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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
This is far from scientific lol. You need to do several tests with one then the other and average all the results to get a decent comparison. Even then you could have problems. There could be hundreds of other people accessing things on the network/tower site which leaves you with less than accurate results.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wasya152:
i did not run at same time. i ran one and then the other. i noticed that when i ran together, it got messed up. so i ran the test in sequence.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wasya152:
i ran maybe like 12 tests. each time one phone was getting higher speeds consistently than other. it wasn't like it was less than 1 mbps apart. it was like 3 mbps apart. i'm kinda upset because the display on mine is much better. the other one seems to have a yellow tint to it, but it's twice as fast as mine most cases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
As said, you need to run several tests over several hours and several days. Then take an average.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
12 tests is nothing. Look at my signature and 199 tests i've done just during the first week Rezound was released. Don't be so quick to judge the phone's RF performance.

Also make sure the APNs are exactly the same on both phones, put them both in airplane mode for a few minutes then back online so they hopefully connect to the same carrier/sector. Then try again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wasya152:
but the phones are in the same location at the same time. shouldn't they get same speed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
No.

Read the third post in this thread..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
What are you talking about? lol

The carrier should have more than enough bandwidth to let 20 phones right next to each other get around the same speed (many more than 20, but just an example). It's ridiculous to think that the carrier isn't set up in a way that would allow that.

Using 2 phones directly next to each other will *not* negatively impact their speeds. That's completely ridiculous.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
While I agree it shouldn't matter, but perhaps the tower is maxed out and only has 17mbps to give out...

Perhaps they are on two different towers. 2 different Sims.

Do the airplane mode trick and try swapping SIMs. Try doing 1 then the other repeatedly, of the course of several minutes and average.

The current test is too bland to find the culprit.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
Ok, I have no idea where are you from, but here in The USofA and especially in NYC if you try speedtesting two devices in front of the same tower you'll be seeing just about half the throughput you would normally see if one device was tested alone. In NYC for instance we have 4 carriers per AT&T tower and since AT&T is still using 16QAM you'll be maxing out at 14.4mbps. If you're connected on the same carrier/band, same tower and running two hspa+ devices at the same time you're seeing 7-8mbps max. And I'm talking it's you alone, 4AM, no one else on the carrier.

No need to get all emotional over this, it's a fact.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
It could honestly be something as simple as when you ran the second test (or whichever was slower) the network was under a bit more stress. It can change every second, so a difference 20 seconds later could definitely be possible. I could run 5 tests in a row here on the same device and get a difference of around 20% between them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BinaryTB:
What player911 said. Swap the SIMs, see if it actually is a phone issue. Could be one of your SIMs is just older and doesn't have the newer/faster APN info.

Actually, before swapping SIMs, check the APN info, see if you're using the same HSPA+ servers. I know some people were complaining about slow speeds and went to the AT&T store and asked for an Atrix (or 4G) SIM card and they got their speeds up. The older SIM had the older APN data (manually changing the APN info in the phone works too).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
That's weird because I used to live in Manhattan and used AT&T. My ex was on the family plan with me and we both had identical devices (iPhone 3GS, at the time). I'd run at least one or 2 sets per week at the same time and get around the same results in the apartment. Running them at the same time or running them consecutively had absolutely no effect.

Now I'm back in Cleveland and the same is true.

So *maybe* you're experiencing a random slowdown and you're attributing it to the hypothesis you've created. I'm not the one getting emotional (or defensive). It's ridiculous to think that the tower would only have 14.4Mbps to distribute across *ALL* of the customers using that connection. If you think that's true you should probably do a bit more homework into cellular network technology.

For reference, I just asked my father about this (I've been on the phone with him while writing this). He's worked at AT&T for 42 years (through its various iterations) and is currently one of the heads of the cellular upgrade division (mostly installing LTE hardware and such). He suggested you get a better understanding of how symptoms link to maladies before creating hypotheses.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericshmerick:
Ever considered the hundreds of others in the tower area who are torrenting, downloading, streaming, etc, on an off many times in seconds of time?

7-10 mbps for each GSM handset is pretty darn impressive under any conditions...

The tower you are using isn't your own personal tower, you know...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
Ok here we go again...

First of all iPhone 3GS was 7.2mbps device but it only had 384kbps upload speed which was so disproportionate and was effectively throttling the user experience and anything over 4.5mbps under the real world conditions was equivalent to miracle. So you shouldn't have any problems running multiple 3GSs on the same carrier.

