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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afadzil21:
Hmmm... Weirdest thing. My Note screen appears to be improving over time. I didn't quite believe it at first but the old pictures say it all. I used. The dead pixel detect and fix a few times and it seems to have a difference. The green hue still appears but only when viewing from an angle and not when viewed head on. Weird.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariboi:
I will get mine checked at the service center next week. I sent them a discriptive email of the issues I have (and the issues discussed here). The reply they sent me was very encouraging. Will get back to you guys once I am done doing that! Cheers!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dt33:
Just stop repeating same sentence all the time and who care about a poll.

U go and tell those 80%, include uself, go and make same test as others that have issues and TAKE SCREENSHOT, RECORD VIDEO THAT DONT HAVE THOSE GREY BLOCKS ON VIDEOS. Upload it here and show all that are perfect!

Everyone can just click and vote whatever they want.

Therea are 52 PAGES already in this thread about peoples that having screen issues and u keep SAYING ITS INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM!

Read through 52 pages, before say that its INDIVIDUAL= SINGEL PROBLEM!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DPMAce:
lmao

I really want to buy this phone now, but screen issues scare me
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxxell:
For what it's worth, I have written to Samsung via Twitter and urged them to read and take part in this thread. Maybe they can come up with answers to those issues afflicting the screen of our beloved Galaxy Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drolive:
Like others, I experience the bad gray at low brightness with irregular stripes in the background. It looks like some textile.

I can also see it a bit in plain white. In pictures, it can be seen too, e.g., with brighter lines on the pages of book on the lock screen. :( I also see the default in videos, starting with the one shipped by Samsung (where there are gray and light blue backgrounds at some point).

It disappears gradually as the brightness increases. But inside, I am only confortable with the lowest brightness...

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Hi EarlZ. Thank you for the information you brought here and on androidforums.

You refer to this 7-day limit that applies in my case too. Did you get your replacement within these 7 days, or did you get an exchange after because they acknowledged the screen issues?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I was not able to go back to the store with in 7 days as I had alot of stuff to take care about, the service center placed an order for my screen but it wont arrive till Jan 8-10 since due to the holidays.

I can see the lines regardless of the brightness even at 100% on whites.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paris.gr:
Put your screen in dynamic mode and increase the brightness and the lines will disappear.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Dynamic mode + 100% brigthness + all white = still visible no difference from 0%

Still waiting for my screen replacement to arrive I was informed it should be here by January 8.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youtheshsagar:
black patches on screen

i got my screen replaced... still i have the blocky image/video problem .. what to do?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Its not a defect its how the HD SAMOLED is, The G-Nexus also has the same issue and it has ICS so theres no fixing this as of now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scorbion:
I had a note with very visible horizinal lines and hue changing issue. I sold it and got a new white note but sadly the new one has different issue which my old one was free of. Now I have banding issue which is also annoying as hell. Its visible in youtube videos and games.

Do you think I should sell this ****?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Nothing much you can do with the banding issue as its in all notes.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g@rr@f0n:
Anyone has tried with new (cyano 9) ICS custom ROM for Note? maybe this banding issue has fixed??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yzydor:
I have the same problem. Display, balancing between a shade of the green pink and white with cold. At one post, a colleague wrote about the Abyss kernel and would like someone to confirm if the problem improves. I had this kernel, but my feelings may be due to autosuggestion.:confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
The store demo unit I saw exhibited this problem quite often even on the gallery, their other demo unit didnt. Same software version.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g@rr@f0n:
Hi people... first sorry by my english...

I'm confussed with banding and pixelation in video dark scenes... I thought that two issues are the same... am I wrong?

We're really talking about two different issues? I thought that pixelation video scenes was consecuence from banding problem.

can anyone clarify for me? THANKS!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Color banding is usually seen as a rough color transition from one color shade to the other which gives a pixelation like effect on video on the blacks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g@rr@f0n:
So color banding and pixelation videos are the same issue?

otherwise, is banding a hardware problem? in this case, you recommend me send phone to SAT to change display?

