was comparing the flash of two Galaxy s6s bcuz I noticed one is more white and one is more yellowish. I turned the flashlights on both and held them out in front of me for a while maybe like 15 seconds while I compared the two. Does this do permanent damage like the sun does? My eyes feel a little fatigued now.
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"I stared in to my phones flash and now my eyes hurt"
I wonder
If Samsung didn't have the worst quality control in the world I wouldn't have looked at them in the first place.
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Blame a company for stupidity. This thread will lock soon. And yes, you are now partially blind, forever. Its permanent
They're not UV spectrum lights, you'll be fine after a night of rest.
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Does this do permanent damage like the sun does?
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No, the sun is several orders of magnitude brighter than the crappy little LED "flash".
Next time try it trough some sort of camera or at least with sunglasses.
P.S. You know Red Bull does not give you wings right? I mean the commercial says it but in real life you will not gain wings.
Regards
@Chadly - you are dumb, this thread is dumb.
This has to be a joke... right?
I think so, but you'd have to hit them directly in the eye with the flash portion of the phone. I think the corner would work just as well.
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Whether you have any issues or not, (me personally none I love this phone)
Are you keeping your g2x?
smashpunks said:
Whether you have any issues or not, (me personally none I love this phone)
Are you keeping your g2x?
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original pre ordered G2x problems: decent Bleeding/reboot every few days
2nd G2x: HORRIBLE how can i say this better ..... FUGLY BLEEDING
3rd device on its way: possible bleed maybe reboot issue/wifi problem....?
4th G2x:......... maybe if the third one sucks
5th G2x...... i hope not
but yes im keeping it/them even if i have to exchange it for the next two years
alot of support behind the phone and a great community!
bought it with my employee discount
no returns for us
luckily i still have 1 discount left which i'll use on the sensation or the GS2. then my discounts reset in october.
Definately keeping it. I guess I was one of the lucky ones. I have not experienced any of the reported issues. My screen does have a slight bleed, but not highly noticeable . I already rooted and flashed Eagles_blood rom. Its only a matter of time until more roms and custom kernels are realeased, then we will really see what this phone is capable of.
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I bought the phone yesterday knowing that I had 30 days to make my mind up on it. While I've only had the phone for a little over 48 hours, so far all is good. Yes the screen bleeds but its not as bad some peoples. Frankly I dont often watch video on my phone nor do I use dark wallpapers so the only time I ever even think of the bleeding is during boot and when I check this forum (lol). No reboots yet, OS is faster than any phone I've ever used, and contrary to my expectations HSPA+ actually does provide a noticeable boost. What I'm monitoring closest now is battery life. So far it seems to be at least on par with my Vibrant which is something I can live with. Loving stock Android also. If things keep up at this rate I wont be taking it back in 28 days.
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Frankly I dont often watch video on my phone nor do I use dark wallpapers
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Well gingerbread has a black notification bar, so if you have issues with the top corners like i did you might change your mind about the bleeding being ok.
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Well gingerbread has a black notification bar, so if you have issues with the top corners like i did you might change your mind about the bleeding being ok.
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I've checked screenshots with black toolbars and it wont be an issue for me. I keep the tool bar hidden anyway so the only time its even visible is if I have an app open in which case im focused on the content of the app not the notification bar. I'm sure there will be tons of themes with light notification bars anyway.
I have a black notification bar right now and the bleeding isnt noticeable.
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today i returned mine, i miss it already but the battery life was unacceptable, been using it for 10 days and it got slightly better, not to forget the backlight bleeding and the various bugs here and there.
Im going to pick up SGS2 once it's available here, although i despise the touchwiz but thank god we LauncherPro
I unfortunately had to exchange my first one for a new one. My original would randomly think the wired headset was connected when it wasnt. This rendered the phone basically useless. Plus no one else in these forums talked about a similar situation. So I exchanged mine for a new one. So far its good. Fingers crossed!
