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Let's make this the official thread to post first impressions of this phone.
Going to T-Mobile today I was pretty much dead set on getting the GS II. I was sure nothing would deter me. I walked in there and toyed with both phones and my opinions changed drastically. I was pretty disappointed with the resolution and cheap plastic build of the GS II. The screen is big and bright but the low res almost kills it IMO. The HTC Amaze has a build similar to the Sensation which means its one of the best designed phones on the market. In the hand the difference is night and day. The Amaze feels like a Mercedes and the GS II a Toyota Camry if you catch my drift.
I owned a Sensation for roughly a month when it first came out. I loved the phone except the lagginess and the unresponsive screen issues. If this phone doesn't have those issues I will be a VERY happy camper. Not to mention it has more ram, a bigger battery, and NFC. Oh, and I also pulled down 11Mbps on a Speedtest inside my house! Imagine if I'm out somewhere in the open and have full 4G signal! I'm really surprised by how good the data speeds are.
So far the phone is snappy but I'll see how it holds up. Coming from a Nexus S I'm very happy with this phone. The camera is great too with those two physical buttons. The audio during video recording is rubbish though just like all HTC phones.
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The audio during video recording is rubbish though just like all HTC phones.
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Could it be possible that some dev might cook up a ROM which could improve the audio in any way?
so far I am very happy with mine. Battery life is good (i turned off 'tell htc', 'find my phone' and 'fast boot') and its making a little difference as far as less data being used at idle.
I have some slight screen bleed from the bottom buttons, but it doesnt bother me. As i stated in another thread, no phone is going to be perfect, but this is the closest I think any android phone has come.
I can't wait for a OTA update to restore wifi calling as i live in a fringe network area. but i'm confident it will come.
I'm loving the camera buttons, the call quality is great, and i got 13.1mbps down on campus today in san diego. F yea!
3 quick questions:
Is the speaker phone loud enough?
Any wifi-death grip issues?
How about LAG???
Arcadia310 said:
Going to T-Mobile today I was pretty much dead set on getting the GS II. I was sure nothing would deter me. I walked in there and toyed with both phones and my opinions changed drastically. I was pretty disappointed with the resolution and cheap plastic build of the GS II. The screen is big and bright but the low res almost kills it IMO. The Amaze feels like a Mercedes and the GS II a Toyota Camry if you catch my drift.
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Actually, this is the same thing basically word for word that happened with me today. My wife was actually shocked (mouth dropped) when I asked him to grab me the Amaze instead of the SGS2.
I didn't realize this thing was out already. I LOVE my glacier for the trackpad and hard camera button. I like the sensation for the big-ass screen. Amaze might be almost perfect because of the extra ram.
I'll wait to pick one up until cm7 is out.
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3 quick questions:
Is the speaker phone loud enough?
Any wifi-death grip issues?
How about LAG???
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The speaker is louder than my Nexus S (which has fantastic speakers IMO) but the quality of the sound is a little lower.
Haven't experienced any death grip issues, but then again, I don't completely cover my phone with my hands when holding it.
Phone has been butter so far. Haven't seen any outstanding signs of lag yet.
Does anybody know how much the price is if we buy the phone outright?
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Does anybody know how much the price is if we buy the phone outright?
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I bought it outright. It costed $575 + tax.
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I bought it outright. It costed $575 + tax.
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It *cost* $575 + tax.
And thanks for your answer.
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Phateless said:
It *cost* $575 + tax.
And thanks for your answer.
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People like you are why I hate posting on forums.
Phateless said:
It *cost* $575 + tax.
And thanks for your answer.
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It *costs* $575 + tax.
And thanks for being a d!ck
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Does anybody know how much the price is if we buy the phone outright?
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For me, it came out to 598.35$. 32.06$ more after returning the Sgs2 which costs 566.29$
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People like you are why I hate posting on forums.
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People like you are why I hate reading forums. If English is the only language you speak you should know how to do it correctly.
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It *costs* $575 + tax.
And thanks for being a d!ck
For me, it came out to 598.35.
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He was using the past-tense, so I gave him the correct past tense.
And yes, I was being a ****, but every so often I just get bothered by Americans' incompetence with our native language. It frightens me...