Secondly, NYC is not an LTE market, they still run 16QAM network, as someone said earlier (17mbps per sector video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73zZtMF95SU) their backhaul is not necessarily as hot as let's say Dallas or Houston. Why? Only AT&T knows that but NYC is probably one of their worst markets in the entire nation. So we have 4 carriers per tower, each one of them is 16QAM, which effectively caps you to 14.4mbps even on a 21mbps category 14 smartphone (video2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYkeSJH5uSM) . During the business hours when millions of users get on those 4 carriers, speeds are slower than EDGE. AT&T is lacking cell density, they need to refarm more unused spectrum, or simply deploy LTE to NYC right away before San Juan or Oklahoma City for instance.

You understood me wrong, I didn't say that a tower has 14.4mbps (21mbps) to distribute to everyone, I said one carrier/band is, and in most market you have more than one carrier. We have two 850Mhz and two 1900Mhz PCS carriers in NYC.

And while you're on the phone with your dad, mind asking him why there isn't LTE already deployed in NYC, SF, or LA before other non saturated markets like Oklahoma City, Athens, etc..

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wasya152:
I tried swapping the sims. the speeds improved, but the other phone was still getting higher speeds. my phone was getting around 7 while the other one was 10. also, on that phone I've seen the speeds at 10 multiple times, but not once on mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wasya152:
I also went to tmobile and got a new sim card today. at same location, I have yet to see anything over 7 still. I'm pretty sure at this point its three phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wasya152:
here are the screen shots of the tests from my phone
[LG Revolution] pendragon11:
Thoughts? Opinions? Seemed silly to me since the contacts sync to google, but now all my new contacts are BA ones and they don't sync properly. Caused a few headaches. Now I've relented and have a BA account, but only begrudgingly
[LG Revolution] patsoxfan:
The thing I have noticed is that BA contacts do not get deleted unless you go to the BA website. I also have seen where when adding a new contact it gets backed up to BA but not google. I also have had many duplicate contacts because of this.
[LG Revolution] jeff_roey:
I ended up doing away with BA all together. I shut ba off under sync settings then I exported my contacts to my sd card contacts - menu - more - inport/export), deleted all of my contacts - google and BA - using their respective web pages on my desktop, and then re-imported my contacts from my sd card.

On import, you have the option to choose which account you want to import to. Chose your google account and it all of your contacts now reside cleanly in one account/location.

I think I remember reading you can also stop ba by clearing the ba app data. If you do that and then open it, it should bring you to the original licensce agreement. Just quit without accepting it and it won't run.
[LG Revolution] patsoxfan:
I do not have the option to stop BA sync.
[LG Revolution] jamRwoo:
When you initially setup the phone you can skip the setup process. It's like the first thing that pops up after the "activation" sequence. If you set it up in there, but want to turn it off now, you should be able to under [Settings > Accounts & Sync].

FYI, I've noticed that this process runs in the background even if you aren't using it. Rather than risk deleting it, I used MyToolbox to "Freeze" it. This disables app--without risking a resonance cascade inside your phone because you deleted something important--so it can't run in the background. MT is made by Rerware, the same company that makes MyBackup Root/Pro. I'm pretty sure buying the Pro version of MyBackup (Root version is free) gets you a free license for MyToolbox. TBH, I haven't yet decided that Pro is worth paying for, but Toolbox is definitely worth the $2.

You can batch uninstall/clear cache/clear data/(un)freeze/restore market link/break market link/force close any application(s). The restore/break market link is really nifty. Say, after restoring your backup, you can't update an app because the market doesn't recognize the app as being installed, this will fix that. Likewise, if you install an app and you DON'T want it to update, you can break the market link. This will work on system apps too, if for some reason you didn't want YouTube, etc. to update.
[LG Revolution] pendragon11:
My hero.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klobkelosh:
Seems fine otherwise but icons show up as blank boxes. I'm on cm7 official.

Eris almost retired. C'mon nexus...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad5870:
i'm on stock currently, went back for a little, but maps 6.0 works fine for me. seems like everything works smoothly
[TouchPad General] taltal13:
Hi everyone,

Installed Alpha 3 on my TP. There are a few new bugs from 2.1 which I can work with, however in Gmail it saves a draft of the copy on every half word leading to every sentence looking like this

"ThaThanks ffor yoyour hehelp"

Any idea why?

I've tried uninstalling the app/clearing its cache & data but to no avail.

Please help!!

T
[Xperia Play General] GojiTronix:
Would you trade your play for an evo 3d, just curious on what you play people have to say.
[Xperia Play General] fma965:
no play is awesome
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
NO WAY :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] fma965:
I wish the touch pads were better though btw any 1 here find nova2 and modern combat 2 lags like hell?
[Xperia Play General] subcu1ture:
3D is **** IMHO.

Play is awesome.

So.... no.
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
My eyes don't process stereoscopic images. The whole idea of 3D anything is pointless. Plus no other phone has a PSP built into it.

