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So I picked up my Nexus 7 from GameStop, and I can't express how happy I am about this purchase! I always see everyone complaining about dead pixels, lifted screens, etc. Are there other people out there just as happy as me? I don't see anything wrong with the hardware, and 4.1.1 runs beautifully, couldn't be happier!
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trampino96 said:
So I picked up my Nexus 7 from GameStop, and I can't express how happy I am about this purchase! I always see everyone complaining about dead pixels, lifted screens, etc. Are there other people out there just as happy as me? I don't see anything wrong with the hardware, and 4.1.1 runs beautifully, couldn't be happier!
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It's hard to say, since mine hasn't arrived yet. I'm in Aus, so that's expected.
Most of what I've heard is very positive, though.
I'm happy love it at this price!
Mine appears to be perfect from the play store except the flicker issue.
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Its fair to say that reading XDA around the launch of a new bit of hardware you've bought will make you paranoid as hell.
A lot here sit at home with their forensic kits waitng for their new equipment to arrive then put the thing through an hours inspection at least as soon as they get it. They'll have all the weird test patterns for the screen that XDA have produced along with microscopes and measuring calipers.
In other words, if you want to feel good about your new toy, probably best not to come here for a bit.... It can be the OCD centre of the internet at times.
I might be when mine arrives next month if it is defect-free
I recieved mine in Melbourne, AUS yesterday with the screen completely stuffed - Washed out, burn-in and uneven backlighting!
So no, I am not particularly happy, but if mine was good then I would be VERY happy.
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Its fair to say that reading XDA around the launch of a new bit of hardware you've bought will make you paranoid as hell.
A lot here sit at home with their forensic kits waitng for their new equipment to arrive then put the thing through an hours inspection at least as soon as they get it. They'll have all the weird test patterns for the screen that XDA have produced along with microscopes and measuring calipers.
In other words, if you want to feel good about your new toy, probably best not to come here for a bit.... It can be the OCD centre of the internet at times.
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I agree 100%, everyone waiting on their 7 should avoid these forums for a minute... when I was on my way to pick mine up, I was paranoid as hell, couldn't stop thinking about dead pixels, or something.. and I usually have horrible luck when I buy retail products, I always get the defects. Guess someone was watching out for me for the 7 ahaha
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I had to return mine due to faults, but I'm still very happy with it! Faults happen, esp on new runs, and historically I've been very lucky with my tech. I'm not happy I have to wait to play with it again, but that'll be outweighed by the replacement arriving fault free. Enjoy yours!
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smt8544 said:
I recieved mine in Melbourne, AUS yesterday with the screen completely stuffed - Washed out, burn-in and uneven backlighting!
So no, I am not particularly happy, but if mine was good then I would be VERY happy.
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Got any pics?
It's a $200 device so you can't expect the screen quality to be like a Pioneer Kuro.... Its a decent screen for the money, but yeah its not HD S+ AMOLED. Its not $800 either.
If mine didn't have dead pixels and screen bulge.....I'm sure I'd be happy.
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trampino96 said:
I agree 100%, everyone waiting on their 7 should avoid these forums for a minute... when I was on my way to pick mine up, I was paranoid as hell, couldn't stop thinking about dead pixels, or something.. and I usually have horrible luck when I buy retail products, I always get the defects. Guess someone was watching out for me for the 7 ahaha
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Until it heats up and separates......like mine
I admit if there were a few things that were native to the N7 I'd be ALOT happier .( support for flash- I know this is Adobe's main fault, a sd slot , a rear high quality camera, Gorilla Glass instead of Corning® Fit Glass , plastic bezel replaced with a metal one, ) But hey what can you expect with a price just above the $200.00 mark ?
Overall I'm happy so far.
-I'm having some issues with the touch pad/lag in games but I'm now blaming that on immature Tegra drivers .Hoping an update fixes this soon.
Picked up from Gamestop!? Off topic, but you got yours today? As in they just called you and said it was in? =.D
...Or was it more along the lines of you just saying you got it from Gamestop some days ago? =.[
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Picked up from Gamestop!? Off topic, but you got yours today? As in they just called you and said it was in? =.D
...Or was it more along the lines of you just saying you got it from Gamestop some days ago? =.[
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I picked it up a couple days ago, I think Saturday, sorry my NAD, I should of clarified
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glenn37216 said:
I admit if there were a few things that were native to the N7 I'd be ALOT happier .( support for flash- I know this is Adobe's main fault, a sd slot , a rear high quality camera, Gorilla Glass instead of Corning® Fit Glass , plastic bezel replaced with a metal one, ) But hey what can you expect with a price just above the $200.00 mark ?
