just don't understand the attitude of some users that's all. Lol
[Galaxy S II General] :
Honestly don't see it at all. Unless your all being picky and its not that big of a deal. I can't see it at all and my eyes are pretty good.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
Damn guys, we can't repeat this think 1000 times!!

You must take a photo NO A SCREENSHOT!!

Btw.

Could you see a cat in this photo??

The yellow issue is a bit like this situation, when you will see it, will ask yourself how can been possible to never saw it before.

Sorry for english. [OT] could you revise and correct my phrase please? :p [/OT]
[Galaxy S II General] :
Yes I can see the cat on the right hand side. ;)

I think some people have the problem but not everyone does. I honestly think some people are generally trying to convince themselves that they have the problem when they don't. P.S I'm not part of the Samsung PR team haha
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Try repeating it as much as you like, i'll keep repeating it's utterly stupid to be bothered by a problem you can't see with the naked eye. How many of you are using the phone while looking at it through a digital camera ? Now don't be shy, step up and convince us that your are using this combo (digital camera + S II) daily. Oh, the outside environment must be dark too, the picture displayed must be grey, the brightness must be lower than 10 % ...
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Hahahahaha! Nice!

Btw, this is my situation: i got a sgs2 with the tint problem. Not so yellowish, but like a fade to dark tint on the left side of the display. It's possible to notice it if you pay attention, but normally it will not be an issue during normal use.

I've already changed the phone becouse of a dead green subpixel, and i think that the other device had the tint issue too. The shop said to me that to change the device i must not call/receive for more than 15minutes, but i think that i surpassed this limit now. What should i do?

Should i try to change the device anyway?? Could i reset the counter? Or should i keep this device becouse "you know what you lost but you don't know what you find"?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
This isn't true. I got drawn in to this thread because I said I couldn't see it and the OP said prove with a pic. When I took the pic, I saw it. Now, knowing its there, even looking for it, I still can't see it. Like someone else just said there's either a bunch of us with bad eyesight or the issue bothers some people more than others. And remember, we're only talking about the consistent left-side vertical banding. Circles made by suction cups, finger prints on this inside of the screen, dead pixels, and random vertical and horizontal lines are all QC issues and not the subject of this thread. Neither is the camera pink spot which randomly gets discussed here.

Somewhere god knows how many pages back I posted pics of my phone displaying apps people said they were having issues with. The general consensus was "I had one of the better phones." I don't know if that's true but those of you that this really bothers shouldn't label everyone else nuts for not thinking its an issue. And I think those of you that post "I can't see it, how can I find out if I have it" are indeed nuts. If you can't see it what the hell difference does it make?

Two friends bought SGS2s and I pointed them to this thread first to make sure they understood the issue. I haven't seen their phones personally but, after reading all the drama in this thread, they both thought the issue was way overblown once they got their phones and could see (or not see) the issue personally. I'd guess there are at least 2MM SGS2s that have been sold already. If this issue was so glaringly obvious to see don't you think it would have received more attention? It got picked up and dropped by the online media which is more than you can say for the Sensation death grip issue and O2X/G2X reboot issue.

Agreeing to disagree is the best we're going to be able to do.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
Lol, Sp1rfire you don't have understood anything about this problem!

The yellow is visible at naked eye even at brightness set to 100%.

Look this:

Brightness to 100%:

And this is the color tool from photoshop.

First image is the left side:

This is the right side:

No others words are necessary...
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
If you can see that flaw with the naked eye, then your device clearly sucks. I can't see it on my device, nor does my dozen of friends which i asked. Doubt all of them have a poor sight, so you should probably consider the fact that some of the phones are not as much affected as others. I'm not saying my phone is perfect, if i do all the mambo-jumbo that some of you did, i might notice it. As long as i can't see it at 0 % brightness when looking at a grey background with the naked eye, everything is ok for me. I'm not using a camera to look at my phone in everyday use.
[Galaxy S II General] rassnik:
+1

didnt notice it for weeks, but you guys "helped" me... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Ty_z:
Did anyone try using the LCD test? by typing *#0*# in the keypad of the phone.

