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[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] relbourn:
hmm

well managed to take it all apart and put it all back together again.

Still same issue though, the top part of the screen is not very sensitive

in fact it looks like there is a semi circle of inactivity there!! I may need a new screen or digitizer! Is the digitizer easy to remove from the lcd screen? anyone got any ideas? also do I need to solder on the new connections?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] relbourn:
also I am sure I saw someone talking about a new lcd screen for 10 quid or something here somewhere, it was a link to an external website...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] skeeve666:
it was just for the digitizer (the touch panel not the full tft), i picked one up on ebay, its hard to fit ;[
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] relbourn:
Hi thanks for responding....

Theres one on ebay that comes with a soldering kit and instructions.... was that like the one you got...?

plus being hard to fit, did you managed to fit it in the end, and if so what did you find that helped...

alternatively where can you get it fitted by a professional?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] skeeve666:
not seen that one, mine was just the digitizer, and i am no stranger to the use of a soldering iron, you could get a local single trader shop, the sort that sell second hand mobiles and does mobile repairs, to do it for you, for a price
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] AlbertWT:
Hi relbourn,

where can I find that all in one digitizer package from ebay ?

My O2 XDA IIi experienceing the same problem as you now :-(

I live in Australia, but still can't find any store which can do O2 digitiser repairs for me.

Cheers
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] relbourn:
I have had a look at it, and also took apart my xda 2i twice now for a check and decided that its a bit risky to do, re-soldering,

the kit model is here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=260199263230&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016

however I managed to find this screen (complete) from ebay too which includes the lcd screen, you may notice when you take yours apart it fits together with no soldering, kinda clips on, this looks far easier and for a slightly less than expected increment in price.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=250203637454&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=015
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] droopy8424:
on the second link to the full lcd screen it says tha it is for O2 xda2 or Qtek 2020, not O2 xda2i or Qtek 2020i... i-ve found on these forums that the lcds from the two models are different and you cant use from one model on the other... it doesn't fit... so search for a lcd for QTEK 2020i or O2 XDA2i
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Google Pixel XL stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] svetius:
Does really well with heat. Under heavy use, it gets warm, but not hot.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] ChrisAC84:
Hottest mine has gotten was 104 F
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] noremac258:
Under normal everyday use this phone struggles to get hotter than ambient, and under load like during setup, where normally devices can get quite hot, the pixel doesn't.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] AstroDigital:
No heating I seen .... early yet but I pushed the device and seen no problems.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] demon510:
Mine gets pretty warm when charging, aluminum is a great conductor for heat so no surprise.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] AndrasLOHF:
I'm liking where this thread is headed so far. I love my 6P but can't take the throttling anymore. Can't wait to chime in when my XL comes in Tuesday.

Edit: Just got my phone in yesterday and got it setup. The phone did not get hot and throttle once during the entire setup process. That is a feat in and of itself compared to the 6P. Still haven't had any throttling issues playing games in areas with terrible signal either.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Robert_W:
My Nexus 6 got super hot with games. Can't wait to get my hands on the Pixel XL
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] bartolo5:
Gets a bit warm but doesn't seem to impact performance in any way
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Norman_Parks:
Mine gets warm with Facebook and chrome viewing
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] gotwillk:
Does anyone else's phone stay warm after charging to 100%? It was charging overnight with the supplied USBA to USBC cable slow-charging from my PC (which is what I do most of the time to charge any phone) and when I went to unplug it this morning, it was warm to the touch. Much warmer than what I'm used to with any other phone. Usually, when I unplug in the morning, the phone is cold.

Anyone else experience this?
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] dr_gibberish:
Not noticing any problems with heat on mine. My LG G4 would frequently have to stop charging because it got too hot. Nothing like that on this phone.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Muneer Ahmed:
Pixel XL Heating

Pixel XL battery gets as hot as 43 °C - 44 °C when i play some heavy games like Asphalt etc for 15-20 minutes. What is the max battery temperature that you were able to record on your Pixel?

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Pixel XL battery gets as hot as 43 °C - 44 °C when i play some heavy games like Asphalt etc for 15-20 minutes. What is the max battery temperature that you were able to record on your Pixel?

