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[Galaxy S II General] kar111:
Yeah, im trying to do that as much as i can especially changing the orientation with the market and some apps.

So once your pixels gets burned in, can you change them back to normal by putting a different colour over the burned area or is it for good?
[Galaxy S II General] JuWa:
I think UK as all the Europe uses 24h clock. So no need to worry about am pm burn in. :)
[Galaxy S II General] richie_jones:
"4 MONTHS" any sign of any burn in on my screen and i`ll be looking for a replacement under the warrenty. If this is the case then i`m afraid the Amoled technology is a complete failure in my opinion...!!!
[Galaxy S II General] dhiru1602:
Basically LED displays comprise of 3 LEDs. Red, Blue and Green. When they lit up all together, the form white. Unlike the LCD technology, LED's are diodes which convert electricity into Light and hence they have a lifespan. They gradually start degrading which reduces the amount of light that they emit.

Blue has the highest tendency to degrade faster, hence the AMOLED screens have a Bluish tint to compensate for the same.

Suppose you use a 12 Hour clock and you have AM and PM displayed all the time, as a result of this, the blue pixels that are present at the AM, PM display location degrade, which causes a color imbalance. I.e the other pixels emit more light, but the "Burnt" pixels emit less light. At a later stage when the other 2 LEDs start getting burnt, you can see a patched up section, which represents the burnt pixels, which could be spotted on specific backgrounds.

There is no way to fix screen burn than to get a new display. There is a HUGE topic about screen burn in SGS section. It's worth a read.
[Galaxy S II General] racerboy3801:
I got my galaxy s in August last year and there is a large amount of burn in especially where the clock is.

You can check the individual colours in SGS tools or the xda app when you first open it.
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
I haven't had any burn-ins whatsoever with my SGS. I had it since October and used it everyday. None. Just checked after reading this thread. None whatsoever.

Koreans are very critical of things they buy. They are one of if not THE country where consumer reports are spread fastest due to their connectivity with the web. Things like this is just NOT accepted over there. And there would be a country outrage especially regarding Samsung products. I highly doubt this is the case. Maybe you have a one off defect.
[Galaxy S II General] coocood:
The Burn-in is caused by the short life of the blue pixel.

I suggest don't make blue pixel lit in the status bar.

I don't know if there has any launchers could make Time and Signal status area displayed in yellow or green rather than white.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
My nexus one had status bar burn in within the first month. Still there, no way to reverse it.

But using launcher pro is best solution which hides the status bar completely.
[Galaxy S II General] thelestat:
Same here I have had an S1 since it was launched. I used it heavily every day, the screen was on a lot as i used it as an ebook reader. There is zero burn in (checked using screen test).

A friend has one as well, which he bought at the same time as me, he is very critical of every detail, and there is zero burn in on his either.
[Galaxy S II General] richie_jones:
I`m going to use my SG2 as I want, i`m not going to worry about screen burn in, if it happens which i doubt it,i`ll be demanding a replacement . No one should have to use any programs to hide status bars etc, just to try and prevent it. If it happens then in my opinion its a defect and should be replaced.

Did anybody try for a replacement with the First SG that suffered screen burn...
[Galaxy S II General] crypticc:
That's what two year warranties are for I guess. Like post above, I would love to hear of successful replacement for original sgs.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
Many people exchanged their nexus one, desire, galaxy s, for a new screen and the burn in just happened again after a month on the replacement. Not much can be done just live with it.
[Galaxy S II General] conantroutman:
How serious of a burn are we talking about here? A slight shadow or a full on watermark type situation??

Just curious as mine is en route but if this is as bad as some are making out then it will be a deal breaker for me....

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face......
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
+1

warranty ain't issued by Samsung for nothing. Loving this phone. Its blazing fast since day 1 and ain't getting slower. Over 150 apps now installed. Still as fast ==3
[Galaxy S II General] dhiru1602:
Doesn't effect the user much. Barely visible on daily use.
[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
I9000 since august, no burn in so far , used everyday..

I9100 since, well less than a month, ofc no burn in
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
Its very very light, barely noticeable unless you look hard for it on white web pages. This is prob why not everyone sees it cause they are looking for something much worse.
[Galaxy S II General] admoo:
I have a slight temporary image retention on my phone, it only lasts a few seconds after using the keypad or the circular lock screen etc , but its pretty noticeable on a dark background :(

Sure, it fades after a few seconds, but I'm quite concerned that it'll cause lasting damage over time.

