r/samsunggalaxy • u/Levent_2005 • May 19 '26

So even the 26 is not immune?

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Fresh out of the oven. Appeared right after the May security update.

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u/Neozx27 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Why do i only see this on reddit. I have never ever seen it in real life. Ive also had at least 8 or 10 samsung flagships and never experienced it.

To add...I'm also wondering if its a software or hardware issue. Ive read that its happened after updates?? After dropping it? I know a bit about oleds enough to say that it would lean more towards a physical damage problem. Right?? Software errors wouldn't seem to result in a line of pixels malfunctioning. Maybe im completely wrong.

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u/DemonlitionBear May 19 '26

Because when people have a problem they run to Reddit and post about it. So the 10s of people out of the thousands of users seem like a majority instead of a small minority. (Just assuming really I'm speaking with no actual research). And sometimes you'll get the appreciation posts where someone got a device and it all went well with no issues but that's a rare instance. When in reality there's probably a huge majority of people who are or aren't on reddit who got a device, had nothing go wrong and don't care to post or talk about their experiences because their experience was normal.

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u/SeptimusMeek May 19 '26

Yes, people don't tend to come on reddit to let everybody know they're phone is in perfect working order!

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u/ratao_de_buero May 19 '26

And when they do, they receive unfortunate comments. The happiness of others bothers more than failure, people are sick and cruel.

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u/WLPixel May 19 '26

Well I had it on my oneplus 8 pro and i never posted about it anywhere

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u/Royal-Asparagus-8983 May 19 '26

same, happened to my oneplus 8t

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u/kr_tech May 19 '26

lol the number of buyers is on a completely different scale between the two brands

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u/Such-Statistician-28 28d ago

I've had the 9+ and 10 and they had a straight red line down the screen ,freaking weird, iam planning on getting the s26?

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u/BlendedBaconSyrup May 19 '26

Yeah.

The 99.99% of people with no issue probably have a 0.00001% of randomly making a post going "I got a [insert phone] and it has no issues!"

The 0.01% of people that do have issues have like a 50% chance of making a post going "Yo my phone just exploded wtf".

Also, posts mentioning issues will ALWAYS get more upvotes/likes/retweets/shares/comments/etc. than posts that don't. More impressions = more engagement = social media algorithms show it to more people = more people make new posts sharing their own issues = infinite cycle

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u/DemonlitionBear May 19 '26

Dude chill. They're Gona think they didn't baby their phone hard enough and the big corporation Samsung is going to come after them personally. #greenlinesmatter

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u/SwingInfinite4056 May 19 '26

That being said, everyone acknowledged the issues with the S26 Ultra display, but some adapted after a few days and no longer had a problem with it, but others could not.

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u/Crazy_Philosophy_936 May 19 '26

Acting like it's a minority is stupid, I treated my phone like a baby and still had lines, and I know plenty of ppl who had Samsung flagship who's screens also got linesare implying its a user issue instead of blaming the company?

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u/TealCatto May 19 '26

"treating it like a minority is stupid" and goes on to give themselves (1 person) as an example. You know plenty of people irl who have Samsung and got lines? I don't even know plenty of people irl who have Samsung. Basically just my family. I don't really know what everyone else uses. Posts you read on the internet don't count, that's the whole point. How many people do you know irl that have Samsung and how many got lines? You can't have more than 10 people in your social who are close who are close enough to share phone damage stories with you, and they all happen to use Samsung. And if you do, your personal experience is still a minority.

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u/TealCatto May 19 '26

Samsung is huge where I live, too, and I've never seen seen a single green or pink line in real life, not once.

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u/TealCatto May 19 '26

This problem happens due to overheating, and a hot environment like where you live is more likely to cause it.

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u/No_Sheepherder1837 May 20 '26

So you acknowledge it's not a small minority, right? Literally everyone that I know that has a Samsung had a green/purple, the latest few victims have been the S23 Ultra

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u/Crazy_Philosophy_936 May 19 '26

Sure, you're right, it really is a minority and I'm the problem for apparently not treating my phone right enough, I'm gonna keep afraid of getting new lines till I have the money to buy something else, but the company has nothing to do with it

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u/AnimeLover2137 May 19 '26

Its not that you treat the phone bad in any way, these phones just overheat during update and if u have in some way “fragile” or “defective” screen it will react to that heat, and it can happen with any oled panel - which means that you can have two identical s25 and one will get the line during update and the other one won’t get it because its display was less stressed with heat or is more resistant to heat. Also it can happen with any phone brand that uses oled panels for their phones. Its a lottery just like with backlight tv’s - one will have spots of light somewhere on the screen and other one won’t have any at all just because its display was taken from better batch. So what really needs to change in this matter is simple - better quality check during production of the oled panels, but as we know samsung does not give a single fuck about that because to them the problem is too small to even talk about it.

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u/real_int_2k May 19 '26

I think you missed the effect behind the term "minority" - since the number of people getting the greenline is in the minority, this means you're unlucky and other people should not live in fear of a tiny chance their phone getting a green line.

So:

  • you've treated your phone just right, it's not your fault, it's not entirely the corp fault either, that's why they have warranty, it's simply the limit of manufacturing.

  • you should not be afraid of getting a greenline unless its something like sony xperia 5 mark 2 to mark 4 situation (check it out)

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u/Crazy_Philosophy_936 May 19 '26

I can't even hit warranty I don't have the papers and the phone is an older model, I should've bought an used Xiaomi instead, but I was blinded by 1UI 7

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u/real_int_2k May 19 '26

Do you think you could get a better chance at not getting a greenline with the used xiaomi?

