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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I wish I had the same low expectations like you and think that these are just nitpicked issues.

The blocking on the rusty nails is not that obvious on the galaxy s2, not visible in my tn monitor and led tv. You should see the iron man pictures I posted and tell me if its nitpicking

But hey my refunds is approved and so i won't care too much if you say its nitpicking.

EDIT:

For the rest, dont let my experience ruin your enjoyment on the device as not all have the same results with the clipping even my first screen didnt show that crappy results I got with my iron man 2 sample clip.

There are phones that dont suffer too much from this issue and their gamma curve is better but for the sake of being objective dont take their word for it unless they are running the same tests.. some claim to even post video results but never have gotten to do so. For upcoming buyers test the phones out for your self, just make sure you are in a low reflection area of the store as its quite hard to tell if the screen you get is severely affected or just moderately/acceptable. When I performed the test we had to place the phones in a cabinet, lucky the stores I've been also cooperated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
That's why I downloaded the same video from another source as well..

And for the others thinking about buying the G Note: Trust only the tests performed by yourself..

And then return your device in case you are not satisfied

Fact 2:

Fanboys and trolls are everywhere, also here at xda

Another facts:

Samsung production quality control sucks, so not every device is the same, not every screen is the same.

Learn how to discern issues that are more software related than hardware

Bottom line:

DO YOUR OWN TESTING !
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
Yup

Same here EarlZ :D I won't care too much either now since my refund is also approved. I've played that Samsung Demo unit on all of my other systems (i.e. LCD monitor, LED TV, iPhone, Laptops--no problems whatsoever). The Note is just out of reach for me now. I won't dare buy that again, unless I get it for free! :cool: As I said, I will wait for when the new releases come, then we will wait and see. In the mean time, we can submit documents to korea detailing all the crap we have gone through on the S2 and Note and make sure this QC nonsense doesn't happen again. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
i know it sounds silly but how you can say that your refund has been approved?? Did they informed you?? in my case after getting the 3rd faulty unit the service center guy told me that they will refund my money and need to submit a valid id proof,org purchase bill and bank details.Is this means my refund has also been approved??

and i have only signed a product received copy and nothing else.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
On my end I've been informed that my refund has been approved, wait for 2 weeks and they advised me not to have a screen replacement anymore as they want to get the unit in its current condition.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
Same as EarlZ, above,

I've already submitted all of the required documents. The refund is already in process. Once the cheque arrives at the local service center I have to deposit that in my local bank. The refund for sure has been approved, I don't know what you are facing, but you need to submit the required details, then only are you on the safe side. You are suppose to get a job sheet as well, and you don't give the phone until the cheque arrives.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
will you kindly tell me what are those docs???Actually i had submitted my phone for a replacement and after a week the replacement arrived and on the service center it self i check it and shown them the same issue exists one this one too. Then they told me that they will refund the money and needed to submit Id proof , org purchase bill ,and bank details(which i already did). yes i do have a job sheet which they gave me when i had submitted the phone with all the accessories.

plz clarify what you mean by required details???And i already have submitted the phone in the service center.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v0id_walker:
I have the same issue on my note (small change of colour shade visible only on the dark) can anyone confirm that this isn't some problem with the kernel(or maybe ROM) just like the wrong colours on the i9000?

Thx for the answers in advance.

(btw, I posted a question about this to or Samsung centre and they told me that they never heard of this issue and that I should try to reset my phone... I suppose it was a joke on their part, my little sister could give me that king of advice. But either way, is anyone thinking it might actually help?)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
I'm surprised that you already submitted the phone with all the accessories, usually that's not the appropriate process for legal reasons,

You are suppose to submit Id proof and original purchase bill only! I don't understand why they asked you for your bank details, that doesn't sound right, they give you a cheque which "you" need to deposit yourself.

when the cheque arrives, then only do you submit the phone with accessories, some service center will ask you to deposit phone a few days before cheque arrives to ease the process, but depositing the phone on day 1 of the 15 day process is not recommended.

don't worry, just make sure that you have already given in your id proof and original bill -- these are the required documents

since you mentioned you also got a job sheet, you should be set and that is your proof, make copies if you have to

:p

---------- Post added at 12:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 PM ----------

No, it doesn't help, thats the first thing I did when I first saw the problem on my phone, resetted it a thousand times :rolleyes: no improvement whatsoever.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
Thanks SAlmighty.Yes i already have submitted the docs you mentioned.

