I have seen threads on here about black spots when the screen is dark, but I have large black splotches on a normal screen. There is now a third. Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone seen this on a bionic?
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Never seen that on my phone. You say this is your third replacement phone and all three have had this issue?
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No, sorry. I have a third splotch on this phone. It started as a single black line. The black lines grew and spread and then rolled up into a spot. Then a second spot appeared. They have been there for weeks. A third spot sprang up last week.
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Did you try wiping them off? Just Kidding...
Are they there all the time? It looks like a hardware issue to me, but I'm far from an expert. Are you rooted? Whether you are or not, have you tried a factory reset back to stock? I jumped in here because I've never seen anything like that before. I've seen black lines and dead pixels, but not black splotches. You may have to try getting a replacement through Verizon.
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Are they there all the time? It looks like a hardware issue to me, but I'm far from an expert. Are you rooted? Whether you are or not, have you tried a factory reset back to stock? I jumped in here because I've never seen anything like that before. I've seen black lines and dead pixels, but not black splotches. You may have to try getting a replacement through Verizon.
BigRedGonzo
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You cooked the LCD panel and broke the liquid cells. The only way to fix that is a new panel. If you leave your phone in hot places like on the dash in your car it will be prone to this. Might I suggest a Razr with an AMOLED screen next time? That way you will just cook a battery.
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Thanks. Phone is always either in my pocket or on my desk. Never left it anywhere hot that I remember. The last one happened during a flight - would altitude/air pressure do it?
I'm getting a bionic in a day or two. How is the screen on it?
I'm getting a bionic in a day or two. How is the screen on it?
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Same technology as the X. I have seen this on several X's. I assumed you had a Bionic since this is a Bionic forum. What phone do you have?
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I've had my Droid X for almost three years and my Bionic for six months. The spots have not appeared on either of them.
... Thom
... Thom
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That sounds good Thom.
Lars, I have the Droid X now with splotches. Bionic should get here tomorrow. I posted in both forums, but admin deleted the one in the X forum for cross posting. I wanted to ask other X owners if they had it and Bionic owners if they had seen it.
Hopefully if it happens on the Bionic it will happen in first year.
Lars, I have the Droid X now with splotches. Bionic should get here tomorrow. I posted in both forums, but admin deleted the one in the X forum for cross posting. I wanted to ask other X owners if they had it and Bionic owners if they had seen it.
Hopefully if it happens on the Bionic it will happen in first year.
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The forum friendly way to do it is post in one forum, and then make a new post in another forum linking to your first post. That's a (quasi) acceptable form of crossposting. I say quasi b/c if you're first post or the subsequent posts are deemed spam, then of course they'll still get deleted....
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This happened to my droidX.
I think it has to do with heat because it gets worse every time I go outside and it's hot, although I have never left it in direct sunlight. I even cover it when it is sitting on my passenger seat.
heard from the verizon guy it is a pretty common occurance with droidX. they nor motorola gave a **** and said i was SOL.
The weird part is that it is moving around. i have one dark spot te size of a pea that was in the middle and now is closer to the side so the screen isn't damaged. i think i'm going to get a magnet and see if i can move the spot since it can move and the area it was isnt affected. it doesnt appear to be the battery since I can hold the battery to just barely connected and the spots remain...
I think it has to do with heat because it gets worse every time I go outside and it's hot, although I have never left it in direct sunlight. I even cover it when it is sitting on my passenger seat.
heard from the verizon guy it is a pretty common occurance with droidX. they nor motorola gave a **** and said i was SOL.
The weird part is that it is moving around. i have one dark spot te size of a pea that was in the middle and now is closer to the side so the screen isn't damaged. i think i'm going to get a magnet and see if i can move the spot since it can move and the area it was isnt affected. it doesnt appear to be the battery since I can hold the battery to just barely connected and the spots remain...
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I have seen threads on here about black spots when the screen is dark, but I have large black splotches on a normal screen. There is now a third. Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone seen this on a bionic?
I'm no doctor, but I think your phone may have screen cancer.
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You're so right about heat. I left mine in the car but not on dash. As soon as I saw my phone I knew some how between the heat that rose in the car and perhaps some Sun hit my phone that that's what happened. My screen has been shattered for at least a year and my Atrix 2 still going but soon I will be upgrading.
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