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[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
No i don't agree with you. You said that you don't understand why people that hate a company continues to buy from this one. I answered that that's the first time i buy from samsung, and the least one. The motivation is that i feel to got a not finished product, in multiple sides. It's not a question to put in evidence my miserability, it was a reply to your post.

The phone, on the paper, is the best of all dual cores on the market but, as i said, it has flaws on its strongest (and publicized) points:

Powerfull-> too much heat (not for me, but for electronics, wich will probabily die sooner than other products)

Display -> The problems that we all know

Full HD camera -> stuttering and pink spot

This not means that i will throw away the phone, it has other good points.

By the way i'm not a doctor, i'm simply an electronic engineer, and that not imply that i have a lot of money to waste nor that you can criticize about my resources. But i give value to the money that i spend and i say that the qc of this product is far below the suggested price. Stop to the O.T.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Put the expectation on the screen this way, the SAMOLED on the SGS1/Wave didnt have this issue, so why should the SAMOLED Plus have it , right ?

everything else is awesome.
[Galaxy S II General] guitarmafia:
ummmm i am not commenting on earlier arguments,,,,so plz dont mistake it for that,,,i just want to throw some light on some facts that u stated...

1)the heating problem is almost solved with the KF3 update(atleast in India)...

2)only the earlier handsets had that yellow tint problem,,,no more....again i can say that just for my country,,,not sure about the others,,,the first lot here had the same problems,,,i delayed purchasing my sgs2 for that reason only,,,and it was worth,cuz the second lot dint had any of those yellow tint issue...

3)pink spot issue has also been removed with the camera firmware update...and i hope the stuttering will also be fixed in further updates...

again,I am not arguing or challenging ur statements....tkcre.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
1.) What did they do to solve the heating problem, I thought that was just a by product of the processor working its best.

2.) Thats good news! Please post pictures, Im very interested if this is really true so Ill ask for a refund and repurchase 1-2 months from now.

3.) I do have the pink spot but no stuttering.
[Galaxy S II General] Ffbf:
Yup, both have screen tinting issues.

I just dont understand how 2 screens can look so different, this device was official released here in june, 29.

I will keep the one on the right for sure, isnt easy to spot de tint (atleast to me). Im not sure if i should change the one at the left trying to get a lower yellow tint level, what do you guys think?

Amazing device, bought knowing about this issue and i do not regret.

h**p://imageshack.us/g/811/dsc06106.jpg/
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
APP

Made a little app for ppl who have this problem bad.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15429458#post15429458

All just tests at this stage, just want to be constructive ;)
[Galaxy S II General] kasosei:
Photos here

h--p://s1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb422/kasosei/SGS2%20Gray%20BG/

cant notice any yellow tint on the screen, but i think there is in the photo.. no sure though..
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
If you cant notice or are not sure, then this isn't really an issue for you :)

I'm starting to think that this is the case with lots of people posting on this thread.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Its extremely minimal

For someone who made an app i didnt think you had that kind of standing against the issue.
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
I'm not against the issue at all! Or why would I contribute my time? Having said that, I do think there maybe a number of people really really really searching hard for this problem. Where the app is just for the SERIOUS problem devices, that I maybe able to help with. Though it's hard when even at 20% brightness I have to really really look, and only just notice it. But without looking for it, I don't :( Thats both a good and bad thing, good for me, bad for me needing to see if a gradient burn-in would minimise it!

But I await some1 with the SERIOUS problem to test it for me :)
[Galaxy S II General] sectorlord:
I just looked at the units here in HK...I don't see those yellowish...but I can see those darker left which is very minimal... You need to stare harder.... On the earlier device..

I think the issue had been addressed by samsung on the second batch...

I love the sensation and flyers from htc..but the screen bleeding on flyers is too much...

The sensation has slight dark bleeding on bottom...

All ipad2 has symmetrical dark bleeding on both left and right of the screen...

I might get the s2 tomorrow...

I am using the #*0#* to view the white on brightest setting...

Is the best way to check the bleeding Yellow or something?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
An all white screen is not the best to check for the yellow tint, just pop down the notification tray, theres no need to specific brightness settings 0 to 100% clearly shows it.

If you want day to day scenarios pull up the virtual keyboard ( check the left side of the screen ) or goto the ring tone selection notice that the whites on the box are a bit yellow/darker.

EDIT:

Does anyone still with SGS1 take pictures and see if your unit also has the same issue as my SGS1 didnt have this yellow tint, just to verify.
[Galaxy S II General] Beowulf_pt:
I have an SGS2 at home and have looked at it carefully, even with the test patterns shown and really can't notice any hue shifts from left to right. Didn't even bother to take a photo.

I'm not saying the screen is perfect, perhaps it isn't uniformly colored but if I have to think about it that carefully, it's either "perfect" or "good enough" for me.

