Hi I am new to android and am considering switching from my iphone 3gs to a nexus one (or possible samsung captivate) It would be great if yall could answer these questions and any other helpful information you have on the phone!
1. How are the touch sensitive buttons on the bottom of the phone? Do yall ever have any trouble activating them or anything?
2. How is the battery life on this phone? I use my phone for texting ALOT, probably 5000 messages a month. Will i still be able to get a good days use out of the phone? That's all i really need because i charge it at night anyway. Also does rooting the phone and installing different ROMs or kernels improve battery life, or any other improvements over stock android? If so, which ones would you recommend for this.
3. I've read about screen burn in and some touch screen issues, have yall experienced any of these first hand?
I would be very appreciative if you could answer these questions for me
1. How are the touch sensitive buttons on the bottom of the phone? Do yall ever have any trouble activating them or anything?
I don't but my wife does. However, she tends to mash the screen with the side of her thumb because she is a blackberry user and has long nails. As an iphone user I'd think you'd be fine. You'll LOVE Swype.
2. How is the battery life on this phone? I use my phone for texting ALOT, probably 5000 messages a month. Will i still be able to get a good days use out of the phone? That's all i really need because i charge it at night anyway. Also does rooting the phone and installing different ROMs or kernels improve battery life, or any other improvements over stock android? If so, which ones would you recommend for this.
My N1 lasts all day easily, unless I'm doing something crazy like wireless tethering without a charger. That said I have a 2nd battery on a home charger because I hate (or badly forget about) leaving my phone plugged in EVER. Mostly I swap the battery in the morning on my way out. Froyo boots up fast!
3. I've read about screen burn in and some touch screen issues, have yall experienced any of these first hand?
I would be very appreciative if you could answer these questions for me.
Have not noticed any burn in issues yet. The contrast on the N1 AMOLED is a gorgeous thing to behold. It has a nicer image than my LED backlit Samsung TV, which is no chump.
However, the phone's screen struggles terribly in direct sunlight.
1. Touch buttons have been improved and are more responsive after the Froyo update.
2. Can be be good, can be bad. Should last you the day, but with heavy texting i wouldn't know. If you unlock and root it you can experiment with different roms and kernels to improve it. When i got my phone with stock 2.1 -update1 the battery was average. But then i unlocked it and flashe Cyanogen ROM and the battery got way better. So it is up to you. Unlocking and rooting voids warranty, but HTC have been kind to fix/replace phone as long as you re-flash stock to it.
3. Has happened to some. Mostly i think is due to the white status-bar that with long use on highest brightness. It can happen because it is fixed on one place allowing the white and bright burn gradually into the screen. Like the old Tv's (pre-plasma) you know. Leave it on overnight with a still image actually burns the image on the screen when turning it off. Old news really . Again, rooting it will allow you to install a black status bar thus eliminate the threat of a screen burn.
Most phones like these struggles in sunlight. But when beefing brightness to MAX it actually is "OK" to use it in the sun.
i have the slight burn in. its very faint and you would not even notice it AT ALL its that minor. but the problem is google made the status bar all white, and it never moves from that position of the screen no matter what you are doing with the phone. so because its amoled screen, those pixels wore out slightly quicker.
there is an easy way to avoid this problem, change to an all black color status bar. problem solved however you need to root in order to do this. good news is that now you can root without unlocking the bootloader, so HTC can never tell the phone was rooted, in case you were worried about voiding the warranty.
How can you root without unlocking the bootloader? And how do you change the color of the notification bar? Is there a simple themeing application like there is on jailbroken iphones?
Look in Developers section for the non-unlocking rooting thread.
(personally - I don't live in US so warranty means nothing to me, my phone was rooted after ~2 hours I took to check intact parts functionality).
Look up "Metamorph" in Apps section.
Another question, my girlfriend recently got the mytouch 3g. It works pretty decent and everything, but it is quite noticeably choppy. I would assume the nexus one is very smooth due to the 1ghz processor?
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How can you root without unlocking the bootloader?
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Pretty easily: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710842
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Hey!
I bought my galaxy 6 months ago. Not long after I noticed a minor issue with my AMOLED display. I could see blue "artefacts" in some bright areas of the screen from time to time. Nothing serious, just blue dots and stripes, subpixels. I even posted a picture of it on reddit (second attachment) more out of curiosity than anything but was later convinced it was probably a software issue. I did have some suspicions something might be wrong with my phone but it actually happened so rarely and the issue was so minor that I just got used to it because it didn't bother me that much.
