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[Galaxy S6 General] coton:
I owned an M7 & M8, was really a fan of HTC, so Edged-Up to an M9. Returned it within 24 hours, was not impressed with the screen, although the whites were a bit brighter than the S6 Edge I got later. The M9 had a greenish tint to it's whites, and the colors were not as vibrant as the S6. It was sluggish in performance compared to my S6 Edge, I'm so glad I made the switch. I was very disappointed with the M9. I'm an audiophile and although the built-in speaker sound is superior on the M9, if you're using ear buds or a bluetooth speaker, the sound is just as good with the Samsung. The ear buds that Samsung provides are actually decent!
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
Just got an m9. Rooted and got a rom that lets you adjust screen colours so its not so cool. Way better than the s6

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I actually found plugging my s6 into a Bluetooth speaker was no where near as good as my m8
[Galaxy S6 General] coton:
I'm sure it depends on the quality of your Bluetooth speakers.

I'm on Verizon, and although my M7 & M8 were bootloader unlocked, S-Off, and rooted, as far as I know there is no root yet for the M9 with Verizon.

I'm really enjoying the Samsung, my screen is perfect (after one exchange), & I don't even miss root yet!
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
It does but its also to do with the amp on the phone, the s6 pushed out nowhere nowhere as loud or clear sound through the same speakee as my m8
[Galaxy S6 General] gtg465x:
What screen mode do you guys use? I use basic and the pink tint issue seems to be more noticeable in basic and photo modes. Luckily the phone I have has minimal pink in basic mode, but if I used Adaptive mode, I'm not sure I would see the pink tint at all.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Basic Mode...always. Yes it will give the screen a yellowish (warmer) color, and the other modes will tend to give more bluish (cooler) color. Indeed the pink tint is more pronounced in Basic mode.
[Galaxy S6 General] dermotti:
On my third phone this one has it too. Beginning think think perfect phones are super rare
[Galaxy S6 General] superleeds27:
Basic mode.... Really!?

Its more yellow than white!?
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
My m9 whites are lovely lol
[Galaxy S6 General] demonwind:
Major complaint is not about how white the screen is, but rather if there's any non-uniformity.
[Galaxy S6 General] superleeds27:
I'm not being funny, but you've made your point now about the M9.
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
Pink tint aside, has anyone noticed burn in on their status bar yet? Seems like I should stop using Chrome
[Galaxy S6 General] hanano17:
Got my replacement, and while its a little better, it still has a bit of pink and this time brighter top part of the screen instead of bottom. I might try one more replacement and then if its similar, just learn to deal with it or go back to my yellowy but uniform N6
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
Whatever trevor
[Galaxy S6 General] ReBorn1983:
I’m working in Technical Support. So I have a few Nerds around me. And this screen Issues are damn subjective. Some colleges find the screen amazing and don’t recognize the yellowish. We compared a white S6Edge with mine. The white one has a lot better screen in my opinion. Some colleges find it pink or blue and like my yellowish screen better. At the end we had HTCs, iPhones, S4, S5 and two Edges on the Table and analyzed the screens ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Unfortunately it's a trade-off...Basic has best colors, but more yellowish screen. The other modes have (far) too saturated colors for my liking.

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I agree with SuperLeeds though. It's one thing to inform us about the good screen on your new M9 but rubbing our noses in it...not so nice :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S6 General] Stefan0vic:
This thread almost makes me not want to buy the S6.. Has samsung said anything about these issues yet?
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Nope...nothing so far.

But I also know there are many S6 owners who have no issues with the screen on their phone whatsoever.

One or several of these will apply :

- Samsung has produced good and less-than-good (or even bad) screens on the S6...it's a case of bad quality control really

- Some owners are more perceptive (and/or are more critical?) to the pink/green screen tint

- Some owners just don't see the pink/green tint (or are not as critical)

- Some owners can even be somewhat too critical ;)

I am being serious though. Myself I know I'm fairly critical and/or more preceptive to seeing the screen tint. Still I'm very confused because at times the screen seems pretty awesome (in good lighting), and other times I see the pinkish tint. This is mainly due to lighting (indoors and/or outdoors) and/or brightness setting on the phone. Lower brightness tends to pronounce the issue.

