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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goodm7sn:
its only for dead pixels right?does it harm the device if used ?

i guess cannot change that strange "hue" and the thin grid underneath white background.

sorry for posting such question but this is my first samsung device.

thx
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TomTomczyk:
@daxmedflax Please, upload photos! I am curious myself.

@blackstar84 It may be cheaper, because some polish Note's have "plus+" branding, were bought on contract and sold. I would like to know if daxmedflax compared his phone to polish one with branding, or without?

@mike2518 As far I know, phones were not made in Poland. I was asking this question here, how people are able to spot the difference between polish or any other version - seems like it's only matter of language used in manual, or on the box. I hope it is the only difference, not like polish SGN's are worse than german version :D. In that case, I will have nice trip to Dresden media-markt just before Xmas :D

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daxmedflax:
This phone had Polish "Plus+" branding and bloatware.

I have no idea where they make them, but this was clearly designated the Polish market.

The first picture has the Polish Note on the left, while on the bottom two pictures it is on the right.

<-POLISH/GERMAN->

<-GERMAN/POLISH->

<-GERMAN/POLISH->

As you can see, there is quite a difference. The weird thing about these pictures is that the screen on the non-Polish version (the german one) seems to have a very visible RED color. But when looking at the display on the device itself I do not see the red at all. In fact I see much more 'true' white on that phone.

The Polish unit had an even more prevalent GREEN hue than what comes through in these photos, so I'm not really sure if the pictures help in any way really.. The determining factor in my choice of preferance however, was the way the Polish unit's screen would 'change color' when viewed from the sides, top or bottom as apposed to straight on. This simply does not occur, or if so only VERY slightly, on my german unit.

All that being said, I still think BOTH screens are pretty much awesome. And for me, non of these 'issues' would, or will, bother me at all really...

EDIT: Pictures were taken with an iPhone 4, standard settings.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RashaMatt:
We need the Voodoo Color app for the Note! That would let us adjust the tint to our liking, though it may not fix the banding in gray tones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
After reading this thread it seems that the Note shares similar problems with the Galaxy S2's screen.. namely the grey banding, splotches on grey images and spray patters on an all black screen.. has anyone noticed any yellow banding on the left side yet?

I've returned my S2 after several replacements that had screen issues, Im quite excited for the Note seeing as its going back to the pentile that was used with the Galaxy S1 ( which was flawless for me )

I havent tried an actual unit yet as the samsung store ran out of stock, the S2 really disappointed me on the screen department.. I hope the note can redeem it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zomakay:
The answer is very simple: the main difference between these units is SOFTWARE. They have branded software, thats mean they are NOT the same. Can you compare two exactly the same phones?

Displays for the Note and other AMOLED phones are made ONLY by Samsung Mobile Display in Giheung, South Korea (source: samsung.com)

As I said before - Note is a fresh unit, its too early to panic, just have to wait for updates...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
Try this url

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php

You can clearly see that the lowest black above level 3 are "pushed" and are too bright. Levels 1 2 3 are not visible.

It's clearly a gamma setting issue
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jejansso:
I had exactly the same issues with my Nokia N9's screen. As a bonus the screen of my N9 draw purple lines all the way to the other end of the screen whenever there were black pixels on white background. Based on a quick research the N9's screen is Pentile matrix Amoled screen made by Samsung.

There's a whole thread about this issue on N9 in Maemo.org:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=78488

Have you seen those purple lines in Galaxy Note? I'm asking this as I'm getting rid of my N9 and one option to change to was Note...

Here's an rough Paint illustration about the issue on N9 (originally posted by DeeGee on Maemo.org):

http://bayimg.com/FaKLLaadj

For me the hue change is not an issue compared to these annoying lines that move as you scroll the screen...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schaggo:
Well I find the Notes screen very good. Theres times where I notice the slight grid behind white text on dark backgrounds (here in the forums on Tapatalk with dark theme for example) and I also have a shadowy gray, but other than a distorted gray the screen is faboulous.

The distortion is best visible - at least I notice it there the most - on the loading screen of the (newest) market. Instead of a uniform gray I get darker and lighter areas. No such distortion is otherwise visible though. Not on black nor white nor mix colored screens. My display - at least I believe so - also has rather the redish than a greenish tint. I do not notice it though in day to day usage, not at all.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braxos:
I can see 1 2 3 on my note but can't see them on my PC :-(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Heeeey.....2 things that were definitely NOT crap on the SGS1 are Sound and Image quality..Dont talk like that about my backup phone :rolleyes:

And about the GNote, please somebody start a thread with some kind of guide to teach users how to discern HARDWARE related screen issues from SOFTWARE related screen issues

This thread is going around in circles and I have the feeling that some reports/complaints to Samsung service points are just not very well founded .

