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Hi, im going to the USA this week and i want to buy an htc sensation, the thing is im looking for any mayor hardware issues on the phone, i dont care for the low volume or the short battery life (its a smartphone....we rly need to get used to the 8 hour baterry life =P ).....im talking about things that are big like:
* Phone gettin rly hot and making it reboot a lot (happened with my htc desire)
* this rumor about the sensation having some emc issues with the camera
I know theres a lot of threads about the phone issues but what i found out were people complaining on batery life or some apps not working or mostly software issues...... like i said im trying to look for real hardware issues like the death handgrip on the iphone4, i dont want to pay for a 600$ phone that 40% of the first batch production have defective hardware.....i cant go back and get it replaced after i buy it, thats what i get for living in a 3° world country so please dont tell me to move to a civilised country because i cant
My sensation gets really really hot on the bottom of the screen where you type when in the portrait position. I exchanged the phone for another and the second one does the same thing, I can honestly feel the tips of my fingers get hot when I type(really hot). Death grip is very real, same with both phones. Battery life is ok at best. If i could do it again I would wait and get something else. Just my 2 cents. Also phone lockscreen is a bit buggy, sense restarts regularly..........
Also the bottom of the screen goes unresponsive quite regularly, same with both phones. Not sure if that is hardware or software, just so you know
hmmm, seems like the heat issues repeats itself on several forums, and the weird lack of ecm protection of the camera also.
seems like ill be gettin a samsung galaxy s2
thx for the info
ragancy said:
hmmm, seems like the heat issues repeats itself on several forums, and the weird lack of ecm protection of the camera also.
seems like ill be gettin a samsung galaxy s2
thx for the info
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I would, I think this will be my last HTC phone, they always make a device with cool features and tremendous potential but never quite cuts the mustard. I have hung in there since the tilt and I think I am done lol
I often lurk the threads of the new devices and I appreciate the brutal honesty you have all displayed.. I tend to be a bit of a lurker. I am a Nexus One owner and I COULD upgrade... but it just doesn't seem to cut it. That being said, I'd never own a Samsung device, HTC has been perfect for me since the G1. Guess I will hold out and cross my fingers that HTC manufactures the next Nexus device.
Turn down the brightness, this will probably solve the issue with the phone getting very hot. 2 days ago, mine got VERY hot where the touch buttons are located. I was quite confused about this because it had not happened before. Then I realized I had set the screen brightness to 100% because I couldn't read the screen in bright daylight a couple hours earlier and forgot to turn it back down. Reset to my usual 15-25% and everything was fine again.
I havent had any overheating or hardware issues. Havent had any problem yet. Great phone!!!!!
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ok, if the heat issue can be solved by turning down the brightess im in......i mean i dont care if the sense 3.0 got bugs, they will fix that with future updates, what im worried about is this rumor about the camera taking bad pictures because it got emc leakage , seems like it does not have any emc protection for the lens....thx for the replys btw
Here are some issues:
Dust (I don't have it)
Death grip (very real)
Creaking (not such a big issue, but something that shouldn't happen on an expensive phone like this)
Lockscreen (software/hardware. I think it's software)
And some other things
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
Nothing to really complain about for me. I haven't had response issues. Although the death grip phenomenon is real, I've managed to avoid it by not covering the plastic on the top half on the device. Hopefully, HTC can come up with a new cover if enough people complain. There was one instance where, during GPS use, the metal back cover was almost too hot to hold. I believe that was due more to direct sunlight on my dashboard than the phone itself. Love the polished feel of the new Sense UI. If I could do it over, I'd prefer a Droid Bionic, but only by a very small amount. And that's only because of the speed of the hardware and Verizon's data speed/reception quality where I am. If you're looking to stay on TMO, I'd definitely recommend it.
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Hey, I just bought this phone, I can't wait for it to arrive, but i just wanted to ask is there anything i need to know?? Any bad issues with this phone? I am going to root and install a custom rom at some point in the near future (if i get round to it).
