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Sears Has a problem.

My local Sears store said they had 15 gtablets in stock. Picked one up. It was shrink wrapped. When I opened the box, there was no tear off covering the screen. When I fired it up, it did not bring me to the first time screens. The date time and location were already set up. The settings key did'nt work and when I went on line the weather wouldn't work. I took it back. They brought out a brand new shrink wrapped box which I opened in front of them. It did not have the tear off screen protector. At this point I got my money back. Be careful.

No tear off screen protector? None of the newer batches have that - that was only on the first batch of 1000. And if they were actually shrink wrapped, these could have actually been new. They might not have been screwing with you.
I don't remember if my one new device that I had bought had its settings already pre-programmed or not. That was waaaaayyy back in early November.

When I first started mine up it didnt go through the initial set up, because I didnt fully charge it before turning it on. later on I left it plugged in overnight and when I turned it on it went through the initial set up asking for username, date and time so on.
Not sure if you charged it for a certain amount of time before turning it on, but the paperwork says that in the box I believe.
update: Okay, I checked the box and the quick start guide says plug in until you see the green light indicator saying its fully charged before turning on for the first time.

My Tab
My Tab came shrink wrapped and in a white sleeve with no tear off protector either. I noticed location was default to first location on auto list. My Tab was new and I also didn't charge it all the way on first boot. After I did I also got the full first time boot menu asking for all my info.

Mine from Amazon did not have a screen protector. Before I used it, I charged it until the green light was on but it didnt ask me for setup information. I think after I restarted it the first time was when it finally did.

sporto220 said:
My local Sears store said they had 15 gtablets in stock. Picked one up. It was shrink wrapped. When I opened the box, there was no tear off covering the screen. When I fired it up, it did not bring me to the first time screens. The date time and location were already set up. The settings key did'nt work and when I went on line the weather wouldn't work. I took it back. They brought out a brand new shrink wrapped box which I opened in front of them. It did not have the tear off screen protector. At this point I got my money back. Be careful.
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I packaged mine up today to bring back to Sears. I hope no trouble with the return.
It came with cwmod and TB files already on it, definitely USED. Also no screen protector AND the box was not even sealed.
I am not up to making all the mods and the screen, though I thought it would be fine from "the looks", causes me lots of eye strain when I use it for extended periods of time. Bummed out.

Bought mine right after turkey day and it was sealed. it had no screen protector and the green wipe cloth.
It did not ask for the initial setup when power up at first. After my battery charged complete it did want the initial setup.
I'd be willing to put money on the fact you just went through two new units that now have to be sold as used, someone better check the outlet store!

You know it occurs to me, my Sears still claims they don't have any at all anymore. The cardboard display was still up the other day, but the price is down, it was off the web site. The guy I spoke with over the phone said it wasn't even a product in their inventory anymore.
I was considering getting a second one as I'm sort growing attached to this one and don't really want to give it to my daughter as was the plan.
--mop

nascardudette said:
I packaged mine up today to bring back to Sears. I hope no trouble with the return.
It came with cwmod and TB files already on it, definitely USED. Also no screen protector AND the box was not even sealed.
I am not up to making all the mods and the screen, though I thought it would be fine from "the looks", causes me lots of eye strain when I use it for extended periods of time. Bummed out.
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Nascardudette, your tablet was used for sure and sold as new. Make sure to tell them that and don't let them get away with charging you a 15% restocking fee.
New units don't come with CW Mod to the best of my knowledge.
I think (and therefore this is my opinion) that it is against the law to sell a previously used item as new. I think the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates this.
Yours is the second post I have seen where a unit was sold as new by Sears that had been used. The other post was the guy who's tablet had a 16 gig SD card inside and I think (but don't remember for sure) his also had CW Mod loaded before he bought it. I think he did get a 10% discount though so Sears may be covered (CYA) on that one.
BTW, who's your driver?

