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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Hayabusa:
My friend I have no idea on creating polls but Im with you all the way.

Taking a stance is always better than nothing!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denialnw10:
Wow, I also have this problem and really thought it was just me because nobody had mentioned it so far. It's a problem that doesn't feel big enough to send the phone back, but is a big enough problem to annoy the hell out of me.

I have so far chosen to ignore the issue, but agree with the other comments regarding the fact that tinkering with the settings does make it less apparent. And again, I agree that I love the phone so much, I don't want to send it back for repair (if that's what it needs), but the underlying problem is... does it need a repair? or is it a feature?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xaddict:
No. Not on mine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nagi603:
So far only under moderate light and a black background. Which is what I'd use for e-book reading or writing into the note app during a session.

edit: tried it with fbreader, on night mode. You won't notice it during the evening, even with minimum brightness, unless there are a couple of empty lines. Then it looks as if the screen would be dirty.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Hayabusa:
Judging from the fact that there are many of us, it seems that it is not a matter of repair.

But... Im surprised that not all users have noticed and I sure would like the opinion of a samsung technician or a professional. Just to make sure.

But I also have difficulty turning it in...

Thats why we are here :)

To be convinced that it is a general issue and not individual. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RashaMatt:
I have the same issue, and I haven't dropped mine. But it's subtle enough that I wouldn't be surprised if many ppl don't even notice it. It hasn't been bad enough to bother me... Just kinda makes me wonder if I'm setting things sometimes :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
An other bad gamma setting side effect.

I tried the 22 black levels picture on a HTC desire with it's SLCD screen. Blacks become almost unvisible below 8 or 7 and fade to the geyish black of the backlited slcd screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
With the "correct" gamma level upto what number should we be able to see? Or it wont matter as long as there no sudden drop?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
I don't know for this type of screen technology. But 4 should definitely not be as bright as we can see it ATM. 4 should be almost invisible, even in a dark room.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Mine is not nearly as bas as that. Mine's "Made by Samsung". Doesn't say more.

View attachment 809614
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
My screen when starting XDA app:

That is a big difference indeed with yours!

Wonder now if it is only a sofware issue.

What is your kernel and rom version?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
I'm rooted but running stock:

ROM: Stock 2.3.6 (KK5)

Kernel: Stock 2.6.35.7 (KK4)

But yeah, this is a software issue, and not hardware. I had banding issues on my Desire HD running Sense, but when i flashed MIUI it was gone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
How can your screen be so different then?

I was running on KK4 when I bought it and now I'm running KK9. In both cases, XDA app start screen was looking the same.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Honestly, i have no clue :p

Can anyone else post their XDA splash?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
On my monitor i dont see any difference between both, probably TN doing its work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Probably yes since i can easily see the difference on my computer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Is it not meant to look like that?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Hell no :p Check my screenshot a couple of post back.

Btw, here's 16-bit vs 24-bit. Thanks to EarlZ for the link (This one)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Ok so i placed both of the images in photoshop so that they can be at the dead center on the monitor and I can now see the difference and its quite huge.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
having a 16 bits gallery software is one thing, but have the same issue through the entire system is another
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Not if those apps are 16-bit, and i suspect that the XDA app is running in 16-bit.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Yours is the premium app Bazooka. have a look at the other one.

They both are different.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
A good page to test the screen gamma:

http://www.walvisions.com/statics.html

Compare with a good monitor.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Yeah i have the Premium version, but it shouldn't be any different from the free one? Oooor...?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Why shouldn't it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
The app itself is exactly the same as the free one, but with some premium features.

Edit: Installed the free one and it looks like the free one is using a splash with a MUCH crappier quality than the Premium version. Though, this doesn't change anything. The only thing that this proves (again) is that it's not hardware but software since the Premium app has very little banding. In this case it's about the image (jpg/png) quality.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Have you looked at it?

I think what it proves is that its meant to look like that.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
If I run this test with dolphin browser HD, I have a good gradient (banding) test but the contrast test is not. Everything below level 4 is black.

