So I got the ruby today...just a little feedback.
I upgraded from the Glacier, and I was running the darkside 1.5 ROM with sense 3.5. And to be honest, I liked the Glacier better. The Amaze is just like an over grown Glacier and is a bit laggy. They changed the charge port, and at the bottom of the screen where the touch buttons are, it glows white on the screen, say like inside of settings where the backscreen is black. I'll Give more info with the more I use it. So far wish I would of kept the Glacier. Nice Camera and screen though, besides the 'white' issue.
You really might have a defective unit then because in the week I've been using mine I haven't caught even a moment of lag. This is by far the quickest and snappiest phone I've ever used.
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Just giving my opinion. Doubt its defective.
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Just giving my opinion. Doubt its defective.
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Well pretty much any brand new phone with a dual core 1.5 ghz processor should not be lagging at all. Definitely not more than something as outdated as the mt4g.
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So I got the ruby today...just a little feedback.
I upgraded from the Glacier, and I was running the darkside 1.5 ROM with sense 3.5. And to be honest, I liked the Glacier better. The Amaze is just like an over grown Glacier and is a bit laggy. They changed the charge port, and at the bottom of the screen where the touch buttons are, it glows white on the screen, say like inside of settings where the backscreen is black. I'll Give more info with the more I use it. So far wish I would of kept the Glacier. Nice Camera and screen though, besides the 'white' issue.
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Exact same with mine. I'm so disappointed. I was looking so forward to this phone. I took the first one back thinking it was a fluke. Second one was the same. Even the display unit had it. The girl who was helping me thought I was crazy until I showed her by blocking the light with my hand. On any black screen when the buttons are lit, it bleeds up into the main screen. I went through three of them, and then gave up, and just got my money back. I want this phone, but I hope HTC fixes that first.
I have the lights at the bottom of the screen issue also. Looks pretty crappy sometimes
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Oh and all of them did have a bit lag too. Here I thought it was such an upgrade from all my current phones (Nexus One, Desire HD, Defy), but really I'm back on the Desire HD, and loving it.
Can someone post a picture or video of the white issue?
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I would also like to see this as I am in less than an hour headed to pick this thing up....
I'm pretty suprised because mine is flawless. No screen issues, dust, lag or anything else like that and I'm coming from a sensation. This phone is everything I hoped it would be and I have no complaints. If anything I would expect kind to have more of the issues as it is a store demo model so probably one of the earliest manufactured.
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A little late for you, TurboBoxer, but it does look like the light from the buttons at the bottom isn't well-blocked from the screen. I took some pictures with my Nexus S, but I can't post an actual link because I'm new. You can see the bleeding light at the bottom, though. Here's a link to the album:
http://plus.google.com/photos/105505315440794373505/albums/5662786129509465969
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A little late for you, TurboBoxer, but it does look like the light from the buttons at the bottom isn't well-blocked from the screen. I took some pictures with my Nexus S, but I can't post an actual link because I'm new. You can see the bleeding light at the bottom, though. Here's a non-active link you can copy/paste, the album should be public:
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Yep. That's it. I think HTC needs to fix this in manufacturing now, and do a recall for the ones out now. This is not something I will tolerate when I pay $600 off contract.
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Yep. That's it. I think HTC needs to fix this in manufacturing now, and do a recall for the ones out now. This is not something I will tolerate when I pay $600 off contract.
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Agreed. It's pretty noticeable, and while it doesn't bug me that much, it shouldn't be happening. My Nexus S has similar buttons/lighting at the bottom, with absolutely zero light bleed. It'd be nice if I could exchange this guy for one that doesn't bleed.
Edit: Added comparison shots of my Nexus S to the album (not) linked above.
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Yep. That's it. I think HTC needs to fix this in manufacturing now, and do a recall for the ones out now. This is not something I will tolerate when I pay $600 off contract.
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You'll pay 600 dollars for a phone off contract? Are you on pills? I paid just over that for my computer. I thought they made phones off contract that expensive so people don't try to buy them.
Not necessary everyone buys phone on contract, majority in US buys I know... some people have money to buy off contract prices, some like trying new phones so they sell their existing phone, add some money and buy the new one off contract. Also there are lots of countries where phones are not sold subsidized.
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I'm pretty suprised because mine is flawless. No screen issues, dust, lag or anything else like that and I'm coming from a sensation. This phone is everything I hoped it would be and I have no complaints. If anything I would expect kind to have more of the issues as it is a store demo model so probably one of the earliest manufactured.