GaryHypnosis said:
Nascardudette, your tablet was used for sure and sold as new. Make sure to tell them that and don't let them get away with charging you a 15% restocking fee.
New units don't come with CW Mod to the best of my knowledge.
I think (and therefore this is my opinion) that it is against the law to sell a previously used item as new. I think the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates this.
Yours is the second post I have seen where a unit was sold as new by Sears that had been used. The other post was the guy who's tablet had a 16 gig SD card inside and I think (but don't remember for sure) his also had CW Mod loaded before he bought it. I think he did get a 10% discount though so Sears may be covered (CYA) on that one.
BTW, who's your driver?
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Thanks for the support That is going to be my approach. I did read that post about the other Sears "new/not" unit. At first, I thought I would try for the outlet price, but I just don't think this is going to suit my needs.
#29 .. been a fan since rookie year ! Went to Texas Motor Speedway Nov, amazing fun!

nascardudette said:
Thanks for the support That is going to be my approach. I did read that post about the other Sears "new/not" unit. At first, I thought I would try for the outlet price, but I just don't think this is going to suit my needs.
#29 .. been a fan since rookie year ! Went to Texas Motor Speedway Nov, amazing fun!
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My wife and I met Kyle Busch at Sprint Fan Fest in November in LV. We saw all twelve chase drivers at the event (J.J., K.H., Ky.B., Ku.B., M.K., T.S., J.G., J.B., C.B., D.H., C.E., and G.B.) also and had picture taken with J.J. Lot's of fun.
Good luck with your return, please post results.

Got mine from Office Depot. Box was shrink wrapped, unit was in white sleeve with no screen protector. Had to leave it plugged in a good 5 minutes before it would even turn on, but when it did it didn't ask for any information. I set it up on my wifi, did the OTA TNT update and immediately turned it off and installed CWM and VEGAn. The plug was in plastic on side and the US blades for the wall wart was in a zip lock bag. I have no doubt that it was a brand new unit.

litesout said:
Got mine from Office Depot. Box was shrink wrapped, unit was in white sleeve with no screen protector. Had to leave it plugged in a good 5 minutes before it would even turn on, but when it did it didn't ask for any information. I set it up on my wifi, did the OTA TNT update and immediately turned it off and installed CWM and VEGAn. The plug was in plastic on side and the US blades for the wall wart was in a zip lock bag. I have no doubt that it was a brand new unit.
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Got mine from office depot also, out of box was same as you described. I believed it to be a brand new unit because the initial splash screen was the picture of the three birds, then it switched over to the G Tablet Logo.
Also, the very first time I tried to get into recovery (without installing CWM first) the screen would go into "open box icon with arrow pointing out and down and the android next to it) with no result. It would continue to boot normally. That right there told me it was a new unit.
After I flashed CWM (Without installing a custom ROM) that screen with the birds was gone and went straight to the G Tablet logo after powering on.

sporto220 said:
My local Sears store said they had 15 gtablets in stock. Picked one up. It was shrink wrapped. When I opened the box, there was no tear off covering the screen. When I fired it up, it did not bring me to the first time screens. The date time and location were already set up. The settings key did'nt work and when I went on line the weather wouldn't work. I took it back. They brought out a brand new shrink wrapped box which I opened in front of them. It did not have the tear off screen protector. At this point I got my money back. Be careful.
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I got mine from Staples the monday before Thanksgiving, and it did not have the tear off screen protector either, nor did it go into any sort of setup and yest the date/time were correct as the very initial release firmware was set to Cambridge, MA (TnT hq)...
There was also a bug in the first fw in which it would not permanently change the location when you changed it and in mine the news app would eventual force close.
The next OTA update fixed the location being remembered, but then the weather app was FCing on me but news worked.
At this point I said f'it, installed clockwork mod and started trying out the various custom firmwares and eventually settled on roebeet's TnT lite as I was busy at the time and didn't want to mess with Cyanogen while TnT lite pretty much worked...
So yours was new, and you probably didn't update the fw as the newer fw are supposed to be more stable but I've never gone back to check.
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The box was shrinkwrapped at Staples too, but they could've easily done that at the store since it didn't have any annoying tapey kind of pieces over the openings... came with green cloth too so it was a second batch.
The only time that I'd heard of anyone getting a non-new tablet was with the Augen Gentouch78 when someone got one with clockwork mod and linckraker's custom fw already installed with market... apparently missed the ones about the gTab... but if I got one that was definitely not new(custom fw installed), I'd take it back and they'd have to take it as they knowingly sold it as new when it clearly was not which is highly illegal.
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aaltieri said:
You know it occurs to me, my Sears still claims they don't have any at all anymore. The cardboard display was still up the other day, but the price is down, it was off the web site. The guy I spoke with over the phone said it wasn't even a product in their inventory anymore.
I was considering getting a second one as I'm sort growing attached to this one and don't really want to give it to my daughter as was the plan.
--mop
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I refused to buy my from Sears, all they had out was a cardboard picture, pretty cheesy. I got both of mine from Office Depot and both had no screen protector, but came in white sleeves. All and all I am very pleased, so much so I just sold my netbook.

