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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
Just because you got a good one doesn't mean others are exaggerating. I saw another gnex that I placed side by side with mine at same brightness and there was no purple at all. So regardless of peoples tolerance for it, it's still a defect. But believe me I would count myself lucky if that's the only problem it had.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thetrailofdead:
I'm still on the fence about doing an RMA on my phone with Samsung. I dont have purple, but I've been noticing more ghosting recently. Ghosting occurs when switching screens, so I can see my icons or lock screen, most visible when switching to a grey background and last for 3-5 seconds. I've noticed white shows up the most on grey, and it is darker than the surrounding grey and slowly fades.

I'm hesitant because Samsung wants to put a hold on my CC for the full retail amount and I dont want to get charged if they determine my device is not defective. Or in the event I receive a more faulty replacement, I have no idea if I'm allowed to keep my original or what the procedures are in that case. The woman who processed my RMA was not very helpful in answering my questions and was obviously just reading a script. Hopefully the person who contacts me today will be able to answer my questions before I give them my CC info.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I have no sympathy for google. They are selling phones not lobsters. These are electronic devices which should not have variation in screen quality. They need to pick a screen technology which will produce consistent quality which no doubt is possible. This is ridiculous for a company like google to put their name on a product with this much variation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Neither Google or Samsung give a ****. Its all about profit. If releasing crappy product is cheaper and yet profitable, then they will do it.

They know for a FACT that Nexus brand will sell with cheap ass screen or expensive. After all I have one and I knew its **** even before I bought it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DeezNotes:
This phone is kicking my Sensation's ass. :D

Thanks to everyone who posted useful links. This is my 5th or 6th Android device, but my first pure Google device. fastboot oem unlock is a beautiful thing. I don't think I can ever go back to a non-pure Google device ever again. Everything else ruins the experience.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BlindWolf8:
Welcome to the club! :D You're gonna like it here. You're gonna get hooked on KANGs. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dripz167:
I work in a UPS store, so mines will come with the rest of the daily deliveries. My driver comes in about 2pm est.

Coming over from the Sidekick 4G, so I started on froyo, never played with gb, and now gonna get ics.

Sent from my Sidekick 4G running PDT's Glorious Overdose.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thawkth:
Well, I think you're in for a change and a TREAT ;)

I got mine last night and just now decided to keep it.

"fastboot oem unlock"

This is without a doubt the best phone I have ever used, and for oh so many reasons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
...That's Sprint's warehouse address...

Very odd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] os21um:
I thought I could go at least 24 hours without rooting and romming it... guess not. AOKP it is.

The amount of customizations are ridiculous with this rom. Makes it so much better than stock. No toggle switches on the notification drawer was killing me. So was no settings button on the soft buttons. Now I got it all. I need to go donate some money now. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolmaster121:
I got 2 GNs.

I ordered 2, got them and made an unboxing video with one.

http://youtu.be/WlQw49LpamM
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DeezNotes:
I hope you guys don't mind me asking but is wallet working on custom roms with root? Wallet stopped working after I rooted stock and didn't work until I removed su and Superuser.

I know CM has optional root so I was going to try that to see if I can get wallet to work there so I won't have to remove root completely.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
Can't wait to get mine. I've been using a sensation since sept'11 and before that, and N1.

fastboot oem unlock is a dream :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
Looking at it on Google Maps' satellite view, it appears to be a large UPS sorting location.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DeezNotes:
Although amoled does well with black, I think the screen on the sensation is slightly better. Other than that, I like this phone. Im going to mess around with my sensation now to see if I hate it after using this for a day. Haha
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sano614:
So I just received this phone for my wife and I unlocked the bootloader and upon the phone booting I got the update notification and chose yes, after that gapps force closed and I havent been able to get the update going again. Anyone else experience this? And is there a way to restart the process
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trjcasper:
Got mine at 3:00, now it's done charging. Holy hell, it's bigger and lighter than my G2. And the screen is so beautiful. time to play.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aggie6600:
I'd like to know too. I want to make sure I get my $50 Wallet credit but I don't think I could wait 3-4 weeks to root. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bbgt2:
Mine is coming on Monday, can't wait. Gonna be a loooooong weekend. Coming from SGS2 9100 and AT&T Note, hope to not be disappointed. Made a mistake by getting the AT&T Note and decided I need a TRUE Android phone that likes being flashed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] synaesthetic:
Isn't the one on the Market the same exact phone as the international Galaxy Nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oxeneers:
No, as stated multiple times before, the international GN is usually the "yakju" or other equivalent model. This is the "takju" model that is specific to the US and is aimed at T-Mobile/AT&T customers. It has Google Wallet and Google Offers pre-installed and ships with 4.0.4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archpope:
Got mine at 3:30 today. Running it on T-mobile's $30/mo. prepaid4G plan. Managed to get Webguard turned off and voicemail (I hope) redirected to Google Voice. It updated before I had a chance to say no, so I'm on IMM76I now, and looking for a way to root it.