I have returned my S6 now 3 times already and I'm on the fence about returning my current 4th one. It's the best one I have gotten yet, but still does have pinkish tint to the screen...and this can be annoying at times. No way to 'unsee' it...

It can be a *****. :eek:
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
There is something people should know about the S6 screen, there is static pink tint in some screens which is always here like in the lower part of the screen (saw it in a first unit I wanted to buy) it's a defect , and there is the external layer that is present on all Amoled screens for years that gives a sort of pink reflection that moves when you move the angle of vision, this layer effect become a reflective rainbow under sunlight and it's NOT a defect, this is the was Amoled screen are.

So don't lose time asking for a screen replacement if you don't have a pink static tint (that won't move), I think lot of people went into confusion the last days here
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Yes...indeed, people do make that mistake.

My posts and issues with the screen are specifically and exclusively when looking head-on, never at an angle! Color-shifting at angles is a well-known 'property' of amoled technology.
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
My pink tint did move. But it was still pink and it was horrible
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
What if you see the pink tint when head on and at an angle it disappears... How does that qualify?
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
If the tint doesn't move up and down on the screen when tilt it slightly then it's a defect.

Another thing: the defect is part of the screen meaning under the different layers of glass and gorilla glass. While the pink/rainbow tint which is not a defect is obviously one of the layer over the screen.

Dunno if you can decrease the rainbow effect with a glass protection...

Sent from my precious
[Galaxy S6 General] ReBorn1983:
And what about the yellow tint. Here in Germany i didn't see any black S6Edge without this issue. Only the white ones had a "normal" screen
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
WTF?! Nobody takes a look at my previously posted link to pics that show the (to me) very clear difference between a good and bad screen?! :eek:

Would love to hear what others feel/think about these differences....

Below post from a Dutch forum.

http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_message/44160269#44160269

You can clearly see the Basic mode has the best whites and color reproduction (of course this can also be a personal preference, yellow is a bit warmer color, and blue is cooler). However the left pics definitely seem to have a slight red/pink haze over the screen, whereas the right pics are more clear (with better white color reproduction).
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
Yep mine is like the right one :)

Do they mention in this comparison if they used the same brightness? The amoled whites will not keep their white at lower brightness.

If the whole screen has slightly pinker whites it's perhaps a lottery, lot of people had very different screen temperatures on HTC LCD on the same model, some are warmer some are cooler.

Btw never expect pure whites with Amoled, only few LCD screens can do that like on the HTC OneX, the latest M8 and M9 tend to be cooler even greener than normal whites.

Heck nor my Samsung TV LED nor my Benq LCD monitor give pure

homogenous

whites (not talking about the part tint screen)

If lower or higher or borders have pink tint compared to the rest of the screen it's definitively a defect
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Damn...you lucky so&so ;) My screen (and each one of the 3 before) have the screen of the left pic.

Pics are with brightness setting on full (100%).

Yeah I know...amoled is particularly good for blacks, not whites. LCD the other way around basically (but not exclusively).

Still I would love to finally end up with a screen which is far closer to the screen in the right pics...

The screen of the left pics doesn't seem correct...far too yellow.
[Galaxy S6 General] superleeds27:
They should try the test again when screen brightness is a lot lower! I doubt it would look as good! Mine on full brightness looks fine
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
I know...same here, big difference between brightness on full or on lower setting.
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
While I don't really care or notice the pink tint, I noticed while surfing Ars Technica this morning that the page has a gradient from grey to black (corresponding to the pink tint areas). So AMOLED has perfect blacks, but ****ty greys. It's annoying me now. I'll probably still live with it though.