And they did gave me a job sheet mentioning that they have received the phone with all the accessories and original purchase bill.

actually they told me they need to know the exact name of the a/c holder .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Same requirements here.. Proof of purchase, ID, Technical report from the technician and banking details. They didnt ask me to surrender the phone they just informed me to surrender it when the cheque arrives.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
then why they took the phone from me???? do i need to contact them?? though they did gave me a job sheet mentioning they have received the phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrywone:
Samsung promisses to fix the problems with a software update

A GNote owner from Korea says on our facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-Screen-Issues/154264438017212

"We've got a response from Sansung today. They say they are working on this problem now, and will announce a software fix soon."

I don't know if it is an attemp to sedate the GNote owners for another couple of months, but sounds like Samsung acknowledged the existence of the problem.

Should we become optimistic?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
I wouldn't. I think its screen as well as software. There is no way there would be so many variations to the issue if it was just software. EarlZ posted a few where it seems a lot better. I am going to replace my screen until I get one where it shows the gamma test better like the one posted on here I think.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Thats been posted here before, it was their response and avoidance to the issue. They also didnt indicate any type of fix.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
It seems that it varies from Service Center to Service Center. They had never asked me for bank details since they have only one bank affiliation here, Citibank. May be where you reside they have more than one bank accounts, so to make it flexible for you, they should give you a check that is affiliated with your bank. If you had requested them earlier that you want to hold the phone 'till the cheque arrives then that would been fine. I think by assumption, they took the phone away from you. As long as you have the Job Sheet / technical report, that should be fine. The only downside is that you don't have a phone to stick around with for the next 10-15 days. You don't have to worry though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
If thats the case then its ok for me because i dont like to use a defective phone.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v0id_walker:
Does this issue manifest even in full brightness? Beacause on my fone, i didnt notice it, i can see it only on the lowest brightness while reading domething on a bright background. So i think that this might be some kind of software issue.... at least on my device.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
Use the youtube app to play back a Super 8 trailer.You will see the blotchiness and artifacts.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v0id_walker:
I am not really sure, but this isnt the issue described by OP (nor do i see anything you described on the super 8 video, its all the same on my pc)

I am having issues with a slight change of colors when on low brightness. The picture becomes a little bit pink-ish or green-ish at some point, then it changes back to the original color. But i could not see it on full brightness.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
Try to disable the "auto adjust screen power" mode. It has been reported already that is fixed this hue changing issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Presjar:
Using the ICS Phase Beam Live Wallpaper as the trial I get the following results:

16bit: I see the weird gray / black issue + colour banding

*Viewing the image on a PC, you can see the banding is part of the rendered image. You can see for yourself in link below.

24bit (888): The weird gray / black issue greatly reduced, hardly and colour banding.

*After taking a screen capture using the s-pen in this 24bit (888) mode the annotation screen shows colour banding on the image the same as 16bit.

*Viewing on a PC shows greatly reduced colour banding.

24bit (8888): Slightly better than 24bit (888), no really obvious banding. Slight issue with black / gray but so much better than 16bit.

*The screen capture shows the same as 24bit (888).

*Viewing on a PC shows less banding again.

I had issues getting the colour mode to set. I found this works. Press Home -> Menu -> Wallpaper -> Live Wallpapers -> ICS Phase Beam LWP-> Settings -> Color mode -> OK -> (Select Desired Mode) -> HOME BUTTON -> Browse back to the LWP and it will be now in the new mode. Pressing 'Back' after changing the mode won't save the change.

--- PLEASE SEE THE IMAGES HERE ---

16bit vs 24bit 888 vs 24bit 8888 images -> Link

My Conclusion is this. Samsung / Google stock apps (some, if not all) are using 16bit mode and I assume the majority of market apps also use 16bit. I believe that the Gallery and wallpapers are running 24bit as the banding visible while viewing a screen capture in annotation is not in when viewing in gallery or as a wallpaper. The gray / black issue is not gone completely in 24bit mode, but it is much better than 16bit.

In my case at least, I believe my screen is good, it is just software not in 24bit mode causing the problems.

We need some smart people to find out how to mod the apps / force apps into 24bit mode. Maybe start with calculator? The number keys have visible banding, as well as under the task bar there is a while glow.