Back on topic - does anyone know if any CM team members have their hands on this yet? I would assume CM support is planned but haven't read anything yet.
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People like you are why I hate reading forums. If English is the only language you speak you should know how to do it correctly.
He was using the past-tense, so I gave him the correct past tense.
And yes, I was being a ****, but every so often I just get bothered by Americans' incompetence with our native language. It frightens me...
Back on topic - does anyone know if any CM team members have their hands on this yet? I would assume CM support is planned but haven't read anything yet.
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Get a life dude. Just because you put major emphasis on forum grammar doesn't mean the rest of us do. I couldn't care less, have much more important things going on in my life.
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Well two things that bother me so far is the lighting for the soft keys bleeds onto the bottom of the screen, and the keyboard is sometimes laggy.
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Get a life dude. Just because you put major emphasis on forum grammar doesn't mean the rest of us do. I couldn't care less, have much more important things going on in my life.
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I'm slammed at work myself, only put in 10 hours yesterday and 10 hours today and top 3 on the sales board.
Point is I can't help what I notice. Sue me for being literate.
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agreed... what a douchey comment... spell check that....
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Well two things that bother me so far is the lighting for the soft keys bleeds onto the bottom of the screen, and the keyboard is sometimes laggy.
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Yeah the bleed is kinda annoying but I can look past that...the keyboard does lag at times and the "swype" feature is weird for me. So I just installed swype beta
Anyone here do some testing? Quadrant ran at 2213 and speed test averages around 5-6mbs (myTouch 4g ran around 3-4mbs) in my house
I just paid $615 for mine :X
Coming from Nexus One Dev model. this thing is amazing (pun maybe intended) No lag so far, good screen, speakers are nice and loud (haven't made a phone call yet referring to back speakers while using youtube / netflix ), Camera is very good, pictures almost perfect sharpness while moving (took a picture outside the passenger window while driving at 40mph, I wasn't driving )
I'm really going to miss the pouch that came with my N1 how ever :'(
No comment on battery life yet need a few more days.
Really disappointed in this USB wall plug charger... why can't they just come with a real wall charger not this fake charger thing... thankfully I have my N1 usb - micro usb cable and it works but some people may not have that and need to switch from wall outlet to computer a lot :/
Haven't had to much of a chance to play around with it to find any bugs but I'll have some free time tomorrow.
christ! i want this phone now!! living in new zealand doesn't help, hopefully the 3rd party suppliers will get it in very soon.
Hi, I am coming from a galaxy s 2 because the photon had an HDMI port on the side and the gs2 didnt have ICS so i was like I mind as well get the photon and wait for the next big thing. Now that I have it, this sucker is annoying when it comes to speed and the lag factor. When scrolling through a dark application, why does the pix fade away a little and then returns to normal look when you stop scrolling. I notice this mostly on black apps but mainly all over the device. Is there not a lag fix? or is this pentile display really that bad?
I would appreciate if someone could help me out
Update: Thanks all. I got rid of the photon and got the galaxy s 2 epic 4g tough back. Couldn't take it. Thanks again to all who replied.
I've never seen that, but I hate dark apps. Got an actual example?
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I've never seen that, but I hate dark apps. Got an actual example?
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Yes.. just uploaded this example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFazpLOmaA&feature=youtu.be
A prime example and the ability for others to repeat it would be helpful.
Just looked at your video it its a rendering issue. Going to try and replicate it.
Not sure but check your launcher and see if it has and rendering options.. From your video it almost looks like frame tearing.
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Try shutting off auto brightness. I think that May help with some of your rendering.
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Just looked at your video it its a rendering issue. Going to try and replicate it.
Not sure but check your launcher and see if it has and rendering options.. From your video it almost looks like frame tearing.
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Try shutting off auto brightness. I think that May help with some of your rendering.
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nope no options for that and auto-brightness being turned off doesnt do anything. Thanks for trying to help
Closest I can get is doing ##data# scrolling sideways.. I don't have any tearing but I do notice the text does dim a little when it is in motion but brightens back up once I stop..
Can't seem to fully replicate due to differences.. Post your phone info, ROM, launcher etc.
I am using 198_7 joker locked 4G ROM using the zeam launcher. I suppose more info about your phone would she's a little more light into diagnosing.
