Do you have a mobile with an OLED or AMOLED screen? Do you want to prevent screen burns? Today we leave you with several tips to avoid burns on the AMOLED screen of your mobile and prevent the wear of the pixels. Do you have a mobile with this type of panel and do not know what we are talking about? We will also explain what burns are and why they occur on your screen. It is difficult to use a device with an OLED screen for many years and not suffer from this problem, but you can largely avoid it by following some tips.
What are burns or burn-in on AMOLED or OLED screens
The first thing you should know is that an AMOLED screen has a series of pixels that can emit different colors depending on the compound they use. If that pixel shows the white color it uses a certain compound, if it shows the red color it uses another compound. These compounds inside the pixel deteriorate and lose properties as used.
If your screen is a week in a row showing a white color, the composite of the pixel that is responsible for this color will suffer wear. The rest of the compounds to show other colors will not have wear since they have not been used. Depending on the general quality of the panel, these compounds deteriorate sooner or later, so several months of use may be enough to start showing burns.
These burns become visible when an area of the screen shows a certain color a lot. The best example is found in the area of the lower buttons of Android. This area almost always has a fixed color, so it wears the compound of that color much more. When this occurs, a series of spots or shadows called burns or burn-in are formed.
This can happen with all colors, but it is much more noticeable in whites and blues, as this compound wears out much earlier. No OLED screen gets rid of this, although the higher the quality, the more time will pass until you start to notice it. In some cases, it can be a burn so light that it is barely noticeable.
In summary, when an AMOLED screen displays a fixed color for a long time, this area begins to “wear out” and displays certain colors differently. Of course, it is something that you can avoid with some tips on when using your smartphone.
Don’t put clocks or fixed widgets in light colors
A clock that always shows the time in a certain place or a widget can cause that area of the screen to show burns. Clocks that always display the time in white are most likely to leave burn marks on AMOLED displays. Several months showing the time in the same place makes the composite of those pixels for the white color wear more than the rest.
Our recommendation is to use clocks that show the time on different parts of the screen from time to time. If you have a clock on the lock screen it can be the most problematic, so delete it or download apps so that it moves across the screen every so often. In this way, you will avoid that it is always in the same area of the screen and burn that surface.
The bottom button bar is to blame for 90% of screens with burns. Most of the time you use your device this bar is at the bottom showing a fixed color. This causes pixels to almost always wear the same color and burns to show.
These are the ones that appear first and do not think that months or years will pass, this button bar in a few weeks can cause burns. It is best to activate the Android gestures so that this bar disappears and that the pixels very much more in the displayed color.
Adapt the notification bar to the color of the application
The upper notification bar is another area that almost always shows the same color. In current versions of Android less happens, but in older versions, the bar is almost always shown in black. This causes the pixels to be off most of the time and not wear out. This is also a problem.
The entire screen deteriorates over time, while these pixels hardly deteriorate. The result is that in several months of use you will also notice a color difference between one area and another. It is best to adapt this notification bar to the color displayed by the application because in this way the pixels will wear more evenly.
Avoid white and blue colors for a long time
Having a fixed wallpaper for many months is another reason why these burns can appear on the screen. We’ve already told you that white and blue colors are the most troublesome, but having a wallpaper that always shows the same colors in the same parts is also a cause of burns. Pixels will wear unevenly and some areas may have duller colors.
It is highly recommended to use multi-colored wallpapers and change them every so often. In this way, the AMOLED screen will wear out equally in all areas. It may seem like an exaggeration, but spending two or three months with the same wallpaper can make your screen suffer quite noticeable burns.
Do not use applications to solve burns or burn-in
In Google Play you will find many applications that promise to repair these burns on the screen caused by the wear of certain pixels. They do not work because an application cannot return the pixel to its original operating state. What these apps do is burn the entire screen equally so that burns are not as noticeable. In short, they will make your screen reduce its quality considerably. Do not download or use them.
These are the tips and tricks that we recommend you carry out if you have a mobile with an AMOLED or OLED screen. They are not at all necessary if you have a device with an IPS LCD screen, because the color system is completely different and they do not suffer burns for displaying a color for a long time. To check if your mobile has an AMOLED or IPS screen, you can enter the GSMArena website and search for the model of your mobile. Take a look at the features and you will know what technology the panel has.
What do you think about these tricks for AMOLED screens? Will you do any of them to avoid burns? Tell us more in the comments or on social media!