For anyone interested (you've probably read most of the pro's and con's before, or else why would you be here) - I did a small mini-review of the Nexus 7 I received from ebuyer today.
http://www.sudogamer.co.uk/2012/07/13/the-nexus-7-a-quick-review/
tl;dr version: it's nice, and exactly what you'd expect. :good:
Nice review! Just wanted to point out, Adobe dropped flash support for any android version over 4.0.X so no flash for jelly bean
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antp121 said:
Nice review! Just wanted to point out, Adobe dropped flash support for any android version over 4.0.X so no flash for jelly bean
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I know, but I was hoping it could still be used with a 3rd party browser, as theres still a lot of flash content out there i'd like to view! :laugh:
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I know, but I was hoping it could still be used with a 3rd party browser, as theres still a lot of flash content out there i'd like to view! :laugh:
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Yeah... there should be growers in the market with some kind of work around...
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is the image retention issue solved on the production unit and how's the sky video chat image quality (when viewed on other device)?
The Gmail app on the Nexus 7 is good, nicely laid out. Would benefit from a landscape view though. . (again, probably fixable by with a different launcher)
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The Gmail app can be used in landscape.
"There’s only 1 speaker on it (so watching films is in mono, and only out of the right side of the device)"
Are you sure? All tear-downs said two speakers were present for stereo sound from what i remember.
Eclair~ said:
The Gmail app can be used in landscape.
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Not surprising since phones can too.
silvscorp said:
is the image retention issue solved on the production unit and how's the sky video chat image quality (when viewed on other device)?
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Image retention? If you explain this a bit more i'll try and help.
'Sky' video chat? If you meant Skype - it's awful! I just skyped a friend with a Nexus 7 and the orientation was wrong on the viewing window, and it was very poor quality.
We tested Google Hangout after and it was a lot better.
Nexcellent said:
"There’s only 1 speaker on it (so watching films is in mono, and only out of the right side of the device)"
Are you sure? All tear-downs said two speakers were present for stereo sound from what i remember.
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Yep, just 1 speaker - here's a pic of the back of it. .
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I guess there could be 2 speakers (L and R) under the 1 grill but that would seem rather pointless.
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Image retention? If you explain this a bit more i'll try and help.
'Sky' video chat? If you meant Skype - it's awful! I just skyped a friend with a Nexus 7 and the orientation was wrong on the viewing window, and it was very poor quality.
We tested Google Hangout after and it was a lot better.
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Thanks for the quick verification. Based on some reviews for the google IO units, the Skype video chat image is choppy and awful. This however seems to be related to the Skype application so hope Skype will release updates to fix this soon.
You can find many image retention topic related to the IO units. Basically if you display a bright logo or image on screen for short period of time and then switch to a darker background screen you'll still see a faint logo/image stuck on the screen but may disappear soon. (kinda like screen burn in on those plasma TVs but much shorter interval.)
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Thanks for the quick verification. Based on some reviews for the google IO units, the Skype video chat image is choppy and awful. This however seems to be related to the Skype application so hope Skype will release updates to fix this soon.
You can find many image retention topic related to the IO units. Basically if you display a bright logo or image on screen for short period of time and then switch to a darker background screen you'll still see a faint logo/image stuck on the screen but may disappear soon. (kinda like screen burn in on those plasma TVs but much shorter interval.)
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Nope - tried to recreate that effect and it's not happening. The screen is good.
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Nope - tried to recreate that effect and it's not happening. The screen is good.
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Woot!
gneville said:
Yep, just 1 speaker - here's a pic of the back of it. .
I guess there could be 2 speakers (L and R) under the 1 grill but that would seem rather pointless.
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Actually, it's TWO speakers (L/R).
gneville said:
Yep, just 1 speaker - here's a pic of the back of it. .
*snip*
I guess there could be 2 speakers (L and R) under the 1 grill but that would seem rather pointless.
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I think it offers a degree of asthetics though to have a uniform grill going across, which may be the reasoning behind it.
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Nope - tried to recreate that effect and it's not happening. The screen is good.
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this is a relief!!
silvscorp said:
Thanks for the quick verification. Based on some reviews for the google IO units, the Skype video chat image is choppy and awful. This however seems to be related to the Skype application so hope Skype will release updates to fix this soon.
