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wheres the line

i see all these people on here saying theyre going to return or exchange their S6. i have a note 4 and it prbly has half the things theyre returning their S6 for, honestly i never bothered to check. my note 4 does have bad lag, that other ppl suppousedly dnt have, but i missed my return date waiting for a patch/upgrade to fix my lag.
i totally understand paying $600+ on a phone and wanting a good working phone but as a samsung fan whos gotten flawed phone after flawed phone ive accepted the fact that im never going to get a perfect phone. so my question is where do you all draw the limit? or are u wanting that perfect phone.
list of the flawed sammys
S3: found out it couldnt read memory cards after return date (got a refurb s3 that could read memory cards)
s5: antenna problems (started having rly slow internet)
note 4: phone lags badly.

I think people just want a phone that doesn't arrived to their door already scratched, or with a 24 hour led light on, or in my case, a charger that doesn't charge the phone out of the box.

Have a reorder processing as we speak. Software issues are absolutely nuts (auto brightness turning on/off on its own, Samsung keyboard keeps reactivating, MMS not working, etc) and there's something VERY wrong when I can reboot the phone, turn on *only* Google Maps and Pandora, and the phone runs out of memory, closing Pandora down. I mean, what the ****, Samsung?
I doubt the new phone will fix these issues, and I think I'm just going back to my Nexus 5.

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Have a reorder processing as we speak. Software issues are absolutely nuts (auto brightness turning on/off on its own, Samsung keyboard keeps reactivating, MMS not working, etc) and there's something VERY wrong when I can reboot the phone, turn on *only* Google Maps and Pandora, and the phone runs out of memory, closing Pandora down. I mean, what the ****, Samsung?
I doubt the new phone will fix these issues, and I think I'm just going back to my Nexus 5.
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It will, those issues are not normal. My phone shows none of those.
However, I have a scratch under the top bezel of my glass and the Always on LED on the flash so I am going to get a replacement.

can somebody upload a pic of the always on led?

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can somebody upload a pic of the always on led?
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actually just saw the thread on it. mine isnt arriving till the 17th so idk if ill even be affected by this.
yeah i understand these things suck, but i feel like every galaxy launch has had a similar incident. when i got the s5 there was the camera incident and the antena incidents.

GreeleyXda said:
actually just saw the thread on it. mine isnt arriving till the 17th so idk if ill even be affected by this.
yeah i understand these things suck, but i feel like every galaxy launch has had a similar incident. when i got the s5 there was the camera incident and the antena incidents.
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I requested two replacements since both my devices has this led issue. If the new ones come with then? ! ! ?
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I requested two replacements since both my devices has this led issue. If the new ones come with then? ! ! ?
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Yeah, if my replacement device shows up tonight and has ANY defect, this is just going to be a straight return, and I'll wait for another model. I mean, I am a Samsung avoider usually. I tend to not like how they do business, how they advertise, the products they put out... The S6 looked THAT good to me, that I would put my history with them behind. If I get 2 defective phones in a row (and I mean this new one needs to be PERFECT) it's going right back and I'll wait for the '15 Moto X or something. Maybe the G4.

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Yeah, if my replacement device shows up tonight and has ANY defect, this is just going to be a straight return/QUOTE]
The good news is, there were no defects. The bad news is because there was no phone. It was on the UPS truck to be delivered on the 8th, and returned to the depot around 12AM. It never left the depot on the 9th, even though UPS swore up and down that it was out for delivery. Contacted T-Mobile, they contacted UPS, confirmed it was lost. Now, here's the kicker: T-Mobile left me a voicemail saying *I* had to file a claim with UPS to make things right. Called them right the **** back and told them it wasn't my responsibility. They're shipping another out tomorrow. Who knows when I'll get it?
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Screen burn already, first time ever.

