So i just purchased a Samsung galaxy s3 on ebay, in a Manufacturer Refurbished condition, the seller was selling a lot of them, he already had sold like 25 of them, and he still had 10 available. And he had 99.9% positive feedback. It was a good deal fifty bucks cheaper than a used one. The ones he was selling were like new, no scratches what so ever. Only thing is that the phones are manufacturer refurbished. But regardless, when i opened it today i turned it on everything seems to be working fine, looked good to go. I selected the english language and a2dded my google account. I was so happy with it, until i went into the settings and i went to the wifi and in some of the letters, I started noticing like dots on some letters and like line dashes over them. I uploaded a photo of it...
http://s14.postimg.org/5y1asonjl/20150618_231608.jpg , In the photo you will notice a little dash, in the box where it says enter password, between the ( and u. Also where it was Show password between the r and d there is also a little dash and where it says Show advanced options, on the V there is a dot and where it says cancel, on the second C it has a black dash. And where it says Save, on the V it a another black dash, and also wher it says connect, the second C has a black dash.
So what can this be? A screen burnin maybe? I did the test already but nothing showed up. I also did the dead pixel test and still looked normal. So i know this is not normal though, i think it's some type of defect. I have owned other galaxy devices before and have never seen this on any of them. And after all it is a manufacturer refurbished phone. So not that i wouldn't have expected something to be wrong with it. So before i let the seller know, and return it or swap it for another one, what exactly can this be?
http://s14.postimg.org/5y1asonjl/20150618_231608.jpg , In the photo you will notice a little dash, in the box where it says enter password, between the ( and u. Also where it was Show password between the r and d there is also a little dash and where it says Show advanced options, on the V there is a dot and where it says cancel, on the second C it has a black dash. And where it says Save, on the V it a another black dash, and also wher it says connect, the second C has a black dash.
So what can this be? A screen burnin maybe? I did the test already but nothing showed up. I also did the dead pixel test and still looked normal. So i know this is not normal though, i think it's some type of defect. I have owned other galaxy devices before and have never seen this on any of them. And after all it is a manufacturer refurbished phone. So not that i wouldn't have expected something to be wrong with it. So before i let the seller know, and return it or swap it for another one, what exactly can this be?
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