You love your iPhone, but like me, you may have began to see some stuck pixels. Stuck pixels are not dead pixels – they’re stuck on a color and don’t refresh with screen redraws.
“Solutions” abound on the web to try to fix the stuck pixels on your iPhone but they are silly and uses an animated .gif to cycle through the various colors.
Though these work for standard LCD displays on actual computers, they don’t on the iPhone because the processor speed doesn’t allow the .gif to animate quickly enough to affect the display.
Frustrated with my one stuck pixel I made a file viewable on the iPhone that uses javascript to cycle the colors by actual hex color at a frequency needed to help out you iPhone users with this frustrating blemish.
iPhone users, click here to enter. Let it roll for a little while (expect some heat) and don’t worry about the display brightness dimmin’ over time, I made it refresh before the phone’s auto-brightness takes over. The repair window is sized for the iPhone. If the menu is in the way, just rotate it.
Though there is no guarantee this will work in YOUR case, it has mine and one colleague. If you find other solutions please let me know and I’ll get it exposed for the rest of us. ‘Til then, I hope this helps you.
Update – August 5, 2008 – I just created a MySpace profile to keep people updated about the Pixel Fix, any improvement ETC. Befriend me and I’ll post bulletins to inform you.
If you have found this useful, could you consider buying me a cup of coffee?
OMG
I applied a screen protector and after running a small card around to get the bubbles out I noticed I had a blue dot. I haven’t been that pissed in a while. So a quick google search led me to everythingicafe.com where someone had the same problem and someone else suggested your website. I was skeptical at first because it seemed so weird to me. After running it on my iphone for a good 20 minutes I applied pressure and it worked like a charm. I couldnt be any happier. I REALLY appreciate you hosting this application along with the detailed instructions. I definitely will be recommending all my friends to check out your site. THANK YOU!
Hi, I read this quite interesting… but I cannot find anyway I can do the test on my phone. Do I need to download from Installer or Cydia? how to run the test???
@kong
You just click to the link on your iPhone. Don’t download anything, it’s just a simple HTML webapp.
thanks a bunch knox.
i was just thinking about going to the apple store and coming up with some crappy excuse!
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Dude!! Your app ROCKS! Turn on my phone and had a pixel that was changing colors. I was about to go ape$h!t, then I found your app. Thanks. 100%
Worked for me, thank you very much! Ran the app for about 10 minutes, tapped on the stuck pixel and it disappeared.
This worked perfectly for my iphone 3g. Thanks so much!
Knox, I Love You. I Had Had My Iphone For About A Month And After a Rough New Year’s Eve I Found A Red And Blue Dot On My Screen. After A Moment Of Anger At The Iphone I Searched The Web And Found Your Site. Left Your App Running For About 15 Mins And Then Applied Some Pressure To The Screen Around The Pixels For About 30 Seconds And Hey Presto My Screen Is Good As New. Thanks Again, Tom. And A Happy New Year
Dude… I was sick because I finally got my phone the way I wanted it and I thought I had a bad pixel… I soon realized that it was stuck, but had no way to fix it… until I stumbled across this page. Needless to say, I now have a working pixel again!
I will be donating! Thank you for the good work!
Donated
Hey! I noticed a little green dot on my screen the other day – and I was freaking out that it might spread or something..
Checked out this app, and it works amazing. Thanks so much for your help dudee!
Worked for me
Thanks Knox – beer on way!!
I love you
Had a stuck bright green pixel right under the time on my 3G iPhone. Thought it was dead and asked a few others at work if apply had a policy for them. Did a search on google and found your app. Let it run 10 minutes and rubbed it, no luck. Let it run 30 more minutes while reading the comments and rubbed the spot a little harder. My face looked like
after I saw the little green dot disappear. Thanks Knox!
thanks slot man although it did not fix all 8 of the green and blue pixels I am now left with only one which I can live with
Works Perfect!!!!! Just After 7 min and a little pressure.
I had a butt ugly green pixel showing in the centre of my iPhone… this resolved it on the second try after 2mins of the image playing.
This totally worked. You are my hero. You totally deserve a drink for that one.
Thankssssssss.
couldnt be happier! thanks alot great work!
Kelly from Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Today my iPhone got a green dot in the top middle of the screen.
I found this site and I was a little skeptical at first… I allowed the screen to flash for around 15 mins with no luck. I then tried to ‘rub’ the dead pixel with no luck… I guess I was a little frustrated – so I used my thumb and squeezed the screen pretty hard right where the dead pixel was.
The little green dot is now gone.
Thanks a MILLION!!
Kelly
Good work fella!!
App worked a treat on that little annoying green dot in the middle of my screen. Thank you very very much!
how long shud we let it run? i don know whether i have a dead or stuck pixels but there r lotsa of them on the right top corner…
Count me as another success story. After 15 minutes and some light pressure (after the screen was heating up) my stuck pixel is now fixed. Thanks!
You rule! I thought I had a dead pixel until I decided to look it up on Google and searched “dead pixel on iphone” and “red pixel on iphone” then found this website to fix it! Ran it for about 3 minutes then tapped the red stuck pixel and voila! It’s back to perfect! Thank you very much. I remember seeing this when the first iPhone came out and didn’t think much of it but now I understand…GENIUS! Must have saved so many people by now!!!
Thank you!
You are the man
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stuck pixel gone
took a few tried but after a loving deep massage, my iphone and I are lovers again
Knox, you rock !!!
Just wanted to let everybody know that this program really does work! Spotted a small green dot on my iphone screen today, it drove me absolutely bananas even though it was so small. Found this program, ran it for about 30 minutes, rubbed around the dot, and it disappeared! Don’t be afraid to apply some pressure. It didn’t disappear until I rubbed a bit harder, enough to see discoloration.
Yes, Knox, I’m buying you a drink. Thanks for the program! You are a life saver.
Got my iPhone 3GS yesterday and found a so called ’stuck’ pixel today
. It is white and very small but it annoys me! I’m running the pixel fix right now on my iPhone, hope it works 
! Thanks for sharing anyways 
.
You have become one of my most favorite people. It worked like a charm and saved me a heartache over my iPhone!
thanks dude. i did this for like 2hours -.-’ and it worked! then the spot came back and i panicked and SMASHED my screen -.-’. and it worked again! haha. you da best.
Thank man,
I have tried it several time but at 1st it did not work for me ( 30 mis, 60mis) but i kept trying many time,the last time, I put the phone next to the light ( let it hot ), ” Massage” it with my thumb ( Hard – very important ) . after 5 mins, the pixel has gone.
Thank a lot, I own you a beer man.
OMG!! I found this stupid red pixel on my iphone yesterday and then I found your program- BRILLIANT!! It didn’t work the first time for me but I tried it today and left it running for 5 minutes n when I looked over it was gone. Hopefully it doesn’t come back. Thanks heaps!!
thanks a bunch man.
After having my ipod touch for 8 moths i got a blue stuck pixel in the center of my screen.
I let your App run for 5 minutes then applied pressure to the pixel and VOILA It unstuck
Totally worked for me!!! Ran ten minutes then pushed on the pixel and…gone!
Much thanks!
Oh my god. It did work.
Thank you very much
A good few years after creation, this is still doing it’s job. I got two blue pixels appearing on my screen. An hour of this running, it unfortunately didn’t work, even with some pressing.
However, turning it on and off a couple of times, whilst holding the pixels down, and running this whilst doing the same, and it looks like they’re gone for good.
Many thanks.
Thanks I did it for about 5 seconds and it worked perfect!
Had about 25 pixels frozen red and grey, it took a full hour to get them all but it worked. Great little app.
Also for those with large clusters of stuck pixels (normally gray) this app seems to be working well. It has def. minimized the size of mine slowly but surely. I’ve been running the app for an hour now and it has minimized the size of the gray areas on the top of my screen…..normally not reachable by the app but I turned my iphone landscape and thats doing the trick.
Dude!!!
ilove you!!
it totally worked!!
i thought i had a dead one
i ran it about a 10 min’ and than put some pressure next to pixel
and i had allso a green one and he disappeared i dont think that the green ones are dead….
I just wanted to say I have also benefited from your approach on how to release a stuck pixel. Many thanks also from this end
Thanks! this worked like a charm, I had a green stuck pixel, on my iphone, letting it run for about five mins with some thumb rubbing cleared it up!
Thanks, worked like a charm!!!