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One day I was sitting in my class just looking at my screen. I randomly was just dragging my finger across my phone and I notice my Brightness changed. It you hold your finger between the top of the screen and phone the screen brightness will change. Anybody else come across this?
digijuan said:
One day I was sitting in my class just looking at my screen. I randomly was just dragging my finger across my phone and I notice my Brightness changed. It you hold your finger between the top of the screen and phone the screen brightness will change. Anybody else come across this?
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That is old news.
Yes, I have, there is a small line right under the notifications bar that you can open and slide.
And it never hurts to put helpful tips in for new comers, it would be difficult to search for something you don't know!!!!!!!!!
And new tips beat old complaints!!!!!!!!!!
LOL... holy Smoly... I knew that messing with the notification bar messes with your brightness.. but I didn't know you could control it like THAT! IF you drag it to the LEft it dims, Drag to the Right it gets brighter.. nice find. more things to show off to my friends..
Its quite a cool f3eauture of touchwiz,
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I hate it, wish I could disable it, because I always make my screen brighter by accident.
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What's this like the 6th thread on this topic alone. Come on fellas we don't need repeats
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I just got a new nexus one swapped 2 days ago from HTC under warranty. I'm running MIUI on the new nexus and I just noticed that my notification bar burned onto the screen. I had MIUI on the last nexus for about a month and nothing happened to the screen, had to get it changed for different reason.
I was thinking it was due to the fact that miui's notification bar is transparent or somehow the screen didn't turn off during the night, but then all of the other things(icon, etc.) would have burned onto the screen.
Im going to call HTC and find out what they have to say. But does anyone have any insight to this. I really dont want to leave MIUI, really like that rom.
This is going to be a risk you run with refurbed Nexus Ones. Most people run them with white notification bars. I have two Nexus Ones and even being careful I have some burn-in. I run my everyday Nexus with a black notification bar and still there is slight burn in(uneven wear). I've never personally seen a Nexus without some form of burn in(uneven wear) from the notification bar. It is the most persistent part of the UI, even when you hide it with something like LauncherPro, etc.., it will pop up when in the market, and other apps that do not have the option to hide it. etc..
I'm running mine with the stock white notification bar as I'm 100% stock. I don't see any burn in on my screen. Any ways to check with an app that makes it more visible?
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msavic6 said:
I'm running mine with the stock white notification bar as I'm 100% stock. I don't see any burn in on my screen. Any ways to check with an app that makes it more visible?
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try going in to the Gmail app, then go in to an email with not much text and scroll down until you have a white screen, and look at the left side of the screen(in landscape) against the white background.
that said, if you do not notice it now, I WOULD NOT GO LOOKING FOR IT...you will most likely find it and it will start bothering you.
I guess thats why gingerbread went with black notification bar.
I only notice the burn in on my N1 when I'm on Google's homepage
Old MuckenMire said:
try going in to the Gmail app, then go in to an email with not much text and scroll down until you have a white screen, and look at the left side of the screen(in landscape) against the white background.
that said, if you do not notice it now, I WOULD NOT GO LOOKING FOR IT...you will most likely find it and it will start bothering you.
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I'm not gonna look for it as I wont be able to forget about it.
Hopefully gingerbread shows up soon so the black notification bar wont burn into my screen.
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Old MuckenMire said:
try going in to the Gmail app, then go in to an email with not much text and scroll down until you have a white screen, and look at the left side of the screen(in landscape) against the white background.
that said, if you do not notice it now, I WOULD NOT GO LOOKING FOR IT...you will most likely find it and it will start bothering you.
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Yeah, I noticed it using Floating Image myself, a nifty program that floats images from your camera dirs and the internet past you. Noticed the notification bar area looked odd, then looked closer and realized it was darker.
I've since started using a ROM with a dark notification bar, maybe mitigate it a bit, although I suspect the clock being in the same place all the time will burn up there too.
