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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] alicarbovader:
Everyone, you shouldn't be complaining about your new devices. The first batch always has some issues. Trust me, try the next batch, I mean the exchange.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] casonswag:
I don't have any dead pixels or dust my screen ia flawless bought mines from gamestop

Sent From My Fresh Nexus 7(2013)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mannequin:
just to showcase my point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1aWvF4iRA0g&t=168

any Nexus resolution advantage is being obliterated there with it's yellow tint and contrast setting. it just doesn't look great.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
Well...not quite. For my nexus 4, the first one I got, which was the first batch, was flawless. But I thought the yellow screen issue was a defect. Turns out to just be a software problem :p

My second one had problems. On my third one and it is doing well

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] alicarbovader:
Excuse me, when the first one was working flawlessly, why buy the second and third...?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dkeyes:
number 4

I am currently on my 4th one

The first had dust uinder the screen, the second had 6 deadpixels, the 3rd had 1 dead pixel, and the 4th now has 2 dead pixels........depressing. Not sure if i should live with dead pixels, keep trying different units, or wait a month or two and buy then....
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] MrPhilo:
That is a video. Your monitor calibration might be different which could effect the result. The screen colour is probably different in real life compared to watching it on your monitor.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
Not putting any accusations on you about first batches of devices... Only stating what happened...

I just stated, I thought the yellow screen was a defect, but come to find out it wasn't. When I got the second one, it had the same yellow effect, so I figured it was a software problem

Yes, I know. But it looked yellow

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mrc13an:
I just picked a 32 GB model up from Best Buy while on vacation in the US. Everything seems to be working perfectly and I have not noticed any flaws in either the hardware or software. Granted, I have only a few hours usage at the moment, but considering we are all playing with these devices before the official release date, we are all in basically the same boat there.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] alicarbovader:
the first batches are mostly like this. and that nř issue aounds pretty cool, considering we have a multitude of devices with such cold displays. you won't believe me, I got tired of my desire's cold display, and I applied a warmer screen render effect, because it doesn't look like an eyesore anymore.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] :
Friday: bought new nexus 7.

Saturday: noticed dead pixel in center of screen.

Sunday: returned to BestBuy, exchanged. found 3 dead pixels in screen of replacement.

Returning soon.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Red Wolf:
1st bought from amazon found dust under the screen.

2nd bought from bestbuy a dead pixel, replacing tomorrow. hopefully they got some on stock
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] johnny15:
Got one on Friday from BB...exchanged it today because the OTG would just loop when connecting a USB device. This one seems better.

Other than that, no other issues to report for me. *knock on wood*
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
got my 3rd device. still has the same problem. I cannot wait for the 2nd batch of devices since I only have 7 days.

Has anyone dealt with warranty service with Asus? how does it work? is it like google, where they will send another device then I send it back or will I have to send mine first?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Red Wolf:
I will get another one tomorrow if there are stock available, if I find any problem thn I will be return and wait a month to get another version :) man this is just weird returning device lol
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
I know what you mean. Since I am on my 3rd one, exchanging it for a 4th one seems so strange. I want one that is good out of the box
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] tmacgarris6727:
light leakage at the top and the side

light leakage at the top and bottom is anyone else seen this problem
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dkeyes:
With 3 units having dead pixels and 1 having dust, it looks as though I am returning this last one for a refund, and will wait until I try again. I hope maybe the next batch will have better QA when it comes to the screens. The few dead pixels are so small they can be hard to find, but damn if they aren't super annoying.

As for the people being on their 3rd and 4th return,I too feel awkward when I have the receipt with the 3 return/exchange receipts stapled on top, but Asus should have done a better job on the QA for the screens.

quick question, does anyone know the length of time before a second batch will start to pop up?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Mikey503:
Flawless 32gb device here from BestBuy, Bought in store yesterday
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bracketologist:
I bought mine on Friday at Best Buy. Yesterday, I noticed a tiny black speck, which may end up being a dead pixel or possibly just dust in the far lower left corner (assuming I hold it vertically). Luckily, it's so far down there and it's so small that it doesn't bother me at all. Plus, if I hold the table horizontally, the navigation bar covers it up. Unless I find some other more noticeable problems, I'm probably not going to take a chance on getting an even worse unit given the other comments here.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] just blaze:
Picked up my 32gb from Best Buy on friday and thought I might of had a perfect unit but the more I kept seeing this post though the more I figured I would try to see if I could possibly find anything wrong with mine. I dl'ed an app and when the color black came on the screen, I noticed a few VERY small dead pixels in different parts of the screen. I mean they were so small I couldn't even see them but my girlfriend was adamant about them being them. I finally found em but it was really hard to find.

