Greetings. Some of you may have remembered me before, I asked some users here about their experiences with their gs3. Now, I'm about to get my own too So now I want to know, what exact defects or things do I have to check first before deciding which unit to get? Or are there certain serial numbers for units which I have to avoid?
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Dude, It's a phone not a girl!
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Dude, It's a phone not a girl!
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So? I'm asking which things to check first, as based on experience, the One series from HTC has faulty units that has serial numbers starting from sh24 or earlier batches. Things like THESE are what I was asking about and what the hell does it compare to, to a girl? Please don't go off topic and be serious in answering questions. If you have nothing right to say then simply shut up
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Dude, It's a phone not a girl!
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What he said
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wtfshouldidonow said:
Greetings. Some of you may have remembered me before, I asked some users here about their experiences with their gs3. Now, I'm about to get my own too So now I want to know, what exact defects or things do I have to check first before deciding which unit to get? Or are there certain serial numbers for units which I have to avoid?
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AFAIK, there isn't something like a faulty batch, there are for sure some reports about issues, but all minor like a yellow tint at white backgrounds or black dots on the screen in dark light conditions with black background (you won't notice it if you don't try to find it) or cracked screen because of clumsy use (but would recommend a case or pouch anyway).
The only real issue (not minor and not user related) I know about has been a charging issue, where the phone could only be charged over pc connection and not with wall charger, but there weren't many having this problem.
Look around and check the threads, could be I missed something, but I guess nothing major.
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Dude, It's a phone not a girl!
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"Dude", seriously grow up or shut up.
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What he said
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Use your own brain instead of agreeing because it sounds cool.
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Tectas said:
AFAIK, there isn't something like a faulty batch, there are for sure some reports about issues, but all minor like a yellow tint at white backgrounds or black dots on the screen in dark light conditions with black background (you won't notice it if you don't try to find it) or cracked screen because of clumsy use (but would recommend a case or pouch anyway).
The only real issue (not minor and not user related) I know about has been a charging issue, where the phone could only be charged over pc connection and not with wall charger, but there weren't many having this problem.
Look around and check the threads, could be I missed something, but I guess nothing major.
"Dude", seriously grow up or shut up.
Use your own brain instead of agreeing because it sounds cool.
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Now that is what I'm talking about. Thank you. Yes, I have been lurking in all the threads here but I just created a new thread about it as I fear there might have been a few things that I could have missed.
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Has anyone noticed odd lines going diagonally through some icons and play store?
Edit : when I run quadrant I get really bad artifacts on the square part of the stairs.
Could it be a driver issue?
Should I return it as a malfunctioning device?
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No haven't noticed this at all.
Here is a ss
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Try a factory restore.. Should fix it for you.
wait....wtf is this.....it's something common to the icons....
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Try a factory restore.. Should fix it for you.
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Tried factory reset still happening. It's not only icons.
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wait....wtf is this.....it's something common to the icons....
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If you would ac tally read the op you would've seen its not only icons. I also get it on pics and get bad artifacts in games. So if your looking to get sarcastic take it somewhere else.
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Definitely not a driver issue... It's the GPU failing to render. I recommend exchanging it while you still can, even under severe stress mine does not do anything like that. I'm sad for you mate. What carrier you on?
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meleii said:
Tried factory reset still happening. It's not only icons.
If you would ac tally read the op you would've seen its not only icons. I also get it on pics and get bad artifacts in games. So if your looking to get sarcastic take it somewhere else.
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Apparently you need a hug, there was nothing sarcastic about it. Im sitting here waiting for my phone to come in a couple weeks and seeing someone post graphics issues is unsettling. Of course i read the op, but the point was on the screenshot it is specific to the icons,whatever it is does not impact the background or other graphical parts on the screen which makes me think its not necessarily hardware.
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Ty for the input. And my apologies if there was nothing sarcastic intended.
And I'm on AT&T.
Maybe that is the reason the AT&T store said it was a return of a preordered device and allowed me to buy it in store yesterday.
Just stressing out about it a bit.
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Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone here could confirm a small, miniscule, almost-non-existent issue I found with this beautiful device. The left (Menu) touch button seems to be every-so-slightly faded compared to the right (Back) touch button. I haven't been able to find any pictures, or take a picture of mine (no camera around at the moment) to show what I mean. It's almost ridiculous that I am spending my time and energy in typing about this, but I would just like to know if this is normal and not something that is unique to mine. Besides, I think it gives it a bit of a personality (like Nemo and his fin).
Unique to yours.
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i have this "problem" on my S2.. not on the s3. So.. it happens
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Not even sure what you mean to be honest.
