I was on the train today in london, england and I happened to see that the man sitting next to me was holding a phone that for the life of me I have been unable to identify. I know of most popular phones and brands but this one has eluded me. The man was of an oriental persuasion and was in his 20's so this may be a phone from an eastern manufacturer that no one has heard of over hear as they are a lot of oriental students in this area?. The first thing that caught my eye was that the phone was running android N 7.0 (I assume one of the developer builds) However he was not on a nexus device. Bear in mind that on the day of this post Android N 7.0 has not yet been released?. If any one can help identify this phone then please reply as this has been bugging me ever since here are all of the phone details I was able to see.
- It had a full metal body
- 2.5D glass screen between 5.5"-5.7"
- Rear mounted circular fingerprint sensor
- Cameras in the top corner of back and front (so not in the middle like a samsung or LG phone more like iphones positioning for camera)
- USB type C port
- Dual speaker grills flanking the USB C port on the bottom which were not machined into the body (like on the HTC 10) but rather had slits cut out for them and they sat slightly recessed into the frame behind a mesh
- On screen navigation keys
- Stock android 7.0 N
- It seemed to have rather apparent chamfers on the metal housing of the phone similar to the HTC 10 (but this was not the HTC 10) and given the rumors of the HTC nexus (sailfish) coming soon I found this design choice interesting?
- The phone also had antena lines in a similar place to those on the nexus 6P but this phone did not have the black visor for the camera module that the 6P has.
- I could not see a logo on the back of the phone as it had a plain black case on it which makes me think that this is unlikely to be an unreleased phone if there are cases for it? unless this is covering a logo perhaps?
And a logo on the bottom of the screen under the glass (where capacitive buttons would be) That I have tried to replicate below as it was not made from the alphabet. (the logo was a lower case t a backwards capital C and a backwards S that was broken in two halves horizontally and was in a very square and srap corner font)
t]2
This was definitely not a nexus device at least none that I know of. It could be a nexus device that has not been released as I cannot find any other devices that run stock android 7.0 as of this date and have this design? however the logo on the bottom of the screen seems to imply otherwise.
Please let me know if you have any ideas of what this phone is. thanks,
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do you have any of these problems?
Q1:Bottom removable cover doesnt fit right- leaves a gap, makes noise when pressed.
Q2:Large >1mm gap between the glass of the screen and metal. Not like in reviews, official photos.
what about the phone getting uncomfortably hot?
im trying to isolate the problem, which batch, which countries
soo far germany and singapore had big problems
Mines spot on.
Simfree handset. No problems here in the Brum area.
Worth doing a similar survey on WiFi problems / buttons lighting up?
Edward Lowy said:
Worth doing a similar survey on WiFi problems / buttons lighting up?
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I disagree as these problems effect everyone and are both software related and should both be fixable when we can build custom roms
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orange uk fine. I think the UK batch are all good build quality.
@Edward Lowy
not if you can accept them and taking the risk
@ben_pyett
the wifi cant be software, of course you can change a little bit the sensitivity, the bad antenna placement and cover will still remain
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I disagree as these problems effect everyone and are both software related and should both be fixable when we can build custom roms
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That's my point - they don't seem to affect everyone. Both issues affected me but clearly that is not everybodys findings.
There are well reported software issues with the buttons, basically the phone detects the background ambient light levels and decides whether our not to light up the buttons
Sometimes in a dark room the presence of a bright light source such as a window or a bright Tv stop them from lighting
unfortunately there us nothing we can do.
Although considering that the buttons don't change positions I always know where they are and which one is which so I can't see what the real problem is?
with regards the wi fi issue, there is another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051674
Where someone has posted a possible software fix, although you need S-off in order to apply it.
I suffer from both of these problems.
