I forgot how funny the general sections are....I mean u have people spending more time disecting and searching for issues then enjoying the phones...gs2 section is even worst...u have guys putting displays to 0 brightness and sitting in complete dark closets looking for blobs and streaks. Guys trying to break their phone just to find issues....Tomorrow i gonna get a six pack of coors light and come to general section for entertainment
It's the same for every phone.. you should have read some of the threads on the Nexus S after release
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I forgot how funny the general sections are....I mean u have people spending more time disecting and searching for issues then enjoying the phones...gs2 section is even worst...u have guys putting displays to 0 brightness and sitting in complete dark closets looking for blobs and streaks. Guys trying to break their phone just to find issues....Tomorrow i gonna get a six pack of coors light and come to general section for entertainment
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Guessing that is aimed at people like me. Listen mate, if you wait 6 weeks for a phone you want to make sure it's right.
As it happens, the auto brightness is really aggressive, which means the screen automatically sets it's self very low and therefore it's very obviously patchy. If you turn the screen up it looks fine but this obviously isn't that practical.
There's nothing wrong with asking a few questions.
Tbh that is exactly what you should expect when you are a website originally built for developers and there has been the release of a new phone primarily aimed at developers.
They'll naturally want to know the capabilities and issues with their phone, more so even than another phone like S2.
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It has started! I hope you have your six pack ready, STi489. I m with you, great entertainment here.
STi489 said:
I forgot how funny the general sections are....I mean u have people spending more time disecting and searching for issues then enjoying the phones...gs2 section is even worst...u have guys putting displays to 0 brightness and sitting in complete dark closets looking for blobs and streaks. Guys trying to break their phone just to find issues....Tomorrow i gonna get a six pack of coors light and come to general section for entertainment
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HA HA yeah it's proper funny all this lark.
I can't stop laughing at all those weeks I waited and the £530 I paid.
Every time I think of the bugs and problems, I have to pick myself up the floor from letting out a hearty laugh. I just can't help myself. In fact... I think there's one coming now....can't....stop....myself.......HA HA HA!
Come on now. We bought a new phone. It was expensive. We waited through delay after delay, and uncertainty from retailers telling us one thing then changing it at the last second to something else.
We're trying to enjoy it, we really are, but the problems are stopping us from doing so.
Oh...and Coors Light sucks. Drink some proper beer.
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I forgot how funny the general sections are....I mean u have people spending more time disecting and searching for issues then enjoying the phones...gs2 section is even worst...u have guys putting displays to 0 brightness and sitting in complete dark closets looking for blobs and streaks. Guys trying to break their phone just to find issues....Tomorrow i gonna get a six pack of coors light and come to general section for entertainment
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Coors Light? Now that is funny.
phazerorg said:
Coors Light? Now that is funny.
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That was my take away as well. Ha!
Lol...hey low calories keep me nice and thin
phazerorg said:
Coors Light? Now that is funny.
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Lol...hey low calories keep me nice and thin
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Drink your own p!ss instead.
It will taste nicer, have less calories and probably get you more drunk than coors light ever will!!
Says the guy who returned a 10.1 with a dead pixel. OP
Would you buy a brand new car that has a chip in the windscreen?
Would you buy a brand new plasma that has image burn?
I think anybody that notices a flaw in a product of high value is going to moan and complain. Were only human.
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Says the guy who returned a 10.1 with a dead pixel. OP
Would you buy a brand new car that has a chip in the windscreen?
Would you buy a brand new plasma that has image burn?
I think anybody that notices a flaw in a product of high value is going to moan and complain. Were only human.
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A phone/tablet/monitor with a dead pixel, car with a chipped windshield, or a plasma HDTV with image burn are real reasons to complain/return the item. I have no problem with someone wanting to return a Nexus they bought if it has a line through the screen or the volume buttons aren't working properly.
The difference here is that most people are complaining about extremely subjective things, and frankly getting really nit-picky about finding "problems".
Its like returning a car because "it just doesn't handle right for me", a plasma HDTV because "it doesn't look very good with my stereo equipment", or a phone because "the menu button doesn't work the way I thought it would".
But this isn't exclusive to the Galaxy Nexus. People like to complain about every phone that comes out. Most of the people complaining don't even own the phone either. If you read any forum within a week after a device comes out, it'll make you feel like the device is an absolute POS that you shouldn't have paid $5 for. Get the device for yourself and make your own decision, I'm sure you'll be much happer with it.
Anyways, OP, I'm with you. Take all these threads as pure comedic relief. There's no reason to put any stock into what these people are saying. Read it for fun, form your own opinions after you use the device.
I got a complaint and i dont even have one yet. And that is just it. I dont have one yet.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.
Uhhh ..thanks for letting me know what p!ss tastes like...but I'll pass.
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Drink your own p!ss instead.
It will taste nicer, have less calories and probably get you more drunk than coors light ever will!!
