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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I just noticed a small strip of a dark spot on the left-middle side of my GNex screen the other night. I'm relieved to see that it is a common issue and that it doesn't mean that my screen is dying. Since the OP shows that it's a common problem I think I'll just stick with the one I have - it runs great and I can only really see the dark strip if I am in a pitch black room and actively looking for it on the screen. It's a shame Samsung's screens don't have a better build quality, especially for a Nexus device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] keny312:
mine's ~

my had fine line crossing from left to right, up to down.

also the upper part & lower part had un even color with the center screen, they called it * burn mark*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
don't ruin your perfect display caused of blackspots, chances are you'll get worse display replacement while still getting another blackspots.

ask for screen replacement warranty if there's still any, make sure they need to test it first, otherwise you need to ask for another replacement until you find the one you can live with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SahilShaikh1595:
I was surprised to see all those lines when I first got my Nexus (traded my Amaze 4G for it). At first I thought it was a problem with the screen, but the awesome colours are well worth it. Besides, makes the whites look like paper when reading a book.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t1.8matt:
i've been noticing more and more i have the banding and image retention issues. the banding isn't so much a big deal, but the ghosting of my keyboard or other sharp edged icons on a black background is horrible. shame.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
just ask for better screen replacement. i've been there and now live happily with the screen replacement. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t1.8matt:
what do you mean "better screen replacement"? Just a new phone? it's not bad enough that i'm going to go through that hassle. every time big red sends me a "certified like new :rolleyes: " device, something else ends up being wrong with it. i've gone through 3 Nexus phones because of their crap refurbished replacements, not including the multiple devices before this one, theres nothing else wrong with this one so i think i'm gonna deal with the little bit of screen problems till it gets to the point of being permanently burned in there. i appreciate the comment, but i'm not dealing with their garbage replacements if i don't have to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Better than your current screen, perhaps less banding, stripes, and textures. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killchain:
Anyone else (besides me) getting lazy/stuck pixels? I noticed one on my device yesterday and what is strange is that it only shows when I light up the camera's LED. The pixel is around the center of the screen and when I turn on the LED, that pixel lights up in white, then usually fades to red or something darker when on dark background, and on lighter background, it seems to stay black while the LED is on. Again, it seems odd that it's related to the LED - I haven't seen it in other occasions.

Aside from that pixel, I was having a little banding (vertical lines), best noticeable on around 50% gray; some black spots on black on lower brightness levels plus some graininess, also on lower brightness. I was thinking I'm going to deal with these (as they are kind of 'usual'), but because of the stuck pixel I am going for my warranty. Worst part of it is that I'm going to be without the device for about a month, but that's it, I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blankit:
i have owned 3 gnex phones and all the screens are exactly like that. as in messed up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the jew hunter:
Wow sucks to be you guys. I almost bought a GN but decided to go with the HTC amaze. Just because a tougher phone with a clear screen is the most important to me. The GN look like a flop from what I'm reading.:cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] himura09:
now i know..thaks for the info dude
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lowtech80:
SgsII was not pentile
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
I'm considering sending my phone in to Samsung for repair. I have light bleed along the top and bottom edges of the screen.

What has been your experience with the quality of their repair work or the replacement phones?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
It's been great. At least it's still rocking for 3 months now. :D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Edward Stanbury:
very useful post, just notices my display has a few black spots and little tint fade down the right side of my screen on 0% brightness but i dont often have it that low and i usually only see the dots if i look for them really hard at night while in the boot animation. if i dont look for it its not in my mind (: but thanks for sharing that info, its very helpful! i probably wont send mine in for a replacement like i said its not a bother if you dont look for issues, thanks everyone !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] buithehien1991:
my screen is

My screen is follow:

as link: hxxp://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac272/chjade84/tint_fade.jpg

My post < 10, so don't post image

How to fix it? Thanks very much.

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How to do it? My screen so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sergeyotro:
Does anybody have a problem with green lines at the top and the bottom of screen? They're becoming more clear when it is cold.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Yeah, no need to get a replace if you're only having those blackspots. Enjoy your perfect screen. :)

contact samsung service center and ask for a screen replace. make sure they tested it before so you'll get better screen, if the new replacement is worst than old screen, ask for another one while keeping your old one used until the new screen arrive.

