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My latest Gadget - One X - ask me anything you like to Know

Hi All,
Lucky enough to get the One X before the official release date (2-Apr) everyone is talking about.
Always wanted to own a phone which is the last thread in XDA but always my local shops get them little late but luckily this time they got it before everyone and i am the first person to buy
My Impressions:
Build quality is very nice (compared to my white Xperia S and Galaxy Nexus)
No heat until now (using since 3 hours)
System is fast enough to prove that it has 4 main cores and 1 companion core
Continuous camera shots function is too good and works really well
Features on My X
- grey camera ring
- no beats headphones
Any questions? will try to answer as many as possible with the knowledge i have
Signal strength - signal strength is little weaker than my wife's galaxy note on the same network

X v Note
Hi,
I notice that you have the Galaxy Note, which for me is the best phone that I have seen. How would you compare the One X with the note. Very keen about the screen in particular. Also is the size difference between the screens noticeable I am a huge fan of big phones.
I look forward to your answer

Hi, can your compare 3g signal strength with other phone? And audio from speaker

Feel free to answer the questions from the previous thread

I notice you said no Beats headphones, any headphones at all or just the phone, charger, etc?

I have 2 questions, how does the One X compare to the Galaxy Nexus in terms of pixels/clarity and blacks (if possible could you take a comparison photo) and also how is the gaming experience on the One X so far?
Would really appreciate if you could answer these

Hello, congratulations on getting the phone so soon, I am very jealous right now!
Questions then ( I imagine most want to know these)
1) What is the speaker quality like (Playing music and in calls)
2) Are the earphones any good despite not being "Beats"?
3) Compared to your old phone, whats the screen like?
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4) Whats the call quality like?

Ahhh the grey camera ring looks fine on retail build. Now... stay with grey or go white. Think I'll stick with grey.
Congrats on getting your phone
Can you test the loudspeaker with music?

How's the glossy edges?

Speaker loudness and pics from camera please?

How's the battery life so far? Just based on what you've observed in the three hours, I know you can't be very accurate at the given time. Thanks

Audioboxer said:
Ahhh the grey camera ring looks fine on retail build. Now... stay with grey or go white. Think I'll stick with grey.
Congrats on getting your phone
Can you test the loudspeaker with music?
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apparently there are two versions of the camera ring mate, i think they both have different names we need confirmation

darthmaul40 said:
Hi,
I notice that you have the Galaxy Note, which for me is the best phone that I have seen. How would you compare the One X with the note. Very keen about the screen in particular. Also is the size difference between the screens noticeable I am a huge fan of big phones.
I look forward to your answer
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I am also huge fan of Galaxy note and thats why forced my wife to use one but the DPI is looking better on a smaller screen with same resolution
SartoriXX said:
I notice you said no Beats headphones, any headphones at all or just the phone, charger, etc?
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normal HTC headphones - didn't check their clarity yet but will do later
azazin said:
I have 2 questions, how does the One X compare to the Galaxy Nexus in terms of pixels/clarity and blacks (if possible could you take a comparison photo) and also how is the gaming experience on the One X so far?
Would really appreciate if you could answer these
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compared to nexus pixel density seems very high but black levels are low which is expected due to LCD on one X and Amoled on Nexus
jaspabt said:
Hello, congratulations on getting the phone so soon, I am very jealous right now!
Questions then ( I imagine most want to know these)
1) What is the speaker quality like (Playing music and in calls)
2) Are the earphones any good despite not being "Beats"?
3) Compared to your old phone, whats the screen like?
finally
4) Whats the call quality like?
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Speaker quality is acceptable and loud enough for my living room and better than Nexus
Haven't made any calls till now
Audioboxer said:
Ahhh the grey camera ring looks fine on retail build. Now... stay with grey or go white. Think I'll stick with grey.
Congrats on getting your phone
Can you test the loudspeaker with music?
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Thank you...as i said speaker quality is good and loud enough
MaXmeOliver said:
How's the glossy edges?
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scared of those glossy edges for scratches and immediately ordered a case
brian85 said:
Speaker loudness and pics from camera please?
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Pics from camera uploaded

Hey dude, congrats on the new phone. Is yours gun metal grey or glamour grey? Confirmation of this might tell us which one will have the red camera ring
Sent from my HTC Vivid using XDA app

can you try to tick pictures with sharpness minus -2
and yes we do need the name of the colors to order our black version, i almost ordered the white but now thanks to you i'm going back to black

Pointlol said:
How's the battery life so far? Just based on what you've observed in the three hours, I know you can't be very accurate at the given time. Thanks
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kept it on charging as we have to charge the phone for 8 hours for the first time

chowdarygm said:
scared of those glossy edges for scratches and immediately ordered a case
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Could you post any pics on how they look? And also, is it confirmed what color you have?

