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Dead pixel

What would a dead pixel look like on the inspire. I just got this phone yesterday after returning my 1 st one. There is a black dot in the lower right corner.
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Black door? Knock on it. LOL Lets see whats behind door no. 1
EDIT: I see you corrected the typo.
I haven't heard anyone complain about dead pixels. Why not exchange it if you are still within the 30 days.

donharden2002 said:
What would a dead pixel look like on the inspire. I just got this phone yesterday after returning my 1 st one. There is a black dot in the lower right corner.
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I have a tiny tiny dead pixel in the top of the screen... no big deal, it's so tiny on this model... for $399 for the phone ya really can't expect perfection... it's the cheapest android w\ comparable specs to date, they're cutting costs to keep prices low. Thought about swapping it, but not worth the hassle because in 2 months there will be a next best thing and I know I'll end up buying it, lol

Had a stuck pixel on mine. I returned and promptly had a nice new stuck pixel free device. It was tiny and if I had to live with it, it wasn't that bad, but why live with it? It was distracting from my inspire goodness.

Corriewf said:
Had a stuck pixel on mine. I returned and promptly had a nice new stuck pixel free device. It was tiny and if I had to live with it, it wasn't that bad, but why live with it? It was distracting from my inspire goodness.
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Yeah, but after having many phones after many years with many dead pixels, half the time the exchanged phone has a same or similarly annoying issue. It's a cheapy phone and I won't have it for too long, so I'm not worried. Funny how the people who make a big deal about a tiny dead pixel on the phone are the same people who get a big scratch on their car and never fix it, haha

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Hmm, I just looked for the dead pixel and it's gone.. I took the screen protector off this morning, it must have just been dust under the screen protector... mehh.
I liked having a screen protector but the screen looks sooooo much nicer and is so much more touch responsive without it. This is the first phone I've ever put one on, and I will never use one again. I went with 3 brands and all 3 sucked.

Meh, I used to have an iPhone4 that wouldn't scratch no matter what you did to it. Put it with keys in your pocket, not a damn scratch.
I thought I'd have the same experience with the Inspire but no. I actually babied the phone, put it in its own pocket etc. but still ended up with a half inch light scratch where the capacitive buttons are. Good thing I can't see it unless I hold the phone at a certain angle or it would bug me forever. I promptly threw a protector on it, I strongly recommend them.

egyan said:
Meh, I used to have an iPhone4 that wouldn't scratch no matter what you did to it. Put it with keys in your pocket, not a damn scratch.
I thought I'd have the same experience with the Inspire but no. I actually babied the phone, put it in its own pocket etc. but still ended up with a half inch light scratch where the capacitive buttons are. Good thing I can't see it unless I hold the phone at a certain angle or it would bug me forever. I promptly threw a protector on it, I strongly recommend them.
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yeah, if you're not careful anything will scratch. if you don't want to stain your couch you can cover it in plastic, but then you have to lose some experience of sitting on a couch.

bella92108 said:
Yeah, but after having many phones after many years with many dead pixels, half the time the exchanged phone has a same or similarly annoying issue. It's a cheapy phone and I won't have it for too long, so I'm not worried. Funny how the people who make a big deal about a tiny dead pixel on the phone are the same people who get a big scratch on their car and never fix it, haha
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Im just as anal about my cars. Can't stand even seeing dirt on them. My wife on the other hand could care less. Her car gets dented all the time in the Pittsburgh parking garages and she could care less. Its only a car she says. I won't mention the price but its a very nice nissan armada, well was very nice when we bought it.
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kirk123 said:
Black door? Knock on it. LOL Lets see whats behind door no. 1
EDIT: I see you corrected the typo.
I haven't heard anyone complain about dead pixels. Why not exchange it if you are still within the 30 days.
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Damned spell check got me and i wasnt paying attention.
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bella92108 said:
Yeah, but after having many phones after many years with many dead pixels, half the time the exchanged phone has a same or similarly annoying issue. It's a cheapy phone and I won't have it for too long, so I'm not worried. Funny how the people who make a big deal about a tiny dead pixel on the phone are the same people who get a big scratch on their car and never fix it, haha
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Do you know me or something? I swear I'm gonna get that scratched fixed soon! Lol!
Dead pixels have always bothered me on handheld devices. But I have really good vision. I can see pixels on an iPhone 4 screen. I see the dots on the inspire screen everyday, but they don't bother me much. The phone is too awesome! To me it's not a cheap phone. I may use it for another year or so.