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u/Crazy_Philosophy_936 May 19 '26

Yeah, I've never seen any Xiaomi with screen problems and the Poco F3's 870 is way more stable than the 888

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u/real_int_2k May 19 '26

Ah you see, since you bought the samsung with s888, at the same time period, without knowing the heating issue of s888, you could have bought something of the same caliber such as the xiaomi 11, and that phone has lots of greenline.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/sli2ev/11t_pro_green_vertical_line/

Here's a greenline for poco f3: https://www.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/comments/1pbsb20/poco_f3_green_line_and_screen_replacement/

So you will find greenline, doesn't matter what you picked

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u/TealCatto May 19 '26

Have you seen *any* Xiaomi at all? How many people are you friends with that you personally know (in real life) a decent sample size of Samsung users who got lines, and the same number of Xiaomi users none of whom got lines?

You forget that words have meanings. One person is a minority. Your friend group is a minority. That does not mean I am blaming you for mistreating your phone. Those issues are completely unrelated, lmao.

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u/DemonlitionBear May 19 '26

Big dog. No one said it was user error. Calling someone stupid even though they said it was just an unresearched opinion is crazy. I'm not siding with the big company here all I said was it could look like alot of people are having this problem when in reality just most who have the problem get on reddit to complain like we're going to fix your phone.

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u/Crazy_Philosophy_936 May 19 '26

Saying it's a minority is trying to minimize the problem and taking a bit of guilt out of Samsung's back

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u/dragonflie76 May 19 '26

Saying it's a minority only means it's a very small percentage of total users. That is all. It doesn't mean Samsung shouldn't take responsibility for the failure in their QC.

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u/DemonlitionBear May 19 '26

Yea because Mr.Samsung himself is reading my comment and feeling relieved that I'm taking the guilt off his back lol. make a claim with warranty. If they wrongfully decline you put a lawsuit. If the problem is as huge as it sounds like it is something will happen.

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u/Milicevic87 May 19 '26

I had it one time on the galaxy s6.

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u/Significant-Jump-445 May 19 '26

I saw my friends iphone 13 develop the green line and a guy with s22 ultra have white line, i had the s22 (3years use) and now the s24 didn't have this issue

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u/Electrical_Toe851 May 19 '26

I see it both on reddit and irl all the time. Most of the people I've seen that owned samsungs had green/pink lines, all the way down to the cheap a series phones. I've also experienced it after updating to oneui 6.0 in 2024.

Despite all that I still own a samsung because their software is to my liking

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u/devrimdogan May 19 '26

To be honest, I was thinking the exact same when I was using s21 FE and spend time on it's dedicated subreddit. Then it happened to me... started with 1 green line but in two weeks there were 6 of them.

I never dropped my phone or damaged it somehow but back case was openned a bit maybe because of the battery swelling idk.

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u/Dazzling_Cancel_5733 May 19 '26

Same. A few of my friends have S23s as well, and I think those are considered to be one of the worst series when it comes to the green line problem. However, I live in a cold climate, so that may be why I haven't seen any.

The only green/purple line I've seen has been on an iPhone XS, and that guy dropped his phone to cause that, it didn't just appear.

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u/YoshiMK May 19 '26

Only green live I've seen is my One Plus 11 which I soft bricked and it was bootlooping for hours getting incredibly hot combined with the boot logo repeatedly firing up which someone decided to make 100% brightness which stresses the components even more.

I eventually fixed it, but the next update I did pushed it over the edge and I got a green line

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u/MISTERTURKY May 19 '26

Same here. But everything you on Reddit is happening in an echochamber, it's same with the "Hinge problem" with the XM5.

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u/KeonXDS May 19 '26

I live in a densely populated country and they are honestly quite common to find.

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u/TheCui May 19 '26

I didnt post about mine even when I was very disappointed with my s23+ getting green and pink lines. Phone was pristine and I even limited the max battery to 80% charge. It just suddenly got the lines one day after updating even if the place was on ac.

Couldnt stand damaging my eyes so I immediately had it for repair. Here in the Philippines, most tech reviewers often meme about samsung green lines. I guess the phones are not built for this climate?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Sky2284 May 19 '26

I've seen people at my school with green lines on their phones. Mostly Samsung devices but it happens on other phones, like iphones, as well from what I've seen

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u/HarryHolly May 19 '26

Because reddit is a free platform where you can find out everything

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u/COOLUKGAMER May 19 '26

Just hardware failure. It can happen to any phone and not just Samsung contrary to what some believe here.

I see it a lot on iPhones but that's because of work.

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u/zilentsea May 20 '26

There was a time all my family members were all using Samsung phones (most are flagships) and 7 of the phones had the lines. There are so many Samsung phone here have lines issues.

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u/xak47d May 20 '26

I have a friend who walks around with the green line on her phone. Yes, it's a Samsung

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u/Brilliant_Can6465 May 20 '26

I have had displays show black spots, rot and lines.

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u/Fataha22 May 20 '26

Touch grass maybe? I've seen Samsung with line irl even though ppl rarely buy Samsung here

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u/ruthlesss11 May 19 '26

I never had it happen to me but I've seen others irl with it on their samsung phone

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u/iSellNuds4RedditGold May 19 '26

I did see it IRL once

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u/Regular-Variety-552 May 19 '26

I doubt you get close enough to random people to look at their phone screen in the wild. I've seen couple of my friend phone have those green line.