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anyone one else feel 'dips' in the screen?

this seems pretty strange, but sometimes when I swipe my finger to scroll or during a game, I swear I feel like a dip in the screen. problem is I can never recreate it. I would scan the screen with my finger to try and feel for the dip, but never find it. this would occur randomly during normal use, so wondering if anyone else had this?

Is this a joke?
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heh heh heh heh heh heh very funny ))))

Try rubbing your balls over the screen,there more sensitive so you can find that dip,I would also recommend having some porn running on it so you cover the dead pixels
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shadowmonkey1974 said:
Try rubbing your balls over the screen,there more sensitive so you can find that dip,I would also recommend having some porn running on it so you cover the dead pixels
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Mmmmm ball rubbing haha.
No idea what you mean by a dip. Can you physically see anything?

Its obviously his skin folding under itself when he runs his finger down quickly. Then it unfolds and he feels a jump
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Put one hand on the N7's hip, and then you'll feel the dip.

Dubhaltach said:
Its obviously his skin folding under itself when he runs his finger down quickly. Then it unfolds and he feels a jump
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Or more likely a spot of grease/misc human slime and he perceives the increased movement due to lubrication as a dip lol.
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Mungulz said:
Or more likely a spot of grease/misc human slime and he perceives the increased movement due to lubrication as a dip lol.
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Could be human slime,especially if using the balls rubbing technique I suggested
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Nexus 4 display and speaker

I usually keep my phones on full brightness. I'll deal with the battery draining because I love how it looks with full brightness. Has anyone noticed the display on the n4 kind of adjusting sometimes. I have noticed sometimes it changes to a little darker or a little brighter while using the phone.
I also noticed when I am talking on the phone with the speaker on sometimes it shuts when opening an application or sometimes even without opening an app and switches to regular ear piece. Sometimes it will stay on speaker but go lower.
Anyone having these issues? Its not a deal breaker or anything I still love it. I know phones will always have their issues, I've had ever nexus and the g1. I just want to know if other people are having this issue.
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Da Faq?

Bump
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turn off auto brightness... lol
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smirkis said:
turn off auto brightness... lol
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Its not auto brightness, my phone does the same thing. Its hardly noticeable but I find it strange too
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My guess is glitch hardware. Lg is known for making inconsistent quality. Terrible QA. Just because its made in Korea doesn't means its better than in China.

toZeMTL said:
Its not auto brightness, my phone does the same thing. Its hardly noticeable but I find it strange too
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Same here, not on auto
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I don't know how you can use this display on full brightness it's too damn bright! Strains my eyes. lol I tend to keep mine around the 25% mark

It's adaptive contrast, runs independent of your brightness settings and there's not an option to disable it. You probably notice it most when moving from a largely black screen to a white one.
I think I remember first hearing about it's use in a Galaxy S2 review, my TV does the same thing on its dynamic setting.
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chrondroid said:
I don't know how you can use this display on full brightness it's too damn bright! Strains my eyes. lol I tend to keep mine around the 25% mark
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I've always done this, I can't settle for less loll
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khaidottk said:
It's adaptive contrast, runs independent of your brightness settings and there's not an option to disable it. You probably notice it most when moving from a largely black screen to a white one.
I think I remember first hearing about it's use in a Galaxy S2 review, my TV does the same thing on its dynamic setting.
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I didn't know this. Can you show me somewhere, where this is stated about the phone? It makes sense.
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[Q]Nexus 4 touch sensitivity sucks

Coming from an s3 I was able to use my finger nail if I wanted to click on stuff and scroll. No joke I can post a video lol.
Just got my nexus four tonight and I love the phone overall but the touch sensitivity is really bad. Any ideas how I can improve it?
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There's a mod in one of the Dev forums... I haven't used it but it seems to be working for those that have installed it.
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Crisisx1 said:
Coming from an s3 I was able to use my finger nail if I wanted to click on stuff and scroll. No joke I can post a video lol.
Just got my nexus four tonight and I love the phone overall but the touch sensitivity is really bad. Any ideas how I can improve it?
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Lol You're fingernail at the time you were using your s3 must have been short, thus allowing your finger as well to touch the screen without you noticing it. And now that you use your nexus 4, you're fingernail is long again..
P.S. Peace I come in peace
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wtfshouldidonow said:
Lol You're fingernail at the time you were using your s3 must have been short, thus allowing your finger as well to touch the screen without you noticing it. And now that you use your nexus 4, you're fingernail is long again..
P.S. Peace I come in peace
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Lol ... No. Actually used the back of nail where no skin would be able to touch.
On the n4 I press as hard as I want with my nail and it won't click anything.
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This topic doesn't make sense. How does the screen suck when nails aren't supposed to be able to work on a capacitive screen normally?

