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Hi I'm thinking of getting this phone, so I was wondering if anyone can give me some insight into the good and bad points about it, and if you think this is a good choice for a phone.
mark28 said:
Hi I'm thinking of getting this phone, so I was wondering if anyone can give me some insight into the good and bad points about it, and if you think this is a good choice for a phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914049
those are some good thought about it
my only downfall to the phone is the whole China made screen deal.
1) Get it at Best Buy- $100 with renewal/add a line/upgrade/new contract.
2) Test the screen right in front of them. They'll let you do it. Run dmesg and check line 13-14 for panel type. =2 means you're good. =1 means exchange.
3) Vigorously test the data connection. I feel like some of them have baseband problems switching from 4G to Edge and back to 4G.
4) Check the left side of the phone above the triple charging prods for a gap between the front plate and the side. The first two I opened had a slight gap and coincidentally, antenna problems.
5) As soon as you get home, check the bottom left and bottom right corner for LCD bleeding. (Brighter and coming out of the glass on bottom corners)
This phone is powerful, spectacular, strong and fast. The hardware on it is what the Nexus S should've been but the Quality Control on it is atrociously bad. I'm on my second and I'm exchanging it today because of LCD bleeding. It's getting rather tiresome.
I'm a stone's throw away from going Verizon iPhone on February 10th.
Oh I also wanted to know how's the audio on this phone is. I'm coming from the Xperia X10 & that didn't have the best media audio, I listen to music off of my phone alot
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Oh I also wanted to know how's the audio on this phone is. I'm coming from the Xperia X10 & that didn't have the best media audio, I listen to music off of my phone alot
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Get Power Amp, its great if you want an outstanding music player. Also if you are going to get this phone on contract go this weekend you can get it for free on a 2 year contract.
I also think this is a great phone, but as others have stated, the quality control is bad and so finding the elusive perfect MT4G is a struggle, to say the least. I have exchanged my phone five times, four of which had good displays but other minor issues. I ended up having to compromise on the small things, such as light leaks around the buttons. All of the MT4G I've received have had some degree of light leaks around the buttons. To me, I gave up on getting one that's 100% without them, but as long as it's not where so much light leaking that it's easily noticeable, you should be okay.
Apart from that, it's a fantastic phone and I am much happier with it than I was my previous phone, the Vibrant
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Oh ok thanks for the help, and I'm already a T-Mobile customer so I don't think I can get it for free but I'm planning on buying it on Amazon wireless for $89, which is pretty good.
Well I have pretty good luck, so lets hope I get one with a good screen & without any problems *crosses fingers*
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Oh ok thanks for the help, and I'm already a T-Mobile customer so I don't think I can get it for free but I'm planning on buying it on Amazon wireless for $89, which is pretty good.
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If you are renewing your contact for another 2 years you can get the phone free as long as your not on the Even More Plus Plan.
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Essenar said:
2) Test the screen right in front of them. They'll let you do it. Run dmesg and check line 13-14 for panel type. =2 means you're good. =1 means exchange.
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Is there something special you need to do to see that? I ran dmesg on Terminal Emulator on my phone, looked at the output several times and even emailed it to myself to make sure, nowhere in the list of output is the word "panel". I'm a bit baffled.
dmesg buffers wrap. Reboot and look again.
HTC Glacier running CM7 #33
Essenar said:
1) Get it at Best Buy- $100 with renewal/add a line/upgrade/new contract.
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Same thing with T-mobile and its free today and tomorrow.
Get this phone you won't regret it. I miss mines. Screen broke on it. You won't regret it especially with cm 7 installed. As for the next phone I'm getting the lg optimus 2xx and the gslate when they are released.
Hi all! New poster here, old reader
I've just gone thru my second Sensation now (in 3 days), had 2 DOA's in a row. The first had the blue light "leakage" down at the home button and the headphone jack was defect. The other one had a battery cover that did'nt quite fit, the screen would creek and move some when you pressed it, the volume rocker was loose and it had touch issues.
I'm VERY dissapointed with the original Sensation and I've never used a DOA before this phone my entire life and now 2 in a row.
Now I got a gift card with the money instead, since I don't dare to pick up my third Sensation from the same store (the first 2 had the same manfacturing date on the battery cover) so now I'm not sure what to do?
Are there any "perfect" Sensations out there? Did HTC do a sloppy job on these phones (always had HTC smartphones before, and no major issues). This can't just be bad luck or can it?