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Closest I can get is doing ##data# scrolling sideways.. I don't have any tearing but I do notice the text does dim a little when it is in motion but brightens back up once I stop..
Can't seem to fully replicate due to differences.. Post your phone info, ROM, launcher etc.
I am using 198_7 joker locked 4G ROM using the zeam launcher. I suppose more info about your phone would she's a little more light into diagnosing.
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well the launcher may also be an issue but it's the stock launcher and stock rom..no root etc. The tearing as you say happening all over the device when scrolling... it also did this on the droid x 2.. i think it's motorola and them not focusing on the smoothness even though quadrant scores well. My stats are below for the phone
happens to me, I would think it has something to do with battery life. the more you refresh the screen.......weak, but makes sense!
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There's definitely something weird there. That aint right.
One question is, your launcher has five icons but all the Photons I've seen have only four. Is that a setting somewhere that I've just never noticed or is that not stock?
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I see you're on 198_7. Can someone else on that build confirm this issue? It doesn't exist on 198_6. Maybe a bad flash or just not-quite-ready yet?
I have noticed this issue since day one but I think my eyes have just gotten used to it.
Ok, I made a thread about frame/graphics issues happen on 198_7. Since, I've switch back to stock 198_6 not one issue... I think I and you might just have gotten a bad download.....
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I was playing with GoLauncher EX today and got that exact scrolling issue.
Hes on the ICS build I believe thats why his launcher looks different, If he's not on ics he's using ics launcher. I'm using twicca as well and I know what you're talking about but I dont notice it much anymore. It has something to do with the pentile display as you can see it handles brights very well but black isn't its strong point. The galaxy phones handle black's better than any phone their screens produce deep rich black colors. Perfect example is to watch a scary movie on both phones like paranormal activity and you'll see how the photon sucks for dark scenes because of how the pentile displays its blacks.
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the photon has a great screen but amoled can't be beat black wise because it has no back light
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Hes on the ICS build I believe thats why his launcher looks different, If he's not on ics he's using ics launcher. I'm using twicca as well and I know what you're talking about but I dont notice it much anymore. It has something to do with the pentile display as you can see it handles brights very well but black isn't its strong point. The galaxy phones handle black's better than any phone their screens produce deep rich black colors. Perfect example is to watch a scary movie on both phones like paranormal activity and you'll see how the photon sucks for dark scenes because of how the pentile displays its blacks.
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Thanks all. I got rid of the photon and got the galaxy s 2 epic 4g tough back. Couldn't take it. Thanks again to all who replied.
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Thanks all. I got rid of the photon and got the galaxy s 2 epic 4g tough back. Couldn't take it. Thanks again to all who replied.
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Fail lol. Enjoy your terrible reception and weak dev support.
Ok I got my Gnote yesterday at BestBuy(upgraded from my skyrocket). When I got home to play with it it seemed to drag a$$ and was pretty choppy, almost like it was pushing it limits on memory or something. I restarted the phone but no help. Next I downloaded golauncher thinking it would help but no luck.
I’ve also noticed that whenever I select wallpaper it zooms all the way in on the pic (which looks like crap) and it doesn’t scroll. I’ve tried everything. Help me XDA
I hope there’s a simple fix for all these issues my phone is having. My skyrocket was flawless. Hell my infuse don’t seem too bad now.
Video quality isn’t that great either. What gives Samsung?????
I was able to get better wallpaper using zedge on the market. It doesnt zoom in like selecting from folder.
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Actually read other reviews before inferring that all notes have performance comparable to yours - mine is hardcore fast. No lag, no stutters, no nothing but performance. Download some appstore apps to monitor background processes and see if there is a rogue something running. That, or you may have a faulty device.
Coming from an Atrix, SGS2, Skyrocket, Droid Razr, and International Galaxy Note this is the smoothest phone I've ever owned. Only issue I have is getting calendar to sync with Google calendars.
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Ok I got my Gnote yesterday at BestBuy(upgraded from my skyrocket). When I got home to play with it it seemed to drag a$$ and was pretty choppy, almost like it was pushing it limits on memory or something. I restarted the phone but no help. Next I downloaded golauncher thinking it would help but no luck.
