Figured I would ask here - my Galaxy S3 has since monday begun to shut off without any real warning - at best it will freeze and then shut off, other times just straight off. I will the not be able to turn it on again until I have removed the battery and placed it back. The battery seems to be holding power just as well as always. I have tried cleaning the connections between the battery and the phone without any improvement. Any suggestions?

The_Masked_Shrimp

425 Posts

February 25 2015 01:13 GMT

#782

Got a Nexus 7 a bit more than 1 year ago and someday the screen cracked, diagonally 2/3 up with loss of touchscreen sensitivity above the crack, LCD is undamaged. Turns out there are quite a few review of people who had the exact same crack 2/3 of the way up the screen with same sensitivity loss above the crack. So it definitely look like a production defect, be cautious if you have a Nexus 7.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

February 25 2015 01:44 GMT

#783

On February 25 2015 10:13 The_Masked_Shrimp wrote:
Got a Nexus 7 a bit more than 1 year ago and someday the screen cracked, diagonally 2/3 up with loss of touchscreen sensitivity above the crack, LCD is undamaged. Turns out there are quite a few review of people who had the exact same crack 2/3 of the way up the screen with same sensitivity loss above the crack. So it definitely look like a production defect, be cautious if you have a Nexus 7.

This is the 2013 Nexus 7, right? Not the original model?

My original model Nexus 7 is still running fine, though it had performance issues with Lollipop, so I had to revert it back to KitKat (and I'd consider that more an issue with Lollipop, not the device).

andyrau

13015 Posts

February 25 2015 03:25 GMT

#784

im not sure about the new one, but the old nexus 7 had a digitizer that was fused to the lcd

i barely cracked a portion of the glass on the bezels on one side of my old n7 and the entire thing was unresponsive
because i had to replace the entire display unit i just ended up canning it

crimethinking

Vietnam765 Posts

February 25 2015 04:28 GMT

#785

On February 25 2015 09:05 TheYango wrote:

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It's way less bad than it was a couple versions ago. It's definitely usable now and probably won't make or break your phone choice on its own, but after using Sense for about 8 months on my HTC One, I would definitely be a little annoyed going back to TouchWiz.

Sense is the best of the custom Android UI packs, but honestly I dislike all of them since they break away from Google's design too much. HTC apps follow their own kind of theme/arrangement in a separate framework file, Google and most of the 3rd party apps on Store follow Google's framework. I want everything to be consistent.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

February 25 2015 04:39 GMT

#786

I have an HTC One M8 and I've started to dislike Sense. It was fine at first, especially in comparison to what LG and Samsung do, but their apps are just not as good as third party ones. Text messaging, in particular, is a lot slower than Textra.

Belisarius

Australia6233 Posts

February 25 2015 06:24 GMT

#787

I've never screwed around with roms before, I might look into it if I find touchwiz too annoying. Can you flash an S4 to a more default Android with halfway reasonable results, or is it a high-maintenance kind of thing that I'd need to keep tinkering with?

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

February 25 2015 15:14 GMT

#788

There's no maintenance required once you flash a stable ROM of your liking.

Ghostcom

Denmark4783 Posts

February 26 2015 16:37 GMT

#789

On February 25 2015 09:33 Ghostcom wrote:
Figured I would ask here - my Galaxy S3 has since monday begun to shut off without any real warning - at best it will freeze and then shut off, other times just straight off. I will the not be able to turn it on again until I have removed the battery and placed it back. The battery seems to be holding power just as well as always. I have tried cleaning the connections between the battery and the phone without any improvement. Any suggestions?

Just to follow up: Apparently the motherboard had shorted out. So I'm now on the market for a new phone and looking for some recommendations. I have been overjoyed with the Galaxy S3, and I'm thinking about simply getting a new S3 (or perhaps upgrade since it might actually end up being cheaper).

crimethinking

Vietnam765 Posts

February 26 2015 17:42 GMT

#790

On February 27 2015 01:37 Ghostcom wrote:

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I like the Motorola crowd and Nexus phones because they run stock/near stock Android. Nexus 5 and Droid Maxx are my favorites.

Ghostcom

Denmark4783 Posts

February 26 2015 18:42 GMT

#791

On February 27 2015 02:42 crimethinking wrote:

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I like the Motorola crowd and Nexus phones because they run stock/near stock Android. Nexus 5 and Droid Maxx are my favorites.

My provider sadly only carries Samsung, iPhone, Huawei, Nokia, LG and Sony. I was considering getting an unlocked HTC/Nexus but I'm not sure it is worth the extra cost/hassle.

EDIT: I would actually really appreciate to hear thoughts on Huawei P6/P7/Y530 if anyone has used them and can compare them to Samsung models.

crimethinking

Vietnam765 Posts

February 26 2015 18:59 GMT

#792

Carrier locking and contract are fucking plagues of American carriers. Get an unlocked phone and have the freedom to change carrier whenever you want.

Brand new Motorola Droid phones can be found on eBay. Verizon 4G LTE phones are GSM unlocked and free to use on GSM carriers.

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

March 01 2015 17:17 GMT

#793

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 live in 12 mins:

KobraKay

Portugal4393 Posts

March 01 2015 17:49 GMT

#794

rofl "my first language may not be engineering but I know this stuff will not bend" ^^....it is the first time I see a Samsung launch live, is it common they give this much crap to apple? (I love it by the way, it is at least the third pun/zing to apple since the beginning of the presentation).