Cheers!
Bad luck.
I've had mine since June or so and I haven't had any problems with it. No real Wifi death grip, no loose back cover, nothing.
Get one from a different store.
All manufacturers are having quality issues, or at least we're hearing about them more.
The more "trouble" consumers cause shops by returning faulty phones the more pressure will be put on the factories to improve.
Persevere, the Sensation is a top of the range phone
I bought mine since June and it doesn't have any problems too. All working great. I suppose its just bad luck for you.
Thank for the replies so far!
Ok, seems (so far) that I've had bad luck. I REALLY hope thats the issue, cause I REALLY love the phone, the design, the hardware etc. But I just can not pay all that money for a premium phone that ain't.... well premium
I took the gift card for the sole reason to try and buy the phone at another store, maybe it was a faulty batch or something, who knows. But two phones in a row, with the same production date (which I can't really remember right now june fifth China I believe, have to check when I get home) wich are both faulty has really made me think twice.
So the news you guys bring so far is really good news to me!
Hopefully, the next replacement you get is a perfect one! It's really an awesome phone and it's kinda sad to get missed out due to some defects. ):
Mine has a bit of play in the cover but that's just how it is so doesn't bother me.
Mines is good so far.... Maybe that store is selling fakes?
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darryll4sh0 said:
Mines is good so far.... Maybe that store is selling fakes?
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Nah, no fakes. It's one of our largest/most spread stores here in Sweden (deals with phones, computers, TV's etc etc).
The thing is. I'm really NO "sitting under the magnifying glas looking for dead pixels" kindof guy, so these phones really was faulty.
According to the replies of this thread though it really seems like bad luck. I will try to buy another one, in a diffrent store (well not by name but location atleast) and see if I get a normal working HTC premium sensation!
It just your luck...
What they are actually doing is giving you reconditioned or refurbished phones.These are cheaper for them and are usually ones that have had faults i.e firmware flash failures,broken screens etc.Demand a BRAND NEW DEVICE as they have to provide you with a new fully working phone when you get it.If you are in the UK we have trading standards that you could contact to start a complaint if they refuse you a new device
Aja82 said:
Thank for the replies so far!
Ok, seems (so far) that I've had bad luck. I REALLY hope thats the issue, cause I REALLY love the phone, the design, the hardware etc. But I just can not pay all that money for a premium phone that ain't.... well premium
I took the gift card for the sole reason to try and buy the phone at another store, maybe it was a faulty batch or something, who knows. But two phones in a row, with the same production date (which I can't really remember right now june fifth China I believe, have to check when I get home) wich are both faulty has really made me think twice.
So the news you guys bring so far is really good news to me!
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Ask to try out the replacement in the shop to give it a good going over to make sure there are no obvious faults
I've had mine since June as well. I get nothing but compliments on it and honestly, its the best phone I've ever had. I must agree with everyone else when I say buy another one. I'm sure like everyone else, you will be happy too.
revolutionary, CM7, launcher pro. faux123 1.67 kernel, sim unlocked sensation 4G
Well you guys convinced me! I will go get another one today actually! Thanks for all the replies, it's been really helpfull to me!
I'll keep you updated!
same thing happened to me, all replacements they sent me had dead pixels.
though, i used the replacement phones to get free accessories. lol
Just got my third Sesnsation (since thursday) a few hours ago. So far it's just perfect! Sweet! I has NONE of the flaws my 2 previous devices had.
Just to makr sure I got one from another batch this time I got a newer serial number, made in Taiwan instead of China. So far so good!
It pays of to be a whiny ol' customer sometimes
Aja82 said:
Just got my third Sesnsation (since thursday) a few hours ago. So far it's just perfect! Sweet! I has NONE of the flaws my 2 previous devices had.
Just to makr sure I got one from another batch this time I got a newer serial number, made in Taiwan instead of China. So far so good!
