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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iB4STiD:
why thank you kind sir ;) ... just triple checking
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rauelius:
If you have good coverage in your area definitely go T-Mobile. I have both T-Mo and At&t. My G2x(and soon to be US GNex) is on T-Mo and my iPhone 4s is on At&t. I have excellent coverage from both. However, when I run a speed test Tmo usually gives me 5-6 Down, and about 1 Up. On At&t I usually hover around 2 Down and .60 Up. Also T-Mo is a bit cheaper. I was helping a buddy look through some plans (He's interested in the HTC One S, I hope he gets it!) and the cheapest usable plan was $50 for 500 min. Unlimited Text, and 2GB of 4G. When I picked up my 4s at At&t today I checked to see if I switched from my grandfathered unlimited to a 3GB tiered would save me money. It would NOT! Currently I'm paying about $95 per month if I were to go tiered it would run me $40 for phone, $30 for data, and $20 for texting (I wouldn't even use it but my friends can be idiots sometimes lol) So, it looks like I'd pay $5 less, but then you factor in the taxes and random other fees I would've been looking at about $109 a month! Compare $109 with meh speeds to, figure, $65 for good speeds. Again this entirely depends on coverage in your area, but I whole heartidly recommend T-mobile. In fact if T-mobile had the iPhone, I would of dumped At&t a while ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phewizzo:
Took me about a hour to unlock bootloader and and flash AOKP :-) this phone is lightning fast. Feels god to use adb again like the good ol Nexus One days. I got so tired of Odin lol. Hello Nexus community.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SupaDupaFly24:
Got mines yesterday around noon! And I must say, I loved ICS on my Nexus S but I love it much more on the Galaxy Nexus! The Galaxy Nexus just breaths life into ICS!

And I third the Samsung factory being dusty lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ohhdavid:
Just ordered mine :D What stinks is that it will probably not get here until Monday or Tuesday -- so much for paying for 2 day shipping!

So excited! So long G2 community, hello Galaxy Nexus! :D:D:D:D:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
For those of you getting (or have gotten) the prompt to update, could you please check the log files in /cache (and see if you can find the file name ending with .zip and post it? Or just post the log here if you want. I'm looking for the IMM76I-from-IMM30D update file.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garycoleman:
I bet most of you would have been happy with your phone if you hadn't discovered this fourm:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolmaster121:
Not true, I first noticed the difference between the 2 phones I ordered. Then found that people are getting them swapped out, and called.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xur17:
I'm not going to lie, this is probably true for me...

The issue for me is that there are devices with proper colors. If all of them had this issue, it probably wouldn't bother me all that much...

The other issue is that we technically have 14 days to do this (I am assuming this period may restart when we get a new one though), meaning you have to get a replacement now if you are ever going to want one over the time you own the phone. It really isn't a huge issue to me, but the purple is definitely noticeable when I have the screen on low light mode. I figure I will try a few more replacements, and hope for the best.

I do honestly feel bad for sending back brand new devices, but they really need to get their QC in order. I wonder what percent of new devices are sent back, and what exactly they do with the new devices. Are we going to see a bunch of refurbished devices over the next few months?

Google is proving to me that they have great customer service for devices they are selling. Talking to customer service has been great. They acknowledge that there is an issue, don't argue, and offer to send a new one to you. Wait times are normally under a minute, and the person actually sounds knowledgeable about the device, etc. The last person I talked to mentioned that he had a Galaxy Nexus too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
You know, I actually decided to keep mine.

The banding I have, although it looks really bad on the default "auto brightness", doesn't really stand out when the brightness is set at max (which I need it to be anyway because the screen is much darker than my GS2)

I compared mine to the thread here showing "what's normal, what's not" and I can say I actually have a decent screen..

So not everyone returns theirs because of this forum.. I'm actually keeping mine because of that thread

Now if I can only get Ivona to work..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
If I were google I'd say "Ok, I'll send you ONE replacement. If that still isn't up to par for your OCDness, then thats too bad and you can return it for a refund but we will lock your account and credit card from ordering anymore Galaxy Nexus in the future."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowglyder:
I received the same email stated before. I replied back that it's fine to check it out. Here is their reply:

I've been thinking that the purple isn't bothersome until brightness is all the way down. I generally don't keep brightness down that low, so it might not be a big deal. I'm hesitant to proceed with a replacement if this unit is going to behave the same. Everything else seems fine. No audio pops, in fact a HUGE improvement over my old GS2 because I have it connected through headphone jack to my truck and with GS2 it would hum and buzz if nothing was playing (paused, buffering, no app open) to the point I would have to mute my stereo, but the GNex is silent in between.