Thanks all
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inferiorconcha:
hi, i just bought gnote and yes i see the problem of the color banding, and watch dark scene in low light or darkplace is horrible.its just like if you edit some photo on photoshop when you play the brightness and contrast.i think this amoled color scheme is still not polished and still experimental to get the perfect one.with high contrast its possible to get some color banding but if low contrast it will not get the pop up color.i have try 3 different youtube apps.the built in apps i think only playing 360p even you watch in landscape.then i try youtube on browser and its better.for sgs2 you can play 480p on landscape and Gnote can play until 1080p.Then i download Tubemate and download the 1080p from you tube and play it with stock video player or MX video player and the quality is much much better.i can say that banding color with same video is reduced 90-95% which is great.i really hope this is not the hardware problem and can be solved.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Im lead to believe that its not color profile but actual screen limitation.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _A.T.Omix_:
I have the same issue, but...WOW! 54 pages!?

Is it a hardware or software issue? Does Samsung acknowledges it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxxell:
The visible horizontal lines and hue changing issue are clearly hardware related. I had the hue-problem and got my GNote replaced for a new one. A friend had very clear horizontal and vertical lines, sent it back and is also waiting for a replacement (his second since his previous GNote also had the hue-issue). As far as I know, Samsung has not acknowledged those issues as a wide spread manufacturing defect, nor I think they will. They would have to recall a lot of units if they did.

It would be great if they took take part in this thread to answer the many questions we have and establish once for all that their flagship Android handset is lacking quality at the one feature which was supposed to make it so great. The 5.3 inches super amoled screen.

I wrote to them on Twitter december the 30th and urged them to do just that. They haven't replied yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
I don't have any problems with my display and I have not read one review where the comments were less than glowing about the notes screen.

There are various possibilities with these so called faults.Perfectionists nitpicking like audiophiles listening for faults in their hifi system rather than the music.The odd faulty unit that can happen with any phone.Posters sent by rival companies to spread propaganda.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mimaki:
Or you work for Samsung.

This screen problem is real.. Non-consistent colour is not good enough. Anyone that can't see it probably needs to get THEIR eyes tested.

The audiophile analogy does not work in this case. It would be more like your head phones or speakers having bursts of static every 10 seconds or so.. Which would be unacceptable.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
If the problem is real then point out one of the dozens of reviews that highlight this problem.Just one.Surely not all the reviewers are blind.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
I would like to point out my cousin who got.his note through an upgrade in the UK did not have hue changing issue. Mine bought from Germany did. However after kl7 update it has gone completely. His is on kk5 still I think.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aigoya:
For some, the hue issue went away with the kl7. For others (me), it has not. That's why its hard to figure out if this is a hardware or software issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveYorks:
I got my Note yesterday from Germany, it has no hue problems I can see but does show some banding issues.

Any video that has areas of subtle shading is subject to banding, most notable in sky's or where grey fades to black. Its at its most promenant in the sky on the splashscreen of Angry Birds Rio. It's as though the amoled screen is not capable of outputting all the necessary colours to enable a smooth gradient. As though it's not 16 million colour capable.

Or is it that apps are made for 16bit colour but the Note has a 24bits screen? If it is then I'll live with it. Maybe the video drvers in the Note are not made for 24 bit colour either? I don't know, it's beyond me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Incase this was unknown to you, reviewers dont purchase their units.. theres is a huge chance that they get a cherry picked pre-tested unit OR a non mass produced unit which has higher quality control.

Reviewers also get defective units at times, take for example the S2 screen issue it was covered by large sites but they didnt really follow up or even commented after they posted it.. Its probably the fear of gettng black listed by the sponsor or IDK.

There is no such thing as a perfect phone or a screen but these defects were not here with the prev gen SAMOLED devices so should they be called normal now? Its upto you and your expectation if your expectation for a 700dollar phone is upto a certain level then thats you. Dont let his expectations or mine be yours.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fredjm31:
Saw a colleague's Note : no banding issue.

I'm thinking about returning mine to repair in 2 months, when Samsung have learned how to sort the good and faulty screens.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
What banding issue is preset on your phone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
No banding?