But, Fortunately I don't hold the phone in landscape so the wi fi issue doesn't bother me, and I know where the buttons are so don't need them to be lit
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I shared this on the Desire S Owners Poll thread and I am sure some of you might have seen it but here is my device I received this past Tuesday via FedEx from Singapore(It is an Indian device according to the IMEI info. HTC UK told me this btw.) Major problems with the battery cover. We need to make HTC be aware of these issues.
can you not just ask for a new one under warranty?
I'm in the UK and have had my DS 3 full days perfect no floors no wi-fi issue in landscape mode and set up with current OS and skinned.
Though day 4 bottom corners lifting by Home and Search keys and also have the smallest gap between unibody and screen near volume rocker and touch keys. The gap is enough to see back light coming through in the dark/dusk.
Hope this helps, i have a brand new (not refurbished) replacement coming first thing tomorrow will report on that with any news or similar issues.
Any of you sim free owners have the UMA signal boost app on the Stock shipped ROM 2.3.3 just interested?
Cheres
mine does not have UMA signal boost app
Sim free, no app installed
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Thanks guys was looking at stock rom to remove 'bloatware' but the app on the orange rom is handy think i will just use launcher pro to hide unwanted apps rather than install stock ROM.
Just waiting on the courier for my replacement handset fingers crossed no faults with this one.
Ok so brand new replacement handset and i still have these issues the bottom right corner is already showing that it's raised in comparison to the bottom left corner and there is still a visible gap on the left of the screen can see the charge port through this and light still shining through in the right light.
Looks like bad quality control from HTC will be contacting orange in a mo as i'm still in my cooling off period. I am really disappointed Android OS is great for the customisation but this handset seem's to have been rushed in the build quality.
Hope this helps.
my device has a perfect screen
so i think that it is just in some locations...or maybe the batch that they currently have at your buyer is defective
mariu$ said:
do you have any of these problems?
Q1:Bottom removable cover doesnt fit right- leaves a gap, makes noise when pressed.
Q2:Large >1mm gap between the glass of the screen and metal. Not like in reviews, official photos.
what about the phone getting uncomfortably hot?
im trying to isolate the problem, which batch, which countries
soo far germany and singapore had big problems
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tested one at my local o2 store, no problem, or maybe because it has the security stuff on it so i didnt get a good feel.. i ended up getting a sgs 2 yesterday though
Just read the above posts and now concern that my phone is one of those bad batch (O2 UK).
Firstly there is a gap at the top of the screen. (above the htc logo) big enough to stick the edge of a paper.
Second, there is light leakage on both the bottom corner (home and search key) only viewable when looking at a certain angle.
Third, is the bottom of the screen and the metal part meant to be even? As my bottom screen is more raised.
Finally, is all of the above problems are covered by the 12 month warranty and in which case I can ask for a replacement from O2?
Thanks in advance.
mariu$ said:
do you have any of these problems?
Q1:Bottom removable cover doesnt fit right- leaves a gap, makes noise when pressed.
Q2:Large >1mm gap between the glass of the screen and metal. Not like in reviews, official photos.
what about the phone getting uncomfortably hot?
im trying to isolate the problem, which batch, which countries
soo far germany and singapore had big problems
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i have this also under heavy use?
same is mine
Picked up this phone from CL. The person was claiming that part of the screen is not responding to touch.
I have seen it when I picked it up, but I thought that I will deal with it when I get home.
I was keep playing with the phone almost everything it's working on it except the volume buttons and that horizontal line where the #456 is on the dial pad.
I have removed the battery and noticed that the white sticker it was pink, water damage.
Now I don't know what could be the damage here? There is a shadow across the screen also, but it's not a crack.
I have seen this before on a digital camera, it was the aluminum sheet metal under the LCD, had a smudge across on that aluminum finish too.
Couldn't remove it though. Replaced the screen on the camera and it was as new.
Not sure what could be the problem with the phone?
Should I replace the digitizer, since the LCD shows everything correctly? It could be something shorted internally? I have the phone apart, but I don't see anything wrong. Cleaned all the contact with electronic cleaner, no change.