I recently flashed dark core 2.2 along with rc6 and it got *significantly* worse. I could see blue subpixels all over the screen wherever there's bright white, generally on the lowest brightness setting. Now, I believed that the hardware got worse and it's time to ask for a replacement. So before doing so I obviously had to flash stock firmware and guess what - it all disappeared. So I flashed just the dark core again to go back to rc6 - and it was back again.
The thing is, I really love this ROM and I love the voodoo improvements that come with it. I don't think I can live without them any more. On the other hand, it might be difficult to convince people from samsung that there's actually something wrong with my phone - since it happens so rarely on stock ROM. And I think that this display defect is intensified by the screen improvements from voodoo/dark core.
My only idea is to somehow make it show up on stock ROM and send it to them just then. But is this even possible without rooting my phone? Does anyone has an idea why would these blue subpixels show up in white areas? Is it something they check with specialized equipment or do they boot the phone first to see what's wrong?
Anyway, guys if you could point me in the right direction or had any better ideas... Seriously, It would be helpful even if you said that I should just return my phone and hope for the best. I'm a student and I can't really afford to be charged for returning - what they think is - an operational phone
I attached two pictures
1. a picture of how my screen behaves after flashing the latest dark kernel
2. a picture of how my screen sometimes behave on stock kernels
I'd appreciate any help or advice
Hi fellas,
We know our SGS is old but it still is very much capable. One thing with this device that can't be worked out is the amoled burn-in. I had my SGS's screen replaced twice due to burn-in, and some of you might think that "you've had your brightness settings too high for a long time" etc. The thing is, I've been using lowest brightness setting since I had the second replacement and for over a year burn-in still take effect. I know SAMOLED is superior in terms of overall display experience but the way I use my phone isn't the same as I use it when I first had it (meaning I'm used to looking at my screen and I don't bother the contrast/deep blacks anymore as I used to). I wanted to have a peace of mind using the device for long (4) hours browsing the web or playing a game or using an app without constantly timing in my mind that the status bar or clock is now a little more burned than yesterday, something like "at this duration use, you're blue subpixel is 0.00001% weaker". Those who suffer the agony of watching a burn-in on their displays understand this. So I was thinking of replacing my screen again with the SLCD from i9003 and I wonder if someone already tried it out or if it is possible?
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Hi fellas,
We know our SGS is old but it still is very much capable. One thing with this device that can't be worked out is the amoled burn-in. I had my SGS's screen replaced twice due to burn-in, and some of you might think that "you've had your brightness settings too high for a long time" etc. The thing is, I've been using lowest brightness setting since I had the second replacement and for over a year burn-in still take effect. I know SAMOLED is superior in terms of overall display experience but the way I use my phone isn't the same as I use it when I first had it (meaning I'm used to looking at my screen and I don't bother the contrast/deep blacks anymore as I used to). I wanted to have a peace of mind using the device for long (4) hours browsing the web or playing a game or using an app without constantly timing in my mind that the status bar or clock is now a little more burned than yesterday, something like "at this duration use, you're blue subpixel is 0.00001% weaker". Those who suffer the agony of watching a burn-in on their displays understand this. So I was thinking of replacing my screen again with the SLCD from i9003 and I wonder if someone already tried it out or if it is possible?
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Hi!
did you get any answer on this topic?
I have the sam preblem, i have a Samsung i9000b (the same screen as i9000), and i can get a scren from a samsung i9003.
Have you tried making the replacement with the other screen?
Thanks! have a nice day
Hi there,
I'm thinking of getting an Xperia SP to replace my Galaxy Nexus (which is starting to die :crying
Before I purchase, there are a few things about the SP I would like to ask:
1. How does the storage work with a microSD? On the GN, I had ~13GB with which to fill with anything I want. I would like to know if I am able to have apps stored on the microSD?
2. How is battery life in your view? My GN has terrible battery life now, but I would like to know what to expect when I get my SP.
3. How is the display in terms of viewing angles? I have read a lot reviews stating that the view angles aren't great...
4. I've also read that Mcafee antivirus is preinstalled. Is this true, and if it is, would I be able to get rid of it WITHOUT root?
5. What colour SP do you have, and why did you pick that colour? I'm torn between getting a white or black one
Thanks in advance :good:
1. You have 5,8 GB phone storage + microSD card up to 32GB. You can move an aplication to SD card but you must use program (app2SD or other)
2, If you use a lot of Wifi/data connection battery is emptying fast, but in normal use phone stand 2-3 days (look at my battery stats)
3. View angles aren't great but they aren't the worst
4. Yes in stock rom you have Mcafee antivirus as preinstaled. idk how to remove it (i have custom rom)
5. I have black and it's the best of them (you can choose from white, red and black)
it sucks, dont purchase it, my phone with everything turn off, gsm only, no wifi, no bluetooth, no gps, screen brightness lowest,
no apps installed, less than 1 minute on screen time, no sim card, standby time is only 2 days until the battery reach 0% from 100%
Help please, it's already half a year i had this problem, and why no people or any helper on this forums wants to help me out?
