I received mine in the mail yesterday and wanted to give my mini review.
I currently have or had:
G1
G2
G2x
Sensation
Hercules
The reason I mention this is because this phone is not much nicer then the G2, G2x or the sensation but this phone is still solid.
I paid the outright price and coming from these phones I just cant see the difference for me to spend $560. This is just based on the feature and feel of the phone vs what I already own. If you were coming from a old phone by all means this is slightly better then the rest I mentioned but not $560 better.
Pros:
No pentile
No screen door effect (spaced pixels)
No Yellow Tint
No over colored greens and oranges
Fast web browser alive, I mean WOW! Flash sites run very well
NFC
Decent processor
Fastest download speed from Tmobile device yet
Very light
Nice feel in hand
Cons:
Defective screen (I had the pixelated, washed out /brushed steel stripes) the artifacts stay in the same place and is noticeable when I pull down the notification bar.
DPI is way to HIGH for such a resolution - Not bad but should be a option
Stutters 10% of the time
Car audio does not have the Voodoo punch from stock, not sure about later development or if a compatible chip is in there.
This phone did not blow me away but will offer it to my girlfriend over the sensation for the only reason being the GPS is terrible int he sensation and we use the navigation a lot and wanted to smash the sensation many times.
This phone is very close to being sent back but even if keeping this is being exchanged for a different screen.
Does any that bought from Tmobile have a perfect/good screen? If so please post pics.
1wayjonny said:
Does any that bought from Tmobile have a perfect/good screen? If so please post pics.
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I have a good screen but have no way to post a pic at work Maybe when I get home tonight
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Cons:
Defective screen (I had the pixelated, washed out /brushed steel stripes) the artifacts stay in the same place and is noticeable when I pull down the notification bar.
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This seems to be a pretty common, but then again we typically only hear from people who have this issue. I'm planning on heading back to the T-mobile store and compare my unit to their display models. Hopefully there will be a difference and convince an exchange.
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This seems to be a pretty common, but then again we typically only hear from people who have this issue. I'm planning on heading back to the T-mobile store and compare my unit to their display models. Hopefully there will be a difference and convince an exchange.
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Do you think it's a qc issue? Or is it a hardware (LCD or another issue that they all will have?) flaw?
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Do you think it's a qc issue? Or is it a hardware (LCD or another issue that they all will have?) flaw?
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This is my first Super AMOLED device so I'm not sure what to expect. I came from MyTouch4G before this and an SE x10i before that, and both fo them had LCD's iirc.
My friend has a Sprint GS2 and I got to compare them side by side. I noticed it's much less apparent on the Sprint one (Had to get up really close and carefully stare at it) so you almost cant tell, and when the brightness is up to about 30% it's just gone completely.
I tried to show him the lines I was talking about but he couldn't see them at all, and ended up calling me insane. So it's also the eye of the beholder.. so to speak. I don't have much evidence to go on other than what I'm seeing, and am fairly convinced it's hardware issue. I remember the MT4G had 2 different batch of screens where the viewing angles and vibrance was substantially different. This might be the same case, though I would expect more from "Super AMOLED Plus".
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Based on the pictures someone posted, I find it unnerving that it's only one the right side of the screen.
It's almost as though it's hardware related in the sense that it has something to do with whatever is right beneath that part of the screen. Could it be heat related? The CPU being there? etc.
I don't remember seeing this on European GS2 when I played with it.
This is why even if the prime wasn't coming, I'd be hesitant to pick up the GS2 as the screen itself is a new line of manufacturing....and I'd rather let the first adopters deal with the imperfections while they work the kinks out in their manufacturing process.
I'm on my second SGS2 in two days. The first one was bad. Very bad. Defective screen: grey stripes, washed out colors. Extreme stuttering. Ok. Recieved my second one 3 hours ago. Great screen. Practically no stuttering.... until the first hard reboot. Bam! As bad as the first one except the screen. Laggy, choppy. Impossible to enjoy. Wtf????
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I've noticed stuttering with the screen animations on. Once I turned them off, no problems. I've got the grey stripes, as well. If I keep my brightness around 50%, more or less, I don't really notice them. Debating on whether an exchange is in order.
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Even The Almighty Launcher Pro really sucks on this phone. I'm returning it. It's not worth it.
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I'm not having any issues with my phone that have been mentioned in this thread. Mine is working perfect fine.
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Even The Almighty Launcher Pro really sucks on this phone. I'm returning it. It's not worth it.
