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[Galaxy S III General] renton82:
What about display expert of Supercurio? Will it be able to solve display tint and/or ink marks? I think mine is little more pink/darker in the right side of lcd.... i noticed it only in grey background...
[Galaxy S III General] beat.kitano:
+1

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] cruzargel:
Got my blue S3 yesterday, no tints but I have full of ink marks all over the screen. Many lines across the whole screen. crap
[Galaxy S III General] motorazor:
Same case bro. Got a unit from Greenbelt 3. Dunno what to do. My S3 has lots of those funckin' ink marks. Shall I have my unit replaced? Or ink marks are just normal?
[Galaxy S III General] snelz:
I have this on my pb s3, for my gf i got her the white s3 and her screen has no such problems... i didn't notice the pink tint until i put the phone side by side.

On screen adjust i set green to +2 and blue to +3.

Testing the phone again the pink tint had gone and my display was almost as nice as the gfs screen.. looking at it straight on. hers was just a very small tad brighter.

In a lot of instances my phone to me looked actually more natural white due to being slightly dimmer, where on the gf's the extra brightness was giving the white a more creamier look to when next to mine.

Her viewing angles though were a lot better, even before i tried screen adjust, and after the tweaks. As soon as i tilt mine half an inch in any direction it blue tints quite quickly starting from the edge that is being tilted.... where the gf's keeps a lot more white when tilting.

Seeing as i never tilt my phone when using it happy to keep mine as is and screen adjust has definitely took away the tint... but i could barely notice it in the first place unless it was side by side another s3, some others may have a stronger tint.
[Galaxy S III General] cruzargel:
Of course this not normal. As for replacement, almost all S3s have this. So it is very hard to have a good replacement.
[Galaxy S III General] the2rrell:
I have had my S3 for about 3 weeks now...no tint, or ink marks. maybe im lucky. but i just want to interject that not all phone have this problem.

and i cant wait for supurcurio to drop his screen tuner....maybe that will help a little for the ones that are having the problems.
[Galaxy S III General] dima22:
Screen colour

One month now with my sgs3, could not find any issue regarding the screens colours. The only thing that makes me mad it's the very low brightness especialy under sunlight. Any fix for that guys?
[Galaxy S III General] Tatsuya79:
If only other manufacturers could develop their own OLED technology faster...

Samsung would try harder. :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] Yunosuke:
My bottom 1/4 of the screen got pink tint.

It's really annoying everytime i start webbrowsing where the background goes completely white.

This sucks. Here in US we have supply shortage of the phone .

So i won't be able to exchange it until later next week.

Other than that this is the best Android phone money can buy.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Yes, same here. I also think all those pink tint issues are because of heat that the battery puts on the amoled. It get's real hot at the bottom after some use. That's where most see the pink tint issue. Specially on grey background.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
It could be. But if heat is the reason of the lower tint you only could see it when the battery is charging or when the CPU is overheating.

To me, it looks like a miscalibration issue.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Not really, because amoled will change color permenatly when heated. I wish this was something that is just a bad calibration that is fixable by software update, but it's probably not. ╮(╯_╰)╭
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I never hear that before. My screen is always that way, i mean no matter what i do the colour temperature is different at the lower part of the screen.

The problem is where a certain part of the screen is miscalibrated. You can fix that through software such as "screen adjuster" but you will spoil the rest of the screen.....
[Galaxy S III General] renton82:
But do u remember when the Galaxy S2 had a yellow tint on the left side of display and samsung fix it with software update? I think it's possible to correct the ploblem here too...
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
I don't see how this is possible. Maybe it was some kind of placebo effect? :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] renton82:
No placebo effect, i tried by myself, all firmware based on the 2.3.5 kernel source solved the problem! However read some post on this 3d : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1079444&page=243
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I don't remember it. but i think that my problem is hardware related. The other night i took a picture in a pitch black room and the pixels on the lower part of the screen looked like weared or something.

I'm on the struggle with shop to exchange my unit for another one.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
I think that yellow/pink/blue tint is kernel related.

I've read that some nexus users have those tints with stock kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Yes. That could be the case when all the screen has a yellow/pink/blue. But when the tint is only present on a certain part of the screen, that's could be another story.
[Galaxy S III General] demonwind:
I have 2.3.5 and I still have the "half of screen is yellower" problem. This really pisses me off because I also have the screen lines and blobs issue.

