lunchtoast
Member
Has anyone used 4g tethering for home networking?
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overthehill99
Member
Anyone install the 4.2 apps on 4.1.1? How is it?
Of course, all the time. When Sandy hit last week my Comcast decided to die *after* the storm left, the 4G tether had my whole home covered. 5 year old on the iPad, wife on her Nook etc.
lunchtoast
Member
Of course, all the time. When Sandy hit last week my Comcast decided to die *after* the storm left, the 4G tether had my whole home covered. 5 year old on the iPad, wife on her Nook etc.
I've used it as backup too, but I'm thinking of using it for full time use. My isp options are expensive so I'm looking at it as an option. I might try it out for a few weeks.
Are you using a paid plan or do you have 'unlimited' data already?
Unknown Soldier
Member
Verizon won't be very happy with you if you use your GNex as a home Internet landline and start sucking down many GB of data.
Will that case work with an extended battery? I see that many extended batteries on amazon come with cases to accommodate the size... Any recs for extended batteries?
It works with the official extended battery. For the big double wide extended batteries you'll have to find a different case - I believe Seidio makes a case for their large battery?
For what it's worth, I've been doing exactly that with my grandfathered data plan for a while. First with my OG Droid (3G, though), then starting this past January with my Nexus. I haven't downloaded massive amounts of Steam games or movie torrents or anything similar, which has probably helped, but Verizon's seemingly turned a blind eye. We haven't been able to get any meaningful form of broadband at our house, ever, so this has been the next best thing. Root -> built-in WiFi tether option. (Even if there's nobody else around you, still use encryption on your network. For some reason, it's helped keep the signal more reliable.)
Starting next week, though, 20 Mbps DSL is arriving, so all shall be right with the world.
lunchtoast
Member
I have unlimited.
Kill Your Masters
Member
i'm planning on snatching my upgrade to jelly belly (i'm on 8.0) or switching to bugless beast once the verizon binaries are incorporated. I give it 36 hours.
EDIT: Jakeday over at rootzwiki is already compiling 4.2: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28677-ro...aosp-its-all-about-the-butter/page__st__21510
Peter Alfonso was already updating Bugless Beast to 4.2 this afternoon (according to a post on Twitter).
SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
Got my 4.2 update. Now time to try photosphere.
Takju GN?
SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
Are you referring to what's under build number?
i read something that he was having dependency issues but haven't checked since.
pastapadre
Neo Member
Got the OTA update for my Galaxy Nexus (and Nexus 7). Now to play around with the new features. Really looking forward to trying the Photo Sphere tomorrow.
newdayrocks
Member
Mmuzzy's 4.2 custom ROM is working just fine in my LTE Gnex, although Google Now is acting a little odd. Cool stuff!
A couple weeks ago I grabbed the 2100 mAh battery and added a few profiles to Tasker. One disables Bluetooth (unless currently connected) and mobile data while on WiFi. The others disable WiFi while connected to my car stereo and disable autosync once it hits <15% battery. Just those few changes have extended my battery life from about 8 hours with moderate use to about 15 hours with moderate use.
Not sure if it was a bad battery I had before (stock) or if the 250 mAh and Tasker profiles make that big of a difference. All I know is I no longer have to babysit the thing for battery life.
Not sure if it was a bad battery I had before (stock) or if the 250 mAh and Tasker profiles make that big of a difference. All I know is I no longer have to babysit the thing for battery life.
OriginalThinking
Member
Are you rooted or running a custom ROM?
No not that I was aware of, but I flashed stock back on my phone and now its working.
lunchtoast
Member
Any tips to make my GPS fix faster on 4.1.2 (on aokp jb 1)?
I used the galaxy nexus toolkit thing. I was rooted before but I think I lost it when I flashed jelly bean on it. Oh well I have 4.2 now so I'm happy. Sucks it wiped everything when I flashed stock back on my phone.
Also are emoji's gone for everybody else? Like when I type "star" in it used to have a little star, now it's gone
So if I want 4.2 from google on my build (yakjuux - Samsung, Canada) I should follow the instructions here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Or is there a tool (from what I've seen) that can put it back to stock, etc without having to do it all manually?
Or is there a tool (from what I've seen) that can put it back to stock, etc without having to do it all manually?
Kill Your Masters
Member
anyone experiencing unusual battery drain on 4.2? Deep sleep works for me but not all the time and not when it always should...weird as I have no new apps installed since 4.1.1
edit: google services using most of the battery and keeping the phone awake it seems...
edit: google services using most of the battery and keeping the phone awake it seems...
Still no 4.2. Dammit
Yeah, not even that faux Framework trick is working (which really means no update for our device on the servers yet).
The faux framework tricked fucked up Google Now location access as well.
Dammit, buying a nexus on launch and having to wait for updates sucks
SquiddyCracker
Banned
My little GN just updated itself to 4.2
Can't see anything different about it aside from an improved notification bar (giving you direct access to settings), camera having the panorama option, and the clock now being more than just an alarm clock (stop watch function, etc).
Can't see anything different about it aside from an improved notification bar (giving you direct access to settings), camera having the panorama option, and the clock now being more than just an alarm clock (stop watch function, etc).
Yakju?
Kill Your Masters
Member
So anyone else on 4.2 has a leaking battery?
google services framework just squeezed out 20% of my battery over night...
google services framework just squeezed out 20% of my battery over night...
SquiddyCracker
Banned
I have no idea what that means.
Hell my Nexus is Takju and I still haven't gotten the push yet.
Seems like my Nexus is Fakju, because I'm still running 4.1.
newdayrocks
Member
Jelly Belly 10.0 for Toro came out last night. 4.2 feels good man.
T.M. MacReady
NO ONE DENIES MEMBER
4.2 on my Nexus 7 is kinda annoying when you try to swipe down your notifications bar and accidentally bring down the settings menu. Gonna take some getting used to.
I imagine it'll be a nuisance on the smaller screen too, i dont pay attention to what side of the screen in dragging down from usually.
I imagine it'll be a nuisance on the smaller screen too, i dont pay attention to what side of the screen in dragging down from usually.
The Friendly Monster
Member
Pretty sure it works differently on smaller screens. Either a two finger swipe for the settings or a button press after bringing down the shade.
I hate the quick settings stuff.
prodystopian
Member
I'm guessing it is related to the lock screen widgets, which suck anyway. I'm very disappointed by the lock screen changes. Everything else about 4.2 is great.
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