I'll try get some snaps, later.. my phone is er, 3 days old :D
[Galaxy S II General] p3t0r:
Man if I see any burn in in <12 months, I'm going to request an RMA. I've never had a phone that had burn in...
[Galaxy S II General] aurelm:
I had the sgs for 12 months and there was certainly a burn in. However not that much that it can bother unless you are a maniac :)

Speaking of, has anyone noticed that the image quality on sgs2 increases over time ? Like a burn in on headphones, the good one :)

First day the display was crappy as hell, dark, with too much contrast. Is it placebo or do the leds go to full potential over a little period ?
[Galaxy S II General] cruzy:
I've noticed, the best way to actually see your burnin is in the darkest brightness setting on a grey/blue screen.

I have had the phone for about half a year and have very noticable burn in of the opera browsers location bar and also the status bar. I used it alot for surfing ^^ and playing online games, always in portrait view.
[Galaxy S II General] tjtj4444:
I can see "burn-in" (or rather "wear-out") from the notification bar when looking on the red test screen ( *#0*# ), but it doesn't bother me at all. I cannot see it during normal use at all.

And this was visible after just a few months , but it hasn't got worse since then (got the phone in may 2011).

This is not a dedicated professional display for photoediting, this is an multi-purpose smartphone that you keep for two years or so, so unless you got severe display problems that are very visible during normal use, then just ignore it.
[Galaxy S II General] awojtas:
I've had mine for about 9 mths and there are two burn-in parts for me

- notification bar area has gone bluer - because elsewhere on the screen the blue has been used more and burnt out faster

- bottom 20% of the screen is generally darker - I think because that's where the popup menu is... which leads onto...

Maybe there is another kind of burn-in for AMOLED, a repetitive on/off burn-in? In other words, if you are displaying a static image, the screen burns-in less. But if the image is constantly changed, it "wears out" quicker?

For example, if you have a soft keyboard that highlights each key when you press it, that will wear out that area of the screen a lot as you type more.

That's the only explanation I have for why the bottom 20% of my screen has more burn-in. I only use a black themed keyboard and never leave anything running with a bright/white area down the bottom (minimal navigation use, etc).
[Galaxy S II General] rj3005:
No, there is no special "repetitive on/off burn-in"

AMOLED display work much like Plasma screens, each pixel constantly switches on/off regardless whether the images is static or dynamic.

As temperature is one of the factors that affect the wear-out of AMOLED it may well be that the bottom 20% is affected by the thermal properties of what´s behind the display panel.

The good news is that, like plasma, the wear-out/burn-in issue is mainly limited to the first few 100 working hours of the panel, after that degradation slows down significantly.

Anyway burn-in should not be a problem with mobile phones during it´s intended lifespan and use (I fully agree with tjtj4444 that´s not a dedicated professional display for photoediting)
[Galaxy S II General] dfrear:
Pretty bad screen-burn on my S2 - had it about 10 months. I believe it happened after the screen decided not to turn off one night and I fell asleep. The screen could well have been on the same image for around 6 hours.

It went in for warranty repair last Friday, off to pick it up today! Been hell without it!
[Galaxy S II General] Monkey Slut:
ive got my s2 for about a week and i see 2 screen burns, the first one is big, its all the width of the screen and long for about 2cm ,the second one is at the bottom of the screen, left corner, can i do something about it ? warranty includes this ? its pretty annoying and noticeable
[Galaxy S II General] g2tl:
Had the phone since last May, and no burn in at all.

I did have the notification bar hidden in Go Launcher though (I pull it down with down-swipe gesture).
[Galaxy S II General] raxidian:
Had my Samsung Galaxy S 2 for almost a year now... no burn-ins

I use it a lot for text messaging, google talk and gmail, also light web-browsing with stock web browser, remote desktop and some games and music from time to time.

having that kind of problems after a couple of weeks may indicate a faulty unit, try to contact your vendor about that warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] Bl@ck:
i noticed some sort of burn in when playing around with the notification bar, when i removed it i could see the trace of notification icons and the black bar but after 30 sec it disappeared, most likely samsung addressed this problem with SAmoled+, older pentile SAmoled technology was prone to burn in, in fact i saw a lot of GNexus having this problem after a couple of months.
[Galaxy S II General] smithersmatt:
I had my s2 for a few weeks before i started to notice a slight yellowish tint in the upper right corner. Didn't think much of it until it started to expand over the rest of the screen.

After a couple of weeks most of my screen was covered with this and then it started retaining the images of everything id run on the phone, games, text, etc, until it got to the point that the screen was so darkened with existing images that i could barely see any opened app or text underneath.