Overall I'm happy so far.
-I'm having some issues with the touch pad/lag in games but I'm now blaming that on immature Tegra drivers .Hoping an update fixes this soon.
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Yes your right, SD card is a big one. For the camera, I have an upgrade in march (Verizon) and I plan on getting the best android phone I could get my hands on. But I have the 16gig so I haven't ran into an issue with memory yet. Also gorilla glass would have been lovely, and the metal over plastic of course. But being my first tablet, for only 250$, I could definitely overlook some of these faults!
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I'm not particularly happy. Mine arrived dead, and remained dead even after being left on charge overnight. Reading through these forums, this is the list of faults I've seen.
- Dead on arrival
- Dead after a few hours use
- Light bleeding down side of the screen
- Screen/colour washout
- Yellow tints on the screen
- Image retention lasting minutes
- Dead pixels
- Screen glass bulging
- Creaking screens
- Erratic touch screen / dead zones
- One legged type sound from speakers
- Microphone dead on arrival or failing within days
- Endless NFC force closes on first boot
- Lag
However, I do agree with kitch9's sentiment. I'm guessing only people with faults are posting and I'm hoping there's plenty of perfect devices out there somewhere! It is a human trait to tell more people if you receive bad service, rather than good.
Mines is running perfect and defect free. Always seem like no matter the product, there's always a percentage that has issues or people that has gripes with it. Don't let those mess up your experience with your device. Its a great deal and it performs better than most high end tablets/phones out right now. Its a great deal for the power you get. Very happy to own one.
I'm happy my I/O unit is perfect
Well sort of ie: random crashing (NFC mostly, menu buttons crashed once) flickering, top bar freezing, dead pixels (3 of them), speaker volume sucks. Urgh the glass on this sucks! I have micro scratches already! My 4S and iPad combine don't have as many!
But its all cherry other wise
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Picked mine up from Gamestop and it had no faults. I was the only one in my town to pre-order the thing which is surprising. Its because my little Nexy didnt have to share a box with others so he slept unharmed while he was on the plane
Mine is perfect. No lag, no light bleeding that I can see when using, audio works, no screen lifted, battery life is great (first charge last night, and only because I forgot to turn off Dice so it kept the tablet on, doh!).
I love mine. Got a nicely built one , just like my galaxy nexus was. Although we shouldn't be guessing and hoping for products that we are paying for..
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I saw a lot of threads like this today :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811765
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811915
and it really makes me start worrying about my unit which i ordered from Google .
what are the chances that i will get a broken unit ? i saw ppl saying they got 3 bad nexus 7 one after the other !
is there a big problem with the units from Google right now or these ppl are 1 to a million and i am freaking out for no reason ?
Plz help calm me down :angel: thank you .
I'd say very good chance!
But hope you get a good one, I hope third times a charm for me.
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you'll either get a borked one, or you won't.
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There only one way to find out if you are going to get a broken unit. Reading those threads will make you paranoid, people don't make threads about their nexus 7 with no defects.
I think maybe a 20% chance you get a defective tablet.
Without knowing how may units were sold and how many defective units there were no one can answer this accurately. Some things to keep in mind.
1. This forum is full of people that are connoisseurs of electronic devices.
2. The people that are happy with their devices do not complain.
As a sample data point. I know of 7 people that bought the nexus 7. 6 from the playstore and one from Game Stop. None of them have defects. So I would guess the odds are low that you will get a defective device. But with there is an inherent margin of defects in any production run.
People tend to ***** more when something doesn't work than when something does. Don't worry about it. Think of all of us happy owners.
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I've been wondering this myself. Mine has screen flicker pretty bad and some screen seperation. I'm going to exchange he mine when staples gets more in. If I didn't have the flicker problem I wouldn't worry about it.
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I've had three bad units. Going to wait awhile before I order again.
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My 8GB unit got here on 8/1 and right off the bat I noticed a light leak all along the left hand side of the screen (portrait), as well as slight screen raise along the left bezel. Still deciding whether to RMA or keep it. 12 days left.
Edit: I hadn't noticed the flicker because I keep it at full brightness. The second I lowered it to about 50%, it started flickering when loading web pages and in a few other spots.
