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Wow. Seriously?

I just thought this was worth sharing.
I own an MT4G. In my year of having it I have gone through 6 replacements.
None with the SO Type 2 Panel.
Tonight (actually 10 minutes ago) I just got back from buying my wife an MT4G.
It has a cracked digitizer but otherwise works just fine.
The touch screen is still responsive in every corner and every side.
Even where it's cracked. I got this phone for 30 bucks. 30....
My wife now has a MT4G with a superior screen. SO Type 2.
FML!
P.S. She won't switch with me even though she doesn't see the difference.
She just knows that I want it, she has it, I don't have it and that's the way she likes it.

nguyendqh said:
P.S. She won't switch with me even though she doesn't see the difference. She just knows that I want, she has it, I don't and that's the way she likes it.
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LOL typical couples..

Women are evil like that. Vaginas need to come with disclaimers.
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rei165 said:
Women are evil like that. Vaginas need to come with disclaimers.
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Haha indeed.

Lol dude that's funny.
Just buy a new digitizer to replace that broken one. Then fix your wife's phone.
Then do the magical switcharoo. She won't tell the difference, lol.

mackster248 said:
Lol dude that's funny.
Just buy a new digitizer to replace that broken one. Then fix your wife's phone.
Then do the magical switcharoo. She won't tell the difference, lol.
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Yeah I'm trying to find one now for it. Been watching some videos trying to get a handle on it.

How do you know if you have the superior screen?

Metaleckz said:
How do you know if you have the superior screen?
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There's a thread under "General" that shows you how to find out.
A rooted way and an unrooted way.
Search "bad display" in the "General" forum.
Are you rooted or unrooted?

Rooted . Ill look into it

Metaleckz said:
Rooted . Ill look into it
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All you gotta do is turn off the phone (make sure fastboot is off)
then boot in to bootloader.
Hold volume down and press the power button. Hold it until you see the bootloader screen.
Go down to system info and look for something along the lines of SH-C2 or SO-C2.
SO is superior, SH is not.
Good luck.

I got the lcd so c2 lol now I know mine is good

Metaleckz said:
I got the lcd so c2 lol now I know mine is good
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Awesome. But wait til you see the difference then you'll REALLY know.
I swear even with a broken digitizer on my wife's phone my phone can't even compare.

My lady would do the same exact thing.
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i have the SH version, honestly i cant see anything wrong with my screen. iv compared it to other android phones and it is brighter and more defined, (evo g2, varius others) so idk maybe i need to really compare the two, btw my lady would trade with me

Yea I have the good screen and one of my family members got the phone, and I immediately noticed that they had got the bad screen. I was like...... . Seriously the difference is great
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Infrared28 said:
Yea I have the good screen and one of my family members got the phone, and I immediately noticed that they had got the bad screen. I was like...... . Seriously the difference is great
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Saturation? Color? Contrast?

30 bucks... can it be any cheaper?

The screen is just seriously washed out in comparison. I don't want to use any terms incorrectly, so im just gonna keep it at that.
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I went through several bad screens before getting a good one, and wife still has the bad one. I was checking out my friend's Sensation and immediately noticed that he has the bad screen. Apparently HTC is still shipping both screens even on their latest models. Will definitely be cautious if I go with another HTC phone after this.

I'm expecting my 2nd MT to arrive tomorrow.
If I haven't seen the bad screen, would I even know something is off? Like if my first phone had a bad screen and the new one does to, would I even guess that there's a problem?
I mean do you have to see a good and bad one side by side to know the difference?
Or is it like watching HDTV for years then trying to watch a show on an old 1920's black and white?

Gunny! I got [another] new phone!