I wish everyone that decides to pass on the G2X for the sgs2 or sensation the best of luck! Coming from Sammy's first real attempt at trying to run with the big dogs, the VIBRANT, I can honestly say that while its a decent device to get started with in android, it leaves much to be desired. At the time of its release the galaxy s line had the best hardware then too. But that didn't mean sqaut in real world performance. Those things laughed at us everytime we opened the app menu!
Look at all the time people like SUPERCURIO put into voodoo, just to make that thing be half the phone it could be. And dont even get me started on updates! Froyo? Froyo? Did you say Froyo? I had froyo before it was even a wet dream in TMO's eyes here. If it wasnt for some great DEV's pulling together on that thing and making it what it should have been in the first place, I, along with half the people that bought a vibrant probably woulda nailed our genitalia to the floor in a burning building.
So you guys get a super duper AMOLED screen phone that you still cant see in the sun! Talk about how AWESOME that screen is inside the house. Go ahead, take it in, love it, embrace it! Your little injection molded plastic-ey POS may sound like the next best thing, but this guy read the book and bought the t shirt! #SAMSUNGNEVERAGAIN!
Just wait, you'll see. And BTW good luck with that htc boot loader, sensation fans. I'll sit back and watch from the sidelines with my #CYANOGENMOD G2X!
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today i returned mine, i miss it already but the battery life was unacceptable, been using it for 10 days and it got slightly better, not to forget the backlight bleeding and the various bugs here and there.
Im going to pick up SGS2 once it's available here, although i despise the touchwiz but thank god we LauncherPro
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Your going to love all the mods you're going to have to do to get rid of the iphone lookin, battery hogging, hope you know how to root, because it will still run in the background and control everything. So yes, they dont like to release kernel code either.
Please dont take my ramblings as the spoken word. Sammy might surprise us and throw us a bone. But remember if you get one update thats all you should expect.
And for the record, HELL YEAH! I still have a sour taste in my mouth from that fricken phone!
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Your going to love all the mods you're going to have to do to get rid of the iphone lookin, battery hogging, hope you know how to root, because it will still run in the background and control everything. So yes, they dont like to release kernel code either.
Please dont take my ramblings as the spoken word. Sammy might surprise us and throw us a bone. But remember if you get one update thats all you should expect.
And for the record, HELL YEAH! I still have a sour taste in my mouth from that fricken phone!
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My name's S0NiX, and I approve of this message.
I returned for now and will be getting it again in a few months, regardless of the upcoming Sensation/GS2.
ciscothek said:
I have a black notification bar right now and the bleeding isnt noticeable.
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Eaglesblood rom has black notification, and you barely see it. I see it a little in youtube, cwm and bootup. But only in complete darkness.
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So a few days ago I checked my phone at work, had been off the charger for 4 hours not used at all and it was dead. Battery draw was ~300ma the whole time. The next day I noticed my camera wasn't working. Ill get an error message(activity camera not responding). Sometimes ill attempt to open the app and nothing will happen. This was all on gingerbeast. So I wiped all data and reflashed GB. Camera still doesn't work and battery draw is insane. I've since tryed AR, virtuous and cm7. For the record I've wiped battery stats,tryed without SD and sim card. I've been unable to find the cause of the high draw,although I think its related to the camera. Tomorrow I'm going to try and unroot and return to fully stock. Sorry for the long post any help is appreciated.
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If your camera isn't working on any freshly installed ROMs, you probably have a hardware problem. As a last resort, try going back to the stock ROM. If your camera is still bad, then you'll need to do a warranty exchange with AT&T. The camera issues may very well be causing your high battery drain.
So HTC told me to send it to them within 30 days. And what do you know the next day my camera works fine! Should I still send It in or wait it out? Im also getting slight screen lifting in the corner so I might as well? I don't have a spare phone to use but I can buy some cheapo for a temp
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So HTC told me to send it to them within 30 days. And what do you know the next day my camera works fine! Should I still send It in or wait it out? Im also getting slight screen lifting in the corner so I might as well? I don't have a spare phone to use but I can buy some cheapo for a temp
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Yes. That screen lifting will get worse before it gets better, so take care of it while you still can.
