Screen shadow or shaded is one of the obstacles that are often experienced by Samsung phones, usually occurs on Super AMOLED type screens. Unfortunately, there are still few users who know how to overcome the Samsung shadow screen, if left unchecked it will make the screen worse and can even burn in screen.
Shadow problems on the smartphone screen are often found on Samsung phones with the Galaxy S series, Galaxy Note, Galaxy A and also Galaxy M. There are several ways you can do to check or solve shadow screen problems on Samsung phones, ranging from using applications to replacing Samsung LCDs.
Cause Screen Shadow
The shadow problem on the Samsung screen, of course, has a cause, now this time the Samsung Store will explain a little to you. The main cause of this shaded screen usually comes from the continuous use of the same color, where each LCD has three main colors, namely Red, Green, Blue (RGB).
Which is if only one color is continuously displayed, then the pixels on the cellphone cannot withstand the temperature and make the LCD screen along with the Pixel burn. Starting from the burning pixels, this is the main cause of the Samsung screen becoming a shadow, so the colors and the resulting light cannot appear as they should.
As we mentioned above, we often encounter this problem on the latest mobile phones, especially those that use Super AMOLED screens. So how do you check the Samsung screen that is experiencing shadow or burn-in, to find out more details, please refer to the tutorial below.
How to Check Samsung Shadow Screen
Often times the shadow on the screen cannot be seen directly with the eye, therefore we need to do an in-depth check. For how to check the screen that is shadowed or not, it's also very easy, we only need to type in the Samsung secret code. The code is as follows:
- Type the secret code *#0*# on the Samsung dial-up menu to check the cellphone screen.
- Then press OK, an option will automatically appear to check the screen.
- After that select the Red, Green, and Blue menu
- Open the color menu one by one. Pay attention to the colors on the screen if there are any different.
- If there is a color display that looks different, it can be ascertained that there is a Shadow.
- However, if the color matches the selected color menu, it is certain that your Samsung cellphone screen is in normal condition.
Quite easy isn't it, the method above can be tried to check the Samsung screen whether your smartphone is experiencing shadow or not. After knowing how to check, then we will share a tutorial to overcome or repair a Samsung LCD that is experiencing shadow. Immediately, you can follow the steps below:
How to Fix Samsung Shadow Screen
Although it seems trivial, the Samsung shadow screen problem is quite disturbing the appearance of the cellphone. So it must be repaired immediately if it will not affect the brightness of the screen that is disturbed, even for a certain period of time it can cause the cellphone screen to go blank.
There are several ways to solve the problem of a shaded Samsung cellphone screen, the easiest way is to bring it to the Service Center. However, if the phone warranty period has expired, you can try some of the tutorials that we will share below:
Solving Samsung Shadow Screen with sFilter
The first way that can be used to fix the shadow cellphone screen is by using the sFilter application. This application is designed to overcome some of the problems that often occur on Super AMOLED screens, such as screen ghosting or burn in. Just take a look at the following tutorial:
- First of all, open the Play Store, search for the sFilter application and install it on your Samsung phone. or directly click the following link to download sFilter.
- Open the sFilter application and wait until the main menu appears, if you have turned on the blue light filter in the upper right corner of the application.
- Adjust filter opacity and brightness off screen between 30% to 50%.
- Then at the bottom, select the yellow color and click the start button at the very bottom.
- Return to the main menu of the smartphone, the screen will automatically no longer experience shadows.
- But the drawback is that the Samsung cellphone screen will turn a little yellow.
Fix Screen Shadow with OLED Tools
For this second method, it can only work well on OLED screens, which Samsung has embedded a lot of this type of screen on its latest smartphones. So overcoming the shadow problem on the Samsung screen with the OLED Tools application is very appropriate, for the methods and steps you can see the following tutorial:
- Download and install the OLED Tools application on your Samsung phone, or directly click the following link to download OLED Tools.
- Open and run the application, then click burn-in check on the OLED Tools application to check if the phone screen is burnt or not.
- Wait until the process is complete, after which the shadow level or burn-in parameters will appear on your Samsung phone.
- If the results of the check show that the Samsung cellphone screen is having problems, you can do burn-in reduce using the OLED Tools application.
- Click the burn-in reduce button which is marked in red, wait until the process is complete and the screen pixels will return to normal.
Note: It takes several times to use this method for maximum results, at least do burn-in reduce twice a day. Do it every day until your screen problem is solved completely.
If you have managed to repair a Samsung cellphone screen that is experiencing shadow, it's a good idea for you to take several steps to prevent it from getting shadowed again. As for how you can see it in the tutorial below:
How to Prevent Samsung Mobile Screen Shadow
To prevent this problem from occurring, you can follow some of our tips to minimize the occurrence of shadows or burn-ins on the Samsung cellphone screen. So, to do this, you can follow these steps:
- Adjust the screen brightness or brightness at the right level, according to eye comfort. The reason is that a screen that is too bright requires stronger power so that it is more susceptible to shadows or burn-in.
- Using Live Wallpaper, with this feature the possibility of the appearance of shadows can be reduced. Or you can also use wallpaper with a slightly dark color.
- If you don't like the Always On Display feature, then we suggest just deactivating it.
To avoid shadows, it's better not to force the Samsung cellphone screen to display bright images continuously and in a state of too bright brightness. Please follow the tips that we conveyed above so that the screen is more durable.