Just got back from the AT&T store and they gave me a brand new phone! They didn't want to at first since I am a week past my 30 day return window but I schmoozed them for a solid hour and after saying no to me 10 times I was finally able to convince them to give me a new one. I am happy to report that this one does not have a clicky screen

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Just got back from the AT&T store and they gave me a brand new phone! They didn't want to at first but I schmoozed them for a solid hour and after saying no to me 10 times I was finally able to convince them to give me a new one. I am happy to report that this one does not have a clicky screen
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RIP Clicky!
LOL
Congrats man. Glad to hear it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Rooting now

I'm sure clicky will be back, Muahahahah
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18th.abn said:
I'm sure clicky will be back, Muahahahah
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I hate you.

_MetalHead_ said:
I hate you.
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ROFL

All set up again. I am one happy camper

_MetalHead_ said:
All set up again. I am one happy camper
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exxxxxxxcelllent

Poor clicky. What did clicky ever do to you?!? LOL
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UGH. This one is giving me problems now. I keep losing cell service and a sim icon pops up in the status bar. It's happened like 4 times now.

_MetalHead_ said:
UGH. This one is giving me problems now. I keep losing cell service and a sim icon pops up in the status bar. It's happened like 4 times now.
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a couple of times yesterday and today I've seen mine say restricted access changed. voice service blocked, but then everything works fine.

gunnyman said:
a couple of times yesterday and today I've seen mine say restricted access changed. voice service blocked, but then everything works fine.
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That happens to me sometimes but only on a reboot and then it works fine after that. I just got off the phone with the store and they are going to swap it out for me, again.

_MetalHead_ said:
That happens to me sometimes but only on a reboot and then it works fine after that. I just got off the phone with the store and they are going to swap it out for me, again.
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party on Wayne

I'm on my fourth one so I seriously think the build quality actually varies by store. Maybe I'm crazy, the first three stunk so I tried a different store. Haven't had one problem with this one.
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_MetalHead_ said:
UGH. This one is giving me problems now. I keep losing cell service and a sim icon pops up in the status bar. It's happened like 4 times now.
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Clicky never looked so good.
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The first phone they tried to give me had a clicky screen too! I wasn't having that lol. Made them scrap that one and give me the last One X they had in stock. Got my new one and I think I made an enemy in the process. On a side note, I just had a brutal root canal done. Waiting at walgreens for my vicodin.
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_MetalHead_ said:
The first phone they tried to give me had a clicky screen too! I wasn't having that lol. Made them scrap that one and give me the last One X they had in stock. Got my new one and I think I made an enemy in the process. On a side note, I just had a brutal root canal done. Waiting at walgreens for my vicodin.
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Well then, who can blame you for being a little crabby? Mmmm, vicodin!
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Oooh hope you feel better. I hate root canals.

droidiac13 said:
I'm on my fourth one so I seriously think the build quality actually varies by store. Maybe I'm crazy, the first three stunk so I tried a different store. Haven't had one problem with this one.
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All I know is this phone has some serious quality control issues. It may be because of my ocd but I'm on my 5th one. First one had a big yellow spot on the screen. Second one was getting really hot. Third one got really hot also plus I wanted to try a grey one lol. Fourth one I went back to white. It ran really cool but it had light bleed. This current one has the best looking screen and no light bleed but it runs hot and has the worst battery life out of all of them. I should have just suck with the fourth one. My biggest annoyance is the heat and crappy battery life. How can they not all be consistent in the battery life department? They have the same batteries. 5 hours with 58 mins screen on time is really unacceptable in my eyes when I was getting a day and 5 hours with 3 and a half hours screen on time consistently with the other phones. Something just doesn't want me to be happy and have everything go right. There's always gotta be something wrong. These companies need to learn to make better products.
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We are early adopters and this is what we sometimes need to go through. I am completely understanding of that and frankly, I don't care if I have to exchange my phone 10 times (I'm sure Kurt at my local AT&T store does!), as long as I end up with a perfect one then I'm happy. Our other option is to wait 6 months until they get all the kinks worked out and then buy one. I'd much rather have it now and deal with the issues then have to wait until those issues get worked out before I get to play with it.

Quality control - my 4th SGS3!