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Last night I had a dream I was playing with my phone but it was all melted looking but still functional. I've had other dreams where im trying to talk to someone, I can hear a voice but can never understand what they're saying. Anybody have weird dreams that are phone related?
I see that you started an entire new thread to discuss the exact same subject that already had a thread on the pretense of providing a different link that you could have shared in that one. Is that what you "did" or am I missing something more subtle and clever?
One op already changed his title. Ill edit it make another discussion I wanted to start anyway.
Clearly all chips in relation must transfer all diodes in harmony.
I dream about getting laid on piles of money. If my phone jumped in there and tried to distract me....I would have to end its life.
Does stuffing them in a sock and beating Dan Hesse till he fixes data speeds count?
Los Angeles data speeds 130k down, barely measurable up? I get better speeds in Tijuana. That is putting ice sculptures in the McDonald's bathroom.
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I dream about getting laid on piles of money. If my phone jumped in there and tried to distract me....I would have to end its life.
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+1 Hahaha
I have dreams of smacking people over the head with my phone now that I have a Ballistic Case on it. Specifically, those people that come on forums like this and do nothing but ***** about everything.
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I have dreams of smacking people over the head with my phone now that I have a Ballistic Case on it. Specifically, those people that come on forums like this and do nothing but ***** about everything.
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Man, I hate posts like this
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Man, I hate posts like this
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Don't listen to him, he's just a dumbass truck driver.
To answer your question, no, but you spend way too much time on your phone, it would appear (so do I)
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Sounds like LSD.
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I haven't had a dream I was flashing a ROM yet, maybe if I do ill admit I have an addiction.
Ok... Let me just throw it out there... Your GN is not "Perfect". It is not "Flawless". It's a unique piece of hardware that came off a mass production line. It is not identical to any other GN if you spend enough time examining it
In all fairness, I got my GN 3 weeks ago on Nov 25th. I moaned about a light (barely noticeable) horizontal band across the screen and only noticeable on very low light when scrolling.
3 week ons... I'm at peace. More and more threads (about the screen, dust particles, build quality etc) appear every day that confirm, the GN is not a hand made and individually scrutinized piece of swiss machinery. Nope. It was not manufactured in a clean room in the Jet propulsion Lab by NASA engineers in funny suits. It's a phone. Wait wait... don't go yet. I'm nearly done. The point is... After a week or so of bemoaning that it was perfect, I finally just started to use it, and...ENJOY it. Now after 3 weeks use, I could not be happier with it. Battery seems to have improved as time went on (or perhaps Im not starting at the screen so much anymore!) and I now treat the phone like a phone. A piece of expendable tech that I'll probably use for 12-18months.
Should it be 100% flawless? Perfect? Clean room hand built? for 700dollars? No. That money pays for the research and the technology in the phone. It doesn't stretch so far to include sapphire crystal display or hand assembly and post packing scrutiny by an OCD swiss guy with a loupe.
God damn it people, don't let a speck of dust, or a some slight variation in colour bands on the screen ruin your experience of a super device. If its flawed like a line of dead pixels, yes, return it, but if your really just unhappy because its not flawless, well don't be.. because nobodies GN is flawless. Look at it long enough and you'll find something you can pick at... Or you could jsut use the phone and marvel in its awesomeness and stop looking for a bit of dust you can only see when you get into the closet at night with a loupe, night vision googles, and an infrared lamp. Enjoy it
exactly why i'm just going to use the phone and not "look" for issues.
Oh my god, really? You write an absurdly too-long rant, that uses 5 too many smiley faces, telling us we should chill out over defections on our phones? You are telling us to not scrutinize our phones so much. Well don't scrutinize our posts so much, and don't tell us the proper way to go about enjoying our phones.
What a wiener.
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Oh my god, really? You write an absurdly too-long rant, that uses 5 too many smiley faces, telling us we should chill out over defections on our phones? You are telling us to not scrutinize our phones so much. Well don't scrutinize our posts so much, and don't tell us the proper way to go about enjoying our phones.
What a wiener.
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i put your post under an electron microscope and i came to the conclusion your wee wee is smaller than his. just sayin'.
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i put your post under an electron microscope and i came to the conclusion your wee wee is smaller than his. just sayin'.
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>>assuming im a dude
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>>assuming im a dude
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Must be that time of the month then...
sjgarbz said:
Oh my god, really? You write an absurdly too-long rant, that uses 5 too many smiley faces, telling us we should chill out over defections on our phones? You are telling us to not scrutinize our phones so much. Well don't scrutinize our posts so much, and don't tell us the proper way to go about enjoying our phones.
What a wiener.
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If you have nothing to contribute, well you know..
There are way too many threads about nitpicking at every single little detail. I'm not saying the phones don't have issues, but the OP is right. There are way too many threads about such minor details where people expect the phone to be some amazing device as if God himself had created it. It's not. It's a phone.
I think part of the problem is a lot of people are buying it off contract and thus feel that since they are paying so much the phone should be devoid of any and all slight defects.