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i completely agree, i thought it would be hard to notice any improvement from the sensation, but, i must say, its like night and day, and we havent even ROM'd it out and tweaked the kernel yet... this phone is gonna be amazing... well, MORE amazing... lmao
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Not necessary everyone buys phone on contract, majority in US buys I know... some people have money to buy off contract prices, some like trying new phones so they sell their existing phone, add some money and buy the new one off contract. Also there are lots of countries where phones are not sold subsidized.
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I've done that a lot. Buy latest phone with upgrade (~200)....6 months later, sell on ebay for 375-400. Get newest phone off contract and pay difference (~200)...as long as you stay on top of the latest and greatest its not hard to essentially get each phone at upgrade pricing when you factor in the sale of the previous phone.
I went from 9800 bold > HD2 > aria> captivate > streak 5 > atrix > amaze and have never paid more than 100 out of pocket for the next phone
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I've done that a lot. Buy latest phone with upgrade (~200)....6 months later, sell on ebay for 375-400. Get newest phone off contract and pay difference (~200)...as long as you stay on top of the latest and greatest its not hard to essentially get each phone at upgrade pricing when you factor in the sale of the previous phone.
I went from 9800 bold > HD2 > aria> captivate > streak 5 > atrix > amaze and have never paid more than 100 out of pocket for the next phone
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When do you have to sell it buy before the resale value goes down?
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When do you have to sell it buy before the resale value goes down?
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at least for me, i always have tried to sell it just as the newest one i want comes out. Its typically within 6-8 months of the release of the original device. Sometimes i'll just peruse ebay and see the prices, and then when i notice they start to go down i'll see what phones are out at that time so i get out of my current device before taking too great of a hit.
for example, the girl and I just sold her droid 2 for 200 bucks and my atrix for 280 on craigslist in one day, and since our contracts were up we went to tmobile and got these for little out of pocket since it was a new contract
I paid for mine cash, and to be honest....worst investment ever. Im not happy with the battery life, the screen issue, speaker is mediocre, my old hd2 was alot better than this phone. Its not about outdated, its about a good sturdy practical device.
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I spent about an hour tonight checking out the Amaze at my local tmo store and I was impressed with the feel and build quality. I compared it to the Samsung and while it's display was nice the rest of the phone left me wanting, the default dpi is way off (I'm not legally blind) and the UI was lacking as well. On the other hand Sense was not as bad as I thought it would be, I can feel ok knowing that HTC has stated that ICS will be released for my phone, where on the other hand Samsung has a poor track record on updates comparatively. The kicker is I can pick it up for 99 bucks through our corporate rep with no activation and a 10% discount on the monthly. Bye bye Optimus-T, hello Amaze 4G.
Also hoping for s-off soon which should allow for more ROMs.
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I spent about an hour tonight checking out the Amaze at my local tmo store and I was impressed with the feel and build quality. I compared it to the Samsung and while it's display was nice the rest of the phone left me wanting, the default dpi is way off (I'm not legally blind) and the UI was lacking as well. On the other hand Sense was not as bad as I thought it would be, I can feel ok knowing that HTC has stated that ICS will be released for my phone, where on the other hand Samsung has a poor track record on updates comparatively. The kicker is I can pick it up for 99 bucks through our corporate rep with no activation and a 10% discount on the monthly. Bye bye Optimus-T, hello Amaze 4G.
Also hoping for s-off soon which should allow for more ROMs.
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That is a very big trade up, hope you are enjoying your Amaze as much as the rest of us
Good choice.
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I spent about an hour tonight checking out the Amaze at my local tmo store and I was impressed with the feel and build quality. I compared it to the Samsung and while it's display was nice the rest of the phone left me wanting, the default dpi is way off (I'm not legally blind) and the UI was lacking as well. On the other hand Sense was not as bad as I thought it would be, I can feel ok knowing that HTC has stated that ICS will be released for my phone, where on the other hand Samsung has a poor track record on updates comparatively. The kicker is I can pick it up for 99 bucks through our corporate rep with no activation and a 10% discount on the monthly. Bye bye Optimus-T, hello Amaze 4G.
Also hoping for s-off soon which should allow for more ROMs.
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You don't actually need S-Off.
You can flash any rom available for the Amaze 4G.
The only problem is that you may have to manually flash the kernel (boot.img) file.
Has anyone noticed any screen bleed from the capacitive buttons? I bought a slightly used one from the market to use on attand it has horrible screen bleed.
I wish I could send it in to htc for a replacement but I don't think they would allow it. Other than that the phone is basically new. It's a shame but guess I'll either keep it as a backup to my vivid or sell or trade it.