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Pixel XL battery gets as hot as 43 °C - 44 °C when i play some heavy games like Asphalt etc for 15-20 minutes. What is the max battery temperature that you were able to record on your Pixel? Is this temperature normal?
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] EdCarden:
Coming from owning Moto, HTC, and Samsung phones the Pixel is the coolest by far. Even while updating apps, streaming media, and browsing the internet/social media simultaneously I've only had get what I would consider slightly warm. I also haven't experienced any CPU throttling whatsoever. This phone is in a class by itself in terms of this stuff.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Toaplan:
I had the same phone and same problem when using GPS, charging, streaming a lot of video, and just in general. It made it uncomfortable to hold. My Pixel XL has not given me heat problems so far in any way. As a lot of other people have said already it seems to just get warm at the very most.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] l7777:
So does that mean you can charge, use the GPS, and stream video with no issues? I frequently use my device as a music player and navigation in the car. My M9 currently gets too hot to charge unless the air conditioner is blowing on it.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] androidNewb416:
Any reason in particular as to why you would use the slow-charging cable as opposed to the fast-charging one? I just got my Pixel XL and would love to know if this affects the internal battery in the long run. In terms of heat, can't say I have experienced anything. I used it for 3 hours straight and it wasn't even hot. Mind you I had the screen around 20% brightness.

The screen on this beast is amazing! Once indoor, I can set it to minimum and I'm fine. :good:
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] RomPlinker:
This device never gets hot for me with one exception: Daydream. Daydream makes this device hotter to the touch than any device I've ever used. I think this is part of the reason for the metal frame: to conduct heat away from internals and allow to dissipate.

Under normal usage the Pixel XL does not get hot. During fast charging it may get a little warm. Under daydream usage it's hell's furnace.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Bruce lee roy:
Yes it does.

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Yes fast charging does affect the long term usability of batteries.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] movielover76:
Rarely heats up, great
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Toaplan:
If I'm doing all those tasks at once, then yes it will get hot, but it doesn't get as hot as most phones that I've used.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] l7777:
Will it still charge? Or at least not discharge?
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] joshuav700:
It is great to hear it doesn't really heat up that much. I really haven't had an android phone since may of 2014. I just ordered it on Project fi, so I am anxious to test it!:p
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Foxgguy2001:
It really does seem to do well, here are 5 days worth of temps logged using 3c toolbox pro...the only spikes are when in daydream mode.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] cazman420:
Used phone streaming music, GPS running full brightness, while charging. No problems......Nexus 6p would barely keep up, throttling and slowing charging down. Much better now....very happy.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] xiaomishmiaomi:
5 stars from me because I've never experienced anything other than slight warmth. Not used daydream yet but it certainly beats my 6S Plus in the heat department.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] AndroidRaven:
This rating should be a 1 star considering the phone gets hot enough to tell people to close apps, and if you do continue using it, it'll shut off. This is during daydream use. This has happened on most YouTube tests as well where people are forced to shut off apps and cancel the test.

People voting on here are clearly people not qualified to vote considering they haven't fully tested the phone.

These ratings have lost all credibility and they need to be run in a different way.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] DrDeeJay:
my Pixel gets quite warm when using it for a longer period of time (ie 50 min) eaven if im just browsing in chrome and listening to spotify. Is that normal? What app should i use to measure the temperature accurately so that we could compare? I have tryed CPU temperature but the app told me it cannot measure the temperature for this phone accurately.

Thanks
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] francibon93:
Warm

I can confirm it remains worm but not hot.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] McSnuffles:
This phone runs way cooler than any other I've ever used. The only exception to that is when using a Daydream unit with the phone. It gets absolutely scary hot. I actually feel the heat radiating onto my face when using the unit, and taking the phone out of the headset at the end can actually hurt my fingers with how how the metal edges get.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] justinxfan:
If im doing anything except keeping the screen off and watching YouTube, the phone always gets warm. The battery temperature is constantly around 38 Celsius or 100 Fahrenheit which is way warmer than what my iPhone and old Samsung Galaxy phone got up to. Not sure why it's being so warm when I'm using it but battery doesn't seem to be impactedtoo much.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] manners400:
My phone generally stays super cool unlike all the Samsung phones I've owned with the exception of excess daydream usage and it may get a little warm if my battery is super low and I plug it up while playing some games for a long time. I must say since I got this phone it has consistently remained "WAY" cooler than all my other phones which includes note 4, S7, & the G5. My note 4 have gotten scary hot in my pocket a few times just from the screen mistakenly being left on or sometimes just while normally charging. The S7 wasn't much different especially while doing a software update or sometimes while just downloading/updating multiple apps.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] mac796:
Okay I just bought the Google pixel XL and I notice it runs pretty hot almost hot to the touch. when it's charging it's around 107 degrees average and when it's not charging it's usually around 90. I had the little pixel and it's always been cool never had heating problems. I called Google, I got it from the Google store and they said it's not a safety issue and it's normal I was just reading through these and notice most everybody else is running cool. But phone works great just runs a little hot. Just wondering what peone think?
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] nl1010:
Doesn't become warm
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] rolling_thunder:
My pixel XL seems to run around 88°-90°F on idle, and can spike to 100° and up under use. It's a little warm. Battery life doesn't seem affected, still getting 6+ hours of SOT, but runs warmer than my 5x and my Nexus 9 used to get.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Elixir_:
I'm quite surprised to hear someone say that the Pixel XL runs cooler than the GS7 !

