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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
I'm in a semi-professional band, and a bit of an audiophile, so over the moon to find that Bluetooth A2DP is fixed.

I use Sennheiser CX-300 which are fairly decent mid-range earphones. The sound is a bit heavy on the mid, but the built in EQ on the music player sorts it out fine. Just make sure to turn the 3D effect off, which I don't really care for.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tc4101:
how is the quality of the micorphone? can you make hands free call with the phone on a talbe about 1 meter away? is the mic strong enough? is the person on the other end complaining of reverb?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
As per the first post, Facebook contact sync is not currently working, as the menu button (and therefore sync options) doesn't show up in Facebook. This means no facebook photos in the People app.

Twitter sync also doesn't work properly. I have "sync only with existing contacts" selected, but it's dumped all of my Twitter contacts in the people app. So your choice is basically all of your twitter contacts in there, or none of them. So if you want photos, you have to have all 600 Twitter contacts in the people app.

I'm confident that Facebook / Twitter will fix this soon.

To those saying I'm being over-critical: that is the point of the thread. As mentioned, I do think that this is the best phone I've handled, but I'm not like an Apple Fanboy moron who considers that the company has produced a flawless product. People are forking out £500 for this phone; they deserve to know every little detail, and these are little details compared to how awesome the phone is.

The beauty of Android is that our genius XDA Devs will have these issued ironed out in no time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
I think it's great. Had a conversation with my mum before whilst I was playing Xbox. She didn't even notice that she was on the table about a meter away and that I was only half paying attention.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
Hey dude.

In my room, I usually get full wifi on my Mielstone / SGS2. I only get 2 of 4 bars with the GNex.

The only other place I use wifi is in the local pub, because I don't get network coverage there. I can usually get it throughout the pub without any issue (it's one of those Cloud wifi things that comes from the It Box games machine), but couldn't get it in half of the pub with the GNex.

iPhones around me had no issue. I'm hoping a radio update will improve this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
After more careful examination of Bluetooth Audio, the bitpool is hugely improved, so high end of music is no longer distorting. However there is a constant background hiss. It's not too noticable in the music, but you'll spot it when navigating menus, or listening to quiet music.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noobdeagle:
yup i found this with all my android devices also the xda forum page used to slow my xoom to a crawl and even now its kinda slow i think there is something about the xda forums web pages that causes high cpu usage and in turn chews through the battery., use the xda or tapatalk app instead :P

soz off topic but its just an observation ive made for a while and never seen anyone else mention it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ianwood:
I seriously hope this turns out not to be the case. Deal breaker if it is. Can anyone confirm?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DammitCubs:
For apple users, this feature seemed like death but apparently the official google android site has software you can install that makes you view the SDcard, making this a bit easy again.

hope the same is the case for windows users.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
It is extremely upsetting. I play in a touring band, and like to take my phone instead of a laptop, which will get trodden on in the van. Before I leave, I like to dump enough movies / games / software on there to amuse me for weeks (hence I consider myself a power user). One key feature for me is plugging my phone into the Xbox to charge and play movies/music.

I just tried it on my Xbox 360 using camera profile. Just like before, it recognises the 'portable media device', but won't find any of the music / photos on my device. The video section doesn't even see the device.

It's all well and good Google saying 'it's up to manufacturers of hosts to adapt', but what the heck am I meant to do? The chances of my 3 year old car stereo being updated are slim to none.

I'm hoping someone (Cyanogen) manages to spoof USB mass storage, like they did on old Windows Mobile, if any other XDA vets remember.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noobdeagle:
its confirmed however filezilla and ftp client problem solved :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] saltbread:
For original poster and anyone else with the answer:

I am interested in how certain apps perform with and without the force 2D GPU acceleration option in the developer menu on the phone. Could you test and comment on how Netflix, the Comixology app (Comics in Android Marketplace) and the B & N Nook app (using magazines preferably, the books work ok now under 3.2) plz. I'm trying to figure out if that's why those apps have noticeable scrolling lag and general performance issues on my Galaxy Tab 10.1.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noobdeagle:
Tab 10.1 has gpu rendering also it was a main feature of honeycomb. a better comparison is from the nexus S and the galaxy nexus.

all android 3.0 tablets i've used have noticeable lag and issues, i believe its more of an issue with honeycomb being a half baked product that was then set aside while they work on ICS.

from all reports on the net tho its the smoothest scrolling android device however some places have still reported a slight lag still existing especially when running certain live wallpapers.

essentially while GPU rendering will help its still up to the APP developers to develop efficient apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KiNG OMaR:
Facebook sync was removed from the Nexus S in one of the gingerbread builds. Never to return again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ckoadiyn:
Problem with the media server is your using crapbox

Edit: anyone having probs with it on a ps3 lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Is Pixie Dust included in the sounds? (My favorite mobile phone sound of all time.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigbuckschucks:
hey mike, I just had a question about texting if you don't mind. One of my smallest, but most annoying gripes currently on the Nexus S when texting, is that the text box will only expand to 3 lines when you are composing; and I find it quite irritating to scroll in such a small box when checking for mistakes before sending.