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Yes. That screen lifting will get worse before it gets better, so take care of it while you still can.
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Mine doing that on both lower corners now...just something I notice. I like the HTC since way back....just hopes it doesn't turn into a problem with particles under the screen...I'm an engineer I try to mitigate...but yeah I sure notice this commonly listed problem..it aint really serious....yet...jsut make it to next upgrade
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Mine doing that on both lower corners now...just something I notice. I like the HTC since way back....just hopes it doesn't turn into a problem with particles under the screen...I'm an engineer I try to mitigate...but yeah I sure notice this commonly listed problem..it aint really serious....yet...jsut make it to next upgrade
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I've replaced an iPhone screen/digitizer just to prove a point that "I am a technician"....OK did that been there.....some peeps get into into it....rather have an elegant design that inhibits such use of a user's free time.....and not everyone can perform this sort of repair...elegant solutions peeps in the tech dev world..me likey...I will help where I can....
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I've replaced an iPhone screen/digitizer just to prove a point that "I am a technician"....OK did that been there.....some peeps get into into it....rather have an elegant design that inhibits such use of a user's free time.....and not everyone can perform this sort of repair...elegant solutions peeps in the tech dev world..me likely...I will help where I can....
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From what I recall, the inspire is about 20 times harder to replace the screen/digitizer, because the thing it honestly slapped together.
@ OP Sad part is if you do wish to repair it your probably going to have to go through HTC as I had some lengthy conversations with ATT and had to threaten to cancel and report them to the BBB on face book before anyone actually wanted to help me. MY phone was to the point where the bottom right of the screen had lifted and I could press on the bottom center and here clicking noises.
Edit: Try downloading watch dog lite to see if any apps are causing the battery draw before you unroot, a little troubleshooting can go a long way .
Whenever someone sends me a photo messages, it comes out extremely small, like 20x20 pixels... What's going on?
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I get this this sometimes too. The times I get it is when someone with an iPhone takes a screenshot with the Power/Home combo. Pic always looks tiny. I'm running CleanROM 4.5 if that matters.
Does the same on stock. Seems to be like the post above and only happens from iPhones.
There is no such thing as a greener grass.......,......
seems to only happen when i get screenshots from iphones as well, sometimes they come thru fine and sometimes they dont
Weird! Never pinned it down but this has been exactly my experience as well.
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First of all, a question came in my mind after seen this coffee table. Question is, why this coffee table is looking like broken ? I am waiting for your valuable response.
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dafuq!!! off topic much.
but then reading crap like this
"Lighting for living Room
I have read a blog that as anyone would often say properly decorated living room is having a cozy and expensive furniture but aside from that lighting it would make the room perfect. And as a bit meticulous when it comes to home decorating, I believe that lighting does really a big factor so anybody could help me where I could find brilliant lighting for my living room.
do hedgei's take to a ball?
I adopted a 5 month old African Pygmy 3 weeks ago. She lets me pick her up without balling up and I give her a treat, but after that she just wants to get back into her igloo. I bought a large exercise ball for her to go anywhere she wants without getting into trouble, but she just goes in circles inside the ball.
Will she ever get used to the ball and learn how to use it? I am thinking that she wasn't handled very much in her young life, as she just wants to hide. Am I expecting to much too soon?
Thank you. "
I hope the mods wake up early and handle you.
I'm having the same issue. In my case it happens when my girlfriend sends me a screen shot from her GS3 and the same thing happens with my friend when he sends me screen shots from his HOX. We are all on AT&T with their respective branded devices. Not that I think it matters what carrier branded devices the screen shots are coming from.
From my experience with this issue, it seems that it only happens with someone sends me a screen shot. It's very random as well.