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If you have nothing to contribute, well you know..
There are way too many threads about nitpicking at every single little detail. I'm not saying the phones don't have issues, but the OP is right. There are way too many threads about such minor details where people expect the phone to be some amazing device as if God himself had created it. It's not. It's a phone.
I think part of the problem is a lot of people are buying it off contract and thus feel that since they are paying so much the phone should be devoid of any and all slight defects.
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It's not just that people are buying it off contract. This happens with pretty much every phone. Every time a phone is released there are always threads where people say things like "What problems should I look for?" My thing is, if you have to seek out the "problems" then they aren't problems. And only on forums like xda do people obsess over the most minor "defects". The average consumer doesn't return a phone 3 or 4 times because if they go into a pitch black room and turn the brightness down all the way and then look at an all black screen they see some sort of imperfection. This is the type of unreasonable expectation of pure perfection that you will only find in these online communities. People are flat out ridiculous in how they overreact to the slightest "issue" they perceive themselves to have on their devices. To the average person they can use the exact same phone with the exact same "issue" and not have a single problem.
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I would assume you are Steven J. Garbarino, a dude.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sjgarbz
liquidarts said:
I would assume you are Steven J. Garbarino, a dude.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sjgarbz
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lol pwnt
10 char
liquidarts said:
I would assume you are Steven J. Garbarino, a dude.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sjgarbz
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Lmfao
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I would assume you are Steven J. Garbarino, a dude.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sjgarbz
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hahaha good one liquid, nailed him
what a twitter feed! sleeping material...
I agree with the OP. We should all be so lucky that the biggest problem we have is the slight imperfections on the screen. I've noticed the banding (streaks) on the display a few times already but only because it's been discussed ad nauseum. Do I like it? Not really. Do I need to obsess over it and return 3 different units for the same issue only to realize, that's just the way it is. It's not perfect but it's also not worth the amount of complaining that's been going on here. 36 hours in and I am pretty well pleased with it! The screen is gorgeous!
BUT, if Samsung is reading this, my message is this: What's your problem?!? Why isn't this thing perfect?!? I paid too much! I want signal from inside of a lead box! Work harder!
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People are flat out ridiculous in how they overreact to the slightest "issue" they perceive themselves to have on their devices.
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I whole heartedly and completely agree with you.
Getting my White SG2 tomorrow - stoked! I know this will probably get balked at as a dumb ass thread, but gimme me a break, it's the general section. I'm new to the SG2 forums, been looking around the last couple days, but want to know if some users could offer some starting off tips. I understand there are no stable cm roms at the moment, so is what's available mostly just tweaks of the stock tw 4.0? What are the current benefits of rooting, removal of bloatware and tw theming?
For the record, I've rooted and run circles around my last two phones, but they were both HTC so this is my first dance with a Samsung Android, and I hear it's a little different.
Anyway, thanks and I'm excited to jump into this baby!
welcome to the sgs2 ,i love my phone but development sucks over here ,seems like there are a bunch of immature teenagers in this forum cursing each other out and seems like a dev gets banned every week .very dissapointing if your coming from an HTC phone where the dev support is mostly pretty good and civil.But any how the sgs2 is a great phone ...enjoy and welcome
i use beastmod rom.... Phone is sweet but i just got a nexus today and damn... that phone even though it's pentile it looks sweet at 720p.
Only tip from me is beware of static images.. super amoled burns in faster than plasma.... I always keep screen moving... my old galaxy s had notification bar burn in and even icons and i was good with it. Use a rom of theme with blue clock or easy color... image retention with white clock is almost instant.
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best stable rom around here would probably be juggernaut rom paired with faux's kernel(very very smooth) use that with touchwiz 4.5 and you'll customize the theme however you want.
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welcome to the sgs2 ,i love my phone but development sucks over here ,seems like there are a bunch of immature teenagers in this forum cursing each other out and seems like a dev gets banned every week .very dissapointing if your coming from an HTC phone where the dev support is mostly pretty good and civil.But any how the sgs2 is a great phone ...enjoy and welcome
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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It's my understanding from the reading I've done so far that cm9 is in the works...supposedly maybe an ics rom??
To all the others, thanks for the suggestions. Even though the SG2 has been around awhile, the TMO version is still pretty new, and I think most people who have upgraded to a 'new' TMO phone will either be on this or the Amaze, so hopefully the pumped up devving is coming. And with ICS on the horizon, who know's what's to come...? At the TMO store the other day and a rep (who uses the SG2 as his phone) told me he's pretty sure the SG2 will be getting ICS within 1-2 months. For those interested, he also told me he was sure that when the next iphone hits (iphone 5?) TMO will carry it...but who knows on that front lol.
Thats probably good news for Tmobile if they get the iPhone but that does nothing for me as I don't like them, my hopes are T-Mobile switches to LTE and carries the GS3 but that's a long shot on the LTE thing for this year but more than likely they will have it in the future
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
Anyway, welcome to the GS2 family!
