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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
Do you have actual data tables to prove your claims?

Its always natural for people with perfectly working devices to make up a statistical number out of thin air, an extremely common thing in forums now and especially on the Galaxy S2 section.

Having a fail rate of 10,000 out of 1Million is still pretty acceptable in today's (low) standards.

You also have to put into consideration that XDA does not represent even the smallest fraction for the Galaxy Note user base.

Not everyone has the same expectation for a $700 device, not everyone uses the phone in the very same way.

Im not saying that you should or should not buy the G-Note but weigh in the risks of getting an imported unit vs waiting for local stocks. Even if its just 1 in 100 the chances of you getting 2~5 defective units in a row could be pretty high. I believed what the XDA people posted on the S2 forums before that a crappy screen is just like 1 in 7million, who would have thought I got a total of 7 in a row.

Heres is the list of issues that I've read on XDA alone:

1.) Unresponsive touch buttons after a call

2.) S-Pen issues - accuracy issue, detection issue

3.) Camera Pink spot

4.) Dead pixels - extremely minor

5.) Screen lag that relates to the proximity sensor (I dont even know if thats a legit issue or just nitpicking.)

6.) Broken Gyro/Accelerometer ( I think only 2 guys posted about this so far? )

7.) A Plethora of screen related issue may it be software or hardware ( Green hue when viewing in an angle, blotches on the screen, terrible gamma levels, reddish bleeding on the sides of the screen, horizontal lines, color banding, OLED burn out, image retention, yellowish/bluewish whites, solid color streak lines after a few days of use )

While my issue is not as worse as others but the horizontal lines is an eyesore, kinda loses the point of having an HD screen to begin with. I guess the Galaxy S2 experience didnt teach me enough but the G-Note surely did. I dont hate the phone, Im just a little disappointed that I didnt get lucky with the screen lottery. I mean people say the problem is an extreme minority.. after checking 2 other phones they have the same issue to a different extent/degree.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
1.) Hardware, manufacturing issues broken buttons

2.) Hardware, manufacturing issues sucked pen sensor, display issues

3.) people issues they forgot to remove plastic protection

4.) Hardware, manufacturing issues

5.) people issue some people will always have something to argue, complain.

6.) Hardware, manufacturing issues

7.) Hardware, manufacturing issues plus people who see what they want to see or heard/read about the pentile "problem" from the old generation of lcd displays
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
3.) Nope, I think you dont understand this issue. Its believed to be caused by software, you think the millions of IP4,HTC and other users forgot to remove the plastic protector on their camera. The G-Note doesnt even have one.

7.) It has nothing to do with pentile, the S1 was pentile it had the best screen even compared to the Gnote or S2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] foxmeister:
True, but consider the following statement:

This is also true! :)

People with flawed devices tend to be over-represented on sites such as this one, because if they are XDA members, they will tend to post about it, and if not, they may get pointed in the direction of XDA when they google their issues.

Even if you start a poll with two options, "My device is perfect", and "My device is flawed", people with flawed devices are far more likely to submit a poll vote than those whose are not.

Whilst I agree that quality control could be better, we have to accept that more quality control basically means higher cost and it is always a case of increasing cost for diminishing returns, since there will always be some lemons that slip through the net.

Thinking about it, perhaps there is a spot in the market for a company that charges a premium to unbox and pre-vet devices for users, and who also deals with all returns and warranty issues. Now there's a thought.... I could be up for a spot on Dragons Den :)

Regards,

Dave
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
What ROM are you using?
[HTC EVO 3D] slreno:
no rom.. i am not rooted.. i am just using verizon prl to get service via qpst.. i am using 0001 prl..

i am actually using 0001 verizon prl while home and then switching to stock sprint when i leave.. it would be great to not have to do this crap!.. seems the prl could be edited with better thresholds to stay on verizon while im home with crap service.
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
Try the 11115 PRL, it's a business PRL and Sprint won't kill your service for roaming on Verizon too much
[HTC EVO 3D] slreno:
any links to 11115 prl?
[HTC EVO 3D] The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle:
This is Sprint's 01115 PRL. I think its the same as what you are requesting. If its not, then disregard....

