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Title: Screen flicker
Post by: Tim on November 04, 2012, 01:43:42 PM
Are any recent owners still experiencing screen flicker at low light settings? I would love to use this tablet for reading, but would find flickering at low levels annoying.
Thanks
Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: comiskeybum on November 04, 2012, 03:56:32 PM
Mine only does it very rarely. If you turn off auto brightness it helps reduce the chances of it happening
Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: radiocycle on November 04, 2012, 06:04:42 PM
Never seen any flicker myself...  and welcome to the forum Tim.

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Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: bjs229 on November 04, 2012, 09:34:45 PM
Mine flickers occasionally. It is more like a streak of lightning and then it's gone.
Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: Bigtroutz on November 08, 2012, 01:00:58 AM
I have both a Kindle 3 and the Nexus 7 (and a horde of PCs). IMO, using an eReader with the e-Ink display is much a much nicer reading experience without question - compared to either N7 or PC and I read a lot of books.

However, the Nexus is a full blown general purpose computer with much more versatility, as you would expect.  I use both and have no problem doing so.  e-readers are certainly cheap enough that price is no barrier to having both as well.  I read on the N7 when I don't have my Kindle handy but feh, not as pleasant, nor does the battery last very long by comparison.

My 32 GB N7 has shown no "screen flicker" other than when you would expect (shutdown, some app loads, etc).
Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: paulo on November 20, 2012, 08:00:13 AM
Yea mine does it often. Its more noticeable when the background is white.
Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: mrfredsporty on November 20, 2012, 06:45:32 PM
hi guys, im a very new person but i noticed the screeb flicker immediately. when i turned off the auto brightness it ended iimediately 8)
Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: loociddreemr on November 20, 2012, 08:44:36 PM
The screen flicker was a known issue. It was fixed for the most part with the 4.1.2 update, but came back with 4.2. I'm sure Google will be including a fix with the next update that should be soon.

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Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: bjs229 on November 20, 2012, 10:30:30 PM
I never use auto bright and I have had a slight flicker every so often. Its funny I almost never have it with the new update. Does anyone else have the lightning issue that I have? Its like twice a week now but happens. I swear .

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Title: Re: Screen flicker
Post by: JayJ on November 21, 2012, 05:29:20 AM
None here with 4.2...

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