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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kevlars9:
Just got my second nexus sent to me. The screen seems perfect however the only thing I notice is the bottom right corner of the glass is raised to the level of the bezel, while the rest of the glass is beneath the bezel. Anyone else having this problem? Because my first device had the whole left side raised above the bezel.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lfeuln:
Just to increase the positivity here - I'm very very happy with my GNex that arrived yesterday. :D Finally got TMobile activated and will test out the tethering tonight.

I can kind of see the pentile compared to my iPhone but not enough to bother me. The text is perfectly crisp and overall I can't imagine the One X screen being so good as to make Sense worth it in comparison. I wish the camera was a step up from the iP4 but oh well. One thing I can say is that ICS has been just as easy for me to use as iOS. And the larger screen size is awesome despite my having small hands.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Byproduct of this screen is that it is not as bright as the vibrant. Look at the difference in the screen when off... the gnex has a blue screen while the other has a green screen. Different tech. To compare them and expect them to be the same in characteristics is unreasonable. Some screens have unacceptable banding and graininess and that's definitely not acceptable, but some purple at low brightness isn't something to order endless exchanges for. Get a nice sharp screen and be happy with it. The tech is what it is. One of mine is grainy and super bright (but not as bright as my nexus s) and the other is dimmer but much sharper and no graininess... better contrast too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mgymnop:
Interesting. I just got an email from Google support. I called them yesterday to ask them if the slight image retention is normal. They were not sure and wanted to send me today a new device. The email I got just now says that the slight image retention is rather normal and when they would send me another device it would probably have the same issue. They said they could offer me a full refund in case i couldn't live with it. I can live with it because the rest of the device is great and I am afraid to get a worse one. For me the replacement circus is now over. I wrote them back that i keep mine and told them that I hope that the next Nexus device has no SAMOLED screen. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] painter_:
I just got my replacement, the screen is perfect. I do not think that they are inspecting them before shipment since the tamper sticker was still intact.

I returned my defective unit back to stock and of all of the phones I have owned this was the easiest. There are clear instructions in the development section. Took five minutes.

I got a sticker from California also. My daughter snaped it up and put it on the back of her galaxy tab. She said that hopefully people would stop asking her if it was an iPad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
OMG I just got my USA GN. Well, it's at home. Heading there now. I'll let you know when I get there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Were you returning a play store version or an imported model? Both mine are imports. That's the only thing I regret about this phone is that I had to go third party for warranty and that it is not supported by the play store.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KL4V1CL3:
Received my Nexus from Expansys. No problems whatsoever.

Came with 4.0.1 pffff now rocking CM9 kang.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwiggington:
Got mine love it

Sent from the Dark side of the Force using xda premium
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] szainmehdi:
Is there any comprehensive "common problems" thread here? I want to make sure the one I got is perfect within the 14 day window :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brewkelyn:
My replacement has an improved screen from the first so I was so relieved about that BUT now I'm having problems with the nav buttons getting stuck, being unresponsive. Ugh!

I've searched the best I could using the phone (I'll do a better search on my PC) but anybody experience that/know about it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
There's no way they would remove the tamper seal and send it out as new. At most they will inspect one from each lot (since many problems are the same for the entire lot). Then that one would probably end up as a refurb assuming no major issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowglyder:
I see your point. I think if I couldn't perceive the graininess (stays in the background while scrolling), I would have been able to live with the purple on lower brightness.

Knowing that a good screen exists makes it a little different though. The comparison picture a few posts back makes it clear that quality control is lacking and there are some screens with the same tech that don't have the purple defect. Maybe if they get enough returns, Samsung will step it up on the quality control next time. Probably not though. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] painter_:
Play store defective unit. I had the purple screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] redshirt72:
whew! All good here, love this phone....well,with one exception, the built in speaker is laughably low, but then again I never use the phone's speaker to listen to music. Using the tmo $30 dollar plan with 5gb at HSPA+ speed and getting 7-8 down, 3.4 up, very pleased! Now to set up GrooveIP w/ google voice etc, and need to figure out how to take the best pics I can. I was in the mall and noticed a kiosk that sell and applies phantom skinz wet apply protector for just the screen or the whole phone, looked interesting, anybody have experience with this outfit?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Hello all. An update, as I promised.

I have some purple tinting on the screen, but mainly at the lowest brightness possible and close to it. Which is... sad, since when I'm at home and I use auto brightness, it stays close to the least bright. The keyboard, for example, looks a bit purple right now.

I'm also noticing that on the top part of the screen the brightness and colors fade away a bit. It didn't bother me until I saw it once; now I simply can't take my eyes off it.

Whites look a bit washed out, almost yellow, but I'm unsure if that's because it's AMOLED. I've only ever had LCD / TFT screens, so I can't really tell.

