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[HTC One X] djdanj899:
I'm on my 2nd device now, after suffering from screen flicker, i took it back to the carphone warehouse on Weds and they replaced it for another brand new phone.

All of a sudden, today this screen is flickering! not too sure if i should take it back, see if i can get another replacement or hang fire and see what happens this week.

Any advice?

Oh another thing, i got the two phones from 2 different carphone warehouse's
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
Mine doesn't flicker on that website, yet I still see flickering elsewhere all the time. Imo that website isn't a definitive test of whether the device will flicker or not

EDIT: hamdir, does yours flicker on the first grey image when you load page? It says 'none' rather than a number. Still, I'm hoping for you that you've got a flicker free device :)
[HTC One X] wcypierre:
Does anyone experience flicker on the calender widget(not the one that comes with the phone, but the one with the agenda)?

It flickers a bit at the picture(I have synced it with my fb acc) while scrolling(did a factory reset, does not happen that often but still occurs once in a while)
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
I see flicker everywhere. It is simply more noticeable on grey screens, look close enough and you'll see it everywhere, even white screens. If you dont now, give it a few more days and you will

From my experience, you need good eyesight to be able to notice this flicker. (most people who wear glasses, that I've asked, are unable to see the flicker.)
[HTC One X] aslan93:
hey guys, just wanted to share a few thoughts on this problem. I also have a HOX and bought it on the day of release in russia (6th of april) and i have badass flickering especailly on grey bla bla.. I cant bring it back to the store because im in uk now and rusian law only gives you two weeks for exchange.

whats interesting is that i havent yet seen a single other HOX with flickering problem. I went to a few stores and all the devices on show were flicker-free and they have been there since the release day too.. what i have noticed was that those devices clearly had different screens.. more yellow-ish id say.. until today when i saw one unit that actually made my screen look yellow and didnt flicker at all!

The thing is that those phones are plugged in most of the time maybe thats the cause of them not having this problem (long term i mean, because if i unplug them they still look the same) Im going to test this out as good as i can, im going back to my nexus and leaving my htc on charge, never sleep enabled and screen on max brightness for a couple of days to see what happens (obviously taking some precautions so that i dont burn the screen) but mostly trying to recreate the store environment.

I dont feel like sending the phone to htc and i highly doubt that this can be easily fixed with software since no one even knows exactly what the problem is so im thinking of selling it and buying a brand new one (during which ill lose about 100 pounds) so touch decision to make.... testing for now...

btw custom roms make no difference, neither does the 1.26 or 1.28 sowftware versions.. ive tried almost everything for me it only doesnt flicker on very low brightness

UPDATE: other things that dont make a difference:

- "disable animations, reboot and have a fliker free phone!" - BOLLOCKS!!!! so is usb debugging, 3 finger htc media crap and other things I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING and NOTHING WORKS :)
[HTC One X] hamdir:
why do you speak as if its global, I hand picked my unit n absolutely nothing and I'm pixel picky, I.made sure zero flicker when I bought it.
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
My first one was flicker free until a couple days in, that's my only point
[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
Agree with this...

My second one didn't start to flicker until 24 hours in, and my third one didn't start to flicker until 4 days in. I'm on my 4th device now and so far so good, but I won't be counting my chickens as I've only been using it for about 36 hours.
[HTC One X] DanteGR:
I'm wearing glasses and i can see the flicker (unfortunately).

I hope I was one of ur friends that wear glasses and do not notice it though :D
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Alright so after 12 hours of being plugged in the flickering is GONE! It was there (very bad, worse than usual) after about three hours of being on max brightness and after I left it overnight on low it is now perfect. Even now that it's been two hours since I've unplugged it doesn't have any flicker at all on any brightness. Though ive barely used it... I'm thinking this is why all the models on show in stores that I've seen don't have the flickering and that mine will go back to flickering if I start using it a bit... However this gives me an indication that at least my phone (and yours too probably) is capable of not having flicker. I'm no expert at electronics but I'm thinking that it's a potential difference problem and I know that certain voltages can be regulated through software so perhaps someone in future will figure it out and make a solution :)
[HTC One X] hamdir:
no flicker glasses or without, has nothing to do with glasses but yea some people will not be able to see it

if you go the recent apps you can the brightness adjusting as your scroll between the previews, ie if you go to dark one the whole brightness drops and brighter ones will increase, ive seen this on all hoxes

but otherwise no flicker, I'm on 1.28 out of box update maybe phone that ran 1.26 got damaged?
[HTC One X] vegetaleb:
Again if someone can record a video of this flickering,it will help lot of people
[HTC One X] eve7:
Hi everyone,