Any help would be appreciated.
Please post all questions in the Q & A section. Thanks! Thread moved.
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I think I would replace the LCD and digitizer as a unit. The slightly higher cost would be easier to accept than having to do it more than once, which would probably end up costing more. Either way is a gamble, though, because that might not be the issue.
Volume buttons are notorious on this phone. I have not known or read about someone fixing them. You can get around the problem for the most part by using software to control the volume, using roms that will restart to recovery or boot loader, and the occasional use of ADB commands, but some bootloop situations require the hardware to work.
Good luck with your project and let us know how it works out.
Not just a pretty Pickle.
I'm thinking of buying the whole LCD as a unit, but that is why I'm asking that maybe somebody could tell me if it's the LCD or other hardware.
The volume button it's together with the upper camera board and I guess it has to be replaced together.
Hello everyone.
My uncle just bought Nexus 5 Red because he said nexus 6 too big. He liked the phone but now he is mad. He ran his finger along the sound up and down button and cut himself. He very sad and he very rich. He hates Google now and needs to know if Google can fix this in Android L. The sound button come out and edges are sharp. Very sharp. It hurts my rich uncle to have such a dumb phone that can hurt people.
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SynchroDrive said:
Hello everyone.
My uncle just bought Nexus 5 Red because he said nexus 6 too big. He liked the phone but now he is mad. He ran his finger along the sound up and down button and cut himself. He very sad and he very rich. He hates Google now and needs to know if Google can fix this in Android L. The sound button come out and edges are sharp. Very sharp. It hurts my rich uncle to have such a dumb phone that can hurt people.
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LOL, what the hell? How would an Android L help with this problem?
He must have really sensitive skin or something to have it be cut by the buttons. I've never heard of such a problem from Nexus 5 users.
If it bothers him that much, have him install one of those TPU cases that covers the buttons.
Well, the good news is that Android 5.0 (aka "L" or "Lollipop") will indeed make the side buttons nicely chamfered for your uncle. That's why they had the developer previews; in the first one, the buttons were made to be the length of the phone, and in the second one, they were resized to small circles. The full retail version of v5.0 will be bringing back the original sized buttons, but with the aforementioned chamfering.
These things can be changed with the "lol.button" flags in your device.prop file once the retail version has been installed. You just need to add the line "lol.userisat.roll = true" before it will actually take effect though.
unfnknblvbl said:
Well, the good news is that Android 5.0 (aka "L" or "Lollipop") will indeed make the side buttons nicely chamfered for your uncle. That's why they had the developer previews; in the first one, the buttons were made to be the length of the phone, and in the second one, they were resized to small circles. The full retail version of v5.0 will be bringing back the original sized buttons, but with the aforementioned chamfering.
These things can be changed with the "lol.button" flags in your device.prop file once the retail version has been installed. You just need to add the line "lol.userisat.roll = true" before it will actually take effect though.
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I lol'd.
Not sure whether the OP is "lost in translation" or trolling for shiggles... But short answer. No Android L won't fix a hardware problem.
Troll post?
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hi guys,
i'm from germany and i need help for buying a new (oder used) phone.
atm i have an Oneplus X because of the size (i have tiny hands and i want to use the phone with one hand), the display (i love the amoled because of the sharpness) and the camera.
what i miss actual: a physical home button. why: because i use the phone as a sat nav (with osmand+ app) on my motorcylce. i have an water resist phone holder like that (https://www.amazon.de/LKB29LW-WASSE...8-13&keywords=wasserdichte+handyhülle+fahrrad) and i cant use the side buttons because of the case. dtw dont work because of the foil in front of the display. have tried it soo often. when screen is dark i always have to open the case...
so what i need for the new season: phone around 4,8 to 5,2 inc with possibily to wake up in a case.
what sould it be able to: rooting, xposed and so on. good camera... the things i like on my oneplus.
