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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Serious, but taking nothing away from the Note 8. Awesome device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Nico108:
Same issue here

I also have this issue affecting 3 replacement devices so far. I can fit the edge of a piece of paper between where the screen meets the body. Water can also get inbetween there. I am never purchasing or, supporting Samsung again!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Well that didn't last long. Sold the note 8 on swappa last week and bought another one yesterday.

My foolish choice cost me !
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
What did you have between your first Note 8 and your second? Did you buy a new Note 8, or one off of swappa?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
ZTE zmax pro. LOL. Was going to buy a Note 5 then realized a possibility of needing battery replacement which put me off.

Bought it from Samsung direct again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] salvator101:
Hey guys i have a galaxy s8 brand new and I have light bleeding front the top of the iris scanner and front camera bezel.

After comparing it with several note 8 phones and galaxy s8's i found most phones had this issue but a few of them didnt have it either.

Was wondering if this is normal or not?

It appears on the top right of the phone where the iris scanner and front camera are located.

Please maximize your brightness to full and on a white background check for the same
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cop84:
Same issue Tmobile version

I'm joining the club gents...But I'm in the situation, that just doesn't allow me to exchange it easy. I was stupid enough to get it from Samsung direct, on top of that I've sent my trade in workhorse S7 to them already.

Now, in order to get new one, I have to send this one back and wait from 15 to 30 days to get a promo code with my trade in value...15 to 30 days guys...This is just ridicules. So, I'm knocking in every Samsung door as possible, to get me replacement, before I send defective back.

I'm 100% positive it is a defect: I might eat that bul$&%>t about light reflection on the sides, but mine bleeds from the front camera as well, where edge is not so curved. I tend to believe that is the adhesive tape issue, it is probably misplaced. My unit bleeds from the right side more noticeable though.

Also, I think they were stamping these phones fast trying to cover US carriers demand, my cousin's husband has an international version(purchased in Israel), no issues there.

So, if Samsung higher level customer service are not going to come up with the solution for me, I would just live with it...Hopefully it is not affecting the ip68.

It just funny how surprised customer service are, and they have never heard such a thing...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] experia1234:
I am in the same exact situation and Samsung online shop has the worst customer support I have ever experienced.

In the past 3 weeks I spent hours calling them, calls were disconnected after being put on hold for 30+ mins then emailed them but no response or emails were bouncing back!

Finally managed to speak with a manager and they agreed to have a replacement unit sent out first but then they have changed their mind.

In summary it will take 2+ weeks to replace the faulty unit which is completely unacceptable.

ADVISE: stay far as complete waste of time or assume no customer service.

I am now looking for Samsung CEO email address...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MikeMixon:
Lmao these immature kiddies pretending there's ain't got the light bleed issue ?

I think it's absolutely hilarious all the people in here trying to pretend as if their Galaxy Note 8 is perfect, and doesn't have the light bleed effect around the outer edges of the bezel like everyone else!!!!

Every single solitary Galaxy Note 8 manufactured has this very same light bleeding effect to some small degree as there's not a single Note 8 which doesn't have this issue as they all have it to some small degree, and so perhaps these guys on here aren't all lying, and so I can only presume they just aren't sure what too look for as it's not always easily visible as I've had to show numerous people 10 to 20 times before they finally saw what it was I trying to show them lol

Point of my message being don't drive yourself crazy with OCD trying to hassle with exchanges, and returns because all Galaxy Note 8 devices are the same as they'll all display the light bleed effect to some degree, and none of them actually bleed into the display itself as it's always limited to the outer edges of the bezel, and so do yourself a huge favor just enjoy this amazing device, and don't let this minor issue ruin it for ya as if you do an exchange, and or return you're gonna have the exact same issue all over again although it could be slightly better, and or potentially slightly worse than your original, and so like I said guys just enjoy your phones, and as tough as it is just ignore it as I know that's easier said than done as I myself have the light bleed effect pretty bad on mine, and at first it was like oh no not again just like the Note 7 but then I just accepted the fact every single curved oled Samsung display is gonna have this issue to some small degree as it's the same with all the s6,s7,s8 edge models, and s8+, and of course Note 7, and Note 8 models as it's not a defect but more so a design limitation where its just not as refined yet as these are highly complex displays as there's just not a refined design yet which permits the restriction of the light bleed effect for edge lit galaxy smartphones, and by edge lit I don't mean LCD edge lit lol I just mean oled edge lit as oled panels still have light guys ok they don't have an LCD backlight but the organic light emitting diodes still have light lol it is what it is
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] KYRO1:
i had a s7 edge in black and there was no light on the edge, but now i got the note 8, i turn the phone on, scroll the satusbar down and i have seen it immediatly. it's really annoying but you see it only in the night.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
I keep forgetting about this issue, until I get notifications from this thread. I have the issue, but have my phone in a case and don't notice it.