Do you mean the light is dimmer?
I haven't noticed any issues in any case. I don't think I'd really care. I'm more inclined to worry about signs I've used it! (microscopic scratches that you can't see from anything but the most obscure of angles etc.)
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I haven't been able to find any pictures, or take a picture of mine (no camera around at the moment) to show what I mean.
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You have 2 cameras on your phone :silly:
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You have 2 cameras on your phone :silly:
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Irish by name....
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irish-sid said:
You have 2 cameras on your phone :silly:
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How can he use the phone to take a picture of the phone? With clarity?
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Irish by name....
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Excuse me??
I agree it was a pretty stupid comment but come on, we aren't all stupid!
Dear god you're Scottish, that must be ****.
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Irish by name....
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And using the front camera to take a picture in a mirror won't work because....? Use your imagination.
I'm not actually endorsing that (though the front camera is actually not bad, so it could work with enough light), and I'm sure that's not what was meant by that post, but if you're gonna be a **** about it...
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And using the front camera to take a picture in a mirror won't work because....? Use your imagination.
I'm not actually endorsing that (though the front camera is actually not bad, so it could work with enough light), and I'm sure that's not what was meant by that post, but if you're gonna be a **** about it...
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Well considering the problem is one button is slightly faded compared to the other and the lackluster FFC, I wouldn't assume that would produce anything useful. I said a picture with clarity.
It was an honest question. Obviously he can use the FFC but he is talking about something so slight it likely won't be captured with the FFC.
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nodstuff said:
Excuse me??
I agree it was a pretty stupid comment but come on, we aren't all stupid!
Dear god you're Scottish, that must be ****.
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I take offence to that. Can a mod delete these semi racist comments please. No place for that kind of **** on these forums.
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I take offence to that. Can a mod delete these semi racist comments please. No place for that kind of **** on these forums.
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This is the internet.
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I take offence to that. Can a mod delete these semi racist comments please. No place for that kind of **** on these forums.
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I took offence to your compatriots comments. Talk to him about the racist comments mate, I have no problem with Scotland, been there twice on hols.
I was just trying to piss him off.
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Well considering the problem is one button is slightly faded compared to the other and the lackluster FFC, I wouldn't assume that would produce anything useful. I said a picture with clarity.
It was an honest question. Obviously he can use the FFC but he is talking about something so slight it likely won't be captured with the FFC.
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I know I know. I was replying solely to the quoted comment.
About that post anyway, I'm just hoping whoever (s)he is, is trying to make some sort of sarcastic statement about semantics, since the original post said "no camera around" as opposed to "no other camera around". I'm hoping that's what the post's intention was.
Oh how I hope...
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I took offence to your compatriots comments. Talk to him about the racist comments mate, I have no problem with Scotland, been there twice on hols.
I was just trying to piss him off.
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Better ways than that. In any case, both remarks were pretty tame/lame. No need to make a bigger deal out of it than it is.
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Can a mod delete these semi racist comments please. No place for that kind of **** on these forums.
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I was unaware that Scots and Irish were nowadays considered to be a different "race".
Anyhoo. Back on topic, still don't even know exactly what issue we're talking about here with these "faded" buttons.
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Better ways than that. In any case, both remarks were pretty tame/lame. No need to make a bigger deal out of it than it is.
I was unaware that Scots and Irish were nowadays considered to be a different "race".
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My original reply was pretty light hearted I think.
And we are definitely different races, they like deep fried mars bars!! Lol
But ya we're not. And deep fried mars bars are actually delicious.
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akarol said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone here could confirm a small, miniscule, almost-non-existent issue I found with this beautiful device. The left (Menu) touch button seems to be every-so-slightly faded compared to the right (Back) touch button. I haven't been able to find any pictures, or take a picture of mine (no camera around at the moment) to show what I mean. It's almost ridiculous that I am spending my time and energy in typing about this, but I would just like to know if this is normal and not something that is unique to mine. Besides, I think it gives it a bit of a personality (like Nemo and his fin).
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yes this is an issue and it also exists in my phone. i got my first S3 and it had lots of glue marks on the screen and the menu led was placed a bit above where it should be causing its light to come on the screen from inside of the scree. i got that set changed with a new one and now rest of the issues are gone but yes the menu led is a bit faded.
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yes this is an issue and it also exists in my phone. i got my first S3 and it had lots of glue marks on the screen and the menu led was placed a bit above where it should be causing its light to come on the screen from inside of the scree. i got that set changed with a new one and now rest of the issues are gone but yes the menu led is a bit faded.