The second thing I noticed is when held in landscape mode, I noticed a slight light blee from the very top middle of the screen. Nothing bad but just something else I noticed. What I'm wondering is if I should even take the chance to exchange and possibly get something worse, or just keep the one I have now. Again, this stuff was BARELY noticeable.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TG2708:
its simple to know if its dust under the screen and not a dead pixel (mine has dust). Just tilt the tablet at an angle where you can see under the plastic film, if it seems like it disappeared at said angle then you know the screen just has dust underneath.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
I went to Gamestop, and I cannot get a refund for the opened defected device (best buy, you can). I decided to wait until a second batch of units arrive before exchanging again. Then, I'll post here if there are any problems

I called Asus, and they advised me to go back to the retail store I bought it from. If I would have opened a case with them, then I would have to pay for shipping and wait until my device repairs, and who knows how long that will take

So perhaps the lesson is to just buy from the Play Store. good customer service and RMA process is easy.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] xsaqzw:
I wanted to say I picked up my new Nexus 7 from BestBuy today. Flawless as far as I can tell, and I'm one picky fool! I'm absolutely loving the thing so far. Then again, this is my only tablet. I've had the original Asus transformer, iPad with retina, and the original Nexus 7. This one answered all of my prayers for a new 7" tablet, mainly the 1080p screen.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] WilliamG:
Picked up a 16GB this week. Absolutely ZERO light leakage. Never seen an IPS with no light leakage/bright areas at different angles. Great color, no stuck/dead pixels etc.

Ignore the burst of light from the Google logo. That's my camera, heh!

Wife saw my 16GB, loved it, made me buy her a 32GB. The 32GB I got has stuck pixels, and a faulty touch-screen (repeated presses etc).

So 1 out of 2 for me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Red Wolf:
Its out of stock every where, so I got refund from best buy and ordered in on playstore :D lol what else I can do atm
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Sn00ky:
Good luck man. :D I am also buying it on play store soon, hopefully google ships a flawless device. :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] just blaze:
32gb is all out around my way as well. Not in a rush but sucks that I can't continue to setup my current 32gb. I wish I didn't have OCD and maybe I wouldn't mind the few micro dead pixels.

BTW, anyone else have any sort of light bleed on theirs? Even just the slightest? I have just a very small area it does but nothing you can notice from day to day use
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] eyecon82:
Yep, I think all do. I checked a bunch at local retailers and they all have some sort of bleed
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Red Wolf:
They gonna start shipping from tomorrow right ? I am using 1 that I bought from amazon but its going back soon. Cause it has a dead pixel or dust not sure which but it is there. Amazon has 30 day return policy so yeah. But the problem I can't start setup it like I want though :eek:

Agree it could be LCD, even my nexus 4 has this issue. So no big deal on bleeding, but deal pixel I can't stand lol
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TG2708:
Yup both the 32gb I kept and 16gb one i returned had almost identical light bleed.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] yanksrock1000:
So I have 2 dead pixels...but I mean they are so small, I can't notice them unless I either look for them, or if I go very close to the screen. It has no flaws besides that....last year I went through about 4 Nexus 7's with screen lift.

I don't think I'm going to return it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ava0425:
Same. Can really only notice if i'm close and on white background
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] yanksrock1000:
And the odds are, the next will be worse. When I am playing games and watching movies, I cannot notice it whatsoever.

Are people really using their tablet so close they can identify individual pixels in normal use?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mmegalodon:
What has been seen cannot be unseen.

I had two dead pixels, smack ****ing dab in the middle of the screen, and I was not about to play that game. To each his own, and if you can deal with it, then, well, you're a better man than me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] okEric:
I got my replacement in today and it looks like it's the keeper. Screen looks to be perfect, no dead pixels or dust.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] yanksrock1000:
Mine is toward the top....its blocked by the "my library" widget I have.

Last year I had to settle for a Nexus 7 that creaked when I touched the side ....2 dead pixels is bliss compared to that!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] RCDuke:
So far it appears that I do not have any dead pixels or significant light bleed. Though my screen appears rather yellow compared to my Nexus 4.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] trssho91:
Mine is nearly perfect, the wireless charging won't connect on the energizer pad I have for my s3 and a n4 I sold off. I'm not sure if its bad or just doesn't like the pad, either way its not worth returning one with a perfect screen over
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sherpa:
The bezel on my device has uneven gaps right where the screen attaches on the bezel. I got mine from Best Buy. I will wait till next week to return it so that I can avoid the first batches.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] metal571:
I have dealt with their warranty service when my original Nexus 7 bricked its internal memory and I couldn't flash anything to it. They replaced the faulty eMMC in it. It took over a week and I had to pay for the shipping to them. Never again. Sold that one for 175 on eBay a couple months back because I couldn't stand the screen snap-back issue.

