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[Galaxy S II General] powerba11:
...clearly visible in the first two pictures :)))

I'm sure that all the phones have this problem...Samsung should recognize that there are this defects, if not they should cut the price in half and should include this new features(defects) in the advertise of this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
+1 not having the yellow colour. Tested through your link on page 1....

I do have the pink spot problem with camera :(
[Galaxy S II General] knyitogato:
Great! Can you post a photo of your screen like others here? I would really appreciate it.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
You can upgrade your camera firmware in the samsung appstore
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
I didn't notice then pink spot until I upgraded the cameras firmware through the samsung AppStore!
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
You know, now that you mention it, he does have the same problem.

I noticed it as i checked this thread this morning.

He actually took a great picture of the issue itself :lol:
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Yeah there is another one who posts abouth a circle, and has it too; Every one who posted a picture aboutch something(with th epull down visible) has it.

But they don't see it.

So I am wondering if not every sg2 has it.
[Galaxy S II General] Erethnor:
Just wanted to give an update, I gave my phone back for a replacement and been told that I'll need to wait roughly 3 weeks.

Rather insane wait time, but unfortunately that's what you get if the unit is imported, apparently.

Those that gave their phones back would mind reporting back when their phones are returned, saying if the feedback was positive? IE, your unit has been exchanged and there are no more screen problems?
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
I have sent a mail to my shop. To see when they could replace it, but not sure if I'm going to since the chance you get one with zero problem is also pretty close to zero...

I bought an incredible s the 14th of april, backcover was loose and signal lost sometime. Was DOA and got a new one.

The second one had on the right site 1/2 of the screen a pink hue over the white, left was all white. DOA too.

I asked for samsung galaxy s2 as a replace. Now I got the yellow on the left, and the blue coating( I don't know wich phone is right however, as the blue coating is on the glass or above the screen as i can see it when screen is black, but i saw some of them without it).Got some vertical and horizontal lines on grey. Got the spink spot(software)?

I will probably notice something every time, don't know how bad it is this time to ask an exchange:D
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
I am still waiting for a reply from Samsung support, most likely it might be a request to send the phone to service, but you never know.

I contacted my dealer and asked them for any info or help, and they immediately sent me RMA info, so as soon as they get some phones back in stock a new one should be on its way to me. I will obviously be looking closely at the new phone and gladly reporting back. Seeing more and more phones with tinted left sides does make you think if this is normal after all. If it is I can gladly live with it, as long as it won't worsen in some way with time.
[Galaxy S II General] Jonzza:
I can barely see anything yellow or dark on the left side of the screen in a dark room. Not sure if any. Could be my imagination now that I am aware of the problem.

I am totally fine with it though. The display beats my old HD2 so badly a little yellow doesnt hurt at all. Maybe if it was as visible as some of yours I would return the phone straight away.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
Yeah, right now it is hard to know if the differences are only subjective and all phones have the same amount of tint, or if all phones are differently tinted, or not at all. Pictures help but they can change the contrast and color balance, making it more or less visible. Since the phone is so new very few have been able to compare two or more devices with eachother, though the people who have gotten replacements seem to indicate that some phones do not have the tint, from what I have read.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny_ftm:
I don't have any issue with mine using the web test page and the display test codes

So, would go for exchange if I was you
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
You do not see it there that noticable...

Pull down the notification bar. Look right and look left, is there no slightly difference in brightness of the white spots between the grey lines? A little yellowish?
[Galaxy S II General] jonny_ftm:
I have a very uniform pattern

Nothing to do with the above posted pictures
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
Where didu read that people got replacement without this “yellow issue“

Thx
[Galaxy S II General] jonny_ftm:
Well,

I got mine new and it doesn't have the issue at all, so can't be normal, it must be some defect

Let's see if Samsung will ever recognize it, I doubt, can't imagine them making a recall on S2, just like they did nothing on S1 and its GPS
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
I think one person mentioned in this thread going into their dealer and comparing it with another S2. They mentioned they then got in line for a replacement which I took to mean the compared SGS2 didn't have the issue. I might have read something on a Swedish forum, but I don't have a link. Actually, scratch my comment for now, it doesn't seem reliable enough when I think about it. If anyone stumbles onto any examples of replacements that are different in this regard do post them. :)
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
It's not that noticable as on the pictures...

So your pull down screen is all even in colour? When your in a dark room and put brightness high?
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
Yeah jonny, please make a pic of the replacement one, thanks
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Agreed. Take several.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
I'll report back about my replacement.
[Galaxy S II General] Quist:
My problem was getting worse as time went by, or at least it felt that way. I've never had a screen problem before, but people say that once you become aware of one, it's like a needle in your eye, ruining the user experience, and for me that was certainly true.

