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Yellow Tint!

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I'm another one that's been having problems. I bought a 16gb wifi ipad in the UK from Argos. When looking at a blank (white) safari page, the middle of the screen has an obvious green tint and the rest of the screen has a pink tint.

There is also a dust speck under the screen, so I'll have to try to get it exchanged tomorrow.

This particular ipad should never have left the factory without quality control having spotted these problems.
 
jw6961 said:
Mine had the yellow tint across the entire screen.

Just be sure to check on the iPad every so often if you wrap it in a towel to be sure it's not overheating.
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and overheating is based on being too hot to touch? i guess i'll give it a go tomorrow at work so i can keep an eye on it.
 
guitarguy316 said:
and overheating is based on being too hot to touch? i guess i'll give it a go tomorrow at work so i can keep an eye on it.
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Yes, if it gets really hot to the touch, take it out of the towel. I actually took mine out every hour or so for about 10 minutes. It might not be totally neccesary, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Of course, it could be that wrapping it in a towel isn't neccesary at all, and just running a plain white page at full brightness is enough; who knows.
 
nwlondonlad said:
Well i be damned, I turned up the brightness to 100% left on white background and wrapped up for a few hrs and all the yellow is gone.

It actually now looks whiter then my iPad 2 :eek::eek:

Cheers for the tip, as always you guys are the best
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I just did the same thing and wow what a difference!

Thank you for passing this on!
 
You guys think the towel method will help in my case? Or is a lack of uniformity like this a separate issue altogether? I have half a mind to just return it.

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(In portrait - left side/right side)
 
guitarguy316 said:
For how long? Did you guys just save a white background from google?
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I did 100% brightness, with a Google white background, turned the auto lock to never, wrapped in a thick terry cloth towel for 2 hours. It was really hot when it was done but it went from pee yellow to as white as iPad 2.

Not sure why it worked just followed what some else did.

Many thanks to the previous poster :)
 
Calipad said:
I did 100% brightness, with a Google white background, turned the auto lock to never, wrapped in a thick terry cloth towel for 2 hours. It was really hot when it was done but it went from pee yellow to as white as iPad 2.

Not sure why it worked just followed what some else did.

Many thanks to the previous poster :)
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You're welcome.. Glad it worked ;)
 
Just keep in mind that putting your iPad in a towel may be killing it.
Not now but quicker than it's normal expected life.

Electronic circuitry operates best and most reliably at lower temperatures. However, today’s more complex and smaller device dimensions along with closer packing result in higher heat density and elevated operating temperatures.

Higher operating temperatures decrease the service life of the device or module. Any temperature sensitive materials used in a module can degrade and wear out more quickly. Other failure mechanisms, such as metal migration, can occur, particularly when both high temperature and humidity conditions are present. Here, metal whiskers or dendrites can grow from the conducting lines. With lines being spaced closer together in today’s devices, shorts between lines can occur and cause device failure. Additionally, when temperatures fluctuate, device interconnections and other components can fatigue from expansion and contraction due to thermal stresses and eventually fail.

Higher temperatures also increase the electrical resistance of the conducting lines within a device or module, slowing the signal speed and reducing performance. As devices become more complex, conducting paths become longer and this performance reduction is more significant.

For all of the above reasons, it’s critical to minimize temperature of the electronics by designing efficient ways of carrying away their generated heat.
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DOW CORNING
 
I set my screen to 100% brightness wrapped it inside foil and stuck it in the oven on 375 for a half hour. It now is not yellow and is as white/blue as the ocean.
 
Would it be okay to put it in the microwave? If so, would the popcorn setting be best?

:D
 
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How is this, yellow or no. I can't tell anymore, i just wanna enjoy. I compared earlier to my cousins and his is perfect white which blew me away (made it look like a iPhone 4, and i could really appreciate the retina display with true whites)
 

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The pictures do not necessarily do the iPads justice. Mine to my eyes is quite white and my camera made it look amber. Does it look like this to you?
 
jw6961 said:
Bought my iPad 3 on launch day from the Apple Store on Fifth Ave. & immediately noticed the "yellow tint" when compared to my iPad 2.

I tried the "burn in" method, left it on for about 18 hours straight with the brightness at 100% on a plain white screen & now all traces of the dreaded yellow tint are gone. Below are pictures of my iPad 3 (right) next to my iPad 2 (left).

Not saying this will work for everyone, but it might be worth a try before you go through the trouble of exchanging or returning.

YMMV
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looks awesome, this should be the expected minimum quality when everyone gets their ipads.
 
Man, I am glad I got a good display on my first attempt. No bad yellow tint and no noticeable light leaking.
 
jw6961 said:
Bought my iPad 3 on launch day from the Apple Store on Fifth Ave. & immediately noticed the "yellow tint" when compared to my iPad 2.

I tried the "burn in" method, left it on for about 18 hours straight with the brightness at 100% on a plain white screen & now all traces of the dreaded yellow tint are gone. Below are pictures of my iPad 3 (right) next to my iPad 2 (left).

Not saying this will work for everyone, but it might be worth a try before you go through the trouble of exchanging or returning.

YMMV
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Do you have any before shots?
 
Well, I noticed something odd with my iPad today. After a week, it seems the left third of the screen (holding in portrait, home button on the bottom) is a shade browner/yellower than the right hand side.

When switched to landscape (with the home button on the left) the top of the screen is this colour...

I rang Apple, they apologized and advised that a courier will pick up my iPad on Tuesday, and in the meantime they would send a replacement out at no cost to me.

I'm normally not too picky about these things, but considering I've only had the iPad for a week I think it's fair that I should raise this issue with Apple before it really annoys me.

Will report back when the replacement arrives.
 
interfreak said:
Well, I noticed something odd with my iPad today. After a week, it seems the left third of the screen (holding in portrait, home button on the bottom) is a shade browner/yellower than the right hand side.

When switched to landscape (with the home button on the left) the top of the screen is this colour...

I rang Apple, they apologized and advised that a courier will pick up my iPad on Tuesday, and in the meantime they would send a replacement out at no cost to me.

I'm normally not too picky about these things, but considering I've only had the iPad for a week I think it's fair that I should raise this issue with Apple before it really annoys me.

Will report back when the replacement arrives.
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I doubt that it happened over time. It is more likely you just started noticing it and if you had the brightness set to Auto, it will be more noticeable when the iPad is dimmer. Incidentally my iPad 1 was more reddish on the left side and greenish on the right. I think people have started to become a bit obsessive. I have a 1500 dollar monitor that isn't perfectly uniform either. There clearly is a strong yellow cast for some iPads, and different people have a different idea of what perfection is. But I think chasing after the perfect iPad may result in a lot of frustration as its probably 1 in 50.
 
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