So i'm having 2 issues
1) you can see in the 2 of the pictures there is an area of yellow discoloration. I had this problem back when I got an iphone 4 and returned it the next day. But because wirefly has such crap return policies I rather keep the phone if this really usually is a temporary thing while the "glue settles" as been reported in the past
2) I'm getting this heat error when I try to increase the brightness of my screen. Today is the first time I tried upping it beyond the normal 63% due to trying to check out this discoloration issue. Note I did have an otterbox on my phone at that time but I wasn't doing anything CPU / GPU intensive. It seems a little ridiculous that the heat would not let me raise the brightness just on normal use.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same type of issues
ippikiokami said:
So i'm having 2 issues
1) you can see in the 2 of the pictures there is an area of yellow discoloration. I had this problem back when I got an iphone 4 and returned it the next day. But because wirefly has such crap return policies I rather keep the phone if this really usually is a temporary thing while the "glue settles" as been reported in the past
2) I'm getting this heat error when I try to increase the brightness of my screen. Today is the first time I tried upping it beyond the normal 63% due to trying to check out this discoloration issue. Note I did have an otterbox on my phone at that time but I wasn't doing anything CPU / GPU intensive. It seems a little ridiculous that the heat would not let me raise the brightness just on normal use.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same type of issues
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I got the heat issue one time... i've seen others say they got it as well. I don't normally have my brightness that high though and when I got the message it wasn't really very hot. It does heat up during games and stuff though.
ippikiokami said:
So i'm having 2 issues
1) you can see in the 2 of the pictures there is an area of yellow discoloration. I had this problem back when I got an iphone 4 and returned it the next day. But because wirefly has such crap return policies I rather keep the phone if this really usually is a temporary thing while the "glue settles" as been reported in the past
2) I'm getting this heat error when I try to increase the brightness of my screen. Today is the first time I tried upping it beyond the normal 63% due to trying to check out this discoloration issue. Note I did have an otterbox on my phone at that time but I wasn't doing anything CPU / GPU intensive. It seems a little ridiculous that the heat would not let me raise the brightness just on normal use.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same type of issues
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I am having the same issue. I bought mine last night from Best Buy.
Thanks guys, i'll wait and hope a future firmware fixes the heat. It didn't feel that hot in hand. The yellowing looks better today.
I put mine on the charger 30 minutes ago and the discoloration was gone, but as I was using it you could see that it was returning..
Not having any of those issues. Just traded my GS3 last night for this and loving it. Was able to get the screen to the full 100%. I normally keep all my phones displays at 0%. I guess I have sensitive eyes. Unless in sunlight.
The screen not being able to go to 100% is not a defect. It has been discussed in a lot of reviews for the phone both att version and Sprint version. As far as the yellowing of the screen if it doesn't go away soon I would say it's a defect.
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Thanks for the info Wally! I haven't seen those reviews, can you point me to them. So you would say not being able to go to 100% after just normal use is something that should be normal for a phone?
Speaking of defects, has anyone else noticed the color-banding issues on the display? Is there a way to re-calibrate the gamma on the display (As I'm sure that's the reason for the banding effect)?
Yep, I have the yellow screen at the bottom as well. Bought at best buy last night. Probably going to exchange it, but waiting to see if it goes away after some use.
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I guess this is good news. The yellowing on the bottom of my screen has faded to almost half the amount it used to be. Its still not totally gone yet, but it does show promise. Perhaps this is the same issue that many iPad users had with the adhesive curing with heat and use.
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I had this same issue yesterday i went back to sprint and traded it for another one completely gone now. So it's defiantly a defect, It was weird it took a while before it showed up. If you can get an exchange do that
Exchanged mine as well. The new screen is much better. Seems like its a bit hit or miss.
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Exchanged mine as well. The new screen is much better. Seems like its a bit hit or miss.
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Hmm I'm going to go into a store and check out their display to see if they viewing angle on it are good because mine aren't that great.
Never had heat issue, and I always use 100% brightness. Never had screen discoloration either.
You got a dud.
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On the top of my screen I've noticed that the the status bar has been burnt in and I was wondering if I could get a replacement from T-Mobile.
