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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kresk:
Hey, I'm unable to play YouTube videos or videos from various news apps (CNN,fox,etc.)if my

background data is off. As soon as I turn it on again, all types of videos work great. Is this happening to anyone else since ICS update? If so, have you found a solution to the problem? Thanks for any help you could offer. NS 4.0.3 stock/not rooted T-Mobile.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donsh00tmesanta:
how'd you disable it

Sent from an oICS'd Nexus S 4G v41 cuz Google dissed us
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kresk:
In ICS I go to data usage, activate mobile data limit (a requirement when wanting to deactivate background data in ICS). Then I press the menu (capacitive button) and check restrict background data. I always kept background data off when using gingerbread and never had any issues. I'm wondering if something with having to set a mobile data limit is causing a problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aras1:
it is said that the galaxy nexus uses the pentile display .. and all we know that pentile isn't really good .. so i am going to buy a nexus tonight and i would to ask you if the screen good or bad .. do you like it or not ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ferris2375:
I've had numerous phones, GS2, iPhone 4...this is the best screen I've seen yet.

The Pentile discussion is kind of ridiculous.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cundiffr:
I've had four phones this year

- Vibrant

- My touch

- Nexus S

- Evo 3d

When compared to everything else including my friends' iPhone this is the best display I have ever used.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LaGgY_42o:
Its crazy good, by far the best screen on any device I've ever seen, blacks are so black u can't tell where the phone ends and the screen begins without looking really close. Also u can load up pretty much any page in portrait view with far away zoom and STILL read the really really fine text just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Yeah it uses a pentile display much to people's dismay. Quite a few people/reviews have stated the following: 1.) Whites appear like a linen yellow. 2.) Blue tinge on the screen 3.) Pixelation is noticeable on text. While that is all true the screen isn't that bad, passable at least while playing games or watching videos. Is it the BEST screen ever? I would say no.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kristovaher:
Sweetheart, you do know that the screen cannot have blue tinge and linen yellow whites at the same time right? Light cannot work like that. And pixelation is noticable on text? Are you insane? Have you seen the screen?

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Calm down there Nexus fan boy/girl! I'm just stating these are things people have seen. Obviously not saying the blue tinge along w/ the yellow whites occur at the same time. Yes I have seen the screen numerous times, and a co-worker was the one to tell me about the yellowish whites.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
Pentile on the original SGS/NexusS wasn't nearly what it is on this Galaxy Nexus. Last night I spent about an hour comparing and contrasting between his iPhone4s and my brand new Galaxy Nexus. When it came down to it, the Galaxy Nexus had the same readability as the vaunted Retina display, but with deeper blacks, and generally more vibrant (ermm, oversaturated) colors. Looks great to me, but people have different preferences.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gsxr1kmatt:
i've had the moto droid, moto atrix, htc thunderbolt, iphone4, and this is by far the nicest screen ive ever had.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pharpe:
Are you just quoting other posts or do you actually have a GN? If so does the screen look yellow, blue, or pixelated to you? If it does I would return it ASAP because it shouldn't. Mine and the ones I've played with in the store do not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GotSka81:
Pentile? What Pentile?

In my experience, the pentile isn't an issue. The screen is (theoretically) gorgeous, however (and maybe I'm an exception), I've seen that only about 1 in 3 GNexi have a screen that truly looks like it's supposed to. I'm on my third GNex, two of the three have had different screen issues, and the third had a great display but a blown earpiece :mad:

That being said, I wouldn't hesitate to buy one, just be sure to THOROUGHLY inspect it before you leave the store. I'm going back for my fourth today. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
My co-workers device's screen white's looked yellow. I went into the store to mess around w/ the device and did notice the same on those units. There have been others stating there is a blue tinge, which is supposedly a normal thing, as to preserve the blue pixel. The screen has minor pixelation but it's not too noticeable like the Moto devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hbkmog:
You must have microscope eyes then. I can't see any pixelation holding device from one palm far from my eyes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
I do have very good vision yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kam187:
No pixelation that I can see, and I use a lot of different types of high res screens for work. I'm really not sure how anyone can say they see pixelation on such a high density display. Take a look at the 'unlock' circle on the lock screen. You have to look realllly hard to see the jagidness - and this is a circle drawn with square pixels :P

Colours are slightly over saturated which makes them pop more, however they are not technically accurate - if you care. Eg. look at a photograph from a SLR camera on the gn vs a high quality computer screen.

The only real issue I see is the artefacts (grey 'dirty' look of white backgrounds) on the 2 or 3 lowest brightness settings. This is slightly annoying because you need to leave auto brightness on to preserve battery. You can however use a custom rom to change the lowest limit of brightness.