I personally own both the Pixel XL and the Galaxy S7 Edge (exynos) and in terms of heat there is no comparison between the two devices, the GS7 Edge is much cooler.

The Pixel XL can reach 40°C just from web browsing and listening to music or watching videos on YouTube while the GS7 Edge never exceeds the 38°C mark. And the difference is more evident when I play games such as SimCity where the temperature reaches 44°C on the Pixel while it's stays 36°C with the GS7 Edge.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Help The Peace:
It can get pretty warm. But that's still okay. Just don't use it too heavily with games and videos and you should be fine.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Google Pixel XL's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] robamacaf:
I posted a link to my picture folder I have on google photos under the main picture section of The Real Life Review section. There are some low light photos in there that compare the normal google camera on the pixel to the manual FV-5 app in low light. I have to admit I am throughly surprised by how well it does in low light. Usually you'd need OIS in order to compensate your hand shake for lower light photos to turn out. Using the normal google camera the super low light photos pretty much sucked. But using manual modes through FV-5 I got it to .5 second shutter open (The highest you can set it) and up to 10k ISO. I know 10k is insanely high but when the shutter won't stay open for more than .5 seconds even on manual, you need a higher ISO to compensate. And it allows just as much light in as my LG G5 did on 20 second manual mode. Mind you, the 20 second manual mode at 800 ISO is going to be MUCH MUCH less grainy than on the Pixel.

But the fact the pixel can get the colors right and show so much detail in .5 seconds is nuts. I'm attaching the Google Camera App low light photo and the one for the FV-5 manual photo
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] noremac258:
There's a bit more noise than what I would prefer, but the colours and brightness are phenomenal.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] juliend:
I was just going to post a question on this. This is the same picture, my front porch, dim porch light behind me. No flash and flash. I reproduced the effect several times. I'm probably going to try and return the phone tomorrow in hopes it's hardware. If other people have the same results though......
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Bicknasty:
There's so much noise because the ISO was boosted to an obscenely high 10k. A third party camera app with manual controls had to be used to achieve that, because no automatic mode would ever go to such a high light sensitivity.

Edit for additional elaboration: I say this because the way you've worded your post leaves ambiguity in terms of whether you're blaming the phone itself for the presence of noise
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] bartolo5:
It's a decent low light performer. Although the lack of OIS shows sometimes if you don't have a steady hand.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] AstroDigital:
I wanted to try low light so I went out of my way to try the camera in a few cheesy museums in Niagara Falls. They were very dark and my flash on went off once. The pictures were great.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] juliend:
Mine is terrible. I get random colors, either washed out white or green. Nothing intelligible in the pics. If I snap the same shot every time I will eventually get a clear one. It's like the sync between flash/shutter is off on most of the pictures.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] rmanulkin:
Can't seem to focus
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] mav42:
Did some testing with the XL and the S7 edge seeing a live band and while the XL kickass in daylight, the edge won hands down when it comes to taking pics inside low light....XL produced grainy, slightly blurred pics...XL was set to 16:9 8m and the Edge was set to 16:9 9.1m.....I still love my XL though
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] tony1208:
Pics?
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] presets:
Really? In auto-mode? Currently I´ve testing both phones. The S7 really sucks in auto-mode in low light, but with manual controls I can produce better or sharper shots than with the pixel.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] madridfran:
Nice comment.. because I like to buy a s7 edge or pixel xl and.. I still undecided.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] mav42:
tried to up load pics but files are too big and i get a error
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Weudel:
6:15 am... Some artifacts, but most phones wouldn't have shown anything.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] sr20s13:
From what i've seen I have yet to be that impressed with low light shots.... i still have one a XL on order, I don't get why google yet again left OIS out. Its not like they were trying to keep the price down this time.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] islamkozha:
nice !
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] mjb digital:
For iso 10,000 that is super clean!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Shipoftheline:
Certainly not as good as my old S7 Edge for lowlight
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Google Pixel XL come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] robamacaf:
I'm personally really liking the camera. Camera is always my top priority and I've gone through five phones in the past year trying to find the complete package. I'm coming directly from a S7. While I wish the main camera has a few more tricks up its sleeve it is quick and I love how it animates and names collages etc from the app instead of having to upload the photos to google photos and do the processing there.