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just to be fair
Launcher Pro hasn't been performing well since Nexus S came out, and all the newer devices that came after it, like the original SGS2.
many other launchers are working way better/faster than Launcher Pro now
in other words Launcher Pro is kinda old school now, it needs to adapt to the new devices
Go Launcher EX. Same thing. Jumpy/choppy/laggy.
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just to be fair
Launcher Pro hasn't been performing well since Nexus S came out, and all the newer devices that came after it, like the original SGS2.
many other launchers are working way better/faster than Launcher Pro now
in other words Launcher Pro is kinda old school now, it needs to adapt to the new devices
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Launcher pro runs like crap on every phone.
That launcher has and will be the worst launcher I've ever tried to date. My gs2 flies with the stock launcher and launcher 7. I haven't tried adw as I kinda like touch wiz.
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I'm not having any issues with my phone that have been mentioned in this thread. Mine is working perfect fine.
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Can you do something for us, plz? Can you hard reboot your phone (VolUp+Power)? I'd like to know if the phone will stay the same - stutter free.
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Working perfectly fine over here. Had a tiny bit of thr brushed steel issue, but turned up brightness and it went away. Other than that, he phone is blowing me away.
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I posted this in the other vertical lines thread, but I'll post it here as well:
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I just came back from the T-mobile store and I'm happy to say that the exchanged device is much better in terms of the vertical lines. I'm fairly convinced that it's the nature of these AMOLED displays, only some seem to be worse than others. My old device was at ~40% brightness and it's still pretty clearly visible. Now with this new one, I can go down to ~20% without even noticing it unless I reeeeaaaally stare into it.
Make sure you test it beforehand though. I checked 2 of their display models and they both had that problem. I lucked out with the new one they handed me at random.
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I really wish someone could post and show the lines you guys are seeing. I dont' see this on my screen at all. The little stuttering is very very little and I only see it slightly when pinch zooming on the homescreen. The HTC phones do the same exact thing. Nothing I would return over.
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I really wish someone could post and show the lines you guys are seeing. I dont' see this on my screen at all. The little stuttering is very very little and I only see it slightly when pinch zooming on the homescreen. The HTC phones do the same exact thing. Nothing I would return over.
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The thread is called "Vertical lines on screen." Someone posted pics of the issue.
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The thread is called "Vertical lines on screen." Someone posted pics of the issue.
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ok thanks. I see it now and I will have to look at my phone closer to see if I have the problem. I hope not.
ive had no probs but no phone is 100% perfect
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Geez google. Thanks. A lot. No, really.
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Geez google. Thanks. A lot. No, really.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
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Got a link to the source you've read?
http://m.intomobile.com/2012/01/30/...cs-processor/?maneref=http://news.google.com/
I'll believe it when I see it but I can see the riots already.
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yes.. that would piss me off.
Like the Article says. This industry is moving so fast forward that every week there will be handsets with better hardware out, so we don't have any reason to be "mad" on Google/Samsung for improving the phones.
The same thing happened to my first android, the HTC Magic. It later came out a improved version (MyTouch3G), and for my second handset the SGS (Samsung Galaxy S Plus).
Technology is a ugly ***** that seems to be on your side for one week, then bite you in the ass the next week.
Just my 2 cents on the matter.
It is kind of annoying, you pay 'X' amount for a phone, or upgrade for a price and then so-and-so gets more RAM (T-MOUS, HD2) or more storage in the case of the Nexus Prime.
I think the only time it's worked in reverse, that I know of, was the early HTC Desires had AMOLED screens and latter versions had LCD.
I can see why people go for iPhones, at least they are only moving the goal posts once a year!
Only thing that would bother me is if they use displays and radios that don't have all these issues.
Yeah I would love the faster cpu and graphics, but having a display and radio that works is #1 priority.
My guess if true is new model coming out for sprint, I don't think that coming out until June so sounds about right by then ours would have been 7 months old.
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Yeah I would love the faster cpu and graphics, but having a display and radio that works is #1 priority.
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What's wrong with your display and radio?
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What's wrong with your display and radio?
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well my radio personally seems to be fine, only going by what i see in tons of other threads.
My display sucks...I have hade 4 nexus, each one has a different display issues, so even though I keep exchanging, I keep getting one with a different issue.
First one was vertical bands, second all this purple all over, third purple greys and blue tint, and finally my last one is perfect except a line down the middle of my screen on any sort of grey/white background
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First one was vertical bands, second all this purple all over, third purple greys and blue tint, and finally my last one is perfect except a line down the middle of my screen on any sort of grey/white background
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I've only recently come across people with screen issues. Aside from white backgrounds looking a little like linen when using very low screen brightness, not that the linen-type pattern bothers me at all. I've been pretty impressed with the SAMOLED HD screens.
