Hi guys, as you guys all know, those 3 phones I mentioned all have IPS technology for the display.
And as far as I know, the nexus 4 screen sensitivity isn't that great compare to other devices such as my Nexus 10. I could use the back of my finger, which is the nail, to navigate the screen while on the nexus 4, I have to really "touch" the screen. what that means is when I touch it light enough that I can feel the screen, the nexus 4 still won't recognize it until i press it a bit further. :silly:
I've been told this is related to the hardware of the IPS itself? :silly: but i'm not so sure since there's a mod to increase screen responsiveness. I tried it and it works, but the delayed when booting really bugged me .
So anyone with an Optimus G or an iPhone 5? how is the screen sensitive to you guys? can you touch the screen light enough that you can feel the screen but the Nexus won't feel your finger?
If it's more responsive then can we somehow pull the touch driver from the Optimus G to our Nexus 4?
I have Iphone 5 and I never have to put any pressure on the screen for it to work. I barley tap the screen... Even though I havent had a nexus 4, I've had galaxy s3 and I can say iphone 5 screen is more sensitive than s3 screen
None of these phone can recognize the nail finger.
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The xperia sola have something called "Floating touch display" ... is a super sensitive screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzz9h3jdB-U
Overdose1986 said:
The xperia sola have something called "Floating touch display" ... is a super sensitive screen
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yea but they use a different technology. i believe it's usual LCD. unlike our nexus which has IPS technology.
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I have Iphone 5 and I never have to put any pressure on the screen for it to work. I barley tap the screen... Even though I havent had a nexus 4, I've had galaxy s3 and I can say iphone 5 screen is more sensitive than s3 screen
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hmm.. well that's even more interesting because s3 uses super-amoled. which I assumed to be more sensitive since my HTC one S is more sensitive than my nexus.. and if iphone 5 screen is really sensitive with IPS how come our nexus 4 sensitivity is so bad? really hope google would fix this..
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yea but they use a different technology. i believe it's usual LCD. unlike our nexus which has IPS technology.
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The display technology doesn't matter here. It's the digitizer that makes the difference.
From my experience, when you just tap the screen on the nexus 4, you have to press quite "hard" to get it to register the touch.
If you start swiping around, even the lightest pressure will be enough. Even the fingernail works if you do it that way.
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The display technology doesn't matter here. It's the digitizer that makes the difference.
From my experience, when you just tap the screen on the nexus 4, you have to press quite "hard" to get it to register the touch.
If you start swiping around, even the lightest pressure will be enough. Even the fingernail works if you do it that way.
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did you try it on yours? mine doesn't respond to my fingernail lol :silly: so is there any differences in sensitivity between Optimus G and Nexus 4? do they use different digitizer then? both are manufactured by LG and very similar in terms of hardware wise Any Optimus G owner out there? or had a hands on experiences with Optimus G?
My nexus 4 is very sensitive to touch, I barely need to touch the screen (just float over it) and can use it with the back of my fingers (fingernails). It's been much more sensitive to touch than my Galaxy Nexus ever was.
My N4 is one of the latest batch, maybe improved? I don't know but it's been faultless so far. Also find the screen has nice rich colours almost on a par with the GN, haven't noticed any washed out effect like some state, same goes to my friend who bought one at the same time (1 month ago).
I'm on unrooted stock btw, tried a few custom roms, but find stock better for me (at the moment).
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My nexus 4 is very sensitive to touch, I barely need to touch the screen (just float over it) and can use it with the back of my fingers (fingernails). It's been much more sensitive to touch than my Galaxy Nexus ever was.
My N4 is one of the latest batch, maybe improved? I don't know but it's been faultless so far. Also find the screen has nice rich colours almost on a par with the GN, haven't noticed any washed out effect like some state, same goes to my friend who bought one at the same time (1 month ago).
I'm on unrooted stock btw, tried a few custom roms, but find stock better for me (at the moment).
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that's great to hear me and my GF bought the nexus 4 right after new year. Both are about 1 month away from each other too. and still the same below par sensitivity. hmm.. maybe google did fixed it hardware wise? if so i really want to sent my phone back lol..
