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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakestash:
so far so good. No banding, no noticeable grainy patterns (except for the expected amount from an anti glare screen protector. The white runs a little warm, but hopefully that will be fixed with gamma control when I unlock and run a custom kernel and rom. Overall I'm very happy with what I've received so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
This thread turned way off topic from I'm exited I got my GSM USA Nexus to a whining session about everything someone can find wrong with their Nexus. The sad part is many people took it out on Google. The device is made by Samsung, I'm just glad Google offered it for such a great price. And I hope they continue to offer unlocked GSM phones in the future. But with all the returns on the nexus who knows what will happen.

The funny thing is I worked before in a repair depot. Devices that get returned are checked out using software and specs set by Samsung. If it passes it goes right back in the Refurb bin. So likely someone else will get it who doesn't care or it will end up back in the hands of someone returning 4-5 devices trying to get the perfect one.

I for one am very happy Google made this available, and I'm very happy with my device. And from the comments it seems like Google has done a good job in customer service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garycoleman:
LOL @ the paranoia.

I'm sure many people don't have problems but this forum messed with their head.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
I would like to see ONE Nexus without an issue and then I will believe that they exist :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I just read thru all 514 posts on this thread. Whew, that's a lot of purple screens!

But what really surprised me was not a single complaint of data signal loss after sleep due to 4.0.4. And all these phones are 4.0.4. That leads me to believe that maybe the signal loss 4.0.4 issue isn't occurring on 4.0.4 phones that are used in the US? If that's the case and since I'm in the US it may be time for me to take the plunge and upgrade my 4.0.2 to 4.0.4. I really don't want to upgrade just to pickup this awful problem.

If there is anyone on 4.0.4 having the signal loss issue and you are in the US please speak up. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nbell13:
Mine's brilliant. Ordered from Google Play.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Mine doesn't have any issues. My old Verizon Nexus did and I'm glad I rid of it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
I thought that was a CDMA issue only? I have been using the Play Store version for about a week without any signal loss issues in the US.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mingkee:
Check out the dev section.

Galaxy Tools can root the phone, and Franco Kernel app has color settings.

Now the screen is completely dark in black (no more black dots!!!).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I think the CDMA issue is different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolmaster121:
Got a replacement

Purchased 2 Galaxy Nexuses.

One was okay the other one was Purple at lowest brightness. Which is what the auto brightness sets the phone to when it is dark around the phone.

Requested a replacement.

Got it, and it is a bit better then the original, but still not good.

This is what Google says about it:

"There are variations of color screen temperature from device to device,

especially at the lowest brightness setting. I've seen this with other

devices, not just Samsung Galaxy Nexus screens. If you're not satisfied

with the screen quality, you still have a few days to return your devices

for a refund."

So Google's solution is here is a refund. I want ur phone with a good screen, which I know can happen because one of my phones is "good".

See attached images for example issues
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fountainhead931:
I bought my Gnexus in HK for about 4800 HK months ago.

First hand I inspected it from top to bottom with no issues found - before I paid for it.

Ordering from the out of the country sellers/importers, who knows what B grade devices they imported?

Mine is perfect (I'm sure I just jinxed it) :)

My sympathies to all who have had issues though, I realize not everyone is fortunate enough to travel to HK for work and pick up a phone....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nbell13:
No purple with cm9... Just fyi.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] androidtoy09:
I somewhat agree but to say "no purple" is a little overstated. There is definitely a big difference between AOKP and CM9 roms. CM9 reduces the purple quite a bit
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Melon_Bread:
Just got mine and no issues.

Running AOKP M5 no issues
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Emama:
Since there are HUGH amount of customers asking for replacement, and not just one device..

They cannot simply replace it infinitely...

And Google is much better than Samsung since they do not replace it at all,

they have only the REPAIR option which I need to argue with them in order to get a replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SupaDupaFly24:
My phone is great. Brought it from the play store!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Well I am gonna use my phone and try to enjoy it, meanwhile have Samsung ship me the replacements until something looks better then what I have.