Unfortunately no.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrianr514:
Yup started happening to me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] L00n:
my screen keeps waking up every time my song is over or i use my hands free for skipping song (i'm using n7player) ... is there any apk for keeping the player waking my screen all the time?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] allelujah:
thx for the info, but i guess its too late for my gnex :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SocalTeknique:
Funny thing is that I did the complete opposite thing as you. My Mint Amaze is in collecting dust in my drawer, couldn't stand the awful battery and pain in the @$$ rooting techniques. Miss the camera though. Happy camper with the Gnex and its screen flaws.

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That happened to my Nexus S after a years use on the left edge of the screen. Never got any worse after 6 months after noticing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
I used to use google music play and now Poweramp. Both of them didn't wake up the screen when skipping to next track or vice versa using the mic button control.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gimmigio:
me too :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjiro:
I was wondering if anyone ever seen problems like this before but I turned my phone in for repairs today because some app icons, that used to be on the 'desktop' looked like they were burned into the screen (hope you understand what I mean). For example, I could see the entire dock and it's contents when I fired up my webbrowser. Like it was just stamped into the screen.

Sad thing is that I only used the phone for aprox a month and no, I didn't leave the screen burning for hours straight. Miss my phone already especially now that I'm back with my S+ again. Oh the slowness ;).

Edit: NVM only now found the right words to look for. Burn-in issues. Well guess I'll wait and see if they fix it for me ;).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thefatalepic:
I posted here before, somewhere. I finally returned my Galaxy Nexus because of the weird banding issues. Aside from grayscale banding in low light, I had horizontal lines, not completely straight either, running through the entire screen. I found a certain shade of red that made this more obvious, I used an app to fill the screen with this certain shade of red that turned these light colored bands into solid black lines.

I just received my replacement, and the replacement has no banding. There are very faint horizontal lines near the top that I can definitely live with as long as they don't worsen. However, whites appear to be more of a soft yellow and the haptic feedback is weaker. (The haptic feedback is there, but my original G Nexus you could hear the vibration as it made this distorted sound. Now the vibration is there, but weaker, and you can't really hear it).

I know there are some here that have had experience with exchanging multiple phones. Should I settle with what I have or try another? I'm worried about getting 4 more defective replacements, and wondering if I'll regret sending this replacement back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thefatalepic:
I got my replacement from Verizon, I like working with them because they send me the replacement while I still have my old phone. This way, I'm never without a Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcloadletter1:
How is the new one compared to the old one? I have had slight banding from day one, but seems to be getting slightly worse.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
Sent my GNex to Samsung last week for a new screen. I got an email update from them yesterday saying "Please be advised that your Samsung service ticket has been placed on a temporary hold due to an unavailable part."

I contacted the service center in Texas directly (the Samsung technicians have very limited information and are quite unhelpful) and they said it is on hold for the "LCD screen."

Is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thefatalepic:
Big difference. My new one doesn't really have banding, yet there are two faint vertical lines near the center that run from the top almost to the bottom of the screen. This is only visible if I'm looking for them and the brightness is low. I just stopped using Auto Brightness because it's too low 50% of the time - so I can definitely live with this. The colors seem just a bit warmer (like a soft yellow tint) than my original but I've decided that I'm OK with this because it is very slight and if anything it makes the screen easier on my eyes.

My original Galaxy Nexus had horizontal lines running all over the screen. These were only visible when red-heavy colors were displayed. When I would open the Verizon app I could see thin black lines throughout the red splash screen. I had noticed this about 6 months ago but it did seem to be getting worse over time so I had a replacement sent right before my warranty was up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
For those curious, apparently this is normal for Samsung repair centers. My phone was "on hold" for two days while they waited for the replacement screen. It shipped back to me today. Samsung had the phone for 4 business days.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 0vermind:
Hey guys, wanted to know if this is normal and if I should get replacement for this problem. I have a brand new Galaxy Nexus I got a week ago and I just noticed today that the right edge of the screen on low brightness, it's a little darker (less illuminated) and sorta purplish tint. At higher brightness levels it's barely noticeable. Screen is perfect otherwise. No banding or artifacts, no black spots in black screens, and no grain.

It's a little distracting at low brightness, and don't know if I should live with it or get yet another replacement? (First one audio jack wasn't working.) Has anyone else had this problem?

