yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I have a feeling the problem lies with the glass screen or the coating.

I switch the screen off and tilt it, I get a bright daylight reflection on the screen, but I look at the glass and not the reflection. I then notice that the glass has got a blue hue to it.

Actually if I tilt it in other directions I can see pink colouration too lol.

Have others noticed this?

I better stop obsessing now or it will start to annoy me ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx001:
I haven't tested this with the phone off. But i do know that the problem i describe has nothing to do with being obsessive. The first thing both my girlfriend and friend noticed was the strong blue tint which is completely non-existent on their devices.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuusuke:
I aswell notice the blue tinting when i tilt it abit, its easily noticable, but its nothing terrible, its just there.

would be interested in more parties opinions, seems as though only a select few so far dont have it, or cant notice it for some reason =)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otacon888:
I have used two SGS2's from the first batch and one from the second batch. They all have the blue tint when tilted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx001:
Yes we need more data.

Maybe we should also define how much tilt we're talking about.

On my device only a few degrees, less than 7 degrees produced a strong blue-ish tint wich was easily observable and annoying to the point that you couldn't really sit several people beside each other and watch photos on it. My old SGS1 did not have this problem either at all.

Here's some vids of SGS2 devices which do NOT have this issue as reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK7M_RNQM7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOxAh4I2jrk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvr_P0euqWc

The last video link is really good. It shows the screen from a lot of angles where none of them produces any blue tint. Look at 6:35 where he titlts it upwards and down again on the table. No tint. If i laid my phone on the table and filmed if from the same angle as he did, my screen would show a strong blue tint.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Who said you was being obsessive?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx001:
No one :)

What i meant was just that this problem is not something you'd have to look hard to see or in certain light conditions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderroid:
My Desire HD also bear the same prob

actually its not a prob for me anymore...

Its actually fine/normal
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digital1325:
I have a blue hue as well. Luckily, I don't look at my phone tilted sideways when using it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I watched the last video and as you said, the screen does look pretty normal.

I am guessing that most of them are blue tinted to some degree and not worth swapping out for a replacement yet.

Also noticed my mothers HTC desire (amoled) has a similar blue tint, as stated in my earlier post.

Cant decide whether its the Glass or the Amoled?

Hopefully more people will come forward and say if they have the blue tint or not.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android53:
I have a theory you don't have a samoled screen...only tft screens discolour at angles, amoled only gets dimmer.

Check the black level, it should be almost invisible in a dark room
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
It's definitely a samoled+ screen lol

Maybe it is the the glass or the coating then.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuusuke:
Yeah, one factor could be which screen protector we are using, i'm currently using the SGP Ultra Oleophobic and its noticable one mine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobdeagle:
every samsung amoled device imo has a colored hue now i do not think it is the display itself because i have an amoled screen in my cowon S9 and its perfect on all angles the difference is that the samsung devices have an anti reflective coating i believe this is the cause of the discoloration on angles

also just a though how often do you really look at your phone on an angle ?

anyway i guess its because of the coatings on the screen however also of note is that amoleds were pentile last gen but my old cowon S9 from quite a few years ago has a normal RGB layout ....maybe new amoleds are just lower quality ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophey:
First the yellow left hand side issue and now this? I wonder what they were smokin' over at Sammy quality control when these came through :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuusuke:
I actually don't notice any yellowing on my device.

Even if I tilt it a bit from my front on viewing angle the blue tint is noticingly there
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx001:
Yes it's the exact same thing with the unit i had!

Well, when i say tilt i mean as little as moving your hand just a tiny bit. The slightest amount of tilt makes the screen really blue. As soon as you look at it again right on it returns to white.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquirtingCherry:
This effect goes away in time, i had this too when i just got my phone but after a months use its barely noticable now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reltor:
I got my phone recently and noticed this blue tint as soon as I got to the homescreen. The other day I went to the nearest store and checked their SGS2 that they had for display, and guess what? No blue tint at all when tilting the phone, I made sure to test all the different display settings also.

Is this really the case? Cause right now im just thinking of returning the phone, seeing as the problem isn't going away. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I don't think this will go after time. Maybe you have got used to it.