My larger concern is that my wife's phone already has screen burn in issues after only a few months. I know that burn in is in the nature of AMOLED, but I'd expect it to last longer than three months.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rafaelox24:
uff... this is bad but at the same time I feel relieved since I thought the screen was raised.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kill_dano:
I've found a pretty simply solution to this issue. Get yourself some of the glue that's included in the Dome Glass screen protectors. I know they sell similar stuff on amazon, it's UV glue or something, I'd make sure ppl talk about using it to glue on smartphone screens. Since the stuff has a really low surface tension, it sucks itself into any tiny crevices, which include the tiny concave space between the frame and the screen. This stuff blocks the light from leaking, and it's just more glue, which they used to glue the screen on in the first place.

You can use the UV light on it to cure it, or just leave it. since it's such a small amount exposed to the air it it will dry on it's own. The thing I used to hold the glue was super stuck to something the next day and I didn't use the UV light on that, so the stuff does air dry.

I noticed this when I put on my dome glass screen protector and the part where the glue spilled over had no light leaking anymore. Even though I had cleaned and wiped the glue off, it had set itself into the micro gap and settled there blocking light.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] cdon2109:
Same here [emoji21]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ryan770:
So is this actually light escaping from a separation or just a reflection off the metal frame?

In a pitch black room all I see are reflections off the metal, it looks just like OP's pictures. There's no gaps or anything, and it doesn't even make sense as the panel isn't even backlit.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Reflections.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dannejanne:
It's called viewing angles. Curved screen, you know? It's physics. There's no way around it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Seems like some don't understand that concept.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] apprentice:
I will have to dig out that cartoon with all the fat Americans on it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Don't worry over here most the teeth are cosmetically done. See alot of fake floating around LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jonrobertd:
Wow, 26 pages of glass, light, and physics.... it isn't a flaw, or defect, its glass. Inherent properties of glass. Lasers through lenses do the same thing, the edges glow. Glass isn't 100% transparent ya know. This happens on mostly all phones, or any other device with a screen, just flat screen devices have a bezel hiding the edge of the glass, on the 8, it's curved glass, around onto...guess what...a mirror! that highly polished metal bezel that's edge points directly back at you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] horrorangel:
when normies come into the tech world and try to tell geniuses that their devices arent flawed cause the trendy i-hipster curved glass designed to make the product break faster also has other flaws. xD MAn we need to have a 110iq limit set for internet usage. FIrst the bitcoin buttbois take our gfx cards (and bitcoin i-nerds need their skulls smashed to tomato paste for it) and now i-nerds telling us to wbuy whatever junk we are sold cause tv told them so.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] winol:
WTF? grow, get a life
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Vordx:
Let's start by limiting you from commenting.

Your comment makes no sense , learn how to type.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Styleshman:
A month ago when I bought my Note 8 and used it late nigh in the dark it made me frightened that I got a refurbished or may be a cheap clone device.

Spent some time to check and verify that device is original. Next day I headed to the shop from where I purchased this and asked him to return this device as its bleeding light from edges. He was stunned like me at the moment and then checked some other units as well. After exploring around 50 Galaxy Note 8 at that shopping mall we found that this problem is in all units. Then I searched the internet and found that its a universal problem [laugh]

After reading this on XDA, at least I am satisfied that I am not the only victim of this [laughs]

Cheer up guys and enjoy the EDGE BLEEDING along with EDGE LIGHTING
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j_hansen:
it's not uncommon but it's not all note 8, I have 2 of them and neither of them have it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] winol:
This lightbleed issue affects some units, not all, I have a black 950F 128 GB and zero lightbleeding, all officialy imported by samsung devices I have seen in person, from friends and stores, are the same, no bleed at all, in My country, all carriers offer only the 950F 128 GB variant, you can get 64 or 256 GB, but from gray market, and zero warranty, I have not seen any of those, here samsung does not sell phones directly, only through carriers, and only the three major carriers offer note 8 and only the 128 Gb variant, the issue I think is batch-related
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
Agreed. Same here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MaPBe:
Same bulls**t here [emoji21] I guess I'll return it or ask for a replacement but since apparently almost every single one has it, I dont know what to do anymore...

