Hey all,
I was just wondering how everyone puts their Nexus S' on a flat surface. Like a table.
The curved screen allows you to lie it face down, but then BLN becomes useless.
On the flipside (hah.), lying the phone on its back leaves the camera lens exposed. :S
just like normal , screen up and butt down ....
With a good case, any way you'd like
If I'm in the range that I can hear the ringtone, face down for a little louder ring.
If I'll go someplace else that I won't hear the ringtone, face up so I can see if BLN is active when I come back.
suksit said:
If I'm in the range that I can hear the ringtone, face down for a little louder ring.
If I'll go someplace else that I won't hear the ringtone, face up so I can see if BLN is active when I come back.
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Same strategy for me. The Nexus S doesn't have a very loud speaker, sadly.
I put my phone on the table with the screen facing up. Never occurred to me about the camera thing but I don't really care. I've been placing it this way as long as I can remember and the camera is fine.
At first face down (contour display) but now face up almost all the time. I'm too used to putting it down like that.
qtwrk said:
just like normal , screen up and butt down ....
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Same Here
Invisible shield on back. So screen up back down. I donut use screen protection on front
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Hm, interesting.
I'm being really OCD in that I feel like putting it face down will scuff the plastic bezel on the top and bottom. No way will make it completely safe! D:
I have a BestSkinsEver on mine, but it still doesn't really protect the camera.
It's either in my hand (most of the day) or in my pocket.
I balance mine on an edge.
Face down so I can hear my alarm.
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When you hold your back cover up to the light you can see a bunch off little cuts. What are these!?!? They're driving me crazy even though I can't see them in sunlight or anything else except indoor lights. Like really close. I haven't dropped it yet or even set it on a table.
Does anyone else have these and what are they?!!
Android Touch said:
When you hold your back cover up to the light you can see a bunch off little cuts. What are these!?!? They're driving me crazy even though I can't see them in sunlight or anything else except indoor lights. Like really close. I haven't dropped it yet or even set it on a table.
Does anyone else have these and what are they?!!
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I came into your house while your sleeping and messed with your phone a little bit... sorry about that
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I came into your house while your sleeping and messed with your phone a little bit... sorry about that
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Your funny.
I'm not even sure what you mean by little cuts. Any chance of posting a pic that shows them?
My phone's been treated fairly gently, but not with kid gloves. If I look really hard in the right kind of lighting I can see a few micro-scratches on the shiny plastic back. I see the same thing on my shiny black iPhone 3gs and my Galaxy S i9000.
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I'm not even sure what you mean by little cuts. Any chance of posting a pic that shows them?
My phone's been treated fairly gently, but not with kid gloves. If I look really hard in the right kind of lighting I can see a few micro-scratches on the shiny plastic back. I see the same thing on my shiny black iPhone 3gs and my Galaxy S i9000.
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That's what I'm talking about. How can they be scratches though because I haven't dropped my phone yet. Or even set it on the table.
I suppose they could be scratches from rough cloth....from putting the phone in your pocket and taking it out.
I haven't really noticed them on my phone, though I can't say they'd bother me all that much if I had to hold the thing in the light just right.
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That's what I'm talking about. How can they be scratches though because I haven't dropped my phone yet. Or even set it on the table.
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Are they in any kind of swirling pattern?
I suspect they're just remnants of the manufacturing/packaging process. Either that or just a (bad) side effect of using shiny black plastic backs. Like I said, even my iPhone(s) with it's ceramic/plastic back have the same thing, especially the black one.
Thanks for the replies guys.
Yeah I can barely notice them, it just bothers me that I've babied this phone and it somehow got little scratches.
Android Touch said:
Thanks for the replies guys.
Yeah I can barely notice them, it just bothers me that I've babied this phone and it somehow got little scratches.
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I know how you feel. If you're really worried about scratches, you could put an "invisible shield" or other protector on the back only (I don't use them on the front ever). I put one on my Galaxy S i9000 after about 6 weeks because it really started getting scuffed up. The plastic on the NS looks similar, so this may be a concern down the road if you want to keep it looking pristine.
Thanks for the "thanks" button push, btw.
just been using google skymap and I've noticed there is something rattling inside my transformer!!!!!!
is the back removable? anyone spotted a way something could have got inside? or is it something broken inside?????
its not been dropped or anything ........ and I've only just started noticing the noise .....
you sure it isn't edge creak? if it really is ratteling return it.
not a creak. something moves inside the unit from one end to the other. only started tonight. thing is I have no light bleed no sharp edges ....... don't know if its just something got in through a gap somewhere or something snapped off inside
My opinion would be return it, sure it could be harmless but it's still a faulty product. It could also **** up your device later on or be a sign of more ominous things.
I know you are right .... but I bought it from comet and it took long enough to arrive so god knows how long a replacement will take
and sods law ill get light bleed or gaps or sharp edges next time
ill ring comet tomorrow
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just been using google skymap and I've noticed there is something rattling inside my transformer!!!!!!
is the back removable? anyone spotted a way something could have got inside? or is it something broken inside?????
its not been dropped or anything ........ and I've only just started noticing the noise .....
