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I received mine in the mail yesterday and wanted to give my mini review.

I received mine in the mail yesterday and wanted to give my mini review.
I currently have or had:
G1
G2
G2x
Sensation
Hercules
The reason I mention this is because this phone is not much nicer then the G2, G2x or the sensation but this phone is still solid.
I paid the outright price and coming from these phones I just cant see the difference for me to spend $560. This is just based on the feature and feel of the phone vs what I already own. If you were coming from a old phone by all means this is slightly better then the rest I mentioned but not $560 better.
Pros:
No pentile
No screen door effect (spaced pixels)
No Yellow Tint
No over colored greens and oranges
Fast web browser alive, I mean WOW! Flash sites run very well
NFC
Decent processor
Fastest download speed from Tmobile device yet
Very light
Nice feel in hand
Cons:
Defective screen (I had the pixelated, washed out /brushed steel stripes) the artifacts stay in the same place and is noticeable when I pull down the notification bar.
DPI is way to HIGH for such a resolution - Not bad but should be a option
Stutters 10% of the time
Car audio does not have the Voodoo punch from stock, not sure about later development or if a compatible chip is in there.
This phone did not blow me away but will offer it to my girlfriend over the sensation for the only reason being the GPS is terrible int he sensation and we use the navigation a lot and wanted to smash the sensation many times.
This phone is very close to being sent back but even if keeping this is being exchanged for a different screen.
Does any that bought from Tmobile have a perfect/good screen? If so please post pics.

1wayjonny said:
Does any that bought from Tmobile have a perfect/good screen? If so please post pics.
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I have a good screen but have no way to post a pic at work Maybe when I get home tonight

1wayjonny said:
Cons:
Defective screen (I had the pixelated, washed out /brushed steel stripes) the artifacts stay in the same place and is noticeable when I pull down the notification bar.
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This seems to be a pretty common, but then again we typically only hear from people who have this issue. I'm planning on heading back to the T-mobile store and compare my unit to their display models. Hopefully there will be a difference and convince an exchange.

dksxmks said:
This seems to be a pretty common, but then again we typically only hear from people who have this issue. I'm planning on heading back to the T-mobile store and compare my unit to their display models. Hopefully there will be a difference and convince an exchange.
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Do you think it's a qc issue? Or is it a hardware (LCD or another issue that they all will have?) flaw?
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jburnette87 said:
Do you think it's a qc issue? Or is it a hardware (LCD or another issue that they all will have?) flaw?
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This is my first Super AMOLED device so I'm not sure what to expect. I came from MyTouch4G before this and an SE x10i before that, and both fo them had LCD's iirc.
My friend has a Sprint GS2 and I got to compare them side by side. I noticed it's much less apparent on the Sprint one (Had to get up really close and carefully stare at it) so you almost cant tell, and when the brightness is up to about 30% it's just gone completely.
I tried to show him the lines I was talking about but he couldn't see them at all, and ended up calling me insane. So it's also the eye of the beholder.. so to speak. I don't have much evidence to go on other than what I'm seeing, and am fairly convinced it's hardware issue. I remember the MT4G had 2 different batch of screens where the viewing angles and vibrance was substantially different. This might be the same case, though I would expect more from "Super AMOLED Plus".

jburnette87 said:
Do you think it's a qc issue? Or is it a hardware (LCD or another issue that they all will have?) flaw?
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Based on the pictures someone posted, I find it unnerving that it's only one the right side of the screen.
It's almost as though it's hardware related in the sense that it has something to do with whatever is right beneath that part of the screen. Could it be heat related? The CPU being there? etc.
I don't remember seeing this on European GS2 when I played with it.
This is why even if the prime wasn't coming, I'd be hesitant to pick up the GS2 as the screen itself is a new line of manufacturing....and I'd rather let the first adopters deal with the imperfections while they work the kinks out in their manufacturing process.

