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I got this phone last week and love it.
Anyway, I noticed that when I go to camera viewer in the dark or view a black image I get a gradient white to transparent line from the top of the screen all the way across. Is it normal or Am I the only one who has this problem?
See the attachment, so you can see the problem what I am talking about. See the mark on those pics.
Should I return it??
Thanks!
Yes, I get exactly the same thing. Only noticeable when the image at that end of the screen is completely dark.
It doesn't show in the actual photo.
I wouldn't return it as it doesn't affect the result and it seems to be only one pixel wide.
GeekBoi said:
I got this phone last week and love it.
Anyway, I noticed that when I go to camera viewer in the dark or view a black image I get a gradient white to transparent line from the top of the screen all the way across. Is it normal or Am I the only one who has this problem?
See the attachment, so you can see the problem what I am talking about. See the mark on those pics.
Should I return it??
Thanks!
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Darn near $800 phone... If I order it and don't have absolute perfection, it's getting returned.
bennettm89 said:
Darn near $800 phone... If I order it and don't have absolute perfection, it's getting returned.
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May as well save yourself the trouble of buying one then.
Davidsmonkeyroost said:
Yes, I get exactly the same thing. Only noticeable when the image at that end of the screen is completely dark.
It doesn't show in the actual photo.
I wouldn't return it as it doesn't affect the result and it seems to be only one pixel wide.
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I am glad to know that I am not only one here. However, I like to know how many people here have this 'not-really-problem'.
Anyone, does your nexus have a similar issue to mine? If so, please post here (just say "yeah, I have that, no big deal" or whatever)
Mine has it as well, and it appears to me to be the same color gray as the background for the camera UI, and this is just the edge of the "view finder," I am guessing that the coder for the camera miscalculated where the screen edge would be...
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Just wondering if anyone with some design engineering under their belt would know if the Galaxy Nexus had to be as long as it is. As much as I want this phone, it just seems like it has a bit too much dead space on top and bottom. Especially the bottom. I did quick chopshop to give you an Idea of what I mean. It seems like a good 3/4 of an inch difference.
They're not making it tall just for fun. There are components below/above the screen that couldn't fit anywhere else unless they made the phone thicker.
I see what you're saying, but I'm pretty sure they would have made it shorter if they could've. But they weren't going to do it if it meant it would be thicker or wider than they wanted.
And that solves that. Thanks.
I'm hearing you.. HTC titan is 4.7" screen and is not as tall.
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dantemp said:
Just wondering if anyone with some design engineering under their belt would know if the Galaxy Nexus had to be as long as it is. As much as I want this phone, it just seems like it has a bit too much dead space on top and bottom. Especially the bottom. I did quick chopshop to give you an Idea of what I mean. It seems like a good 3/4 of an inch difference.
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Yeah it was necessary for the phone to be this long. It also looks much better than the fat variant in the OP. I absolutely love it.
For what it's worth, the longer version does look better too.
Love the size... but I did make a widget to pull down the notification bar so I don't need to stretch my thumb lol
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dantemp said:
Just wondering if anyone with some design engineering under their belt would know if the Galaxy Nexus had to be as long as it is. As much as I want this phone, it just seems like it has a bit too much dead space on top and bottom. Especially the bottom. I did quick chopshop to give you an Idea of what I mean. It seems like a good 3/4 of an inch difference.
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its widescreen, and no theres hardly any wasted space, far less than a normal phone especially at the bottom!
I also wished it was smaller.
Underneath soft buttons is a notification lamp. The top has the speaker, sensors and camera. The aspect ratio of the display is 16:9 physically, not just in pixel count, preventing distortion. I'm not seeing any wasted space unless you want a smaller screen or a new design without the front facing components. Something maybe that's a slate and requires a headset or maybe a speaker for your ear on the back instead of the front?
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I like the nexus the way it is. Yes it is a lottle tall and yes they couldve trimmed height and added depth or girth but it is great the way it is. My thumb is getting stretchy.
