Galaxy S II display reportedly has yellow spots, we test

01 June, 2011
The Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II is having a magnificent debut on the smartphone scene, winning plenty of users for the Android and Samsung cause. Well it appears that not all is rosy with the...

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  • IVF
  • 08 Aug 2011

s2 giving many problem rite now..... just bought 2 days vibrate cant use. touch screen problem..... useless phone

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    • AnonD-5449
    • iCE
    • 04 Aug 2011

    well, I have heard many complaints of this particular model, but I have experienced none of them. it's really a magnificent device, and seems like people are intentionally TRYING to find faults. yeah, bad battery life, oh really? huge 4.3" display and a monster GPU plus a dual core processor. what else could you expect? also on this part my unit have performed brilliantly. battery lasts long enough for me, and I can charge it using the Nokia DC-11 travel charger if I have to. no problems, officer.

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      • EdB
      • qQe
      • 03 Aug 2011

      Are there ANY high-end Android phones that don't have glitches. Well, I guess even the iPhone 4 had em. It's just the nature of the beast.

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        • Krishna Ragunathan
        • tE$
        • 03 Aug 2011

        New user, 03 Aug 2011Got my Galaxy 2 last week. Brilliant phone. No yellow spots... moreSame here, no spots, display is total perfection............... :)

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          • Coolguy
          • Svf
          • 03 Aug 2011

          I got sgs2 and i have not only yellow spots on screen, but sometimes my phone stops recognizing multitouch, especially in such games as Miami Vindication.

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            • New user
            • Nhn
            • 03 Aug 2011

            Got my Galaxy 2 last week. Brilliant phone. No yellow spots. Love it.

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              • deepairdiver
              • iBe
              • 03 Aug 2011

              nwave, 14 Jul 2011Hi all pink yello !!!!!!!? Dots i recomand u go too eaydoct... moredo you have a problem with using all the letters of the alphabet ??

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                • borgermeister
                • nb0
                • 21 Jul 2011

                My first S2 had this yellow tint on the left side of the screen. Got a DOA swap. Should never had done that, the second S2 I got has both the yellow tint issue AND a bright circle appearing in my top right corner of the screen. I would say the circle is the worst, because that one is visible nearly at every level of brightness AND color.

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                  • Non Samsung owner.
                  • PWH
                  • 15 Jul 2011

                  @ Palah.Search in google for ""Nokia N8 problems"
                  (About 3,390,000 results)
                  "Nokia E7 Problems".(About 2,700,000 results)

                  You might be ok if you only want to make phone calls. or NOT.

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                    • nwave
                    • StN
                    • 14 Jul 2011

                    Hi all pink yello !!!!!!!? Dots i recomand u go too eaydocter i have my s2 i can't tell haw gr8t phone

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                      • Ashok
                      • utJ
                      • 13 Jul 2011

                      I went to that web page on my Galaxy S II, dimmed brightness from automatic to 0 and there was no such thing as reported.

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                        • Palah
                        • vuG
                        • 10 Jul 2011

                        Non Samsung owner., 09 Jul 2011Sounds like you have some sour grapes their Mr Nokia owner.... moredid not know my Nokia E7 or wifes N8 was rubbish with heaps of issues...thanks for the heads up, will throw them out...not!:) most phones have so much tech put into smaller units with so much pressure to hit market = could pay to wait... but as GSM have said..no deal breaker

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                          • Non Samsung owner.
                          • PWH
                          • 09 Jul 2011

                          AnonD-1131, 01 Jun 2011I agree with you Joe! Samsung products sucks BIG TIME. The ... moreSounds like you have some sour grapes their Mr Nokia owner. Nokia smartphones are garbage,if the only fault Nokia smart phones had was a little yellow spot, the owner would be lucky. So if you own one, you sure would know what its like to suck.

                          I dont own a smart phone. I use a crappy little $40 pre pay Nokia and its hopeless, but...hey, it makes calls and it cost me $40.

                          This Samsung sure does look nice though. I wouldnt be surprised if yellow gate was started by apple and Nokia in a fit of green envious rage.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • sxt
                            • 08 Jul 2011

                            samsung pls fix the problem asap...its a great phone!

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                              • DrSlump
                              • 0Ne
                              • 03 Jul 2011

                              Hi, same problem here i Italy.
                              I've swaped 3 phones until now and all of them had this prolem, plus other problems like dead or stuck pixels, and some "stain" on the display.
                              Seems like they have serious production issues.
                              In addition to this i've to report the pink spot issue in camera and stuttering in video recording if the exposure value is set to "0" when video is autofocusing. To avoid this problem exposure value must be set to "-2": with this value the videos are fluid and without any stutter.
                              This is WEIRD for a 600€ phone.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • fXY
                                • 01 Jul 2011

                                My screen is seriously discolored and started as reported on the left side but has migrated to center and can hardly read display in daylight
                                also see the icons in background showing thru the white or yellow shadow disclouratiuon...am going to show Sansung rep next Tuesday and will be interested to see their comment ! Pity as its a great phone otherwise

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                                  • Von
                                  • vac
                                  • 29 Jun 2011

                                  I Had to take my SGS2 back to be swapped under ELF last week because the ring tones and all sound stopped playing, Optus sent it back to Samsung to confirm the diagnosis... Cant wait to get it back or swapped because its an awesome handset!!

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                                    • DrSlump
                                    • 0NX
                                    • 28 Jun 2011

                                    Hi, to all. I got my sgs2 since last saturday and i already changed it due to a dead pixel. The new unit and the old unit suffers both of the yellow tint defect or "faded" display. It's easy to notice and it's annoyng me.

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                                      • AnonD-4598
                                      • 2@S
                                      • 26 Jun 2011

                                      well, then i think i'm one of the lucky ones! i just got my SGS2 2 days ago and i haven't noticed any yellow tint on the display. i've tried setting the brightness to the lowest setting and tried looking for yellow spots on different background colors (grey, white, etc). i can't see any yellow tinting.

                                      loving my SGS2 now. i miss the notification led on my Nexus One, though. :(

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                                        • davidk
                                        • fXY
                                        • 24 Jun 2011

                                        my S is seriously discoloured ytellow about 40% of screen from left side
                                        realy spoiling a great phone and doubt I will upgrade to newer models if not cleared by samsung !