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whatre you talking about? we have generally good devs with a few small exceptions.. and cm9 is coming
pretty good phone and good roms available.
Rocking beast mod 4.0 ...bullet kernel...n green hulk smash theme....not going to lie obsessed wit my fone....cm is coming though thanxs to team darkside so have no fears...there really nice...I'm not a pro, but if u have any questions feel free to ask me n ill try n help u out... just make sure to hit thanx button every now n then if I help btw welcome to the family lol
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Welcome - I hope you enjoy your phone and if the screen doesn't bother you, keep it!
I went through about 5 SGS2s and each had the screen problem - which I couldn't bare.
Hopefully samsung fixes the issue within a month or two so I can get the phone again but until then, I will be without it
Enjoy it! I know I did while I had it.
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Welcome - I hope you enjoy your phone and if the screen doesn't bother you, keep it!
I went through about 5 SGS2s and each had the screen problem - which I couldn't bare.
Hopefully samsung fixes the issue within a month or two so I can get the phone again but until then, I will be without it
Enjoy it! I know I did while I had it.
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You're talking about the 'streaks' that show up on the screen? I've read about this elsewhere on XDA, anxious to see for myself when the phone gets here sometime today. Having streaks going across my phone's display on a regular basis is the kind of thing I'm not willing to deal with for a $500 price tag. We'll see...thanks for the heads up.
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You're talking about the 'streaks' that show up on the screen? I've read about this elsewhere on XDA, anxious to see for myself when the phone gets here sometime today. Having streaks going across my phone's display on a regular basis is the kind of thing I'm not willing to deal with for a $500 price tag. We'll see...thanks for the heads up.
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Honestly ppl find something to complain about ...its Rly not that serious u.only notic this if u have brightness all the way down to zero which u will nvr do BC this screen is amazin when.its bright I have mine at 20-30% n I'm good money no lines or anything...ull be fine. Trust me
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Honestly ppl find something to complain about ...its Rly not that serious u.only notic this if u have brightness all the way down to zero which u will nvr do BC this screen is amazin when.its bright I have mine at 20-30% n I'm good money no lines or anything...ull be fine. Trust me
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Plus forty. I do understand we spent allot of money and there really shouldn't be any defects but no phone is perfect and compared to other hardware imperfections that other phones have I'll take this any day.
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Thats probably good news for Tmobile if they get the iPhone but that does nothing for me as I don't like them, my hopes are T-Mobile switches to LTE and carries the GS3 but that's a long shot on the LTE thing for this year but more than likely they will have it in the future
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Im fairly certain Tmobile is going to start switching over to LTE Read This, there is some really interesting info in it about tmobile and LTE.
I would suggest you spend 1 or 2 weeks to use it first, once you get a hang of it you can upgrade android version or root the phone using Odin.
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Agree! I came here from HTC G2 (Vision). The support over there is Amazing! So many roms that I couldn't decide. The devs are very nice and professional unlike here. Call me troll/hater but I'm telling the truth. I am a bit disappointed by the support for this phone. I wish the CM team has more love for this device.
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Me too i miss mexdroid team lot drama on here
Hi there Nexus owners, I currently own a Nexus S, and I plan on switching to a Galaxy Nexus but I was wondering since the Sa Nexus camera is lacking in the numbers when it comes to megapixels, does anyone know of the possibilities of swapping the camera of an SII (8mp) with that of our phone?
My Nexus S takes good enough pictures at 5mp but I just want to justify the lack of a need for the SIII over the Nexus.
I found the back camera for an SII for sale here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ltDomain_0&hash=item3a73f3b2f3#ht_3470wt_1378
nice double post. i'll reply here too:
No. Its not going to happen. Seriously people?
Seriously. It's just one of those days. You know it had to happen with the influx of gnex flying out the door recently.
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Sorry about the double post, I had to when I noticed the post right after mine stating "All Questions to Go into the Q&A Section".
So why do you think its not going to happen? Any insights?
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Seriously. It's just one of those days. You know it had to happen with the influx of gnex flying out the door recently.
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So why do you think its not going to happen? Any insights?
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Because you can't just take apart 2 phones and swap parts frankenstein style. Just because they're both phone cameras doesn't mean they're "plug and play". These things aren't desktop computers, their parts are not interchangeable.
If you think that the camera on the GNex is that bad (it actually isn't), and a phone camera is that important to you, don't buy the GNex.
Thanks for the input, I brought it up only because I know a fairly similar act was successfully pulled off with the Galaxy S and the Galaxy S 4G, with the front camera swap. Maybe someone with better knowledge of the internals can give some insight on what differences exist if there are. I dont mind getting the GNEX to be frank, way to much pros over the cons, but I can't wait to be able to swap out parts off a phone on the fly like a computer. Now thats going to be the best thing that happened to the phone industry after Android.
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Thanks for the input, I brought it up only because I know a fairly similar act was successfully pulled off with the Galaxy S and the Galaxy S 4G, with the front camera swap.