I think custom kernels improves the sensitivity of the screen
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that's great to hear me and my GF bought the nexus 4 right after new year. Both are about 1 month away from each other too. and still the same below par sensitivity. hmm.. maybe google did fixed it hardware wise? if so i really want to sent my phone back lol..
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I highly doubt it. I got one of the newer models (301k) and my screen sensitivity is awful. Yes if you press it normally most of the time it will work but if you a very light it isn't sensitive at all not compared to my one s. That being said I flashed the old touch driver back (e015) and my nexus 4 is as sensitive as an iphone now. Had the driver for about 2 weeks and I would never go back to the current touch driver that comes with 4.2.2 (e027) Hopefully google fix this but I'm doubtful. The people that say they have amazing sensitivity imo are speaking out of their backsides. They haven't made the devices any different, the screen sensitivity is a SOFTWARE issue and not a hardware issue. This is a link to old touch driver thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163924 It's like a different device!
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My nexus 4 is very sensitive to touch, I barely need to touch the screen (just float over it) and can use it with the back of my fingers (fingernails). It's been much more sensitive to touch than my Galaxy Nexus ever was.
My N4 is one of the latest batch, maybe improved? I don't know but it's been faultless so far. Also find the screen has nice rich colours almost on a par with the GN, haven't noticed any washed out effect like some state, same goes to my friend who bought one at the same time (1 month ago).
I'm on unrooted stock btw, tried a few custom roms, but find stock better for me (at the moment).
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are you sure its not ur knuckle and just the finger nail? It should, according to design, not register hard things such as finger nails. (unless you have keratin deficiency in which case ur nails might be as soft as skin)
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are you sure its not ur knuckle and just the finger nail? It should, according to design, not register hard things such as finger nails. (unless you have keratin deficiency in which case ur nails might be as soft as skin)
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His nexus probably grows wings and flies when he puts it into airplane mode as well. People exaggerate so much sometimes!
It's just fine on my nexus to be honest. Don't know what everybody is on about
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as far as i know, there isn't a single touchscreen device on the market (past or present) that will register the fingernail itself.
that said, my Nex4 is from the second batch and is quite sensitive to the touch. some of the touch responsiveness issues could be due to a screen protector too.
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as far as i know, there isn't a single touchscreen device on the market (past or present) that will register the fingernail itself.
that said, my Nex4 is from the second batch and is quite sensitive to the touch. some of the touch responsiveness issues could be due to a screen protector too.
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The lumia 920 does.
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what that means is when I touch it light enough that I can feel the screen, the nexus 4 still won't recognize it until i press it a bit further. :silly:
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Mine does!!! Maybe urs is defective.
But also there are ways to improve responsiveness!
if i remember rightly finger nails only work on resisitive screens
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The lumia 920 does.
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are you sure? last time i checked it didn't work with just the fingernail (no skin). that would be like using an old stylus from a windows phone 5.5/6 device (resistive screen) on a capacitive screen. i highly doubt that works.
Funny thing that I was so disturbed about was how badly insensitive the nexus 4 was compared to my i9300 (gs3). I could use my fingernail and the lightest touch to swipe the screen with the s3. So these things are possible.
I also flashed the kernel months ago and it improved things slightly, but nowhere near what I'm used to. Only problem with that is how much longer it takes to boot and be responsive. Same with TWRP...you have to wait a while to use the device.
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Really disappointed - when I turned on my Nexus 7 today, I found a line of dead pixels. Immediately called customer support and they said try to reset the tablet to see if it's a firmware issue, but it still persists. Will be sending my tablet in pretty soon to have this fixed, unless you guys have any recommendations.
While this might make it sound like I'm ragging on the manufacturing, I actually love the tablet. It's extremely well built - feels great in hand, has the right heft, but is still light and extremely rigid. If any of you are on the fence about this tablet, you shouldn't. It's hands down the best deal that's out there.
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Really disappointed - when I turned on my Nexus 7 today, I found a line of dead pixels. Immediately called customer support and they said try to reset the tablet to see if it's a firmware issue, but it still persists. Will be sending my tablet in pretty soon to have this fixed, unless you guys have any recommendations.
While this might make it sound like I'm ragging on the manufacturing, I actually love the tablet. It's extremely well built - feels great in hand, has the right heft, but is still light and extremely rigid. If any of you are on the fence about this tablet, you shouldn't. It's hands down the best deal that's out there.