I've avoided Samsung phones for a long time as I didn't like the look or build quality of past devices, but so far so good for me...
*touches wood*
This won't happen because the whole point of a Nexus phone is to have a stable platform for each new OS. This having a new SoC, and this long after the official Nexus release means it's probably a false rumour. 99% false I would say. All Nexus phones so far have ALL been on 1 standard SoC, just how Google wants it to be.
BUT, if they DO release such a phone, the original Galaxy Nexus owners would be so royally pissed~
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This won't happen because the whole point of a Nexus phone is to have a stable platform for each new OS. This having a new SoC, and this long after the official Nexus release means it's probably a false rumour. 99% false I would say. All Nexus phones so far have ALL been on 1 standard SoC, just how Google wants it to be.
BUT, if they DO release such a phone, the original Galaxy Nexus owners would be so royally pissed~
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This is the most sensible comment I've seen yet regarding this stupid rumor. If Google and Samsung released a Sprint Galaxy Nexus with a different SoC, they'd have to maintain two different sets of updates.
This is just some joker who fooled nenamark by using a build.prop hack.
Maybe not a joke,but a tester who needed a working market fingerprint for 4.0.3. For all we know, its a tablet.
This would almost be like taking the Nexus line and making it a carrier exclusive to like Verizon or something..
Not what Nexus is about.
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I've only recently come across people with screen issues. Aside from white backgrounds looking a little like linen when using very low screen brightness, not that the linen-type pattern bothers me at all. I've been pretty impressed with the SAMOLED HD screens.
I've avoided Samsung phones for a long time as I didn't like the look or build quality of past devices, but so far so good for me...
*touches wood*
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I must have worst luck in world then.
If I keep screen at 100% brightness then it is not noticeable and I can live with it. But there goes my battery life. I like to keep it at auto brightness..oh well think going to call verizon and tell them to send me an extended battery for free least they can do.
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I must have worst luck in world then.
If I keep screen at 100% brightness then it is not noticeable and I can live with it. But there goes my battery life. I like to keep it at auto brightness..oh well think going to call verizon and tell them to send me an extended battery for free least they can do.
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I think you're replying in the wrong thread dude..
I'm leaning heavily toward bogus rumor but it is not a totally different soc. So who knows. Would make a lot of people happy and a lot more passed off that already purchased a nexus. I'm in the boat that would keep mine and be happy with what I got unless the "upgraded" nexus mysteriously has same or better battery life.
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Samsung/Google won't do it without a model change. This would be unprecedented in the Nexus world. I really doubt it would happen. The only other change to hardware like this would be the Nexus One moving to S-LCD, but lets face it, that was out of necessity.
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I think you're replying in the wrong thread dude..
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Lol.
Forgot to add that google has been making a lot of moves lately so this far fetched rumor isn't totally out there.
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Lol.
Forgot to add that google has been making a lot of moves lately so this far fetched rumor isn't totally out there.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
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Yeah, it really is totally out there. This is all based on a benchmark score that read the device from the build.prop. Zero evidence to back it up anywhere else.
here is the desc to a video i put up .. any s2 owner (infact pda) owner should pay attention. .
the issues with the phone and How sprint is Recalling some of these will come in my next video Yes they are Recalling Units For Special Testing>>
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4g Touch LCD LED Differences etc..
First off the reason i changed out phones.
the phone wouldn't call 911 or anyone else when it doesn’t feel like it.
When you dial 911 it should put the phone in E mode thus full Control and full power and high priority on network.
(ill post a video about that resolution)
In short it just dials hangs up and you do it again till it connects.
IE the transmitter is CRAP
This call failure issue has been going on since this phone came out. (When i got it) but just got worse and worse.
sprint corp sent me this phone not from telesales etc.. (watch the other video that is coming soon about the whys etc of the replacement phones. and you will find that funny as much as interesting.
This Video shows a few things.
there is a HUGE difference in Tolerances for LED and LCD Color Binning Thus the quality of display and photos are not similar from one e4gt to another.
also shows there is something funky about the Automatic Backlight. The Unit Going back dims the LCD to much and is slow to respond to light changes in the room. (this issue was on the China Made S2s not the Korea Made S2s i had 2 of the Koreas and not an issue i had 3 Chinas and there was the isssu.
Also shows the phone going back rebooted by itself (I have seen that before)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoQaj-AM9XY&hd=1
Are you using the phone in stock form? The 911 issue was fixed long ago.
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wed all like to think/hope that 911 Fix wored.
yes stock rom all current updates applied.