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The Galaxy S and Galaxy S4G are effectively the same phone, one just has a faster radio.
...but I can't wait to be able to swap out parts off a phone on the fly like a computer. Now thats going to be the best thing that happened to the phone industry after Android.
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This isn't ever going to happen.
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This isn't ever going to happen.
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Remember the name "Toba", You will think of me when it does happen.
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Remember the name "Toba", You will think of me when it does happen.
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Phones have been closed proprietary hardware systems since the modern smartphone. They're getting more closed and proprietary as time goes on. If you want better performance, battery life, and design you need them to be closed, sealed devices.
Even laptops are going this way. If you wanna swap parts get a dekstop computer.
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The Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S II camera modules are totally different. If the SII camera worked out of the box with the Galaxus' ISP (which is quite possible,) the connectors are completely different. It would require so much work that it just wouldn't be worth it by any stretch.
That and it probably wouldn't even fit inside the phone.
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How many universal parts/standards do you see on the inside of phones? Even if parts were more universal your phone would be uglier than Frankenstein and look like a mummy with all the duct tape keeping it together so you have something usable. A lot of things would have to become standard before swapping parts in and out even becomes thinkable. Think when a thought pops happens upon your head.
let it be.
When i read threads like this or those "can i install Gingerbread on gnex? " i really think these are TROLLS trying to get people mad...
Makes no sense, you want a better camera? Get a nikkon camera... I dont even see the point on better cameras on a phone.. If i can take a picture to put a Face on my contact or to take any fast photo for a quick reference.. Im ok.. Now if I want really good pictures for a wedding, 15 years daughter party or any special moment.. Id hire a professional photographer.. Thats all about it
Ppl tends to be really stupid about this, like iphone fan Boys.. When they figured 4S its a piece of crap they only got left to say oh but the camera its awesome... Yeah?? Better than a nikkon 24mp / 300 photos per second / 2milles zoom 250gb internal memory 1 touch in screen per 300 photos?... I say go to hell
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Thanks for ur inputs guys. That been said if you are a member of XDA then I will think you won't be one to comfortably accept what the manufacturer gave u as is, keep it in your pocket and feel satisfied, we are here to tweak, tinker and learn from these devices, some of us at least.
If no one challenged what manufacturers have handed down then there won't be a need for MIUI, Voodoo, Ezekeel etc. I was only looking to see the possibilities I am not an electronic head to know exactly what can be or cannot be done. But I sure can don't mind satisfying my curiosities by raising questions i am unsure about, so call me a troll if u want. "That don't faze me foo".
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Thanks for ur inputs guys. That been said if you are a member of XDA then I will think you won't be one to comfortably accept what the manufacturer gave u as is, keep it in your pocket and feel satisfied, we are here to tweak, tinker and learn from these devices, some of us at least.
If no one challenged what manufacturers have handed down then there won't be a need for MIUI, Voodoo, Ezekeel etc. I was only looking to see the possibilities I am not an electronic head to know exactly what can be or cannot be done. But I sure can don't mind satisfying my curiosities by raising questions i am unsure about, so call me a troll if u want. "That don't faze me foo".
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Even if possible, if. You got enough money to buy 2 phones just to swap cameras, or lets put it this way, the camera its so portant to you that you dont mind spending over 1k USD just to swap the camera and with the risk of damaging the 2 phones in the process (as you said "you are not an electronic head") so risk its even higher of messing all the things up.. And wasting 1k USD?? Ok thats your money its your problem but dont Think any decent person around here will lead you to that and as i said if the camera its so important, dude theres plenty devices out there with 8/12 mp cameras and you can always flash some stock/custom ICS room to that device.
So you can get your camera with ICS in a reasonable way and any1 could help you accomplish that
Cheers
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The Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S II camera modules are totally different. If the SII camera worked out of the box with the Galaxus' ISP (which is quite possible,) the connectors are completely different. It would require so much work that it just wouldn't be worth it by any stretch.
That and it probably wouldn't even fit inside the phone.
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The first helpful post. Not just people *****ing about people asking questions on a Q&A forum.
This was an interesting question, yet the regulars still just see it as an opportunity to ***** and moan. Why hang around the Q&A forum if you're just gonna get pissed off with every single question that gets asked?
Thanks Sjael.
msedek said:
Even if possible, if. You got enough money to buy 2 phones just to swap cameras, or lets put it this way, the camera its so portant to you that you dont mind spending over 1k USD just to swap the camera and with the risk of damaging the 2 phones in the process (as you said "you are not an electronic head") so risk its even higher of messing all the things up.. And wasting 1k USD?? Ok thats your money its your problem but dont Think any decent person around here will lead you to that and as i said if the camera its so important, dude theres plenty devices out there with 8/12 mp cameras and you can always flash some stock/custom ICS room to that device.