Besides the purple at low settings, I was concerned about the graininess at low settings too. Now I'm wondering if that's my perception of the pentile display, since I have good eyes. It doesn't have banding or blotches like my GS2.

Thoughts? If this is as good as it gets, then so be it. I want a Nexus, and the GS3 is nothing to write home about. I just don't want to feel like I'm settling for a subpar unit when there are good ones out there. The way the rep made it sound is that it's normal, or at least I'm not gonna do better with this replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
I'd keep it, as you said theres no way in hell your gonna keep the brightness that low to matter or notice.

People do that every phone release. I currently have the iPhone 4S and when it first came out everyone was sending it back saying "My battery is bad! My battery is bad!" but in reality they just were nitpicking and in fear of getting a defective unit which caused people to send back good working units.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowglyder:
Too true.

One other question to ease a remaining concern... When opening the browser, just on Google's home page, is it normal to look like it's on recycled paper? I get that it's not as bright, but I can see it on dimmer settings, even auto brightness. I can't see it when brightness is above 50%. Is this normal with this type of display?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Emama:
I think this is normal having the white recycle paper feel in this HD amoled ...kinda disappointed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DavidXSU:
Just received mine, there's a purple/blue mark on the screen. Very small but extremely annoying on dark backgrounds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
I wouldn't have. I exchanged my G2 3 times...

I see the same!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
That happened to me, called Google up and the CS guy just cancelled my order (called around 15 minutes after placing my order) and I just ordered a new one. Verified with my CC that they only charged 1 phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowglyder:
Would you consider your Nexus defective or normal?

EDIT: Eh, I replied back and had her cancel the replacement. I'm being nit-picky. Time to enjoy my phone. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theyownus:
got my 1st replacement 30 minutes ago and still the same purple in low brightness. I have a good docomo galaxy nexus to compare it to so im not imagining or being nit picky. I called Google and now apparently they are booting people to Samsung. after a long hold time Samsung tried to set me up for a repair. After telling them this is unacceptable for a new purchase they told me i should return the phone to my carrier?!? wtf?

i finally was able to get someone at samsung agree to send a new replacement with 2 day shipping... we'll see how that goes. i'm expecting a refurb. great experience..............
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
This is what is known as the Xda effect ;)

Picky people on forums ask for replacement after replacement which will eventually break the damn, manufacturer gets tired of the money lost for small screen differences that most average customers would be ok with, and the return process eventually gets f'd up...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
No. It's known as the first world effect. Google should send 8bit monochrome numeric pad dumbphones for replacements. I am in hysterics still because now I notice the "purple" at lowest brightness. I am going to go jump off a bridge now because I can't understand these kinds of tragedies. Woe is me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] painter_:
The problem is not at the lowest setting. Mine was anything under 50%.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I am just saying threads like this create a me too I am a victim or its not perfect effect, serve me. I actually noticed slight color change at lowest setting when I first got my phone. Too many people are over reacting to a small issue. You can tell by a lot of the responses people are dipping their toes thinking maybe i can get that perfect screen if i just play the system. Some screens are horrible. Some screens are fine. Turn any screen, any screen, down to lower brightness and it will be less than ideal visually. Amoled is still a new tech, especially 720p crammed into these small screens. And the i paid this much for it i expect perfection attitude is laughable. A lot of us adopted early at premiums and are still amazed at our screens even with slight imperfections. But i digress now. I didn't know everybody is shaggin' with supermodels up in here and would kick her to the curb if she dared gained a pound or had a freckle in her armpit or dare i say it, got smart? :what:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UCFJake:
I have received no follow up email cancelling my replacement nor a shipping confirmation. I can see the purple on my screen in the top portion of the screen with grey backgrounds at even 100% brightness, its not a huge amount, but any time I have no external light on the screen it is visible. And at 100%, which it is on as I type this, if it dims while I glance at the TV, the keyboard background turns dark purple. If this were an odd ICS UI choice I would accept it and move on, but knowing that this could be tinting all non-slate colors or be a defect that leads to failure in the future drove me to at least get Google's take on the situation. To that effect I am more than pleased with their response and hope they check the replacement before sending it out.

I will say the Google troubleshooting involved me turning my brightness all the way down, then up one click to see if the purple remains. The background remains purple in gradient all the way up to 100% on any settings screen.

I apparently use my phone in the dark a lot at night and it was super distracting. This thread just showed that people had much much less purple on their units and it allowed me to at the very least ask the Google CSR what I should do. She was extremely nice and offered me a replacement with zero prompting from me. I am happy that threads like these exist and why I frequent this forum.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jjday7:
I have the what's called banding I guess. I have the warm at the bottom of the screen and cooler as it goes up. Noticed it yesterday but doesn't seem to be a huge deal. We will never get true white with Amoled.