cutterjohn said:
I got mine from Staples the monday before Thanksgiving, and it did not have the tear off screen protector either, nor did it go into any sort of setup and yest the date/time were correct as the very initial release firmware was set to Cambridge, MA (TnT hq)...
There was also a bug in the first fw in which it would not permanently change the location when you changed it and in mine the news app would eventual force close.
The next OTA update fixed the location being remembered, but then the weather app was FCing on me but news worked.
At this point I said f'it, installed clockwork mod and started trying out the various custom firmwares and eventually settled on roebeet's TnT lite as I was busy at the time and didn't want to mess with Cyanogen while TnT lite pretty much worked...
So yours was new, and you probably didn't update the fw as the newer fw are supposed to be more stable but I've never gone back to check.
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The box was shrinkwrapped at Staples too, but they could've easily done that at the store since it didn't have any annoying tapey kind of pieces over the openings... came with green cloth too so it was a second batch.
The only time that I'd heard of anyone getting a non-new tablet was with the Augen Gentouch78 when someone got one with clockwork mod and linckraker's custom fw already installed with market... apparently missed the ones about the gTab... but if I got one that was definitely not new(custom fw installed), I'd take it back and they'd have to take it as they knowingly sold it as new when it clearly was not which is highly illegal.
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For the weather app not remembering location with the older firmware, if you add in your real location, then remove all of others that are there by default, it'll stay on your location.
Jim

I piicked up a new one from Sears and it did not have tear off screen cover, but it was definitely new.

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For the weather app not remembering location with the older firmware, if you add in your real location, then remove all of others that are there by default, it'll stay on your location.
Jim
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hmmm... never thought of trying that but I was only on that release for a few hours as I got an OTA update that very evening IIRC... which fixed remember location, but broke the weather app for me...
Another thing to remember is that a few lucky people got a version of the gTab with 1GB of RAM, although internal storage was partitioned differently from the from the "normal" gTabs. No idea if anyone ever got around to working out a workable way to re-partition it and just use everything that we have, but it'd've been nice to have 1GB and possibly the miniPCIe card slot populated...

Returned unit to Sears - no restocking. When I told them about the previously installed files they were so surprised, genuinely. And they tagged it with a big yellow sticker. Credited my card without issue.
It might show up in outlet soon.
Thanks to everyone for the help.
Nascardudette

never had this problem...

Nexus 5 faulty screen (or GPU)

Hi guys,
I guess I am the unlucky one. Received my N5 yesterday, started playing with it late evening (21:00'ish). Installed apps, copied over some music, etc - everything worked perfect! I went to sleep...
This morning when I woke up, I saw THIS (see attach). It is clearly a hardware issue - either the screen or GPU. When you switch the phone on, the "vertical lines" appear after about a second. They may change intensity or pattern when you flick desktops, etc. They may even go away after you have had your screen on for some minutes (once it gets "warm" enough). Switch the phone off, wait for some 20 seconds, switch it back on - voila! It's back!
Anyone else experienced this? (hopefully not)

Wow that sucks big time. I dont have that issue on my Nexus 5 16gb. Hope you get a replacement soon.

Just called Google. The support was very good, no silly questions like "have you tried switching it off and on again?". A replacement device will be with me within some days *fingerscrossed*

temka said:
Hi guys,
I guess I am the unlucky one. Received my N5 yesterday, started playing with it late evening (21:00'ish). Installed apps, copied over some music, etc - everything worked perfect! I went to sleep...
This morning when I woke up, I saw THIS (see attach). It is clearly a hardware issue - either the screen or GPU. When you switch the phone on, the "vertical lines" appear after about a second. They may change intensity or pattern when you flick desktops, etc. They may even go away after you have had your screen on for some minutes (once it gets "warm" enough). Switch the phone off, wait for some 20 seconds, switch it back on - voila! It's back!
Anyone else experienced this? (hopefully not)
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You are not the only one, I have it also but arguably worse. Below is a picture of mine (the only post with a picture on that page).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509455&page=14

xenophyte said:
You are not the only one, I have it also but arguably worse. Below is a picture of mine (the only post with a picture on that page).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509455&page=14
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Shhiiieeeeeeete....
Yes, that is exactly what I have, but on mine only lower 3cm of the screen are affected. The 'banding' sometimes goes away if I play with the phone for a while. Sometimes it comes back. Sometimes it flickers.
Replacement device is already on its way, I suppose?