Update: It took me longer to find working drivers than to root it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brewkelyn:
bad screen like many others

I was so excited to receive my new nexus today but I am sorely disappointed with screen issues that have been mentioned throughout these forums. I got banding, purple tint when dimmed and white backgrounds ie. gmail app look like gray speckled paper that you would print your resume on. :(

Already called customer support and I'll give one more device a try, it will be overnighted but being that it's Friday night I probably won't get it til Tuesday.

Otherwise, the phone is terrific. But using it indoors/bedroom, the brightness will be set low and it's just unacceptable. I really have no confidence that the next device will be better. oh well...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Karakoram2:
Happened to me as well. I think I'm gonna sell mine and by a hercules.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I sense it may be more to do with getting something to market quickly with highly marketable features. In this case I sense the manufacturing just isn't quite up to speed. Actually we may be saying the same thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
What I love about Google and Sammy is that they both know its **** but will not admit that their beautiful 720p display is actually not that great after all.

But this is not just Sammy, Nexus One also had ****ty defective screen, HTC One S MAO coating is a complete failure.......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ransom69:
Looks great to me. :rolleyes: You just can't please everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Please dont tell me that at 10-30% brightness on white background it looks 100% white with zero issues......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ransom69:
It doesn't bother me. Nor do I use 10-30%, ever. Non-issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Well if you use anything above 50% screen does look good and you have nothing to worry about.....at least for now. I dont know how many Nexus phones suffer from early burn-in

here is a nice vid by the way

[YOUTUBE]YF-Z3_f3WCE[/YOUTUBE]
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ransom69:
My girl's Nexus One has quite a bit of burn-in on the top status bar. It's noticeable when you go landscape. However, as often as we switch out phones (1 to 2 years) we just look at these phones as 'perishable' items. Now, if it happened to my television set, I'd be irked. On the phone, not so much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoronaDelux:
Well I got my phone yesterday, and I can confirm there is no purple tint at the lowest brightness setting, however I seem to have some subtle vertical banding when viewing a white screen (such as the google homepage).

I'm just going to enjoy the phone for now, but I'll post pics tomorrow when I get home as I dunno if this thread is making me picky, or if this is really a defect.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
This was the last screen I had:

Maybe I'm picky, I dunno, but I clearly saw a heavy tint along the top and left hand side.

I called up customer support to confirm that the device had been received by the warehouse and the agent chuckled as if I was a moron for even asking, as that's clearly information he doesn't have access too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
Looks fine to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
For reference, the gradient looks like this normally.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jjday7:
this was one of my problems. Mine was towards the bottom of the screen. You could clearly see the yellow color on 70% of the screen. These screens are crap in my opinion. My older tmobile galaxy sII had the real bad artifact problem also. I loved the phone but at that price, I can't see accepting this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grant3d:
Yipes, mine is pretty even compared to those shots but my whites are just dull and beige tinted. I went to the verizon and sprint stores to compare screens like a crazy person and confirmed my suspicions. I also noticed that in general the brightness on this screen is straight up garbage. Even compared to other amoled screens like the epic 4g touch, the difference in brightness is night and day. Is this just a product of pentile? The razr looked a little dimmer than usual as well.

On a side note, the burn in from the taskbar and app dock on the display models is disconcerting as well. I realize they sit on the same screen all day, but still.

Anyways, I think I have decided that a replacement screen probably still wont satisfy me so I'm going to return it and rock the original EVO for a little longer. Perhaps when the devs get a fully working stock ICS port on the HTC One X ill make that jump.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thepawn:
What are you looking at in this screen? I'm not sure I even know what you are talking about.

Here's a shot of mine:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hattricked:
Well I got my GNex today and so far I have absolutely no screen/discoloring issues as far as I can tell. There's a funny backstory if you're interested in reading how I got this phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25834280#post25834280
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
getting my 3rd Nexus tomorrow. will be the last try. 1st is grainy, 2nd was pink and grainy, will see what 3rd one look like
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoronaDelux:
Well I guess you guys were right, the screen on my GN is defective. On white backgrounds, there's some vertical banding (you should be able to see two vertical lines of discoloration in the middle). It doesn't show as well since I'm using my crappy blackberry camera, but it's much more noticeable in person.

I also viewed an all black background, and I am seeing black marks randomly throughout the screen.

I just called google, but they are transferring me to samsung for replacement. Hope these turn out ok...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Looks fine to me.

