yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
They all have different variances since each screen they use is different and the lights are at the bottom underneath the screen. Mine had it pretty badly and that's what support told me as the reason..they would not give me an exchange so I asked for a refund.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Ian B:
Had a OPO back in July 2014 and sold it on November for Nexus 6. Totally satisfied w Nexus 6 but miss my OPO and ordered one last Saturday. It will be here Thursday and if it has any yellow tint, it will go back the next day. Had it in my previous one and used an app to mask it. This time, I will not tolerate an issue known by them and still not addressed 6 months later.

Ian B
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneplus:
Good luck with the return process lol

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+10000
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Ian B:
Well I am hoping I won't have to return it based on some of the horror stories I have heard. If I return I will say do not like the phone rather than defective to avoid their shenanigan games.

Ian B
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal2367:
My phone is from january ....no yellow tint :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneplus:
Oh yeah? Why dont you go in a dark room, set screen brightness @40%, open chrome, hangouts, contacts list and compare bottom of the screen to the rest. On screen buttons must be off. Let us know when you see it. Is okay, you are not alone. Plenty of others out there that claim not to have it, but then find out that what they don't have is skills to noticr details.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
It's only an issue if it's noticeable. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. Also, it's shocking how your username is oneplus and you give the device so much hate.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal2367:
+1

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Lol

My old nexus 5 have the massive yellow tint issue ... I have sell it for this issue .....

But my oneplus one dont have it ...i See the **** i have compare the nexus 5 and my oneplus one ......

I must say the oneplus one have a good screen for daily ...
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newellj79:
I've had it on two opos. It never went away, but I also don't notice it anymore.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vantt1:
I am both glad and sad that I'm not the only one.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
That's common, happened to a lot of people when I used to frequent there. Took over a month to get communication from them and then another week until I got a link for a return form to fill out.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vantt1:
No, not the RMA. The part about "spreading false rumors" then getting banned.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Yea I know they will ban anyone that goes to complain about yellow band or complain about support being bad.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneplus:
I do not give the device hate. I simply do not offend my intelligence like you and some others try to do by trying to lie to yourself by saying that the yellow tint does not exist.

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Saying it is not an issue for you vs saying it does not exist, are two totally different stories.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
It doesn't exist on my device. Even in a dark room with full brightness. Also, I've never said it direct exist. If you read clearly, I've said that if it isn't noticeable on a device, it's not an issue. If it's noticeable (like on some units) it is.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vantt1:
This is a very important difference that many people fail to recognize.

This mindset is unacceptable. Any company that does this does not deserve any place on the market. Whether an issue is noticeable or not is completely subjective.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerRomtester:
You have to check on low brightness. Can you take a picture in a dark room on low brightness without on screen buttons. We will find yellow banding.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
Sure. I've tried every single thing I can to find defects on my device, but nothing so far xD
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerRomtester:
You wanna swap with my device? :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
Hahaha I'm sorry. Love my device, plus I've abused it a lot :p.

Also, mine is the global version, no issue. My dad has the Indian variant, again, no issue. My friend has an Indian variant too, and again, no issues at all. Hence I'm a little skeptical about the severity of the yellow banding issue.

EDIT: I'll post the picture later (both mine and my dad's device). Since he's not at home and I'm lazy to charge my camera :p
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamal2367:
I love my device too... it have without yellow band on screen !!! :p
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vantt1:
We are all skeptical as to the severity of this issue. People who have non-yellow band Ones say it doesn't exist, and people who do, say that every One is faulty. Not everyone who has the issue choose to speak out about it, and not everyone who doesn't choose to retort it. It has been made clear that those with affected Ones are the vocal minority, and it has also been made clear that OnePlus elected to do nothing about it. No matter how few or how minor this issue is, it evidently still exists. OnePlus, being such a small startup company, should have the ability to change their manufacturing line to prevent future faulty/affected units from being produced. I mean, even Apple - one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world - recall faulty units, investigate the cause of failure, then relay a suitable solution to assembly lines to prevent more faulty units from being manufactured. How many assembly lines does Apple have compared to OnePlus? Surely, with a much smaller user base and tightly controlled supply, they'll have more time to do so. If not, their quality assurance department should pick up on it and prevent said units from reaching potentially nit-picky users.