I have "pink" issue but I dont use phone at lowest setting anyway and I also customized my auto brightness values so that kinda takes care of the pink and grain issue a bit. also used suggested "color control" values.....i dont have time to play with that now

ps. custom ROMs can "get rid off" pink by simply increasing brightness setting......it doesnt mean issue is not present
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
Also many people at buying from Google to have a warranty, by rooting and installing a custom ROM they would technically void it - regardless of whether Samsung will enforce it or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malikadnanm:
Fixing gamma and multipliers without making the screen brighter can fix the pink screen actually.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malikadnanm:
It takes a min to unroot and relock the phone to make it stock again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] funkadesi:
Yes but bootloader doesn't say LOCKED.... it says RELOCKED :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
i dont think that voids warranty. i mean if you cooked ur CPU thats one thing, but if you have burn-in on a screen thats another.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mythamp:
:( got mine a week back - no pink/purple issues but the grains are visible in dark colors (ash/blue/apart from white) - even when brightness is set to full! But I wont be returning it as I see the refurbished ones are even worse. My wife has a nexus s - her AMOLED doesnt seem to suffer from that issue! I feel samsunged, but I will still keep the gnex because of the screen size.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoronaDelux:
Well I just ordered from google play, hopefully my device will not have any of these issues. Have you guys been getting these devices faster than the 4 business days stated?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
Yes, for me it shipped the next day so it was only 3 days. Some people have even seen them ship the same day if they ordered early enough.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] p00kienrayray:
Ordered Friday, 5/4, shipped Friday night via UPS. UPS tracking site says that it should be delivered to my address at the end of today, 5/8.

So 2 business days after I ordered.

Can't wait!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kmmxracer:
Mine should show up tomorrow morning, if the UPS guys stickers to his normal rout. I can't freakin wait, I'm gonna try to go to bed early LOLZ.

Any advice on what rooting app is best, & I plan on installing AOKP ASAP. Howz it running??

What are the issues I should look out for?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ragnarokx:
False. I just unlocked and relocked and at the booloader screen it says "LOCKED" not "RELOCKED".

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bbgt2:
How's everyone's reception with AT&T on the Gnex. I've tried different modems but still crappy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Haven't noticed any issues in AOKP, but don't install Samsung drivers, they didn't work for me. Some guy on xda made his own and they work great

And don't forget to donate to devs!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kmmxracer:
Donate, of course. What section are those drivers in? Does the GNex toolkit work for installing drivers?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] defnow:
Mines great! I'm using UGKL1 on AOKP ...no issues with data. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
I haven't used tool kit. I got some "universal" driver kit from xda. Sorry don't have link, I am on the phone now. I think I Googled for nexus drivers and found it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pinoycrusader:
My replacement will arrive tomorrow from Samsung. I have the purple tint and banding on my screen. They're shipping it from Plano, texas. Hopefully I will get a better screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] redshirt72:
Nary a problem with a few days old GSM unlocked purchased from Play Store, except the low speaker volume which Volume+ seems to have fixed for some things, but playing media in Diceplayer it is still low. No signal drops or screen issues.

I'm coming from an HTC HD2 which was the little engine that could and I loved it for the fact that I could have WM6.5, various flavors of Android(personal favorite was MIUI), and WP7.5 on it, but I just wanted something newer that I didn't have to mess around with and this Nexus is so far a treat.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] calyco:
Received mine from google play store, been using it for 3 days so far and very happy with it. Screens not the best I've seen but still very good, love the size of the display and device though, perfect size in my hands. Rooted on second day and running aokp with lean kernel and battery life is very good, comparing it to stock atm. Still trying to figure out if I want the htc one x but since this one is a nexus, fastest updates and vanilla android I think that might be enough for me to keep it over a better screen on the HTC. Anyone who has compared both have an opinion? Sorry but a bit lazy to sift through the whole thread heh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] f1ip:
got mine today.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nohcho:
I don't know man, you may want to wait if you want the hox. I was in the same boat but all the issues that hox is having right now is a major turn off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nbell13:
Mine's fine, bone stock. KC metro area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patruns:
I believe I did on Monday....

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Which begs the question: Is it a hardware or a software problem? The phones do not ship with 4.04. I wonder how many people returned theirs without first letting the phone update.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fuskand:
Got my Gnex yesterday, loving it! Fluid and smooth and I can't even see the pixels.

And my screen came blemish and trouble free! No weird purpleyness to speak of. No discernible banding to speak of. I think it's a fine step up from my last phone (HTC Sensation 4G).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hyl4me:
Received my nexus last week. My screen has no purple and banding. I got several small dark spots but only visible with dark screen in completed dark environment and I have to look really hard to see them. In addition, a little blue tint at a view angle on white/gray background, I think this is understandable for pen-title screen. Smooth, fast and very enjoyable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
The screen on this one sucks too. No banding and no purple, but the top third is straight up yellow.

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And Google definitely isn't handling replacements or exchanges within the 14 days anymore. They passed me along to Samsung, who said they'd take down my information and have the RMA processor call me in one business day for a credit card number so they can put a hold on for the purchase price.