I'm so excited at this phone is a huge upgrade for me... my last phone was the LG GT540
No issuses with phone othe than speaker not loud as my old phone which I's due to 2.3 which can be fixed once you flash.a custom rom don't keep it stock flash and enjoy cause there's some.really good roms out there that help battery last longer and make the phone prettier to look at. I like coredroid roms but theres also nice rooms that don't use sense ui which was nice to just youtube stuff.
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Bluetooth sucks. Its a design flaw, don't expect good bt performance with this phone. Other than that its great.
For me, and I've heard from others, there is really only 2 things that bother me.
1.) My phone squeaks when you squeeze the bottom part, no idea why.. it's 100% brand new few days old.
2.) When unlocking by moving the ring up, I usually have to touch and drag it 3 times or so until it finally moves...
Otherwise the phone is awesome! The battery can get very hot while gaming though, you can really feel it, I rooted my phone, and it's overclocked so when I play a game for 10+ mins it gets so hot it almost feels like im touching a metal pole that has been in 100 degree heat for an hour.
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1.) My phone squeaks when you squeeze the bottom part, no idea why.. it's 100% brand new few days old.
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Apparently people have reported that you can just contact HTC and have them send another unit casing.
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Apparently people have reported that you can just contact HTC and have them send another unit casing.
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It'll always happen as the case is separate from the phone itself. Mine creaks but I really couldn't care less
Mine doesn't creak nearly as much as it used to. So far I have no problems. I did notice the smallest amount of dust particles under the screen but it's literally almost impossible to see. However some people have posted some truly terrible pictures on here showing a crazy amount of dust.
This really is a superb phone.
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Hey, I just bought this phone, I can't wait for it to arrive, but i just wanted to ask is there anything i need to know?? Any bad issues with this phone? I am going to root and install a custom rom at some point in the near future (if i get round to it).
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First off, this is a good phone. But, unfortunately there is a couple of things wrong with it
I have come in direct contact with 5 different Sensations. Here's my experiences:
1. One of them had dust under the screen - I believe this is not an issue with new Sensations.
2. Two had a lousy power button - It becomes too soft and hard to press on some models. Lousy build quality there.
3. Two had the touchscreen issue - This is a serious one, but we have it fixed here on XDA... For the most part. Again, build quality?
4. Three creaked when pressed - My 5 year old nokia felt better under pressure. This is fixable with a larger battery.
5. Screens varied significantly - Don't know which screen I'd pick... Some had better viewing angles, some better contrast, or sharpness, or whatever...
6. Sense lagged more than I'd like on all of them - Maybe I want the impossible? No lag on my 1.5Ghz while scrolling through home screens? :|
7. WiFi death grip - I can live with this one.
I probably went into more detail than I should... Sorry
It's a good phone for the most part. I just expected way more from HTC (and for my money) and now I'm a bit disappointed...
I started off with the One and didn't like it because my phones looked like this http://s16.postimg.org/rz4843lud/image.png
Like seriously I went through 3 of them and they were all like that, so I told my network I wasn't happy and I wanted to get a GS4 instead because I knew the build quality would be great.
So I did that and waited for the GS4 to come out and got my phone the other day and oh look another faulty phone. This time with the GS4 I have crazy ghosting issues and a pink tint of the screen, to top that off I have 3/4 dead pixels on the screen. Only now I'm out of exchanges and cannot exchange the phone again, even though I've had 4 faulty phones in a frigging row. Like are phones getting worse or something because this is the first time I've had any trouble. This isn't my picture but this is what my screen looks like at the bottom... http://i.imgur.com/9jhVEnr.jpg
On top of that though the phone has major problems elsewhere.
- I cannot install to Micro SD, like wtf? When did this change? I always could on my last Android phone a couple years ago. There is like 8GB internal on this phone that I can use, it's stupid, I've already filled it up with apps. The One had 29GB usable, so much better and the phone is cheaper too but there is only a 16gb version of the GS4 and it's way more expensive as well. In my mind Micro SD is made useless if I cannot install to it as everything else is on like Play or my pictures are automatically uploaded or video is all streamed now from stuff like Netflix etc etc.
- The loudspeaker is crap, they've made no effort with it, it's worse than my last phone and way worse than the One.
