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[Galaxy S II General] asjdwf:
After taking back two new SGS2 phones to AT&T for this exact reason and getting this lattest one it still has the problem. I am now to the point where I really want this phone but I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and live with the screen issue.

Could anyone tell me if there is a fix for the AT&T version? Like I said I really love the phone so returning it isn't in the cards anymore and plus, I don't think they will let me now that I've done it twice already.

Thanks

AJ
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Saw a couple of new batches, still the same issue.. just recently saw an extremely old unsold S1 on the same store, no issues on the pentile display :P
[Galaxy S II General] asjdwf:
So would you suggest waiting it out for a software fix? Is it even possible? Or doing something else?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I did something about it, returned my phone and got a refund.. Gonna wait for the S3 or Nprime.
[Galaxy S II General] Bassarnis:
Sadly, same here... I loved this phone, but i don't tolerate defects. If you want to read my story ---> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17600948&postcount=7
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Dude I think it's unfair to compere 2 different tech. Reading a month's worth of posts about this I just realized that it's a design flaw or limitation. There is variation in production. Given that you can't compare samoled+ with samoled. I guess to get more pixels and remove the jagged text they encountered yellowing of screen. If they are both pentile then you can compare. You can't have it all, and obviously the technology is not perfect but nonetheless the screen is amazing.
[Galaxy S II General] Qu@rk:
My S2 had a very strong yellow tint on the left side (about 1/3 of the display).

Stock firmware KH3 and newer corrects the yellowish tint problem on left side completely with my phone. There are reports that there are phones where this fix has only lowered the negative effect to a very low level, but still (barely) visible.

The following ROMs have also the yellow-tint-fix:

CM7 #84 and newer

MIUI 1.10.14 (they use CM7 kernel), also with Xcell-Kernel and Fluxi's kernel (Germany)

Galnet MIUI Weekly 1.10.14 (they use CM7 kernel)

Leomar Revolution 2.6 KH3 and 2.7.1 KI3 (Custom Stock ROM)

Siyah's universal kernel 2.0 should have it (Samsung update 2 patches), but I did not test it (1.7.8 should do it also, same patches).

No yellow-tint-fix:

Litening 6 KH3 has no yellow tint fix.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
How is it unfair? When SAMOLED+ is supposed to be an upgrade of the SAMOLED, so it being a different tech allows you to accept flaws? Then I pitty your rock bottom standards.
[Galaxy S II General] SAlmighty:
Well, how do you explain SAMOLEDHD as an upgrade of SAMOLED?
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Its samoled hd, thats the upgrade of samoled. Both use the same tech. Samoled+ is different tech because its non pentile.
[Galaxy S II General] pakdin:
downgrade gs1 firmware 2.3.3 gingerbread dxjv9 to froyo

hai guys..

thank u very much for all the effort to run this web.. really appreciate it a lot..

i do need help.

1)i do need the eaziest way to downgrade my gs1 2.3.3 gingerbread dxjv9 to froyo because i want to install miui rom.

i had rooted my phone.this is my version:

PDA :I9000 DXJV9

PHONE :I9000 DXJV9

CSC :I9000 BJV9

2)what is the best custom rom for gs1?

email:julukerang79@gmail.com :D
[Galaxy S II General] bundi22:
i got the phone yesterday and still have it, im on checkrom revolution xxki4 with speedmod kernel. screen adjuster blue +9 has helped a little overall. can anyone confirm that it is fixed with a different kernel? this is frustrating because other than the size, the galaxy s1 screen was a lot better in terms of colours. thanks
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Not only did the SGS1 had better colors but it didnt have the yellow banding, ghosting or grey rendering issues.. Even if it was pentile its was superior and better at anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] muffen1337:
My girlfriend just got her sgs2, so i compared mine to hers and found out that my screen has got awfull colors compared to hers. My white is more like ivory white/slightly yellowish light, and the colors from hers has a little bit more intensity.