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If you enable and disable the camera it makes a sound. Try activating camera ....is that the same noise you hear?
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just been using google skymap and I've noticed there is something rattling inside my transformer!!!!!!
is the back removable? anyone spotted a way something could have got inside? or is it something broken inside?????
its not been dropped or anything ........ and I've only just started noticing the noise .....
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If you enable and disable the camera it makes a sound. Try activating camera ....is that the same noise you hear?
I know there are 2 openings right under the LCD itself cover. On the left hand side there is tow half inch hole under the LCD, if you take a piec of paper and insert it at the left hand edge and sort of drag it down...you'll know where the gaps are, but this is too small for anything to go through...maybe these are air vents.
its not the camera. I'm sat here web browsing and if I rotate landscape and portrait it hear something moving.
not sure I follow what you mean about the holes. wondering if something has got in through the keyboard dock points???
It's probably baby teeth. I hear they're good luck.
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It's probably baby teeth. I hear they're good luck.
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Or the hamster fell out of the wheel
Sounds like another asus QC story, i wonder what crazy stories will come next?
Good luck with getting it resolved.
Photo cameras have mechanical orientation sensors that are making a noise when going from landscape to portrait but they are very quiet and I doubt they are used in phones and tablets which have accelerometers.
this was something definitely moving about..... ie traveling the length and width of the unit.
its stopped now though so I haven't got a hope in hell of persuading comet that "my unit was rattling, honest! "
don't worry about persuading comet...just give them a call and they'll replace it...
I asked for a replacement yesterday..and I believe the support guy had no idea what a light bleed is, and he tole me parcelforce will come my home with a new TF on Monday..
damn.... after a week of no rattling its started again. I'm convinced its just a fragment of plastic or something and apart from that the unit is perfect .... no light bleed or dead pixels or dust ....
do I risk exchanging?
I wonder how easy it is to get the back off?
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damn.... after a week of no rattling its started again. I'm convinced its just a fragment of plastic or something and apart from that the unit is perfect .... no light bleed or dead pixels or dust ....
do I risk exchanging?
I wonder how easy it is to get the back off?
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You might try a magnet and see if you can move the fragment within the case. Of course, it could use aluminum screws but metal will have more mass than plastic. If it tends to roll easily, I would suspect a metal fragment.
levenite said:
You might try a magnet and see if you can move the fragment within the case. Of course, it could use aluminum screws but metal will have more mass than plastic. If it tends to roll easily, I would suspect a metal fragment.
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That's a good way to screw up other components inside your device. I wouldnt do that if I were you.
lol, no, i think i will avoid the magnets thanks
.... sent from my shiny new keyboard that arrived this afternoon by the way
I like to listen to music while I'm in the shower.....sometimes I wish I could change the track though. I figured out a way to safely do this using Tasker. Moisture won't be a problem either as long as your case has a lip to it. It requires you having a glass door for your shower instead of a shower curtain.
The idea is to use the Proximity sensor to trigger 'Next Track' in your music. Push the phone flush up against the glass door on your shower (somewhere that you won't trigger the proximity sensor by accident). You can figure out your own way to have the phone held against the glass door. I just wedged my phone up to the glass door using a big towel and a nightstand or something.
Anyway, all I do is just wave my hand past my phone while I'm in the shower, and the track changes. Since the phone's lip is flush against the glass and a towel is pushing up against the phone on the other sides, no moisture really gets to the phone.
Just thought I'd share....obviously you can trigger whatever action you wanted via Tasker and the Prox Sensor in this situation.....whatever you really needed to trigger while you are in the shower.
Crazy cool idea!!!
Good for the long showers I guess!!!
LOL
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tomsteel1 said:
Pretty cool idea i guess, Could use maybe some voice recognition software instead though? (I Don't know if theirs any out there which can control the music)
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I thought of that. It likely would not work....way too much background noise. You got the shower noise AND music. In my case, my phone is plugged into a very loud stereo in my bathroom for my music playback (never understood people using their phone's speaker to listen while in shower...can't hear ****). Given all that, I highly doubt the phone could hear you properly even if you were to yell at it.
Maybe down the road phones will have some super advanced noise filters that would allow the phone to hear your voice over a bunch of background noise......Phone noise filters these days aren't good enough.
Just get this stuff and you're set w/ ANY phone-
http://skvltd.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/lolwuterproofing-your-electronic-devices/
KRAZYADROIDMASTER said:
Crazy cool idea!!!
Good for the long showers I guess!!!
LOL
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Skv012a said:
Just get this stuff and you're set w/ ANY phone-
http://skvltd.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/lolwuterproofing-your-electronic-devices/
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I never heard of Liquipel before...looked interesting and tried to do some research. It was very hard to find a mass opinion/review of this stuff. I'm scared to do that without more solid evidence.