http://db.tt/DLuTxOer
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
11115.zip
[HTC EVO 3D] mikeyxda:
AFAIK, no PRL is going to do what you want. 11115 will allow you to roam on 3G more often but it won't change the threshold at which it switches over to roaming on Verizon towers. I wish there was a way to do that! I'd love to be able to tell it to switch to Verizon towers when the signal drops below 2 bars on Sprint or something like that. I think that's embedded in the radio software and not even the ROMs can access/change that. You'd probably need a custom radio update and I'm not aware of anyone "hacking" those.

Mike
[HTC EVO 3D] cniels01:
I would call Sprint about an Airave

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1189192&highlight=airave

Check out this link above from an earlier thread. They might give you a free airave and that should solve the problem you are having at home.
[HTC EVO 3D] DarkManX4lf:
Be careful with Verizon prl, a lot of people are getting their lines terminated because they data roam too much.

The Airave isn't that great either. The one they are giving out now is pretty horrible for texting.
[HTC EVO 3D] rvoisine4:
If you're rooted there is an app called roam control that'll do it

---------- Post added at 03:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 AM ----------

I had to call sprint 6 different times to complain bout service at home and finally they sent me one free. I have full 3g throughout my entire house.
[HTC EVO 3D] Rob the plumber:
The airrave wont work if you don't havea home internet connection right?
[HTC EVO 3D] exSD:
The AIRAVE requires a constant power and broadband Internet connection to

operate. In the event of an outage, your phone will automatically try to obtain

service directly from the Nationwide Sprint network if coverage is available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] macfre:
Hi, I'm calling all SGS2 or iPhone 4S owners to help me identify whether my device is somehow broken, or it's "normal" for the GSM version of Galaxy Nexus:

In short, voice in-call quality is definitely worse than on SGS2 and iPhone 4S. I tried all those phones with exactly the same SIM card standing at the same place, calling exactly the same number (my voice mail), hearing the same message on all three, so it's not a matter of card/operator/signal.

I noticed, when using the ear speaker, that:

1. At maximum in-call volume, on Galaxy Nexus I hear some occasional creaking noise, like if the volume level was too high for the ear speaker to handle. I don't hear any noise like that on Samsung Galaxy S2 or iPhone 4S.

2. At maximum in-call volume, GNexus is still the quietest phone out of those three. iPhone 4S is the loudest (and without the creaky noise), Galaxy S2 is second (without creaky noise as well), and Galaxy Nexus is the quietest of them and yet develops some creaky noise at the same time.

3. Some high pitch sounds are unpleasant to hear on Galaxy Nexus, while they are fine (the same word from my voicemail) on both SGS2 and i4S. I'm not sure how to describe it, some words (I know only polish words that cause this at this moment) are really unpleasant to hear on GNexus..

4. I'm not sure if it's because of the creaky noise or not, but the voice from GNexus sounds the most 'robotic' out of those 3 devices. As I already wrote, I was hearing exactly the same messages on all three phones (my voice mail), and while they sounded pretty much identical on SGS2 and iPhone 4S, they sounded a little bit more 'robotic' on GNexus.

Ok, that's all. Don't get me wrong, my GNexus is capable of making/receiving calls. The problem is I'm a little bit hearing impaired and in order to understand people (especially when they don't speak in my native language) I need to turn the volume up a bit, otherwise I can't hear them. And unfortunately my GNexus is _definitely_ the worst phone in regard to call/voice quality out of those 3 phones. Anytime when I talk with someone for longer than "just a minute" when my SIM card is in GNexus, I wish it was in SGS2 or i4S just because I know I could hear someone better then. For short calls it doesn't matter.

So, the question is: does anyone who owns either SGS2 or i4S noticed this as well? I wonder whether there's something wrong with my specific device and I should replace it, or it works "as expected"..

Maybe it's caused by 2G network? I'm very often on 2G network, though with good coverage (4 signal bars)..

