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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matt08642:
Just took this photo of my gnex. I love AND hate this phone, lol.

http://i.imgur.com/My9sg.jpg

The photo being shown in that photo is this http://i.imgur.com/LC6Ap.png in landscape view
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
this should never happen at first place. what happens to total quality management samsung? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jorgen.bruntveit:
Yes i have, but unfortunately it did not make any difference. I will get hold of a replacement screen and take it from there. Thanks for your help :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
we're here to help. :D good luck on your screen, dude! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kookas:
AMOLED simply isn't ready for primetime. Samsung were in too much of a hurry, and too desperate to differentiate themselves. Until they can get them to a point where there are no disadvantages vs. LCDs - no hue, longer OLED life/less burn-in prone, less noise, they should really just keep to LCD and just throw loads of cash at AMOLED tech.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusDro:
My screen has these dark spots too and I can see them with my naked eyes in a dark room. So I guess I am not the only one here. My Nexus One doesn't show any darks spots but the screen is not 100% black either. On the other hand, my old Nokia N85, which was one of the first phones that used the AMOLED technology, is more black than my two Nexus's.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
well ive had my phone over a month its my fourth phone , first had a massive transparent line down screen , second horizontal banding and colour banding + blotch in centre of screen and third colour banding (greys purple & yellow) with a seriously noisy shutter. My current phone is the best of a bad bunch, in day light even with screen turned up you can see horrible yellow tint and when the phone gets warm the colour temp changes on greys so they have a purple tint I can honestly see myself selling this on ebay eventually

Ive always knew what I was getting myself into ive never know Samsung to have the best reputation with regards to quality control , previously I had gone through 5 galaxy s2 and now im on my 4th nexus. To be honest I really love the phone but it does annoy me immensely the screen quality. Specially when people say this is normal and expected. If that the case why O why do people go on about how there screen is so perfect and why O why do reviews NEVER mention these screen issues is it they do not notice or have Samsung hand picked them a handset for review , im inclined to believe the latter. So if Samsung can hand pick one for review then I see no reason why we cant swap our handsets to get one with similar quality, especially given how all reviews tout the screen as gorgeous or best in the business amazing etc etc

heres a couple of posts with pics of my previous nexus in case anyone wants to compare first is with transparant line

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1372825

next one is example of colour banding

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1382073
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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] williamthegoat:
I have a bit of blue tint on the top of my screen. Its not super noticeable on everything, but you can definitely see it on an all white page. It also seems to be less pronounced the brighter I have the screen. Is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
If you mean the very top (about where the status bar is) then yes, I've seen it on every single nexus I have seen, which is at least 15. If you mean a tint going lower than the status bar area I wouldn't say it is normal, but I also wouldn't say it is abnormal. I have yet to see a nexus without some color variation in the screen. For instance, the unit I finally had to settle for is a bit more pink towards the bottom and a little green/blue towards the top. It isn't really noticeable all the time, but if you look for it you can see it. My fascinate which I always thought had a perfect screen also displays this quality now that I'm going back and looking for it. If it doesn't bother you too much I would hang onto it. If you exchange, make sure you ask to see the new unit first and refuse it if it has worse problems. Once they swap your phone out (on the system) there is no way for you to get it back (been there done that).

Best of luck, but don't go searching for a *perfect* amoled screen... you'll probably never find it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] williamthegoat:
It is indeed only at the top where the status bar is located. Its only noticeable when in landscape, since the status bar isn't covering it anymore. If that's fairly normal, I can deal with it. Thanks for letting me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Yeah I thought it was a screen issue at one point, but after seeing every single nexus with this tint I can only assume it's some sort of intentional thing to help prevent the status bar from burning in. Either that or an extremely common manufacturing issue. Either way I don't think you'll find one without it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jaekryl:
Whites

Thanks for this, I wasn't sure if it was normal to see vertical stripes when viewing white screens. I guess this applies to all AMOLEDs on lower brightness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChazzMichaelMichaels:
I think this thread has managed to unsell me on this phone.

This picture really surprised me. Those differences are astoundingly blatant in a photo of a screen, so I'm sure they're even more noticeable in person. I'm really shocked that they differ both in color and luminescence like that.

These surprised me too; quite the difference side by side. I'm really disappointed by the colored glow at the top of the screen that so many people are experiencing; typically a bright green. I would have though these kinds of issues would be caught by QA.

I'm still curious if there are consistencies regarding phones made in China vs Korea. Then again, it sounds like no one has gotten a screen that they're happy with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tannor:
I have had several exchanges some HW9, , HW10, some in china, some in korea, all had some either glaring defect in screen, or inconsistency.

