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I just went out and got the Bionic today, but more importantly I just wanted to thank all of the wonderful and dedicated Eris devs out there. YOU are the reason my eris has lasted this long. I really appreciate everything you have all done, and as soon as I get some money back in my checking since the bionic costs a bit i will send some your way. Thank you everyone, xda has the best community
well that was short lived... i cant stand the bionic and im returning it tomorrow lol. Ill enjoy the eris for another month until the vigor comes out!
crimson12 said:
well that was short lived... i cant stand the bionic and im returning it tomorrow lol. Ill enjoy the eris for another month until the vigor comes out!
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what happened??? i've had my bionic for 2 days now and am loving it. i was also loving it that the sales rep actually felt bad for me for having an eris for 2 years, and was floored when i told him that thanks to the devs here, it ran gingerbread very well.
anyway, yes, thanks to the devs and for making the eris a wonderful first android experience!
I just received my Incredible 2 today and I absolutely love it.
Dont say goodbye yet.. Ive had my Incredible 2 for a few monthes now and I still come here, because I still have been flashing new ROMs on my old eris.. been looking for one that runs the best for a phone with no service.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216600
^^this is very usefull now^^
I love my incredible 2, but I just cant stay away from this eris either.. I think Im hooked..
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well that was short lived... i cant stand the bionic and im returning it tomorrow lol. Ill enjoy the eris for another month until the vigor comes out!
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What were your issues with the bionic? Just curious as it had been a possible option for me.
Later Eris
I had fun with the Eris but I am moving to the Incredible 2. Thank you to everybody and good luck if you still have an Eris.
Sorry for the delay guys, the biggest issue I had with the bionic was the headphone jack issue. For anyone who hasn't heard of this, its that the headphone jack caused a squealing noise whenever it was powered on. Ill see if I can find the thread on the Motorola support board in a bit. Since I use my phone for primarily music either local or spotify, this noise issue was a huge deal. I took it back to the store and they gave me a new one. Turns out that one and the display models all made the sounds. So I just returned the device altogether. for everyone else that its working for, I'm glad you're enjoying it. And to all the devs here thank you so much for keeping my Eris running with the best of them
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Here's the bionic support page in their forums regarding the headphone jack:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/58046
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Oh, yeah. I have heard of that issue now that I think about it. That would definitely bug the heck out of me as well. Haha not patient enough to wait for a fix?
Normally I would wait for the fix, but I was too pissed off having just spent 300$ on a new phone that didn't work up to my standards (which aren't too high given I'm still using the eris ) since I have at least a half hour commute if not longer and I usually fill that gap with music, that particular issue was a huge deal for me. So here I am awaiting the vigor or the prime. I'm a fan of HTC tho so it'll probably be the former
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That's quite understandable. I actually would probably do the same thing. That's why I still haven't upgraded and I've been sitting on an upgrade since the beginning of June (Man, it has been a tough 4 months). If I'm going to drop that much on a phone, I want to absolutely love it. Another reason is because I have not had good luck with getting new phones in the past.
Story time: Started out with the chocolate v2 and then the enV touch on my first upgrade and dreaded them both. Even used old phones from friends in between such as the V, enV, and some motorola flip phone. Never getting a dumbphone again. Ever. Finally bought the Eris off someone on craigslist like a year ago and I had never been happier with a phone (even more so once I rooted it ). Even though the Eris isn't the quickest and most glamorous phone out there, it beats all my past ones by a landslide.
I'm also waiting on the vigor and prime to come out, but for me it will probably be the latter
If the vigor comes out on the 20th (or the 13th perhaps?) I dont know how long ill be able to restrain myself from waiting for the prime. I know I only had the bionic for 2 days, but just those 2 days of 4g made me really antsy (4g coverage here is phenomenal). Im hoping we can get a more definitive prediction on the prime before the vigor is released tho.
PS: Ive had an upgrade since March. I know your pain
I'm in the same boat - upgrade available since August, waiting and seeing. I'm going to see what the big, bad Apple is offering starting Tuesday - if they fix their terrible Gmail support, I may go that way. I definitely will not go Prime if it's true that it has a 4.5" display. 4.3" is bad enough - I want something that fits in my pocket.