I'm on my second SGS2 in two days. The first one was bad. Very bad. Defective screen: grey stripes, washed out colors. Extreme stuttering. Ok. Recieved my second one 3 hours ago. Great screen. Practically no stuttering.... until the first hard reboot. Bam! As bad as the first one except the screen. Laggy, choppy. Impossible to enjoy. Wtf????
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I've noticed stuttering with the screen animations on. Once I turned them off, no problems. I've got the grey stripes, as well. If I keep my brightness around 50%, more or less, I don't really notice them. Debating on whether an exchange is in order.
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Even The Almighty Launcher Pro really sucks on this phone. I'm returning it. It's not worth it.
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I'm not having any issues with my phone that have been mentioned in this thread. Mine is working perfect fine.
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webisweb said:
Even The Almighty Launcher Pro really sucks on this phone. I'm returning it. It's not worth it.
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just to be fair
Launcher Pro hasn't been performing well since Nexus S came out, and all the newer devices that came after it, like the original SGS2.
many other launchers are working way better/faster than Launcher Pro now
in other words Launcher Pro is kinda old school now, it needs to adapt to the new devices

Go Launcher EX. Same thing. Jumpy/choppy/laggy.
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AllGamer said:
just to be fair
Launcher Pro hasn't been performing well since Nexus S came out, and all the newer devices that came after it, like the original SGS2.
many other launchers are working way better/faster than Launcher Pro now
in other words Launcher Pro is kinda old school now, it needs to adapt to the new devices
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Launcher pro runs like crap on every phone.
That launcher has and will be the worst launcher I've ever tried to date. My gs2 flies with the stock launcher and launcher 7. I haven't tried adw as I kinda like touch wiz.

Jorge18 said:
I'm not having any issues with my phone that have been mentioned in this thread. Mine is working perfect fine.
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Can you do something for us, plz? Can you hard reboot your phone (VolUp+Power)? I'd like to know if the phone will stay the same - stutter free.
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Working perfectly fine over here. Had a tiny bit of thr brushed steel issue, but turned up brightness and it went away. Other than that, he phone is blowing me away.
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I posted this in the other vertical lines thread, but I'll post it here as well:
dksxmks said:
I just came back from the T-mobile store and I'm happy to say that the exchanged device is much better in terms of the vertical lines. I'm fairly convinced that it's the nature of these AMOLED displays, only some seem to be worse than others. My old device was at ~40% brightness and it's still pretty clearly visible. Now with this new one, I can go down to ~20% without even noticing it unless I reeeeaaaally stare into it.
Make sure you test it beforehand though. I checked 2 of their display models and they both had that problem. I lucked out with the new one they handed me at random.
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I really wish someone could post and show the lines you guys are seeing. I dont' see this on my screen at all. The little stuttering is very very little and I only see it slightly when pinch zooming on the homescreen. The HTC phones do the same exact thing. Nothing I would return over.

Jjday7 said:
I really wish someone could post and show the lines you guys are seeing. I dont' see this on my screen at all. The little stuttering is very very little and I only see it slightly when pinch zooming on the homescreen. The HTC phones do the same exact thing. Nothing I would return over.
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The thread is called "Vertical lines on screen." Someone posted pics of the issue.
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scmurphy13 said:
The thread is called "Vertical lines on screen." Someone posted pics of the issue.
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ok thanks. I see it now and I will have to look at my phone closer to see if I have the problem. I hope not.

ive had no probs but no phone is 100% perfect

I am the only one who finds the "silly faces" effect hilarious?

If you go into the camera and select video recorder, there are effects options. The "silly faces" crack me up.

Same here. Its fun.
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I just wish I could do it with the camera as well, would be hilarious to take a group photo with huge mouths.

wonshikee said:
I just wish I could do it with the camera as well, would be hilarious to take a group photo with huge mouths.
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agreed. Not quite sure why they are just available in the video camera but nonetheless, still a fun feature.

The first time I tried it I was staggered it was doing real time effects. Everyone who has seen it also loves it

To take pictures with silly faces, simply start recording and then tap the screen. This takes a snapshot while you are recording!
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dnlsmy said:
To take pictures with silly faces, simply start recording and then tap the screen. This takes a snapshot while you are recording!
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It's disabled with special effects turned on.

I should note that the silly faces and effects also work through Google Video chat. My 2 year old nephew loves video chat for some reason, and he laughed his ass off when I turned the effects on. So, it's good for amusing kids, I guess.