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Power off the phone .. take a pic
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Searched and found this. Wanted to bring this up because I too now have screen burns. Specifically the notification bar and a little bit from the dock. I just started noticing it maybe the past month or two. Not sure if it will get worse. But to describe it, it's a light blueish tint, more noticeable on white. Really noticeable when the brightness is turned down, hardly noticeable when the brightness is cranked up. I got my phone in the middle of April of 2012.
Kinda sucks, but I've gotten used to it and come to terms that it will probably happen again if I replace it. Never replaced a phone before, but I just don't want to end up getting a refurbished phone if that's the case. Phone works great and I can deal with the screen unless it becomes super dark blue.
Just wanting to know if any of yall have any indications of screen burn or at least heard any other stories. Thanks!
To all this happen to a previous vibrant I owned and its from you charging your phone often with the display on to high and not in sleep mode while charging make sure your screen is off on phone because the hotter the phone gets the more likely u get the burn :thumbup:
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For those who have the issue, can you try the Display Tester app on the Play store and let us know if it works? Apparently, it can repair burn in... it would be good to find out if it's a possible fix in the event someone else were to get screen burn.
My first Galaxy S3 went back due to excessive ink markings on the screen and since getting my replacement I have noticed it running hotter than I remember the first one being. The heat feels to be coming from the lower half of the screen / back of the phone.
I compared it to my friends phone and his gets just as hot. I am running FreeGS3 v0.1.0 and my friends was running stock - non rooted.
I ended up going to Sprint and the tech at the store replaced my phone with a new one out of the box and it is displaying the same behavior with temp.
I see no ill effects from this and am getting pretty good battery life for my usage, it is more of an annoyance for my phone to get so hot though. It seems a little warm for just browsing the web or FB on Wi-Fi so who knows.
It never seems to be the battery temp, but the CPU temp that climbs and is responsible for the heat.
I should point out that I had a Speck Candy Shell Case on the first phone, but that case has since been broke and returned. It is possible that my first phone got just as hot but somehow the dual layer design of the case disappated some of the heat, but I still feel it on the bottom half of the screen. My EVO LTE didn't get this hot in the few weeks I have it, and I have an Airave at home where it still heats up so I think we can rule out signal strength as a cause.
Anyone want to chime in with thoughts or suggestions?
Mine does that too, thought I was the only one.
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My first Galaxy S3 went back due to excessive ink markings on the screen and since getting my replacement I have noticed it running hotter than I remember the first one being. The heat feels to be coming from the lower half of the screen / back of the phone.
I compared it to my friends phone and his gets just as hot. I am running FreeGS3 v0.1.0 and my friends was running stock - non rooted.
I ended up going to Sprint and the tech at the store replaced my phone with a new one out of the box and it is displaying the same behavior with temp.
I see no ill effects from this and am getting pretty good battery life for my usage, it is more of an annoyance for my phone to get so hot though. It seems a little warm for just browsing the web or FB on Wi-Fi so who knows.
It never seems to be the battery temp, but the CPU temp that climbs and is responsible for the heat.
I should point out that I had a Speck Candy Shell Case on the first phone, but that case has since been broke and returned. It is possible that my first phone got just as hot but somehow the dual layer design of the case disappated some of the heat, but I still feel it on the bottom half of the screen. My EVO LTE didn't get this hot in the few weeks I have it, and I have an Airave at home where it still heats up so I think we can rule out signal strength as a cause.
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Network related I think. Not necessarily signal strength but a poor data connection.mine gets hot as hell at the Bottem where the antenna is when my data is horrid.my roommates s2/e4gt Does the Same thing except at the top of the phone where the antenna is on that phone. Which would explain the battery life not being affected. The poorer the network performance the hotter it is. Sound familiar to anyone? Put the phone in airplane mode.and stress it in any way possible.overclock and run a benchmark while trying to play a game.what ever comes to mind.just leave in airplane mode and I bet it doesn't get nearly as hot as what your describing. I had a galaxy nexus on Verizon that rarely got hot. Where as my mother just got a sprint galaxy nexus which gets hotter than any phone I've ever felt but only with poor data speed as well. I've hit 120·F on my s3. I've seen her gnex hit around 140·F. So I'm blaming the network
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Network related I think.mine gets hot as hell at the Bottem where the antenna is when my data is horrid.my roommates s2/e4gt
Does the Same thing except at the top of the phone where the antenna is on that phone. Which would explain the battery life not being affected. The poorer the network performance the hotter it is
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Yeah I would buy that but my Epic Touch never got that hot plus I have an Airave at home. Doesn't heat up as much for me in Power Save mode with the CPU Limited. I think the CPU may be the culprit.