Anybody else out there having amazingly bad luck with your GS3? I just got a 3rd refurb and it came with the power button loose, and fell off in under 3 hours when I tried to use it. They are sending me a new unit instead of a refurb this time - priority overnight. This is the 2nd one I've had with a power button that came off! #2 just rebooted randomly more-and-more every day until I gave up figuring it out after a factory reset and "Safe Mode" start - it would still reboot just sitting there. *SMH* :silly:

How you get a new one... lucky
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i have zero problem with my Quad Core S3 i9300.. loving it

Mine has been perfect.

I've been having bad luck as well. On my 3rd...

On my first, no issues whatsoever.

TheLynxy said:
On my first, no issues whatsoever.
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Same here....

On my second but I messed up the first when I installed cm10 so I just went to Verizon and they gave me a new one
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How did I get a new one?
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How you get a new one... lucky
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Jumped up and down, calmly getting elevated from first-line tech until I got the "customer advocate". She agreed that if I had gotten two defective "recertified" phones, I deserved to have a real (new) one. I had to agree to a two year contract, which in my case only adds 9 weeks to my commitment and they agreed not to change my TOS. Basically they did an end run around themselves, because it will look like I upgraded my phone again, allowing them to ship a new unit. *SMH*

Already 4? That's sucks man. I'm on my 15th RAZR maxx...
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Sorry to hear about your bad luck...hopefully they'll get it straightened out for you!

Dovigoldberger said:
On my second but I messed up the first when I installed cm10 so I just went to Verizon and they gave me a new one
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Do you suppose these type of returns are what prompts Verizon to keep the bootloader locked down? If I were Verizon I'd sure want to.

If you want to see bad Quality control you guys should see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDxJoGv3FLA
That took forever to get replaced even with issues every day like that.

I have had a perfect one since release day

On my 4th aswell
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I've had my GS3 since launch day and haven't had a single issue yet. Maybe the Otterbox helps..?
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4 already?!?! That sounds like a seriously bad run of horrible luck..... Hopefully #4 is a keeper!!!!
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FormeriPhoney said:
I have had a perfect one since release day
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Likewise, maybe we just got lucky...

Mines perfect no black spots or power button issue.but I will be on the look out for them two issues to happen.maybe our phones arnt as indestructible as thought.maybe time for a case n protector. any recommended?
Sorry if I hijacked thread with my question...
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mine has this weird line going down the left side of the screen
its only noticeable if you have a light source shinning on it and holding the device at an angle, doesn't effect viewing quality at all
slightly annoys me but im not about to return it and get a scratched up refurb phone in return

Galaxy S4 Screen Issues

Here are some pictures of my dads galaxy s4. The LCD is bleeding purple and blue dots and it gwtting worse every minuite. Thank god this hasnt happened to my S4 [yet]. Im making this post from the device support center. We are going to attempt to get this replaced. Ill keep yoi all updated.
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So I'm guessing pops accidentally sat on it after leaving it in his back pocket.

Thermalwolf said:
So I'm guessing pops accidentally sat on it after leaving it in his back pocket.
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Thats what I say or he dropped it on its side.

These pics makes my skin crawl. Sorry it has happen dude.

Ive been so cautious with my phone ever since I got it xD this is lile one of those worste nightmare situations.
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soulja4187 said:
Thats what I say or he dropped it on its side.
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When I saw that I asked him right away if he dropped it or if his pockets were tight. He responded no to both. I've never seen him drop it, in fact the phone is still flawless. Nevertheless, the ended up shipping out a new phone. AT&T has really good CS. I'll let you know when the phone gets here. Oh yea, almost forgot, his screen is turning yellow now too.
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Hey guys. Heres another update of the screen. When he woke up this morning he went to check his phone and found this. It got even worse. Whatever. We should be seeing a new one in 4 to 6 business days. Just a lil update.
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Wow that's ****ty. Glad they are replacing it. I would of made a huge stink if they tried saying that was due to wear and tear.
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how hard did he press on the screen? it looks like its been pressed VERY hard.