I may go Bionic - I really want a phone that has a good radio, since I live in a spot with bad coverage, and HTC doesn't seem to make phones with good radios. I think I can live with a mediocre display - I've had the Eris for 21 months, after all.
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I definitely will not go Prime if it's true that it has a 4.5" display. 4.3" is bad enough - I want something that fits in my pocket.
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I also worry about the size of my next phone. One thing to keep in mind is that for ICS, the screen can take up more of the phone's face since the softkey buttons aren't needed. Since I've also had an upgrade for a long time now, I will definitely be getting either the vigor, prime, or droid hd/razr.
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I also worry about the size of my next phone. One thing to keep in mind is that for ICS, the screen can take up more of the phone's face since the softkey buttons aren't needed. Since I've also had an upgrade for a long time now, I will definitely be getting either the vigor, prime, or droid hd/razr.
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I used to worry about that, but it seems like the standard for any high end phone has become at least a 4in screen. I guess I've just accepted it lol
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I used to worry about that, but it seems like the standard for any high end phone has become at least a 4in screen. I guess I've just accepted it lol
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Hmmm, in the same boat - eligible for upgrade again, finally - LOL. Seriously debating to - by locking into another 24 months extension, again - get the "free" INC.2 online via CircuitCity/TigerDirect/CompUSA instead of dealing with Big Red directly as their best direct price is $119 (suppose to be using my last NE2 discount - regular new 2 year price is $149 today ....) and no activation fees - and keep unlimited email & web for smartphone bundle.
If I go with any 4G devices, I will lose UNL data & be capped at 2GB at $30/mo - whereas I get a generous 22% corp. discount for primary FS line & data, so I'm saving quite a bit each month, - DW is on a feature phone (Env3) exempt from data.
Inc.2's bigger 4" screen is just about right and will fit into my pockets, etc. without being bulky - if I go this route although I will miss not having the Eris, getting it rooted & flashing Roms have unleashed its full potential - had people looking over & wondering what I got under "its" skin, etc.
What I've read & understood so far, there're very few returns on the Inc.2 - and virtually no FRU's from Big Red - it's a very good sign so far, 6 months after its launch, so I'm going to chew on it for a while longer during the trip. I just couldn't imagine taking a brand new unrooted, stock smartphone with bloatware on a 10 day trip next week, so I got reasons to hold on to the Eris for a while longer.
Sorry maybe I misunderstood, but why would you have to extend your contract and lose unlimited data?
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Sorry maybe I misunderstood, but why would you have to extend your contract and lose unlimited data?
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If I renew/extend with 3G devices like the Incredible 2, yes, I get to keep unlimited email & email for smartphone, grandfathered @ $29.99 /mo. plus 22% corporate discount, which is very nice (or stay with the Eris, etc.)
However, I will lose it if I opt for any 4G LTE devices like the T.bolt as I will need to switch to the 2GB+ data bundle & email plan @ $30 /mo. without corporate discount - including the iPhones.
We got solid 4+ bars 3G GSM coverage at the house (from big "A" & T-Mo) and 2G/borderline 3G from big Red, so ....
Oh that's odd. Is it because of the corporate discount? I kept unlimited data when I used my upgrade to get a bionic. (I've obviously since returned it, but was explicitly told I would keep my unlimited)
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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.
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:
plus.google.com/photos/105505315440794373505/albums/5662786129509465969
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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.
bobbyphoenix said:
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.
So I'very been with T-Mobile for 8 years and I'm done , and with my contract is over, I just got my AT&T plan done for my galaxy note but I have to wait til tomorrow to pick it up, can't wait, looking forward to a new forum , I hope it gets lots of development.
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roloracer said:
So I'very been with T-Mobile for 8 years and I'm done , and with my contract is over, I just got my AT&T plan done for my galaxy note but I have to wait til tomorrow to pick it up, can't wait, looking forward to a new forum , I hope it gets lots of development.
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Welcome to the forum. I get mine tomorrow as well. It's good to see that we already have root and it looks like some Devs are already on board. This should be a fun phone.
