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Im sure you guys care less but anywho.
Screen has a greenish ugly looking tint on the left side of the screen going from top to bottom
You can see it in white pages or even this forum background as the page loads.
The so called 4G plain sucks outdoors and specially indoors, As soon as i step inside the house it looses the 4g, and also inside ANY place i walk in!
So i try using 3g, omg, i should say EDGE! LOL. SUPER slow.
Also, samsung still has this real dumb feature or hardware issue, the screen DIMS real low once the phone gets warm/hot. I hate that, ive used my iphone 4 and many others and NEVER EVER had to deal with this. It is so annoying.
Other than that and even the fact that the samsung hub wont let me play the movies i PAID for i loved the phone. So sad this is because i have no idea what to get next. Even if samsung releases a blow my mind phone again i will never buy one till they fix that retarded screen dim when phone gets warm or hot. Thats just crazy that i have to use it outside with such a faded screen!
Your complaints seen trivial and more than likely can be remedied by replacing the phone, other than that cool story bro
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Not a "cool" story "bro." take ur phone outside in the sun for a few minutes and watch the screen dim. Sg2 unlocked version did the same thing.
you can manually adjust the screen brightness without auto set by swiping the taskbar
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Not a "cool" story "bro." take ur phone outside in the sun for a few minutes and watch the screen dim. Sg2 unlocked version did the same thing.
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Everything you said is a dud unit + network related. The one thing that makes sense is the dimmer when it gets hot, but that's just a preference. I returned my EVO 3D because it skipped music tracks unless I downloaded an app (which had to be ran in the background) to prevent it. It's speakers were also so quiet that I'd sleep through my alarm. Then, to top it off, my text messages were displaying the wrong time (m texts would display the correct time, but incoming texts would be listed 2 hours before mine, so mine always appeared at the bottom and it was annoying!)....then my camera app became useless with green lines through it.
Anyways, done with going off-topic...I'd suggest getting a replacement or switching networks.
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Im sure you guys care less but anywho.
Screen has a greenish ugly looking tint on the left side of the screen going from top to bottom
You can see it in white pages or even this forum background as the page loads.
The so called 4G plain sucks outdoors and specially indoors, As soon as i step inside the house it looses the 4g, and also inside ANY place i walk in!
So i try using 3g, omg, i should say EDGE! LOL. SUPER slow.
Also, samsung still has this real dumb feature or hardware issue, the screen DIMS real low once the phone gets warm/hot. I hate that, ive used my iphone 4 and many others and NEVER EVER had to deal with this. It is so annoying.
Other than that and even the fact that the samsung hub wont let me play the movies i PAID for i loved the phone. So sad this is because i have no idea what to get next. Even if samsung releases a blow my mind phone again i will never buy one till they fix that retarded screen dim when phone gets warm or hot. Thats just crazy that i have to use it outside with such a faded screen!
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Slow down amigo, I am sure that up coming roms will take care of most if not all of those
Issues. That's the beauty of andriod you can pretty much customize anything. The size of this screen is awesome why go back to a 3.5". I don't see the greenish tint on my screen , Maybe you got a defective phone. Again I agree, some things are annoying but the devs can find solutions to most of the issues.
Return it and wait for your iphone 5. Ur a fanboy, I can see it in the way you talk. You had no business having a real phone like this to begin with. The beginners section is over at ApplefanboyIvegottheGBs.com.
Sounds like you got a lemon. There should be no green tint on the screen; S-AMOLED+ is amazing with colors and contrast.
Regarding network speed, 4G support is obviously dependent on whether or not there's 4G coverage in your area. I really hope you knew this before you bought the phone.
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Return it and wait for your iphone 5. Ur a fanboy, I can see it in the way you talk. You had no business having a real phone like this to begin with. The beginners section is over at ApplefanboyIvegottheGBs.com.
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Oh shutie! Fan boy of anything im not. I mentioned the iphone 4 because its the last phone i had before i got this one. Ive had the droids, thunderbolt, galaxy phones from tmobile, samsung infuse, nexus one, and others and the iphone 4 for a week. So you got anything else to say thats worthless?
Also, you guys mean that when ur outside in the car and you use your phone for a while the screen doe NOT dim down? The setting on my phone was all the way UP and the screen was super dim. As soon as it cooled off like 1 minute or so it went suoer bright. Used it again to stream music and the screen went down low again. I hope its just a lemon.