Humn. Odd that it cuts off at that fraction of the screen...or I'd say GPU banding.
I'm guessing screen. That sucks man, sorry to hear that!
But yeah...Google seems to give the customers the benefit of the doubt in terms of not making them feel like idiots.
May I ask...
Are they sending a replacement before you send yours in?
And I'm assuming a "new" device and not a "refurbished" (doubt they even have 'em at this point) device?
Major bummer if not. If so...that's pretty cool, and I suppose you can deal with a shotty screen for a few days.

Jubakuba said:
Humn. Odd that it cuts off at that fraction of the screen...or I'd say GPU banding.
I'm guessing screen. That sucks man, sorry to hear that!
But yeah...Google seems to give the customers the benefit of the doubt in terms of not making them feel like idiots.
May I ask...
Are they sending a replacement before you send yours in?
And I'm assuming a "new" device and not a "refurbished" (doubt they even have 'em at this point) device?
Major bummer if not. If so...that's pretty cool, and I suppose you can deal with a shotty screen for a few days.
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Well, the 'return' and 'replacement' happen independently. It works like this:
1) Some 30 mins after we spoke, the guy emailed me a link. I click on it and order a replacement device, delivered to my address.
2) An amount of GBP 349 is getting *frozen* on my Google Wallet account (they do not take the money, but reserve it as a deposit). My Wallet is linked to a debit card, I checked it and I see 349 GBP reserved.
3) The old phone is to be sent to them via UPS. I should attach a "Prepaid UPS label" to the package so that Google could cover the return shipping costs.
4) once they receive the broken phone, the money on my Google Wallet account are released.
I can send an old phone to them now, or I can wait for the new one to arrive. They have asked me politely to use good packing materials, so I'll probably wait for the new phone to arrive and then will just cannibalize the card box
And as far as I know, it HAS TO be a brand new phone. I have called them some hours after opening the box, so technically I could have just returned it under the 'distance purchase' regulations and claimed my money back (to buy another phone afterwards).

temka said:
Well, the 'return' and 'replacement' happen independently. It works like this:
1) Some 30 mins after we spoke, the guy emailed me a link. I click on it and order a replacement device, delivered to my address.
2) An amount of GBP 349 is getting *frozen* on my Google Wallet account (they do not take the money, but reserve it as a deposit). My Wallet is linked to a debit card, I checked it and I see 349 GBP reserved.
3) The old phone is to be sent to them via UPS. I should attach a "Prepaid UPS label" to the package so that Google could cover the return shipping costs.
4) once they receive the broken phone, the money on my Google Wallet account are released.
I can send an old phone to them now, or I can wait for the new one to arrive. They have asked me politely to use good packing materials, so I'll probably wait for the new phone to arrive and then will just cannibalize the card box
And as far as I know, it HAS TO be a brand new phone. I have called them some hours after opening the box, so technically I could have just returned it under the 'distance purchase' regulations and claimed my money back (to buy another phone afterwards).
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Cool, I was just curious as mine is "out for delivery" today.
Fingers crossed :laugh:

Looks to be a GPU related issue.I used to repair phones for a living and see a LOT of this with the HTC one and the one x. Great that Google are replacing no questions. Hope is isolated and not a manufacturing defect.
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Davies_90 said:
Hope is isolated and not a manufacturing defect.
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I'm seeing a lot of the defects are non-US units

Enddo said:
I'm seeing a lot of the defects are non-US units
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That's not true at all.

thats too bad ur so lucky btwP i waiting to arrive i can't wait also i dont know if i would upgrade from my n4 to n5 what do you think?

Ok. After RMAing the first device due to a faulty screen (GPU banding) I have finally received a replacement one.
- no dead pixels (at least after a quick test using PixelTest)
- almost no rattle (I mean I can move the buttons with my finger and they'll probably become looser, but no rattle now, shaking my phone as much as I want ))
- screen is good - no GPU banding, otherwise I wouldn't have been writing this.
- no lightbleed noticed (again, using PixelTest on 'very dark' backgrounds)
- vibration sounds quiet. As it should.
- vibration strength is probably a liiiiiiiittle bit weaker than on my 1st N5 when pressing softkeys, unlocking, etc. For calls - it buzzes very well.
All in all, I think, I have finally got a very good device *fingers-and-toes-crossed-ten-times*.

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Anyone return your M8....why?

I am seriously considering it. I have tried so hard to get used to the long phone with power button on top. I cannot get to the notification bar without a shimmy which scares me I'll drop it.
I went and played with the S5 today and it does not have any of the lag the S4 had. They made TW similar to Sense where a scroll left brings up "My Magazines" like Blinkfeed. It feels great in hand and I can reach the bar and power button with no problem.

