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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
I'd ask for a replacement. The only screen issue that got better overtime was yellow spots in the iPhone 4 and htc one x where the glue hadn't dried properly. I have a one x now and my god SLCD 2 is far better than amoled. But that is only my opinion :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JeremyNT:
Honestly they don't actually seem to have any phones with no display issues right now. You can ask for a replacement but odds are it will have an issue as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yodeiu:
So I thought to buy a GN.

If my phone has any of these problems I should ask for a replacement ? But if I do then I have high chances to get another GN with the same problem ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alangrig:
Even if you get perfect screen there is always unresolved issue like in Phone 4 ans 4s or all Galaxy phones, under certain light conditions: Pink spot or pinkish colored area being capture on light color patterns in background, while taking pics or shooting movie
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enputz:
New Nexus - New Problems!

Hey guys,..

soo.. I've received a New nexus phone, NOW with a new problem... Image retention..

now.. should I ask for a new one again?

It's driving me crazy this phone..

When you change the screen and use some black color all retention disappear.. but.. come on!! This is should be a "great" phone, pure google and things like that..

I think you had to choose, banding and problem with colors OR image retention.. also when it's with a black background I can see little spots as the first post showed when black color appear.

I have a iPad 3 and I also had some iPhones.. none with any kind of trouble..

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
I'd get it replaced again. You don't want retention as it might cause screen burn in.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Formhault:
Image retention IS screen burn-in... just at a very young stage :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
Yeah it is my bad. But you still don't want it to worsen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Formhault:
True...

Well, as the brightness increases, so does the risk of damaging the screen (burn-ins and such, for example).

The risk of burn-ins seems to be the greatest on the Galaxy Nexus. Burn-ins do appear on Galaxy S3's, too, but at a lower rate, because the HD screen is a bit larger, the PPI is smaller, hence it is less prone to having defects. On the Note, you can imagine the risk being even smaller... but it's still there.

Oh well.

Just try not to reach the maximum brightness too often :) .

I see you're from your One X... nice :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
Yes I am :P feels so good to be back with SLCD.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kristian93:
Is it normal the display of the nexus to have a very slight image retention which disapears after a few seconds? When I rotate the display clockwise on white picture i see very slight image retention where the bottom buttons were. And for an example when I'm in the gogle play store and i click an app while it's loading it shows gray screen on which I can see details from the previos frame and then when the screen refreshes with a new stuff it disapears. Is that normal, I read that I'm not the only one and some people are saying it's not a defective display and other say it is. What is your opinion?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheDBAGuy:
I am not seeing this on my GNex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tuk1maar:
I too do NOT see that. But then again, I got a PERFECT screen :D No weirdness, everything is just perfect for an Pentile screen ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] streak4m3:
@kristian93

I've observed the same issue with my Nexus as well.

I've been following the purple tint and image retention discussion on this forum and have decided to call Google->Samsung on Thursday to get an advanced replacement but still haven't even gotten a call back asking for my credit card info.

The image retention is the one issue that troubles me most since it is not only the most distracting and annoying "feature" but because I expect it to progressively worsen as time goes by. Once I get a new replacement I will be specifically looking for the presence of image retention, if the new set doesn't have it or has less of it - I may keep the device; if not, then I'm either going to ask for a 3rd replacement or return the GNex.

It is very unfortunate for such a great device to have such a serious quality control issue. I have a SGS2 and I notice zero image retention or any sort of tint. I understand they have may different panel types, but I've not seen the color discoloration and image retention on my other devices (Dell Streak and Dell Venue) either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
i have a temporary ghosting image of the apps center icon, the one on top of the home screen, if i use pure black wallpaper and switch to settings menu. the apps center icon ghosts for a 2-3 seconds and it fades away for another 5-10 seconds. the brightness was set to 10% or auto brightness.

but if i set the jelly bean wallpaper, or using the phase beam live wallpaper, and switch to settings, i barely saw the temporary ghosting though i looked really hard.

i don't know whether this symptom is normal or not. *sigh :(

i'm also planning to get a 3rd replacement with my galaxy nexus, but will see whether i could keep the old one if the 3rd is worst. huhuhu
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] millicoelho:
I see that too in my gnex. It is noticeable only in low light(night time) though but in day time it is hard to see it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kristian93:
Well I foung this app in the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImFpci5hcHBnZ2VlLkJ1cm5JblRlc3RlclBybyJd

You can check for ghosting with it, but the strange is the app says that temporary ghosting and burn in is normal so i gues it's not such a big problem.

