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Myth or Reality: GNex Problems

Ok, so the ongoing "on my third replacement" discussions baffle me. Personal experience is nothing but good - bought VZW GNex at launch, upgraded wife's Fascinate a few months ago to a GNex (only 1 sort of valid issue, but not worth a return), and still loving the device. [Side note - not loving Verizon's delay in rolling out JB]
Popular issues that makes folks say this phone is crap:
1. My signal is weak. Welll...check your local network, and try a signal in the open air. Problems inside your home or at work? It's called a building folks, and those wall thingies? Yeah, they tend to block radiowaves with all of that electric, water pipes, and insulation running through them. I had both Nexi side by side recently in the open air, and indeed hardware version 10 had a 6dB worse signal...until I set down my version 9 GNex, and moving the v.10 device 1 inch to the right suddenly shot the signal to a BETTER dB reading than the v.09. AIRWAVES - they move, and phones sitting side by side may have a different dB value simply because of AIRWAVES.
2. I can't hold a 4G signal. Check the threads and the Google issue trackers - it's regional, which implies that it's Verizon's issue, not the phone's.
3. Phone randomly reboots. Valid issue, but software related that was corrected with 4.0.4.
4. Screen has a purple tint. Somewhat valid (only complaint about wife's GNex), however appears software driven as increasing brightness to maximum cures the issue.
5. "I'm suddenly having [name the issue] problems. Oh by the way, I just flashed a custom ROM, didn't follow any directions on the XDA threads, and really didn't know what the heck I was doing." That's not a phone problem, that's a YOU problem.
5 examples, none actually related to bad hardware. The GNex is the best device I've ever owned and is a reliable performer. What many should do is lower their expectations - the Nexus is not the "perfect solution", but a Google Experience Device that gives the user the experience that Google intended without a bunch of manufacturer skins and carrier bloat ware. For those 2 reasons, the Galaxy Nexus is spectacular.
Discuss.
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Aside from crappy screen (grainy and hosting issue) I have no problems with my GSM Nexus. I already got used to this screen though.....Best phone I have used so far, but I haven't played with SG3 yet

Bravo... *slowly claps*
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Wow, weak signal and bad 4G radio solved all by you in this thread.
Sorry, this thread ='s FAIL!
My 3rd replacement GNEX with a fully working radio just told me so........I will take his word over yours.

[email protected] said:
Wow, weak signal and bad 4G radio solved all by you in this thread.
Sorry, this thread ='s FAIL!
My 3rd replacement GNEX with a fully working radio just told me so........I will take his word over yours.
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Your phone talks to you... you sir have problems
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Google talks to me now. I mean Google Now talks to me.
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Phones are massed produced. There are bound to be some bad eggs. No device is 100% perfect. I get the frustration as its a pricey piece of equipment, but this is the harsh reality of things. I've had this phone for a week and I absolutely love it. Hell, my Nexus S was a bad egg and I'm glad I'm not using it anymore. And I have also noticed a lot of these network issues only seem to crop up with the CDMA versions.

#4 seems to be the fault of amoled screens. Had it on the 1st gen sgs at low brightness levels too.
good day.

I have not experienced any of those issues with my Verizon nexus. Although I'm rooted and am not running stock.
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chopper the dog said:
#4 seems to be the fault of amoled screens. Had it on the 1st gen sgs at low brightness levels too.
good day.
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? Never saw it nor do i see it now on my epic 4G. But yeah they have actually eliminated it in the new one in the gs3. We just happen to get poor quality control by Samsung..
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Winesnob said:
2. I can't hold a 4G signal. Check the threads and the Google issue trackers - it's regional, which implies that it's Verizon's issue, not the phone's..
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I've narrowed my 4g signal issues to a specific city in my area that has problems with all the carriers but T-Mobile funny enough
Also never had any of the other issues with my GNex
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If you're having phone issues i feel bad for you son
i got 99 problems but my Gnex aint one.

