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Bonus Look or Design Flaw with WHITE GS3:-)

Hi guys, when my notification light blinks blue at night, if I am in a dark room the whole entire face lights up. It has a skeletal look to it. I like it though
Too bad I can't capture this feature/flaw using my wife's phone camera.
Does anyone else with the white .GS3 have the same thing happening to theirs?
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I haven't heard of this, but if you can graphically document this, then by all means! That sounds really cool, blue-skeletal look!

Yeah, it's called light spreading
tapatalked from galaxy s3

It does the same thing with the menu/back lights as well, personally I think its awesome
Also noticed how the LED light never flashes while the display is on, Samsung discovered that having both on at once will mean the LED washing over the display?

yup does it with my white S3 , and yeah i actually like it too

P1n3apqlExpr3ss said:
It does the same thing with the menu/back lights as well, personally I think its awesome
Also noticed how the LED light never flashes while the display is on, Samsung discovered that having both on at once will mean the LED washing over the display?
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Only time I've seen it is when you shut it down, the led goes on
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Noticed this myself last night, does indeed look pretty decent.
The back cover is no no for me, looking into getting something to cover it. I like the white front though.

Skeleton phone ? That's epic I need decals on it!

That's a really cool effect! It's a defect that is when they are not glued probably. It's a bonus effect I'd like to have.
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It looks cool those bottom back lights, light up the entire front white frame slightly
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I'm glad you guys like it. And also happy that I'm not the only one with this look on my GS3

ronj1986 said:
I'm glad you guys like it. And also happy that I'm not the only one with this look on my GS3
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You must not have seen a white SGSII then, my Skyrocket does the same thing and I love it, had to pre-order the SGSIII for that reason and about 100 more!

For what is this mystic button at the bottom ?

Just saw the Nexus 4 at Google Play Store and i saw.. on some pictures a little "button" or "point" at the bottom of the device. BTW it is not on all the pictures out there!! Does anyone know what that should be ?
without the "thing":
https://lh3.ggpht.com/uFjPTcVlsHJTvL_YJ9fSCJykcTgaiIkkFEpSTBQNTt4YurOs-K34tbwlzEiek_LQ_Nc
with the "thing":
https://lh4.ggpht.com/-NUmVa4fVvtpA_n1yzpAK0kYHGnxtfOViQXjHIWjQ7rJF4tS4iMxqBcDEObg_TD8taHs
its in the middle right under the home button!

thats the notification light

The LED light I guess...
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ONE! said:
Just saw the Nexus 4 at Google Play Store and i saw.. on some pictures a little "button" or "point" at the bottom of the device. BTW it is not on all the pictures out there!! Does anyone know what that should be ?
without the "thing":
https://lh3.ggpht.com/uFjPTcVlsHJTvL_YJ9fSCJykcTgaiIkkFEpSTBQNTt4YurOs-K34tbwlzEiek_LQ_Nc
with the "thing":
https://lh4.ggpht.com/-NUmVa4fVvtpA_n1yzpAK0kYHGnxtfOViQXjHIWjQ7rJF4tS4iMxqBcDEObg_TD8taHs
its in the middle right under the home button!
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Notification light, like the Galaxy Nexus has.

Thanks for the quick reply!! I was just wondering because on some pics it has clearly dissapeared ;D

That is the notifications light.

ONE! said:
Thanks for the quick reply!! I was just wondering because on some pics it has clearly dissapeared ;D
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Whether or not you can see it is dependant on the viewing angle, much like the top sensors that usually neighbor the front camera.

its a notification light.
it would be cool if they put that light at the top, and had a trackpad thing similar to the palm pre at the bottom
cant ask for everything lol

DonDizzurp said:
.., and had a trackpad thing similar to the palm pre at the bottom
cant ask for everything lol
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+1 ;D

I hope the notification light is different colors just like on the GNex, and not just white like on the G2

There is little light on my phone when I lock my screen.

How to solve it? Thanks everyone.

Settings-display-turn off notification light.

Oh, it is not always light, but a little light.

I think you need to elaborate a little bit, not really sure what you are experiencing. Do you have a camera so you can take a photo of what you are seeing?

Yeah, could you take a photo to make yourself clearer please? I can't tell if you mean a small amount of light (i.e. the backlight of the display is still on) or a physically little light (i.e. the notification LED).

