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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andrmgic:
I had a galaxy s II and I enjoy the nexus more..

The Galaxy Nexus feels a lot better in the hand.. and I love the display and I particularly enjoy the lack of capacitive buttons on the front. Just staring at a 4.65" monolithic display with nothing to break up the sleek look.

Ice Cream Sandwich is really what brings it all together for me, though.. it's such a huge improvement over gingerbread.. it's hard for me to use the gmail app on gingerbread now..

This is easily the best android device I've ever owned.. even though the Galaxy S II has better specs, this device feels like it is in another league to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PearsonDKA:
How are the network/wifi speeds? Is it 4G capable? Still trying to choose between this and the LG Optimus LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lathanub:
I am really considering getting a Nexus to upgrade from my HTC Desire but I'm not sure if I should wait for a mobile phone with better hardware specifications (e.g. Quad-core processors) to be released if that is the case very soon or if I should just go with the Nexus.

I think it would be a big upgrade from my awesome Desire. The idea of a stock Android Google/Samsung phone makes things very exciting, as well. The only thing holding me back are the reviews going on about how the Nexus is the best Android phone on the market but isn't good enough to be a flagship phone because of it's hardware but it appears to be a wonderful device.

Did anyone here that owns a GSN come from a phone like the HTC Desire at all? I am trying to figure out this years Christmas gift to myself, you see!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Danny80y:
UPGRADE I had an Inspire (a model up i think) and this phone is a HUGE upgrade! besides there wont be another nexus device for a good while yet so you will have less development options on them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CraigP17:
overall yes.

I'm looking forward to a lot of apps being updated to function on ics.

I don't get the same speeds as I was pulling on my skyrocket, but I would never know if I didn't run speedtest. My google music and everything else runs fast and smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwerp_:
no regrets...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JohnnyTrue:
I'm very happy. The only bad thing abt the phone. It's written Samsung at the back...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joecastrignano:
Same here, no regrets about it. I love it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] otacon888:
I love the GN!

No regrets whatsoever.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I came from the original HTC wildfire, with a 240x320 3.2" display. Had wanted an upgrade for a long while, and the 720p button-less screen with ICS sold it for me.

Previously I would grab my girlfriends iPhone 4 if I wanted a quick browse on the net, since my wildfire was too poor to do much. Now after a week with my Nexus, picking up the iPhone 4 seems like a joke with a small screen and washed out colours. Really does say something about the phone. Screen is to die for and probably the selling point of the nexus, along with ICS ofc.

Downsides... Well, I hate how often I'm holding my phone in my hand (one hand) and cannot quite reach the top of the screen with my thumb (Big hands too, 6ft3 etc). Which leaves me doing a little hand wriggle to reach it, could be costly if I ever drop it. Not that I'd change this... No way could I go back to a small sub-4inch screen after having this phone.

Other little niggles are just down to ICS being so new. Small things like poor app optimisation in market, lack of roms out atm. All of which will change in the coming months.

But yeah, love getting this phone out and putting iPhones literally to shame. You can see it on their faces. Well worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MaxDNet:
Best phone ever tried and best money spent for a mobile.

I'm fully satisfied in all aspects.

Awesome job Samsung and google.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
Got mine today on Fido and honestly this will be the first phone that I'm gonna leave unrooted... it is incredible. Build quality is superb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flash728:
Hey I have a question for people that ordered this phone from Expansys USA, did the phone come with a US wall charger? and if so is it the authentic one or some crummy aftermaket one? Also was your package sealed or open? I'm expecting my Gnex on friday and I'm just curious if I'm going to have to spend some more hard earned money on a charger, Thanks guys (sorry dont know where to post this lol)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Darthbull:
Flash728: You can check out the thread I had started. In summary, apparently Expansys and other companies are sending out the Mexican (?) version of the packaging, which comes with a charger compatible with US plugs and no security sticker. Otherwise everything else is the same, except some stickers here and there differ from the UK packaging and manuals and printing in Spanish/English. Enjoy your Nexus! BTW, I'm not sure if all shipments coming from Expansys and Negri are like this, just the ones that I and a couple other members received.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flakz0r:
I've had my GN for 12 hours and couldn't be happier. :)

First impression: its really thin!