How about signal strength is it good or same as sensation which is poor

hamdir said:
can you try to tick pictures with sharpness minus -2
and yes we do need the name of the colors to order our black version, i almost ordered the white but now thanks to you i'm going back to black
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ZeroRilix said:
Hey dude, congrats on the new phone. Is yours gun metal grey or glamour grey? Confirmation of this might tell us which one will have the red camera ring
Sent from my HTC Vivid using XDA app
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Ahhh that's what's meant by two colours of grey...
Dialaphone just calls it "Black".
Seems strange to me that HTC would offer two slightly different darker versions. From all press releases it seemed like there would be white, and there would be grey.
The OP's phone definitely looks gun metal gray, it quite closely mimics the MGS4 LE PS3 IIRC, which was gun metal.

ZeroRilix said:
Hey dude, congrats on the new phone. Is yours gun metal grey or glamour grey? Confirmation of this might tell us which one will have the red camera ring
Sent from my HTC Vivid using XDA app
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when compared colours from google, looks like gunmetal grey but still
hamdir said:
can you try to tick pictures with sharpness minus -2
and yes we do need the name of the colors to order our black version, i almost ordered the white but now thanks to you i'm going back to black
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attached

After repairing my one x screen

hey guys, my htc one x screen broke and sent it fir repair were they changed the screen obviously. I just got it back, and for some reason the screen is significantly brighter. And no i dont mean the screen brightness that can be adjusted.i mean the colors are brighter,1 like facebook is really light blue!! Any help?
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MohamadAli said:
hey guys, my htc one x screen broke and sent it fir repair were they changed the screen obviously. I just got it back, and for some reason the screen is significantly brighter. And no i dont mean the screen brightness that can be adjusted.i mean the colors are brighter,1 like facebook is really light blue!! Any help?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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There are 3 different types of screens for the HoX. Some manufactured by sony, others by acer and the rest by sharp. Maybe that might be the case and there's no actual fix to that. Having experienced two type of screens.
I had the acer screen and my friend had either a sony or a sharp. We never checked, however, i can tell you that both were very nice.
While mine had whiter whites, his had much nicer, vibrant colors. Nothing to be butthurt over IMO.

shadehh said:
There are 3 different types of screens for the HoX. Some manufactured by sony, others by acer and the rest by sharp. Maybe that might be the case and there's no actual fix to that. Having experienced two type of screens.
I had the acer screen and my friend had either a sony or a sharp. We never checked, however, i can tell you that both were very nice.
While mine had whiter whites, his had much nicer, vibrant colors. Nothing to be butthurt over IMO.
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how do you know the manufacturer?

eltoffer said:
how do you know the manufacturer?
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Im curious to know who made such a bloody amazing screen !!!

eltoffer said:
how do you know the manufacturer?
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I'm also VERY curious. :what:
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Yellow Tint

Can anyone share with me what there screens are like. Mine appears decidedly yellow and im starting to worry that the screen is defective. My HTC One M7 has much bluer tones and I personally prefer it. My M8 just appears dirty!

Skunk79 said:
Can anyone share with me what there screens are like. Mine appears decidedly yellow and im starting to worry that the screen is defective. My HTC One M7 has much bluer tones and I personally prefer it. My M8 just appears dirty!
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no problems here. screen looks great

I have 3 here, two are yellow, and one is bluer, I have a 4th one coming tomorrow, then I will know the score, lol.

B-Mod said:
I have 3 here, two are yellow, and one is bluer, I have a 4th one coming tomorrow, then I will know the score, lol.
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What.. lucky you :/
I have to wait til April 11th for T-mobile.. ugh

Pics
If its possible 4 anyone to upload a pic 4 comparison id appreciate it! Full Brightness with no power save.

Skunk79 said:
If its possible 4 anyone to upload a pic 4 comparison id appreciate it! Full Brightness with no power save.
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I don't have a m8, but that looks pretty white, my m7 looks slightly warmer than yours..
Sent from my One using Tapatalk

n1234d said:
I don't have a m8, but that looks pretty white, my m7 looks slightly warmer than yours..
Sent from my One using Tapatalk
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Might be just me. Im really neurotic when it comes to my tech

I've also got this problem, it might not be that easy to see on the picture I've attached, but you can at least see that the colors are not the same. I've also tested the screen with an app called Screen test, and it seems to completely fail the Checker board test under Resolution and Horizontal resolution (1 pixel) makes the display flicker.

abrasive said:
I've also got this problem, it might not be that easy to see on the picture I've attached, but you can at least see that the colors are not the same. I've also tested the screen with an app called Screen test, and it seems to completely fail the Checker board test under Resolution and Horizontal resolution (1 pixel) makes the display flicker.
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Hmm, quite evident in the picture.. BTW, HOW did you get LEDs in the prox sensor area?

n1234d said:
Hmm, quite evident in the picture.. BTW, HOW did you get LEDs in the prox sensor area?
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Yeah, but I'm not sure if it's due to the HTC Color Enhancement, or if the screen is bad. The stores says it's just a different color temperature on the screen.
The the light in the proximity sensors are IR captured by the camera, so I can't see it (except through another camera ofc)

Green tint on greys

Is this normal? Greys have a green tint which is really noticeable on low brightness. Is this a limitation of AMOLED? But I don't recall this issue on my 6P or Note 4.