Generally, a dead pixel is always a black dot, whereas a stuck pixel could be any color. I had two dead pixels on an old Captivate, AT&T exchanged it no problem.

glass lifting

Hello,
Sorry, I accidentally posted this in the Desire HD forum first (not that it should really matter of course).
I've started to notice that the glass on my Inspire 4G is making a slight snapping noise and moving a bit sometimes when I press on the corners, almost as if the glass is lifting slightly over time. Once I press the corners, it is fine for a few minutes, then I can do it again, hearing the snapping noises.
I want to root my phone and install RCMix HD, but I don't want to void my warranty if the glass is going to lift off my screen in a few months. Is anyone else seeing this issue? Other than this and poor battery life, I absolutely love the phone. It's a HUGE improvement over the xdandroid experience on my Touch Pro 2.
Anyone else with this problem?

gnnash said:
Hello,
Sorry, I accidentally posted this in the Desire HD forum first (not that it should really matter of course).
I've started to notice that the glass on my Inspire 4G is making a slight snapping noise and moving a bit sometimes when I press on the corners, almost as if the glass is lifting slightly over time. Once I press the corners, it is fine for a few minutes, then I can do it again, hearing the snapping noises.
I want to root my phone and install RCMix HD, but I don't want to void my warranty if the glass is going to lift off my screen in a few months. Is anyone else seeing this issue? Other than this and poor battery life, I absolutely love the phone. It's a HUGE improvement over the xdandroid experience on my Touch Pro 2.
Anyone else with this problem?
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Yes, others have complained about the screen lifting. If you are within the 30 day return policy, you can try to exchange it. I don't think it'll completely come off over a long period of time.

yea, i didn't notice till after my 30 days were up. Still trying to find time to call HTC about it, Bugs the crap out of me! I'm sure it will lift to the point of dirt and moisture getting under there though. Damn tape!

mj0528 said:
yea, i didn't notice till after my 30 days were up. Still trying to find time to call HTC about it, Bugs the crap out of me! I'm sure it will lift to the point of dirt and moisture getting under there though. Damn tape!
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If you bought the phone from at&t, they can do a warranty exchange or like you said, call HTC and see what they can do. If you rooted your phone, you need to bring it back to factory original state prior to returning it to either HTC or at&t.

Radio Shack, i bet they'd tell me to jump in a lake. AT&T told me to call HTC

mj0528 said:
Radio Shack, i bet they'd tell me to jump in a lake. AT&T told me to call HTC
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LOL. HTC will do a warranty exchange. Not sure if rat shack will care.

If I do bring it in for a warranty exchange, will the next one just do the same thing? Is this common to all Inspires, or are most alright?

I know others have complained about the screen lifting or moving near the search key. Others have also complained about the lcd making funny colors while pressing on the search key. I guess its a hit or miss.
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Mine is also doing it
Sometimes it gets really bad and so annoying knowing that later through normal use eventually the glass will come off and or get all kinds of dust/lint under the glass.
I got mine @ Costco on launch day and they mentioned 90 days to replace if defective and after 90 days that I would have to deal with HTC for warranty? Is this true has anyone else dealt with Costcos wireless, will they replace it?
Funny thing is on launch day my brand new Inspire had white specks of lint under the glass and within the week I got it replaced and they agreed its defective.
So this could be an uprising defect.
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I bought mine directly from AT&T, and am still in my buyer's remorse period. So my biggest decision is whether to get another Inspire 4G or to switch to another phone. I love this phone, but don't want to get another if it is going to have the same problem. However, I don't know what other phone I would get in its place.
My corner by the search button is now visibly elevated. Either I just now noticed this, or it is rapidly getting worse. At this rate, I feel the glass would be off completely by next month.

kirk123 said:
I know others have complained about the screen lifting or moving near the search key. Others have also complained about the lcd making funny colors while pressing on the search key. I guess its a hit or miss.
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There is no lifting or moving on mine, though I can get a tiny bit of distortion if I hold down the search key firmly, however, you really have to press hard to get that, in normal use it is fine.
Edit-I guess some of this is like the patient who tells his doctor "it hurts when I move my arm this weird way", to which the doctor responds "Don't move it that way"

Damn... Mine is doing the same thing. This is bothersome...
It's not noticeable for me, unless I concentrate on it while I'm pressing on it. Also, if I hit the search button like others here, it discolors the screen.

