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Black/Dark Spots in AMOLED Display

n7plus1

Member
Sep 20, 2011
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York, PA
I just sold my gt-i9100 and picked up my S3 yesterday. :D

Last night, while laying in bed (lights off) i noticed what appeared to be some sort of odd formation on a dark area of the displayed picture. It doesnt show up in daylight or under any other color.

Go into a pitch dark room or wait until night when its pitch dark out and google "black" hit "images" and load the black image. You should see NO speckles of dark anywhere.

I had quite a lot and ended up taking it back to the store today for a full exchange on another new one. Went into the server room at work with the lights off and found nothing.

Just wanted to let you guys know to check for this and make sure your screen isnt having this issue. It may or may not lead to some sort of failure at some point (cool/hot spots...maybe a stretch?).
 

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