Second impression: its REALLY thin

Third impression: the screen is...

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noobdeagle:
i went from a GS2 so happy i got it, first android phone i didnt feel the need to root it cause it was pretty much perfect out of the box i even like the stock launcher.

however one thing that annoyed me and in the end i rooted it was so i could use adfree.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ortigosano:
Hello everybody!

I’m not 100% happy…

I’m going to tell you why:

I bought yesterday a Galaxy Nexus. I’ve rooted, installed clockworkmod and the ROM Android Revolution HD™ 1.3.1 | High Quality & Performance | GSM.

The big problem which I found till now is:

The screen rotates very very slow. (web browser, photos gallery, pdf documents…) with everything.

Sometimes even don’t rotate. I have deactivate all screen animations and the same duration. (2 seconds or more)

My nexus s was much faster with a beta rom with android 4.

Greetings!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MaxDNet:
One question.

You putted a non stock rom and you are not happy with the mobile.

I think the problem is not of the mobile.

Have you ever spent 5 minutes with the stock rom?

What were you missing?

This will be the first mobile i (wont root)(lol) or mount third party rom also becouse i feel google\samsung and progammers spent a bunch of time to get it to where it's.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wrayrb:
Hey there,

There is a manual of sorts on the internet at:

http://www.google.com/support/ics/nexus/bin/topic.py?topic=1632130

Its not perfect, but it has answered a lot of my questions.:o

Good Luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z1g1:
Happy with the device but the AT&T Network is the problem

I switched from a Nexus One to a Galaxy Nexus, I love the device but I am having a lot of issues with network connectivity. Calls are dropping and 3g connectivity doesn't hold. Im going to give it a gew days and I hope it improves. I just dropped my AT&T sim in which usually works...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcfar45:
I'm coming from the original Wildfire too! How much better are you finding the GN compared with the Wildfire? (and yes I do know how stupid that question sounds)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vvaffles:
Came from a nexus S to a galaxy nexus, its not as smooth as i thought it would be and the battery life is mediocre. the screen is also a tad too big for my hands, i cant reach the back button on the top left of most apps. that said, the phone is a beautiful peice of work, its thin and light, i guess i am satisfied.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GR36:
i work in tech so i want every new phone out. But i stuck with a S2 for a while as i liked it. But ever since i laied my hands on a nexus I wanted one.

And I love it! I will be the longest phone ive had
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] imsotall:
I love this phone and would urge anyone who isn't sure about upgrading to make the move - you won't be dissappointed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] str355:
it's an excellent phone, i have no problems with mine.

just waiting for adobe to update flash, so some of the apps i use are available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] G1ost-26:
jep same for me here... i'm running the nexus with some stock rom and francos kernel... and i love it! Only thing missing is flash ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BorgCymru:
Is it the same as Eee Pad Transformer TF101 Firmware: V8.6.5.13 Only for US SKU (Android 3.2.1)

And where can I find a stock Kernal please ?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Frenk 19:
is there an application or a change in the registry that will allow me to increase the volume of my HTC HD7?
[HTC Titan] MaziarAmiri:
Congrats on your new phone :D

Have you noticed any ghosting on the screen or any lag in the OS/games ?
[HTC Titan] cyberstrategist:
I have not noticed any ghosting or lag at this point. I've had it only a couple days now and will add some more apps tonight to test it some more. So far, though, I have been pleased with the phone.
[HTC Titan] bennyj71:
Storage

You said you had a 32GB card in your Focus. What are you doing about your music/videos. I have a bunch of music that isn't in Zune Pass. Tried the Sky Drive option, but it isn't that great.
[HTC Titan] cyberstrategist:
I haven't yet decided on this. I'm not one to put my personal items in the cloud knowing it's not all that secure just yet (if it ever will be). So I'm manually manipulating what's on the phone vs not. It's tedious at times but until I know my data is secured enough [military encryption maybe?] then I may start doing it...
[HTC Titan] jgibo:
I switched too. I am missing my dark blue I used on my Focus. Can't unlock yet since Chevron has no tokens right now. If I can get screen capture, my color blue and unlock the internet sharing without that annoying AT&T notice I will be a happy camper.
[HTC Titan] drokkon:
I notice ghosting.