I appreciate any help, thanks..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericshmerick:
I bought the GNEX because my wife constantly complained that my International SGSII was unbearable. Well there were other reasons also, but voice quality was her biggest gripe.

The GNEX is much better.

My wife has an iPhone 4S BTW (we are both on ATT).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] macfre:
Interesting. But that's from her side, suggesting that mic on GNex is better than SGS2. I have no idea whether it's true, people can understand me no matter what device I use.

What about your side - did you notice any differences (especially something related to what I described) when it comes to voice quality compared to SGS2?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enumBoss:
I get crackling on occasional calls. But it's not consistent and not every call. Hasn't bothered me a ton. Volume is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] macfre:
Any chance crackling happens only on 2G networks?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enumBoss:
Nope. Both 3G and HSPA+. But very infrequently.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jasbur17:
I have no issues with the Nexus. People always complained that my voice was muffled with the International SGSII.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] macfre:
That's interesting point and I admit I never asked anyone if they hear me better when I use GNEX. I'm a little bit selfish though and more interesting in how I hear other people, than how they hear me, especially since my hearing is quite bad ;)

Perhaps GNEX has better noise detection mic than SGS2?
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
I really want a white galaxy s2 this Christmas. Loved everything about it. There is just a thing that's bugging me. Its about the burn in issue. Im planning to use this phone for 2-3 years and Im very OC when it comes to gadgets.

1. Does burn in happen in all galaxy s2 phones?

2. Can you remove it by putting a plain white background for a while?

3. Will samsung accept it for replacement when it start to appear after a few months?

4. Will I have it even if I change the way icons appear every time?
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
Simple answer is go for it.. No burn in issues for me..

Sure you can use the phone for more than 2 years.. As it is ahead of all the ones.. Go for it and you wont regret..

Swyped from: GT-I9100

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[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
All high end Samsung phones have 1/2yr warranty.

Just to let you know. Have you seen the galaxy S II white in person? I own a black one and my sister's friend just got hers a week ago. I have to say it isn't the same quality of premium white they used on the Galaxy S (official name - ceramic white).

It looks tackier and a little cheap IMO. I'd get be black unless you've seen it in real life and satisfied with it. I loves the ceramic white used in the Original galaxy s. A shame really....
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
I havent seen it in person but i saw it in youtube and it looks quite good.

What will the screen look life if the whole screen is burnt in?
[Galaxy S II General] Alvin Lai:
I own a white galaxy s2. All I can say is perfect. I only buy when this available in white.
[Galaxy S II General] qq594836605:
i have a white one. i love it. and i also want to use it for several years.
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
Can you guys post pics of those who have white gs2's ? :d
[Galaxy S II General] alexteoh:
All the people who owned a SGSII will surely recommend u to buy this phone(except some unknown Iphone lover maybe not). By replacement u mean hardware or 1 to 1 exchange? Samsung will probably fix your phone's problem but they wont give u 1 to 1 exchange after 7 days.
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
I just did the LCD test on my SGS 2 and to my surprise there is no burn in at all (Tried red, green and blue). Even if I turn the brightnes up to the max setting. It can still burn my retinas out though :-)

I got it in early June (It's the european original I9100) and I had a white clock in my statusbar all the time.

What surprises me here is that I had temporary burn ins on my old SGS 1 (I9000). They would go away after a few minutes, in one of the LCD test colors. As if the display had memory. Theres none of that with my SGS 2.

I don't know if Samsung revised the display later, but mine def. doesn't have a burn-in issue.

And regarding the rest of the phone, I absolutely love it.
[Galaxy S II General] tazer4:
No burn in issue ive heard of you can use this phone for 5+ years it has cheap replacment batteries and everything. The only display flaw is maybe a slight blueish tint to true whites not even really noticable buy this phone!!
[Galaxy S II General] DummyPLUG:
The organic materials used in AMOLED displays are prone to degradation, and blue color is the worst one.

so for your question, yes, it will burn in, and just depends on how you use it, you may see burn in more quickly, or may be not for 1~2years..

and it is hard to remove the burn in once it is there.

if I remember correctly, the best blue color material have about 5years lifetime, but dunno what is used in the S2, so it may be an old material which just have 2~3 years lifetime

p.s. Actually Burn in happens in Plasma and CRT too, just you may not notice it
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
Does it get worse?
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
I'm an avid gamer (dungeon defenders, shadowgun, modern combat) and I can't tell the difference even after the amount of heat this thing has produced.