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Has anyone noticed any screen bleed from the capacitive buttons? I bought a slightly used one from the market to use on attand it has horrible screen bleed.
I wish I could send it in to htc for a replacement but I don't think they would allow it. Other than that the phone is basically new. It's a shame but guess I'll either keep it as a backup to my vivid or sell or trade it.
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Very well known already.
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Has anyone noticed any screen bleed from the capacitive buttons? I bought a slightly used one from the market to use on attand it has horrible screen bleed.
I wish I could send it in to htc for a replacement but I don't think they would allow it. Other than that the phone is basically new. It's a shame but guess I'll either keep it as a backup to my vivid or sell or trade it.
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Use screen filter app.
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Use screen filter app.
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Interesting.. SO the bleed comes from those buttons. Maybe HTC will release a patch to dim them a little. I have the Evo 3 and there is no screen bleed.
Htc makes really solid devices and ive been really happy with what ive seen but.. dunno how to say this
Htc make amazing devices and probably the best but they always have a flaw. Ive had:
touch pro 2- overall not that gr8
Nexus one - screen multitouch problem
Htc hd 2 - screen broke easily (atleast for me cuz i broke 3)
Htc mytouch 4g - actually that was the best phone as far as build quality ive seen (of all time)
Htc sensation - dust bunnies all over ...well everything to be honest
And now screen bleed from the buttons.
Maybe we should write a letter to htc and tell them to check their phones one more time before selling them.
Dont get me wrong regardless of those issues i still think that Htc makes the best phones.
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Htc makes really solid devices and ive been really happy with what ive seen but.. dunno how to say this
Htc make amazing devices and probably the best but they always have a flaw. Ive had:
touch pro 2- overall not that gr8
Nexus one - screen multitouch problem
Htc hd 2 - screen broke easily (atleast for me cuz i broke 3)
Htc mytouch 4g - actually that was the best phone as far as build quality ive seen (of all time)
Htc sensation - dust bunnies all over ...well everything to be honest
And now screen bleed from the buttons.
Maybe we should write a letter to htc and tell them to check their phones one more time before selling them.
Dont get me wrong regardless of those issues i still think that Htc makes the best phones.
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I'll take screen bleed over lack of long term support software-wise.
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I'll take screen bleed over lack of long term support software-wise.
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Really you paid good money for this phone and would take 1 issue over another. It's people like you that encourage these OEM to not gave a damn about quality control . But HTC insist on pushing a multitude of devices every month trust me quality control is the last thing on their mind if it's even there to began with. Didn't mean to come out rude.
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Really you paid good money for this phone and would take 1 issue over another. It's people like you that encourage these OEM to not gave a damn about quality control . But HTC insist on pushing a multitude of devices every month trust me quality control is the last thing on their mind if it's even there to began with. Didn't mean to come out rude.
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I wouldn't even call this screen bleed. The light comes from those buttons and not the lcd screen itself. I am sure it can be solved if they lower the brightness but either way it doesn't bother me. Disable the button light and you wouldn't see it.
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I wouldn't even call this screen bleed. The light comes from those buttons and not the lcd screen itself. I am sure it can be solved if they lower the brightness but either way it doesn't bother me. Disable the button light and you wouldn't see it.
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Yea I notice that too, plus my friend has actual light leakage around corners of the screen.
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Really you paid good money for this phone and would take 1 issue over another. It's people like you that encourage these OEM to not gave a damn about quality control . But HTC insist on pushing a multitude of devices every month trust me quality control is the last thing on their mind if it's even there to began with. Didn't mean to come out rude.
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Hate to shatter your tiny rose-colored world, but nothing in life is perfect. No matter how much you spend on something, it inherently has flaws [see:luxury items]. Find me one (1) perfect, tangible, man-made object that will get physical use, and I will buy you a rock to throw through the walls of a glass house.
Just one.
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Hate to shatter your tiny rose-colored world, but nothing in life is perfect. No matter how much you spend on something, it inherently has flaws [see:luxury items]. Find me one (1) perfect, tangible, man-made object that will get physical use, and I will buy you a rock to throw through the walls of a glass house.
Just one.
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"That will do" is your moto i asume? Next time you are spending 500 bucks think about it.
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"That will do" is your moto i asume? Next time you are spending 500 bucks think about it.
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Again, find me something perfect--you can't. TBBH, it is just a phone--$500 is a lot of money to you? I'd hate to think of the hell you will raise once you can afford to spend $180k for a house, and it doesn't wipe your @ss for you.
And yes, life is about settling for the things that make you happy, as well as get a job done.