But no problems in the day, the problem is happens at night, when I lock my screen, there is little light on my screen, I fell worried. I can't take a photo, because photos can't press the problem. the problem is happened when all the lights have turn off.

https://www.google.de/search?ie=UTF...ht+bleed&redir_esc=&ei=61ZpUfylDdHo4QTQxoGIDg

skyme said:
But no problems in the day, the problem is happens at night, when I lock my screen, there is little light on my screen, I fell worried. I can't take a photo, because photos can't press the problem. the problem is happened when all the lights have turn off.
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So are you saying that your screen stays on when you try to lock it? Do you mean that the backlight always stays on and you only notice this issue when it's all dark?
How is your battery life? If your screen stays on I'd expect your battery to not last very long...
Still confused about your particular situation though

Oooh light bleed? Mine has one visible when booting on google loading screen
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I think he's talking about that light when you press the power button. The transition effect. It looks like when you power off the TV. The old TV with the big butt.
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scream4cheese said:
I think he's talking about that light when you press the power button. The transition effect. It looks like when you power off the TV. The old TV with the big butt.
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But he says it's only happening at night... a power-off CRT animation would happen all the time

A quick look on the forum page and you can sort of tell this guy "skyme" is trolling for entertainment purposes. This post claims there is a light when you lock the screen at night, and his other post asks whether he can run Gingerbread 2.3 on his nexus 4.
Quit trolling and get a job buddy

Vangelis13 said:
https://www.google.de/search?ie=UTF...ht+bleed&redir_esc=&ei=61ZpUfylDdHo4QTQxoGIDg
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my phone has this , is it ok ??

help how do i phone? pls help

But it is not the case, I just ask my question.

hoangtungst said:
my phone has this , is it ok ??
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Light bleed shouldn't be too much of a concern, because most of the time your screen will not be black and you will not be in complete darkness so the "problem" shouldn't be noticeable.

You are right. But it is really a problem. And thanks all the same.

What on earth? this thing takes amazing photo's!

What on earth is everyone talking about?!?!
This thing takes AWESOME pics?!
I have not snapped ONE single disappointing picture so far.

How about some examples

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How about some examples
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computermilk said:
Coming right up.
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here we go

Those are actually pretty nice pics. Almost any camera will take amazing near focus shots though.
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As far as photos go from this phone, they're very nice, but sadly, the purple hue is still highly visible in both shots (especially in the area of your cats ears)
I absolutely LOVE my Moto X, but the camera makes me sad. I hope for a fix in an upcoming firmware update.
P.S: Your cat is pretty

djkraemer said:
As far as photos go from this phone, they're very nice, but sadly, the purple hue is still highly visible in both shots (especially in the area of your cats ears)
I absolutely LOVE my Moto X, but the camera makes me sad. I hope for a fix in an upcoming firmware update.
P.S: Your cat is pretty
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Thanks =) She's an F2 Savannah, Amazing animal.
I guess i'm easy to please? i don't look at small details with stuff like a purple hue, and etc.

computermilk said:
Thanks =) She's an F2 Savannah, Amazing animal.
I guess i'm easy to please? i don't look at small details with stuff like a purple hue, and etc.
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Sadly, it's one of the biggest problems this camera has. The problem is more evident in scenes with a lot of white objects or backgrounds.
Take the attached image as an example (yep, I brought Starbucks into a bar, lol)
Thankfully this is something that will likely be fixed in a firmware update.

No offense the first pic you posted is absolutely terrible. The colors are muted out and the entire thing is red.
Unless you're telling me you have red paper towels in your house.

as long as we're doing this. I know nothing about photography, i just thought these were decent pics
the third one i only put because somethign about the water and the way it caught the bird in flight so crisp i thought was amazing

This is with a quick auto correct of some colors and look at the difference. And it still looks like it's got a bit of a red tint.

Hand76 said:
This is with a quick auto correct of some colors and look at the difference. And it still looks like it's got a bit of a red tint.
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What app did you use to do that?
-Sent from my Droid Mini.-

Nice pics! Just if phones have the ability to edit a photo like a Photoshop does..

phositadc said:
What app did you use to do that?
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Pixlr

no issues with the tint... I can fix that in 2 clicks. my problem is the "dry brush filter" look. You can't get those pixels back.

Youre all making laugh, I guess a benefit to being color blind is I don't notice the purple hue:sly:
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It's a phone that has a camera, I don't expect to shoot National Geographic on this thing, so for me the camera is just fine.

A trick that you can try to prevent some of the redness or out of balance colors (not the purple hue) is to cover the light sensor on the front off the phone with your finger and then find something white to aim at and rebalance the shot before taking the picture. The sensor is to the left of the earpiece. It seems to help a lot when taking pictures in rooms lit by yellower CFLs.
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Regarding all of the complaints of the Moto X's camera, are (some or all of) these things fixable by software/firmware updates or is it in the hardware? Anyone know? Details would be nice. Thanks.

ShamanicEnzan said:
It's a phone that has a camera, I don't expect to shoot National Geographic on this thing, so for me the camera is just fine.
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I think this is a pretty bad attitude. There are decent cameras in phones that cost just as much or less. There's no reason to make excuses, the camera can be bad, but don't write it off like it's not important or they couldn't include a decent sensor.