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Is that a Pre-Production Unit?
That sucks really bad. If I receive my device and anything is wrong with it, I'll probably die. I hate when my devices aren't perfect. Also, like the last poster said, is it a pre-production unit?
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Really disappointed - when I turned on my Nexus 7 today, I found a line of dead pixels. Immediately called customer support and they said try to reset the tablet to see if it's a firmware issue, but it still persists. Will be sending my tablet in pretty soon to have this fixed, unless you guys have any recommendations.
While this might make it sound like I'm ragging on the manufacturing, I actually love the tablet. It's extremely well built - feels great in hand, has the right heft, but is still light and extremely rigid. If any of you are on the fence about this tablet, you shouldn't. It's hands down the best deal that's out there.
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Locklear308 said:
Is that a Pre-Production Unit?
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Yeah, thats the White IO model.
At least yours doesn't have scratches on it
Gorilla Glass my ***, I haven't even done much with it
The 3 white lines are scratches and today I saw a few more around the edges near the left side.
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At least yours doesn't have scratches on it
Gorilla Glass my ***, I haven't even done much with it
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The 3 white lines are scratches and today I saw a few more around the edges near the left side.
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Not Gorilla glass, Scratch resistant Corning class. Though I don't know the difference. I know my G2 was stated to have Scratch resistant corning glass and it never got a scratch in almost 2 years now.
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Not Gorilla glass, Scratch resistant Corning class. Though I don't know the difference. I know my G2 was stated to have Scratch resistant corning glass and it never got a scratch in almost 2 years now.
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Yea, that thing haha
I'm still sad about the scratches for no real reason :/
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their are things you can do to sometimes "wake up" dead pixels. Google fix dead pixel.
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their are things you can do to sometimes "wake up" dead pixels. Google fix dead pixel.
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You're definitely right. However most stuck pixels are of a color variety, dead pixels are usually just that and are completely black. If its truly dead, it will stay blacked out regardless of any action.
I am surprised though that a line like that took that long to emerge or die off, I'd have expected them to die off in production or qa. I'm curious if the op dropped or even bumped the tab at some point.
Anyway I hope the RMA process isn't too long and that u get ur tab back soon.
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i hope the change the device for you :angel::angel:
tell as what well they replay:victory::victory:
Dead pixels can't be fixed as they are effectively 'dead'.
Stuck pixels can sometimes be corrected. I've tried on 3 different displays and am yet to witness this.
Google should swap it for you, not repair.
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Dead pixels can't be fixed as they are effectively 'dead'.
Stuck pixels can sometimes be corrected. I've tried on 3 different displays and am yet to witness this.
Google should swap it for you, not repair.
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Yup. So I called ASUS and they can't even issue me an RMA because the tablet hasn't be officially released yet. I'm gonna contact Google tomorrow to see if they might be able to replace the tablet for me, really hope that's possible.
Whatever happens, I just want a functioning screen on a white Nexus 7!
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Yup. So I called ASUS and they can't even issue me an RMA because the tablet hasn't be officially released yet. I'm gonna contact Google tomorrow to see if they might be able to replace the tablet for me, really hope that's possible.
Whatever happens, I just want a functioning screen on a white Nexus 7!
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The io nexus 7 has Bluetooth 2.1 the black version has 4 or 3. And some other changed specs. I would think about upgrading to the black one
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Yup. So I called ASUS and they can't even issue me an RMA because the tablet hasn't be officially released yet. I'm gonna contact Google tomorrow to see if they might be able to replace the tablet for me, really hope that's possible.
Whatever happens, I just want a functioning screen on a white Nexus 7!
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You probably won't be able to get another IO model.
Based on the teardown video u can just swap the backing if they let you keep your current model until you get the replacement.
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Sorry to hear about the dead pixels. Have you tried any of the "dead pixel fixer" apps? Such as Display Tester
Screen size of galaxy nexus vs nexus 7.
I made this diagram for another thread on here.
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By the look of the picture, the pixels on the LCD itself might not be dead. It could be the LCD driving controller, or one of the electrical connectors have failed since all pixels are connected in rows on the X-Y plane. The electrical connection on that particular row may have failed, so you see a complete row of dead pixels.