You can also take the video then screenshot what you want a picture of. Its worked successfully for me so far! And yes, the effects are awesome.
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The big eyes effect is so dope. I made my girlfriend have even bigger puppy dog eyes

Those effects are the first thing I show people when I'm showing it off. Everyone loves it.

have a friend that looks like quagmire from family guy, so the big mouth effect was an instant hit with everyone when i took a video of him

Need Gnex owner's help

I created these two commercials for a mobile phone application concept for a uni class and I need the videos to get as many views as possible between now and 3PM. Would really appreciate your guys' help in visiting each video. Don't even have to watch but if you do I'd love some feedback!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FEPkb-pBU0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBCf2r2Xps

I like the first one. The music is great, text could be a little bigger though, and I think instead of tilting the phone you could make it twirl and then let it reappear with the new image.

thanks for your feedback! The GNex is a 2d image I spent hours looking for a 3dmodel of it but couldn't find one...google sketchup had one but it was really ugly.
Text is another problem I ran into ..I left a white bg on GNex and if I increased size or moved text it would get hidden behind the white. Thanks again though and if u have any friends you can get to click the links it would be greatly appreciated
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The first one is better since it has some product info. With the second one, you have no clue as to what the app does.
With that said, the product info text does go by pretty quickly in the first one.
Pretty cool though.

Thanks for your feedback! Watching the second 1 would you say that you would be enticed to learn more about what techfit is? It was meant to be a viral video whereas the first was meant to be a promotional video. I extended each frame of text to the very end of each slide, do you have any suggestions on how I can make the text more readable without having features from previous slides show up on slides following them
I.e track your activity shouldn't show up on the in app purchases slide
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trilogee said:
The GNex is a 2d image I spent hours looking for a 3dmodel of it but couldn't find one.
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I really didn't think that far Good point though.

[Request] front and back camera simultaneously recording video and pictures.

I had a thought today while my 2 1/2 year old was jumping on my back while my 6 month old was laughing hysterically at him and I thought, man I would be nice to use both cameras at the same time to record both things at once. I dont even know if this is possible but it would be awesome if it could happen. Sort of like a picture in picture. I have no idea how to code. So the devs can take this as a challenge, yea, I'm calling out all the awesome devs here to try and make this possible. I know I can't be the only one who would love this and give iPhone users yet another thing to envy.
Mods, if this does not belong in general then I apologize in advance, its not a development release.
Yea. Please someone try to make this happen.
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Would definitely be awesome IMO
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Great idea!!! +2

Would be interesting!

I don't think it is possible to do that! AFAIK, Android APIs do not support recording from both the camera simultaneously, you need to decide between the two!

Maybe possible through an app? I know that android is capable of using 2 cameras together. Ala evo 3d
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Shakes head. :what:
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Y the head shake. It is an awesome idea and not entirely impossible
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justin94 said:
Maybe possible through an app? I know that android is capable of using 2 cameras together. Ala evo 3d
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EVO 3d uses 2 images to merge together to become a 3d image or video... I personally don't think this is possible for the front and back camera as they record 2 different videos.
Although if an app can record in the background you can perhaps open up a different recording program and record with the other camera. Not sure if it's a solid solution but it's worth the try
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Hmmmmm, I would like to see what it would look like side by side, so you could show the reaction if something happens on the main camera.

I am by no means a developer but I was just thinking of how it would actually work. I mean, someone may be able to make it all work out, but how good would the actual video be?
If you record from both cameras and want a good shot of both things, they would have to be along the exact same line with the phone somewhere in between (unless what you're recording is a little far away). If both of the things you are recording and yourself do not make a straight line, you'll move to get a shot of one of them but the other camera will then point somewhere else.
Not the best at explaining without some kind of picture but I hope someone gets what I'm talking about, lol. I have 2 young nephews and this would be a great feature to capture some great moments.

Honestly, the only usefulness is for goofing and getting the reaction of the person/s recording. Trying to record two kids on opposite sides with opposing is just silly and the quality of video will be much lower on one video.
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I'm an experienced Java developer who is getting his hands dirty in Android development. Honestly, I'm very new to android development but I'll take up this as my first project.
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I would love to see this happen. Its uses could go well beyond just kids. Say track day with my car and having a passenger and being able to record there actions as well as exactly what's going on on the track.
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justin94 said:
I would love to see this happen. Its uses could go well beyond just kids. Say track day with my car and having a passenger and being able to record there actions as well as exactly what's going on on the track.
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Now that actually does sound interesting. I can see the potential for something like that. I would love to see if something like this is possible. The evo 3d has the capability to use two 5mp back facing cameras at once. Seems like there isn't any reason why you couldn't use the front and back cameras at the same time. Although the difficulty would probably be in software.