Nope, not here. I love how people always tell me how nice my phone looks. You won't get that from a galaxy phone.

True

If you don't like it go for it. But I'm not letting this go. I balance the phone on my pinky and I can reach the status bar easily.
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I am seriously considering it. I have tried so hard to get used to the long phone with power button on top. I cannot get to the notification bar without a shimmy which scares me I'll drop it.
I went and played with the S5 today and it does not have any of the lag the S4 had. They made TW similar to Sense where a scroll left brings up "My Magazines" like Blinkfeed. It feels great in hand and I can reach the bar and power button with no problem.
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I fyou use Nova launcher you can set gestures. I have a downward single finger swip set to pull down the notification panel and a 2 finger swipe down open quick settings as an example which would completely do away with your issue.

Not here.. Seriously disappointed with Samsung right now. Had a Note 3 that lasted 4 days before the flash stopped working. Went to return it and the stores demo note 3 was defective also. Also Samsung doesn't seem to pull as good RF as HTC, since I'm in a bad service area that's important
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I'm returning mine for an iPhone !! Lmao jk of course.... I luv the M8

shojus said:
I'm returning mine for an iPhone !! Lmao jk of course.... I luv the M8
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Coming from a G2 , I am very happy with the switch. Definitely keeping mine.
Was between this and the S5, and I just can't stand it. Played with it at my local best buy and just felt super cheap, TouchWiz is horrendous, and just couldnt stand it!

Nova launcher:
-swipe down to open notifications
-swipe up to open quicksettings
-double tap to sleep (with the help of 'screen off and lock donate edition').
Haven't had any size problems after that!
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HughesNet said:
I fyou use Nova launcher you can set gestures. I have a downward single finger swip set to pull down the notification panel and a 2 finger swipe down open quick settings as an example which would completely do away with your issue.
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Good call on Nova. Forgot about that.

I was considering it but seems that I keep falling in love slowly with it . just the overall feel. Just feels good on hand. Can't wait till some roms pops out for this.
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I think I might return mine on Monday and order another online to take advantage of the 30% off coupon or the $50 off at the very least. I have one tiny tiny scratch on it (slipped out of my pocket getting out of the car). So in that case I wouldn't mind getting a new one, 50 or 60 bucks back in the pocket would be a bonus. I think I can live without a device for the 2 days it takes to ship.

i will be keeping my m8 for the long run and never going back to samsung, enough said

jjsevier said:
I think I might return mine on Monday and order another online to take advantage of the 30% off coupon or the $50 off at the very least. I have one tiny tiny scratch on it (slipped out of my pocket getting out of the car). So in that case I wouldn't mind getting a new one, 50 or 60 bucks back in the pocket would be a bonus. I think I can live without a device for the 2 days it takes to ship.
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Several people have mentioned that it's an online only offer but I called in to customer service and told them that I would be returning it if I could not get the extra $60 off and they finally credited my account. Verizon customer service has been pretty good with me and they even credited back my $35 activation fee and I will get an additional $100 credit on my account in the next couple billing cycles. So, the price I paid was about $60 after taxes and bill credits.

I thought about returning mine for a new m8, got mine on release day. Noticed my speaker grills are partially plugged up from bad manufacturing. . A buddy just got one and his arent nearing as bad. Under my microscope at work you can see white plastic burrs and junk.

Seriously complaining about size? Lol. I have small hands, and I have had no issues
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frow86 said:
I thought about returning mine for a new m8, got mine on release day. Noticed my speaker grills are partially plugged up from bad manufacturing. . A buddy just got one and his arent nearing as bad. Under my microscope at work you can see white plastic burrs and junk.
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Well half of the grills are white underneath.
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Nope. Last year I went through all that Galaxy had.. And always wanted more.. Then I got the m7, loved everything about it.. Missed the SD card though.. So I went back to the note 3, which had some noticeable lag in areas that the m8 does not. I can safely say that I won't be giving this phone up for a long time.
I love the power button up top, makes more sense to me... And sense ui is the cleanest ui when compared to tw and the like.
When we get s-off and custom roms, this phone will be that much sweeter.
M8, nuff said.