I might get a second unit soon and will definitely good for this carefuly as there might be some units that have the issue in a more... visible way (as you people seem to show). Also, having previously owned (and returned) the SGS2, I don't trust Samsung at all... after the SGS1 GPS fiasco, anything is possible.

I'm a bit more worried about the SGS2's camera pink hue tho.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
It would be great if you could post pictures of the notification tray as we would like to see at which intensity it does not bother other users, just humor us =)
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
With everyone using different cameras, different shot angles, different lighting, different resolutions, and then looking at pics on different monitors it would be nearly impossible to compare screens across different phones without seeing them. Then add in everyone's different expectations and you're pretty much back where you started.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
[Q] Would YOU return this phone?

Hello all, I purchased my SGS2 from Handtec and I received it yesterday. I was extremely happy with it until I noticed that the whole screen has a slight yellow hue (only noticeable when I compared it to my SGS1 screen which has a slight blueish hue). I then noticed that the left side is much worse then the rest of the phone. I also noticed that on MAX brightness I can barely see the yellow on a white screen, but I can still see it when the notification tray is pulled down.

I emailed handtec and they are willing to do an RMA but they sent me this email in reply:

"This issue has been reported many times and is known to be normal with AMOLED and Super AMOLED screens. Please be advised that with time, the yellow tint would fade. You will also find information about this on forums. If you still wish to return the handset to us then you would need to download and fill out our rma form available on our websites return section."

First of all does anyone know if this is true or not? Would the yellowish tint fade over time? Also, I live in the US, so I'd rather not do an RMA and have to wait who knows how long to get a replacement phone that may have the same problem, or worse problems. If you were in my position what would you do???
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I finally got to see a friends SGS2 that she got a week ago. The color temperature is exactly like mine. The banding shows up on grey as a bit of darkening on the left side of the screen just like mine. You can't see it in apps or the browser just like mine. Mine was one of the first builds, hers was obviously later. Not that a sample of two proves anything but I really do think expectations play a larger role in peoples dissatisfaction than the issue itself.

And of the last two pages of rhetoric there were only two things of value: Deanwray's efforts to actually try and do something proactive and someone else's reference to trying to find a perfect screen in order to see if the production process changed.

EarlZ, it's a design issue. The screen on the SGS2 isn't the same as other Samsung products. If you'd prefer early Pentile screens that don't have banding you need to go back to an older Samsung phone. Until (and if) Samsung changes anything the screen you have is the screen you're going to have to live with.

DrSlump76, your quest for perfection is admirable but useless. There's not currently a phone on the market from Samsung, HTC, LG, or Motorola that meets your criteria. So if bashing Samsung and the SGS2 gives you some sort of satisfaction, knock yourself out.

And all of this back-and-forth is totally non-productive. There's nothing we as users can do to solve the problem. It's been identified, it bothers some people more than others, and Samsung hasn't even acknowledged its existence. Until (and if) the latter happens everything else is pointless rhetoric.

And continuing to post in this thread is getting as tedious for me as it is for the handful of you crusaders that read and resent my posts. People come to this thread because there is in fact an issue. Based on the postings of a vocal small minority they would be led to believe it was some show-stopper of a problem and they shouldn't buy the phone. It isn't, and they should. I've said this multiple times before. This thread has been on the front page of the SGS2 forum since the phone launched. Less than 3% of visitors to the forum have participated in it which, based on logic, would indicate this isn't that a big a deal to a large majority of technically savvy people. That and 3MM phones sold with the issue not identified anywhere but this thread should give you crusaders some gauge as to what the true magnitude of the problem is.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
There's a post a couple of pages back that has two phones side-by-side. The one on the left has a yellow tint to it. If yours looks like that you should RMA it. As for the banding, it's there and if you review the middle part of this thread you'll see pics of phones showing what it looks like in everyday use. If that bothers you, unless Samsung makes a design change, you'll have to either live with it or return the phone.

AMOLED screens tend to have a blue push initially because it tends to wear out faster than the other colors. I don't buy what Handtec told you about yellow.

I thought of something else you can do for a comparison. The Infuse has a SAMOLED+ screen also. Go to an AT&T store and look at those screens and see how they compare to yours. I came from a phone with an LCD screen which tends toward yellow. I was pretty shocked at the blue/cool temperature of the SGS2 when I first got it. If you're seeing yellow I'm guessing you got a lemon (no pun intended).
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Suction cup?
[Galaxy S II General] SBS_:
Probably, I will not be returning mine though as it's bordering on unnoticeable.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Thats crazy it looks awfully annoying in the photo!
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Be honest and tell me how many people would notice it? Practicly non...

They do however notice the circles or dead pixels, and guess what, on every picture of those they also got the yellow tint, EVERY one, without noticing. I also only notice it in complete dark room.