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Agreed. Besides, I compared it to my DX and it's essentially the same height, slightly wider, but best yet...thinner. FTW.
jkhouw1 said:
Love the size... but I did make a widget to pull down the notification bar so I don't need to stretch my thumb lol
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Thats a good idea, is it in the android market?
mstyle88 said:
Thats a good idea, is it in the android market?
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no - i could throw it up there: just need to make a better looking icon tomorrow.
i was going to build a nexus prime power widget: drop down menu, short cut to network settings, flashlight etc.. but i don't have much time.
Tomorrow i'll throw up the widget and an app icon (so you can shortcut it on the launcher if you wanted to)
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no - i could throw it up there: just need to make a better looking icon tomorrow.
i was going to build a nexus prime power widget: drop down menu, short cut to network settings, flashlight etc.. but i don't have much time.
Tomorrow i'll throw up the widget and an app icon (so you can shortcut it on the launcher if you wanted to)
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That's a pretty good idea. I wish, however, that someone could just make the stock ICS launcher have swipe actions in the dock (much like Launcher Pro). A simple swipe on the App Drawer icon to bring down the notification menu would be a blessing.
if you look at the bottom though there is actually enough space for capacitive buttons. i thought the point of on screen buttons was to avoid any bezel at all.
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Love the size... but I did make a widget to pull down the notification bar so I don't need to stretch my thumb lol
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Soon enough, we'll have custom launchers with swipe actions that can pull down the notification bar. I used this when I had zeam launcher on GB.
since they had to make the phone that big they should have just made the screen take up the entire top surface.
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Love the size... but I did make a widget to pull down the notification bar so I don't need to stretch my thumb lol
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Please explain that widget you created. thanks
Hey guys,
I did some searching and couldn't seem to find a "Phase Beam" Live Wallpaper STILL image. I like the design of it, but don't care for the live wallpaper aspect. Any way I can get a HD image from the live wallpaper? Thanks in advance.
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don't think theres any way to do it. closest thing would be a launcher that removes the statusbar and is totally blank and someone just takes a screen shot, but then you'd also need a custom launcher since you'd need to set no scrolling to get it to work.
Found one:
http://kovdev.com/images/wall_phasebeam.jpg
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and i'll just shut up now lol.
only downside to that is that it's a little small for the Gnex. our wallpapers need to be minimum smallest size 1200. thats 960. so you may notice some loss in quality. or possibly not. the advantage of the high DPI sometimes makes low resolution images still look good on the screen.
Shouldn't our wallpapers be 1280x720 or 1200x720 at least?
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i've seen many people say that if you want the best quality you need 1200+ on all sides.
possibly something to do with how android crops it. I've yet to try anything below 1200.
keep in mind, that though the actual on screen resolution is 720 wide by 1280 high, the real wallpaper resolution is 1480 wide by 1280 high because of how android handles wallpapers. so anything smaller will be lower quality.
neok44 said:
i've seen many people say that if you want the best quality you need 1200+ on all sides.
possibly something to do with how android crops it. I've yet to try anything below 1200.
keep in mind, that though the actual on screen resolution is 720 wide by 1280 high, the real wallpaper resolution is 1480 wide by 1280 high because of how android handles wallpapers. so anything smaller will be lower quality.
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I did not know that. Thanks for clarifying though.
Edit: Wait, did you get those mixed up? Shouldn't it be 1480x1280? Not 1280x1480.
You see, I only have one homescreen. So, I don't know if that matters. There obviously isn't any wallpaper scrolling.
natezire71 said:
I did not know that. Thanks for clarifying though.
Edit: Wait, did you get those mixed up? Shouldn't it be 1480x1280? Not 1280x1480.
You see, I only have one homescreen. So, I don't know if that matters. There obviously isn't any wallpaper scrolling.
