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Some real life S4 GT-i9500 pics + infos!

Hi folks,
I had a change handon S4. Here are some pics for you first
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Another pic of screen/display: S4 vs Note 2:
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Sleep now and I will update about next 8hours

noticed how the sensors, LED and speaker are much closer to the bezel compared to them being centered across on the S3. looks a bit weird, cosmetically speaking..

Zanr Zij said:
Another pic of screen/display: S4 vs Note 2:
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Sleep now and I will update about next 8hours
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Wow that is tiny compared to the note2.

tft said:
noticed how the sensors, LED and speaker are much closer to the bezel compared to them being centered across on the S3. looks a bit weird, cosmetically speaking..
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1. Look sexier with me
2. Maybe cause of narrower bezel and for more accuracy eyes tracking
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Zanr Zij said:
1. Look more sexy with me
2. Maybe cause of narrower bezel and for more accuracy eyes tracking
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Just a copy of the S3 but with better specs.
Samsung must change it looks with metal like the iphone (i am not a iphone fan but the look of the Iphone4 is just nice)

bountgunner said:
Just a copy of the S3 but with better specs.
Samsung must change it looks with metal like the iphone (i am not a iphone fan but the look of the Iphone4 is just nice)
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In term of material, 100% I agree with you about metal bezel.
Before I saw S4 pics on web/pic I though like you: S3s but in real life S4 much more different than S3: sexier, better build, minutely. Totally S4 has good looking.
The worst: small/slim bezel next to screen can not be replace without replace screen.
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Is it me or does the note 2 has better whites? S4 white looks pinkish

MohJee said:
Is it me or does the note 2 has better whites? S4 white looks pinkish
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It's not technically better whites. It's just better brightness.
People confuse brightness with quality of white. GN2 is brighter than GS4. White is more closer to color temperature rather than brightness.
Here's a good example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40311908&postcount=226

CLARiiON said:
It's not technically better whites. It's just better brightness.
People confuse brightness with quality of white. GN2 is brighter than GS4. White is more closer to color temperature rather than brightness.
Here's a good example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40311908&postcount=226
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But none of them look white. N2 is grey and SGS4 is red...

shox22 said:
But none of them look white. N2 is grey and SGS4 is red...
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Movie mode

MohJee said:
Is it me or does the note 2 has better whites? S4 white looks pinkish
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I don't care much about technical more than real life .
Cause of limited of my camera tech, Note 2 has blue tint but S4 reduce it much, no pink tint.
But when compare to IPS LCD, S4 white still is not good as.
"Photo Professional" screen mode = very good mode, a balance between standard and natural mode
CLARiiON said:
It's not technically better whites. It's just better brightness.
People confuse brightness with quality of white. GN2 is brighter than GS4. White is more closer to color temperature rather than brightness.
Here's a good example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40311908&postcount=226
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CLARiiON said:
Movie mode
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Yes! Movie mode look a little bit better Photo Pro mode but hard to determine it. SS has done a very good job!
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Can you give us some stills in dark rooms (both normal and night mode) and compare them with Note 2?
Really wanna see how it is improved.

hung2900 said:
Can you give us some stills in dark rooms (both normal and night mode) and compare them with Note 2?
Really wanna see how it is improved.
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I will do today. It is Samsung sample for local media .
As I tried, S4 is noticable better Note 2
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Here are other angles of screen
s4 vs Note 2
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please can u install this GPU benchmark and post the results
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mdXR1cmVtYXJrLmRtYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBsaWNhdGlvbiJd

Zanr Zij said:
Here are other angles of screen
s4 vs Note 2
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Oh great. I'm so sick about the color shifting on Note 2 when the viewing angle sightly changes (maybe due to the strange subpixel stripes layout).
I can see that on S4 it's much better now.
It's sunny in Hanoi now, so can yoou give us same photos (and comments also) about sunlight legitibility of S4 compared to Note 2? Thanks.

Find it so funny how people get hung up on **** they don't notice unless it's being compared to another phone. When do you ever get the current top smart phones and compare them all in real life? When you're using the phone on it's own your brain thinks that is pure white and it is what you see it as. I have never used a phone and thought "that has a red tint" or whatever, no because you do not notice it in every day use.
Instead of going by the numbers and what not, lets just see how it looks in everyday use.

If it does have a slight red tint it actually will save power as red is the next best thing to black on an AMOLED in order to to use less screen power. Not saying its good or bad for visuals, just elaborating there may be more a reason for it. What type of gamma do they use, is it more oriented to fluorescent or incandescent lighting?