I'm thinking of calling Google Play tomorrow to get a replacement device. How does that process work again?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
Got my replacement unit. A bit less obvious bands, and much more purple. It is a little brighter which may explain why there is more purple. Going to do a few more comparisons side by side.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] painter_:
My screen was exactly like yours. I did the exchange. I could not be happier with the replacement.

The process:

call google use the number on your play store receipt. follow the menu, I think it was option 1.

Tell the rep what is going on. they will ask for the transaction number, confirm the IMPI number. They will email you a consent form. approve the form and mail it back. In one or two days a box will show up. Transfer your stuff to the new phone. Google provides a RMA and return UPS tag in the box. Drop it off to UPS and done.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezie.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UCFJake:
I have been playing with my first unit from the Play Store all day and I can see zero banding in multiple screen test apps. I do have a slight purple hue at only the lowest brightness and I have no spotting or image retention either.

The speeds are faster than my G2x on post paid T-Mobile USA. It took no APN changing. MMS sends and receives flawlessly from multiple carriers.

I found that the purple hue lessens if I don't have one of the live wallpapers with a primarily purple color running.

Unless something drastic shows up this looks like a keeper.

<edit 5/2/12> I forgot to mention that whites definitely have a yellow/tan hue to them but I expected as much from my amoled experience. Viewing angles are very impressive as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Awesome. Seems much easier than I thought. Thanks.

I have to say, I am amazed and seriously in love with this device. It is absolutely stunning and incredibly fast. Black is pure black at the highest brightness, something I really like about these screens.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolmaster121:
My two Nexi

So I ordered two nexus phones one for me one for my wife see linked picture and try to figure out which one has the purple screen issue.

http://db.tt/E4G4bqE7

I called nexus support and they are sending out a replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Totally correct. If the screen is grainy get a return. I'm kind of surprised the newer ones still have problems. My first galaxy nexus is the grainy one and I gave that to my wife. Seems kind of cruel but she can't tell the difference and doesn't really care about that stuff. She just likes the phone because its fast and takes great movies of the kids, fast browser, stable, etc. For a perfectionist like me its a big difference. I went through 4 vibrant, 6 my touch 4g, and 6 galaxy s for various small issues. However, since I imported the galaxy nexus, there's no way I could exchange. The phone didn't have any hardware flaws and I didn't care until I saw the difference of the new phone. Even then its not huge, just a little sharper... and dimmer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Try trinity kernels or super curios display app. Both set whites to a colder temp. Google sets the temp much warmer than Samsung. I find morfics trinity kernel to set the colors to almost perfect. Not crazy blue either. White actually looks paper or t shirt white and colors look more accurate to me.

I should also say trinity kernels give me 5-6.5 display hours.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
this thread explains why the cost of smartphones won't come down aggressively anytime soon. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akenis:
I've been a CDMA babby on Sprint for years!! I'm interested in switching over to GSM. Seems like your guys 3G is better than Sprint 4G (if it works)!

1. W/ straight talk, how do u decide att vs. T mobile? I live in Charleston SC where many complain about ATT? But I travel every week... mostly metro areas.

2. Will you regret not having LTE?

3. Was interested in Gnex or Note...and now maybe SG III (especially if specs for international are better than US). Opinions?

Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
Returns galore? :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosemachinegun:
I just got off the phone with Google CS.

It was maybe the most pleasant CS experience I've had this year. Super friendly agent and classical music during the hold? Real nice, Google.

The guy told me they've been getting a lot of purple screen complaints and that now they're starting to inspect replacements before sending them out, which is a relief. Pretty ridiculous for people to get 3 defective replacements.

I should be getting it by next Monday by Fedex, which is far preferable to UPS. I swear, that UPS guy is always trying to break his old record for coming late and wasting my day. I dunno how people without flexible work schedules can ever receive an order from UPS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
lol. i feel that way about fedex. they're always a day or two late. or have to go pick up your own package at the fedex hub 40 miles away because the sumbitch is too lazy to unload a 70lb subwoofer. and let's not forget the day late throw my lapdock delivery on my back pation like a..... frisebee. fat bastards. i wish the would express their way out of business.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
I am going for the third and last replacement which better arrive by Friday since I am leaving on a business trip on Saturday morning ... For a month. If third one is still bad I am done with gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sean1984:
me too...third replacement to here friday also...its getting ridiculous :(

first device=purple screen second device=purple screen third device=horrible banding and purple screen 4th device= will be here friday
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
The left one looks like mine, which is due for replacement. The purple doesn't come out quite so boldly in your picture, but I definitely see it.