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Again, find me something perfect--you can't. TBBH, it is just a phone--$500 is a lot of money to you? I'd hate to think of the hell you will raise once you can afford to spend $180k for a house, and it doesn't wipe your @ss for you.
And yes, life is about settling for the things that make you happy, as well as get a job done.
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I think this phone is the best built i have ever had, and thats coming from two moto devices. I love this phone!
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Again, find me something perfect--you can't. TBBH, it is just a phone--$500 is a lot of money to you? I'd hate to think of the hell you will raise once you can afford to spend $180k for a house, and it doesn't wipe your @ss for you.
And yes, life is about settling for the things that make you happy, as well as get a job done.
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Really?? Thats your example? No i would not expect my house to whipe my @ss but i would like it to have windows... And regardless of how much money you make 500 bucks means something.
Htc/Samsung/Motorola make really good phones and we pay a good amout of money for them but lately the have been halfassing on the quality control and thats not good. We have to tell them to fix it because we are the final consumer.
Im pretty sure that if there was no screen bleed we wouldve found something else to be unsatisfied about but this is xda. We are here to improve the user experience and in order to do that we cant think like you.
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So.....
Back to the reason I started this thread, After 4 days with my Amaze I have to say I love it, my Optimus-T feels like a toy in comparison now. I do however notice the bleed from the capacitive buttons and would like to be able to set a time out regardless of lighting situation, which would take care of any real complaints since you would most likely only notice it while viewing some sort of media.
I needed a replacement device due to heating and finally my third device is spot on except it had pink keys... grrrrrr.. what's the general consensus, should I deal with it or ask for yet another one?
Took me three tries this week. They also have warranty replacements that are new. They get them from htc to build stock when phone initialy released. It's not new in a box but its new. Way to tell is ##778# call, then press view then display. Look at life counter, it never resets even after ruu, wipe, etc.
First two I got had 100+ hrs usage, my third was a new one. No usage perfect keys
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Took me three tries this week. They also have warranty replacements that are new. They get them from htc to build stock when phone initialy released. It's not new in a box but its new. Way to tell is ##778# call, then press view then display. Look at life counter, it never resets even after ruu, wipe, etc.
First two I got had 100+ hrs usage, my third was a new one. No usage perfect keys
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Both of the replacements are new but the one with perfect keys overheats batteries on a dangerous level. This one just has fugly keys... like really really pink, almost white pink. Think it's worth harassing them again? I'm slightly worried they will stop sending me phones.
They won't stop sending you phones (I've never reached that point) I went through 4 Rezounds for dead pixels. My keys were a bit pink, and I didn't want to deal with it again. Just think of it as you're not afraid to show your feminine side . Seriously if the phone isn't over heating at all, just deal with it. if it bothers you that much you can open the phone and use a red sharpie on the leds. Or if you know how to do it, you can remove the white leds and add red ones. Just search it and the thread will pop up.
Personally for the money I'd bug em until I get one that works. Mine is red with no temp issues so they do exist.
Eventually they will start offering other phones. Many have gone from the rezound to the gnex or vice.versa that way.
I would be completely happy with a great piece of hardware that had slightly pinkish buttons. As android hobbyists, we require better hardware for a few reasons. One reason is because we know enough to notice imperfections. The other is we are pushing them harder to utilize such powerful hardware. If you have a perfectly running phone that you're happy with performance wise, I would rather keep that than trade in the device for something with a bigger imperfection such as overheating.
As a sidenote I noticed the capacitive buttons were extremely bright. When I changed the capacitive button lighting from bright mode to dim mode they didn't only look better when turned down, they looked very red and lost the slight pinkish tone.
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I don't get why anyone cares about pink keys. It's such a non-issue that I didn't really understand what people were talking about when they said they were sending their phones back for it.
i really think you people are ridiculous for sending a phone in just bc the buttons are pink...
I don't. I would absolutely tell them your keys are pink and you bought a phone that's supposed to have red ones... If the keys are defective. I wonder what else would be.
I paid full price for mine... My first was (i thought was messed up and so did the reps) good, this one is the 2nd I've had and its perfect (it was also brand new).
I was in the store and over heard them telling someone that they might be charged for a defect because they had sent in two before (not this phone, I think it was the nex). I just thought to myself. I'd send a million in until they get it right for the price I paid for this thing. It's ridiculous for anyone to think they have to accept defective devices they spent 800 dollars on. Now if it was given to me i wouldn't care in the slightest.
Maybe HTC will make the next one better because they get so many exchanges.
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Id ask for a new rezound, not refurbished. It just depends on what rep you speak to. They actually are offering me a razr maxx becuase of the battery issues ive been having. My first rezound too. Just be firm but polite as well.