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This topic doesn't make sense. How does the screen suck when nails aren't supposed to be able to work on a capacitive screen normally?
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I never said the screen sucks. I said the touch sensitivity does. And I was using my nail as a comparison between the s3 and n4 screen touch sensitivity.
Your reading and comprehension sucks.
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Crisisx1 said:
I never said the screen sucks. I said the touch sensitivity does. And I was using my nail as a comparison between the s3 and n4 screen touch sensitivity.
Your reading and comprehension sucks.
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Really? What are you touching then when you're testing the sensitivity? Do you even understand how capacitive screens work?

The sensitivity mod allows you to tap with the back of fingernail (i know i tried lol). It uses the earlier touch driver, but it does have the side affect of making the phone stall for a minute or more when first booted up; but if used with the supplied modded stock kernel you only have this happen once, also 'Matr1x' kernel also has this feature.
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Really? What are you touching then when you're testing the sensitivity? Do you even understand how capacitive screens work?
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Everything and anything on my phone.
Even if I put my finger on the screen slowly without adding too much pressure it will not recognize the touch...try it.
I guess I'm just used to the s3 really sensitive touch screen.
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My impression of the touchscreen is good, most of the things you are describing I have not experienced.
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NewAndreas said:
My impression of the touchscreen is good, most of the things you are describing I have not experienced.
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Can you scroll on your home screen or click on apps with your finger nail?
Can you tap on an app with your finger ever so slightly, but definitely make contact with the glass, on an app icon or keyboard, and no action happens? Meaning the app doesn't open or the letter pressed isn't typed in...
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I can scroll with the back of my fingernail, and can open apps with a very small amount of pressure. I don't see why I would use my fingernail anyway
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Just checked, it works on the back of my fingernail but not the tip of my fingernail
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NewAndreas said:
I can scroll with the back of my fingernail, and can open apps with a very small amount of pressure. I don't see why I would use my fingernail anyway
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Lol you wouldn't. I was just using that as a reference to my s3. I could do it on the s3 but not my n4.
Is it possible I got a defect or what? Did you flash the mod...
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wtfshouldidonow said:
Just checked, it works on the back of my fingernail but not the tip of my fingernail
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I can't do either. My sensitivity is really bad. It's really annoying when I'm typing so fast and half the letters pressed don't register.
Did you flash the mod?
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Wow most of you are assholes.. I stopped reading after the 3rd negative response. Does anyone know what an example is? That is what the OP was saying when they said they could select things with their fingernail. It does not mean that they want it to do that but only showing an example of its sensitivity that their other phone had and I can tell you that you CANNOT do this on the Nexus 4 unless you push somewhat. My GS2 would scroll with no issues by grazing the screen I actually have to push before doing the mod.
There is a temp fix and it works fairly well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028289

no6969el said:
Wow most of you are assholes.. I stopped reading after the 3rd negative response. Does anyone know what an example is? That is what the OP was saying when they said they could select things with their fingernail. It does not mean that they want it to do that but only showing an example of its sensitivity that their other phone had and I can tell you that you CANNOT do this on the Nexus 4 unless you push somewhat. My GS2 would scroll with no issues by grazing the screen I actually have to push before doing the mod.
There is a temp fix and it works fairly well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028289
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Lol thank you ...finally someone understands ...
But I've got used to it since I'm not using my super sensitive s3 screen.
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Coming from a galaxy s3 as well I can also confirm that the screen responsiveness on the nexus 4 is poor. Typing messages is a lot more difficult... OP I feel your pain
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ronak47 said:
Coming from a galaxy s3 as well I can also confirm that the screen responsiveness on the nexus 4 is poor. Typing messages is a lot more difficult... OP I feel your pain
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Yup...you'll get used to it...at least I am.
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Crisisx1 said:
Yup...you'll get used to it...at least I am.
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Literally as we speak I'm updating to 4.2.2! Lets hope this makes a difference.... *watch this space*
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Exhaust

Guyz is there any exhaust hole for heat emission in n4.
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I think the speakers and/or the camera and flash serves as the exhaust.

the glass back is meant to transfer heat out(thats why it gets warm with use, thats why its glass).

I notice that compared to other devices I've had the N4 gets very hot..
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PJcastaldo said:
I notice that compared to other devices I've had the N4 gets very hot..
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it actually doesnt get as hot as most devices. but you can feel the heat more, because of the glass back. if it was plastic/metal, you wouldnt feel as much heat. it just means that the glass back is doing its job right. my galaxy nexus and nexus 7 get much warmer, but it isnt felt as much because the backs are plastic.

