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[Galaxy S II General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I think the OP should make a few guidelines for posting responses to this thread. Namely, DO NOT POST CLAIMS OF "PERFECT" or "UNAFFECTED" SCREENS, UNLESS YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC (NOT SCREEN CAPTURES!!!!!!) EVIDENCE, UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS (20% BRIGHTNESS, LOW AMBIENT LIGHT) TO BACK UP THOSE CLAIMS!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] roxas89:
got my phone yesterday, here's the photo

i don't think it's that noticeable specially on normal usage i can't see it at all

my iphone 4 is much more worse than that on the right side of the screen there's this ridiculous yellow spot anyways i'm glad that i got the SII :) & i think this is not a big issue for me
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Looks pretty bad there.
[Galaxy S II General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Thanks for the photo! Yeah, your device has it too. Especially noticeable in the top left. Then again, as with everyone else, how bad the problem actually is to you, is completely subjective. If it doesn't bother you, enjoy what is arguably the most badass phone on the market at the moment!
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Conditions such as 20% brightness or low ambient light aint required for this, if your perception allows you to see the issue then its visible even at 100% brightness.
[Galaxy S II General] roxas89:
i also tried the *#*#0*#*#* lcd test and the colors looked fine to me but i don't think samsung will do anything about this issue at least they should make a statement and clear this for everyone like apple with the death grip issue on iphone 4
[Galaxy S II General] roxas89:
maybe for you but not for me :D like i said i think this is not a deal-breaker unlike the death grip of the iphone 4 + the yellow spots issue or the purple screen of the N8
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Hi guys, another picture of my phone here:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2305/01012008874.jpg
[Galaxy S II General] roxas89:
m8 to be honest with you i really can't see anything wrong in the picture maybe a bit dark on the top left corner like mine but it's not a big deal
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
On the picture it's not as noticeable as in real life, but gives you the idea of green/yellow tint distribuition. It's more evident on the top left, and goes down the left side to the bottom of the phone. It's clear that the larger dark area is near the hottest display area, where the mcu is.

This could be a coincidence, of course...
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I was watching a few episodes of my favorite series on my phone and the yellow tint really ruins the experience, you see someone with a white suit/clothing but the other half of it is yellow like someone pissed on it.

On a couple of HD movies it really ruins the colors and on animated films is extremely noticeable.

I know posting this wont help resolve the issue but its affecting my daily/normal usage.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Why don't you consider taking your money back and buying another device ? I'm not posting to mock you, but i would sure do that if i were you. Fortunately i can live with that, either cause i have a poor eyesight or my phone's yellow tint is less visible.
[Galaxy S II General] roxas89:
and whats the point in getting another SII since all of the handsets seem to suffer from the same thing i suggest a refund and getting a different handset such as optimus or arc for example or take a refund and be patient until samsung addresses the problem and if you don't mind m8 could you post a photo ( don't know if you did before ) i want to see the yellow tint i'm sure it's nothing compared to the tint on my iphone 4 it's an eyesore :D
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Until something changes, I like more the image of the S1 than the image of the S2.

Sorry to say but that's my opinion at the moment. :(

The S1 is gradient free and displays artifact free colors, specially in the grey tones.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Unfortunately another device is not an option, I would take my money back if the store them selves offer a refund until then I will just have to keep using the 7 day return policy till they offer me a refund.

EDIT:

From someone:

Since he mentions he does not see it anymore, could this be some sort of coating or something that needs time to set in?
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
In opinion to me it's a incoscious self compensation. The more the day passes and the less i care about the defect. But it's enough to rotate the display to switch the dx with sx side and voilà, de defect is now in my face ;)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Well samsung, please dont screw up the display on the next Galaxy S flagship.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Why should i pend another 600€ for a potential bugged phone?

I olso expet better materials, becouse the actual phone gives to me a "cheap" sensation. Solid, without strange rumors from plastics, but feels cheap. For example they could insert a thin metallic frame around the screen that would not raised the weight of te phone (that's their ufficial reason for using only plastics).

But these are only personal considerations, i would be very happy if the phone has been a flawless unit. Actually i can count these flaws:

1) Non uniform screen colors

2) Pink spot in photos

3) Video stuttering in medium to low light conditions

Unluckly these flaws does not let me to fully enjoy the phone, becouse they are the main features claimed by samsung for the wich i had the maximum hype. In other words, this phone has flaws on the strong points that Samsung have promoted.

P.s. yes, it's very fast.. at the cost of graeat hotTness :D
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I do agree that it has flaws but at least they should have went with better QC on the screen, the SGS1 had awesome screens even if it was pentile.