My new phone (left)came from Sprint Corp Inside (like VIP fullfillment) as its ESN is one of the first (Even lower than the one i bought when this first came out)
IE this is stock at the corp office from initial shipment.
(confirmed it was shipped from VIP fullfillment at sprint corp)
right fone is from local store
corp wants my phones for testing and i wasnt going into store to swap so they just pushed a fone from corp LOL>>
the phone has a known issue of not wanting to initilize a outbound call thus you have to redial to get it to go threw
your phone would act like making call then fail out right at 0.01 0.0 seconds
The galaxy s2 has an amoled screen. So it doesn't have a backlight or an LCD a screen.
What are you trying to say here?
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ya when i was doing the video i was basically going over the color binning in lcd, amoled, plasma oled etc...
IE keeping it general. Yes i know these dont have LED backlight However they do still have color bining and so other phone users could understand the binning concept.
my goal here is to let others see that there is color bining and you can get way different screens and LEDs (on the back) that are not the same and can affect color rendering... on the display and recording (if led is to white or yellow )
more of a FYI than any thing else.
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What are you trying to say here?
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Just another rant about how sprint gave him janky phones and that a be doing people
Sprint in no way endorses my thoughts
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Just another rant about how sprint gave him janky phones and that we be doing people
Sprint in no way endorses my thoughts
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What? I'm honestly confused.
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Man i been trying to tell people that some epics have extra warm orangish color.
I returned 2 black epics to amazon and echganged it for white one now my screen temperature is cool-white and not yellowish.
I am sure there is a difference in the brightness and color between the displays, but for the really drastic difference with the browser (more than the rest of the UI), you might want to look at the browser settings. That app has brightness settings independent of the brightness in settings for the rest of the UI.
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Man i been trying to tell people that some epics have extra warm orangish color.
I returned 2 black epics to amazon and echganged it for white one now my screen temperature is cool-white and not yellowish.
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It is fairly common (whether its Epic, Nexus, ET4G) to see inconsistent screens. There are some lemons here and there. Even if you look in the Nexus forum you will see people complaining about Voodoo color settings not looking good and such.
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It is fairly common (whether its Epic, Nexus, ET4G) to see inconsistent screens. There are some lemons here and there. Even if you look in the Nexus forum you will see people complaining about Voodoo color settings not looking good and such.
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Yeah but 2 new epics in a row?If i would a got a 3rd black epic it would be probably be defective too,thats why i got white one.
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Yeah but 2 new epics in a row?If i would a got a 3rd black epic it would be probably be defective too,thats why i got white one.
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You trying to say that blacks are inferior to whites?
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So i shoulda got the white? damn :/
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You trying to say that blacks are inferior to whites?
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Nah,im trying to say that there was probably a batch of about 1000-10000 defective black epics on amazon,so i figured i take my chances with white one and glad i did because screen is normal and looks better than black one
I remember i had same issue with iphone 3gs,my screen was yellowish and colors looked washed out.So i trade it in for another one and another one.Then reps at apple store pulled some out and they was yellow too.So they was trying to tell me that they are all like that,so i told them to look at phones they had on display,display iphones where all normal.So sense everything they had in stock was with defective yellow screen and people who was buying them just didnt know any better,they had to give me a refund.
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You trying to say that blacks are inferior to whites?
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Bravo, good sir.
our black models are **** then?
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our black models are **** then?
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Just compare your epic to the one they have at sprint store.Im saying that there is probably alot of yellowish screen epics out there but people dont know because they never seen a normal one or dont care.
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Just compare your epic to the one they have at sprint store.Im saying that there is probably alot of yellowish screen epics out there but people dont know because they never seen a normal one or dont care.
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can you link a picture that will be easy to differentiate the colors easily between the two?
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btw the only difference betweeen the white and black is the screen?
I just received my Google Play Nexus and as soon as I booted it up to the first screen I could tell the display was trash. It was stupidly purple and grainy. I know this isn't normal because I've owned 2 GSM Nexi previously. Even without owning them, it's pretty easy to see something is wrong with the display. How does this get released to the public?
I really don't feel like going through multiple replacements until I get a good screen. What are my options as far as guaranteeing a good screen? Thanks.
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send it back and get a new one or flash a kernel and change the colors.