It pays of to be a whiny ol' customer sometimes
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Absolutely, the more legitimate trouble customers cause by returning faulty goods, the more the stores will put pressure on the manufacturers to improve their quality
Xcor3 said:
same thing happened to me, all replacements they sent me had dead pixels.
though, i used the replacement phones to get free accessories. lol
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Mine has a dead pixel but im reluctant to get anbother in case it has more problems, like my mate having 1 million (exagerated) Desires that were faulty.1 pixel i can deal with and i think ill wait till i get a few more scratches on this beauty before i demand a new one
I'm also on my second phone. The first one was just bad all round, and nothing seemed to work properly. The second has terrible call quality and keeps dropping calls. the wifi also keeps dropping out. one minute I have four bars and the next I have nothing. it's like the "death grip" problem but still does it even if i'm not touching the phone. Also have the back cover problem and the screen freezing problem. I love the phone but it's the phone part thats always faulty, it is by far the worst reception I have had on a phone. Oh and just checked mine and it was made in Taiwan.
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I'm also on my second phone. The first one was just bad all round, and nothing seemed to work properly. The second has terrible call quality and keeps dropping calls. the wifi also keeps dropping out. one minute I have four bars and the next I have nothing. it's like the "death grip" problem but still does it even if i'm not touching the phone. Also have the back cover problem and the screen freezing problem. I love the phone but it's the phone part thats always faulty, it is by far the worst reception I have had on a phone. Oh and just checked mine and it was made in Taiwan.
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Time to start asking O2 for compensation along with a replacement phone, they're normally good at giving credits to customer's accounts. I got £15 once just by making the woman in the call centre laugh
Hi folks,
I've had my Xoom for around a three weeks now, I've rooted it and so far so good, loving it!
However yesterday it developed a rattling sound at the bottom of the device, I've not dropped the device and I haven't done anything that would cause it to have internal damage.
I'm thinking I should return it in case this issue progresses further in the future and I have more issues with it.
If anyone has experienced this issues please could you advise me on what you did?
Hi there, it could be anything from something in your cpu, camera or power button...
Does it still rattle when you gently tap your tablet?
Have you overclocked it? Maybe too much?
If you still have warranty just ask for replacement...
That is right. Get it replaced thru warranty but first you need to unroot it and lock your bootloader.
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2
I got it replaced, the only thing I did with it was root and put the TeamEOS Wingray ROM on it. So I doubt that could have been the cause. This tablet has a similar issue too, it's no really loud. It does take a fair bit of shaking to produce the sound, but I will be using it in my car every so often so I'm not sure if it would interfere.
I'm dead please the the XOOM in general, it's spot on. I think I'll get it in the car through the week and see if it is a problem, if not I'll leave it be.
That rattle is the power button. Its not really the most solid button ever, but compared to the rest of the tablet its the only not-so-well made piece.
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Eun-Hjzjined said:
That rattle is the power button. Its not really the most solid button ever, but compared to the rest of the tablet its the only not-so-well made piece.
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That would be the noise!
I'll get something to cushion it whilst using it in the car, it seems applying the smallest amount of pressure stops it!
I'm still glad I got it swapped, the previous one did originally looked like it had been opened and returned, this one did look new.
Thanks for all the help!
Hi, has anyone noticed the screen flicker a little when watching videos? I don't notice it on every video but I have a video that is a little bright and the video takes place in the snow and ice. I can see the screen flicker slightly during the whole video. At first I thought it might be my micro sd card so I tried youtube and some videos do it there also. Only seems noticeable on bright videos.
Also, all of the videos I watch stutter a little. Doesn't matter if its videos I have stored on micro sd or youtube. Anyone else have this?
Really want to keep the tab because around me they are hard to come by so returning it will suck. But everytime I think I might just keep it I find something else wrong:crying:
So far dust between gorrila glass and digitizer, screen creeking in left corner, burning smell from speaker and screen flicker and stuttering videos.
Anyway, hope no one else is dealing with this
Also if no one minds could you go to this link on your tab and see if this video has screen flicker for you guys too? I watched on my pc and I see no flickering.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHjpOzsQ9YI
Some refer to it as a problem due to "Didimm".
DarsVaeda said:
Some refer to it as a problem due to "Didimm".
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? What do you mean? You mean the dimmer? If so I was thinking that as well. Guess I do need to return it?
Thanks for getting back to me
Goggle "didimm" it is a feature from nvidia. Many notice it, some don't.
I for myself rarely see it. And if it doesn't matter for me.
Maybe compare it to a device in store to see if yours is defective?