Below is an example where I noticed it very obviously on my phone. The left is a real screenshot, so it obviously won't show the screen defects. It's a little dark, but the greys are grey with gradient. To the right it's definitely purple, and it's banded with no gradient.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] se1zure31:
Screen issues again?! I just came from an LG G2X! I was one of the lucky ones on that too. Hope I can get lucky again! Should have my phone tomorrow morning, my UPS guy seems to always arrive in the same hour time frame.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Question, since I don't know if this is normal on the GN: I reboot my phone (new phone fever, wanted to see that beautiful Google logo when it boots) and after it boots, it says it has low battery, 13%. It's extremely weird for me since it had 40(-something)% before it reboot.

Been using Android for three years now and I had never seen such a huge fluctuation in battery life after a reboot. 5% or maybe 10% I had seen, but this?

[Edit] Never mind. I see it's stuck in 12% after a while. That means only one thing: needs calibration!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
When I placed my order I thought I would be at a certain address but apparently not...

Has anyone been able to ask Google to change the delivery address before UPS does the 1st attempt?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
Wow that's intense. I think that level of banding will always be there. I would have returned it for the purple as well as mine just looks grey...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bennyboy5764:
1st phone had loud popping from speaker and my replacement has a terrible grainy purple screen. Should I get another replacement?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brewkelyn:
My 2 phones' issues are the reverse of yours... 1st has bad screen, 2nd has audio pop and an unresponsive back button.

I've decided to return both devices and ask for a full refund. I am actually glad about it because I've since put ICS on my tab and the latest news is my sensation will get its update very soon (see tmonews). Honestly, I love HTC's QHd screen and my sensation. I just jumped on a good deal to get the nexus... But will be fine putting $430 back in my pocket.

If you were really set on the nexus (I realized I wasn't) then I'd give it one more try.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malikadnanm:
I got a phone from expansys for my brother and comparing it to my own nexus, the screen is extremely grainy and greenish. I changed the kernel and tweaked gamma and colors as much as I could but its still really washed out, like gamma is way too high and I can't lower it without the whole screen turning green. My q is, does anyone have experience doing exchanges with expansys? Is it easy? Do I have to pay for return shipping? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
Sigh...

So I received my replacement, brand new in the box, from Google in Ca.

This time the phone turned on (wow that was nice) but the screen.. oh the screen

Such bad banding that I knew immediately from the boot animation. Looked so horribly washed out and faded, and the banding was something fierce like I have never seen before, even on a really bad SAMOLED screen from my first GS2

I tried, tried and tried all night to decide to live with it, telling myself "well as long as I don't watch any movies.. or use any gradient wallpapers.. or anything gray.." but no freaking way, I cannot accept this phone.

Time to call Google back.

Sadly, this reminds me of almost every Android smartphone I've ever owned.. the MT4G, multiple replacements for the bad screen issue, GS2 which I replaced only once for the screen (got lucky), and now this crap

Yeah they sent me a nice little Android sticker with the replacement.. yay.

Here we go again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkmanx2g:
When is google selling the white version of the gnex? I have the titanium one but will get the white version for the gf. She currently has the nexus s.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xur17:
I just got off the phone with Google - I am now getting a second replacement sent. The more I looked at the old phone, the more it annoyed me, so I figured I might as well get a replacement while I still can.

The customer service agent did interestingly say that Google will be releasing an update to fix this, but it may take a few months. He said they would be uping the minimum brightness to fix it, which seems like a good way to eat up batteries...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nbell13:
Mine's great, other than the purple at minimum brightness. I always keep mine at half brightness anyway so it's a non-issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
Interesting. But brightness is not the only issue here. My replacement unit is brighter than the original, but purple effect is visible up to 40/50% brightness scale. The first phone I got only turned purple at the lowest brightness setting. So theoretically upping the min brightness on my first unit would be ok.

Unfortunately it has cross-shaped bands that divide the screen into quadrants and that's pretty awful.

The issue isn't brightness itself, but seems like in a particular shade of gray some of the LED's remain lit unevenly (i.e blue and red to make purple). When brightness is low, more gray falls into that shade category, turning purple. With higher brightness, a lot of gray moves into the shade that isn't affected, but any really dark shade will still be impacted. For example, when I set the brightness slider to be at the lowest point where the brightness box is still gray, and pull down notification tray (which is darker) - its purple.

Sounds like a flaw in getting correct set of LED's to light up. Which also explains the grain - some LEDs (blue or red) stay lit when they shouldn't. I would say the cause of grain and purple is the same. Bands on the other hand seem to be a manufacturing defect.

