Hi,
i noticed a light leak in the bezel of my s3. it can be seen when the touch keys on the bottom are on. I am not sure if it was there from the beginning or if its faulty.
I made a a video of it, but in reality it is much more visible.
Do you think i can exchange it on guarantee?
all white s3 are like that, turned off my touch keys. better looking + saves battery life
bordikun said:
all white s3 are like that, turned off my touch keys. better looking + saves battery life
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How do you turn off the touch keys? I cant find any option under settings to do that.
Settings > display > touch key light duration > always off
bordikun said:
all white s3 are like that, turned off my touch keys. better looking + saves battery life
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Did the same, agree 100%
that's why i like the blue more.
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So I pre-ordered last night at my local at&t store. I am excited as before I went to my at&t store I passed by best buy to hold the dummy model they have. Its big but I was still able to thumb the other side of the device with one hand. I also played with the samsung player which has a 5" screen and runs android but I guess thats just suppose to be an mp3 player, either way it looked similar to the note and it looked great. I can imagine how good the note's display will look.
The only thing right now that is bugging me a little is getting by with no led notification. Can you guys suggest how to get over that little led light that will no longer be on the note? Or how you guys with devices with no led lights are coping?
there is a app that you can get and its free called no led.. My wife had the same issue as she was used to a led light and when she got her samsung she missed it.. works well
But that requires your screen to turn on so basically killing the battery right? I know some samsung devices have that bln mod but not sure how well that works and if its even compatible with the lte note. Any led camera flash apps maybe?
no it puts a small icon that lights up on your screen and bounces around. the rest of your screen is dark.
Camera flash? For notifications? Seems to me that would kill that battery way faster than 64 pixels floating around the screen . . .
SysAdmNj said:
But that requires your screen to turn on so basically killing the battery right? I know some samsung devices have that bln mod but not sure how well that works and if its even compatible with the lte note. Any led camera flash apps maybe?
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What does it really mean to "turn on the screen" for the Samsung AMOLED displays? LCD-based displays need a backlight, even when displaying a single pixel. But turning on just a few LED pixels on a Samsung AMOLED display is probably a very low power operation, since only active pixels should need to be powered, and since there is no backlight.
I haven't had an LED notification for years. And I am thankful that I don't. I remember on BB when I had the LED notification, I was constantly looking at my phone to see if the light was beeping. Without it, I'm so much less obsessed with seeing if I have that stupid blinking light.
@bkeaver - I thought it required the screen to be on
@LiquidArrogance - I've seen the iphone do it like that with a case
@vaxheadroom - Then I definitely am not sure the difference between lcd and AMOLED displays
@kiltedthrower - I'm still obsessed no thanks to the blackberry days
here is a link to the app.... should give you a idea of how it works and what it looks like
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.led.notify
SysAdmNj said:
But that requires your screen to turn on so basically killing the battery right? I know some samsung devices have that bln mod but not sure how well that works and if its even compatible with the lte note. Any led camera flash apps maybe?
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Once a kernel is developed that supports bln which I imagine will be fairly quickly, it will be available. And it works very well, I use it on my captivate all you have to do is install the bln supporting kernel, download the app, set up what apps turn on the leds and you're done.
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Once a kernel is developed that supports bln which I imagine will be fairly quickly, it will be available. And it works very well, I use it on my captivate all you have to do is install the bln supporting kernel, download the app, set up what apps turn on the leds and you're done.
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Is it a strain on battery at all? Or does noled work better in regards to battery life?
The button light is always on when watching online video or any local video. It is annoying especially in dark room. The button light is too bright and distracted.
It also consumes unnecessary power.
Any way to turn it off?
Unfortunately no there isn't, however the brightness setting may lower it.
skewerskewer said:
It also consumes unnecessary power. Any way to turn it off?
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Nope, it doesn't consume power, not when your screen is lit up! The power the little LED lighting up 3 buttons requires compared to that point of time when you 4.7 inches of screen is lit up is lower than negligible!
Also, no way to turn it off. It's the phone design. Only way is via some registry settings (if). However our bootloaders are very secure and no one has managed to get around it -so can't access registry either.
drupad2drupad said:
Nope, it doesn't consume power, not when your screen is lit up! The power the little LED lighting up 3 buttons requires compared to that point of time when you 4.7 inches of screen is lit up is lower than negligible!
Also, no way to turn it off. It's the phone design. Only way is via some registry settings (if). However our bootloaders are very secure and no one has managed to get around it -so can't access registry either.
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Also, I can feel the heat coming from the bottom of the phone (where the "windows phone" logo is printed) when charging and watching youtube simultaneously for appox 20 minutes.
I know heat should be normal but surprisingly it is from the bottom of the phone but not the battery compartment.
Is this heat from the light ? Or from the antenna? or cpu, mother board etc?
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Also, I can feel the heat coming from the bottom of the phone (where the "windows phone" logo is printed) when charging and watching youtube simultaneously for appox 20 minutes.
I know heat should be normal but surprisingly it is from the bottom of the phone but not the battery compartment.
Is this heat from the light ? Or from the antenna? or cpu, mother board etc?