Too much for not looking for it. I just went on the Google homepage in landscape and I saw a tiny tiny bit of burn in like barely noticable. So I turned my brightness to Max to see if it was more visible and I couldn't see it on 100% brightness. Only when its on lowest brightness am I able to see the burn in. Good enough for me
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khaytsus said:
Yeah, I noticed it using Floating Image myself, a nifty program that floats images from your camera dirs and the internet past you. Noticed the notification bar area looked odd, then looked closer and realized it was darker.
I've since started using a ROM with a dark notification bar, maybe mitigate it a bit, although I suspect the clock being in the same place all the time will burn up there too.
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yeah pretty much anything that is persistent is going to possibly cause an issue. I'm glad Google is going with black now. I think it looks better and is safer for our AMOLED screens. As far as I know, this is not an issue for folks with SLCD Nexus ones since LCD phosphors have a much higher half life so do not show this issue until you are pretty much ready to upgrade your device....if it ever shows. LCD tech is much further advanced in this area than AMOLED.
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Too much for not looking for it. I just went on the Google homepage in landscape and I saw a tiny tiny bit of burn in like barely noticable. So I turned my brightness to Max to see if it was more visible and I couldn't see it on 100% brightness. Only when its on lowest brightness am I able to see the burn in. Good enough for me
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Just be careful of using high brightness: it will age the pixels quicker and make it even more noticeable. Best thing to do is use a launcher like Launcher pro and hide the bar as much as you can for awhile to "wipe" the worn pixels. Same with any apps that allow for hiding the notification bar in settings. That will improve it some and then you can use the black bar that will come with Gingerbread and you should be good. It wont be gone 100% but will be barely visible at that point.
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Just be careful of using high brightness: it will age the pixels quicker and make it even more noticeable. Best thing to do is use a launcher like Launcher pro and hide the bar as much as you can for awhile to "wipe" the worn pixels. Same with any apps that allow for hiding the notification bar in settings. That will improve it some and then you can use the black bar that will come with Gingerbread and you should be good. It wont be gone 100% but will be barely visible at that point.
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I always leave my brightness on automatic and now i hid the notification bar in launcher pro. i'm set until gingerbread
My 2nd hand Nexus One has burn in of the title bar. TBH I'm not that bothered; its very unlikely I'll even still have this phone this time next year. How long do some of you folks really think you'll own this phone for? Its aged well, but in 12 months time, I reckon it'll be a pretty small percentage of people posting now who still use one of these with any regularity.
I just ignore it.
I do use a theme with a black bar now anyway.
I wonder if the SAMOLED stuff suffers this issue?
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My 2nd hand Nexus One has burn in of the title bar. TBH I'm not that bothered; its very unlikely I'll even still have this phone this time next year. How long do some of you folks really think you'll own this phone for? Its aged well, but in 12 months time, I reckon it'll be a pretty small percentage of people posting now who still use one of these with any regularity.
I just ignore it.
I do use a theme with a black bar now anyway.
I wonder if the SAMOLED stuff suffers this issue?
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I plan to use my nexus one until the end of 2011. I only got my phone in may 2010.
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I plan to use my nexus one until the end of 2011. I only got my phone in may 2010.
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Yes, but I bet you'll replace it by then.
Same exact thing happen to me on a swap and the went me another one that was in perfect condition without hassle
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Buck Shot said:
Same exact thing happen to me on a swap and the went me another one that was in perfect condition without hassle
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That's been my experience with HTC, they've never hassled me about anything I've wanted help with. I sure wish they were making the next Google phone.
cant we make the notification bar more transparent using some sort of theme or something ??? :S
I've just updated my Atrix to Gingerbread and all almost all my complaints about the Atrix are now gone! There are some things that do not please me though.
Here is a quick sum up of my experience so far:
Positive
- Lag between homescreens after you wake up the phone. Before Gingerbread I've tried ALL the major launchers and there was lag with ALL of them. With Gingerbread the lag is gone! Zeam Launcher is a beauty to use.