I love the Play Store support though, I've had to return my N4 once because I thought I screwed it up since it was randomly rebooting, but after a full wipe and factory image flash it worked again. RMA'd anyway from a 301K to a beautiful and awesome 303K. They pay all the shipping both ways, and they cross-ship meaning you get the new device first so you can inspect it, then you send the old one back with a prepaid UPS shipping label they provide to YOU.

I just bought the new Nexus 7 now, from the Play Store. I swear I can smell the dead pixels in Mountain View all the way from where I am in Philly already. Thanks for everyone who reports these things on XDA, love this community. I'll be sure to share my painful story here unless somehow my first batch device ends up being okay. Maybe the Play Store will have a better batch, who knows. I'm bankin' on it anyway.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Edward Zhong:
The one I got is perfect (personally, i cann't see any dead pixels), system runs so far so well, perhaps i'm the lucky one.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] tmacgarris6727:
replacement n7 dead pixels

I got a new n7 from best buy on Friday 16gb with no problems at all but I wanted the 32gb but they we're all are so I return it and grab a 32gb at GameStop it had 14 dead pixels and tons of light leakage so I took it back cause they had no more in stock and I when back to best buy and pick up the 16gb and it is 100% great nothing wrong with it at all so I'm going to stick with the 16gb from beat buy
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
My first mistake: not buying from the play store. I bought mine of GameStop. I'm waiting for their second batch of nexus 7 tablets to arrive. They are low in stock, according to store availability, so I figure they will get some soon

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TG2708:
Excitement got the better of me too, awesome device but I should have purchased mine from Google. I guess it was the thought of getting it before official release that got me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] californiarailroader:
Sorry to hear you had bad luck, I got mine Saturday from Amazon and it's flawless. Good luck, I hope you get a good one!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] just blaze:
Numtain ihm

Well I decided to order a 32gb from Staples.com since their brick and mortar store as well as Best Buy is still out. I bought one from BB a few days ago and there's a few dead pixels. I'm hoping I get lucky this time and end up with a flawless one from Staples. Only like dealing with these 2 primarily as their R/E policies are much more lenient.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Jrockttu:
Asus has no quality control on tablets. I went through 3 Transformers that all had dead pixels when that tablet came out, so I returned the final one.

I bought the 2012 Nexus 7 when it came out and had the screen separation issue pretty bad, so I returned it for another and this one also had screen separation (but not as bad) and the bezel is scratched underneath the coating (very visible). I stuck with it though, just because I was tired of exchanging tablets.

I'm sitting this 2013 N7 rush out until I see less people having problems, then I'll give it a shot. I was really hoping Google would ditch Asus for Nexus devices.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mertzi:
My first nexus 7 gen 1 also had a lot of screen separation plus a lot of bleeding and after 3 rma's I got a refund. Then last week an online retailer sold the old N7 really cheap so I thought what the hell I'll accept issues for this price but I also hoped that asus might've solved the original issues but nope they hadn't. And the new unit I got was made in january so almost 6 months from the first batch but it also has screen separation, no bleeding though. So waiting wont help, asus is a ****ty manufacturer with no QC, by judging what I've read on various forums they are far worse than others, even for their more expensive products like their ultrabook line up.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jayochs:
my first nexus 7 didn't really have issues..i got the 32 gig like the week it was released. the only issues are the fact that the body like, shifts or something..like you can twist the body which pushes the screen closer to the glass on the corners..pretty much it's never like 100% straight lol it's like a car with a bent chassis. therefore, there's light bleed, and then depending which way you creak it, there is lighter colors on certain areas..(so if it's a black screen, it'll be grayish/whiteish around those areas bc the lcd is closer to the glass, so it's like that oil effect when pressing it)

other than that though, my n7 screen was fine..no dead pixels, no dust.

the new n7 is much sturdier, and i only have that 1 speck of dust..yeah i can't unsee it, but i only notice it like maybe 50% of the time..so whatever. i'll live with it. i like it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Waynato:
sounds like alot of bad luck out there mines fine so far
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] laxinchili:
just returned 2nd unit @ gamestop... for dead pixels...

waiting for asus/google to figure it out so I can get a good one.. i don't wanna waste any more of my time.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] IronFox:
First one I got from Walmart had 1 dead pixel in the lower left corner. Exchanged it for the one on typing on now. Perfect.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Nitin985:
Just picked mine up hoping for the best, gamestop in Camarillo
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Poser:
I have bought a ton of kit over the last two decades from all sorts of manufacturers (Samsung/Asus/LG/MSI/Gigabyte/Sony/Acer/HTC/Corsair/WD/seagate...the list goes on and on) and in that time I have had a few issues to be sure. However, given the scale that these manufacturers produce on... I am have not had nearly enough negative experiences to condemn their respective QC efforts.

Two mfg in specific that get crushed in these forums, Samsung and Asus, produce some of the best quality kit I have owned. I have owned/own ALL of the galaxy phones (and nexus 10) and several Sammy panels/drives/mem kits etc. Asus hardware is usually at the heart of my gaming/hi end workstation/file serving builds and I almost exclusively have used them for my mobile computing needs. I have had a ton of experience with these companies...mostly positive.