There were screen quality issues with the transformer prime and the tranformer when they were released. I was hoping ASUS got their QC figured out by now or Google made them have a higher threshold during QC for holding them back. I am hoping I don't need to go through 3 of these like I did with my prime due to screen issues like stuck pixels, dust under the screen or white spots.
My IO N7 screen started to separate from the bezel on the left side and the white back started discoloring into blue/black.
I hope the production units are build better.
I've noticed that the S3 and iPhone touch response is perfect, it sticks to your finger, feels perfectly fluid
The T is always slightly slower, like the screen has to catch up after a split second. You can move your finger nearly 1mm before the screen moves.
Does anyone know why this is? Is it hardware or software?
If it's software and can be changed, I'm pretty sure it would make the phone feel more of a premium product.
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I've noticed that the S3 and iPhone touch response is perfect, it sticks to your finger, feels perfectly fluid
The T is always slightly slower, like the screen has to catch up after a split second. You can move your finger nearly 1mm before the screen moves.
Does anyone know why this is? Is it hardware or software?
If it's software and can be changed, I'm pretty sure it would make the phone feel more of a premium product.
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didn't notice it, but XT is lacking Touch Boost comapred to SGS3.
btw. why i think i know you from somewhere online? se-nse maybe?
Anyone noticing a screen door effect with their LCD screen? Mine definitely has it, wondering if this is normal. My last two phones have been AMOLED, so I'm not sure.
Do you mean like this?
Nexus 4 has a pattern on the display.
(I'm trying to consolidate all these threads as more and more people finally get their hands on the phone)
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Do you mean like this?
Nexus 4 has a pattern on the display.
(I'm trying to consolidate all these threads as more and more people finally get their hands on the phone)
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No, it's not dots like the digitizer. It's very fine horizontal and vertical lines like seen on some cheap TN panel monitors.
Unfortunately it's so fine I doubt I could capture it with a picture. But it seems to detract from the sharpness of the screen.
Guessing it's just me. I assume if I think my Galaxy Nexus screen looks better than the Nexus 4, then I probably got a defective Nexus 4. RMA time it seems.
I'm cursed. Had to RMA my Galaxy Nexus a couple times because of the purple effect. My Nexus 7 because of the lifted glass, now this. Ugh.
If I look close, I can make out a very slight screen door effect at times. I'm guessing all of them have this to some extent, but maybe it's worse on yours if it's so noticeable as to bother you.
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No, it's not dots like the digitizer. It's very fine horizontal and vertical lines like seen on some cheap TN panel monitors.
Unfortunately it's so fine I doubt I could capture it with a picture. But it seems to detract from the sharpness of the screen.
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I've noticed it.... Thought I was the only one loll
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Is it as bad as the pentile screens like gs3 or note?
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Can't see it at all on mine, although I'm coming from a 50 dollar cheapo Optimus V so this thing just looks incredible no matter what lol
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Well good news for me, I no longer see this issue on my screen. It seems to have cleared up and it looks sharp and clear now. *Whew* I'm happy and love the screen.
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Well good news for me, I no longer see this issue on my screen. It seems to have cleared up and it looks sharp and clear now. *Whew* I'm happy and love the screen.
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I can definitely see it on mine, grays make it pop out more. It's not too bad to warrant the hassle of trying an exchange, though.
Not sure why it would clear up by itself, but if it does I am not gonna mind it
My LG thrill has that, and so does the HTC inspire.
Its normal I guess
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Is it as bad as the pentile screens like gs3 or note?
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No way, not even close to as bad as pentile.
I also see these vertical lines. Been driving me crazy when I focus on them. No worries though. Great phone.
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I can definitely see it on mine, grays make it pop out more. It's not too bad to warrant the hassle of trying an exchange, though.
Not sure why it would clear up by itself, but if it does I am not gonna mind it
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You are right, it didn't. I think after using a while, I started seeing past it. Then I was messing around with my Galaxy Nexus and tablet. Then went back to the phone and I can notice those lines again.
It also depends on what I'm looking at. It really stands out looking at the XDA forums, on the brown colors (I'm using the XDA 2010 theme).