@chrone I too have this issuesonly in some scenarios and not always, it depends of something but I don't know what.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
oh, i too only found one thread on other forum that said temporary mild ghosting is normal for samoled screen. not too very convincing though never had any on ips and s-lcd panels. lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xpunksbeendeadx:
You guys are all scaring me haha. I'm going to do my advanced RMA Wednesday when I finally have money and am worrying the replacement is going to be bad. Anybody have good experience with a replacement lately?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Could you tell us in what country was your phone made, was it made in Korea? What is its productin batch, is it C5 or C6? And what is its hardware revision, is it 9 or 10?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alangrig:
So I've tested today one unit from production batch C6. It had very high level of purple tint and still had a gap under camera lens. So batch really doesn't matter even 6 months later after initial launch.Very sad SAMMY!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Was it made in china?? And could you tell us what is the hardware revision?

Hardware revision can be found by pressing volume up+down and power when boot up the phone at first place.

Mine was made in china, batch C5, hw revision 9. No purple tint even at 0% brightness. Has graininess and texture on gray or white background when brightness below 20% or auto, and have black spot on black background if seeing in a dark room, also if wallpaper is set to pure black i could see temporary image retention of the apps center icon when switching to settings menu or gray background.

It seems this SAMOLED has weakness in producing white and gray at brightness below 40%.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alangrig:
Well I didn't have a chance to check Revision. Phone Made by Samsung, battery made in Korea, finished in China. You could even see purple during ICS 4.0.4 bootanimation: background had very hard purple tint.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Oic, so made in korea too has weakness.:( it feels like i'm out of luck trying to get another replacement right now. I could get more worse display than this one.

Or there's hope from google play store sells nexus with 4.1.1 preinstalled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alangrig:
Well I've already reserved one C1 with almost perfect screen. Yeah, there are some black spots. Previous didn't have black spot, but purple was here till 5%. So chances are obvious: Purple tint/black spots, Purple tint/no black spots, No purple at all/Black spots, well might be there a miracle No purple/No black spots.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Good for you. :)

I found it weird that after using from thursday noon, the screen is getting better on auto brightness at low ambient room light. The textures are still there though. The color will look more vivid if i use default non live wallpaper from jelly bean like the one on their official page.

The battery is getting better as well. Been 24 hours with 2G mode and the battery still at 25%.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
AMOLED has always been poor at displaying white colours. The only thing those type of screens seem to be able to do well is blacks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yodeiu:
Hey,

Does Galaxy S2 display have the same problems as the Galaxy Nexus ? If yes, are they common or rare ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
it's common, the s2's white screen has more of a bluesh tint and the black bloches are there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] apols:
That's what mine looks like... not sure if it's defective or just normal. Like I posted above, my original Nexus (HTC) had an OLED display that didn't do this..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tim k:
I had similar vertical banding/striping in mine on grey screens at low brightness. Maybe its just your photo, but mine seemed worse actually. At first I thought maybe it was normal for the screen type, but when I looked closely, I could see that the "bands" weren't even straight lines. Looked almost like water stains inside the screen. That's when I knew something was wrong. I took it back to the Verizon store and compared it to the demo unit and one of the staffer's GN's. Neither of those showed any vertical striping. I got a new GN and the checked out the screen before leaving the store. Happy now (well except for some signal/battery drain issues).

-Tim
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] apols:
Just ordered a new one from newegg. The Verizon store was ready to swap it right there until they realized I'd bought it from Newegg. Newegg wanted me to ship my old one back first, but I decided to pay a 400 refundable deposit so I wouldn't be without phone for a couple of days. If the second phone I get has this same problem I'm going to be pissed..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrisexv6:
Just went thru the same thing with WireFly. The second phone is actually much worse.

Going back to my Fascinate, I see similar artifacting but to a lesser degree. From the sounds of it, its pretty normal for AMOLED screens. I only see it in certain colors (light to medium gray), so Im pretty sure I will just live with it.

Everything else about my phone is great....radio performance, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tb5...:
the galaxy s... has brighter whites. the nexus got that pale look.

could be voodoo colour too... but the i9000 had a great screen.

the GN is nothing to complain about though, great phone... about to root this... and i hope fix all the problems i have...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
Very interesting.... I couldn't get any light from mine with a 10 second exposure.

Anyway, I've added your pics to the main post.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshdu1125:
I have the same graininess issue, it's so weird and it seem like it's from the glass on the front?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stimr2:
I didn't really notice the lines on my Fascinate unless I was using Screen Filter. However, the SAMOLED screen on my Fascinate is defiantly brighter then the SAMOLED HD display on my Galaxy Nexus. The lowest brightness on the Fascinate is brighter than the Galaxy Nexus on the lowest.

On the Fascinate I had to use Screen Filter because it was just too bright. I don't have to on my Galaxy Nexus. However, if you use Screen Filter to lower the brightness on the Fascinate you start to see the same lines as the Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tannor:
I found this on another thread on a different forum and it does show the inconsistencies of the display.

