iPhone 12 OLED Screen Issue

Hello. I bought two iPhone 12 and both has the same issue. In dark surrounding on any brightness lower than 90-100% screen has this ugly glowing! Black pixels are not turning off in dynamic scenes. In static scene black pixels turning off after few seconds.


My video shows it in video and in clock app.

https://youtu.be/BAWSIf2oVlE


And this is comparison by another one person who have this problem but with iPhone 12 Pro. iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone XS screen.


That’s not normal at all. I post it to support and they said I should wait more. That’s just great...

iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 2:16 PM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2021 4:34 PM

Went to apple store again and was told they have to follow protocol before swapping out my phone. So we did another software reset directly through the computer which did not resolve issue. The next step was to replace the screen and not the entire phone. Took about two and a half hours, but I can confirm that the new screen fixed the problem of the green tint. No more tint or flashing on black screens at any brightness levels, at least so far. I am on ios 14.4. This leads me to believe it is a hardware issue. Hope this helps

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Apr 26, 2021 10:13 PM in response to Jenkins100

Still experiencing the problem on 14.5.

Before, the pixels would stay on for a few seconds then shut off at 20-50% brightness, and >20% they would never turn off. Now, they turn off faster at medium brightness, and at >20% they DO turn off, but it can take a few seconds, and there has to be nothing moving on the screen. It helps a bit with nighttime reading but it's still very noticeable and annoying. One thing that does seem to be completely fixed is video. The black sidebars no longer glow at any brightness.

May 6, 2021 1:01 AM in response to m4x1k


I see this green line always but only if I open the YouTube application on my iPhone 12 pro and start a dark video, and increase or decrease the volume .. when the volume bar appears this green line appears that I hate .. more increase the brightness and more you can see .. for the rest I have no problem with green tint but only the classic yellow calibration of this year's iPhones that we all have .. if I open YouTube from safari the problem is not there because the volume bar has a different graphical interface .. I don't understand if it's a bug on all iPhones because it's a YouTube bug or just mine.



Whomsoever said that green tint has been fixed for them in latest 14.5, can you check in the same way as shown in the above quote.

Let us know, if you can replicate it.


Jul 25, 2021 4:48 AM in response to m4x1k

I have the same problem, my iPhone 12 has a G9P display(detected by i4.cn software)the phone is still under warranty.

I made and sent a video to Apple tech support and after a week their response was that it is a feature of the OLED display and not covered by warranty. The display has a problem that in dark mode the screen has a green tint and pink tints at the top row of the keyboard and when switching dark windows it makes a "pink ghost". The phone was bought in the Czech Republic. Link to video: Installing iOS 14.7 did not fix the error.



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