Ur screen has a technical problem. It's a very complex piece of technology. Our experiences don't show green tint or dimming problems. The opposite is true. It's vibrant, bright and the color reproduction is like nothing we've ever seen. I would exchange that phone as soon as possible.
Sounds more like a lemon then the majority. Get what works for you, obviously in this thread certain response is expected especially with an informed user base for the most part
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you can manually adjust the screen brightness without auto set by swiping the taskbar
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Wow, where can I learn more tips like this? That is great.
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Sounds like you got a lemon. There should be no green tint on the screen; S-AMOLED+ is amazing with colors and contrast.
Regarding network speed, 4G support is obviously dependent on whether or not there's 4G coverage in your area. I really hope you knew this before you bought the phone.
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I dont have 4g in my town... And I pull faster 3g speed tests than any other carriers in my town...
I knowingly signed a sprint contracr knowing there 4g sucks (even though I dont haz it.... I hear its no good)
Why post a thread when you know its gonna be **** on?
Do you announce to your household when your gonna drop a log?
If no then why would anyone care when,how, and why you are returning ANY phone...
Opinions thats all....
And we all know opinions that bring useless negativity get **** on...
I retract any negativity I had toward this phone (mostly arrogant and some ignorant opinions I had based on my past experience with the sgs line)
I hope you feel like you made a point... Cuz I dont see it..?
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Search the web but here is one in xda. I seen more online though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268897
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Wow, where can I learn more tips like this? That is great.
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I dont have 4g in my town... And I pull faster 3g speed tests than any other carriers in my town...
I knowingly signed a sprint contracr knowing there 4g sucks (even though I dont haz it.... I hear its no good)
Why post a thread when you know its gonna be **** on?
Do you announce to your household when your gonna drop a log?
If no then why would anyone care when,how, and why you are returning ANY phone...
Opinions thats all....
And we all know opinions that bring useless negativity get **** on...
I retract any negativity I had toward this phone (mostly arrogant and some ignorant opinions I had based on my past experience with the sgs line)
I hope you feel like you made a point... Cuz I dont see it..?
I posted cause i felt like it. And who cares what you think, i dont. Its a forum so we all have the right to post. If its wrong let the moderators do their job but as for you who gives a. what you think. I sure dont dont like the thread move on, that hard for you to do? Why did you have to post? Dont write back i dont care.
lol @ not knowing how to adjust the settings. Might want to go back to a flip phone
LMFAO. Soo sick dude!
Sent far away from another galaxy....using my ET4G.
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lol @ not knowing how to adjust the settings. Might want to go back to a flip phone
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Hahaha
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic Touch 3g
comeatmebro said:
lol @ not knowing how to adjust the settings. Might want to go back to a flip phone
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I believe the reference is to what was said... Swiping the status bar. (Even it was worded different.) Way to post an invaluable remark.
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I just returned my TMO SGSII today because of all the vertical lines / blobs on the screen when low light or grey backgrounds.
it was very, very, disturbing to my eyes when i'm using the phone at night.
I've gone through 10+ replacements, with all different manufacturing dates on the box.
every single one of them had lines.
ppl in TMO SGSII forum says that its problem with the driver not working so well with the chip (or something)
i called samsung and talked to executive representative, asking if the phone is going to have any software update any time soon (not that it's really going to fix the problem )
they said since the phone is new, there are no planned updates so far.
so i just gave up and i'm back with my old captivate on tmo network with only edge speed..
i wouldn't want to pay more than half a thousand dollars and get a defect phone (it's defect at least to me)
the display is what i mostly look into when i'm trying to buy a phone.
anyways,
do you guys think there will be any possibility that GN would have problems regarding screen display like TMO SGSII?
(fact that GN is not using exynos? - if it really matters)
sorry for the nooby question
thx in advance.
There is no real noob questions when it comes to this device... We hardly know about it!
I think it will be a perfect screen, no lines, samsung takes a lot of pride in this screen I highly doubt something like lines in the screen will show up an issue with this phone.
Side note...so did t mobile give you a refund for your sgs2 our anything?