I now believe that it is the type of glass used to reduce glare. If you switch off the screen and tilt it in bright daylight you will notice that the glass has got a slight blue tint to it. My handset has anyway.

Maybe there are other handsets that use different glass or coatings.

I will have to check more phone shop demo models to compare.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android53:
All samoled glass has a blue tint when the screen is off, they should have 0 colour variance when tilted until you get to extreme degrees.

Return your phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I will only return when I physically see a model that hasn't got a blue tint. All the ones I have seen so far have.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reltor:
So are you saying that the one I saw in the store had different type of glass? I physically held it in my hand and compared it to the one I have, you could easily tell the difference.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
That's my theory as I can see my screen has a blue tint when the screen is switched off.

TBH the blue tint isn't that bad a problem for me, as the screen is excellent anyway, but if I do see a screen that has no blue tint, I will return mine for an exchange!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
i also have this problem with my galaxy s2, and even tough its clearly advertised on the box and store as amoled screen, i have the theory that this isnt an OLED screen, oled screen has 0.01MS pixel response time, however this one u can easelly notice defocus when scrolling, and a very small blurr ingames, something not present in amoled screen.

And as i said earlier i also have the blue tint hue on mine, another feature not present in actual OLED screens, this stinks like QLED to me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
rofl! i also tested the one at the store and did not have the blue tint that mine had, im gonna have to take mine there side by side i guess...

Hmm this makes me think it goes away with time too, maybe this is some sort of anti aging crap on the screen? as i believe in oled screens blue wears off quicker than red and green?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
When you check side by side, make sure that the brightness levels are the same and that the background effect is set the same.

I still don't think this will fade over time as my mothers HTC Desire (amoled version) has a blue/green tint, she has had it for 12 months now and its exactly the same.

Only time will tell :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
ill test it tomorrow and post back results in this thread.

im still a bit disapointed it blurrs in motion, here i was hoping i would get a plasma quality screen for gaming xD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I will also compare this week sometime and post some results :)

The blur effect is equal to my iPhone 4, so doesn't bother me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx001:
I don't think this is the case as the screen only shows the blue tint when tilted.

As i stated earlier also, both my girlfriends and friends SGS2, which are nothing more than two weeks old, never had this problem.

I have tested the unit i had side by side to theirs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
hey finally found this thread, i saw the one at store and it also shifted hue a bit to blue when viewed from a different angle.

BTW im not sure this is a phone problem but anyone tried turbofly3d or air attack hd and experienced crashing those apps with samsung galaxy s2? thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seabass1:
I'm now on my second SGS2 and this one gets a green/blue tint when being viewed at even a slight angle, at first I was pretty sure my original one didn't do this but In all honestly I couldn't say either way now. It's slightly annoying but I don't really want to return it since I'm not sure that it as I'm not sure if it's on all of the SGS2s and my first one had quite a severe case of the left side of the screen being darker and yellow while my second one barely has that problem at all.

What I have noticed though is that in the screen test menu, that you get by putting *#0*# into the dialler, is that both red and green change hue when tilted while blue mostly gets darker. Red becomes very orange and the green pushes slightly towards blue. It would be interesting to hear if people see the same thing happen, especially if their screen doesn't get a blue tint when tilted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I have checked in 3 different phone shops, and side by side my handset has the exact same blue tint when tilted as the display models.

I have noticed that lately the blue tint isn't as obvious as before, but maybe that's my eyes getting used to it.

Still loving the phone, but wished Samsung would hurry up with the official UK updates!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
This is some like some sort of display angle limitation which was not an issue with the SGS1, to those who claim they dont have this issue try the beach ( static ) wallpaper its pretty obvious when the sands shift into a blueish color.

EDIT:

I tried to capture the issue with a video mode using a digital camera and the issue is not visible during the capture, also a friend of mine swears his does not have any tinting just a little dimming at extreme angles.