...of the people, by the people, for the people...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoronaDelux:
The camera sucks, i couldn't get a good pic, but it looks bad in person. The black marks are especially noticeable when you have a dark background...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
I almost said you were crazy and that the Nexii's cameras are awesome... but then I noticed you were talking about a BlackBerry. Oh, yes. Those suck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Got my 3rd Nexus. Same version number, same dirty box, screen is off to the left, and this time notification light hole is visible. Will compare screens now.......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jjday7:
I thought I was the only one with the notification light issue. Is that what is causing that black spot in the light?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
what do you mean ? in this version i suppose the glass is different or something and notification light area in not tinted

now to the screen. well its most definitely pink compared to the one i have. but i dont know if that pink is the result of less grain or not, but the new device is a bit less grain at same brightness lever.

its a tough choice. i wonder if pink can be fixed, and if i should pick less grain vs better screen alignment and invisible notification light.

maybe 4th replacement will be perfect. its funny that all 3 phones i got were different
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jjday7:
The issue that I am talking about is on my old phone which I returned. The notification light when light would have a black spot in it. The spot was not centered either, so that told me that it was a defect. It looked like something was stuck in there. The first phone I got did not have the problem. All the phones I have seen a different Verizons didn't have it. I tried to take a picture of it when I had it but it would never come out in a pic.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
nope, no black spots here. its just looks like glass is different.

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 PM ----------

The big question is: CAN YOU GET RID OF PINK TINT ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] heybk:
Got my USA nexus today after my intl GSM version went kapoot

Wifi pretty much died, wouldn't turn on at all, after some research I determined that it was indeed a hardware issue, luckily i'm able to return it for a full refund.

New GN looks pretty good to me so far, no screen issues that I can really notice, besides the ****ty gradient in the settings screen. gotta wait til i get home now so i can root this sucker
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
I wonder if I should just keep the 2nd phone lol

Samsung didnt take my credit card nor provided me with any return labels.....I think they all lost there with many returns and switch from Google to Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
Got my i9250M today, no purple visible when using Calculator at the lowest brightness setting. I can only hear the speaker turning off if I have the volume all the way up and place the back of the phone directly in my ear - never through normal usage. I think it's a keeper.

*phew*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Pink is probably going back. Gonna call Samsung and ask why is the glass different on 2 phones and about this pink issue. Ideally I would like to root that phone and try Franco kernel to fix the pink, but I am not sure what's the return policy on rooted phones
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kba712:
Banding

Can people with good screens post some images of them of this website. I am just curious what the variations are.

http://carvenimage.com/gray.html

This is my screen at 0% brightness
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoronaDelux:
So Samsung is sending my replacement phone through the mail today. Just curious what is the easiest way to transfer the SMS/MMS from my current phone to the new one? Should I use SMS backup and Restore?

Also will all of my settings and apps transfer over to the new phone automatically or will have to do everything?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
SMS backup and restore works best. Just create a backup and copy the backup to a pc. Then with the new phone, copy the backup to it and use the same app to restore.

Apps should automatically restore. Settings for apps will not generally restore (some apps to have a settings backup option though). Some Android settings will restore like wifi settings, wallpapers, etc, but not all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
My 2nd Galaxy Nexus is being delivered today. I lost the first one over the weekend.

To hold me over until the new one arrived I bought a Samsung Exhibit II 4g from Walmart. Talk about a huge step down! I was planning to keep it as a backup, but this thing is going straight back for a refund. Poor build quality, slowwww processor, and I'm not sure how I typed on a screen this small in the past.

That said, it is exactly half the price of the GNex.

Its only been 5 days but I can't wait to stare deep into that screen once again. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] painter_:
I just did a nandroid of the old phone and restored it on the new. Simple and easy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Okay, after five days of having a weird, annoying sound whenever the phone vibrated, I decided to call in to get a replacement.

Whenever the phone vibrates (from a phone call or, say, putting the phone on vibrate), it makes a really annoying sound, as if the motor were hitting the chassis or something. I removed both the TPU case and battery cover, thinking it could be either one but it kept doing it.

I've babied this phone. It has only touched the floor when I sit down on the floor and put it down gently beside me... with cover. It's sad this happens, as none of my HTCs had any problems.

Well, got my RMA number and I should be getting the phone by next Monday, so I'll let you know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adamhlj:
Mine does that too. I think the intensity of the vibration is just turned up a little more than normal. Seems like a tweak of some line of code would fix it, but it doesn't annoy me. I just think it vibrates the **** out of my thumb, lol! In fact, on the settings in the keyboard somewhere, you can at least turn the intensity down a little bit for typing on the native keyboard. So it seems like an edit somewhere would fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Didn't do it before; and it's only during "hard" vibrates (ring, alarm, or when setting it to vibrate; when typing or unlocking, for example, it does not do it).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qjbj90:
Got mine yesterday from craigslist. I cant have it more than 5 feet from me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoronaDelux:
Well this sucks... I just got my replacement phone from Samsung and this one has very noticeable purple tinting, even on the auto-brightness setting.

