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[Galaxy S III General] streety12:
So instead of fixing it from galaxy 2 to galaxy 3 , they change nothing so that you can give back your device and be so lucky to get a flawless device without display issues?

Samsung is doing a good job with the galaxy series, and the hype is getting bigger and bigger but with a device with that status , issues like display problems must be fixed , they had enough time to do that .

Customers like me don't want to change the device over and over so to be one of the lucky one to get a device without black scratches in the screen.

It's funny because today an employee told me when I brought the device back which I bought 2 days ago , that I can give it back to them so that they can send it to Samsung for a repair service. Thats ridicilous , so I bought a broken device?

At least there should be the option to send it to Samsung plus you get a bonus or something like that.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
No device is perfect even the almighty Iphone has screen issues. That is what warranty exists. No device is perfect and i mean no single one. HTC, Sony, Apple, Samsung produces some devices with defect that is normal in the manufacturing process.

You can't blame Samsung for producing faulty screens. Is your product is faulty exchange it and stop whinning.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
I will no longer buy one from germany.

I'm a Vodafone Portugal employer and if i get some trouble with mine i can easily replace it.

Friday a White one will be mine, than i post if e get some screen issues.

We (Portugal) will be the last to receive SIII, maybe we already receive fewer with these problems, of which already are not going to be the first shipments.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Perhaps you will have the second revision, like myself. The problem for me is that in my country imported electronic components are very rare and expensive, for example for my device i paid 1050 u$d.

The person who from i bought the device gave me ten days for immediate exchange if my unit was defective. The only thing that i found was one single line about half a cm which i can see only at night with everything turned off and what it seems to be a blue tone from the bottom of the screen that appears only at certain angle and when the color grey is displayed on the screen. I don't know if this is a normal behaviour or a flaw.

I certainly could change for a new one but i don't know if the new will have the same flaw as this one.
[Galaxy S III General] teh roxxorz:
Personally waiting on my device in the US, but if THAT is your only 'flaw,' I'd live with it, as the new device could have something worse.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Yep. That is the only ink mark i have. Is in the upper side of the screen and it is only visible on very specific condition.

The funny thing about that is that i never noticed any ink mark on my 2 years sgs1 until now.

Perhaps i will wait two or three months for the next revision and then i will ask RMA for it. hehe
[Galaxy S III General] Vertig0:
How can I check the screen when I go to the store to pick up my phone?

TIA!
[Galaxy S III General] johku12:
I compared screens with my sgs1 and sgs3 and on white I'd say that either the s1 has a bit bluish tint or the s3 has a slight yellowish tint. Got to compare in some store the s3 vs store s3 and see. So sad to return and ask for switch the next day got the device.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Aahh, greedy corporations :x they dont care much about their sheep ( customers)

I find this ridiculous, every S3 I compared with my S2 has pink tint, thats about 10 units... but too much money are involved and nothing could be done.

On s2 there are quite.many devices that have bad camera module which stutters in low light video rec. Ppl in the thread have sent emails to all the big tech sites (engadged, techcrunch, gsmarena etc) and not even 1 posted anything to expose samsung. This means only.one thing. They get a lot of money from samsung or else :(
[Galaxy S III General] replikon:
Hello, my girlfrends display has the same INK MARKS!!! Is this fixable, can i use my warenty for this isue?
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I guess you can ask for RMA. It depends how many ink marks you got and if there are very visible. But be aware the next unit you get could have the same issue.

I'm thinking to change mine. I have one ink mark. But the think that is bother me the most is a bluish tint on the bottom of the screen that only is visible when colour gray is displayed. But i think that is a disply thing. Meh............
[Galaxy S III General] replikon:
I hope to get a good one ;( I work in mobile operator and i will try to see WTF is going on with Samsung...
[Galaxy S III General] Sir-Awesome:
I've just got mine from handtec today.

No problems at all.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Do you noticed a blueish tint in the lower part of the screen?

Is visible on a grey backgroud. (the play store background for example)

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] MartynV:
Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I've arranged an exchange for my S3 on the basis of the faulty screen. Incidentally, when in the phone shop this afternoon I compared my S3 to the demonstration blue S3 which had no pink tint issues. At least the S3 doesn't have problems with yellow staining like the One X I saw today.

In view of the lottery of getting an S3 with a good screen I was thinking about an iPhone 4S instead. Is this a bad idea? My main uses are web browsing, camera and music.

Many thanks,

Martyn
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Bluish tint is always visible if you see the phone from an angle. I don't consider this a fault.

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
no i'm worried sick

warranty in Egypt suck as hell

if i have a screen problem i'll be having a got fight with the store to change my unit

i'm getting my blue S3 tomorrow i hope it's a got one

damn it , it's like a lottery for a 700$ ticket
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Yes.