I called up Samsung and of course denied having any issues with the screen, claiming never heard of anything like that.

So either most people out there who have a nexus, don't really notice it enough to care, or most just accept it.

The biggest problem once you see it so hard to not see it anymore LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
i've been exchanged my phone 3 time due to dead pixels, scratched screen and screen malfunction, and been through 7 phones, before accepting the final one, all this is because i'm very picky, even with 1 tiny speck of dust, the colour on these amoled are quite normal with the exception of a few, and no screen are the same, but i'm very happy with my final one, the white is not pure white but is acceptable and most people will adjust to it after a few day of use.

I wont say my unit is 100% perfect, but a person like me which i'm very picky, and i'm willing to accept it, so it's good enough for me.

with most people complaining about the screen, either accept it and adjust to it in a few days, or just get a non super amoled screen phone.

this also relates to sgs2 and the note if it has a super amoled screen it will have this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChazzMichaelMichaels:
Wow, 3 times? Not good at all...

It seems like everything I've read points to the SGS2 not having those kinds of screen issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dk_iceman:
can i ask a question ??? why are everyone talking about 0-20 % brightness ???

honestly I think the look like S... with so low brightness, and thats for all phones with amoled screens i've ever owned...

I'm always on 50% brightness and i hate auto brightness because it's to low.

I'm on my second NEXUS, not because of the screen, both of them look just fine (not on 0-20% brightness) but because of the screen laid lower on the left side....

why have such a beautiful screen so dark, I just don't understand ?? maybe I'm going blind
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sharp75:
To save battery. If you're at 50% all the time you can't get more than 2-2,5 hours screen time. With 0-20% you can pass 3 hours mark.

there are people saying they get 4 hours screen time with the standard battery but I simply don't believe them.

If you charge during the day doesn't matter really. Use whatever screen brightness you're comfortable with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vladimirhtg:
I was turned off by the screen for about 30 seconds....and then i started loving it. not quite sure why, but i do. it's almost like its unique. anyway, i understand the frustration of people coming from full rgb. i'm gonna go play something in hd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
like i said, your eyes will adjust to the screen.

but I like videos displayed on my SE ray rather than the gnex, it seems better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ox41464b:
Any official word regarding this "defect / normal" ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Blood Reaver:
YES, since banding thing is so common, there must be some official explanation about this issue. Samsung can not ignore this much complain all together.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
What ^ he said.

It's not really a "defect", it's just the way these screens are. Some are worse than others so you'll just have to try a few to get the best one.

Also, since watching this video - fullscreen in 720p - in a mostly dark room last night, all has been forgiven. I haven't seen colors and contrast like this even on the best TVs. Just look at that grass and violin! (Make sure you are watching in HQ)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiNVk_u0po&feature=g-all-lik&context=G2c0f3deFAAAAAAAAAAA
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
watching it in the phones youtube app, and not select the web version, the quality is different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
I agree, although the Super AMOLED HD plus in the note 2 looks quite nice. I still prefer LCD and even though the iPhone has just come out the One X's is still the best out today. Also bit OT but official sense jellybean is fantastic on the one x :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrfarhatadib89:
The ghost effect on my lcd is getting worse

On white background can clearly see

'shadows' of another app

Can claim wrnty or not?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
You can.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike.b93:
coming from a lcd nexus s, the galaxy nexus screen is just horrible. I really really enjoy the blacks, but slcd is just so much better in every other aspect -.-'
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Joplisan:
Galaxy Nexus screen

I've noticed the following issues on my screen, following from the first page (marked as defects):

- Courtesy of asb123 - Tint Fade at 0% brightness.

- Courtesy of staticx57 - Black spots on a dark screen.

My girlfriend also has a Nexus and we noticed our different screen contrasts from the day one, but I didn't realise my phone (which has noticable darker screen) may be considered "replacable".

I will upload some photos of our different screens. But I need some help on "black spot on a dark screen". I noticed that when certain app is loading, but I can't find any now that I need one. Is there any app or page where I show my carrier this issue?

Photos:

1. Upper part of the browser is not even visible on my device (right) on low brightness:

http://shrani.si/f/1n/N0/4kbI2gWR/1.jpg

2. Difference in the menu - same brightness, my phone is on the right:

http://shrani.si/f/2P/Jl/U6VbqFr/4.jpg

3. Again, same brightness, same background, my phone (right) is so much darker:

http://shrani.si/f/8/yL/1HKWcW8Z/9.jpg

4. Also something that I noticed are the lines on the screen (seen on my phone - right) when it is on full brightness:

http://shrani.si/f/3R/TO/MoSw7rA/7.jpg

What do you think? Like I said, I never knew that this differences may be more important that I thought. Especially the lines on the bright screen are bothering me + black spots on the dark screen. Thank you for your answers!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
4.3" 720p S-LCD2 rules the world! :D

Almost all the galaxy nexus, s3, and motorola devices which using SAMOLED display have black spots. You're lucky to get one with none of it. :)

As for the warmer and darker colors, Samsung is known for poor pre calibrated display out of production while Apple has better quality control to do pre calibrated display.

