Was given a Pixel2 demo phone and has the G logo / demonstration video effects burned in the screen. Has anyone had any success with evening out screen burn on a AMOLED by inverting the colors for an extended period of time or cycling R/G/B to uniformly burn the rest of the pixels? Or any other method to make it less noticeable? I could switch out the screen pretty easy but would never be able to maintain the ip67 rating so would like to avoid that.
Does screen burn ever max out? Or does it keep going till its solid black? Wouldn't the R/G/B rotation cause the same burn in to get worse, and the parts that had no screen burn become the way the original pixels were burned? I have done quite a bit of research on this and have not been able to come up with an answer... yet.
In theory a piece of software which takes an image of your burned screen (from another very accurate external camera of course) that generates a specific image to burn only the rest of the pixels to match but I have not seen such software. With some effort I could photoshop one (all the effort will be about 441 pixels per inch), then leave on the phone at full brightness, no screen timeout and the image on full screen, I don't think I would be able to manually get it pefect but could come pretty close. Would like to hear some suggestion first if anyone has experience with this.
@RobertQc wrote:
@will13am wrote:@RobertQc, I have an out of box solution. How about shipping the phone to me? I would be happy to relieve you of your problem. Sorry, I don't have any other practical suggestions.
@will13amI really like your suggestion, but am too excited to try AquariOS 8.1 and see if I can do anything about the screen burn, plus as it sits it is a huge upgrade for me even with the little burn in. I just ordered 6 cases and 5 screen protectors (of course different types, for less than $20) and made a temporary "custom" case. I know the case looks stupid but its very functional and takes a couple months to get the cases in the mail from china.
Would it help if I covered the postage?
@Carld123 wrote:Well...lol....if that case falls apart here is another idea...make one from bread..😄
@Carld123Funny. My fashion level was at a hard 0. Strength and functionalty is only the importance for sensors, ports and the way it not only hugged the phone but was easy to remove from the case. I don't know a more practical cost saving solution till the real cases come in the mail and have done the same thing since my first smart phone over 10 years ago. With some effort they actually look decent.
@will13am wrote:@RobertQc, I have an out of box solution. How about shipping the phone to me? I would be happy to relieve you of your problem. Sorry, I don't have any other practical suggestions.
@will13amI really like your suggestion, but am too excited to try AquariOS 8.1 and see if I can do anything about the screen burn, plus as it sits it is a huge upgrade for me even with the little burn in. I just ordered 6 cases and 5 screen protectors (of course different types, for less than $20) and made a temporary "custom" case. I know the case looks stupid but its very functional and takes a couple months to get the cases in the mail from china.
@Alex888 wrote:If the pixels are dead then nothing will fix them, but if they are stuck/frozen on a colour you can try running a video like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39HUG7QrQi8 to try and un-stick them, run it full screen.
@Alex888Thanks for the suggestion but the pixels are not dead, nor are they stuck. There is organic material inside which discolors (burns) over time with heavy use.
You can mostly see it in white, a little in blue/green and almost not at all in red.
@saje_ward wrote:Whoa! I understood what each of your words meant on their own, but not all together like that.
Good luck OP, that sounds like a really neat challenge. I would have just lived with it or gotten another phone...
@saje_ward Thanks. That's exactly what this is, a neat challenge. I've fixed just about everything else on a cell phone so this is a new challenge.