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Welcome to the forum. I get mine tomorrow as well. It's good to see that we already have root and it looks like some Devs are already on board. This should be a fun phone.
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thanks for the welcome!
do you know if all the stuff for the EU Galaxy Note is compatible with our US version?
I'm wondering because I have a htc hd2 and we used to have two forums , one for the TMO US hd2 and one for the EU Leo/hd2 and they ended up getting merged when xda got redesigned last time since they were practically the same phone, and I think apart from the EU version having a 3 button layout in front where the home button is a hard button and two capacitive on the sides , both phones hardware are the same, so I assume all the stuff for the EU phone will be compatible with ours.....ohhh can't wait, my wife knows the att rep at the store I went to and he let me play with one that he had gotten for himself just today and I already love it!!!! Gonna be at the att store right when they open tomorrow.
I have been using ICS since last november and even though I'll be going back to gingerbread, it will be fun to work our way back into ICS.
ANDROID FTW...YES!!!
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thanks for the welcome!
do you know if all the stuff for the EU Galaxy Note is compatible with our US version?
I'm wondering because I have a htc hd2 and we used to have two forums , one for the TMO US hd2 and one for the EU Leo/hd2 and they ended up getting merged when xda got redesigned last time since they were practically the same phone, and I think apart from the EU version having a 3 button layout in front where the home button is a hard button and two capacitive on the sides , both phones hardware are the same, so I assume all the stuff for the EU phone will be compatible with ours.....ohhh can't wait, my wife knows the att rep at the store I went to and he let me play with one that he had gotten for himself just today and I already love it!!!! Gonna be at the att store right when they open tomorrow.
I have been using ICS since last november and even though I'll be going back to gingerbread, it will be fun to work our way back into ICS.
ANDROID FTW...YES!!!
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On the outside it appears that most cases, chargers and docks are the same. Inside it's quite different. The processor appears to be the biggest and makes all of the ROM's incompatible. I think there are enough differences that they will never merge the forums. I'm sure we'll have an ICS ROM before long for our phone. And I agree Android FTW!
I too am getting the Note. Any more females out there ?? I have the Infuse now which i have just had the best time with. This time will be defferent.. I am getting mine when released as opposed to two months later. I am excited also to see we have ROOT. YIPPY..NEW TOY
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Welcome aboard! I'm picking mine up tomorrow from Best Buy Mobile at 11am free Flip case, and $50 off! So sweet now I just have to try to sleep!
JGuinan007 said:
Welcome aboard! I'm picking mine up tomorrow from Best Buy Mobile at 11am free Flip case, and $50 off! So sweet now I just have to try to sleep!
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Thank you!! hahha good luck with the sleep....A friend told me that to set it up you have to go to ATT and sign up and create a password and set up phone online then sync>>?? I find that very odd and and what does that mean exactly after flashing a ROM and needing to set up??
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Thank you!! hahha good luck with the sleep....A friend told me that to set it up you have to go to ATT and sign up and create a password and set up phone online then sync>>?? I find that very odd and and what does that mean exactly after flashing a ROM and needing to set up??
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Yeah I was at the store today talking to the guy and he was telling me all this stuff about it like I was clueless about android and the phone, he also told me about setting it up, but all I'm doing is show up at 11am when AT&T opens, transfer my old phone number from TMO and bounce out of that sucka! I hope they'll have accessories like screen protectors and cases available, so I can grab some. Now off to sleep and when I get up I'll be getting mine.
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slip over to the "international" version of the Samsung GT-N7000 Note forum once in a while. Just be careful of the ROM section...NONE will work on the at&t version, but the other areas might have a few good tips/tricks.
I've had mine about 3 months, coming from a Dell Streak, so the size wasn't a big WOW for me, but, the clear BRIGHT screen and speed of the processor was.
I stopped into a corporate store today, asked the sales drone at the door if they had the note, (around 3pm) she said over 2 dozen had already asked for it, but they wouldn't display it til Sunday. Asked if they had the accessories yet, they did, so I bought a home dock & black speck case.
