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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goldfish81:
I have these black spots as well. I have a new display and the previous one had spots too. I heard of another owner who got 2 devices, both of them have spots. Most owners think that this is a common issue. Not only S3 suffers this. The annoying fact is that there are users who don't have this problem :D :D Some say that this is onlí because they don't notice. :angel:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maggot_ff:
I first thought I didn't have it, but now I think I do. Idk if I have them ever so slightly or if I'm imagining it:p

Never notice them under any normal use though soooo... doesn't really bother me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phorq:
I have what look like drips up from the bottom on mine. Really annoying while using it at an alarm clock (Gentle Alarm Night Mode) or reading Play Books with white text on a black screen in the dark.

Considering I got my Verizon pre-order Friday, and they may not have them in stores for another week or so, it's aggravating that I couldn't bring it in for a replacement (or at least argue my case to them).

It's hard to see on the few monitors I've looked at these pix on, but instead of enhancing it in photoshop, I used the photo the way it came off my camera.

Used the app Screen Test to check other colors and they all checked out fine.

Also checked my Samsung GS1 Fascinate and there are no drips, and when on a black screen, it's nearly impossible to see any light emitted at all. That phone has the best screen I've ever seen for quality, I was hoping the GS3 would have stayed as good or gotten better... I guess not.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goldfish81:
This looks worse than the average. It looks as if the darker areas would visibly affect not only black but other colors as well. On my screen any other color than black or dark grey make the spots invisible. And on the sreens I have seen (I had 2 till now) the dark spots covered less of the screen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrius:
Is that some kind of special image your using to show these spots?

Also have this on my Galaxy S3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheXxbeastxx420:
I had 3 of these phones all with the same problem

I had 3 of these phones galaxy s3s and they all have this problem also my brother has this phone and he has this problem to, so thats 4 iv tryed and they all have this problem. so I would not bother exchanging your phones because it will definally have the same problem, if it bothers you that much return it for a totally different phone. Because all of them seem to have this problem. But it's no big deal you only can see them in the pitch dark.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
i exchanged my unit, and my new one literally has no spots on it..maybe 2-3 pinpoint marks near the bottom..you really have to look for them

looks like they may be impoving quality after all

edit

i didn't exchange it due to the blackmarks, rather the home key kept sticking
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christop911:
I change my phone I have a 1 or 2 points now
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pedro Peguero Jr.:
It's NORMAL.

http://www.samsung-galaxy-s3.com/black-spots/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadonka:
its not normal, at least not from this very expensive phone. just the samsung think its normal...

the samsung can manufacture a poor quality too.

but its the only "issue" of this phone, everything else is awesome. so i can forgive this :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Co0n:
I have no black spots at all, first device.

you should return it until you get a perfect screen.

1-2 dots is no reason to exchange though, only if its in the middle of the screen
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadonka:
im called the samsung support line about this issue. the operator tell me the darker ink dots is normal but the bigger spots not. my phone have a big dark spot (and few dots too) on the left corner of the screen and its very annoying. im not see the little dots but this big spots visible too often, so im sending my phone back to the service. i just need to flash back the original firmwire first :)

here is a photo how is my screen looks like:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cetin:
Bullsh**! Our second s3 have none of these spots. Mine does have them.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom369:
It's definitely not normal, but it's just the best Samsung can do at the moment :). I was wondering why Apple isn't using OLED screens and I think this surely is one of the reasons.

Samsung is not ready to mass-produce good quality OLEDs but if they abandoned it in sgs 3, one of its biggest selling points would be gone. So if 0.5% of users complains about this issue it is acceptable for them. The rest will not notice :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NICEGYPT:
I had the same issue. I couldn't sleep :) I went to walmart and exchange it for a new one. Looks fine now nothing bother at all looks clean. I have tmobile version tho.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xami:
It's normal issue with amoled screens No big deal

Mine have 6 black spots

Who needs to use his phone in dark room :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gelousi:
If my s3 only had a few spots like all the picks everyone has been uploading i would not mind and be happy with it, But mine looks really bad i will uplaod some picks.

I have sent it off to the repair center and of course they could not fault the phone so now i have tried my best to take photos and ill send it off tomorrow.