I'll be putting up random shots over the next few days in my Google Photos folder: https://goo.gl/photos/vYAoiyxMw5VGSGPHA I tried attaching many of the shots but XDA yells at me for going over the size limit!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] hollowlog:
Cute kid!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] Slash8915:
Those low light shots are a bit worrisome...
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] bsg411:
I agree...the low light shots aren't too great ....the dog pix have good detail in them. Does the camera shoot 1080p video at 60fps?
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] DJ ELITE:
I'm going to be crying on the inside until my phone gets here in a month.

Well, I may continue to cry cuz the low-light capabilities won't miraculously get better.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] robamacaf:
I've been using this for a couple days and my thought are the LOW light shots aren't bad. It's the NO lights shots that it gets really grainy. And I'm ok with that. There aren't many times I'm taking pictures in almost absolutely no light. For LOW light like at a restaurant, bar, concert, on a street at night, etc. They are great
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] bench_strength:
low light

An f/2.0 aperture is not really a low light sensor. And considering how tiny is the sensor, the Pixel XL does a great job.

A low light aperture is under 2, and each stop, or portion of stop like f/1.8, makes a huge difference.

My intention is not be be a pedant. I think many hope f/2.0 means far, far better low light capability than it actually imparts.

It needs some light.:D

patrick
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] crowsnestitsupport:
I personally am sold on the camera!! Took it on a Sunday afternoon hike this wknd and tried it out... https://goo.gl/photos/XF32nTcwKbDXW37H9 Really happy with it! Note that it was VERY VERY bright and sunny.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] AstroDigital:
I just notice the stupid Halo effect somebody was complaining about on one of my pictures.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] gotwillk:
Does anyone else have a problem withe front camera focusing properly? It seems to be unable to focus on things in the foreground for some reason and only focuses on the background, which makes everything in the front (like people's faces) seem soft and out of focus. Tested out some self portraits and at first, I thought maybe I was too close but no matter how far I stretched out my hand to take a pic, the background always seems to stay in focus.

Something might definitely be wrong with my front camera. I see pics of other people's front camera pics and they are very crispy, even in low light. Not only that, but the front camera pics I take seem to be shaky and blurry about half the time, like there is absolutely no image stabilization being used. I'm forced to do burst shots to compensate for this. Maybe my hands are too shaky? I never had a problem with this coming from an S6 though.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] clockcycle:
very good comparison videos vs popular phones

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[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] alireza_asol:
gsmarena test

http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone1=8345&idPhone3=7260&idCamera2=300308

it's very interesting that how hdr+ improves photo quality

look at the colors and details of 10 pounds money

pixel only lacks a good ois

ois + hdr+ = incredible
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] norcal61:
I like the image quality under certain conditions, but I'm getting super crazy haloing when there is even the least bit of light behind or off to the side of my photo target. It makes for some really crappy looking pictures when there is a huge opaque ring in my picture. Kinda disappointing.

I hear that this is supposed to be remedied with a software update. I hope this is true and I sure am looking forward to it.
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] presets:
Could someone test if it´s possible to shoot a clear picture of the moon with this device? Since there are no manual controls I would be interested in that. Shutterspeed in FV5 isn´t working, it doesn´t take a shot. And in my area there´s currently no moon to test it... Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL Real Life Review] jonmorris:
I have made 9 galleries of photos taken with the Pixel XL in varying conditions (dawn to dusk) and the Honor 8.

https://jmcomms.com/2016/10/28/pixe...-grab-a-cup-of-coffee-its-gonna-take-a-while/

In video form if you prefer (21 minutes!);

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I should probably create a curated list of Pixel XL photos for a Google Photos gallery soon, as I realise not everyone will want to look through that many photos!