It is a bit annoying because we don't know if it is a hardware or software issue if we did we would know exactly what to do. This is a lovely device but I am tempted to get the galaxy note even though I can't stand TW.

My experience is I was first experiencing my screen jumping when I was texting or if I was scrolling or waiting for a app or page to load but after 2 secs it would settle. When I received the 128 it fixed it.

Now a week later I am experiencing my screen flickering its not all the time just when something is loading and I probably wouldn't have noticed it if I wasn't aware of the issue. What bothers me is that it might get worse like other users have experienced.

I really don't know what to do.

I've had the phone for 11 days

I wish HTC would at least say if it is a sw or hw.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you guys

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] joplayer:
Only thing I found, it's on macbook but that describe the same kind of issue. Can't catch it on the One X with any camera :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20-NEgXUk5o
[HTC One X] HaTeC:
How bad was your flicker before and when did it happen?

What exactly did you do to stress the screen and make the flickering stop?

I also checked some phones in the stores and they are all flicker free....

What are the odds the stores got non flickering phones?
[HTC One X] CF93:
Flickering all the time..

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I'm now getting flickering all the time. On all screens at all brightness levels, whether automatic or set manually. Worse on bright screens, by that I mean something like these forums with a light background, or Google search results in the browser. Very noticeable to anyone that looks at the screen
[HTC One X] oxfordmark:
My new replacement handset has been on for almost 3 days, all is on so far, although I'm expecting it to start in a few days.

A good friend of mine had had his for almost 2 weeks, when I looked at, he had no flickering.
[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
Stay positive mate... You might finally have one that is "perfect". I've had mine for around 48 hours now and so far so good too, still nervous about it possibly flickering again but staying positive :)
[HTC One X] aslan93:
I mentioned before it was very very bad almost on any picture and any brightness apart from the lowest.

I also explained what I did :) I had it plugged in with the screen on for 12 hours (recreating the store situation) and it wasn't there at all in the morning I will continue with my little experiment although I had to stop it for a while because I can't not play dark meadow :) I also don't want to kill the battery so right now it will be laying there on max brightness now being plugged in for a couple of hours after which ill plug it in again ..

Btw the flickering is back now, however only on max brightness and really not as bad as before its bearly noticable. Oh yeah and originally I had my flickering pretty much from day one.

Once again this isn't a fix for the flickering problem! I don't think so anyway because in my opinion if I start using the phone normally it'll come back again,this is just to give an indication to someone who maybe knows about currents and voltages and can fix this with software )
[HTC One X] oxfordmark:
I think I have the yellow mark at the top of the screen, is that fixable in a future software update?
[HTC One X] freemini:
Highly doubt it, things like that are most likely hardware.
[HTC One X] oxfordmark:
I thought I read somewhere that it disappeared after the latest update, is not noticeable (yet) if it gets worse ill take it to T-Mobile.
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Yellow marks in the screen are usually patches of glue that hasn't dried off yet. It will disappear after a few weeks of use. This always happens to new devices... Apple in particular
[HTC One X] oxfordmark:
I hope so.
[HTC One X] freemini:
My iPad 3 was quite yellow in the beginning but now it's fine except for the top right corner(the one that never warms up). I'm guessing it's getting better but can't confirm. But yellow spots are hardware for sure, just give it a few weeks and see if it gets better.
[HTC One X] JEZ69:
Hello

i just want to share my score and I ask if my 2d and 3d score are ok because I saw a lot of people have better score like 2d=295 and 3d=1245

It s does mean that less score are ok for flickering?

