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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trevoryour:
Coming from a Razr

My Nexus while at first seemed great actually has a few issues that are making me second guess my decision to return my Razr.

1. When switching from Wifi to 3g/4g my data stops working. I have to switch to airplane mode then back to restore it.

2. The speaker phone is aweful. While in the car its completley useless. I spend half of my conversation repeating myself becuase the other person can't hear me. I did a comparison with my wife Incredible and it was night and day.

3. When typing on the keyboard I notice that they keys being registered are not the keys I am pressing. Not all the time but on average its worse than the razr. The upside of this is that the autocorrection of ICS fixes the mistakes so its a wash in the end but still annoying.

4. MTP file transfer fail often when transfering files. I ended up using a wifi ftp server to get my titanium backup files.

5. Audio breaks up when trying to stream over bluetooth. Worked flawlessly on my Razr.

The last two are not so much bugs as design limitations.

6. No SD slot...I mean really... why can't nexus phones have sd cards.

7. No voice search button with the rest of the "buttons"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wendellc:
Payed $690 for mine from handtec and probably gonna do it again if my wife wants one. No regrets here!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mkhyper1:
I'm very satisfied.

Everyone should remember that this phone is brand new. As a Google Experience phone, we'll be getting frequent updates so any issues you are seeing should be resolved quickly. Also, since ICS is brand new, there are still apps with some issues. These will work themselves out over time as well.

The Hardware is rock-solid and I love the performance.

I'm still thinking that a Samsung Note may be the next best thing when it arrives in the US but as far as what's available now, the Google Nexus is top notch.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shoman24v:
Does this thing take widescreen photos?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ZPrimed:
Most would consider this a positive, as most would call it Verizon "bloatware."

I'm guessing you can probably download it from the market since it is a verizon phone...?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mil0X:
I'm REALLY happy so far! Got mine today and upgrading from a Nexus S, DAMN! the difference is big! Loving it!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] koszor:
is it just me or did my rezound get better reception?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leoaudio13:
I'm 1000% satisfied. It worth every single penny you put on it. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] voxigenboy:
my rezound got both better reception and much faster data speeds
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ninickck:
yes. i am satisfied with my GN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eagle132:
I will say that I love the device, but it has two MAJOR issues that are vital game changers for me. One is that the battery life is HORRIBLE. If I let the phone sit asleep/idle for 2 hours, the battery will be down 20% when I open it back up. "Android OS" is the main battery drain when looking in settings, and 4G is disabled. On the upside of this, I would assume that this (to some extent anyway) can be fixed through a software update. It can't come soon enough!

The second issue is actually even bigger for me, but won't affect all users. I almost solely use my phones on vibrate mode, never a ringer. I was coming from the OG Droid (though I can say that all previous phones I've owned have had better vibrates) and simply cannot feel my Galaxy Nexus vibrate, basically ever. If it's in my pocket, forget it I can't feel it vibrate, especially if I'm walking. I've already missed quite a few calls and texts due to this. Even if my Nexus is sitting on a hard table, the buzz it creates is barely audible. I cannot fathom how Google or Samsung could release a flagship product with such a terrible flaw.

So, do I recommend the phone? If you don't use vibrate, then yes. It's quite incredible. Get the extended battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kamikaze901:
Extremely satisfied with my Nexus. Finally able to let my OGDroid retire.

And I don't know about you guys but my battery is good. I'm at 23 hours strong with 26% left.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frankenbike:
I'm very happy with mine, butt...

I expected it to "not be ready for prime time" as a first OS update release. So no "expectation failure". Also, I'm coming from a Windows 6.5 phone (Imagio). No matter what problems an Android phone has, it'll be a huge improvement when you're coming from that.

I bought the Nexus, because it has a very low probability of becoming an "orphan phone". It should just keep getting better and better.

I figure the battery problems are the same cause as the battery problems on my old phone: software engaging or trying to engage the radio all the time so you can get you alerts when something new comes in (gChat, yahoo mail, updates, etc). When I changed the Imagio's registry to turn off the data on program exit, it increased battery life from hours to days.