With the stock browser it's the other way round. A bit of banding is visible but I see all levels in the contrast test but they are too bright compared to my calibrated monitor.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Maybe, maybe not. I'll check the XDA app on my DHD and report back in a couple of minutes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Just checked them on my transformer and they look identical.

Very strange. They are identical on my galaxy S as well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Interesting! Installed XDA Free and XDA Premium on my DHD, and the result is like i remembered it. NO banding. But this is actually great news since the DHD had MUCH more banding problems with Sense (running MIUI now which is 2.3.7) than the Note, and now there's NO banding. So this should mean that the banding can be fixed with an software update.

XDA FREE:

XDA PREMIUM:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Does your free version look the same as the first one posted?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
On my Note? Yes :( Luckely i'm using Premium.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Very strange. I think this may be something different than the other screen issues as my new note has displayed none of these problems.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
The XDA banding?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
The free app shows no banding at all... on my htc desire.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
What firmware does your Desire have? The ROM isn't important.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suprnova_:
I came in here almost crying for answers if my display was broken or not.

After reading this thread I have come to the conclusion that it is nothing to do about it.

Anoying, hell yeah! But is it worth returning or does it make the Note any less of a phone?

In my honest opinion. No, Not ever.

I've seen this green tint in Tapatalk, my bank app, and thats about it, and when scrolling in said apps it turns more greyish/purpleish. Have not seen anything else.

So once again it is annoying, but now, when it seems to be SW related, it does not disturb me, someone will fix it, and thats what I love about everybody att xda and android as os.

But!

Compared to my galaxy tab 10.1 side by side, both on 100% brightness..the Tab makes the note look like a joke, the Tab is waaaay more bright.

however only in brightness, in sharpness, note gets it.

With that being said, Thanks for this thread and I'll cross every thing I've got for a fix.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Yes. All the issues I had with my first one have not been present with the replacement.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Sounds like a different issue on your end, as long as you are happy with it then theres no reason to have it returned or exchanged.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
I don't have the tint on my screen. Overall i'm super satisfied with the Note. I don't care about the small amounts of banding, and i guess (and hope) that it'll sort itself out when we get ICS.

But i'm tired of checking my device for faults and defects. I want to enjoy it and not get frustrated at small things.

I think we can agree that the banding issue is a software thing now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Maybe, maybe not.:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suprnova_:
Okey?

What would that be?

Some pictures, but I think my Desire Z camera screw things up a bit.

First one is from lcd test.

Edit:And when looking at a comparison in this thread showing in tapatalk vs stock browser on my computer it shows nothing to differ.

So there shouldn't be related to anything other than the app, or am I getting this wrong?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
I hope that ICS can sort it too! Just hoping that it comes sooner than later! any ideas about the "when" or the "ETA" Question?

i am running

Android Version : 2.3.6

Baseband Version : N7000DXKJ3

Kernal Version : 2.6.35.7-N7000DXKK1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KushAgarwal:
I guess I found the problem..

I guess its a prob with the screen bit set too low by samsung..here is a screen shot of my laptop homescreen in 16 bit and another with 32 bit..similar banding like galaxy note in 16 bit..and much better in 32 bit..

is there any app which lets us check/change the screen colour quality on galaxy note..that might be the solution..maybe the people who have got there handset replaced or never had the problem in the first place came with 32 bit instead of 16..thus solving the problem..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Is anyone facing the color banding issue while playing games?

---------- Post added at 03:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:19 AM ----------

Don't know if such an app does exist. But would this app solve the issue? Wont it just reset back to the 16 bit once the device is rebooted or something?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KushAgarwal:
Firmware info

btw..my Galaxy note technical info is:

android version: 2.3.5

baseband version: N7000DDKJ3

kernel version: 2.6.35.7-N7000XXKK3-CL706622 root@DELL127#2

build number: GINGERBREAD.XXKK3

---------- Post added at 12:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:54 AM ----------

we wont know till we try..:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerreZ:
Hardware - Software

Yesterday I exchanged my Note with a new one , and the banding was exactly the same.