Besides my provided terrible reception at my home my nexus is almost perfect, only complaint is it creaks around the camera area(back panel don't appear to be completely secure).
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Only problem I've had is a couple weeks after purchase it wouldn't take a charge, icon and everything would show up bit no power. Sent it off and it came back works great they had to replace the microusb port according to the work order. Others have had this problem also. Crap happens and it was fixed promptly under warranty so I'm satisfied.
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ÜBER™ said:
Your phone talks to you... you sir have problems
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Um, yeah my phone talks to me. If it didn't I would have to send it back for another warranty exchange!!!
Anyway, it is when my scrambled eggs start talking to me I have a problem. The other day they yelled at me for adding to much pepper on them. The waitress agreed with the eggs. I told her she should seek professional help if she though it was normal for my eggs to talk to me. :silly:

Sometimes I Really Hate Samsung

Usually not, but damn. Last week my original GNex had it's radio's take a dump. After 11 solid months, I rebooted one night and had data, but voice never came back. So I put everything back stock and walked into Verizon and paid $15 to have a replacement overnighted to me.
Now, a week later, I've come to the conclusion that my replacement is fubared. I've never seen a device experience sleep of death + turning into an oven so quickly and consistently before. It's good for 30, maybe 60 minutes tops before it craps out. This is awesome when your phone is your alarm clock.
So here I go again, getting ready to waltz back into the Verizon store and do the same song and dance again. Pay $15, get a phone on Tuesday, probably have something massively wrong, rinse and repeat. Hey, devices take a crap from time to time, and luckily mine did while still under warranty, but I'm taking picks on how many replacement units I have to go through before one finally sticks.
My guess is the 3rd replacement is a charm. Who wants the over?
Those of you who have gone through the replacement fiasco with Samsung, how many tries did it take you to get a good one?

Why do you pay when you have still warranty?
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mariosraptor said:
Why do you pay when you have still warranty?
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Shipping to have it overnighted. It's also awesome that my local store doesn't toss out loaner phones while you wait (It'd make it easy to avoid that whole shipping thing). Maybe I'll call Verizon Tech Support just to bug them about.

no issues at all with mine...
I love Samsung personally

OOOh, free overnight shipping. Thanks Big Red!
Hopefully the next one is a charm because honestly, I don't know what I'd do without a Nexus device on Verizon's network. The alternatives make me cringe.

why is there no option for none

Read the last line of the OP.
I'm just curious to know if getting bum replacements is a "normal" thing because for a phone that went through a "100 point inspection", well, they dropped the ball on this one.

KWKSLVR said:
Read the last line of the OP.
I'm just curious to know if getting bum replacements is a "normal" thing because for a phone that went through a "100 point inspection", well, they dropped the ball on this one.
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Getting my third in the mail tomorrow Last one had ridiculous sensitivity issues, we'll see what the next one brings.
And why don't you just call em up instead of going in to the store? I keep my phone and they send me a refurb in the mail. The first phone was USPS, but after that one was crap they began overnighting it via FedEx.
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I went through 4 before I got my refurb, then I promptly sold it for a GSM model. That's one thing that I have to hand it to Verizon for, they were really good once I got the 1st defective one. I had 4 at one time, most overnighted at no cost and no fees or holds.
They did try everything they could to not send me one though... Unlike Google who were more then happy to send me multiple N7's.
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I had to replace one because of dirt under the screen even though its new and heat issues, the replacement was perfect and never get hot under normal use. I also bought one recently and it has heat issue and poor screen as well, but I'll live with it for the price. Its sort of a luck thing with this device, especially a lottery with AMOLED screen. I was going to get the N4 but it seem to also have lots of little issues on its own, such as getting too hot, I really hate phones getting overheat.I'm still waiting on confirmation on the USB OTG too.