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Here is the circuit at the bottom of the device:
http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/wp-content/gallery/htc-titan/2012-02-28_145233.jpg
skewerskewer said:
Also, I can feel the heat coming from the bottom of the phone (where the "windows phone" logo is printed) when charging and watching youtube simultaneously for appox 20 minutes.
I know heat should be normal but surprisingly it is from the bottom of the phone but not the battery compartment.
Is this heat from the light ? Or from the antenna? or cpu, mother board etc?
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theguy said:
Here is the circuit at the bottom of the device:
http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/wp-content/gallery/htc-titan/2012-02-28_145233.jpg
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...and it is very normal for most windows phone I am presuming. I have a Lumia 800 and HTC Titan, both have that behaviour. Considering they have only 1GHz processor you can imagine that when you run processor hungry tasks your phone will use up all the power it can ideally the closest to 1GHz and hence the heat. You will it more on Titan due to aluminium body. I am guessing Titan 2 is less hot. Also my Lumia feels less hotter too due to it's polycarb body.
theguy said:
Here is the circuit at the bottom of the device:
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Thanks. It answers my question.
Hello guys, now its been almost a week since i've had my s3 but yesterday night before going to sleep, i just unlocked my phone in pitch black darkness and what i saw was white light originating from the left capacitive key extending to the screen which looked really bad like a screen burn or some kind of weird white patch on the screen as if i've cracked it, and if it were from both keys i cud have convinced myself that its normal but its only the left key! and its not at all noticable even in a little light and if your screen is not using a dark black background.. so what do you guys suggest me to do? can you guys check your phones in a fully dark room with black blackground and touch keys lit up?? and will my warranty consider this an issue and cover it? i feel so bad right now :/
I'll check later tonight, but I generally have those lights permanently off since my S2 as the intermittent on/off at every screen touch is an annoyance particularly when watching videos
I would suggest turning them off, the buttons are easy enough to find in the dark plus you save a little bit of battery.
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Yep right its leaking, turn mine off ALWAYS plus its better looking when turned off
i dont know how but getting to know that the rest of you have it, i feel fine now and as most of you said, i'll turn them off, thanks
how do you turn them off?
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Amazing_Antony said:
how do you turn them off?
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setting > display > touch key light duration
i was also delighted that i was able to turn them off... now the phone looks button-less and stunning
thanks - i agree 100% better looking
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I also have Light leakage coming from the Left menu button! I want to know if this
I also have Light leakage coming from the Left menu button! I want to know if this a general flaw on the galaxy 3 or should i exchange it?
Gpino said:
I also have Light leakage coming from the Left menu button! I want to know if this a general flaw on the galaxy 3 or should i exchange it?
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i dont have it and i also turn off those capacitive lights. either you have to live with or go far an exchange.
You sure?
Are you sure?
It can only be seen in a dark room and with a black background on the phone.
I dont like having flaws on my new stuff. I am gonna try to exchange it.
Gpino said:
Are you sure?
It can only be seeXn in a dark room and with a black background on the phone.
I dont like having flaws on my new stuff. I am gonna try to exchange it.
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I went to the dealer and they said that they would send it to the shop to check if it really had a failure, and if it had a hardware failure they would exchange it in one week!!!!!!!!!!! i will just stay with my phone as it is. It is more possible they will really screw it on the shop with something really bad to worry about, and I bet that the next one will have the same flaw or another even worst, so I prefer to stay with mine.
Got my GS3 yesterday and I've been super pleased with it so far except for one issue; when I use my phone at night, the soft keys light up whenever I do anything on the screen, and they can be REALLY bright! Is there a way that I can make the soft keys turn on only when I press them, or something similar to that?
Thanks!!!
monkeyhihi said:
Got my GS3 yesterday and I've been super pleased with it so far except for one issue; when I use my phone at night, the soft keys light up whenever I do anything on the screen, and they can be REALLY bright! Is there a way that I can make the soft keys turn on only when I press them, or something similar to that?
Thanks!!!
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I turn off at all times makes the phone looks better and I know why rge are so, I just go to settings / screen/ touch screen light duration
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In my CM7 settings there is a render effect option, inside that i have options like - night mode(3700k), terminal green, blue, amber, salmon, fuscia, calibrated (N1), calibrated(N1) low red, calibrated(N1) cool, and red.
Some friend told me using this option I can save my battery.
I want to confirm this fact and also want to know if this is true than which color is more efficient?
and also does it effect my screen or phone in harmful way??
Atrix 4G, CM7 based TopSmarts 1.3 rom, Faux123 1ghz kernel.
If you turn the brightness down, the screen will use less power, which saves battery. Changing the color of the screen does not use less power.
I use the green/red tint when I need to use my phone in dark places so I am not noticed.
lithid-cm said:
I use the green/red tint when I need to use my phone in dark places so I am not noticed.
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I use Screen Filter for that, though there are other apps which will accomplish the same thing.
post-mortem said:
If you turn the brightness down, the screen will use less power, which saves battery. Changing the color of the screen does not use less power.
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Actually, I just read that for AMOLED screens, black colors will save power usage, then red 2nd. So, if you have a predominantly red & black color scheme, you can stretch your battery a bit further.