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Skype is horrible to begin with I think.
I had it on my atrix, my xoom, and my SGS3... they are horrible! even on wifi.
we use tango instead now. I really wish skype would work though, because it can easily be used on computers too.
maybe give hangout a try....
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I think it offers a degree of asthetics though to have a uniform grill going across, which may be the reasoning behind it.
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Fair enough - apologies, it would appear there are 2 speakers under the 1 grill but as I said - that's completely pointless. You lose any kind of stereophonic effect by stuffing both speakers to one side under 1 grill.
The playbook (for all its flaws!) does this right, it's a great sounding device.
Updated my original post to give a bit of an FAQ, and confirm that it's possible to view Adobe Flash Player content in the browser on the Nexus 7, albeit not in full-screen unfortunately.
can you take a photo for the warranty policy?
is it have global warranty or local warranty only?
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any apps or can us adjust the camera firmware?
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any apps or can us adjust the camera firmware?
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Heard that it's mainly the presets that mess up the image. At least with pictures, manual settings prove to make way better pictures. So do your own whitebalance, lower the brightness a bit.
Indeed heared the same thing. On an other forum someone posted 2 pictures 1 with the auto settings and 1 with manual settings and you really saw the huge different in quaility.
I have attachted the 2 pictures in quesiton. You can see the difference for yourself.
the difference on these two pictures could also be, that on manual setting the sun is behind (southeast) him and on auto setting the sun is infront (northeast) of him. It would be better if we get some pictures taken in a row.
Interesting stuff. Would love to see some more comparison shots, as the poor reviews for the camera is one of the things putting me off this phone.
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the difference on these two pictures could also be, that on manual setting the sun is behind (southeast) him and on auto setting the sun is infront (northeast) of him. It would be better if we get some pictures taken in a row.
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Indeed but when you look at the shadow of the car you see it moved a bit. But the rest of the picture is way better i'll try to do some tests of my own tommorow afternoon.
You could try Vignette, it's in the market. Camera app replacement. There is a free demo available
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@ all the owners:
Could you please test the camera with photos and videos and finally clarify once forever these ''mist problems'' ?
Just if its possible to fix with some software adjustments or its an hardware problem...
Thanks
Ah... yeah I really hate that "mist-effect" too. It's the main reason why I'm considering Not buying the 2X and wait for 3D and hope that they've fixed that issue...
I read a review on phonearena.com and they showed a colorfilter called "vivid" which increased the contrast quite alot. That fixed the "mist" problem but then I think the contrast is a bit too high there. But definitely MUCH better.
Anyone know if it's possible to adjust the contrast in the cam app?
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Ah... yeah I really hate that "mist-effect" too. It's the main reason why I'm considering Not buying the 2X and wait for 3D and hope that they've fixed that issue...
I read a review on phonearena.com and they showed a colorfilter called "vivid" which increased the contrast quite alot. That fixed the "mist" problem but then I think the contrast is a bit too high there. But definitely MUCH better.
Anyone know if it's possible to adjust the contrast in the cam app?
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I've seen some pics taken with the 3D, also has the same problemm
LG know there's an issue with the auto settings. And as you can see, if you set it up manually the pictures are just fine. So just wait for a small update, and the issue will be fixed....No biggie really, and defo not HW related.
Pitbull09 said:
the difference on these two pictures could also be, that on manual setting the sun is behind (southeast) him and on auto setting the sun is infront (northeast) of him. It would be better if we get some pictures taken in a row.
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I took the pictures, so let me nip that in the bud.
The pictures were taken in north eastern direction and indeed there is some difference in time when I took them (1st auto settings: 13:00 and 2nd manual setting 14:30). But there was no sunlight directly in the lens and I used my hand to drop a shadow. Before I took both photos I cleaned the lens cover thoroughly.
As supported by other users: the automatic settings tend to overexpose and the automatic white balance is just miles off. I am sure LG will fix this in a future update and otherwise I'll just keep setting it up manually as I do with my dslr.
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otherwise I'll just keep setting it up manually as I do with my dslr.