Trust me, when you turn it on, you'll think the 'google' logo that comes up is actually a sticker on the screen, and when the startup animation starts you'll fall off your chair :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
I will say that I can notice some pixelization of text, primarily on colored text (reds, blues, purples, etc. are the worst offenders), although that's not to say it's terribly pixelated, but it is noticeable if you know what you're looking for. Certainly nothing to dismiss the phone for, but to say it's not visible is untrue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spamlucal:
i can see it's pentile (having had a nexus one I know how it looks) but it's not much of a problem, the resolution is high enough. Sure it would be nicer if it was RGB, but it's good enough for me, at least (and I hated my N1's screen)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Agreed. To each their own when it comes to displays! I'm not bashing on the display at all, just stating what I have seen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neon01:
I agree. Overall I like the display better than my iphone 4, but it does have flaws, and I think the sharpness of the apple retina is better. Still, the blacks are to die for, and I like a little more punch to my colors since I'm not going to be doing any color-sensitive work on a phone. Plus, the size on the GN is juuuuust right.

Though I have to disagree with the poster that said the opening animation looks incredible. I was actually severely disappointed that they chose such a low res animation to "showcase" the HD super amoled display. It should be in native res, but it obviously isn't. That said, it would probably slow down the boot process considerably if that were the case, so it's just fine the way it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kireas:
PenTile, yes. Excellent quality, also yes.

Unless you are a photographer, the colours shouldn't matter that much to you - white is still pretty white, and black is very black, and everything inbetween is pretty damn good too.

Those complaining about pixelation on the screen...well, to be honest, I can see pixels on my PC monitor, and it's a fancy-shmancy 1080p 120Hz 3D monster. I can see pixels on a Retina display. Pixels are everywhere.

I CAN SEE THE PIXELS D:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] avesik:
While I did notice the imperfections of a pentile display on lower-res devices I owned, it doesn't bother me at all on the Galaxy Nexus because of the higher resolution. I'd say go for it and just don't "try" to see the pixels. It's just ok and if you ramp up the brightness the display is really great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
1080p is the worst marketing gimmick ever. 1080p on a large display, ESPECIALLY televisions (32"+) is a severely low resolution. It's billed as the greatest thing since sliced velcro, but the fact is that long before 1080p became the de facto standard, monitors already had much higher resolutions (2560x1600, for example), and if anything we've regressed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Roroco:
Yes the screen has if flaws, but they are only viable at below 50% brightness. Just turn up your brightness a bit and the screen is beautiful. The resolution, blacks, and colors are awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] michaelg1030:
Agree with what he said. The screen is beautiful on full brightness, but with how bad the battery is, I keep my phone on dim setting and I must say dim does nothing to exploit the screen. Whites are very washed out and grainy, but its nice to know how awesome the screen can be by turning up the brightness. This is how you should display it to your friends.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rabaker07:
Completely agree, but this is a 4.65" screen! Viewing distance also plays a big role, so big TVs can get away with lower ppi because they still look great from 10'.

I'll just say I'm still very happy with my OLED Incredible which is an inferior version of GNex diaplay with lower resolution and have never thought to myself, omg, look at those pixels and pentile blur. Never even noticed.

I'm a little concerned with the most commonly viewed experience of using lower brightness to conserve battery if the screen begins to look like garbage, but I'm sure I'll find a happy medium.

Guess I'll find out Thursday night when this badboy arrives!! Now where's that tracking number? I need to obsessively hit refresh for the next 36 hours!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusDro:
I don't understand. In order to preserve the blue pixel, shouldn't you reduce the blue colour instead of making the screen look more blue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
Oh yeah, I'm not complaining about the resolution on the Nexus, that was just a random aside. :)

I'm usually about two or three feet from my 40" TV though (which probably explains my declining vision) so I notice it more.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eus107709:
New Nexus owner here. Verdict: Disappointed

Blueish tint is true. BUT, not nearly as bad as the original galaxy nexus and the s2

Whites are clearly yellowish, BUT not that bad..

Colors are way over saturated. I spend a lot of time color correcting (yes, calibrated mon) my personal photos from RAW formats and enjoy showing them to people on my phone. The Nexus makes them look over saturated and contrasty. Video looks great at first glance, but really disappoint during longer viewings. Try watching a movie that has a certain visual style you're familiar with and you'll see.

Examples: dark knight trailer

Non movie: Starcraft 2 casts (don't judge)

Please disregard the people that deny these facts and go to a store to see for yourself.