Are there people out there who this doesn't happen to?
I'm considering "upgrading" to the Atrix. I really love the Inspire, but if it's just going to fall apart or get dust under the screen, I won't be able to handle it. The battery life of the Atrix entices me too, but there's just something special about the Inspire...
How long is the warranty on our phones? I suppose I could just replace it a few times before the warranty is up, but if my last replacement has the same issue later... I just don't know.
I sure wish that AT&T would have nabbed the Sensation. Then I would be switching right now, no question.

It's a "feature"
Mine does it, but it doesn't effect the phone. It's in a case so I don't even notice it now.

gnnash said:
Are there people out there who this doesn't happen to?
I'm considering "upgrading" to the Atrix. I really love the Inspire, but if it's just going to fall apart or get dust under the screen, I won't be able to handle it. The battery life of the Atrix entices me too, but there's just something special about the Inspire...
How long is the warranty on our phones? I suppose I could just replace it a few times before the warranty is up, but if my last replacement has the same issue later... I just don't know.
I sure wish that AT&T would have nabbed the Sensation. Then I would be switching right now, no question.
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I wouldn't consider that an "upgrade". The manufactures warranty lasts a year.
Seems the only solution to fix this problem is to hit the search button with a hammer xD.
All jokes a side as long as there is no dust and the glass isn't seriously falling out of the phone, I would just chalk it up as normal. Every phone has its quirks.
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mudknot2005 said:
I wouldn't consider that an "upgrade". The manufactures warranty lasts a year.
Seems the only solution to fix this problem is to hit the search button with a hammer xD.
All jokes a side as long as there is no dust and the glass isn't seriously falling out of the phone, I would just chalk it up as normal. Every phone has its quirks.
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Hence the quotes around "upgrade"
Anyway, I agree that every phone has its quirks, and that's fine. For me, the relatively short battery life of the Inspire is a quirk. But a lifting screen isn't a quirk, but a straight-up defect. A defect should never be considered "normal", even if it happens to all phones of a certain model.
I'm going to go and exchange the phone this afternoon. If the display model at the store is okay, with no lifted screen, I will go with the Inspire again. If the display model is lifted as well, I may go with the Atrix. Hopefully the bootloader protection will be broken someday, and development will flourish.
It really is a bummer for me though, as I really do love my inspire.

By the way, just got off the phone with HTC to see if this was a known issue that was being fixed in manufacturing. Apparently, my representative had never heard of the problem. Must be so slight that most people aren't noticing the problem.
Anyway, It sounds like it isn't being actively worked on to fix the issue.

If i push the glass in the corner of the search key, i can feel the glass mive and it creeks too.
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My right lower corner bleeds out a little if I push on it real hard and so does the left side but screen is not elevated at all. it's as flat as it can be. There is no dust trapped. This phone is like 1 month old. I also went to the at&t store and checked out to the display model and all are the same but none had the screen elevated.
This may be an individual issue. But I also tried to push the atrix and captivate on the right lower corner and they dont bleed.
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Talk about a pita, I have been transferred to everyone under the sun at htc and at&t with no one telling me anything but send it in. I don't know about you, but I can't live without my phone for that long due to work.
Should've bought it at Best Buy. Geek squad protection plan is expensive but very well worth it for oh crap moments or times like these.

What is the point of lockscreens anyway?