Hmm. Not having this issue...

Greys are really greenish. Though it happens only at some certain brightness level (a little more than the lowest).

The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review

Not noticing this on mine either.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

I may have a slight tint on mine on greys, only on one half of the screen though. I'm colourblind so it could be green. I'm thinking it's more purple-ish though...

edios123 said:
Greys are really greenish. Though it happens only at some certain brightness level (a little more than the lowest).
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mr mystery said:
The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review
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EP2008 said:
Not noticing this on mine either.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk
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thebcooper said:
I may have a slight tint on mine on greys, only on one half of the screen though. I'm colourblind so it could be green. I'm thinking it's more purple-ish though...
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Yes what I had experienced from my last 3 phones I.e galaxy s2,s3,s4,s4 mini,s5 all of em which had amoled screen all have this thing. Its like if u seen u can't able to unseen. But its hard to notice. I think these displays are rather builded like this to work. Even my brother's new s7 has this thing.

rayzen6 said:
Yes what I had experienced from my last 3 phones I.e galaxy s2,s3,s4,s4 mini,s5 all of em which had amoled screen all have this thing. Its like if u seen u can't able to unseen. But its hard to notice. I think these displays are rather builded like this to work. Even my brother's new s7 has this thing.
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On only part of the screen though? I know when tilting AMOLED displays that can happen but head on I don't know. (I've avoided AMOLED up until now because my last couple experiences with older ones was not so nice)

thebcooper said:
On only part of the screen though? I know when tilting AMOLED displays that can happen but head on I don't know. (I've avoided AMOLED up until now because my last couple experiences with older ones was not so nice)
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Yes on part of the screen at bottom its much noticeable in dark.

rayzen6 said:
Yes on part of the screen at bottom its much noticeable in dark.
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Guess that answers that, cheers!. (although mine might be right side of the screen, not bottom)

On my phone, the bottom part is also "greener" than the upper part. This is especially visible when brightness is set low (which I do when not outside, because it totally suffices).
Do more people have this problem?
Would returning the unit and getting a new OP3 make sense, or are these unevennesses typical??

hasenbein1966 said:
On my phone, the bottom part is also "greener" than the upper part. This is especially visible when brightness is set low (which I do when not outside, because it totally suffices).
Do more people have this problem?
Would returning the unit and getting a new OP3 make sense, or are these unevennesses typical??
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I'm wondering if it's just an AMOLED thing... If it's really really bad then you may be better off RMA-ing it of course.

mr mystery said:
The panel apparently is of low quality and has issues with greys. It's detailed in the anandtech.com review
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The findings on Anandtech have nothing to do with the quality and everything to do with the calibration, which is just software.

Hi, is it darker like the pics from my thread? I think I have the same issue on my display, just at the middle of the screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/dark-line-oled-screen-t3402293

One thought came to me: In the upper half of the OP3 are the parts which get warm when the phone "works". Perhaps the part of the screen which is warmed up regularly loses a bit of green tint, while the lower, colder part remains as it is??? Just a thought...

I get a weird purpley/dark colour on greys and when scrolling white font on black background, but only on minimum brightness.
After reducing brightness below a threshold (just above the minimum) the colours across the display seem to shift
Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using XDA-Developers mobile app

I got my replacement phone today. And. The display is even more worse. The colors are uneven, like some of them have here. The bottom is greener and the top slighlty pinkier/the correct color.

Argh. That's what I'm afraid of (sent my device in for replacement on Saturday):
That, as a replacement, simply someone grabs a box with a new device and sends it to me, without testing.
Edios, what did you write in the service request as your reason why you want a replacement? Did you write about the display problems?
Welcome to the lottery...
Does anyone know: If the 2nd device also has a defect, and the 14 day return time since I got the 1st device is already over, can I demand from Oneplus that they take back the 2nd device and that I get my money back??