Pretty much nothing, going to have to stick with it or do a bunch of the advanced replacements or return it. I'm about to be on my fourth galaxy nexus. Even when I requested the most recent one they were bullshitting me telling me I was out of warranty when it had only been 1 week from the last replacement. I have wasted about 3hrs the past 2 days on the phone and got nothing but big fat NOs for any more returns and they told me id have to send in a repair and this was from a level 3 advanced return employee. This asshole level 3 god of samsung decided to make notes on my file saying I was out of warranty and not to advance replace my phone. He apparently was for sure that warranty was only for 14 days from date of purchase and would not listen to me. Thankfully I called a couple times more until I got connected with someone who sounded like they had the slightest amount of intelligence without redirecting me (i had to call very many times because mostmof the regular employees were seeing the notes the douche left on my account about not allowing me to advanced replace and telling me no)and ended talking to a standard employee who normally takes care of repairs/returns and she was like wtf u are still under warranty I'll fix everything in the records and send you a new one.
IMO if I were you I'd do anything to get rid of that phone without going thru Samsung. They'll bull**** you and run u around in circles and youll waste plenty of life on the phone with their garbage customer service. END RANT
this worry's me mine will be here Thursday i don't wanna have to deal with returns shouldn't have to with a 400$ phone this kinda sucks ...
Just got a replacement and the screen is WAY better than my last one. I honestly can't believe I went 7 months with a defective screen.
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I was pretty much set on returning my phone to Google and take the 15% restocking fee until this rep figured out the issue andhelped. She was honestly the last call I was gonna make and if it wasn't resolved after then I was getting rid of the nexus and taking the 60$ loss instead of being stuck with this garbage screen nexus they sent me as a replacement phone
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this worry's me mine will be here Thursday i don't wanna have to deal with returns shouldn't have to with a 400$ phone this kinda sucks ...
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That's exactly what I'm saying.
just gonna have to wait and see if its super bad i will do some yelling lol...
Yelling doesnt work. They are super firm on what they say and just redirect you to idiots that are higher up and don't listen. Just pray, pray and pray that u don't have to deal with samsung
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i guess that ill have to do sounds like its a pia grr ill keep my htc vivid just in case now lol if nexus disappoints Craigslist it goes
I've owned two GSM Gnex's and never had a issue with the screen. I hope the one I get Thursday is ok.
I went through a single replacement with Google then returned the replacement because it was worse than the original. If purple bothers you, a custom kernel - like Trinity - will definitely fix it. However nothing can be done about grain and banding. My suggestion is return the phone and don't bother exchanging it if the latter two bother you.
I have seen a good gnex side by side with mine and I want to cry - the other has no grain or banding at all - however i just don't have the energy to fight Samsung on this and play endless exchange game, and wish I'd just returned the phone to Google and gotten something else. For the record I have two dark bands - one vertical and one horizontal - crossing in the middle of the screen, in addition to a heavy dose of grain. Trinity wiped out all purple though.
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I was pretty much set on returning my phone to Google and take the 15% restocking fee until this rep figured out the issue andhelped. She was honestly the last call I was gonna make and if it wasn't resolved after then I was getting rid of the nexus and taking the 60$ loss instead of being stuck with this garbage screen nexus they sent me as a replacement phone
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UMMM so how did she helped you with your issue?
How does the screen look bad? Is it in the dark or one of those tests or in normal conditions?
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UMMM so how did she helped you with your issue?
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She actually saw that I wasn't out of warranty and deleted everything that was bs on the notes on my account. She set me up for another advanced replacement that nobody else would do
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Got mine yesterday no issues at all with screen. Guess I'm lucky. I do notice differences in dialer but that's the ics background I believe
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why bought the GN when S3 is far more better?
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why bought the GN when S3 is far more better?
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Touchwiz....ew. That ugly home button was a deal breaker for me.
My screen only goes purple when set to the lowest brightness. Is that the normal "purple" behavior people are talking about? Otherwise there is a noticeable snap back into the greys around 5-10% brightness.
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Even if I could fix the colors (Which I doubt, they are so far off) there is an extreme amount of graininess to the screen. It's visible even on max brightness.
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My screen only goes purple when set to the lowest brightness. Is that the normal "purple" behavior people are talking about? Otherwise there is a noticeable snap back into the greys around 5-10% brightness.
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Mine is purple even on max brightness. I've never seen a screen this bad in my entire life.
I just got my Galaxy Nexus about a week ago - by far the best phone I could ask for (within a reasonable price). Coming from a Motorola Droid X2 (stupid locked bootloader...) I was really looking forward to getting the full potential out of my new phone! The first thing I did with the phone right after I got it was unlock that bootloader - not a single bit of hesitation. After watching many videos, reading guides and doing all the possible research I could, I knew this was a great choice and that I wouldn't mess up.
Flashed TWRP, played with a few ROM's and kernels, and boy - I couldn't be happier. I'm like a kid in a candy store - I'm just doing what I please, getting what I want and more! Oh, I wanna put CWM on instead? Boom. Done. Bored and I wanna flash CM10 for the hell of it? Done! I'm finally done with that stupid bootstrap from my old Droid X2.
