Verizon wireless - VX5300 Screen Burn

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VX5300 Screen Burn

Bob The Nob

2006-12-18, 3:33 pm

When I looked at the VX5300 it in the Verizon store it had "Charge
Complete" burned into the front screen. The salesguy told me it was
because they charge them all the time and they stay on in the store,
yada yada.

Now that I own one, I see that it puts that message up on the screen
until you unplug it from the charger. My concern is that I like to
charge mine overnight, so how long until this happens to me? It would
be very annoying to have a phone with this kind of permanent burn.

The bigger question is, can I turn off this message (or set some kind
of sleep mode) to prevent this from happening?

Thanks!
-Bob.

Quaoar

2006-12-19, 10:33 pm

Bob The Nob wrote:
> When I looked at the VX5300 it in the Verizon store it had "Charge
> Complete" burned into the front screen. The salesguy told me it was
> because they charge them all the time and they stay on in the store,
> yada yada.
>
> Now that I own one, I see that it puts that message up on the screen
> until you unplug it from the charger. My concern is that I like to
> charge mine overnight, so how long until this happens to me? It would
> be very annoying to have a phone with this kind of permanent burn.
>
> The bigger question is, can I turn off this message (or set some kind
> of sleep mode) to prevent this from happening?
>
> Thanks!
> -Bob.
>

Turn it off, then charge.

Q

Larry

2006-12-19, 10:33 pm

Quaoar <quaoar@marcabfleet.com> wrote in news:1JSdnW8twtt6-
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comcast.com:

> Turn it off, then charge.
>
> Q
>
>

Off?? Cellphones have an OFF?!!

How silly....(c;

Bob The Nob

2006-12-20, 10:33 am

Thanks - I'll give it a shot.

IMO - if that is the only way to prevent screen burn, I'm highly
disappointed. I would hope they'd address this in a firmware update at
some point. I need to be able to leave my phone on 24/7 without
damaging it. :(

Quaoar wrote:
> Bob The Nob wrote:
>
> Turn it off, then charge.
>
> Q

Robert Coe

2006-12-20, 10:33 am

On 20 Dec 2006 06:11:45 -0800, "Bob The Nob" <bobkolk@gmail.com> wrote:
: Thanks - I'll give it a shot.
:
: IMO - if that is the only way to prevent screen burn, I'm highly
: disappointed. I would hope they'd address this in a firmware update at
: some point. I need to be able to leave my phone on 24/7 without
: damaging it. :(

Do you know for a fact that there's a problem? What does LG say about it? It's
not beyond the realm of possibility that the display model was hooked up to an
inappropriate charger and that that's what caused the burn-in.

Bob

Bob The Nob

2006-12-20, 3:33 pm

No, I'm not 100% certain that it is an actual issue and have not
contacted LG.

I've also not yet encountered anyone else talking about it. With the
phone being six months old I'd think someone would have encountered
this problem by now and would have posted about it somewhere.

Thing is, I've read that OLEDs are susceptible to burn-in and the demo
phone I saw was really badly burned with the "Charge Complete" text. I
was at the 'offical' Verizon kiosk within a Circuity City so I'd hope
they'd be using the correct chargers - but that's not a given either.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that in the store it's being charged
for 12 hours every single night. Whereas in typical use you'd charge
it more sporadically giving the display a chance to recover.

Robert Coe wrote:
> On 20 Dec 2006 06:11:45 -0800, "Bob The Nob" <bobkolk@gmail.com> wrote:
> : Thanks - I'll give it a shot.
> :
> : IMO - if that is the only way to prevent screen burn, I'm highly
> : disappointed. I would hope they'd address this in a firmware update at
> : some point. I need to be able to leave my phone on 24/7 without
> : damaging it. :(
>
> Do you know for a fact that there's a problem? What does LG say about it? It's
> not beyond the realm of possibility that the display model was hooked up to an
> inappropriate charger and that that's what caused the burn-in.
>
> Bob

Quaoar

2006-12-20, 10:33 pm

Bob The Nob wrote:
> No, I'm not 100% certain that it is an actual issue and have not
> contacted LG.
>
> I've also not yet encountered anyone else talking about it. With the
> phone being six months old I'd think someone would have encountered
> this problem by now and would have posted about it somewhere.
>
> Thing is, I've read that OLEDs are susceptible to burn-in and the demo
> phone I saw was really badly burned with the "Charge Complete" text. I
> was at the 'offical' Verizon kiosk within a Circuity City so I'd hope
> they'd be using the correct chargers - but that's not a given either.
>
> Maybe it has to do with the fact that in the store it's being charged
> for 12 hours every single night. Whereas in typical use you'd charge
> it more sporadically giving the display a chance to recover.
>
>
> Robert Coe wrote:
>

The phones I've seen at the circuit city kiosks are on charger
constantly. My local Verizon stores have only inoperative demo shell
phones. OTOH, I've never seen screen burn on any LCD display.

Q

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