I just want to know if I must change my phone by HTC...

Thank s for helpinggg

My score is

2d=280 maximun

3d=1182 maximum
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
Why would you want to return it because of a benchmark score? If you see flickering, you see flickering, you don't test for flickering by running a benchmark. If its flickering, return it.
[HTC One X] JEZ69:
Thank s to reply I don t have fleekering issue just want to understand the 2d and 3 d srores and why I have less ones
[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
Agreed...

I'm 3 days in with this 4th device now and all good so far, no signs or any problems at all especially no signs of flicker. Have I finally got a good handset? I hope so...

---------- Post added at 01:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:28 PM ----------

It could be worth settings up a separate thread to discuss your concerns there as it would then not take the attention away from the point of this one?
[HTC One X] hamdir:
guys can you try this and report

[URL="http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1627517"][HOW-TO] Access Power-Saver Settings[/URL]

this will give us access the power saving menu! any launcher with shortcuts will do

there some options already enabled like limit cpu cores to 1 and speed to 1ghz and also reduce brightness maybe related to the flicker?

thanks to knightrocker
[HTC One X] turbox:
News !!

I've just receive back my HOX from HTC repair center. They have seen nothing but they just made update. The screen don't flicker now and I don't know how it's possible.

Playing and testing since 2 hours and nothing!
[HTC One X] hamdir:
sorry guys dont forget to test the power settings
[HTC One X] japjit100:
htc

guys this not a hard ware problem :D this a software problem update to 1.28

than go for hard restart go for it :)

your problem gone
[HTC One X] eve7:
Hi Turbox,

What exactly did they do to your phone to fix the screen flicker issue.

Thanks

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
There is loads of people running 1.28 with the problem, this update did not fix the problem.
[HTC One X] hamdir:
loool if this is true! im already pissed at all the times i tested for flicker in stores :D
[HTC One X] turbox:
I don't know. I'm always in 1.28.401.9 CL56522 release-keys.
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Didn't you pay for the fix ? Didn't they tell you what they did ? )
[HTC One X] turbox:
No, taken in waranty. They said me: "we have seen nothing, not open the device, just update" but I see no change in software configuration.
[HTC One X] kilohercas:
+1 with same error
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Could you turn up the brightness and play some big game or something for a bit to put the processor under stress... Just like 20 minutes or something, mine usually flickers the worst after that.. Thanks
[HTC One X] japjit100:
htdc

go for hardreset :cool:
[HTC One X] eve7:
Is the Galaxy note a good phone? I am tempted to just buy it as its frustrating that HTC have not informed us what is going on.

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
a hard reset does not fix it. end of story.

people HAVE done factory resets. AFTER the update. and it STILL flickered.
[HTC One X] PAGOT:
No, its a SAMSUNG, and samsung uses in their handsets AMOLED.

I had it for 2 weeks, just to check after I had a SGS. If AMOLED still sucks. And yes, it does. Even more so as its bigger and more ppl can notice the inferiority.

If you have good, or average eyes, you will notice the imperfections and the whole range of pentile matrix, along the not good readability, and tearing, memory effects burn ins bla bla....

as the note is ONLY SUPER AMOLED and not the PLUS like SGS II has, so it pentile matrix. Its worse.

I do not know what the SGS III will be like. But ppl ranting here about display imperfections of the HOX.

They will start crying soon when they notice the manufacturing quality of any average AMOLED.

IPS, LCD, etc from the HOX can be perfect. Whilst the AMOLED is build to be bad.

Well let me rephrase. Built to deceive the 95 percent of ppl that care about the nice dark colors... (like my friend: I wanna a SGS II cuz it has AMOLED. You know the colors are much better as the iPhone..... I said to him: but you are half color blind? He: Your point being?)

SGS III wont be a savior for NO ppl that can see imperfections on the LCD screen.