I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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they most certainly will offer you a gnexus or a razr maxx as they did for me tonight. don't know if im going to take it but still.
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they most certainly will offer you a gnexus or a razr maxx as they did for me tonight. don't know if im going to take it but still.
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I'm going to wait for official ics to see if it corrects some of the issues. If not I'm probably going to the nexus no matter how much I'll regret it.
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I'm going to wait for official ics to see if it corrects some of the issues. If not I'm probably going to the nexus no matter how much I'll regret it.
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yeah verizon corp is sending me a gnexus as a replacement for my rezound, they didn't say if it's the 32gb or 16gb model. they offered me a maxx but i passed because of the locked bootloader and no removable battery.
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i really think you people are ridiculous for sending a phone in just bc the buttons are pink...
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I'd have to agree.
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I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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That's my exact track as well lol. Keep getting refurbs leading to new devices. I'm not sure if I would want anything else honestly, I meant the galaxy nexus has MIUI and CM9 but the hardware on the rezound is so much nicer >.< Also it ended up having a bad front speaker and I couldn't make phone calls. New device is here with a life of 316 and time of 16 hours lol. I couldn't live with a lesser camera after being spoiled by this one.
I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Same here.
Andro X said:
I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Yeah... I didn't think anything could get worse than my Droid charge.... I was proven wrong.
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If your battery life is that bad, you are doing something wrong
Ok I think I have lit pixel. When I lower the notification bar over the home screen I get bright white lit pixel on the lower right of the screen. It's only noticeable when I lower the notification bar and not on any other black screen. Anyone with this problem?
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I have single green pixel here. Like you, it only appears against a dark background and it's located in the bottom-right corner. Best Buy didn't have any extra units for replacement but assured me that next week I'd receive a replacement if I just brought it back in. My OCD has kicked in though and it's bothering me more each time I see it!
Yeah I have a dead or lit pixel. Its white on a black back ground My Best Buy had extras that they couldn't sell but I'm guessing they could do a exchange so I'm not that bummed out.
Looks like HTC did a good job of this not being a big problem, base on the lack of dead pixel threads.
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Yeah I have a dead or lit pixel. Its white on a black back ground My Best Buy had extras that they couldn't sell but I'm guessing they could do a exchange so I'm not that bummed out.
Looks like HTC did a good job of this not being a big problem, base on the lack of dead pixel threads.
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Thank you Best Buy Salem NH for the painless exchange of my dead pixel LTE for a flawless one.
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Yeah I have a dead or lit pixel. Its white on a black back ground My Best Buy had extras that they couldn't sell but I'm guessing they could do a exchange so I'm not that bummed out.
Looks like HTC did a good job of this not being a big problem, base on the lack of dead pixel threads.
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are you kidding me!! for the past two weeks ive been trying to get a flawless phone ive been to 4 sprint stores, all the evos id seen had dead pixels, so i dont know what are you talking about, i am really frustrated with this phone and htc for using cheap screens on this device, I bet most of you do have a dead pixel, download the detect dead pixel app and youll see
Wow... maybe its just me. But I think exchanging a $600 for a dead pixel is a little too excessive... I have 1 dead pixel near the bottom, but it doesn't really bug me that much. It's gives it some personality =D
Dead pixels have been a problem with LCD technology since the beginning and these screens HTC are using are anything but cheap quality. This is simply a recurring issue with LCD's in general.
I'm not saying you have to deal with it or that you need to stop being so picky. Hopefully you find the perfect phone.
And FYI I don't have a single stuck or dead pixel and I bought this phone off of Craigs list. It was a roll of the dice and I got a perfect defectless phone.
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are you kidding me!! for the past two weeks ive been trying to get a flawless phone ive been to 4 sprint stores, all the evos id seen had dead pixels, so i dont know what are you talking about, i am really frustrated with this phone and htc for using cheap screens on this device, I bet most of you do have a dead pixel, download the detect dead pixel app and youll see
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Dude first of all you revived a old thread. When i made that comment i seemed to be the only one with a dead pixel. Of course fast forward a few weeks and things have changed.
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Dude first of all you revived a old thread. When i made that comment i seemed to be the only one with a dead pixel. Of course fast forward a few weeks and things have changed.
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lets make this positive...At least we now know someone actually does search before starting a new thread....
I haven't noticed any dead pixels on this phone yet.... But in had one on my Evo 3d and it was annoying when I had black backgrounds.. Or watching YouTube videos.
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lets make this positive...At least we now know someone actually does search before starting a new thread....