EDIT2:

Uploaded the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0kjNa3cGzc

Again, this video does NOT show the bluetinting but I notice it in normal usage if I have my phone titled, noticeable with white colors.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
That must mean that the Youtube links at the bottom of page 2 do not prove that their handsets have no blue tint either then?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
That something I really cant tell maybe with some very expensive camera equipment this blue-tinting can be captured, its VERY noticeable with that wallpaper on the sand by doing that tilting motion.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I would like to bump this post up so that more people can see this and confirm if this is really normal or not, I havent had the chance yet to compare to another unit side by side.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Major_Sarcasm:
Using the test mode ( *#0*# ) and selecting Red, Blue & Green I can see a slight tint-shift when tilting the device through different viewing angles. That said, I think that I'm perceiving a tint-shift when in fact all I'm seeing is a dimming of the display that is common to all displays at odd angles.

Move along, nothing to see here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I also see it on my SGS2 but not on the SGS1 or not as severe actually.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I just got a new unit and the blue tinting is not as massive as the first one, about 80% less but the SGS1 really had a better coating coz I dont see the same issue at the same brightness level and picture.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android53:
Doubt it has anything to do with the coating, standard oleophobic coating on both.

Maybe it was a design compromise to get the phone slimmer. Or a cheaper samoled unit than the sgs1 considering all the problems people have been reporting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Well I believe it has something to do with the Glass 'and/or' coating used on this device as I can see the blue tint when the screen is switched off and then tilted at the same angles. Especially with reflections in daylight.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coolhanded:
I had blue tint and dead pixel on my old phone. sent it back and blue tint isnt there. but i do feel my wifi and 3g are not performing as well as they did.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I got my unit replaced even the store reps noticed the massive tinting, the new unit still has one bu its not that massive, id say 70% less.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
when you guys mention blue tinting, is it while looking at it straigth? or is it by looking at it at different angles?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Have you read the title of this thread? *sarcasm* ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
yeah i just see alot of ppl saying theirs dont have that problem etc, i traded mine btw, it had horrible blue tint on diff angles and it heated so much sometimes it was really burning my thumb... this one didnt reach those temp levels and semms that the blue tint is still there but a little bit less noticeable, the one ive saw at stores didnt have such big blue tint problem when shifting angles BUT it did look a bit bluer than mine when facing it straigth so that might be the reason i guess...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Just tilt it a few degrees.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xakarix84:
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ausdroider:
Mine does this and it was one of the first things I actually noticed on my phone. However, one thing seemed to help it a little. Ever since I put one of those screen scratch protectors on the screen, it has lessened the effect quite a bit.

So perhaps try applying a good quality screen protector on it, see if it makes a difference. However, I think all SGS2's are like this there's nothing unique about your phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wackyD:
It's the refractive property of the gorilla glass
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xakarix84:
i don't think it's normal, because even face directly, i can see the greenish all over too except center seem a little bit normal

Uploaded with ImageShack.us
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Its not normal, I had mine replaced.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adambig:
I just got the phone yesterday and the first thing I noticed after turning it on were the poor viewing angles. I was really surprised by that, given the fact that this Super Amoled Plus display was supposedly 'the best on the market'.

My Galaxy S II shows a very strong blue tint when tilted about 10 degrees in any direction and it's really annoying.

It's really hard to capture this on camera but I think these images are quite accurate

Facing directly, brightness around 55%, background mode normal

hxxp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/51230305.jpg/

Slightly tilted, same settings

hxxp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/29320838.jpg/

Looks like there's too much coating on the screen, if tilted at extreme angles there is a noticeable rainbow-esque pattern showing. Should I get it replaced?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I would recommend you have it replaced, my first phone had that issue.. coming from a Galaxy S1 the issue was immediately noticeable to me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbiye:
I tried this too, all I can see is a slight dimming in colors.

But I do NOT see the Blue Tint that some users are referring to. I have never had the yellow side problem either.

I have seen screenshot posted on another thread where someone had a pink tint on their screen. I don't think either of those are normal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberman_ni:
Blue tint issue on samsung gs2

I'm so disappointed in the SGS2 and the super amoled plus screen! I have seen better screens on a Casio calculator. This is being sent back as soon as the post office opens. It's ok within the 5cm sweet spot after that it’s terrible. Makes my 18 month old Xperia X10 look like cutting edge screen technology. With trip's miui gb rom the screen is truly amazing. Even with bmarko's amazing miui rom on the sgs2 it’s still blue. I'm convinced it’s hardware related. Gorilla glass tint, amoled issue or just plain faulty.:mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuku2004:
just got me a new SGS2 after my HD2 broke down :(

The first thing i've noticed is this tint while tilting the phone - it's not a bad batch issue, i've seen this on all SGS/SGS2, guess this is what AMOLED is...