Never buying a SAMOLED phone again.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Actually even those small tint spots can be kernel related. I'm not expert but SuperCurio setting the right parameters maybe he can fix all screen issues.

Actually he already have tweeted about that.
[Galaxy S III General] Tinderbox (UK):
SuperCurio was supposed to be working on a fix for the Note`s screen, but months went buy with no update, a few members started complaining and SuperCurio closed his thread, so no fix for the note`s screen.

I hope the SGSIII fairs better.

John.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I hope that you are right. I wish i could show you me device's flaw. But i seriously think that is a hard issue. If this was a soft issue the problem would be more widespread. I tried with screen adjuster, but when the lower part of the screen improves, the upper part didn't.

The ink mark are definitely a hard issue.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Screen adjuster don't gave you many options compared with SuperCurio tool.

My SIII doesn't have any kind of screen issues but I'm looking for a answer for all this tint problems.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
If display expert has an option to tune the colour temperature of different part of the screen it would be a life saviour.

Well the salesman definitely blow me off. He told me that either ink marks or tint issues are not covered by the warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
I'm a Vodafone employer and I always ready to help my clients.

If your screen have problems any salesman have the obligation of trade your phone.

Really sorry to ear that.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
SuperCurio answered my question and told me that those tint marks are hardware issue.

Thought is a little bit strange. How some people had their tint solved when trying other roms?

I'll do more research about it.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I know that is way i am so frustrated. The flaw with the screen on my device is barely visible on grey backgrounds in low light enviroments so reproduce the error is very difficult.

The "shop" has large windows, when i took the shop to the salesmas to show him the decoloration it was very bright so i couldn't show him either the ink marks or the tint. :(

Perhaps is the theme that the ROM uses. For example the darker theme of Foxhound make the decoloration on greytones much less visible. But don't confuse ink marks with tint. Ink marks are the marks that you see in a pitch black room. And the tint is when you see a pink/blue coloration on a certain part of the screen.
[Galaxy S III General] MonkeyMage:
This xda forum on the app isnt supposed to be yellow is it? I mean any forum. =( when I look at it straight on its yellow tinted but off angle its white??? Can this be fixed?! I can get a replacement within 30 days...

I also have ink marks which I can easily pick from the lock screen as its black in a dark room but its the yellow tint that bothers me.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Actually this forum is pinkish yellow. On any monitor.
[Galaxy S III General] MonkeyMage:
Well thats good news I guess, its happens on Web pages too but not anywhere near as much so I guess its not as bad as I feared.
[Galaxy S III General] mertzi:
i'm writing in this thread cause I don't want to start a new one and it is screen related anyways. Noone seems to have mentioned this in the S3 forum, but I've read about it in the Gnex and S1 forum and I might have seen something in the S2 too. This is what my screen looks like with solid grey background (it is slightly noticeable on some other colours too but must evident on grey)

The pinkish stuff is caused by the camera but the rest looks the same for the naked eye. As you can see there's a lot of lines and unevenness. How common is this? I understand it is a samoled issue and fanboys have defended this with clever arguments like "it doesn't bother me cause I don't sit and watch solid grey all day on my phone" and other ridiculing comments. What they seem to forget is that a lot of apps have grey backgrounds. If you look at the picture below I have marked an area where there's a line and I see that line in all apps with grey background, like twitter, play store and on all webpages with grayish background.

besides this the screen is excellent, I have no tint at all and it's vivid and in my opinion better than the One X, compared it with my sisters.

So again, how common is this and should I consider this as a flaw or live with it?
[Galaxy S III General] Yunosuke:
I had this issue with my S2 Skyrocket. I went through 3 of them and the 2nd one had this and it was really bad. My 3rd one had some but barely visible so I decided to live with it.
[Galaxy S III General] djase:
same here with 3 inks dots samsung sucks that's all !
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I have the exactly the same issue. But i think that this is a consecuence of the pentile array.

you can also see it in the market or the antutu background
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
What about temperature of the display?

Example:

1cm in the bottom of the screen present a cold white and the remain screen present a warm white?