Tappin the talk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
If you can live with it then leave as it is. It's very hard to get a perfect screen on gnex. My replacement display is 90% perfect, the rest 10% are vertical stripe banding on white and especially gray below 40% brightness, and blackspots.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xator91:
I have a problem with my galaxy nexus he have a background with "Galaxy Nexus" why?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Either you have a burn out or burn in problem, or it's from a theme of your custom ROM. :D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rino187:
Hi
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
Hello
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jxr94:
Had to replace my first Gnex because the nav-bar burn in got progressively worse until the back-home-recents buttons were visible in Youtube videos :/ and the replacement, while physically flawless, had a purplish tint on the stock rom. Looks better now that I'm back on CM10.1 so here's to hoping I'd been away from stock too long and was just used to a half burned-out screen. #FirstWorldProblems
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] margaretiak:
Dammit just found out I got also the black spots in zero brightness and dark background. Got it on whole display and it looks like someone had sex on it. Pretty abstract..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] (THE REAL) Neo:
Welcome to our infinitely populated club.:cool:

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Techno Tonis:
My Nexus has pretty bad screen burn in by this point, but I'm afraid to replace it. Since I've had the phone for over year now, is it still possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
They will charge you with the screen replacement since your warranty is off. It's around USD 150 here in Indonesia.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] winamp26:
Hi

In my phone's lcd has a green line under the navbar.

What is the problem?

I flashed rom again but it's not fixed!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
Probably a hardware flaw. I had a similar problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] murph5525:
Hello

Am thinking of purchasing a Galaxy Nexus in the next few days and would like to know which batch number i should look for that doesn't come with a problem screen? This thread is so long and i just don't have the time to read it in it's entirety.

Thank You!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jc042982:
After update the rom pack to 4.2.1......

The battery consumption is running so fast...

It's about 10 hrs....the battery is exhausted..=_=
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
Are you sure you wanna buy gnex? No matter what batch you get their will be always a problem... that I can a sure you...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] murph5525:
My concern is not how it looks in a dark room with the screen dimmed down but how it is when actually using it. And of course "burn-in" is a big concern as well. Any way to prevent that?

I've decided on the Galaxy Nexus for 2 reasons:

#1 - The new Nexus 4 is just too "fragile"

#2 - The release of the N4 has caused the resale prices of the Galaxy Nexus to drop quite abit (several listings both new and used in the range of $200-$250 CA)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
There's no way to avoid burn in.. That's the mine problem of AMOLED technology.. If I were you I'll go for Nexus 4... Or any device that use IPS or LCD..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] baaabovka:
Hello guys.

Please take a look at these photos of my galaxy nexus.

http://imageshack.us/a/img43/9185/edit5d.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img203/3437/edit4l.jpg

There is white image on the background and brightness is set to 0%. As you can see there are some strange dark layers on the screen (left side and in the middle).

What do you think? Is my phone ready to go to reclamation?

Thanks for any advice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheGame7:
Will insurance cover my phone for the burn in of the keyboard? I see a ghost image of my keyboard from where I been texting so much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
Yes its covered.. coz that's image retention

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Same issue with my galaxy nexus . Mine is whiter than white amoled white display quality. You should ask for replacement.. me.. by next week I'll request for new LCD.. it will be my 5th LCD..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z.coniglietti:
Same issues here and they are getting worse if you are using it in cold environment it worsens so bad that the screen is unreadable.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josejimenez:
except rynchit

what causes this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
LCD not properly Checked by QC
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMysteriousOne:
Same issue here.

Can anyone let me know how this can be fixed?

My phone is not under warranty so no option of replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Minato04:
my Gnex when the brightness is at the lowest, has the display somehow texturized..but when you put the brightness to the max, it's such a wonderful screen..is it normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
Unfortunately, yes, this is normal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] okanb3:
Very useful post. Before this post i thought my screen is kinda yellow but now i think it's okey.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fioda:
Last week appeared on my screen a big dark shadow on screen that is visible on dark colors and low brightness. There is also a banding problem, more visible on videos or Android menus. Should I ask for replacement? My warrant is almost over...

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/2620/dsc0409zs.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img809/8317/dsc0421fy.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img213/8245/dsc0423o.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img210/6875/dsc0426cd.jpg

Thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diogofd8:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37437326

anyone of you had a phone with this problem? i can't identify it in the problems on the main post
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skoolkaholic:
my gnex when looked at front. its yellow-ish

but when you tilted 45 - 90 degree to back . its looks normal.

I've sent this device to samsung, and right now. in my 2nd screen. its still look same. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrLifeguard:
I have a display problem the last days...A green line at the top of the navbar appears...I ve changed more than 5 Roms and still the problem exists...Can anyone help me by giving me some infos?Is it a hardware problem or a software one?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diogofd8:
hey man, when you play any game that uses the fullscreen, does that line in the top screen appear also? if so then you have the same problem as me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrLifeguard:
I set brightness at the highest and that line from green it becomes like the rest of the screen but it's a lot brighter...I can't explain it better...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
Hardware defect. I had a similar issue. Send it in for warranty service if you can
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diogofd8:
yes, the same as me... seems like I have to send it to warranty service...