Bad screens plus terrible battery life just isn't for me. I'm debating if I should just return this phone to google and grab something cheap until the S3 or new iphone comes out...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bdeitemeyer:
I've had mine for a few weeks now, only screen issue being a few scattered "dots" that are visibly darker when the brightness is set to the lowest setting with a completely black screen. Considering the other issues that have been mentioned in this thread, I felt I could live with it. Phone is amazing (coming from a longtime iPhone/Apple lover)...I think my next phone will be the next Nexus whenever that time comes, which I never thought I'd say.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonker83:
This thread man. I think XDA single-handily broke Google's replacement policy. This is why we can't have nice things.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Lol. Yep. 1st world problems are a *****.

...of the people, by the people, for the people...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonker83:
I can understand the purple hue needing to be sent in. But some of the other crap like the slight banding, that's ridiculous and being overly picky. Mine has slight grain on low brightness but it's not noticeable unless I'm really looking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] o muerte:
I haven't noticed a single problem with mine so far, aside from the whole "laptop in your pocket without the laptop battery" battery life issue. But hey, that comes with the territory, this thing is great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garycoleman:
lol @ people who keep exchanging phones but keep getting crap.

I had similar experience my ipod touch 4g. The first one had minor light leak so I returned it. I wouldn't have noticed it until I saw it being mentioned on the internet. I went through 4 replacements and they were no where as a good as the first one I returned. They either had major light leak or loose buttons that rattled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
I just ordered mine from the play store. I have a sprint one right now. 1st ans 3rd one work well. 1st one was replaced for no data. 2nd one however had that bad purple tint. This one has slight banding and a bit of the "cheese cloth" on low brightness but I am happy its not purple
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrsbelpit:
Mine is coming tomorrow. Having used a Vibrant for 2 years, the GNex would have to be an epic hunk of ****e for me to return it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chancy319:
I ordered mine at 3pm today. Can't wait for it to get here!!! Sorry if I sound too excited. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Steve Jobs®:
Is it better to buy a Nexus from Google Play or an International one from eBay? Is there a difference? I would prefer a white Nexus but they dont offer it on the Google Play... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malikadnanm:
Reading must not be your forte. Search this thread and you shall find what you are looking for. Its been asked about 500 times.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
The only difference is that you get google wallet included on the play store phone and a version of Android that is first to receive updates. You also get a us warranty.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chancy319:
Yeah, you get Google Wallet pre-installed, US warranty and I think takju build. I think something else comes pre-installed but I can't remember the name now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Actually google wallet is the only difference in the builds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Emama:
Doesn't it fix the signal problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
If the ebay phone has the yakju version of the rom they will be the same except for wallet. If it has another variant like the Asian version it will be missing the 4.0.4 updates. You can unlock any version and flash the latest yakju or takju if you like. The latest version was supposed to fix the signal problem but many people are reporting that they are still affected. That's actually a complex issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aturyan:
Received in bad condition

I received mine today and the plastic on the phone was all crinkled. The phone also had a knick in the side. Has anyone else had the same experience with bad packaging?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Victor B:
I have this exact same problem. Some whites are just dingy. Almost cream. I'm thinking about flashing ROM and kernel to manipulate the temps a bit.

Let me know if you find a solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hoofdpijn:
Well, mine should be here Friday. I thought I'd pop in here and share the joy but reading through this thread has the bejeezus scared out of me now. :eek:

This will be the first Smartphone I've paid real money for. I've been using an old iPhone 3g that I got from a buddy for $50, unlocked on Tmobile prepaid for the last couple of years so hopefully, the gnex will be so kick-ass by way of comparison, I won't even notice any of the stuff folks are complaining about.

I'm no hacking expert but I've managed a Nook Color with CM7 and now CM9 on it so I'm an ICS believer and looking forward to aligning my tablet and phone ecosystems.

Can't wait for Friday. I'm both eager and anxious.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Victor B:
Well, I'm going to ask for a replacement for the yellow tint issue. The Google rep I spoke to said that the yellow tint should not be happening. He said to use it for a bit (I've used it less than 24 hours) and to see if it got better.

I just downloaded Baseball Superstars 2012....wow...the game looks horrible. It's all yellow and orange. That was the last straw for me as this game displayed fine on my Atrix 4G.

All my whites look dingy and dirty on this display.