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Yeah I would buy that but my Epic Touch never got that hot plus I have an Airave at home. Doesn't heat up as much for me in Power Save mode with the CPU Limited. I think the CPU may be the culprit.
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I'm leaning towards cpu as well, if I limit it seems not to get as hot
randomrobbi said:
My first Galaxy S3 went back due to excessive ink markings on the screen and since getting my replacement I have noticed it running hotter than I remember the first one being. The heat feels to be coming from the lower half of the screen / back of the phone.
I compared it to my friends phone and his gets just as hot. I am running FreeGS3 v0.1.0 and my friends was running stock - non rooted.
I ended up going to Sprint and the tech at the store replaced my phone with a new one out of the box and it is displaying the same behavior with temp.
I see no ill effects from this and am getting pretty good battery life for my usage, it is more of an annoyance for my phone to get so hot though. It seems a little warm for just browsing the web or FB on Wi-Fi so who knows.
It never seems to be the battery temp, but the CPU temp that climbs and is responsible for the heat.
I should point out that I had a Speck Candy Shell Case on the first phone, but that case has since been broke and returned. It is possible that my first phone got just as hot but somehow the dual layer design of the case disappated some of the heat, but I still feel it on the bottom half of the screen. My EVO LTE didn't get this hot in the few weeks I have it, and I have an Airave at home where it still heats up so I think we can rule out signal strength as a cause.
Anyone want to chime in with thoughts or suggestions?
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Try this out;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790061
I flashed via CWM and no more issues with heat at all. I also saw a decent increase in battery life.
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Idk if there's a bug, but check with betterbatterystats and see if gsiff_daemon is running at the top of the list... if it is, it's probably causing the battery to get hot, along with draining battery. You can fix it by using Root Explorer and renaming that file to gsiff_daemon.bak , it's in system/bin
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This phone gets hot it's every gs3 mine even said it was to hot to charge when i plugged it in before.
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I have had this problem when i switched to cm10 but my gs3 doesnt get nearly as hot on stock...
I'm having this issue as well and its kinda bothersome. I was going to post a new thread (glad s I searched first). I especially notice it when playing games, especially graphically intense ones like nova 3 or mass effect. The phone gets hot--real HOT. I'm coming from an evo 4g lte and it didnt get as hot. Love my s3 but I'm concerned I'm really gonna shorten its life by running so hot.
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Can you guys give the tempuratures your phones are getting up to? Mine has yet to get over 106. My ET4G would get up to 116 if I was playing a game.
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Can you guys give the tempuratures your phones are getting up to? Mine has yet to get over 106. My ET4G would get up to 116 if I was playing a game.
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What r using to measure temp? Batt temp?
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I've tried a few methods, the one in this thread and a few others and still a no go. I even went into root explorer and renamed giskk_daemon. I honestly think it's the menu bar on the white gs3. I had the blue one and had no problem until I recently exchanged it for the white one yesterday.
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What r using to measure temp? Batt temp?
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system info widget gives your phone's current temp
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Try this out;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790061
I flashed via CWM and no more issues with heat at all. I also saw a decent increase in battery life.
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Tried that but still the same.
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Just read the review by PC Mag, and I have to admit it's making me a little hesitant to pick up the phone Sunday. Essentially when the phone gets warm it auto dims the screen. I wish he posted more details about the issue.
I've been jazzed about the phone for a couple of weeks now, but it does have some drawbacks for me right out of the box. The non-removable battery, the lackluster camera, and lack of micro-sd slot on the Sprint version. Still I could live with those issues, by and large, but the dimming issue reported by PC Mag has me to the point where I'm reconsidering buying in.
I'm hoping people who get this phone over the weekend weigh in with their experience on the issue.