- The agenda/calendar app is close to perfection now. Really really excellent.
- The Gallery is very good.
- The dock and the look are very cool.
Could use improvement
- The music player really needs to allow you to organize your music by folder.
Step backwards.
- The Gingerbread keyboard is great but I really cannot understand why they took a step backwards and removed a great feature. With froyo once you clicked for some seconds on a letter you would get a pop up rectangle with all options regarding this letter (the same letter with accents, etc). The rectangle would stay there until you've selected your choice. But with Gingerbread you have to keep pressing the letter and then slide your finger to the option you want to select in the rectangle. This sucks! The keyboard would be just perfect if it weren't for this.
Still the same
- I thought that Motorola would finally allow you to decide for your self how many homescreens you need instead of still forcing you to have the number of homescreens that think it's right.
hmm, so far for me...
advantages of gingerbread
more free ram on bootup
games run slightly smoother (im assuming better drivers)
disadvantages
menus now have white background with black text. on an lcd screen, this can increase battery consumption notably compared to the previous white text on black background.
icons seem too large for my liking
doesnt feel as smooth as froyo in some areas
when typing with froyo, if you pressed once on an area in the text but missed your target, you could press and hold and a mini magnifying glass would pop up to help you place your text marker more easily. with gingerbread, this is replaced by just a little marker. just a minor annoyance imo.
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hmm, so far for me...
advantages of gingerbread
more free ram on bootup
games run slightly smoother (im assuming better drivers)
disadvantages
menus now have white background with black text. on an lcd screen, this can increase battery consumption notably compared to the previous white text on black background.
icons seem too large for my liking
doesnt feel as smooth as froyo in some areas
when typing with froyo, if you pressed once on an area in the text but missed your target, you could press and hold and a mini magnifying glass would pop up to help you place your text marker more easily. with gingerbread, this is replaced by just a little marker. just a minor annoyance imo.
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We have white sub pixels, so doesn't that help battery consumption? That's just what I've read thoughout the forum. This is qHD, not just a regular HTC LCD
The keyboard thing is really what's beyond my comprehension. Why would they take a step backwards?! Why? I even checked the settings to see if there was a way to change this but apparently there isn't. This may not be a big deal to english speakers but for languages like portuguese that have toons of accents it was a super useful asset. I hope Motorola fixes this.
You can download different keyboards, right?
Maybe one of them has the features you want.
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You can download different keyboards, right?
Maybe one of them has the features you want.
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Yes, I know, but it's just a shame that Motorola had such a great keyboard and had to go and change it for the worst.
Souai said:
hmm, so far for me...
advantages of gingerbread
more free ram on bootup
games run slightly smoother (im assuming better drivers)
disadvantages
menus now have white background with black text. on an lcd screen, this can increase battery consumption notably compared to the previous white text on black background.
icons seem too large for my liking
doesnt feel as smooth as froyo in some areas
when typing with froyo, if you pressed once on an area in the text but missed your target, you could press and hold and a mini magnifying glass would pop up to help you place your text marker more easily. with gingerbread, this is replaced by just a little marker. just a minor annoyance imo.
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This is an lcd screen so the color has no effect on power usage at all. Only on amoled screens does black color drain less power than white. So the new color makes no difference.
i read a while ago a thread on allaboutmaemo or allaboutmeego that they tested the battery life difference between samsung galaxy s (lcd vs amoled) and they found that white backgrounds did increase battery consumption. although its not as bad of an increase when compared to amoled.
A white background will use slightly more power than a black background as all of the sub-pixels in the screen need a continuous charge to stay in the "on" position. However, I seriously doubt that the affect on power consumption would be anything other than negligible unless you are in the menus 24/7.
I do prefer a black background with white text though.
Souai said:
when typing with froyo, if you pressed once on an area in the text but missed your target, you could press and hold and a mini magnifying glass would pop up to help you place your text marker more easily. with gingerbread, this is replaced by just a little marker. just a minor annoyance imo.
