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The OTA update failed on my phone. So I ended up doing a manual install which included me wiping everything on the phone and starting from scratch, getting it prepared to sell. I haven't had any of the reboot issues that a friend and a bunch of people have been having. Perhaps doing the upgrade instead of a wipe/install is what's causing the reboots.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Definitely getting more stock browser crashes on 4.2.1, methinks a few fixes and updates are in order.
Perhaps they can try to make the lock screen and widgets a bit more streamlined as well, not digging the implementation in its current form.
Perhaps they can try to make the lock screen and widgets a bit more streamlined as well, not digging the implementation in its current form.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
OTA 4.2.1 yakju Australia.
Got it a few hours ago.
Got it a few hours ago.
I have a playstore GalNex, and I swear, I get my official rollouts the same time they seem to push them to Australian phones. This is the third straight update where I look at my phone and FINALLY see the damn update, and see someone here or on XDA saying that the OTA is being pushed in Aus at that exact moment.
brotkasten
Member
I wish I didn't update to 4.2(.1).
The lockscreen is hideous and the scrolling performance doesn't seem to be as good.
The lockscreen is hideous and the scrolling performance doesn't seem to be as good.
Nicktendo86
Member
I use the Euroskank one by fitsnugly, it works perfectly. Do yourself a favour and give it a try. He has put on twitter that lock screen targets are coming back soon which was the only thing really missing compared to CM10.
This is what's keeping me away. CM10 is 4.1 based though, right?
Is it worth jumping from AOKP JB to CM10?
I am in the same boat. I think mine may be a internal charger cable connector issue though. It says it is charging with the icon at the top, but when you go into the battery monitor in settings, it says either not-charging, or even discharging. Rarely does it say charging. It can sit for hours charging and only get like 15-20% more charged.
Heed my warning:
Flashing a 4.2 ROM will completely fuck up your file structure.
If you're planning on jumping to 4.2 you seriously can't go back. CWM will cease to locate your recoveries and even if you do manage to jump back, which I spent forever today trying to do, you'll be left with unbelievable and incomprehensible amounts of file redundancies.
I was trying to clean up afterwards and apparently deleted all of my photos from...ever. All of them.
I made a thread about it. Fun times.
Flashing a 4.2 ROM will completely fuck up your file structure.
If you're planning on jumping to 4.2 you seriously can't go back. CWM will cease to locate your recoveries and even if you do manage to jump back, which I spent forever today trying to do, you'll be left with unbelievable and incomprehensible amounts of file redundancies.
I was trying to clean up afterwards and apparently deleted all of my photos from...ever. All of them.
I made a thread about it. Fun times.
I'm in the process of attempting to undelete my photos using cygwin and this tutorial.
I read about the file structure change and it was the reason why I avoided any 4.2 ROM.
Nicktendo86
Member
Found this out the hard way. Your files will still be there but new ones are made/duplicated in a new folder called 0. Weird as fuck.
Apparently it's because of 4.2's support for multiple user accounts on the tablet version.
smallios74
Member
Anyone tried one of these on thier Nexus 7?
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/bluetooth-keyboard-and-case-for-google-nexus-7-asus-p37024.htm
Looks good, got an internal battery, and looks to be a hard case, its pretty cheap only £30 may have to get one for Christmas.
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/bluetooth-keyboard-and-case-for-google-nexus-7-asus-p37024.htm
Looks good, got an internal battery, and looks to be a hard case, its pretty cheap only £30 may have to get one for Christmas.
Mine stopped charging as well, but I was able to fix it by bending the connector up. I used a flat head screwdriver, placed it under the connector tab, and applied enough force to straighten it out. The tab seems to get bent out of position to the point where it won't make an proper connection and charge, so putting it back in place might be all you need to do.
Oh, take the battery out before you mess with it.
Same here. I'm also getting burn-in on the screen now, which is concerning.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I've had burn in on my GNex for several months. Nothing unusual there unfortunately. Just Super AMOLED doing its thing.
Nicktendo86
Member
Indeed which is why, and I will say it again, I will never again get a Samsung amoled screen ever again. I love this phone and I will be so happy with it if it wasn't for the screen.
I don't know what it is, but ever since 4.2 my GNex has been acting super shitty.
This one might have to do with the latest beautiful widgets update, OR 4.2, but regardless, whenever I press the home button to get to the home screen, a lot of times this happens for a few seconds (one time it happened for like 10 seconds before the widget showed again.)
More often than that, though, the widget will flash once (like it's reloading itself) when I press the home button. It's annoying as hell and never did that before.