So you can get your camera with ICS in a reasonable way and any1 could help you accomplish that
Cheers
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OP linked an Ebay listing of a SGS2 camera that he would have purchased if it was possible to swap the cameras..
PsiAdster said:
The first helpful post. Not just people *****ing about people asking questions on a Q&A forum.
This was an interesting question, yet the regulars still just see it as an opportunity to ***** and moan. Why hang around the Q&A forum if you're just gonna get pissed off with every single question that gets asked?
Thanks Sjael.
OP linked an Ebay listing of a SGS2 camera that he would have purchased if it was possible to swap the cameras..
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Well not 1k USD but 700 then thats not the point
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PsiAdster said:
The first helpful post. Not just people *****ing about people asking questions on a Q&A forum.
This was an interesting question, yet the regulars still just see it as an opportunity to ***** and moan. Why hang around the Q&A forum if you're just gonna get pissed off with every single question that gets asked?
Thanks Sjael.
OP linked an Ebay listing of a SGS2 camera that he would have purchased if it was possible to swap the cameras..
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Exactly. If you don't like questions maybe you should stay out of QnA.
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Remember the name "Toba", You will think of me when it does happen.
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Don't forget the duct tape and jb-weld.
I still don't get why people are so worried with the GN's camera. I have both (GN & GS2) and can't tell from a glance "oh, this is the GN and this is the GS2" from looking at a picture.
- both are back illuminated sensors
- a 1920x1080 screen is 2 megapixels, most professional photographers say that 5 megapixels is more than enough, above is only useful if you *print* on large medias (eg. posters)
- both have the same sensor size
It is true that the GN had focus oddities and no image stabilization but this was fixed in 4.0.4. Don't forget that the GN has 2 CPUs (Cortex M3) dedicated solely to the camera subsystem. This is why there's instant shoot on that device.
Also consider that things change WAY too fast in this industry to develop standards. Intel can make a new CPU and ride on it for 2-3 years before they need to make a new one, even with AMD nipping at its heels. And when they make their CPU, they make it however they want, and the OEMs will build the form factor around it.
Smartphone companies do not have the same luxury. People want their sensor-laden connected supercomputers to fit comfortably in their hands, and they want it right now. If someone were to try to come up with a standard CPU, it would be obsolete before the ink dried on the standards page. Look how long it took them to agree on MicroUSB, and that's just a port.
Company: Here's your camera standard, the C5. Plug it into any board and you're good to go.
OEM: Only 8 megapixels? No backlight? Not good enough.
Company. OK, here's the C6.
Only 12 megapixels? NO CMOS sensor?
And on it goes.
I extremely disappointed in both Samsung and Rogers, and as a result, I am back on iOS as I type this message.
I sold my S2 i9100 on Craigslist and switched from Fido to Rogers to get an S3 on a three year contract. The S3 was beautiful for the first few hours. By midnight that night, I noticed some serious artifacts on the screen (there are many posts on XDA that call these "ink spots" etc.)
I contacted the salesperson at Rogers regarding an exchange, and I was told to bring it to their technician - if he recognized the defect, I would get a new device. He couldn't see the problem! He had never heard of the problem (yeah, right!) so it would not be exchanged unless I sent it off to Samsung to have a look!
I returned the POS on buyers remorse, paying a $75 fee and got the iPhone 5 as a result.
I love the iPhone and I've had many of them in the past, too. But the Samsung problem of faulty screens is definitely a common issue and I most likely wont switch back, unless something truly game changing comes out for Android.
Rogers is terrible, aside from having a gorgeous iPhone 5 out of the deal, leaving Fido was a big mistake.
I would be very weary of purchasing an S3 if you, the reader, haven't already.
Google S3 Ink Spots, and see many disappointed s3 owners like me.
Cool story bro.
Herp derp SGS3 Tapatalk 2
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I extremely disappointed in both Samsung and
I contacted the salesperson at Rogers regarding an exchange, and I was told to bring it to their technician - if he recognized the defect, I would get a new device. He couldn't see the problem! He had never heard of the problem (yeah, right!) so it would not be exchanged unless I sent it off to Samsung to have a look!
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I work at a tech shop. Unfortunately they don't always update us on defects. There was a recall on sandybridge mainboards but no one notified us until after two weeks, that is just one instance.
and your point is....? you're back on ios so this whole story makes no difference at all now right? you dont have an sgs3 anymore. end of story. not sure what the point of this is.
i had 3 sgs3's in my possession at one point and didnt see any of this. i also have 6 friends with sgs3's and they dont have this. you should expect some manufacturing defects when a product is made in the hundreds of thousands dude. it just happens. you should blame that tech and yourself for not getting a replacement. you could of easily stood up to them and got a replacement. you being passive is what the problem here is.
I have two ink spots on my S3 but only when the screen is displaying BLACK. All you had to do was warranty the phone dude. And also, this is the GS3 thread, not the flipping iPhone5 thread. Oh that's right, we don't have one!!!!! I own an iPhone 4, but you don't see me coming here saying how awesome it is?!