I’ve also noticed that whenever I select wallpaper it zooms all the way in on the pic (which looks like crap) and it doesn’t scroll. I’ve tried everything. Help me XDA
I hope there’s a simple fix for all these issues my phone is having. My skyrocket was flawless. Hell my infuse don’t seem too bad now.
Video quality isn’t that great either. What gives Samsung?????
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Mine is running the same way. Checking memory usage it is definitely pushing its limits. I'm at 557mb right now. Hoping it's just this rom and when we have development it'll improve.
Either way, I love this phone. I've had no issues with camera or video quality.
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Actually read other reviews before inferring that all notes have performance comparable to yours - mine is hardcore fast. No lag, no stutters, no nothing but performance. Download some appstore apps to monitor background processes and see if there is a rogue something running. That, or you may have a faulty device.
Coming from an Atrix, SGS2, Skyrocket, Droid Razr, and International Galaxy Note this is the smoothest phone I've ever owned. Only issue I have is getting calendar to sync with Google calendars.
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Well ACTUALLY I was only speaking of my note... If you took the time to read my post before rudley trying to correct me!!!
Also thank you for your help in this matter...
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Mine is running the same way. Checking memory usage it is definitely pushing its limits. I'm at 557mb right now. Hoping it's just this rom and when we have development it'll improve.
Either way, I love this phone. I've had no issues with camera or video quality.
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But how is it that we're the only 2 ppl with lag out of all the new notes that came out???
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Mine was lagging really bad as well... at least with the tw launcher. I dl go launcher with the ICS theme and its slightly faster but still lagging
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Are all of you closing down your background apps and/or running on power saver mode?
There is no reason you should be that laggy.
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I have not Seen any Lag Unless I Use a Launcher. othcr than that Seems to Be just as Smooth as my Skyrocket.
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Factory reset if laggy. There really should be no lag, go try another note and trade in. When i get mine next week, ill be sitting there all day making sure it responds well, if not ill argue. Edit: ok there may be a little but it can not be worse then my infuse lol.
Actually my note is kinda "laggy, sluggish, choppy" as well. I'm kind of a sad man right now, I still LOVE this thing but it's performance is not all that great at the moment for me.
Not entirely sure why either...I tried a few launcher none make it better and some make it worse.
grrr...
what kind of Lag. I have only Seen It while Using a Launcher. It actually Is JUST as Smooth as my Skyrocket when right next to it .
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Same here. very dissapointed. Its slower than my infuse, but then my infuse is running a custom rom.
Worst example by far is the market. load it up and scroll up and down, soooo choppy and laggy. starting to think I might have made a mistake not getting the international. I'm really surprized.
I'm sure once I overclock it and toss launcher pro on it I will be happier, I'm just really surprized that I have to do that.
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Same here. very dissapointed. Its slower than my infuse, but then my infuse is running a custom rom.
Worst example by far is the market. load it up and scroll up and down, soooo choppy and laggy. starting to think I might have made a mistake not getting the international. I'm really surprized.
I'm sure once I overclock it and toss launcher pro on it I will be happier, I'm just really surprized that I have to do that.
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Really strange. I am completely stock right now with all the bloat still installed, microbes live wallpaper, and I just tried this in the market and get no lag whatsoever.
I went to the AT&T store and the Note was laggy. I killed background tasks, eliminated widgets, removed bloatware... nothing
I really like the screen size + google maps navigation but I'm not good at rooting so I've gotta see if this lag stuff continues on stock before taking the plunge.
Hmm :/ I'll take a video of it tomorrow. All power saving options are off, nothing much running in the background. Maybe I should take it into an ATT store and compare it side by side to the ones on display.
I'm glad most others aren't having this problem, that means its something that can get fixed or replaced rather than just being an underpowered processor for the resolution of the screen.
Its a new device with a new processor... Its funny to me how much people are seriously complaining and stressing about "lag". You guys do know the international one had a bunch of "lag" when it came out right? Its a new device that will see updates to its system that help improve UI. **** if you arent willing to get your hands dirty and root/freeze apps/rom the thing, what are you doing on a developers site?? Its not the phones problem, its your unreasonable expectations. Ask international note owners from day 1 if they had "lag". How many *****y My PHONE IS LAGGING threads do we need? If you hate it and arent willing to go through the process of improving it yourself, return it and wait a few months.