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can you tell us which settings you changed and to what you changed it?
because from my opinion it does make a good improvement to the auto settings.
thx in advance
To make photo quality better and less blurred - just turn "Stabilization" - "Off".
But it's make sense only for photo mode, video still no solution.
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can you tell us which settings you changed and to what you changed it?
because from my opinion it does make a good improvement to the auto settings.
thx in advance
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I didn't do more than change the white balance to "sunlight" and underexpose two stops. The under/over -expose function is the "+/-" -sign in the first menu when you press the screen in camera mode. Under exposing is only recommended on a bright day. The biggest improvment is the whitebalance, stay away from the "automatic" -setting.
I am very impressed by all the camera setup options on this phone!
And what about the video? Are they fine?
Hi
I have ordered the 2x and uses a Desire now.
It had the same problem initially.
After first removing the grease (from production) on the lens and on the backside of the protective plastic, the pictures was fully useable.
Later on I removed the easy scratched protective plastic altogether and problem solved.
runeo said:
Hi
I have ordered the 2x and uses a Desire now.
It had the same problem initially.
After first removing the grease (from production) on the lens and on the backside of the protective plastic, the pictures was fully useable.
Later on I removed the easy scratched protective plastic altogether and problem solved.
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Can it be removed easily?
Miracle1980 said:
And what about the video? Are they fine?
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I haven't tried out video yet, but it uses the same setup options. So my guess is that video suffers from the same issues with automatic white balance.
morckx said:
Can it be removed easily?
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If I understand the post correctly, he was refering to the HTC Desire.
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If I understand the post correctly, he was refering to the HTC Desire.
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Just try to clean the lens to begin with, and inspect the protection!
The specification page for the Nexus 7 is live on the Asus website now.
Can't link to it since I am new...sorry
Link to said page - http://www.asus.com/Tablet/Nexus/Nexus_7/
Interestingly on that Asus page it shows the nexus 7 running in Tablet UI mode:
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I'm thinking it could either be a bad photoshop from some other device or it could show that at some stage this thing was intended to run in full tablet mode rather than in some hybrid mode. Probably just a photoshop job though because the rest show it running the hybrid UI.
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Interestingly on that Asus page it shows the nexus 7 running in Tablet UI mode:
I'm thinking it could either be a bad photoshop from some other device or it could show that at some stage this thing was intended to run in full tablet mode rather than in some hybrid mode. Probably just a photoshop job though because the rest show it running the hybrid UI.
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Its showing the Tegrazone in "Tablet UI" mode...not the launcher.
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The specification page for the Nexus 7 is live on the Asus website now.
Can't link to it since I am new...sorry
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From the ASUS site:
"World’s first 7” quad-core tablet delivers an advanced multimedia experience with up to 9.5* hours of battery life".
*"Battery life may vary by use. Stated battery life measured by playing 720p video at 100 nits brightness, with an external microphone, Wi-Fi turned on, Gmail logged in".
Weird part about that note is the external microphone.
Would never have considered running with an external mike,
and that should have no effect on battery life anyway.
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Weird part about that note is the external microphone.
Would never have considered running with an external mike,
and that should have no effect on battery life anyway.
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the mic needs power from somewhere?
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Its showing the Tegrazone in "Tablet UI" mode...not the launcher.
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No, look at the panel at the bottom. It's using the tablet panel and not the "3 button" phone panel. Indicates tablet launcher.
The nexus 7 panel only shows 3 buttons (back, home, multi-task) even when running apps in tablet mode.
Furthermore in this picture there is no notification bar at the top, it is contained in the panel at the bottom like in the tablet UI.
hyperdude111 said:
Interestingly on that Asus page it shows the nexus 7 running in Tablet UI mode:
I'm thinking it could either be a bad photoshop from some other device or it could show that at some stage this thing was intended to run in full tablet mode rather than in some hybrid mode. Probably just a photoshop job though because the rest show it running the hybrid UI.
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I seriously opened this thread and got major deja vu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28401644&highlight=tablet+ui#post28401644
I swear I looked at the dates of the posts and thought I had gone crazy or something.
I really think they meant external speakers and not microphone. Proof checking is a dying art since spellcheck came along.
