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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
just to like to thank everyone again for the feedback , ive ordered my nexus this morning which i should have tomorrow all being well.

Really looking forward to testing this phone , i am worryed it might be a little to big in pocket but when i checked it in store i luved the screen and as ive already tryed / owned the SII and the sensation xe i thought this was the next step :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ferris2375:
Good choice. I ditched my GS2 for a Nexus and it sure as hell was not a side grade. Best phone I've ever owned.

The screen is reason enough to get the Nexus over the GS2. Design, feel....I just like this phone so much more than my GS2 it's not even comparable.

Sure the GS2 has a faster GPU, but I'm not looking to rock Crysis on my phone, everything I've played on the Nexus is amazingly sharp and fluid. Riptide GP is one example. 720 screen > all
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Captain:
I am make a theme for ADW, and I make a background. I put it in the res folder, where the add your wallpaper here was. So I replaced the one that comes in it. I have my theme running, but don't know why my wallpaper is not applying? Anybody know what I am doing wrong?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Captain:
I forgot to mention, that i am using eclipse
[General Questions and Answers] Jleagle:
So when you buy a phone that comes "with Beats by Dr Dre", what do you actually get?

I was trying to ask the guy in phones4u but he didn't have a clue. I was told the phone was built from the ground up to play music. Okay, so what advantages does that have over other phones.

I take it you get a set of earphones and a music app pre-installed on your phone, but what else?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
Beats audio drivers and software as well as ear buds.
[General Questions and Answers] Jleagle:
Okay thanks, i was just really confused when i looked into it because normally packing software / apps into a phone is considered a bad thing, but in this case they are advertising it. I'm guessing you end up paying for the headphones anyway with extra monthly costs etc?
[General Questions and Answers] bmwfrkvt:
my understanding is that you get a little better audio program on the phone (which you can flash on to any custom rom, like Olympus Trinity XE Prime. and it basically comes with a free set of $300 ear buds. You are not required to buy any extra content.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stinkytoes:
Hi there,

Long story short, I flashed the latest CWM recovery via the rom manager app, then tried to boot to recovery - but it just went into the bootloader.

Rebooted and tried flashing several recoveries form rom manager to no avail.

did some googling and there was a suggestion to flash the recovery to the boot partition - tried it and now I am stuck. I should have thought before I did this.

No I am stuck with a phone that will not boot into the android OS, I can get into the bootloader and if i select recovery I just get the "google" screen. adb and fastboot do not recoginse the phone when I use the devices command.

do you have any suggestions? I am already in android withdrawal
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stinkytoes:
Hi All,

I am an idiot - I forgot to run fastboot as root (running linux) - I feel like such a noob. At least I had it plugged in ;)

Anyhow Flashed CWM - doing a backup and will be flashing a rom to get back up to speed.

next thing to do is move the fast boot out of ~/bin/ to /usr/bin/ so I can easily run fastboot as root.
[HTC Sensation] broncogr:
All offtopic posts and threads regarding the existence of the Sensation XE Developer subforum will be moved here for sometime on.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] dreamado:
Yeaahhh Super Mods!!!

very good for a XE Forum!!!Thanks XDA are the best!!!
[HTC Sensation] mike1986.:
It's not good idea, imo it's just making life harder for developers. Both devices are nearly the same, using the same ROM's. XE can flash regular Sensation ROM and regular Sensation can flash XE ROM. Those devices are the same, why subforum?
[HTC Sensation] big_sw2000:
Not sure of this sub forum, surley XE roms will work on my normal Sensation. Well they have so far, so why the seperate forum
[HTC Sensation] taxus13:
Is this really necessary? Same Hardware, just no OC für XE ROMs...

Wo should post in this subforum? You could post everything in both development forums, so this may be obsolete?
[HTC Sensation] yungyeh:
Well...imo maybe not totally bad idea though. We can write something here to tell XE owners to go to the regular Sensation thread. After checking this sub forum then they know where to go.:D
[HTC Sensation] da900:
I guess it would be better to rename Sensation Android Development forum to something like " Sensation and Sensation XE Android development". No need to create separate subforum as both devices are the same and can run the same ROMs.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
lol.. Its like separating twins from dinner table... Its gonna cause more confusion especially for newbies...