After reading this it makes me think I need to bug Asurion tomorrow, I had to get an insurance replacement so I have to go through them for warranty now, they are definitely more strict on some things but like 3 minutes of complaining about signal got me a new one once already. The current one gets EXTREMELY hot under even normal use, so hot that it is uncomfortable to hold and definitely would be uncomfortable up against your face.

thesoldier said:
Getting my third in the mail tomorrow Last one had ridiculous sensitivity issues, we'll see what the next one brings.
And why don't you just call em up instead of going in to the store? I keep my phone and they send me a refurb in the mail. The first phone was USPS, but after that one was crap they began overnighting it via FedEx.
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The first time I went in, I was hoping that they'd have one in the back they could swap out for me, or a loaner phone (fat chance, I know). My job pretty much requires a working cell phone. I'm kind of surprised that Verizon was so willing to send a replacement out in just a few minutes. Granted, I don't know what alternative they'd have. There's no real way to troubleshoot SOD issues. My main concern is just not having to go through a massive fiasco running through multiple devices, especially with an 8 day vacation coming up.
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After reading this it makes me think I need to bug Asurion tomorrow, I had to get an insurance replacement so I have to go through them for warranty now, they are definitely more strict on some things but like 3 minutes of complaining about signal got me a new one once already. The current one gets EXTREMELY hot under even normal use, so hot that it is uncomfortable to hold and definitely would be uncomfortable up against your face.
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Well, if it's still under warranty, I'd jump on it.

Let's see... My first nexus has a seriously bad screen. I shipped it out the same day I got it. Got my replacement (#2) and the screen was worse than the first one. So I sent that bad and got another one (#3). This one had the same issue as OP. Radios wouldn't work....no voice or data and the phone got really hot. Enough to where I couldn't hold it to my face. So I sent that one in and they sent me a Samsung Stratosphere (#4 replacement). Sent that in and got the nexus I currently have making 5 replacements (4 with nexuses). I also went through Verizon...
Good luck

I had to replace one about ~8 months ago for screen ghosting. I was really satisfied with the replacement until now because the ghosting is back on the replacement. I'm contemplating switching to T-Mobile though, so I dunno if I'm going to attempt to replace this one.
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RoyJ said:
Let's see... My first nexus has a seriously bad screen. I shipped it out the same day I got it. Got my replacement (#2) and the screen was worse than the first one. So I sent that bad and got another one (#3). This one had the same issue as OP. Radios wouldn't work....no voice or data and the phone got really hot. Enough to where I couldn't hold it to my face. So I sent that one in and they sent me a Samsung Stratosphere (#4 replacement). Sent that in and got the nexus I currently have making 5 replacements (4 with nexuses). I also went through Verizon...
Good luck
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Well that sucks. My screens have been great. Well, that, or I'm not picky. The second replacement seems rock solid so far. Good data speeds, strong signal, solid screen, solid GPS and no SOD/Overheating. Maybe I've lucked out...but I'm not uncrossing my fingers.

I've been through 5+ Nexi already. Tec Asurion is totally worth the $6.99 per month! Free overnight shipping FTW.

Well, so much for Replacement #2. I highly doubt it's the sim card.
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KWKSLVR said:
Well, so much for Replacement #2. I highly doubt it's the sim card.
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Lol why? Seems to me that 2 separate pieces of one HW with a common issue (signal) and only one other thing in common (SIM card) makes the one other thing the most likely suspect...
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Because I'm not that lucky.

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Because I'm not that lucky.
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Thinking you're missing the forest for the trees.
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New user-Are there any serious issues with the Note 2 that I should be aware of?

I am an International Note user considering the switch to a Note 2. The original Note had an emmc bug that bricked a number of phones. I was wondering if there are issues that I have missed for the T-Mobile Note 2. In searching I only see problems with some SD cards which still seems to be getting sorted out. Anything else that I have missed that I should know? On the N7100 they were reporting a problem with sudden death. syndrome. Just wondering before I leap. Thanks.

One problem. It's awesome and as the battery last all day it will probably ruin any sort of relationship you have with your wife, children and parents…
Seriously though the only problems you should be aware of are that certain SD cards do seem to cause problems. I change from Sandisk to Kingston and now have no problems. Other may say the opposite.
The other problem is that the 16GB version is only 10GB and you will, I promise, fill that very quickly. You cannot save to SD without rooting and modding! If you have the money buy one with 64GB internal memory.
I have not had any other issues with my International non Lte version. It really is awesome.
One last thing. Buy a screen protector (hard plastic, NOT soft) and a case. Enjoy.