Can we get more infos about the phone? ROM? Build location? Screenshots of apps like free XDA app splash screen or angrybirds RIO ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveYorks:
Here the splashscreen of Angry Birds Rio I mentioned earlier. I've had to Photoshop this in order to show more clearly on screen the banding I can see on the phone, so ignore the colour etc. Does everyone else get this effect, is it just amoleds, does the nexus have it? Would be interesting to know.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yes but some claim they dont have those but cant provide pictures :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Note_E:
They sold over 1 million units already and bringing the device to the states. If there was a problem....it wouldn't be coming to the states. There is an expression that serves well here... you guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

I have top of line LEDs from LG, Sony, and Samsung scattered throughout my house and business. They all have color banding on dark scenes when surrounded by a lighter color. All of them.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveYorks:
Thanks guys,

Thats good to know then if all devices behave in this way, as I said earlier, I can live with it if this is the norm.

(Atrix_E - don't scatter your phones around like that, you'll only lose them).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Note_E:
Trying to be funny? Didn't understand your humor. Oh well. Ignorance is bliss for the ignorant.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manojgs2002:
When you watch videos in galaxy note try an app called screen adjustor. In the app change the contrast to about -50. Now see the difference in the video. Now there is no pixellation in the dark scene. Note that the blacks will be a little subdued. But any way you can comfortably watch the movie
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
I agree.The vast majority of note owners are not going to notice any of these screen issues or if they do,it will not bother them because it's so minimal.They are there but if you look close enough at any screen,you will find issues.There are complaints about the iphone 4S screen also.Nothing is perfect.

I prefer to focus on the positives of which there are many.Large screen,high resolution,fantastic contrast and eye popping colors.Most of my friends who have seen the note,SG2 screen prefer it to the iphone because it is so sharp and eye catching.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Depending on the screen issue it can be a huge deal, dont be so dismissive just because your standards are low. There really are valid screen concerns and nitpicking.

Stop spouting this non-sense, you actually lose the black levels LOL.. the G-Note's screen already has a very high lit black compared to the S1 and S2 and this is making it even worse!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
My standard is actually not low as I am posting here and most note owners won't even know this forum exists.My standard probably represents the vast majority anyway as most won't even notice these so called "problems".I pointed out these "problems" to my wife and she looked at me funny as if to say get a life it's just a phone.

The fact is there are people who get upset if there is a hair out of place on their gf and don't understand how other people can put up with an average looking partner.There are also people who sit in the total dark watching a Batman movie on their plasma not to watch the movie but to check out if the black level is up to scratch and get really upset if it isn't and then over react on a chat forum.

You can't please everyone and this holds especially true on these sort of forums where the above people resides.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fredjm31:
Mmhhh. Difficult. I don't wan't to disturb the colleaque (he's my chief).

The phone cas bought at Global Telephone in Italy.

I did the test with Dead Pixel Detect and Fix, grey color.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Going back to what I said, It all depends on the issue and expectation. Others are higher so you cant push your expectations to them.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _A.T.Omix_:
I don't really care about the shadow banding, but the hue issue is real and disturbing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Is that on the browser or when you view the device at an angle?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _A.T.Omix_:
I happens randomly.

I'll try to use the Galaxy Note in different settings to be more specific.

The hue isn't the due to a lack of visibility as we may observe on LCD screens so this isn't due to the viewing angle as I'm facing the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MayDay84:
Theres definitely something wrong with gammas. Check this pic out on your Note: www dot outbackphoto dot com/workflow/wf_74/gradient_inv.jpg

On my screen many of the darkest shades are totally black, about 1/8 of the upper part of that pic is black.

Edit. Had to modify address, beginner spam protect.....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -P3P-:
Yeh the hue issue is there, kinda wish it wasn't visible but it is.

However things I've noticed.

1. Flashing KL7 has improved it.

2. Using Dynamic in Screen Mode also helps.

3. I'm still deciding if there is any difference between Auto Brightness on / off.

I have no issues with banding when viewing high quality images / videos they looks amazing on my Note.

I believe the Hue Issue at least is a software problem that Samsung should be addressing ASAP.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
I can see your point.Most people posting here would be very fanatical about the performance of their phone so I suppose it is a real problem for most people here.The average user couldn't care less and these little niggles don't really bother me that much because the overall performance is fantastic and future updates could fix it.

There is no alternative to the note right now anyway.If there was a 5.3in HD phone that blows the note away,then yes it has a serious problem.

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Try disabling "auto adjust screen power" as well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -P3P-:
Dude you're awesome!!!!