If someone did try using it does the yellow tint still appears to be noticeable?
[Galaxy S II General] leeboy22001:
I think this image is conclusive that the SGS2 (left) and SGS (right) have totally different colour temperatures, with the SGS2 being a tad yellow, and the SGS a tad blue ! I don't think my SGS2 suffers too badly with the left yellow tint on the left, though it it there.

Both where setup at the lowest brightness.

You can see from the SGS2 image the left side is darker than the right, whereas the SGS is uniform from left to right.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
Thanks leeboy, this images is gold for me.

Now I need to know if the display on left is a real super amoled plus or something different...
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
He already said the one on the left was a SGS2 which means it has a SAMOLED+ screen. OP, what were the Background Effect settings on the SGS2 in the picture and was Auto Adjust Screen Power selected? They can radically change the color temperature of the display.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Yes, it was discussed about 24 pages back with pics attached. The test displays red, green, blue, and white fine. The phone has no issues with anything but certain spectrums of grey.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
No Barry, some weeks ago i went to MM. There was a samsung stand and i compared mine GS2 with the one exposed, i can confirm that image.

I'm looking for an explenation and i found this thread..
[Galaxy S II General] leeboy22001:
I wish there was a way of finding out the display model numbers from both the sgs and sgs2 ! And I'm not opening them up :-). I do hope the sgs2 does have a real super omled plus display otherwise its going back !
[Galaxy S II General] leeboy22001:
I used the standard background effect, power save mode off, auto brightness off.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
You've proven what everyone has already acknowledged - the phone has vertical banding on the left side that effects output of greys. The thread starter alerted the online media, Samsung's been called and e-mailed, and people have had their screens replaced at Samsung repair centers. The banding is still there and most likely will remain there unless there's a production or design change.

Choices are:

1) Keep the phone and hope at some point a design change will allow you to have the screen replaced

2) Return or sell the phone

If you're looking for a replacement there's nothing dual-core on the market with a "perfect" screen.

1) The Atrix is pentile which drives everyone crazy

2) The O2X/G2X suffers from LCD screen bleed ranging from just noticeable to awful

3) The Sensation has two different screens. The Sharp screen is more defined but has washed out colors and the AIO screen has richer colors and ****ty viewing angles. They both allow dust to get under the screen.

Life sucks, doesn't it?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Do you think there's some conspiracy at play?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/19/galaxy-s-ii-and-galaxy-s-screens-compared-at-the-subpixel-level/
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Maybe this thread will help explain Samsung's choices for color temperature...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1124669&highlight=black+push
[Galaxy S II General] jonny_ftm:
No, life is great, just like this phone. In 2030 you'll enjoy perfect screens, maybe...

Just stop considering smartphones like PC/LCD/Plasma/Camera replacements. They just do every thing in a dirty way...

So, people should just ask themselves: why would I need this phone?

For my work and on the road shots, it is more than enough (only issue is the zoom in full HD). But it will never replace my DSLR with its +1500 USD lenses, my camcorder or my LCD screen ;)

No bad feelings, ok.

PS: used to be on the same group as you (those pissed by the screen). Now, I just come here and say: crazy how people look for any way to feel upset...
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
You put me in the wrong group. I love my phone. I've never had a problem with the banding as I only see it when I take pictures of a grey background. Since I rarely photograph my phone, it's not a problem. If I was in to taking pictures of my phone I'd be pissed. ;) I've learned that writing dryly and sticking to the facts helps de-emotionalize this thread. That's what probably threw you.
[Galaxy S II General] Ty_z:
So the yellow tint only appears on grey colors?

If yes so I guess that the yellow tint is not such a big deal

and that we can live with yellow tint on grey colors

P.S.: Is it true that the yellow tint can be fixed with a firmware update?
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
+1 on that comment. 99 % of the people posting in this thread must be professional photographers of smartphones as they walk around with a digital camera hanging from their neck and their S2 in their hand. When people call them they take out their digital camera and look at their phone through it. My comment is a bit exaggerated, but i think it's more of a psychological issue. Once you take a photo of your S2 you will know that the flaw is there and you won't be able to sleep thinking you got a faulty screen, although you can't see it with your naked eye ;)
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
It really comes down to what bothers you. You can tell by some of the passion expressed here it really bothers the crap out of some people. Others feel more like I do. Like I just posted above, dual-core phones with perfect displays don't exist yet. You have to decide what's best for you based on where you're willing to compromise. I had a G2X and the light bleed drove me crazy as I could see in everyday use no matter what I was doing on the phone.