I did notice one thing that is annoying me though. I have a big speck of something in my notification light. Really weird. Gonna take a picture and post it. Tisk Tisk Samsung. That dusty factory finally claimed its first victim. I love the phone and have to decide on if these things are worth just returning and getting a refund. I want to say I am not taking advantage of anything. I just expect a phone without defects. I am happy with the phone so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
You're generalizing. I suppose there are always people that jump on bandwagon. But the 'small issue' is a relative matter. What is small to you is not small to someone else. People have different eyesight - some sharper some not. Many people work in bright environments and many use the phones in dark areas. A 50% brightness in the dark is painful to me - and would be stupid to make it a 'solution'.

Frankly its the attitude like yours that breeds this blase attitude of the manufacturers to quality control. But perhaps the high rate of returns and exchanges will prompt Google to demand better quality from their next Nexus partner. And that is never a bad thing.

I have a photograph of an actual batmobile on my phone. On my replaced device at around 40% brightness the batmobile is the color of eggplant. Sure - I can live with it. Then I will show the photo to my friends - they will ask why purple. What will I say? This gives a black eye to Google, Samsung, Android, and the Nexus brand.

And this 'issue' wasn't invented on XDA anyway. This has been discussed on androidforums.com, androidcentral.com, groups.google.com, galaxynexusform.com, etc... etc.. all the way from the initial release - its not a new issue. But if we accept it - what would make Samsung make a better phone next time? And its not 'new technology' issue. If grainy screen is a feature of SAMOLED - so be it. But if one screen has bands and one doesn't - is that a feature of new technology? If one screen is purple at 5% and one at 50% - that's a feature of new technology? Or are these manufacturing defects?

For the record - I would be perfectly happy with purple at lowest brightness. I can even live with grainy screen. But I cannot live with dark bands - both vertical and horizontal - across the screen (1st phone) or purple effect all the way up to 50% brightness (2nd phone).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I am directing my generalization at the low brightness crowd purple... It is painfully obvious some of it is fine. Those with purple everywhere, and heavy gradients are who need replacement. Light banding is not an issue. Many different screen technologies exhibit this in menus and heavy text scenes. If it does it during video, there is a problem. But i can see too many playing the system and am well aware of the other websites. Think of all the ninjas reading and saying "google y u no give me perfect screen!?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
Yea I agree with that - can foul up ability for people with legitimate issues from getting a replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mingkee:
Got mine and I don't see anything major so far. However, I just hope "desktop mode" on stock browser sticks.

Skyfire is dead (it's incompatible with 3.x and 4.x).

There one thing is kinda annoying: why the USB mode is MTP and camera? Where is "mass storage" mode???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Non-existent. It's the same as with the Xoom, so at least I'm used to it.

You know what? I'm just gonna stay with this phone like it is and period. I like it. I'm just gonna ignore the errors here and simply love my phone. Cause I do. It's an amazing device. F replacing it if I might be getting a bad replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] poopymt3g:
Just thought I'd chime in here with a positive experience..I ordered mine Tuesday and got it today. No screen issues, no drama, now running aokp with Franco's kernel and loving it..glad to have my third nexus device along with my note
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donniestarko:
Anyone have experience with cancelling a new warranty replacement? I ordered one but honestly I'm over it. I can deal with purple tint. I contacted them early today for a new one and I responded with the consent form but no tracking info has been sent yet. so I'm hoping its not too late when I call first thing in the morning to cancel
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] baolongn:
Woooo just got mine! Loving it so far :D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
I just did that a few hours ago - no problem whatsoever. I cancelled the replacement because it won't get here in time for my trip (I'm leaving for a month) so I'll just deal with Samsung warranty service when I come back.

They may also be able to get UPS to call back the package if it hasn't made it on the plane yet - but that's not certain. As long as you haven't received a shipment notice, it may be ok.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] addxyz:
Aren't the Gnex and the S3 screens similar (close in size, both pentile)? I'd be worried about ordering a Gnex since I'm reading so many people getting bad screens, yet would Samsung really allow the S3 to have the same screen issues? Of course the S3 is over 1.5x the cost of the Gnex, so maybe it's an issue of you get what you pay for...?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
Got my replacement tonight.

Came with a cute white android sticker inside.

Display is no longer purple. Just really dark grey with a very small hint or purple at zero brightness. Moving the slider up a tick, everything is fine. No banding, etc. Setting the phones side-by-side, I could tell an improvement.

The replacement is from the C2 manuf. batch for those keeping track.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosemachinegun:
I got my replacement today. Damn, next day air UPS delivers early! 6:30PM vs 9:00AM difference for me. :D

This one still has some purple at low brightness, but it's much much less pronounced so I'll live with it. At all other settings it's fine.