Anyway, I made a post on my small tech website about this issue: http://www.buyfromwhere.com/galaxy-s6-the-ugly-truth-about-its-screen/

Perhaps having it on a website rather than some forum thread would lend some credence and hopefully convince Samsung to do something about it. Do share the link on various social media sites if you can.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Good piece you wrote...I'm still reading it.

Just loaded up the Ars Technica website on my S6 but I can't seem to reproduce what you just said. Seems like the whole screen is perfectly black. Maybe you have a specific page I could check?

Edit : nevermind...didn't know the site let's you choose between 'dark on light' and 'light on dark' :) Changed it to DOL. Greys just have a pinkish tint to them, but I don't see a specific gradient you mentioned on my S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] superleeds27:
Currently on live chat with samsung re: my repair. Asked them for a something to mail it back to them in, like they request you to.

Anyway, they've asked me if it's a pink tinge to the corner of the screen, to which i responded its more left hand edge and central. Also asked me if the pink tint moves when i move my phone, which to be fair, its hard to tell.

I got back:

The background wallpaper for the default theme is not flat and is designed to be more pink. If you change the theme or wallpaper the pink tint will no longer be there!

Samsung 'Expert' apparently!

Edit: Theyve agreed to send me a prepaid postag envelope. Lets see what Samsung have to say! (Probably reject it and say nothings wrong!) Plus, it will be the best part of 2 weeks!
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
My pink tint is on the top (or left in landscape) of the screen, and appears blacker on a dark grey background. So when I view Ars Technica on landscape mode, I get a black to grey gradient. Kinda annoying, but thankfully it's only noticeable under dark conditions.

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Here's a picture:
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Ok that is clear indeed. I checked and I don't have this on my S6 (pinkish tint for most part on bottom half of screen).
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
by right you should be noticing that the top part is brighter than the bottom (pink) part, but I guess since you don't have it, then good for you! Perhaps mine is a little severe than most.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Does indeed not seem to be as pronounced on my screen. I have said before that I still have (rather large) doubts about how bad the screen on my 4th S6 really is regarding pink tint. Yes it is pinkish and not clear-white, but then again...how much more white could I expect from an amoled screen. Over these past days I've been thinking more and more about this and more and more coming to the cocnlusion the screen of the S6 may not get much better than this. Still I have doubts because of those pics over on the Dutch forum. Plus the fact that my former Samsung amoled Note4 had a picture-perfect screen with beautiful whites! (f*ck me...why did I not keep it :mad:)
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
Is your pink tint uniform, or in patches? If it's uniform throughout the screen, I think your screen is as good as it's gonna get. The Dutch one may seem less pink but it may have pink patches here and there, which IMO is much worst.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
It's more or less uniform I'd say. In that the pinkish tint is spread over the screen, not 1 or several big smears or patches. Maybe I do the swap-thing one more time and in the shop compare both phones, see if I can determine which one is better (hopefully I'll see a huge improvement in the new one). After which I can decide whether to swap or keep my current phone...
[Galaxy S6 General] flycap:
I'm on my 3rd Galaxy now.

Regarding the overall screen color temperature: the newer replacement always had a warmer color temperature than the old one. So maybe the screen burn-in is doing a solid job over time.

Regarding the partial tint: My 3rd S6 also suffers from a pink tint at the upper area.

So I tried the app "Screen Test and Fix" from the Play Store. It really helped a lot, the tint is getting weaker.

I'm proceeding right now, maybe the tint will be completely gone.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
How do you use it? For how long?
[Galaxy S6 General] flycap:
100% manual brightness, 10 minutes minimum

Click on "Fix". Then it begins. Disco Disco, whoop whoop! :D

No guarantee, maybe I'm too dazzled from the flashing colors resulting in wrong perception...
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Holy Crap! ;) But what exactly does it do.... :eek:
[Galaxy S6 General] flycap:
The application will attempt to fix problems in the screen by stimulating the screen with a colour flash: White -> Red -> Green -> Blue -> White and so on

Screen Test and Fix helps you to find and fix screen problems.