I have owned every Galaxy since S2 plus the Note 4 and Active S6
This is the first time I have ever had a Samsung with screen burn.
Just a few weeks old, then again it could just be a defect but never noticed it before. I do like to read on the phone but I have read on phones for years, so nothing different.
Really noticeable when scrolling on a website or anything with a white background.
What are my options, try Samsung warranty or maybe let it be. I am worried it might wear out unevenly and I plan to keep this phone (first ever) for several years.
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Get it fixed under warranty
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Same on mine. Really disturbing
sous GS7

Troll? i don't see anything

lol i dont see anything either

Just got new glasses, yet I'm still not able to spot anything on the screenshots... Damn, need to talk to my optician. :cyclops:

Maybe you're not praying hard enough

Not saying it's not there but I don't see it. I just don't understand how you can get burn in without leaving the image on screen for very long time. You can try a pixel fixing app from playstore and see if that helps.

I have the same thing and no fixing image. In one month the display show dark band....no troll it's true when i scroll on fb or website.
sous GS7

I can't see any burn-in. Maybe describe what your burn in look like or what being burned in.
Or maybe it's just a bad screen uniformity not exactly a burn-in (see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/hows-everyones-screen-color-unfirmorty-t3333600 )

Get it fix under warranty
I was a little bit fearing that you guys with the Snapdragon would end up having some issue due to eat being higher than the Exynos one. I live in Canada, we normally get the same S series as you guys in the USA. But this time, we got the exynos and I was surprised and SO happy when I discovered it.
good luck dealing with Samsung. I have the SD card issue (connect/disconnect/reconnect/...). I have been dealing with them for 3 weeks. I ended up having to send my device to a Samsung authorized Service center. They said: Need to replace the motherboard + screen since it is impossible to do the task without changing the screen. Cost 690$ CDN. 450$ for the motherboard and 150 for the screen plus 15% taxes (yes I live in Quebec lolll).
Then, they called me with the estimate. I said contact Samsung since its under warranty and I have tones of emails back/forth, and phone calls with there executive management department. Every time I speak to one person, I have to repeat the all thing to another one. They seem to not keep tract of their records, email exchange, etc.
Now they say I have to pay for the Screen replacement. I am still fighting with them on the fact that the motherboard cannot be replace without replacing the screen... Over and over. And I am a Lawyer. I have spent over 15 hours on the phone with them to date and still my phone is sitting to the repair service. They would not talk to each others. Extremely weird all the story. But I kept tract of everything and I am sending email to everyone I have dealt with all the time. All this to not have my phone for 2 weeks now... and at least another week before it gets back.
They will have no choice then to pay (of COURSE) and I know it... this is my job to do so.
Lol and re-Lol. I have owned 2 S1, 2 S2, 3 S3, 2 S4, 3 S5... and they just dont seem to want to deal promptly with their hardware issue. Really frustrating. I am charging 350$/hour... I have lost a lot of money (time) on this. I will sue them for it in the end. They will be easy for me. They wont even send a Lawyer in Ottawa (where I live) since they have no representative here. And their legal fees will be over 10K to fight. My demands will be around 5K to date.
Good luck

We are in the same boat...
Nextstep said:
I have owned every Galaxy since S2 plus the Note 4 and Active S6
This is the first time I have ever had a Samsung with screen burn.
Just a few weeks old, then again it could just be a defect but never noticed it before. I do like to read on the phone but I have read on phones for years, so nothing different.
Really noticeable when scrolling on a website or anything with a white background.
What are my options, try Samsung warranty or maybe let it be. I am worried it might wear out unevenly and I plan to keep this phone (first ever) for several years.
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I'm also in the same situation as yours.
First let me get into a major issue I'm facing,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66463345&postcount=71
and the same problem as yours,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/grey-lines-display-t3360635
I'm gonna try warranty tomorrow again because I believe they had given me a faulty display during the repair.

Every Samsung phone I've owned has had horrible screen burn in, even with brightness at low. I finally quit buying them but my old lady still does. She decided on an iPhone last time because of the screen burn. So from the galaxy s all the way to the galaxy s6 every phone had burn in.