- The camera is crap, the FoV is too narrow, the shutter speed is too slow, no OIS, everything in the video is way too shaky and every picture is over saturated like mad. Like every picture looks like a cartoon and no settings I try is changing that, if you zoom into a picture it looks so stupid. The mics are just ****e, the audio quality is so bad, Samsung have made no attempt to improve them what so ever, good luck recording loud sounds because you cannot...
- Touchwiz is worse than ever, I mean I used to like it when it was based on GB, it was really nice and actually improved Android back then. Now however it's a bloated mess with far too many menus and nothing is where you expect to find it. If I'm trying to turn sensor features on and off for example, you think you've turned one on but it's not working, you have to then go through sub menus to find the one option that is off under that sensor menu. It's laid out so badly, it looks really bad now, so out dated and it lags quite often as a result. The worst thing of all is how much space it takes up....
Apart from the phone feeling so nice in the hand and being well made on the whole, I just cannot see any good qualities. I mean I wish I stuck with the One now, even with the Speaker grills coming off, the phone still manages to be way better. Sadly now I cannot have another exchange and go back and I doubt anyone wants to buy a GS4 with a crap screen. My only option left is just to complain to my Network and refuse to pay them until it is sorted because 4 faulty phones in a row is not acceptable IMO.
Post ur picture first. I dobt know why people come here with other peoples problem making it theirs and bash the devices they cant get.
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dead pixels? I have never seen an amoled screen with dead pixels, can you post a pic?
not saying I don't believe it, but that's just VERY rare
I'm hoping the screen issues are fixed soon by OTA or by the XDA members
install to micro SD... well... where have you been living for the past two years? lol
(there's another way though, check out FolderMount by a fellow XDA member)
loudspeakers, yeah true. not that it matters that much, to me at least. maybe samsung feels the same. they are good enough.
camera, I agree with the FOV. the rest can be improved over time with software, that's what XDA's for.
touchwiz, that's completely subjective. I kinda like it. even though I will be changing it, just because I like to make the phone my own.
advantages over the one?
1.9GHz, AMOLED display, bigger screen, removable (and bigger) battery, micro SD slot, air view (which will be supported by CM from what I've read!!), etc...
you know, there is no perfect phone. it's just up to you to choose which phone's downsides you'd rather live with.
I'm no samsung fan boy, but the S4 is just the phone I want. I can still see why people would chose the One, but I wouldn't.
Sorry but I've got to laugh.
You changed out three HTC One's cos the fit of the top of the handset was like 0.0001 mm out?
Get a grip man.
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Sorry but I've got to laugh.
You changed out three HTC One's cos the fit of the top of the handset was like 0.0001 mm out?
Get a grip man.
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+1, I mean seriously, I can barely notice the gap there. And he ditched One for that? LOL.
And honestly, seems like a troll - intentional or otherwise. Assuming that you are not trolling and is serious, get a replacement because I'm fairly sure that you've got a defective unit. Also post a picture of your screen because we'd all see to see that "miracle" unit.
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Sorry but I've got to laugh.
You changed out three HTC One's cos the fit of the top of the handset was like 0.0001 mm out?
Get a grip man.
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LOL
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oh look another faulty phone. This time with the GS4 I have crazy ghosting issues and a pink tint of the screen, to top that off I have 3/4 dead pixels on the screen. Only now I'm out of exchanges and cannot exchange the phone again, even though I've had 4 faulty phones in a frigging row. Like are phones getting worse or something because this is the first time I've had any trouble. This isn't my picture but this is what my screen looks like at the bottom... http://i.imgur.com/9jhVEnr.jpg
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Call Samsung and tell them the deal, they will correct it.
We get it, you don't like the phone, plenty do but you don't - so what do you expect the XDA community to do for you? Sell it or return it and buy something else, that's how things work in life, or were you hoping for someone to drop around, pick it up and morph it to something that's more suitable? Yeah really...
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+1, I mean seriously, I can barely notice the gap there. And he ditched One for that? LOL.
And honestly, seems like a troll - intentional or otherwise. Assuming that you are not trolling and is serious, get a replacement because I'm fairly sure that you've got a defective unit. Also post a picture of your screen because we'd all see to see that "miracle" unit.