How long does the process last until I can recover my phone? Do they give me a entirely new phone or they just swap the screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] creeve4:
For me, I mailed it to them on Wednesday, December 26 and I received it back Wednesday January 2. They just replaced the screen on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diogofd8:
that's ****ty... I received my phone when it got back from warranty repair... so this time is going to be his second visit to samsung repair warranty... if this keeps getting broken then the warranty will end and I will be without phone... seriously, I am going to mail them asking for a new phone and not just for a replacement... I am pretty sure that they won't give a **** to what I ask, but is worth trying xdd
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheGame7:
That would bother the daylights out of me. I would call and ask for a replacement since your warranty is about over. The worse they can do is say no.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Angelakaro:
Hey guys,is this normal? (Look carefully around the brightness switcher)

Also, if i set OMAP gamma at 1.4 this artifact won't occur. I have also picture retenction in some cases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siggdroid:
AW: Galaxy Nexus Screen - What's Normal, What's Not. (Photos!)

Which rom do you use? I have also noticed this artefacts since I use aokp.

Donot remember to noticed this in stock rom.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Angelakaro:
R: Galaxy Nexus Screen - What's Normal, What's Not. (Photos!)

All you asked is in my signature(stock 4.2.1 yakju JOP40D,franco.kernel r364)...however,it seems that also lowering trinity contrast or making any mod to make the screen "darker" will hide every artifacts,but i can't see anything if brightness is too low :(

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siggdroid:
AW: Galaxy Nexus Screen - What's Normal, What's Not. (Photos!)

Maybe its an driver issue, it looks like there where no acceleration from the gpu

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Angelakaro:
I don't understand what you mean..can you be clearer,please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ipergig:
Hey guys,

i bought a GNEX on the 31st of Jan and i used it only today.

I'm noticing a (light) banding and a (bigger) pink hue on the bottom side of the screen.

What to do?

Ask for a replacement?

Thanks for your help :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siggdroid:
AW: Galaxy Nexus Screen - What's Normal, What's Not. (Photos!)

It looks like framebuffer mode, without acceleration.

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It looks like framebuffer mode, without acceleration.

maybe you've seen this before on your desktop

sent three times to repair my device, because of dark stripes on the display. the third time they have replaced it, but it is not correctly installed. so I've just sent off for the fourth time

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
Excellent catch sir. Definitely have to watch in the youtube app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
thanks to you, i haven't seen anything of this quality on youtube.:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] asb123:
I dont mind the greenish tint and "texture" at low brightness, but it is VERY annoying that it is not uniform on the screen. Does anyone else have it where the tint/texture get more prevalent the more right you move on the screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dk_iceman:
I have something like it, just not green....

My screen has a warm tint at the top third part of the screen and becomes more cold at the middle/bottom its not extreme and only easy to see if you look after it on light grey backgrounds and white backgrounds...

also when you are in the settings menu where it goes from dark to light color, what color/tint is yours at the top. ? not the notification menu but just under where the settings menu starts ??

mine is just not totally black like the notification bar it has a tint of DARK purple ??

and when I lower the brightness to 0% it also has a slight DARK purple tint ??

I have seen some comparison pictures on the web where two is like mine and one is dark grey instead ??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gamefreakgcb:
I put the GNex next to my T-Mo SGS2. The GNex screen beats the other one hands down. I hated the low-brightness defects on the GS2. I played the video on both phones in a completely dark room with the lowest brightness option and was blown away by the GNex screen. Quite a difference. The colors are more vivid and pop out whereas on the GS2 they were slightly dull and had that blehhh effect at low brightness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmmarck:
In Google Currents, the very very top part is that ICS blue--or at least a tint of that. Maybe the green discussed is really a light blue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mutelight:
This is some nice demo material for the phone. AMOLED screens are very vivid but over saturated, which is fine on a phone but I will stick with my plasma for king of the picture quality.

My eyes are also very sensitive and I can see the pattern of the PenTile.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] asb123:
It is pretty close to black for me. The problem I am describing looks like the low brightness screen shown on the first post but it doesn't cover the screen uniformly. It is more prevalent on the right side than left side. So on my screen, whites are very white on the left side and grainy/textured/not really white on the right side.

I bought my phone brand new in box on craigslist so I am not sure what options I would have as far replacements go. That is if this is a defect and not just the way it is.