OP: Sounds like we have similar experiences making the same switch from Focus > Titan!
[HTC Titan] cyberstrategist:
Do you have a specific ghosting scenario that makes it stand out most? I can tet it on my Titan and see what I come up with...
[HTC Titan] drokkon:
It's actually quite simple: the full program list on a black theme should do it. When you scroll, the words quite clearly "stretch" or blur slightly, and they blur in the opposite direction (eg - downward blur when the font is moving up), which leads me to agree with those who call it "ghosting." It's subtle enough that someone could easily convince me that this is an "effect" and intended by the UI.

That said, I don't notice it one bit. I also don't notice any pixellation on the large screen and prefer the natural (eg - less saturated) colors of the screen as compared to the Focus.

All in all, the screen is beautiful and I have zero complaints.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
I will +1 that!
[HTC Titan] hg23:
I also upgraded from a Focus to a Titan.

I like everything about the phone (finally got LED notifications again, large screen, beautiful build, slim design, light weight, GREAT call quality, better reception so far, no more fingerprint smudges all over the back, love the sound-enhancer, and over-all faster).

The only thing that really gets me so far is the lack of an Super AMOLED screen. Putting it next to my Focus, the difference is so obvious. If this phone had a Super AMOLED it would be perfect...
[HTC Titan] meandu229:
DO you get led notifcations for sms? Thats what im missing from my titan
[HTC Titan] hg23:
I'll post about it once I get a text, still haven't gotten one yet
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
LED notification for SMS and emails - isn't built in for WP7 yet. There are no apps either that can do it.

However, this is a requested and highly voted feature for next update. I think you guys should vote for it too!
[HTC Titan] bennyj71:
Got my Titan yesterday. Wow. I haven't thought about touching my Focus since I powered up the Titan. I synced my apps and music and now I have 600megs free. :[ I'm really gonna have to trim some fat as that is just music and apps. Other than that the phone is awesome.

On a side note, there is a big difference in performance using older SIM cards. I have two Titans. I have a two month old SIM in mine. My nephew has a 1 year old SIM. His phone keep losing signal, and was unable to connect websites on multiple tries. I thought it was his phone, so I swap my SIM and everything was blazing. I'm getting another as the newest ones are slightly slimmer than mine.

Hope this helps you guys out.
[HTC Titan] hg23:
I can confirm the LED appears to only indicate power charging. Interesting about the SIM card. I'll see if my old one makes a difference.

Sent from my TITAN
[HTC Titan] lavieest:
I also upgraded from a focus to a titan. But on my titan the camera button stopped working after <24 hours of use and I have to send it in to HTC for repairs. But even with the short amount of usage time (I used the phone almost exclusively as the power in my area had been out for four days) the build quality and speed were phenomenal. I was also surprised at how well the titan fit into various pockets and how the nice the screen was.
[HTC Titan] onesikpuppy:
LED also blinks on missed calls.
[7 Mozart General] Nomi92:
Ok so heres the deal, I have a HTC Mozart with the mugen 1800 mAh battery and i still see bad battery life. The phone doesnt last the entire day without a charge. I take it off charging at about 8 - 9 AM and it needs recharging at 8 PM. This battery, especially with the new mugen battery is not acceptable, my actual battery only lasted 8 hours.

Also twice the phone has shutdown automatically and it wouldnt turn on. Only after removing the battery and replacing it did the phone turn on again. What is the problem here? Would a factory reset resolve the problem?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You

Nomi92
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Features of 4EXT Recovery Classic:

(Use 4EXT Recovery Control or Recovery Updater for complete Changelogs and Known issues!)

not all features may be relevant for all devices

Displays additional information:

Identifies your current rom and displays its name

Current filesystems on your partitions

Free space remaining of all of your volumes

Current battery charge level

Backup | Restore:

Correctly calculates free space needed to complete a backup ( version > 2.2.6 RC4 )

Tar backups (can be switched on or off)

Complete CWMR5 compatibility

All Backups you create will be named after your currently installed Rom for easier identification.