Having first seen it on the gray background of ES File Explorer, then getting confirmation that I wasn't just seeing things here, I noticed it on the gray background of Sipdroid, but no where else. After a day or so, I began noticing it on the pull down message field and it began getting really annoying. Suddenly, I noticed the green-yellow tint on the very left edge when reading websites with white backgrounds.

That was it for me. I contacted my (online) vendor after just having the phone for three days. The vendor then insists on sending me a freight slip so they just got it yesterday. Even more annoying, after saying they looked at it, they're saying they've gotta send it to an authorized repair shop. Why, I ask, it's DOA, I don't want a repaired defective device, I want the new device I paid for!

Know others with even less conspicuous display issues (pixel problems, extremely light lines on the edge of the screen or those very light vertical lines elsewhere on the screen) who have had no problem in exchanging their phones DOA - but my vendor wants to make it difficult for some reason. I suspect it's coz they claimed they get them in constantly, but their next delivery isn't until late June and they're trying to buy time. Have instead requested my money back as I can now go down to the corner store and get one in just a few minutes.

I've also taken every chance I get to check display models in the stores, and haven't found a single one with this error so it's definitely a defect. I have seen a few screens with uneven coloring, but it's very slight. Nothing like the green-yellow I had on my screen. Mine got so bad that I was actually enjoying the screen on my Nokia N8 better. Just can't believe my vendor is saying they've gotta send it off "for control". Online scheisters.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Why don't you tell us the vendor so we can avoid them?

Expansys US has been FANTASTIC dealing with the issue for me.
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
Thanks for posting, even more confirmation that this is an issue not found in some phones, especially since you saw the issue and were able to compare it yourself with other devices. :)
[Galaxy S II General] DuoM:
Serial numbers and date of manufacture

The problem with this thread is that people are just saying whether they have the problem or not.

The usual thing to do in this kind of situation is to also make a note of the serial numbers (or part of the serial numbers) and the date of manufacture if it is available.

That way people with the problem and prospective buyers can get an idea of whether it is a particular batch or whether the problem is being improved with later versions or whether it is a defect that has been introduced after production started.

If people wanted to go ahead and do this then the serial numbers and manufacture date could either be posted in this thread or in a Google Docs spreadsheet.
[Galaxy S II General] redbullman:
I'm already on the latest camera firmware and the photos still look poor.

It's not acceptable for photos to be pink/purple and slabs of yellow in them.

Interestingly I've uploaded these same photos to my dropbox account. I've just looked at them on my laptop. Although there is a touch of pink/purple evident in some of them, they look much more natural on the computer. This suggests that a lot of this is in fact the screen magnifying the image deficiencies with poor colour reproduction, making the photos look poo r - rather than the camera itself.
[Galaxy S II General] M.N.M:
My S2 dosen't seem to have this problem.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
I'd recommend everyone to at least email/call samsung about it and make them aware (if they're not.)
[Galaxy S II General] powerba11:
I recommend everyone to return all the phones that are DOA, as many as you can. Let's do this until they announce officially that SGS2's have this problems ... Samsung is very quiet now... making huge profits with this defective devices.
[Galaxy S II General] Flowlance:
All of us thought that in the beginning, lol
[Galaxy S II General] Jokesy:
I think you meant "many of us" and not "all of us" because i believe anybody who can't see the problem on his/her device do not have the problem.

Fallacy of hasten generalisation
[Galaxy S II General] Flowlance:
The problem is still there, even if they don't have a problem with it :P
[Galaxy S II General] Jokesy:
How are you so 100% sure that everyone has the problem?

You must be a genius
[Galaxy S II General] mur76:
Good idea
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
0 pictures of a phone without the issue over weeks in a huge thread. Of course it isn't 100% proof of all phones having the issue. It's definitely strong suggestion that at least a large number of them do.

Of course there could be a phone that doesn't have it.

It isn't unreasonable to assume something in the manufacturing process is causing this issue (to all phones from that particular plant at least.)

No need to get sarcastic. Sorry we complained about samsung in front of you :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] knyitogato:
It is very strange that there were some "mine doesn't have the yellow problem" posts, but none of them proved it with photo, though others asked them. Weird.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
A "problem" is subjective, not objective.

So if one doesn't define it as a problem, it isn't one.
[Galaxy S II General] [kab]:
Pako777 from russian forum (4pda) found service code with screen model number.

Let's at least collect production of 'yellowish' and 'non-yellowish' screens.

Code is: *#5238973# (type in dialer)

I have: LCD Type : OCTA : SM2 (A1 line)

And mine phone is affected.
[Galaxy S II General] knyitogato:
With all respect, that's stupid. Sounds like a sentence from bored costumer service member. Or from a prejudiced SGS2 fan who doesn't want to admit that the adored device that cost him a lot of money has a defect.

If a screen does not visualize a color correctly then it can't do the job.