Forum will now become flooded with posts like " will it work on Sensation?", "will it work on XE?"

Not at all a good idea...
[HTC Sensation] mike1986.:
+1 for both :D
[HTC Sensation] fandroid93:
And this is why devs are flocking from xda...
[HTC Sensation] D13H4RD:
Well I think its a good Idea, Im not sure what roms etc work with the XE so would rather know by having a section dedicated to the XE. I see were your comming from with the sensation / XE being almost the same but they are not, So IMHO this is a better Idea :p
[HTC Sensation] real187:
that may be so,

but when your running an XE like me, the flashable roms like insertcoin/arhd have no real improvement over the stock xe rom (comparing to the normal sensation) apm and theming aside.

looks like rehab 4 me since i gaven my DZ away, just waiting for the nightlies to kick off..
[HTC Sensation] supraman89:
I can understand a sensation xl or subsection, but an XE subsection? They have the exact hardware minus the beats audio, underclocked processor on the sensation, and the red XE case. Makes no sense.
[HTC Sensation] melo15m:
Which ROM is the bes for XE do you think? I prefer Energy and Revolution HD.
[HTC Sensation] torken:
Nice to see that I'm not the only one that mixes-up German and English sometimes. ^^
[HTC Sensation] Jackos:
+1 IMHO that was a bad decision. It's going to cause even more confusion.
[HTC Sensation] Moh Moh:
This subsection is now dedicated to the Sensation XE's red hardware buttons.

Discuss
[HTC Sensation] wh0_kn0ws:
No good idea in my opinion! Reasons see above..
[HTC Sensation] chairman_palm:
I perfer Energy
[HTC Sensation] Jackos:
I don't want to be rude or sth, but I did some digging into those two roms and they are both kinda slovenly build-up. I even remember Energy roms from WM development and they had probably the worst memory management I ever saw.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gary86:
How's everyone doing on AT&T? Speeds? 3G/HPSA+?

Trying to decide between this phone and the Galaxy S2 (international unlocked)

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s.m.knipe:
Once I changed the APN settings to match those on my Atrix, I get ~4-6 MBPS down and ~1 MBPS up (consistent with where my Atrix was speed-wise, so that is a tower limitation in my area). The original WAP.Cingular apn that my SIM card defaulted to was basically 3G only (like ~1 MBPS down, and ~0.7 MBPS up).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FtrV8:
If you wouldn't mind providing the complete APN settings it would be nice. I plan on using the GN on ATT as well.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s.m.knipe:
Here they are:

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1149523.html

You really only need the "AT&T US HSPDA" (which provides both HSDPA and HSUPA) one and the "AT&T US MMS" ones (I think). Just add them as new APNs (separately, and you can leave the default 3G one there), type it exactly as it appears in that post, touch the menu "dots" and save each APN, select the "HSDPA" one by tapping the circle, and make sure the green light stays there (that it can connect to the network- you'll see the data bars up top first be gray, then show an H, then turn blue)- then reboot the phone. It looks like the GS2 one might even provide faster speeds than this- but I haven't tested it (or even seen what would be different)...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AmesCell:
I'm running whatever it came with for APN. SpeedTest shows 3 MBPS down. So I'm not going to mess with it. Works for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Goat_For_Sale:
or you can change your apn settings from the system settings and get faster data speeds. Its really very easy and is very safe to do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andrmgic:
I get better data performance with the default cingular 410 APN..

like 1.7mbps higher.. and my upload is about double compared to the HSDPA APN..