Would be great for Track day/AutoX runs
justin94 said:
I would love to see this happen. Its uses could go well beyond just kids. Say track day with my car and having a passenger and being able to record there actions as well as exactly what's going on on the track
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+1 for the track day/AutoX idea. Right now I have two Hero cams, one facing each direction and then have to post-process combine them into a split screen video. Would be cool to just put my phone into a secure mount and be done with it.
Even if one camera is of a higher quality - I'd just point the higher quality one forward and the lesser towards the rear.
Just thinking out loud.
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R5

Black Box Recorder Use
This would be very useful as a dash cam, vehicle black box, plane log app. Put your device in a holder and attach to the dash or windshield. Start app and set it to record when GPS detects motion and stop after x minutes of non-motion. Record outside the vehicle or plane straight ahead with the main camera. Record inside the vehicle or plane with the front camera. Sync to same timeline for recording/logging purposes.
Could be a good use for an old Android phone if capable of doing it.
Just an idea.

How about for police stops?

not a bad idea at all....

I no longer have the nexus as I have gotten the s3. That being said 4.1.2 is suppose to have the ability to have the ability to use split screen..... just saying open up the camera on one screen and open it again with the front camera on the other screen.... maybe even some screen recording in there to capture both on one clip
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Sideways pictures

Using Sprint and every few pictures are sent sideways....
Using Google Hangout as default messenger.
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imex99 said:
Using Sprint and every few pictures are sent sideways....
Using Google Hangout as default messenger.
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The picture will be oriented based on the way the phone was when it was captured. That info is encoded in the image and certain sites and apps use it.

I've never had a phone so that before (n5).... Weird when the pictures is upright and then send it and goes sideways
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Solarenemy68 said:
The picture will be oriented based on the way the phone was when it was captured. That info is encoded in the image and certain sites and apps use it.
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Something is not right.... I take pictures in portrait mode, send picture with hangouts and the picture is sideways! Really frustrating!

imex99 said:
Something is not right.... I take pictures in portrait mode, send picture with hangouts and the picture is sideways! Really frustrating!
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Yeah I have the same thing occasionally. Thought it was just the sms app I was using. Evolve Sms btw.

Yeah, happens to me every day now..... Get most of my complaints from iPhone users! IPhone 4s, iPhone 6 & iPhone 6+. Hopefully this gets fixed, very annoying!

imex99 said:
Yeah, happens to me every day now..... Get most of my complaints from iPhone users! IPhone 4s, iPhone 6 & iPhone 6+. Hopefully this gets fixed, very annoying!
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I don't think it will get fixed anytime soon. I have had the same picture orientation issue on all my Samsung phones, s2, s4, and now the Note 4. Seems to work good on Samsung apps, stock TW roms, other apps, phones appear to interpret the picture orientation data embedded in the file wrong. Proprietary crap, on my older bose headset made for iPhone, the earbud volume buttons won't work either... They're wired differently.

If this is ongoing issue, will be my first and last Samsung phone! I take lots of pictures of my 4 year old , 2 year old and 6 month old. Everyone texting me that pictures are sideways.

imex99 said:
If this is ongoing issue, will be my first and last Samsung phone! I take lots of pictures of my 4 year old , 2 year old and 6 month old. Everyone texting me that pictures are sideways.
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When I find out one of my friends has an iPhone I stop sending them pictures... Problem solved... [emoji12]
Let them know when the S5 is on sale for 1 dollar and they will thank you.

Nah, just upgraded to iPhone 6 64gb, 128gb and 6+ 64gb

"Upgraded" ;D

imex99 said:
Nah, just upgraded to iPhone 6 64gb, 128gb and 6+ 64gb
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If your recipient has an android just tell them to rotate the picture lol. That's the beauty of android you can rotate pictures whatever way you want in the gallery. I highly doubt crapple phones will do that.
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