When I got the first phone the purple didn't bother me - only the bands did. I assumed that discoloration was normal - that is until I ran into a friend with a Verizon Dnex - and his had no grain or purple at the same settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
I returned my international Note. The Nexus runs circles around it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tynen:
Mines out for delivery today :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UCFJake:
Well the purple became too much for me in low light situations and I have a replacement coming next week. I can see it in the menus at 100% brightness in the upper third of the screen. It got so bad I was browsing a forum with dark gray background and it was all purple. After turning the brightness up the keyboard popped back grey but the menus were still half purple. The purple is most noticeable in low light which is why I didn't see it until last night.

Additionally the notification icons are extremely dim in the upper left in portrait and landscape mode. I wonder if that us a normal ICS thing though.

I fear I'm going to get a much worse replacement unit with banding or retention or some other physical errors. I will update when get the replacement unit. Hopefully it will be with good news. I really really like this phone and hope to stick with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolmaster121:
Just got an email from Google about the replacement request:

Thanks again for your patience with this. As a one-time exception to make

sure you don't receive another device with the same issue, I'd like to

open the box and test the unit prior to sending you a replacement. Please

let me know if you are OK with this and I'll see if we can make this

one-time exception.

Thanks so much,

[person's name]

Google Play Support
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ap3604:
Guess that would definitely save you the trouble of having to wait a few days to get to you, find out it has a bad screen, then wait for a few more days for a replacement, etc :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
I got the same email, then one following saying, never mind, not doing it anymore?

Because I received a shipment notification a few hours prior, makes me think the shipment is already packed and thus too late! :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Oreo13:
I'd say blame fedex for that lol. Gnex was tossed around in a box. That's why I appreciate Ups. Now if they would hurry up and delivery me my precious lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
I got an email from Google regarding the devices I sent in. They said that both were "well within" spec and that I shouldn't expect a third to be markedly different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] redshirt72:
Day 2. Using autobright which is on the dim side, and even so battery is getting crushed. 55% at 2pm and I had 100 at 11am. Had BT and GPS on for about an hour as well. Oh well, other than that happy, need to search for some GrooveIP tweaks since quality is spotty to say the least.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
7 hr on battery - 79% left.

I did about 35 minutes of BT, streaming music (3G). The rest mostly 2G with a little 3G here and there, and occasional browsing. Not too bad. All auto-brightness adjustments.

I keep GPS off, turn off BT and Wifi, and switch to 2G, until one is needed.

Now that I uninstalled Facebook and Yahoo mail, battery is better. Facebook in particular was not doing well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Emama:
OMG, so many people returning the phones (even couple of times) here...

I am getting the 1st replacement..

But if there are so many defective cases here,

I am thinking I would get another one if the coming has problems....

WTF is going on with the Samsung screen, how could it have so many problems
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bongostl:
starting with AOKP and haven't decided on the kernel yet. Debating between Faux and Franco
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
No cute little android neoprene sleeve?

sent with 3g courage. better recognize. 4g courage coming soon. stock up on diapers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Quarkboy:
Back after just a short time.

Normal phone use. This thing is fast. Not much perceptible lag and smooth animations (though a tad on the lengthy side).

I will say that while playing some of the more graphically intense games you can tell they run noticeably smoother on the exynos 4212/mali 400 (ie.GS2), there is a drop on framerate on the GNex. Probably in part due to the higher resolution screen and part due to the less powerfull soc.

Either way, operating the phone under any normal conditions it is smooth as butter so far, maybe have to look at kernels with build in OC...idk been out of the rooting game for about a year now!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
I wish. Still have mine from the N1 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mad_vtak:
lol yeah me too, the one for the G1 is too big for this :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babymatteo:
Stock Odexed 4.0.4 IMM76I w/ 007 1.2ghz Kernel is by far the best setup i've had with my sexyNexy as far as performance and battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] os21um:
Got mine an hour ago. I second Samsung having a dusty factory.

Coming from an AT&T GSII. Too lazy to root and rom. Will enjoy the stock experience for a little while before I start romming the crap outta this thing. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iB4STiD:
Don't they have some ladies there to clean the joint? :cool:

and now for stupid question time!! can i use mskip toolkit to root ? and if i wanrt to unroot i would have to use fastboot commands to flash this 4.0.4 (IMM76I) from google?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thepawn:
I got one off EBay from a guy in HK who seems to be making them. I loved it from my N1 (and amazingly, the GN -almost- fits in the N1 sleeve, lol)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...5&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160#ht_2572wt_1398
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bond007mgm:
The toolkit works for yakju and takju builds since they are virtually the same from what they say the only difference is that it has google wallet pre-installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
They're still going to post those threads.

You can't stop them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oxeneers:
Agreed. Love the setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uranis:
Could this version still be rooted, unlocked bootloader, flashed or Does it matter that this phone is a different build? Could you still use the galaxy nexus toolkit? Just curious.

Never mind read up
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TONY206:
Woo!