Here's the relevant excerpt:
"One big problem: I did most of my testing with the screen brightness set to maximum. I noticed it dip considerably after about 10 or 15 minutes of benchmarking. When I checked on it in the phone's Settings, I saw the brightness level had dropped down to 66%. I tried to turn it back up, and got the message, "Unable to brighten more due to high temperature. Try again later." I encountered this issue on multiple occasions. Especially when using processor-intensive applications like games, the top half of the phone becomes increasingly warm. LG claims it has not encountered this issue, but two test units as well as our AT&T model of the phone did the same thing."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411011,00.asp
Who keeps their phone on max brightness? 66 is twice what my brightness is set on :/
But yes, I will agree that it's an unusual thing to force user to take those measures.
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Who keeps their phone on max brightness? 66 is twice what my brightness is set on :/
But yes, I will agree that it's an unusual thing to force user to take those measures.
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Totally agree. That's why I'm sort of waiting with anticipation for people to get them in their hands and report their experience with that issue. I've got my current phone set to like 30% most of the time, so this is workable, but there are times when I need that brightness maxed out for a significant length of time.
I'm hoping the reports are good. I really want this phone.
If the phone overheats I'm going to ask Sprint to cover the restocking fee when I return it. On the contrary, that's the only review that has mentioned overheating that I could find though.
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If the phone overheats I'm going to ask Sprint to cover the restocking fee when I return it. On the contrary, that's the only review that has mentioned overheating that I could find though.
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Yeah but they said it happened with three test sets, with both the AT&T and the Sprint hardware versions. Looks like it dims by design given the warning message they received. That tends to indicate LG knows they run hot on heavy usage.
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Yeah but they said it happened with three test sets, with both the AT&T and the Sprint hardware versions. Looks like it dims by design given the warning message they received. That tends to indicate LG knows they run hot on heavy usage.
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That's not good news, I'm going to stay optimistic with it since it's already on the UPS truck and if it overheats on any normal use I will return it as defective. In all fairness, I've never had a smartphone that didn't overheat, especially during tethering.
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received mine yesterday and I was able to recreate the pc mag error. It wasn't that hot either, wasn't doing much. I'm a bit concerned.
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received mine yesterday and I was able to recreate the pc mag error. It wasn't that hot either, wasn't doing much. I'm a bit concerned.
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I haven't encountered the error yet, it runs a bit warm, but I keep my screen at about 36% to save battery.
My screen brightness is at 40% and looks great.
People have to understand the powerful hardware runs hotter. It's physics and unfortunately, unlike PC, cars etc, they can't simply install a better cooling system so they use software to tone things down when things get heavy. Also, it's not "overheating" unless the phone acts erratically. Running "hot" does not qualify as "overheating".
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My screen brightness is at 40% and looks great.
People have to understand the powerful hardware runs hotter. It's physics and unfortunately, unlike PC, cars etc, they can't simply install a better cooling system so they use software to tone things down when things get heavy. Also, it's not "overheating" unless the phone acts erratically. Running "hot" does not qualify as "overheating".
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More like running warm, I think people might be over reacting a bit whenever this issue is brought up.
This user is reporting random reboots. Also, the sprint rep recommended they pull the battery for about a minute... on the lg optimus g.... with the fixed battery door.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/499063#499063
Sorry to hear that. No problems yet. The camera is disappointing, but everything else is working well. The dimming issue is an issue. I was out taking pics to test the camera and needed more brightness but the phone was locked at like sixty three percent or maybe forty three i cant remember.
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I've had this phone for a little over three days now. Overall, I absolutely love it. The only smartphones I've ever owned were the Evo lines, so this was a big leap for me, and I'm not sorry. However, there are a few issues with it.
First is a strange antenna issue. I have the Sprint version of the Optimus G, updated and rooted. When the network mode is set to LTE/CDMA, the 3G antenna will only turn on very rarely, leaving me entirely without internet access. I was about to return in when I realized that the issue is solved when I change it to CDMA only. We don't have LTE in my area, so I don't mind leaving my LTE antenna off. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my phone alone, or if it's a software issue that others have.
