Screen quality/durability sucks

tinyXperia · Nov 17, 2011

My screen has 2 problems:

I have about 7 dead pixels spread over the upper half of my screen. Very annoying, 2 are next to each other and thus extra visible. Worst to look at when I am viewing a dark coloured area.
It looks like the status-bar has burnt in. http://imgur.com/a/YM8xH#0

I'll try to make some decent pictures with a DSLR next weekend.

Does anybody else experience similar issues with the screen?

I'm afraid I have to relock the bootloader and flash a fresh install if SE advices me to hand it in, and I will also be without a phone for weeks.

skyboyextreme · Nov 17, 2011

sdk16420 said:
My screen has 2 problems:

I have about 7 dead pixels spread over the upper half of my screen. Very annoying, 2 are next to each other and thus extra visible. Worst to look at when I am viewing a dark coloured area.

It looks like the status-bar has burnt in. http://imgur.com/a/YM8xH#0

I'll try to make some decent pictures with a DSLR next weekend.

Does anybody else experience similar issues with the screen?

I'm afraid I have to relock the bootloader and flash a fresh install if SE advices me to hand it in, and I will also be without a phone for weeks.

no dead pixels here so far.....

LenAsh · Nov 17, 2011

None on my Neo, 2 on my Defy. These ONLY appeared after I dropped it...

taaviu · Nov 18, 2011

sdk16420 said:
My screen has 2 problems:

I have about 7 dead pixels spread over the upper half of my screen. Very annoying, 2 are next to each other and thus extra visible. Worst to look at when I am viewing a dark coloured area.

It looks like the status-bar has burnt in. http://imgur.com/a/YM8xH#0

I'll try to make some decent pictures with a DSLR next weekend.

Does anybody else experience similar issues with the screen?

I'm afraid I have to relock the bootloader and flash a fresh install if SE advices me to hand it in, and I will also be without a phone for weeks.

Well well....those are not dead pixels there.....but yes something weird is there's. I tryed look white picture with gallery and it looks strange.
After that I closed gallery and opened one more time and all was ok.
Especially this looks bad when I opening xda app.....tomorrow I try take some screenshots.

Edit:

Upper corner is looks weird
And I used "dead pixels detection " in market. Screenshot is built-in anyway.

Sent via my FXP046 MT15i®

tinyXperia · Nov 19, 2011

taaviu said:
Well well....those are not dead pixels there.....but yes something weird is there's. I tryed look white picture with gallery and it looks strange.
After that I closed gallery and opened one more time and all was ok.
Especially this looks bad when I opening xda app.....tomorrow I try take some screenshots.

Edit:

Upper corner is looks weird
And I used "dead pixels detection " in market. Screenshot is built-in anyway.

Sent via my FXP046 MT15i®

Try using this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yota.screentest&feature=search_result
Especially the grey (second) and the grayscales screen unhide a lot. But how can you make screenshots of your faulty screen? So in your case it's the software?

tinyXperia · Nov 19, 2011

Some better pictures (taken wiith Sony α100)
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.asp...id=EE36B112C231684D!1360&authkey=Hul3PM4x3KE$

taaviu · Nov 19, 2011

Yes, I think its software problem.
I make screenshots with built-in app.
And no difference what dead pixels app I'm using, only grey color looks bad.

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tinyXperia · Nov 19, 2011

But the black gradient at the top is even on your screenshot, on my photo's it's uneven.
Screenshot, nothing:

taaviu · Nov 19, 2011

Weird?

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tinyXperia · Nov 19, 2011

taaviu said:
Weird?

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I think it's definately a hardware issue in my case.

I forgot to take a picture of the dead pixels. Let's see if it can be made visible with camera (Sony A100 DSLR 10.2MP)
EDIT: impossible without a micorscope

taaviu · Nov 19, 2011

For me looks my phone problem is software tricks....because any other colors and test don't showing me any dead pixels.

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kirbygonzalo · Nov 20, 2011

taaviu said:
Yes, I think its software problem.
I make screenshots with built-in app.
And no difference what dead pixels app I'm using, only grey color looks bad.

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hi, in my opinion, it is not a software issue, this is in hardware, it cause the alignment of the back-light to the lcd screen. some of the lcd have a thin fiber optic film.... if this on is not aligned or not totaly intact with the lcd screen there is a possibility to have a dark color....

this only on my own opinion.... thanks!

can you try another color, like red, green, and blue?

taaviu · Nov 20, 2011

Other colors are looks fine.

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tinyXperia · Nov 20, 2011

taaviu said:
Other colors are looks fine.

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I see it on every screen, every colour. But with a black background, it's hard to notice.

tinyXperia · Dec 17, 2011

After about an hour of charging, the USB debugging icon has burnt in!

As an imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/EFuQT

LenAsh · Dec 17, 2011

Doesn't look like dead pixels - they are nothing like that. It looks like water damage. I've had to replace several BB and Nokia LCDs due to that (all had been "damp" at one time other). One friend had used a solvent aerosol cleaner on the phone and the LCD went "stained". Replacement cured it.

taaviu · Dec 17, 2011

LenAsh said:
Doesn't look like dead pixels. It looks like water damage. I've had to replace several BB and Nokia LCDs due to that (all had been "damp" at one time other).

Same here....and its not water damage

tinyXperia · Dec 17, 2011

LenAsh said:
Doesn't look like dead pixels - they are nothing like that. It looks like water damage. I've had to replace several BB and Nokia LCDs due to that (all had been "damp" at one time other). One friend had used a solvent aerosol cleaner on the phone and the LCD went "stained". Replacement cured it.

But I didn't drop it in water. Could this be caused by damp air only? Also, would this be covered by the warranty? Can I 'repair' this myself by leaving my phone next to a hair dryer or in a box with silica gel?

LenAsh · Dec 17, 2011

Once this has happened, it is not reversible. Sorry.

tinyXperia · Dec 17, 2011

LenAsh said:
Once this has happened, it is not reversible. Sorry.

Will try to get it repaired under warranty, else I can buy a new LCD for ~€30

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