AMOLED is too young or to cheap or what do I know. Right now its just plain bad.
[HTC One X] japjit100:
htc

Wait for next update 1.29

or go and replace one x:rolleyes:
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Galaxy note is a very very solid phone the screen is amoled but the best one. Usually amoled make white look yellow so does the note but you wont notice until you compare to one x or iphone. It is still way less yellow than galaxy nexus and the pentile matrix isnt that visible only if you try to look for it. It is very loud very strong at vibrations and has an amazing battery. Build quality overall is better than my one x however im not a fan of the size.. Other than flickering the hox has a better screen and the best until galaxy s 3 most probably. Hox is pretty much awesome in every way i wouldnt really recommend changing it for note but thats not to say that note isnt a great device )
[HTC One X] unknown4143:
New Update !!!

New Update !!!
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
Most useful post I have ever seen...
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Does anyone know whether this one fixes the flickering? Apparently it's a pretty major update I'll go install it after my phone charges up in a bit
[HTC One X] Aja82:
My flickering actually got much worse. Before I BARELY noticed it and it occured very randomly. Now it's more intense. First thing I noticed when loading the "play" app on the gray backround. It's.... a faster flicker so to speak. More intense on my phone..... To bad!
[HTC One X] aslan93:
Same..... The flicker remains
[HTC One X] jmkhenka:
Are we not talking about TWO diffrent problems in this thread?

One is where the backlight is flickering, like a old TV or some light-tube with bad refresh rate.

And the other is screen/image corruption mainly in the top bar next to clock, in stock browser and some other place.

I have had the 2nd, screen flicker/corruption and it seemse to be related to the notificationbar - having items like unread e-mails can make it "break" for a sek or two.

I have also had the first, screen refreshrate mainly in low light setting. It behaves better with automatic brightness but not as obvious.

this is mostly notisble when you have a dialog box with a dimmed background around it.
[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
Yes we are talking about the 2x issues... however the main issue being discussed is regarding that of "One is where the backlight is flickering, like a old TV or some light-tube with bad refresh rate."
[HTC One X] theliquid:
I get this also sometimes while browsing or with google play store ... Hopefully a software bug ...
[HTC One X] theliquid:
Is this one software related?
[HTC One X] AndroidInsanity:
Phone4u rang me today to see how my phone was going and trying to sell me some protection plan. I told them about this issue and that it seems to be happening a lot with other people and he said that HTC will fix it for sure in a future update due :)
[HTC One X] Srius:
Flicker

Mine has a light but noticeable flicker only with the display is on the lowest brightness, other wise it's fine. I usually keep it in lowest to save battery( its always the screen taking the juice) so hoping a firmware upgrade can fix it
[HTC One X] Try4Ce:
graphical distortions like within the browser are already fixed in the chinese 1.28 leak.

The slight brightness flickering seems to be a faulty power management thing, seems like its software related.
[HTC One X] violence1907:
Yeah but it only seems like, i want a Statement Form htc -.-

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[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
Agreed... a statement is required!
[HTC One X] violence1907:
Im Sry but i dont have paid 600 euros to get a phone with screen flickering, cracking wake up Button, a cut in the camera lens because of design fail and so on.. Thats just annoying. And then HTC Do Not have the balls to give a Statement to all of this?

HTC Thats a blame!!!

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[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
Speaking to Vodafone and they do not have this as a raised concern on their systems (not enough logged issues); they have also not had any statement from HTC on this either. Vodafone's support was amazing; it's just a shame the problem isn't one they can resolve.
[HTC One X] wizard123:
Its been said many times before and i'm sure will be again, HTC does not gives a flying f*** about it's customers once they have your money ! :mad:
[HTC One X] violence1907:
Im gonna wait till friday for an update. Id it comes and the flicker is goneim Happy. If Not im going for a new One and hope for the best..

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[HTC One X] predator21:
Please wait while we find an agent to assist you...

You have been connected to Olga.

lalit sehgal: hi htc how r u?

Olga: Hi lalit, thank you for contacting HTC Support. How may I help you today?

lalit sehgal: well i have jst one queery regarding one x

Olga: Yes of course, what is it?

lalit sehgal: well i got this yesterday and really pissed off coz of screen flickering

lalit sehgal: specially when gray colours are produced

lalit sehgal: its so annoying

lalit sehgal: is it software or hardware related......

lalit sehgal: coz if its hardware i will return this piece of crap....