New Pixel 2 XL

Dang the new XL is sweet. It's so much better than what we see in the photos. I think they hit it out of the park with this one. Love the always on, the vibration is way better, screen is great.
https://imgur.com/a/eBEbH
Edit, again picture shows now.

Your link doesn’t work

link works for me

He fixed it notice the edit. Ps phone looks great I don’t know why we’re hearing so much complaining about the bezels. They don’t look big at all

The link is working for me. Congrats on receiving your phone so early!

Congratulations..
Can you please check this out for me, it will be very helpful..
please can you check (when screen locked) if the notifications will show as ambient (screen black with notifications text only for a while) when receiving a new notification..? I know there is an always on display feature, but was wondering if still with it the new notifications texts will show on a black screen for a while like the ambient display feature in the old pixel..
Really appreciate if someone can answer..

Is there a way on Pixel phones to edit the nav bar buttons like on most other phones? I like the back button on the right.

jawmail1 said:
Dang the new XL is sweet. It's so much better than what we see in the photos. I think they hit it out of the park with this one. Love the always on, the vibration is way better, screen is great.
https://imgur.com/a/eBEbH
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We need more real world reviews on the screen from Avg Joe consumer. The screen is taking a beating online. Makes me weary. My 6p had that bluish rainbow effect viewing angle issue.
Can you comment more on how the display looks to you personally? So far the reviews are not good.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

whodatfan said:
We need more real world reviews on the screen from Avg Joe consumer. The screen is taking a beating online. Makes me weary. My 6p had that bluish rainbow effect viewing angle issue.
Can you comment more on how the display looks to you personally? So far the reviews are not good.
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Screen looks great to me. I have it about 50%brightness. Even from angles I don't see what the issue is.

Very nice design but.. Screen looks dull as f..
Not just dull but inaccurate.

meboy said:
Very nice design but.. Screen looks dull as f..
Not just dull but inaccurate.
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DELETE
Don't think that would work anyway.

meboy said:
Very nice design but.. Screen looks dull as f..
Not just dull but inaccurate.
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Actually colors are more accurate than any other OLED screen out there. They’re not over saturated like the galaxy phones

AndreaCristiano said:
Actually colors are more accurate than any other OLED screen out there. They’re not over saturated like the galaxy phones
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You have no idea.

meboy said:
You have no idea.
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Actually yes I do

vibrantliker said:
Is there a way on Pixel phones to edit the nav bar buttons like on most other phones? I like the back button on the right.
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I don't believe so without root.

whodatfan said:
We need more real world reviews on the screen from Avg Joe consumer. The screen is taking a beating online. Makes me weary. My 6p had that bluish rainbow effect viewing angle issue.
Can you comment more on how the display looks to you personally? So far the reviews are not good.
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So far the screen is fine. I'm not the right guy to ask about screen this or that so I would defer to the big screen thread. The only thing I do notice is a blue tint when you tilt the screen 20 plus degrees like a lot of the other people have stated but it doesn't really bother me as I almost always look at the screen straight on

In the unboxing videos I've seen, I haven't seen the tool for removing the sim card tray.
Is there one included? I'm not sure I have mine still from my 6P. I'm sure I can use something else, but it would be nice if the new phone came with one.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: so funny. Not 60 seconds after typing this, I click on an unboxing video and the first thing shown is the sim card ejector, which is in with the manual packaging.
Oh well, I hope I get this bad boy soon. My ship date is scheduled for the 24th and I'm hoping for sooner.

Yeah got my phone yesterday as well, screen is different to say the least but the accuracy of color is really gorgeous. Google said they will be releasing a fix for the screen to adjust it or maybe disable SRGB as it's not for everyone but the phone works great, lightning fast, and take everything I throw at it. I have substratum themes running on it now (non rooted) and still the phone works great and looks great.

mdonnelly1127 said:
Yeah got my phone yesterday as well, screen is different to say the least but the accuracy of color is really gorgeous. Google said they will be releasing a fix for the screen to adjust it or maybe disable SRGB as it's not for everyone but the phone works great, lightning fast, and take everything I throw at it. I have substratum themes running on it now (non rooted) and still the phone works great and looks great.
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Is there an option in "Developer Options" to toggle sRGB? With it enabled on my 6P, the colors do look more muted, yet more natural. I was just wondering if the picture color mode can be changed.

chris11882 said:
Is there an option in "Developer Options" to toggle sRGB? With it enabled on my 6P, the colors do look more muted, yet more natural. I was just wondering if the picture color mode can be changed.
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The funny thing is if you go to settings and search for it, it says it's there in developer options, but when you look for it, it's not there lol