I've always wondered about this, it just seems that we need a lockscreen just to play with a slider or some other cool touch mechanism. There is nothing "lock" about lockscreens without a password obviously. But even when you do, what's the point of doing the sliding anyway? Like I might accidentally enter the correct password and unlock it?
Nowdays phones are all capacitive touchscreens your pocket or things in it won't accidentally operate your phone right? Even the power /unlock buttons are extremely difficult to accidentally activate. On the iPhone you might accidentally activate the home button, but not the buttonless or touch buttons, yet they all have lockscreens.
I'm starting to think that we have lockscreens just because iPhone has it, for whatever reason
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I actually had my Droid Incredible in my pocket while working on a job site with habitat for humanity, and it ended up getting unlocked and calling my wife (redial of last phone call). I have the widgetlocker lockscreen app, which is easier to bypass than the stock lockscreen. So, while they may feel like a nuisance, they still serve a purpose

jacobgong said:
Nowdays phones are all capacitive touchscreens your pocket or things in it won't accidentally operate your phone right?
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There's your reason right there. On my Samsung Galaxy SII, I can configure for no lock screen. Power button turns the screen on/off.

The OP has a good point. A very good point. I still use lock screens cause the quick reference to my Widget locker is paramount but if this isn't you; seriously why do you need a lock screen?

It IS possible to pocket dial as all of your body can "use" these stupid things, even through pockets

I KNOW RIGHT! And why the hell do books have a front cover!?

IMHO OP's got a point!

I like not pocket dialing people multiple times a day, or accidentally initiating a paid service, or accidentally changing settings. Other than that, yeah, it's pointless.

The point of a lockscreen is so you don't accidentally send a garbled text message to your ex. Or call her.

Lock screen just there to make you touch your phone more. They creeping into your brain and making you DO things! Lol!!!
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they also help if some sort of botnet is trying to screw you or at least verify you are human

Possibly because I put my smartphone into my pocket, and don't feel like pocket dialling?

To lock ur screen
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ROM: AXIOM HYBRYD B6
Kernel: GLaDOS 1.34

I have a cool story, I have a friend that has an LG Cookie KP500 that uses "hold to unlock", Then, One night, She slept with her phone below the pillow. The next morning, My mom complained that she recieved a phone call from my friend that, according to the call log, was dialed 1 in the morning!

Honestly you put FAR too much faith in the whole "capacitive touchscreens" thingy...
If you don't lock your phone with the lockscreen, your screen (and hence phone) will activate quite often, specially if you keep it in your front pockets (and not jacket/bag pockets), because of the contact with your body.
It's far less a problem when you have a "cover" (leather or something like that) for your phone, but not everyone has that. Lockscreen (and widgets like that) allows you to avoid problems with it.
And you don't realize how stupid things can happens by "randomly" pushing/sliding/moving on your phone's screen. You could end up calling people repeatedly, delete things you don't want to be deleted, and so on and so on.
Worse case would be you "locking" your phone with wrongs passwords attemps or pattern lock attemps.
But really if you don't want one, don't use one.

Same here, to avoid pocket dialing and screwing up your phone.
Moreover, it the power button is very sensible, you could end draining your battery without realizing...
Anyway, it is here for some purpose (or maybe not?)
Lets go ask Google...

Really? No one in here actually uses it for a little added security? It gives me peace of mind knowing that if it gets stolen, the person is most likely not going to know how to get past the lock screen to access all my stuff.
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I hate my lockscreen. Its irritating. No one ever holds my phone and I know it will never get stolen. Also, I always have my screen face out in my pocket. I don't know why, maybe habit. Accidental dialing and calling will not be an issue.
If anything, I want a lockscreen that you just tap a button and then it unlocks.
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KayxGee1 said:
No one ever holds my phone and I know it will never get stolen.
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Better knock on some wood...
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KayxGee1 said:
I know it will never get stolen.
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Seriously? Not the right attitude to have with your $300+ device.

[Q] Bum phone? Should I ask tmobile to replace it?

Just got a new (my second) Nexus 5 from T-Mobile. 2 small problems.
1. One bad pixel on screen that is always green.
2. A good portion of the screen makes "popping" sounds when you touch it. I think it's some adhesive that didn't quite stick. If I apply pressure to the screen for a few seconds, the problem goes away. So whenever I'm swiping/typing I get this kind of "sticky tape pulling off of a window" sound after I touch it... kind of annoying.