I will return mine 1 time, if the next one has it, i am just letting it go.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
I noticed it the first time i looked at a white page with text on it. Within the first 15 minutes of getting the phone...
[Galaxy S II General] staafoo:
Yeah, i got mine yesterday and i noticed it in a few minutes as well.
[Galaxy S II General] Seabass1:
I noticed it very quickly on mine as well.

I've returned mine for replacement but if it's some sort of inherent issue with the SGS II then I'm not sure what I'll do. At first I started to get used to it, but after a few days it just got annoying.

This problem plus the possibility of screen "burn" I'm starting to think that the drawbacks of OLED outweigh the positives compared to a good LCD screen. It's a shame as the otherwise it seems to be lot better as a device than it's current rivals.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
My infuse's screen is fantastic. There is no issue whatsoever with it.

It's a shame the GSII is having these issues :(
[Galaxy S II General] Bawezy:
This is lame, I just spotted mine out too and I've owned the phone for over 2 weeks now. I spotted it for the first time while running the Google Gesture app, it looks awful.

I then assume every device has this problem but some are more visible than others, and most are hardly visible at all, it's still there but not visible to the human eye.

This could be a mass production problem with AMOLED screens as the same problem had arised with the SGS1s and even the Nexus S. I may just forget about mine, if it does get anymore annoying I'll probably just have to find a way to flash the phone back to 3 firmware and send it off as I've already debranded mine (but that's just too much hassle, sigh) damn you SAMSUNG!
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
I got a replacement yesterday, a brand new unit, and it also has the same yellow tint still.
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Ah ok thanks for the info. I am not gonna send mine back than as I think every unit will have it in some way, maybe some more visible than others.

The chances of getting one without it are so smal(maybe non excistent) that I don't want to change it for another one with yellow + other problems like dead pixels or stuff...

It's also not that visible. Ok I see it when in my bed just before going to sleep and i pull down the notification bar, but it's not that noticable like on some pics here. So I can live with it.
[Galaxy S II General] :
This has been going on for ages now;(

The early first batch that phones for you got had a blue hue, the rest following have a yellow hue;(

It is also commonly occurs in Nexus S's and SGS1's;(

JD
[Galaxy S II General] Seabass1:
I'm not 100% sure but I don't think it's the same issue as with those phones since as far as I know both of those would have a tint across the whole screen. Where as it would seem that with the SGS II the problem seems to occur only on the left side of the screen. I may be wrong but that's my personal experience.

Either way it's a frustrating issue, but my guess is that if Samsung only used the perfect screens then AMOLED would be prohibitively expensive and they are seeming struggling to make enough screens.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
You're right. This is not the same issue. I also have an infuse with the same screen withOUT this issue.

It's a defect. Plain and simple, and it sucks.
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
So that screen is made in the same country, same factory as the sgs2?

Can you see if that screen has some vertical/horizontal whiter lines in the pull down menu, also only visible in complete dark room.

Also abouth the blue tint; is this the blue tint you see from some angles? Because I have it and it is not the screen; It is a blue coating, myabe oleophobic?? I can see it when screen is turned off.
[Galaxy S II General] Kloppy:
I noticed the yellow tint, too. Then again I do not think it is much of an issue. My Desire would cast grey shadows when displaying black text on a white background. This was far more annoying.

So, under very rare conditions the screen performs not as flawlessly as we would wish. I am going to get over it.
[Galaxy S II General] Seabass1:
At full brighness in a dark room I could see fine white horizontal and vertical lines on my SGS II. To me it looked like a LCD screen where you can see fine black lines between the pixels if you look close enough. Do AMOLED screens use a backlight at high brightness settings at all? I didn't think they did but it may just be light leakage between the pixels if they do.

As for the blue tint, I'd get that as well with the screen off. It's most likely the oleophobic coating on the screen having a slight tint to it.
[Galaxy S II General] Leggenda:
Is it possible to see a photo of a perfect screen without yellowish/dark left side?
[Galaxy S II General] finito02:
what do you think of this display?

Don't ask me further photos cause it's not my gsII, I've only taken it from an italian forum.....

http://forum.telefonino.net/member_foto.php?id=73231
[Galaxy S II General] SBS_:
Red hue at the bottom, with a yellowish darker left side.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
Are you referring to this post with this link? - h--p://s1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb422/kasosei/SGS2%20yellow/

When I hold my phone up to my monitor the yellow phone on the left seems to be worse then my phone, I'd say my phone is somewhere in the middle between those 2 phones. It definitely doesn't have the blueish tint that my SGS1 has. Going to ATT to compare sounds like a great idea, I think I'll do that. I believe mine does lean more toward the yellow. I also can't seem to get into that LCD test screen, am I doing something wrong? I have the latest firmware for the UK phones. So, in you opinion you think I should still RMA this phone? Even with the chance of getting a worse one or one with a dead pixel or something of that nature? Thank you again for your reply, I very much appreciate it.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Yes, that's the link. They're pretty crappy photos though. It's so hard to give you guidance without seeing the phone. I'd use an Inspire for comparison before you RMA it. And you're right about getting something possibly worse because there have been a bunch of general QC issues with the display.