Is this much the same on the galaxy nexus, or does the box expand beyond 3 lines to show everything(or at lease most) of what you have written before sending?(Like it does on HTCs for example)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qreffie:
Yeah, Facebook has been violating one of Google's terms of service for app developers for some time now so they pulled the ability from the Nexus line until Facebook fixes the issue. The allow manufacturers of all other devices to continue as it was, but there will be no contact syncing with Facebook on a Nexus device until Facebook fixes whatever Google wants them to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Thanks for this! It's about time someone was honest and didn't just have clouded vision due to them just forking out for it

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
Hi. Nope it seems to stop at three lines. Sorry!

I've enabled 2D hardware acceleration, so will give it a try today, although tbh I don't use many 2d intensive apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
I remember something about this, but I guess Cyanogen/MIUI got around it as mine always sync'd on my Desire, Milestone and SGSII.

I'm sure I saw Duarte flashing a GNex with Facebook contact photos though? Or maybe I just heard what I wanted to hear?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sauron0101:
I knew I was gonna hate the fact that the search button is now gone.

Thanks though for telling us.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
It is a hell of a lot smoother than my Desire, but there is still noticeable lag - even with a static wallpaper. Flicking through the widget drawer brings up a touch of lag, for example. It's not terribly bad, but you notice it there.

I have selected forced GPU rendering in the dev options and while it seems to work on some apps (or, weirdly, only certain parts of some apps), it doesn't make any difference on others.

As you say, it seems to be up to the developers to implement this properly. As time passes, I'm sure this will improve.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stephen44:
I am also british but live in he usa and was worries about this anyways - getting a usa nexus - so you are saying the british phone even won't work with accent ?

I thought this had now been fixed http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/android-voice-control-now-recognises-british-english-50005259/?tag=mncol;txt

Stephen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thehyecircus:
About USB Storage, I had read that the Galaxy Nexus lacks an external SD. That would explain that, maybe. I'm not entirely sure.

Can you elaborate more on the Menu button? It's the three dots now, and doesn't appear in every app? But it does appear in some apps in other places? I honestly think this is one of the worst decisions in ICS. Just because you can't 'see' what's in the menu without clicking it is not an excuse to remove it. It declutters the screen and in most cases is EXTREMELY useful. I don't want an iOS solution with a Cog button somewhere on each screen to click, I want my screen clear of clutter.

I know Google won't be changing their mind, but I really hate it. An App Switching button is nice I guess, but all I do now is Home Screen -> App I want. The App Switching Button saves two seconds, and in its place is nonsense. Why not just Long-Press Menu Button for App Switching? EVERYTHING SOLVED. /is angry
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I know it sounds like a completely trivia thing and I absolutely hate to harp but it wasn't included in the Nexus S, it was in the Nexus One, a two second glance and I'll drop a thanks for anyone who can confirm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
Can't see it in notifications or ringtones, sorry! :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Damn. Thanks for checking.

The data app? Can you set it to send you a daily, weekly or monthly report via email or SMS?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
If you mean the data usage, it's in a settings menu not an app.

There's no way to get a report sent that I can see, although you can get a pretty decent breakdown between whichever dates you set using the sliders.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boomn:
MTP is (now) an open standard designed to work well with lots of media devices and players, plus it allows certain advantages in the software design side on the phone (no unmounting needed so your phone can still be 100% functional while connected, better filesystems than FAT32 for user storage, and more). Anyway, I think MTP will continue to become more and more common on all fronts and these current compatibility issues won't exist anymore before too long.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ckoadiyn:
Still no one tested media server on ps3 to see if it works on there?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
first hit.. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=258723

So unless it's changed since 2008, no.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
Err...what? Why would you need it to send your data usage somewhere? It's *on your phone*, which is where the SMS would go to anyway. If you don't have access to your phone to read the usage, then you're probably not using it enough to warrant the check. You open the settings for data usage (in ICS) and it displays what's using how much data. You can set alerts to notify you if you're using too much, and set a hard cap that will shut off your data once you hit the limit.