Slade8525 said:
how hard did he press on the screen? it looks like its been pressed VERY hard.
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Yea after seeing the updated photo there's no doubt that was caused by pressure. Sat on old phone before by accident and the screen did the EXACT same thing.
I wouldn't say this is a screen issue, just a damaged phone by accident :*(

Hopefully cs doesnt consider that physical damage and charge full retail price after they get it..
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what can i do?

i got my nexus 5 and did the speaker mod where i drill holes.now 2 days later i got light bleed on screen and bluehish tint spots ,i know warranty is void cause of mod . can i just buy speaker module and install it and try to rma?

that's pretty fraudulent

Thank adam first of all

caribouxda said:
Thank adam first of all
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I'd like to thank you instead! This is XDA, no one forces anyone to do anything on here. The OP of this post made his own choice of opening up his phone and drilling the holes.
Many people have done the same mod and no one else is facing the same problem. It could well be the OP drilled a little bit too hard which makes sense considering the screen is showing signs of damage.
OP: I was looking for spare speaker parts myself but have not seen any yet ( UK ).
Can you take a picture of the damage?
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Its clouding. Weird because i didnt have it after i did mod.its a blue tint that i can only see in dark screen.black backgrounds. Ill try to take a pic
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Does the damage coincide with where you put the holes? For example where the bluish marks are on the screen?
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avocco said:
Does the damage coincide with where you put the holes? For example where the bluish marks are on the screen?
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no, from what I'm seeing it looks like there may be something under the back cover which is causing pressure on the display. that does not look like light separation.
Take it back apart and see what you see.

AdamOutler said:
no, from what I'm seeing it looks like there may be something under the back cover which is causing pressure on the display. that does not look like light separation.
Take it back apart and see what you see.
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First of all.i want to thank adam for mod.
This issue has nothing to do with mod.I took phone apart and couldn't find anything. I turn it on without back cover and same issue.it started when i sat on it .its was in the bed under blanket ,forgot i had it there.
I can only see tge blue tint when it's black background. Others colors is not there
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bgaccord said:
First of all.i want to thank adam for mod.
This issue has nothing to do with mod.I took phone apart and couldn't find anything. I turn it on without back cover and same issue.it started when i sat on it .its was in the bed under blanket ,forgot i had it there.
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After reading that, the thread became pointless.
good day.

bgaccord said:
First of all.i want to thank adam for mod.
This issue has nothing to do with mod.I took phone apart and couldn't find anything. I turn it on without back cover and same issue.it started when i sat on it .its was in the bed under blanket ,forgot i had it there.
I can only see tge blue tint when it's black background. Others colors is not there
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This is what you should have started this thread with. You already know what caused the issue, and you're trying to get a free replacement on the phone by using Fraud.
I realize this is going to come across as offensive, but you were dumb enough to sit on your phone and now you're dumb enough to try to get XDA to help you attempt fraud against Google so you don't have to pay the money to get it fixed. Read the forum rules about illegal activity.

hotleadsingerguy said:
This is what you should have started this thread with. You already know what caused the issue, and you're trying to get a free replacement on the phone by using Fraud.
I realize this is going to come across as offensive, but you were dumb enough to sit on your phone and now you're dumb enough to try to get XDA to help you attempt fraud against Google so you don't have to pay the money to get it fixed. Read the forum rules about illegal activity.
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I'm sorry guys. I'm an idiot. Last question
Why Is tint only visible black backgrounds? where can i get display for low price?
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Replacement LCD
For the LCD: http://www.etradesupply.com/lg/android-models/lg-nexus-5.html
Please be detailed in your original post.
Good Day and good luck.

bgaccord said:
I'm sorry guys. I'm an idiot. Last question
Why Is tint only visible black backgrounds? where can i get display for low price?
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It's probably only visible on a dark screen because those are the areas where the actual display are under stress from the phone being bent. It won't necessarily make it BRIGHTER.... just more easily noticed. Kind of like if you touch your computer monitor. touch the screen where it's lighter, and you don't really notice much of anything. touch where it's darker, and you'll more easily see the distortion.