Hmm, that article says that your eyes would never be able to see the difference - well, guess what - almost everyone can see it! I assumed it was a "dynamic contrast" - just like some TV's do, but whatever it is, it *is* noticeable and it *is* very annoying at times. At least give us the option to disable it when needed (like when watching videos etc). The problem is that it seems to do it in stages, and like I said, there are *many* folks that find it very annoying.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
Dynamic contrast is even worse with anime. You don't know the feels I know.
perhaps this can help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815414
(requires root)
EDIT: It works!
just use the terminal emulator app (or adb shell) and do
Code:
su
echo "0" > /sys/devices/tegradc.0/smartdimmer/enable
Bam! no autodim until the next reboot
rightonred said:
perhaps this can help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815414
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EDIT: It works!
just use the terminal emulator app (or adb shell) and do
Code:
su
echo "0" > /sys/devices/tegradc.0/smartdimmer/enable
Bam! no autodim until the next reboot
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Great find! I too can confirm it works! Haven't noticed any degradation in screen quality/contrast either (although I guess it will effect battery life). Regardless, at least know we know we have the option to disable/enable as needed!
Thanks alot!
EDIT: What's strange (in my mind), is that if this feature is only for battery-saving, why wouldn't it be disabled while on AC power? That would be great if it would automatically disable this "feature" while on AC power, since the only goal is conserve power...
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Ok so I am not going crazy and my old eyes aren't playing tricks on me. Well not really old (32).
So it seems that even if I return it for a new one that this problem will be on that one as well?
So I wonder if some have it worse than others? Maybe I will still get a new one. I just fear that I will get a new one and it will have even more problems than the one I have now
EDIT: After going to link provided it seems things happen "after" watching a video. Where as my problem is during videos. And not all videos it seems. The link I posted to youtube does it bad on my device. Plus am unsure about rooting because I may need to return it to bestbuy and i dont want the geeksquad trolling thru the device looking to see if i did anything to it like rooting
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Ok so I am not going crazy and my old eyes aren't playing tricks on me. Well not really old (32).
So it seems that even if I return it for a new one that this problem will be on that one as well?
So I wonder if some have it worse than others? Maybe I will still get a new one. I just fear that I will get a new one and it will have even more problems than the one I have now
EDIT: After going to link provided it seems things happen "after" watching a video. Where as my problem is during videos. And not all videos it seems. The link I posted to youtube does it bad on my device. Plus am unsure about rooting because I may need to return it to bestbuy and i dont want the geeksquad trolling thru the device looking to see if i did anything to it like rooting
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I would return to be safe. One issue for me would be questionable but if I had two I wold return it. Hopefully your next one will be good.
Where in STL are you?
lardo5150 said:
I would return to be safe. One issue for me would be questionable but if I had two I wold return it. Hopefully your next one will be good.
Where in STL are you?
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Hey lardo. Thanks. Im thinking the same thing. Just sucks because bestbuy that close to me said it could be months before they get one in even if they order it for me.
Im in South County
darkwolfelite said:
Ok so I am not going crazy and my old eyes aren't playing tricks on me. Well not really old (32).
So it seems that even if I return it for a new one that this problem will be on that one as well?
So I wonder if some have it worse than others? Maybe I will still get a new one. I just fear that I will get a new one and it will have even more problems than the one I have now
EDIT: After going to link provided it seems things happen "after" watching a video. Where as my problem is during videos. And not all videos it seems. The link I posted to youtube does it bad on my device. Plus am unsure about rooting because I may need to return it to bestbuy and i dont want the geeksquad trolling thru the device looking to see if i did anything to it like rooting
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I would *not* return it for this! It happens on all TF700's (the original link is for the Nexus 7, which behaves differently, I believe).
Again, it's not a flaw - it's by design. This setting will allow you to disable/enable it though (I would hope that Asus also adds a toggle for this in future firmwares).
But returning it for another is not going to help and you may end up with a unit that has a real problem...
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The flickering: I would not return it for that. I'm sure all the tf700s flicker just the same.
The stinky speaker: I would wait for it to fail first, then RMA it.
The dust trapped under the screen: Exchange it even if its just one spec. I exchanged my tf300 for the same reason, and my tf700 screen is flawless. The screen is the most expensive and prominant part, it should be flawless.
A couple months seems long. my exchange took around four days. I would reccomend taking it in for exchange and seeing what their estimate for the date would be. If its too long, you can always back out of exchanging it. You could also give RMAing it a shot, that will take weeks (which is better than months)
Rest assured the fix I linked to does work. I even used Script mananger, and the scripts provided on that page to make a desktop widget to turn it on and off. Dont worry about rooting. Flashing the firmware from asus's website will unroot it without a trace, then do a factory reset and you're good to go.:good:
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I would *not* return it for this! It happens on all TF700's (the original link is for the Nexus 7, which behaves differently, I believe).
