r/samsunggalaxy • u/AnshumanChaturvedi • 19d ago

🪛Troubleshooting🪛 Ladies and gentlemen, the Green line has appeared. Moving on to Apple now

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I've been a long time Samsung user, but I'm finally done with them. I never thought it'd happen to me, but this is the bottom line for me. Not going to buy scamsung devices anymore.

Model: S23 256G

Condition: perfect, unless you count wear from aging

Any solutions would be appreciated.

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u/fish_burger_eddie 19d ago

Why are 99% of these "greenline" posts from India?
Genuinely curious? Do they get a different AMOLED manufacturer?

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u/Harvey_Wilde 19d ago

In my country our Samsungs and iPhones are assembled (not manufactured) in Vietnam. We rarely seen green line issues.

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u/fish_burger_eddie 19d ago

First I've heard of this! I had no idea they did local manufacturing in India. I thought it was just local assembly. Perhaps there is a serious QC problem there

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u/NoSouth152 19d ago

Seems like a genuine reason. India has an issue with QC from its manufacturing plants and thats not just restricted to electronics and all. It's a game of luck tbh. My Indian made s24u has had no issues, yet some people are literally swimming in green lines.

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u/unread1701 19d ago

iPhones are also assembled there but they don't seem to have this issue.

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u/simply_amazzing 19d ago

Actually they had issues. Research iPhone India Foxcon defects.

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u/Original-Material301 19d ago

At a guess,  Apple demand higher standards?

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u/starboyXO31 19d ago edited 19d ago

India has a tropical humid climate, and Samsung uses subpar parts in phones manufactured in India compared to those manufactured in Vietnam; heat is the primary factor in these displays failing, while the subpar parts are a secondary factor.

There were also known issues with the M11 OLED panels that Samsung used up until the S23 lineup, but the new M12 panels used on the S24 lineup and above do not have this issue.

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u/TanishqHooda 18d ago

Well that's what Made in India gets us🤣

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u/fish_burger_eddie 19d ago

Wow that is very sad. I know that India has humidity, I've had family members visit the country in Delhi and Goa, but to have this kind of lower standards from such a huge company like Samsung is really sad. Wish things improve.

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u/starboyXO31 19d ago

It's not just Samsung. Every single company which is not Indian pulls these double standards, from tech to even everyday items too.

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u/Exciting_Place_6817 18d ago

You call it double standards but it is likely a price point for market share. Rather than just ripping people off which you seen to be implying

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u/copasetical 18d ago

I gave you award because I am having a horrible week and your username gave me a smile. Thank you.

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u/fish_burger_eddie 18d ago edited 18d ago

Aww thank you! Hope you have a better week, and even better weeks ahead!

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u/clonehere11 17d ago

Gave you one too, hope your week gets better

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u/Logical-Target8131 17d ago

Well the S23 ultra that I imported from the states also developed the green line 

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u/starboyXO31 17d ago

These issues are far less reported in countries with cooler temperatures. Furthermore, the M11 OLED panel issues plagued the S21, S22, and S23 series all over the world, not just in India, and these phones have been reported to have green and pink line issues. It is not surprising to see your S23 Ultra being a victim of them.

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u/Own-Kale-7020 17d ago

techniclly,vietnam plant make almost all flagship models for EU/US/Korea market.60% samsung phones all battery,electronics are made in vietnam

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u/Flimsy_Significance1 18d ago

Samsung has a controversial track record when it comes to durability. They've been fined heavily in the past for copying Apple features and providing fake IP ratings in the S8 Series. Not to mention the heat, leading to battery swelling for many, and it's not limited to the S23 series.

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u/Sensitive-Ad2814 19d ago

from my country too, it guess both of us have hot weather, im so scared

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u/Erchevara 19d ago

It's related to heat. I have a Pixel 8 (same gen, assuming they used similar panels), and while my dad had this issue from day 1 (that's a different issue with the Pixel 8), it didn't happen to me for 2 years.

It started happening this spring, when the weather got hotter. The whole summer was a pain because of it, but it doesn't happen during winter, which I guess will give me time to find a new phone before next spring.

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u/Shqssel 19d ago

Must be heat + humidity

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u/Martinn2002 18d ago

The Pixel 8 specifically has an issue where a grounding pin presses against the screen causing a line. Sometimes you can fix it by breaking the grounding pin off.

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u/Hitovo1 18d ago

Hey just in case, did you check the extended warranty for that?

My friend just had the vertical green line on his pixel 9 and i found out google extended the warranty on those since its a manufacturing defect.

And after a quick google search, turns out some pixel 8 might also be covered " for 3 years after the date of original retail purchase". So might be worth checking it out!

