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Has anybody attempted to adjust the screen density on the MT4G? I've done it before with the Android ROMS on my HD2 and I was thinking that adjusting the density down may have a great effect of the depth and clarity. All the talk in the Desire ROM Thread and how the screen looks just got me thinking.
Anybody that has the location and some instructions that want to toss it out... I will give it a shot.
OR.... I may be way off base.
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Has anybody attempted to adjust the screen density on the MT4G? I've done it before with the Android ROMS on my HD2 and I was thinking that adjusting the density down may have a great effect of the depth and clarity. All the talk in the Desire ROM Thread and how the screen looks just got me thinking.
Anybody that has the location and some instructions that want to toss it out... I will give it a shot.
OR.... I may be way off base.
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I have mine running at 190. Most people are running at 200.
instructions are pretty simple with ADB, hopefully you have some experience with it.
adb pull /system/build.prop
open up a text editor and look for "ro.sf.lcd_density=240" change the 240 to desired number and save
adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
reboot
enjoy the additional screen real estate.
Sicdroid let me know your impressions on the mod and I'll be right behind you to try it next
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Foo_Blyat said:
Sicdroid let me know your impressions on the mod and I'll be right behind you to try it next
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I set it to 215... 190 was just a little to small. There is a lot more real estate on the screen for sure.
BTW, I used Root Manager instead of adb. Check it out and see what you think. Easy to test and change it back.
I found what I "Believe" to be a sweet spot for me at 220. The clarity and the way it makes use of the screen is great. I will post a MOD post with the info and sceen shots before and after in the Dev Section.
Reconizing pklee for the info of course.
Coming from HTC Inspire btw.
Size-Build is awesome imo, perfect screen size, nice and lightweight and does not feel cheap imo.
Yea its superamoled but wtf at the yellowish tint....why did they do this?? My Captivate looked better and this is one of the main selling points for me, is there anything we can do to get it back to the other color temperature? Seriously....
Tried the camera a bit, not impressive at all, neither was the inspire so eh whatever.
Everything is FAST! I love it!
Stock Android!!! Woooh! No Blocking of Apps! Woooh!
Wifi seems a bit slow, it started doing a restore off the bat and downloading all my apps from the inspire and even the background! wow! Really cool feature that I had no Idea about, but some apps installed and then I kept getting a bunch of errors saying "insufficient memory" I guess I gotta do them one by one...
Thats pretty much it, Im satisfied but the screen tint is kinda leaving a bad taste in my mouth, the SuperLCD seemed more sharp and brighter then this and the whites were WHITE and the blacks werent too shabby either, dunno wtf is going on as the Screen on my old captivate was great and I loved it, this is eh...
Really hoping I didnt make the wrong choice here, the Xperia arc I had my eyes on and the only thing it didnt have was a FFC and I can live without it, beyond that I like the looks, bigger screen, lighter weight, on the arc better and sony unlocked the bootloader on their new devices so updates will come regardless, way better camera, I just dont know about this whole screen thing....
i just got mine today, so thought i'd chime in too.
build quality: not cheap imo, the ergonomics dept should pat themselves on the back. feels just right
doesn't feel laggy
sensors problem. compass seems a bit off, and the best gps lock i've had is 10m error after about 60s. i stood outside and waited, no lock. resorted to downloading gps status and downloaded the additional gps data. this seems to be the only way it's locked on. compared to a desire, this is hella slow and crappy for gps.
camera quality, i think for a phone it's good enough. for the ffc, so it's vga, but at what resolution does skype mobile use? what's that? it's not working? oh well. i think vga is fine for video calls. anything else is just additional cost.
about to test with music and haven't put a sim in yet to test the phone.
i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.
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i just got mine today, so thought i'd chime in too.
build quality: not cheap imo, the ergonomics dept should pat themselves on the back. feels just right
doesn't feel laggy
sensors problem. compass seems a bit off, and the best gps lock i've had is 10m error after about 60s. i stood outside and waited, no lock. resorted to downloading gps status and downloaded the additional gps data. this seems to be the only way it's locked on. compared to a desire, this is hella slow and crappy for gps.
camera quality, i think for a phone it's good enough. for the ffc, so it's vga, but at what resolution does skype mobile use? what's that? it's not working? oh well. i think vga is fine for video calls. anything else is just additional cost.
about to test with music and haven't put a sim in yet to test the phone.
i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.
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if you're going to test sound, i highly recommend using netarchy's kernel (unsure if it works on a I9020A).. but basically put Voodoo Sound, it'll be highly worth it without question
thanks, but i'm going to keep this stock.