Also if people wont be just to complacent about this or accept it as normal, enough returns will surely turn some heads into this issue. Probably the US market will be more picky about this
[Galaxy S II General] :
Hello guys,

Thanks to autosuggestion (I think) I thought I've seen yellow left side in my SGS2. To check it, I've made some test screens and displaying them on mobile, I couldn't saw any yellow glow on left side.

Check it by yourself:

http://imageshack.us/g/88/blackjg.png/
[Galaxy S II General] Draak22:
SIGH.. for the very last time. Read the first few posts before posting. The problem

CAN NOT be seen on a screenshot

! Take a picture with a camera.
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
guinea pigs - Looking for a few elite :)

OK, I may attempt a gradient burn app to see if I can at least take the yellow tint down on a few phones, although it's not very dominent on my phone, so need some bad examples to test.

Do you have what I need?

1.

OK, if you have this yellow tint visible in normal use (50% Brightness or greater) that must mean it's bad and in some ways for this test it's good :/

2.

It really bothers you lots! So much so that you feel the need to really keep posting this all over the place.

3.

God know why, if you meet 1. and 2. you should return it, but.... If you don't want to, don't need to, or can't, then you have the last thing I need.

So if ppl have 1. 2. and 3. as yeses, then can you send me a PM and a photo of your device, PM me and link the image.

The Plan:

Create an app, customised full screen gradient that is the inverse of your tint :) And leave it to BURN in at 100% brightness. But this would need to be done as an experiment, so leaving phone on charge for 1 hour see if it makes a diff, then 2 hours etc etc etc.. I would take no responsibility for damage to your phone!!!!

Neways, if anyone is interested and meets the 3 requirements, pm me. When I have interest I will set aside some time to do the app. Think it should only take half a day. But at present I have no need for it. So depends on interest...

My gift/attempt to be constructive in this discussion.... Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
I'm waiting to talk with a laboratory technician in a samsung support center in my town, i will show my problem to him. I'll let you know what he said. I suppose they will swap my phone with a new one, but in this case i will ask them to show me the new phone before to swap it.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
I think this is beyond a simple led defect so that a simple "burn in" app won't do any good.

But the image problems doesn't resume to the yellow tint ... how I wish it was.

This issue is the minor of the S2 image quality problems for me.
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
LED defect or not, inverse discolouration may help :)

Or convince me it wont, cause I don't wanna waste time if it's not :)
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
How are you going to do that if this yellow tint is not uniform in form and intensity in our phones??

The only thing that's common is it's on the left side.

For me it has somethig to do with the way the amoled+ board is power feed or done by a bad engeniering due to some component located in the left side.

The left side is also the side that is the most hot I think.

I lough a lot the I see the S2 marketing in flyers or mags and read things like "superior image" and look at pics like this:

Actually I advise my friends that if they want a decent IQ, forget the S2 and go for a 33% cheaper S1. On S3 we will see if the marketing is true ;)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I find this one as the major image quality problem.

Would be interesting to hear what he will say about the issue.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Really :confused:

And what about color banding, that makes the S2 look like a 16bit device, and the color not beeing uniform (pixelized some times) ? Not to talk about the ghosting/temporary burn-in. :mad:

The S1 as none of this issues.
[Galaxy S II General] deanwray:
Thats why I said customised, you would configure it at the lowest brightness on a shade of grey. Then use sliders to cancel the effect on that grey, then save those settings as your burn template.

Mental note to self : setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
[Galaxy S II General] gagan_bal:
does someone rotate the screen horizontally and then check it.

because when i rotate the notifications horizontally on my s2 the yellowish side also gets rotated.

can someone check it by doing so.:)
[Galaxy S II General] kasosei:
I think mine have the yellowish screen problem..

take a look

h--p://s1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb422/kasosei/SGS2%20yellow/
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
I agree. By the way, yesterday night i wached a film with my sgs2 and i've to admit that i haven't noticed the yellow tint. Plus, the 16 bit effect does not appear in the film reproduction. It seems a cheat to raise the speed of 2d/3d rendering, used in the default browser and the touchwiz4.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Really interesting here!

We have the demostration that there are two different display types. The one on the right (the bluish one) seems to have the defect that all blogs figured out: the bluish tinted white.

Can you post the difference between the two phones (firmware etc etc..)?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Then, by all means, sell the phone and get a S1. You'll obviously be happier. I'm sorry you feel misled or short changed by Samsung's marketing but your sentiments don't represent all of us. The past two pages have been the same few people posting to each other about their disappointment. We get it. You're disappointed. We actually got it pages ago. Now either man up and do something about it or accept it. Whining to an XDA audience won't fix your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
The screen on the left isn't normal. We already determined that one of the QC defects are variations in color temperature. Here's mine on white, it looks like the one on the right. What screen ends up on each individual phone is random so firmware, etc. wouldn't matter. All AMOLED screens initially have a blue push because blue degrades faster than the other colors.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Like you, I wouldn't recommend the phone to friends without them reading this thread because I don't know how picky they are about their displays. Three friends have bought the phone after seeing the comments and pics here and all three are thrilled with their purchase. Different strokes for different folks.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Gone to the shop to try another phone. They are really kind and let me try two mote phones.. same display,no way. Got two consideration:

1) Its useless trying to repair the phone now they are all the same

2) The majority of customers don't notice or dont care about this problem...