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I don't think it is supposed to be white. that white is plastic burr crap that looks like drill shavings that didn't break free. Some holes are clean and other are not. buddies phone has a few like that but not half

shojus said:
Several people have mentioned that it's an online only offer but I called in to customer service and told them that I would be returning it if I could not get the extra $60 off and they finally credited my account. Verizon customer service has been pretty good with me and they even credited back my $35 activation fee and I will get an additional $100 credit on my account in the next couple billing cycles. So, the price I paid was about $60 after taxes and bill credits.
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They wouldn't give me that credit....
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dadsterflip said:
They wouldn't give me that credit....
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Call back then until they do or tell them it will be on it's way back...

Where to Buy!

Got mine off of AliExpress. Awesome phone!

I assume at this stage, Smartisan has no intention to release this phone to overseas market, so AliExpress or other freight forwarder would be the few choices...

jerryhou85 said:
I assume at this stage, Smartisan has no intention to release this phone to overseas market, so AliExpress or other freight forwarder would be the few choices...
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https://www.gearbest.com/smartisan-_gear/
GearBest Has it as well...
Mind you I bought the 128GB / 8GB Version as I find no need for a 1TB / 8GB phone. Having 1TB would be cool but I barely hit into the 128GB... :good:
so yeah at this point, Aliexpress and GearBest are your choices. I will be doing a review of the phone VS. OP6 hopefully today and will post.
I did manage to have swappa open a page for the R1 as well, so we may see one pop up on there

mahst68 said:
https://www.gearbest.com/smartisan-_gear/
GearBest Has it as well...
Mind you I bought the 128GB / 8GB Version as I find no need for a 1TB / 8GB phone. Having 1TB would be cool but I barely hit into the 128GB... :good:
so yeah at this point, Aliexpress and GearBest are your choices. I will be doing a review of the phone VS. OP6 hopefully today and will post.
I did manage to have swappa open a page for the R1 as well, so we may see one pop up on there
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Well no worries, I could buy that phone from a lot of places...because... I live in China.

jerryhou85 said:
Well no worries, I could buy that phone from a lot of places...because... I live in China.
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That's sweet... its a good phone for a Chinese Import... easy to setup, can get android services on it easy, notifications work for the most part... the normal items that people get hung up on with getting a phone not released in Europe or the US. Only issue is no Google Pay, but I have an Samsung S3 watch so I just use that as a workaround instead. Lots more to comment on but will save for review! :laugh:

mine just arrived today from Liaow , white 6/128 i love it so far

MixEvo said:
mine just arrived today from Liaow , white 6/128 i love it so far
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Yep. Everyday I use it liking it more and more. I’ll be working on finishing my review thread today. So far, excellent phone stayed tuned! :highfive:

The one thing I did grab was the official Smartisan clear tpu case & a tempered glass screen protector. Since it's only GG3 on the screen. I was informed that they had changed/improved the glass over the rear cameras cause I read they we're scratching easily with first run models. So I figured better safe than sorry haha.
As for notifications I'm getting my notifications without issue so far . I already like this phone better than the Nex S it replaced.

MixEvo said:
The one thing I did grab was the official Smartisan clear tpu case & a tempered glass screen protector. Since it's only GG3 on the screen. I was informed that they had changed/improved the glass over the rear cameras cause I read they we're scratching easily with first run models. So I figured better safe than sorry haha.
As for notifications I'm getting my notifications without issue so far . I already like this phone better than the Nex S it replaced.
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Yep going to be adding some items to my review as they come up... Next section is the hardest to write which is the software / essentials area... did you try out idea pills and one step? at first i was like, turn them off, then i gave it a second look, kinda of IMO a call set of features....

mahst68 said:
Yep going to be adding some items to my review as they come up... Next section is the hardest to write which is the software / essentials area... did you try out idea pills and one step? at first i was like, turn them off, then i gave it a second look, kinda of IMO a call set of features....
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Yeah I tried both and actually feel like I will use both regularly. Neat features, also with nova prime it's been a great experience thus far ?

MixEvo said:
Yeah I tried both and actually feel like I will use both regularly. Neat features, also with nova prime it's been a great experience thus far
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I'm actually rocking it with the adapted Android P Launcher... gonna have to try Nova... I just like having the feed page... was originally a big fan and always installed HTC Sense Launcher with Blinkfeed to my phones, but that's no longer sustainable. Having the assistant card feed page to the left of the homescreen has been the closest thing I can find but I'm willing to try anything...