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OK, that made me laugh. Nice outlook ;p
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lets make this positive...At least we now know someone actually does search before starting a new thread....
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you're right I should of given credit for that.
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ive had dead pixels on lcds and phones before, over time they do come back to life.
pointless taking it back unless theres a cluster of dead pixels in one spot.
I am on my third Lte because of dead pixels. The sprint store didn't like me when I came in to replace the replacement because of the same exact problem. I told the salesman that I had paid full price and I would not stand for a defective product. I told him look at it this way, would you buy a brand new car with a dent in the door without them fixing it before you signed the papers? I think not. People should not stand for anything less than a perfect phone when it is brand new. If HTC and Sprint had better quality control then I wouldn't have had to return 2 phones.
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bighuta said:
Wow... maybe its just me. But I think exchanging a $600 for a dead pixel is a little too excessive... I have 1 dead pixel near the bottom, but it doesn't really bug me that much. It's gives it some personality =D
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I had a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen. I thought I could live with it until I tried watching a movie. It looked like a baseball floating in the middle of the screen. If I am renewing my contract and buying a $600 phone, it better damn well be perfect. There is no reason to accept a phone with a manufacturer defect if it bothers you, regardless how small.
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I am on my third Lte because of dead pixels. The sprint store didn't like me when I came in to replace the replacement because of the same exact problem. I told the salesman that I had paid full price and I would not stand for a defective product. I told him look at it this way, would you buy a brand new car with a dent in the door without them fixing it before you signed the papers? I think not. People should not stand for anything less than a perfect phone when it is brand new. If HTC and Sprint had better quality control then I wouldn't have had to return 2 phones.
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While this is a good point tv would have been better seeing how people buy cars all the time with defects in them sometimes a ton or very serious defects lol.
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Robert542 said:
I am on my third Lte because of dead pixels. The sprint store didn't like me when I came in to replace the replacement because of the same exact problem. I told the salesman that I had paid full price and I would not stand for a defective product. I told him look at it this way, would you buy a brand new car with a dent in the door without them fixing it before you signed the papers? I think not. People should not stand for anything less than a perfect phone when it is brand new. If HTC and Sprint had better quality control then I wouldn't have had to return 2 phones.
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yeah you are very right we deserve premium quality for our money, thats why i wont accept a single dead pixel on my screen , i will keep returning the phones until i find one without it, but i have almost given up, since i have been in all store around my area, checked 14 phones all of them with dead pixels, maybe im just lucky lol. damn i hate my luck
Yeah I see the dead pixel in the lower right now as well. Who made this thread? There about to get a beaten hahaha
I'm j/p, it not bad at all tho. But over time they def can get worse. But till then, it doesn't bother me. And I'm a nutt case when it comes to my phone
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCiZ7EGGvjQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I made a dead pixel video of my Tegra 3 version. Soon as I get some views/comments, I.e. some leverage against HTC, I'll try to ask for a replacement. If not then I'll settle for a repair. Hope this works
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http://wp.me/2uu9r
-sigh- almost 4 weeks of ownership and already having an issue. I just noticed these 2 highly visible white dots (to the left) just above of the capacitive buttons on my lcd. Only visible on white background though but i call tmo and instructed me to get to a local store so they can have one of the reps to look at it before replacement (awesome). I'll take a pic of it later prior to visiting the store.
sorry for the image quality but here it is. I tried taking a few shots of and this happened to be the best shot. What do you guys think caused this?
i dont see it. use ms paint to circle them with red. i seriously dont see anything
I can see them. They look a bit like glares. I never seen this before. Hope you can get this replaced somehow.
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Would love to be updated on the progress of this
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ooooooohhhhhhhhhh i see this now. my friend has a large spot like this on his Evo 3d. comes from too much pressure being put there on the screen. at some point that part of the screen got pushed very hard.
Mine has the same issue! And this is one that I got via warranty exchange >_> There's no way in hell I'm paying another $10 for a warranty exchange, though.
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i dont see it. use ms paint to circle them with red. i seriously dont see anything
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yeah its those 2 highly visible glares or dot when you look really close to it.. i've taken it using my digital camera (which obviously takes crappy image btw) and although it may be hard to see by others on the monitor - it is really visible in person. I'm still a little confused as to how this developed.
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ooooooohhhhhhhhhh i see this now. my friend has a large spot like this on his Evo 3d. comes from too much pressure being put there on the screen. at some point that part of the screen got pushed very hard.