That's not efficient ......

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skym0903:
Just spent hours reading all the posts.

I have the color changing issue and I have no issues with clipping or banding. Ironman video is playing perfectly with no banding clipping nor blacks being weird. Every video is playing beautifully. Except for the fact that the color of the screen is shifting from greenish to pinkish to normal. People who are saying that the clipping is a known issue on galaxy note is not true.

I dont know if I should return the note... Im on a german galaxy note purchased through amazon seller global.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
Can you post pictures please?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skym0903:
Me? Pictures of what?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Just because you dont see it on your note doesnt make the issue not true, why would you consider returning your note if it has no issues, lol!

Post convincing pictures that your movies play fine, i think thats what he means.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
Pictures of files posted on this thread showing no issues. If yours is fine I will send mine back to Samsung.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
My Note initially had no problems as reported previously. About 3.5 weeks of owning a replacement, the replacement Note's screen has developed a pink/reddish bleed on the left border of the screen. Especially on the notification bar, you can see the pink/reddishness "bleeding" on the left edge. The span of the bleed is about 2 ~ 3 mm. It's very short.

I guess this is just the downfall of AMOLED technology as it is organic in nature. Over time, the screen simply changes to a minor extent.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yes burn in or screen changes are expected but not in a short span of 3.5 weeks, on the Tab7.7 users are reporting burn-in issues as short as 2 weeks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
I can live with it though. The screen is too awesome and the phone is simply perfect in design. There are no substitutes on the market right now and I can't fathom returning to the HD2 =)

P.S. It's not a screen burn-in effect. It's like the pixel itself has changed or has gotten affected by a pink tint or something.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
btw who have galaxy note white, also has this issue? :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcreego:
The tint changing is normal, I have two Galaxy Note and both show it when I tilt the phone, but when I hold it frontally the screen is perfect without green tinting.

I wonder if it is possible to change the gamma curve through a kernel setting, I am not a developer, just a user, but I think that Gokhanmoral with Derek Xan had done a usefull app for the Galaxy S2 which combined with Siyah Kernel give to user the possibility to change the gamma setting.

:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I believe its because of the glass coating but some do not have any visible color shift ( even in white tones ) when tilting unless you are hitting the extreme non usable angle, like my screen before it was replaced no hint of a color change from whites while it lays on the table, the only time I see a color tint is when im viewing it at something like 160deg my replacement on the other hand had a very visible blue tint by just a few degrees.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
There is some WIP regarding color calibration on the Galaxy Nexus.

Hope this will be ported to our Note :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fl4r3:
Since my Galaxy Note is new, Orange (my network provider) offered to exchange the handset the next day so I decided to try and see if this issue differs from handset to handset.

My new replacement has the same black crush issue although it is slightly more obvious especially with stock lockscreen wallpaper and the banding (visible in calculator) looks a bit worse (and a lot worse in Osmose HD). One different problem with the new one is it has a "greenish yellowy" tint to it which is mainly visible when looking at grey colours such as the notification pulldown. Also, there are some visible lines across the screen which can be seen when moving a solid colour image (the so called manufacturing defects of AMOLED). However, I didn't take any pictures of my original handset so these are not side by side comparisons (just what I have from memory).

My first handset was manufactured in Feb 2012 (sammobile.com didn't show a correct manufacture date but you can guess from the 4th and 5th letters of the serial number; B is 2011 and C 2012 and the months can be found here). My second handset was manufactured in December 2011. So it may not be significant (I only tried two different handsets) but the newer ones might be slightly better..but not by much.

Because of the green tint I'm returning it once more otherwise I would of just kept it. Hopefully will get the newer batch again....have to wait till tomorrow tho.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
In my opinion, you should try and get one that simply doesnt show any "manufacturing lines" on the notification bar and clock app at 0% brightness.

The lines are the worst in terms of distraction. Everything else is livable with.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I fully agree on this, the mura lines are very annoying.. Its like a stripe of dead pixels!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fl4r3:
Just hope my new one is better in this aspect then...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiderboule:
Hello,

I have no problem with white images but when i am in the dark with my GN, when the screen is black i see that the pixels aren't totally black, just like if there was a backlight... seems normal but there is a "stain" where it's totally black, i don't think it's normal :/ As we can see, s-amoled HD screens aren't perfect yet...