PJcastaldo said:
I notice that compared to other devices I've had the N4 gets very hot..
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Pick up a Sensation after its been used for about 10 min.
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Of all phones in household between original nexus s, sensation, hd2, nexus 1, one x+ and n4, nothing comes close to beloved n4 . Few times I'd to end call as its fricking hot in ears and hand. Good thing at least keeping us warm in UK's summer cold
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Yeah, we also need to get it smogged every two years.

It's right next to the muffler and the catalytic converter.
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Winter is coming. We should add anti freeze to the lube oil

Far as everyone mentioning the glass back, I thought glass was an insulator, not a conductor (something like aluminum or such would dispel heat, glass wouldn't necessarily, as it's an insulator).

kbeezie said:
Far as everyone mentioning the glass back, I thought glass was an insulator, not a conductor (something like aluminum or such would dispel heat, glass wouldn't necessarily, as it's an insulator).
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Glass is a terrible thermal insulator. It is however a great electrical insulator! Ha

exhaust hole nexus 4 for heat emission
estallings15 said:
Glass is a terrible thermal insulator. It is however a great electrical insulator! Ha
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heat exhaust hole: Can anyone confirm where is it actually or its not there at all?

faddyie said:
heat exhaust hole: Can anyone confirm where is it actually or its not there at all?
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You mean aside from your USB port, headphone jack, edges around power and volume button, around the LED light, and speaker hole? Honestly I think people are making a mountain of a mole hill out of this, has anyone actually reported a Nexus 4 exploding in their pockets? (from overheating that is).
In any case if you're curious about the innards, check out this tear down of a Nexus 4.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+4+Teardown/11781/1

faddyie said:
heat exhaust hole: Can anyone confirm where is it actually or its not there at all?
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There are no exhausts on the Nexus 4. There
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MunkyButt said:
Pick up a Sensation after its been used for about 10 min.
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I actually used to have a sensation and it didn't get nearly as hot as this phone does. Neither did my G1, My Touch, Vibrant, S2, or my wife's note 2...
Not a big deal but I could use the N4 as a heat source to keep warm in the cold... If it wasn't 100 degrees out that is
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simms22 said:
it actually doesnt get as hot as most devices. but you can feel the heat more, because of the glass back. if it was plastic/metal, you wouldnt feel as much heat. it just means that the glass back is doing its job right. my galaxy nexus and nexus 7 get much warmer, but it isnt felt as much because the backs are plastic.
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On my Gnex, you can feel the heat on the chrome part of the camera, which gets hot to the point that it feels like you'd get a little burn
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No. LG suggests you drill several holes to prevent overheating as it is a VERY big issue for nexus owners. I attached a CPU fan to mine and it rarely hits 200°F anymore!
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Tab 4 7 heat from the lower part / the bottom

Hey
I just bought a galaxy tab 4 7 inches and am loving it , anyway while using it i realized that sometimes it warms up from the bottom of the device around the home button. Is that normal?
Thanks in advance

Anyone ??
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It's either the battery or the cpu, you're going to have some heat during operation, especially with that Marvell cpu, it has to work harder
Normal.
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smknutson said:
It's either the battery or the cpu, you're going to have some heat during operation, especially with that Marvell cpu, it has to work harder
Normal.
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But the heat is from two different places, where one is near the camera (cpu) and the other one on the bottom which I have no clue what it is from.

Heat from battery discharge
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smknutson said:
Heat from battery discharge
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Do you have the same tablet?
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I get a lot of heat from the top/camera area. I figured It's just normal CPU heat since it always happens under load.

Assuming the layout is the same as Tab 2 & 3 7's, which with out a doubt Samsung didnt change it, battery was on the right hand side, all other internals on the left. The battery runs the whole length of the tablet. From bottom of the camera down to the bottom of the screen and probably/roughly 2/3's width of the tab. So 99% chance youre feeling the battery which is normal.

seaness said:
Do you have the same tablet?
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I had the 7" for a few days and noticed heat. But it is well within normal limits, and with a case you can't feel it at all. It will shut off before it over heats.
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smknutson said:
I had the 7" for a few days and noticed heat. But it is well within normal limits, and with a case you can't feel it at all. It will shut off before it over heats.
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Same hear,you can feel a little bit of warmth after a hour of live hd streaming. But my phone gets ways more warm than the 7.0

smknutson said:
I had the 7" for a few days and noticed heat. But it is well within normal limits, and with a case you can't feel it at all. It will shut off before it over heats.
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Thanks, I was just trying to make sure that what I am facing is the norm.. And it would be great if someone else could also confirm that there is the warmth around the home button too.
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