- Find and fix stuck pixels.

- Find and fix dead pixels.

- Repair the AMOLED burn-in effect.

- Find and fix LCD mura effect.

... worth a try
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
I'll give it a try...but must confess to a rather high scepticism ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] flycap:
Well.. it didn't get any better for me. Maybe in some weaks after long term usage.

However, I gotta deal with it. Ain't no time for another return.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Nah hadn't expected anything to be honest, but it was worth a try :)
[Galaxy S6 General] billups55:
Here is my screen. I don't know if you guys can tell but there are lines of blotches going from the right corner to the middle of the screen. I just ordered a replacement and I'm really sad too because the screen has really uniform tints.
[Galaxy S6 General] demonwind:
Highly doubt an app can fix a hardware problem. The best you can do is use Screen Equalizer to mask the problem.
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
Yeah it's always good to have the option to keep your current phone! Talking about burning in, if you have a uniform pink tint it means your green pixels aren't as strong as they are... Perhaps trying to burn in the red and blue LEDs may help over time. Try setting your lock screen or wallpaper to something red or blue.
[Galaxy S6 General] Funkym0nkey:
So this is how my screen looks on dark grey background. One side appearing darker compard to other.

I had linked them to this thread as well. They have been assessing this for 12 days now with brand new phone with them since last monday.

So here is a funny reply from Samsung customer care for this issue.
[Galaxy S6 General] bazaine:
If it makes you feel any better, my replacement has the same problem... My phone was made on 4/27 by the way. I wonder if this is a problem with the newer units.
[Galaxy S6 General] Sumit.K:
This pinkish tint could also be because of the glue that hasn't dried up yet. I remember how this issue plagued OnePlus One users and I too had it when I bought it. I also have it on my device on the bottom half but I'm gonna live with it since it seems that it'll go away with time.

I had a different issue all together and it's about the home button. It was scratched right out of the box which is simply unacceptable. I have to live with it since right after taking delivery I am traveling due to work. Overall, not happy with Samsung's quality control.
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
Anyway I realise my pink tint is more on the left hand side of the screen, and strangely enough, shifts when I angle my phone a certain way. So for example if I were to tilt the phone a little, the position of my pink tint shifts.

It also doesn't worsen or get better with more or less brightness nor at bright or dark conditions...
[Galaxy S6 General] Hawke84:
Still not sure what to do with mine. In 2 minds about returning. Talked to a samung rep and he went and took all at one and said that his one had it too. The potential that's it's glue gives me hope. Was the one plus one an amoled screen.
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
Rule n'1: Never buy a phone in the very first batch, the chances to have hardware faults are x100 more
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
Mines perfect. It's the t mobile ones that are crap. Got them before release
[Galaxy S6 General] Hawke84:
Mines not to mobile. Direct from samsung
[Galaxy S6 General] NeoAznMan:
One plus one is LCD screen unfortunately. Glue color gives a yellow tint for that device. The purple tinting on Samsung is potentially not glue.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hawke84:
Bugger. I'm leaning towards taking mine back but it's such a faff sending it back to samsung and I might get something worse!
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
There going to be yellower than lcd
[Galaxy S6 General] qpop:
I've got noticeable pink tinge on the bottom fifth of my sim free s6 bought in UK. Hoping Carphone Warehouse will be able to sort it for me tomorrow... so annoying because I've just got it set up how I like!
[Galaxy S6 General] mandroid717:
amen to that.......
[Galaxy S6 General] Roflwafflez:
I feel a bit bad for making this thread lol, now a bunch of people are seeing problems with their screens as well, but I'm not sure if they are actually 'defective' screens, or just that they are built this way and now I (we) have noticed the way they look and cannot un-see it lol. :(