Different Screens in newer models?

So I RMA'd and Google sent me a new Nexus 5 from the new "311k" batch. My original Nexus 5 is a "launch" version of the "310k" batch...
I turn my phone on and I immediately see a yellow/brownish tint to the new one they sent me (311k). Now, is this something that's permanent or will it get better with more use of the phone? My original Nexus 5 has bright whites with no beige tint to them...
I took some pics with an S3, the differences in pictures seem minor...in person it's literally night and day. Especially when using an app like hangouts...I'm sure if I had a better camera it'd pick it up.
Both taken at full brightness
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Are you using a custom kernel?
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FuMMoD said:
Are you using a custom kernel?
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I am not. I searched google and it seems to be an issue some people are having...but like I said it's odd to me because it's such a drastic difference and you can notice it everywhere on the phone.
You can't even say the whites are "white"

That's really interesting. There is a way to find it what type of screen out has with a terminal command. It's in a screen thread here somewhere. It would be good to know exactly what screens both the phones have. I noticed when I got my phone it had a brownish, reddish tint and flashing a custom kernel gave me amazing colors.
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FuMMoD said:
That's really interesting. There is a way to find it what type of screen out has with a terminal command. It's in a screen thread here somewhere. It would be good to know exactly what screens both the phones have. I noticed when I got my phone it had a brownish, reddish tint and flashing a custom kernel gave me amazing colors.
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I know kernels can change the colors but why would it be different if it were a software issue? I know the 311k didn't have to download an update as the 310k's did when you turn on the phone.

OTSS said:
I know kernels can change the colors but why would it be different if it were a software issue? I know the 311k didn't have to download an update as the 310k's did when you turn on the phone.
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My 310 straight from Google, out the box did not update anything. I think I got the second batch since I received it November 15.
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Just wondering why you didn't use the same screen shot on both? Not trying to say anything, just struck me as odd.

FuMMoD said:
That's really interesting. There is a way to find it what type of screen out has with a terminal command. It's in a screen thread here somewhere. It would be good to know exactly what screens both the phones have. I noticed when I got my phone it had a brownish, reddish tint and flashing a custom kernel gave me amazing colors.
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meangreenie said:
Just wondering why you didn't use the same screen shot on both? Not trying to say anything, just struck me as odd.
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No idea what you're talking about?

meangreenie said:
Just wondering why you didn't use the same screen shot on both? Not trying to say anything, just struck me as odd.
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You do know that the Nexus 5 wording is the screen protector when you get them brand new..

Ph0enix. said:
You do know that the Nexus 5 wording is the screen protector when you get them brand new..
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Well its only there to protect the screen during transit. Have you compared them without it on? It is possible it causes a slight tint to the screen?

As much as I know, yellow tint is normal with new screens. It goes away after some days of usage.

Firstly 311 just indicates 2013 month 11 (November) production date and 310 was month 10 - its not a build standard despite what many seem to be thinking. If something in production changes one day then you'll need the whole serial number to know if it's before or after a change.
My first was November production (311) and it came pre-loaded with Kit Kat - but it had a serious screen defect (colour banding and distortions) and was replaced by another November (311). I would say the second does have warmer whites but as it all works as designed I'm happy.

OTSS said:
So I RMA'd and Google sent me a new Nexus 5 from the new "311k" batch. My original Nexus 5 is a "launch" version of the "310k" batch...
I turn my phone on and I immediately see a yellow/brownish tint to the new one they sent me (311k). Now, is this something that's permanent or will it get better with more use of the phone? My original Nexus 5 has bright whites with no beige tint to them...
I took some pics with an S3, the differences in pictures seem minor...in person it's literally night and day. Especially when using an app like hangouts...I'm sure if I had a better camera it'd pick it up.
Both taken at full brightness
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Same thing happened to me on my replacement. The first one seemed super white (along with some dead pixels) and the new one has a warmer (yellower) tone to it. At first I thought the same thing, is this a defect. And then I thought either way I like a warmer tone on a screen. The brighter one almost hurt my eyes actually.. Since I've been using the new screen for a while I think it may have brightened up some, but I don't have my defective N5 to compare it to. I guess my point is that I don't think it is defective. I think it is an improvement over the first one. Especially since I don't have any dead pixels and my vibrator motor is stronger too.