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Hi there,
I'm thinking of getting an Xperia SP to replace my Galaxy Nexus (which is starting to die :crying
Before I purchase, there are a few things about the SP I would like to ask:
1. How does the storage work with a microSD? On the GN, I had ~13GB with which to fill with anything I want. I would like to know if I am able to have apps stored on the microSD?
2. How is battery life in your view? My GN has terrible battery life now, but I would like to know what to expect when I get my SP.
3. How is the display in terms of viewing angles? I have read a lot reviews stating that the view angles aren't great...
4. I've also read that Mcafee antivirus is preinstalled. Is this true, and if it is, would I be able to get rid of it WITHOUT root?
5. What colour SP do you have, and why did you pick that colour? I'm torn between getting a white or black one
Thanks in advance :good:
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without root u can just disable the bloatware(mcafee......)
I love this thing. I don't have wifi problems. I don't care about viewing angles as when I'm using the phone, I'm staring straight at the thing.
Yes you can remove McAfee without rooting. I still rooted, however, in order to remove some of the other bloat. I didn't unlock the bootloader. The tutorials here on rooting are easy. I didn't have a problem.
My battery time ROCKS, in my opinion. I use it normally (mobile/wifi web, txt, calls, facebook, check news/weather... take some pictures and vids, listen to music during my commute, a little gps here and there, track jogs a few times a week) and I get a little over a day which is great for me.
Yeah the display is a bit white in the home menu, but when I look at pics/videos it looks gorgeous in my opinion.
The pictures I've taken with it are gorgeous. The camera responds very quickly too which I love.
The music sounds fuggin awesome, to me. I'm no audiophile though. I jog with it or use a tape deck adapter in my car.
Not to mention I think it's damn sexy! That LED bar at the bottom with a band of metal around the edge... I have the white one and love it. I get comments all the time.
For what I want it to do, it's perfect. This has been my favorite phone so far. I don't play any games on it. I use my tablet for that.
1. youll get approximately 5.37gb of storage + microSD up to 32gb. No you can't move apps to the SD card unless you root it and do some process i don't understand. Apps2sd don't work with this particular phone, ive tried many of them.
2. the SP has good battery life at 2370mAh. I can get it to last for ~30hours straight on average (texts, calls, wifi) to heavy usage (intense games, wifi, data)
3. viewing angles arent really great. it gets too whitewashed (i dont know if this is the term, but it gets all too whitey) when viewed at slightly skewed angles. but hey, who cares. i doubt if youll use the phone not looking directly at the screen.
4. yes McAfee comes preinstalled, but you can uninstall it like a normal app (no root needed or anything)
5. i got the white one. black looks boring for me
Hello guys.
I've a XT1058 , it's a new phone in replacement of my old Milestone 2 (you might know this as Droid 2) that died a few weeks ago...
And I've some questions about the phone
These questions are very specific, because I'm trying to determine if there's something wrong with the phone, I've a few days to return it and have another one, no questions asked.
1) I know AMOLED displays are not perfect when it comes to really low brightness. I've noticed that when the screen shows a 'solid' white (like when writing a new SMS) there are some kind of horizontal lines, maybe separated by 0,1 mm, that are consistent all over the screen. These 'lines' are a different kind of white... If I just rock the brightness level up all the way, they are still present, but they are harder to spot...
It's like a solid white is not actually solid, nor homogeneous.
Is this expected?
2) the vibrator makes a sound, like it's a bit loose sometimes.. this sound does not appear all the time, but my mom has a motorola defy+ that doesn't show this issue... the sound is very distinct, like a note higher than what you would expect.
3) Is there any way to actually use Google Navigator without having a destination set?. In older versions I could use it like that, that is just turn on the GPS, and then open Navigator's Map... It would give all the information you need, it will not allow the screen to go off... So, you could just free roam with it... I was not able to do that on the MotoX yet.
I know some of these questions are just because me being picky, but would like to know your insights about them.
Thanks!
I wanted something more durable especially when it comes to water and since I was switching to AT&T the Active was an obvious choice. I've had the phone for a few days now and I'm really pleased with it, especially the camera and battery life. The first day I had almost 4 hours of screen on time which was close to full brightness and still had over 40% battery left. I thought that had to be a fluke or something but it's clearly not. Now to the point of my post, why is this phone not very popular? Why anyone would choose the regular S6 over the Active is beyond me. Does anyone think we'll ever see root on this phone? I'm very pleased with it out of the box but there's a few things I'd love root for. Like why does there have to be a persistent notification telling me I'm connected to wifi. That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it couldn't be turned off.