When I bought it, the drone cashier asked if I was getting a Note Sunday, told him nope, got mine 3 months ago from Amazon. I didn't tell him that I didn't want to give up my grandfathered unlimited, or that I've been off contract about 3 months and didn't want to sign up for another one.
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Thank you!! hahha good luck with the sleep....A friend told me that to set it up you have to go to ATT and sign up and create a password and set up phone online then sync>>?? I find that very odd and and what does that mean exactly after flashing a ROM and needing to set up??
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This is true to a point, there is an app that comes up when you first turn the phone on called AT&T Ready2Go. It supposedly helps you setup the phone using the computer. I got mine on friday, so I have a bit of experience with this. I personally just backed out of the app and set the phone up just like you normally would, so its about as easy as possible.
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slip over to the "international" version of the Samsung GT-N7000 Note forum once in a while. Just be careful of the ROM section...NONE will work on the at&t version, but the other areas might have a few good tips/tricks.
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An added benefit of the "international" version is the greater development of ROMs and usually an earlier release of ICS.
What sold me on the AT&T version was the LTE. Even in a 3G area any LTE phone will be faster than any non LTE phone. I have both the Skyrocket and the Samsung Galaxy SII. Side by side I receive completely different data speeds. The Skyrocket will get up 18mb down on HSPA+ while the Galaxy SII will top out at 7 or 8mb on HSPA+
Also LTE will be going up in my area in the near future and I take advantage of it when I travel to the bay area for business.
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This is true to a point, there is an app that comes up when you first turn the phone on called AT&T Ready2Go. It supposedly helps you setup the phone using the computer. I got mine on friday, so I have a bit of experience with this. I personally just backed out of the app and set the phone up just like you normally would, so its about as easy as possible.
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REALLY? Well that sounds promising. My friend got a preorder and she said that there was NO way around it.....so that is good new that you can jsut back out and set up on PHONE ONLY>? Thanks...Don't have mine yet..
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REALLY? Well that sounds promising. My friend got a preorder and she said that there was NO way around it.....so that is good new that you can jsut back out and set up on PHONE ONLY>? Thanks...Don't have mine yet..
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Yep, I just cancelled the program and set it up manually like always I've been playing with mine and love it! Stock speed is awesome, picked up a candyshell case by speck and a screen protector, not sure if I like the screen protector, is the anti finger print / glare but in my opinion it losses a slight amount of crispness on the screen colors, but I might get used to it, definitely a beast of a device.
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Yep, I just cancelled the program and set it up manually like always I've been playing with mine and love it! Stock speed is awesome, picked up a candyshell case by speck and a screen protector, not sure if I like the screen protector, is the anti finger print / glare but in my opinion it losses a slight amount of crispness on the screen colors, but I might get used to it, definitely a beast of a device.
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Very cool. Yeah i had one of those anti -glare matte finish screen protecotrs for my Infuse....I hated it...took so much away from that beautiful screen.
Did anybody else notice dead pixels and what did they do? I do also have the gap at the top.. Suggestions? Thanks in Advance.
I have one stock pixel on top and I down want to go change the phone and get soethin worse
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You're right.. thats what I am afraid of too.. i mentioned in another thread that i may wait until it officially releases on May 1st and try.
I havent seen dead pixels on any electronic in some time. I guess I shouls consider myself lucky.
However, 1 dead pixel out of 2M is still quite a tiny fraction. Haha. I didnt have a point.
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I havent seen dead pixels on any electronic in some time. I guess I shouls consider myself lucky.
However, 1 dead pixel out of 2M is still quite a tiny fraction. Haha. I didnt have a point.
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I remember seeing many iPhone 3gs models with dead pixels from one end to the other end
Never on android devices ...yet !
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Did anybody else notice dead pixels and what did they do? I do also have the gap at the top.. Suggestions? Thanks in Advance.
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The Gap Issue
If your within your 14 days exchange it , if you got It outright full price you have 30 days .
Personally if it's very minuscule and not worth crabbin over ,just let it be .
HTC would not have let this go if they thought it would pose a negative Sales risk.... or hurt the lcd with dirt and debris.