But no. People are still receiving OPOs with faulty touchscreens and yellow bands, as few as they may be. It seems to me their QA team has the same mindset as you; "If it isn't noticeable on a device, it's not an issue." Instead of dealing with the problem brought up by the people, they deal with the people who brought up the problem. Did they choose turn a blind eye, or is it an honest mistake? Changing things on this scale costs money, but OnePlus has made it very clear that money is a lesser priority for them.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
Pfft. That is not what I meant, or said. By "skeptical about the severity" I meant that I don't think it is as widespread an issue as some people claim to be (like, affecting 3/4th of all devices shipped etc.). Anyone who says that the problem doesn't exist is stupid. I know the problem does exist, and needs to be fixed. The opposite was misquoted from me by the user "oneplus". All this flaming is just a misunderstanding and a misinterpretation of what I've posted. Also, I know at least 6-8 people who own a OnePlus One (both global as well as Indian), and nobody has the yellow band issue, hence leading me to believe that the problem isn't as widespread.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vantt1:
It really depends on the user and how much tolerance they have towards visible shifts in the uniformity of the display's white point. No one has a good idea of how widespread it really is, because the nature of this issue makes it hard to draw the line between yellow vs. not yellow. In the grand scheme of things, this problem isn't widespread at all. I apologize if I sounded flame-ish. I just wanted to put it out there that even though the problem's been known for as long as it has, users are still receiving faulty phones even given the short time between production and the user receiving it, which means it has been slipping past OnePlus' PVT/DVT/QA all this time.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
It's true, that OnePlus' deliberate ignorance of the issue is appalling since this problem has been around for a long long time, especially since the device is almost made order to order, but not every device is affected by this. I've looked very closely at the display of my device, as well as my father's and my friend's devices to see if I could spot the slightest hint of unnatural yellowing anywhere, and I've not spotted the issue. Nor have I heard any One owners I know personally, complaining about this problem. Dunno, maybe I'm just lucky? :p
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vantt1:
I personally don't know anyone who owns a OnePlus One, but I've had three come into the phone shop I work at asking for cases. Needless to say, we didn't have any :p

Only one of them had noticeable touchscreen issues, but none of them had noticeable yellowing in the screen. Just my luck...
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yukova:
Hmm.. I just receive the phone today. I will not open it until this issue is solved or just sell it with same price. In my country (Indonesia) it cost Rp 4.499.000 (about Rp 4.100.000,- after discount). I been seeking any information about this problem but none official information about yellow tinge except yellow hue. For me software issue is not a problem but hardware issue is disaster. I face overheat & GPS problem with my LG G2 (then sold it after a week use), and Random Reboot with Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (after latest software update it solved, then i keep it for my wife), now i say no to LG.

Hope OnePlus release information to customer about this issue and how to fix it.

-

Currently i'm using Redmi Note 3G and still happy with it.

Thanks
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
This issue doesn't affect every single device. So there's no guarantee yours will have it either.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Promez:
There's no way to fix it
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yukova:
Open It mean gambling with yellow tint problem without unknown fix status :). Better sell it :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundahfekz:
Just got mine yesterday, no touch issues, no yellow screen. Phone is perfect!
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whelmar:
I had one show up yesterday. It's perfect just like the one I got in August...
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Op3a:
Guys, my phone was 20 min under the sun today, letting the phone hot. When I turn it on, I saw a yellow spot (like a circle) on the left bottom. Now it's cold, the yellow spot had disappeared. What is this? Glue?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Op3a:
Anyone?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
No idea.. I wouldn't try to put it in the sun again.. Probably not good for the phone at all
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigup7:
Got my phone 3 days ago from oneplus and the yellow band is present on my handset

Not very happy at all. This is my second handset, first one was at release and it had it tio

Bad luck i guess. It's going back :(
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze666:
Bought the 64GB OPO Sandstone black phone from retail (the non-Cyanogen branded version) about a week ago, with a manufacturing date of 17.12.2014 and the screen is alright.

No yellow screen and no touchscreen issues.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mijkz:
64GB bought about a month ago directly from OnePlus on a Tuesday. No yellow band to start with but it has appeared in the past two days at the bottom of the screen. Only visible on a pure white background, though.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
My guess is it was TOO hot for the device.

I've got a friend whose LG G2 developed some yellow spots on the top side of the display (where the CPU is), due to extreme temperatures. Same happens with AMOLED screens (way more common with AMOLED, though).