If you turn down brightness all the way down to the left and can see how greys might become purple.

See attached images. These are 3 different models all with brightness at the lowest from the settings menu.

Of course on mine once I turn brightness up a bit it goes back to normal, so not sure if it really means much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] apols:
Well this is great. I ordered a new one. The screen quality is much better, but the digitizer is broken on this one.. what a POS. I can't believe the quality control on this piece of junk. After buying a Nexus One, an Evo 3D and now a Galaxy Nexus, only the Nexus One was flawless, I went through 3 Evo's because of digitizers and now I'm going to go on my third nexus. What a POS.. so pissed off right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Reverence12389:
Those are actually photos of the three phones I received, haha. I have a lot more comparison shots that you can distinctly see the differences, some with auto brightness, some in dark rooms, some in well lit rooms, etc. I finally got fed up with the crappy screen quality control that I returned all three phones today. Hoping that they resolve the issue and I will repurchase the phone once they do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gs28:
Can anyone confirm the poor viewing angles?

I get a rainbow like effect when tilting screen at extreme angles, this is noticeable on a white screen, and everything goes very dark.

Is this "normal" or should I replace it?

I thought the phonbe had great viewing angles? It's not what I would call great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
I've seen it in both my phones at about 80* off center. I can't imagine the circumstance where I would be looking at it from that angle so I don't mind.

My guess is it's either the oleophobic coating they used or the curvature of the glass.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sharp75:
Are we supposed to see some pictures in the first post? I can't see anything, only text. Is there a forum setting to turn images on?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigsnack:
Man this is a bit disappointing to read. Has Google or Samsung even acknowledged that there could be an issue with the screen? Cause this could the right device for many(I included), but the screen issue is what is a downer for many.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crazy CS:
My SGN has a pretty nasty yellow tiny, quite similar to my first SGS2. Second SGS2 i owned had a strong blue tint.

Bloody Samsung...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
You should... I don't know of any settings to change that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] staticx57:
What would be a reasonable expectation for the black level? In the dark my screen is a very noticeable shade if grey even on a purpose made black image. In the previous 10 second exposure when I made my own my screen was a very bright green.

Even compared to my HTC Incredible with the original AMOLED the Gnex is noticeably brighter on the same black image
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
To me it would be "under realistic conditions can I distinguish the black from the bezel without having to strain or go looking for it".

I never even noticed my blacks weren't "black" until I shut myself in a windowless room with a pure black image.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blackhand1001:
Anyone else having shorterm image retention issues. Even something being on the home screen for 5 seconds and then switching to like a dark grey screen you can see outlines of the icons for like 15-30 seconds and then they disappear. Its almost as if the pixels get like 95 percent to where they need to be and then lag for the last 5% slowly changing to right color sort of like a much faster version of image retention on a plasma.

Previous phone was a amoled incredible that didn't have this issue or if it did not anywhere close to as severe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yodeiu:
Then what should I do ? I wanted a good Android phone with ICS, I saw here on this forum something about Galaxy S, does that have a good display or it has common problems like the other Galaxy phones ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
You have to decide whether you can accept these known problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
All galaxy phones will have some tint and black spots because they are amoled displays. My sisters s2 display has a yellow tint and blotches. If you don't want these issues don't buy a phone with an amoled display.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alangrig:
So spotted ar 4pda.ru (Gnexus) forum. A guy bought galaxy nexus in Germany at notebooksbilliger.de batch production:06/2012. Here are posted pics of the screen:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
looks cool if you didn't know the original theme colors. lol :D

argh, i guess my hope looking for the perfect screen is over.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alangrig:
There are great screens. Will post later pics by the end of this week!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
show me the money! haha :))
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
My RMA enquiry has been accepted. Have to sent this phone tomorrow. Hope the third one is a charm. *finger crossed :p

Will update later next week once the phone return. Huhuhu
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aattwwss:
Hey guys,

is possible for the screen to screw up after flashing a rom? Mine did after i flashed from aokp m5 to m6 and the screen suddenly had a greenish tint to it. And when i nandroid back to m5, the problem is gone. Am on jb rom right now and problem still exists..

Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
never flashed other than factory image from google, so couldn't help you out. perhaps different room set different colors calibration in each kernel like trinity one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sienna Hanon:
*fingers crossed*

Originally called in for a warranty replacement the 11th. Got a voicemail from (SRI? SPI?) the fulfillment center the 16th. Called back today, and they took my CC info. A 2 day shipping label has been created, so hopefully I will see the replacement Nexus before COB Friday (20th).