I'have s1 to 7 too. But first for me with display who as 1.5 month. Only on white/grey as usual on amoled. I think it's more visible since s6 s7 qhd resolution.
sous GS7

me, my brother and father bought sgs7 new ones and i can say that all 3 have screen burns (black spots or lines)i couldnt believe when i saw that and i came from xperia z5 which also had screen burn but there were white spots on xperia instead off black ones and i send to sony waranty and they replaced the screen in one week and now the screen is flawlees....definetly going to samsung waranty and see what they will say. :fingers-crossed:

Samsung warranty is a random world. Send for one problem back with 2 problem lol. It's for this i stay with mine (sorry for the very poor english). I love samsung product and amoled display but with the grey and white there is always a prob. Rrr
sous GS7

S7 Edge Exploding

Looks like there's new stories and a lawsuit over S7e's exploding from battery issues. Maybe a recall will be coming.

Netconn said:
Looks like there's new stories and a lawsuit over S7e's exploding from battery issues. Maybe a recall will be coming.
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I don't know if that's really what happen. These phones been out 6 months with not one exploding battery. All until the Note 7 battery recall and now somebody claims that their s7 edge blew up. My gut tells me that guy was just trying to cash out.
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These kinds of threads keep popping up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/s7-edge-battery-defect-note-7-t3460963
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/disassembled-s7-t3456551
The Note 7 has a large amount of devices catching fire/exploding (~90 in just the US alone) over a very short period of time, and they found a clear, traceable defect in batteries coming from one supplier. The situation with the S7E is nothing like that after several months on the market and millions more sold. Seriously, there is nothing noteworthy here.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...-may-have-galaxy-7-edge-problem-too/90375218/
Oh, I think something is noteworthy here. My GF's friend is getting a new S7e from Sammy for a battery recall.

Maybe they will learn that it's a good idea to have a removable battery.
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Judging by the amount of S7 devices and iphones being sold, I'm pretty sure nobody cares about a removable battery.

sputnik767 said:
Judging by the amount of S7 devices and iphones being sold, I'm pretty sure nobody cares about a removable battery.
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When those are the two best phones on the market (The third being the Nexus/Pixel line)...there really isn't a choice.
I wouldn't say that no one cares about the removable battery, I'd say the manufacturers have made it so that we just don't have the option and have to make our decisions based on other factors.

chiikko561 said:
I don't know if that's really what happen. These phones been out 6 months with not one exploding battery. All until the Note 7 battery recall and now somebody claims that their s7 edge blew up. My gut tells me that guy was just trying to cash out.
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You're right...I was thinking the same thing...people are doing some janky **** to get refund

Not even two months after i received my S7 edge, my screen developed a green line on the right side of the screen. And the battery was heating up, and the phone was getting really hot. I took it to a Samsung service center, and they replaced the screen, and battery.
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Battery test

Gsmarena have completed the battery test and.... well it's and LG...
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man when I had the g2, battery was amazing. either way, my s7 at 3kmah sucks and is horrendous , so I doubt the v20 will be worse.
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might wanna check this out if u think the s7 is crap.

their battery tests mean nothing. it's not real world usage. I'm not talking on my phone for 16 hours or watching movies for 12 hours. those tests are stupid and don't apply to everyday life. also pretty sure that's the exynos. we got screwed with the snapdragon in both terms of speed and battery.
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Wasn't that battery test for the S7 for the Exynos version? Which is known to be more battery efficient? Lol
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Well that sucks
Good thing there will be a zerolemon battery soon

The battery life is my biggest fear with the V20.
I've heard atrocious things about the V10, and had abysmal battery life on my old G4 that left me never wanting an LG phone again. The V20 is the only phone out there with a 5.7" screen, expandable storage, and running software that looks close to stock Android. All of that becomes useless if the phone can't last throughout the day.
Guess I'll have to wait for some real world tests to be done first.