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This sounds really bad! No magnifying glass anymore? That is an important feature to precisely place the cursor when you want to edit.
My problem after upgrading to the is connecting to my car's bluetooth (bluelogic). Once I turn the toggle on won't automatically connect anymore. I have to go to settings and connect it, it's says paired but not connected. Anybody knows how to fix this?
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jonstatt said:
This sounds really bad! No magnifying glass anymore? That is an important feature to precisely place the cursor when you want to edit.
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Hopefully it at least uses the SGS blue marker, which IMO was way better than the magnifying glass anyway...
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slimslim said:
My problem after upgrading to the is connecting to my car's bluetooth (bluelogic). Once I turn the toggle on won't automatically connect anymore. I have to go to settings and connect it, it's says paired but not connected. Anybody knows how to fix this?
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Just delete/remove it and re-pair it. Should work fine then.
ccrows said:
Hopefully it at least uses the SGS blue marker, which IMO was way better than the magnifying glass anyway...
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it does, i dont think its that bad compared to the magnifying glass. just doesnt look as kool..
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A white background will use slightly more power than a black background as all of the sub-pixels in the screen need a continuous charge to stay in the "on" position. However, I seriously doubt that the affect on power consumption would be anything other than negligible unless you are in the menus 24/7.
I do prefer a black background with white text though.
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White background battery draining is more about Amoled screen phones...
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Just delete/remove it and re-pair it. Should work fine then.
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Did it twice and still doesn't work .
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Homescreen scrolling is still slow. I love the new look but I keep going back to launcherpro. Seriously, why can they just make it smooth like launcherpro?
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Upgrade was successful on first attempt. After 5-minutes use... app icons appear to be larger - have not checked if there is a setting for that. I thought I heard that we would be able to get more icons per screen so maybe there is a setting. Contacts application appears to work differently and contact details are not as compact as previously. Weather Channel app took some time to load but I see it is up now. I like the new look of the alert bar. Anyway that's after only 5-minutes of playing around.
I got the same problem as you. Can't seem to find a fix for this.
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Anyone know how to get back the ability of linking contacts to facebook profiles manually? Its no longer an option anymore :-\
Hi
Which one is better in CM9 in your opinion?
With SoftKeys?
Without SoftKeys?
I don't get why youd even want softkeys, why would you want to waste a portion of your screen with keys that you have already have anyway
i didn't buy a device with a 5.3" screen because i like wasting screen real estate...
i did buy a device with a 5.3" screen because i like wasting screen real estate!
Tablet mode with touch keys is how i use it now.
I even disabled the original menu/back button, cause i touch them while typing.
Soft keys for the multitasking button. With such a large screen we can easily afford to waste screen real estate.
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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Rayan said:
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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So will your status bar.
I personally love the onscreen buttons. I disable the other ones and disable the backlight as well. I do this for the fact that my kids and I would constantly back out of things when grabbing the phone landscape. I like the fact that with the onscreen you have somewhere to grab the phone without backing out. And although not a big deal, its less stress not having to press the big button, and this I would think would help the longevity of the hardware button itself . But in the end, it's purely preference, oh and I don't worry about the burn in as I have mine set very low so its just noticeable and It moves when I open apps and when I go landscape.
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So will your status bar.
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I think that was so freaking obvious so I didn't mentioned it.
Point is, why have yet another static object on screen?
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And although not a big deal, its less stress not having to press the big button
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That is the main reason why I enable software keys on every ICS ROM I try! When you try on-screen keys you will feel how LONG it takes to launch the recent apps panel using the long-pres on Home button! Add to that I got very used to multitask using the recent apps softkey then physical button will only hinder my speed and will wear out in a matter of couple months
I've flashed the soft keys and disabled the back lights of the hardware keys, but how do I completely disable the hardware keys so I won't press them by accident?
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I think that was so freaking obvious so I didn't mentioned it.
Point is, why have yet another static object on screen?
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I think its so freaking obvious that you're gonna have a burn in (allegedly) regardless.