Do you guys know why this is? Should i try to return it for a new one?
[Galaxy S II General] SAlmighty:
mind telling me where is your s2 made in?

also, upgrade 2.3.5 and the yellow tint will go away.
[Galaxy S II General] kyapkk:
So custom rom still have this problems thou even on 2.3.5...
[Galaxy S II General] ceycey84x:
I agree the problem
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Its pretty hard to find an S2 with an exact color match, never experienced this with the S1 though.. If your uncomfortable with it have it replaced.
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
Same thing happened to me today, just got a second SGS2 and the screen is totally different from my old one, all the white colors are replaced / covered with a yellowish tint, the same with grey ones

and also the lighting is different, the new one on min brightness is almost dark, barely can see the menus

i'll look at a friend's phone tommorow to see what's the difference and report back

p.s. the overall quality of the new one is kinda bad, the back plate is made from a different kind of plastic which can't be bend at all, i almost crack it when opening it, being used with my old one
[Galaxy S II General] kbxdauser2011:
mine got a mild yellow tinge too..sgs2 august'11 make!
[Galaxy S II General] btate0121:
The yellowish tint is said to be the glue they use future the scene and will fade over time
[Galaxy S II General] coolfire:
I hope it really is the glue.

Sent from my SGSII
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Wrong forum and wrong phone, it was the IP4 that had that issue.

From a local reliable source in my place, seems like its an issue with the SAMOLED PLUS as even the SAMOLED Plus HD exhibits the same problem ( based on a pre mas production unit ) SAMOLED ( non plus ) does not have the same issue. Hopefully Sammy can iron this out b4 the S3 hits full mas production.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Well I just started getting this issue all of a sudden. When I LOCK and Unlock the phone, it disappears. This only occurs when the phone has been booted up, once you LOCK and Unlock, its gone...

I was completely stock at first, installed CF-ROOT and used the JIG with KI8, went to KI4 and saw this, reverted back to KI8 and its still there. From there I tried KJ1, KJ3, MIUI, CM7 and it exists in all of them. Just a LOCK and Unlock solves this problem, but that shouldn't happen. Why all of a sudden has this issue occurred, also this leads me to believe its a software thing and not hardware related.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Ok...

So I was able to fix this issue by doing the following. I know it will not work for everyone but seeing that this issue came up all of a sudden, Ill share my fix.

1) I was using MIUI ICS 1.11.9 version for a few days. It consumed a lot of battery so I installed VillainRom 3.0 on it. I noticed that it did not have the yellow tint so I decided to bite the bullet and put KI4 back on. I did so and it was gone. You can still get a HINT of it but never the less, not as much.

I then installed my CSC and KG3 Modem. Rebooted and then installed CF-Root KI4 and now its back to CLEAN... No hint of it at all.

So this concludes that it was a software issue rather than hardware.

Thank You.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Thats been the experience with 2.3.4 kernels, its a software correction to a hardware problem, it affects some phones differently since they have a different extent of the defect/issue.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but i think that at the present, the sgs2 is the only phone that uses the super amoled plus screen, isn't it? If it's correct, then maybe that samsung is really having troubles with this kind of screen.. i've seen new bach phones and they still have the same defect. I've seen three different phones (one of them is a white one) and they have the left side darker than the right one. And none of them have the same screen color tint, seems like each screen is different from others.
[Galaxy S II General] leizureman:
Several other phones use Super amoled+, Droid Charge and the HTC Infuse. I'd guess the main reason why it's so little widespread is that's they don't have enough production capacity. Aslo it's fairly new technology.
[Galaxy S II General] naturist:
I bought Galaxy S2 two days back, and I cant see any yellowish tint but there is more dark on the left side when looking in grayish image as compared to the right side. I think its defect for every phone, and either we have to live with it or refund and move on to different handset.
[Galaxy S II General] mcreego:
It's unbelievable I bought a Sgs for my birthday and it has a perfect scree, last week from my carrier for my work I received 9 more galaxy s2 from Wind and all have different type of screen, some blueish some yellowish.

The Yellow screens are different, the brightness level is different really dark and when i set to manually to minimum the colours looks totally different.

