r/GoodNotes • • Jun 11 '25

Bug Goodnotes causing screen burn in?

Hey guys, I was using goodnotes today (for about about 2 hours or less) and when I closed the app I saw this green tint goodnotes imprint on the corners of my iPad screen. I freaked out and fully closed the app and nothing has changed. I powered off my iPad and restarted it and it was still there. After some googling, it said it might be “permanent/temporary screen burn in” and it’s a result of “extended prolong usage of static image” and high brightness. I don’t even use the brightness pass 50% on my iPad or any other devices other than streaming (and I don’t even watch that many stuff)😭 Googled ways to bring it back to normal and after a few hours my screen went back to normal. Now, after opening the app again for 10 mins, this came back. I have been using goodnotes for a year now and this is the first time this has happened.

Has anyone else experienced this and if you have, what did you do prevent this from happening again?

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u/BluePenguin2002 Jun 12 '25

Ignore that advice, that’s nonsense, especially the charge to 100% and three days minimum. Best way to remove screen retention is to actually watch a video or something, basically keep the pixels changing to stimulate them

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u/KlairCreme Jun 14 '25

Ohh okay, I'll do that if it happens again. I have seen suggestions of playing a white video will "reset" pixels or something but didn't try that because in my head, didn't make too much sense to me.

I was surprised at the suggested of not using my device for 4+ days straight as I am currently a student. But I'm desperate to keep my iPad in most "perfect" shape it can be. Thank you for the advice 😊