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] cseegran:
No Don't

Bought sgs 2,

-dead pixel - Send for warranty claim.

-could not boot up - send for warranty claim, they changed motherboard.

-camera freeze at least once a week.

-playing game too long freezes the phone.

Either the phone did not go through proper QC or they been using shoody parts.
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
So many problems?? Did you bought s2 or iphone?

Swyped from: GT-I9100

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[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
I'd say go and get it, i haven't faced any of the issues you mentioned.

I'll add: get this phone ONLY if you have a dedicated mp3 player, audio quality on this thing sucks big time. You can always get this phone and a Sansa Clip as a player, cheap like hell and very premium sound. Personally i got a Cowon C2 (105€) because i needed more punch in terms of battery life and better equalization, but the Sansa costs like a pair of mid to low end earbuds (30-50€) and sounds better than an iPhone4s (by a mile), biggest bang for the buck ever...you can even load Rockbox on that sucker and it will own even more.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Mojo20032004:
So how do I go back to the original software.I tryed doing it using cwm screen and It just gets stuck on the samsung screen along with a vibrate every 5 seconds

Posted from my DROID!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] yoyowhatup22:
your soft bricked, you have to ODIN back using one of the stock Roms found in develepment.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Mojo20032004:
But I'm using the phone now.works good other than it freezes here and there,but I'm used to it

Posted from my DROID!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Young Katbodi:
Hey Guys, I myself am an active cross platform user. I'll switch from Mac to PC and from my Android to my iPhone. I love my Android and all the features but I want it to be smooth! I mean just simple transition's and apps I want to be... smoother. I currently use LauncherPro and have used many other Launchers. They just don't satisfy. Could you all suggest me some ways to make my phone much more smoother? Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] tablador:
Flash a ROM or install one of the tweaks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shawnshine:
Use Titanium to uninstall or freeze bloat ware, convert your launcher to a system app, and maybe try Spare Parts for making transitions/animations smoother
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mysticfrog:
hey whats up.. what rom would you flash.. like what tweeks as well.. im running valhalla final..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
You can remove most bloatware easily with my SGS4G Debloater. There's a link in my forum signature, right below this post. Removing bloatware will speed up your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mysticfrog:
Yeah I've removed a bunch of bloatware my phone actually isn't bad at all, I'm just curious about a decent launcher... I've read the launcher thread, but I'm not vibing any of them.. One thing though is it okay to freeze the one launcher while you're using the other launcher??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Yeah, but even if you have all of them installed and defrosted they won't really conflict. If you press the home key you can switch between them. Pretty handy for testing
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mysticfrog:
I'm really liking that spb one.. But I'm not sure about spending fifteen bucks for something that doesn't get updated.. But I just love the whole layout of that launcher..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
I love GO Launcher EX.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bassmanjames:
zeam its the lightest launcher on the market. Not as customizable as launcher pro but still gets support.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] goddi2010:
i like go launcher as well
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bassmanjames:
I run Valhalla as well with lighting zap, zeam launcher, fast animations, and the kj6 beta kernel. My phone performs noticeably better than the 4s stock with boot time and app opening. Transitions are similar and scrolling long lists seem to perform better on the 4s. Assuming you are actively comparing the two, What differences are you noticing that tempted you to start this thread?
[General Questions and Answers] yus4eel:
I need to know what else my internal storage can be formatted to besides FAT32. i accidentally did this a while ago formatting it through Disk Utility (mac OSX) and i need to transfer a file larger than 4gb to it but FAT32 has a 4gb cap to it i assume. Any help?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathfeel:
First boot after wiping cache then flashing Phiremod 7.1 and gappps-gb-20110828.zip. I got the screen of "Welcome to NookColor, touch the android to begin." with an Android logo in the middle of the screen. There is no response when I touch it.