I have to say this issue is really annoying, I really like AMOLED black=black but i really prefer my old LCD screen!

another thing is color saturation is really bad, it doensnt look natural, i changed settings from dynamic to movie but it still doesnt look natural, too bad cause this phone is really a bad ass beast.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkSkov:
Surely if you can show the retailer two phones, one with a suspect tint and one without then you can just get a replacement?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Thats what I did on mine, they compared it to another unit and they immediately saw that even with the slightest viewing angle change the screen would go blue.

Had it replaced very happy with the replacement!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd2matt:
Hi guys, I just thought I'd add that my screen has a terrible viewing angle too.

I only received it this morning as an uncertain upgrade to my mint HD2 (android) but I thought I'd give it a try. The first thing I noticed was the shocking amount of blue when the screen is tilted - even my Mrs commented on it before I mentioned anything.

Considering the screen on my HD2 is meant to be "old hat", it's doing a good job of blowing the SGS2 out of the water. Holding them side by side the HD2 wins hands down. I'll try to get a video comparison tomorrow, but I suspect like others before me that it won't be noticable.

Shame really as I quite like the phone and I wanted it to convince me to keep it, but just now it doesn't seem like a worthy upgrade. Maybe I should wait another 6 months to upgrade.

Anyways, I'm not sure whats going on with this samoled+ but my sgs2 certainly isn't performing how I expected lol.

Matt
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I've tried to do a video comparison on it before but it seems that my camera cant capture the effect.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiisos:
I've the same problem. How can I fix it? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
Hello, i knew this thread would come in handy 1 day, despite all the trolling fanboys did on it around here, the issue you are having is visible on all normal galaxy s2 phones, that also includes galaxy s1, some phones which do not have it are the actual ones which are damaged if you compare those which dont with those which do, you will see that those which dont have the small blue tint no matter what the angle viewed, thats why you cant notice it in some.

Take a look in here for more information about what is normal and what is not.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159959

PS: yes the oled screen in samsung is pure garbage compared to a proper oled screen, its pixel response time is still visible which shouldnt in a proper oled, the blue tint should also not exist aswell between other problems, personally i based my entired decision of buying this phone on the stupid screen which totally sucks, however it still beats any lcd screen at ease, if u still dont like it send it back and wait for Sony OLED phones, but that will possibly take few years....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yes a slight blue tint when viewing the phone in an angle is normal, all phones change to some sort of tinting when viewed at extreme angles, the issue discussed here is that the blue tint is just so massive that its like having a viewing angle of a TN monitor.

Just because you havent seen one that has the massive blue tinting compared to the regular ones does not give you any credibility to say its on the majority.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubim:
I just bought a SGS 2 from Australia few days ago.

First time browsing the internet (white background), I know there is something not right with the white color. it seems bluish....tilt the phone will make it worse.

I have checked several other SGS 2 (at least 4) from different stores and using the same settings as mine and have found that other SGS 2 seem ok except one has a really bad yellowish right in the centre.

I am thinking of having the phone repaired/warrantied by SAMSUNG. what do you think?

I read a few replies above, some seem to experience the same problem as mine but does anyone of you have the phone repaired/replaced yet or it does not bother you guys at all?

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Have it replaced, altho its not defective but its out of specifications.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubim:
Have it replaced but does not resolve the issue.

Friend of mine bought one from Telstra store (Australia), had the same problem. The store replaced the new one but still the same problem. The store does not know the problem and offers to send the phone to SamSung service centre.

These phone are Made in Vietnam by Samsung.....could it be a bad/faulty batch?

Does anyone else buying SGS2 from Oz (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone) experience this?

Just go to the store, open the browser and compare yours with the displayed one. I am sure you will find something interesting. I am talking about noticable difference. At the time of comparing, I had a few other customers to look at this and they are all of the same opinion as mine.

I have tried different settings but those one from the store (displayed one) are way nicer/purer in terms of white color background. The bluish one will give you a headache when browsing the net for more than 20 mins.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Its been known that some batches have this issue, its believe to be a thicker/different oleophobic coating.