You should have warrantied the phone.
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and your point is....? you're back on ios so this whole story makes no difference at all now right? you dont have an sgs3 anymore. end of story. not sure what the point of this is.
i had 3 sgs3's in my possession at one point and didnt see any of this. i also have 6 friends with sgs3's and they dont have this. you should expect some manufacturing defects when a product is made in the hundreds of thousands dude. it just happens. you should blame that tech and yourself for not getting a replacement. you could of easily stood up to them and got a replacement. being passive is what the problem here is.
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You obviously stopped reading when you saw the word iOS and decided to post a worthless comment defending Android lol. The point is, people should be weary when purchasing the S3 and look closely. Just because you and your six friends don't see something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Even the technician couldn't see it - that doesn't mean it wasn't there. There are dozens of threads online, and XDA inpeticular, where users are very frustrated with this problem in their S3's.
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I have two ink spots on my S3 but only when the screen is displaying BLACK. All you had to do was warranty the phone dude. And also, this is the GS3 thread, not the flipping iPhone5 thread. Oh that's right, we don't have one!!!!! I own an iPhone 4, but you don't see me coming here saying how awesome it is?!
You should have warrantied the phone.
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This is hardly n iPhone 5 thread lol. What is with Android users getting so offended when they see the work iPhone? I've had multiple Samsung phones, I have an Asus Nexus 7, and I've had almost every iPhone to ever come out. They are both great platforms, I am sorry if seeing the work iOS makes you so salty lol
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You obviously stopped reading when you saw the word iOS and decided to post a worthless comment defending Android lol. The point is, people should be weary when purchasing the S3 and look closely. Just because you and your six friends don't see something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Even the technician couldn't see it - that doesn't mean it wasn't there. There are dozens of threads online, and XDA inpeticular, where users are very frustrated with this problem in their S3's.
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Ummm... read my post again. This has nothing to do with iPhone or android. It has everything to do with you not taking the correct route in getting the replacement. The only worthless post is this thread you created to inform others of you happiness of iOS in an android development website. Replace the phone for a new one. Its that simple. You didn't do that and you should probably take the frustration out on yourself rather than the "tech" that probably didn't care enough to really look for the issue or Samsung for the quality. This really comes down to you not taking the initiative.
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This is hardly n iPhone 5 thread lol. What is with Android users getting so offended when they see the work iPhone? I've had multiple Samsung phones, I have an Asus Nexus 7, and I've had almost every iPhone to ever come out. They are both great platforms, I am sorry if seeing the work iOS makes you so salty lol
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1.) IPhone anything does not belong here. Go to the sister site and post about iPhone.
2.) This thread seems ridiculous. As you stated. There are already multiple threads containing this information so why would you clutter these forums with another?
task650 said:
1.) IPhone anything does not belong here. Go to the sister site and post about iPhone.
2.) This thread seems ridiculous. As you stated. There are already multiple threads containing this information so why would you clutter these forums with another?
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Ok, maybe I should refer to it as a "different phone" due to the poor quality of the Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 I purchased. Happy? If you don't find any use for this thread, then leave it, and stop bumping it with your pointless wannabe moderator comments. Someone who is in the market for a new phone, and is considering buying this phone, might find it a little more meaningful. I for one, wish there was a lot of threads on the subject, so I could have saved myself a $75 restocking fee to bring it back, by not buying it in the first place.
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Ok, maybe I should refer to it as a "different phone" due to the poor quality of the Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 I purchased. Happy? If you don't find any use for this thread, then leave it, and stop bumping it with your pointless wannabe moderator comments. Someone who is in the market for a new phone, and is considering buying this phone, might find it a little more meaningful. I for one, wish there was a lot of threads on the subject, so I could have saved myself a $75 restocking fee to bring it back, by not buying it in the first place.
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lol. you should blog or facebook this.
hawken84 said:
Ok, maybe I should refer to it as a "different phone" due to the poor quality of the Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 I purchased. Happy? If you don't find any use for this thread, then leave it, and stop bumping it with your pointless wannabe moderator comments. Someone who is in the market for a new phone, and is considering buying this phone, might find it a little more meaningful. I for one, wish there was a lot of threads on the subject, so I could have saved myself a $75 restocking fee to bring it back, by not buying it in the first place.
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Dude, you bought a bad phone out of however millions were made. Just because one phone had something wrong with it doesn't mean that you should tell people NOT to buy that phone. And besides, basing your opinion about an ENTIRE company based on one defective device is STUPID AS HELL! That's like saying 'white people are racist' just because 1 KKK member calls me the N word!!!
THINK!!!