I went to guy who sell me my sgs3 he couldn't find any flaw with the screen. I had to send him post from here to show him what the problem is.

Now he is checking with his suppliers if i can exchange my phone.
[Galaxy S III General] demonwind:
Except this problem is so widespread that they don't consider it enough to warrant an exchange.

To those hoping for an exchange: They did not let S2 users with this problem get an exchange, so they probably will not let S3 users either. Just don't buy the phone if you are worried about this problem. Hell, do not buy any device with a SAMOLED screen, it is still in its infancy and has too many problems. A friend of mine says his PS Vita has the same problem.
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
the only hope left is supercurio

i hope he release a fix soon
[Galaxy S III General] sewe:
Are there any displays out there that doesn't have the pink/yellow tint?

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[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
exactly

some suppliers like here in Egypt won't even consider it a problem

and u can add to that all the famous mobile reviewer websites won't even mention the problem

any way most users won't even notice the problem if they didn't see this thread or compared there phone to another one with a good screen

---------- Post added at 02:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 AM ----------

yes there is some like the one at the first post

what i'm interested to know is the manufacture country and if the blue have the same problem
[Galaxy S III General] Plh36:
I have a white s3 purchased from expansys (uk version) and I have absolutely none of these issues mentioned in this thread. I downloaded the black wallpaper and thank god, no scratches, blobs or any other display imperfections :-)
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I don't have it.

I can bet that in the next revision this will be a non-issue.
[Galaxy S III General] zeroundead:
Got my S3 in White from Vodafone UK yesterday, it has both problems. Anyone know how lengthy the 'repair/replace' procedure takes? What's the likelihood that I'll get a handset without these defects?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] blackbird89:
I have the pebble blue one and I can confirm that I have the ink spots. It's barely noticeable in the dark but it's there. I don't have a pink or yellow tint.

For me it's a non issue for the moment because I only "see" those marks when I really do my best to see them and it's only in the dark...

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[Galaxy S III General] semihvarol:
samsung galaxy s 3 ink marks

I have same problem (ink marks) on my s3. Bigger and more ink marks.
[Galaxy S III General] Minoza:
Was it necessary to quote all these images...?
[Galaxy S III General] semihvarol:
ink marks

I have same problem. Ink marks are bigger and more.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Guess I'm a lucky guy.

No screen issues, no cracked bezels.

What a relief.
[Galaxy S III General] 10076757:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mhc8xf5m795sal8/20120614_145720.jpg
[Galaxy S III General] Minoza:
Nice and clean! Hopefully mine will look the same.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Good news, everyone, earlier i posted that all S3s i tried in all stores had pink tint, but today i went to 4(three, o2, vodafone, carphone) not one of them had pink tint. They have either changed the units or dont know :confused: im getting one now for sure as this was the main issue that bothered me :D
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Probably are rev-2 like mine.
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
I don't have pink tint but I have 1 tiny ink mark but is really hard to tell even when it's dark.
[Galaxy S III General] nekeka:
Hello

I'm from Spain (sorry for my poor english)

i have the problem with the pink screen, but not the black ink marks

i have a photo, my s2 versus my new s3 but I can't post outside links untill i have 10 posts

a friend told me the pink is because of colour calibration, and a future kernel will be able to change it...

what do you think about it?

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] :
bad screen

So ive compared the screen of my galaxy nexus with the s3.

In the apex launcher settings there are some ugly stripes as you can see in the picture.

Compare the picture and you can see the s3 screen is loosing detail, oversaturating and making things too dark.

And this is in ALL darker pictures and videos. So its very annoying.

Settings are all standard

Someone else having this problems?

Here is the wallpaper for testing.

http://i.imgur.com/rKB5s.jpg
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
how can i know rev from the outside box
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Here you go:

And before you ask is not 48 internal is 16 plus 32 sdcard.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
those stripes are part of holo theme of ics. its not banding.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
That is commonly known as black crush. Is a software thing. Supercurio already fixed. We all waiting for that fix ;)
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
If you are willing to put up with the cooler color temperature, the level 1 power saving mode in browser can resolve down to the last level of black detail. That plus much better looking text as there's no sharpening as well.
[Galaxy S III General] :
So you have these too? Because on my galaxy nexus i dont have this.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
I've those stripes too.

Even in my note.

Some devs edit the framework to put a 100% black image in settings background.

It's perfectly normal.
[Galaxy S III General] Kuroemondora:
Can u tell me which store so i can avoid it ? ;;)
[Galaxy S III General] Po0yAn:
They are not part of the holo theme! Please, don't spread false info.

I never see them on my nexus s or the sgs 2 and gnex I modded for my friends, all having samoled screens.