If/when I can set programs to only use data when they're front and center, I bet I'll get the same effect. Maybe Tasker in a few weeks will accomplish this (mixed results for the people I know trying it on the GN right now, since Tasker isn't ready for ICS yet).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mauro2004:
I am extremely satisfied so far, I came from a HTC Desire S. I really like ICS. I am satisfied with the battery time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mikeandjaimie:
I love it! Coming from an HTC desire.. Which was a beast of a phone, this thing is an awesome successor. It's durable, knocked it around and dropped it several times already, no marks, or damage heh. Its fast as hell, and super smooth.. Ics rules, though as stated, some Apps need updating, they are being done fast.. Most I use daily already have been.

The battery issues everyone talks about are typically from screen being on high or the poor default auto brightness settings (I use manual at about 30% and its more than bright enough indoors), or the Android OS because you have 20 programs syncing every 3-10 minutes..

I'm using the bell version from Canada on Telus and it comes with a great radio flashed so I have had no issues with wifi or 4g, both are stable and fast. I bought the phone outright and all I can say is it was well worth the money!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
Same upgrade path, same thoughts. Popped in my SIM and I've been smiling since, even with the few software faults. I'm hoping those will be gone when 4.0.3 hits.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] propyls:
Coming from a thunderbolt and still have the thunderbolt (gave it to my daughter) here's what I've noticed.

So far my

Pros.

Screen is amazingly beautiful

Browser is much better on ICS

text input is much more accurate on ICS

Like the placement of the microUSB and headphone slots

Cons

GN's build quality doesn't feel as solid. It's more "plasticy" feeling and the build materials seem cheaper.

It doesn't seem to handle simultaneous 3g and voice at the same time like the thunderbolt did.

The camera is possibly the worst camera I've ever had on a mobile phone.

My last 4 phones have had a power button on the top, not on the side, so I'm a bit crazy over this at the moment.

Having poor reception issues like every one else has mentioned. Hoping a patch solves this.

The audio quality through the earpiece speaker is worse than my Thunderbolt. I had to return the first GN I bought because it had a defective speaker. The second is better, but still sounds like a very mid tone tin can sort of sound compared to the thunderbolt.

Holding both phones side by side the thunderbolt gets 1 to 2 more bars of strength and its speedtest app results are faster.

Phone gets a bit hotter than I think it should when its working just a little hard. I cant imagine what its going to do when I'm tethering 4g between multiple devices.

Wish the search button and menu button came back to the nav buttons.

Wish we still just had an sd card.

So far I feel like I upgraded my display and downgraded everything else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhinck1414:
I am coming from a galaxy S fascinate and I am loving my stay in the galaxy nexus camp so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
I'm coming from a Nexus S that already has ics on it so I've felt the ics experience beforehand. A lot of the reviews that I've seen online prior to buying the GN was that the only thing separating the GN from the rest of the android phones was ics.

I say that's foolish. No matter what hardware there is right now, the phone still represents the Nexus line; The Google experience. That being said, I love the phone even more than I thought I would've:

Coming from a Nexus S, having a notification light gives me sheer joy.

The screen display is absolutely gorgeous despite what others may say about the pentile matrix inconsistencies.

Onscreen buttons are something fresh and the design of the phone is very nice and surprisingly sturdy, even with plastic material.

But I guess what makes me really proud to have the phone is that its from the nexus line.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GaresTaylan:
Go try the camera on the Bionic. That is easily one of the worst I have used. Even after updates Motorola still can't get it right. It takes forever for the thing to launch and even longer for it to actually take a picture.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] propyls:
LOL fair enough, but this thing compared to an htc camera is just flat out disgusting.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
You can already do this without any 3rd party apps. If you open the Data Usage dialog in Settings, scroll down to view the apps and their data usage. When you see the one that you would like to only use in the foreground, touch it, and scroll down to the Restrict Background Data check box. This does require you to set a mobile data limit first, but you can just set it to something outrageous like 100 gigs, and it won't ever show up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Icfatpeople:
I went from a DROID x2 and I'm 99% happy. The only thing I'm missing is Skype
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sgravel:
Just reactivated my Dinc. Not sure whether the GN is going back or I will wait for a software update yet.

