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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phobia810:
Hi, I am a Galaxy Note user from Hong Kong

I have recently noticed that my screen showed the a large area of shadow like the following pictures, do you think I should go for replacement?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveC1964:
That looks petty bad. If it were me I would replace it.

I just did the test on my screen and the solid colors look near perfect.

On the grey screen on mine I see a little faint non-linearity ( horizontal bands) but nothing really bad.

You got a bad one in my opinion. Sammy really needs to QC these screens better, too many dodgy ones geting out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackstar84:
Yes you screen looks not good..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMax99:
lol.....that's quite easy for people who has the good screen. I mean, that's exactly how I feel too before I found out that my phone has 3 dead pixels. I didn't think I would be one of those 1 of of 5000-10000 people, and I have never had problems with any of my phones before.

Personally, I believe that there is some degree of bad built quality to the Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
I feel sorry for you, I would be gutted if I had a bad screen especially after waiting to get this phone. I think the post was aimed at the chap saying no one had a good screen which is absurd
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosmachine:
Pretty obvious problem on Galaxy Note display, production defect!

To check this faulty HD Amoled you can simply using dark gradient.

No matter you tried on LCD TEST menu this faulty dark color will not showing significant sight on normal usage eyes.

Do kindly test play video have dark scene or use dark gradient.

My case I noticed when watching video WOLFMAN, there are a lot dark scene in the beginning of this movie.

Base my experience all Galaxy Note I saw in demo set or mine with kernel: DXKJ6, DXKJ7 and DXKK1

Are proven faulty in dark color.

Nothing can be proven

if you:

1. TEST LCD (*#0*#)

2. Play lightness & slimmess.mp4 video.

Other thing you can see defect on dark color by play original video from Samsung.

Other faulty HD Amoled to test is very simple:

1. Cover up your back/main camera with finger.

2. Take a shot when your camera is covered, so you get still dark image.

3. View immediate you dark image, with condition in your room must with no light at all and best to test in night before you sleep.

4. Try to swipe over image but don't change the image.You will see something strange on your image!!!

(Please try this method if you owned AMOLED phone!)

I had change my phone after found those unpleaset and feel so bad in my heart and very disappointed!

Those image I capture are from the current new exchange phone. Which Slightly batter!

I guess those demo set are manufacture with different factory, but unit on your hand manufacture with cheap country. *Just guessing*
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
This is totally different. This shows an issue with black levels, IMHO due to a very bad gamma setting embedded somewhere is the firmware. The previous post is clearly showing a hardware issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stedj:
I have had mine for over a week it came from phones4u in the uk running 2.3.5 at the moment and my screen is perfect no issues at all and i went out last night and the taxi driver was amazed by the screen size and how vibrant the colours are i love my note i just can't seem to put it down my ps3 was the last time my wife lost me for any great length of time beautiful phone and absolutely no complaints about leaving my iphone behind.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Thats not what I meant.

You will only find trouble if it is there to find. I cant understand why so many people are being dismissive of peoples problems just because they don't have any themselves.

My new phone is perfect so far. My last one was terrible from the outset.

I doubt very much if mine was the only one with issues.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sianhulo:
Thank you, I appreciate your reply, however,I live in Venezuela and we Cannot buy dollars, but in the package was something about warranty, drive knows if sending it to Samsung would be expensive?. I myself haven't seen it, he told me that the screen broken, but he said that the screen worked.

edit: yeah, it works, just have to replace the glass(it feels PAINFUL)

Enviado desde mi GT-I5700 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Presjar:
Same here, nice find :) Shows that the true black level is still black, but slightly bumps up brightness in the lower end. I see #2 now also
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voxano:
Sounds like the Note needs the lens replaced.

Search Ebay for the "galaxy note lens", e.g. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=310353945181&index=2&nav=SEARCH&nid=92139552138 ships worldwide from from Hong Kong. I'm pretty sure they will take your money in any currency :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v0id_walker:
Is there any kind of how-to replace only the glass? I have heard its quite difficult....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voxano:
There is a number of YouTube demos / tutorials on replacing the glass and screen on similar devices, but I have not seen any specifically about the Note, last time I checked. There is also a service manual and a teardown thread in this forum...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1483999

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1395971

But these don't actually show how to remove the glass lens.