There are some settings to play with that you might want to try.

Under Settings>Display >Background effect - you can choose between Dynamic, Standard, and Movie.

Under Settings>Display>Auto adjust screen power - you can turn it on and off. On does effect brightness and color temperature.

I'm using "Standard" and "On" and don't have any color issues if you want a comparison.

Good luck...

P.S. - I added some pics of my phone if it helps
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
Mine is set to standard and auto adjust is set to on. I messed with the settings and couldn't really see much of a difference. I just really don't want to wait for the RMA if my screen is in the "OK, middle" category - and risk the chance of receiving a worse screen. This is just really frustrating, I waited so long to get this phone and now I have it and I SO don't want to send it away haha! If I have the brightness set to max the yellow tint is not noticeable at all, but set to auto brightness and I see it everywhere (just cause I know it's there). I think maybe overtime I'd stop seeing it. Or I could just use it on high brightness all the time, forsake my battery and all. Thank you for trying to reason this out with me. For the record I don't believe handtec's comments about the yellowing disappearing either. I'm headed to the ATT store now to compare to the infuse. Maybe they'll let me compare to more than a few. I'll post back my results. Thank you again man you rock!! (I'm jealous of your phones screen too btw) :p
[Galaxy S II General] chiboule:
hi,

I bought the sgs 2 yesterday and .. the screen is darker on the left too!

I'm from BELGIUM. I wrote to samsung.be to ask what can they do to solve this problem.

I think is really a hardware probleme because in landscape i cant see that or its not easy to see the screen'sbug
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
What's your brightness set at on those? They look really similar to mine. However, your white screen looks a lot whiter than mine even at max brightness. Also, do you know how to get into the LCD test mode thing?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
10-20% brightness. The LCD test code is *#0*#.

I know it's a pain in the ass to RMA the phone but you don't want to spend a year looking at something that you're not happy with. I don't know what your resources are but maybe Handtec can send you a second unit and then keep the one you're most satisfied with.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Every screen has it. Look at the pics that have been posted to see if your's is worse than the majority. If so, exchange it. If not, this has been covered in the online media, people have called, written, and e-mailed Samsung in different countries and, to date, they haven't acknowledged the issue and may never. The majority of SGS2 owners don't find the issue unacceptable.

Your choices are:

1) Live with it and hope that if there's a design change you'll be able to get your screen replaced under warranty as some point in the future.

2) Return the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
Hmmm...well I looked at the infuse and their captivate and the windows phone that has a super amoled and my phone definitely has the slight yellow tint...but I think I can live with it. I'm waiting for an rma number so I guess I have some thinking to do...I remember last year when the captivate first came out ppl either got blue or yellow screens. I think I can live with a slightly yellowish tint screen. Some thinking...
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Remember, perfect is in the eye of the beholder. So if you think it's perfect, it is and that's all that matters. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Zheiko:
Guys, tbh I still cannot see any yellow in there, please take a look on this video, it might make you happier than you are now...

btw: sorry about the bad quality, video taken with HTC Desire S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMiJoMxmGT8
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
You can see a bit of dark shading on the left of the screen when it's displaying white toward the end of the video. A grey background and the screen at 10% brightness is what makes it most visible. The grey also accentuates the yellow cast people are referring to.
[Galaxy S II General] Zheiko:
I know where it is, and I know I have it as well, the point of the video is, that you can have even worse, and a WAY worse... but if you get used to it, you would not care any more...
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I'm fine with it. I didn't even know I had it until I found this thread. Even knowing it's there I can't see it unless I take pictures of my phone. So either screens are effected to different degrees or some people have keener vision than others.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
That definitely does make me feel better. I'm leaning toward keeping my phone and not RMAing back to the UK. But looks like I'll have the weekend to see if I get used to it.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
As of now, Im going with option 1 and hope for the best.
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
Anyone had any luck with my little app? Gonna change it shortly to default to grey as a starting point so will be easier
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Could you explain a bit how we are supposed to use it ?
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
Updated it now, so if you re-download the starting points for the gradent is same col as background.

Basically, you have 3 points left to right, and you have ability to control position, alpha, red,green,blue of those points to see if you can come up with values to cancel your tint.

You select the points by the top buttons start,mid,end etc

If you can actually cancel your tinit, I will add save functions and a burnin mode that may reduce the effect.

Allthough I dont think so, luminance and contrast may be affected in burnin mode, depends on the gradient values that cancel the effect. But once some1 has some values and can say, yes it reduces it, then will do more.