C500 Screen Shake

[Guest misterfood]

Has anyone had an issue whereby (in direct sunlight), the display of the C500 appears to "shimmer" and you get wavy horizontal lines appearing and disappearing on the screen? They seem to subdue when you move the phone out of direct sunlight.

Is this a "feature" of these phones or do I have a dud screen?

Thanks!

[Guest Djarid]

I don't have this prob on my C500 (not a lot of help I guess but at least you know someone has read this :) )

[Guest fozzie]

Yep, seen it myself once or twice in bright sunlight. IIRC I saw it a few times on my original SPV too.

[Guest spark-x]

I don't have that.. you can see the screen's lines more clearly in the sunlight but i don't see them shaking

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[Guest chucky.egg]

Yeah, I get the shimmering on some homescreens - I always put it down to either power-saving (it seems more obvious after the screen has gone off and come back on)

[Guest scwaudby]

I get this too, again it seems to be either when in direct sunlight or when the backlight is off (just gone off or if you hit a key with the keylock on). I was considering asking them about it in the Orange shop where I got the phone but I could guarantee it souldn't happen if I tried to show them

[Guest mavisdavis]

Dont forget these screen have a reflective layer between the eliments so as the currant passes throungh the tft screen it can be seen when angled right to the sun :wink:

That what I think it is... But what do I know :?:

[Guest kurtfhouse]

I do get this but I don't think its a fault, Mavisdavis probably has the right conclusion

[Guest scwaudby]

That would make sense, certainly when I notice it on mine it varies quite a lot as I tilt the phone back and forth which would seem to tie in. It's not really an issue and it's easy enough to ignore if it's just a feature of the type of screen.

[Guest gv_synt]

It's a kind of 'warm-up' effect that happens, on my phone it usually stabalises after a couple of seconds, when using mostly the backlight. In bright sun it is *just* about still visible.

[Guest stclive]

to sum it up

its nothing to worry about

[Guest fozzie]

to sum it up

its nothing to worry about

Thanks for that! :roll:

Edit: You're not a judge by any chance are you? :-k

[Guest spark-x]

lol :)

[Guest zippy172]

What you can see "shimmering" is the LCD pixels multiplexing... Absolutely nothing to worry about, nor indeed is a fault of the display. Without that effect, the display simply would not work... ALL LCD's do it, to differing degrees dependant mainly on two things, multiplex frequency and temperature.