And by the way ''The gap ''It's on almost every device just fyi.. probably a million .
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Did anybody else notice dead pixels and what did they do? I do also have the gap at the top.. Suggestions? Thanks in Advance.
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i had 3 htc one's, all of them has stuck pixels.. i got my first htc one online and sadly i got a refurbished one, it has 4 stuck pixels to any color and a gap top-to bottom side was perfect tho. so i returned it and i will get my money back within 30 days i think. so i decided to my local tmo store and got another one, but it has 1 tiny stuck pixel which is annoying at night time, its noticeable in black background so i went back to tmo and they give me a new handset and it give me the same result so what i did is just return the item and got refunded again.. the handsets i got from tmo store was build way better than the one i got online, it is almost perfect but there still gaps of course.. so once i return the handset i ask them to give me a call once they get a new batch in stock. so hopefully next time i will try to buy one, i'm getting a better batch. x finger to me..
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i had 3 htc one's, all of them has stuck pixels.. i got my first htc one online and sadly i got a refurbished one, it has 4 stuck pixels to any color and a gap top-to bottom side was perfect tho. so i returned it and i will get my money back within 30 days i think. so i decided to my local tmo store and got another one, but it has 1 tiny stuck pixel which is annoying at night time, its noticeable in black background so i went back to tmo and they give me a new handset and it give me the same result so what i did is just return the item and got refunded again.. the handsets i got from tmo store was build way better than the one i got online, it is almost perfect but there still gaps of course.. so once i return the handset i ask them to give me a call once they get a new batch in stock. so hopefully next time i will try to buy one, i'm getting a better batch. x finger to me..
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Yea, I just called to get an exchange, i'm crossing my fingers that I get a good one.. lol. I will get it on the 6th so.. here's hoping! And hope you get a good one too
I have 2 stuck pixels on the bottom that you can hardly see, especially when you're outside. I don't notice it, but only when the screen is pitch black and focusing it dead on.
Something I can live with especially I have 0 gaps and the speaker grills are flushed with the screen.
If it's something minor, just stick with it. In my experience, you'll just end up getting another unit that may be worse.
I can agree that I have not seen any dead pixels in a long time–The last time I remember seeing one was when a child poked my laptop screen. Other than that, have you dropped or damaged the phone in any way?
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Yea, I just called to get an exchange, i'm crossing my fingers that I get a good one.. lol. I will get it on the 6th so.. here's hoping! And hope you get a good one too
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ikr.. well i haven't ordered anything yet, i just keep calling all t-mo store near by me and keep asking when do they get the unit. some store said their order was back order or something and someone said they just have an order in line and they don't know when it will arrive in store.lol.. i don't wanna order anything online now since the handset i received wasn't sealed. it looks like a return from someone.. lol. i just want my $500 bucks handset to be perfect just like the way i earn that bucks..LOL! well i hope you will get a good one tho.. good luck to both of us..hehe
so, i used to run a verizon franchise store for 2 years. we prided ourselves on excellent customer service, and just treating people great overall. i know what a headache corporate stores are, and how incompetent corporate employees tend to be, so when i worked there, i made myself fully aware of all aspects of each phone, and i helped people immensely.
i've had so many bad experiences at corporate stores, but today trumped them all.
so i ordered online, and all i had to literally do was go there on my lunch hour at work, let them activate it, then i would leave. that's it. it was paid for, and i was gonna do the ESN swap myself (bc i have unlimited data, and put it on another line.)
there's like 3 people in there. in front of me was this dumbass girl who took 15 minutes to decide if she wanted a white or black iphone. then, she spent 10 more minutes trying to get her parents on the phone to approve the upgrade. so by now, it's like 12:30. i have an hour lunch until 1, and i'm hoping it'll be dunzo in a few minutes.
i get called up, i tell him im just picking up, he gets it, activates it. i say, "don't do anything like put on screen protectors for me, just power it up please so it activates and then i can go, because i've got to be back to work at 1." he's like, sure no problem.