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yeah probably.
height should be 1280 and width should be 1480.
even if you have one homescreen, android still wants to crop a square wallpaper. thats been the issue since the G1. so if you want a portrait image, you need to use a third party app.
now, if your using a custom launcher then thats another story, as some when you disable wallpaper scrolling it gives you a crop for a single screen.
Hello everyone, today I've noticed that on landscape mode my GN has a lighter and brighter vertical line of pixels on the left side, if I turn the phone on the left; if I turn the phone on the right it doesn't happen and everything is fine on both sides. It is really annoying me and I can't say if it is the first time it happens or this kind of issue has been always there. It can be noticed only with white or light backgrounds and in EVERY photo, if brightness is switched to max it is hard to see but with automatic or half brightness is pretty clear.
I tried to screenshot it but I'm afraid this is something hardware since it doesn't show on screenshot.
Anyone else with the same problem?
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/542/img5505n.jpg/
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Is it green? I have a similar issue. I think it's a case of screen burn.
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bar_rodoy said:
Is it green? I have a similar issue. I think it's a case of screen burn.
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See the attached pics...I didn't manage to attach them to my first post.
I think its related to the screen burn issue. I have somthibg similair too, but it noticeable only on white background. I see green color there..
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That's covered under warranty. Get it replaced.
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Smokeey said:
That's covered under warranty. Get it replaced.
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Do you know how this thing is technically called?
La Rascassa said:
Do you know how this thing is technically called?
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I think I have the same issue. Don't know if I should go and get a replacement. It also only shows on white background while browsing.
EDIT: The captured screenshot doesn't show this, so no point in uploading it.
bozint said:
I think I have the same issue. Don't know if I should go and get a replacement. It also only shows on white background while browsing.
EDIT: The captured screenshot doesn't show this, so no point in uploading it.
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Took it to assistance. It'll be back in 10 working days and since I don't have something not even similar to replace it I'm stuck with an old Sony Ericsson W205...what a nightmare!
La Rascassa said:
Took it to assistance. It'll be back in 10 working days and since I don't have something not even similar to replace it I'm stuck with an old Sony Ericsson W205...what a nightmare!
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At least you can replace it. I am from Israel and I bought the Gnex in the US directly from Google. I noticed this problem a day before I went on the flight so I didnt have much time to replace it. But it doesnt much bother me. I know that those Super AMOLED screen have too much problems... Just live with it right now.
i have the same issue right now.
For replacing the GNex i had to go in a samsung point or they come to my home for took it?
La Rascassa said:
Hello everyone, today I've noticed that on landscape mode my GN has a lighter and brighter vertical line of pixels on the left side, if I turn the phone on the left; if I turn the phone on the right it doesn't happen and everything is fine on both sides. It is really annoying me and I can't say if it is the first time it happens or this kind of issue has been always there. It can be noticed only with white or light backgrounds and in EVERY photo, if brightness is switched to max it is hard to see but with automatic or half brightness is pretty clear.
I tried to screenshot it but I'm afraid this is something hardware since it doesn't show on screenshot.
Anyone else with the same problem?
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I have the exact same issue on my Galaxy Nexus. The same row of pixels (along the top-edge). It's not visible in portrait mode because the notification bar is black and the pixels are switched off.
Here's the kicker: since this afternoon, the row of pixels are switched on even when the background is black. They appear as a faint line and become brighter when there's a background image. I put the phone under a magnifying glass and there appear to be three such rows, not one. It could be the pentile matrix playing with my eyes since the pixels are too small to see even with a (low power) magnifying glass, but there's definitely more than one row.
Anyone else?
jackerhack said:
I have the exact same issue on my Galaxy Nexus. The same row of pixels (along the top-edge). It's not visible in portrait mode because the notification bar is black and the pixels are switched off.
Here's the kicker: since this afternoon, the row of pixels are switched on even when the background is black. They appear as a faint line and become brighter when there's a background image. I put the phone under a magnifying glass and there appear to be three such rows, not one. It could be the pentile matrix playing with my eyes since the pixels are too small to see even with a (low power) magnifying glass, but there's definitely more than one row.