i like the samsung s7... but: i think it is too expensive.
what else can i buy?
greetings from germany
wortex777 said:
hi guys,
i'm from germany and i need help for buying a new (oder used) phone.
atm i have an Oneplus X because of the size (i have tiny hands and i want to use the phone with one hand), the display (i love the amoled because of the sharpness) and the camera.
what i miss actual: a physical home button. why: because i use the phone as a sat nav (with osmand+ app) on my motorcylce. i have an water resist phone holder like that (https://www.amazon.de/LKB29LW-WASSE...8-13&keywords=wasserdichte+handyhülle+fahrrad) and i cant use the side buttons because of the case. dtw dont work because of the foil in front of the display. have tried it soo often. when screen is dark i always have to open the case...
so what i need for the new season: phone around 4,8 to 5,2 inc with possibily to wake up in a case.
what sould it be able to: rooting, xposed and so on. good camera... the things i like on my oneplus.
i like the samsung s7... but: i think it is too expensive.
what else can i buy?
greetings from germany
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Hey guys,
i'm posting this because I am going crazy about this and maybe you can help me figure it out (maybe it is something so dumb that I didn't think of it lol)
Well, here's the story:
Back in 2014, i used to have a Galaxy S (yeah, the first one of the S series, and yeah, it was already old when I had it in 2014). Pretty damn slow phone. Anyway, long story short, one day I went for a walk with it in my pocket, accidentally pulled my earphone's cord, the phone got out and went straight into the asphalt. This was the result:
https://imgur.com/90GNp2i (exhibit A)
Only the glass cracked, the LCD (is that an LCD screen? lol) wasn't affected. I always used a plastic screen cover that I believe helped keeping the glass around. Damage was pretty good but I didn't get too sad about it because a few weeks later I would be getting myself a Note 3. When that happened, the broken Galaxy S was laid to rest inside its box at the bottom of my wardrobe.
Fast forward to September 2017, when i sold the Note 3 to buy my current smartphone and had to use an old smartphone until the new one arrived. Grabbed the old Galaxy S and great!, working slow and heavy like a charm.
Kept using it for the next few days, until at some point whein messing around at the old phone's stored pictures I found exhibit A (that I had sent back in 2014 to my friends to show the damage) and I remembered what did the cracked screen look like. What the ****.
https://imgur.com/e7T0yMn (exhibit B)
Exhibit B is the picture I took with a friend's phone at the exact moment I realized that the screen was less broken (?) than before. Here are a few considerations about that:
1. The phone didn't leave its box, the box didn't leave the wardrobe. Nobody repaired the screen, and that can be told because of the two major crack points found in both pictures (first one in the bottom right corner of the phone, which may be a bit harder to see in the first picture, but it's there; and the one right above the center of the screen that can be better seen in exhibits C and D below)
2. The glass REALLY broke. It wasn't only the plastic screen protector, which btw I never replaced nor removed, it's still there holding the cracks (?) together.
3. There is no genius joke like "the second picture was taken before the first one and actually it was all a prank". No, the first pic is really from 2014 and the second is really from 2017. You can tell that by:
- looking at the Whatsapp design that really changed over the years; and
- well, believing me, because i really have no other pictures of it broken. hehe
These last two pictures I took tonight when I got crazy about that again (after the first euphoria about it last year, the phone went back into the wardrobe) and decided to post it here for you guys to tell me that the solution is really dumb and laugh at me.
https://imgur.com/vBH97Ar - exhibit C with white background
https://imgur.com/eWq7LXY - exhibit D with black background
So, XDA - wft has happened here? Is "screen semi-gluing itself back" an existing technology? Did the glass pieces only rearranged back to their normal place and the cracks are still there, but less visible? Did the plastic screen cover help? Should I look for more important things to worry about?
Thank you.
tl,dr - smartphone screen broke, found it less broken three years later.