Is this normal? It's only perceive on white and grey colors.
[Galaxy S III General] renton82:
You have also a part of display darker than other, look at your flip photo
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
This is happening to you or are you asking for an example. What you are describing is happening to me.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Exactly this. On white background it looks whiter and pinkish and the rest of the screen looks yellower. On gray background It looks darker with pink tint. About 25% of the bottom screen is affected.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Exactly

Now tell me you SO versions, Rom, kernel, everything plz.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Here you go, a screenshot of the about page.
[Galaxy S III General] mertzi:
yes but it might be caused by the camera, i've noticed more of a difference between top and bottom but compared to the lines it doesn't show in many situations.

it's a shame the display development is way behind the other divisions that create parts for making phones, and other tech with screens for that matter. Sure samoled can brag about really black black or ips can brag about super brightness but in the end the flaws doesn't make the few benefits worth it. I'd rather have a little less dark black and little less bright white for 100% even colours and less imperfections with tint differences, grids and whatnot.
[Galaxy S III General] renton82:
However i think it's a common issue, here u are my screen flipped... :
[Galaxy S III General] snelz:
Cracked in the end and took my pb s3 into phones 4u for an exchange.

Screen adjust improved it but in dark room was still very noticeable.

Salesman didn't even try to dispute the pink tint it as I took my gf's white s3 In aswell to compare which has a perfect screen....

he promptly started to check hes own white s3 against my gf's screen. He's wasn't tinted but wasn't quite as bright as me gf's.

Was no pb in stock so I'm still with me pinky until it is. Will be my third s3 as power button stuck on 1st.
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Your girlfriend s3 doesn't have this issue with white and grey colors?
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Handy having a perfect working screen when going to replace the phone frbthat reason!

sent with WSGS3
[Galaxy S III General] cruzargel:
New XDA app with gray background to notice more tints and ink marks! Lol it really looks cool though
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
XXALF6, Siyah Kernel 1.2.6(Happen the same on stock), Foxhound 0.5

This problem is more common that i thought.
[Galaxy S III General] snelz:
Nope.. her screen is pretty much perfect to me... at full brightness even my pinky is way less pink but soon as you reduced brightness the pink becomes unbearable .. where the gf's retains its white very well and is very vivid

Her viewing angles impress me more though.... have to angle the phone a good 2 inches to lose it's whiteness where mine is blue in 1cm
[Galaxy S III General] snelz:
It did make the exchange go way faster

But No one should be getting refused an exchange on this issue... is plenty of evidence in this thread to show them.

Even in good lighting its plain to see against any decent color balanced screen of any high end smartphone.

This is the sgs 3 . Arguably the best screen of them all.
[Galaxy S III General] chriskinetic:
I ended up sending mine back due to the yellow pee stain on the screen , if all goes well i should have a replacement by tomorrow,cant check it before hand due to buying it online but hopefully the new one will have a perfect screen,going back to an old sony ericsson i found in my draw has been a nightmare , no facebook,no twitter,no emails and no wifi or data lol :D
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
You have a point. But in some countrys (like mine) the shortage of SGS3 due to importation limits. The suppliers are very hard to convince i sended it photos, show him the device, but he told me that the screen was perfect and that the warranty doesn't cover that tint.

To the salesman favor, the tint is only visible on some grey background. in a white screen is almost non visible.
[Galaxy S III General] snelz:
Mine is equally bad on white and grey... don't notice the tint on video and color of course.

Still If I wasn't happy I would definitely take it further regardless if I was without a phone for a few weeks..

Is there not sales laws in your country that you can quote to them and take action on if needed be.. how long you had the phone?

I think the salesman is just trying it on and is possibly required to exchange for you. (Although I have no idea what country your from)
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Friday I'll receive 8 SIII in my shop, I'll test one by one until I find one perfect unit.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Look my avatar. ;)

I had the phone for two weeks now, i had been insisting for this matter since the second day i had the phone :mad:

Mine doesnt have that tint on white screens. Only greys. Forget about laws. Thing are pretty complicated around here with imported products.According to the resellers he talked with him supplier send him photos of the problem from this very forum and the supplier reply that that don't is an issue. That is natural to amoled screens.

I have a one year warranty with the reseller. But this is not covered by the warranty.....
[Galaxy S III General] snelz:
was posting from phone prior but now i see where your from ;)

fair enough , laws in the uk are pretty good really when it comes to trading...

i only have 1 suggestion left then in that case...

my first phone had a dodgy power button after i pressed it, just got stuck down and didn't spring back...sent the phone into boot loops until you picked it out...

was extremely easy to press down aswell..slight knock and that was it.. i reported it on this forum and was a couple of others that it happened to....

press that fecker as hard as you can and hope it does the same ;).....

there not playing fair so why should you .
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
I was thinkg of that. But maybe a soft brick is more credible and (less risky) than a hardware failure.