It is clearly objective that many if not all SGS2 devices can't visualize grey correctly partly on the screen.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
So far, there hasn't been a single screen that is "non-yellowish." I think whether or not its an issue varies by phone and user expectations.

Anyway, my screen shows the same code numbers you posted. I'm guessing they all will unless there's a production change.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
You're late to the party. I have the issue (I think everyone does to a degree) and my phone has no problem with grays. When I look at the test page, I can't detect anything with the naked eye and have asked others to look and they too can't see anything. When I photograph the display you can see it. So for me (and only me), subjectively, I don't perceive myself having a problem. There's a big YMMV to add based on individual phone performance and user expectations.

P.S. - No one's defending Samsung including me. We shouldn't have 55 pages of discussion on an issue that shouldn't be there in the first place. But throwing tantrums amongst ourselves isn't going to really change anything.
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
as requested (i hope i attached it correct):

As far as I can see no yellow anywhere....
[Galaxy S II General] earthdome:
is that a screenshot? if it does is, it will definitely not showing the problem
[Galaxy S II General] [kab]:
this is screenshot, not a photo.

i can make the same.

i hope you understand difference between screenshot (what is send to display) and photo (what is actually shown).
[Galaxy S II General] powerba11:
definitely a screenshot...look at the name of the file
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
Lol, very kind of you to hope i understand the difference :) although a thank you for trying would also have been nice.....

It is indeed a screenshot (was hoping it was enough)

My camera battery is empty (recharging atm) hope to post a photo asap..........
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
there ya go:
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Taking a Pic with a 1ft distance from the screen won't help. Try to stay very close to the screen and take a Macro shot. We need the pic of the screen not the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
is the second picture better? It's higher quality and you can zoooooom in a lot with that one.
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
Hi Timsalabim1979,

I do not want to disappoint you, BUT my screen looked exactly the same at the beginning. Meanwhile the yellow colouring has appeared :(

Nevertheless I hope for you that you won't experience the problem.

Bye

Briko78
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
how long before the problem appeared on your phone? I have mine for about 3 weeks now.
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
WOW - then you must be a lucky guy ;-)

Mine started after some days already.

Where did you buy???
[Galaxy S II General] Timsalabim1979:
Thx for your quick response! I was very curious! I hope I stay lucky (gonna buy me a lottery ticket in the morning:D)

Although it is a bit daft when you're lucky to have bought an electronic device that functions as it should.....

I bought it at a Dutch webshop btw (studentmobiel dot nl)
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
Keeping my fingers crossed for you :-D
[Galaxy S II General] [kab]:
sorry if i offended you, i had no intention to do so.

screenshot for sure is not enough, because system (android) send fine picture, problem that display shown a bit different picture.

and i do not want to disappoint you, but your screen IS affected (not by yellowish, but with 'darker' bug).

this is your photo with 'flipped' half (you can flip yourself and see, that i don't modify anything).
[Galaxy S II General] snax001:
To be honest, mine is so bad that I can see a material difference in darkness between the right and left side of the screen on these forums using the cream backgrounds
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
Got my fifth sgs2 and there ut is, no yellow ir green tint. much whiter!

But also not as strong colours.

But there are definitely vatches with no tint, you just have to buy as long as u get one. thanks to online shopping
[Galaxy S II General] blade75:
I also have

LCD Type : OCTA : SM2 (A1 line)

and I do have the gradient
[Galaxy S II General] whmcal:
You know what? you are right, on the photos i uploaded, there IS some discrepancy in colour. However, strangely, in real-use, i can detect nothing! Dont mean to sound dogmatic but, I'm wondering whether this is a camera flash reflection issue in my photos.

Or, maybe i am experiencing some form of 'hysterical denial' as ive spent so blood much for this phone! ;-) whatever the issue, i cant see it. so, in this case, ignorance definitely feels like bliss...
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
@Natascha: What's your screen Code?
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
Same with me!
[Galaxy S II General] ximikos:
me too...and i have the problem
[Galaxy S II General] sunseaker:
Where did it buy it from? What is the screen code? Can we see a photo?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Out of 60 pages of posts, yours is the first report of the issue not being there from the beginning. Perhaps you just didn't notice. That happened to quite a few of us.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
There are a ton of people waiting to buy or exchange their phone once Samsung starts to produce units without the problem. Yours would be the first one. Can you follow the instructions in the first post and upload a pic? You'll be everyone's hero.
[Galaxy S II General] Jokesy:
You can try a couple of macro shots of the screen and post again.

I believe (not so strongly) you do not even have the dark left side bug (at least by comparing the two pictures) but you do not have the yellow tint and i thought that was what this thread was all about in the first place.

posting some pictures again will definitely help ascertain where your screen stands
[Galaxy S II General] gp_freak:
I also have the same code. Also i have the pink spot problem in the centre of the photos. Its coming up only in certain light conditions or whote back ground colours
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Hi knyigato and welcome! I'm sure we'll be great chums - 4 posts and a mindreader. Shame you're not a thread reader.