You can change the bad color by using voodoo control app on the market and finding a kernel that supports it.
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thanks, but i'm going to keep this stock.
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if you're keeping it stock... why did you say
i bought it for development, so i'm now going to start messing about with it, but the phone feels nice and zippy, but disappointed with the sensors (will be testing outside tomorrow) as i'm looking to do a lot of augmented reality dev.
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aren't you simply contradicting yourself?
j0hnZ said:
You can change the bad color by using voodoo control app on the market and finding a kernel that supports it.
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Not sure what you mean by "kernal that supports it" Can anyone help me out with this? Whole reason I got a NS is so that I didnt have to mod/root etc lol
But I dunno if I can live with this yellow tint, I NEED to change it!
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if you're keeping it stock... why did you say
aren't you simply contradicting yourself?
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You can do plenty of app development on a stock rom. Not all development is rom/kernel based
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krohnjw said:
You can do plenty of app development on a stock rom. Not all development is rom/kernel based
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Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!
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Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!
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well, you didn't specify. and yes, development on XDA is defaulted towards ROM development and not apps.
bah. it doesn't matter, let's play nice.
want a game of horseshoe? HORSESHOE!
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bah. it doesn't matter, let's play nice.
want a game of horseshoe? HORSESHOE!
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What about a yellow tint? You have it? Its seriously bugging me out...
crap, sorry about the thanks there
no, i don't have a tint at all - i have a 9020. and no tint. i manually upgraded to 2.3.2 - too scared to update to 2.3.3 yet. i don't have a sim in it, so the ota wasn't registering.
in terms of sound quality, it blows away my ipod touch 1st gen, but then again most of my older cheaper mp3 players do so that in itself isn't saying much! the dynamic range sounds a lot better on this than what was on the desire too.
but still haven't taken the stickers on the phone off yet. need a case!
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Yep, thank you. "Development" only means ROM development here. in the big-wide-world it means apps!
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Lol lmo in your world maybe.
In the one that I live in and the rest of the world DEVELOPMENT means rom development or something else or different to improve the phone or make it looks nicer maybe a theme
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crap, sorry about the thanks there
no, i don't have a tint at all - i have a 9020. and no tint. i manually upgraded to 2.3.2 - too scared to update to 2.3.3 yet. i don't have a sim in it, so the ota wasn't registering.
in terms of sound quality, it blows away my ipod touch 1st gen, but then again most of my older cheaper mp3 players do so that in itself isn't saying much! the dynamic range sounds a lot better on this than what was on the desire too.
but still haven't taken the stickers on the phone off yet. need a case!
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You'd be even more amazed at sound with voodoo.
Seriously, you're missing out. But if u don't want to mod it then that's fine.
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doniqcc said:
Lol lmo in your world maybe.
In the one that I live in and the rest of the world DEVELOPMENT means rom development or something else or different to improve the phone or make it looks nicer maybe a theme
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putting glow-in-the-dark stickers on it will make it look nice... ohh i see... i didn't know that's development! thanks!
development means programming. fullstop. period. back to the scheduled show!
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putting glow-in-the-dark stickers on it will make it look nice... ohh i see... i didn't know that's development! thanks!
development means programming. fullstop. period. back to the scheduled show!
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Not in xda development but you can do it in android market place but you'll learn eventually it's ok. I can't wait to see what app you'll work on. wait I know something about teaching other people how to develop a rom without rooting your phone nice yeeeeah
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voodoo sound and color changed my life.
Try the settings in the apps and themes section of this forum.
aaronpaws said:
voodoo sound and color changed my life.
Try the settings in the apps and themes section of this forum.
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I wish I could do it without a root, I just cant seem to do the damn root, Im stuck on the drivers part....
So today I flashed CM9 Beta 1, and I noticed the screen was different. The colors were fine, but the text was fuzzy and the icons were blurry. I didn't realize that this was because they disabled Samsung's mdnie coloring, which in my opinion, made the text look a lot better. So who hopes for Beta 2 that they re-enable the old colors because it looks awful now! I know this sounds immature, but I've seen so many complaints and I have to agree.
Where is the poll?
Also, please include an option for "indifferent".
My ol' eyes cant tell one from the other...
edit: Ha! Guess I was just to fast, and thanks for the I dont care option!
It looks good too me.. I won't vote yet, I may need to flash back to double check but I am pleased so far..
celsius0010 said:
It looks good too me.. I won't vote yet, I may need to flash back to double check but I am pleased so far..
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I just compared. The text is MUCH better in CM9 beta0. Honestly.
