Terms of Service

Using This Site

BadPixelTest is free to use. There is nothing to buy, no account to make and no subscription. By using the site you agree to what is on this page.

You may use the tests as often as you like, on any device, for personal or for work. A repair shop checking a customer's laptop and a person checking their own phone are equally welcome.

The images you download from the site are plain blocks of colour. Use them for whatever you want, including in work you are paid for. There is nothing to credit and no permission to ask for.

What we ask in return is that you do not try to break the site: no attempts to overload it, no automated hammering of its pages, and no copying of its content to publish as your own.

The Tests Come As They Are

The tests are provided as they are, with no promise that they will be available at any particular moment or that they will suit your situation.

They also cannot be perfectly accurate, and it is worth understanding why. What you see depends on your screen, the brightness it is set to, the light in your room, your browser, and your own eyes. Two people running the same test on the same screen can reach different conclusions, and a screen that looks perfect at low brightness in a bright room can show faults at full brightness in the dark.

So treat the result as evidence rather than as a verdict. If something important rests on it — a warranty claim, a repair, whether to buy a second-hand screen — get the screen looked at by someone who can hold it in their hands.

Not Professional Advice

The fixing guides on this site describe what commonly causes a problem and what usually helps. They are written carefully and checked, but they are general information, not advice about your particular device.

Nothing here tells you whether a fault is covered by a warranty. Manufacturers set their own rules, those rules differ by model and by country, and the only reliable answer is the policy for your exact product.

If you act on something you read here — opening a laptop, changing a cable, taking a device to a repair shop — that decision is yours.

Warnings You Should Take Seriously

Two things on this site carry a real risk, and they are worth repeating here rather than only on the pages they appear on.

The first is the stuck pixel fixer. It fills the screen with fast changing colour for as long as you leave it running. If you are sensitive to flashing light, or you have any condition affected by it, do not use it. The warning appears before it starts for the same reason.

The second is the pressure method for a stuck pixel, which some pages describe and all of them advise against. Pressing on a screen can create more faulty pixels, leave a lasting mark, or crack the panel. If you try it, you are accepting that risk yourself.

More generally, nothing on this site should be read as an instruction to open, dismantle or press on a device. Where a page explains a physical method, it is explaining what people do and what it costs them, not telling you to do it.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or damage that follows from using this site or from acting on what it says. That includes damage to a device, a repair that did not work, a warranty claim that was refused, or time and money spent on any of it.

This does not take away rights you have under the law where you live, and nothing here tries to exclude liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Links to Other Sites

Some pages mention other companies, products or tools by name so that you know what is being talked about. That is not an endorsement, and we have no control over anything on another company's website.

Naming a manufacturer while explaining a fault is not a claim about that manufacturer. Brands appear on this site because people search for them alongside a problem, not because their screens are worse than anyone else's.

Changes to These Terms

These terms can change as the site changes. When they do, the date at the top of this page moves, and using the site afterwards means the new version applies.

If something here is unclear or looks wrong, please say so.

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