You should be aware - running Jedi9x with Xone kernel is serious-ly sick ! Better battery life than stock and OC'd .. amazing stuff.. you'll have twice as many haters!
*extended battery from Mugen can bring up to 4-5x days of use too..

Yes there is a SDS on some of the GNII'S depending on the chip... When you get yours, just emmc brick bug to see if your chip is one of those that are vulnerable and if so, warranty it for a new one... don't think any new phones are being shipped with the defective chip anymore but ya never know...
Other than that, only other issues (outside of the obvious rare hardware defects) with the phone are IMO more user error than anything else
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No wireless charging on T-Mobile version.
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Only issue I have is not the phone but tmobile being a huge douche.
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culua said:
Only issue I have is not the phone but tmobile being a huge douche.
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Ouch. What happened to you? I have been a long time T-Mobile customer and I have never been treated better. An occasional glitch but overall great.

ourtech said:
Ouch. What happened to you? I have been a long time T-Mobile customer and I have never been treated better. An occasional glitch but overall great.
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The only issue I have is the fact I have to purchase everything for my Note 2 via amazon or ebay. It pains me to no end to see cellphone accessories dealers all over who only cater to the phone whom must not be named. But, at the end of the day, I have a large collection of various Note 2 cases, lol! Thankfully most of my cases were cheap, minus my UAG case (which made the phone too wide in my hand for my taste).

[Q] Replacing a Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Hello all!
I read somewhere on the internet (not sure if it was XDA or not) that someone was able to get
their VZW Galaxy Nexus replaced or swapped with a totally different phone.
I've had my Gnex for well over a year so I can't get a Certified Pre-Owned replacement at no cost anymore.
(FYI, I've had it replaced twice due to radio issues)
My current Nexus also has the notorious radio issue (consistently bad signal, signal drop, complete service loss etc..)
and I would like to get it replaced with a different phone. I read somewhere that Verizon would compensate you with a different
phone if you had insurance. Which I do..
So my question is, what phones would they offer as a viable replacement? (hopefully one with better radios and possibly more up to date )
Thanks!

U would need to call the insurance place and ask them.
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Esteway.619 said:
U would need to call the insurance place and ask them.
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Indeed. I'll shall do this tomorrow.
By the way, nice work on the MIUI port. Pretty smooth stuff :good:

iOSfails said:
Indeed. I'll shall do this tomorrow.
By the way, nice work on the MIUI port. Pretty smooth stuff :good:
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Once you do find out, could you please post your result here as well? I'm basically in the same boat as you and have been a little curious about that.

raddacle said:
Once you do find out, could you please post your result here as well? I'm basically in the same boat as you and have been a little curious about that.
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Will do! I haven't been able to do it. I have free time tomorrow so hopefully I'll get some answers.

It's going to depend on what's in stock at the warehoues. If they have the GN in stock, you are getting a GN. You may be able to get something "similar" if you have had a few GNs replaced, and they have all had issues that are not your fault. But you will need to plead your case. Or you may get something else if there is no stock of the GN in the Asurion warehouses.