Just got mine 3 days ago and has the warmer looking screen. I do prefer the cooler screens like my N4 had but will live with it since there are no dead pixels or other issues people have reported.
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see this. . it is n4.. i had three n4 and 2 had yellow tint one was normal white..
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here...odels-have-slightly-different-screens_id44252

Wanted to update this thread...
So I got a replacement for the 2nd phone which had a yellow hue...but then when I got the 3rd phone and compared the screens, the yellow hue on the 2nd phone had gone away and the 3rd had the yellow hue.
So in my conclusion, it takes a few days - a week for the screen to break in.

Some what of a pink tint on screen

I've noticed that on white backgrounds such as Web browsing, there is slight pink tinting going on on the left side of my screen, and the lower bottom of the screen. However it is most apparent when using the keyboard, then the left side of the keyboard has a slight tint of pink and the other looks ok. I can't really use the demo store units a base to go off of, since those screens have burn in already from prolonged use. I did compare my friends note 4 to my screen, and his looked uniform (although a tiny yellow tint across the whole screen, but uniform). I value uniformity since that would not bug me. Anyone else notice this issue?
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Well it doesn't matter since tmobile is now sending me a brand new one.
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This has been an issue on every Samsung phone since the S4. Odds are your replacement will also have it to some extent.
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Mine first one had sort of a round pink area on the right edge of the screen, and once you saw it you couldn't look away. I had it replaced and the new one is much better.
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drivn2fast said:
Mine first one had sort of a round pink area on the right edge of the screen, and once you saw it you couldn't look away. I had it replaced and the new one is much better.
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But it's not perfect correct? My friends note was completely uniform, I was amazed lol
Towle said:
This has been an issue on every Samsung phone since the S4. Odds are your replacement will also have it to some extent.
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It might have it, I would hope that it would not have it as much. And I really hope it won't be worse.
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helikido said:
But it's not perfect correct? My friends note was completely uniform, I was amazed lol
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I think it's pretty close to perfect, but the pink area was really noticeable on the other one. There is nothing that noticeable on the new one's screen.
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I'm noticing this on my new note 5 as well just in the bottom half of my screen its very subtle and hard to catch on camera but I can see it the stock Samsung keyboard instead of being a greyish color looks more of a light pinkish color its quite annoying I just got my phone on Thursday I may just drop by T-Mobile and have them replace it with in my grace period.

drivn2fast said:
I think it's pretty close to perfect, but the pink area was really noticeable on the other one. There is nothing that noticeable on the new one's screen.
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Nice, I hope mine is close to perfect too, because having a slightly pinkish left side on higher brightness while reading text is annoying.
bsanto9 said:
I'm noticing this on my new note 5 as well just in the bottom half of my screen its very subtle and hard to catch on camera but I can see it the stock Samsung keyboard instead of being a greyish color looks more of a light pinkish color its quite annoying I just got my phone on Thursday I may just drop by T-Mobile and have them replace it with in my grace period.
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I'll let you know how the new note I get fares. But that's exactly how I noticed it, through the keyboard.
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I just had mine replaced brand new because of my 14 day grace period and the new one has no such problem. Screen looks great and not a hint of a pink hue or a pink tint anywhere. I posted a picture of the new one, the lower left corner of the keyboard on my old one was where it was most notable.
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Had the same problem. Tmobile reps thought I was crazy. New on has no such problems.

jbbuie said:
Had the same problem. Tmobile reps thought I was crazy. New on has no such problems.
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I'll be getting mine today and I'll take a picture of both with my G3. But yeah, mine did have an overall pink tint to the whole screen. Just like yours.
bsanto9 said:
I just had mine replaced brand new because of my 14 day grace period and the new one has no such problem. Screen looks great and not a hint of a pink hue or a pink tint anywhere. I posted a picture the lower left corner of the keyboard was where it was most notable.
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I really hope mine is perfect today.
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Wow that looks really bad buddy all that link would big the crap out of me. Fingers crossed the new one looks awesome. I ecstatic that my new one looks great batter life sucks but I'm working on getting that better
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So what was the end result of your new Note 5 ? Hopefully good
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Well I received my replacement and I'm somewhat neutral about it. The condition is completely flipped now. The right side of my screen has a pink tint to it, except this time it doesn't extend from the side to almost half the screen like my older note did. The pink tint is somewhat more noticeable though, as in darker. Another thing I noticed was that this screen has a more noticeable screen flicker than the older one on max brightness over white backgrounds. I'll post pictures soon for you guys to see a difference. But at this point, I think I'm going to wait it out 15 days to wait on new stock to come then test my luck again.
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Damn, that's terrible I would call tmobile right back and let them know they sent you a defective replacement device. But i t makes sense to wait as well.

