London-based tech brand Nothing recently unveiled its budget-range Nothing Phone (2a) in many markets including India. At launch, the device was riddled with performance and camera issues, however, nothing has managed to fix the majority of them with multiple updates. That being said, the infamous “green line issue” has now reared its ugly head on the Phone (2a).
Nothing Phone 2a also got the much known green line issue:-)@madhavkant05 @Technerd_9 @nothingindia @stufflistings @AmreliaRuhez @punitsingh176 pic.twitter.com/IdU6dEA5Hm
— Hrishabh Payal (@payalhrishabh) May 13, 2024
This is a well-known issue on smartphones that use an OLED display. We have previously documented many cases of Samsung, Motorola, and OnePlus smartphones struggling with this issue. An X (Twitter) user has posted a couple of pictures as well as a video of a Phone (2a) with a vertical green line on the right side of the display. The image also reveals that the device has the latest Nothing OS 2.5.5.a update, which was announced around 19 days ago. This appears to be the first reported case of a green line appearing on the Phone (2a).
The Twitter user hasn’t specified the origin or timing of this problem. It’s important to highlight that most instances of the green line issue on OnePlus and Samsung devices have occurred post software updates. Although brands haven’t openly addressed the cause of this post-update problem, upon investigation, it appears that software updates altering display parameters, particularly voltage settings, may lead to an electrical fault in the display, manifesting as the green line of dead pixels.
That being said, there are also other reasons for green lines to appear on smartphone displays, including physical damage due to dropping, bending, or applying too much pressure on the display and the display connector or the flex cable connecting to the motherboard being damaged or defective.
Coming back to the Nothing Phone (2a), we weren’t able to find any other reports of the green line issue on X (formerly Twitter), or on the Nothing Community forums, so it appears to be an isolated issue for now. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.
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