I don't need it for the shower but sometimes work takes me into wet environments. I would also like to find more reviews about the porduct.
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I never heard of Liquipel before...looked interesting and tried to do some research. It was very hard to find a mass opinion/review of this stuff. I'm scared to do that without more solid evidence.
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From what I understand, another water-proofing method is set for consumer release in the near future. Something about hydrophobic coatings. Military uses it but there is large consumer appeal for obvious reasons.
Just a random video I saw when I searched for it recently:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwOzADU__nY
Hi Guys, maybe this is a stupid and weird question, but I was wondering when you open ( unfold ) the phone, and you are in super quiet room, do you hear scratching sound coming out of the phone? Or is the opening very quiet without any noise at all? Is that sound that I hear the brushes cleaning the hinge? I just noticed this sound and I am not sure if it was there since the beginning. Unfortunately, I was in really dusty place and had my phone in my jeans front pocket and I am paranoid that maybe some of that dust got inside.
Thank you for your answers.
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Hi Guys, maybe this is a stupid and weird question, but I was wondering when you open ( unfold ) the phone, and you are in super quiet room, do you hear scratching sound coming out of the phone? Or is the opening very quiet without any noise at all? Is that sound that I hear the brushes cleaning the hinge? I just noticed this sound and I am not sure if it was there since the beginning. Unfortunately, I was in really dusty place and had my phone in my jeans front pocket and I am paranoid that maybe some of that dust got inside.
Thank you for your answers.
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It's actually pretty quiet. If you put your ear up to it, you can hear the bristles/hinge, but it really is not a noticeable sounds.
Mine too so far has been quiet. I have also applied a transparent matte skin on my hinge so far no issues. I am using the spigen slim armor pro case which protects the hinge. still, once in a week or so I clean my hinge but I haven't yet used it in any dusty environment.
Mine does this at times, I've also noticed its worse if I have left it open or closed for a while. If you open and close it a few times its not as noticeable. I assumed thus was just the hinge brushes doing their thing.
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Mine does this at times, I've also noticed its worse if I have left it open or closed for a while. If you open and close it a few times its not as noticeable. I assumed thus was just the hinge brushes doing their thing.
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This is exactly what mine does. Some people have speculated that it's the preinstalled screen protector that makes the sound. I think they said the sound went away after removing it, but mine is staying on. I have got used to the sound.
So I bought this watch a few weeks ago originally, and when it turned up I noticed the bezel seemed to be loose -
I sent it back to samsung for a replacement, after hearing from a few other owners that their bezels were rock solid, though several people did say they got loose ones too and did their own returns.
Got it replaced, and the new one is -
Basically the same? So... now I'm wondering if this is normal, and some people just don't even see it on theirs, or if I've just been unlucky?
I've had people tell me both sides so no idea who to believe at this point. Figured I'd try here this time instead of reddit!
It snaps on/off?
You could carefully add some teflon tape to dampen it if that is your goal.
That's disconcerting but maybe deliberate. Dirt can get in easier too.
no it just wobbles. and if you tap it you can hear a little tapping sound as it rocks. but it doesnt come off.
Or are you saying these are designed to snap of?
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no it just wobbles. and if you tap it you can hear a little tapping sound as it rocks. but it doesnt come off.
Or are you saying these are designed to snap of?
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Not sure. It was a thought.
For that kind of money, it should be tight all way around. So I can understand your apprehension.
I'd return it if not satisfied...
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no it just wobbles. and if you tap it you can hear a little tapping sound as it rocks. but it doesnt come off.
Or are you saying these are designed to snap of?
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If they are like previous Samsung rotating bezels (and I suspect they are), they are designed to snap off. Underneath there are springs, ball bearings, and a gasket ring. Seems every iteration of the watch with a rotating bezel has reports like this - I wonder if it's because a spring is missing, or something like that. Or, it could be perfectly normal. See this video for the Galaxy Watch:
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If they are like previous Samsung rotating bezels (and I suspect they are), they are designed to snap off. Underneath there are springs, ball bearings, and a gasket ring. Seems every iteration of the watch with a rotating bezel has reports like this - I wonder if it's because a spring is missing, or something like that. See this video for the Galaxy Watch:
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Do you own one? Does yours wobble like mine? If non-wobbly versions definitely exist then I'll just keep replacing until I get a good one!
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Do you own one? Does yours wobble like mine? If non-wobbly versions definitely exist then I'll just keep replacing until I get a good one!
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I do, and while it is difficult to gauge from looking at the video, I can't discern any significant wobble in mine. For example, if I place my thumbs at 3 and 9 o'clock, and try to rock the bezel, it does not move. Feels tight all round - although I will say the action when turning it is a bit 'clunkier' to me than my Gear S3 (which actually does have a bit of play in the bezel).
Sorry for the old thread, but where did you get your replacement bezel from? I only find whole bodies, costing arround 40-50$. My isnt turning that smooth on some "angles". Cleaning didn't help either.