Again, it's not a flaw - it's by design. This setting will allow you to disable/enable it though (I would hope that Asus also adds a toggle for this in future firmwares).
But returning it for another is not going to help and you may end up with a unit that has a real problem...
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
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Hey jtrosky. I agree exchanging just for that reason may be silly, but I have other issues as well ( like video stutter, dirt under screen , creeking screen which I see others talking about so probably happens to them all, and burning smell from speaker. I do thank you for your respnse though. Oh and the screen problem I am talking about in this thread I did not notice on my Transformer Tf300 which I returned for the Tf700
For the Tapatalk users out there (with Tapatalk, the Sticky posts don't show unless you specifically look for them) - we've come up with a solution to the "Dynamic Contrast"/"SmartDimmer" problem.
Please check this great Sticky thread for details - lot's of good stuff in here - don't want Tapatalk users to miss it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28427614
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Well returned my tab today. Getting my new one on thursday. Hopefully all will be ok. We will see.
Also gonna root the new one when I get it and do the mentioned tweak from those in this thread. Thanks guys for checking into this for me:laugh:
Ok! WTF! I just got my new Tab and so far , It had white and red crust on the back of it. The power button is really raised up. And Mother [email protected]#$ it also has the burning speaker smell . I mean I have to put my nose to it but come on. Gonna check it out some more and see how it goes. I really hope this one is a keeper but not looking that way.
Also thanks again for those that posted a link about the dimmer issue
Hmm. All electronics smell like they're burning when they're new. Sure it's not just that new tablet smell? Anyway hope this one works out for you.
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Hmm. All electronics smell like they're burning when they're new. Sure it's not just that new tablet smell? Anyway hope this one works out for you.
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Thanks rightonred! Yeah I know. I'm gonna give it some time. Was really just mad about the crusty stuff on the back of it. Thought I would come to my home away from (XDA) and share my sadness. But yeah, I'm gonna give it awhile. So far the only other thing I have noticed besides the crust,wonky power button, is a little light bleed and haptic feedback is really really soft.
So tomorrow is finally the day I get to upgrade my phone, my fascinate has treated me well these past two years, but its a bit dated now. So I've been following the forums and threads on the S III but I didn't see much people saying anything about specific hardware issues with the phone. When I go tomorrow to purchase my phone, is there any hardware specific stuff to look at to make sure my phone doesn't suffer from quality issues or run tests apps like display tester to test out the phone so I don't come out with a lemon and have to come back to exchange it? Any suggestions on making sure I don't get an lemon is much appreciated.
I wouldn't worry about it. Mine has been rock solid, even after a trip into the pool.
Enjoy your new phone. I'm sure you'll love it.
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So tomorrow is finally the day I get to upgrade my phone, my fascinate has treated me well these past two years, but its a bit dated now. So I've been following the forums and threads on the S III but I didn't see much people saying anything about specific hardware issues with the phone. When I go tomorrow to purchase my phone, is there any hardware specific stuff to look at to make sure my phone doesn't suffer from quality issues or run tests apps like display tester to test out the phone so I don't come out with a lemon and have to come back to exchange it? Any suggestions on making sure I don't get an lemon is much appreciated.
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As someone who had a launch fascinate, and upgraded to an s3 in July, let me add my opinion.
Gps. Though still not bulletproof and instantly locking like my wife's iphone 4s, it is way better than the stock fassy and even cm builds
Rom. Stock Rom is way less bloated and tw is way better with a smaller footprint.
Quality. About the same. I miss the 4 capacitive buttons actually. Still find myself hitting the android options key when trying to get to the launcher
I still have my fascinate in case this breaks and needs to be swapped. I do not miss it at all though. I could never find a perfect Rom for it. Something was always broke or buggy. I love my s3. Was going to sell it to get an iphone 5, but I am going to keep it now.
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As someone who had a launch fascinate, and upgraded to an s3 in July, let me add my opinion.
Gps. Though still not bulletproof and instantly locking like my wife's iphone 4s, it is way better than the stock fassy and even cm builds
Rom. Stock Rom is way less bloated and tw is way better with a smaller footprint.