This IS what I see on my device, please try for yourself. Get your minds cranking and fingers modding!

--- EDIT ---

I have linked another album of pics taken with a camera of the note screen in 16 bit and 24bit 8888 mode so you can see the banding does go away in 24bit 8888 mode (888 mode looks pretty much the same). Just look at the colour, ignore the camera artifacts etc.

Pics of screen -> Link
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pachi72:
Doesn't do anything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amoth:
Same thing for me:

I randomly have the hue changing issue, I tried to disable "auto brightness" and "auto adjust screen power", but there is no improvment.....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v0id_walker:
It doesn't help me either... Maybe the hue change is not happening that often.

The only thing that helps is to leave the brightness at 100% (please confirm)

I really do hope that this is just a SW issue :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b00gieMan_droid:
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I BELIEVE I TRIED SAYING EARLIER ON THIS THREAD OR SIMILAR THREAD LIKE THIS (DAMN THERE ARE SO MANY SIMILAR THREADS FOR THIS ISSUE). Its just all about Color depth and modes, its not the display, its just the evolving age of android! Note is one of the few 1st AMOLED HD Android devices with such a large screen, with Google Nexus 4.65" many other brands like Sony, HTC, LG, etc are releasing bigger screens, so in future the app developers will be certainly having this on their mind..

All these are just Software issues and bits of color.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
I am on my 6th note now. The last one I had had bottom greenish and top reddish. and it was from the OCT 2011 batch. The 6th one I ve got is from the JAN 2012 Batch. The screen has very faint lines as usual (i ve gotten used to it now all thanks to samsung) but even this one has slightly reddishness on the top of the screen visible only on certain shade of grey and brown. Its also visible in the default web browser on brightness level 3 (power saving).

I want to ask other gnote users do they also have this reddish top problem. Basically the top either appears reddish or its brightness is not same as the bottom edge. That is the screen brightness at the top edge and bottom edge of the screen is not the same, much noticeable at low brightness and very less on high brightness. PLEASE REPLY !!!

Otherwise the screen compared to my previous 5 gnotes has very natural looking colors with no black splotches/smudges or green/yellow tint problem (poor viewing angles). And the hue changing on low brightness is very very hard to notice and if i dint know about the problem probably I wouldn`t have noticed it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yes I also have the reddish top and greenish/yellowish bottom and its visible on normal use but they dont exist all the notes i've personally seen.

First photo is from my first screen showing a grey image with reddish top and greenish bottom with massive visible lines and dirty grey rendering.

Second Photo is something I took earlier with the repalced screen, lower side is yellowish top side is reddish but not visible on this photo.. this is with thumbkeyboard in split landscape layout.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
Thanks dear earls for confirming. So do you mean to say all notes out there have this problem ?

Also more users please comment ??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
What Im saying is that I've seen Note's that dont have this discoloration as well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
I consider myself to have a good screen apart from black clipping. I can't see the dirty screen effect and differences in colour on mine. This is why I am hesitant to get the screen replace yet. I will wait until Samsung say they will get a fix or until ICS comes out. I will give them around a month or so to fix the issue. If the gamma issue is not resolved then I will keep getting my screen replaced until I am happy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v0id_walker:
Well second to that...

I consider my screen to be acceptable, I don't have any other issues except those described by the OP.

I'll wait and hope for a software fix...aka ics :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
So have u seen a screen which doesnt have this discoloration, uneven brightness, dead pixel, green tint even on slight tilt of the screen, all of these and would u advise me for another replacement?

I will also soon upload some pics.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
We were just on the topic of the reddish topside and yellow/greenish bottom.

But let me make this absolutely clear, I have seen a Galaxy Note that does not exhibit the reddish discoloration on the top of the screen and the greenish/yellowish discoloration on the bottom PERIOD
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Nope I dont have these color issues...

I have my GNote for almost 3 weeks now and on the first 10 days I even though I had the perfect screen..

So I decided to download some video clips proposed on this thread and again no issues till I opened that rusty nails. mkv clip and FINALLY I saw the back clipping that everybody was talking about.

However I can't reproduce this issue in any other videos I tried so far , specially the HD videos I downloaded or ripped myself.

