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(Q) Screen touch test

Hi can someone here test if you see a red violet spot on screen when pressing a little harder in the bottom corner of the screen right above the search button. It only does it in that corner for me and not anywhere else. So I'm just wondering if this is normal.
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No noticeable color distortion when pressing the screen near the search button here.
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Thank you. That really sucks for me. This is the 5th device I am going to return and this will be the last one...so many issues I can't believe it. BTW even if I press with my thumb right on the search button and press a little it show the color change mostly visible on white screen. Can you please try on the Google page or somthing with white background and press a little harder and hold it for 3 sec.
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The only way I could get the distorted color to appear was using a significant amount of pressure.

Mine does it too in that corner. Little **** like that bothers the hell out of me
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Nankov said:
Hi can someone here test if you see a red violet spot on screen when pressing a little harder in the bottom corner of the screen right above the search button. It only does it in that corner for me and not anywhere else. So I'm just wondering if this is normal.
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Mine doesn't do it until I press really hard... oh shi%$ I just pushed my finger all the way through the phone! Kidding....
But seriously, sounds like you need to take it back and swap for a new phone. It shouldn't be doing that.

Honestly, I can't imagine ever using that much pressure...I had to squeeze pretty hard. Are you guys seeing it under normal use?

@mj2508 Same here.. stuff like that bothers me that's why I want to know if it is every device that does this. If it is well maybe I can live with it, but if not its going right back to the store and I will never touch HTC again. I really like the phone otherwise but got way too many little issues with the build quality.
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In t retro, mine has black squiggles when I press really hard, no red or violet though.
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Well I don't really have to press very hard, just like a little hard and if you hold it you can see it more. But most visible on white background.
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Nankov said:
@mj2508 Same here.. stuff like that bothers me that's why I want to know if it is every device that does this. If it is well maybe I can live with it, but if not its going right back to the store and I will never touch HTC again. I really like the phone otherwise but got way too many little issues with the build quality.
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I know it's not what people want to hear, but you have to realize that the HTC Inspire 4G is the cheapest Android Smartphone EVER released, and the direction things are going are to make devices cheaper, and decrease build quality. This is the first of many new devices that'll come out like this.
Coming from iPhone, I noticed the volume and power rockers just aren't as firm, and the overall quality (ie the battery cover and the sim\msd cover) are just cheaply made. It was the same thing Blackberry did in 2009 when they went to a more plastic-based model line.
On the flipside, you can buy 2 for the same price as an iPhone, so you're really getting a good value.
Bottom line: You get what you pay for, and everyone was so shocked the no-commit price on the Inspire 4G was $399, now you know why.
But it's a great device!

bella92108 said:
I know it's not what people want to hear, but you have to realize that the HTC Inspire 4G is the cheapest Android Smartphone EVER released, and the direction things are going are to make devices cheaper, and decrease build quality. This is the first of many new devices that'll come out like this.
Coming from iPhone, I noticed the volume and power rockers just aren't as firm, and the overall quality (ie the battery cover and the sim\msd cover) are just cheaply made. It was the same thing Blackberry did in 2009 when they went to a more plastic-based model line.
On the flipside, you can buy 2 for the same price as an iPhone, so you're really getting a good value.
Bottom line: You get what you pay for, and everyone was so shocked the no-commit price on the Inspire 4G was $399, now you know why.
But it's a great device!
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You know who will be shocked, the sales man in the store when I return this thing for the 5th and last time. I mean I also like the phone but cheap quality just doesn't do it for me. They probably made the unibody metal so it will hide the cheap of this phone.
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Nankov said:
You know who will be shocked, the sales man in the store when I return this thing for the 5th and last time. I mean I also like the phone but cheap quality just doesn't do it for me. They probably made the unibody metal so it will hide the cheap of this phone.
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yeah, and unfortunately I think we'll see more and more like this. :-(

At a gdgt right now. Htc has a booth and the inspire does it too!!
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mj0528 said:
At a gdgt right now. Htc has a booth and the inspire does it too!!
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Ask HTC why their Sense dashboard website is down more than it's up.

mj0528 said:
At a gdgt right now. Htc has a booth and the inspire does it too!!
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How hard did you have to press?
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About the same as mine which is way more than one needs to be pressed.
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On mine is very easy to do. No need to mash your thumb or anything. It's just like the pressure you would use to press the power button on top.
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Tried again on google homepage, pressed normally and nothing. Pressed harder and nothing. Pressed really hard and I saw the ruby red blob. I'll never press that hard in normal use, ever.