Oh and have a nice day
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Factory reset if laggy. There really should be no lag, go try another note and trade in. When i get mine next week, ill be sitting there all day making sure it responds well, if not ill argue. Edit: ok there may be a little but it can not be worse then my infuse lol.
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I've just spent the last 24 hours trying to customize my gnote. now u say hard reset may fix my problem... has anyone tried this yet?
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Its a new device with a new processor... Its funny to me how much people are seriously complaining and stressing about "lag". You guys do know the international one had a bunch of "lag" when it came out right? Its a new device that will see updates to its system that help improve UI. **** if you arent willing to get your hands dirty and root/freeze apps/rom the thing, what are you doing on a developers site?? Its not the phones problem, its your unreasonable expectations. Ask international note owners from day 1 if they had "lag". How many *****y My PHONE IS LAGGING threads do we need? If you hate it and arent willing to go through the process of improving it yourself, return it and wait a few months.
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^Somebody needs to get laid STAT!
I'm absolutely willing to do all of that, and I will, but going from a captivate, to an infuse, to this, and having it be the slowest out of the box when the other two were single core just strikes me as not right. And with others stating that they don't have this issue, makes me think there must be something going on here. Before I mask the problem with the OC kernel and a new launcher I'd rather know that there isn't something wrong with my specific note.
Glad the lag doesn't bother you
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Its a new device with a new processor... Its funny to me how much people are seriously complaining and stressing about "lag". You guys do know the international one had a bunch of "lag" when it came out right? Its a new device that will see updates to its system that help improve UI. **** if you arent willing to get your hands dirty and root/freeze apps/rom the thing, what are you doing on a developers site?? Its not the phones problem, its your unreasonable expectations. Ask international note owners from day 1 if they had "lag". How many *****y My PHONE IS LAGGING threads do we need? If you hate it and arent willing to go through the process of improving it yourself, return it and wait a few months.
Oh and have a nice day
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just curious if anyone has noticed this with the amaze? ive noticed that with some apps, particularly with fonts while scrolling, i get screen ghosting. it usually doesnt happen when im watching a video or playing a game, but when im scrolling thru my homescreens (using golauncher) my widgets will ghost a bit. pure news widget does it pretty bad while im scrolling up and down and mclock will do it as im scrolling between homescreens. havent noticed it too much with sense widgets/apps, but admittedly i dont use the sense launcher. thoughts?
Yep, I have this too. It's the thing where the moving parts seem to blur when in motion right?
I have it too ANNOYS the hell out of me. Then I got used. But when I do pay attention to it its hard not to notice until I put it in my pocket for a while again.
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Yep, I have this too. It's the thing where the moving parts seem to blur when in motion right?
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Yup, that's it. Its weird because it doesn't happen with every app. I usually notice it the most with text on screen. The letters become a deeper shade of whatever color they are. Its like it blurs, then as soon as I stop scrolling, they look normal again.
It buggs me too. I sincerely hope that issue is fixed in a future update
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It buggs me too. I sincerely hope that issue is fixed in a future update
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from what i know of ghosting, it has to do with the screens refresh rate, so im not sure (correct me if im wrong) that a software update will fix it. the fact that i never heard of this while doing my research prior to getting this phone, leads me to believe a few things; nobody notices it, not that many people have the issue, or nobody cares. either way, htc wouldnt recognize it as an issue, thus no fix.
I thought this was normal lol. I hope this is fixable.
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Maybe it is software based, I just got an Amaze and I don't see any ghosting while in motion.
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Maybe it is software based, I just got an Amaze and I don't see any ghosting while in motion.
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stock rom does the same thing. if youve just gotten your phone, chances are you havent used it enough with a bunch of different apps to notice.
ive been doing a bit more research and have seen others notice the blur on different phones as well, some more noticeable than others. seems like there could be a few things that may cause this:
1. app is not optimized for qhd screen
2. anti-aliasing
3. bad screen
since in my experience i havent noticed it with every app (or maybe its less noticeable but still present), im leaning more towards number one. hopefully more people can chime in with their experience
I can't seem to replicate it and I use go launcher quite a bit. Maybe its just because I don't realize it?
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I can't seem to replicate it and I use go launcher quite a bit. Maybe its just because I don't realize it?