Got mine from the Google play store today and mine is perfect. Give or take a few days to really see how it holds up. Colors look fine, no light leaks, dead pixels or screen displacement. My cousin also ordered his around the same time I did and his is also perfectly fine. Perhaps Google corrected some of the issues when they restocked the 16gbs this past week?
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There were many complaints about the build quality of the Nexus 7. There still are. Looking at the threads in the Nexus section one would have to conclude that many new devices were returned in the 15 days (or other 'no questions asked') return periods retailers as well as Google Play store have. I'm curious about the statistics of this phenomenon, and how much of a failure, or not, was this device for it's manufacturer, ASUS, from this point of view.
[EDIT] ERRATA : At the fifth question, I wrote 'five' instead of 'fifth'. I'm sorry, English is not my native language.
actually, got my 4th and it has screen lifting also, but somehow I rly want to enjoy this one so I give a chance to it
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Asus build quality sucks. I have a tf300 and i had to return four, the fifth having light bleeds but i was done with the best buy people thinking i was up to something haha
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I returned it twice. The second return being for a full refund. I don't plan on buying one again, very disappointed with the build quality.
Returned twice.. first one was for the mysterious screen shatter, and the second one just died after 1 day of use. Third one has been working like a charm.
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Still on my first one. My ASUS TF101 is OK except for the dock battery which died...
My dad has a Nexus 7 and has had no issues. I think that Samsung tablets are better built but lack the marketing power. I have heard lots about the N7 issues but I think it may be blown out of proportion. Whenever a problem is found in any device forums fill up with complaints.
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Zero, my thought is that a lot of people just charged one and then returned it to see what all the buzz was about. When I bought mine I really needed a new device. My 3 year old laptop was starting to fall apart. I basically wanted an internet device and if the N7 did not do what I needed I was going to return it and buy a netbook. I have a C60 machine and never had any problems.
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RichardLSX said:
I returned it twice. The second return being for a full refund. I don't plan on buying one again, very disappointed with the build quality.
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Sorry, forgot to add that my Nexus 7s had the following common problems; Screen lift, Random Reboots, Blown speakers (noticeable popping sound) and I had to reboot sometimes when I'd have no sound at all. I had both a C60 and C80.
I'm on my 7th!
1. Light bleed all round edge. (C60)
2. Raised screen & dead pixels approx. 15 were dead. (C60)
3. Faulty speakers. (C70)
4. Faulty USB connector. (C70)
5. Faulty touch screen. (C70)
6. Faulty Gyro sensor (C80)
7. Raised screen but after a DIY repair was happy with the result. (C90)
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Please don't forget to give your vote in the poll if you fall into one of the above categories.
15 dead pixels ... that's 15 more than my tolerance level will allow, but, most importantly, a lot more than the ISO values used to classify an LCD panel as defective or not : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9241#ISO-9241-302.2C_303.2C_305.2C_307:2008_pixel_defects.
First one worked a treat
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I can hear it cracking a little. It happens once or twice a day and could this damage my device?
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Its a common defect with the design, the cracking noise you can hear is probably just the adhesive. Wouldn't think it could come to any harm.
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Ive gone thought 2 RMAs and ive phoned Google for the 3 one.
- 1 device: All the device made noise, cracking all the time.
- 2 device: Horrible screen bleeding and noise on the speaker
-3 device: A black line from top to bottom of the device. Can be seen on white screens.
Im actually thinking on asking a refund and getting other phone. I love N4 but all come with some sort of problem.
What has been your experience?
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I've been good with my first one ..but I have a feeling if u had my phone it would've been RMA 'ed ..
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icecicle said:
I've been good with my first one ..but I have a feeling if u had my phone it would've been RMA 'ed ..
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What does it have?
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You should have just kept the first one
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You should have just kept the first one
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The first one seemed badly attached. Made noise and the back moved
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icecicle said:
I've been good with my first one ..but I have a feeling if u had my phone it would've been RMA 'ed ..
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I'll disagree only because people have suggested the same thing to me. I'm waiting for my 3rd device to ship. My first one has a bright spot you see in the middle whenever the phone is held from an angle, like a cluster of stuck pixels. The second had a bad yellow tint and black dust under the screen.
In the past 2 years I've bought 2 Lenovo laptops, an Asus Zenbook, a PSVita, an iPod Touch, a Samsung TV, Nexus One/S/Galaxy, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3, a Xoom and a Galaxy Tab 10.1.
