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[Q] Purple lines in pictures

Recently in pictures i have noticed a purple splotch/line towards the bottom right of every picture i've taken. Curious as to if anyone has seen this before.
Phone has been dropped but not from any extreme height, and i have a body glove case on it. Part of me thinks there is some fuzz on the sensor behind the lens. Will be taking it to sprint soon as the purple bits seem to be multiplying.

Jesus Christ learn to re-size your pictures.. When did these start showing up?

cbass15 said:
Jesus Christ learn to re-size your pictures.. When did these start showing up?
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Intentionally left that size so it could be clearly seen. Resizes to browser window on my end in chrome.
From what i can see looking back in pictures, has shown up in the last couple of weeks.

Its a blacklight picking up what you left on your desktop!
Yeah its probly something that is caught in the lens, have sprint fix it. Are you stock?
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dante32278 said:
Its a blacklight picking up what you left on your desktop!
Yeah its probly something that is caught in the lens, have sprint fix it. Are you stock?
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Yes I am stock. I've actually been happy with the stock firmware on the S3 thus far.

Turned out to be bad pixels in the camera according to sprint rep. They replaced the camera and all is well.

S-Pen doesn't write on the right edge.

Hello,
I've bought a new galaxy note 2 for 2 months.
I discovered a strange problem that I cannot write anything at the right edge of the screen by the S-Pen and when I try to write beside the edge I find the drawn line goes to right edge although I didn't move it to right!
Anyone face this Problem before? The guarantee provider here in Egypt says that's a misuse fault.
I use the stock ROM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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does your Case have a magnet in it by chance? IF it does try without the case
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The extreme right near the screen behaves little different to the rest of the screen. There is about half a milometer part right next to the edge that does not register pen input properly. If you keep drawing the line there vertically, it will not be drawn smoothly as it happens on left edge, it will appear on screen in steps like you are joining two dots using line tool. That is normal behaviour for Note 2. That little half a millimeter part does behave like that on all Note 2s. If this is what you are saying, then that is not really a fault. I have it on 3 different Note 2s in family.

I have the same thing, on the left side

Your digitizer or the part that detects speb motion is damaged.
Hardware problem.
Get it replaced.
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greeneon said:
does your Case have a magnet in it by chance? IF it does try without the case
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You're right. I tried without the Case and the problem started to hide partially. I could write in the right edge where the magnet was preventing me. But the lines still go to right as something attracts them like magnet! The influenced area is nearly a centimeter from right.
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I uploaded a video demonstrates the problem I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I am not an expert but in that video that looks like a bad phone to me. I can't imagine any setting or software issue that would cause that.

TonikJDK said:
I am not an expert but in that video that looks like a bad phone to me. I can't imagine any setting or software issue that would cause that.
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My neighbours have the same mobile phone but they don't face this Problem.
I put their phones in my case (with magnet) but they didn't face the problem!
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Try to use your neighbor's pen on your phone - The S-Pen is made in China and is usually terrible.

BullHorn7 said:
Try to use your neighbor's pen on your phone - The S-Pen is made in China and is usually terrible.
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No, the problem isn't in the S-Pen. I tried my neighbour's S-Pen and Guarantee Agency S-Pen but they didn't write on the right edge either.
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That sucks because I have the same issue but already ordered a new pen from eBay...
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Bs mine has magnet too.
Digitizer problem.
No offense to anyone
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Anass Ahmed said:
I uploaded a video demonstrates the problem I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.

If you have any kind of case, cover remove them. Try restart and write again. 90% of such sort of problems caused by case, back cover, dominant hand settings.. I've had this many time with my note and note 2. Every time I've found some stupid reasons that was causing phone to screw spen functionality.
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BullHorn7 said:
That sucks because I have the same issue but already ordered a new pen from eBay...
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This is not a S-Pen problem. I tried another s-Pen in Samsung service center.
Funkym0nkey said:
That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
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I took the phone to the Samsung service center before I write this thread but they said that is misuse problem! They said that the screen may be crashed.
Raintech said:
If you have any kind of case, cover remove them. Try restart and write again. 90% of such sort of problems caused by case, back cover, dominant hand settings.. I've had this many time with my note and note 2. Every time I've found some stupid reasons that was causing phone to screw spen functionality.
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I'll do that now.
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Hi. Have you tried writing on the right edge with your left hand? Or you can try writing on the right edge with your S pen held upright and not slanted. I noticed my S pen is able to right on the edge if it is held upright or when the left hand is used. I hope this helps.

siakgayyem said:
Hi. Have you tried writing on the right edge with your left hand? Or you can try writing on the right edge with your S pen held upright and not slanted. I noticed my S pen is able to right on the edge if it is held upright or when the left hand is used. I hope this helps.
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I tried that and the writing on the right edge had been improved. But the problem of going lines to right as a magnet attracts them is still there.
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Funkym0nkey said:
That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
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It's his case I think. He can write on the edge on the upper and lower part but when he gets to the magnetic part of the case he can't write. I have the same type of casing and I experience the same thing til I switched to another case without magnets.
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!

is there a metal frame inside the GNote2 which can be magnetised?