At the maximum brightness I also noticed that the text are sharper and the screen oversaturated but maybe they will look better with time with degradation of superamoled plus screen.

With the app developed by supercurio Voodoo screen dev I noticed that the yellow screens are A2 revision and the blueish A1 revision.

Someone knows what it means?

I tried yellow tint mod and it is slightly better but they conserves a gamma curve problem.

The A2 like You said had different back plastic and also a lower sound from the speaker.

I'm getting mad, If I had known this problems I would have choose others android for my work....:cool:

I hope that someone could verify this problems too and check their pannel hardware.

I hope that Supercurio will release soon is superamoled plus screen tuning app.

Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Guys I also have some very strange screen problem... thought I would ask... it only shows up when the screen is completely black... there are some lines on the right side of the screen and some blotches all over the rest of the screen... very very strange... never saw something like this on my sgs1... its more prominent on a less bright screen than on full brightness...

Also can't see it at all on white or coloured backgrounds... just on completely black it.shows up... anyone else noticed this...??
[Galaxy S II General] mike_1983:
Hi Guys

I have the same yellow tint problem with my new 2 day old SGS2. The funny thing is I have a Samsung S23A300 monitor and it has the same problem, the colour is more "muddy" and yellow on the left side, I don't notice it all the time though.

Back to the phone, I was dissapointed when I noticed it, I usually like things to be perfect! I bought it from eBay, I don't really want to send it back now as I've had it a few days and the seller couldn't have known there would be a slight defect with it (private seller). I was on 2.3.3 and I rooted (using exploit) and sim unlocked my phone, then updated to XWKJ3 Frankenstein but the problem is still there. Its noticable on the dialler and writing texts, the keys on the left are noticibly a differen't colour to the ones on the right.

I will be amazed if this is a software problem, as my monitor seems to have the same thing I assumed it would be a hardware thing. I'm not very experienced with flashing and not sure what firmware to try and correct the tint. I think I have to install Clockwork recovery mod first as I don't have that yet!?
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
seems like all these "new" phones have this annoying issue, i recently got another 2 of them and both suffer from the yellow tint disease, also both made in China

my first one (Made in Korea by Samsung), bought right at the beginning of the S2 its flawless, big difference between the screens and the colors compared to the new ones
[Galaxy S II General] JaRay:
I know this is the wrong forum, but it is a related issue. I have the at&t galaxy s2 i777, and I can't see any problems with yellowing or different areas of brightness. This is my second version of this phone because the screen on my first one was not seated properly (the bottom portion of the screen was almost flush with the bezel while the top was well below it. The only issue I have noticed with this screen is that it suffers from the black splotches that I only first noticed last night when I was playing around with the camera in the dark last night (I was trying to figure out how to turn the flash on to stay on). When using the front facing camera I could not seeing anything on the screen, but if I switched to the front facing camera I was able to see some splotches in the middle and near the top of the screen. It really doesn't bother me all that much since I can only see it when I actually try to see it, but it would be nice to know that there is a fix for it through software though I doubt it.
[Galaxy S II General] apateer:
My GSII was suffering the yellowish problem too. But today i have updated my firmware to the latest firmware using Samsung Kies to version 2.3.5 and the problem is solved :D

I am very happy :):)
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
people are still using that crap Lies?! sorry Kies... unbelievable...
[Galaxy S II General] apateer:
I am not telling lies, I am telling what happened with me if you didn't believe this is your own business

I will not benefit from telling that, but I wanted to share my experience.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
The degree of the color varies from devices. I can tell you the following.

1) After somehow noticing this on my own device, I checked it on a few friends devices and they did not notice until I informed them of it.

2) The ALL had the issue, some less than others but this was considering 4 devices. (Different Batch, Different Locations purchased from. Hell, different countries as well)

3) Just got another SGS 2 for our company to test out applications and IT also had it.

4) Locking the phone and unlocking it seems to reduce the discoloration drastically. This is only needed ONCE after a reboot.

5) Each phone has gone through VARIOUS Versions of Firmwares, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, CM7, MIUI. They ALL had it.