But this is all fine and dandy, but there's one thing that bothers me... one thing that just, gets on my nerves afters HOURS of tinkering. That god d*mn Super Amoled Screen. I, cannot for the love me, get this thing perfect. After countless hours, numerous kernels and apps... there's always that tiny bit of a discoloring; yellow-ish to be exact. I just can't get it to go away... The screen is great an all, but i'd rather have a "not as good" screen with accurate colors than one that tints on me. This is really only noticable with grays, whites and rarely blacks - but it's just a pest.
I just wanna slam my face in the desk sometimes because I just can't get it... but it looks like almost no one else can either.
For discussion sake, what is your input on the screen? Anything anyone else would like to add?
IAreKyleW00t said:
I just got my Galaxy Nexus about a week ago - by far the best phone I could ask for (within a reasonable price). Coming from a Motorola Droid X2 (stupid locked bootloader...) I was really looking forward to getting the full potential out of my new phone! The first thing I did with the phone right after I got it was unlock that bootloader - not a single bit of hesitation. After watching many videos, reading guides and doing all the possible research I could, I knew this was a great choice and that I wouldn't mess up.
Flashed TWRP, played with a few ROM's and kernels, and boy - I couldn't be happier. I'm like a kid in a candy store - I'm just doing what I please, getting what I want and more! Oh, I wanna put CWM on instead? Boom. Done. Bored and I wanna flash CM10 for the hell of it? Done! I'm finally done with that stupid bootstrap from my old Droid X2.
But this is all fine and dandy, but there's one thing that bothers me... one thing that just, gets on my nerves afters HOURS of tinkering. That god d*mn Super Amoled Screen. I, cannot for the love me, get this thing perfect. After countless hours, numerous kernels and apps... there's always that tiny bit of a discoloring; yellow-ish to be exact. I just can't get it to go away... The screen is great an all, but i'd rather have a "not as good" screen with accurate colors than one that tints on me. This is really only noticable with grays, whites and rarely blacks - but it's just a pest.
I just wanna slam my face in the desk sometimes because I just can't get it... but it looks like almost no one else can either.
For discussion sake, what is your input on the screen? Anything anyone else would like to add?
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Play screen roulette, return it and get another one.
Some are fine. Mine is pristine. My wife's screen sucks.
adrynalyne said:
Play screen roulette, return it and get another one.
Some are fine. Mine is pristine. My wife's screen sucks.
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I'm considering it... I'm sure I'd probably get use to it since the effect is small enough than an average person wouldn't even notice; such as my friends. When showing them, they said it looked great!
If I were to return it (which I bought it at a Local BestBuy store), would I need to (or should I) factory reset my device? By that I mean, re-lock the bootloader, stock recovery, stock ROM; just stock everything. I dunno how "uptight" they would be about things like that... Would it even be worth the effort?
IAreKyleW00t said:
I'm considering it... I'm sure I'd probably get use to it since the effect is small enough than an average person wouldn't even notice; such as my friends. When showing them, they said it looked great!
If I were to return it (which I bought it at a Local BestBuy store), would I need to (or should I) factory reset my device? By that I mean, re-lock the bootloader, stock recovery, stock ROM; just stock everything. I dunno how "uptight" they would be about things like that... Would it even be worth the effort?
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Pretty uptight. Return it back to factory condition.
adrynalyne said:
Pretty uptight. Return it back to factory condition.
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I figured as much. I probably would have done that anyways to be safe. Thanks for the feedback. ^_^
Do you think it's worth going through the trouble though? (or anyone else for that matter)
IAreKyleW00t said:
I figured as much. I probably would have done that anyways to be safe. Thanks for the feedback. ^_^
Do you think it's worth going through the trouble though? (or anyone else for that matter)
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If you think you will get used to it and can accept it, then I'd say keep it. However if it irritates you enough to post about it, I'd return it.
you could try playing with the color values (white is white on my screen and no purple tint above 10% brightness)
ooohhaaahh said:
you could try playing with the color values (white is white on my screen and no purple tint above 10% brightness)
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As stated in my first post, I've had tried to do this for hours. But I may try another ROM/kernel and do some more tinkering... I dunno yet. I've played around with CM10, AOKP (current) and I plan to give Codename a shot too..
Flash stock and live with it.
My current ROM:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1892807
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Flash stock and live with it.
My current ROM:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1892807
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I may try Stock again - but I don't have a GSM/HSPA+ phone. I got the Verizon CMDA/LTE.