Well the original intention was to discuss the newly posted specs and battery life, not UI.
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I seriously opened this thread and got major deja vu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28401644&highlight=tablet+ui#post28401644
I swear I looked at the dates of the posts and thought I had gone crazy or something.
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Now that is strange! You know what they say about great minds.
That spec sheet talks about taking panoramic pictures ? Am I missing something here? Didn't Paul from Modaco have to hack it to get the camera app to show up?
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You can look at the battery indicator(s) and see that this Nexus 7 is currently being charged by an external battery located in a keyboard. It's a screengrab from a Transformer most likely.
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That spec sheet talks about taking panoramic pictures ? Am I missing something here? Didn't Paul from Modaco have to hack it to get the camera app to show up?
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Yeah, those are just generic android specs and they forgot to remove that one. And I doubt the FFC can support 720P anyway.
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That spec sheet talks about taking panoramic pictures ? Am I missing something here? Didn't Paul from Modaco have to hack it to get the camera app to show up?
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I noticed that... I think they have used a generic graphic for the features of Jelly Bean and forgot to remove the reference to the camera.
At least that is my best guess.
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I really think they meant external speakers and not microphone. Proof checking is a dying art since spellcheck came along.
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+1
I also think they meant external speakers.
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Ars got 9h15m playing transformers at 100% brightness and volume with over 11h at 50%.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012...-googles-nexus-7-is-a-fantastic-200-tablet/4/
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I hope it doesn't get tablet UI in the future, I like it the way it is.
That's some pretty impressive time, really great for longer trips, I wonder how much more it would get if you used headphones.
10 finger multi-touch is pretty nice too.
*PCB color and bundled software versions are subject to change without notice.
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PCB color...right.
Hey guys,
As the title says, this topic is just for all of you out there who already received our beloved tablet.
Please post pictures of your Nexus 7 in action, the package contents and a mini review and/or first impressions of it.
Cheers!
Mine arrived, order Thursday at 15:30 arrived Friday 09:30 from eBuyer.
I sold a Nook Tablet to purchase this, so I allready like the 7" factor, but Chrome is amazing on this, really great browsing experience.
Google Now does not seem to work very well in the UK yet or show anything useful without voice.
Got my £15 free Play credit instantly, but no sign of the Transformers Movie on my 16GB version.
i like that.. but applied ur screen protector yet? or any case to go along?
Forgot to mention the Serial number peels of the back stupidly easily, I thought it was a sticky plastic cover, but no the whole serial number peels off, So I stuck it to the plastic film and put it back in the box.
So, can anyone confirm the audio quality via 3.5mm jack? Is it as bad as what some are saying?
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Mine arrived, order Thursday at 15:30 arrived Friday 09:30 from eBuyer.
I sold a Nook Tablet to purchase this, so I allready like the 7" factor, but Chrome is amazing on this, really great browsing experience.
Google Now does not seem to work very well in the UK yet or show anything useful without voice.
Got my £15 free Play credit instantly, but no sign of the Transformers Movie on my 16GB version.
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No free movies. That's wrong isn't ?
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No free movies. That's wrong isn't ?
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I believe have to download it from market
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I take it we get a proper uk power adapter, not the US shown in all the other pics?
Sorted the Movie problem. I was using a Google Account from my Domain not a Gmail one.
Had to enable YouTube on my domain and it then worked.
Now have the Transformers Movie.
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I take it we get a proper uk power adapter, not the US shown in all the other pics?
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Yes. Has a slide on UK plug.
kingchris90, can you tell me what the audio quality via 3.5mm jack is like? Is it as bad as what some are saying?
Do we have Google Wallet in the UK?
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kingchris90, can you tell me what the audio quality via 3.5mm jack is like? Is it as bad as what some are saying?
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I reckon it's pretty good actually.
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kingchris90, can you tell me what the audio quality via 3.5mm jack is like? Is it as bad as what some are saying?
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I'm not a great judge, using some cheap Sennheiser headphones, and its not amazing.
I need to have it on the maximum volume to hear it, its very quiet and the quality is not great.
Not amazing.