Then there's the screen. The screen itself is BEAUTIFUL, and I have no issues with it. But the screen scratches like crazy! I am extremely careful with my phones, and this one in particular. I kinda bought it on impulse, so I didn't have time to order a screen protector for it (one should be in tomorrow though). So I have been treating it with extra, almost paranoid caution. It's only ever been in my pocket while at work (nice khakis, so nothing harsh), and otherwise it's been undisturbed on a table. I check my pocket for any abrasive lint often since there's no screen protector on it. But the screen has developed about a dozen or so scratches, and one of them deep enough to distort the screen when it's on. I don't know how this is happening (the deep one happened in the space of five minutes, inbetween two texts, and was merely put into and removed from my pocket.)
Also, the battery life is kinda crappy. I live near a tower, so always have full signal. At work I'm on wifi, so that's not an issue. The battery scarcely lasts through work, with VERY light usage, and is nearly dead by the time I get home. Today, from the time I woke up with it at 100% to the time I got to work (about 2 hours, with constant near-full signal), the phone dropped from 100% to 76%.
Are these normal issues, or am I the only one experiencing them? I want to love this phone so much, but these seem like serious flaws to me.
I too had to change to CDMA so dont know what is wrong with that. And the scratches is weird ive dropped mine a few times and dropped my keys on the screen and nothing. And my battery is phenomenal. Seems like you have a dud.
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In regards to the screen....this may sound like a stupid question and I don't mean to offend, but did you remove the temp screen protector that it comes with? I've not had one issue with my screen being scratched and I can't say I've been all that good to it for the last week.
I've had the phone for a full week now and I have not experienced 3G drops with LTE/CDMA mode enabled. Also haven't scratched it either (thankfully). I constantly put it in and out of my jean pocket throughout the day, so I don't really understand how yours got to be that way.
As far as battery life, I too don't see the issues you're having. Typically I pull it off the charger at around 7AM and can easily get 12 hrs+ with normal usage. Even with Android OS taking up the bulk of my battery (seems to be awake a lot). Lot's of people saying its a battery drain bug, etc. etc. etc...but if I'm getting 12 hrs easily, and 24 hrs with light usage, I don't have a problem with that.
-Screen brightness at 60%
-Wifi on all the time (connected at home and at work - probably helps, lol)
-2 Gmail accounts pushed constantly, Facebook messenger, and a few other apps that auto-update on schedule (news readers n stuff)
-My commutes to and from work - I listen/watch podcasts and/or read. Which means the screen is on the entire time (approx a 1hr commute). All said, my screen-on time sits at around 3 hrs for me.
I'll post some screenshots in a minute...
Here
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No scratches or weird battery issues here. My first two days the battery life was horrid. Afterwards I did some update and poof like magic.
Anyone have any info on the boot loader unlock initiative? I miss aosp
got this phone for sprint yesterday after having a BB for 5 years .. and i'm loving the beautiful screen,.
Only hiccups is maybe the battery... Yesteday i had it full on 100% then after 2 hours went down to 80%..
I'm currently in the office charging the phone to 100% will remove it and do normal routine on it and see how long it last.
JSchoey said:
In regards to the screen....this may sound like a stupid question and I don't mean to offend, but did you remove the temp screen protector that it comes with? I've not had one issue with my screen being scratched and I can't say I've been all that good to it for the last week.
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Haha, I actually checked for this before posting. It is absolutely something I'd do.
After reading these and other comments about the phone, I realized I probably had a dud. I went to the Sprint store a couple days ago and swapped it out for a new one, and it's running beautifully, with none of these issues. So I guess I just got a faulty one. Thanks all for responding!
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Haha, I actually checked for this before posting. It is absolutely something I'd do.
After reading these and other comments about the phone, I realized I probably had a dud. I went to the Sprint store a couple days ago and swapped it out for a new one, and it's running beautifully, with none of these issues. So I guess I just got a faulty one. Thanks all for responding!
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Good to hear! Sorry, I had to ask...my girlfriend had the same problem with her phone she got a couple months ago and it was because the temporary screen protector was still on the phone!
Anyone finding it gets kinda hot? I've read some owners complaining about this and it was mentioned in some review somewhere. Wondering how widespread it might be. Might be that people keep all 4 cores running 24/7. I don't see the point if you're web surfing, talking, texting. I keep it on Eco Mode most the time.
I've only notice it get warm once or twice, but even then it was barely noticeable. But I've had eco mode on since I got the phone, and it's not hesitated or stuttered once.