Never unwillingly get "downgraded" to EXT3 again

Always restores backups using the file systems you HAD on your partitions at the time of creation!

-> all partitions formatted with ext4 at that time, will be restored to ext4. The same is true for ext3.​

You can manually change any existing Backup to ext4 or ext3

-> so that after a restore, all partitions and up with the file system you wanted!​

Advanced Backup: backup only a single partition

Convert any of your partitions to EXT4 or EXT3 without data loss.

Formatting:

When you wipe or format it will always use the same file system you currently have.

-> but you can change that​

When you format ext4 it will always create an aligned file system

Correctly identifies unformatted sd-ext partitions

-> if it finds one it displays a warning and suggests you may format them by visiting the 4EXT menu​

Filesystem check and repair option in advanced menu

Partitioning:

Alignment check of your partitions

Full support for up to 2 sd-ext partitions + swap (Backup/restore/format/convert, fsck, et.c.)

(RE-) Partition your sdcard for sd-ext without removing your fat32 partition.

All partitions created with 4EXTRecovery will be perfectly aligned to 4k

Installing:

Integrated md5sum checking option

Menus:

Most popular menu items rearranged

Format menu

Power Menu + option to reboot into bootloader

Changed Advanced Restore: first select what you want to restore, then select the backup

-> Useful for restoring from "Advanced Backups"​

4ext.prop:

Configuration file on your sdcard where you can set options to be used by 4EXTRecovery

Change all settings conveniently with 4EXT Recovery Control

Many more options to come

Share your settings / themes by packing your config into a flashable theme

Other stuff:

USB Storage Autostart (must be switched on)

Mount usb storage exposes all partitions on your sdcard to the os (not just fat32)

-> you could even partition your sdcard from your PC while connected via USB​

Switch haptic feedback on/off

Button backlights

​
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Recovery Interface Api for Apps and Scripts​

Both: free and paid 4EXT apps now provide a very easy to use interface you can use to access 4EXT Recovery from within your shell scripts or apps.

Features:

wipe cache

wipe dalvik

wipe data / factory reset

install multiple zips at once

backup

If you are interested, please download this zip file with examples​

How to make use of 4EXT Recovery Touch from within updater-scripts:​

Since Beta 1.0.0.3 Beta 4 you can do the following:

identify whether the user is running 4EXT Recovery Touch or not (to use or not to use the following commands)

make use of the native yes/no dialogue (confirm / cancel buttons)

prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( in case you need to use your own 3rd party interactive binary )

​

To identify 4EXT Recovery Touch:

if getprop("ext.edition") == "ng" then

<your code>

endif;

To use the native confirm dialogues:

ui_print("4ext: show_yesno"); # <-- recovery will pause your script and display "yes / no" buttons.
run_program("/sbin/sleep", "2"); # <-- for safety since the above is executed asynchronous

#check the return value by calling:

if getprop("ext.confirm") == "yes" then

<yourcode>

endif;

To prevent recovery from redrawing the screen ( if you want to use an external binary that needs to occupy the screen and get the focus )

ui_print("4ext: disable_scrn_update");

# don't forget to enable it again after your yesno binary or graphical installer is finished, by calling:

ui_print("4ext: enable_scrn_update"); #otherwise the recovery will appear to be frozen as it won't update the screen anymore.
[HTC Desire S] proxuser:
wow very interesting man!

will try now! thanks
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
man i've been looking forward to trying this!!! Forgot about it in the midst of all the ics craziness going on.
[HTC Desire S] blindndumb:
WOW! This is SPECIAL.. Its Just awesome..

