topic Re: App icons burned into screen in 1 Series

App icons burned into screen

Calzah — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:49:22 GMT

Is there any possible way how to get rid of them? Extremely frustrating.

Re: App icons burned into screen

Jon.Hidden-Coley — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:00:39 GMT

Suggestions I've seen are either turn your phone off for a few hours or run a pure white screensaver for a few hours.

Must say I've never seen screen burn happen on a phone. I suspect your screen must have been left on for a long time for it to do that.

Re: App icons burned into screen

Calzah — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:26:45 GMT

Thats the thing, i hardly have my phone open for long period's of time. it's normally in my pocket while listening to music. But i will try your solutions, thanks!

Re: App icons burned into screen

Lord_viridis — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:33:43 GMT

An unfortunate side effect of Oled technology.

If the display shows a static image for extended periods often, they will burn into the display.😞

Luckily I've not seen many Xperia with burn in, unfortunately yours is one.

You can try burn in repair videos on YouTube (make them full or you'll burn the borders in too) but I've seen minimal fixing with these.

Re: App icons burned into screen

RottenFoxBreath — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:33:52 GMT

If what the OP says is true, then I suspect the phone has been switched on in their pocket.

Adaptive brightness goes some way to stop this, as you don't need your phone on surface of the sun brightness all the time.

Re: App icons burned into screen

azzido — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:22:20 GMT

That is why so far I am avoiding OLED TVs. On tv burn ins are even more frequent due to tv station logos, constant bottom bars on news stations and not to mention gaming with interface items always on...

Also, brightness on OLED TVs is very low. Those are the cons of OLED technology, otherwise it is ok.

Re: App icons burned into screen

Lord_viridis — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:21:07 GMT

@azzido2 wrote:
That is why so far I am avoiding OLED TVs. On tv burn ins are even more frequent due to tv station logos, constant bottom bars on news stations and not to mention gaming with interface items always on...
Also, brightness on OLED TVs is very low. Those are the cons of OLED technology, otherwise it is ok.

Absolutely, oled looks beautiful in stores, but at home use, I dread the thought of the kids leaving PS4 on the home screen and causing burn in, same reason I've avoided oled so far