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I wanted something more durable especially when it comes to water and since I was switching to AT&T the Active was an obvious choice. I've had the phone for a few days now and I'm really pleased with it, especially the camera and battery life. The first day I had almost 4 hours of screen on time which was close to full brightness and still had over 40% battery left. I thought that had to be a fluke or something but it's clearly not. Now to the point of my post, why is this phone not very popular? Why anyone would choose the regular S6 over the Active is beyond me. Does anyone think we'll ever see root on this phone? I'm very pleased with it out of the box but there's a few things I'd love root for. Like why does there have to be a persistent notification telling me I'm connected to wifi. That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it couldn't be turned off.
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What are some of your cons for the device?
I've heard various things about it, such as there's some faint line down the side of the screen on most all models.
Some people claim that the speak on speaker call sucks.
etc etc. Anything you don't really like about the phone that could be most people's gripe about it?
Mine works great. Nothing to complain about...
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I wanted something more durable especially when it comes to water and since I was switching to AT&T the Active was an obvious choice. I've had the phone for a few days now and I'm really pleased with it, especially the camera and battery life. The first day I had almost 4 hours of screen on time which was close to full brightness and still had over 40% battery left. I thought that had to be a fluke or something but it's clearly not. Now to the point of my post, why is this phone not very popular? Why anyone would choose the regular S6 over the Active is beyond me. Does anyone think we'll ever see root on this phone? I'm very pleased with it out of the box but there's a few things I'd love root for. Like why does there have to be a persistent notification telling me I'm connected to wifi. That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it couldn't be turned off.
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First, fingerprint sensor. I need security but entering pin/code every time I wanted to unlock the phone was cumbersome.
Second, is availability at the time of purchase. It wasn't apparently available with carriers in Canada.
Third, popularity, and community development and support. Galaxy s6 has more users, and therefore, more developers working on its rom.
Fourth, availability of accessories due to Galaxy S6 owner population vs Active.
I can overlook all other points, but missing the fingerprint sensor was a deal breaker for me.
For me, the lack of a fingerprint scanner isn't a deal-breaker. I guess I'm 'old school' or something. Though I understand the convenience of it.
I'm on the edge of picking up this phone, but, kind of worried about what type of specs the S7 Active will have and will it be worth the wait.
Currently with the S6 Active, my concerns are:
No Root (not a deal breaker)
Slowness of AT&T updates (not a deal breaker if ODIN is reliable and we can get timely firmware updates outside of AT&T)
Length of time it's taking to get to Marshmellow
Quality of speaker and using the speaker phone (I've heard that it's not too hot)
Lack of accessories (agree with you on this, doesn't seem a lot out there)
What I don't like about S6 Active:
Placement of the audio jack port. Really should be on the bottom, like the S6
No expandable memory option
No removable battery option (Not really a deal breaker if the battery has no issues and will remain effective for at least 3-4 years.)
Not enough bands to support international carriers and carrier aggregation support to the fullest by having as many bands possible (Not really a deal breaker, as I'll get a few where I am).
Touch-Wiz. Rather to to some stock android OS rather than have all the crap on the phone. (relates to having a root)
But beyond all of the above, the phone looks really really nice and I'll likely pick it up anyways, for lack of anything better, IMO.
I was thinking Nexus 6P, but it's just too big for me.
Nexus 5X, just kinda of too weak for me. (has less bands than Nexus 6P, actually)
I was thinking just a regular S6, but like the Active design better.
Just bought one,for durability, came from the V10 and loving it so far.
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Well, I picked up this phone(64GB Version). Got it to update to 5.1.1.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this phone is simply beautiful.
The weighting and feel is also very very nice.
It's a quite zippy and fast phone.
So far, on the whole I'm liking this phone alot.
However some points I've come across. Any suggestions or resolutions welcome.
Minor Dislikes:
Forced to see carrier's name on top-left of lock screen (Not just specific to this phone)
└ I'd prefer to see useful icons on the status bar(left-hand side) during the phone being locked.
Notifications Management
└ In order to remove Heads UP notifications, I've had to download an application like: HeadsOff└ Some applications, in order to see the icon in the status bar, the rectangular static notification remains on the lock screen, wasting screen real-estate. There's no way to remove this static notification from the lock screen without adjusting the settings to remove notifications from the app, and then that removes the icon in the status bar.└ Some applications like Accu Radio won't show the player controls on the lock screen. No matter what combination of notification settings are used. (Not really the phone's fault but..)