Shame. I was all set to buy one, but since I'll primarily be using it for watching films and listening to music using headphones, that's a bit of a deal breaker.
kingchris90 said:
I'm not a great judge, using some cheap Sennheiser headphones, and its not amazing.
I need to have it on the maximum volume to hear it, its very quiet and the quality is not great.
Not amazing.
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Yeah, that's pretty disappointing. I wasn't too bothered about the external speakers but I was expecting half decent headphone audio quality. Ah well, guess I'm not gonna buy one now.
Wait for the custom ROM's. I am sure they will improve that sound volume.
I have mine... a little smaller than I expected, but still a great size for typing etc
Some apps have problems with the tablet mode though. I can see why they went for the phone layout, the tablet mode when vertical is too small to use. As for smoothness, the launcher and system ui in general is much improved, but there is no difference in third party apps. Touch sensitivity and response is incredible, however. They may have to be updated, Im not too sure. The screen is also a little washed out.
However, I still love it and can't wait to spend the rest of the day on it xD yay!
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Wait for the custom ROM's. I am sure they will improve that sound volume.
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Its the quality I'm more concerned about I'm afraid and no amount of custom ROMs or DSP enhancement will overcome poor signal to noise unfortunately.
Meh, I might still give one a demo in store, I've got a selection of headphones - maybe it will sound ok on some of them.
Didn't hear anything about audio problems before, hope it won't be that bad though, did you try any other headphones?
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tdoyle said:
Didn't hear anything about audio problems before, hope it won't be that bad though, did you try any other headphones?
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Same here!
The audio review on "The Verge" site is actually pretty decent (8 out of 10).
Please check this out.
Today I took the calculator and this is what I see. (This is a photo taken from the screen issues thread. I couldnt get this on my camera but I just wanted to show you guys that this is exactly what I see.) These kinds of artifacts or whatever you may call it appears during video playback too. Everything else displays fine on my note. White is pure white, No tints, no hue changes, nothing. But I see these kinds of artifacts a lot and I have severe black clipping too.
Please help me out here. Those of you who are facing an exact same issue, please report here with a photo of your screen.
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yep, send to samsung for repair
if you dont care for warrantee, try different kernel or rom altogether
or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715416
That's horrible!
Get it replaced.
How does it look like on ICS ?
Over all banding / clipping is reduced on ICS (even on stock firmware/kernel)
I guess something wrong with the screen is the same happening for all apps or just this one mate ?
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I'm on ICS 4.0.3 latest Stock Indian DDLPA firmware. There is severe clipping for me when playing videos and these purple and greenish artifacts used to appear in dark videos too. I thought this was part of the black clipping issue but now when this shows up in calculator, it looks horrible.
Please note that the screen looks flawless otherwise. Whites are white, no tints, no lines, no hue changing, nothing. But view anything dark and these kinds of atrefacts seem to pop up.
satishp said:
I'm on ICS 4.0.3 latest Stock Indian DDLPA firmware. There is severe clipping for me when playing videos and these purple and greenish artifacts used to appear in dark videos too. I thought this was part of the black clipping issue but now when this shows up in calculator, it looks horrible.
Please note that the screen looks flawless otherwise. Whites are white, no tints, no lines, no hue changing, nothing. But view anything dark and these kinds of atrefacts seem to pop up.
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yeah its weird, sometimes it appears like its an image quality issue, because its not on all images
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But my question is, do you people have the Calculator app showing up like this? Is this a hardware defect? Its because I've seen some photos of screens which display the calculator this way and also screens which display a blue banding which seems to be a lot better compared to this.
the sad part is my screen is flawless when displaying other colours and even while browsing and as far as what I've seen, every screen seems to have some or the other issue which makes me scared to get the screen replaced. Here in India, we dont get the phone replaced. Only a part which is found to be defective is replaced.
I'm not sure if the banding you have happens to pretty much everyone else but I took a screenshot of my calculator app, and the 'banding' is there.
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I'm not sure if the banding you have happens to pretty much everyone else but I took a screenshot of my calculator app, and the 'banding' is there.
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You got to take a photo not a screen-shot.
I have the same occurrence when I start the Calculator app. My device is a UK handset purchased from Amazon UK and it is currently running on CheckROM Revo NoteHD v5.
