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gs3 problems.

I know its only been out for a day and almost no one has this thing but what problems have you noticed with this device? Just want to watch out for particular stuff when buying this device (dead pixel, static during call, etc.). Please post things that you've seen with this device
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it's NOT free
it DOESN'T print money
and it DOESN'T make you breakfast in the morning

I agree^

I'm not a big fan of their end of call screen but other than that, so far so good

I don't want to make this seem like it's perfect but to date I only have one complaint with mine. It gets real hot at times during what I deem normal usage. But it occurs sporadically so I'm not overly concerned yet.
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I've seen some complaints about dead pixels and what not but its so hard to find one of these.
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I've been getting some FC when trying to set up google voice.

The autobrightness is a bit useless. Thats about the worse thing so far.

Is the outdoor visibility decent?
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darkknight49 said:
The autobrightness is a bit useless. Thats about the worse thing so far.
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Every phone I've had the auto-brightness sucked. I turn it off immediately.

I'm seeing ink type blotches at night (on certain areas of the screen) when the backlight is turned down low, Screen Filter is on and NewsRob is in "night" mode.
Daytime use is fine and blacks are blotch free.
I'm deciding if I should return the phone, but am pretty sure that a replacement would have a similar defect. I'm thinking I'll just keep it.
Coming from an HTC Amaze (expensive mistake, but developers did an amazing job) and prior to that, a Vibrant, I can already tell that this phone is a nice piece of work.

thehothit said:
I'm seeing ink type blotches at night (on certain areas of the screen) when the backlight is turned down low, Screen Filter is on and NewsRob is in "night" mode.
Daytime use is fine and blacks are blotch free.
I'm deciding if I should return the phone, but am pretty sure that a replacement would have a similar defect. I'm thinking I'll just keep it.
Coming from an HTC Amaze (expensive mistake, but developers did an amazing job) and prior to that, a Vibrant, I can already tell that this phone is a nice piece of work.
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sounds like you are having that pixel issue. people here are saying in a dark room that pixels will show lines or something while the screen is black. if you are experiencing this, then just return the phone because its a screen defect.

I have been suffering from some serious network slowdowns with full 4g signal bars. Both while driving and stationary in places where my vibrant had no issues at all. Speed tests have shown max download speeds of 50kbps and up of about 160. The issue occurred before I rooted it. I regret rooting it now and will wait to unroot it safely before nagging t-mobile about it.
Has anybody else noticed this behavior?
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darkknight49 said:
The autobrightness is a bit useless. Thats about the worse thing so far.
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I dont have a gs3 yet but with most Samsungs if you turn off the autobrightness you can manually control it by sliding your finger along the status bar. This can lead to some pretty dramatic battery savings if you keep it dim unless you need to raise it.

stir fry a lot said:
I dont have a gs3 yet but with most Samsungs if you turn off the autobrightness you can manually control it by sliding your finger along the status bar. This can lead to some pretty dramatic battery savings if you keep it dim unless you need to raise it.
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That was my favorite feature of touchwiz, and for some reason they took it out for the S3
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Guess you gotta wait for cm9 then

p3rljam said:
I have been suffering from some serious network slowdowns with full 4g signal bars. Both while driving and stationary in places where my vibrant had no issues at all. Speed tests have shown max download speeds of 50kbps and up of about 160. The issue occurred before I rooted it. I regret rooting it now and will wait to unroot it safely before nagging t-mobile about it.
Has anybody else noticed this behavior?
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Perhaps they're reframing or upgrading the cell towers I'm most worried about the screen. There's so way to get a replacement if I get my hands on one.
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p3rljam said:
I have been suffering from some serious network slowdowns with full 4g signal bars. Both while driving and stationary in places where my vibrant had no issues at all. Speed tests have shown max download speeds of 50kbps and up of about 160. The issue occurred before I rooted it. I regret rooting it now and will wait to unroot it safely before nagging t-mobile about it.
Has anybody else noticed this behavior?
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Had the same problem, I call t-mobile and they walk me thru some step try it out it work for me, go in to settings, network, make sure you have roaming and data on check, then go to apn, when you see t-mobile press the menu and reset default..it work for me and I'm rooted no problem yet..
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I was able to get my phone on Wednesday, and I used it all Wednesday night, Thursday & Friday with S-Voice working sporadically. It would get what I said right, but would not respond? Then after 10-20 different commands, it would start trying to carry them all out & would get all jumbled? I did a factory reset this morning & intentionally used it for anything possible all day. It carried out almost every action flawlessly on the first attempt. I'm in my vehicle a lot, so I'm a heavy voice command user, and I've always used vlingo in the past with good results. I don't know if anyone else had this problem, but I think it was some type of network error. Maybe it's linked to a server & there was a problem tied into that? All is well now though, and since it's functioning properly, I took the plunge into root!