we activate it, great! i do one last screen test......bam. dust and dead pixels under the screen. i was like, you HAVE to be kidding me. so i say, man i'm incredibly sorry to have to do this, but look, there's problems with this screen. can we do an exchange?
he's like oh let me see...and he looks and can't see the issues at all. so he brings it to his manager. his manager spends time staring at it and is like, "there's absolutley NOHTING wrong with that phone. don't do an exchange." and i overhear this..i'm like um k..guy comes back, says "yeah sorry, we can't see it." i go, "man look, it's right there. see that speck of black? dead pixel. see those other specs? dust under the screen." he's like, oh..let me show him again.....
so he shows the manager, and this seriously goes on for 20 minutes. he kept saying "There's nothing wrong with that screen; there's no dead pixels. i have PERFECT vision, and there's nothing wrong wtih it."
so i walk over, and i go "look, pal, i have 20/20 vision. i've had phones with dead pixels before, and hell, my DNA right now has a dead pixel. i'm NOT living with antoher $600 device with dead pixels again, when i should be gettinga perfect device." and he's getting all mad at ME because i want a flawless screen. REALLY GUY?!
he keeps saying there's nothing wrong, and he has perfect vision. i'm going, "WHY would i make this up!?!? i JUST got the phone minutes ago, and saw a defect. WHY would i lie about a defect right in front of you? WHAT do i have to gain!? NOTHING!"
so he's all pissy and goes "ok whatever, this is a busy store, i have a busy store to run, i can't be sitting here looking at phones all damn day, just swap it out, i don't care." i say, okay thanks! lol...and then i ask the guy i was dealing with, so i can return this at any verizon store, not just this one, in case something is wrong with the next one right? he's like yea, but i mean, you only get 1 return and that's it. i'm like, seriously? what if it's defective? and the manager overhears and butts in with his 2 cents: "oh well, you know, we can't have you sitting here going through ALL of our stock and opening ever phone just to see if you found one you LIKE." i laughed and walked away.
seriously? what an ass. and THAT man was a manager of a corporate verizon store.
it then took like 20 more minutes JUST for them to swap it out. seriously. another 20 minutes to swap phones. at this point, i'm late back to work, and now i had to use MY OWN personal time from work because i was over a half hour late because these arrogant people wouldn't simply admit the customer was always right, which was our standard motto at my franchise store.
yet another reason to deal with the local businesses rather than going to corporate verizon; these people don't know a thing, and they don't care about a thing you want. you goto a small business franchise, and they actually care, because it's THEIR business.
so yeah, if you're ever in NJ, don't go to the Howell store on Route 9!
sorry for the book, but i had to vent
jayochs said:
so, i used to run a verizon franchise store for 2 years. we prided ourselves on excellent customer service, and just treating people great overall. i know what a headache corporate stores are, and how incompetent corporate employees tend to be, so when i worked there, i made myself fully aware of all aspects of each phone, and i helped people immensely.
i've had so many bad experiences at corporate stores, but today trumped them all.
so i ordered online, and all i had to literally do was go there on my lunch hour at work, let them activate it, then i would leave. that's it. it was paid for, and i was gonna do the ESN swap myself (bc i have unlimited data, and put it on another line.)
there's like 3 people in there. in front of me was this dumbass girl who took 15 minutes to decide if she wanted a white or black iphone. then, she spent 10 more minutes trying to get her parents on the phone to approve the upgrade. so by now, it's like 12:30. i have an hour lunch until 1, and i'm hoping it'll be dunzo in a few minutes.
i get called up, i tell him im just picking up, he gets it, activates it. i say, "don't do anything like put on screen protectors for me, just power it up please so it activates and then i can go, because i've got to be back to work at 1." he's like, sure no problem.
we activate it, great! i do one last screen test......bam. dust and dead pixels under the screen. i was like, you HAVE to be kidding me. so i say, man i'm incredibly sorry to have to do this, but look, there's problems with this screen. can we do an exchange?
he's like oh let me see...and he looks and can't see the issues at all. so he brings it to his manager. his manager spends time staring at it and is like, "there's absolutley NOHTING wrong with that phone. don't do an exchange." and i overhear this..i'm like um k..guy comes back, says "yeah sorry, we can't see it." i go, "man look, it's right there. see that speck of black? dead pixel. see those other specs? dust under the screen." he's like, oh..let me show him again.....