I am my mom's "little elitest"
Deal with it!
well, i paid $550 at first,
and i got all of it back in cash.
i don't know if you are supposed to get everything back, but if not, it's because i know the owner of my tmo local store so well. my girlfriend's dad runs that place.
i got my my hands on TMO SGSII on Oct. 7th or 8th, not even an hour after the phone got shipped to the store for the first time.
plus, i get lot of things for free. screen protectors, cases, etc. lol
anyway, thx for the answer. u have my thanks
it's good to know that it'll have perfect screen.
i hope tmo really gets this phone soon, cuz i have 10GB plan, but i'm stuck with EDGE!!!!!!
That's terrible! Edge must be killing you! Well I think we ask wish t mobile gets this soon.
I plan to get the lte version on verizon actually
I am my mom's "little elitest"
Deal with it!
good for you
i'm better off with TMO network.. verizon somehow doesn't work well in my area..
i usually got 12+ Mbps with TMO SGSII when i had it.
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I just returned my TMO SGSII today because of all the vertical lines / blobs on the screen when low light or grey backgrounds.
it was very, very, disturbing to my eyes when i'm using the phone at night.
I've gone through 10+ replacements, with all different manufacturing dates on the box.
every single one of them had lines.
ppl in TMO SGSII forum says that its problem with the driver not working so well with the chip (or something)
i called samsung and talked to executive representative, asking if the phone is going to have any software update any time soon (not that it's really going to fix the problem )
they said since the phone is new, there are no planned updates so far.
so i just gave up and i'm back with my old captivate on tmo network with only edge speed..
i wouldn't want to pay more than half a thousand dollars and get a defect phone (it's defect at least to me)
the display is what i mostly look into when i'm trying to buy a phone.
anyways,
do you guys think there will be any possibility that GN would have problems regarding screen display like TMO SGSII?
(fact that GN is not using exynos? - if it really matters)
sorry for the nooby question
thx in advance.
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I don't think you'll have any problems with the screen of the NG. The SGS II had really bad colours because of Mdnie or so. Can't remember how it's called. When you flash CM7 on to the SGS II you won't experience this lines etc. because they don't include the drivers like Samsung does.
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I don't think you'll have any problems with the screen of the NG. The SGS II had really bad colours because of Mdnie or so. Can't remember how it's called. When you flash CM7 on to the SGS II you won't experience this lines etc. because they don't include the drivers like Samsung does.
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i see. not only the vertical lines, some pictures would get blurred a lot. like stock blue wallpaper on TMO SGSII.
but CM7 is not out for the TMO SGSII right?
not sure if this is what you were looking for, but Androidcentral just did some super macro up close shots of the Galaxy Note's screen (which is just about the exact same as the screen on the GN, but lower pixel density).
http://www.androidcentral.com/close-and-personal-hd-super-amoled
These pictures make the screen look suuuuper crisp. Hope this helps.
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i see. not only the vertical lines, some pictures would get blurred a lot. like stock blue wallpaper on TMO SGSII.
but CM7 is not out for the TMO SGSII right?
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Sry can't help you with the TMO version had the GSM international one.
Ah and I forgot something. Mdnie (or so) is a "feature" from Samsung to provide natural colours so it shouldn't be included in any AOSP ROM.
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I had to up the contrast quite a bit for what I am talking about to show up in a photo, but you can see it here: http://i.imgur.com/TLYe4.jpg
When my screen is totally black, there are 2 "blotches" of the screen that are darker than the rest. They are not image defects, as it happens on any totally black screen.
I like this phone, but all these screen issues are annoying!
what rom kernel?
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what rom kernel?
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Completely stock Android 4.0.2
EDIT: Because you look like you know what you're talking about, I might as well ask you another question here
If I follow these instructions to flash 4.0.4 yakju on my phone currently running 4.0.2 yakjuux, must I be rooted, or will unlocking the bootloader be enough to upgrade?
I have these too. Even at exact location. But i notice it only at totally dark room.
maybe if you still have your trial period you can return it and get another one? ... ive never noticed these but those issues seem very minor
i know if you flash a kernel with colorcontrol you might be able to tune it to the way you like it.
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maybe if you still have your trial period you can return it and get another one? ... ive never noticed these but those issues seem very minor
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Ehh, I'm with WIND mobile here and they tend to just exchange your phone with one that someone else has returned. I am probably just gonna deal with it. It's certainly not noticeable in every day use, it's just something I noticed while looking at my screen last night in the dark.
As a workaround, you can change your wallpaper so its not dark dark dark
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I have these too. Even at exact location. But i notice it only at totally dark room.
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I'm gonna assume it's just a defect that shows up in super low light then.