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It's going to depend on what's in stock at the warehoues. If they have the GN in stock, you are getting a GN. You may be able to get something "similar" if you have had a few GNs replaced, and they have all had issues that are not your fault. But you will need to plead your case. Or you may get something else if there is no stock of the GN in the Asurion warehouses.
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Yeah I talked to a rep today at a store and he told me to file a claim at phoneclaim.com. he told me it wasn't Asurion though. But it clearly is. Also, I don't really trust Asurion. I've heard bad news about them. I plan on calling Customer Care tonight after work to get a little more info. The rep seemed kind of ill-knowledged about replacements and such.
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This is my thread from a month or so ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317537
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This is my thread from a month or so ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317537
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Haha that's the thread I got the idea from! It is weird that they'd deprive you of a battery and battery door. I feel like Verizon makes plenty of money. Enough to provide sufficient replacement services. Anyway, I talked to a rep earlier today (actually a tech support rep) and he did a trouble ticket and had "network specialists" check the towers around me. Then they call back and ask me if the problem persists -_- what a drag! The tech rep was really nice. I just think they're afraid to pull some strings for us some (most) of the times..
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Haha that's the thread I got the idea from! It is weird that they'd deprive you of a battery and battery door. I feel like Verizon makes plenty of money. Enough to provide sufficient replacement services. Anyway, I talked to a rep earlier today (actually a tech support rep) and he did a trouble ticket and had "network specialists" check the towers around me. Then they call back and ask me if the problem persists -_- what a drag! The tech rep was really nice. I just think they're afraid to pull some strings for us some (most) of the times..
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It's not that they are depriving him of a battery and a door. It's that all insurance replacements are the phone only. When you send the "damaged" phone back, you take out any sd cards, batteries, etc, and just send them the shell. Although I'm pretty sure the Galaxy Nexus I was sent in error when I sent a Droid DNA back did indeed have the battery door, although I never took it out of the sleeve it's shipped in, since I knew I wasn't going to use it.
That's the one good thing about having a non-removable battery...you get the complete phone (in the case of the Droid DNA I had for a bit)

iOSfails said:
Haha that's the thread I got the idea from! It is weird that they'd deprive you of a battery and battery door. I feel like Verizon makes plenty of money. Enough to provide sufficient replacement services. Anyway, I talked to a rep earlier today (actually a tech support rep) and he did a trouble ticket and had "network specialists" check the towers around me. Then they call back and ask me if the problem persists -_- what a drag! The tech rep was really nice. I just think they're afraid to pull some strings for us some (most) of the times..
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Is this you're first device? I was on my third for radio issues. I just told them I would keep getting replacements all they wanted, one after another until I got a working one. I had to call back once to get a rep who would give me an S3. I have to say the S3 I noticeably snappier, especially noticeable when installing apps. I immediately put CM on the S3 and am a happy camper.
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Is this you're first device? I was on my third for radio issues. I just told them I would keep getting replacements all they wanted, one after another until I got a working one. I had to call back once to get a rep who would give me an S3. I have to say the S3 I noticeably snappier, especially noticeable when installing apps. I immediately put CM on the S3 and am a happy camper.
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It is my third device. All of them have had radio issues. I haven't heard from Verizon in 2 days so when Monday rolls around I'll give them a call back and hopefully get something going.
My friend has an S3 on T-Mobile and he has it rooted and its so snappy and smooth. I want.
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Is this you're first device? I was on my third for radio issues. I just told them I would keep getting replacements all they wanted, one after another until I got a working one. I had to call back once to get a rep who would give me an S3. I have to say the S3 I noticeably snappier, especially noticeable when installing apps. I immediately put CM on the S3 and am a happy camper.
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I am on my 3rd Gnex for the same various issues like radio and also charging problems. Did you call an 800 numbers? If so, do you have it handy and wouldn't mind PMing me details? TIA
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[Q] Why so many issues with this generation Nexus 7?

I remember there being some issues with last year's model as well, but luckily our unit was okay.
Just as the Nexus 7 was announced, I was already scheduled to be in New York as of tomorrow until the 6th (I live in Canada), and the device would be shipped to my grandparent's house. The device is there and waiting for me tomorrow.
I worry because if my unit has some sort of defect, there isn't any Best Buy nearby where I would be able to exchange the unit (32GB).
Is there a great likelihood of there being something wrong, or it just seems like the majority of devices are defective since those are the people that post their defects? Also, what options do I have to resolve the problem if there does happen to be something wrong?
The things I plan on looking for are:
-Random coloured pixels
-Dead Pixels
-Dust under screen
Any others that aren't as obvious?
Thank you for the input!

Some people also reported that there's a jumpy multitouch issue. Personally, I don't see this on my Nexus 7 so YMMV.