At NO point have I had to return or exchange a single one of these devices.
I otherwise love the device, but I have no doubt that corners were cut in the manufacturing process to attain the low price.
You are lucky your rma is shipping. This is my first rma with the n4 and they're not even shipping it to me. It's been almost 2 weeks too.
I ordered 4 originally (not for selling, for friends). Mine was the only one with problem (overheating, screen flicker, bad MicroUSB port). The RMA'd device was awesome in every way, but had no functioning Magnometer (so no orientation sensing or compass functionality). Still waiting for the second RMA to get here. Other than that, amazing phone.
My first device had the yellow spot syndrome so I RMA'ed it. Was disappointed to find the replacement had a yellow tint on the display. Was planning on RMAing that too until I found out it could be fixed with software. So I'm now happy with my 2nd n4.
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My first device had the yellow spot syndrome so I RMA'ed it. Was disappointed to find the replacement had a yellow tint on the display. Was planning on RMAing that too until I found out it could be fixed with software. So I'm now happy with my 2nd n4.
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could I asked what software you used? I just called in a RMA today because of a yellow tint down the right side of my screen and it's hasn't went away in a long time so its probably not the glue..
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could I asked what software you used? I just called in a RMA today because of a yellow tint down the right side of my screen and it's hasn't went away in a long time so its probably not the glue..
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Flashing the Jellytime kernel did it for me. There's also the Nexus 4 Display control that allows you to adjust it without changing kernels (I myself haven't used this but it looks promising).
I'm not sure if either would work if you have a stripe down the side, but it's worth a shot.
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Flashing the Jellytime kernel did it for me. There's also the Nexus 4 Display control that allows you to adjust it without changing kernels (I myself haven't used this but it looks promising).
I'm not sure if either would work if you have a stripe down the side, but it's worth a shot.
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Thanks for the suggestions! Did you flash the jellytime kernel itself in the ROM thread, or did you flash the whole ROM along with the kernel? I don't know if there is a difference between the two besides the lack of OC. The kernel didn't fix the issues with me :c I might try the display control.
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Thanks for the suggestions! Did you flash the jellytime kernel itself in the ROM thread, or did you flash the whole ROM along with the kernel? I don't know if there is a difference between the two besides the lack of OC. The kernel didn't fix the issues with me :c I might try the display control.
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I just flashed the kernel only. Sounds like yours is likely hardware, sadly.
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I just flashed the kernel only. Sounds like yours is likely hardware, sadly.
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Well.. I RMA'd yesterday and this morning I've received an email saying my order has shipped surprisingly o.o so.. so far no RMA problems.. *crosses fingers* *knocks on wood*
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Well.. I RMA'd yesterday and this morning I've received an email saying my order has shipped surprisingly o.o so.. so far no RMA problems.. *crosses fingers* *knocks on wood*
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Nice!! My RMA went super smooth also. I RMA'ed on a tuesday and new phone was here thursday!
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- 1 device: All the device made noise, cracking all the time.
- 2 device: Horrible screen bleeding and noise on the speaker
-3 device: A black line from top to bottom of the device. Can be seen on white screens.
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RMA's are now back ordered as well. Mine just changed to pre-ordered, and the CSR says they are now completely out of devices. I'm gonna say, crap like this contributes, as well as people that fry their phone OCing. OP absolutely has the right to a high quality device. But given the obvious supply issues Google has been having, I don't think it would have hurt to just deal with it for a couple weeks, none of those are deadline issues, and you have a full year to RMA for a manufacturer defect. I have a 3/4 inch tall strip across the center of my screen with no touch response, damn near cripples the device's usability.
Oh well, I guess that just means I get a phone from the third batch, that much less likely to have defects I hope. Or maybe I'll get the OP's refurb'd 1st device, cause I'm not that damned picky.
Again, OP does have the right to a high quality device, but now this kinda crap is screwing over user's with deadline issues.
my RMA was very fast (australia) shipped within 24hours of calling to setup the RMA
My phones earpiece cut out randomly so often i couldn't hear people when they called. the new one is perfect tho.
My old phone rattled and buzzed real loud and the replacement fixed that but it has a yellow tinted screen with clear spots.
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they dont have any new ones to use for RMAs so people are just getting "refurbed" returns that already had problems even if the problems are unrefurbable like screen issues
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they dont have any new ones to use for RMAs so people are just getting "refurbed" returns that already had problems even if the problems are unrefurbable like screen issues
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source?