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How do you know the manufacturing date?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze666:
The manufacturing date should appear on the back of the case that the phone comes in. It should be a bit lower and to the right of the IMEI :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
Right. I saw that date but somehow forgot it's even got a meaning :silly:

QC: 2244N, 9th of January 2015. And my device has a crappy vibration motor + slight yellowishness on the bottom... Looks like OnePlus didn't learn its lesson :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze666:
As far as I've read on multiple forums, batches manufactured in August, September, November, January included a few faulty units, whereas the ones manufactured in October, December and February were alright.

But don't take my word for it, this is simply my conclusion based on various threads from various forums.

Sent from Bacon
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
Meh, there's not much I can do about it anyway. The biggest issue is the vibrating motor - which can't even be changed with one from another phone (say, a Galaxy Note). OnePlus doesn't put out replacement parts neither.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moccor:
You can change the vibration patterns/intensity in some ROMs or something. From what I read before buying the phone that was what I was worried about, the motor. And it was in fact very weak @ stock. Switching to SlimKat and picking the same pattern as my Note 3 on SlimKat, it's nearly identical, maybe has a stronger vibration.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyd4r:
i've had it since july, never went away
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwfei_:
mine one wasn't that noticeable, actually i think it go away after few weeks of usage
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skezza:
Sorry to resurrect an old thread here.

I've got a new phone and I've started experiencing the yellow splodges. I think as people have asserted, it's due to heat. Mine first appeared about a week ago. It was a very very hot day and my phone was in the sun. I unlocked it and a 'piss' coloured stain appeared at the bottom. I noticed it had got worse later and that it was now at the top of the screen, the bottom of the screen, the right hand side and faintly down the left.

It then seemed to fade when it cooled but it's never fully gone and I have sort of piss hue at the bottom and still sometimes flairs up in heat. It's a shame, because I love this phone, so I'm going to try and see if I can live with it. Perhaps over time the rest of the screen will go yellow and I can fix it using a cool saturation mod. You don't really see it apart from on white backgrounds which is fine, except a lot of websites, XDA included, use white backgrounds when reading the forums. It's more unsightly than anything, but it's annoying.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greaet:
Got my phone yesterday and the yellow tint is there. One good news is, here in India, Amazon sells it and I've already asked them to come and collect it. A full refund will be processed for the phone, the tempered glass on the phone (purchased from them). Ordering Yu Yureka today. Hope that works fine. If it was not for CM, the story would have been different now.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astracd:
Yesterday my screen went yellow I had CM11... I install CM12 and now it is back to normal... It si software issue not display... :cowboy:
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRoXcT:
But, i think. If you buy the phone and you got the yellowish screen at the bottom, you have 14 days to return the phone. :rolleyes:
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akarol:
It goes away. Trust me. People just need to be more patient. It went away on its own on my N5 and it's going away on my OPO. Used it for one week.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnatok:
One week and 3 days...Yellow still there
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akarol:
Have you firmly pressed the area and rubbed your fingers away from the screen? Some claim that helped.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkobas:
Yellos band here also. Got the unit last friday
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treChoy:
Just spent a day at the beach, and I'm happy to report that it's almost completely gone. UV light seems to help the yellow band a lot.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I tried that and I think it helped somewhat. Can't really tell for sure though.

I'm going to try the UV light method and see if that works.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randomius:
I was just so lucky I had a PayPal error when trying to buy it, because it let me have another day to keep on my research about the OPO and then find out this issue and the very very bad business response from OnePlus that for sure have no idea about proper marketing strategies that avoid destroying your reputation and finally your business.

It's been a big frustration as I don't have any alternative for this option that I decided was the best one after my useless Galaxy S4 felt in love with the floor after having it only for 2 months (I only bought it because it was second hand and didn't have much money but that time to spend on a smartphone).

So is this issue really getting fixed with the time?. I remember I had that problem with my Xperia S and it was a faulty screen that Sony had to change because of getting burned when being exposed to "summer" temperatures. If it's not getting fixed, maybe we should just wait for the Xiaomi Mi4, but we already know how is their Time 2 Market unfortunately....
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikelebz:
Regarding the yellowing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B6Y8o8bd00#t=342

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Regarding the yellowing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B6Y8o8bd00#t=342
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulsarvp:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/my-one-plus-one-review-and-experience.55998/
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintendolinky:
30/06/14 production date.

Is it glue or do I have banding? I don't know, I might install color OS see if that makes a difference.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris123NT:
I just got my One yesterday, ordered on Friday and I don't see any banding whatsoever on my screen. Nor do I see any yellow tinting. Maybe I just got lucky?