Has anyone noticed that the digitizer (or what I think is the digitizer) in the Nexus 7 is actually visible? I noticed this yesterday when I was at a Christmas party and the room was brightly lit. I was looking at the screen while it was off, and noticed a grid of small dots covering the entire screen. I checked on my phone (Nexus S 4G) and no such grid was visible. I thought the digitizer was only visible (and even then, only sometimes) on resistive touch screens. Hmm...
i tried to replicate it and couldnt, maybe the light wasnt bright enough. Would be intreresting tho
this is true of a HUGE number of phones. It has a lot to do with the digitizer technology used as well as how close the digi is to the lcd and the light in the room and several other minor factors. look at an HD2 and youll see it too.
I can see the digitiser on my HOX too. I've not noticed it so much on my other devices. Maybe its more obvious when the glass is bonded to the screen as it is in both of these? How about the newer devices with the touch layer integrated with the screen? It's certainly not an issue in use for me thorough (the fact that the screen gets so sticky with use on my n7 is fairly annoying though. Sector Strike is much easier on the HOX, the oleophobic coating must be pretty effective, even if the screen still looks greasy after use)
Yeah its common. My inspire has it as well. Think its called the pentile matrix.
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Yeah, shine a lamp on it with the screen off if you want to see it. Same on the Transformer Infinity, though a it's different pattern.
My SGS3 doesn't have it, that's why I was like wtf when I noticed in on my N7.
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yeap sadly when that cracks its all over
Only newer nexus 7 model has it, my launch model didn't have them.
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Yeah its common. My inspire has it as well. Think its called the pentile matrix.
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Sorry, pentile has nothing to do with the digitizer. Pentile is a type of arrangement of the subpixels on some displays.
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Sorry, pentile has nothing to do with the digitizer. Pentile is a type of arrangement of the subpixels on some displays.
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Ahh. Never really knew for sure what that term refers to exactly. I have a know it all Co worker who called it that but never actually looked it up.
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Why other devices touch screen devices, dont have this? or have it but not obviously visible?
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Why other devices touch screen devices, dont have this? or have it but not obviously visible?
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Its only the first series. The newer nexus 7 don't have this problem. I ordered both of mine off play store a month ago and neither have that issue. Stores still have old stock.
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Only newer nexus 7 model has it, my launch model didn't have them.
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Its only the first series. The newer nexus 7 don't have this problem. I ordered both of mine off play store a month ago and neither have that issue. Stores still have old stock.
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Slightly confused here, but it seems like you got the older stock, Gizmoe?
Only got mine today, and I can see the digitizer very easily, in the right conditions. I did get mine from ebay though (BNIB), so who knows :/
Is there any other way to find out what model we have?
Those little dots are actually connected by really thin lines forming an offset square pattern (you can actually see it in the right conditions), that's what a digitizer uses to register input. Every capacitive display i've seen has that. It's more visible if you look at a slight angle from the side of the screen with the light shining from the opposite direction.
The dots are more visible because they reflect more light, but in really bright light you can see the lines also.
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Slightly confused here, but it seems like you got the older stock, Gizmoe?
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Yes I see what's confusing. I meant the other response for a different post and only realized it after you pointed it out. I was referring to the floating screen not the dots. Wrong thread. I do not see dots on mine though, although on my inspire they are very easily noticeable.
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I've noticed a pattern on every single capacitive device I've used. Palm pixi, GS3, NS4G, N7, square iPod nano, iPod Touch and iPhone all have had it. So I'm pretty sure it there on every single screen you just have to get the right angle of the screen with the light for it to be visible.
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Hey Guys. Is this the same as seeing several horizontal lines if you tilt the screen? Is that what you call a digitzer?
Bought one a couple of weeks ago and I can see it too when the screen is dark, the full pattern across the screen. Can also see a white glow on the right side of the screen when booting when the screen is dark, not sure if that's a screen problem though..
Hey guys I just want to let you guys know my experience with the Optimus G and the Nexus 4. My situation was a bit funny as I didn't get both phones at the same time so my usage for each phone was very exclusive. I spent a week with the Optimus G (2 Optimus Gs in one week LOL) and afterwards a few days with the Nexus 4.
