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[Droid 2 Global General] my_hope:
I live outsite US, i bought code unlock D2G verizon but it doesn't.

I can unlock my D2G to use GSM network my country.

Who do you have tool or software that unlock D2G verizon, please send me.

share to email:emlanuocmatcuaanh_vp@yahoo.com

thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktacular:
Is there anyone working on this phone? I have searched and found ROOT but no recovery or roms yet.

Many thanks to those who made ROOT possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoiPhresh:
I don't think so boss, I've been looking everywhere
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktacular:
Talked to a few guys on irc today. There was mention of someone working on CWM for a recovery. So thats encouraging. Hopefully this will peak interest as this is a great lil phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpot08:
there needs to be a section on XDA for the LG Esteem
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoiPhresh:
No there shouldn't we have root nothing else no recovery no roms no nothing it would be a big section full of people asking for the things we don't have over and over lol, I have lost hope for further developing of this phone your best bet for now is to download LG esteem optimize off the market and check back here weekly and just hope something new has happened (so sad cause this phone is amazing but it is metropcs and we get no love right now lol)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpot08:
I have the TOT file to flash the LG Esteem and i believe that can help people develop. if they start to, this is a back up to flash the phone to original software. One people know that, they can start to develop CWM and know that they have a backup they can develop. All needed at first is CWM and then everything should be easily ported. You don't know your community until its out there for people to see what everyone has to offer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoiPhresh:
The phone has been out for a little while... and there hasn't even been a slight hint at a ROM every so often someone says this will.be ported or they think this will happen a bunch of ifs so when something actually happens then they will open up a forum I'm sure but until then a forum with a bunch of nothing in it will just be a waste and having a bunch of traffic on a useless forum will be a bunch of money wasted for xda but if something happens then great I'm not trying to bash you or anything I'm just saying a empty wallet is nothing but wasted space in a pocket even if your waiting for money to come
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpot08:
I understand but the Revolution ROMS should not be hard to port over to the Esteem. All i am saying is if there is anyone to port CWM to the Esteem than your good. We have a file for you to flash back and start over if a mistake is made. So we can post that guide in there and see what people can do. It's just to see what the community has, heck there might be some devs that own the esteem. Just trying to get it jump started
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoiPhresh:
Too right... I would love to see a jump in progress and I would be dumb to say otherwise so maybe a closely watched section so it won't be full of complaining people and silly questions like how to root my esteem I've seen that question a lot already when you can just as easily Google that lol so I'm with jackpot we should have a progress session... maybe a thread should be started with esteem owners saying +1 to show xda the esteem community is large enough (just a suggestion)

I started one and they closed it so I give up
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpot08:
Ah okay. I need to find one more file I think to get the flashing to work. I sent a message to XDA hopefully they will open an esteem section
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoiPhresh:
Great job... I hope they do too boss
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpot08:
Here is where you are suppose to actually request

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19793514&posted=1#post19793514

I did but we gotta get this spread, so more people are asking for a section
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktacular:
sup jackpot! yeah I voted and if anyone has a genuine interest in helping us to get CWM working completely please let us know. So far we have been able to get it to boot but have not had a successful backup. Its not IF its going to happen its WHEN! We have a small group on IRC and would really appreciate is some DEVS from THIS great site would join us on IRC and pitch it. #lgesteem irc.freenode.net

Thanks and keep the faith!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NJBROTHA2K:
crossing fingers and keeping faith.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TwistedRiku:
If it helps encourage a section on XDA, there is already a custom recovery for the Esteem. (Two truth be told, one is CWM and the other is RZR) and we have an overclock kernel with a max of 1.7ghz. If you want to check it out, go to phandroid forums and look for LG Esteem then All Things Root.

Also have mtmichaelson from Revolution forums from here helping out. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KazeOne:
I too am hoping for a custom rom or better yet a CM7 or wishful thinking CM9 ^_^
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoiPhresh:
+1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inthedark22:
Mtest tot het tot 10....
[LG Optimus 2x] jboxer:
Does the new official GB 2.3.4 update for the P990 have the LG Camera or does it have the stock Android camera?
[LG Optimus 2x] TrymHansen:
It has the the LG Camera.
[LG Optimus 2x] jboxer:
Does the front facing camera show correctly? I ported it to a 2.3.4 G2X rom and the front facing camera shows inverted but the rear camera shows correctly.
[LG Optimus 2x] antec123:
nope, i use GR4 based on v20L and the front camera is as should be
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
Hey guys, so I did a review for the Galaxy Nexus, you can find it here, and a small comparison to the Samsung Galaxy S2, you can watch the video here.