So if it is hardware I've got two Note with the same problem I'm more inclined to think that it's a software problem.How long will Samsung need to fix it ?

I already tried to contact Samsung by mail but without any reaction , does someone else did it to ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
Was on stock rooted. I build my own kernel ans looking at sources, I figured out that it was a 16 bits screen (4/5/4).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
Quickpic lets you choose btwn 16 and 32 bits.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KushAgarwal:
installed Quickpic by alensw.com..its just a picture viewer..couldnt find the setting to change 16 to 32 bit..:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
In paramters there a box to tick to force 32 bits decoding.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
I'm sure Samsung is aware of it now. I've even posted a link to this thread on their Twitter :-P

But go on people. If you feel like mailing them or something about this then do it. We need to get some answers out of them.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martcerv:
I noticed there is also some slight banding on the battery icon when phone is off and charging. There is a little greyish halo just above the battery, the sgs2 doesnt show this and just has a black background with only the battery visble.

Looks like by default the note has the display set as 16 bit throughout. Im sure all thats needed is to force 32bit and this should be fixed.

Other then this little software issue my display has no strange colour issues like others have reported.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
I was looking at gradient backgrounds on the market.

Old Desire = No banding

Girlfriend Desire S = Banding

Archos 70 IT tablet = banding

Galaxy Note = banding

Not really uncommon issue ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeeJaay:
so is it confirmed that this is really a setting issue in the phone and not a content issue (viewed contents are of low quality, when viewed on the awesome Samoled the output is horrible)??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martcerv:
Low res content genarally looks worse on higher res screens because your used to seeing better content which your comparing it to.

If you have a 480p screen that's the best red you will see so anything 480p or higher will look pretty much the same.

When your used to seeing 720p on a bigger screen then you view 480p video you see the drop in quality and anything less then that starts to look very bad at 5.3 inches so close to your face.

Given that but still with the blacks shifting to grey in the video player and as wallpapers or lock screens I think dark photos and videos look much better on the sgs2 due to the lack of contrast oled usually gets.

Then you add the banding due to the 16 bit format which I still hope is just a software limitation and not hardware limited, it doesnt look as good as it really should.

Certain content looks awesome for example the "art of flight" movie in hd looks great as theirs not many dark sections and the higher res stands out. Then watch a hd concert shot at night and the black levels and bandimg make it look pretty poor.

Oleds bigest advantage over lcd is the black levels and contrast, when these arent done right it takes away the biggeat advantage of what should be an awesome screen.

I can turn the sgs2 to max brightness and the blacks are still black, thats what I would expect from its bigger brother too. The 16 bit banding isnt apparent in the gs2 either and if these 2 issues can be fixed with a softqare update i will be very happy. I still love the note and the gs2 looks like a little toy after a coypke of days with this lol.

There are other issues some people are reporting which luckily i dont have though which may be part of the reason oleds havent made it to big screens yet.

They just havent perfected manufacturing yet and theres not enough consistency yet between each screen made. A oled screen that is close to perfect is much better then all the other current screen tech but seems like a fair few come out far from that standard.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
This seems to be the case, maybe samsung is not even hitting 50% consistency of their OLED tech yet. Reminds me of the panel lottery a few years back during the 226BW and other LCD panels, history repeats it self.

Still those w/o any screen issues consider your self lucky, just dont dismiss the fact that there are legitimate screen defects out of the box that went past QC.

I even consider my self lucky that I only have the horizontal lines and faint green hue when rendering greys.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
more color banding...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
Mine looks pretty much similar, but in that case, the issue is also coming from the app (gallery) itself ;-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Yeah, the gallery is 16 bit.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Quickpic at forced 24 bit shows the same.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justj:
Just a warning of gnotes screen burn in issue- don't play games too often. It happens to someone I know after 3 weeks of game playing almost 1 hour a day.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
It looks much better here.. but on the device, it looked like a nightmare! 8O
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I guess its time to have that one replaced.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeeJaay:
can you upload the original pic?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
You mean the device?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Do you mean this one?