I have no issues with mine, and I'm assuming most are Ok. You've got to consider those with serious issues are likely the minority, just people aren't making threads when they have a perfect tab, just those with defects. If you do have a defect, ship it back for another from whomever you purchased it from.
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MeS117 said:
I remember there being some issues with last year's model as well, but luckily our unit was okay.
Just as the Nexus 7 was announced, I was already scheduled to be in New York as of tomorrow until the 6th (I live in Canada), and the device would be shipped to my grandparent's house. The device is there and waiting for me tomorrow.
I worry because if my unit has some sort of defect, there isn't any Best Buy nearby where I would be able to exchange the unit (32GB).
Is there a great likelihood of there being something wrong, or it just seems like the majority of devices are defective since those are the people that post their defects? Also, what options do I have to resolve the problem if there does happen to be something wrong?
The things I plan on looking for are:
-Random coloured pixels
-Dead Pixels
-Dust under screen
Any others that aren't as obvious?
Thank you for the input!
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If people didn't tel you, you wouldn't know any better and be on your merry way. My 2012 N7 creaks a little when you squeeze it, but I wouldn't have noticed it if no one told me. Ditto on the lens rattle on the N4.
Buy it, go home, and enjoy it in ignorance.

I have no issues with mine; I'm a very happy camper indeed. Part of me wants to say that there are a good number of hurt iPad mini users trolling these boards looking for issues and then magnifying them. Right now Android has a big target on it's back from iSheep and WP fanbois. But of course there is a chance of getting dead pixels, bad displays or lint under the screen. It happens to me all the time no matter if it's Android or iOS devices. But this time it's different because now Apple/WP fans are the underdogs while Android is the king. And every wants to kill a king.

screen lottery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380275 ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384651
backlight bleed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384715
low brightness flicker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384131
static noise from speakers (seems to be unavoidable): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383248
back logo glue/stain: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385603
broken wireless charging: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380155 ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384656

mannequin said:
screen lottery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380275 ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384651
backlight bleed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384715
low brightness flicker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384131
static noise from speakers (seems to be unavoidable): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383248
back logo glue/stain: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385603
broken wireless charging: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380155 ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384656
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Go to any tablet forum and you'll see these type of threads . nothing is ever going to be perfect .
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Everything has issues. You could also die from going to the store, but you must live your life. Why not go and give it a try? You might be pleasantly surprised to stay alive with a perfectly fine Nexus 7
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mine wont boot randomly, (9 out of 10 times it will boot) but on that 10th time you WILL need to factory reset the device and wipe the internal storage.

No issues with mine, bought at staples in Canada.
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One thing I don't see many people reporting is a faulty battery mine is only getting 5 hours of on screen time, I see many others getting 9 to 10 hours of on screen time.......... Other then that mine has no other issues people are reporting.
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I have had both n7 and neither of mine had any issues.
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Had mine since release... Rebooted once randomly few days ago... Wondering to exchange or not... How is Asus warranty? Ship in, ship out?/
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Well guys, happy to report that everything is fine on my end *knock on wood*.
Now to figure out how the notification led works...
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stealthj said:
Had mine since release... Rebooted once randomly few days ago... Wondering to exchange or not... How is Asus warranty? Ship in, ship out?/
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Mine rebooted randomly a few times as well. Haven't updated to latest version though. I personally wouldn't risk exchanging it because you risk worse hardware, and the reboots should only be a software issue. Perhaps you could try a factory reset? Or updating to latest version if haven't already done so.

I've been lucky with this one, but Asus is the real issue here. They consistently have QC problems with their tablets.

I had no problems with the 2012 Nexus 7 and I have no issues (yet) with this version.
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Most people don't have issues. Its just those that do are much more likely to post about it. I have zero issues with mine.
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I have zero issues.
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Maybe it's expectations of perfection and anything less is considered an issue? Some are genuine but then again,a stuck/dead pixel happens on lcd monitors all the time, yet it doesn't get reported as often as something that gets people as excited as the N7 has. Same with laptops.