No distortion here either. I mean, I pressed as hard as I would feel comfortable pressing on a lcd.
I can't imagine what problems the op had that necessitated going through four of these phones to get solved.
Try a Captivate sometime. STILL priced ~50-100 dollars MORE than an inspire, yet there are many, many people who are on their second or third captivate. I cut my losses on that one at #2.
Now THAT'S a ****ed up phone model.
Just because the the inspire is priced cheap doesn't mean its built cheap, or that because some people have problems, that its indicative of a cheap phone.
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White is not white

Is there a way to make white, whiter? The white on this phone is yellowish. Thanks!
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shovelhead83 said:
Is there a way to make white, whiter? The white on this phone is yellowish. Thanks!
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Have you compared it to other G2X phones? Mine is pure white, your screen may have an issue. Also, does it on all roms/kernels? If I remember correctly color can be tuned at the kernel level. Not something the typical user could do, but a possible cause/solution.
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lotherius said:
Have you compared it to other G2X phones? Mine is pure white, your screen may have an issue. Also, does it on all roms/kernels? If I remember correctly color can be tuned at the kernel level. Not something the typical user could do, but a possible cause/solution.
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Thanks for the response. I tried different kernels. I was never unhappy with it until I put it next to my Vibrant. Now its bothering the heck out of me and I want to fix it. It may be what is, but its worth a shot asking.
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Do a little XDA searching, you'd be surprised at what you can find. Hopefully this works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212287

jamadio said:
Do a little XDA searching, you'd be surprised at what you can find. Hopefully this works for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212287
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First, I only use the phone xda app and my pitiful search showed no favorable results. Second, thank you very much for taking the time and effort to pull this up for me. I'm gonna give it a shot. Much appreciated.
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Bummer it force closes.
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shovelhead83 said:
Bummer it force closes.
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I just compared the screen on my G2X to my brother in law's SGSII and he about cried when he saw mine. People sure do like blacks on the galaxy screens but they sure as **** don't have clean whites. I'm on the weapon ROM but I don't think I've ever noticed yellow on any other ROM unless I crank the brightness down all the way.

booch137 said:
I just compared the screen on my G2X to my brother in law's SGSII and he about cried when he saw mine. People sure do like blacks on the galaxy screens but they sure as **** don't have clean whites. I'm on the weapon ROM but I don't think I've ever noticed yellow on any other ROM unless I crank the brightness down all the way.
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My Vibrant had good whites as long as you kept the brightness turned up. They do tend to shift color to a brownish tone as you take the brightness down low, though.

One S FTW!

I just love comparing my phone to my friends iPhone n Samsung galaxy's and such...especially iPhone owners lol...they always say I wish my phone can do that...lol
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What does it do that iPhone/Galaxy can't?

Camera with shot picture while record video and continuous shot mode.
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Face unlock is another one... and manage to launch apps from lockscreen [iphone]
flipable sense clock [galaxy]

Many of my friends regret they bought iPhone just by seeing the toogle widgets for WiFi and such
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IPhone is so damn boring.....same damn ui since iPhone original.
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konfidential said:
IPhone is so damn boring.....same damn ui since iPhone original.
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That's my main beef with the iPhone...who wants their phone to look the exact same 5 years from now?? I just find it boring as hell. And WAY too thick.

You know what's funny about Apple though, they fight tooth and nail to get Android off the shelves and say their software is the key point of their pitch but they neglect to mention all of Googles' features they use on a regular basis for one when you search for anything on an apple device it uses Google, can't blame them there right.
Now their saying their new 3d maps are going to beat Googles Maps but G Maps has been in beta for a few years now, they know what works and what doesn't but if Apple wants to give it a go then it should be interesting.
I'll stick with this device, there will always be something wrong somewhere with anything some one has, nothing is perfect otherwise there wouldn't be competitors.

konfidential said:
...especially iPhone owners lol...they always say I wish my phone can do that...lol
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Strange, I still wish that my One S could match my old iPhone call quality and network reception and I wish I woukd not have to use a second phone to use Skype...
I'm away right now and I have to use Skype to make all my calls, I can tell you that sometime I just get enough annoyed that I just change my SIM card...
- An annoyed new One S user, ex iPhone user.

My nexus can do all of the above. Also unlocked bootloader is a cinch. Also open source. Completely.
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fire & ice said:
My nexus can do all of the above. Also unlocked bootloader is a cinch. Also open source. Completely.
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That's the way it's headed anyway...Google is about to blow the provider model out of the water with their next gen Nexus devices (which should even put your mighty gen1 Nexus to shame), working directly with more manufacturers and selling directly to consumers. And I can't wait...I think they'll be doing all us Android users a big favor, longterm.