If the replacement is any better, will post comparison photos.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
same boat here dude. :D hope ma third time the charm. xmas comes in july. hohoho
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dilxadon:
Hi guys, I have a problem.

I'm on my 3rd replacement now and all of these except for the first one (when I originally got Galaxy Nexus), these screens ALL have purple/red-ish colors on grey and black-ish colors.

I can definitely tell this on lower brightness settings (brightness 1% - 70%) on the default ICS keyboard.

My original Galaxy Nexus screen is perfect, but the radio is completely defective.

So I'm forced to use any replacements I've received or ask for another one again.

Should I ask for another one or keep this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JeremyNT:
Sounds as if you have no choice but to accept a new one... and I suspect that all the current RMA replacement devices have bad discoloration. I know mine does. You can keep trying but Samsung actually told me the tint is" normal."

People claim some third party kernel will mitigate the color problem, so perhaps it's not that big a deal. Still I think I'll try to keep my original device which has much better colors - I guess my original screen problems are minor compared to some!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] millicoelho:
Got the 2nd replacement. This almost seemed to be perfect. Far less purple tint than the other two and deeper black. But unfortunately white looks little pinkish. If it is uniform across the screen it would be hard to notice unless you compare with another one side-by-side. But only the top half has the pinkish grade so on the full white background(which most of the applications have), you can see the difference between top half and bottom half. Not sure if I should go for another replacement or just keep the original which has only purple tint but white is uniform across the screen compared to the replacement. At this point I feel purple tint is better to have than the half pinkish white. BTW the first replacement had really bad purple tint all over and sent it back already.

BTW does samsung allow you to keep the original against which you asked for replacement? Anyone here kept the original after trying several replacement?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Belli03:
Pink Tint after Jelly Bean update

I upgraded the phone to Jelly bean yesterday and weirdly this pinkish tint has started to appear which is slowly expanding. Is there anyway to stop it or fix it? Have attached the image. Need some urgetnt help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ph0b0z:
As if my bad luck wasn't enough.. at my last order at another "online shop" i became a victim of a scam.. money gone. :(

stuck at my htc magic for now.. daamn i should've kept the first nexus. :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
Tell us about it, if you used paypal or credit card, you can always claim for a full refund.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Formhault:
Flash Trinity kernel !!! Trinity kernel is for ICS and also, JB. It's the only kernel that makes the purple tint go away, and makes the colors look more vivid, overall!!!

Also, I recommend to all of you to start using a custom ROM. AOKP with Trinity kernel is the best combination :) .

Flashing does not affect anything else than the motherboard - as the data you're installing is passing through it...

It does not affect the screen or anything else. The kernel is responsible for the way the colors are being displayed, though... and there's some sort of workaround for the stock color management (so-to-say) : FLASHING A FREAKING KERNEL ! TRINITY ! ! ! ! !

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Alright. Seems like you're not willing to do anything to make your phone better, instead, you just turn it back in and hope you're gonna get a perfect replacement. THAT IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN ! ! ! ! !

ALL Galaxy Nexuses, or at least >90% of them (maybe >95%, >99%?!) have faulty screens. Purple tint on gray is "normal" - it's just what you're gonna get. Stop sticking to the stock ROM (which freaking sucks, by the way), and flash it. Otherwise... yeah.. you're gonna waste your summer replacing your device 10 times (since you're never gonna get a good one!!!).

What can you do? Oh well... Since this is a Galaxy Nexus, unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery, then flashing a custom ROM & kernel is insanely easy - won't take you more than 5 minutes. DO IT ! ! ! ! ! For the sake of your screen...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HTC HD2 MAN:
nvm ):
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
just read samoled display on htc one s on anandtech, it seems only htc did tweak samoled better than its creator, samsung. lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crazybone21:
very informative thread... now i know if my galaxy nexus has LCD issue. Thanks author!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
Sigh...I knew my luck with my Nexus 7 couldn't carry over to my Galaxy Nexus.

On light colored screens there's a pretty clear blue-gray band on the right side...photo below.

Bought from the Play store...I want to return it...think I should?

(and do they have advanced RMA so I don't have to stay with my Photon?)

edit: This was taken at the auto brightness from my standard computer room lights (4 computer lcds plus 1 incandescent on the other side of the room)

Changing it to a specific brightness setting and it doesn't show up until about 55% brightness...below that it's clearly visible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
Id return, not sure about advanced RMA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iulipepe:
The screen just scratched. It was in a bag with a key around it.

Nevertheless this has never happened in even worse situations with HTC Hero. So the screen is a dump in this phone. Gorilla glass rules.

---------- Post added at 02:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

The screen has just scratched. It was in a bag with a key around it.

Nevertheless this has never happened in even worse situations with HTC Hero. So the screen is a dump in this phone. Gorilla glass rules.