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Released by Samsung in March 2016. Model SM-G930.

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Did I get a fake Galaxy S7 LCD from a different store?

I got a replacement LCD/digitizer/glass/front panel kit from a different site. Figured I'd give them a shot, they claimed it was OEM (which I assume meant OEM specs) and the price was right.

I've got it in, and right off the bat, it had a blue-ish tint. Figured it was just a difference between it, and the old S6 I've been using temporarily. So I went to see if I could tweak it. No response from the AMOLED settings, no response from the color level settings. Brightness works. And the resolution is spot on. Figured I'd switch it to 1080p, see if that works. It doesn't. Corrupted image. Which to me means that the panel controller is different from the stock unit.

Anyone know if this could be a bad connection somewhere, or if I can swap more of the original hardware in to drive this thing (assuming the panel itself is identical)? It's not bad looking, but since it's my day to day phone, I don't want to go incommunicado to tear it open after I switch back to it, and I use it in meetings sometimes to demo Gear VR apps, which need to look their best.

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There's no such thing as an Original Samsung screen unless it came directly from a retired phone. The ones you can get are all 3rd party. However, there are high quality and low quality, tested and untested, displays. The ones sold on iFixit have accountability, so even if there was a problem you have someone to complain to to resolve issues. If you bought it from someone else, you will have to deal with them to get an exchange or refund.

All image processing comes from the Samsung's CPU+GPU then is sent via data cable to the display. If it was working before replacement without issues, but is not working with the new display, the new display likely is the culprit.

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