I read that the metal chips or wears off. I have the black version. My Nexus 6P had issues with the volume rocker and buttons deforming, something I noticed randomly then after it fell twice. The metal on the back shows sign of wearing exposing a silver finish.
Just curious how the Pixel XL will hold up to a years use.
The black chips away slightly at the edges, but it hasn't spread beyond that on mine.
The white version does not have this issue, since it is the same color as the underlying metal.
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I read that the metal chips or wears off. I have the black version. My Nexus 6P had issues with the volume rocker and buttons deforming, something I noticed randomly then after it fell twice. The metal on the back shows sign of wearing exposing a silver finish.
Just curious how the Pixel XL will hold up to a years use.
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I really love this phone. However, this is the second one because of those issues. Google honered the replacement device and I bought an Otter Box. It's a good phone but for the price it should have been made of Kevlar. I'd wait until number 2 rolls and see what these guys put it through and get that one. Just a suggestion. If you decide not to wait. Buy a case. Hope that helps. Peace Out
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Over all I'm happy with the build quality of my GSM GNex, but it has one minor flaw.
The plastic edge around the screen. Top, Bottom and Right side are perfect and rounded smooth (just like my SGS2), but the left edge i kinda rough and not rounded and smooth like the others. It has a rough feel with a slight sharp feel if you slide your finger over it and makes a "small" rough sound.
Do any of you recognize this? Or is your GNex perfectly smooth like the SGS2?
mine feels uniformly smooth on all sides. one thing i don't like though is dust being trapped in between the said edges and screen. other than that it's flawless
I'm very happy with the build quality on my verizon version.
My only gripe about my GN physically is the rear cover. Just below the camera if you put a small amount of pressure on the cover and then release it, you can hear a slight clicking noise as the cover pops back out.
Other than that, flawless.
My problem .... frigging power button on side of the phone!!! I have to be so careful not to do a screen shoot its just unbelievable ...only other way of switching screen on or off is to hold the phone form top instead resting it on your palm
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My Gnex is perfectly solid despite having dropped it on tile twice. Yeah, I'm a klutz. There aren't any creaks in it, no popped-up glass, buttons are smooth, no loose or rough joins anywhere.
As I mentioned in another thread, the "flimsy" back cover of the Gnex has an advantage in that it doesn't fly off and let the battery go as well when the phone is dropped. Every smartphone I've ever owned would, when dropped, fly in three different directions when it hit the ground- phone in one direction, back cover in another, battery in another. The Gnex stays in one piece.
Somehow I've only managed to break two phones in my life despite my constant accidental drop testing. Neither of the broken phones was a Samsung (one was a SE X10 dropped into a sinkful of water, the other a BlackBerry dropped on pavement). Admittedly the Samsungs feel a little flimsy next to a lot of high-end phones, but the fact that they are lightweight and plastic actually makes them more durable, IME.
Mine is fine, outside of one extremely annoying issue. The vibrate motor on my unlocked GSM Nexus makes the phone rattle on the bottom right side (obviously where the motor is housed) if I'm not holding the phone on that side. I am normally a vibrate all the time guy...now I only have it vibrate for phone calls because it annoys me so much. I love how powerful and silent the motor is when I'm holding it...(at least compared to my Droid Incredible 2). My Verizon Nexus didn't do this at all before I returned it. Sad.
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My only gripe about my GN physically is the rear cover. Just below the camera if you put a small amount of pressure on the cover and then release it, you can hear a slight clicking noise as the cover pops back out.
Other than that, flawless.
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Argh, hadn't noticed that before. cannot unhear the clicking noise
put a layer or two of masking tape on the back of the cover until the space has been taken up. problem solved.
My software buttons are uneven. Vertically. Should I sand them down or beat with hammer?
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This shoud fix the battery cover problem http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Metal-ba...858658?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a1808d5e2
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My software buttons are uneven. Vertically.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
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Mine too. I've exchanged 3 times and they all have the same problem. I think it is because of the curved glass.
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My software buttons are uneven. Vertically.
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I am curious. What are you talking about here? do you mean the virtual buttons on the bottom are not aligned? Could you do a screenshot to show what you mean if that is the case? I have never heard of that one before.
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My software buttons are uneven. Vertically. Should I sand them down or beat with hammer?
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Lol. I had to quote myself. Guess the joke was missed.
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Thanks for all the replies. I ended of returning my GNex as a DOA, so now I'm waiting for a new one.