I cannot understand this fail into a $1000 devices

Enviado desde mi SM-N950F mediante Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Vordx:
It's nothing but a unfinished paint or maybe Samsung wants it that way. Nothing serious.

Who in Earth used full brightness in a dark room?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MaPBe:
The fact is that I notice it with middle bright as well and my eyes are going to that point like... everytime!Frustrating [emoji53]

The phone itself is awesome but....

Enviado desde mi SM-N950F mediante Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Use some black tape or case.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MaPBe:
Is on the maple gold version as noticeable as its on the black?

Enviado desde mi Redmi 5 mediante Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] WhySoSeriousJoKer:
S9/+ also has this. Pictures are here below.

https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_message/54656707#54656707
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] saidgta:
I have light bleed all around the display... annoying...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Maroc_Specops:
I have this bleed and i love it.

Just like the new s class.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
The pink reddish tints still exist? SMH.

Couldn't careless about the " light bleed" ,personally.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] MaPBe:
I cannot understand how samsung can afford this fail in its top-range phones... Reflexes or leakage I dont care, its a design fail.

I've finally returned mine and I bought a Mi mix 2 instead, im more satisfaced with this purchase
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] winol:
Good for you, if something does not meet your expectations, that is the way to go, many users just complain about this thing, but do not take some action to get rid of it, in your case you took a measure that, in some way, made the annoyance disappear
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] demirlijanp:
Here in Serbia, Telenor d.o.o rejected warranty for this issue. Saying that device is fully functional as prescribed by manufacturer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Good images showing examples of light bleed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] HeRe4oNeReAsoN:
But then, there lies the question of: could it effect the waterproofing? Is it a gap, or just light refraction? Some people are reporting no bleed, are those units built "properly"? Been thinking about it all day! Does anyone know if water damage is covered in manufacturer warranty? I assume yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BlueFox721:
I am getting barely any bleed. You have to look for it to notice.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
Damn... This is a strikingly genius and concerning observation.

I have every reason to believe that this light bleed gap could absolutely cause the phone to lose its water resistance.

Now because Samsung does NOT cover water damage, I will absolutely be taking it back if it does have this light bleed issue. Thank you so much for bringing this to light, this is a huge deal!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] tedkord:
I don't know what you're experiencing, but it can't be light bleed. There's no back light to bleed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
It's not light bleed like the light bleed seen in IPS screens. The way it's been described to me, it is just light running under the panel and along the edges of the screen. See the screen shots on the OP.

As for waterproofing, I don't think that it's an actual gap between the screen glass and the frame. More like a bit of a gap between the panel and the edges. Not something that water could get in to. At least that's how it sounds to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
Can you (or anyone reading this that isn't having this issue) please confirm for us that you aren't getting light bleed? I would like to use your pictures as proof for if/when I take mine back.

Turn your brightness all the way up, view a white image, and cover most of the front screen with one or two credit/gift cards so the focus is more on the edges, and try to take a clear picture.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] car.los.7399:
There you go. Let me know if you need anymore.

Full brightness faced down on dark background and full brightness facing up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
Thanks for those pictures, could you try the same with the lights off though? It is almost impossible to tell with light on..

Sorry, I'm just being picky at this point lol. I would love to have some solid evidence of a clearly non defective device though!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] car.los.7399:
100% I don't have that issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
Wow, well this is definitely confirmed, there are some with light bleed issues. Thank you so much for taking the time and doing this dude!

I really hope that this gap doesn't affect water resistance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] car.los.7399:
No worries.

Two more with auto brightness off but still on max brightness.

Might want to send the pic to Samsung and ask them for an exchange and not a repair. If you bought from anyone else, take your receipt and get a full exchange.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
Yea I will be exchanging it at the Samsung store in Mississauga.

Could you try for a crisp closeup of the corner edge with medium-low light? Try to avoid the light glow lol :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] car.los.7399:
Lol. This is as good as it gets. This camera sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] russiandivxclub:
???? Are you serious guys ? I am not even going to go in to details. This is NOT light bleed. I mean come on now. do you even know how OLED works ? There are no side back-lamps or some backlight LEDS that are used to illuminate LCD in the front. OLED screen pixels produce it's own light (that is why "always on" feature can stay for long time with small battery loss because only few pixels are in use at that time and not whole screen). Now if screen is curved guess what will happen ? Light will be going to direction it bends to (straight) and not towards you, in other words look on 90 degrees on that edged screen while turning.