so he shows the manager, and this seriously goes on for 20 minutes. he kept saying "There's nothing wrong with that screen; there's no dead pixels. i have PERFECT vision, and there's nothing wrong wtih it."
so i walk over, and i go "look, pal, i have 20/20 vision. i've had phones with dead pixels before, and hell, my DNA right now has a dead pixel. i'm NOT living with antoher $600 device with dead pixels again, when i should be gettinga perfect device." and he's getting all mad at ME because i want a flawless screen. REALLY GUY?!
he keeps saying there's nothing wrong, and he has perfect vision. i'm going, "WHY would i make this up!?!? i JUST got the phone minutes ago, and saw a defect. WHY would i lie about a defect right in front of you? WHAT do i have to gain!? NOTHING!"
so he's all pissy and goes "ok whatever, this is a busy store, i have a busy store to run, i can't be sitting here looking at phones all damn day, just swap it out, i don't care." i say, okay thanks! lol...and then i ask the guy i was dealing with, so i can return this at any verizon store, not just this one, in case something is wrong with the next one right? he's like yea, but i mean, you only get 1 return and that's it. i'm like, seriously? what if it's defective? and the manager overhears and butts in with his 2 cents: "oh well, you know, we can't have you sitting here going through ALL of our stock and opening ever phone just to see if you found one you LIKE." i laughed and walked away.
seriously? what an ass. and THAT man was a manager of a corporate verizon store.
it then took like 20 more minutes JUST for them to swap it out. seriously. another 20 minutes to swap phones. at this point, i'm late back to work, and now i had to use MY OWN personal time from work because i was over a half hour late because these arrogant people wouldn't simply admit the customer was always right, which was our standard motto at my franchise store.
yet another reason to deal with the local businesses rather than going to corporate verizon; these people don't know a thing, and they don't care about a thing you want. you goto a small business franchise, and they actually care, because it's THEIR business.
so yeah, if you're ever in NJ, don't go to the Howell store on Route 9!
sorry for the book, but i had to vent
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Sorry you had to go through that bro. Is your new one defect free? How did you notice the dust under the screen on the first one?
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Sorry you had to go through that bro. Is your new one defect free? How did you notice the dust under the screen on the first one?
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i saw black marks..and then the dead pixel was a perfect black square.
my new one seems to be fine. you noticing that home screen lag at all? i bet the verizon version is bloated down to all hell. can't wait for root.
Hey, you said lovely experience in the title. I was expecting a positive story! I've been deceived!
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i saw black marks..and then the dead pixel was a perfect black square.
my new one seems to be fine. you noticing that home screen lag at all? i bet the verizon version is bloated down to all hell. can't wait for root.
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That sux. Nope, no home screen lag at all for me on AT&T.
The only lag I'm getting is from SwiftKey as I posted in the other thread. It's mostly when I'm in Hangouts with the keyboard up and I press the home button. Hangouts will close but SwiftKey stays on the screen for a few seconds.
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I am glad u got ur lg g2 but I feel ur pain. I don't even try to deal with stores. They have no clue no matter what store from what provider u go. And I think no offense the Verizon lg G2 version isn't as good looking as the international or att version. But that is just my opinion. Enjoy ur g2. I THINK LG DEVICES are very good as of late and sadly underrated. I personally use lg since probably the last 2 years exclusive. It started with the lg 4x HD to the optimus g to the g pro. All very great devices. I am still not sure if I wanna get the G2 since non removable battery and storage always make me kinda turn away from devices. Nothing is more annoying to send or exchange a devices just because the battery went bad. But like I know myself I probably gonna get the G2 sooner then later lol
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yeah i wont lie the appearance isn't as nice.. but i really like the phone. honestly I ordered online and all I had to do was pickup in store... so it shouldn't have been the headache that it was lol
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Wow. I would def call customer service on those guys. I have been through the same thing with an Incredible that had a green screen. Sorry mate!