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Recently bought my New Google Nexus 7 (2013) from Bestbuy this past Saturday. and I've loved it, and will keep on loving it. but I noticed one small, lonesome, scared, dead pixel around the left hand corner. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but considering I'm still in the 14 day warranty I was wondering should I honestly waste my time, get perhaps a new unit and maybe the new unit could be worse than the one i currently own?
There's absolutley nothing wrong with the current unit I own, besides the Dead Pixel. and was curious if anyone else had the same issue? would you suggest returning it, and actually get what I truly want. or should i just forget about it. I mean it's pretty hard to see, but just knowing that it's that is just killing me. I have OCD and this is not helping it :|
All comments are welcomed.
Also, does anyone else notice a rattle noise coming from the rear, back camera when you tap on it? not to worried about it. but just wondering if it's something TOO worry about.
Well, I would say bring it back to Best Buy, especially since you are still in the return period. That's what it's for! And if the new one is worse than that one, you can return it too!
I stayed in the parking lot of best buy playing with mine until I was satisfied. I exchanged one within an hour of using it. My second one was perfect! No light bleed or any issues!
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good point
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Well, I would say bring it back to Best Buy, especially since you are still in the return period. That's what it's for! And if the new one is worse than that one, you can return it too!
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I think im just going to return mine and see where it takes me from there, im spending $280.00 might as well get something I'm going to love forever. or at least until the battery kapoots.
Mine has a stuck pixel at a corner, not noticed unless looking closely
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I would exchange it.
I would return it. You pay for something that should work perfect . In thinking of going back and getting the 32gb.
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Completely agree on getting 32gb
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I would return it. You pay for something that should work perfect . In thinking of going back and getting the 32gb.
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I've picked up my 32Gb on saturday and haven't looked back to the 16gb. from what I've heard it gets full quick, and when i first looked at my total storage it said I had 25 Gigs left, so I can only imagine what 16Gb had left.
Got mine via Amazon and it had 4 dead pixels, sent it back and my second one is perfect, no dead pixels.
If it had been one dead pixel, I'd probably still send it back for replacement. So I say get a replacement.
I got a dead pixel too
Going to staples tomorrow and exchange it. I got it from staples online.
Can someone recommend the best app for testing pixels, light bleed, touch sensitivity, etc? I remember using them on my 1st gen N7 but I can't remember which ones.
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Can someone recommend the best app for testing pixels, light bleed, touch sensitivity, etc? I remember using them on my 1st gen N7 but I can't remember which ones.
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i usually turn brightness all the way up, go into a dark room, google deal pixel test and use any
to check for light bleed use dark black ground and check around edged... rotate other colors to check for dead pixels.. pixels are tiny on this 1080p 7" screen
for multi touch look up multi touch tester on googple play and download the app
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Can someone recommend the best app for testing pixels, light bleed, touch sensitivity, etc? I remember using them on my 1st gen N7 but I can't remember which ones.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yota.screentest
For touch test go to developer options and look for "Pointer Location".
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How is ASUS warranty for nexus 7 bought from amazon US, shipped to Australia?
If i get any problems, i'll probably just live it i guess, the price you pay for being an early adopter
the problem is that you may return this and then get one with 5 dead pixels and dust under the screen. it may take you 6 exchanges and a headache before you're happy. there's no quality control on these at all so you really have to decide. I have dust under mine and a tiny dead pixel on my 2nd one.. returned the first for a dead pixel. I'm keeping the second.. idc anymore.
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me too!
I got the last one from Gamestop day before yesterday and found a dead pixel about an inch over the back button. Taking it back as soon as they get some more in stock.
Mine is literally perfect. Very happy. Bought it at best buy. 32gb model.
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1st gen Nexus 7 8gb model. No dead pixels
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**** i just dropped it
Haha sike
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Bought mine at Walmart (employee discount save me a whopping 26$!!lol)and no dead pixels here, seems perfect. Have a ton more in stock as well.
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Mine has a dead pixel and Like others said, it's kind of hard to notice as its only 1 and it's not really worth it for me to keep going back and returning it as another one may have bigger problems, it's up to you as it obviously shoyldnt have one so you definitely have a right to get a new one so if you don't mind definitely get a new one, I'm leaving to go back to England tomorrow so don't have the time/patience to get a new one, will probably get it repaired a few months down the line
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