You can ask me questions and I'll try and reply as well as I can.

Also, check another review made by a colleague of mine, see his thread here.

Cheers,

Alex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wayneb02:
How did u get one already lol

Sent from my ADR6300
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peacekeeper05:
Hmmm. Decent review. But I'm still waiting for a review for the final software and hardware. And you missed on a lot of things too. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WhiterThanWhite:
Could you possibly make a short video demonstrating the notification light of the Nexus? Here are some things that you could include in it:

-Breathing rate

-Colours available

-Colours used for different applications (mail, messaging etc)

-Whether the notification light resumes after waking the phone up and not looking at the new notification?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] royalsuen:
tks for your review:)

is it the 2nd mic for noise cancelling in the top of the back?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] veper:
How strong is Wifi signal compared to SGS2?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
BIG QUESTION! Please answer this ...

Also which screen is better? does the plus make a difference?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rlsroufe:
Very nice review. Thanks for posting.

You said you were disappointed by the battery life, but earlier in the review you said it could last a day with intense use. Sounds pretty average to above average to me for todays android phone. What specifically disappointed you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
Colors available - so far I've noticed only white (for standard notifications - missed call, new message, new e-mail) and green (for certain apps - for instance, a new message on Facebook messenger will make it flash green) being used.

If you wake the phone up and then lock it again, no, the light won't flash anymore.

@peacekeeper05 - Thanks for the appreciation! If you have any suggestions, feel free to share :) It's my first review, so I'm kinda... experimenting. Suggesting new things that I might use in the next reviews will only help me :)

@veper & jameslfc - I'll get back to you on this tomorrow, I don't have my SGS 2 with me today, so I can't compare. Will try this tomorrow.

@rlsroufe - yes, the battery will stay up to one day of using . Given the fact that the display is bigger then the one on the S2, but the battery is also a bit bigger, I thought it will even and it will last at least the same as the S2... but the ICS drains it pretty fast. Hope that will be solved with an official update or with some custom kernels.

@royalsuen - I noticed that small "hole" at the top of the cover, but I'm not entirely sure what it is.

@jameslfc - check my colleague's review, he did a pretty good comparison for the displays. From my point of view, this one is better, even though it's not plus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
Could you please do comparison shots with the cameras? Same scene, same lighting, without playing around with the settings. I want to know which one does better out of the pocket. Plus, could you do the same with HD video capturing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@qwer Yup, I'll do that tomorrow as well, hope I won't forget the S2 this time :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Could you please post the link to your colleagues video, I can't find it :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
It's not a video, it's photos & text :) Here you go http://samsungmobilers.ro/post.php?id=143
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ankushkatari:
Does it have a native FM radio app?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@ankushkatari - nope. And no stopwatch / timer native either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ankushkatari:
Damn... thats not good! I read that the TWL chip inside does have the radio feature. Hopefully the dev's can do something :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Thanks mate, really appreciate this thread

Can't decide whether to upgrade :/ what is the maximum you would pay to "upgrade" from the sgs2 to the galaxy nexus, £50? £100?

I am asking this because I could sell my S2 and buy a nexus simfree
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Also would you mind photographing the contents of the nexus box, I see you mentioned the headphones but haven't shown them so this would be interesting :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
Yup, that's pretty much what I'd pay. Wouldn't pay a huge amount of money, because the differences aren't worth that much... however, you could consider that the Nexus will bring a new display standard, resolution speaking, so... might not be bad to have that. And the fact that it's the first with ICS means that it'll be the first to receive any updates.

Regarding the box contents, sorry, can't help you there. I got mine in a nice, white box, not the retail package, along with a microusb cable, the socket adapter and the headphones. The headphones seem just like the ones on the S2, but I didn't try them, to be honest.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] STi489:
Would you like to sell it?

Sent From Samsung Vibrant
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
My Nexus? Nope, no way :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paranoid2007:
Really good review! At least you have given thought first, before doing a video review, instead of randomly trying stuff, while recording the video.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BiGMERF:
Thanks a lot for sharing..i am very jealous ! how is the call quality?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] esincho:
Sprint fm radio on market to the rescue
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Thanks mate, so you consider it worth the upgrade even tho it isn't as good in some specs?

A camera comparison would be good also on the s2 it had two really nice apps called polaris office and email (just the stock one) - does the nexus have anything like this?

Cheers for your help mate and if you have a YouTube channel please post so that a can subscribe
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
This might sound stupid but on my s2 if I click the little tab it brings up some useful options (see photo)

Does the nexus do this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@jameslfc - Yes, I'd say the upgrade would be worth it. Maybe not in the first month or so, wait a bit until the prices get lower, but other than that, yes, I'd go for the GN.