I have no conclusion but makes me feel better that even if I go get a replacement, it most likely wont help. The world isnt doomed, just that the device has its flaws and you should learn to live with it.

OR.

Get a Galaxy Nexus ;)
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
he is not against you mate ..he was just surprised that u used kies to update ur software .. which people generally dont not prefer thats it also thnx for the info u provided
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
just like anshmiester78900 said, i'm glad that you have fixed you're issue, i was just surprised that you used Kies, it never worked for me when i needed it...
[Galaxy S II General] darshanbangre:
Same issue , same make.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Hi folks, just came across this amazing screen tuning application(still in beta though),

Now we can easily modify the screen temperature and sharpness, i love those sharpness tweaks, give it a try.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1366280

Am sure this is going to solve the problem of many.
[Galaxy S II General] apateer:
I didn't tell my story form the beginning, when i bought my SII, i tried to update the firmware using Kies but it does't work also there was some issues with the mobile software all this off course beside the yellowish problem.

So i returned this unit and replaced it with another one. The second mobile doesn't have the software issues that i found in the old one but sill have the yellowish problem and when updating firmware using same installation of Kies it is completed successfully and the yellowish problem solved too.

I think the problem may be in the ROM copy placed in the device. am I right ?
[Galaxy S II General] defenderko:
I also have some kind of discoloration , noticed that couple of days ago, when screen is showing gray color or some brighter colors there is a spot that is actually brighter then the rest of the screen , not big maybe 2mms in diameter but it's there. Best seen while transitioning from menu to menu in the market. On white background there are no problems.
[Galaxy S II General] kariboo92:
My experience with 3 devices

This hardware screen or manufacturing issue is affecting most / ALL devices, but the intensity of this problem can vary.

This issue is almost softwared fixed in the latest Samsung firmwares, but is also clearly seen on Cyanogen firmware which does not have any software fix. (good to test)

This could be interesting to understand what does this software fix to a hardware problem ( minimum light level raised ? RGB tweaking ? .... )

To share my experience with 3 differents GS2 and conclusions :

- first one was made in Poland, half left of screen yellow, else no artefact with the screen

- after asking for a replacement, the new one made in vietnam, the yellow tint is maybe 2 times stronger than on the previous one, with a light dark bar on the right.

- the third one made also in vietnam I presume ( Made by Samsung with no country written at the back of the device : Did Samsung try to hide the vietnams devices wich seems to suffer more color issues : cf video on internet ).

I presume it is made in Vietnam because battery is finished in Vietnam and manual is printed in Vietnam.

On this last device the yellow tint is very light, almost not noticeable, maybe half of the first device I had, and 4 times less than the second device.

Else the screen suffer from a 45 degres bar in the left bottom corner where there seems to be more luminosity. It is visible in dark conditions with gray backgrounds mainly.
[Galaxy S II General] busterdev:
Severe horizontal lines

managed to take 2 pictures of my screen

one of engadget when i first saw all those grey lines

and one of opera browser when you can clearly see them.

this bugs me way too much.

just to make sure before i drop this of at a service point;

could this be in any way caused by a rom (in my case, miui) or kernel (in my case, siyah 2.2) ?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Yesterday I got the Galaxy Note and I also checked the store stocks on the Galaxy S2, both white and black versions on a oct-nov batch. Both have the same yellow banding on the left side but the other one showed massive ghosting to the point that it looked like screen burn in.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
wow the note too....
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
No sorry for the confusion on my statement, the Note does not have the issue. What I ment was the S2's
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
lol i wonder why the hell this thread still going on :D
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Because new comers never read all those pages and straight away post here that they are having problem, they dont know the fact that this thread is not going to help them apart from understanding there is nothing they can do to fix it via service.

3 solution to all new comers wining about display problem.

1.Upgrade to latest firmware(once you lock and unlock the screen there wont be yellow tint).

2.Use supercurio's screen tuning app or soft screen tuner to change the screen tint,temperature as you want.

3.Sell your mobile, no more problems :D
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
4.) After several replacements your bound to get a screen with another issue, ask for a refund.