Tell me what u guys think about my phone, i know there crappy pics but i dont have a good cam atm :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadonka:
hmm, i asked the call center what about now, and the only option is replace the screen in the service. get a new phone isn't possible just because this issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
how did you take that picture? thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akirax:
You take the picture in a dark room and then with any photo editor make it "negative image".

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadonka:
its a simple overexposed picture taking in a total dark room, and adjusted the color balance a little with the photoshop.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legendchris99:
@vadonka

How to get a picture like that?

I tried to take severel photos of the the phone and i inverted colours in photoshop but it comes all white.

Can you tell me how please?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadonka:
iso400, long exposure (manual mode, 90 sec)

total dark room, screen timeout disabled.

but im not have this phone anymore, since the service tell me this is normal and the screen will not be replaced just because of this. so i sold this phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SiNJiN76:
Seems a blotchy decided to show up on my phone. Wonder if it has anything to do with the drop?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whyboysfailincollege:
blackspot is ignorable thing..full black spot screen comes to eyes...when all screen is dark while watching movie..it doesnot matter.but yellow tint is very annoying thing..u always use white color on ur phone.my phone is almost 7 days old..and it has yellow tint.n waiting for my gud luck.some body told me it will b gone..in some days.lets see
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmccoyoy:
small problem can get bigger

had the same problem on mine mate. ended up having to take it back as the spots eventually grew worse until you could see them with the screen illuminated. ended up being a blue tinge over the top of the LCD, as if i'd put a lot of pressure and the LCD bled :confused:

took it back to my T-shop and they sent it away for repair. normally if you take it back to wherever you got it from within 30 days after purchase they will replace on the spot.

don't know if that will happen for all phones with the darker spots, however my replacement screen on this phone is near perfect :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skander1998:
Weird, i bought mine from Qatar a while ago.

No Ink spots at all, found them on my friends phone.. but not on mine, not tint nothing.

Must have been lucky :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Preggy:
just a thought

Hi, I too have these black spots and I find them slightly irritating mainly when watching films....

I know this is a hardware related issue but here is what I'm thinking:

Somehow there has to be a threshhold at what "blackness" the individual pixels would actually turn off. Now the way I understand it is that for some reason this threshhold doesn't seem to apply for certain "rebellious" pixels that turn off before the others do... while we can't lower the threshhold of these individual pixels for obvious reasons, maybe it would be possible to raise the threshhold of the whole screen a little bit, so instead of displaying that phony, spotty black we get real blackness a little earlier.... :fingers-crossed:

I know it's a long shot and I have no idea where to begin on something like this... Any Thoughts?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamidoo:
YES, I have almost the same amount of dark spots, heck I only noticed 'em after like 4 days of usage.

It really seems to be a common issue with AMOLED screens, so dont bother try to get a replacement.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jose0726:
I see people say this is normal... got my phone on sunday and notice last night those black spots...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamidoo:
I will go for a replacement

Ok guys, forget it, I will go give it a try for a replacement!

I always notice the big spot in the dark now more often :( , I dont bother about the small spots, but the big non-circle spot is killing me!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
My phone is kinda full of circles. I was watching somebody playing Silent Hill on Youtube at 2 am and I thought that the spots are in-game hahaha. After about half hour I found that is a screen issue. Doesn't bother me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jose0726:
I went to t mobile and they replace my phone. Now i have no spots :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falipene:
need advice

I bought a new Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300

[STOCK ROM JB] But first thing I noticed it's some popups and youtube (text description), look like ****, like "speudo halo" not clear sharp. (This effect I have on my SGS on some y-old roms), now my SGS looks perfect @210dpi.

But when taking pictures in low light and almost black backgrounds, I found something ... Googling found the "black ink" problem.

So there's my S3 ink patterns:

Also I have the "Crushed Blacks problem" This image http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2546/crush.png

On both Galaxy:

Asking a replacement (bought over phone), any chance of having the same problems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom369:
I'm pretty sure the new unit will have similar "problems". This represents the current level of Samsung's expertise in OLED display technology, they're just unable to create flawless panels. And of course if you ask them they won't officially call this things flaws. LCD screens are far more perfected. As a SGS3 owner I can say the screen is acceptable but one thing is certain: I will never buy a phone with PenTile again (why loose some details when there are other phones on the market with true RGB?). And also if Samsung don't improve the technology I won't be buying AMOLED phone, PenTile or not. The black ink marks problem has also been confirmed in Galaxy Note II, so they did nothing to improve this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falipene:
I checked with people who has SGS3 and have the same issue with "Crushed Blacks" http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2546/crush.png

Only could difference the last row of squares.