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If the HTC Ones were deemed as faulty by your provider and the S4 is deemed the same, there is no reason why you cant get many many replacements.
Its only if your right to refund/replacement is 'cos I dont like the phone' does the issue of running out of replacements become an issue.
TBH, Ive said before, and I will say again, I think people can be a little too over critical of devices that have gaps or apparent 'faults'. Its only due to forums like this that things get noticed. I can see a very slight pink tinge on my screen but been honest, I doubt if I would of seen that if I didnt know others had reported it.
My S4, as did the Note II before it, seems to be ok build wise.
I owned S3 since it begin shipped. Now I own s4 and have to say that, loudspeaker is much better than s3. I don't know how one's speaker but I am happy with s4's.
The S4 is actually a very good phone all the gesture features etc are very good, sound qaulity in audio is fantastic and loud too, phone looks and feels great,
however I do agree that 8gb internal sucks the not being able to transfer apps doesnt really bother me much, he FoV in camera does suck and so does video audio, especially when compared to my HTC one.
Overall it is a better phone than the HTC one but itsnt worth nearly £90 - £110 more (carphone and phones 4 u) and I will be getting one when the price drops from £580/600.
Get to see what Samsung do because my Network wants nothing to do with it, tbh don't want to deal with them anymore if this is how I get treated. Those gaps on the HTC One weren't off by a little bit, they were slowly lifting up more and more, you could push them in, clearly not glued properly. Why should I settle for a poorly built device? Lock into a contract for 2 years, just not good enough. All three HTC Ones had dead and bright pixels anyways, like had 5+ each but they were so small you couldn't see them unless you turned brightness to full.
Anyways considering my screen looks like that and has massive ghosting issues, exactly like what other people have posted, it's my right to have it changed. I didn't use my pictures because it wasn't coming out on my camera, that image though shows exactly what it looks like much better than any of my shots. I obviously have a GS4 because I compared the camera to the One and the 808 in another post and you can obviously tell from the FoV.
I think this thread has run its course... closing it before the real trolling starts
I want to put the Nexus 5 under the Christmas tree for myself (since no one else is going to do it ;_. Specially now, when they ceased manufacturing them and thus the supply is drying out quick.
I really like the specs, but then i read the threads here: bootloop, died during charging, won't turn on, bootloop, dead, bootloop, water sticker turning red by itself.. and so on..
Is the N5 really so fragile and prone to failures? I'm on a tight budget here, so i can't just buy another one, if this one dies on me in couple of months for no good reason.
What are your experiences? Ever had any problems with yours? Ever had to send it in for repairs?
N5 seems like a perfect fit for me (bar the tiny battery life and nonoled screen), but i don't want to just buy it blindly.
Thanks.
The majority of issues you are mentioning were caused by user error. ?
The N5 is a great device at its price. Just do lots of reading and learning before doing anything.... And you'll avoid most the issues you brought up. ?
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I want to put the Nexus 5 under the Christmas tree for myself (since no one else is going to do it ;_. Specially now, when they ceased manufacturing them and thus the supply is drying out quick.
I really like the specs, but then i read the threads here: bootloop, died during charging, won't turn on, bootloop, dead, bootloop, water sticker turning red by itself.. and so on..
Is the N5 really so fragile and prone to failures? I'm on a tight budget here, so i can't just buy another one, if this one dies on me in couple of months for no good reason.
What are your experiences? Ever had any problems with yours? Ever had to send it in for repairs?
N5 seems like a perfect fit for me (bar the tiny battery life and nonoled screen), but i don't want to just buy it blindly.
Thanks.
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Read any device forum on xda. They're all like that. Lol
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You should. After Philips Diga, Siemens C35, SE T28, Nokia 3110, Nokia 3310, Nokia 6310i (a phone when we didn't even know what SOT is and also didn't care because the battery was never empty), SE K750i, SE K790i, SE K810i, SE C902i, SE C905i, HTC Legend (just for few days), SE X10i, SE Arc S, Sony Xperia S - I'm finally happy now. After Nexus 4 I owned Nexus 5 and it is almost Camasutra if Google didn't screw some things up with the Lollipop. I'm also happy to see some grown up person here, because I have to buy even Philips Diga by my self.