Sent from my R800x
[Xperia Play General] GojiTronix:
Thanks guys :-)
[Xperia Play General] albanezi:
Yes, I would trade mine, simply because the play is quite bulky and the Evo takes 3d video and pictures.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Not a chance. Play meganoid on a touch screen and you'll see exactly why.

Smartphones have been trying to evolve into game systems, but couldn't before the Xperia PLAY because controls on touch screens suck for almost every genre.
[Xperia Play General] yyz71:
Hell no :(

Sent from your wifes bedroom :-)
[Xperia Play General] IE-coRe:
I would.... and than sell the evo and buy a new play xD
[Xperia Play General] neptune:
Not exactly the best place to post this question to get unbiased answers
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Honestly, the values are simply gonna change if it's posted anywhere else. some people are moreso power whores that want eight core phones and don't care about proper game controls.
[Xperia Play General] yyz71:
Aint that the truth!! People Are so hung up on dual core phones..

Sent from your wifes bedroom :-)
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Not a chance
[Xperia Play General] pricey2009:
No way are you mad?

Sent from my Xperia Play which pisses all over evo 3Ds
[Xperia Play General] xrishox:
i didn't buy this phone for the specs, but bought it for its controller built in.
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
No. I'd rather give my left testicle first

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[Xperia Play General] Aekio:
OMG!! LOL. I can't help but wonder if that turns you to some kind of disable person?
[Xperia Play General] netizenmt:
No, but in 2 years when I'm able to upgrade for free again, and if the 3D is still around, and there's nothing better/cooler, and the phone is free, and if the mobile data plan hasn't gone through the roof, and I'm still employed, ummm... maybe.

But only if I could switch back to my Play if I didn't like it. :D
[Xperia Play General] ricosuavez35:
its not perfect but i love it

its not the perfect phone or the most powerfull but its the best gaming phone for me, cause i hate touch controls ...anyway i dont think there is a perfect phone just different phones for different needs:)
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Lance Armstrong doesn't think so. Neither does Arjen Robben. Both are quite successful even if they lost one nut.
[Xperia Play General] icebear8:
i traded my xperia play for a brand new samsung stratosphere on friday =) well i got 150$ off the price but the phone was only 250$ for a new one and im happy with it idk why i went with the play over a samsung =/
[Xperia Play General] arcticmedia:
No I wouldn't trade my xperia play

I am an oldschool gamer and touchscreen controls are just awful and block the screen.

The xperia play might not be as powerful as other devices but it does it job for retro gaming. the gamepad really adds to the experience!

If this one gets broke I will buy the same phone in a jiffy!

I hope they keep this phone alive !
[Xperia Play General] neptune:
I didn't know Robben only had one nut... terrific footballer although he does get injured often
[Xperia Play General] Bob's Your Uncle:
I must agree. My character in Gun Bros controls kind of laggy with touch pads, whereas when I control him with on-screen controls he's fast as hell.

Irony.

Also that Battlefield Bad Company game (the free one from Electronic Arts) , I find the movement/shooting controls with touch pads kinda awkward. Might be just me though...

Anyway, I wouldn't trade my Play for anything apart form iPhone 4. And that's only because I am a graphics whore and want to try the new Infinity Blade 2. I enjoyed the first one. Erm, sorry for off-topic.
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
You'd think with only one nut he'd have less injures, 50% less

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[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
Yes, I'm afraid I would trade if I could.

The reason being that it took the purchase of this phone for me to realise that I'm not the avid gamer that I used to be.

Sometimes days, weeks even go by where my gamepad sees no light at all.

And that is the one and only reason. Xperia Play is hands down the only device for serious gamers.

However, seeing as the Xperia Play has now took a massive price drop, i can't see me trading in without shelling out more cash, which for the amount of time that I've had the Xplay, I'm not prepared to do.
[Xperia Play General] GojiTronix:
Well I traded my evo 3d for a play, and quite happy that i did im loving it
[Xperia Play General] KeiranFTW:
Well as my xperia play does not lag at all and I do not need a second core to drain my battery, I would say no.

One of my points of taking videos and pictures is to put them on my computer then print them off, I would have no point in 3d videos and pictures unless 3d paper is suddenly invented.
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
The games on android / smartphones are brilliant these days. I sold my PSP 2000 in the hopes of getting an XPlay

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[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
I haven't looked back since. I love my XPlay and it satisfys me more than my PSP did. I love this phone, it ain't perfect, but it's the best (IMO) right now

brought to you by the XDA app on my badass Android toy
[Xperia Play General] NeoandGeo:
No. I got this phone for a very specific reason. To be the ultimate pocket communication device that plays any game pre-99/00 perfectly. It's the best phone I've ever owned, hands down.
[Xperia Play General] ps3taker:
+1
[Kindle Fire General] Veritass:
I have rooted the Kindle fire on Software Version 6.2 With super one click.