Forget it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Don't they have to give you a refund or exchange if you request it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
They have to accept a refund if you want to return it but there is a 15% restocking fee. Technically, all exchanges would be a part of the warranty and have to be done through Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
Exactly. It's like if you bought a laptop at Best Buy and it didn't boot, then when you went to exchange it they told you to talk to Dell. On top of that they were telling me that as of last week, Samsung was also handling outgoing orders via Samsung warehouses.

If Google wants to be serious about selling hardware, this is something they kind of have to do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
UPDATE: UPS just dropped off my replacement. The entire time, while it was being shipped, I was worried that I would receive another faulty one with the purple tint and loose battery door. I'm fortunate enough to have a replacement that does not have any screen defects and the battery door fits nice n snug. Extremely happy with my phone now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grant3d:
I just got mine this afternoon. Totally in love with the look and feel of the phone and ICS in general. Then I loaded up gmail for the first time...it was a shock to the system. The whites are terrible on this screen. It looks like everything is a muddy beige/off white to the extent that I thought Google changed the color scheme of the damn app. I have the brightness at max and it still feels like it needs to go up higher. Google maps is also very dramatically different in white. I really want to love this phone but I would honestly rather look at my 2 year old EVO 4G screen than this.

I clearly should have heeded the warnings in this post but I thought you were all crazy. Boy was I wrong. So from reading the past few posts it looks like my options are trying for a replacement from Samsung instead of straight from Google or returning it with a 15% restocking fee? Ouch.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
If you ask they'll probably waive the restocking fee as a "courtesy", lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ragnarokx:
I had an imported GN with whites like that. My GN from the Play Store has awesome whites, but noticeable banding and ghosting with greys. If it really bothers you, ask for a replacement before it's too late.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
The problem is that now, they'll toss you off to Samsung for that, and they're not so painless to deal with. They won't just next day you a new phone. They want a credit card number to place a funds hold/pre-authorization (for what Samsung considers retail value, the rep I spoke to indicated that she believed that it was more than $399) before they send you anything. I asked if there was an option to just send the phone in and have them send me a new one back and the rep said they can't do that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ragnarokx:
Wow that blows. The people who got replacements while the Play Store was still doing them got lucky.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secondclaw:
Not necessarily. My play store replacement was worse than original so I sent it back. Will have to deal with Samsung next.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rowntreerob:
recieved my phone yesterday ( wed )..

ordered it over weekend on PLAY

Very HAPPY

it presented dialog for update to 4.0.4 IMM76I - worked fine

also ordered the $30 prepay from Walmart

also order Sim card from tmobile to go with above

inserted my Postpaid tmobile ( old sim from another phone accnt ) and everything works fine.

Looking forward to getting help on forums with SIP / GV/ VOIP solutions so that i can try to live with the 100 monthly cap on talk minutes. If walmart/tmobi are willing to let me play with monthly 5GB for $30 , i will spend some time figuring out the aspects of INBOUND trunk calls routing to some sort of GV related callback utilizing WIFI ( or even on 3G with mod'd ROM ) where VOIP talk does NOT increment the minutes in the plan.

Put the new phone settings to 'USB Debugging' and plugged the usb to laptop running Vista...

Results:

no adb detection of device ( guess that i need to hunt for toolkit )

vista recognizes device and displays device's directory's

file transfer OK over usb connection

hardware devices on Vista show 'Galaxy nexus' with YELLOW exclamation and note on missing drivers

PS.

also ordered Walmart $30 prepaid plan

also ordered 2 SIMs from tmobi

the activation codes included in the packets w/ sims were 'invalid' ... i just wasted an hour on the phone with TMobile agents who could not make any sense of the ID and barcode schema on the card(s) i received in the mail from the tmobile site. They said i could go into a retail store or return the order in the mail.

tmobile employees in the store resolved the issue in 10 minutes, providing me with new phone number i can use to activate the walmart prepaid acct.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shilent:
I received mines yesterday. With me being very picky, and after reading all these posts about bad screens, I was very worried I'd get bad one. Luckily I got one with an awesome screen. Comparing it to my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and my LG G2x, the screens is better in almost every way.

The color has a very slight warm tint to it, but much better than my GS2's blue tint. I also see what people called the white recycled paper look at low brightness, but I still think it looks more accurate than my GS2's white at FULL brightness. My G2x wins as far as whites go. As for the black, my GS2 looks slightly better, for some reason the Nexus doesn't fully shut off the LED's when displaying black.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tarzanman:
Well, I just got my USA HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus that I ordered from Google Play.

Coming from a (now malfunctioning) Samsung Vibrant. My phone does not seem to have any display issues.

