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Lately I’m noticing some small elements of my iPhone UI are ghosted in my screen, like my keyboard, cell carrier, time, and battery icon. Along with the swipe bar, lock icon, and the date and time for the lock screen. Is anyone else experiencing this + is there a way to fix it?
Burn-in can be temporary such as suddenly displaying static bright stuff for a while when the display is cold.
Or they can be permanent due to uneven wear.
Once permanent burn-in sets in, there is no way a user can undo it unless you replace the display. There are factory tools that cancels out the burn-in by recalibrating each pixel, but I doubt anyone does it on an old phone since it is not worth the effort.
This happens with a number of different makes and models . Sometimes it shows up after an update, and then goes away after another update. Sometimes it never goes away. If you’re under warranty I would try getting it replaced. There’s no known fix for this as far as I know.
It also happens on Samsung a lot - it’s the nature of the beast with AMOLED panels :(. It’s an issue because of how the panels are designed - it’s just as bad as a plasma TV without some sort of built in prevention method like pixel motion that the user will not notice. Change your background somewhat frequently on these AMOLED phones and alternate your app icon locations. It’s sadly the only way to prevent it from happening (or making it worse). If you do not need an app, remove it or locate it to a folder which you can alternate the location on.