WHAT is this. Is this some new warning in 4.2? I get this a couple times a day (I think it happens whenever I turn my phone off and on, but sometimes I get it even without rebooting when I try to raise the volume playing music.)
This one only happened once to my lock screen, about 10 minutes ago, but seriously what the fuck is this.
And on top of all that, I'm getting random reboots like 2-3 times a day now. Fuck 4.2, man. Fuck it.
This one might have to do with the latest beautiful widgets update, OR 4.2, but regardless, whenever I press the home button to get to the home screen, a lot of times this happens for a few seconds (one time it happened for like 10 seconds before the widget showed again.)
More often than that, though, the widget will flash once (like it's reloading itself) when I press the home button. It's annoying as hell and never did that before.
WHAT is this. Is this some new warning in 4.2? I get this a couple times a day (I think it happens whenever I turn my phone off and on, but sometimes I get it even without rebooting when I try to raise the volume playing music.)
This one only happened once to my lock screen, about 10 minutes ago, but seriously what the fuck is this.
And on top of all that, I'm getting random reboots like 2-3 times a day now. Fuck 4.2, man. Fuck it.
T.M. MacReady
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For once, the Verizon G-Nex not getting updates is working to its advantage.
OriginalThinking
Member
I've had the volume one before, but none of the rest of it. Clean install, factory reset and your problems will almost certainly be gone.
Getting random reboots as well. Also, my phone will sometimes not recognize my Sim card and I will have to restart. Verizon is sending me a new Sim card today.
Unknown Soldier
Member
In not that fussed about it on a phone screen most of the time. However the Koreans will need to figure the burn-in out before they can sell OLED TVs.
On 4.2, yes.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
It's been doing that on mine since 4.2.1, seems to stall when loading the weather images.
brotkasten
Member
GSM Galaxy Nexus and yes. General performance seems to be worse since 4.2.
My VZW phone completely 'died' on me a few days ago. Was doing a clockwork backup of my 4.1.1 Bugless Beast setup that was having some problems (due to oddball app restores I believe) and the backup was sitting there for ~2 hours doing nothing. So, like any irresponsible user, I battery pulled. Try to boot back into Android, nothing. Go into recovery, check for a ROM file to load (had thrown it on the phone earlier)...well, picking anything that would read the /sdcard partition would freeze up recovery completely.
Uh oh.
Eventually I did a little research and simply had to use the 4.1.1 Verizon factory image on Google's site. Once I did that everything seemed to work fine once again. Flashed Clockwork again and now I'm on a relatively barebones 4.2.1 ROM called "Shiny".
It seems to be running pretty well despite the problems with 4.2 many people are having. It's probably because this is essentially a clean install with no existing data. Yes, my folder structure is all goofed up (everything is inside of a folder called 0, and THEN it's the /sdcard layout) and I think this will continue to be an issue with any AOSP ROM that doesn't disable multi-user. It's an interesting feature to have, and a very nice one on tablets, but I imagine a ton of phone users have no use for it and would rather go back to the simple folder layout of a single-user phone. Hopefully the devs figure out how to do that while still building from AOSP, if it's possible at all.
However, I will say that none of the new 4.2 features excite me at all. The lockscreen widgets are OK I guess, but nothing I'd really regularly use. The quick settings are much needed but I've been using the 'Power Toggles' app for the majority of these settings, and I think I still prefer using that instead of going into another menu to toggle on/off.
I have roughly 4 days left on my warranty and almost called it in while having all of these issues. I'm an early adopter and have had data issues in the past, weak signals, all that jazz. Anyone know how reliable current VZW refurbs are? Any better than early models for signal strength and reliable data?
Uh oh.
Eventually I did a little research and simply had to use the 4.1.1 Verizon factory image on Google's site. Once I did that everything seemed to work fine once again. Flashed Clockwork again and now I'm on a relatively barebones 4.2.1 ROM called "Shiny".
It seems to be running pretty well despite the problems with 4.2 many people are having. It's probably because this is essentially a clean install with no existing data. Yes, my folder structure is all goofed up (everything is inside of a folder called 0, and THEN it's the /sdcard layout) and I think this will continue to be an issue with any AOSP ROM that doesn't disable multi-user. It's an interesting feature to have, and a very nice one on tablets, but I imagine a ton of phone users have no use for it and would rather go back to the simple folder layout of a single-user phone. Hopefully the devs figure out how to do that while still building from AOSP, if it's possible at all.
However, I will say that none of the new 4.2 features excite me at all. The lockscreen widgets are OK I guess, but nothing I'd really regularly use. The quick settings are much needed but I've been using the 'Power Toggles' app for the majority of these settings, and I think I still prefer using that instead of going into another menu to toggle on/off.