So, stupidly enough, I managed to drop my nexus 7 on pavement. Even though it had a case on it, the edge still managed to get chipped. It really annoys me, and I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem and came up with a quick solution to make it look somewhat nicer. It's not a huge deal, but I figured I'd reach out to you guys to see if anyone had a fix. Thanks! A picture of the damage is attached. Ignore all the other little bits of dust; it's magnified in the picture. Sorry for the blurriness too.
Short of outright replacement, I'd probably use colored epoxy clay. Mix it, mold it and let it harden. Not sure about how long it would adhere.
zam..
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So this one dropped and didn't break or crack the glass, others, accordingly to users here, crack and break out of air.
Yea, now all those stories start to make sense and this tablet isn't that bad afterall.
I just dropped mine today from chest height (had it in my chest pocket on my coat) onto some steel. Nothing broken. Just a slight ding near the volume button. I've had it less than 24 hours
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I would get a poetic graphgrip.
dkryder said:
I would get a poetic graphgrip.
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I know that this post is a bit old.... but it came up on a search...
I have ended up with a similar type of chip on the side of my N7 2013. Except -- I didn't drop it. Nor has anyone else touched it. It just appeared out of the blue, indeed, with a Poetic Graphgrip installed.
It appears that the plastic around the bezel is quite brittle on this one.
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I know that this post is a bit old.... but it came up on a search...
I have ended up with a similar type of chip on the side of my N7 2013. Except -- I didn't drop it. Nor has anyone else touched it. It just appeared out of the blue, indeed, with a Poetic Graphgrip installed.
It appears that the plastic around the bezel is quite brittle on this one.
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For the short time I've been a member here one of the things that has fascinated me the most is how two members can experience the direct opposite and neither members experience negates the other. I put my graphgrip on 2 days after buying my device in early sept 2013 and have dropped my unit twice on a hard surface on a thin edge since. My unit has no damage and I attribute that to the poetic. Yet reading that a device spontaneously chips an edge while wearing a graphgrip does not surprise me in the least. I am just happy that such activity has not been my experience.
I dropped my nexus and damaged glass and frame in corrner really bad(still working).I want to buy lcd+frame from ebay.After search i found this red frame which looks nice.Im interested does anyone have this and how it looks in real life.Tnx in advance
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-LG-Goog...433?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5420722551
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I dropped my nexus and damaged glass and frame in corrner really bad(still working).I want to buy lcd+frame from ebay.After search i found this red frame which looks nice.Im interested does anyone have this and how it looks in real life.Tnx in advance
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-LG-Goog...433?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5420722551
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I know a bit of a Necro on this thread but I thought I would share my experience since I recently did 2 repairs on N5s (one Black one Red). The 2 LCD+Frames I bought from 2 different sellers had the speaker grill sunk in a bit on the front like the glass is thicker. Also on the Red one the grill was sort of a Metallic Red as opposed to the solid Plastic BRIGHT RED on the original. As for issues I ran into the Power button hole being off causing the button to get stuck and not reset fully. It'll be sunk in after pressing it the first time and be slightly raised from the frame. On the 1st one I had to do the "Button Rattle Fix Mod" to get it to seat repeatedly but that still wasn't quite right. On the Red one I fixed I had the same issue with the Power Button and I figured out what was causing the issue. It's actually 2 things: the opening height was just a slight bit smaller than the button itself and caused it to stick in the pressed position and also the seat was raised causing the button to become dislocated in an angular position. Once I figured this out I shave a very TINY fraction of the plastic away from those effected areas and BAM it works like it was an OEM one. As for the Grill I don't know how to fix that other than lifting the Glass from the Frame and I seriously don't want to do that.
I have the Black one (The 1st one I did coming back to me so I'll see if I can post a Vid of the effected areas.
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I know a bit of a Necro on this thread but I thought I would share my experience since I recently did 2 repairs on N5s (one Black one Red). The 2 LCD+Frames I bought from 2 different sellers had the speaker grill sunk in a bit on the front like the glass is thicker. Also on the Red one the grill was sort of a Metallic Red as opposed to the solid Plastic BRIGHT RED on the original. As for issues I ran into the Power button hole being off causing the button to get stuck and not reset fully. It'll be sunk in after pressing it the first time and be slightly raised from the frame. On the 1st one I had to do the "Button Rattle Fix Mod" to get it to seat repeatedly but that still wasn't quite right. On the Red one I fixed I had the same issue with the Power Button and I figured out what was causing the issue. It's actually 2 things: the opening height was just a slight bit smaller than the button itself and caused it to stick in the pressed position and also the seat was raised causing the button to become dislocated in an angular position. Once I figured this out I shave a very TINY fraction of the plastic away from those effected areas and BAM it works like it was an OEM one. As for the Grill I don't know how to fix that other than lifting the Glass from the Frame and I seriously don't want to do that.