I would like to know:

1. The best way to root & tether

2. Whether or not Google Wallet is a security risk (with root)

3. Where to get fairly priced spare batteries that have the NFC chip

The new resolution is nice. My only complaint so far is that I won't be able to load up a bunch of movies with only 16GB of space to play with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakestash:
Well I spoke too soon. Just noticed a band across the top of the screen on black wallpapers. And I get the popping noise when I hit the soft keys. I think I'm just gonna ask for a refund and get the gs3. Hopefully it will have less problems. I don't like that I had to tweak the colors for 20 minutes every time I flash something just to be able to look at the screen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grant3d:
For the people that have dealt with Samsung, what is the turnaround time to get a new phone? I'm really on the fence about eating the restock and returning or trying for a replacement. Has anyone managed to get a replacement, had it turn out crappy, and then returned for a refund? Possible? I'm guessing it probably isnt since we have to deal with samsung now instead of google. It also seems like the odds on getting a screen without some sort of issue are slim, so im leaning towards returning it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
If you return and pay the restock would you then buy another GN or opt for a different model phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
Honestly, quality of the phone not withstanding, I wouldn't even order from the Play Store at this point.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grant3d:
I would probably wait and see how things with the AT&T HTC One X pan out with the bootloader etc. I know its also sim locked, but I wonder if I could still use it on straight talk with an AT&T compatible sim right now.

Why do you say that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soldierblue348:
I have qualms about buying from any retailer that won't deal with exchanges. Plus it's silly to me that every restocking fee-less return is a "one-time exception", regardless of whether or not the device is defective.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
There are many people who bought through Google Play and are happy with there purchase. But there are a few who returned device after device 4-5 times and still were not satisfied.

If you want the device go for it and if it does not satisfy you return it for a refund and get them to wave the restock fee.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jjday7:
Defects are defects. You shouldn't have to pay a restock fee. I called and they said they would do it as a courtesy. I would have raised hell if they didn't. Its not my fault I got two faulty units. My second seemed better out the box and then my screen was yellow, had a weird piece of something in my notification light, and had the popping sound from the speaker.

Not saying this to anyone in particular but the google phones are loaded with defects. That's why they are referring everyone to Samsung. The dell computer example was perfect.

People saying that people are being picky have to look at it this way. This phone cost as much as a LCD tv. Would you take any defects in your tv for this price? I certainly wouldn't. If my screen was yellow and my speaker popped. It would be going right back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
^ exactly.

I'm OK with keeping my phone even though the screen isn't perfect. The fact is the Android code and various system app skins didn't take into account the flaws in the current screens Samsung has flooded the industry with. Gray gradients should have been avoided, and I see tons of ICS app developers who have taken notice and eliminated gradients from their skins because they're smart enough to know the less the return/refund ratio, the more profitable the venture. The big players like Samsung can buy labor so cheap, that the sheer numbers of sales drown out the losses, so the regular rules don't apply to them.

But the reality of doing business with the play store now is that it has reached a point where they've (once again) lost their ability to service customers the same way as the carriers.

As much as we hate the carriers for various reasons, they are willing to absorb the cost of doing business within their model. Google is not, and it's once again obvious.

If i buy a $400 device from you and it's defective, you better believe you're not referring me to the mfg. I paid YOU that money, it's your merchant account taking the hit if I dispute, so Samsung doesn't owe me, you do. It's YOUR fault you didn't properly inspect their warehouses (dust inside the sealed box, wtf??) So don't put the liability of your frugal decisions on the consumer. Or pay for it.

This is why they failed the first time IMO,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosemachinegun:
I just got my 3rd replacement yesterday from Samsung directly. It looks good so far, I'd say perfect. I think it's even less purple than the second, though maybe that's just in my head. :)

Hopefully a whole line of pixels doesn't spontaneously die on me again like the second one, but that seems unlikely unless I'm extremely unlucky.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patruns:
I have to agree. I would be surprised to see Google do this again based on their experience with this phone. A combination of manufacturer defects and people just being downright picky is not something that they are likely going to want to repeat. They bent over backwards for a while replacing phones with no questions asked & got caught in the middle. $399.00 is a lot of money but have you priced other high tech, unlocked phones? Some are almost twice as much and with no US warranty. Glad I got mine when I did. It works and does what I expect it to do. Who knows, maybe I have the purple issue. I have not turned my screen brightness all the way down to find out. I'll never use it like that anyway. The way I have it set up it looks fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] funkadesi:
I just wanted to let you all know that I just got my gnex from the Play Store shipped from kentucky.

The screen is great! Ordered Sunday night, received it Wednesday afternoon (NYC Suburbs)

I think people might be over exaggerating about the whole purple thing during 0 brightness. You have to remember that in the settings menu half of the screen is gray and when you drop the brightness the pentile display renders it differently, (just look at the whites in low brightness vs. high brightness)