Also the power botton on your device came broken mine is fine it would a little suspicious to fail now....
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
I wish you luck dude...

Tomorrow I'll replace mine.
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
Thanks man. I hope you too.

I'm in the ways to selling it. Wish me luck.
[Galaxy S III General] nl3181:
Guys, how do you check the ink marks on black screen ? Please teach me :crying:

I am a nokia user and very new to android phone...
[Galaxy S III General] cba1986:
In a pitch black room put a totally black image look the screen for a couple of minutes and looks for littles black spots.

My suggestion is, if you can't see any ink marks don't look for them. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] nl3181:
Thank you for your reply... How do i put a totally black image on the screen ?:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Google black ^_^
[Galaxy S III General] cixtim3:
Noticed black markings but it is hardly noticeable under normal conditions it only can be noticed while in the dark watching video having 4:3 ratio because markings are on the sides of the display and some dots only appears if the area doesn't have active colors on.
[Galaxy S III General] faddys123:
I found some but what is it due to?
[Galaxy S III General] demonwind:
You don't actually search for a totally black picture, rather, use this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320942

This blobs issue was a problem for S2 users as well, I guess Samsung doesn't learn from their mistakes.
[Galaxy S III General] hieupham:
Way to test screen:

Press *#0*# on ur fone

Go into a very dark place, the darker the better

Choose Vibrate option.

Here in vietnam there are LOT of deffective screens in the first batch of s3 fones (made here in samsung vietnam factories) that in the black screen, dark environment shows the dark dots or dark lines,marks. Also from the 2 touch screens - settings and back there may be wholes in the plastic panel so the lights frim those 2 buttons come directly to the black screen. Everything is easily watchable in dark environment. Also maybe a case when the screen is ok but only part of it has pink tint, like a pink circle or so.

This is really frustrating, i have personally replaced 3 screens all by samsung vietnam warranty and still have these issues. So now I have requested to get replaced a totally new device as I dont have time to replace so many screens and im not very exciting in opening my device everytime. Or I just wait for a better productional batch and replace a screen free of issues
[Galaxy S III General] nrgyzr:
I have a small area that has a pink spot, the ink spots are few and cant notice them at all when using my phone in the dark. The pink spot bothers me quite a bit, even though I have a tough time getting others to see it. I dont think I will return my phone though, because I dont want to end up with a worse phone.
[Galaxy S III General] hieupham:
Yes its a hardware, to be specific screen issue. Its not related to software. Maybe the color reproductiob in roms are better but the issues cannot be solved as its hardware related. See my prev. Post
[Galaxy S III General] hieupham:
Nice. I have seen 5 screens and all of them have black dots,marks and lights from the touch buttons come right onto the screenie. The pink marks, spots were in 2 of 5.

The lights are due to the plastic is not fited 100% so the light come up into the screen.
[Galaxy S III General] nrgyzr:
Quite shocked at the quality of electronics these days! Everything I buy now days seems to have a few common issues, many of which could be prevented or fixed with basic testing. Hope you get a screen soon! We should be enjoying our new purchases not stressing over them.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
you do know people can't inspect them one by one very very carefully ever since MASS PRODUCTION came in to play, right?
[Galaxy S III General] nrgyzr:
no, I wasnt aware of that.
[Galaxy S III General] hieupham:
If they did the right global QC standarts bro. The export devices have better build quality then the ones for local market.
[Galaxy S III General] trellva25:
here in Malaysia there are plenty of S3 with strange tints to screens, cant believe how they even manage to pass quality control, and even htc one series are not any better, they too have their list of screen issues.
[Galaxy S III General] demonwind:
The screen issues are a HARDWARE issue. Samsung tried to fix it via firmware update but all they did was increase the minimum brightness of the phone, so it becomes harder to see the screen defects.
[Galaxy S III General] mertzi:
the CEO's and stock owners want bigger profits and this is due to the growth society. It's not going to get better, only worse. The only thing getting better is the specs, but put together worse and worse for every new product release. You should watch a documentary called "the light bulb conspiracy", it's on youtube.
[Galaxy S III General] ChandonPierre:
Are these the ink marks that everyone else has been experiencing? I've been hesitant to put on my screen protector... I'm not sure if it's worth sending it back or not, because it's only visible on black backgrounds in low light. And, from what I've read, a new unit would have this issue as well