I will wait some time befote choseing to repair the phone..
[Galaxy S II General] djase:
i think samsung screw some screen and will pay for that !
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
5 phones... 5 display fails that's incredible..
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
How different were the color temperatures on the phones you saw? The one on the left posted above that had an overall yellow tint would definitely exaggerate the banding. Maybe people that can see the issue in everyday use have a screen with a warmer temperature? Mine's always run toward the cool side and perhaps that's why I don't notice the banding as much as others. Since there's so many temperature variations I wonder what "normal" is supposed to look like according to the Samsung's specs. Also, if the pics posted above didn't show the phones side-by-side and you just looked at the one on the left it would probably look OK to the average user. LCD displays tend toward yellow-ish whites so people would probably assume its supposed to be that way.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
So far, the penalty is a worldwide sales record.
[Galaxy S II General] djase:
money ! money ! samsung don't give a fu**** about complains
[Galaxy S II General] Sandruz:
First thing that i tried, no, yellowish can't rotate.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Of course they don't, doubt their CEO has an XDA account :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I don't understand why people buy products from companies they hate. If you have such a low opinion of Samsung, why did you buy one of their phones? I had a horrible experience with LG. Instead of *****ing, I took my business elsewhere and will never buy another LG phone no matter how good the specs or how great the marketing hype is. Doesn't the Sensation work on Orange FR?
[Galaxy S II General] nomnompie:
On the one on the right, I can not see tinting at all... this is the first example out of this entire thread that I have been unable to see the tinting on the left of the screen.

Anyone else's thoughts?? Kasosei, could you take pics with both those phones on the plain grey background to make sure the camera exposure isn't hiding it on the white?

Could this be a different display? Be interesting to know if the one on the right is newer.
[Galaxy S II General] djase:
i was truly happy with SGS1 no isssues very very happy with it !

i'm very dissapointed about sgs2
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Well this is my first and my least samsung phone. According to me, Samsung accelerated the sgs2 sales to beat apple on upcoming products... but it's under our eyes that the sgs2 is still an immature product under all aspects (hardware/firmware/software).
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Samsung didn't accelerate any sale. Maybe you were trying to say that Samsung accelerated the release and the production of S2 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Yess sorry i mean exactly this :P I'm very tired today -_-
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Your expectations are yours and you can set your standards anywhere you want. This post however puts you out of the market for any dual-core Android phone and shows how out of touch you are. If you read the Sensation, Atrix, and O2X/G2X forums, you would know that, without question, the SGS2 is the most solid and stable of the four when it comes to hardware, firmware, and software. At any point there are a half-dozen to a dozen of you in this thread who are miserable with the SGS2. That's fine and you're all entitled to voice your opinion. But do you have to constantly share your unhappiness in post after post? And I think it kills you that so many people don't share in your misery. I'm not blind to some of the flaws in the SGS2 nor do I think other happy users are also. But comparatively and competitively it's a great phone and I get a lot more enjoyment out of it by focusing on its considerable strengths rather than its handful of faults. I assume you're a doctor by your user name. You should have ample resources to replace the SGS2 with anything that better serves your needs. Maybe you should instead of continually berating Samsung and harping on the phone's weaknesses. This is my first Samsung phone since Windows Mobile. Based on my experience, I would buy another Samsung phone again without question. Just goes to show how differently people in forums view the world.
[Galaxy S II General] Ffbf:
Hi guys, im about to buy 2 units in Brazil.

I read a lot of this thread, but some tests arent 100% clear to me. How can i test this in store? Notification bar, sms and test website on the first post at 20 and 100% brightness? I just want to check if it isnt too bad as i saw different lvls of yellow tint. If its a high lvl yellow tint display i will be able to see it in store right? I just dont want to pick the worst one.

I will post pictures here later, i believe its a small issue and im still going for S II.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Lol, if you have a poor eyesight, get a camera with you, turn off the lights in the store and start taking photos of the phones. Of course, everybody in the store will laugh at you, but at least you know you verified the phones in XDA style :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
It's very difficult to get the problem at the store...
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Odd, with the several units I've tested from different stores I can easily spot it even w/o pulling down the notification bar. A real world testing like using the virtual keyboard or by opening up menus with white backgrounds like selecting a ringtone shows you that the left half of the boxes are yellow, watching an HD animated film or movie on the phone also makes it entirely obvious. I havent seen a phone that required special conditions for the issue to be visible but I have seen phones with extremely minimal tinting and very minimal spread, something like 1/8th of the screen only.
[Galaxy S II General] Ffbf:
Ok, bought the devices.