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The battery life is my biggest fear with the V20.
I've heard atrocious things about the V10, and had abysmal battery life on my old G4 that left me never wanting an LG phone again. The V20 is the only phone out there with a 5.7" screen, expandable storage, and running software that looks close to stock Android. All of that becomes useless if the phone can't last throughout the day.
Guess I'll have to wait for some real world tests to be done first.
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Get a second battery...?
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Get a second battery...?
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Carrying a second battery just isn't ideal for me. To be honest, it's more laziness than anything else at this point. Maybe if LG brings out a standalone battery charger like they did for the G4, I'd be game.
But more importantly, I'm torn between the V20 and the Pixel XL. God I miss having stock Android, but I'm definitely leaning towards the V20. Micro SD storage and bigger screen that doesn't look like an iPhone = win for the most part. I'm hoping the theme store for LG can become robust.

I don't see why they wouldn't have a stand alone charger. The v10 has it.
I have the charger and extra battery and also the 250gb SD card they gave out as promos when it was new.
I use a zerolemon most of the time though! I prefer big phones with some weight to them! And heck... I just don't worry about charging.
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I don't see why they wouldn't have a stand alone charger. The v10 has it.
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A spare battery kit is now available on e-Bay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-V20-Batt...132805?hash=item2a721d0c85:g:Hj8AAOSwCGVX9Jnk

I left the V10 for the S7 Edge. However, i am probably going to pull the trigger on the V10, leaving my S7 Edge. The V10 was great but the battery life was horrendous. I had a spare battery and I would have to swap it by the end of the work day every day.

Coming from the Note7 it can only be better.

coming from nexus 6p. this is gold

Reddish Hue Screen Color Normal ? Return this device ?

Hi Guys,
Need some advice. Just picked up a galaxy s8 plus for my personal device. I had one already for work. Noticed the work device has a much cooler screen and looks more white to me. Noticed the S8 plus i picked up for my personal has a redder hue to it. I tweaked the different modes in display but the personal device just cant get as cool or white as the work device I have. The work device (Left) is the US Snapdragon model and the personal ( right) is the international exynos model. Is this hue worth returning over or is this variation in screens normal. Looked at a Note 8 i have and it resembles the work device and is cooler and whiter as well. Any ways i can get the whites the same on my personal device ? Coincidentally the device on the right was manufactured 4/27/2017 while the device on the left was made 3/23/2017. I have also tried the display tweaks and the *#15987# trick.
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Return it. That's how my first looked, and no matter how I adjust the tone, it couldn't get white. My replacement is normal. I almost kept the first thinking it's normal per the number of reports I've seen about it, but I'm so glad I exchanged it.

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Just to rule it out, you don't have the Blue Light filter on right?

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Just to rule it out, you don't have the Blue Light filter on right?
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red tint is a common issue on Samsung amoled displays! I had to exchange my device 6 times (!!) to get a decent screen, just look at my posts regarding that!
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Nvm

I'd keep it. Looks better than your other one. Definitely more natural

I own a small repair shop and actually had a client with this issue last week. Unfortunately for her, the phone was bought from eBay and it didn't had any warranty, so she couldn't ask for a replacement, thus coming to my shop. I kept looking for a solution all day long, but she eventually sold it.

Thanks
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red tint is a common issue on Samsung amoled displays! I had to exchange my device 6 times (!!) to get a decent screen, just look at my posts regarding that!
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Thats crazy. Guess im going to live with it since i bought international and im in the US with no warranty.
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I'd keep it. Looks better than your other one. Definitely more natural
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Its weird because videos and such look beautiful on the screen but i have to use adaptive mode.
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I own a small repair shop and actually had a client with this issue last week. Unfortunately for her, the phone was bought from eBay and it didn't had any warranty, so she couldn't ask for a replacement, thus coming to my shop. I kept looking for a solution all day long, but she eventually sold it.
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Hopefully they remedy eventually. Was reading and some Note 8's even have the same issue. Guess you have to get used to it.

I would stick with basic. It is what everything but HDR content is supposed to be viewed in.
That yellowish tint is totally normal and how it should be. The phone you have pictured on the left has way too cool of an image.

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had to go through about 4 exchanges when the iPhone SE came out due to yellowing on the display, so i feel your pain of going through the hassle of having to exchange 6! fortunately, i lucked out with the S8+ and the first replacement is perfect.