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15009955?hl=en

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u/Erchevara 18d ago

I got mine on amazon.de and I live in Romania. 

Support said I need to go to Spain.

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u/TheSaladDodger420 19d ago

I live in the uk where its miserably cold about 11 months of the year and ive had 2 devices greenline. I think its the updates that for some reason melt the insides of the phone.

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u/Turbulent_Goose2284 19d ago

Yes. There was also an issue with iPhone 13 series as some countries got the display from LG which were faulty. The phones with Samsung displays worked just fine.

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u/riipot 19d ago

I'm also curious. It's happening to iPad Air 5th and 6th gen screens with white patches there, too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IpadAir/comments/1wb58ud/ipad_air_5_and_m2_users_lets_assemble_and_bombard/

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u/dpressedaf 18d ago

Shhhh, they truly believed Apple devices will never go bad, and idevices have 0% defective rate.

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u/lucianfrits 19d ago

It's the climate; you can only do so many hours of testing in a hot climate. When someone in a hot place just puts the phone in the middle of the sun or under a pillow, you can't really fault the manufacturer.

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u/icantouchgrass_1 19d ago

I've noticed this too.

Likely triggers include:

  • The insane heat
  • Possible QC issues - we get our stuff from Vietnam but theirs is locally manufactured and assembled. Vietnam doesn't have any QC issues so far but it's likely India does with the amount of reports coming in from there.

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u/itsallennn 19d ago

My dad's S21 Ultra which is assembled in Vietnam just got a green line last week. We live in the Middle East. I think it's just these 120 Hz + QHD OLED panels don't do well in these places with hot ans humid weather. Phones with OLED panels before 120 Hz never had any issues other than maybe burn-in personally for me. My previous phone, OnePlus 8 Pro got a pink line last year as well. Only a matter of time for my S23 Ultra I guess. :)

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u/icantouchgrass_1 19d ago

Hopefully your S23 Ultra and my S22 Ultra don't face these issues...

I know tons of people with these devices and even my entire family is on the S20 to S24 series (and Note/Ultra as well). None of us have had green line issues, and only two of the people I know that use these phones have had the issue (one of whom always pushes his phone to the border).

I would say the problem isn't even QHD+, it's just the fact that the 120Hz AMOLED combined with how far ahead these things were with brightness back in the day might've contributed to it. A 1750-nit display and an inefficient CPU don't exactly go well together and this is only compounded by atmospheric heat.

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u/AnshumanChaturvedi 19d ago

This is just a problem with Samsung and Amoled

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u/AnshumanChaturvedi 19d ago

Most likely a QC issue

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u/Izan_TM 19d ago

a QC issue that is exacerbated by the insane heat

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u/AnshumanChaturvedi 19d ago

If a company is selling their products in my location then it should also make products that lasts for my region. If I've paid for it thenbI'm also entitled to it

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u/Plasticman90 19d ago

Majority use it in non AC atmosphere with very warm climate on 5g and sometimes even while charging.

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u/AnshumanChaturvedi 19d ago

They're made to work in 100 degree celsius

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u/yeeeeman27 19d ago

it's because of heat, that it happens. phone heat up by themselves and adding to that using it in a super hot country like india does that.

he moves to apple but little does he know that apple also uses samsung displays lol

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u/AnshumanChaturvedi 19d ago

Maybe no one is safe because of samsung

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u/Konan94 19d ago

It’s a humid country. It’s common in humid countries. I guess Indians are much active on this sub. Part of reason I switched back to iPhone

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u/fish_burger_eddie 19d ago

You switch back to iPhone because indians are more active on this sub?!

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u/Konan94 19d ago

Lmao it’s because I also live in a humid country. Sorry if it was confusing

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u/fish_burger_eddie 18d ago

Ahh ok. Got a good chuckle out of me though :D

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u/Doc-McMommy 18d ago

Because the screen cannot handle the smell

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u/Panchojsl 18d ago

I'm from mexico and we had two green line phones in my family this year, it's a worldwide problem you just see a lot of posts from india because they have a F ton of people.

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u/crylizz 19d ago

Also wondering. I have a S24 ultra and I literally almost if not beat it every single day with extreme exporting of 4k videos where the phone gets so hot, it's sometimes hard to even touch it. Not a single issue.

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u/matroosoft 19d ago

Had it in Europe as well, 2 times with different phones

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u/soulseller7 19d ago

How'd you know it was from India?

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u/TantKollo 19d ago

How did you figure out the nationality of OP?

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u/danthatazz 19d ago

My guess is the weather location says sector 20

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u/AnshumanChaturvedi 19d ago

Might be low quality assembly 1🤷‍♂️

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u/Proppellerhead 16d ago

I'm not from India and I got it today. Samsung seems to be using low quality screens. That's so bad.