Replacement Pixel looks horrible with Night Light Enabled

I got a replacement pixel and everything is great one it except one thing. When I enable Night Light it looks horrible. Both phones are running the same firmware, have the same apps installed, all the settings are the same but you can see the replacement looks horrible. It's only when night light mode is enabled though. Here is my replacement next to my current pixel and then the replacement next to my XL. All have Night Light enabled.
I'm trying to figure out why the replacement looks so bad, I mean night light is a software thing right? So it should look consistent. My current pixel next to the XL look pretty much the same.
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Well, mine does exactly what the description on the bottom of the Nightlight settings page says. It turns an Amber hue closer to your replacement. Honestly the other phones don't look like the setting is enabled. I didn't see any amber hue in those pictures. What does the screen do on those devices when you toggle the option on and off? Do you notice any change at all?

Which is which? The one on the right that is orange is how it is supposed to look. The one on the left is broke or nit on night mode. This is not a slam, but google pixel night mode images and you will see the orange.
Ok, you said which was which. The pixel is broke not on, the XL is correct​.

troy` said:
Well, mine does exactly what the description on the bottom of the Nightlight settings page says. It turns an Amber hue closer to your replacement. Honestly the other phones don't look like the setting is enabled. I didn't see any amber hue in those pictures. What does the screen do on those devices when you toggle the option on and off? Do you notice any change at all?
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No, it's definitely on on all 3 devices. My pixel and xl look the same when night light is enabled. The replacement looks much darker.
My og pixel and my XL are more amber than when night light is enabled but when they are side by side with the replacement it doesn't look like night light is on on both my pixel and my XL. They are definitely on dude.. I'm not some noob
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graffixnyc said:
No, it's definitely on on all 3 devices. My pixel and xl look the same when night light is enabled. The replacement looks much darker.
My og pixel and my XL are more amber than when night light is enabled but when they are side by side with the replacement it doesn't look like night light is on on both my pixel and my XL. They are definitely on dude.. I'm not some noob
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Well the plot thickens.
Last time I had this conversation with someone my XL was VERY amber, like your​ XL is. I just looked again and it is like your Pixel​.
Different versions...one on Feb and one on March? I'm on March.
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And another clue. If I go into a darker room for a few seconds it goes much more amber than if i am in a well lit room.
Were both screenshots taken in the same light?

graffixnyc said:
No, it's definitely on on all 3 devices. My pixel and xl look the same when night light is enabled. The replacement looks much darker.
My og pixel and my XL are more amber than when night light is enabled but when they are side by side with the replacement it doesn't look like night light is on on both my pixel and my XL. They are definitely on dude.. I'm not some noob
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Noob or not. I was trying to help troubleshoot. As a matter of fact, based on your total posts and thanks I had assumed you were NOT a noob. The reason I went ahead said something is because we've all been there. Having trouble with something and troubleshooting it to no end when someone walks in and says... Is this supposed to be plugged in? (or some variation of that scenario)
Anyway, good luck.

graffixnyc said:
No, it's definitely on on all 3 devices. My pixel and xl look the same when night light is enabled. The replacement looks much darker.
My og pixel and my XL are more amber than when night light is enabled but when they are side by side with the replacement it doesn't look like night light is on on both my pixel and my XL. They are definitely on dude.. I'm not some noob
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Try flashing one from another phone. Here is my regular one and here is one I colored blue. Make a copy of your services.jar first.
I saw a similar post a few months ago. Same scenario. A replacement.

graffixnyc said:
No, it's definitely on on all 3 devices. My pixel and xl look the same when night light is enabled. The replacement looks much darker.
My og pixel and my XL are more amber than when night light is enabled but when they are side by side with the replacement it doesn't look like night light is on on both my pixel and my XL. They are definitely on dude.. I'm not some noob
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Well, I have a Pixel and one friend who has a Pixel and another who has a Pixel XL. They are all the same on night mode. Amber colored like the ones you posted. I could be wrong but I'm guessing the amber color is as it should be. In my mind, the idea of night mode isn't to make it pretty. It's to make it easier on the eyes. The bright white doesn't do that, the amber does. Which is right? I don't know for sure but i have to assume the amber is correct. White is hard on the eyes in the dark. Pretty or not.

robocuff said:
Well, I have a Pixel and one friend who has a Pixel and another who has a Pixel XL. They are all the same on night mode. Amber colored like the ones you posted. I could be wrong but I'm guessing the amber color is as it should be. In my mind, the idea of night mode isn't to make it pretty. It's to make it easier on the eyes. The bright white doesn't do that, the amber does. Which is right? I don't know for sure but i have to assume the amber is correct. White is hard on the eyes in the dark. Pretty or not.
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I just took pictures of mine. One in the light and one in the dark. The amber one of his is way too dark. My picture in the dark looks like it isn't on. The one in the light has a light amber color. His isn't amber, it's gold.