Think I'll stick with the stock one :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deleted member 2842059:
Just stuck my Micro SIM in and started using. I haven't changed anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BarryH_GEG:
A word of caution for those of you on non-Smartphone data plans. A friend replaced his i9100 which he had been using on the $10 unlimited data for Non-Smartphones plan with a GN and was flagged less than 24 hours later. It appears that as with other Nexi, Google provides the carriers with the IMEI's. Also, it appears that using the 4G APN (vs. Cinglular) with a grand-fathered unlimited plan will get you throttled from as low as 2GBish a month. There are seperate servers for 4G and they seem to be part of the auditing process. I'm at 8GB this month on my Tab using the Cingular APN and haven't heard anything. The HSPA+ speeds are the same for both APNs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FtrV8:
Interesting. I plan on using iPhone 4S and the GN, and I have the "umlimited" iPhone data plan from the day it was available. I consume upwards of 10 GB a month (Slingboxing CNBC everyday to work :p), I do notice being throttled. I do want faster DL speeds too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s.m.knipe:
Yes, interesting. Thanks for the info, I didn't know they were on separate servers. There is a difference in speeds though, as mine more than doubled by switching to the HSDPA APN. But of course my plan is officially a "4G" plan so maybe that coding on AT&T's end makes a difference...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BarryH_GEG:
I was travelling to a couple of places in TX with a friend that had an Infuse. He's on a 4G plan using the 4G APN and my i9100 is on a 3G plan using the Cingular APN. We compared speeds a couple of times in different cities. Mine were equal to his and even faster a couple of times because I had a stronger signal in the same location. I typically get 8MBish down in fake-4G markets and 3MBish down in less congested 3G markets.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ianwood:
IMEIs are like MAC addresses. The first eight digits of your IMEI is called a TAC and can be used to identify the type of device you have. When you use the network, the IMEI, APN and a whole lot of other information are sent to the billing system. AT&T as with most all others can apply rules in their billing system that check your IMEI against the TAC groups allowed for your plan and then apply changes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jpasint:
That's pretty interesting. I didn't know Google actually sent carriers that have absolutely nothing to do with a phone a list of IMEI's.

Why would Google send AT&T a list of the IMEI's? The phones have absolutely nothing to do with AT&T.

Joe
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s.m.knipe:
Wow, I don't hit that here (just outside the DC Metro Area) on the fake-4G network (shows as HSDPA in "Phone Status"), with the fake-4G SIM & APN, with an official fake-4G device (The Atrix 4G). There must be some seriously back-hauled (or less-congested) towers out west...

The highest I have ever seen around here (DC-Baltimore included) is ~6 MBPS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I'm also not sure why Google would be sending them these... especially considering the phone isn't on sale in the US. I doubt AT&T has a list of Galaxy Nexus IMEI's.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s.m.knipe:
I don't know why (legal/FCC reasons maybe?- like all GSM IMEI numbers get reported/made available to all GSM carriers?), but I know when I switched over to the evil empire with my N1, the lady just scanned the barcodes under the battery and they had all the info about the N1 up in their system, including it showing up on the account profile as a "Nexus One" (without a picture of course), and this was maybe three weeks after the N1's shipped; so like mid-Feb. maybe. It really surprised me that they had the info on the device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sluflyer06:
my GN got delivered on Saturday, headed over to a AT&T Corp. store and asked for a SIM card provisioned for the phone with HSPA+, took the guy about 5-10 minutes, popped the new sim card in and its all been good. I'm getting very good speeds 300-700KB/s. I haven't touched the APN settings, my phone is showing the Cingular 410 and I'm a little afraid to mess with it. I came from a grandfathered unlimited iphone plan (3gS) and they put me on the new unlimited smartphone personal plan for 4g.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
300-700kb/s is "very good speeds" for you? Good lord....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pewpewbangbang:
lol yea those are really slow.....on another note. They still offer the unlimited 4g data?? is it the same as the unlimited one from iPhone. Im on a grandfathered iPhone 3gs plan basically.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JFizDaWiz:
yup. 'wap.cingular' is only capable of UMTS. the 'phone' APN is capable of HSPA+ and the 'pta' APN is capable of LTE.

standard 3G plans can only use' wap.cingular' . HSPA+ plans (the SOC code starts with HS) can use 'phone' and 'wap.cingular' and LTE data plans can use 'PTA' as well as 'phone' and 'wap.cingular'
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPuter:
I haven't changed my data plan in 5 years, so it is still set up with the 3G Data Plan for iPhone. So even though my phone is using the HSDPA 'phone' APN and the status menu lists HSDPA, I'm only really getting 3G speeds?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JFizDaWiz:
iPhone data plans are provisioned for the PHONE apn so you're good. the PHONE apn was originally created for the iPhone but then expanded for the HSPA+ devices
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPuter:
Even if it's the iPhone plan from the original iPhone 3G?