Quality. About the same. I miss the 4 capacitive buttons actually. Still find myself hitting the android options key when trying to get to the launcher
I still have my fascinate in case this breaks and needs to be swapped. I do not miss it at all though. I could never find a perfect Rom for it. Something was always broke or buggy. I love my s3. Was going to sell it to get an iphone 5, but I am going to keep it now.
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Glad to have someone who has experience with the fascinate and gs3. I was concerned with the gps since the gps on the fascinate was pretty wonky. I guess the gs3 isn't much different in build quality with the thin plastic battery cover.
I previously owned a Fascinate as well, it was a great phone but outdated.
I was first worrying about the size being (alittle) too big, after few days it seems to be perfect size.
I do not like the physical home button and the external speakers location. The battery cover is a thin flexible plastic cover, atleast it will not shatter if dropped on hard surfaces.
And the most important of all, it is not an iphone. Unless you have a lemon or defected phone, you will love it.
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I previously owned a Fascinate as well, it was a great phone but outdated.
I was first worrying about the size being (alittle) too big, after few days it seems to be perfect size.
I do not like the physical home button and the external speakers location. The battery cover is a thin flexible plastic cover, atleast it will not shatter if dropped on hard surfaces.
And the most important of all, it is not an iphone. Unless you have a lemon or defected phone, you will love it.
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Yeah, I was worried about the size until I tried out a floor model and to me, felt fine, different from the 4 inches of course but nothing like the galaxy note. I think one major difference is what you mentioned, the physical home button, coming from 4 capacitive buttons to just 3 buttons with one of them a physical one, is pretty different.
A lot of us come from the fascinate. Me too. I find this phone has built nicely on the original fascinate. Adding things that needed along with the general hardware upgrade. Or now thinking on it, Samsung or Qualcomm should have given us a quad core but such as life.
Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S 3 running CM10
tonu42 said:
A lot of us come from the fascinate. Me too. I find this phone has built nicely on the original fascinate. Adding things that needed along with the general hardware upgrade. Or now thinking on it, Samsung or Qualcomm should have given us a quad core but such as life.
Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S 3 running CM10
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Yeah such is life, but having the dual core hold up to that quad core is nice.
On another note, didn't get my galaxy s3 today. So I have unlimited data on my plan and went though hell to try to find a way to keep the unlimited data and get the phone at the discount price. I might of done it, but won't know until verizon sends me my phone in the mail. Will know in a couple days.
It's a great choice ! You will be glad you took the upgrade ! I even enjoy the phone out of the box . This phone is going to be limitless .
RyanW114 said:
So tomorrow is finally the day I get to upgrade my phone, my fascinate has treated me well these past two years, but its a bit dated now. So I've been following the forums and threads on the S III but I didn't see much people saying anything about specific hardware issues with the phone. When I go tomorrow to purchase my phone, is there any hardware specific stuff to look at to make sure my phone doesn't suffer from quality issues or run tests apps like display tester to test out the phone so I don't come out with a lemon and have to come back to exchange it? Any suggestions on making sure I don't get an lemon is much appreciated.
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Let me be one of the first to say Welcome to the VZW GS3 Family! I may be on GS3 #3, but I think I finally got a keeper. The phone kicks my bionic's a** left and right, and I feel the GS3 is the best phone on the market atm.
As for me being on GS3 #3, I wouldent worry about build quality. First one had the screen gap issue (was back when the GS3 had 1 forum for all carriers), second one had dead pixels, but this current one is a keeper!
I am also new to the verizon fam. Came from sprint and am so happy with this gs3. So much to do that sometimes dont know what to do on the phone. What cool tricks do u suggest. I habeny been on this site in years.
To update everyone, I got my phone today and was able to activate it and keep unlimited! The sweet sweet smell of a new phone with unlimited 4G.
RyanW114 said:
To update everyone, I got my phone today and was able to activate it and keep unlimited! The sweet sweet smell of a new phone with unlimited 4G.
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Did you specifically request to keep your unlimited? I am just curious because I preordered mine and was able to keep it. I am not sure if they are still allowing anyone who has unlimited to transition to the S3 with unlimited or only people who specifically request it... anyone have more information??
The phone is fantastic. I've had no issues with it. Welcome to the family!
I love my GS3. It's a great phone and build quality is pretty good. But I did have a few things though most of them are minor. Do check them out within your return window:
1. My 1st GS3 had GPS issue. Took forever to lock and wouldn't stay locked. Got an exchange for that and the 2nd one is way better, still not perfect but totally usable.