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We are thinking of switching to Sprint, so we went to Best Buy and picked up one of these phones and I'm very impressed with it so far.
Actually this is the second one because the first one had a factory defect in the chrome around the screen. It get home with the 2nd one and notice there is a speck of dust under the glass.
I'm going to return this one in a day or two and see if the third one is a charm. If not, I'm not getting a forth one!
Any suggestions on a different phone for Sprint if this one doesn't work out? To me the only other phone to get would be the Note 2 and then the GS3.
A little help here guys. I was planning to return mine because of battery problem. Like i tried playing Dead Trigger, current battery is 54%, 30 brightness, sync and data is off. I played for good 5 minutes and it dropped to 48%. One more test is after it got 100% full charged, i unplugged it, Wifi is on still 30% and not using it for a couple of minutes it dropped to 97% and im not even using it!
So i want to return it.
The question is:
Do i have to pay for replacement? I got mine at BestBuy for 99$ almost a month ago.
2nd is will still they accept it now it got scratch on four sides. Any suggestion?
iibishop said:
A little help here guys. I was planning to return mine because of battery problem. Like i tried playing Dead Trigger, current battery is 54%, 30 brightness, sync and data is off. I played for good 5 minutes and it dropped to 48%. One more test is after it got 100% full charged, i unplugged it, Wifi is on still 30% and not using it for a couple of minutes it dropped to 97% and im not even using it!
So i want to return it.
The question is:
Do i have to pay for replacement? I got mine at BestBuy for 99$ almost a month ago.
2nd is will still they accept it now it got scratch on four sides. Any suggestion?
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As long as it hasn't been over 30 days and the phone doesn't look "abused" then you should be fine, also if it's been under 30 days i would add geeksquad protection especially if you plan on rooting, i thought it was a bad investment at first, then when talking to a tech after my evo4g bricked he just said to "make sure the device doesn't power on" and they will replace it needless to say i took a ballpeen hammer too it and got a shiny new one 2 days later.
I took the LG back and got the GS3. I've already had to clear the cache on the galaxy because of excessive battery drain.
If the GS3 fails me, I'm gonna try the Note 2.
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Yep, on eco mode the battery is outstanding. The phones is faster than my wifes S3 on eco mode, and I get nearly 2 days without charging. I had the note II for a week and that is just as good but was too big for me. This phone impresses me everyday.
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Hi guys,
I just bought a Nexus 7 2013 Wifi Tablet, 32GB edition.
Used it for a while, and I had a problem with the software keys so I tried to unroot it using SuperSU.
Right after it unrooted, I heard a small 'pop' and a big smudge appeared on the middle of the back side of the device.
Before it happened, I think SuperSU said something about some cores.
Anyway, I don't have any problems yet, but the smudge is still there, and the texture of where it is is very soft and smells burned a little bit.
What happened to my tablet?
Hardware failure. RMA it.
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May be the battery failure. Had similiar thing on my diamond2.
Battery were working fine, but if you touch the bump phone always reboots.
Wait...does that mean SuperSU caused it?
paed808 said:
Wait...does that mean SuperSU caused it?
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Who knows, could be a coincident.
Most likely, your battery is damaged. There isn't much stuff in the middle:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+7+2nd+Generation+Teardown/16072/1
Damaged lipo batteries like to go up in flames. If I were you, I wouldn't recharge it (especially dangerous) and replace it as soon as possible.
What did it say about cores? Was it real hot?
That is too freaky!
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Can you post a pic?
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Almost certainly a coincidence I think. Sounds like the battery has failed, as mentioned, as that's where it is on the device.
dottat said:
Hardware failure. RMA it.
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Surely if he got through the rooting process then he no longer has any warranty?
Ok, update:
After I had read your replies saying it might be the battery, I tried and recharged it with no problems.
Also, the battery health in the battery monitoring application shows 'good', with normal temperature and the voltage is nominal.
I had no issues whatsoever, not with battery, performance or stability.
Funniest thing- when I woke up and checked the tablet, there was no smudge.
After a few minutes of usage, the smudge reappeared.
Maybe it's just my finger that holds the tablet or something?
I think I panicked without just.
hughlle said:
Surely if he got through the rooting process then he no longer has any warranty?