-Matt
[Galaxy S6 General] reubenskelly1992:
Don't feel bad. I think amoled has never been the best for whites. I've noticed on s6 and my tab 's it is more yellow. But there is a line. I had my first tab s returned because it had a big patch in the middle of the screen that was way yellower than the rest. My 2nd was while still slightly yellow evenly coloured. I think the slightly yellow is just how it is but it's a defect if you have say blue or green areas on the screen or patches or half of the screen noticeably more yellow or discoloured than the rest. Hope this helps
[Galaxy S6 General] NeoAznMan:
Alright so I took a gamble and bought a new device in-store. Compared it to my old one. My old one's purple tint is more apparent. My new one is near-perfect.
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
Does anyone's pink or yellow tint seem to move with the angles? The way I usually hold it the tint is on the left side but it moves to the right when I tilt the phone a little and looks even... It's as if the phone wasn't constructed straight on.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hawke84:
Yeah same here

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Thank you that gives me hope. Out of interest what store and where does it say your phone way made?
[Galaxy S6 General] NeoAznMan:
I bought it from T-Mobile corporate store. As usual, the phone is made in Vietnam on the 3/28.

Though when I said near-perfect, there's a still tiny hint of pink hue on the middle of the screen, but my last one was a lot worse. I don't think it will bother me that much anymore. I'm sure within time the OLED display will eventually be "broken in" if you know what I mean.:D
[Galaxy S6 General] :
This is a very common amoled issue. See the Note 3 and S4 forums, they have the same issues since ages. This thing happens due to a procedure called fine metal masking. Our screens are cut out from a big wafer of glass, but before cutting they are exposed to various lights to deposit the substrates and layers. What happens is the last step is light exposure, and the light does not get exposed evenly on the mother-plate. This leads to uneven screens, and tints. The more your screen is cut out from the center of the plate the better is the quality. The more it is cut from sides where the light was exposed unevenly, there will be pink tints. This is a very common quality control issue. Get your device replaced. The manufacturing technology is just isnt perfect. I went through 2 Nexus 6's last month and both of them had uneven tint (Check the attachment). So I finally returned it and got a galaxy s6, and boy this has no tint at all. I just got lucky. sometimes display units will ship out of the factory like this and the same batch of devices they are assembled with will be plagued with this issue. Take my word and return your device and get a replacement till you find a good one. or get a refund and get it from some other retailer. DO NOT Settle for this, we pay our hard earned money to get something good, not something to settle with.
[Galaxy S6 General] trenzterra:
I called my carrier and they said they no longer do exchanges. Frustrating. Went down to local Samsung service centre and they said they were briefed before the device was released that such issues are part of the manufacturing process and not a defect. Funnily enough, it was difficult to replicate the issue at the service centre. I think ambient light is also a factor and under bright cold ambient lighting I can't replicate the issue as well as on the demo sets. They also didn't have stock for spare screens yet.

Thankfully I bought the mobile insurance scheme from my carrier for just 3 bucks a month, with each replacement costing about us120. So I guess if I still hate it I can do a drop test six months down the road and get a replacement.
[Galaxy S6 General] dk_iceman:
holy sh.. Are all of you new to this ?? sorry for asking.

Or is this your first AMOLED screen ??

every single model with Amoled screens has similar issues. Look in the S5, Note 4 or Nexus 6 forums just to name the newer models..

If you can't handle it don't buy phones with amoled screens.. you might find some where its les than other but I've never seen a perfect Amoled screen without a tint or other issues especially on white colors
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Cheers for the suggestion. Gotta admit today is again one of those days the screen is annyoing the hell out of me with the pink tint! Will have to return it and see what nr 5 brings :eek: :mad:

(the issue is now starting to piss me off)
[Galaxy S6 General] Fizwiz:
Problem with my screen, have to exchange the phone for the third time, first one was problem with home button. Samsung and quality control.....

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[Galaxy S6 General] billups55:
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How can I check the phones manufacturer date? I'm sorry to hear you are facing the same problem. Now im nurvous the next one will have some others promblems, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en