Compared to:

Droid X - nexus not nearly as bright. Droid X has warmer colors

Galaxy S - terrible screen, why even compare

S2 - less blue, win!

iPhone- pains me to say.. still the standard

Rezound - for watching movies, clearly better in my opinion. The ultra contrasty nature of our displays not only hurts your eyes but hurts the quality of the movie.

HTC Evo (og) - about as bright, warmer than nexus. More accurate colors.

If you are the type that can why LED TVs are bad compared to a finely tuned Pioneer Plasma (despite lower resolution), you'll be disappointed by the hype. All others will be thrilled to tears.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Wicker King:
The difference is not noticeable to our eyes, I have never been able to tell a pentile from a none pentile. It's the tech not what our eyes see. Also can you tell the difference from 1080i and 1080p. The answer is there the same to our eyes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
I see so much ridiculous nitpicking.

The Nexus has the best screen on any phone available right now. By far.

The moire effect is barely visible and then only in dim whites. BTW this has nothing to do with "pixelation" or that one can see "pixels".

Such a minute disadvantage is not something that would offset the superior blacks and insane sharp resolution.

I have not seen a Nexus with a blue or a yellow tint. Perhaps some units have a defective display, but then just return it. Or maybe people are nitpicking there too. Are we talking 5499K instead of 5500K white balance? (Or whatever white you consider "white") Who uses their phone for color correction anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
Not sure if serious...

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Best in what regard? In regard to pixel density, the iPhone 4 and 4S come out ahead. In regards to resolution, it is tied with the Resound and the Nitro HD. In regards to screen size, it's one of the top, certainly the largest on Verizon currently. In regards to contrast and black levels, it's certainly one of the best if not THE best. It DOES suffer from typical AMOLED problems, such as the grainy effect on some displays, as well as the Pentile matrix (which certainly shows pixelation on non-green solid colors such as red and blue -- take a look at the Netflix icon).

That said, I'm quite happy with the screen. Just because you can't see the details, however, doesn't mean they aren't there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
The iPhone screens are too small. That makes their pixel density advantage useless.

Overall the Galaxy Nexus simply has the best screen available. That's considering all the advantages and (minute) disadvantages.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ikon8:
Best screen on the market, period.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
You're projecting your opinion as fact. The millions of iPhone owners who love their screen might disagree with you. Personally, I prefer a larger screen, but I do prefer the sharpness and clarity of the iPhone 4 screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Antzor:
Literally the screen is BEAUTIFUL

the ONLY "downside" some people find is that you can see some lines on the screen at very low brightness...

Does anyone agree with me that its kinda cool? Looks a little bit like "paper"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
The millions of iPhone owners also don't know a damn thing about screen technology. They just know its an apple product so that makes it the best.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
That's really the argument you're going to use? Not even worth dignifying that one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
You have to choose and for regular use (not just nonsensical nitpicking), the Galaxy Nexus screen performs better at just about any task.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grooves12:
I HATE pentile... with 720p it is not as noticeable on lower res devices... but it is very noticeable in certain situations. Namely, large areas of neutral colors.

My eye says that pentile displays appear = to non-pentile displays roughly 66% their resolution. Which, is why I feel the Galaxy S II has an equal to slighly better looking screen, and the Bionic/RAZR's "qHD" pentile screens feels worse than even the original droid. The Rezound's non-pentil LCD screen is noticeably clearer to me... you have to sacrifice contrast to get it though, so it is a toss-up for which you choose.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pacc:
Not the biggest screen (Galaxy note wins), and really screen size is really subject to taste.

Not best colors (SII wins)

Not highest resolution (Note wins again, and other models with same resolution)

Not highest pixels density (Iphone wins)

It's a nice screen, but due to the old pentile and HD resolution, screen drains battery very quickly.

There are always pros and contras, it's up to each individual to choose their priorities/preferences.

If SIII brings HD super amoled PLUS HD than you'll be looking at a serious winner.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pangiotis24:
for me there is no noticeable difference
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
The DPI is so high, that Pentile is irrelevant. Amoled HD > Amoled Plus. There are tons of screen shots that compare the GN to the GSGII's plus screen. GN wins big time.

I'm also noticing there are lots of areas in ICS where LCD would look retarded. The Music lockscreen controls is a big one. Imagine using that with an LCD. Also the Softkeys. There are a few other places that I've noticed wouldn't look good with a different screen tech.

It's like Google built ICS around the Amoled Displays.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
Why would LCD look "retarded"? Anything with blacks won't look AS good, but it's not going to break the interface.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
The screen has two draw backs that I've noticed, when the brightness is below 50% the whites and greys look grainy and the images start looking soft.