Olga: I am not quite sure as this isnt something i have come across, have you tried anything to resolve this at all?

lalit sehgal: well there are forums loaded with this issue

lalit sehgal: many across globe are facing it

Olga: yes but i am afraid as customers dont come to us directly, we have no way of knowing about such issues.

lalit sehgal: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1597448

Olga: you can certainly try the full factory reset as a last resort to see if it helps.

lalit sehgal: i did

lalit sehgal: no help no use

Olga: If you still have the problem then it is most likely a hardware fault

lalit sehgal: i am not sure why all of us are facing this

Olga: and in this case would be best if you returned the phone to the store

lalit sehgal: u mean hardware faults with so many sold......

lalit sehgal: what abt quality check?

Olga: as i have mentioned we are not aware of this issue.

Olga: We do not know how many devices are affected.

HAHAHAHA response frm htc.....can u believe this
[HTC One X] :
Having the same issues as you all.

1. Flickering screen (like a Monitor that's been turned on after months of not being used)

2. Graphics distort randomly (goes all dotty, and about 2cm of the left section of my screen distorts like an old cartridge game crashing)

I also find everything with a flash I take with the camera is yellow, and if you accidentally turn off your animation scaling in developer options, it locks it, and can't be undone. Only a factory reset works, and I get double displaying input boxes where I type with the browser. And also, the key board freaks out a lot, positioning me in random places, and not displaying what I type correctly.

I purchased my phone on Amazon UK, Sim Free.

Should I return it for a new one? If so, how can I do that via Amazon? A little bit of help here would be good. I usually need assistance with these kind of things due to some problems I have. Thanks.
[HTC One X] wizard123:
Htc are full of ****.

If like me you purchased online over 7 days ago you can not return this to retailer it has to go back to HTC ( which have told me that they will only repair the device not replace for a new one ).

If it is less than 7 days since your purchase get an rma number from amazon.
[HTC One X] violence1907:
OMG. Gonna bring this back tomorrow. Lets hope i get a good One.

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[HTC One X] lawrence750:
low and behold, mine now does it on all levels of screen brightness. just to get the point across to htc (who supposedly don't know about this) send em back doa. with the screen flickering as the reason. if its hardware that lasts 7 days, so be it, lets send em back every 7 days!

like others, i want an official statement from htc whether it is hardware or software. they're so 'quietly brilliant'.. well it should say 'silently s**t'
[HTC One X] DazNoonan:
That is shocking... I think we should all contact them copy and pasting what you have put too so we can show our frustration.
[HTC One X] predator21:
well i guess is that what htc needs is a "consumer court case"....
[HTC One X] lexi1986:
On my first One X i had the screen flickering and decided to let it repair. Got a new phone from HTC and after 2 days I got the same issue again with the new one :(
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
Keep swapping. Don't get your hopes up though ill be on my 5th tomorrow. Others have had 10+ and still trying to get one that works properly. Definitely 'the one I wasn't waiting for'
[HTC One X] mobiler:
Important to everyone who has hard time noticing the GREY flickering

Very Important Message!

Everyone who has a problem noticing the flicker.

Here's something that EVERYONE can use to see it.

Go to the Google's Play Store

There's an app called Colors (by Tim Clark)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jaXRjLmNvbG9ycyJd

Download it and choose 'Darth Grey' from the list of colors in the app.

This will turn your Wallpaper into Grey which will make your screen flicker like hell.

Keep one of your homescreens clear of shortcuts or widget so you can see it even clearer.
[HTC One X] TheAndroidSwap:
I just made a grey background attached.
[HTC One X] WESBAR:
Tried that but cant see any flickering, even with the brightness turned all the way down. Either my unit is unaffected or my eyes cant detect it.
[HTC One X] DanteGR:
Exactly. Neither can i.

Last couple of days my flickering has cooled off by itself to the point of not noticing it at all..

For example i used to notice it clearly on the tapatalk app but now it's ok.. very strange and it makes me maybe want to avoid the doa replacement (i have 3 days left to decide)