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what widgets do you have on your home screen?
Against my own advice of buying a Nexus I am about to buy a Dinc4G off contract and simply because I broke my Dinc2 screen two times in a row...
How is the Dinc4G? Any issues (software or hardware glitches)? I want to ensure that it is a good phone. I know it has great specs, but that is half the story. The other half is living with it (and I learned from my experience with the Droid X2 and Transformer prime)..
So any issues at all? Or is it smooth sailing?
EDIT: OMG! I bought the phone!
Now please god, let me make up some of that cash from the Dinc2 sale.
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Against my own advice of buying a Nexus I am about to buy a Dinc4G off contract and simply because I broke my Dinc2 screen two times in a row...
How is the Dinc4G? Any issues (software or hardware glitches)? I want to ensure that it is a good phone. I know it has great specs, but that is half the story. The other half is living with it (and I learned from my experience with the Droid X2 and Transformer prime)..
So any issues at all? Or is it smooth sailing?
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i would say smooth sailing, well the sdcard thingy, but the only problem i have had is waiting for root.
I like mine. It's noticeably faster than the Incredible 2. I bought a 64GB SDCard from Amazon for $44.
I think you'd like it. S off is coming. I liked the og Inc better than my Inc 2 and the 4g reminds me of the first incredible. And you already know the devs are good ones.
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One thing is my first 4g had about 10 dead pixels so I got a new one. The new one has some of the back light bleeding from the bottom bezel though but that's nbd to me
the form factor is closer to the og inc than inc2 (though not *That* different)
i have no complaints with mine, and plan on keeping it for a long time...even when the dlx/dna launches (ill just swap sims when i want use one or the other)
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Hold on a sec! You said what now about SD cards? I guess it shouldn't be major issue but I'd like to hear moar!
I am about to finalize the deal and I don't wanna over think this. Yes, I was an idiot to drop my Dinc2 and crack the screen for a second time, and it cracked easily since I probably didn't install it properly first time around. And yes, it is gonna be expensive to go off contract, but anywho... i hope the resale value for the Dinc4G is good ones my upgrade comes around.... :/
Man, do I know how to waste good money . Anyway gang, I will shortly join you and we can continue our crusade of the missing OTA update for Key Lime Pie... (4.2, I guess, ain't it!)
Welcome back to the land of Dix! Thanks all! I hope I don't mess up my future phones like this... It is only after you drop and break a phone you realize that you have to treat these devices like babies... Don't Drop Them!
Personally, I like mine but the build quality has been questionable. I took my first one back after a day of use because the screen was discolored, used the next one for about a month with a creaky battery cover before a crack started forming at the headphone jack, and finally the one I have now seems acceptable. The only design annoyances I've found are that the camera lens clicks as it focuses (bad for video) and the buttons don't have much feedback. Reception could be better, but it generally works fine.
Other than that, good software, good screen, good battery life.
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litetaker said:
Hold on a sec! You said what now about SD cards? I guess it shouldn't be major issue but I'd like to hear moar!
I am about to finalize the deal and I don't wanna over think this. Yes, I was an idiot to drop my Dinc2 and crack the screen for a second time, and it cracked easily since I probably didn't install it properly first time around. And yes, it is gonna be expensive to go off contract, but anywho... i hope the resale value for the Dinc4G is good ones my upgrade comes around.... :/
Man, do I know how to waste good money . Anyway gang, I will shortly join you and we can continue our crusade of the missing OTA update for Key Lime Pie... (4.2, I guess, ain't it!)
Welcome back to the land of Dix! Thanks all! I hope I don't mess up my future phones like this... It is only after you drop and break a phone you realize that you have to treat these devices like babies... Don't Drop Them!
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the sdcard issue is the internal sd, will not let you transfer apps to the extsd, but root might cure that, not sure. i think all the new phones have this issue as well.
SpyderPride said:
Personally, I like mine but the build quality has been questionable. I took my first one back after a day of use because the screen was discolored...
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This. Check out the original thread about the issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754248
I swapped out my DInc4G twice with Best Buy because of the screen discoloration issue. The last phone I received from Best Buy had the same issue and HTC was kind enough to exchange my phone for a new one. I'm currently on my third DInc4G. All was fine until a month ago when the screen discoloration appeared on my current phone. I may contact HTC again but I've been busy and don't feel like going through the hassle of setting up my phone again.