I follow the forums for the other dual-core phones too. The SGS2 is far and away the best put together in terms of hardware and software.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
OMG Sp1tfire!! The problem is visible with naked eye!!! Can you understand this thing?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Not to me and many others. Trying to get everyone to agree with you is futile. I respect your right to be bothered. You need to do the same when people say it doesn't bother them. And no matter how bothered anyone is, no one on this forum is going to be able to help them. Choices still come down to: 1) live with it, or 2) sell or return the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
I can understand you can see the the yellow tint on your device, can you understand that me and a dozen people can't see it on mine ? :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] icet69:
Do you think this will help the people out there who are having a problem with their screens?

They are all waiting for a statement from samsung or a batch that dont have the problem. They dont wait for someone who is telling them that nothing is perfect.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
Barry I only want that the problem becomes well-known as the antenna gate on the Iphone, and Samsung give some explanations.

The silence does not lead to anything, I'm not asking you to solve the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
Who cares!!! Million peoples have it but they don't know.

If your display is good why are you here?
[Galaxy S II General] XpLoDWilD:
Having it and complaining on a forum won't help either if it's an hardware issue.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Cause this is a dedicated forum for Galaxy S2 owners. Maybe you should ask Samsung for an official reply instead of releasing your bad temper against users who can't see what you see. Obviously, your screen will remain the same even if you make 1000 posts in this thread.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I have not read through the whole discussion but as I understand it only happens in a certain shade of grey and not all units are possibly affected, I might be getting the SGS2 very soon and is there a way to check for this issue w/o going online maybe just some JPG's I can store on my micro-SD and test it along with the unit before purchasing?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Read the first post. It lists the online media outlets that covered the original story thanks to the time invested by the original thread starter. The last online coverage it received a couple of weeks ago bordered on condescending because the writer pretty much asked if a problem that has the be created under special circumstances is really a problem.

A bunch of people e-mailed and called Samsung in their respective countries and got no reply. Some had their screens replaced and the replacements still have the banding. There's no doubt Samsung's aware of the issue and the silence you hear is in fact their official response.

The difference between this and the HTC death grip issue and iPhone antenna-gate? It doesn't effect everyone equally and a large number of people really don't consider it a problem. With 2MM units sold, if it were as obvious to everyone as it is to you, don't you think this would have made front page news on its own?

If after reading through the 110 pages of this thread you can think of anything else to do that those before you haven't thought of, by all means, go for it. But you're not the first smart person to join the discussion in this thread. Even though it doesn't bother me, I've grown to respect Erethnor and eallan who helped discover the issue 110 pages ago. They've invested a lot of energy in trying to raise awareness of the issue and get it resolved. I'm not defending the issue or suggesting those that are bothered by it are wrong in their expectations. But, like it or not, at this moment, your choices still come down to those I outlined.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
There's a URL on the first post that displays a grey background in the stock web browser. Load it on the phone you intend to purchase. You may or may not see the issue with the naked eye but you'll see it if you take a picture of it because, so far, its been on every phone. Only you can decide if you'll be bothered by it (hence the ongoing debate in this thread). Two friends of mine that read this thread got SGS2s last week. The issue doesn't bother them.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
If its not visible with the naked eye then I wont bother.
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Went to that URL, checked all the brightness settings and there is no yellowish left side on mine. I do notice some banding at the bottom near the home button though.
[Galaxy S II General] -Anthony-:
Mine too has the yellowish tint.
[Galaxy S II General] Ty_z:
Is it true that the yellow tint can be fixed with a firmware update?
[Galaxy S II General] style34:
Jesus.... This thread definitely goes nowhere.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Where did you expect it to go ? Samsung's CEO creating an XDA account, acknowledging the issue and posting apologies ? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
I always use Grey wallpapers so that my eyes get set with the flaw and some day I'll feel its not a flaw. However people can do the exact opposite to have a feel that they don't have it. Lol.

Sent from GT-I9100