LVLAaron said:
Just got a new (my second) Nexus 5 from T-Mobile. 2 small problems.
1. One bad pixel on screen that is always green.
2. A good portion of the screen makes "popping" sounds when you touch it. I think it's some adhesive that didn't quite stick. If I apply pressure to the screen for a few seconds, the problem goes away. So whenever I'm swiping/typing I get this kind of "sticky tape pulling off of a window" sound after I touch it... kind of annoying.
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That would drive me insane. I am ultra anal with my tech devices and ALWAYS exchange them when there is the slightest flaw. I've had no less than 4 Nexus 5s over time due to various defects. Happy to say my current one is absolutely flawless.
I believe you can deduce my answer from that response.

Question Cracked Screen

So long story short, I went to bed last night with my pixel 7 pro on charge woke up this morning and the screen is cracked? has anyone else seen this, i know the older pixel 6 had an issue with screens cracking and looks like this might be introduced into the 7 too.

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So long story short, I went to bed last night with my pixel 7 pro on charge woke up this morning and the screen is cracked? has anyone else seen this, i know the older pixel 6 had an issue with screens cracking and looks like this might be introduced into the 7 too.
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oh no, had the same with p6p. Google wont do anything, because they'll gonna say: user error!

t0m2k said:
oh no, had the same with p6p. Google wont do anything, because they'll gonna say: user error!
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yes already been on phone to them this morning and exactly what you say... user error, obvisouly this is a manufactoring fault where it is now costing me £250 for a replacement screen on top of the nearly £900 for the phone thats a month old.
This is my second pixel, first one was a long time ago, had many phones between and no issues but this has given me doubts now about the pixel 7. My main worry is replacing it and the screen going again.

First and foremost, I'm NOT challenging you with the crack.
But how on earth can a screen crack if it's lying still all night? What physics could be causing that?
I can imagine, however unlikely, that a big temperature drop could cause that, for example when you're camping or sleeping with the window open in extreme winter conditions or something like that.
I can also imagine that charging the phone might have to do with it, maybe there's a hw fault that made the phone charge to fast, heating it up in a cold room. stress on the screen, crack. Could it be a type of vibration that transmitted to the phone somehow? From a heater, air purifier, something like that?
Did you eliminate things like that?

Good questions, I have done exactly the same for the past month put phone on the dressing table plug it in and let it charge, this time however after noticing the crack I also noticed the charge was only at 72%, it had adaptive charing enabled and said it would be fully charged by 6:30 am but was up at 6am.
So no vibrations, no temapture changes (not enough to cause this) strange one, I just know the night sleep cost me £250 arrr just hope it never happens again.

As can see in photo the main crack goes from right to left and has web cracks too.

The photo is a bit blurry but it doesn't look like one crack to me, more like the glass is shattered. Strange...

Not calling you a liar, but that really does look like an impact which occurred at the most vulnerable part of the screen edge. No chance that you unknowingly may have accidently bumped the corner of the night stand when setting it down, or had something on your nightstand which may have gotten knocked over and nicked the screen? Basically, pointed force on a very small surface area. It looks very much like every iPhone screen my wife has shattered.

Could also be that the screen was accidently nicked without a noticeable crack but when the charger was put on the heat made the crack grow and spread, similar to a car windshield crack when the defroster is put on.
Or just plain faulty manufacturing...

Shattered screen means "something" caused it from the outside...or the inside!
If you didn't hit the screen somehow then maybe the battery swelled and internal pressure caused this? I say this because of the aforementioned charging anomaly.

I actually avoided the Pixel 6 Pro because of all the reports of this happening and figured the 7 Pro must be fixed. It's sad to see that may not be the case.
That said, yours definitely looks way more like an impact than the spontaneous cracking pictures I've seen. Those also almost all happened at the corners where the glass would be at its highest tension instead of near the center of the screen like yours plus yours has spread all over which means there was a lot of energy to dissipate. You're sure nothing could have happened to it?

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As can see in photo the main crack goes from right to left and has web cracks too.
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That looks identical to what did for my S21 Ultra. Dropped and landed with an impact right on the edge of the screen in the center, with the crack looking very similar.
As others have said, I'm not saying you're being dishonest for a minute, but that really does look like impact damage to me.