Could it be possible that screen shots are saved as an incompatible file type? If they are compatible, could it be a proxy setting?
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For me, png files come in tiny and the rest are fine.
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Same problem here. Very frustrating. Is this something we're just going to have to deal with?
Good posts
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For me, png files come in tiny and the rest are fine.
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I think we're on to something here. Perhaps there's a piece of code somewhere that tricks the phone into thinking it needs to resize .png files to a specific size, but has an error that causes it to show up as 20x20 pixels.
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I just received my N5 from UPS and I sat down all happy that it had finally arrived. I open up the box and marvel in how nice it looks compared to my old beat up Gal Nex. I take out the sim removal tool and look at the top of a phone... oh hey look, a hole the size of the sim tool. I stick it in and come up against something so I push and it clicks... no bay pops out. Whats this I ask myself? I look at the instruction leaflet and it is on the side. I googled it and it seems others have done this.
How can I verify the top microphone is working as intended and not damaged? I definitely either pushed something down or punctured something.
Balls :crying:
Yea that sucker is probably toast. I'm guessing it should be a fairly cheap and easy fix.
Oh, get some reading glasses.
ROFL
Sorry bro, but that is just too funny.
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
I've never dealt with a push out sim card device and I was so happy to get it I just wanted to get it up and running ASAP. I guess now I have learned to take it east and look at the instructions. I'm reading on the net that lots of others have done this so at least I am not alone in my ignorance...
I am sorry BUT:
:victory::highfive::good::good::good::silly::silly::silly::crying::fingers-crossed: ROFLMFAO
I am done.
Does anyone here have a constructive answer for me?
Does anyone here have a constructive answer for me?
You could play dumb and rma it. That should be easy.
You didn't break the mic itself trust me .what you heard click was you tearing through the dust filter....
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So should I return it or should it not be a big deal - could this lead to an issue in the future? It would be better, ethically, to keep it, but if it is going to be an issue in the future I'd like to deal with it now rather than later. If nothing is broken I might not even have any grounds to return it.
The hole is damn small and I treat my devices very well.
i just imagine what u felt when u discovered that u did that on the wrong hole... sucks..
ps. wanna make a wrong hole joke, but u have enough for now I think
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If it works then keep it and use it. Doubt you broke anything. And if it is broken just return it. Stuff happens and it is no sweat off of Googles back.
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It's never pleasant when you shove things in the wrong hole.
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george241312 said:
You didn't break the mic itself trust me .what you heard click was you tearing through the dust filter....
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If all you tore was the dust filter, just put a TINY TINY little piece of kleenex in the hole, using the tool or paperclip or whatever.
That way no dust will get in.
And no sounds would get to the microphone... Kleenex lol
I wouldn't worry about it. Use the phone and see if you have any issues. If not learn your lesson and move on. If so, return it.
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My nexus 5 has a terribly yellow screen, I have read on here and other places a few explanations and solutions for it. I'm thinking about sending it back.
One explanation that people have given is that it is a glue or cleaning product that is used in the factory and that it will get better over time. I don't quite buy this but people have said they have compared it to other devices over time and it has got better.
Another explanation is that it is a software issue and that an app or kernel will fix the yellow cast. I guess this is possible.
The final explanation and the one that makes the most sense to me is that this is just the way the panel has been manufactured and no software or amount of time will fix it. In this case software might mitigate it by balancing out the other colours but the the physical problem will persist.
So do I wait or get a new kernel or what?
I would prefer an answer with proof, a before and after pic for any of the above scenarios. I've attached a photo of my nexus 5 on the left vs an older nexus on the right and a note 2014 in the background.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no definitive answer. What you can find in this forum is as much as we've got
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Well, I think I can pretty much rule out the glue or cleaner issue. If have the device facing me and then tilt the screen between 10 & 20 degrees forward the screen becomes much cooler and the whites much better. So I can say with a good degree of certainty that there is nothing on the screen that is actually discolouring it. It seems that it is just the way the panel was manufactured, a batch of screens where the polarization filters were different.