PePPaZ said:
That was my favorite feature of touchwiz, and for some reason they took it out for the S3
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There's an app called Display Brightness in the market which will do the job.

[Q] Screen Flicker H/W or S/W

I notice that the screen on my nexus 7 flickers at regular times at brightness levels lesser than 30% or so.
Here's what I tried:
1. Disable auto brightness
2. Installing lux and turning of auto
3. Factory Reset
4. Wifi Conservation-turned off
Still, it's not going away. I'm running Android 4.2.2. It does not appear to flicker at subzero levels on lux.
This is a new Nexus 7 and I want to ask whether I should return it( If it is a H/W problem) or it has some S/W solution?
Also, this is sorta a medical question: Is it unhealthy for your eyes to use subzero brightness?

sansui12 said:
I notice that the screen on my nexus 7 flickers at regular times at brightness levels lesser than 30% or so.
Here's what I tried:
1. Disable auto brightness
2. Installing lux and turning of auto
3. Factory Reset
Still, it's not going away. I'm running Android 4.2.2. It does not appear to flicker at subzero levels on lux.
This is a new Nexus 7 and I want to ask whether I should return it( If it is a H/W problem) or it has some S/W solution?
Also, this is sorta a medical question: Is it unhealthy for your eyes to use subzero brightness?
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My opinion, I would return it. I had this problem when I got my n7 on its first release but it went away after the updates

kieso said:
My opinion, I would return it. I had this problem when I got my n7 on its first release but it went away after the updates
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Did you mean later production batch fixed the issue?
Thanks.
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kieso said:
My opinion, I would return it. I had this problem when I got my n7 on its first release but it went away after the updates
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I'm on the latest version of android. So it is a H/W issue? I need to return it soon then.

sansui12 said:
I'm on the latest version of android. So it is a H/W issue? I need to return it soon then.
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Have you tried turning off smartdimmer?

I'd send it back mate.
Even though some of these suggestions may fix your issue, thats not the point !! You shouldn't have to disable anything to stop the screen flickering.
RMA it.

I sent mine back for service yesterday.
Ssn starting from C6OK.
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Fixed \o/ I guess
It's hopefully fixed after turning off Tegra PRISM.
I can't notice any flicker now.

[Q] Brightness changing automatically on GPE

I got my GPE yesterday and while setting it up, I noticed that the brightness would change on its own intermittently from the same bright white that I have on the LGE I picked up last weekend to something like what folks are describing as the more yellow-tinted display on other threads. Note that I do *not* have auto-brightness enabled! This is happening when I have the brightness cranked all the way up to 100% without auto-brightness.
If the screen were yellow-tinted all the time, I'd think it's the same issue others are reporting, but since it does vary between the two randomly, I'm thinking/hoping that it's software and not a hardware issue. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? If so, does anyone know of a way to lock it in on the brighter/whiter setting?

My GPE is doing the same. Brightness will either dim or brighten on its own. It's a very subtle change, but definitely noticeable. Also its very intermittent and I've only noticed it in chrome, Google now. I also have auto brightness disabled and brightness at or near 100%.
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havoc999 said:
My GPE is doing the same. Brightness will either dim or brighten on its own. It's a very subtle change, but definitely noticeable. Also its very intermittent and I've only noticed it in chrome, Google now. I also have auto brightness disabled and brightness at or near 100%.
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I contacted Google support and they're sending me a replacement. I'll post here as to whether that solves the problem or not.

