Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

Hi
I got my N900 today, and when it boots up, i see a little white dot in the upper left corner where the rest is black. Ist that a pixel error ? If so, is there a tool to test or something to get rid of that ? Or do i have to give away the N900 to get it fixed ?

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

You want to return your n900 because of a white dot on the boot screen?

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

try this: make a picture that is completely black (for example, create a simple image in windows paint and paint it dead black) and watch it on your n900 in full screen.
if the white dot is still there, it propably is a dead pixel.

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lol no i dont want to give it away because of a white dot on bootscreen. This is where i saw that first. It is on every screen.

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

It's called a dead pixel.

It's a pretty normal error in LCD screens. Even my own 15' TFT has one or two. You still might want to get a replacement if it bothers you too much.

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Somehow, I'm only mildly surprised that a 15 foot LCD has one or two dead pixels.

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Thx for the reply. I will see how much it borders me. A expensive toy should normaly be 100% ok.

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

some times if you massage the dot it can come back to life. Gentle finger pressure in a circular motion.

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Dont Know, but it got a little smaller with the massage :confused:
It is not 100% away, but getting better, so maby not the dead pixel thing. Or did i give the dead pixel a heart massage ? lol

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

If you can eliminate the pixel problem with a massage it's not a dead pixel, it's a stuck pixel. :) (that's the actual term for it).

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Actually most companies have what they call an accepted dead pixel policy (read the fine print on a lot of LCD screen manuals). Generally this isnt an issue on a big ole screen unless is smack bang center. On your smaller N900 screen I can see how this would be a royal pain. Contact Nokia - they may replace it - they may not. Often it depends on how fast you talk :)

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My first N900 also had two hotpixels, one on the upper left corner (where the dashboard icon is) and another one about 2cm below the first one. They were annoying, especially when the background was black and the screen brightness was set to 3 or above.

I already sent it back to Nokia. Got another device, this one has two bright hotpixels in the screen center, one on the top border of the screen and one on the middle right boarder. That's a total of four hotpixels on the new device. Sent it back too.
In addition to that, the brightness got weaker from the left to right boarder, on bright background this was a problem.

This is really annoying, you are spending 600 €uros (the most expensive phone I ever ordered) on such a device and have to return it two times. Now I just hope that my third N900 will be okay. Maybe I was just lucky, but I have never had a single pixel error on my last three phones (E90, HTC Touch Pro and Touch Pro 2).
Even if there is a pixel policy, this is a small screen and you can notice errors like that much easier than let's say on my 24" screen. And for a 600 bucks flagship device this is something which simply should not happen.

You can check your device easily, just open up a pitch black picture (wallpaper) and view it in fullscreen, this is the easiest way to spot any pixel errors. Same goes by the way with viewing a plain white pictore, to spot dark pixels.

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

There were simple programs in the past that would cycle through colors in a rapid fashion and with some luck they could get stuck pixels unstuck. Maybe this is something that could be made for maemo, should be too difficult.

Re: Boot Screen has a white Dot :(
 

A pixel will not change size by massaging. Unless there were other dead/stuck pixels beside it, you're just experiencing a placebo effect. Reason why it doesn't change in size: the whole pixel essentially lights on or off, never "half-half."

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You see, son, a dead pixel is a lot like a woman..