NeXusS i9020T - Slim ICS V4.0 - Matr1x V21.0
[Galaxy S III General] zyberace:
Everybody have their own luck. The day I bought my S3, my girlfriend bought Tab7.7 and my sis bought Note. I checked their units and found no broblem at all. I used to think of having someone else buy me IT related stuff. :p

In your case, you should weigh many aspects that you concern and decide which one is the best for yourself and leave the rest to your luck.

Good luck
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
You are misinformed. The first CM9 nightlies had the banding issue. They fixed later on posterior updates. There is a patch in the Theme section to partially fix this: [MOD] Dithered Holo Background & Black Holo Background for ALL ROMS
[Galaxy S III General] Alex Charles:
Quite right it is a feature of ICS which is nearly always removed in custom roms.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Men, the one who spread wrong info here was you.

Plz edit your post.
[Galaxy S III General] atrusnomad:
is this black screen visible inks can be fix in someway?
[Galaxy S III General] m8tix:
No they aren't and honestly how long do you stare in a completely dark environment on a completely dark background ? This is no issue in everyday use at all.
[Galaxy S III General] atrusnomad:
well, these inks could be spread?
[Galaxy S III General] sewe:
Do you think supercurio can fix the yellow tint that appears in certain angles?

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[Galaxy S III General] manlisten:
EDIT: Missed the context, disregard!
[Galaxy S III General] fenjen:
I actually don't have any ink marks. Checked it in a completely dark room. I do however have a yellow tint..
[Galaxy S III General] tian105:
never gonna happen.

he said he was gonna fix galaxy note screen problems.(identical to s3). that was like half year ago.
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
That's it , i'm not getting S3 any more

i'm gonna go for one x

i like S3 all the way and i love every thing about it but these screen problems is a deal breaker for me

at least one X doesn't have all these problems
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
Go for it lol im sure u will eat ur own words.
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
There's minimal issues with the screen. I've got the HOX and the screen is fantastic.
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
the display is the main reason for me to upgrade from S2

i suffered enough from the yellow tint in S2

i was hoping that S3 won't have these display problems

but sumsung f** up the Display again

so although i like S3 so much but the display is a big deal for me

any way i'm gonna wait for the end of the month , may be something will change
[Galaxy S III General] Attackcenter:
HTC One X QC (Don't buy the One X)

Because the quality control is so bad at the factories, HTC fans are having to buy theirs locally. They're having to pick through boxes to find a good one . What they are finding is creaks in the plastic, loose builds, and malformed polycarbonate mold. How bad? Well, bad enough that on they're forums pole 30% had miscellaneous problems.

Not to mention complaints about screens that had dusts specks underneath, glue underneath the screen, "screen ripple", and screen cracks. Am I making this up, no. Read the One X forums. Not to mention, that the curvature of the glass on the HTC One X increases the chances of screen breakage.
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
thx a lot for that post

i'm gonna take a look at One X forum to see the problems

but as i said before the main thing for me is the screen
[Galaxy S III General] osvanberg:
I agree.... I also have followed the One X-forum´s and it´s really really bad!

So much problem with the screen and build quality.......and reception etc etc.
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
Really I've not got any issues? Just because some users have issues doesn't mean the majority of users will have such problems. My screen is perfect, no reception issues, build quality is fine.

All phones have issues, my SGS3 has got a bluish tint that's the nature of AMOLED. Not all AMOLED screens are equal like most phones.
[Galaxy S III General] miahegypt:
i can't see in ur signature that u have SGS3

if ur r saying that the One X is perfect cause u like the phone so much

then this is misleading for a future buyer
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
I do :D

All phones have problems. Not everyone will get a perfect device however XDA doesn't represent the mass market there will be many thousands of owners who will be happy with their devices.

The Samsung has its own problems as well doesn't mean you shouldn't buy it just because one member has an issue doesn't mean another member will have it as well.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
My only "issue" with the sgs 3 is a barely noticeable blue tint on the border of the screen with a grey background at a certain angle. I don't know if this common or not but when i went to "shop" to exchange it the salesman told me that there isn't any tint......
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
What you are seeing is normal I think. I can get a blue tint on various angles that I would never use the phone and it has to do with the nature of the screen build. On direct viewing I don't see any yellow/blue/ink marks etc.

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Actually I've read in a Portuguese forum many users unhappy with HOX screen.
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
If you are going away from the s3 just for the screen problems, prepare yourself for the wonders of htc....good luck!

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] :
what do you mean by hox?
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
HTC One X
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
The thing is, that i can see it on direct viewing, but if put it in a certain angle the "tint" is gone. I repeat is only visible on a grey background, like background of the play store. It's very sutil but it's there.

I show it to ten diff people and all tell me the same. "I can't see it". Including the salesman who sold me the phone.

