I had similar vertical banding/striping in mine on grey screens at low brightness. Maybe its just your photo, but mine seemed worse actually. At first I thought maybe it was normal for the screen type, but when I looked closely, I could see that the "bands" weren't even straight lines. Looked almost like water stains inside the screen. That's when I knew something was wrong. I took it back to the Verizon store and compared it to the demo unit and one of the staffer's GN's. Neither of those showed any vertical striping. I got a new GN and the checked out the screen before leaving the store. Happy now (well except for some signal/battery drain issues).
-Tim
Just ordered a new one from newegg. The Verizon store was ready to swap it right there until they realized I'd bought it from Newegg. Newegg wanted me to ship my old one back first, but I decided to pay a 400 refundable deposit so I wouldn't be without phone for a couple of days. If the second phone I get has this same problem I'm going to be pissed..
Just went thru the same thing with WireFly. The second phone is actually much worse.
Going back to my Fascinate, I see similar artifacting but to a lesser degree. From the sounds of it, its pretty normal for AMOLED screens. I only see it in certain colors (light to medium gray), so Im pretty sure I will just live with it.
Everything else about my phone is great....radio performance, etc.
the galaxy s... has brighter whites. the nexus got that pale look.
could be voodoo colour too... but the i9000 had a great screen.
the GN is nothing to complain about though, great phone... about to root this... and i hope fix all the problems i have...
could be voodoo colour too... but the i9000 had a great screen.
the GN is nothing to complain about though, great phone... about to root this... and i hope fix all the problems i have...
Very interesting.... I couldn't get any light from mine with a 10 second exposure.
Anyway, I've added your pics to the main post.
Thanks!
I have the same graininess issue, it's so weird and it seem like it's from the glass on the front?
I didn't really notice the lines on my Fascinate unless I was using Screen Filter. However, the SAMOLED screen on my Fascinate is defiantly brighter then the SAMOLED HD display on my Galaxy Nexus. The lowest brightness on the Fascinate is brighter than the Galaxy Nexus on the lowest.
On the Fascinate I had to use Screen Filter because it was just too bright. I don't have to on my Galaxy Nexus. However, if you use Screen Filter to lower the brightness on the Fascinate you start to see the same lines as the Galaxy Nexus.
On the Fascinate I had to use Screen Filter because it was just too bright. I don't have to on my Galaxy Nexus. However, if you use Screen Filter to lower the brightness on the Fascinate you start to see the same lines as the Galaxy Nexus.
I found this on another thread on a different forum and it does show the inconsistencies of the display.
If you turn down brightness all the way down to the left and can see how greys might become purple.
See attached images. These are 3 different models all with brightness at the lowest from the settings menu.
Of course on mine once I turn brightness up a bit it goes back to normal, so not sure if it really means much.
If you turn down brightness all the way down to the left and can see how greys might become purple.
See attached images. These are 3 different models all with brightness at the lowest from the settings menu.
Of course on mine once I turn brightness up a bit it goes back to normal, so not sure if it really means much.
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Well this is great. I ordered a new one. The screen quality is much better, but the digitizer is broken on this one.. what a POS. I can't believe the quality control on this piece of junk. After buying a Nexus One, an Evo 3D and now a Galaxy Nexus, only the Nexus One was flawless, I went through 3 Evo's because of digitizers and now I'm going to go on my third nexus. What a POS.. so pissed off right now.
Those are actually photos of the three phones I received, haha. I have a lot more comparison shots that you can distinctly see the differences, some with auto brightness, some in dark rooms, some in well lit rooms, etc. I finally got fed up with the crappy screen quality control that I returned all three phones today. Hoping that they resolve the issue and I will repurchase the phone once they do.
Can anyone confirm the poor viewing angles?
I get a rainbow like effect when tilting screen at extreme angles, this is noticeable on a white screen, and everything goes very dark.
Is this "normal" or should I replace it?
I thought the phonbe had great viewing angles? It's not what I would call great.