Hopefully this is a sign that OnePlus fixed the issue though.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clownfart:
I ordered mine on Friday..got it yesterday...and I have the yellow tint at the bottom.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chad_tukes:
I would say you got lucky. Some batches came with the yellow band, some didn't.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akarol:
Once again. My yellow banding has almost completely disappeared after 6 days of use. I did massage the affected area once in a while.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r8zer:
Also try cranking the brightness up to full for a couple of minutes then put back on auto , see if that makes a difference.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clownfart:
I'm running a 10 hour Youtube video loop overnight. We'll see how it looks tomorrow morning. :D
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I haven't heard anyone say usage makes the yellow go away...?

I've had mine for 5 days, and it's almost gone. I can barely notice it on a plain white page. I did do a bit of the press down and rub on the bottom, but not much. I'm yet to try UV.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Ian B:
Go to oneplus one net site and see how that white background page and report back any yellow showing if any.

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My OPO will be delivered and will report any yellow in the screen if found along w build date. It would help if folks would put the build date on the back of their boxes to try and isolate those batches.

Ian B
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Go to blank.org

Totally blank white page, and it's what I've used to test :)

Oh, and I'm pretty sure mine is June 21st (not home now so I can't check).
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul211b:
Have my invitre but these yellow issues and the whole returns process is worrying.

Are the phones with the issue in the UK? Read that this is the June batch anyone have a more recent July one?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waarez:
Ordered mine on the 7th of July for a Belgium delivery. It was delivered to me yesterday and it originated from a warehouse in UK (Southall/Birmingham).

I have a very very very very slight yellow banding on the bottom. In daily use not visible.

Other then that, no issues.

I'm in the process of trying to remove it by sunlight and rubbing.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul211b:
Let us know who this goes, I am hoping mine comes from the same place. The USA ones seem to be a lot worse.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waarez:
Will do, no regrets whatsoever so far!

When I get home this evening, I will post a few pictures from it so you can see for yourself. (The yellow is so little that I doubt that you will be able to see it on picture even. Actually it's not even yellow color, it's more like that it is 1% less white than then the rest of the screen and in any case it's only visible on bright white pages. Nowhere else this will bother you).
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul211b:
Thanks made me feel more confident in my purchase now.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KINGbabasula:
Got it now. No yellow screen
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul211b:
Nice congrats.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dansou901:
Mine has no yellow screen as well.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chad_tukes:
I have the yellow band, but it doesn't bother me as much. I like to keep my screen brightness low, so it is barely noticeable.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waarez:
My screen from a 7th of July order and 15th of July delivery (Shipped from Southall/Birmingham UK using standard shipping towards Belgium).

The OPO is now in my possession for 24 hours.

What I have done: Massaged it for nearly 2 minutes on the bottom (with 2 fingers towards the edges) and have put it in direct sunlight for about 20 minutes.

I barely have screen issues now. It's in no way comparable to bad displays other people seem have.

The angle in which you look to the screen seem to influence the whiteness of the color also a bit..

So yes, a UK shipment seems to be fine in July :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terens:
Ordered mine this Monday from the Chinese website since I was conveniently on a trip while in China. Got my phone today and I went on about:blank on the browser to check for yellowness. White as snow is what I'd describe it. No yellowness at all.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czajunia:
Was it delivered from a UK warehouse? What is the manufacture date on your phones?

I ordered one earlier on today (I'm in UK) but after reading all the comments I am seriously considering cancelling my order before it's shipped. I initially thought that only early phones were affected which apparently is not the case.

Also, do you know whether it's true that you need to send the phones back to China for the replacement/refund? I've read on the forums that people from the US had to pay the postage to China to have their phone replaced as apparently this is not a manufacturing fault. If I can post it back to UK in case something goes wrong I may take the risk.

Cheers.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Franky_V:
Got my one plus invite Monday and just received it today. I'll check in a few hours to see if i have any screen color abnormalities
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Got mines today, don't really see any yellow tint on the bottom on white screens. Production date is 06/21/2014
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vavahvoom:
anyone tried the nail salon/UV light fix? Results?

Does it take the band away for good or does the band come back later?

People said putting the phone on a car dashboard is useless since the windows of cars these days block the UV radiation from the sun; also it may damage the battery to have it out in the sun like that.

I have the yellow band at the bottom on my phone, and although i don't think it's a big deal, if there is an easy, safe fix that works i'll try it.