I did notice that the glass setting is slightly off, and I can stick a piece of paper between the bezel and the plastic, but since I'll have it in a case anyway I'm not going to make a fuss over that. Time t0 root and ROM this baby.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Damn, now I feel like replacing it just to get an android sticker from mothership. :p

Kidding, of course.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xur17:
Did anyone else order a replacement yesterday? I called before lunch yesterday, and I still haven't received a shipping confirmation. Does it normally take this long?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Yes, even though the rep claimed it'd be sent out "that day, maybe" it was the end of the next day.

I called ~24 hours after my first call to ask, and the rep said she'd send an inquiry to the replacement department. Simultaneously, I received a UPS notification, which I do not think was instigated by her.

If by tomorrow you don't hear anything, then maybe a polite follow-up call would be appropriate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Replacement arrived. It's a keeper.

The calculator app is a good standard to compare.

Both at lowest brightness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
God damn... doesn't the UPS guy know that I have stuff to take care of today?!

Delivery it already!!! :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xur17:
I just got an email from Google about my requested replacement:

We apologize for the inconvenience and delay. Unfortunately, it appears that your device is within our tolerances regarding color temperature. Just to be sure, please try the following:

1. Go to Settings | Display | Brightness 2. Uncheck "Automatic brightness" 3. Turn brightness setting all the way to the left 4. Turn brightness setting to the right one notch

If the screen is no longer purple, your device is within our tolerances regarding color temperature. Although there is a small amount of variance with screens, ordering another device or requesting a replacement will not, unfortunately, result in any substantial variance from your current device.

We would be happy to start the return process, in which you would receive a full refund. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like us to start the refund process.

Thanks, again, for your cooperation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ransom69:
Looks like Google's tired of dealing with all the returns. I'll bet majority of the returns are coming from the users of this forum. ROFL!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Probably true =P

My RMA # is in the high 400s, so if you make the assumption they started at #1, they've gotten ~500 return requests so far?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
I would be too if I were Google :p

"Oh really? A tiny bit purple at 0% brightness? Get the F outta here!" :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ransom69:
I believe some of the complaints are legitimate. However, I think it may have been overblown to the extreme. Just imagine all the folks glancing over this forum who've never even said a word, yet read tidbits about how 'majority' of the GN shipped have been 'defective'. Now they've got a mindset to look for something that isn't a problem with their own phone because of the hysteria.

I just don't get how so many people are having issues with the display. I've had 3 separate GN's which displayed no problems whatsoever. First one was ordered from Europe, second was a south american market GN, and the third being the one from Google.

Maybe the first or second one had a slight purple tinge, but I NEVER dim the brightness all the way down to zero as no one would ever dim it that dark. So it wasn't a problem. Even the image retention issue, yeah I noticed it on my first and second phone but I just thought it was part of the technology on the AMOLED screen. It wasn't great but I didn't see it as a problem.

I just think a lot of the returns were caused out of fear from this forum and other places sensationalizing the problems. Because reading some of the posts from the very beginning, some of you have got some serious OCD issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xElf4Ux:
my first post.:D

i got my replacement today and its a lot better than the original one.

slight purple is still there at 0%, but still less than the original.

no more reddish tint in white page and its a lot brighter too.

did the people who got replacement check there imei number???

the replacement that i got has about 200,000 digit down.

(random imei?)

i also got the android sticker too, but i don't know if i should say this but

i also got the extended battery and new cover. (it came inside the seal box)

did i just get lucky?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
You shouldn't of said that. Now everybody is going to return to try and get an extended battery and cover. :banghead: :D

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Mine looks just like the one on the left with lowest brightness, but one click to the right and it look normal like the one on the right picture.

but thats not my problem though, at zero brightness i cannot even use the phone due to too much grain and even at 100% brightness i can see some grain but its manageable (this is on white). i am obviously not gonna use phone at 100% brightness level, i feel comfortable at 20-40% range and there is too much noise on the screen at this level.

also when i view a fully black image, i can see some nasty marks on SAMOLED panel

I said it many times and I will say this again here: thats NOT how SAMOLED pentile panel should look. I had One S and directly compared 2 phones. And even without 720p, One S looked MUCH better and did NOT have any grain/noise past 1 click away from lowest brightness. At lowest setting you can expect crappy picture, but thats it.

i should be getting replacement tomorrow
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RawHideAndSeek:
Can you utilize wifi hotspot with the GSM version out of the box without rooting first? Basically, I'm asking if Google included any tethering management software on the stock GSM version of the Galaxy they sell from their website. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
its built-in...so yes