Wonky Camera?

Hi guys,
I've had a Note 2 for a couple of weeks now and its a fantastic bit of kit, I have noticed that when the back cover in place the camera appears to be lower on the bottom right corner (more deeply recessed into the case back) and you can feel it too. However if you remove the battery cover the assembly seems to be pretty level. Just wondered if any one else had noticed this? Is this normal etc?
Cheers

Yes dats how it is...seems kinda tilted downwards
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jayOverkill said:
Yes dats how it is...seems kinda tilted downwards
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Nice one.....cheers for the reply :good:

touch screen

anyone had any problems with a dead spot on their screen?

foxsdaddy67 said:
anyone had any problems with a dead spot on their screen?
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I am on my 3rd Optimus G and haven't had and dead spots. I am assuming you are referring to pixels. There was someone on IRC who had an OG with a broke screen. His issue was half the screen didn't come on. I am not sure if that was a hardware issue or if it was physically broke.
I have only had one screen issue and it was on all three OG I have had. There is a bit of light leak on the edges and top. Light leak is when the back light of the screen shines around the edges on a dark screen. I think that is a common universal issue. But, the screen is very vivid and not many people have had complaint about it.
Can you clarify you issue? We might be able to give you some ideas. If you are the original purchaser it is under warranty still. If not, I recommend TEP. If you are on XDA then TEP is a must.

kc_exactly said:
I am on my 3rd Optimus G...
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What happened to the previous 2?

when i run my finger across the screen in the middle it wont detect my touch. if i turn on the options in the developers setting to see what its doing you can see when it traces a line, it skips in the middle and starts again about a half inch later. only had the phone for a week or so, so thats not a problem. had a similiar issue on my evo shift way back when. had to take it to sprint store then too. any way i have an appt at 9 to have them take a look at it

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What happened to the previous 2?
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Held my rum and coke under my phone while texting drunk. The phone is big, the cup was bigger. 0.4 nano seconds was all it took.
Second one, testing gone wrong, fixing went full [email protected] wrong.
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Does any one else have black rectangles all over the screen.
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well they are out of stock on the G.. on backorder for a week before i can get replacement. wtf.
had to laugh cuz the "tech" didnt know how to turn off the screen touch traces in the developer settings lol

man this is annoying. seems like everything on the phone depends on that part of the screen ie hitting send for texts and other things lol

foxsdaddy67 said:
man this is annoying. seems like everything on the phone depends on that part of the screen ie hitting send for texts and other things lol
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Have you tried in landscape? This is a way for me to do certain things when customers come into the store with touchscreen issues.

Landscape is more annoying than the screwed up spot lol
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kc_exactly said:
Held my rum and coke under my phone while texting drunk. The phone is big, the cup was bigger. 0.4 nano seconds was all it took.
Second one, testing gone wrong, fixing went full [email protected] wrong.
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I bet you sobered up quick when you dropped it. Lol
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Speakers seem blocked...should I exchange?

Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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lunercrab said:
Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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mine was the same a quarter on top and half on bottom took it back to store and got a new phone opened it up and was the same
if you hold the phone to the right you can see there are not blocked
hope that helps a bit

Yeah that's what I was afraid of that it was just a common issue...maybe I'll go by and look at the display for comparison...
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lunercrab said:
Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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heres mine

lunercrab said:
Ok so I know there was a thread started on this awhile ago...but I noticed on my one that my speakers seem extremely blocked...would u exchange if u were me? I don't think it's supposed to be like that correct? Also I'm unlocked...does att ever bother checking that stuff if I want to exchange?
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Mine is the same. By same, I mean EXACTLY the same, with the exact same holes blocked and unblocked. I'm not concerned though. it still sound fine. Maybe this is normal?

Yeah I never remembered it I've owned 3 M 7 over the past year and never saw that before. I may still exchange it because I notice there's some lag and my bottom buttons aren't very responsive
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The speaker is only under a part of the cover.
Check the ifixit tear down.
The other "unblocked" holes are the mic {on bottom) and notification led (on top}.

chaps said:
Mine is the same. By same, I mean EXACTLY the same, with the exact same holes blocked and unblocked. I'm not concerned though. it still sound fine. Maybe this is normal?
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Well this is because it's NOT a defect, it's made that way, speaker is only under the left side of the grill, on right are other components underneath, so it looks blocked, it's not. :fingers-crossed:

sixstring said:
The speaker is only under a part of the cover.
Check the ifixit tear down.
The other "unblocked" holes are the mic {on bottom) and notification led (on top}.
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For sure. The speakers are only half the length of the grill, if that. Hah nvm pics have been posted

Yeah thanks guys...yeah even on a video review said those holes are just there to make the speaker openings symmetrical looking...
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Thanks for this thread. I had visited my local Verizon store this weekend and asked them about the "blocked" speaker holes and of course they had no clue. But their demo looked just like mine, and just like all the pics posted here. This saved me a call to cust service (which probably would have gone nowhere anyways, lol).