Yes you are right, they are very close, the processors also seem to be nearly the same too just slightly different snapdragon variants, the only thing really different is the rear speaker placement.
That was the G2X spec sheet not the G2S its the T989 that has conflicting sources on the gorilla glass.
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If anyone is interested I know someone involved in a Houston area hacker space who can put up a bounty on finding the problem in the g2s screen. They have many hardware hackers / engineers there and every diagnostic tool you can think of from P.C. board etching systems to data loggers, oscilloscopes, frequency / pattern generators to microscopes . . . It may be something as simple as lack of current.
I think we've had enough of the bounties lol, what happened to "doing it for the love of it"?......plus supercurio and another has already touched up on the issue.
I'm just sayin!
Interesting that my white sg2 the screen is perfect. Perhaps they fix it in the white version.
Interesting that my white sg2 the screen is perfect. Perhaps they fix it in the white version.
Are they not software hackers only? I was talking about hardware only guys.
I only did the blobs test,and of course they are some blops and vertical lines like all Amoled screens,but the color reproduction is very good,and they are almost unnotice (yeah yeah forgot the word).I dont know the production date.Apparently some models suffer and some don't. It is not isolated to a particular color. Are you sure you followed Cheema's testing direction properly?
Are you talking about the vertical lines issue or blobs?
Did you use a grey background?
What is your phone production date?
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The guys in the galleria mall T-mobile corporate store did say that there were some flawless displays in some models.
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In some cases the white ones have been the worst.
If the hardware guys want to do it without a bounty then i'm all for it, but raising a bounty just to find out if the problem is hardware or not doesn't make sense to me, especially when we have supercurio working on a workaround to the issues. Basically supercurio already stated that the lines and blobs are a hardware issue. Also there's another thread stating that the blobs are what you call "Mura" which is a hardware issue. The bounty for supercurio made sense because at least, he can possibly develop a software fix to mask the problem. Why should we give money to a group that will basically prove or tell us what's already been said?
I'm just sayin!
I have the T-mobile model, the T989.
This is what I did in an attempt to replicate the OP's situation:
1) Turn off auto brightness, set brightness to lowest setting
2) Downloaded this image onto my phone: http://cheema.com/blobs.jpg
3) Viewed it using "Gallery" app
4) When I look at it, it looks like phones #1 and #3 located here: http://cheema.com/TearsOfS2/BlobsTestHumanViewableLarge.jpg
I suppose I am lucky?
Or maybe I'm doing it wrong. For step 2), I opened the file on my desktop just to see what it looked like and it was just a small "black" rectangle, approx. half the size of an XDA avatar. Maybe the wrong file got uploaded?
Hi folks, I bought the white version on 12/26/11 got it on 12/30/11 & didn't open it till today. Now I saw these lines & blobs at night. Even at 100% brightness! Most prominent line is on the right side of screen.
I got mines through customer care-I don't feel like paying to ship back to them. Plus i'm not sure if they will still honor the price. How do I get Samsung to fix/replace my handset? Do I have to pay?
Manufacture date on box says 12/14/11 made in China.
I found this thread after searching for Samsung galaxy 2 screen problems.
Do I have to go through T-mobile tech support first or can I contact them directly? Thanks for your reply.Read this thread if you have time. http://http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300133
In short, you can contact Samsung support to send in for repair. Some sent in and got their display replaced and the draw of luck to have the new problem-free display. Currently stat for success is low. You can get more info by reading the thread.
Do I have to go through T-mobile tech support first or can I contact them directly? Thanks for your reply.
Very frustrating- this might be the last time I order from customer care. If you have a problem with your phone in the grace period, you have to pay to ship it back and they do it as a refund, not exchange.
...I remember a time not too long ago when XDA-developers was a place where real, objective work was done...