Anyone else?
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Can you post or link a picture? I mean under a magnifying glass, just to see how it looks like...ehm not sure if it is possible though
I am having the same problem on mine too. There are these streaks that runs across in landscape or portrait. it's more noticable in a grayish white background. It's very easy to see with a screen test app that shows one color on the whole screen. Lately, I also notice the very top and bottom line of pixels like would lit up brighter. For example, when i touch the context buttons at the bottom, bottom pixels of the buttom would lit up bright white.
Edit: clariification, it's the same lines of streaks if held in portrait, it would go across. when in landscape, the same streaks goes to to bottom.
I also have a lighter vertical line of pixels on the side of the screen when in landscape. The interesting thing, though, is that it is on the left, regardless of whether my phone is in landscape with the power button on the top or the button. either way it's on the left of the picture. So I don't think it's a hardware issue. More likely a calibration issue?
I also have horizontal banding of slightly different shades in portrait on grey/white backgrounds (eg: facebook app). These become harder to see the more brightness I turn up.
Yep, have it too...
Now I'm deciding whether to go to the Service Center....
Other than that small line, the phone is perfect so i guess i won't bother..
salem_christ said:
I also have a lighter vertical line of pixels on the side of the screen when in landscape. The interesting thing, though, is that it is on the left, regardless of whether my phone is in landscape with the power button on the top or the button. either way it's on the left of the picture. So I don't think it's a hardware issue. More likely a calibration issue?
I also have horizontal banding of slightly different shades in portrait on grey/white backgrounds (eg: facebook app). These become harder to see the more brightness I turn up.
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I got the entire screen replaced by Samsung Italy. 100% hardware issue
i have the same issue... but i think it is not "burn in", it is just a pixel line brighter than the rest, in my case it shows all the colors as it should, just brighter.
Strange...
A couple of weeks ago I noticed the topmost line of pixels of my Gnex is miscoloured or brighter than normal, and yet sometimes displays correctly, usually when black.
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I noticed it's on the bottom too. Maybe some backlight problem or something... But sometimes it changes colour due to shades changing, it's like in half shades it's shining more and in other half it's darker. Like some software compensating. There's other colours, but blue looks differently.
So this is my third pixel since December 21st and I didn't notice or pay attention to it on other resolution pics but I really don't know if this is how this phone is supposed to show pictures. I mean it doesn't do it on all but when it's a small thumbnail pic it doesn't show the halo, I guess you can see around the first picture in the link below but once you open it up it shows that ugly display or resolution .
https://goo.gl/photos/qwKxjWveTBzyannF7
klodjan91 said:
So this is my third pixel since December 21st and I didn't notice or pay attention to it on other resolution pics but I really don't know if this is how this phone is supposed to show pictures. I mean it doesn't do it on all but when it's a small thumbnail pic it doesn't show the halo, I guess you can see around the first picture in the link below but once you open it up it shows that ugly display or resolution .
https://goo.gl/photos/qwKxjWveTBzyannF7
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What exactly are we looking for in the pictures. I don't see anything weird in those pictures.
toknitup420 said:
What exactly are we looking for in the pictures. I don't see anything weird in those pictures.
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You don't see the lines running across the screen or the halo resolution around the cube picture?
Looks like color gradient..... That's the pictures fault
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klodjan91 said:
You don't see the lines running across the screen or the halo resolution around the cube picture?
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Those are due to the image not the phone. Can I ask what was wrong with you're first two pixel devices.
toknitup420 said:
Those are due to the image not the phone. Can I ask what was wrong with you're first two pixel devices.
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The first one i got, the display had a pinkish hue on the screen and then the second one within like 2-3 weeks after use the wifi barely worked, and it turned off on me 3-4 times randomly
you're new device seems to be behaving normally to me. Those pictures look to be the fault of the pictures and not the device. I think you're good to go.