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Samsung Galaxy S20 Screen Retention or Burn-In?

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CowboyCombat

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I've had my phone for about two months now and while I really like the device I have recently noticed (and driving myself nuts lol) what looks to be screen burn in or what I've read could also be image retention. These are images on the keyboard after being up for about 60 seconds. It does fade back to normal but I'd just like some feedback from anyone who's aware of this happening or maybe experience the same thing. That final image is my device back to normal after only a few seconds. Not sure what to make of this.
 

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But its strange its only there for a few seconds. And doesn't affect anything else. My A50 which is Amoled obviously also does it as well just not as noticeable.
 
CowboyCombat said:
But its strange its only there for a few seconds. And doesn't affect anything else. My A50 which is Amoled obviously also does it as well just not as noticeable.
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well if it goes away.......that is odd. the only thing i can think of is doing a factory reset. if it still occurs then something is wrong. you can either deal with it or take it in and get it replaced.

the s20 is a high-end flagship phone from Samsung. there should be no issues with the screen as you are showing. for me i would try my suggestion first and then take it in to get it replaced, if the reset does not work. there is no excuse for a bad screen.
 
That doesn't appear to be burn-in but rather something like a resolution mis-match issue. Burn-in is when the you see a constant, ghosted image in the display. Those screen shots vary according to what's being displayed. Try going into your Settings >> Display menu and check the various color mode, display size, etc. options to see if something needs to be adjusted accordingly.
 
Messed around a bit and took 120hz off maybe slight improvement as well as lowering brightness but I did still see it. Here's the big thing though thats stopping me from just calling it an issue, it only happens after leaving the keyboard up on a dark screen for maybe 30 seconds or more but it doesn't affect anything else really. I just don't get it.
 
Try changing the screen resolution:
https://www.howtogeek.com/662484/samsung-galaxy-s20-how-to-change-your-screen-resolution/
Something like fuzzy text is often due to a resolution vs display specifications issue.
Also try changing the font size, larger or smaller, even just temporarily. Perhaps it's just a glitch matter so tweaking the size up and down might 'reset' things back to a normal state.
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078941/
Those screen captures you posted were all text. Is this problem also occurring with everything? (images, icons, dialog box outlines, etc.)
 
svim said:
Try changing the screen resolution:
https://www.howtogeek.com/662484/samsung-galaxy-s20-how-to-change-your-screen-resolution/
Something like fuzzy text is often due to a resolution vs display specifications issue.
Also try changing the font size, larger or smaller, even just temporarily. Perhaps it's just a glitch matter so tweaking the size up and down might 'reset' things back to a normal state.
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078941/
Those screen captures you posted were all text. Is this problem also occurring with everything? (images, icons, dialog box outlines, etc.)
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svim said:
Try changing the screen resolution:
https://www.howtogeek.com/662484/samsung-galaxy-s20-how-to-change-your-screen-resolution/
Something like fuzzy text is often due to a resolution vs display specifications issue.
Also try changing the font size, larger or smaller, even just temporarily. Perhaps it's just a glitch matter so tweaking the size up and down might 'reset' things back to a normal state.
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00078941/
Those screen captures you posted were all text. Is this problem also occurring with everything? (images, icons, dialog box outlines, etc.)
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Lol. Im not here about the resolution. The photo is only that way because of how it was taken. The resolution is perfectly fine. I'm here about the keyboard ghost image. I was hoping to hear about similar experiences or any information on temporary screen retention on OLED screens.
 
The AMOLED display in your S20 may be quite advanced but it's still vulnerable to resolution distortion. Back when CRT monitors were the norm with desktops, resolution was a tweakable variable, Once LCD monitors became more prevalent, display resolution settings became much more defined. That same specificity has carried over to our smartphone AMOLED/OLED/IPS displays. The height and width pixel counts in any mobile device are establish ratios.
 
svim said:
The AMOLED display in your S20 may be quite advanced but it's still vulnerable to resolution distortion. Back when CRT monitors were the norm with desktops, resolution was a tweakable variable, Once LCD monitors became more prevalent, display resolution settings became much more defined. That same specificity has carried over to our smartphone AMOLED/OLED/IPS displays. The height and width pixel counts in any mobile device are establish ratios.
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While that is definitely very informative unfortunately I'm not sure that helped me answer the specific case that I am dealing with. I truly do appreciate all the feedback though.
 
Developer options on mine has options for transition animations (though what's in that menu does vary a bit between devices and software versions).
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