And what’s more interesting, since I am using Hardcore’s Latest Speedmod kernel ( on Criskelo’s LA4 Rom) the black clipping, even on that rusty nails.mkv clip is completely gone! (Not really - read edit at the end of this post)

Maybe something to do with Speedmod’s - MDNIE color tuning feature which reduces over-saturation of color ? Or something else within the mod rom or the optimized kernel I am using right now

By the way, even before Speedmod, the black clipping on the rusty nails clip was already greatly reduced on my device (but not completely) only by applying the “native” setting within Supercurio’s Voodoo Screen Tuning app.

That was the long answer to your question.

The short answer is that not every GNote is the same, some devices will have more issues than others, specially the hardware related ones.

And to find out how many “good screens” are out there, is practically impossible, since the majority of these Gadgets owners don’t even show up in forums like this, especially the ones with no problems.

I would recommend users to try Criskelo’s rom with speedmod latest kernel, to check if some improvement can be achieved, at least what the software related ones are concerned....

.

EDIT: Correction- just checked again, black clipping is not completely gone on Rusty nails.mkv, only reduced...funny thing I really saw it once or twice without the clipping...weird....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
I can confirm that I DON'T HAVE reddish topside and yellow/greenish bottom!

Sure, other issues exist, but I don't have such tints existing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
It would be more objecrive if others started posting pictures of their gammatest.png results with out using the voodoo tuning and pictures with the sample clipa else we just have opinnions. So feb9 is the big day :-)

I just checked a local forum and it seems that awereness on this issue with the service center is increasing a few people reporting that when they talked to a technician some of them say they know about the issue and will replace the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
What on the 9th? Your refund? :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yup if thete are no delays from their courier.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
i'm getting the refund tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
The cheque or to start the actual process?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
Samsung started to delete my posts on Facebook site when I started to challenge them on the issues. They said they cant replicate any issues regarding clipping (Hardly surprising is it?) Funny how they kept the post about there note is fine and played back videos fine!

http://www.facebook.com/SamsungUK?sk=wall&filter=1

Go down to the date 29th January at 3.05pm. That is my post. Add to it if you like
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
The cheque
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Didn't we process the refuns on the same day or were you ahead?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
i had submitted the phone on 21st jan.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NuDroid:
And one more customer having problems with black videos / pictures.

I tested the Iron Man scene on my Note and well...awful pixelation with darkest tones. Voodo Screen Tuning corrects the issue for videos but it's still bad with the pictures.

I also experience massive banding of course.

My screen doesn't suffer from other issues though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Ok mine was on the 26th but I still have the phone still the cheque clears.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pachi72:
What settings did you use to correct the dark pixelation issues?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
The voodoo screen tuning (R&D) as he said.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pachi72:
I was talking about that APP..but what settings in the APP does he have it to get rid of the video problems..?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Screen adjuster app, it does not get rid of the video problem but only makes blacks into greys but it gives a grey shade on the entire playback.. you have to disable it after watching a movie and enable it again. Settings vary from phone to phone I've seen people say use only -7 and some say as high as -50
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TML1504:
done:

confirm these problems: had 14 (!!!) notes so far (some 16 gb internal, some 32gb internal, all bought in austria), ALL OF THEM SUFFERED MORE OR LESS FROM THIS PROBLEMS!

as a technically very skilled person i know what i'm writing about, also on xda-developers.com in the note section are HUGE threads regarding this problems! additionally, there are also problems with unevenness with grey and brown colors, dark blotches and lines (display a black image, go into a dark room and let your eyes accommodate for at least 1 min) ON ALL SCREENS I'VE SEEN SO FAR!!!

i love my note, BUT THE SCREEN IS C R A P DUE TO MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS!!!!!!!!!

me too will exchange until my screen is worth the money i paid for it, so i'm sure samsung wont earn money on me, AND ITS NOT MY FAULT! regards from austria, markus
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
Stop wasting your time!

Don't take this personally, but GET A REFUND, NOW!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NuDroid:
I agree, i did notice that but i'm not a pro with gamma, shades, RGB -12 000 and stuff like that :D

I tried to explain it with my own limited knowledge :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
+1 Till they fix it properly.

As long as you no longer see the issue then stop from there, use this as a band aid fix this a proper one comes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin1042:
Finally got the refund cheque today.Special thanks to ankydu,EarlZ, SAlmighty for their kind help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
i have a question, if i would like to get refund, what should i do? what have you done to get it? thanks for your help ;D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
U r welcome friend !
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Your welcome, I'll see you around with another device at some point :)