Trying It Now :)
[HTC Desire S] Floatshow:
Thanks a lot ! :)
[HTC Desire S] kylon:
great job

but i have a doubt.

in this way there is the possibility to launch accidentally a comand,unless you added a prompt with confimation

there will be the possibility to choose the touch mode or the classic one?
[HTC Desire S] malachay:
Amazing! Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] devwithzachary:
A recovery that uses the touch screen :D :D :D this has made my day, I have always thought this made more sense :P
[HTC Desire S] gordo79:
Very nice cheers
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Flashed it and it works and looks pretty nice, great work, only the confirmation window isn't the fastest^^

Swyped from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
I have 4EXT recovery control, the update notification takes me to the market to update but the update button is missing on the update page. :confused:
[HTC Desire S] gordo79:
Harshs23 had the same trouble had to remove updates for markethall through manage apps then the update showed
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Uninstall it and download the new one from the 4ext site.

I made a fresh instal and it worked like a charm.

Swyped from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Did not need to do any of that, a reboot sorted the issue. Thanks though. :)
[HTC Desire S] Mental_Atom:
Okay this is so awesome :-D flashed already!
[HTC Desire S] Deleted member 4123551:
....

Awesome! :D
[HTC Desire S] harshs23:
Unable to convert ext3 ( original sense 2.1 stock rooted ROM backup) to EXT4, just hangs and have to use the 3 button combo. Is it a bug or is it the ROM?
[HTC Desire S] aajk:
Interesting stuff guys..Will try too!
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Yup. It's out. But it is in testing stage, not exactly RC.... and you need to update your Recovery Control App to use all it's new settings. (There is a HUGE changelog!)
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Madmaxx tweeted something about an update today, 4EXT control v2.2.0 is out and it has a new test version. I didn't have time to check it myself, if anyone does, please report what you see :)
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
It supports theming in-app now... and there are a ton of advanced recovery options in the new app... you can omit backing up /cache and /dalvik if you want to save space and have smaller backups... in case of an md5 sum mismatch, the recovery now asks if you want to restore the backup anyway... and many more such new features. Sorry the changelog was too big to type out... but it's a very significant update!

P.S. : And it's much smoother and faster!!!!:D:D:D

EDIT: You on twitter man? Never seen you around...:p
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
just got hold of the 2.2.0 apk and installed it then updated to the test version will report back when I've tested :)
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
All i needed to hear :)

And yes, i am on twitter, but i'm not really active. I just follow some of the android and iOS devs for updates. Same username as everywhere else, shrome99 :p
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
just done a backup but haven't tested the themes or anything else but so far so good :)
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
Already there, flashed this morning via app

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
well the themes work :P
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Hi madmaxx82.

recently we had a case of an user who was unable to restore his Stock backup (actually the restoration was sucessfull, but he got a bootloop).

So I would like to ask of your opinion.

In the new bootloader 2.00.0002 for Desire S there is a separate library partition. So the partitioning will look like this:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /system/lib
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p30 /devlog

On the old ones 0.98.0000 or 0.98.0002 is it :

/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /devlog

IMO the Recovery is not backing up the separate lib partition on the new bootloader resulting in a bootloop upon restore. Please share your thoughts...
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
nice theme you chose there :) got some?
[HTC Desire S] luky4:
Please link to 4EXT 1.0.0.4 RC1 testing.

Thanks
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
just download and install the 4EXT updater tool. run the app and pick the version of your choice.
[HTC Desire S] luky4:
He says he does not find updates.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Are you crazy?

Posting paid apps? In my thread?

" for those who want to test." ? Why do you think the free app includes all features of the paid for 3 days?

Now tell me how I should react. Working 12hrs*7*3 on that one and you post it HERE?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Ban the bugger!! I'm going to report this to the mods... BTW, did he link the recovery updater or the recovery control? I don't know if he's linked the free or paid app... And I don't want to download and verify warez...

I can understand you being upset madmaxx... I would be too, if people stole my work... And this idiot had the nerve to post it on your very thread!! Verify which version it is, and report this to the moderator man. This needs to be stopped!

EDIT: Reported.

Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Thanks, it's the paid one from market. Wouldn't have posted otherwise.
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
sorry about that I thought it was free to xda members :$ won't happen again please accept my deepest apologies.

p.s thank you for all the hard work involved and for a great app and once again sorry for the mistake.
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
If it would, he had linked it himself at the op.

And there is no need for it, because there is already a free for everyone version.

Swifted from my Desire S far away from my PC