For sure my OG vibrant had massive GPS issues...and was a debacle that was never quite addressed. One of my 46 inch panels had light bleed and awful flash lighting. And this may be blasphemy...but I am only meh about my N10.

I have Asus Mobos have mem lanes just die, monitor with stuck pixels, my new zenbook touch is saddled with a known faulty WiFi card (though that is more Intel's fault then Asus) and my infinity tft700 crap ass eMMC with atrocious I/O had me relieved when it was stolen.

I had to go through a fair amount of headaches to address the aformentioned problems... But they only make up a small amount of my experience with these companies.

Furthermore... Across these forums perhaps you can find 1000 users with similar problems maybe 10,000 across all the tech sites we tend to frequent...even then that represents an extremely small percentage of production runs (of course these numbers are not exact... But do represent the assertion accurately).

EVERYONE deserves the devices they expect...or at least as advertised, when they plop down their hard earned coin (but no bitcoin in Thailand please). It especially sucks when it requires repeated attempts... I know from experience. However broad condemnation of any institutions practices (QC or otherwise) without requisite empirical data is silly (but within everyone's right to offer an opinion...but its just that, an opinion, until supported by fact). I empathize with those with issues...and hope they get resolved expediently. I give pause AMD thoroughly inspect all my new kit for this very reason.

With that said... I was so thrilled with my flo.16 from staples (with coupon...I is a coupon/rebate whore). That I ran out to my local

Tigerdirect to scoop a flo.32. It was also flawless.

Best of luck to all... I still think that Sammy and Asus represent to of the finer kit makers out there. Hey... At least it ain't apple ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Yea with crappy amoled screens

>^.^< Sent from meow HTC One which is like catnip to me atm
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] WilliamG:
Here's my Nexus 7 FHD history:

Bought one 16GB for myself at Staples. No light bleed at all at ANY brightness. No dead/stuck pixels. But one hunking great piece of grit/dirt/dust/whatever bang in the center of the screen. Returned it to Staples today.

Bought a 32GB at Best Buy that had a defective touch screen. Was registering more than one tap quite often when I'd only touched the screen once. Customer service at Best Buy didn't even believe me, until they tested it for themselves and agreed immediately that it's defective.

Bah.

Went to OfficeMax and picked up two 32GB units for a GREAT price ($215.99 apiece after 20% off coupons). Both have craptastic light bleed at high brightness. One has a tiny stuck pixel. Wife won't care about it, of course. :D

I think some people just don't notice or don't care, but based on my experience, the QC on the Nexus 7 FHD really is poor.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
You were able to return yours? I can't even return and get a refund. I can only exchange. I'm just waiting for the second batch of units to arrive...

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] laxinchili:
yeah man. My local game stop (Bellevue sq, if you're from WA) was very understanding and showed some great customer support. They said they'd be happy to keep letting me open until I'm happy, but I decided I'd rather wait until a couple weeks and not waste any more time on this.

I didn't get a full return, I had a card with them since I traded in my old ipad... so I got store credit on a card that will later use.

If it's within 30 days, they should take care of you, like I was taken care of at this store.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] 0.0:
I finally went to the store, since they got another batch of units. The manager made me feel like I was being interrogated. He then calmed down, and I was able to check the tablet in the store. It was finally good! No dead pixels, no black dots. So I'm happy with the tablet, but not with customer support

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] laxinchili:
I was treated well. Manager was friendly and even offered to reach out if they hear anything.

I checked the second one in store but I saw the pixel when I got home against the white background on Google search...

glad you were able to get a good one... if a product is advertised as having best in class screen, it should really have no dead pixels imho
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] klov:
Just picked up my N7 and I seem to have found a good one. No dead pixels, bleed or tinting. Kind of surprised actually, I expected to do play the display lottery for a few days.

Pretty amazing screen for $229.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] okEric:
That's what I like about amazon. Yeah you have to wait for shipping, but I had one day delivery and my replacement also came with one day shipping so it wasn't bad, plus got to keep the old one and don't have to ship it back until after receiving the replacement.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] eyecon82:
I don't believe you don't have any bleeding. Take a picture of a black image on full brightness in a dark room
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] funkyboy1281:
Just got mine from Amazon. No dead pixels or dust under the screen. There is some minimal light bleed on the very top and a small section in the bottom right but definitely not to the extent that I've seen from others on here. The light bleed for me isn't a really noticeable thing for me since I tend to keep my brightness around 50% or lower. I'm just glad I got no dead pixels or dust. Still got the 30 day return through Amazon though just in case. There is even light bleed on my original N7 but until I just checked it was something I never even noticed.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oneandroidnut:
You don't believe the guy?