But this is very minor and not noticeable most of the time, love my phone even with its 5mp noise maker lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
The softkeys really work well now because the Amoled black is about as black as the black surrounding the screen. It makes the softkeys look like regular "hardware" touch keys. Perhaps "retarded" is a bit much, but it will look a lot less slick. For people who complain about minute differences in pixeldensity this would be an unsurmountable problem ...

I also wonder how Google is going to do softkeys on older devices. Would they make the softkeys onscreen with the "hardware" keys still below it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jameslepable:
My review is that on low screen brightness the is a slight banding issue but I don't mind it, it gives the look of texture others may dislike it. I would say it's a small price to pay because anywhere between 40-100% brightness is so awesome and plus the screen resolution is 720p which is just wow, as been said black does mean black am sitting watching the football now and in the room its dimmed and the bezel blends with the top and bottom of the screen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hxdrummerxc:
The screen is awesome....

I was also very worried about PenTile.

My brother has the DX2, and the pentile screen looks terrible, so it made me very worried.

You can't even tell that its a pentile. Comparing it to the DX2 is night and day, so much brighter, crisper.....

It really is true.... Samsung makes some of the best screens.... I sell tv's and own two Samsung tvs.... and I can now say, their phones seem to follow suite.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
I use black wallpaper and "night" settings in apps (to use black backround with white texts). This way you don't have to use a dim light setting without blowing through your battery or the feeling that you are looking into headlights all the time.

You can even do this in the browser by inverting the webpages, but that looked too weird for my taste, so I stopped using that. I mostly read e-mails, PDFs, tapatalk and things like that and then it works great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rabaker07:
Now that would be dumb. Something Apple would do to force all users to buy a new device.

Google has confirmed that soft keys won't display on hardware/capacitive key devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rabaker07:
That's sweet!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] belmore:
My whites aren't yellow. But they are a little greyish. Idk if that's how some of the apps are themed or not though. Just not as bright white as my Charge. But it's not to where it bothers me. And I don't really notice unless they're next to each other. And i've noticed brightness mods, so it's probably that. But it's definitely not a yellowish tint.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1ck132:
I have 2 Gnexes and all i can say is that the screen is great and the screen isbad.

How?

Well basically one of them have a yellowish screen like most reviewers talked about.

The other though has clear whites, nearly as clear as iPhone screen, which is by far has the best whites on a phone screen.

The one with the yellow tint is useable and still is a good screen but its not great or anything.

The other one though is the best screen I've ever used.

So keep in mind that your experinces about the screen might vary depending on your device. As far as i can tell this is actually a known issue with AMOLED screens.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haydonxda:
Unfortunately your observations have nothing to do with the display being a pentile display. These are artifacts of Samsung's OLED technology they used in the display.

An additional point about your third observation - is this with a magnifying glass?

There's also: ghosting/persistence, uneven brightness at low pixel values (noted as grain), burn in and maybe a few other things. But none of this has anything to do with the pentile pixel layout.

People bash pentile for no reason, mostly out of ignorance.

As for the OP - the screen is great but does have some issues, especially battery drain. At high brightness it looks amazing.

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Indeed that's very true. The signal that cable companies push through to you is so highly compressed that you're not seeing anything close to 1080P.

It's very sad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bear55:
I came from a non-pentile Droid Charge (I believe the same panel as the SGSII) and I defiantly notice the grainyness of the Galaxy Nexus. I think that the Super AMOLED + has a nicer look but the resolution on the Galaxy Nexus makes it better overall. Bottom line, buy the Nexus and enjoy full software support from Google.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trixnrice:
my personal experience with the screen of my gnex: the blacks are ridiculous, seriously blends in with the the bezel and just pops. my whites are a little grayish, especially because i put my brightness to 20-25% to save battery power, and i can notice the pentile matrix when on whites and grays at about 6 inches from my face which i usually would not do in most daily situations. With regards to pixelation on texts? ...seriously? i've tried and tried max zoom on web browsers putting it inches from my eyes and straining, but i dont see any pixelation or "jagged" look with the text. maybe some how u do, but i really cant. my most recent phones have been the iphone 4 and bold 9930, and i must say overall the gnex has the best screen. i'm no color accuracy connoisseur, so what you ppl call over saturation of colors, i consider vivid and truly enjoyable. Again, blacks are unmatched, as for clarity, iphone 4 still wins, and the bold is not bad, but thats b/c the screen is less than half that of the gnex. But the clarity and resolution of the gnex with its large screen are more than satisfy me, supplement that with its superior blacks and "vivid" colors, you'll hear no complaints from me about the gnex screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eus107709:
The OP asked for opinions, what's the problem? Most posts seem to contain valid points concerning the screen. The most unhelpful replies are the ones by people who are blindly loyal to the product or just blind and can't see the flaws.