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If he can get it on to see the screen he would be able to unroot it and send it in. Smudge or not its better to have a brand new one that works before you go customizing an out of box POS. In my opinion.
Zomosa said:
Ok, update:
After I had read your replies saying it might be the battery, I tried and recharged it with no problems.
Also, the battery health in the battery monitoring application shows 'good', with normal temperature and the voltage is nominal.
I had no issues whatsoever, not with battery, performance or stability.
Funniest thing- when I woke up and checked the tablet, there was no smudge.
After a few minutes of usage, the smudge reappeared.
Maybe it's just my finger that holds the tablet or something?
I think I panicked without just.
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I'd consider opening the back of the unit VERY carefully and having a look to check that the battery hasn't failed. You don't want to be regularly charging, discharging, and carrying around with you, a failed Li-ion battery.
I noticed similar smudges around the Nexus logo on my 32GB as well, except I never heard a popping sound. I've been dealing with a bunch of random reboots too. Even stranger, they only seem to happen (as far as I can remember) when its unplugged. I never considered a battery failure before, since it holds a charge and recharges just fine, but there could be something to it. I think its worth looking into a little more.
Definitely a hardware failure. I'm running my N7 at 2.2GHz CPU and 647Mhz GPU with no issues. Battery is obviously an issue, but it hasn't blown up on me, yet.
mrbradeli said:
I noticed similar smudges around the Nexus logo on my 32GB as well, except I never heard a popping sound. I've been dealing with a bunch of random reboots too. Even stranger, they only seem to happen (as far as I can remember) when its unplugged. I never considered a battery failure before, since it holds a charge and recharges just fine, but there could be something to it. I think its worth looking into a little more.
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Actually, I noticed myself that the smudges are perfectly around the Nexus writing.
I mean, like an outline of some sort- but they cover a little bit more.
About the 'pop'- i'm not so sure now it was related to the tablet, as I heard other 'pops' now in my room, probably because of the weather that gets cold during nights here.
I'm not even sure now there is a problem... as I have ZERO issues (the battery is great btw).
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Actually, I noticed myself that the smudges are perfectly around the Nexus writing.
I mean, like an outline of some sort- but they cover a little bit more.
About the 'pop'- i'm not so sure now it was related to the tablet, as I heard other 'pops' now in my room, probably because of the weather that gets cold during nights here.
I'm not even sure now there is a problem... as I have ZERO issues (the battery is great btw).
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No random reboots? Lucky you. Wish I could figure out what was going on with mine. I'm having terrible luck even capturing a log to take a look at.
Zomosa said:
Actually, I noticed myself that the smudges are perfectly around the Nexus writing.
I mean, like an outline of some sort- but they cover a little bit more.
About the 'pop'- i'm not so sure now it was related to the tablet, as I heard other 'pops' now in my room, probably because of the weather that gets cold during nights here.
I'm not even sure now there is a problem... as I have ZERO issues (the battery is great btw).
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The adhesive used to glue the Nexus lettering in is notoriously smudgy so it could be you're seeing that leak out from behind the letters.
If it's charging okay it's probably alright.
Yea it must have overheated or something....,
Sent from my LTE Nexus 7
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The adhesive used to glue the Nexus lettering in is notoriously smudgy so it could be you're seeing that leak out from behind the letters.
If it's charging okay it's probably alright.
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I'm inclined to think this^^ is what you are seeing.
I have the 32GB LTE version and the first time I saw the smudge I thought it was a stain it picked up from somewhere. It isnt very visible most of the time and only shows up when wet (sweat?)
Tried rubbing alcohol to remove it - Didn't work. However the smudge showed up very clearly when i wiped the back with alcohol and disappeared as it dried. The pics attached shows this better.
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I'm inclined to think this^^ is what you are seeing.
I have the 32GB LTE version and the first time I saw the smudge I thought it was a stain it picked up from somewhere. It isnt very visible most of the time and only shows up when wet (sweat?)
Tried rubbing alcohol to remove it - Didn't work. However the smudge showed up very clearly when i wiped the back with alcohol and disappeared as it dried. The pics attached shows this better.
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It actually looks at whatever material they used to fill the nexus logo melted.