I can't believe it! I unchecked that option and have been playing for the last 10 mins and the Hue Change is gone!! Woo Hoo!! Usually happens within the first minute on say google.com or even the XDA App.

I'll report if it comes back but so far it's fixed, thanks again dude :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
Glad it helped.

I find the power saving features on the note very aggressive.To get the smoothest operation,you need to turn them all off.The massive screen really drains the battery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -P3P-:
Ain't that the truth!

Just happy that it's not a hardware fault, I feel like I've been given a new Note LOL :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
As for the banding issue,it is a non-issue for me.I only see it very occasionally on certain backgrounds in certain apps which I believe is not a hardware issue.Even then,I can only see it if I look for it like looking for a dead pixel.

As another poster mentioned,banding occurs in even high end LED tv's.I would be more upset in this case because a tv is a dedicated unit for watching movies.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
The note just shows way too much color banding compared to the traditional TFT-LCD on really lower end mobile phones or even on cheap TN-Monitors. Banding wise my older Nokia 5800 does a better job of handling it. Its also a non issue to me, the issue I only have is the visible lines and brighter blacks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
I understand why some people do have issues with the pixelation and "blocks" sometimes when showing a black background in some movies but I doubt it's a hardware problem.

Here is a link to a HD Dark Knight trailer that doesn't show this problem.Play this on your note.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8

This is the same trailer in another link that does have this pixelation problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gFwvozMHR4

Perhaps someone could explain why this is happening.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Let me grab both in the higest resolution format and ill report back.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QuadLight:
Very Very simple answer - gamma ! wrong gamma

All we need is find way to set gamma on galaxy note ! and set it to - 20-30% lower

i think where is some secret service code by samsung to adjust display setting. Something like this - (example: *#*#197328640#*#* - service menu to set setting on radiomodem and wifi and gps)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Viewed both vids on the Galaxy S2 and I can definitely see that the first one has a more lit blacks ( probably higher gamma level on the black ) hence it wont show blockiness on the Galaxy Note but the second video uses a deeper level of blacks the S2 renders it perfectly but the Note already fails at this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spandsbab:
hence correctable by software update right? wish supercurio has a note...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I really dont know the blacks on the G note it self is more lit than the S2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seepage:
Where in the clip are you seeing problems?

They both look the same to me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveYorks:
Everyone needs to check the 'General' section of the forum. None other than Supercurio himself is looking into setting the gamma correctly for us. He's started his own thread.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spandsbab:
thanks saw his post already...

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yah noticed this too but videos are still very good compared to the best lcd's...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SrAdama:
I can get a refund if I want, but I can also get a new replacement. I just wonder if it's worth trying my luck on a third one... :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasabah:
Hey guys,

noticed something today while watching the Google Music Event Livestream. (In browser with flash player.)

As you can see, whenever there would be a grey background one could see a large green stain. It is even more obvious than on these photos.

It's strange because if I watch a video with some video app, I haven't come across this problem (yet).

I also have the red area stain in low-light situations in the camera, looks kind of similar.

Should I get a replacement or is this normal or a software solution for this out there?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akpadhi:
purple tint on mine to

Guys, had some what similar issue, but mine was a static tint at one corner. Visible only in dim light. I returned the device, getting a replacement today. Hoping the new one is clean. wrote more of this on link - amar-padhi.blogspot.com/2011/11/purple-tint-on-samsung-galaxy-note.html
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowsnophones:
What's the best way to test the phone in the store? Could someone list down the steps to take to check like go to settings, set this option to this value.

A step by step guide would be great for those new to android/smartphones.:)

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denialnw10:
It seems that it doesn't matter what the brightness is, the issue is nothing to do with the screen, it seems to be related to the "auto adjust screen power" option in settings.

Everything is fine now on my phone and I have realised that it is not a hardware issue, but a software one related to that one option!

So I'm a happy bunny again and loving my beautiful G-Note!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xitobor:
Hey Guys,

I also had this exact same problem, faint lines running across the screen and visible on most colours apart from black (obviously). I used the screen test app and white, grey, green & blue clearly showed the problem.

I tried the auto adjust screen power setting but this made no difference and comparing this screen to a Galaxy S2, it's clear that there is an issue.

Anyhow, I've sent my handset back for exchange, it's been tested and will be sent a replacment once the Note is back in stock.

Cheers.