I have the Black one (The 1st one I did coming back to me so I'll see if I can post a Vid of the effected areas.
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Thank you very much for answer,I have buyed black one from UK not from China and still no issues at all except i think power button is just a litlle bit harder.
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Thank you very much for answer,I have buyed black one from UK not from China and still no issues at all except i think power button is just a litlle bit harder.
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Glad you got it fixed. As for the Power button Yeah that is the same issue I was having. See if you can trim a very tiny amount off the long edges of the hole. That should take care of it. I think it's a common manufacturing defect on the generic ones. Even if you got it from the UK chances are they got a bulk amount from China and just resell them. My black one I ordered was that way as the seller was definitely in the US. But both had the same problems.
Where did u get it from? Link and price if possible please. And was there black available?
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Does anyone notice if your pixel XL does not lay flat and rocks a little if you press on two opposing corners? Mine does ever so slightly. Only my OCD sees it.
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Does anyone notice if your pixel XL does not lay flat and rocks a little if you press on two opposing corners?
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Nope, not here.
GCbard said:
Does anyone notice if your pixel XL does not lay flat and rocks a little if you press on two opposing corners? Mine does ever so slightly. Only my OCD sees it.
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Mine doesn't seem to do that.
#bendgate2.0
Actually, mine does.
Mine has done this since I got it. Have you used a case by chance? I think my Spigen Ultra Hybrid may have twisted it. The case was very tight to put on and take off. I've found I can straighten it out with a very light twist.
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Strange, I have never dropped mine or SAT in it.
Slightly for mine and I honestly don't care. If it came that way so be it, if it is the result of being in my pocket without a case so be it . . if having it in a case would have prevented it I don't care . . bottom line for me is as long as the thing doesn't crack and the bend isn't noticeable in hand I could care less.
I don't foresee bending being an issue for me long term. I've carried my Note 4 in the same manner for 2 years without issue and the Pixel XL seems to be more rigid in construction than that phone was.
Mine does not. Just checked.
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Does anyone notice if your pixel XL does not lay flat and rocks a little if you press on two opposing corners? Mine does ever so slightly. Only my OCD sees it.
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Posted about this issue. I've sat on it. that was my reason that my phone bent ever so slightly.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/pixel-xl-bending-t3524204
Mine does it. Never sat on it.
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Hi, I have some hardware problems with my Pixel XL and I was wondering if this was normal or if anybody else has these.
My Pixel XL does not lay completely flat, I thought it was the flash but I put on a thin case and it was also not completely flat, the phone slightly rocks from the top left and the bottom right when facing camera-side down, and it also rocks top left from bottom right when screen-face down. Is this normal or is my phone slightly bent? I baby my Pixel and my pants have large spacial pockets and I also never dropped my Pixel before so I have no idea why it is like this.
Arguably the worse hardware problem though is that the screen in the top-right part of the pixel seems to slightly push in, I saw a thread where people had small gaps and they said that all Pixels had it, but I'm not sure if it is supposed to slightly push in like this. The other corners don't seem to do this, only the top right corner. I am very worried that this will cause me even worse issues in the future, do any of your Pixel XLs do this?
I also have some Bluetooth connection issues from time to time but I expect this to be fixed in future updates.
My Pixel XL has the slightest raised edge around the flash. This does seem to permit minimal rocking when I alternate pressing top-right and bottom-left corners. No such rocking when I alternate pressing top-left and lower-right.
Zero rocking when phone is face down. No gaps in bezel.
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My Pixel XL has the slightest raised edge around the flash. This does seem to permit minimal rocking when I alternate pressing top-right and bottom-left corners. No such rocking when I alternate pressing top-left and lower-right.
Zero rocking when phone is face down. No gaps in bezel.
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Huh weird, most people have told me that they have the gap but no rocking, I wonder if the rocking is something most Pixels have.
No rocking and no gaps on mine =]. If you're not happy with it, get your device exchanged I say. Why settle for the price we paid?