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I'm actually rocking it with the adapted Android P Launcher... gonna have to try Nova... I just like having the feed page... was originally a big fan and always installed HTC Sense Launcher with Blinkfeed to my phones, but that's no longer sustainable. Having the assistant card feed page to the left of the homescreen has been the closest thing I can find but I'm willing to try anything...
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I haven't tried the P launcher ,the only issue I had with nova was the Google search bar used the Chinese search not Google. So all I had to do was remove the search that shows up with Nova,and replaced with Google widget. I like my home screen fairly simple I guess lol

Finally done with my review... check it out at:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nut-r1/how-to/guys-review-smartisan-nut-r1-vs-oneplus-t3815927

Good afternoon all, yes I acquired mine last week from https://zendrian.com/collections/smartisan/products/smartisan-r1
Got it delivered yesterday, I must say it's a nice piece of kit, smooth & fast, most of the bloatware all uninstalled, I ordered the 6-64gb version and complained when it wasn't sent when they said it was and they sent me the 6-128gb instead, impressed I was. Only issue is the screen protector it doesn't seem to stick to the screen, I have let them know so I'll wait and see before ordering a new one.

Madsham said:
Good afternoon all, yes I acquired mine last week from https://zendrian.com/collections/smartisan/products/smartisan-r1
Got it delivered yesterday, I must say it's a nice piece of kit, smooth & fast, most of the bloatware all uninstalled, I ordered the 6-64gb version and complained when it wasn't sent when they said it was and they sent me the 6-128gb instead, impressed I was. Only issue is the screen protector it doesn't seem to stick to the screen, I have let them know so I'll wait and see before ordering a new one.
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You'll definitely want that screen protector especially if you have polarized sunglasses... the polarizer on the lcd was applied optimally in the wrong direction causing the screen to appear black with sunglasses on in the vertical orientation. Placing a tempered screen protector or film on the screen seems to reverse this... I had trouble putting mine on as well. I ordered like 5 from aliexpress. just waiting to receive. I have the 128GB / 8GB version, super fast and smooth. Wish I could have found the 512GB / 8GB version, as I was not going to pay $1000+ for the 1TB version. Make sure you don't overlook the idea pills and one step features. I at first said "what is this...?" and disabled them... after watching a couple videos on them, I immediately turned them back on and haven't looked back since. Both are awesome features. 3rd party launchers are easy to install and getting notifications, which are typically hard to setup correctly on China born phones, are super simple to setup and work great. I'm impressed! :highfive:

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You'll definitely want that screen protector especially if you have polarized sunglasses... the polarizer on the lcd was applied optimally in the wrong direction causing the screen to appear black with sunglasses on in the vertical orientation. Placing a tempered screen protector or film on the screen seems to reverse this... I had trouble putting mine on as well. I ordered like 5 from aliexpress. just waiting to receive. I have the 128GB / 8GB version, super fast and smooth. Wish I could have found the 512GB / 8GB version, as I was not going to pay $1000+ for the 1TB version. Make sure you don't overlook the idea pills and one step features. I at first said "what is this...?" and disabled them... after watching a couple videos on them, I immediately turned them back on and haven't looked back since. Both are awesome features. 3rd party launchers are easy to install and getting notifications, which are typically hard to setup correctly on China born phones, are super simple to setup and work great. I'm impressed! :highfive:
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I've two ordered off ebay, I got no joy off customer services but they did gimme a free upgrade I suppose, my screen protector is stuck on with tiny blobs of blu-tac ??, the pills & steps are not for me tho maybe in a while I'll try them again, on the notification front Gmail won't pop up, I have to manually refresh if I think I've new mail, I've been into settings and changed the screen off part to never but still no difference, any ideas oh while I think of it font size in chrome stays the same size even tho I've changed the font size in Chrome accessibility settings even up to 200% but no dice font on screen stays the same.
But yeah it's a fantastic piece of kit well impressed with it, even call reception downloads everything flies along.

Madsham said:
I've two ordered off ebay, I got no joy off customer services but they did gimme a free upgrade I suppose, my screen protector is stuck on with tiny blobs of blu-tac , the pills & steps are not for me tho maybe in a while I'll try them again, on the notification front Gmail won't pop up, I have to manually refresh if I think I've new mail, I've been into settings and changed the screen off part to never but still no difference, any ideas oh while I think of it font size in chrome stays the same size even tho I've changed the font size in Chrome accessibility settings even up to 200% but no dice font on screen stays the same.
But yeah it's a fantastic piece of kit well impressed with it, even call reception downloads everything flies along.
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Here's what I did... I use Inbox for Gmail but same principle for gmail.
1. Under apps in settings, see if you can make gmail the default mail app.
2. hit the square to get to task manager and you'll see all your open apps, find gmail and instead of closing it using the "X" press and hold until its "pinned"
3. I believe under power settings or apps, turn off anything that is having the phone manage the app for power and enable that the app itself can start on its own.... unfortunately I'm at work and I can't have my personal phone with me here or I would tell you the exact settings...
Do this for any app you want to receive notifications from all the time. For me, Inbox, Score, Facebook, Facebook Messenger and a few others I did this for and have no problem getting "push" notifications.
If you have trouble finding these in settings, I can maybe post pics later