You have to take everything to read on xda (and the internet in general) with a pinch of salt...
You won't get the same number of equivalent positive threads because the sole use of the internet is for complaining lol. And many of the complaints are either over the tiniest OCD detail, or nothing to do with the phone and user error blaming everything without actually investigating the cause...
The phone is still a great device in spite of all the negativity you read. Hope it gives you a merry xmas!
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RabbiShe said:
I want to put the Nexus 5 under the Christmas tree for myself (since no one else is going to do it ;_. Specially now, when they ceased manufacturing them and thus the supply is drying out quick.
I really like the specs, but then i read the threads here: bootloop, died during charging, won't turn on, bootloop, dead, bootloop, water sticker turning red by itself.. and so on..
Is the N5 really so fragile and prone to failures? I'm on a tight budget here, so i can't just buy another one, if this one dies on me in couple of months for no good reason.
What are your experiences? Ever had any problems with yours? Ever had to send it in for repairs?
N5 seems like a perfect fit for me (bar the tiny battery life and nonoled screen), but i don't want to just buy it blindly.
Thanks.
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I have never had any problems. The nexus 5 is the best phone I have ever owned. It sure will be supported for the next update too! If I were you get one before its too late!
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Okay, thanks everyone, i'm doing it.
It's a bummer about the no fm radio thing but the specs are just too good to pass on it.
I also have clumsy fingers, so the n5 will be kissing the ground a lot. Will the spigen protective case be enough to counteract my clumsiness?
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Okay, thanks everyone, i'm doing it.
It's a bummer about the no fm radio thing but the specs are just too good to pass on it.
I also have clumsy fingers, so the n5 will be kissing the ground a lot. Will the spigen protective case be enough to counteract my clumsiness?
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Get the nexus 6
I just bought myself one for 90....almost when for lg g2 bc of bigger battery and better screen to phone ratio but i think i'll be sticking with you ppl..
The N5 is still one of the best phones on the market over a year later. Get it.
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Hello everyone i'm and old member but im new to these forums, so sorry if my thread is not in place...
About a month ago i bought the new CAT S50, i thought it would be a really great purchase after my birthday, a long lasting phone that is rugged and can take a hit. So the story happened on the first day that i unpacked it, the design was awesome, of course only android kitkat, but it was enough for me, for the first hour it was perfect, until i decided to call somebody, then i noticed that people can't hear me, the sound was like talking through a 6meter thick concrete wall, so the next day i went to its warranty, and left it there to fix it. After a week i took it back and finally it was a well working perfect phone, then i noticed thats its volume button is stuck somehow, but i thought, well i doesn't annoy me, i can still press it but a little bit harder. So it was okay, but i was still dissapointed that i found to bad thing about it, i wasn't especting a modern awesome phone with a lot o fetures, just a rugged phone that is well working. Later on i decided to test if its really watter proof, i checked the caps if it was closed properly, and it was, i put it in a bowl of water, and it was perfect, its looked like it nothing happened, music was still playing trough its speaker, then later on that evening i decided to film under water in a swimming pool, the depth of the water was the size of my palm, beacause i didin't want to put it deeper, after 10 seconds i checked the video, it was awesome, then i decided to check some photos and BAM the phone went dark, got water in it, turns on until the cat logo and it doesn't work, well if you think its the end of the story it isn't... went to the phones warranty again, they took it and the next day they called and they said it will take up to two weeks to get the new parts and i said ok. After to weeks, i went to the warranty and got a piece of paper, and it was written, that i can go back to the provider i bought the phone from and choose if i want my money back or the phone, of course i decided to take the phone, and now i have to wait for a week to get a new one, and luckily i am hoping if i will get a properly working one. So heres the story of my new CAt S50 "rugged" phone, i was wondering if i'm the only one? has anybody had problems like these with their new CAT S50? sorry for the long post, but i just want to know, was i really unlucky to get a bad phone or are they really that bad, that doesn't work properly on the first day?
P.S Thank you people who had the time and patience to read my story
You're not the only one, there is a design error in the lid of the uSD card & SIM.
It can fall out or open itself.