iPhone 6: Apparent backlight uniformity issue

Because my replacement screen still has this issue - but less so - I'd say wait until next year to see if they fix whatever is wrong with the backlight. I am surprised though that people are getting replacement phones for this problem: the Genius I worked with saw the problem easily, but would only replace the screen (it had been about a month since I bought my iPhone 6).

Also something to note: after my repair was done no one went over the fix with me to demonstrate that it was actually fixed. So, I wasn't in a great position to tell them the problem was still there, as they were all running around being busy with other stuff. It gave me the impression that whoever replaced the screen didn't understand what the problem was or at least didn't compare it to the original screen (the Genius had written down that there were dead pixels on my screen causing the problem, which wasn't the case).

Finally returned 4th 6 and got a 6+. week 44 (Oct 27-Nov 2). It is noticeably better than 6. please see picture of lock screen with focus on time/date.

Massage to remove dark cloud and bleeding - learned from a YouTube video posted by a kid to fix his laptop display backlight.

Apple should pay me for testing and providing workaround.

on white napkin, before and after massage (massaged battery area):

max brightness, black picture.

bleeding before and after massage, right edge bleeding disappeared and bottom right is noticeably better:

Can you share YouTube video? Or explain how you did the massage ?

http://youtu.be/s3W_I9EMDJs

ssearch fix dark cloudy led on YouTube if link not work.

I Did not try frozen bacon, but might work faster.

THis video is 2:12 another on fixing TV is 1:47.

Hi. I tried massaging my first screen that had the dark blob areas in the middle (and dim in upper right hand quad) and I could get them to move and morph around and they would subside a little and eventually creep back to their original state. So I sent it back. Apple told me they found nothing wrong and they sent a replacement. The first replacement had the FaceTime camera problem right out of the box and more dark areas on the screen. They were more prominent in the upper right quadrant and very noticeable by the battery indicator. Sent it back. Got my 2nd replacement two days ago week 48. I was all excited getting the more recent week number thinking they had fixed this issue (first phone week 40- first replacement week 39) but the upper right hand quadrant is still noticeably darker than the rest of the screen on white backgrounds! My gut feeling is they are all like this based on what people have posted in this forum and all the 6's I've seen! So I'm going to stick with this one for now! I suppose I'll try massaging my dark corner and see if it will permanently go away but I doubt it! Is yours still really better and uniform? I don't think I should have to massage a screen right out of the box to make it look right. Disappointed with this years iPhone 6 screen! 😟

I'm from engineering background too. And most likely this is a design defect.

The problem is all around extruding camera. Massage proves it to be uneven pressure beneath screen.

It creeps back means some components below, camera or antenna have too much impact on screen.

IPhone 6+ is better for the same reason, due to more space to even out pressure.

But the camera is still too tall, thus upper right is still dark, worst under battery % - under the camera.

My 6+ has a small streak of cloud, very thin and dispersed but noticeable while bottom a very bright line.

Those are are structure and design flaw so will be there unless recalled back and fixed with a new design.

i'll see if genius got us some newer crops week 50-52, doubt it.

Otherwise, Samsung or HTC or LG or Nexus might be an answer to our inquiry or end to our ordeals.

this is a very well known issue among retailers, some say "Apple cannot get their act together", some underrate it by saying "it is overrated"

if a seller knows a wildspread issue, it is never overrated. It is an ordeal for both sellers and buyers, ignoring time and money wasted.

So it's been almost a month since I had my screen replaced because of this issue. The replacement had the same problem but less so, although now it's become much more noticeable and looks nearly identical to the screen I had replaced, except that this one has some yellowing on the bottom as well.

replace your 6 with 6+ if you still can.

6+ issue is less obvious but book spine might be more possible due to its tablet size.

So how is your screen now? Was the apple specialist right about it being adhesive that needed to dry or cure? The whole left side of my screen goes from a yellow to a white color temperature. Dark upper right corner. Dimmer more yellowish blotch in the keyboard area keys QWERTASDFZXC- the rest of the keys are a nice normal blueish white like it should be along with the whole right half of screen. Week 48 space gray 64 GB.

6+ has better screen quality than 6. mine has very subtle dark cloud at the top, most obvious at top right corner.

also a white blotch to the right of volume buttons, not very eye catching either.

6+ darkness might be getting lighter over time. but not 6, which has yellow tone barely changed within 14-day exchange period.

I did see someone's 3-month 6+ having a rainbow book spine near right edge (visible on white screen but only 1-mm wide), from battery icon down to bottom. It might have been developed over use. hopefully not universal but one isolated case or two.

Hi,

I have already exchanged iPhone 6 4 times in applestore. Every unit had a problem with screen uniformity and coloration. Now my 4th device is a bit yellow tinted on the top of the screen like most of devices u described. The 3rd one was just dim in one corner. Really no idea what to do. I am really disappointed with their quality now. I would like to pay a high price for apple device however it doesn't come with high quality. At the same time I exchanged 2 MBPr 15" with top specs due to screen problems. I am sure i will not keep the MBPr with such a problems for the price.

I have been through five iPhone 6s now and they've all exhibited this problem. I have given up and bought an iPhone 6 Plus, the screen on which is perfect; even lighting, no dark smudges, no yellow tints.

I think there's so much packed into the chassis of the 6, there's pressure on the screen. The internal design of the Plus might be a little roomier and therefore there's no pressure points at the edges of the screen causing light distortion.

Overall, I preferred the portability of the 6, but I constantly found my eye wandering to the dark patch and it drove me nuts. the 6 plus is a beast but it's a pleasure to look at compared to the 6.

So I just compared my iPhone 6 to every iPhone 6 in a local Apple Store. What I found was that the screen on each and every one looked different, but all of them had a darker band at the top of the screen, under the receiver. And, although they all looked different, the screen on each had obvious hot and cool spots when showing a white image - they were just located on different parts of the screen – giving each a mottled, uneven appearance. Nearly all of the screens on the phones in the store overall trended towards a blueish hue, whereas mine overall is trending yellowish in comparison, but I remember mine looking more blue compared to others at first, so I’m not sure if the phones on display are newer and the screen becomes more yellow over time (or if there’s a setting making them look more blueish). Something I found interesting was that, when an employee came over to see what I was doing and I showed her the darker areas on the screens, even though she saw them immediately she said she had never noticed them before.

I left the store feeling both better and worse. Better in the sense that I feel less that something is wrong with my phone in particular – because there’s apparently something wrong with many (all?) of them - and feel more confident that getting a replacement will likely not net me a “perfect” screen. I feel worse in that once I’m back home without other iPhones to compare mine to, I can’t stop noticing how bad the screen looks when reading with a white background and miss the perfectly uniform and white OLED screens of my past two Nokias. But, all in all I like the iPhone better, so such is life I guess.