Optimus G Experience
I first got the Optimus G because the Nexus 4 wasn't available and I really liked the look of the phone, it was sleek and the buttons were really great to press. LG put some effort into their UI and it had some pretty great features like the multi-window and the quickmemo note taker.
I would've kept it but there were some funky problems/bugs with touchscreen responsiveness. I don't think it was an issue with sensitivity but I think it was the way some of the UI elements were designed. Typing was fine but when navigating and swiping, you weirdly lose a swipe or two. Enough to be annoying. There was one point where the touchscreen stopped responding completely to my touch. That was weird. I don't know if it was a static charge thing cause I was wiping the phone down quite a bit and plastic was all over it, or a defective touch screen but after doing a recovery using the KDZ LG update thing, it fixed itself. Needless to say that freaked me out so I went and returned the device and got an exchange. The second device never had that issue but it still had the issue with missing a swipe here and there. The great thing though was the performance in games. It gave me a consistent experience through NFS: Most Wanted and other intensive games. The screen was also damn great.
The visual design of the Optimus G is awesome. It looks awesome and premium. Doesn't feel too awesome though, it actually sorta feels gross. Everything about the phone was glossy, therefore oils would totally cling to it and cause a really slippery, gross feeling phone unless you wiped it down every hour or so. The buttons were pretty darn good to press and felt solid. The phone was thin but that caused me to feel the back a bit too much and usually the back was really warm. So the whole holding experience of the phone is warm, oily, and smudgy. My hand is usually dry but the phone still oiled up like a sumo wrestler. Sounds great doesn't it?
In conclusion with the Optimus G, looked good, performed great, but its UI hampered the usage, the lack of users prevented a large following thus reducing development, and the holding experience of the phone was really bad. In the end, I did return the Optimus G.
Nexus 4 Experience
I managed to get my hands on a Nexus 4 a couple days after returning the Optimus G. Was extermely excited to use it. The one I got was defect free it seems with no yellow tint. After the Optimus G however, the design of it was a bit weird with the curved glass and it was definitely bulkier than the OG. Using it for a couple days here's what I noticed:
Man that stock android experience is just too smooth and there is really nothing that can compare to untouched Jellybean. It was just really responsive when tapping and swiping. So I couldn't fault the OS here, despite the lack of built in features such as multi-window (Q-slide in Optimus G) but there's probably an app for that. 4.2 does have its share of bugs though but nothing too crazy.
Visually the phone looks good but again, I did not like the curved glass that much as it sorta promotes scratching on the edges as screen protectors usually can't cover it properly. At first I didn't like the wider and a bit bulkier Nexus 4 compared to the Optimus G but after using it, the phone feels REALLY good holding it. The soft touch plastic was thick enough and curved in a way that the hand was not always on the back of the glass and allowed the hand a bit of breathing room so that it wouldn't get too warm. The soft touch plastic is not oil prone so you don't feel as icky. So the holding experience was great. The buttons on the other hand is a different story and I wish it had the same clicky feeling of the Optimus G but I don't think it's that big of a deal.
The performance of the phone was good but not quite as good as the Optimus G due to, yes, throttling. Although I like to have my phone as stock as possible and performing properly out of the box, I know the community for the phone will help it in the long run as it is a Nexus device and work out some of the issues.
In conclusion, the Nexus 4 has great software, great community, and feels great in the hand. The things I wish it did better are: buttons, some performance issues, and hopefully the edges of the screen won't scratch in the future. Otherwise it's a great phone that I think I'll be keeping.
That's a nice write up, thanks for sharing.
Rik.
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Multi-tasking on the Nexus 4 is second to none. Do you mean multi-window?
estallings15 said:
Multi-tasking on the Nexus 4 is second to none. Do you mean multi-window?
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Yeah my bad. That's exactly what I mean. Changed it.
Hm...do you mean the Optimus G has slippery body frame, too? Different from the rubbery body frame of Nexus 4?
That's a shame really.
richteralan said:
Hm...do you mean the Optimus G has slippery body frame, too? Different from the rubbery body frame of Nexus 4?
That's a shame really.
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Yeah the body frame is glossy/slippery as well.
In pretty sure that multi window will be in key lime pie anyways
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Nice write .
If you wanna sell the N4 i`ll buy it ! :laugh: