If you aren’t careful, then your Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 may be susceptible to image retention.
You can take a look at this guide from Seeking Tech to see what you can do in order to prevent burn-in and ghosting issues with this tablet.
Why you see image retention of the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 screen
If your Galaxy Tab A8 displays the same static image for an extended period of time, then the image may still appear in some form on the screen even if you switch it over to show something else. This is known as image retention or image persistence.
This image could be a temporary ghosting effect or end up being a permanent burn-in.
How to prevent Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 burn-in and ghosting issues
In order to prevent your Galaxy Tab A8 from getting image retention, we recommend taking the following precautions:
1. If you aren’t using the tablet, then you should turn off its screen by pressing and then quickly releasing the Side key.
2. You can also enable the screen timeout feature by taking the following steps:
- To begin, head into the Settings app of the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8.
- If you can’t find Settings on the home screen, swipe upwards from the bottom to reveal a list of installed applications you have on the tablet. You should be able to find it from there.
- From the very first page of the Settings app, select Display.
- Inside of the Display menu, select “Screen timeout.”
- Finally, select the time that you want to pass before the tablet automatically shuts off its screen due to the lack of user input or other activities.
3. Having higher brightness levels make the screen of the Galaxy Tab A8 more prone to burn-ins and ghosting. Therefore, we recommend keeping the brightness level as low as possible without straining your eyes.
To see how you can manually adjust the screen brightness, as well as use the adaptive brightness feature, you can check out this article.
4. If you are watching a long video or using an app that has persistent black bars, a static logo and/or other static images, then we recommend that you give the screen a short break for every hour of continuous usage.
You can do so by turning off the screen or switching over to a different video or app to avoid image retention.
How to fix Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 screen burn-in and ghosting issues
If you see some image retention, then we recommend that you turn of the screen. If you want to keep using the tablet, then avoid using the app or video that caused the ghosting to appear. Eventually, the temporary ghosting image should go away on its own.
If the image still appears after some time has passed, then the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 may have suffered from permanent burn-in. This type of image retention can’t be fixed, which means you will need to get a brand-new tablet if you want a non-burn-in screen.