I'm with you on this one. Amoled is one of the worst designs in screen tech and even worse in pentile. Don't worry about replacing it, the display will always look off. Its just the nature of the beast. Sad to say Verizon doesnt have a single beastly phone without Amoled. Kinda sucks.
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altimax98 said:
I'm with you on this one. Amoled is one of the worst designs in screen tech and even worse in pentile. Don't worry about replacing it, the display will always look off. Its just the nature of the beast. Sad to say Verizon doesnt have a single beastly phone without Amoled. Kinda sucks.
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SAMOLED HD done right is fine, even PenTile. It just so happens we were the guinea pigs that got it first, and it was perfected on other devices.
altimax98 said:
I'm with you on this one. Amoled is one of the worst designs in screen tech and even worse in pentile. Don't worry about replacing it, the display will always look off. Its just the nature of the beast. Sad to say Verizon doesnt have a single beastly phone without Amoled. Kinda sucks.
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adrynalyne said:
Let me roll my eyes....twice.
SAMOLED HD done right is fine, even PenTile. It just so happens we were the guinea pigs that got it first, and it was perfected on other devices.
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Hahaha, It's not so much that it's a bad screen, it's the fact that it's difficult to get a "good" one. Sure, maybe one here and there, but almost everyone has these issues. :\
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Hahaha, It's not so much that it's a bad screen, it's the fact that it's difficult to get a "good" one. Sure, maybe one here and there, but almost everyone has these issues. :\
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Samsung stuck us with the crap ones and left the good 'uns for the GS3.
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Samsung stuck us with the crap ones and left the good 'uns for the GS3.
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I figured as much... why does that not surprise me. xD
Mine had a very slight yellow tint, but enough to annoy me. On AOKP using franco kernel and his tweaker app. Raised the blue muliplier to 237, done. Whites are white now. Ymmv as every screen is different, but I was able to make my slightly off screen dead on with one simple adjustment
speedyink said:
Mine had a very slight yellow tint, but enough to annoy me. On AOKP using franco kernel and his tweaker app. Raised the blue muliplier to 237, done. Whites are white now. Ymmv as every screen is different, but I was able to make my slightly off screen dead on with one simple adjustment
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Where you using the default franco color settings for the rest of the values?
There's a screen calibrating thread stickied in this section. You should check out what others have tried. With trinity I use all 0 for gamma, -5 contrast and 145R 145G 190B. It seems to be pretty good for my eyes...
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My screen's color seems great to me. What bugs me about this phone is the dang screen ghosting that happens. Kind of like a cheap plasma TV. Oh well I love this phone other than that.
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akira02rex said:
There's a screen calibrating thread stickied in this section.
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+1. And mine is fine. Trinity with the blue turned down a bit. No yellow....
I just replaced my HTC One for a S4, because my HTC had a bad camera, and not wanting to deal with it again i replaced it with a trusty galaxy.
Now, unfortunately, the build quality is a lot worse than my S2 T989.
The first week, i got scratches on everything that is chrome, and it's very visible on the camera chrome sidings, and the speaker for calling infront.
Today, i removed my case, to find that my back cover has a CRACK! I've never seen this anywhere. It's basically a crack like if this was a glass back. Anybody have this?
Also, the lag is killing me! I wish i had kept the HTC and just got a replacement ! I'm rooted and tried all roms btw.
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I just replaced my HTC One for a S4, because my HTC had a bad camera, and not wanting to deal with it again i replaced it with a trusty galaxy.
Now, unfortunately, the build quality is a lot worse than my S2 T989.
The first week, i got scratches on everything chrome, and it's very visible on the camera chrome sidings, and the speaker ones.
Today, i removed my case, to find that my back cover has a CRACK! I've never seen this anywhere. It's basically a crack like if this was a glass back. Anybody have this?
Also, the lag is killing me! I wish i had kept the HTC and just got a replacement ! I'm rooted and tried all roms btw.
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Seems like it just might be the one you got. I haven't had any of theses problems might want to take it back to t-mobile before its to late and exchange it.
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Seems like it just might be the one you got. I haven't had any of theses problems might want to take it back to t-mobile before its to late and exchange it.
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I doubt the lag problems are just me. It starts with being fast when in install the rom, and the 2nd day is laggy as f*ck, HECK EVEN MY S2 WAS fASTER OPENING THE CAMERA!
Now for the scratches, it's probably in all S4's as the plasticy chrome is easily scratched, and its already too late, because i got the phone a week and some ago. They said i can't replace it anymore because i already did the HTC One to S4.
Exchange for new one, get a better case, turn off animations y ya ur good.