The Menu button is simple. In new apps that are designed for ICS they will utilize their own settings button (that's what the 3 little dots is: just an in-app button for the settings). For older apps that don't have it there's a simple hook they can use in developing that will display the old-style Menu button on the bottom bar (where the home/back button is). It makes sense to have it work this way, and it's the way Honeycomb is, as well. The menu button isn't always present.

As for the App Switching...it's actually a big deal, and works much better this way. For reference, it *used* to work the way you want it (hold down the Home button and it displays a "most recently used apps" list)...but the problem is it's convoluted, unhelpful, and generally ugly. Honeycomb was kind of a blend: hitting the most recent list would display all the most recently used apps, whether running or not, but it gave a visual representation of the apps. It makes it easy to see what's running.

Not to mention, it goes *much* further than just a "currently running" list. It's an entire task manager, which people have been asking about for years. If you don't want to use it...don't use it. It's not as if you're somehow *forced* to use it. Do things the way you normally do and there's no problems. A vast majority of people would rather have it work this way...you'd be greatly outnumbered.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Ah. It might be a better if the data would come to me instead of me remembering to go to it. Hopefully down the line we'll see something like this: a SMS with all my data use for that day, broken down, and one giant one a the end of the week.

The only other question: Android still doesn't offer a "Find My iPhone" feature? (Obviously, you can third party app this but Google is the only major OS to not offer this OUTB.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
But... you have to be on the phone to read the SMS. So why not just open the settings menu? lol. You can set the warning level and cap wherever you want, that's whats important.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
OK, lots of FCs today.

Launcher hung up a couple of times when trying to add widgets.

I noticed that Google Earth is installed, which I'd rather not have on a phone with limited storage, especially as it repeatedly FC'd. Silly Google :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
If you have an app to create a shortcut with custom icon, for example Better Cut. Does it works?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Slaguru:
Well returning to the Android world from my Desire and HD2, I have to say that the Nexus has been great for the couple of days I have had it.

Its not better than my iphone 4s but I would say on par.

Good bits.

ICS is a way better experience than Gingerbread. It feels more polished, more finished.

The phone feels quality. I nearly stumped up for a GS2 but never liked the quality of the fit. This feels much better.

The screen is a joy.

Data speeds are fantastic

Bad bits

USB mass media connections or the lack of.

No SD....

Flimsy back cover.

Camera is not as good as it might have been.

Face unlock is a hit and miss gimmick.

But all in all.

Its the first android phone that I have seriously considered taking over my iphone duties.

Good stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
It could also be a nice info packed email. I don't want to remember to open the settings and go there. It's the end 2011 almost 2012. I want this stuff to come to me. Lazy? Yeah, I'll accept that, but I'd like to set and forget and move on to other things. Cool?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
Err...you have 16GB of space on the phone and Google Earth uses something like 2.5MB. That's 0.00015% of your total space. Better get rid of it quickly!

I guess I just don't get what you're wanting. You want your phone to send...itself...a text or email? That's not just lazy, that's ridiculous. You can set alert levels, so that it will *ALERT YOU* when you've hit that level. Is that not better than a text? You select the email and it'll tell you every bit of information you want.

To me this is akin to saying you want your TV to remind you when a show is on...even though the DVR already records it for you so you can look at it anytime you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kindiboy:
I've watched a youtube video with a guy talking in your accent and it worked perfectly fine, probably you need to change the language from English USA to English United Kingdom? (I tried looking for the video before posting couldn't find it)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No... I still don't get it. You want "this stuff to come to me". But you already have it. How can it come to you when its right infront of you already? It would be 100% redundant to add this feature.

Instead of hitting gmail > message (or SMS > message), you hit settings > data usage. How would an email or text be better? Its worse because its not up-to date. If you go to settings you get the data usage up to that very instant you opened it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Dude, it's all about control. LOL. Just go with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Lol seriously. Lets find some more important things to complain about. You can always disable it if you dont want to use it but the storage space is trivial.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
You guys don't want a nice report at the end of the day, or week or month or hour, complete with everything you've used, what apps used what, when, where and why? Automatically composed for you and automatically sent to you via SMS or email?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No lol. because it takes just as many taps/effort to check an email as it does to just look at the freaking data usage app lol. And the email won't be interactive like the app is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Martinp86:
Bang on review I agree with everything. On three as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
Point taken re: the space. But still, there's an app cluttering the drawer that I a) don't want and b) is not stable. I only really mentioned it because people asked me in more detail about FCs.

