brotkasten
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Yeah, "Buy the new Nexus phone".
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Yeah, "Buy the new Nexus phone".
Its in trial so... September.
Unless they find any issues, it should roll out next week. I'm using it now. seems like the radios really crappy.
I thought people were saying good things about the radio?
I've only seen positive reports
Unknown Soldier
Member
It's been leaked. If it's anything like what happened the 4.0.4 ICS leak, the leaked ROM will become the OTA ROM in a month or so. So you might as well upgrade now. It runs great for me, super Buttery smooth. I'm fine with the new radios, they didn't seem to change anything for me one way or the other in my areas.
brotkasten
Member
Welcome to almost two months ago.
thats really my only complaint anymore, it seems to get stuck on one or the other and doesn't want to give up for a better signal
so salty
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I was having the wifi boot loop problem on my jb nexus last month but I fixed it by deleting all saved wifi networks and disabling the avoid poor connections option.
Should I be worried about any issues in the future? I would rather get a replacement before the warranty runs out.
Should I be worried about any issues in the future? I would rather get a replacement before the warranty runs out.
Loving the new radios also. Haven't been outside of the house much to test 3G/4G handoff, though, but anything is probably better than the drops and other issues I was having on the old ones.
Submarino Conversível
Member
Any ROM recommendation for the GSM GNex? Ever since I flashed OTA JB I kinda stopped reading about the JB based ROMs.
electricpirate
Member
Okay, I'm late to this party, and I'm sure the next nexus party will be starting soon... But I finally upgraded from my OG droid 1. Going from 2.2 to 4.0 is like going from windows 95 to windows 7, I'm floored by how far this OS has come.
Anyone have a recomendation on cases/screen protectors? I'm a giant F'n klutz.
Anyone have a recomendation on cases/screen protectors? I'm a giant F'n klutz.
Arrowgigantic
Member
That's what I upgraded from as well. It was great.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
I'm this close to actually buying this phone, but holding out until the end of september just in case they might announce a new nexus (and drop the price of the current one).
Am I being cautious or just a fool?
Am I being cautious or just a fool?
electricpirate
Member
If you check wirefly/amazon you may be able to get it for 50 bucks with a contract renewal.
DataStream
Member
Rumor is Sprint Galaxy Nexus is getting 4.1 tomorrow
haha Verizon is a joke but to be honest fuck it. I doubt 4.1 will really change my day to day phone use much. Excited to get it soon though.
meh, it was a random post on one of the android blogs with no confirmation or follow up. The "Surprise! Its here tomorrow" is rarely ever true
Well a new one will be announced, though maybe not this month. I'm hoping for another October announcement. I can't see them going much lower than the $350 unlocked price but it's possible. If you're talking about the contract price through carriers then the price will probably go lower until it's free eventually.
I must say, as much as I like and make use of removable batteries, I think I am ready for a nice, solid unibody device.
The Faceless Master
Member
do you mean "Samsung hardware blows" or do you mean "Samsung hardware isn't shitty unibody nonremovable battery, Lumia lite BK happymeal garbage"?
That would have been nice if I hadn't flashed a custom rom with jelly bean a couple of days ago.
Jelly Bean is a pretty awesome update, honestly. Project Butter has made me a believer.
Just install a custom ROM already
SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
So how do I get exchange to work on this device? Under client certificate it has none listed.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Yeah, I'm just considering getting it unlocked, and selling it down the line maybe if it's worth it (a year from now maybe). Here in the UK, it's either to pay 21.5 GBP per month 24 months (which adds up to 516), or buy it unlocked for 300GBP and get the same amount of data/minutes/texts for 7 GBP per month (which adds up to, over 24 months, 468 GBP.
Arrowgigantic
Member
How's the battery level? I've had problems like the before with phones and the problem is that charging up with a computer is not enough to keep it from rebooting when the battery is low. For some reason it always wants to turn itself on when it gets enough battery and then it immediately shuts itself down again. Got to plug it into the wall for a while to get the battery back up.
Fuck you Verizon
They certainly know how to live down to expectations.
brotkasten
Member
I finally gave up on Xenon HD and went for rooted stock and flashed some minor customization (power options, circle battery widget). So glad I did. No matter what version of Xenon HD I used, I got really crappy performance. Didn't matter what kernel or if it was set to full-power + performance options, performance was always super choppy -- especially noticeable when playing minecraft or Crystal Defenders. Misplaced blocks galore and lag galore.
Rooted stock based off the verizon leak is eons faster. Rarely any hiccup and games finally run as intended. I do miss the notification shade power widgets, but I've replaced those with 1x1 widgetsoid switchers and placed them on a second dock bar and it's almost as convenient.
Now I'm truly jelly.
Rooted stock based off the verizon leak is eons faster. Rarely any hiccup and games finally run as intended. I do miss the notification shade power widgets, but I've replaced those with 1x1 widgetsoid switchers and placed them on a second dock bar and it's almost as convenient.
Now I'm truly jelly.
That's strange. Xenon HD has always been nice giving me the best performance out of any rom I used.
I just got Codename Android 3.5 and I'm pretty sure that this rom nearly has everything I need. I feel like I don't need to clean flash anything else. I hopefully with 3.5.1 I can just dirty flash that. They added the torch back and it works with the power toggles (but it's still buggy if you use AOKP toggles).
I've even found extra goodies such as the stop watch and timer and quickly replies straight from the status bar. I'm assuming that they've just been merging everything that CM 10 as been implementing. The only thing I would possibly want now is maybe facebook sync and the ability to have those new camera features + uploading to picasa with the single GAPPS.
lastplayed
Member
So I imported the Galaxy Nexus a few weeks ago into NZ, and I'm using one of the local carriers with it. Will I ever get the Jelly Bean update? Or will I have to do it myself?
Im in Australia.... just do it yourself. You'll be waiting forever and Google now is great
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
What he said. Just flash yakju and you will get updates direct from google (I did it with help from this thread and xda tutorials).
I'm using codename android 3.5 as well and I'm loving it. There's so many options and tweaks to mess around with, but like you said the only thing it's missing that I want is facebook sync.
Same for Mobilicity on Friday. I got all excited for it, and saw 4.02 when it was done. Then I ended up updating it myself using those easy steps from xda
lastplayed
Member
I just got a Jelly Bean update without even doing anything. I did unlock my phone while at work today... but what wouldn't cause it would it?
Since you imported it chances are you got a yakju phone and are fine
Alright so I'm a little confused on Kernels. I want to try and use Franco Kernel to improve battery life and I found this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.kernel&hl=en
is this going to give me what I need, or is this just some type of UI?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.kernel&hl=en
is this going to give me what I need, or is this just some type of UI?
You can auto-flash his kernel or leankernel using his application. It also allows you control almost every aspect of the kernel and gives you abilities such as under/overclocking and ability to change the gamma and contrast of your screen, manipulate the max volume levels, and many other things.
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