It has a stock e-mail app, but no polaris office, unfortunately. I got Documents to go on mine, downloaded from the AMP.

And sorry, can't see the photo you posted... try reposting :)

@BigMERF - the call quality is ok, I personally think that the headset is a bit too loud, so I usually use it at half volume. Had no problem talking on it in a club, with lots of noise around me, hearing loud and clear everything the other guy was telling me on the phone. And he also heard me pretty well. Not excellent, but... decent, for a club.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
Which clubs are you visiting with your GN in the pocket? Maybe I can come by and rip you off? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
Haha :)) Well, given the fact that the Nexus is my phone and I use it on a daily basis, i take it with me... everywhere :))
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
Well then... hey, let's meet somewhere! What do you think about a dark and lonely alley? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Can you see the photo that I have posted now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@qwer sure thing, come over to Romania and we can chat :D

@james nope, still no picture... dunno why. Try putting it on imageshack or something and link it here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
http://db.tt/pmwG4RaO
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
Yes, you have something like that, only the options appear in the top right corner, not above the word... And didn't see the clipboard option, only the other 3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
So they used the Honeycomb method of copy/paste as seen here I guess?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
Yup, that's pretty much it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Thanks mate that is really useful, I am a little gutted about the clipboard thing tho as I love this feature.

You have been great mate! - I would love screenshots tho :P

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haha I love this ...

HTC Diamond -> HTC Diamond 2 (Topaz) -> HTC Desire -> Samsung Galaxy SII -> Samsung Galaxy Nexus (yes, I really have one)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reflekt2099:
how does the screen compare to the Retina display on the IPhone 4? clarity? brightness? how are the whites?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
Good review. How does the phone feel in your hands?

One thing that you need to clarify is that when you're doing the comparisons of 4.0 on the GN and 2.3 on the SGS2 is that the SGS has a UI, TouchWiz, on top of android 2.3. For comparing software, a Nexus S might have been a better choice. You would then be comparing manilla android vs manilla android with the stock google apps that aren't modified like calendar, settings, gmail, messenger, for example.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oilfighter:
How loud is the speaker phone (for phone conversation, not during music playback)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] e-dub:
not trying to be a ****, but... manila was the old code name for touchflo, which ended up becoming htc sense lol.

eric b
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
he clearly meant "vanilla android".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] e-dub:
i know. i was just being a **** (even though i said i wasn't) :p i thought it was a pretty funny typo, though.

eric b
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] macsim:
Can you run some gpu benchmarks? I would love screenshots from Antutu e Smartbench 2011. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@bfspider - I know, but as I said before, my main idea was to make a comparison between the S2 and the GN, because they are pretty close and many people ask themselves : should I buy a new S2 or a new GN... or should I change my S2 with the new GN? I mainly wanted to show what you'll get (or lose) if you get a GN instead of an S2. Would've done a comparison to the Nexus S, but unfortunately, I don't own one. Maybe I'll manage to get one and compare GB stock with ICS stock. Also, the phone feels good in my hand, but my palms are pretty big... so I might not be the standard for this.

@oilfighter - I find it loud enough. Still, this is my opinion, so what I find loud enough, you might find... not loud enough :)

@macsim - I'll try, but I'm not sure if the benchmarks are optimized for the ICS. Quadrant gave me a really bad score when I ran it, so it might be the same with the GPU benchmarks, because of the poor optimization.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ock:
Nenamark2 and GLBenchmark 2.1 (Egypt 720 offscreen) scores would be cool too!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dreadlord369:
Reading through, a few of the questions I wanted to ask have been answered, thanks! However, I have one request if you don't mind. Would it be possible for you to take high res pictures of both of the phones with the same thing on them. (For example, same text, same picture, etc). I just want to see up close how the galaxy nexus' screen is (the one reason I'm holding my judgement on it is because its built on a pentile matrix and I couldn't stand the atrix (the captivate was ok but there were times when I was annoyed)).

EDIT: Nevermind, I just refreshed the page and the pictures of the screen showed up. They weren't loading before, my bad:o. Thanks for the hands on and the review!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@the guys that asked me about the Wi-Fi compared to the SGS2 - i must say that it's pretty much the same. The wi-fi I'm connected to gets 3 bars, the other wi-fi's in the area have pretty much the same amount of bars. Only 1 or 2 out of 8 are different, in favor of the S2, to be honest (1 or 2 bars for the GN and 2 or 3 for the S2). But nothing that different.