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what are you doing rolling around on top of your phone, i have zero of those problems with my phone, mind you the lid is thin but i mean the cell is not meant for you to be wrestling your brother while its in your pocket lol.
krew760 said:
Exchange for new one, get a better case, turn off animations y ya ur good.
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Where at do I find animations in settings?If yes where at in settings. Thanks
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rp56 said:
Where at do I find animations in settings?If yes where at in settings. Thanks
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Settings > More > About > Tap build number 5 times
Then go to
Settings > Developer Options > scroll down
As for the lag, try faux kernel with a debloated rom. No lag whatsoever :good:
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I've got the Spigen Slim Armor. So i doubt it's the problem. Also, i don't ''wrestle'' while it's in my pocket. The hardest thing it has to go throw is when i sit down? I will take a picture of the crack today, it isn't much as i can buy a replacement cover. Also, anybody know when we should get the new samsung update? hoping for performance
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I've got the Spigen Slim Armor. So i doubt it's the problem. Also, i don't ''wrestle'' while it's in my pocket. The hardest thing it has to go throw is when i sit down? I will take a picture of the crack today, it isn't much as i can buy a replacement cover. Also, anybody know when we should get the new samsung update? hoping for performance
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My battery plate has the exact same "glass" crack on the back, fortunately I was going to replace it anyways with a i9500 one, still baffled on how it got there as I'm extremely careful with my phone. I also have the Spigen cover you have.
I'm running Wicked V3 with its stock kernel, no lag whatsoever; first rom I've used that's trouble free, I've always had bad experiences with custom roms, even on my ex i9300.
In my T989 the roms are very good. I agree, wicked V3 is the one i use, but it still degrades in performance overtime.
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I doubt the lag problems are just me. It starts with being fast when in install the rom, and the 2nd day is laggy as f*ck, HECK EVEN MY S2 WAS fASTER OPENING THE CAMERA!
Now for the scratches, it's probably in all S4's as the plasticy chrome is easily scratched, and its already too late, because i got the phone a week and some ago. They said i can't replace it anymore because i already did the HTC One to S4.
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Sounds like your just a die hard HTC fan... cause let me tell you the s4 is far superior. .besides speakers. ... But opinions are opinions.
Its sickening to hear a s4 user come and trash talk a s4.
Trade it...then, there's a 1000 htc one owners who would love to get there hands on a s4, just browse Craigslist if you dont believe me.
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BurnOmatic said:
what are you doing rolling around on top of your phone, i have zero of those problems with my phone, mind you the lid is thin but i mean the cell is not meant for you to be wrestling your brother while its in your pocket lol.
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lojak29 said:
Sounds like your just a die hard HTC fan... cause let me tell you the s4 is far superior. .besides speakers. ... But opinions are opinions.
Its sickening to hear a s4 user come and trash talk a s4.
Trade it...then, there's a 1000 htc one owners who would love to get there hands on a s4, just browse Craigslist if you dont believe me.
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Lmfao, i never had any HTC phone except the HTC One. The s4 isn't superior in anything but software, which is why i traded it. The HTC One has very good software that is lag free compared to the S4. But, it's so much different than what im used to in my S2 and so much extra steps to do stuff so i hated it.
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thaks you so much
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Yes
I don't really notice any lag on mine other then going to home screen caused by the s voice but that can be turned off.
But my first s4 had a stiff power button and this one will be going back do to a blue haze coming up about a inch from the bottom of the screen.
TheArtiszan said:
I don't really notice any lag on mine other then going to home screen caused by the s voice but that can be turned off.
But my first s4 had a stiff power button and this one will be going back do to a blue haze coming up about a inch from the bottom of the screen.
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My s4 has a weird home button than can ''bend? is that normal?
I didn't want to start a new thread & so I'm posting about a little issue that I noted today.
While cleaning my phone case today I noticed a certain crack/fissure on the 4 corners of the side bezel on my S4. Is this a faulty bezel or is it just part of the normal installation of the bezel?
I've never dropped the phone and it's been in a case since day 1. I haven't even removed the plastic covering on the bezel that comes with it as you can note in the pictures.
Could someone verify that this exists on their devices or not? I'd like to know before I go through the hassle of getting it replaced from Samsung.
The pictures are attached and I've highlighted the problem areas in red. I realize the clarity isn't the greatest but the issue appears clearly.
I also have that, so i think its normal
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I also have that, so i think its normal
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Thanks for the quick reply and confirming that is normal. I was freaking out for a second there.
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Yeah
That is normal.
On mine too.
nba1341 said:
Settings > More > About > Tap build number 5 times
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Your referring to animator duration scale?
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