I haven't experienced any other issues with the phone. The battery life is great compared to my OG DInc, and once we get s-off, it will be an even better phone.
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dbrits said:
This. Check out the original thread about the issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754248
I swapped out my DInc4G twice with Best Buy because of the screen discoloration issue. The last phone I received from Best Buy had the same issue and HTC was kind enough to exchange my phone for a new one. I'm currently on my third DInc4G. All was fine until a month ago when the screen discoloration appeared on my current phone. I may contact HTC again but I've been busy and don't feel like going through the hassle of setting up my phone again.
I haven't experienced any other issues with the phone. The battery life is great compared to my OG DInc, and once we get s-off, it will be an even better phone.
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Haha, damn. I just bought it. Anyway, sounds like the screen discoloration issue is primarily due to the glue not having fully cured and all? And I was guessing this has solid build quality. Well, you always have a few bad ones, but I wonder if I activate a Dinc4G on my line and I have issues down the road, can I do a Certified replacement from Verizon?
Aldo101t said:
the sdcard issue is the internal sd, will not let you transfer apps to the extsd, but root might cure that, not sure. i think all the new phones have this issue as well.
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That is an ICS issue, not specific to this phone. I'm hopeful there is a fix once rooted.
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No probs with mine and I've had it for a few months now. Accessories are quite limited. Other than that, it's a great phone.
But I like the Rezound a little better. The email implementation feature wise isn't as good on the DINC 4G but it works well.
Enjoy your new toy! Now go get yourself a case!
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Nyobie said:
No probs with mine and I've had it for a few months now. Accessories are quite limited. Other than that, it's a great phone.
But I like the Rezound a little better. The email implementation feature wise isn't as good on the DINC 4G but it works well.
Enjoy your new toy! Now go get yourself a case!
Sent from my HTC Rezound, rooted with S-OFF on Verizon's periodically blazing fast and mostly reliable 4G LTE Network
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Loved my rez too sans the terrible battery life. Anybody know if we are slated to get jb?
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brycekerr said:
Loved my rez too sans the terrible battery life. Anybody know if we are slated to get jb?
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Welcome aboard! The otter box defender looks cool and doesn't blur the screen to badly
Linch89 said:
Welcome aboard! The otter box defender looks cool and doesn't blur the screen to badly
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Unrelated question, but performance wise is the Dinc4G better than the Gnex? Just curious, as I bought this over the Gnex as it has newer processor etc.
litetaker said:
Unrelated question, but performance wise is the Dinc4G better than the Gnex? Just curious, as I bought this over the Gnex as it has newer processor etc.
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Yes
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Yes
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I currently own both and my gnex running jb smokes my dinc, but time will tell if that stays the case as development for this device...well....develops
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I've had mine for a week and I am extremely happy with it in every way. I was surprised too cause I like it a hell of alot more than I thought I would I hesitated in buying it but now love it. I guess you could say I am tickled to ****ing death.
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prairiedogn said:
I've had mine for a week and I am extremely happy with it in every way. I was surprised too cause I like it a hell of alot more than I thought I would I hesitated in buying it but now love it. I guess you could say I am tickled to ****ing death.
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YEAH! I just got mine and already very happy. The 4G is the first thing to blow my mind! It is better than the WiFi speed I get at my room (though right next to the router, I should get exceptional WiFi)!
Now, get me up to speed, y'all! Is it okay to update to the latest OTA? And do we have root? Or should I just wait till the S-OFF rather than root it now? :cyclops: :fingers-crossed:
Cheers!
litetaker said:
YEAH! I just got mine and already very happy. The 4G is the first thing to blow my mind! It is better than the WiFi speed I get at my room (though right next to the router, I should get exceptional WiFi)!
Now, get me up to speed, y'all! Is it okay to update to the latest OTA? And do we have root? Or should I just wait till the S-OFF rather than root it now? :cyclops: :fingers-crossed:
Cheers!
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well, we are waiting on a s-off exploit, yes you need the new ota to run the exploit. i would wait for that if i were you, but i don't know how long it will be before it's released. that's about it.