However, if the original glass is already broken, then replacement may become just a placement (!), which could be as easy as snapping in the new glass, gently... :-)

...just my two cents, luckily I didn't have a need to do it myself.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T53N:
Just to make it clear, the circular spot isn't always visible. Only in low light settings or grey and light backgrounds...

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jklitten:
This thread is so long I can't find if these questions have been asked before. Sorry if they have.

My phone has two problems:

Especially with white backgrounds, the color will flicker to a different shade of white every now and then. Often when I tap, the display changes.

When displaying videos, dark portions are pixelated.

Are these issues software or hardware? Should I send this phone in for repair, wait for Samsung to release a statement, or just live with it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
Issue 1 should have been fixed with the later firmware revisions (after KL7). What firmware are you on?

Issue 2 is unknown. We hope it isn't hardware. I have seen 6 different notes and all have this issue. Someone on here has said he has seen a note which doesn't have this issue. I have yet to see a note with my own eyes that is free from this software / hardware problem.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Splash:
Edited post - wrong thread.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T53N:
ok, today I went back to the shop were I bought my note (Dixons in Groningen). I showed the circular stain and, although it wasn't at it's worst at that moment, they agreed this was not acceptable.

unfortunately the notes were out of stock...but they called another Dixons in Hoogezand and there was one Note left. I picked a new one up, after checking the screen.

This one is excellent! Finally I can enjoy my Note!

Thumbs up for the good people of Dixons Groningen and Hoogezand :thumbup::thumbup:

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahidhussain:
I checked another Note today. It did not have such problems. I compared the same image on both the phones with same settings (screen mode and brightness). His Note did not have any problem!

I am too curious to know if it is really software issue or can be rectified by a software update/patch?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Personally, I never believed that this is a software-only issue to begin with thats why I returned the device. I cant afford to wait for Samsung to fix it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahidhussain:
Thanks. I will try getting a replacement for my Note next week.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmcal:
I would recommend getting refund and buying from another vendor who if ur lucky, may have a newer and different batch. i done this after replacing 3 16gb Notes with the same vendor. I asked for refund then got a 32gb with another vendor which had none of the described video issues. May be luck or corrections with more recent batches. Either way, im happy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orificium:
So when you say you had none of the described issues - even the banding? And visible sub-pixel sections/lines or whatever people are calling it? You can see what I mean in my attachment.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dk_iceman:
****.... Do you guys even read acros forums ??

I mean in the last month I've had, two Galaxy Nexus, two Nokia Lumia 800, my 10th SGS2 and today i bought a one month old Galaxy NOTE...

And its all the same, treads on every model with screen problems, and guess what its the same problems, it's the same on every model, some worse and other not so much...

If you can't live with some degree of AMOLED "features" then i would recommend buying an NON AMOLED screen phone...

In my 7 years in the industry in HIFI shops and for the last 4 years working in Denmarks largest carrier, selling phones and other... every single phone, tv screen have som "features" but its up to your self to see what you can live with...

My Galaxy NOTE is not perfect either... it has the slight HUE change.... but hey this is actually the best AMOLED screen I've ever had in my possesion, so im happy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pachi72:
I wished mine just hues problems. Mine has worst symptoms.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XcryptO:
I followed this post to some extent and I am writing on the 100th page.

I am an owner of GNote from very start.I bought from Clove,Uk.Actually there were no problems at all but right after new firmware came out my screen has stuck pixel in the middle.Have anyone experienced such issue?Also is it possible to get refund for stuck pixel? thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
After downloading only three things onto my Note, I can't stand this issue anymore. I watched rusty nail video (i can't find it in this ultra long thread, so I googled it, and idk if I watched the right one), which were some weird scenes like white blanket, a human being covered under it, etc. (Is this the one everyone is referring to?) Then, I downloaded Iron Man scene, and watch on the phone, also on my previously abandoned iphone 4, and on my desktop with a 3 year old Asus LCD, and the worst experience came from watching it on my Note... Then, Gamma test, not surprisingly I got a 4 as everyone else did.

I originally wanted to "cheat" myself and overlooking all these bad reviews/experiences, but now looks like I cannot do that anymore. One of the biggest reason I got this phone is so I can browse webs and watch videos with better comfort, and now it looks like the biggest point is missing.

Also did a quick check on Calculator. It looks like exactly the same as the picture on Facebook page, only with worse 10% rendering...

The thread was too long, and I read English (2nd lang) way too slow than most of you, so I couldn't bear going thru all the pages, I just did some quick looks. Are these the major issues of this screen? Crappy videos, banding, bad gamma test? I also saw someone saying clipping, but I'm not sure what that means. EDIT:I've seen this page, my understanding is that clipping is what we see in the iron man (and rusty nail) video?

p.s., also, i've noticed massive amount of textured lines (horizontal and vertical) in screen test app, especially with white, grey, dark grey, and even dark pink. What's this issue called?

Finally, I've also seen plenty posts in these last two pages that suggest people to return and get new ones until they found the good one because "there is good device/hardware out there". If this is the case, may I ask those who are living in the U.S. and import this phone thru online retailers, who do you go to to get this thing returned? Original seller? Samsung? I'm pretty sure Sam won't do much in this case, as with my last GNexus...:(

Sorry for my nooby questions/descriptions and long post without much helpful information to others, but I have actually already spent 3 hrs on this thread just to take some "glimpse" :o
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
This is how the gammatest should at least look like on a non defective screen

stock gallery app, standard screen mode.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Does a good gamma test prove that the phone is free of clipping and banding issue? Or none of those?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I am not sure, as I've only personally seen 1 with that kind of gamma result and 2 others just posted in forums but users say they no longer have any clipping the result is now identical to a Galaxy S/S2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahidhussain:
Can anyone please check if installing another ROM (probably some ICS ROM) do anything? Does the problem persist?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afhum:
Can I see how your stuck pixel look like? That sounds disturbing though that issues appear after time.. But it happend to me too after like 3 days of purchase i got a white spot mura.. Which actually looks like a stuck pixel.. Maybe what you're facing is a white spot mura, no?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmcal:
What application are u using? Want to see if i can replicate on my phone. what i can say, is that the notification bar pull down is far less problematic than my previous Note phones. I cant see obvious banding.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sramie:
then you are blind.. banding is issue on all galaxy notes
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Sorry for re-post this question, but I feel like missing the key point in previous post.

For those of you in the U.S., if you decided to return/exchange the phone, who did you go to? Did you just sent back the phone and buy new one from a different seller?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orificium:
I bought my note from expansys-usa. I emailed them about my concerns with the screen and they immediately sent me a RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization). Though I'm concerned about exchanging it only to have the same issues again.

I attached a photo of my phone with gamma test image in gallery.

That is baconreader. I see the same thing in the top section of the notification bar pull down too where the toggles are.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XcryptO:
I attached some pictures .I do not have any camera right now, thus the quality is not that good but you can see the stuck pixel clearly.I used many programs and ways to fix it and I could not.Also I do not want to send it to UK because I am not totally convinced that they will replace it, also the shipping costs are high.

Also I heard that some guys say that the standards of normal people are not high.It is totally absurd.No normal person would pay 464 pounds( 700$) for phone.If I pay it should absolutely worth that.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afhum:
That looks like mine. Does yours appear on a pure black blackground? Mine does not. If it doesn't appear on blacks, then you actually got a spot mura. Something that could appear after some time..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
Interesting that pixels just get stuck over time. I'm surprised that it was only a single pixel though, given the subpixel structure of the Note. I figured it would affect multiple pixels as seen by the human eye.

This probably speaks to the quality issues with developing AMOLED in general I believe. Would the stuck pixel resolve naturally over time? Or is it a permanent state of affairs?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afhum:
Uhh.. On LCD screens, stuck pixels may be fixed by flashing colours. Though I doubt it works on AMOLEDs. But in my case, it is not a stuck pixel but I got a spot mura (I could be wrong).. Stuck pixels may appear blue, red, green or white but on any background colours.. Spot mura is the same but it's in white as it is a brightness leak/variation and it does not appear on black backgrounds..

I was thinking of doing something about it but I was reminded to just be grateful and good things will come :)my Note is a gift anyway.. so now I'm trying to just let it be.. Hehe
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Looks exactly like it was on mine. I also side compared my GF's white one and mine, looks like the left row of Gamma Test tend to be greenish on her white version, but redish on my black version.

I know that my phone is the newest batch from Germany, which does not necessarily means it's the newest batch from the factory. So I am going to keep returning with Amazon until I get a satisfactory result. I get $3.99 next day shipping anyway ;)

P.S., did you exchange it, or return it? Did you buy a second one if it was return?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
After your second replacement (i.e., third device), if you still return it, they will not do any further replacements and will just issue a refund. I believe this is Amazon's policy.

I don't recommend constantly returning high-priced items just so you find one that is "satisfactory" (from Amazon at least). You can get blacklisted from Amazon and subsequently get your account permanently banned (this includes the address and name I think so even making a new account won't work). Good luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Here is an image of what my note looked like with the gamma test, the left side greenish hue is only caused by the camera and appears to be very white in real life but the right side may appear greyish on the photo but its actually reddish in real life.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Thanks for the notice. You make a good point. For this order, I think what they (Fulfilled by Amazon) do is that they have me return the phone and order a new one. I guess I'll try my luck. I said in another thread I recommend this seller I bought my note from, because all their phones come from Germany and Samsung-sealed. I really don't want to give them trouble or raise the hell over them because they're just a poor importer and this screen issue is obviously coming from Samsung... This is why I'm so uncertain about what I should do being in the U.S. We can't just go to Samsung store and have them replace the screen or the device like Europeans and most of the RoW people do, because the device is *not* for sale in the U.S. And keeping returning a *defective* or unsatisfactory device seems to be is a really immoral thing to do... But as many people noted, one really can't feel good by paying $700~ for a otherwise perfect device that can't play video properly. I'm not even a visual guy, and I couldn't stand the video quality in either rusty nail or iron man video. I'm so baffled by this dilemma right now.:(

Earl I just discovered that if I put the screen under movie mode, number 3 shows up, whereas it only goes down to 4 under the other two modes. Is this something that has been discovered? Also, I'll soon update this post to help me describe that textured feeling of the screen. Hope the camera captures it good.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
@cswithxda

If you can live w/o the phone, for now I recommend you return it and ask for your money back and probably repurchase when samsung fixes this issue.

The switching to movie mode has been discovered but it does not really fix anything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
I've attached the edited picture stating my "thought" lol. It's about the texture effect especially under grey and greyish white color. I have a very bad descriptive ability in English, so let the attachment talk.

Is this also something that's been discovered? I don't know what this is called...

P.S., everything out of this thread seems so perfect about this phone. People seem so happy about this phone. I was also very happy about it until I watched the video and pics... Also, browsing (google home page) has this textured look...

@Earl, I do have other phone I can use. But using them won't make me feel as good as holding this giant heh.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
@cswithxda

Your picture shows 2 things, grainy greys and visible lines. Those lines are quality control issues while the grains are quite common on Pentile screens. Though my Galaxy S and S8500 never had any of those.

Some people just have lower expectations from the screen or dont really care to much about it, its all about the expectations and perception. It was the positive feedback that made me get note but actual user experience with the screen is a downer..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
OK. I see. I'm probably most troubled by the lines, especially when they are kind of crooked/unaligned... I think I'll at least exchange one time to see if I can lower my standard and deal with other screen issues except for this visible line issue. Meanwhile, I have to go back to my miserable Fruit4 :(

At least I can use this unperfect Note to learn many things about rooting :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I can never lower my standards since my previous devices never had those issues, its all about acceptance of a flawed quality control I guess.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cswithxda:
Totally agree. See I called my iphone miserable, but when I watched those video on it, i can only say it's much more decent (I'm not a visual person, so I can't really comment). At least the Robert Downey's hair isn't a stack of crap :D

Have you considered sticking with a Note and wait for the fix while enjoying all the other features, then maybe sell it and get another one when a fix come out? I'm considering this route. It's just I'm afraid when fix comes out, Note II or something like that may have come out...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I honestly believe that samsung wont rectify this issue in a timely manner so I decided to return my note and got my money back, I cant affort to wait for a fix and this is also something that should have never gotten past product testing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afhum:
When I wanna watch movies with joy on my Note, I only use Blu-Ray quality movies.. You know those 3GB~ sized movie files :) (1920x1040) That's how I lift my joy up when I wanna feel the true HD of the screen :) For now, there's no phone that can beat the joy of watching BluRay movies on a 5.3" screen.. :D at least for me :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
If want to talk about numbers 3GB is pretty 'low quality' for a blueray movies when they come in at 15-25GB depending on the length of the movie, at 3GB there is massive compression and image quality loss.

But we already know this is not an encoding issue, to each to his own.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotaro_14:
I've always wondered why people use full 1920x1080 videos if the screen resolution is only 1280x800? To me it makes no sense.