Take you Android bashing and just forget about signing into XDA until you get an Android device again like you said when something MAGICALLY comes about. Have fun with iOS, it's solid, it's stable, and absolutely nothing will ever go wrong with your precious iPhone 5. :good:
.... it's an issue with AMOLED screens. There's a clear reason why the "technician" probably didn't see it. That being the fact that YOU didn't even notice it until "midnight that night". It's only visible when the screen is displaying BLACK.... and at NIGHT. If it were actually an "Artifact" as you put it, it would have some sort of adverse affect on the display quality.... which it does not. I have noticed these blotches at night. But instead of googling it and reading that it does happen and thinking "Oh, this phone sucks cause there's this stuff that other people seem to have", i actually read more into it and found out WHAT it was. It doesn't affect the screen in any way.... and is only visible on a solid black color, at night. Which is funny, cause a lot of the people posting about it don't exactly seem "Disappointed", as you put it, but more curious as to why they're there, and if they could be a potential issue or not..... which they're not.
If it were something that affected the functionality or the display quality, i could see being "disappointed in Samsung".... but this is just ridiculous. I've had an iPhone 3GS and an iPhone 4 before switching to Android. I don't see why in the hell anybody would willingly switch iOS from Android. Apple designs excellent hardware.... i'll give them that. But iOS seriously needs an overhaul... not just a new feature or two added every year that's been around on other platforms (and not just Android) for YEARS.
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.... it's an issue with AMOLED screens. There's a clear reason why the "technician" probably didn't see it. That being the fact that YOU didn't even notice it until "midnight that night". It's only visible when the screen is displaying BLACK.... and at NIGHT. If it were actually an "Artifact" as you put it, it would have some sort of adverse affect on the display quality.... which it does not. I have noticed these blotches at night. But instead of googling it and reading that it does happen and thinking "Oh, this phone sucks cause there's this stuff that other people seem to have", i actually read more into it and found out WHAT it was. It doesn't affect the screen in any way.... and is only visible on a solid black color, at night. Which is funny, cause a lot of the people posting about it don't exactly seem "Disappointed", as you put it, but more curious as to why they're there, and if they could be a potential issue or not..... which they're not.
If it were something that affected the functionality or the display quality, i could see being "disappointed in Samsung".... but this is just ridiculous. I've had an iPhone 3GS and an iPhone 4 before switching to Android. I don't see why in the hell anybody would willingly switch iOS from Android. Apple designs excellent hardware.... i'll give them that. But iOS seriously needs an overhaul... not just a new feature or two added every year that's been around on other platforms (and not just Android) for YEARS.
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Exactly. I'm looking at a black screen on my S3 right now, no ink spots, but at night and on a COMPLETELY black screen, I can see a few, but it doesn't bother me.
Also, enjoy your non working maps, anodized aluminum that chips from nothing, screen flickering, and your now AMAZING 4x5 [email protected][email protected]!11
LOL I will never understand people who get heated over Android vs iPhone, even when this thread is not a comparison.
You all don't think ink spots are a problem, then that's ok. For me, it's unacceptable, even if its only at night. It's not just on black screens, it's on anything as dark as the deep blue in settings. If its a common problem with AMOLED screens, then it's too bad.
And ps: google maps has a fully functional web app that is identical to what was the native maps app LOL.
I think I hear your moms calling you upstairs for lunch
So far every Samsung phone I had also had black spots on the screen its just how Samsung produces there screens but I would not swap out my phone just because of some black spots that you could only see in midnight and iPhone is a piece of **** u made a mistake !
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Ok.... fine.... it's visible on very dark colors..... at night. WOOOOOO! if you're that nit-picky, i'd hate to see how you are with other products. Must suck to see you picking out a monitor..... backlight bleed must really get your panties in a bunch against the manufacturer of the display.
I'm sure the thread will be closed pretty soon.
To the OP, you got your iPhone, be happy and get on with your life. And stop being rude to other members because this may harm you in future if you ever get an Android phone. So better safe than sorry. Also, as you mentioned there were several other threads opened regarding the issues you were experiencing, you should have better put your thoughts in those threads. People get angry because you searched and found similar issues, still you opened a new one to complain about your displeasure.
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Well, I guess I'm glad your problem is solved.
My Rogers S3 is just swell over here.
Having had an iphone from 2008-2012 and having used iOS since the original ipod touch in 2007, I couldn't be happier to have bought an S3.
Sounds like your beef is more with Rogers than with Samsung. I got my 32gb S3 on promo from Rogers for only $50, the 32gb iphone 5 would have been $300
The unbelievable amount of positive differences I have experienced between my old iphone 4 and the S3 is pretty astounding. I played with an iphone 5 for a bit a few days ago and yeah it just seemed... Boring to me after having had my S3 for two weeks. I really loved my iphone for years and defended it endlessly as being incredibly durable and intuitive and simple devices (which they are) but after messing with Android for a few weeks I actually now regret not making the switch sooner.
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Hawken I installed io6 on my iphone 4 a few weeks ago. The Google maps "Web app" via Safari is total and utter **** in comparison to the proper Google App. It seems like you are just trying to come up with all sorts of reasons to justify your decision to impatiently dump the S3 and pay a ton of cash to get the iphone 5 because it's a mindlessly easy device to use.
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