At this point, Samsung phones are pretty infamous for a particular display issue, which is rather ironic. Part of what makes Samsung’s phones some of the best you can get on the market is the superior display quality of its devices. However, several people using older Samsung devices, including Galaxy S21 handsets, are experiencing the infamous Green Line issue.
For those who don’t know, this is an issue that affects several Samsung devices. A lot of the time, it’s the company’s higher-end devices like the latest Galaxy S phones, which is quite a bummer. Users would unlock their phone to see a green line stretching from the top to the bottom of the screen. No matter what screen they’re on or what app they use, the line will always be there.
Most folks assume that it’s a software issue, and reply by factory resetting the device. However, it appears that that is not the case and that the screen line issue could be a hardware problem. That makes it substantially harder to fix.
Galaxy S21 users and others are affected by the green line issue
We’ve just gotten two new reports from affected Galaxy S21 users detailing this issue. Both of the users affected were using Galaxy S21 devices. The first person was using a Galaxy S21 FE, and the second was using a Galaxy S21 Ultra. While this has not been confirmed, it’s possible that this issue could be related to software updates.
Both of the reports indicate that the green lines came right after installing an update. If that’s so, this can hopefully be fixed with a future patch.
This is an issue that Samsung has been dealing with for a while, and we’re all wondering when the company will be able to fix it. It’s always a bummer spending hundreds of dollars (sometimes, over $1,000) on a phone just to run into a persistent screen issue on it.