Here is a video showing my original pixel (on the left) with my replacement pixel(on the right).
Note: Both running same fw with latest update, Both have adaptive brightness off, brightness to 100%.
You'll see, when I enable Night Light on my original Pixel, it's amber compared to the replacement which has it off. As soon as I enable it on the replacement it's sooooo amber that it makes the original not look amber at all. Same holds true when I compare the replacement pixel to my Pixel XL.
Original Pixel Left, Replacement Right

Tulsadiver said:
Try flashing one from another phone. Here is my regular one and here is one I colored blue. Make a copy of your services.jar first.
I saw a similar post a few months ago. Same scenario. A replacement.
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I don't unlock my bootloader anymore so no more flashing anything for me. lol

TonikJDK said:
Well the plot thickens.
Last time I had this conversation with someone my XL was VERY amber, like your​ XL is. I just looked again and it is like your Pixel​.
Different versions...one on Feb and one on March? I'm on March.
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And another clue. If I go into a darker room for a few seconds it goes much more amber than if i am in a well lit room.
Were both screenshots taken in the same light?
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Take a look at the video I just posted.

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Take a look at the video I just posted.
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So mine behaves exactly as the one on the left. It starts out kind of orange then quickly adjusts. You can see it happening on your two. Your replacement clearly isnt doing that final adjustment.
You can fdr it but I think you got a dud for a replacement. IIRC the last time I saw this issue it was on a replacement also.

TonikJDK said:
So mine behaves exactly as the one on the left. It starts out kind of orange then quickly adjusts. You can see it happening on your two. Your replacement clearly isnt doing that final adjustment.
You can fdr it but I think you got a dud for a replacement. IIRC the last time I saw this issue it was on a replacement also.
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I'm going to unlock the bootloader and flashing the factory image the device shipped with initially and let it ota up to the latest an see if that changes anything.
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So that didn't do anything. Still much more amber compared to my original. Guess I'm going to have to chat in with Google.
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graffixnyc said:
So that didn't do anything. Still much more amber compared to my original. Guess I'm going to have to chat in with Google.
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What's the best way to re-lock the pixel after unlocking ? Just flash the stock image, then oem lock, or do you reboot first, toggle the switch, then reboot into fastboot then lock ?

I talked to google and they are going to replace it. I told them I had pics and videos but they took my word for it. They said to send the replacement back and then once they get that back they can process an order for a new replacement

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What's the best way to re-lock the pixel after unlocking ? Just flash the stock image, then oem lock, or do you reboot first, toggle the switch, then reboot into fastboot then lock ?
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You can just do oem lock. It will wipe the device and it will be toggled off in Dev settings after it wipes/reboots

graffixnyc said:
You can just do oem lock. It will wipe the device and it will be toggled off in Dev settings after it wipes/reboots
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Oh nice, two replacements in a row. Do you have to send the replacement in or do you get to keep it?

dev70194 said:
Oh nice, two replacements in a row. Do you have to send the replacement in or do you get to keep it?
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Lol. He has to send it in. No way Google would let customers keep the "bad" ones lol. Or else the next 10 of mine also have nightlight issues
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Tulsadiver said:
Try flashing one from another phone. Here is my regular one and here is one I colored blue. Make a copy of your services.jar first.
I saw a similar post a few months ago. Same scenario. A replacement.
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Just flash this and the night light is blue ?

Build Quality Thread

I created this thread so we can discuss build quality of the essential and any issues/defects with the device. Let's hope Essential at least got QC right after getting so much wrong...

Just got my device. First thing I noticed was it has a little backlight bleeding. It's not horrible but there is a little there
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graffixnyc said:
Just got my device. First thing I noticed was it has a little backlight bleeding. It's not horrible but there is a little there
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Hmm. Any updates download? And the big question; how is shutter lag and low light photos?
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markwebb said:
Hmm. Any updates download? And the big question; how is shutter lag and low light photos?
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Haven't tested it yet. I'm still setting it up, installing my apps and what not.
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Here are some pics showing the light bleed
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I don't have any backlight bleed, but my screen does have quite a few dead pixels. Rest of the device seems really nice.