2. My 1st GS3 came with a tiny scratch on the screen. I found it after using the phone for < 2hours. At first I thought I scratched it. Then after keeping the phone in the same pocket (completely naked) for 3 weeks, and then having the 2nd one for a month, no scratch whatsoever. Now I'm pretty sure my 1st one came with the scratch. It's a very tiny scratch can only be seen from certain angle. But it annoyed the hell out of me.
3. Both the 1st and 2nd GS3's back cover have a squeaky spot. The 1st one right behind the volume rocker, the 2nd one behind the home button. Not the worst problem but can get annoying.
I saw other people report screen problem (dead pixel) so running a screen test is probably not a bad idea.
Dirty13ear said:
Did you specifically request to keep your unlimited? I am just curious because I preordered mine and was able to keep it. I am not sure if they are still allowing anyone who has unlimited to transition to the S3 with unlimited or only people who specifically request it... anyone have more information??
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As far as I know if you take a discounted price on a phone, you have to take a share everything plan. Op how did you keep your unlimited?
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Dirty13ear said:
Did you specifically request to keep your unlimited? I am just curious because I preordered mine and was able to keep it. I am not sure if they are still allowing anyone who has unlimited to transition to the S3 with unlimited or only people who specifically request it... anyone have more information??
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I didn't, after June 28th you can't request to keep it. See below how I did it.
moun7ain said:
The phone is fantastic. I've had no issues with it. Welcome to the family!
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Thanks!
simollie said:
I love my GS3. It's a great phone and build quality is pretty good. But I did have a few things though most of them are minor. Do check them out within your return window:
1. My 1st GS3 had GPS issue. Took forever to lock and wouldn't stay locked. Got an exchange for that and the 2nd one is way better, still not perfect but totally usable.
2. My 1st GS3 came with a tiny scratch on the screen. I found it after using the phone for < 2hours. At first I thought I scratched it. Then after keeping the phone in the same pocket (completely naked) for 3 weeks, and then having the 2nd one for a month, no scratch whatsoever. Now I'm pretty sure my 1st one came with the scratch. It's a very tiny scratch can only be seen from certain angle. But it annoyed the hell out of me.
3. Both the 1st and 2nd GS3's back cover have a squeaky spot. The 1st one right behind the volume rocker, the 2nd one behind the home button. Not the worst problem but can get annoying.
I saw other people report screen problem (dead pixel) so running a screen test is probably not a bad idea.
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I was checking for everything, can you tell me more about the back cover squeaky spot, been squeezing it, haven't had any squeaky spots, I assume that means I don't have that problem.
Vorfidus said:
As far as I know if you take a discounted price on a phone, you have to take a share everything plan. Op how did you keep your unlimited?
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I did a cross upgrade, I was able to transfer my upgrade to a different phone and then have that line upgrade to the s3. When it came, I just esn swap (transferred the phone to my line). Note this only works with ordering from the website. At the store and anywhere else they will force you to switch. Trust me, I banged heads with a lot of people over this.
Vorfidus said:
As far as I know if you take a discounted price on a phone, you have to take a share everything plan. Op how did you keep your unlimited?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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When I got mine at full price they made me switch before they would activate it but I'm fine with it.
RyanW114 said:
I did a cross upgrade, I was able to transfer my upgrade to a different phone and then have that line upgrade to the s3. When it came, I just esn swap (transferred the phone to my line). Note this only works with ordering from the website. At the store and anywhere else they will force you to switch. Trust me, I banged heads with a lot of people over this.
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Ahhh that makes sense then. I was pretty sure they weren't allowing people to do that anymore no matter what but the way you went about it seems to be a few and far between sort of thing. Nice work on keeping that unlimited data though. props
RyanW114 said:
Glad to have someone who has experience with the fascinate and gs3. I was concerned with the gps since the gps on the fascinate was pretty wonky. I guess the gs3 isn't much different in build quality with the thin plastic battery cover.
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It feels solid to me. Its a thin cover but its all packed together in that slim body pretty tightly so it doesn't feel cheap (at least not to me). You can't tell its a thin plastic back unless you remove it as it doesn't move or give at all when it is on the phone. I think the fascinate felt worse
The GPS is no problem at all on the S3 but I never had issues with it on my fascinate either although I know a lot of people did.