On the "phone" apn, I am getting 3.1Mbps down and .6Mbps up. This is connected to HSDPA. However, I am currently in the mountains of N.C. - I'm going to test again when I get back to Miami...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
APN is only part of the story. Much bigger part is the way your account is provisioned. If they used an iPhone 3GS/4 (non 4S) you won't be seeing speeds much higher than 7.2mbps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JFizDaWiz:
and also what the hardware on the phone is compatible with. the iPhone 3G and 4G are both capped at 7.2mbps HSDPA IIRC

but that also depends on location as well, won't get it everywhere and those are max speeds
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
Therefore if your sim is provisioned for iPhone 3/4 they are limiting you at 7.2mbps on their end as well not just your handset end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AfroCreame:
Then how is it that my grandfathered iPhone unlimited data plan can achieve this...

These are from 4 different servers. Also, I've used an iPhone 4S sim in my phone and saw no difference in speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kirdroid:
I'm on iPhone 4s plan and get max around 5 Mbps in Seattle area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haydonxda:
And this is why AT&T has a spectrum crunch. They're not willing to build the infrastructure to provide service when they figure they can extort/bribe cheaper bandwidth in the form of spectrum from the government.

Being spectrum inefficient is cheaper for the carrier.

I've never gotten over 3.1mbps down and 1.1mbps up with pings ~200ms.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stevehy:
I have the same experience with the iPhone 4s sim and when provisioned for 4g as a Samsung Galaxy SkyRocket and creating new APN's.Makes no difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TroyBoy30:
My average results using the hsdpa apn. Much faster than when I use the Cingular 410 apn
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crookone10:
Got 6.7 mbps which has been my fastest time. Usually average around 3 mbps which is adequate for me. LTE is great and all but I honestly have no need for it at the moment because I don't travel much. Overall I'm really happy with mine on AT&T
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:


I am in the exact same situation as you my friend. I have the LTE unlimited data plan and got blazing speeds with the Skyrocket and when I popped the sim into the GNex I am not getting the same results on speed test. Any ideas? The GNex is receiving data and calls and mms so I know its configured correctly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:


Just to understand correctly, are you saying that the AT&T 4gLTE plan will not deliver HSPA+ speeds on my GNex? I have the Skyrocket as well as the GNex and the plan they have me on is the 4gLTE plan and the AT&T rep in the store told me that the GNex will still get HSPA+ even though it is not an LTE device. The guy new about phones and he was cool with me using the GNex on AT&T no probs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:
Anyone at all have any ideas about the above posts?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rjstang:
I currently have a 3g sim. Can I just call up and have them switch my plan or do I need to go to an ATT store to have them give me a 4g sim card?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rjstang:
I got myself a new sim card and had my plan upgraded to the unlimited data for lte so I can access pta. I know the phone is not capable of lte speeds but I was hearing that on pta you can access better hspa+ speeds. I am in NY and as of now I am only getting as much as 4.5mb down and pinging in the 80's. I am going to test out some other apn settings to see if I can get any higher. Will the lte plan effect me doing so on other apn's?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:
I am posting in this thread because I don't want to start a new one, but I need some answers to the questions above, so I will bump this:

I have the GSM GNex and was using an iPhone 4 sim card in it (yes the micro sim) and it worked fine with average speeds but not 4g which the GNex is capable of. Then I bought a Galaxy Tab from AT&T for the wife and the guy in the store literally gave me a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket for free (some promo deal). The guy knew his stuff, he knew all about the GNex and unlocked phones which is very rare. So I showed him my GNex and he said he knows the GNex doesn't support LTE, but since I had the Skyrocket and it does support LTE that he would change my data plan to LTE. I still have unlimited data, grandfathered from the iPhone, and I can confirm he added the unlimited LTE plan as it shows up on my online account and using the *DATA# feature from the phone.