Point is, why even bother trying avoid a screen burn in if its inevitable.
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I think that was so freaking obvious so I didn't mentioned it.
Point is, why have yet another static object on screen?
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Point is if u enable softkey , ur status bar blend in with the keys to to bottom of the screen. Where is the another static object comes from? It is still one black bar just different position.
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Rayan said:
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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Have to quote this again so people are aware. Amoleds are notorious for ghosting due to pixel wear out burnout whatever you want to call it. Using the ICS on screen virtual buttons will surely destroy your screen.
That's why I also autohide my notification bar on the home screens.
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Spartoi said:
I think its so freaking obvious that you're gonna have a burn in (allegedly) regardless.
Point is, why even bother trying avoid a screen burn in if its inevitable.
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Burn out is avoidable provided you don't leave static images on the screen for long periods of time. With the notification bar it is always there unless you use a launcher that hides it on the home screens and apps that have the option to hide the notification bar as well.
I use opera mobile so I can browse in full screen and not worry about static notification bars. Also use launcher pro so I can hide the notification bar.
Azeazezar said:
i did buy a device with a 5.3" screen because i like wasting screen real estate!
Tablet mode with touch keys is how i use it now.
I even disabled the original menu/back button, cause i touch them while typing.
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How did you disabled them??? Is there an easy way?
I like to use the softkeys simply becuase it allows me to completely disable the capacitive buttons and use my s pen to go back, home and bring up the multitasking window pane :good:
Rayan said:
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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That's one of those old wives tales.
The burn-in isn't so much related to the technology as it is related to build quality.
Most of those issues are stemming from Gnex owners, and the ones with problems usually have other build quality problems too... they just were unlucky to have a bad batch that skipped QC.
I've got a friend who had the Gnex from day one, and to this day... no burn-ins!
I would normally prefer physical buttons (ftw) but I'm going to have to agree that the Note needs "soft buttons" aka on-screen Navigations.
Why?
Because it gets annoying shifting finger to stylus and back again during the daily use.
Bonus reasons:
- without it, the device looks much better (like the Gnex or N9)
- these can be customized for colour, glow, function and gestures
Hello there,
I just got Nexus 4 and played around with different Roms... and my hand hurts from Nexus 4 size. I found ParanoidAndroid's tablet UI being convient, but it's still too inconvenient. Pie works alright... but having it appear and disappear is annoying (to me). So what I like to know if there is a method to have the status+notification bar on the left/right side? Seems more convenient that way for one hand use. Anyways, I just like to know if there's a MOD or customization.
Thanks for taking your time reading.
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Hello there,
I just got Nexus 4 and played around with different Roms... and my hand hurts from Nexus 4 size. I found ParanoidAndroid's tablet UI being convient, but it's still too inconvenient. Pie works alright... but having it appear and disappear is annoying (to me). So what I like to know if there is a method to have the status+notification bar on the left/right side? Seems more convenient that way for one hand use. Anyways, I just like to know if there's a MOD or customization.
Thanks for taking your time reading.
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Status + notification bar on the left/right are you kidding me.. It would look so ugly and INCONVENIENT to drag and see notifications from left side.
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Status + notification bar on the left/right are you kidding me.. It would look so ugly and INCONVENIENT to drag and see notifications from left side.
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Really? It just seems so much easier to have the thumb access everything and have a firm grip on the phone instead of it resting on your pinky and have your thumb in the middle of the screen. Maybe because I have small hand and been used to HTC sensation :c
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Really? It just seems so much easier to have the thumb access everything and have a firm grip on the phone instead of it resting on your pinky and have your thumb in the middle of the screen. Maybe because I have small hand and been used to HTC sensation :c
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Ubuntu touch may have that feature since it launches from the left.
It did if memory serves.
Though , it's not stable enough to be used as a daily driver.
Nexus 4 is of average size. It's actually smaller than most phones. My 4.3" Optimus 3D was actually a little bit taller than my nexus 4.
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