***The Official LG Nexus 4 Thread***

RastaManBob said:
I believe that the CRT effect is used to mask the fact that when you turn your display on the image buffer has not been refreshed and shows the last frame displayed. For example, if the display turned off at 12:09 and you turned it on at 12:31 it would show 12:09 for a second before redrawing the clock to show 12:31.

With the addition of the CRT effect the last frame shown on the display is the fade to black and hence when you turn it on you do not notice that momentarily the previous frame is displayed (largely because it's an all black frame and your display is, when unlit, black).

It may be that this issue has been worked around in newer Android releases and the CRT effect is kept for the legacy reasons but it was, I am led to believe, originally added for this reason.
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Nice theory - but I think your theory is flawed. Even my old HTC G1 displays the correct time straight away when turned on.

CRT effect is pure eye candy.
 
kona786 said:
Nice theory - but I think your theory is flawed. Even my old HTC G1 displays the correct time straight away when turned on.

CRT effect is pure eye candy.
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I cannot remember seeing the issue on my G1 either but certainly it is visible on my Galaxy S and a number of other handsets friends own which I've had (limited) use of, including the San Francisco.
 
Question. Where do google stand with unlocking the bootloader? Is it the same as HTC? Where you have to get an unlock token from the official site and the warranty becomes void?
 
gam3r said:
Question. Where do google stand with unlocking the bootloader? Is it the same as HTC? Where you have to get an unlock token from the official site and the warranty becomes void?
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Warranty doesnt become void, many people have returned hTC handsets with unlocked bootloaders without issue
 
m4rk84 said:
I believe O2 have the handset exclusively on contract.
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Only for the month after release IIRC
kona786 said:
Nice theory - but I think your theory is flawed. Even my old HTC G1 displays the correct time straight away when turned on.

CRT effect is pure eye candy.
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I get it on my S3, sometimes I'll wake it up and it'll show whatever I was looking at before it locked for a brief period before the actual lock screen shows up.
 
Scougar said:
The CRT on/off effect has been included in many custom roms for at least the past few years.
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Yes, but only since it was released in vanilla Gingerbread. It's not a custom ROM thing, just something a lot of ROM makers took from stock 2.3.
 
Are we still talking about the CRT thing!?

Now Flash is on its way out, what is the alternative? Why is not being used*?


*As soon as I typed that......probably already know the answer
 
Camera looks pretty poor there IMO especially the 1080P video recording :(


These "expert" sites don't know how to do proper battery tests and don't post all the relevant info! :mad: Firstly:

- wasn't charged to 100%
- he recharged it a few times
- what about screen on time and screen brightness???
- how often is stuff syncing i.e. weather, facebook, news feeds etc.???
- browsed the web for about 40 minutes yet it didn't register on the usage chart
- phone calls for about 40 minutes but not listed on the usage chart

Amongst other things.

:confused:

Guessing those last 2 points could just be another bug with that version of 4.2...

Although it sounds decent enough overall.



Apart from the camera, battery life and possibly audio it looks very good!



Again though, taking everything with a huge pinch of salt until we get reviews using the latest software version (preferably by gsmarena and anandtech) as well as some user opinions.
 
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_Jimlad_ said:
"Alas, Android doesn't bring them across in high res so when you get a call, your contact can look rather pixelated, which ruins an otherwise beautiful appearance"

that was fixed ages ago,... he does not know what he's doing!
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Which means the general public probably wont either, so that's the impression they'll get.
 
_Jimlad_ said:
"Alas, Android doesn't bring them across in high res so when you get a call, your contact can look rather pixelated, which ruins an otherwise beautiful appearance"

that was fixed ages ago,... he does not know what he's doing!
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I haven't been able to read the full review as our crappy browser at work doesn't load the website properly, and Vodafone data is complete pants (jn the middle of London!). Will have a read when I get home this evening!
 
_Jimlad_ said:
"Alas, Android doesn't bring them across in high res so when you get a call, your contact can look rather pixelated, which ruins an otherwise beautiful appearance"

that was fixed ages ago,... he does not know what he's doing!
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See, that's misleading, and bad reviewing! I'm coming from iOS, and I read that and thought... "bit of a shame :("

But glad he was talking rubbish and it pulls high quality shots down! :D

Does that mean he was using a beta version of 4.2 then?
 
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