I guess another kernel could still get around this issue with a better screen calibration.
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I guess another kernel could still get around this issue with a better screen calibration.
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Yes, people have done this.
Flash elemental kernel with cool screen option. Problem solved.
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Blue1k said:
Flash elemental kernel with cool screen option. Problem solved.
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Does it have the same color settings compared with Franco's ?
I'm not sure. I've never used his kernel. My Nexus is not yellow so I kept my color balance as is. But I did try Flar's tweak in his elemental kernel and it did make the screen very cool temperature.
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I'm not sure. I've never used his kernel. My Nexus is not yellow so I kept my color balance as is. But I did try Flar's tweak in his elemental kernel and it did make the screen very cool temperature.
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I tried francos kernel last night and it doesn't have color control in it anymore, i tried the app which controls gamma and messed with it for hours but could not get it right.
Will try the elemental kernel.
Does anyone know if all new Nexus 5 orders will now have this yellow tint? Or is this just a hit and miss issue where some are yellow and some are white?
I have heard when manufacturers make TVs especially the first run usually has better viewing angles/color balance so that the TV gets good reviews, and then they switch to cheaper parts that don't perform as well to increase profit revenue. Curious if anyone can comment on this?
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Does anyone know if all new Nexus 5 orders will now have this yellow tint? Or is this just a hit and miss issue where some are yellow and some are white?
I have heard when manufacturers make TVs especially the first run usually has better viewing angles/color balance so that the TV gets good reviews, and then they switch to cheaper parts that don't perform as well to increase profit revenue. Curious if anyone can comment on this?
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my comment: tinfoil hat on.
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v4nt0m said:
My nexus 5 has a terribly yellow screen, I have read on here and other places a few explanations and solutions for it. I'm thinking about sending it back.
One explanation that people have given is that it is a glue or cleaning product that is used in the factory and that it will get better over time. I don't quite buy this but people have said they have compared it to other devices over time and it has got better.
Another explanation is that it is a software issue and that an app or kernel will fix the yellow cast. I guess this is possible.
The final explanation and the one that makes the most sense to me is that this is just the way the panel has been manufactured and no software or amount of time will fix it. In this case software might mitigate it by balancing out the other colours but the the physical problem will persist.
So do I wait or get a new kernel or what?
I would prefer an answer with proof, a before and after pic for any of the above scenarios. I've attached a photo of my nexus 5 on the left vs an older nexus on the right and a note 2014 in the background.
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there is always RMA
bekyndnunwind said:
Does anyone know if all new Nexus 5 orders will now have this yellow tint? Or is this just a hit and miss issue where some are yellow and some are white?
I have heard when manufacturers make TVs especially the first run usually has better viewing angles/color balance so that the TV gets good reviews, and then they switch to cheaper parts that don't perform as well to increase profit revenue. Curious if anyone can comment on this?
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my comment: tinfoil hat on.
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Not quite sure what you mean by this, are you saying this never happens in electronics manufacturing?
I can tell you with absolute certainty that it is very common for purchasing departments to procure cheaper parts/materials for the purpose of increasing profit margins (after usually being directed to do so/approved by the engineering and sales teams). The only manufacturers who do not commonly do this are ones that sell to medical companies and/or require FDA approval because by law they need to get reevaluated (which costs money/time) if there are any changes with the supply chain of the parts going into the product.
Elementalx kernel seems to have fixed it up perfectly. It's now very white. Thanks all.
Its even whiter and brighter than my housemates n5, which looked much better before.
Great. Glad it worked for you!
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Elementalx kernel seems to have fixed it up perfectly. It's now very white. Thanks all.
Its even whiter and brighter than my housemates n5, which looked much better before.
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Did you tweak it at all our are those the elemental settings that are enabled by default?
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The only thing I did was enable cool colour temp when installing the kernel.