Goronok said:
I don't have any backlight bleed, but my screen does have quite a few dead pixels. Rest of the device seems really nice.
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Ouch.. Yeah I'd definitely prefer to have a little backlight bleeding that I only see when the screen is black over dead pixels. Are you going to try to get a replacement?
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Goronok said:
I don't have any backlight bleed, but my screen does have quite a few dead pixels. Rest of the device seems really nice.
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thats not good and I have a feeling trying to get a replacement will be a hugeeee pain in the arse

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Ouch.. Yeah I'd definitely prefer to have a little backlight bleeding that I only see when the screen is black over dead pixels. Are you going to try to get a replacement?
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Yeah, going to try and get a replacement. (or return within 15, if thats my only option) As Sloth mentioned - I don't imagine this will be an enjoyable experience.

Light bleed and dead pixels are not acceptable imo. I'll be sending mine back if it has any type of defects.

faded03cobra said:
Light bleed and dead pixels are not acceptable imo. I'll be sending mine back if it has any type of defects.
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It looks like the light bleed isnt that bad though

worldsoutro said:
It looks like the light bleed isnt that bad though
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No, it's really not. I only notice it when the phone boots up. I emailed them to see what they said. In my experience with IPS displays, they have always had bleeding to some extent or another. LG was notorious for backlight bleeding on their older devices at least

The light bleed isn't that bad.
For dead pixels, how may dead pixels do you have? There is a certain number that is still within specifications. Also, are the deal pixels black or bright?

god, i hope dead pixels don't start to become an issue. in this day and age that's really a deal-breaker whether it's within specifications or not.

Light bleed would be a huge issue for me. Not for what i paid for this phone, and knowing the customer service they have. I'll just send it back.
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No, it's really not. I only notice it when the phone boots up. I emailed them to see what they said. In my experience with IPS displays, they have always had bleeding to some extent or another. LG was notorious for backlight bleeding on their older devices at least
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In my experience, I think every IPS display I've had has had varying degrees of light bleed.
Dead pixels will drive me insane.

LastQuark said:
The light bleed isn't that bad.
For dead pixels, how may dead pixels do you have? There is a certain number that is still within specifications. Also, are the deal pixels black or bright?
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I have two completely dead pixels. Top center of the screen. You can see them with the phone completely off, which is odd. (Might be dust under the glass, though doesn't look like that)
I also have 3 stuck / super bright pixels. These are all clustered in the top right.

Build quality as in feel is great
Build quality as in workmanship is horrible.
Backlight bleed here too. Also:
Essential should have specified far better quality work for the titanium on this phone. It looks like Foxcon just used course grit sandpaper to round the edges of the phone and it both looks and feels terrible. It is such an annoyance that even after 2 days of use I still cant get used to it and every time I ahve the phone in my hand I feel like it is a piece of junk. I had originally decided to give it 2 days before I made up my mind about this but now after 2 days I still hate it too much. Ill give it the week but if I still cant get used to it then the phone is going back

You've said that but aren't showing us what you mean, does it look rough or just feel rough in the hand? Is it intentional to add grip or is it uneven and visually bad?
Maybe titanium has a more coarse feeling in the hand than machined aluminum since nothing else has used it before?
As for Dead Pixels, yea I don't care what the standard for acceptance is on that, if the number is =>1 I will send it back. Light bleed I can handle, but even a single pixel is a freaking eyesore on a $700 device. Hell No.
No company is immune from them but I will not accept it from any. Heck I got a $39 tablet from the Windows Store with a 1920x1200 screen and it had a bunch. Got it replaced (I think Just the screen as it looks like its been opened/put together again lol) but the replacement screen is perfect now.

EniGmA1987 said:
Build quality as in feel is great
Build quality as in workmanship is horrible.
Backlight bleed here too. Also:
Essential should have specified far better quality work for the titanium on this phone. It looks like Foxcon just used course grit sandpaper to round the edges of the phone and it both looks and feels terrible. It is such an annoyance that even after 2 days of use I still cant get used to it and every time I ahve the phone in my hand I feel like it is a piece of junk. I had originally decided to give it 2 days before I made up my mind about this but now after 2 days I still hate it too much. Ill give it the week but if I still cant get used to it then the phone is going back
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How did you get 2 days back? everyone is getting just delivered today.