Had my carrier send it to samsung for repairs (free of charge thanks to samsung) and was told it was a faulty solder connection in manufacturing.

not a single issue in the 5 months since but it sure did suck going 2 weeks with my old palm pre =)
[Galaxy S II General] OrionCarl:
mines just outta warranty and its got quite bad burn in on the status bar, great, easy scratch screen and same burn in you get on a 1950s tube TVs!!!gotta love technology!
[Galaxy S II General] marcadam:
My first sgs2 had horrendous yellow tint and after 5 months the screen on my second one has recently developed horizontal grey lines which are steadily spreading up the screen. I have never come across a phone that has had so many complaints about the screen. The phone itself is oustanding but the screen issues I've had are seriously making me contemplate jumping ship.
[Galaxy S II General] hikarugo:
"Burn-In Savior" sure helps making status bar burn in less noticable. How it works is by forcing the black status bar, which has less usage than other part of the screen, to be used more by blinking it with different colors. It is a paid app. The free version is limited only to 5 minutes. But you can simply take screenshots and make your own slideshow.
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
10 months and still no burn :/

1 hour screentime each day atleast
[Galaxy S II General] bazzag:
Just use a colored/transparent status bar mod (Anything apart from the default black)...No need to purchase an app to do that for you.
[Galaxy S II General] hikarugo:
It will be ugly. Using the app is better and faster
[Galaxy S II General] Logi_Ca1:
I'm going to sell my SGS2 in preparation for a SGS3 or HOX, but I'm worried that the buyer might mistake the burn-in at the status bar area (or rather, lack thereof!) as a defect with my particular phone, rather than a characteristic of AMOLED in general.

So I made this picture. It's essentially a black picture but with a white strip at where the status bar (and bright strip) should be.

I plan to just show this picture on my phone (while ticking the keep screen awake while charging option) while I sleep. Is it a good idea?
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
be honest

he would find it some time later
[Galaxy S II General] dem000n:
I wrote this little app for myself, but you can also try it. It's just blink different colors (or keeps white color) in statusbar area. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Abracadabra69:
Thanks!! Help a lot :D
[Galaxy S II General] Areg8_6:
Hey guys i found this app and in the description it says that it can fix burn-in

App name is Display Tester

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester
[Galaxy S II General] scayre32:
Just got mine back

I sent my handset off to the repair centre because I had major screen burn in of the status bar. According to Phones4u it was repaired under warranty but I'm pretty sure they just replaced my handset without telling me.

Bonus.
[Galaxy S II General] sl8125:
I recently installed navigation bar mod on my new sgs2. I really didn't like using the hardware home key so installed the mod.

My question is will I be facing screen burn in if I keep using the navi bar. Its really convenient setup with search, home and task manager and still utilize menu and back key on bottom of the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
How to know if im having a screen burn ?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Dude we told you 10 times yesterday in other thread
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
:D Just in case :D
[Galaxy S II General] scayre32:
use the screen test.

*#0*# works on a stock from. It doesn't work on some others though. Use the coloured screens to check.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shahp:
Hi Folks,

I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.

1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?

2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.

Thanks for the help
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
i have paid Titanium backup, so i know on that you can change the location where the backup is used.

i bought root explorer and titanium back up in november 2010, and have used it on 3 different phones since. i too hate paying for software that i think may not work, but i have used these programs beyond their value, and was 200% satisfied with my purchase. dont hesistate, just buy them. once you root, these programs are priceless. i use root explorer for more than just root stuff, i dont use astro, or even the stock CM file explorer root explorer is just fine and even works without root (will work like astro).

there is an app called app admin that works to remove bloat. i find root explorer easier as it kinda identifys what certain programs are by icon, where app admin you need to know what it is before deleting. app admin tho you can check off multiple apps and delete them all at the same time, where root explorer is one by one, and you will need to do a battery pull after a removing certain apps such as wifi calling, so you may need more than one battery pull, where with app admin it should only make you do one battery pull.

so i say buy the 2 apps you mentioned, it cant hurt and as long as you are willing to stay with android, the value is priceless
[T-Mobile LG G2x] McFroger3:
You can change the backup location of TB in the preferences menu. Just look for "Backup folder location"

You could try using file expert, they now have a root setting in the settings menu, tho I have yet to get it to copy many files over at once without it crashing or stalling. Other then that, you could learn the ADB commands to do the same thing.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
I use Super Manager. Its free. It'd look better without the weird color scheme but it works fine as a root explorer and lets you read/write to the system folder.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shahp:
Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?

Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.

Thanks to everyone for the advice.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] CrazyCharlie:
Titanium allows you to restore your apps across different ROM's and even different phones. CWM can only restore entire ROM's and is only really useful if a newly installed ROM or kernel cause a problem and you need to restore an old one through recovery. Titanium is an invaluable program and I recommended you purchase the paid version.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] McFroger3:
TB is only for apps+data, while Nandroid does a backup of the entire system.