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Thank you for keeping this thread on-topic. Yeah, it doesn't bother me at all. Just thought I'd inquire.
hi, im just wondering if checkrom has many bugs and is it stable enough to use as a daily rom?
also what is the battery life like as im on stock rom just now and i would lile the battery life to be atleast as good as stock
thanks
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because id rather see if there's any issues instead of wasting my time
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Instead of wasting the time by creating this thread you could have easily read the feedback in CheckROM thread.
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Yeah why do you expect users to waste their time to answer your thread if you can't even bother to do some reading yourself? It's like standing in a red light and ask the car beside you like "dude.. Is it green yet? I don't want to waste my time to look.." you would do that? Or sitting in a restaurant and ask the table side of yours if it's any good because even if you have the plate with the exact same food on yours.. You are to lazy to just try?
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Yeah why do you expect users to waste their time to answer your thread if you can't even bother to do some reading yourself? It's like standing in a red light and ask the car beside you like "dude.. Is it green yet? I don't want to waste my time to look.." you would do that? Or sitting in a restaurant and ask the table side of yours if it's any good because even if you have the plate with the exact same food on yours.. You are to lazy to just try?
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Lol...
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Yeah why do you expect users to waste their time to answer your thread if you can't even bother to do some reading yourself? It's like standing in a red light and ask the car beside you like "dude.. Is it green yet? I don't want to waste my time to look.." you would do that? Or sitting in a restaurant and ask the table side of yours if it's any good because even if you have the plate with the exact same food on yours.. You are to lazy to just try?
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Lmao nice, well said good sir
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I'm thinking of getting the S3 again for the rom/root. I dont want to unlocked my HTC One X with HTCDev because I do not wish to void warranty . So I was wondering are there any issues that I should look out for when getting a SGS3? I read the general section and I didnt see any.
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I'm thinking of getting the S3 again for the rom/root. I dont want to unlocked my HTC One X with HTCDev because I do not wish to void warranty . So I was wondering are there any issues that I should look out for when getting a SGS3? I read the general section and I didnt see any.
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Well most of the physical issues include some black spots/marks on the screen when switched off(apparently prevalent in all a amoled screens, slight heating at the bottom and physical faults with the body. Can't remember some of the others. Quite frankly I haven't encountered any problems with mine. The phone is a bit fragile though so handle with care. Best thing is to examine the phone properly for factory faults when buying it
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Are they visible on low brightness? Or do you need to be on a pitch black screen in a very dark room.
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Are they visible on low brightness? Or do you need to be on a pitch black screen in a very dark room.
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Some have reported it on both low brightness and when the screen is off but I don't have it as far as I can see. Running a CM10 preview right now and loving it =D
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When the screen is turned off that doesnt sound good, any pictures? & thats one of the main reasons I want the SGS3 all the roms and such . The one x has roms but I dont want to void my warranty.
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When the screen is turned off that doesnt sound good, any pictures? & thats one of the main reasons I want the SGS3 all the roms and such . The one x has roms but I dont want to void my warranty.
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Nah it doesn't seem to be as visible as you think. Like I said best thing is to thoroughly examine the phone before buying. I didn't examine it when I bought but I ended up with a good set =p
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Well before the one x and galaxy nexus I used to just buy a phone without thinking. Now I'm constantly looking for defects in phones :/
Well you just need to look for factory faults with the s3. The only real problems are software related which can or will eventually be fixed
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I shall have a look if I decide on getting one bit unsure at the moment.
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I shall have a look if I decide on getting one bit unsure at the moment.
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It's not as bad as it looks. The phone has amazing specs and most importantly awesome developers =D
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I had one before but I disliked touchwiz and kinda the screen mainly touchwiz.
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You are going to void your warranty with Samsung if you root and rom.
My S3 has been amazing. No issues here.
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Touchwood no issues either. Loose volume rocker is not so great but you dont notice it inside a cover.
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I know im voiding my warranty with samsung but I can easily make it look like I never touched the phone you cant with HTCDev.
Any banding on white/grey images? Like the galaxy nexus. This is generally on low brightness.
While I love my S3, I still think the screen sucks VS one X or iPhone 4s. Pentile is pentile I guess, because in the text it is very noticeable.
That being said, it is still the phone I'd choose at the moment. I don't trust the One X hardware quality long term.
Is the black dots that are on the screen the same thing as on the Galaxy Note known as "Black Crush"??
No I think black crush is something to do with the display being dark in videos. I'm not sure.