Anyway, my question is this: am I getting 4g speeds on the GNex now even though I am under an LTE data plan? The AT&T guy said that LTE is faster, and that if the sim card I have is provisioned for LTE is put into the GNex I will not get LTE (duh) but I will get 4g. Is this correct, as my Speedtests are not anything like the things I have seen posted here, and I am in an LTE area (Northern Virginia). My icon in the upper right hand corner only ever shows 3g and H, I have never seen H+ or 4g icon anywhere anytime being displayed on the icon bar.

I have called AT&T directly and they don't even know what LTE stands for so I need to know if I should go back to the AT&T store and tell the guy to switch me to an unlimited 4g data plan, or am I still getting 4g on the GNex???

Thanks and sorry for the long post!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hull22:
First of you, you're not quite using the term 4G correctly(much like AT&T). The iPhone 4/4S both using HSDPA(though the 4S can top out at 14.4Mbps), that's not really 4G, more like 3.5G. The GNex is NOT capable of real 4G, which is LTE. The Skyrocket does real 4G LTE. I don't see how putting that sim in your Gnex will give you any faster speed than with the iPhone 4 sim. Doesn't matter if your account is provision for 4G LTE. Whether or not your speed will suffer because it's on the LTE plan rather than "4G", I cannot answer. Others may be more knowledgeable about that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CraigP17:
if you are provisioned for the LTE plan, coming from a Skyrocket or Vivid, you want to use the PTA settings. You do get H+ speeds and access. All ATT data plans are backwards compatible.

I have LTE plan, I came from the Skyrocket, I use the PTA settings, and I am using H+.

If a rep tells you otherwise, they are misinformed. When LTE isnt available it falls back to H+.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] edgeicator:
You're wrong on several points. First of all, LTE isn't even true 4G. True 4G won't be until LTE Advanced as it requires 100mbps speeds to qualify. Second of all, the customer rep did in fact increase his data speeds on his data plan. He was originally on an iphone 3G provisioned data plan. AT&T's "4G" is HSDPA+, which the iphone 4 does not support. By moving him to the LTE data plan, he can now fall back on HSDPA+ instead of just being stuck on the HSPA plan that he was originally provisioned with on his iphone 4. So yes, he was suffering on 3G speeds as his data plan was not properly provisioned for AT&T's "4g" HSDPA+ speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:
Thanks for clarification edgicator. I have one more question though: should I be seeing an actual "H+" icon on the GNex? Cause all I ever see is a regular "H" or "3g" icon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:
I just want to make sure my GNex is being used to its full potential with the LTE data provisioned sim card in it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CraigP17:
it will only show H, will not display H+
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:
OK thanks for the quick replies. I am still only getting speeds of like 4Mbps download. Is that HSPA+?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hull22:
You don't need LTE data plan to get max speed on the GSM GNex, only ATT's 4G(HSDPA+). Same speeds as iPhone 4S and SGSII, not Skyrocket's LTE speed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] edgeicator:
It all depends on your location, network saturation, etc. If you are in an area served by HSDPA+ AND you have a very strong signal AND there's very few other people around you using the same network at the same time, you theoretically can see 20mbps. There's simply too many factors to take into account. HSDPA+ kicks in past 7.2 mbps IIRC. I personally haven't seen past 7mbps, but I know I am provisioned for 4G as I was on an atrix before the GNexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hull22:
Well, aren't we going over the top with the nitpicking . There's 4G/HSDPA+, 4G LTE, and 4G LTE Advanced? Correct if I'm wrong, but isn't LTE the closest thing to "4G" that we actually have right now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tk123456789:
So does this mean that if I have the LTE plan that I am still getting "ATT's 4G (HSDPA+) when the LTE provisioned sim card is in the GNex? Your answer above does not answer the question actually.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] edgeicator:
How exactly is it nitpicking? You complain that AT&T is misusing the 4G moniker yet you yourself also misuse it. LTE and HSDPA+ both can achieve similar speeds at the moment. T-Mobile has 42mbps HSDPA+ deployed in several markets which rivals current LTE speeds without any of the battery drain. It will be several years before we have true 4G. Technically you need to achieve 100mbps while moving quickly and 1gbps while stationary or relatively still (such as a walking person) to be considered 4G. HSPA+ theoretical peak is 672/168 mbps while LTE theoretical peak (not advanced LTE) is 300/75 mbps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G