Now Carlos, unless your physics are not from this world or you have something diffirent from all of us, it really should be there, and it's not bleeding it's just light, a light from diodes. Correct me if I am wrong but this is my understanding of OLED technology, that is why black are BLACK in our phones and OLED TVs in that matter.

Thanks a lot !
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
This is it, I will use these as reference, thanks a million man!

---------- Post added at 07:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 AM ----------

It has been established that this isn't technically "light bleed", but its the best way to easily describe it. We all know this dude, we understand how OLED works. Its simply the light bleeding out through the edge where the glass appears over the aluminium edge. The exact same thing happens on I phones when the panel is out more than it should.be, or even when it doesn't, it still gets transferred throughout the white glass panels.

I wish I still had the pictures of mine on the Note 7, it was so bad that it literally looked like a white ring around the entire edge (even the top and bottom). Made the $1,200 phone look like a $90 Chinese knockoff.

EDIT: FOUND IT!

KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A NOTE 7
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] car.los.7399:
Not lightbleed. I believe there is a slight separation between the bezel and the glass where the screen illuminates through a gap. That is why we believe this to be a defect, which no longer makes the note water resistant. Moisture and water could seep through the gap with a high posibility of damaging the phone or making the glass fog from the inside. My phone and the other few members do not have the separation, so we must posses something different.

No worries. Hope you get it replaced soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] HeRe4oNeReAsoN:
But the question is: will you submerge you device to confirm/test that it's simply light refraction, and there is NO "gap" that could potentially cause the device to become "liquid damaged"? I would watch that video for sure!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
Completely forgot about this, but I had a pretty extreme gap issue on my Note 7 last year (pictured above), and put it through some pretty extreme water scenarios (had it with me at the beach while drunk, dropped it many times and played ball with it lol.

It worked all throughout. I would imagine the Note 8 is no different.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
I think that it'd be a problem if you could feel an actual gap between the phone's frame and the glass. If there is no gap, I'd think that it'd still be waterproof. If there was an actual physical gap, then that is a huge deal because it ruins one of the best features of this phone.

I'm following this threat to see how big a problem it is. It's like every other flaw on these devices - some have it and some don't. Kind of like the gap between the screen and frame that my S3 had. I had it bad on three different exchanges before giving up, and my wife's was perfect. My Note 4 has noticeable yellowing on one side of the screen. Many complained about it and her's was perfect. She got burn in, and I didn't. Electronic devices have flaws that don't affect performance, and apparently this is one of the flaws on this phone. People have different levels of tolerance.

Seeing the pictures of that Note 7... That would have annoyed me badly. Even if it was in a case and I didn't ever see it, just knowing it was there... :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bselesnew:
I really can't believe that everyone in this thread is *****ing about this. To the OP you may of gotten ripped off if you are paying $1,500 for yours because they run around $900.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] oscarm1985:
This is a defective device I have the same problem on my note 8. I got mine on 9-5 from Sprint I'm coming from a galaxy s8+ and immediately I noticed it right away. I called Sprint and I'm getting a new device shipped to me. I also emailed Samsung and they confirmed it's a delaminating problem. Its been happening since the note 5 the note 7 and now the note 8. Look do not keep this device get it replaced explain to T-Mobile that this is a problem. When you compare it to other note 8s you can clearly see this is a defective device. I started the same post on android central https://forums.androidcentral.com/s...roblem-light-leakage-edges-2.html#post5965938

I also believe as Samsung should send us free cases lol for our troubles.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
Please explain delaminating. I am coming from a Note 4 and didn't have anything like this. Is this something that gets worse? Is it something that affects the functionality of the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] oscarm1985:
https://youtu.be/Qw7hQ6FruIM

Imagine your screen coming of your phone would you keep a phone which is showing a light from the middle of the phone. Its not supposed to be that way. The middle chassis on galaxy edges are supposed to stay flush with the back glass and the from screen my note i doesn't therefore creating the light bleed egde.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Agenesis:
I'm guessing there's an manufacturing variance between the curve glass and sometimes the curve doesn't match up perfectly with the frame, resulting in a gap showing light transmittance. It's kinda like how fiber optic works. It's the brightest on the ends.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] imatts:
$1,468 is the price after taxes for the Note 8 in Ontario (Canada).

Also, light bleed = gap and alignment issue = water resistant risks?

Do we not have the right to ***** about a phone we paid over a grand for...? Get off of XDA.