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Here's what I did... I use Inbox for Gmail but same principle for gmail.
1. Under apps in settings, see if you can make gmail the default mail app.
2. hit the square to get to task manager and you'll see all your open apps, find gmail and instead of closing it using the "X" press and hold until its "pinned"
3. I believe under power settings or apps, turn off anything that is having the phone manage the app for power and enable that the app itself can start on its own.... unfortunately I'm at work and I can't have my personal phone with me here or I would tell you the exact settings...
Do this for any app you want to receive notifications from all the time. For me, Inbox, Score, Facebook, Facebook Messenger and a few others I did this for and have no problem getting "push" notifications.
If you have trouble finding these in settings, I can maybe post pics later
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Got it (I think) in the settings it wasn't ticked to start when phone starts, so ticked that and rebooted, sorted tanx.

Anyone know where I can buy the TNT add on in the US?

If you mean by that the 4k touchscreen monitor with the dock (aka TNT workstation) they announced, they haven't released it yet. However, they recommended also a few other monitors for TNT system such as Dell P2418HT touchscreen monitor but it is not 4k.
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Screen lift?

So I got my 8GB/256GB Pro a couple days ago during the launch event. Next I day i notice that when I press the home screen where the fingerprint is located and the opposite side near the top of the screen I hear as if the glue underneath is not sticking and sounding like the screen is lifting, or some part beneath it is lifting. Anyone else experiencing this? Its rather annoying.

how did you get it at the launch event? i was there, and as far as i'm aware, it wasn't available for purchase there.

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how did you get it at the launch event? i was there, and as far as i'm aware, it wasn't available for purchase there.
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i think he went to T mobile store, but that's not the point lol

true, I was just curious. either way, that really doesn't sound like intended behavior, so i would definitely go right back there and exchange it lol
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i think he went to T mobile store, but that's not the point lol
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Yea it was at the flagship T-Mobile store in SF. As for the screen sounding like its lifting is only when the phone isn't warm. Its really bad when I wake up in the morning when it hasn't been used as the adhesive has probably cooled. I just hope I can prove it to the rep when I take it for exchange.

So I went back to the store and apparently their floor model is doing the same thing. Some experienced similar issues, I wonder if the first round of batches have these issues with most of them. I didn't exchange it, but it appears this is starting to become a common issue.

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So I went back to the store and apparently their floor model is doing the same thing. Some experienced similar issues, I wonder if the first round of batches have these issues with most of them. I didn't exchange it, but it appears this is starting to become a common issue.
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yikes, don't get it wet, if the screen is moving that means the seal is bad for sure.

Well they do call it a fluid display ?

No issues here, but I have the unlocked model.

I have the same issue (kind of). In my case it only happens once or twice a day. But it is really annoying. Im planning to use hairdryer and some pressure to strengthen the adhesive. Is that a bad idea? Has anyone got a better solution? I travel a lot and and the country im currently in does not have any Oneplus service. So sending device to service is not an option for me.

djinn415 said:
So I got my 8GB/256GB Pro a couple days ago during the launch event. Next I day i notice that when I press the home screen where the fingerprint is located and the opposite side near the top of the screen I hear as if the glue underneath is not sticking and sounding like the screen is lifting, or some part beneath it is lifting. Anyone else experiencing this? Its rather annoying.
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I have the exact same problem with my OnePlus 7T Pro. First it was only when I pressed harder, now its nearly every thime I touch that area. I gonna contact OnePlus for RMA.

Add me as another one with the issue. Ordered right after launch directly from OnePlus. Anywhere from 2-3x a day, to as many as 5-6.

I made a Video of the Problem, feel free to use it, if you want to:
https://youtu.be/j9Exg2CUs3Y
I forgot that I canceled the order from the OnePlus-Shop and bought it from Amazon. (faster delivery)
This weekend I sent it back. (it was in the timespan for free retirement of the order, I also told them about the defect)
Now I will wait till I got my money back and order a new one.
I need root and because of that my device wasn't really used till now. I still use my OP5T for daily.
If a "official" Rooting-Solution is out I will order a new OP7TPro.