(Sorry for my english)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Having a 'lit' black is normal on the SAMOLED HD, infact the note is more lit compared to the previous generation of screen, what is not normal is that you see circle marks or spots on the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skym0903:
Well I read someone post saying that clipping and banding is a known problem on all galaxy notes. Im saying that not all screen issue is clipping and banding issue. Banding is more of a software issue. Can someone post the link to the ironman video so I dont have to go through theposts again...

---------- Post added at 11:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 PM ----------

Also if someone is having trouble with banding issue on youtube videos, send me a link to it so I can record the video with my regular camera and post that video on youtube. Just to let you know that issue is not a problem with other screens.

The thing is I cant record my problem... which is the color shifting problem...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmcal:
Pachi72, I bought mine from the same place as you and I have far far far less issues than my with previous Notes. I posted some screen shots from the two vids posted on this forum as proof a while back. It is not perfect, but definitely passes.

Pachi72, i think readers of this forum want to built more evidence of 'ok' Notes circulating. It might therefore be really helpful if u could post some shots from the videos in order to further evidence that not all Notes suffer massive grey-black clippings in videos making them unwatchable
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pachi72:
I tried filming the phone and its hard to tell in movies..

Sent from a 32gb+ 64gb MicroSDHC Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
http://www.mediafire.com/?qd2a1d8jm18vvbs
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aalokraj:
I have a galaxy note white And i have no issues.My month of manufacture of the phone its Feb. 2012.So i guess it might be resolved!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
Give it a few weeks. No worries, your phone's state will change. :D

Welcome to the world of organic panels. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Latoc:
I have the clipping issue, banding issue, green-yellow tint issue, lines on grey background, dirty screen effect, etc...

I still love my screen... when I'm alone.

When my wife's Note is next to mine, I want to send my Note through the window.

Her screen is perfect. I might breakup to stay happy. Or not.

I think I'm just going to ignore the problem and enjoy my phone.

It's still the best screen of any phone on the market.

Just don't compare with others or you might be unhappy about it.

Cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skym0903:
How can you ignore the fact that your wife has a perfect screen and you dont??... If I can compare mine with another note and notice the difference I would return mine right away and get a new one..

---------- Post added at 11:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:04 PM ----------

Cheers to your tolerance and patience
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Latoc:
Because most of the time the screen looks fine. It's only in particular situations that the problems appear, so I would say 99% of the time my screen looks great.

AND I can't send it back anyway, I live in some remote part of the earth where international laws don't apply... :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letters_to_cleo:
I guess overall and over time... it is not an issue if you have or don't have the screen issue anymore...

overtime.. it comes down to the user's preference on what is accepted or NOT ACCEPTED on his part..

It all boils down on your tolerance level...

If you have a tolerance to accept the issue and just dismiss it (and love your Note for whatever you use it), or if you have the NO Tolerance issue not to accept it because you can't live with it (the issue).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Agreed, though its annoying to see others force their own level of expectations to people having these issues or at times they are just out right rude since they are extremely lucky not to have any screen issues.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 6MillionSteps:
Hi Ya'll

1) Has anyone successfully exchanged their Notes on warranty and get not faulty unit (or one with less banding, tint)?

2) Does these AMOLED screens improve over time or worsen?

3) What do you specify exactly in the claim to Samsung? Because where I am from they're going to do whatever it takes to turn down the claim. I have inconsistent horizontal banding but no color (green or pink) tint.

4) Is it better to wait with the exchange for the newer models to arrive?

Or this theory of newer manufactured units having less screen issues is wrong?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
1.) A lot of people claim to have flawless screens in every respect like no discoloration,lines,banding, clipping and viewing angle issues but none of them are able to post pictures. Though I have personally seen a few screens with out any visible lines but they have other issues as well.. there seems to be 1-2 issues for every screen.

2.)The material is organic so they get worse over time, I believe the blue OLED's are rated for 17,000hrs or something before they drop to 50% brightness but in reality some unlucky folks may get visible burn in marks in less than 6 months of use.

3.)Well with my first screen the black clipping was not horrible it was actually very acceptable but the visible horizontal/vertical lines became more obvious and it was visible with white colors so I had it replaced after replacement the video playback quality on my end became worse, not only did I get black clipping but massive color banding and a host of other artifacts on video playback and a broken like effect when the screen needs to perform a 'dim-to' transition. I got my money back.