The funny thing is that i tried displaying diff plain colour on the screen(green, blue, red) to spot what colour is failing but is fine is only with plain grey. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] osvanberg:
well, your are right in theory but in the One X case there where hundreds of DOA and complaints about faulty units straight after release....and the forums (here in Sweden anyway) are getting really crowded today as the problmes continues.
[Galaxy S III General] nikzDHD:
Can you PM the Swedish forums would love to read comments via Google Translate. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Attackcenter:
No Problem

No Problem. Believe it or not I ordered a HTC One X from Handtec Uk to the USA. I ended up cancelling it 24 hours in advance. They ended up sending it anyways because they didn't see the cancellation, as their opening day was following the Jubilee holiday and they had already gotten the item to the shipping warehouse. So, I was willing to bear the burden of sending "the thing" all the way back to the UK. :) I'm Supposed to get my SG3 Monday.

One of the latest HTC One X problems, just shows how cheap the build quality is. They are having WiFi connection problems. Turns out, someone did an autopsy on the phone and found that there is a really "cheap" soldering job on the WiFi antenna. So, it appears from some minor dropping or bumping, the soldering comes loose and that makes the connection unreliable. There is a supposed to be simple test where you squeeze or press on the exterior area of the phone where the WiFi antenna is. If you have the problem then your WiFi connection will react to the pressure applied on that area of the phone. This a issue that appears to be pretty widespread (on the forums anyways). As I was reading the forums, I noticed that a high percentage of users that were posting confirmed that they had this issue.

Yes, Samsung on each of their smartphone releases have minor issues. Some issues possibly could be fixed in the firmware and have been fixed in the past. Although, I'm not seeing the cheap build quality of the HTC One X. Overall, with the exception of the Super LCD screen (even know Super AMOLED screens "pop" with colors better and overall have better color saturation) the SG3 pretty much has the One X beat in all areas. That is unless you really want the One X and have a local store where they are going to let your scavenge through boxes until you find a "a good one". :)

Remember, there is voting in HTC Forums concerning problems with the One X and there was 30% that had problems the last time I checked a couple weeks ago. I expect the problems to decrease as they get more complaints and make further revisions.

AC
[Galaxy S III General] bruangie:
Hi guys

I am in Australia and have a pebble blue s3. Changed from the one x. You can't say either is better or worse than the other. All manufacturers have strengths and weakness. My first one x had dust under the screen and my second was perfect. Now I have the s3 which has really really bad ink marks a black screen whilst viewing in a dark room. Everyone test your phone as all my friends with s3s have the exact same thing. Either dots or lines. Hint, place your phone off of auto brightness and set on the lowest brightness and kinda look away from your phone. I bet we all have this as it is common and really nothing to stress about. I would be upset if I had a pink or yellow tint as that is simply not good enough.

Post here if after you do my test as it will be interesting to count how many people that have this as all 20 s3s I have seen all have ink stains.
[Galaxy S III General] Intratech:
It wasn't mine, it was a test unit I was lucky enough to get to play with for 5 minutes. Didn't get to look at it close enough to determine if the screen was neutral or more warm or cold. All I was able to do was play with the camera, check the GPS lock and mess around with the lockscreen. Very responsive I must say.

When I do a review it will be with a retail unit so that it will be a proper representation of the device that you can buy and not one that might be tweaked in some way. This is why I didn't bother to ask if I could so some recording of it in action.
[Galaxy S III General] JupiterdroidXDA:
The SGS3 actually has a smaller screen than the Note and a higher Pixel Density (PPI). The pixel per inch count of the SGS3 is close to the iphone and is over 300 so its defined as a retina screen;)

JD
[Galaxy S III General] SiNJiN76:
The term Retina Display is something Apple came up with? Or was it already in use?
[Galaxy S III General] :
So the S3 has a pink tint and the nexus a yellow....I hope the next Nexus wont be build from Samsung !!!!

Tapatalked by Galaxy Nexus on CM9
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Please... My HTC One has a orange slight tint but you can't notice it at all in regular use. Only when you take photographs of it.

Every display has a temperature tint. Taking photographs of it don't do it justice. I also posted a link that shows there is no pink tint and the OP just has a faulty device.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
no blue or pink tint, confirmed by "vickytoria", samsung mobilers. checkout that thread
[Galaxy S III General] Zanr Zij:
S3 display is better esp in color rendering - less oversaturate. Sharpness also better but not good as 4S.

The same topic has 8 pages on tinhte until now :)
[Galaxy S III General] Zanr Zij:
More pics on new captue.

At max brighness:

+ S2: blue

+ Note: better but still a little blue

+ S3: still a little pink tint ( in pics and real life usage )
[Galaxy S III General] Zanr Zij:
Until now, I confirmed warm screen :).
[Galaxy S III General] Zanr Zij:
At min brightness: still gray pink tint :)
[Galaxy S III General] Zanr Zij:
I already have checked 4 modes.

Unit I tested pass QC and got IMEI. That's final version :)