Lots of QC issues with this phone it seems. How Samsung AND Google OK'd it is beyond me, lol.
Oh well, it's better than a lot of crap out there, so I will stick with it for a few years.
Matt08642 said:
I'm gonna assume it's just a defect that shows up in super low light then.
Lots of QC issues with this phone it seems. How Samsung AND Google OK'd it is beyond me, lol.
Oh well, it's better than a lot of crap out there, so I will stick with it for a few years.
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Google only does the software. Samsung does the hardware.
If anything blame Samsung. There is always a chance of a defect when it comes to production.
But yeah.. it'll have updates from Google and dev support.
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I'm gonna assume it's just a defect that shows up in super low light then.
Lots of QC issues with this phone it seems. How Samsung AND Google OK'd it is beyond me, lol.
Oh well, it's better than a lot of crap out there, so I will stick with it for a few years.
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we have to suffer for these issues as early adopters for 720p super amoled screens. I think these are not QC issues. These are the known issues for a still developing technology.
blackdesp said:
we have to suffer for these issues as early adopters for 720p super amoled screens. I think these are not QC issues. These are the known issues for a still developing technology.
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If future gen screens are free of these problems I'll definitely still be all for them
that is a common manufacture defect of amoled screens not just our 720p screens. theres people on the razr forums complaining of this too and motorola said its a manufacturing defect that affects lots of amoled screens. i suspect lots of people have this problem just that they dont notice since you cant see them under normal use.
i have these black splotches too but can only see them when i put a black screen in a dark room, never see them when i use normally or watching videos.
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that is a common manufacture defect of amoled screens not just our 720p screens. theres people on the razr forums complaining of this too and motorola said its a manufacturing defect that affects lots of amoled screens. i suspect lots of people have this problem just that they dont notice since you cant see them under normal use.
i have these black splotches too but can only see them when i put a black screen in a dark room, never see them when i use normally or watching videos.
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I'm interested in what causes this problem. Any links to info/causes?
EDIT: So many things about this phone have made me want to take it back, but then I realize I already have the best phone on the best carrier in Canada! I hate the lack of selection here, lol.
Matt08642 said:
I'm interested in what causes this problem. Any links to info/causes?
EDIT: So many things about this phone have made me want to take it back, but then I realize I already have the best phone on the best carrier in Canada! I hate the lack of selection here, lol.
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you have the best phone anywhere, not just canada. other phones might be better at certain things but overall the nexus is still the best until the htc one s or gs3 comes out. You are going to find problems with any phone out there most are a lot worst than the ones on the nexus.
i dunno about Wind being the best carrier in canada though...lol i was pretty close to switching to them but just didnt want to deal with all the roaming stuff.
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you have the best phone anywhere, not just canada. other phones might be better at certain things but overall the nexus is still the best until the htc one s or gs3 comes out. You are going to find problems with any phone out there most are a lot worst than the ones on the nexus.
i dunno about Wind being the best carrier in canada though...lol i was pretty close to switching to them but just didnt want to deal with all the roaming stuff.
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I mean best carrier in the sense that everything is unlimited. I rarely ever leave the city so it's good for me.
I am currently in customer service hell. They sent me a full month's bill after 7 days of service, and I can't get a straight answer as to why. Tried calling their service center and was hung up on 3 times in a row.
From my understanding, it's due to pixel pre-charging and/or bad threshold calibration. All of the pixels are kept on just a tiny amount even on black screens to produce smoother a smoother display. It takes a lot longer to turn on an LED from rest than to just bump up the brightness a bit. The LED subpixels are held just above their on/off threshold to give relatively deep blacks with smooth light/dark transitions. In theory this works, because it assumes that each LED is perfectly calibrated and they all have an exact on/off threshold. In reality though, we know that no two LEDs are the same. Some have higher thresholds and some have lower than others. This equates to some deadspots and some bright patches on black screens.
Then again, it could just be a badly manufactured screen or some other issue.
Also, some people say that they never saw anything like pre-charging on other OLED screens like on the GSII, but that's because the GSII has a much lower resolution. The Nexus has a much higher resolution, which means a lot more pixels to push, which means there's a lot more light coming out of black screens. That's what gives some Nexus screens that LCD-Backlight look when in dark rooms. That's a non-issue.
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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send it back and get a new one or flash a kernel and change the colors.
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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?
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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. :\
IAreKyleW00t said:
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.
adrynalyne said:
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....