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i see - well sometimes i would place my phone right next to me while i sleep because i use it as an alarm clock and maybe perhaps i've rolled over it overnight???.. -shrugs- .. but come'on man i'm not that heavy..... lol
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Would love to be updated on the progress of this
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it's been taken care of and the replacement device is on its way... thankfully it was still covered by warranty. Not sure why it wouldn't be since i just got the phone 4 weeks ago lol
which leads me to my next question.... In regards to warranty that is. Is it worth it to add a PHP (Premium Handset Protection) bundle? I mean, i remember when it used to be $5.99 (i believe) and i just noticed after ordering a replacement device - Tmo added that feature on my plan. Current cost is $7.99 which is still not bad but is it really worth it shelling out 8 bucks for something that can be prevented? I'm pretty anal when it comes to protecting my device (thanks to protective TPU case) and i hardly drop it by accident. However, "****" does happen to anyone when you least expect it. What do you guys think?
It can be worth it in case something happens like theft or out of warranty. But generally they offer you crap and try to say it's comparable.
Did they say you still have option for insurance? Generally unless you get it when the phone was new you can't add it on later
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It can be worth it in case something happens like theft or out of warranty. But generally they offer you crap and try to say it's comparable.
Did they say you still have option for insurance? Generally unless you get it when the phone was new you can't add it on later
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That's what i'm thinking but no, the rep never said anything or made any suggestions as far as adding it on my plan. I check my account frequently and that was the only time i discovered that it was added the day the replacement transaction was made. However, she did mention that even though my device was still covered by warranty, i was charged with $20 for device exchange since i didn't have the PHP feature added to my plan versus $5 bucks if i had it. -shrugs- eh its whatever. Atleast i know i'll have a brand spanking new device in a couple of days and HOPEFULLY.. yes.. hopefully... the annoying screen bleed on the bottom (normal build issue) with the device won't have it. lol
i just started a 2 year with tmobile and got the amaze for free. im wondering if this was a bad idea. i dont like the one phone because it lacks a dedicated camera button and some other stuff I dont like about it (its too thin actually). worst case I cancel for 200 and use this phone on straight talk until a better phone comes out I can start a new 2 year with.
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i just started a 2 year with tmobile and got the amaze for free. im wondering if this was a bad idea. i dont like the one phone because it lacks a dedicated camera button and some other stuff I dont like about it (its too thin actually). worst case I cancel for 200 and use this phone on straight talk until a better phone comes out I can start a new 2 year with.
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that's a good point too... I too recently just switched from Individual plan to family plan (even though I'm the only one who's truly going to be using both devices) because i wanted this device (amaze) ever since its debut. Not a fan of One series either because of.. well.. a few things that i've come to expect on a high end device which lacks of... availability to expand storage, option to pull battery, dedicated cam shutter. To stay on point - isn't there a policy or something that after you cancelled your service there's a 1-3 month waiting period again before you can sign up???.. -shrugs-
Not by my own choice...
I had posted some time ago about thsi Proximity Sensor issue, where I had to have the speaker of the phone basically behind my ear for the screen to stay off. Well I spoke to Verizon and they admitted that it sounds like a hardware issue and I could get a free replacement.
BUT... they wanted to offer me a LG Revolution (whut?), Thunderbolt (Even the tech laughed at this choice) or Charge (whut x 2)... and maybe a Razr standard.
I begged them to give me at least the Razr Maxx and the tech asked her supervisor 3 times, getting denied each time... finally I laid it into her and said I want to speak to a supervisor because I:
1. am a customer of 8 years,
2. have 4 lines,
3. am being treated unfairly by given the opportunity to only replace my defective item with an item of lesser quality, and
4. believe they should stand by their assurance of certified devices by ensuring they actually work as advertised.
She came back and her supervisor didn't even want to talk to me, but just to get rid of me, their giving me a 16gb Maxx... I hate leaving the Rezound but there are none left. *sigh*
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She came back and her supervisor didn't even want to talk to me, but just to get rid of me, their giving me a 16gb Maxx... I hate leaving the Rezound but there are none left. *sigh*
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Wow, **** that! Sorry to hear of your troubles..
Are there really no Rezounds left? =\
That's funny cause the charge guys that are having problems are getting offered the nexus. I got my Rezound as a replacement for my charge. I wouldn't go back. I'd call tier2 back a talk your easy into something else. Just my 2 cents.
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Wow, **** that! Sorry to hear of your troubles..
Are there really no Rezounds left? =\
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According to her... she had NOT A SINGLE ONE LEFT...
If you go to devices on VW's site, a lot of the models are out of stock.
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According to her... she had NOT A SINGLE ONE LEFT...
If you go to devices on VW's site, a lot of the models are out of stock.