I took that path.
[Galaxy S II General] naturist:
5) Donate to me if you are not looking for refund. LOL :D
[Galaxy S II General] nyyankees3511:
LOL here is my nexus screen, its not that extreme in real life.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I've also seen that reddish hue on my S2 and even on my Gnote but only on certain shades of grey and becomes unnoticeable at certain brightness levels.
[Galaxy S II General] nyyankees3511:
nothing to worry about then?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
With the panel lottery on SAMOLED, id rather not have this replaced and face another possibly worse issue. Its not that annoying.
[Galaxy S II General] mikashakira:
yes it has...I WANT MY MONEY BACK SAMSUNG
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Get a refund, let your complaints be heard.
[Galaxy S II General] nyyankees3511:
Yours is also only on one side?
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
You mean on my SGS2 or Galaxy Note?
[Galaxy S II General] nyyankees3511:
either of them.
[Galaxy S II General] okmijnlp:
My phone rocks :D

:).
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Got a refund for my S2 as several replacements still resulted in different screen issues, my G-Note has a little greenish tint on greys at the lower 1/4 of the screen. not noticeable unless I look for it.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
I don't seem to have problems with 1 and 2.

There will be banding in some situations though.

3 I do notice often. I don't know what it is, but it's noticeable.

4. Sometimes i see leftovers of what was behind the notification shade when i do a pulldown. Not often though, and it goes away, so i'm not too worried.
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
A couple people in here said they don't have the issue. I would like to just see one photo of a device without it.
[Galaxy S II General] Nurra:
ahh nice. It does turn H when I actively use internet. I love my gs2 even more.
[Galaxy S II General] Nurra:
Here you go
[Galaxy S II General] hrcro:
Posted in wrong section sry.
[Galaxy S II General] sachilleas:
You're just kidding i suppose with this picture.

Use droplist as a background , set brightness at the lowest point , use a camera not a screenshot.
[Galaxy S II General] Nurra:
Oh I almost didn't buy this phone after I saw this thread. I did look for an alternative and even consider waiting for the htc sensation. But according to the specs the sensation is almost like a mid range phone compared to gs2. So I went ahead and get the gs2. Let me tell you all I've used no less than 30 smart phones, most are flagship devices and the gs2 is the best I've come across. So if any of you wondering if you should buy this our not, consider this 3 million people pre order this. Where are there complaint. This is my opinion so don't flame me.
[Galaxy S II General] Bratag:
Perhaps my vision isn't what it used to be but after seeing this thread I have spent a good 45 minutes playing with brightness and various backgrounds/the pulldown and I am unable to see this issue on my screen. Certainly nothing like what some of the screenshots show here.

I have got to imagine that this is an issue limited to a certain batch with millions of these units out in the wild it seems strange that we haven't had an outcry on this before.

Could this be a heat related issue? The left side of my phone is certainly the side that warms up the most under heavy load, though I have to say that since I went to flash 10.3 I can't replicate the initial heat issues I had.
[Galaxy S II General] Nurra:
Sorry dude I'm not an expert I thought if the yellow tint thing is gonna appear, it would appear in any condition, screenshot or camera. Yes ur gs2 has the problem so demand a new one cause we spend a lot of $ for this thing right? people who dont have this problem wouldnt take a 2nd look at this post. Thats y u dont see them here. Im here because I saw this thread b4 I bought I got the device. Now I just want to report that mine dont have such problem.
[Galaxy S II General] Seabass1:
You need to use a camera to show what the screen is actually showing as it is a hardware fault not a software issue. A screenshot is not going to show the problem regardless of whether a particular phone has the problem or not.
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Allright all you gotta do now is take a picture of the pull down menu in a complete dark room. One with full birghtness and one with the lowest. Please take the phote from straight up, not angles.

That would be very appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] xclusiv8:
Could you please post a picture of your phone so we all can see you dont have it. Thanx
[Galaxy S II General] eallan:
Thank you.

Screenshots do not show us what your eyes see on a screen.

No one is saying that it is a software issue that a screenshot would show.