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So, randomly my vibrate just stops working randomly for the phone and then suddenly works again. I just updated my firmware and it just started happening recently. I'm assuming it's the software but any ideas what I can do?
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So, randomly my vibrate just stops working randomly for the phone and then suddenly works again. I just updated my firmware and it just started happening recently. I'm assuming it's the software but any ideas what I can do?
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I seem to have the same issue
I think its a hardware fault or at least with my case it is. its happened across 3 different firmwares and i have found that shaking or hitting my phone actually fixes it, this proves to me few possible
For you id recommend flashing a new firmware one more time and seeing if it shows up again, if it does then it is defiantly a hardware issue
Ill be sending my Z2 back
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Camera lense is off centre
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I seem to have the same issue
I think its a hardware fault or at least with my case it is. its happened across 3 different firmwares and i have found that shaking or hitting my phone actually fixes it, this proves to me few possible
For you id recommend flashing a new firmware one more time and seeing if it shows up again, if it does then it is defiantly a hardware issue
Ill be sending my Z2 back
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Mine did it and shaking it helped as well but idk if that's a placebo because it hasn't done it since I flashed a new kernel and rom on the phone... So there's that lol. I also have a tiny gap on the bottom left but it's barely noticeable in fact I didn't notice it until you pointed it out. I love the phone and not gonna use my square trade warranty for it just yet
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Mine did it and shaking it helped as well but idk if that's a placebo because it hasn't done it since I flashed a new kernel and rom on the phone... So there's that lol. I also have a tiny gap on the bottom left but it's barely noticeable in fact I didn't notice it until you pointed it out. I love the phone and not gonna use my square trade warranty for it just yet
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if the vibration issue shows up again then you know its a hardware issue, its better to have something working but not something faulty, faulyt things just kill them selfs more
And im with you, I love the phone more than my old phone, i realy dont want to send it back, i just want to play games @60fps but unfortionately it is a problem that is affecting the user (thats me )
ive had alot of other issues
here are some more i forgot to list
No heating with camera but majour heating just doing random tasks:
Camera apears to take photos in a very red hue
There is a Gap on the top left of the screen too
some others, too tired to think
Same problem here with the haptic feedback. It happens cuts out now and again while typing but seems to start working again on its own after a few more presses.
Not overly bothered as am very happy with the phone otherwise so won't return it to the manufacturers until it packs in completely within my warranty period.
I have got slight gaps on the screen on the bottom left and top right and maybe a slight off centre rear camera but if I hadn't known to look for these I wouldn't and don't really see them as a problem.
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Agreed, I don't think it's a hardware problem to be honest so we will see what happens when it gets updated a little more as I've seen some people with this problem.
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Hmm did it again today, don't know what to do at this point since I imported this phone... I don't know if it's hardware or software honestly
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Hmm did it again today, don't know what to do at this point since I imported this phone... I don't know if it's hardware or software honestly
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Probably hardware if it does it across firmwares
My issue is definatly conformed hardware, yours too, you should check
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Probably hardware if it does it across firmwares
My issue is definatly conformed hardware, yours too, you should check
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Yeah if I shake it it goes away but It could be voltage output that's making it worse or something, I heard the motor is actually easy to access and replace so if it comes to that I could to that possibly. I haven't factory reset it at all and I upgraded my firmware and it's worse then the one I had on stock... Odd to see so many people with this issue though.
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Yeah if I shake it it goes away but It could be voltage output that's making it worse or something, I heard the motor is actually easy to access and replace so if it comes to that I could to that possibly. I haven't factory reset it at all and I upgraded my firmware and it's worse then the one I had on stock... Odd to see so many people with this issue though.
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It could be a manufacturing bug, some types of robots need to be taught how to do their job and can realy eadilu guess the rest
This doesent seem to be a batch spesific issue
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No it seems like a lot of people to having this issue as far as I know. I'm gonna just deal with it for a while if I have to... Coming from the m8 which had even more quality control issues and going through like 5 of those.. Kind of tiring lol and I guess you can't strive for perfection although this should be fixed... Maybe someone can call Sony and chime in and let us know exactly what's going on and if they're aware of this issue.
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No it seems like a lot of people to having this issue as far as I know. I'm gonna just deal with it for a while if I have to... Coming from the m8 which had even more quality control issues and going through like 5 of those.. Kind of tiring lol and I guess you can't strive for perfection although this should be fixed... Maybe someone can call Sony and chime in and let us know exactly what's going on and if they're aware of this issue.
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They are awear of the issue,.ive heard current production devices have little issues
This is an odd thing from sony to have such issues, xperias always have problems, but not as bad as this aparently
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