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Damn, this sucks. I hope mine lasts now cause I still love this phone. I would NOT accept a stupid RAZR as a replacement. Its sad that Verizon would even try that..
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Damn, this sucks. I hope mine lasts now cause I still love this phone. I would NOT accept a stupid RAZR as a replacement. Its sad that Verizon would even try that..
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I am one of those guys who needs his phone to be a phone more than a portable computer/gaming thingie... but I also need it to last a whole day. Which is why i would not give into the standard Razr. I also have an upgrade in September... if I really hate it we'll see what comes up in Q4 from VW.
Give them time to replenish their stock, probably wiped out from the ICS upgrade...
I got my Rezound as a replacement for the Droid Charge. Just call back and get another person. They have call centers all over the country and each have different supplies. The next person you talk to will probably have a Rezound.
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I got a free replacement from the rez to nexus a month ago and I really don't know why you guys are so reluctant to switch to anything else. To be honest the only thing I miss from the rez is the camera and the fantastic radios, other than that the nexus is a lot nicer imo, especially with a 2150mah extended battery.
If you're really that hell bent on getting another rez replacement then why not tell the idiot tier 2 reps that you barely get through the day on a 3800mah battery on the rezound and a razr just won't cut it for you, get them to send you a razr maxx and sell it and buy the rezound and make some profit.
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I got a free replacement from the rez to nexus a month ago and I really don't know why you guys are so reluctant to switch to anything else. To be honest the only thing I miss from the rez is the camera and the fantastic radios, other than that the nexus is a lot nicer imo, especially with a 2150mah extended battery.
If you're really that hell bent on getting another rez replacement then why not tell the idiot tier 2 reps that you barely get through the day on a 3800mah battery on the rezound and a razr just won't cut it for you, get them to send you a razr maxx and sell it and buy the rezound and make some profit.
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Because we like the phone lol.
Radios and camera plus no tinting or whatever just seems like a better thing imo.
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blestsol said:
Because we like the phone lol.
Radios and camera plus no tinting or whatever just seems like a better thing imo.
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Tint can be fixed with screen tweaks, and there are other features on the nexus or other verizon devices that make it surpass the rezound in many ways.
I hate that stupid sensor. Took 4 phones to get one that actually worked right. The reps kept telling me that ics changed this feature and it doesn't work anymore. :banghead:
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chaos254 said:
I hate that stupid sensor. Took 4 phones to get one that actually worked right. The reps kept telling me that ics changed this feature and it doesn't work anymore. :banghead:
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I recall reading somewhere that the sensor can come unglued and thereby block proper signal reception. Whatever the case, overall the Rezound has been my favorite phone. I've had the Eris, the Incredible, the Incredible 2, the Galaxy Nexus, and the Rezound.
Like I said, I have an upgrade this September. I am sure, whether it's this Q4, or the first in 2013, there will be other phones released.
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Tint can be fixed with screen tweaks, and there are other features on the nexus or other verizon devices that make it surpass the rezound in many ways.
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Rezound has probably the BEST camera on VZW right now. GNEX camera sucks, as do the radios.
When my wife's Tbolt went bad a few weeks ago, we got to choose the warranty replacement phone and we went for the Rezound. I don't have to tweak anything to get the display to look good and the camera is amazing.
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Rezound has probably the BEST camera on VZW right now. GNEX camera sucks, as do the radios.
When my wife's Tbolt went bad a few weeks ago, we got to choose the warranty replacement phone and we went for the Rezound. I don't have to tweak anything to get the display to look good and the camera is amazing.
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No, the galaxy s3 has the best camera on verizon right now and what's wrong with taping 2 things on the official build 1 release of AOKP to make the screen have the deepest blacks and true whites making it a better looking screen than the rezound? And have you tried jellybean on the nexus or the s3? Once you go butter, you never go back.
Vzw has the worst customer service in the world.
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Vzw has the worst customer service in the world.
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On the whole I agree... but this tech was on the phoen maybe 25 minutes and kept pushing for the like-priced replacement, so kudos to her. Her name was Alex.
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On the whole I agree... but this tech was on the phoen maybe 25 minutes and kept pushing for the like-priced replacement, so kudos to her. Her name was Alex.
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You get her number?
Jk.
It all matters which rep you get. Some are great, some just need to go die in a hole.
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It is what it is. Obviously some people like the Rezound more, hence some switching back. I'm glad you made the right decision for you though.
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On a side note - I called VW to confirm it's been delivered - the guy who answered said:
Tech: Can I get your phone number?
Me; ***-***-****
Tech: YOU THE MAAAAAN!!!"
WTF