Its just a download from a link someone posted above in this thread...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Color banding issues w.r.t games
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
I feel that I am whining too much... I either need to take it to samsung and ask what's happening or I need to live with it. But before I decide to go to samsung, I need your help. Do you think I should go to samsung? Or should I just live with it and hope that a future update would sort the issue! Please guys! Suggestions are much appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
OMG! That's crazy... 1 hr of gaming a day should be pretty acceptable with a device like that Samsung Galaxy Note... Manufacturing massacre by samsung for the note... considering the price of the device, its a sin...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I dont think your whining too much, for a device of this price it sometimes makes you wonder whats happening when the older devices didnt have such issues. Im even wondering why others are accepting obvious screen defects as "normal" in where they can get a replacement for a better screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
Well others are accepting it as normal if they are able to live with the defects and dont notice them too much. I bought and returned 3 notes, returning every time in hope of a completely defect free replacement, but it kept getting worse. So right now m back to my old and defect free phone, waiting for a note competitor !!! :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yeah, there is also a risk of getting a far worse screen.. Im gonna have mine checked and compared with another store unit since the horizontal lines are quite obvious. If only stores had dark rooms to test with it would be as easy as 5mins or less to fully test the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Thanks guys... really appreciated...

Here is another example of color banding...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Where, I cant seem to see any.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
near the temperature display... infact its all over... but the maximum is near the temperature display...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Here as well
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
Well the last one i got had very evident horizontal lines. On a webpage the white background looked like brushed aluminium finish on monitors, tv, etc. at 0% brightness. it was just horrible. What I would advice you is if you are going for an exchange at the shop, go during night time so you can come out of the shop and try in some darkness if not full.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Well the store is inside a very huge mall and the area is well lit, I'll try to find a way to test in a dark room.

@ariboi

That part of the screen test always had massive banding even with the SGS2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Oh! OK... thanks for correcting me over there... Guess I am just getting paranoid...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fujimamatsu:
I think the color banding could be fixed on SW level, coz it's just problem of color bit rate. However, the most annoying is the horizontal lines on the screen especially on web browsing, white background, just like a dirty monitor!! I really HOPE it can be fixed by SW, but... I guess it may not.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I guess im NOT the only one with the horizontal lines issue :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QuadLight:
1-Power Off

2-Connect USB Charger

3-Image #1 - normal colors http://s1.ipicture.ru/uploads/20111211/6dSUR6Rn.jpg

4-2 sec. after device loading some drivers and show battery pic from \mnt\.lfs and COLOR Banding :mad::mad::mad: http://s1.ipicture.ru/uploads/20111211/6lrtLWTZ.jpg (look at battery reflection and bloom upper - :eek: http://s1.ipicture.ru/uploads/20111211/bBhgoI8x.jpg

Totaly Software issue ! confirmed ! (wrong calibration profile inside firmware)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
How can such a thing have gone past quality control when the main market for this phone is the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yentlequible:
I don't think there was a huge market for this phone to begin with.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martcerv:
Nice spot quadlight, hope this gets updated soon.

Has anyone heard if the galaxy nexus is showing any banding issues in ICS, would be good to know if samsung doesnt have the same problem in the latest android using the same screen tech.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QuadLight:
No such problems on galaxy nexus. And this is not technology problem - just somebody in samsung have a problem in "\dev\nands" :) :) :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
So what your saying is that due to the relatively small market for this phone samsung is actually slacking on the QA? I think you didnt understand what I ment :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
Oh you are not... I have it too...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I went to a samsung concept store and saw the demo unit it also had the same issue, but they had more horizontal lines but it was actually thinner or a bit more fine than what I have.. At 50% brightness its completely gone in any color except greys but on low brightness it looks a lot more horrible than mine. We also popped out a stocked unit ( sealed ) and it also had the horizontal lines.

Gonna check on another samsung store next week and see if its the same.

Id also like to add that the demo unit they had also had absolutely no color shift what so ever when tilted an an extreme angle, the other unit we opened up had a greenish hue even with the slightest tilt.