I had darker colors and horizontal stripe banding too in red. But with this new replacement screen, I get warmer colors and no banding stripe on red.

You could try to use other custom ROM to see the difference. Default CM10 Nightly's colors setting will help calibrate your screen much better than stock Jelly Bean. I use MIUI Official English which comes with higher mininum level of brightness in its auto brightness mode eliminates the textures in white and reduces the textures in gray backgrounds.

I'm hoping the next Nexus series should stay away from OLED display and be pre calibrated. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Joplisan:
Thank you so much for your answer. Actually I'm not bothered by the darker screen, but I was slightly bothered when I discovered those stripes in the background, and black dots/lines on the dark screens. What I'm more interested in at the point is if I could replace my phone because of these defects?

I've dropped it about a week ago and it has some small scratches, it would be nice to get a new phone over this. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
Anytime dude. :)

You could try to get a replacement. The easiest way to point out the stripes on red backgrounds since the black spots are hard to be displayed in even low ambient light, it needs a dark room and a pure black background to show.

Just make sure when you make the call that they will test the replacement display thoroughly so you don't go back and forth replacing the screen. Hehe

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Joplisan:
Okay, I'll definitely give it a try. Just one more question for those, who got their screen replaced: did they replace screen only or gave you a new phone? Thank you so much for your answers! Cheers! :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ReAlives:
just bought the gnex 3 days ago, mine was made in china but i don't have any problems with my screen, no purple tint and bandings, unfortunately there are some blackspots, but i don't give a **** about it, it doesn't bother me, i can only see it in a pitch black room,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
If you ask for a replace from Samsung Service Center, they will only replace the screen. You should check the store you purchased hoping there's still one to one reolace warranty. :)

Great dude. Could you please share with us what is your batch production? Is it C7?

The batch code is located inside the phone where you place the battery. Look for the fourth and fifth characters into the serial number (not on the battery) stuck inside the phone.

I found one C7 reported not having any issues on local forum yesterday, but i bet he didn't know how to look for the black spots though. Not many of us using gnex with black wallpaper in a pitch black dark room. :D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcimo88:
Calibrating my display's color has made a huge difference in the quality of the image, but after only 5 months of usage I am already beginning to experience burn in. As others have said the black levels that OLED provides are amazing, but I will probably stick with LCD for my next device until the rest of the bugs are ironed out with the new display technology.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
Problems with the display in the note 2 grey banding. Samsung should stick to LCD or seriously improve amoled technology.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ReAlives:
i have already told you in that "local forum" are you talking about kaskus ? in fact, im the one who posted that post :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
whoa so it is you! haha. well it's great then you have the perfect screen! *envy you :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
How this:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/img5503n.jpg/

and this:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/542/img5505n.jpg/

can be called? As we can see there is a white vertical line on the left hand side.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
I don't know dude, perhaps just a mis behaving app. Have you tried display tester app from google play?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
No I didn't.

Happens in Camera mode, gallery and any app with a non-black background. Anyway it has already been sent to Samsung and it's being repaired in these days. Can't wait to have it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thefatalepic:
I am noticing that with certain shades of red.. there is horrible banding. I can clearly see thin black horizontal lines all over the screen. Does the screen degrade over time? I always had banding visible with certain gradients at low brightness, but now at any brightness I can see these black lines with certain reds.

I'm wondering if I am crazy and just never noticed until now (almost a year with the phone).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ReAlives:
not necessarily perfect, I have some black spot on a black screen, that being said, it doesn't bother me

I've no problem with my screen other than that, no banding no burn in no purple tint and so on...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
Lucky you. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
oh ok, hope you'll get a better one. :)

i also had the same horizontal stripe banding on red, easilly noticed when opened adobe reader. It occurred only after using this gbex for two months while at first the banding was not there in red backgrounds.