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Argh. That's what I'm afraid of (sent my device in for replacement on Saturday):
That, as a replacement, simply someone grabs a box with a new device and sends it to me, without testing.
Edios, what did you write in the service request as your reason why you want a replacement? Did you write about the display problems?
Welcome to the lottery...
Does anyone know: If the 2nd device also has a defect, and the 14 day return time since I got the 1st device is already over, can I demand from Oneplus that they take back the 2nd device and that I get my money back??
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I didn't even mention the issues, Amazon immediately gave me a replacement.
The problem is, they provide only a single replacement and now insisting to give a refund. But I want this device cos there's no other device that I'm interested in. And it's out of stock also.

For what it's worth, these sound like typical AMOLED issues. There are long threads in the Galaxy S6, S7, etc. forums with people experiencing the exact same thing. AMOLEDs just seem to not be as consistent as LCDs in the quality control department and it's always just the luck of the draw whether you get one with green or pink tints or not.

S20( /+/Ultra) OLED - bad uniformity, too bright dark grays, green tint

Hi,
over in the ultra section, there is a thread about bad OLED uniformity and a green tint, which is really badly visible in dark environments e.g. in the dark grays used in many applications:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s20-ultra/help/green-tint-dark-background-low-t4065621
The attached picture of my display was made by zooming into the (uniform) 5% gray picture in a dark room with 25% brightness using an S10+. It is rather horrible and badly visible in normal usage.
Is anybody here expierencing the same issue? Please feel free to head over there, also, if it is not an Ultra.
Thanks and best regards,
Corwin

I have this problem too. I'm on my second S20+ now and it has problems too. I'll return both. It sucks.

That is really unfortunate. Thinking about trying another S20+ - but I think we should probably wait for later batches. I am also hoping for software optimizations, as it is better at 60Hz - but usually, nothing can be done about it.

How do you test for this ?
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For me, I did not need to test for it, as I noticed it right away the first time using it in a dark environment.
In this post is a 5% gray picture which can be used and instructions: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82017239&postcount=17

I also had a bad uneven grey on my 512GB Ultra. Swapped for the S20+ and it's basically perfect. Good luck on the OLED lottery.

Mine does not have this problem. Is related to where the phone is marked for distribution? I'm on a US/Verizon handset.

Mine is also a US version. On ATT. Its just an OLED panel thing. Samsung used to have this issue a lot back in the S6 through S8. From S9 and Note 7 and on screens were great. I think with the new 120HZ screens the uniformity issues came back.

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Mine is also a US version. On ATT. Its just an OLED panel thing. Samsung used to have this issue a lot back in the S6 through S8. From S9 and Note 7 and on screens were great. I think with the new 120HZ screens the uniformity issues came back.
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I think so too. S8 was really bad. S9 and S10 were great. S20 is bad again.

iamnotkurtcobain said:
I think so too. S8 was really bad. S9 and S10 were great. S20 is bad again.
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Exactly. Gotta be the 120hz thing.
If anyone has a really bad grey screenor not uniform. Return and reorder. Samsung customer care won't understand the issue so might as well just order a new one and hope you get a better one like I did.

saywhat4118 said:
Exactly. Gotta be the 120hz thing.
If anyone has a really bad grey screenor not uniform. Return and reorder. Samsung customer care won't understand the issue so might as well just order a new one and hope you get a better one like I did.
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Too bad my second one is still bad. Now I return both and order a Snapdragon model.

Oof. Good luck. Mines Snapdragon. Oh and Snapdragon is the better variant now anyway.

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Oof. Good luck. Mines Snapdragon. Oh and Snapdragon is the better variant now anyway.
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Yeah I know. Runs cooler, is more efficient and has better Performance.

saywhat4118 said:
Exactly. Gotta be the 120hz thing.
If anyone has a really bad grey screenor not uniform. Return and reorder. Samsung customer care won't understand the issue so might as well just order a new one and hope you get a better one like I did.
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should I be worried if my whole screen is green when showing this 5% picture in dark room? upper part of the screen seems to be slightly brighter green - it is my first samsung and I cannot find anywhere how ''good'' oled 5% should look like...

My opinion: Of you need the picture to see it and do not notice it or if it does not bug you, you are fine. If the display is uniform, whatever it is like, I think it is ok.

corwin_amber said:
My opinion: Of you need the picture to see it and do not notice it or if it does not bug you, you are fine. If the display is uniform, whatever it is like, I think it is ok.
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It's one of those things where once you see it, you cannot unsee it.

sheik_yerbouti said:
It's one of those things where once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
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Absolutely!

I have the same issue, S20+ 5G Exynos

So how do you test this again? Using a dark grey picture with the brightness set to 5%?
ETA: NM, I read that wrong. I downloaded the image and tried it at 25% brightness. I'm not seeing the same thing? Is it meant to be dramatic to be able to notice if it's a bad panel? I'm seeing a normal display?

On number 5 I can say that it is finally bearable. It was manufactured on the second of march. I did not check with the rest. I only opened them, handled them delicately and checked them. All were terrible.