Also with nandroids it creates .img files so you would not be able to get apps back and use on different roms like the previous poster. If you wish to start fresh, just delete current directory and point to the new one on the external SD card.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drahyrt:
Hi , tried searching ththis problem without success.

Have 3.1 wifi USA brd updated method

With either the search from home screen or within browser search via address bar it stalls and does not search google, but if I go to Google.com then it immediately searches as expected.

Any advice appreciated
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dami_rz:
Hi!

I have an HD2 EU, 16 Gb SD Card (Ext and swap partitions already created) , MAGLRD 1.13, Radio 2.15.50.14 and CWM 250 Mb.

I've tried to install this rom and CMYLXGOroms.Stock.Desire.HD.v1.1.9.1n.LITE.Edition-RAFPIGNA.1.9OC_CWM

And I have the same problem with both, they freeze in the HTC logo screen at the beginning :/ (I installed the CMYLXGO rom a month ago and it worked fine, i don't know what's the problem)

Does anyone know why is that?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dami_rz:
Oh, I didn't remember to wipe full data and the darvik cache.... I will try now, it migth be the problem
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] s.supervisor:
;):D;)

ext size?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dami_rz:
Nope, I tried installing Recovery 3.0.2.4 and do the wipping and it didn't work, it still freezes in the HTC logo screen
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dami_rz:
The max, I think it is 1.5 Gb (I remember that it was the max alowed :P )
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] s.supervisor:
use 1024 and 0 at cwm partition option
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dami_rz:
It will create a 1024 ext, 0 swap and fat32 the missing space rigth? It's formatting, it will take a while :P I'll be back with results :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] s.supervisor:
no reboot, stay on cwm and use mount storage to copy the rom.zip on sd. then install
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dami_rz:
Anewsome! Thanks, The problem was that I was rebooting to use the Storage function in malgdr! Thanks thanks thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] s.supervisor:
please no Problem

enjoy

;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corey140:
I have a problem with my Camera. When I go to Take a Picture or Record a Video, I get a message that says:Unable to save file to SD Card due to insufficient file Permissions. Also, when I try to look at my pictures from the Camera screen, I get a message that says No pictures or Videos found when clearly there are some that I can get to from my Gallery in the Menu. CAN SOMEONE HELP???

I am fully rooted and running myn's Warm TwoPointTwo (RLS5). Don't know if that means anything...LOL
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redwiz666:
Try going in to recovery and using the option for fix file premisions and it might fix it if not the pull the data you have on you men card off and reformat the card. After that you should be able to transfer the data back to the card. Hope that helps
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corey140:
Went into recovery and I did not see this option. I apologize, I'm a neewbie at this stuff so I could have overlooked the option. However, I did see an option to fix file permissions in Rom Manager and ran that option. It was still unsuccessful! I hate wiping the Memory Card just because I'm so new at these things. Are there any other options?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koba:
Is there a One click Root tool without kernel and stuff, only one click root for SGS2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Yes the tool is stand alone .

But it wont work on SGS 2 without using the posted method flash Kernel to allow it to work .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koba:
is there a tool in work for stock kernel?
[Captivate General] boobert74:
i'm a huge Egypt fan and would love it if someone could do a theme based off of Egypt monuments and such....
[Captivate General] xThe Enforcer:
Why don't you create one?
[Captivate General] vunuts:
^^^^Yup.

And post in the themes section for more results and less flaming.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmuk223:
I just recently bought an extended battery for my fassy. As some of us know erasing battery stats in cwm "helps battery life". In reality its showing more accurate battery stats so that it doesnt drop several percent rapidly to compensate. My question is: does it really work like that and will switching between the stock 1500mah and extended battery 2400mah distort the battery reading? Or cause any other problems for that matter....m
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bob-o:
I have the naztech 2400 battery. I have wiped my stats after a full charge. Doesn't seen to hurt anything. Mine. Appears to report correctly.
[Defy Android Development] cosminmocan:
Hi everyone i just buyed myself an defy today and i want to install froyo on it i really dont know how :) can someone help me

i want to know the safest way because im not in the financial state to buy a new one thx very much :)
[Defy Android Development] AkkiandDefy:
Post it to General ;)
[Defy Android Development] forthe:
Safest way is to install the official update, which may or maynot be available now depending on your country. Moto has promised an update by june end in all countries, so if its not available to you, just wait a few more weeks. Else there are a lot if froyo sbfs to flash available here.