Replaced the screen at samsung service center made my screen much tolerable to use with. Happy so far. :)

That is just great to hear! :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waterface:
Bad feedback from Italy. I had bad purple tint at low brightness setting. Samsung's technical department refused to exchange a second screen on my Galaxy Nexus after the first replacement was not at all better than the original one. They basically claimed "customer perception" as the cause for the issue. I got stuck between talking to the guy from ****ing Samsung Exclusive Club , which is nothing but a polished call center, and the technician at the Samsung center who claimed he couldn't exchange a second screen because the technical area up above him told him not to. Not being able to talk to Samsung representatives, I gave up. I'm going to sell the device and be pissed for a while. I know customer service in other countries is better than here, so I hope no one has such a bad experience.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
if you have slight purple tint below 10% leave it alone since the default minimum brightness on vanilla jelly bean is 10%. but even at above 10% of brightness you still get purple tint, then by all mean please email Samsung USA -look for contact us at Samsung USA website- they actually helped convince Samsung Indonesia to get my better replacement and it's a lot better than 2 replaced Galaxy Nexuses I had before it. :)

or, just sell it and purchase an S-LCD2 or IPS LCD display. OLED will sure be the future but right now OLED sucks. :) i heard rumours that the next Nexus will be on several devices or one with IPS/S-LCD2 display which is far more superior than OLED at this moment, can't wait for this to happens soon. i do hope it comes with 4-4.3" HD S/LCD2 display. *finger crossed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waterface:
Thanks for the advice. All of this had me pretty fed up. I already sold the Nexus, as I still own the Nexus S that has served me well and that to be honest is just as fast for the kind of usage I make of it. Also takes better photos, which was a shock to find out. And has better dimensions, I think no phone should be bigger than this. Galaxy Nexus was too big after all, I dont really watch movies or play games on my phone. You can get used to it, but still. I obviously would have kept it if I didn't encounter the horrible screen issues... but oh well.

Shame on Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
I believe the Nexus S with S-LCD display is way much superior than Galaxy Nexus display. Hehe

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waterface:
Owned it too, loved it. And still the SAMOLED on the i9020 is an absolutely beautiful screen. Definitely burned in now after all this time, but only if you look closely. Only flaw, it's miscalibrated, but it doesn't have the weird **** all around that the one on the GNex has. Really disappointed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mgamerz:
My LCD seems a tad grainy... can't tell if it is the PenTile or not. On a single color background it is slightly noticeable... can't tell from the op photos.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
The newest android 4.1.2 does crank the brightness a bit on its auto, makes my screen much better. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
How to did you get the update is it OTA or you flash the stock image?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
I did flash the takju stock image yesterday. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
I hope wrong... I've notice that 4.1.1 stock image was removed. Same what Google did when they launch the 4.1 in I/O when the OS was at 4.0.4. Takju when they gave free galaxy nexus to attendee then received that 4.1 but not the other galaxy nexus version. Its just too early for Google to release the 4.1.2 , for sure theirs a reason why they removed that 4.1.1. They might do what they've done in I/O again let's see and wait
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cusa:
Instead of creating a new thread, I'm posting my question here since it's related to the screen. If I were to buy a GNex now, what are my chances of getting screen burn in? Are there people that don't have screen burn in on their phones or is it something that every GNex has it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkvice01:
You will have bigger chances of getting burn in screen than no burn screen at all . Since your buying nexus.. just wait for the LG Nexus to come out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
It's official. So far so good, and much snappier than ever. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mgamerz:
Does anyone else's screen look a tad grainy when its all one color? (gray). I also noticed some perfectly black spots only my screen when the screen is black, as if some of the pixels are different. There's almost black then pure black.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrone:
I guess it's safe to say graininess/noise on gray background is quiet normal on OLED display. Even on some IPS LCD displays have this graininess on gray background. Have to crank the brightness up to 40% to get solid gray background. CMIIW.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
Unless money is an issue id wait for the LG nexus. I think its screen should be far better because its an LCD display.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
I've had this issue on 2 of my Nexus'. One was so bad I would notice it in video play back... My current one I can see it in some shades of red and some wallpapers, but nothing in video playback. I guess it's something that happens over time with the gnex displays. I will be getting a warranty exchange that's for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Serubin:
If I have this issue, is it worth getting a replacement?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
A lot of amoleds are like that sadly. If you don't notice it during video play/games and there's nothing else wrong with your phone I wouldnt risk it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ste1164:
That issue is nigh unavoidable because of the way amoled screens are made. So id just stick with your phone unless its really noticeable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FingerMove:
I have the banding issue and one strong bright line at the top, which looks really annoying while watching videos... It's not big (I think 2 or 3 pixels thick) and you don't normally notice it in vertical mode, but in landscape mode you can see it clearly...

Does this justify the warranty claim or can they just say no?

Sent from my super flashy Galaxy Nexus fighting against an iPhone from outer space
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] raptir:
I don't think they'll say no to a warranty claim on a screen issue. As soon as I mentioned that I had banding on my display, they immediately started the replacement process for me.