I have roughly 4 days left on my warranty and almost called it in while having all of these issues. I'm an early adopter and have had data issues in the past, weak signals, all that jazz. Anyone know how reliable current VZW refurbs are? Any better than early models for signal strength and reliable data?
OriginalThinking
Member
It also stuttered from time to time on 4.1. This isn't just a 4.2 thing.
T.M. MacReady
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can anyone reccommend a Bumper case for the VZW G-Nex? Not a full one that has a back, just a bumper like the GS3, Nex4, and GNote 2 have? I'm having a hard time finding one.
Crosspost from Android gaf thread, but want to make sure I get some smarter people than I to see this as I can't fix it.
Android gaf, I have an issue with my radios.
Earlier today on my VZW Gnex, the signal strength indicator on my phone displayed no signal. Just a grey outlined black triangle. This has happened on occasion but switching between LTE/CDMA or turning on airplane mode would usually fix it. Today, no go. Was also getting a notice that I needed to insert a SIM card to use the network on my phone, so I reinstalled the SIM, and still nothing.
I was on a stock 4.2.1 rom from XDA when this happened. So I just switched roms to MMuzzy's 4.2.1 build and still no signal. Reinstalled SIM card again, nothing. Just flashed the 4.2.1 radios from XDA, and still nothing.
Hoping someone on here can help me out with this? I'm kinda screwed if I don't have a phone tomorrow as I have a few important calls I'm expecting.
edit: got the radio working. Downloaded a stock rom from googles servers, ran a super wipe script, wiped data and cache/dalvik three times and loaded it up. Took a bit for it to find signal but its there now.
Android gaf, I have an issue with my radios.
Earlier today on my VZW Gnex, the signal strength indicator on my phone displayed no signal. Just a grey outlined black triangle. This has happened on occasion but switching between LTE/CDMA or turning on airplane mode would usually fix it. Today, no go. Was also getting a notice that I needed to insert a SIM card to use the network on my phone, so I reinstalled the SIM, and still nothing.
I was on a stock 4.2.1 rom from XDA when this happened. So I just switched roms to MMuzzy's 4.2.1 build and still no signal. Reinstalled SIM card again, nothing. Just flashed the 4.2.1 radios from XDA, and still nothing.
Hoping someone on here can help me out with this? I'm kinda screwed if I don't have a phone tomorrow as I have a few important calls I'm expecting.
edit: got the radio working. Downloaded a stock rom from googles servers, ran a super wipe script, wiped data and cache/dalvik three times and loaded it up. Took a bit for it to find signal but its there now.
OriginalThinking
Member
This is why I tend to stick with stock these days unless there is some amazing rom only functionality I can't live without it (use to be the case with every release up until ICS/Jellybean). The instability of custom roms has very nearly screwed me twice on business trips and I can't take the risk of any potential instabilities any more.
mrkapawutzis
Member
Has anyone had any problems taking panoramic pictures since the inclusion of Photosphere? I'm able to take photosphere pictures but any time I take a panoramic it will stop halfway through the rendering and go back to the home screen and the image doesn't appear in the gallery. Is this a known problem or is it just my phone?
Nicktendo86
Member
Go for cm10.1, it is rock solid
AgentP
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Just nightlies and no stable right? How does it handle updates, full wipe and reinstall?
I'm running Vicious 4.1, if I go to CM10.1 I have to start over right?
Nicktendo86
Member
Just nightlies at the moment but they are very stable on the gnexus. You can dirty flash over cm10 no probs but from other ROMs will need a full wipe. Not had a single problem since official cm10.1 nightlies started.
forknknife
Banned
Quick guys, before I throw my phone out the fucking window. I reaaally want some more battery life in this thing. I want to be able to actually USE the phone without having to charge it every 6 hours. Have there been released any higher capacity batteries (normal size) or is there a good extended battery that does not take up too much space? ( I want tone able to keep using my protective case). I have an European Galaxy nexus btw. (CDMA?)
thanks a lot
thanks a lot
what's your screen on time during those 6 hours? out of curiousity...
forknknife
Banned
little more than two hours, two and a half at the most...
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Get the extended battery off ebay, got mine from a Korean seller, think his ebay id was shimshop. Extended battery, larger backplate and shipping for about £20.
Edit: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=110797773716
Edit 2: you have the gsm galaxy nexus if you are in Europe.
forknknife
Banned
how long have you had it for? how much screen time do you get out of it?
Randy Lanzarote
Member
I sold my GN on the weekend, but was getting 4hr screen time out of it on the extended, about 3hr on stock battery (30% screen brightness, BT off, wifi/3g on)
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