Fingerprint Scanner Lacking
└ While the Active doesn't have a fingerprint button to scan fingerprint to unlock the phone, I thought Samsung had some models that used the actual screen to do this. If so, the option would be nice to have on the Active
Headphone Jack Location (Not just specific to this phone)
└ I still don't see why phone makers are putting the jack at the top of the phone. Many people put their phone in their pocket. The natural insertion direction is the way one is holding it at the time of use, the top goes into the pocket first. Yet if the audio cable/jack is jutting out from the top, it makes it hard to put in the pocket, as well as decreases the life of the cable, etc. (not a deal-breaker, but an annoyance for sure)
Touchscreen SUPER sensitive
└ I've found that the screen is simply overly sensitive to touch and find myself many times mistakenly activating something else, before my finger even touches the screen.└ Currently I do not have a screen protector for the phone, so not sure this will matter.
Other's Pain points:
Speaker Location/Quality
└ While the speaker isn't in the best of locations, I haven't really noticed and sound degradation/quality. It's a mini speaker. We can't expect blasting Dolby 7.1 haha
Active Key easy to press accidently
└ I have not found any problem with this, and I typically don't encounter having this button activated unintentionally with my day to day use.└ Some applications like Accu Radio won't show the player controls on the lock screen. No matter what combination of notification settings are used. (Not really the phone's fault but..)
Fingerprint Scanner Lacking
└ While the Active doesn't have a fingerprint button to scan fingerprint to unlock the phone, I thought Samsung had some models that used the actual screen to do this. If so, the option would be nice to have on the Active
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Well, I picked up this phone(64GB Version). Got it to update to 5.1.1.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this phone is simply beautiful.
The weighting and feel is also very very nice.
It's a quite zippy and fast phone.
So far, on the whole I'm liking this phone alot.
However some points I've come across. Any suggestions or resolutions welcome.
Minor Dislikes:
Forced to see carrier's name on top-left of lock screen (Not just specific to this phone)
└ I'd prefer to see useful icons on the status bar(left-hand side) during the phone being locked.
Notifications Management
└ In order to remove Heads UP notifications, I've had to download an application like: HeadsOff└ Some applications, in order to see the icon in the status bar, the rectangular static notification remains on the lock screen, wasting screen real-estate. There's no way to remove this static notification from the lock screen without adjusting the settings to remove notifications from the app, and then that removes the icon in the status bar.└ Some applications like Accu Radio won't show the player controls on the lock screen. No matter what combination of notification settings are used. (Not really the phone's fault but..)
Fingerprint Scanner Lacking
└ While the Active doesn't have a fingerprint button to scan fingerprint to unlock the phone, I thought Samsung had some models that used the actual screen to do this. If so, the option would be nice to have on the Active
Headphone Jack Location (Not just specific to this phone)
└ I still don't see why phone makers are putting the jack at the top of the phone. Many people put their phone in their pocket. The natural insertion direction is the way one is holding it at the time of use, the top goes into the pocket first. Yet if the audio cable/jack is jutting out from the top, it makes it hard to put in the pocket, as well as decreases the life of the cable, etc. (not a deal-breaker, but an annoyance for sure)
Touchscreen SUPER sensitive
└ I've found that the screen is simply overly sensitive to touch and find myself many times mistakenly activating something else, before my finger even touches the screen.└ Currently I do not have a screen protector for the phone, so not sure this will matter.
Other's Pain points:
Speaker Location/Quality
└ While the speaker isn't in the best of locations, I haven't really noticed and sound degradation/quality. It's a mini speaker. We can't expect blasting Dolby 7.1 haha
Active Key easy to press accidently
└ I have not found any problem with this, and I typically don't encounter having this button activated unintentionally with my day to day use.└ Some applications like Accu Radio won't show the player controls on the lock screen. No matter what combination of notification settings are used. (Not really the phone's fault but..)
Fingerprint Scanner Lacking
└ While the Active doesn't have a fingerprint button to scan fingerprint to unlock the phone, I thought Samsung had some models that used the actual screen to do this. If so, the option would be nice to have on the Active
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Add another dislike:
Samsung Touchwiz and how it handles, doesn't allow handling of LED definition.
Unfortunately, Samsung, in their infinite wisdom, have blown up their Touchwiz and made it virtually impossible for applications like Lightflow, to define custom LED colors for applications.
The best that can happen is that some 'workaround' by the author of Lightflow can be used, but that just leaves the Badges and Notifications icons on the status bar for you to clear out manually, after reading your email or messages.
Price to pay to have any control over LED.....
Just one more reason I want root....