Confirmed, brazilian phones have the yellow tint. But theres a really weird thing, look at pictures. Colors at displays are a lot different. Its really hard to see the yellow tint in the first device (to tell the truth im not sure about it), second one looks like a lot of pictures at this topic.

h**p://imageshack.us/g/811/dsc06106.jpg/

Cant post links...

Should i be worried about it?

Still an amazing phone.
[Galaxy S II General] kasosei:
Alright. but i've taken the one on the left to samsung service center, not sure if that would fix the issue.

I will post some images for the phone on the right with grey background tonight when i get home from work. :)
[Galaxy S II General] kasosei:
is it your camera or i suppose both have screen tinting issues? the one on the right is really yellowish
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
So I went to another store today and had a few stocks to compare, from what I've noticed there seems to be 2 distinct color temperature differences between handsets, the one that seems "normal" and another one thats reddish, the good thing about the reddish screens is that the yellow tinting is very hard to spot but it does a poor job of producing whites until the brightness is bumped upto 75%

Even with the obvious rent tint, the store reps cant tell the difference :/
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Just did that 2 days ago ! :D

If you guys wan't to continue to the tricked by Samsung go ahead ... I will continue to read here (XDA) the "S2 problem threads" for my fun. :p
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
If the phone cost was 60€ I stayed with it .... 600€ is another reality.

I'm very picky on what I buy because I like perfect thinks, not "things that might become good with a lot of tricks and prayers" :D
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
This means that most of the people who bought this phone just bougth it for the hype or doesn't give a damm about quality .... it's just "nice" to have a top model smarthphone. Nothing more.

In the present days most consumers are absorved/blind by all the big companies hypes and don't fight for their rights.... "just eat what is served".
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
x2 here

Product presented in Feb and release to public in June ... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Really, now that you sold your toy and you don't own an SII anymore, you have the time to makes 10 posts instead of one, quoting one phrase in each of them ? Chill and go play with your SG, there's a dedicated forum for it too.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
For those who cant notice the issue, stop pcking fights or being bitter towards those who see and are affected by day to day usage with the issue. SGS1 didnt have this yellow tinting issue so why should it be acceptable on the SGS2?

I understand moaning about it here fixes nothing but at least people become more aware of the issue and let them decide if its bothering them or not, If you can see it and its bothering you then return it for a better unit. With enough returns theres a chance that this might be silently address in the future
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
I'm not picking fights, i was stating the obvious. There's no need to quote 10 phrases in 10 different posts, like there's no need to hear you guys complaining every couple of posts. People became aware of the issue, all the additional crap: i'm never gonna buy a Samsung phone, let's sue Samsung, Samsung gotta pay, i'm gonna buy an Iphone, etc is futile. You can solve the problem in your own way and never be bothered, but you don't. If jvidia sold his S II i can only congratulate him for taking that decision, at least he did something to solve his problem. Isn't it hard to own a phone which constantly reminds you that you are unhappy with it ? Guess not, if you are into masochism.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Im not actually pointing to you per say but some others are really bitter towards those who are affected by this. Sorry I wasnt really pointing my fingers to you. =)
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Only reply 4 times, not 10...

If we only post here to solve things, the all of us must never come here because WE ALL do not solve nothing by posting what so ever here.

And as for the "go to another forum because you are not an S2 owner", I think XDA is still a free democratic forum só I can post where I want.

I can return the "same ball" to you mate .... if you are not bored by this issue, and don't want to read the garbage that the bored folks write, there are alot of other threads and forums for you to go ;)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I actually find this funny that people say keep out of the forum if you dont own the device but they dont keep out of the thread even if the issue does not bother or concern them.

@The rest who are not bothered

Good for you guys, I wish I had the same type of perception and mental attitude to accept this kind of defect as normal.

Your not bothered by the issue then whats the point of being bitter with others who are trying to really figure out if there is a screen out there w/o the yellow tint, maybe eventually something will pop out.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
You said all mate !
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
I'm not bitter, i just feel compassion for you guys ;) Must be hard to be haunted by the yellow tint every second, i couldn't put up with it if i were you :p Keep posting, let the anger come out, maybe by the end of the day you will feel better :D I do want to see a perfect screen, but if you check carefully in the last dozen of posts 99 % it's just you guys repeating the same stuff continuously. And since Barry is not here to tell you that you still have a better phone than Sensation, Atrix or 2X, i thought i'd remind you that. Even though you don't care and still want to be tormented by the SII :)
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Whatever you say =)