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I just compared. The text is MUCH better in CM9 beta0. Honestly.
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Got a place I can check that I could tell better than others?
My eyes ain't what they used to be, and I would like to see if I can tell, where it is supposed to be most obvious.
Still, I would rather an option to switch it on/off over stuck with one or the other, if possible.
When it comes to Android, I always tend to go with the "more options" path
God I agree with this. Please change it back. I'm getting more use to it but it does not really look all that better, and has more negatives than positives.
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I can live with it. It is certainly not a deal breaker for me, as I can tell the difference from beta0.
It doesn't look any different to me...I guess that means I don't give a crap. More free RAM sounds good to me.
Anyone have some screenies to show us the difference?
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It doesn't look any different to me...I guess that means I don't give a crap. More free RAM sounds good to me.
Any have some screenies to show us the difference?
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Screenies won't help. It mods the display. Camera photos will work. I notice a smoother fade on the settings app and keyboard.
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Screenies won't help. It mods the display. Camera photos will work. I notice a smoother fade on the settings app and keyboard.
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I definitely notice its smoother in the settings app and i like that. However i wish the text would still render i bit better and i hope that they re-enable mdnie in beta2, or at least find a way to improve the text while keeping the smoothness in some other areas. Idk. Back to beta0 for me.
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RyleyinSTL said:
It doesn't look any different to me...I guess that means I don't give a crap. More free RAM sounds good to me.
Anyone have some screenies to show us the difference?
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I retracted my statement about the RAM as this doesn't actually free up any RAM. That was something else they modified.
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I just compared. The text is MUCH better in CM9 beta0. Honestly.
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I totally agree. My eyes hurt for a minute trying to focus.
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Someone should post side by side screen shots for the poll.
judogti said:
Someone should post side by side screen shots for the poll.
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You cant because the camera wont recognize it any differently. Without any bias, id say you just have to try them out yourself.
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The colors on my screen look more natural, but I don't notice any difference in text. I switched the kernel several times. I guess everyone's phone is affected differently.
Maybe it's something more complicated like differently manufactured screens or something (just taking a shot in the dark).
Some areas are better than others. I see it with black text on gray. There is a difference. Small, but you get the colors right you'll see it. Smaller the font the better it gets too.
I vote back or options.
I've been using voodoo color and then I updated to beta 1 and the white color is way off it looks like to me but it could just be not use to using my phone without voodoo
Epic 4g, CM9 Beta, EL30, Shadow
this was most likely removed due to the fact that CM roms use nothing from the OEM. If the is an OEM setting it will never be added to CM roms.
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this was most likely removed due to the fact that CM roms use nothing from the OEM. If the is an OEM setting it will never be added to CM roms.
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No, this was removed because the devs on "our" end were experimenting with it. They even claimed they were unsure what it did, but that Noobnl said it looked better without it. Read the blog there's more info there. They are also letting people test a temp boot kernel with it re-enabled so they can decide before the next release whether to re-enable it or not. I just with in the meantime that they would release a perm flashable of the alternate kernel isntead of just the temp bootable.
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No, this was removed because the devs on "our" end were experimenting with it. They even claimed they were unsure what it did, but that Noobnl said it looked better without it. Read the blog there's more info there. They are also letting people test a temp boot kernel with it re-enabled so they can decide before the next release whether to re-enable it or not. I just with in the meantime that they would release a perm flashable of the alternate kernel isntead of just the temp bootable.
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Really? I'll have to check with the CM team as they make it a point to never add any OEM features or settings. If its not part of the AOSP coding or CM coding then normally it is not added to Official from versions
I found a video on you tube where a guy puts a Spanish flash led to a galaxy s ..
It can be done?
Link?
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www youtube com/watch?v=WRI4YlOPKSk&feature=player_embedded[/url]
^^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRI4YlOPKSk&feature=player_embedded
That was just a reproduction of this one, which is much better since all the components are listed in text and comments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFqs333PVus
PS. Someone knows how to use the Youtube embedding?
thanks you for post link
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nice but ugly as hell
but does it work in camera mode
lani100 said:
but does it work in camera mode
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Too me it look just like an additional hardware button to a LED directly connected to the battery. You'd have to push both buttons!
A more skillfully performed project would allow you to use one of the GPIO's with a hacked Camera app to trigger the flash.
Can you find anything similar in English? Looks like a really awesome project to do
Maybe a capacitive button could be added with some tweaking
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KayxGee1 said:
Maybe a capacitive button could be added with some tweaking
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At least a button that can be toggled... It looks like he had to press and hold.