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I had a horrible experience getting mine. I went to exchange my Motorola x for the g2 in a corporate store. They told me I had already done an exchange which I had on one of my lines. But the exchange I was doing wasn't on that line. So they told me I couldn't do it, and so I call customer care and they tell me that the system is saying I exchanged the phone when I switched two devices already on my account. So she says she's correcting the issue and the woman is on break and to come back in a half hour. So I wait a half hour and come back to the store about 45 minutes after and surprise! No fix. So I leave again empty handed and go to the store I originally wanted to go to. The customer service rep I called on the way told me to bring both phones on both lines to the store so I did. Turns out I get there and it took them literally 5 minutes to do the transaction and I didn't need my other line's phone. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Everybody at Verizon is full of crap
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TL;DR:He gets his G2, notices dead pixel while in store, tries to get replacement. Representative asks manager about exchange but manager denies black pixel and says phone is fine. After much debate and dispute, user gets a new LG G2.
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TL;DR:He gets his G2, notices dead pixel while in store, tries to get replacement. Representative asks manager about exchange but manager denies black pixel and says phone is fine. After much debate and dispute, user gets a new LG G2.
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bam! thanks lol
yeah pretty much the manager was an asshat who didn't know what he was talking about, and was clearly blind despite saying "I HAVE PERFECT VISION" like 5 times. what a total douchebag. lol
typical verizon, i'll never be a verizon customer ever again. i dont care what their lte coverage is. just a terrible company.
So the dust issue makes me wonder - is the screen not infused like Samsung's?
Damn, that sucks! I picked up my G2 yesterday at a corporate AT&T store and was in and out within 10 minutes. Got a perfect, unwrapped G2 precious. They didn't even break the sim card from its plastic. Maybe it helped that I entered the store and said, "I want a G2 at full retail price, nothing else." Easily the most flawless buying experience for a most flawless phone
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Damn, that sucks! I picked up my G2 yesterday at a corporate AT&T store and was in and out within 10 minutes. Got a perfect, unwrapped G2 precious. They didn't even break the sim card from its plastic. Maybe it helped that I entered the store and said, "I want a G2 at full retail price, nothing else." Easily the most flawless buying experience for a most flawless phone
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Similar here. Went in, upgraded a family member's line for my phone despite it being a non-LTE phone. Was in and out in 15 minutes. Couldn't have asked for a better experience especially after going to Best Buy and having the guy tell me that the line getting upgraded would be disconnected because it didn't have a LTE SIM card.
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yeah i wont lie the appearance isn't as nice.. but i really like the phone. honestly I ordered online and all I had to do was pickup in store... so it shouldn't have been the headache that it was lol
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You would think it shouldn't be so a headache. But I honestly don't know why so much uneducated ppl work for cellphone companies. Like when I went to Verizon here by me today and they wanted to tell me to rather get a droid or S4 or wait for the freaking iPhone 5s. Hell no. I am with Att anyway. Yeah I know we can debate about what network is the best but that isn't the point. I was there to just look for myself on how different the Verizon version is and I didn't like it as much but that isn't the point either. It just makes me mad they wanna push u to something else and there r many ppl not as educated on phones like you and me and they will go with that the rep tells them and miss out on the best phone to date. It is a shame.
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Went to a different Verizon store today to exchange my G2 and had a great experience. It took awhile, but the agent saw the issue I was experiencing and agreed that it was worth replacing (random brightness dim/brightening). Sadly, the new one has the same issue. He even agreed with me that the back of the phone was awful. Rare to find such an honest salesman @ VZW.
My old phone got really hot as well and this one doesn't get half as hot, so I may still keep it.
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Jodiuh said:
Went to a different Verizon store today to exchange my G2 and had a great experience. It took awhile, but the agent saw the issue I was experiencing and agreed that it was worth replacing (random brightness dim/brightening). Sadly, the new one has the same issue. He even agreed with me that the back of the phone was awful. Rare to find such an honest salesman @ VZW.
My old phone got really hot as well and this one doesn't get half as hot, so I may still keep it.
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The display adjust the brightness automatically.
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This happens with auto brightness off.
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