What have I done wrong?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k8108:
You flashed the wrong gapps. Go here https://sites.google.com/site/phiremod/nook-color-roms

And scroll down until you see the link for pherimods gapps.

(I did the same thing when I first flashed this rom.)

There is also a thread in the NC android development section for this rom. Post questions there for more support.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathfeel:
Thanks. Have not gotten enough posts apparently to be allowed to post at dev forums.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrkkk:
link dead?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k8108:
Yes, the link is dead now. Phiremod apparently left the development world and took his files with him. Too bad. He had some great roms.
[Vibrant General] mulderc:
Just saw this over on Google+ and didn't see it posted on here.

We are no longer supporting the Vibrant due to the inability to dial 911. We consider the issues related to this unresolvable without source code from Samsung related to the Radio interface layer and its interactions with the Audio layers and have taken the decision to no longer support this. We apologize for the inconvenience and strongly suggest that Vibrant users use a Samsung ROM due to the 911 issues with any ROMs based on open source code.

-SGS Team/Team Hacksung/Teamdouche​

https://plus.google.com/115559452692492479251/posts/cebZUe4E7wM
[Vibrant General] bfranklin1986:
Old news
[Vibrant General] vlad84:
Bad news...
[Vibrant General] geoffcorey:
The 911 issue is old news, but the decision to stop support for the phone specifically stating the reason to be said 911 issue is new.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G
[Vibrant General] ferhanmm:
I wonder why there hasn't been a fix for it yet. Why not just let us set a location during the initial setup. Seems like an easy fix to me
[Vibrant General] bfranklin1986:
It's old news that they were going to stop support....
[Vibrant General] geoffcorey:
Did you even read the link? They explained why in both the CM7 nightly thread and at the g+ link.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G
[Vibrant General] }{Alienz}{:
This is just ****ty news. I wish the was a disclaimer when you download that you have to agree to rather then this...
[Vibrant General] bearsfan85:
its the nice way of saying we are dropping support, they really dont have a good reason considering all that they really need to do is fix button mapping and release it, but since gps doesnt work 100% of the time they basically just said F*** it, thats my take, I'm sure that there will be kernels that are cm9 compatible and then we will just flash an I9000 version of the rom with a button mapped fix.

the best way to do it would be to create an update.zip that has a button fix in it so then we can just flash I9000 roms and then the button mapping fix but we'll see
[Vibrant General] donnygg:
So the 911 issue is specific to CM7 ROMs and not gingerbread ROMs for Vibrant in general? Do the new ICS ROMs have this problem?
[Vibrant General] atinm:
I am sorry no - it isn't that simple. 911 calls, audio callbacks (and related GPS callbacks) aren't working correctly specifically on the Vibrant due to missing code in the Radio Interface layer and audio stacks. We don't have this code, we are unlikely to ever get this code. This was something we've been trying to fix for a while, and have finally given up. As a lot of other ROMs use our code, we'd rather not have CyanogenMod distributing a ROM that cannot do 911 calls correctly, even with disclaimers. The disclaimers will mean squat if someone actually has to call 911 and we strongly encourage you to stick with Samsung ROMs. Until we can fix this, this is off our supported device list and we are sorry about this.

This came to a head last evening after some unrelated threats, but an actual 911 operator who has been working with us to fix 911 calling made it clear to us just how dangerous this really is if Vibrant cannot do 911 calls, and we made the decision to stop support and remove the device from our supported list.

Yes, others can still build it - but it will not be CyanogenMod that does it. We're sorry about this.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Atinm you guys did the right thing. I appreciate everything you and everyone else working to bring CM on Vibrant did. However, no rom is worth risking someones life. I applaud you guys for making the right decision. I hope Samsung releases the source needed and we can get CM back on the Vibrant with working 911/GPS.
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
It may suck for us but its the right thing to do what if someone dies do to this then they could be sued and possibly mental stress on someone who is doing something for fun/free
[Vibrant General] defconoi:
Sounds like we all gotta put our heads together and fix the 911 bug