Just got my replacement for the exact same issue. Unfortunately the new tablet does the exact same thing. I originally had the LG version and never had this problem. Only in the GPE edition.

jeff327 said:
Just got my replacement for the exact same issue. Unfortunately the new tablet does the exact same thing. I originally had the LG version and never had this problem. Only in the GPE edition.
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Exact same experience here. My Galaxy S4 does something similar. I found one thread the other day saying that Android lowers the brightness automatically when the device temperature hits a certain level (95F, maybe?). I've never seen this on my other Android devices, but I'm kind of resigned to this being the case. It's really my only nit with an otherwise outstanding device, so I guess I'll live with it.

New OTA Moves features are sweet!!

With phones it is all about those small things that make the experience for you ever more enjoyable. Like everyone else not being able to quickly view notifications while your device was sitting on a desk was kind of annoying. While there were apps that tried to mimic this feature it just quite wasn't there.
Well with the new OTA that I promptly side loaded the Pixel is nearing perfect for me. Coming from the S7 Edge makes it even more enjoyable. Why? Because the S7 Edge always on display was kind of useless. Sure you can see the time and a few notifications but it just did not apply to enough apps which made it more annoying.
Anyone just my 2 cents.

HeCareth said:
With phones it is all about those small things that make the experience for you ever more enjoyable. Like everyone else not being able to quickly view notifications while your device was sitting on a desk was kind of annoying. While there were apps that tried to mimic this feature it just quite wasn't there.
Well with the new OTA that I promptly side loaded the Pixel is nearing perfect for me. Coming from the S7 Edge makes it even more enjoyable. Why? Because the S7 Edge always on display was kind of useless. Sure you can see the time and a few notifications but it just did not apply to enough apps which made it more annoying.
Anyone just my 2 cents.
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Are you describing ambient display?
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shinesthru said:
Are you describing ambient display?
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I believe he's talking about pick up to wake and double tap to wake.

Can we use this http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/ and the file from the XDA article to flash on our Google Store variants?

km8j said:
Can we use this http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/ and the file from the XDA article to flash on our Google Store variants?
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I honestly used links from AndroidPolice. http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...otification-seems-like-an-accidental-rollout/
Downloaded and sideloaded the OTA. I have a Google Store device and flashed over fine.

Anyone having issues with the double tap to wake not working if the phone has been sitting idle for a while?

JAYNO20 said:
Anyone having issues with the double tap to wake not working if the phone has been sitting idle for a while?
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I haven't noticed.
Edit:I have noticed that happens. This may be a doze thing

So this works on USA networks?

It works fine on all Pixels with V software. Canada got it early because this fixes a major LTE issues.
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Some are saying this also fixes some of the Bluetooth issues. I haven't seen anyone verify this though.

Second Screen Burn-In?!

I just noticed that my second screen has burn-in/ghosting of the two quick settings that I have turned on most frequently. I booted into TWRP in order to flash a new kernel and that's when I noticed it. Anyone else experience the same?
To be quite honest, I don't really care much, considering I preordered the Galaxy S8+ a few hours ago. Just surprised me.

At times it shows what looks like a burn in but only shows in TWRP for some reason.
I've only seen it once for me and Everytime after the first time I've yet to see it again in TWRP or in the rom.
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pieces of cake said:
I just noticed that my second screen has burn-in/ghosting of the two quick settings that I have turned on most frequently. I booted into TWRP in order to flash a new kernel and that's when I noticed it. Anyone else experience the same?
To be quite honest, I don't really care much, considering I preordered the Galaxy S8+ a few hours ago. Just surprised me.
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I can confirm this as well. Only shows up in TWRP for some reason
G1Master said:
At times it shows what looks like a burn in but only shows in TWRP for some reason.
I've only seen it once for me and Everytime after the first time I've yet to see it again in TWRP or in the rom.
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Actually mine is showing now in the ROM. But only if I'm using a substratum theme that themes the second screen too.
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