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At least a button that can be toggled... It looks like he had to press and hold.
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Yea I noticed he was pressing a little. A toggle switch makes more sense.
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Well, I dont think it could work as normal flash because i think the kernel doesnt have the needed libs or drivers?
Anyway camera still not working properly on CM9 for SGS+
Is our phone the only one of Galaxy Series who doesnt have integrated flash?
Why would you install an additional led when the phone is not designed for it
I think that is just kinda unneeded
shoogy said:
Why would you install an additional led when the phone is not designed for it
I think that is just kinda unneeded
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It's not like it's just there to look cool. It's a flash for the camera. A lot of scenes need flash to improve the picture.
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Looks quite nice, bu for me it's to risky to mod my phone like that. I would rather prefer to raise money to by a phone with builtin flash
nice work but english pls
cool :good:
It strikes me that you might be able to accomplish an LED upgrade without needing to find any new way of triggering it. You could use a small SMD mosfet connected in place of the existing LED, to switch on a higher current LED that was regulated with a single AMC7135 fed from a battery feed. All three components (AMC7135, SMD mosfet, and LED) could fit on one very tiny accessory board.
I'm not familiar with the SGS to know whether there is room for this, but it could certainly be made quite small.
I am attaching a possible HTC M8 screenshot (source: @evleaks), reported here. Let's hear some feedback. What do you like/dislike?
Personally, I like the onscreen navbar vice the capacitive ones on the M7. I do wish HTC would update their lockscreen icons (phone, messaging, etc), they look so outdated. I would like to see HTC provide more icon sets that can be used on the lockscreen.
Update 2/12/14: Numerous screenshots and device pics have been added. If anyone has new pics or info, please post them! Thanks everyone!
I personally prefer the capacitive buttons but I could live with onscreen buttons I guess. I don't really care how bland the UI looks, I'm hoping for some hardware goodness like improved speakers, battery life, camera, quality control, etc etc. If they nail the hardware they could just completely botch the software for all I care, that's what custom roms are for
I prefer on screen keys. You can customize them better, and makes immersive mode so much better too.
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I prefer on screen keys. You can customize them better, and makes immersive mode so much better too.
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I totally agree. The more I look at that pic, the more I anticipate the M8.
Just thought I'd add a picture to the rumor mill, as it's one I hadn't seen yet...
Shows off the dual camera.
It will come with a twin-rear sensor camera. This will give the camera better focus and depth of field and image quality.
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Just thought I'd add a picture to the rumor mill, as it's one I hadn't seen yet...
Shows off the dual camera.
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A few people said it's shopped.
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Shopped or not, what's the best way to get your wife (who hates technology) to let you upgrade? Haha
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MKBHD just did a video on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TvTH3GOdc :good:
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A few people said it's shopped.
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There was a couple articles about it proving the pics were a fake
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Maduro78 said:
There was a couple articles about it proving the pics were a fake
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I'm not convinced it was just yet, but who knows.
Here are the latest: LINK
Supposed Sense 6 Default Wallpaper
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santod040 said:
I'm not convinced it was just yet, but who knows.
Here are the latest: LINK
Supposed Sense 6 Default Wallpaper
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Thanks for the pics Santod! Being this close to a possible launch of the M8, I'm becoming more confident that we are indeed seeing photos of the M8 and UI. Also, anything that's posted by @evleaks I tend to have more confidence in, he's very, very good when it comes to HTC leaks. We shall see the truth before too long!
More....
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More....
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I'm really hoping they didn't waste all that space just to preserve the damn logo.
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I'm really hoping they didn't waste all that space just to preserve the damn logo.
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I read in another article that the nav buttons can be hidden by swiping them away. Which will be a neat feature because I'm not sure any other device does that.
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I read in another article that the nav buttons can be hidden by swiping them away. Which will be a neat feature because I'm not sure any other device does that.
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I hope so.
I've posted up a couple new photos in the OP for those interested. :good:
Those photos are kinda new from gsmarena, do you think this is a real deal:
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/14/02/htc-m8-new-photos/gsmarena_001.jpg
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Those photos are kinda new from gsmarena, do you think this is a real deal:
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/14/02/htc-m8-new-photos/gsmarena_001.jpg
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I do, was just coming here to post that one too and this one.
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Those photos are kinda new from gsmarena, do you think this is a real deal:
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/14/02/htc-m8-new-photos/gsmarena_001.jpg
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I really wanted to believe this is real...but I've looked at it long enough to say it's fake.
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Those photos are kinda new from gsmarena, do you think this is a real deal:
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the picture above has a logo and the one in the link doesn't