With no respect and meaning to sound rude, you're an idle troglodyte. As you don't seem to have the ability to read my earlier posts on this thread, I'll recap:

Slightly darker on left side of notification screen and keyboard for me. Not yellow. Don't notice it anywhere else - aps, browser, video,whatever. Doesn't worry me in the slightest. Therefore not a problem for me.

And you think my lack of concern is objective? Which units do I use to measure my ennui then?

Of course the screen fault is objective, point me to where I contradicted this little pearl of wisdom. My lack of concern upsets you - I feel your pain...

Your strange desperation for my non-problem to be your problem troubles me. But hey - I'm generous - it all yours! No no, I insist.

For the record, I don't adore my device - it's a phone, not my wife. As I am exceedingly wealthy, the price of said device is of no consequence to neither myself nor my myriad of bulging bank accounts. Annoying huh? Hope so.

So glad I found this thread! So far I've been accused of:

Being a smartass

Having an inferiority complex

Having an Oedipus complex

Being sexually abused by my father

Being homosexual

Being stupid

Being in love with a communications device

Being poor

None of the above are true - with one obvious exception, I am a diehard smartass. Obviously, I care deeply about these allegations...

The one accusation whch actully riles me is being accused of being a bored customer service bot. How dare you sir?! Pistols at dawn!
[Galaxy S II General] Spik3balloon:
Same code here, same yellowish problem on the left side.
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
Amazon Germany, the fifth one has got a much higer IMEI code than the others, so later batch. No clue about LCD Codes.

On Photos, you cant really get the real impression. But i can asure you, im really a freak since i saw the yellow stuff on the old ones, so i did everything to get one with no tint, and there it is, really one. Im curious if it stays!

BUT u know what ?

The ONE without the yellow tint has got a "lighter" red,green,blue in coulours, but a much stronger white.

The ONES with yellow tint have got stronger red,green,blue colors but a much lighter white.

Thats all what i have experienced and you can be sure, you see much if you compare 5 deveices. The sad conclucion is, all are different. If you get a good display, than the homebutton is ****ty (a gap where shines light through on the right side) if you get a bad display than the camera or whatever is just perfect.

SO it is a decicison play
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
If you can tell me how i do it the best way with a cheap camera. I mean, really.. i dont have to lie. Im also pissed of this stuff, i bought 5 batches to get one with no yellow stuff (until yet). So really, the impression is in real eyes much more true than on pictures.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Same code here too. But I don't know if I have this problem of not. I will need a good Macro Camera to understand but that I don't have.
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
Here's the best i can do for you.

Both really exactly the same settings. In real, the impression is much more impressive about the difference.

Pic

http://www.abload.de/img/sdc1859eq23.jpg

Vid

http://www.vidup.de/v/ZlDqi/
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Can you explain what is that new issue of the Home button gap ? :(

What's the firmware version of the one on the right?

And does that new one suffers from banding on gradient still?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
While taking the picture either your hand shaked or it's out of focus. Anyway my phone definitely looks like the one on the right side. And that Video link isn't working for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Natascha303:
That means when the button lights are on, than you see a small light between the homebutton and display gap, if you have a gap... i do have it :)

KE2 Germany. But Firmware does not matter for yellow, green tints.

No Banding or other display problems YET
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
I have no gap.

You don't have any banding ???

When you put your phone to charge, the battery looks like this? :
[Galaxy S II General] blade75:
It's the best I have seen so far!

Could you check and post your display code typing in dialer *#5238973#

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] Leggenda:
Hai MP... :D
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Yeah, that is what I am talking abouth. Even the OS of samsung itself is so banded, wtf is going on here. That battery icon is so ugly...

Doesn't everybody has it like this? Maybe post this in the "banding gradient" topic too... I myself mentioned the battery icon as an example of the ugly OS of samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
That the 2 screens are that different is really "WTF".

Wich of the 2 is yours(and is this your fifth, the good one)? You compared it with a friends one?

And you don't have anay banding, like in angry bird, or like the battery icon? Pretty important...
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
@Natascha303

Hi,

could you please type *#5238973# in your dialer, tick the first option and tell us what it says there?

Would be a great help.

btw: Did you pay for all 5 phones??? :eek: Or how did you do that?

THX in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] renton82:
What do u think about mine?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You have it, like others. Nothing special.
[Galaxy S II General] renton82:
U advise me to change it or not?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Nah. You tell me, if you haven't read this thread, would you see that there is actually a Yellow tint exists? I bet 95/100 people won't see it and moreover it has nothing to do when you will use that screen at full flow. But still Samsung let us pay 700$ for this and they should agree the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Yeah ... people will not notice when in normal use.

The banding on gradient problem bothers me more than this because it ies very real and visible :(