Apple really good in steal ideal and make it better than the original one. if you look at notification bar on iphone, it's really nice and i think it does better job than our android notification. I also like their notification badge/alert/ pop up for message/mail/FB... Still i can get popup app from play store but i want some thing that come from the operating system itself... I takes android phone because it's open, not because it better than iphone.

Yeap...open source FTW!!
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Is there anyway to get notifications bar Like apple? Like the whole thing?
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NienorGT said:
Strange, I still wish that my One S could match my old iPhone call quality and network reception and I wish I woukd not have to use a second phone to use Skype...
I'm away right now and I have to use Skype to make all my calls, I can tell you that sometime I just get enough annoyed that I just change my SIM card...
- An annoyed new One S user, ex iPhone user.
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Skype is working on an update for the program, should address "most" issues. Tmob says it's the program but I think it maybe there network where I am for my issues with it.

k1llacanon said:
Is there anyway to get notifications bar Like apple? Like the whole thing?
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Yep, buy an iPhone

They suck too badly lol over priced same ui for years small screen thick smash v easily can get water damage the eastiest why the hell do they still have a small screen.overall they suck never would get an iPhone really badly over priced lol google how much a brand new iPhone 3g goes for right now u would be shocked would rather have galaxy ace or HTC one v lol
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Dynam0 said:
Yep, buy an iPhone
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And then buy a magnifying glass to see the screen
sent from a guy living in a van down by the river

I think that's abut exaggerated
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One thing I like about Apple is there app store. Damn so many games haha
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Sony smart watch

just purchased one of the new sony smart watches and have now paired with my HTC One S and i can confirm it all works if anybody is interested in getting one.

How is it bro ? I read some bad reviews on it lol
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I have one and it is pretty terrible seems very unresponsive at times then other times it is and then it will disconnect randomly at times had it about 2 weeks thinking about getting rid of it already.
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The only reason I bought mine was I have difficulty hearing and I miss loads of calls but I haven't since getting this and its worked flawlessly but mine is the second version.
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U guys may have to do a firmware update on your watches
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I'm on the latest software it just has terrible touch response does scroll right and keeps losing bluetooth had the problem on my old Xperia Play with bluetooth 3.0 thought One s would improve it as it has 4.0 but nope still same problems.

Shoulda waited for the pebble, that's what I'm doing http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android
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^ +1 but the black and white screens kinda throwing me off.. you know when its coming out ?
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icecicle said:
^ +1 but the black and white screens kinda throwing me off.. you know when its coming out ?
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September if you backed them on kick starter, early 2013 for everyone else. I'm actually a fan of the black and white screen. It's more readable in direct sunlight, unlike a color LCD. To me, it still has to be a watch, which means being able to read and use it easily. I wouldn't want a full color screen because I don't intend for it to replace my phone, but rather to supplement it and add convenience to certain aspects, such as taking a quick glance to see who's calling or checking a text without taking my phone out. Oh yeah, and it takes WAY less battery than a color screen. There's a bunch of other cool features. Can't wait for it!! By the way, if you are looking for a color screen, the same company already has a previous model that you may be interested in..albeit not as versatile as the new model.. http://getinpulse.com

Replacement screen has pink hue

We had to get the screen on my wife's T-Mobile One S. A nearby T-Mobile store recommended a repair place called ubreakifix.com that had a location in the area. They had to order the screen, no biggie, and it was an oem HTC complete with logo. Once installed though the colors all had a pink hue to them.
After trying to convince us the color was right and then opening it again and checking then connections, he decided to order another screen. Has anyone seen a faulty screen like this or could this be under lieing damage from the cause of the broken screen?
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A replacement I got had the same thing but I had gotten a replacement straight from T-Mobile and they switched it out again when they saw the tint
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icecicle said:
A replacement I got had the same thing but I had gotten a replacement straight from T-Mobile and they switched it out again when they saw the tint
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So the second screen was good? That's a relief to know. I guess I won't be getting to upgrade to a Nexus 4 then, hehe.

Lol Yea the second one was good so you should be good ...I kinda miss some of the feature on the one S so don't be too disappointed Lol all these smart phones nowadays do everything and sense actually adds a Lil class to it just my opinion though not saying I hate the nexus either
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I completely agree. There's nothing really that stock android offers that other ui's don't provide now. Plus, well... Not so much with sense but definitely touchwiz now has definitely added a lot of useful features, depending on your needs of course. But I mean looking at the Optimus g, and the multi app view of the note ii. There are finally becoming reasons to have a ui overlay. Now I will say I've seen nothing that beats the beauty of sense widgets...
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I've been thinking of asking for a Nexus 10 and have been seriously weighing my other options due to it's stock nature and only running the "phablet" ui.