No force closes. Every app ive tired got root acces. After you root you must Reboot for access to SD card. i had to manually install the market but it works.

Have fun rooting!
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
If after flashing a ROM in CWM (3.1.0.1) I restore data from a nandroid backup, is that usually a process that goes smoothly or will I be better off down the road if I restore any unique data in a more traditional way? What have your experiences with this process? I'm talking about a Froyo to GB update, of course. Does this method really just bring back apps, their data and settings? How far does it go?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I use advanced restore data all the time now that the old scripts are not working for me when flashing a new ROM. 100 % success rate. If you have issues then try Titanium for only what you absolutely have to have.
[Epic 4G General] quick99si:
I had a nightmare going from ec05 to ei22 with persistent boot loops. CWM data restore, Titanium Backup, and MyBackup Pro all had the same issue... it ended up being a problematic app (or more). I restored my user apps in about 9 stages and I have about a dozen apps left, which, when restored, causes a boot loop.

When moving from major Android versions, I suggest doing Titanium Backup for must-have user apps/data, nothing system related, and restore other apps manually or through the market.

CWM data restore extracts the corresponding backup image to the data partitions and .andoidsecure (sp?) directory on your SD card.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Sounds like I should be careful. Thanks. Lucky for me I'm on the conservative side when it comes to how many apps and what's in them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WhiterThanWhite:
One of the main selling points of the Galaxy Nexus for me is NFC. Contactless payments are starting to pop up everywhere here in London, and when Apple releases an NFC-enabled phone I'm sure progress will be increased massively.

Anyways, my question is whether it is possible to use the NFC of the Nexus to scan my RFID building entry card, save the details as a profile and then emulate the card in order to get me into the building using just my phone?

Is there any software like this? Would it even be ethically sound to release such software?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
From my understanding, this is possible. However, I would imagine the data on your building entry card would have some sort of encryption.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Card emulation is not part of the SDK and not currently available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Gutted. Would have been handy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gambiting:
It's not possible for a very simple reason :P Nexus or any other NFC enabled phone cannot read a Visa PayWave or Mastercard PayPass card just like that. They are encrypted and they will transmit the decrypted information only after receiving correct signal from an authorized terminal. I tried it with my Visa PayWave card and all apps are tried say that it's encrypted and they cannot read it. Then I did some research and it turns out that it can only be read by an authorized reader, which makes a lot of sense for security reasons. So to enable NFC payments your bank would need to create an application for the phone,which would emulate the card, just like Google Wallet does. You can't just read a card and use it.

Btw yes you can use the Google Wallet on the Galaxy nexus,and pay with either the Google pre-paid card or you can register a City card if you are in the US and you happen to have one :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WhiterThanWhite:
Damn, that sucks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Pst. That's not what he asked ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
I'd like the same thing. Being able to use my phone to open the doors at work would be fantastic.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
I hope you didnt mean physically. And no i would not like those encrypted badges with the capability to be on my phone. Consumers have given enough power as is to corporations. I dont need X corporation having legal rights to track my whereabouts every breath i take becuse their encryption is on my personal OR work phone. No dice.

Sent from my samsung gt i9250 which is in the wrong country.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samizad:
None of the NFC reader apps that I have tried to use on my Galaxy Nexus can read my smartcards (office doors, public transport card etc). It's a shame ICS doesn't support it but at least now I know why it hasn't been working.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 currently has that. My colleagues use their SG2s to open doors and pay at the office canteen. They can also use them to pay on the public transport system. I presume the NFC smartard emulation is a feature currently in Gingerbread that will eventually come to ICS.

The update that will eventually push ICS to the SG2 must contain NFC smartcard emulation otherwise the users will lose this existing feature.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
What on Earth are you talking about? Give power to corporations? Take your liberal soapbox to another forum, plz.

I'm talking about at *MY* work. All of the doors except the front are locked on our building during business hours. The only way to unlock them is to use an employee badge, which utilizes an RFID tag. Being able to have that tag stored on my phone would be an immense help, since I wouldn't have to remember to take my badge out of the car. I can't tell you how many times I've walked across the parking lot before realizing I left the badge in my car.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
This depends entirely on the card itself and how it's encoded. Most likely it's an RFID tag that is either not HF (13.56 Mhz) or it's not using the Standard/NDEF read/write keys (in the case of the Mifare tags).

Gingerbread doesn't do card emulation either. Google has stated in their NFC talks that there are various reasons NFC Card emulation isn't present - one being a lack of a standard.

If it's done on the SII then it's either an addition within the Touchwiz frameworkork (addition of known communication protocols and local storage of card info) or the tags they are using are NDEF (in which case NDEF Push works fine).