I suppose the 'issue' is not limited only to handsets in India.
yeah but its a background image issue, other images dont have this right
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baz77 said:
yeah but its a background image issue, other images dont have this right
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It seems to appear only when I use the Calculator app. Should I perform any specific set of tests? If so, then please list them.
Thank you.
best would be to download different quality images with dark and bright ones and check for distortions when viewing full screen.
For movie issues, dark movies or clips on youtube can help. Getting clipping reduced see links above or do as is needed go to Samsung and complain for bad product
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YLNdroid said:
I have the same occurrence when I start the Calculator app. My device is a UK handset purchased from Amazon UK and it is currently running on CheckROM Revo NoteHD v5.
I suppose the 'issue' is not limited only to handsets in India.
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Do you have the exact same issue when opening the calculator??
If so, how do videos and images show up on your note?
How long are you living with this??
satishp said:
Do you have the exact same issue when opening the calculator??
If so, how do videos and images show up on your note?
How long are you living with this??
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Hello satishp, I seem to have paid close attention to this 'issue' only after reading this thread you have initiated. Also, the only videos I have are the ones I recorded using the device itself and these were primarily done during daytime. I have not noticed any considerable peculiarity with images
Could you point me to specific images and videos as a reference point? Perhaps a video(s) you watched on YouTube or a specific movie and an image(s) you referred to from a website?
I can use these to test my device and report back quickly.
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Hello satishp, I seem to have paid close attention to this 'issue' only after reading this thread you have initiated. Also, the only videos I have are the ones I recorded using the device itself and these were primarily done during daytime. I have not noticed any considerable peculiarity with images
Could you point me to specific images and videos as a reference point? Perhaps a video(s) you watched on YouTube or a specific movie and an image(s) you referred to from a website?
I can use these to test my device and report back quickly.
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Search for the Iron Man trailer in Youtube. Check out the dark areas.
Even try watching any videos with a dark scene. You'll notice it.
You wont see any issues with bright videos with good lighting, Check out the dark ones.
And watch these in a preferably dark or dimly lit room.
I have seen 4 SGN's and all have this issue upto variable degrees. My first note had hue problems, my cousins note has moderate clipping. my 2nd note have clipping too. The note of service centre guy was almost perfect, although it also failed the gamma test. Since i cudnot sell my seal-packed note without taking huge losses, i opened it and stopped myself onion peeling it. Need to convince myself of the other gudness of it except the black clipping.
omg, i just saw those saturn rings on my calculator screen !!
Propably the magnet from receiver?
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lol no, its something with the background picture. You dont have it in all pictures do you?
test this, take dark high resolution image.
make it lower resolution like 200 by 200 or lower then screen, safe it under different name on pc.
transfer to phone, check the differences, this might show some interesting stuff
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Ok, I was one of the lucky guys that received my Nexus 4 yesterday! Since a lot of you guys will be waiting for a bit and may be tempted to purchase another phone I am going to do some short videos on stuff you want to see. There are alot of "unboxing" videos and they are all really rubbish. Please list out things you want to see below! :laugh:
Check out the videos below then submit your requests!
Battery after a day. (small spikes are due to uploading video to my PC)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Battery update: This was on auto brightness 29% left when the screenshot was taken and total screen on time of 1h 1m.
Low light photos no flash full auto.
lollll..... the screen is little wierd ...ummmmmmmmmmmm...and the screen has much better quality... :silly:
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lollll..... the screen is little wierd ...ummmmmmmmmmmm...and the screen has much better quality... :silly:
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Haha your so funny! Gotta love all the trolls here on XDA rock on buddy! :victory:
Benchmarks NEEDED quickly
DETAILED BENCHMARKS
Please makae a video showing the various benchmarks
and also please make a video about Gaming Performance make a video of some really graphic intensive big games PLEASE
any heating issues or lag
1).Test the USB OTG with a pendrive of 16 gb or more as we will require this feature as N4 doesnot have microsd card slot.
2). I have heard that the colours on N4 are dull n luk washed off so please compare it with same content running on both phone.