I'm gona stick with this black ink marks, until Nexus 4 first batch with problems are resolved. I change about 4 Nexus 7 8gb devices, with flickering screen, yellow tint and backlit bleeding. Waste of time.

The SGS1 with pentile AMOLED works better with kernels managing the screen.

I need to fix the "sharpening/pentile" issue of text, on the SGS1 was fixed... Oh touchcrap again..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahadsul3man:
thank god i dont have such problems with my phone , it seems to me samsung is mass producing against rival , compromising quality over quantity to sell their flagship phone more ......kinda lame strategy though
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falipene:
Changed stock JB rom, now on Foxhound 1.3, and screen looks superb, no more crushed blacks, but ink problems persist ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paveldroid:
I also got these black dots and a big black spot :crying:

It's a bit annoying because I use the phone a lot in my bed before sleeping and I see the big spot very often.

I had a look at my mother's Samsung Galaxy Note II and it hasn't any black spots on its screen (see the picture below).

I guess I'll have to deal with it until I get my next phone :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 80000037:
dude, i believe u got ur self dead pixels there LOL...

the black ink spot is like a "grey cloud" in a "dark moonless sky".... your LCD looks like it has a hole in it... :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
He has an extremely long exposure on the photo, that's why it looks so extreme.

That's unfortunately the biggest disadvantage of amoled production and shows at the absolute lowest brightnes settings, especially if coupled with ScreenFilter.

I don't even notice it anymore
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
does it get worse?

been using my s3 for exactly 10 days now, and I am also a witness of this black spots every time I read my ebooks at night on a Night Theme (black background white letters). I honestly can live with it as long as it doesn't get worse, I mean what if it gets noticeable on a bright/white screen too? Is it possible?

I am new to android and so far enjoying the experience, but there is this fear that my beloved S3 will not make it through a year without having serious issues. Since I am still under the 14 days replacement warranty , I am torn between having it replaced even though there is no assurance that I won't be facing the same problems again, or get a different phone (that makes me sad)

Note: with my 10 days use of this phone I have also experienced the keyboard lags and issues like pressing backspace presses the L as well which is really quite annoying.

Need serious advice. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 80000037:
advice:

1. ota update ur s3 asap to avoid the sudden death syndrome.

2. try install TouchPal Keyboard or Smart Pro Keyboard from the play store.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
What the heck is Sudden death syndrome? It sounds really scary. :confused:

I am currently on jelly 4.1.1 is there already an update? Sorry new to android. Been an apple fan girl.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
1. use search.

2. this is the i9300 forum
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
I'm pretty sure the SGH-I747M doesn't suffer from SDS, you should be fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
Really? cause ever since I read about that SDS I cant stop reading every article and forum I can see on google about this SDS.

And I am in a panic mode since I just have until tomorrow to return my phone to my provider,as per replacement warranty, no questions asked.

Now, should I stop worrying?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Njl6705:
I think this is a flaw that is there in the whole GS3 lineup. I had a Verizon GS3 for a while and I got an AT&T one today and they both had noticeably large blotches of dead pixels. I also sold phones for Verizon and noticed this on quite a few.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sphoenx:
mine too!!

I have this black blotches too... i just dont try to be bothered with it... :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oomahey:
Guys, don't be bothered by it. It's a known issue with AMOLED screens. Besides, what is so fascinating in starting at a black screen in a dark room?? I can think of many other interesting things I'd rather be doing in a dark room. ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
it will be interesting to see how bad this is in the sgs4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch0ka:
I've been trying to locate any black spots on my S3 so far,and it seems as if I've gotten myself an absolutely perfect display. No ink marks in any light condition or whatsoever. Neither with high exposure nor with high or low ISO nor with converting it to negative picture. If there is any test l could run for further investigation, just let me know :)

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
i thought that too originally

you have to be in absolute pitch black and have your eyes adjusted.....then the screen must be pure black, or u can use one of the programs
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch0ka:
I have been in a closed room without a window and observed it several minutes.