Other than Google Earth, and a couple of Launcher FCs I'm pleased with it on the whole, given that I've installed 1000000000 apps and fiddled with every setting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
I'd be interested in seeing that if you can find it. I have an ever so slightly northern accent, but generally quite neutral, so I'm surprised it wouldn't work with mine.

If they've optimised it for Londoners though, I'm a mile off that.

I saw videos of Duarte talking to it, and words appearing pretty much as he spoke. With me it seems to process about 12 words at a time, half of them are wrong and I have to talk very slowly. On Gingerbread, I could rattle off searches as if I was having a conversation with a person.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thehyecircus:
Can you expand on your complaints about the Menu Button then? What's wrong with how it's used? I have no problem with the new button, but I feel the Menu button is very important. Don't make me sound like a fool.

Does it rescan everything upon startup? Does it rescan photos when you take a picture? How do you put music on the phone if you can't drag-and-drop MP3s?

When you click the share button, does it still give you a list of 90 apps that are open?

If you have SIM Contacts hidden, when you SMS someone, does it show the SIM Contact and the Google Contact? When you send a SMS to more than one person, does it still make a group SMS, or does it text each individual person and update their message threads?

On Google Contacts, currently, my Contact Photos can only be as big as thumbnails. If ICS uses high-res, big Contact Photos, how does that work? Does Google Contacts have updated Contact Photos for you? Did it make you get rid of your old Contact Photos?

And please, explain the lack of the Menu button more in-depth for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
OK I've figured out the dictation thing a little. It seems to substitute almost every word with a name from my contacts and I have no idea why.

See my video here:

http://youtu.be/qHVptz2EtMk

(Sorry for poor film quality. It's from my old Milestone).

You'll notice it takes a long time to process the words and changes its mind half way through sentences and completely rewrites them. I also have to say 'period' to get a full stop, which isn't what we call them in the UK, so it's not very intuitive.

It is most certainly set to UK English.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bisquick24:
+1

seems to be a lot of mis-information going around. can someone confirm if FM radio is supported on this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Larry Mahnken:
Hi, just saw this linked on Droid Forums, and first I wanted to say thanks for these comments, they're very useful.

A question that has been brought up is about your front-facing camera issue. Is anyone else with the Nexus having this same problem? If it's just you, it may be possible you got a phone with a misaligned camera. Just curious, thanks in advance for your reply!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I never thought about the Menu Button being a problem, but with the large screen, I think it would be. In Honeycomb, the menu button jumps around. It's either in the top right corner or down in the taskbar (where it should be).

On a phone with a large screen, it'll be tedious to be reaching for the menu button at the top with one hand, without readjusting. Plus it's bouncing around so it makes it hard to get a "feel for it" all the time without actively looking for it.

Although I can foresee someone coming out with a mod that allows you to customize the soft buttons (move around, theme, add more buttons like search and menu). But in the mean time I think it would be annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakedagreat:
No, the menu button should not be in the task bar. Not every app has a menu, thus, showing an icon that does nothing is horrible design. Glad to see ICS finally learned the errors of previous Android versions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thehyecircus:
So the menu button will appear when an app uses it, and it appears in the bottom right side as an elipsis? How easy is it to hit? What does it do for apps that don't support ICS?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
When an app is run that

isn't

made for ICS, the OS puts the menu button (3 vert dots) to the right of the multitasking button. (a la Honeycomb. its pretty much a compatibility mode)

When an app

is

made for ICS, it will incorporate the menu button into the bar at the top of the app (look at how its implemented in the default Android apps, such as the browser).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thehyecircus:
Some apps I saw, like Youtube, have the banner up all the time. Some of them have the banner disappear, like the Browser (which I won't use anyway.) I'm not sure I like the change, but the Menu button probably isn't used so much for it to matter. I'm very curious as to all the other questions I asked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
If this is the way, it doesn't work on all apps. For example Facebook app, there is no way to go to the menu / settings.

Right, I just read this in this forum.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Not necessarily the top. If an app is using the ICS API, it's possible to have an action bar at either the top or the bottom or both. So you can have the menu button (or the overflow button, as it's now called) at the top, bottom, or both.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yes I suppose so. Most apps just put the action bar at the top. The fact is that its part of the action bar, not the bottom bar next to multitasking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Thanks, I should clarify. When I'm taking about the bottom action bar, I'm talking a bar that sits on top of the navigation bar at the very bottom (the back, home, and multitask buttons).

See attached image for what it looks like. The three vertical dots on the bottom right is the overflow button, tapping that brings up more actions that would go into the menu in older versions of Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ock:
On the topic of an on-screen menu key for apps that are not updated for ICS, Paul from MoDaCo tweeted a screenshot of his hack for it.