I get a rainbow like effect when tilting screen at extreme angles, this is noticeable on a white screen, and everything goes very dark.
Is this "normal" or should I replace it?
I thought the phonbe had great viewing angles? It's not what I would call great.
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I've seen it in both my phones at about 80* off center. I can't imagine the circumstance where I would be looking at it from that angle so I don't mind.
My guess is it's either the oleophobic coating they used or the curvature of the glass.
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What would be a reasonable expectation for the black level? In the dark my screen is a very noticeable shade if grey even on a purpose made black image. In the previous 10 second exposure when I made my own my screen was a very bright green.
Even compared to my HTC Incredible with the original AMOLED the Gnex is noticeably brighter on the same black image
Sent from my GalaxyNexus using XDA App
Even compared to my HTC Incredible with the original AMOLED the Gnex is noticeably brighter on the same black image
Sent from my GalaxyNexus using XDA App
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To me it would be "under realistic conditions can I distinguish the black from the bezel without having to strain or go looking for it".
I never even noticed my blacks weren't "black" until I shut myself in a windowless room with a pure black image.
Anyone else having shorterm image retention issues. Even something being on the home screen for 5 seconds and then switching to like a dark grey screen you can see outlines of the icons for like 15-30 seconds and then they disappear. Its almost as if the pixels get like 95 percent to where they need to be and then lag for the last 5% slowly changing to right color sort of like a much faster version of image retention on a plasma.
Previous phone was a amoled incredible that didn't have this issue or if it did not anywhere close to as severe.
Previous phone was a amoled incredible that didn't have this issue or if it did not anywhere close to as severe.
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56Got the Nexus today and having no experience with the AMOLED screens (iPhones and EVO before) I'm not sure what is considered normal and what is defective. I know there are plenty of threads about this, but very few examples.
Whites (Brightness 0-100%)
Greys (Brightness 0-100%)
More Texture (bad) left, Less Texture (good) right.
Viewing Angle - UPDATE: My new Nexus has much less tint when viewed at an angle. *Colors adjusted to match as close as possible in Adobe Lightroom - and they are very close.
Viewing Angle - At extreme angles the screen with produce an iridescent effect.
Courtesy of TAMIM2007 - Left Galaxy nexus / right Galaxy 1
Courtesy of iansmith
Galaxy Nexus OLED's with a black screen showing red and green pixels are indeed slightly lit even though it should be "black" (15 second exposure).
Galaxy Nexus "black" vs LCD "black" (15 second exposure).
THESE ARE DEFECTS Exchange these phones... You shouldn't have to live like this!
Courtesy of asb123 - Tint Fade at 0% brightness.
Courtesy of staticx57 - Black spots on a dark screen. Very common issue, odds are your replacement screen will have these, too.
Courtesy of blackhand1001 - Image Retention issues.
Courtesy of tonnytech - Banding and Transparent Lines
If other people want to add their own pictures for analysis I'll try and add them to the first post so people new to the AMOLED world can feel better about theirs/exchange for a new one.4Just dont deal with screen issues that you dont notice every day and are not that big problem. If in 99.9% situations the screen is ok let i be, we are still not in age where everything will be perfect. I compared display with Iphone 4S and be happy guys. It has much better colors (not sure with white). Black is much much more black and other colors are more richer. 4.0.2 factory also increased minimal brightness so this paper pattern is no longer big deal. I was really worried about display when I bought it but now everything is ok. In the evenings I switch on the screen (to look at clock) and black merges with borders and I just see beatiful screen
. btw its just Super Amoled HD not plus. Plus should be still in development and maybe it will appear in Galaxy S3 I would rather if not (it feels better if you know there isnt better display). Some models have issues but I dont know smartphone or just phone which dont.3I found this on another thread on a different forum and it does show the inconsistencies of the display.
If you turn down brightness all the way down to the left and can see how greys might become purple.
See attached images. These are 3 different models all with brightness at the lowest from the settings menu.
Of course on mine once I turn brightness up a bit it goes back to normal, so not sure if it really means much.