So believe it or not, my screen is not affected :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wangdaning:
If you are in a room that is completely dark and using your phone, why would you want a black screen?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
having a black screen saves battery life with amoleds
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
Reading an ebook on a night theme profile gives you a black background with white letters, so you wouldnt hurt your eyes of too much brightness.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnowPluralism:
I too got the same result after testing every color with lcd test ... perfect i was actually impressed ... on black it was really indeed black not spots. It looked like the screen was off
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
I can say for certain my sgs4 does not have this issue

I had to exchange due to a smooshy home button and my new one didn't have the issue as well

They may have finally fixed this issue!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnowPluralism:
It dont came off from the box ... it goes with time
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
Huh?

These problems on the gs3 were right out of the box & they don't go away
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axlastro:
Well, I too have the black spots and what is worse - my screen has an yellow-ish tint...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
Yep. Most oleds turn yellow after a while.

Fortunately, I think these ink spots have disappeared with the sgs4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sciha:
Nic3 to hear that they've cleared itmout on s4.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umar.jamil50:
Samsung Galacy S3

Dears...,

yesterday i bought my S3, and i found their spots in darkness...

I need to confirm about this problem?

Thanks:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
This is not Samsung so they will not read your post .

Suggest you turn the light on and return to the seller then turn his light off .
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extremetempz:
hi i live in australia and im getting the ics update on june the 21st ota because motorola australia are pieces of **** and i was just wondering is there any difference just general performace and gaming wise did nvidia update the drivers for gaming or no??? and what are the new feautures
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3athsd00r:
Stock ICS is OK. However, custom ICS ROMS are much better, are much more optimized and have better customization options built into the ROMs.

As far as performance, I have never used stock ICS for longer than 10 minutes so I couldn't tell you.

As for features, just look around the dev section and you will find what you seek.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yosterwp:
When I first got the OTA for ICS back in January, I was immediately going to flash a custom rom over it, but then I decided to see if there was a difference in general performance. When you get the update, everything becomes more responsive and transitions/animations are much smoother in my opinion. In terns of graphics for gaming, the Tegra 2 remains a Tegra 2. Things might run a tiny bit better, but don't expect ground-shattering results.

If you are looking for some serious improvement, use a custom rom like d3athsd00r said. Custom roms usually get rid of the bloat that Moto/Carrier puts on your xoom, and at the same time they make many performance improvements themselves. Just note that flashing a custom rom in almost all cases will void your warranty.

Hope that helps
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Mchasard:
I just wanted to try this new twitter soft but no way to launch it ...could you report same troubles ...

Thanks ...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] timor ghareeb:
Hello, I have a Motorola Droid Razr XT912 locked to Verizon and how to free unlock this phone ?

this is my phone information.....​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] treehumper:
I am not going to justify this post with any information other than "Do a Search first as it is in the forum rules."
[Motorola Droid RAZR] megawebmaster:
You mean you have SIM-Lock? Probably there's no possibility to unlock it for free, but I believe that Verizon will unlock your phone for a few bucks. Search their site and see for yourself.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Natedogz:
Ditto. READ first, then ask questions.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] timor ghareeb:
i'm so sorry

but when i remove the verizon sim card and i put another sim card the phone didn't get the network​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] hihipunkt:
Here's a quick tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Lmao
[Motorola Droid RAZR] timor ghareeb:
i'm so sorry but i did a search but i did'nt find my request in the rules

i need a free method to unlock my phone please

and thank you very much for your response​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] phrite:
lol

that is just too damn funny....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] timor ghareeb:
i'm so sorry but i did a search but i did'nt find my request in the rules

i need a free method to unlock my phone please

and thank you very much for your response
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[Motorola Droid RAZR] megaomg:
check this look at the bottom of the page jimmydafish explains you how to unlock it by using radiocomm it is easy to do it if you follow the pictures and steps =)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3
[Motorola Droid RAZR] razz0r1980:
That's just F@$^ing GOLD! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] htcmodteam:
Soo if I need to unlock it I better search lmfao mint video. Well done who ever did it
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