4.)In manufacturing usually yields and quality control increase over time mainly because they dont have to fill up the initial mass demand and as they get more returns may decide to increase the quality checks to avoid returns, though usually its upto 3 returns which starts to cost the manufacturer.

If you really love the note and cannot let go if it then I recommend you have 1 exchange now and if the problem persists have another change maybe 3-6 months from now. If you can live w/o the device, I recommend you get your money back and maybe repurchase later on.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmcal:
Screen quality perception really is a subjective thing. And if u look hard enough, you'll see a fault with anything. I just examined my galaxy S2 in darkness...and long behold what did I see?? Yes, speckled dark artifacts on the screen when in grey at Startup and at Shutdown. I could not believe it. Nine months after purchase I see this! And I thought my S2 screen was flawless. I thought this issue was exclusive to the Note. I think in some ways, the larger screen on the Note, makes little flaws appear more obvious. Clipping on videos is no longer a huge issue for me...therefore, if I lived with my s2, I can definitely live with my Note and its minor issues.

1) well, I exchanged in UK three times under 'sale of goods act' n 'distance selling agreement'. In uk, within a certain time period after purchase, you consult with vendor about the faulty phone, rather than Samsung themselves. I found dealing with vendor made exchanges much easier! Each of my exchanged phones had video clipping and dark marks on screen at startup and shutdown. I ended up asking for refund and buying elsewhere.

2) I am no expert, so others please correct me if i'm wrong, but from what I gather, over time, the quality deteriorates. Though this is a very slow process and depends in amount of user 'brightness' abuse

3) I can't help u unfortunately

4) my current Note is from different batch and manufactured later than my first few phones. I had more issues with the earlier manufactured phones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoJo ^^:
In my case, what i notice is sometimes (for example when creating a widget with widgetsoid, when you clic a tab, for exemple network - also when reading pdf) there're some lag, but the note has dual core 1.4Ghz processor and powerfull graphics... So why?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skym0903:
Thanks for the link.

Here's my youtube link Galaxy note playing the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVgSEqUjc5I

It's recorded with my Canon Eos Rebel T3. Recorded at HD 720.

The phone is at maximum brightness and screen mode on standard.

I don't think the screen is displaying the video that bad in fact it's actually great for movies...

Let me know if you see any problems and compare it to your screens.

Just to let you guys know again, my problem is the color changing problem when displaying webpages or white backgrounds.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo.bahamut.zero:
Hi everyone. I'm just a few days away from purchasing Galaxy Note, but before i part with 500€, I'd like to know if there are any noticable differences in screen quality between Black/White and 16/32GB models regarding these banding, discoloration/shading, black crush and other issues. I couldn't find the definitive answer in this topic.

And one more thing - what problems can be fixed through software and what can't?

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
I've had both. Both have the black crush / Gamma issues. My white note which I bought after the black had a worse screen. I had it replaced and it is ok but suffers from random hue change to pink which the blue note did not have.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 6MillionSteps:
I should have done more researches and bought HTC instead (goddamn...)

Just noticed the the top of the screen is getting more greenish hue.

Do you got that?

I attached the pic of my screen. Photo made with screen adjuster dimmed to maximum.

Should I give my phone back to Samsung?

These black squares while watching black scenes from videos are software or hardware related issues? Did you guys mentioned that to Samsung when you gave your phones back?

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjr72:
video blockiness and banding

Well, everyone... first post here.... I just got back from the Rogers store at the mall and tried out the Galaxy Note....

I was so damn excited to finally have a 5.3" screen I can use as a GPS, and I'm due for a phone upgrade (10+ years on the same Nokia tech phone)

So I loaded up YouTube on their unit and every single HD trailer video is blocky. I was running the YouTube App.

Then I do the same thing on the Galaxy SII LTE ... and the video is not blocky... not perfect though.... not razor sharp.

That really sucks. That I have to mess with firmware, or load up different apps, or do a bunch of workarounds to get decent video on a $650 phone is a waste of time.

My wife has an iPhone4 and I hate it because I can't watch Flash, or do any Javascript... and I hate Apple in general....but the videos are razor sharp... that's the only thing going for it IMHO. I bragged today about getting a phone that will best her iphone, but the whole color banding issue is just stupid. Why have a phone that can do 24bit if 80% of all apps are pumping out 16bit. You will get banding. A cheap 16bit phone display will look better without the banding. What a let down.

I'm going to try a different Rogers store... maybe Bell store... and see if another Galaxy Note performs any better... haven't given up yet... today was my first Note tryout.