3).I have also heard that the back is made up of glass and it wont allow any heat to pass thorugh it so please check whether the phone gets hot during benchmark or playing hardcore games for 20-30 mins.
4).how are the camera samples of N4 the colours,noise,low lighting conditions,moving objects,other basic stuff.
5).How long does the phone last on average usage.
6).Tell us how long does it take to charge the phone.
7).One more important thing which other reviewers dont mention also tell us about the call quality and vibration after all its a mobile phone.
8).Also test the sound quality
9).tell us any other problem or lag that you are facing.
it would be really nice if you can make a video or answer theese questions PLEASE BE QUICK
First of all, thanks for the video. Try to plan it out better next time though, so you don't say "ummm" a lot. Still a great video though, and I appreciate the effort
As far as things that I would like to see:
1) Can you please a get a really good close up of the screen/bezel border on the front? I want to know if there's as big of a gap as the Gnex
2) Open up settings, and get a closeup of the background (preferably in a dark room). I wanna know if they fixed that stupid gradient issue in 4.2, and if LCD vs. AMOLED might make it less obvious.
Thanks
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First of all, thanks for the video. Try to plan it out better next time though, so you don't say "ummm" a lot. Still a great video though, and I appreciate the effort
As far as things that I would like to see:
1) Can you please a get a really good close up of the screen/bezel border on the front? I want to know if there's as big of a gap as the Gnex
2) Open up settings, and get a closeup of the background (preferably in a dark room). I wanna know if they fixed that stupid gradient issue in 4.2, and if LCD vs. AMOLED might make it less obvious.
Thanks
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I will work on these. But guys I'm not doing benchmarks..... there are some pretty good ones already done and I don't see that as being something I can do in a video.
It's fantastic, thanks man.
do you have an S3 handy? Wouldn't mind seeing an HONEST opinion about the screen differences between a Samoled screen vs this one.. if not then that's cool too thanks for doing this!
Screen Sensitivity
Hi, appreciate the effort you're putting in friend.
1 thing I can think of now that I'm quite curious about is the screen senstitivity of the phone.
Can you do the following please?:
1. (If you haven't already) Go to Settings > Options > About Phone > Tap 'Build Number' a few times till you turn developer options on.
2. Open developer options and turn on the 'Pointer Location' option.
3. Keep an eye on the 'Prs' value at the top of the screen and make as light a touch as possible around the screen. Record the lowest value you can get.
Can you also try and input text at a rapid pace and see how successful it is?
The reason behind all this is that there have been some reports of very poor screen sensitivity on the phone meaning that higher pressure is needed for the phone to register a touch.
Would it be possible for you to make a comparison to another android phone? Galaxy S'x' or a the Galaxy Nexus (if you own one)?
There's a thread in the Q/A forum where people are discussing this but I'm not able to post links yet. It's quite worrying.
Thanks
THANK YOU, SIR! That second video was great!
Also, you're in the UK? You don't have a British accent.
Edit: People need to thank OP for his efforts!
Does it rattle? and what do you think is causing the rattle ?
Camera options and HDR mode preview on video, also sound quality (loud or not)
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Color Shift
Thanks for the video....
All LCDs have color shift at angles... can we see a quick vid of the phone at some normal then exaggerated angles ?
Thanks :good:
Ok, got a few more videos up in the first post! Enjoy
P.S got to go to work soon be back later today with the battery update!
Your last video isn't showing up still. Says unavailable (still processing). Is Google gonna start failing at video delivery too?
Danny80y, can you spin it on your index finger, please?
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Your last video isn't showing up still. Says unavailable (still processing). Is Google gonna start failing at video delivery too?
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My internet can only upload so fast LOL
Danny80y said:
My internet can only upload so fast LOL
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Ahaha I kid. I kid.
Actually all we want to know are three things...
1. does it rattle
2. is there a touch sensitivity problem.
3 and does an intensive game get even slightly laggier the longer its played.
If none of these issues exist..we would be VERY VERY HAPPY...Please reply.
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THANK YOU, SIR! That second video was great!
Also, you're in the UK? You don't have a British accent.
Edit: People need to thank OP for his efforts!
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Yes, I am in the UK but I'm from Texas so..... no accent....yet. LOL