@the guys who asked for benchmarks - I tested all of the above, unfortunately none of them knew how to use the ICS or the hardware resources, so the results were, just like with Quadrant, irrelevant.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
As already mentioned above, I meant plain, non-molested Android :p . Thinking back, I remember my HTC Touch had manilla.

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True, and you did a good job comparing the two right out of the box with no modifications. However, your summary stating that you were comparing 2.3 against 4.0.

Semantics... :p

Does the phone feel cheap? Or, has the quality of plastic make it feel more durable?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shure2:
The SGS2 had been slated for its awful audio dac which makes listening to music and terrible experience. The GN has a different dac but no one is sure if it is better or in the extreme case even worse!

Please let us know regarding clarity, high, medium and low pitches, including bass quality if you don't mind.

Big up for answering all these questions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gordonson:
You're assuming that he'd adequately know how to judge those...

Sent from Captivity.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
I personally wouldn't have a clue haha ... Also would something like poweramp help this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
If someone is wondering about battery life, just found this on the web:

Source: http://wirelessandmobilenews.com/2011/11/case-samsung-galaxy-nexus-release-date-cases-verizon.html

Seems like the battery on retail versions is quite good, 45% battery after the 5h sreen-on time seems nice in my opinion :)

Of course it's only one screenshot from an anonymous source, so we should take that with a grain of salt, but still nice to see at least something about battery life out there :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
We don't know if that is 5 hours of screen time from that image. Unless they say that in the link...I didn't read it yet lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shure2:
Comparing to the SG2 would help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
Does the stock music player handle gapless playback? Does the album art still get mixed up copying many albums to storage?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Can you please tell me how much memory is allocated to apps? It's 2GB on the s2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
According to Droidlife, that was with 4G enabled and "heavy use"

Link
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
You see the blue line under the graph? It means that the phone was "active" the whole time and never went in deep sleep. This, compared with the fact that the screen used up 54% of the juice should give an idea about screen-on time ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nebucatnetzer:
That doesn't mean anything sry. He could've listen to music for 5 h or so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
Didn't think about that, you're right. But if he did something like that, then I'd be surprised how much battery the Android OS needs. It's on second rank after the screen. Gingerbread on my X10 is normally on one of the last ranks, screen and network are often the first two.

And on the GN's battery graph you can also see that he has 4G turned on, at least in the moment when he took the screenshot. If 4G was turned on constantly, it would have a share of less than 25% on battery drain. Way less than what I thought. Well, it would definitely be helpful to have more info on the graph :/

Sorry for misinterpreting in the beginning and thanks for your corrections.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
@bfspider - the phone feels good in hand, the battery cover has some sort of "rubberized" plastic, to say so... I like it more than the S2, to be honest.

@shure2 - i can try that, but it'll be based on my opinion, and it might be different than your opinion. I don't think there's a subjective way of testing that... but i'll try :) Also, I must say that I don't usually use my phone to listen to music, I have my iPod for that, so...

@qwer23 - he has a good battery then. I'm not sure if mine lasts that long :) And on mine, usually Android OS comes first... his device might have the ICS optimized for battery use, who knows.

@jameslfc5 - I have a total of 13.3 GB available for storage and all, and the apps are part of these 13.3. So I think that the 2 GB are for system or something like that... Not entirely sure here, to be honest.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
That is what I meant mate, can you see at the bottom? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexDmi:
I mean that from what I can tell, there is no special space for the apps, they get installed in the same 13.3 available GB. Meaning you can install 13,3 GB of applications if you want, there's no limitations. The other 2 GB are hidden, probably reserved for the system, because I can't see them anywhere :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwer23:
Same as for the copy/paste part: they merged that in from Honeycomb.

Generally you guys have to think of ICS' user interface as a merge of Honeycomb and Gingerbread, but with a much bigger part from Honeycomb.

Recent apps management, copy/paste functionality, on-screen buttons, storage management (yeah I know, not really UI ;)), the way you place widgets on the homescreen as well as many features of the launcher can be found in the same or a very similar way on Android 3.x

Although I'm sure they changed a lot deeper in the system, kernel related stuff and APIs obviously, not to mention hardware acceleration for the whole UI.

But the Android 3.x user interface should give you a quite good idea of what 4.x will look like.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dazzla:
Is it possible to test email notifications for me?

I have server side rules organizing mail into sub folders. I know the ICS mail client can be set to automatically sync sub folders but I don't know if there will be a notification.

Cyanogen does and its pretty important to me.

Thanks very much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Is there an option for folders like this please in ICS

Thank you so much mate, you've been great and very kind
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jebus99:
Yep, folders in ICS are made by just dragging icons on top of each other, like in iOS. Same for contacts. You can even keep folders in the 5 shortcuts on the bottom.