Show stoppers for me:

Signal strength is poor. Frequently I have no network at all.

Speaker volume is low. Don't feel like I should need an app to fix that on a flagship phone.

Bluetooth A2DP mysteriously drops with a couple devices I have. Requires reboot.

Bluetooth AVRCP is exclusively limited to Google Music, which is a big deal for me as I am an audiobook nerd and need to frequently play / pause.

Missing the SD slot, but I knew that going in.

The first two are biggies. I get alerts from work on my phone, and if I miss one, I will end up having a very, very bad day. The display on this thing is great. I like the layout of the buttons, etc. Not sure how much of this is ICS and how much is the GN. May get another device that runs GB at the moment but will get the ICS update either via carrier or CM. At least then I have options...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wanderfowl:
Incredibly so, loving my LTE GNex. The reception isn't quite as good as the Bionic's, and the battery drains a bit more quickly, but the hardware is absolutely excellent otherwise, with wonderful software and a great screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] motopig:
Skype has been updated and both front and rear cameras are now working. There's room for improvement for video quality still.

IMHO no phone is immune to this.

A2DP hasn't dropped for me yet streaming whatever to my laptop running XP. Only if I can get A2DP working under Fedora.

I have to try AVRCP some time, but I don't have a capable headphone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidsinaus:
I kept mine for about 3 days and then returned it. I had most of the problems mentioned here, but a few things really bothered me that I haven't seen mentioned:

1. The volume for ringer and notifications are a single slider. Google fixed this ages ago, but have gone backwards with ICS. I needed my ringer volume set fairly loud in our home, but I didn't want every bloody email to frighten me out of my wits. The only option I had was to set the notification tone to "silent". Then, of course, I got no notifications at all, which wasn't really a solution either.

2. Building on item 1, I love the feature of being able to resize widgets, but the stock widgets are clearly ported from Honeycomb with little detail paid to the smaller screen, different orientation, and ergonomics of a telephone user. For example, try putting the email widget and calendar widget on one screen along with anything else. On my current phone, I have Beautiful Widgets weather/clock, email, agenda and 8 icons on the home screen. With one glance I can see my entire day or quickly access my frequently used apps. Impossible on the Galaxy Nexus, and probably any other ICS phone without ripping out the UI and replacing it with something like ADWLauncher. And if you do that, what's the point of having ICS (obvious other benefits, I know, but you spend most of your day using the UI)?

So I was disappointed. My phone is a business tool and missing emails from my boss or text messages from servers is not acceptable. And I can't stay within 6 feet of it 24/7.

I'm hoping Google corrects some of these in an upcoming software release. I know people on the Verizon forum are having a fit about item 1.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oioisaveloy:
The "Quick Settings" app lets you set notification volume independently of ringer volume.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Majjjjo:
Hello lads

two question (...and sorry if were already posted somewhere)

1.) how to get my GN vibrate automatically when in pocket through accelerometer or proximity?

2.) is there any possibility to set and consequently turn off any data exchange over night?

Thanks and ciao

Majjjjo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phaze one:
Yes, I am.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Esteway.619:
Extremely satisfied:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dtokarz:
Very satisfied. I have no problem being patient waiting for the updates to fix any problems/shortcomings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pesho00:
Up to now - fully satisfied.

Yes it can be better and might be SGS 3 will be, but than again we need to change HW from time to time;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sushi-Brobbo:
I've had mine for a bit under a month now and I'm quite satisfied with my GN. It looks great, functions well and ICS is just lovely to use. Over the course of four years, I had used two iPhones and for this to be my first Android device, I think this is a pretty good start. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Peesashiz:
1. There is no real way to do that as far as i know. the fastest way to do that is to press the volume rocker and then press the phone icon. Or, if you're running a rom, it may have toggles in the notification bar. Also, some apps like Beautiful Widgets let you create widget toggles to put on your homescreen, including vibrate.

2. The best way would be to turn on airplane mode. or you can go to settings and disable data. but you would have to do this manually. However, there are some third party apps that can do this automatically based on what time it is, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] likethesun18:
Completely satisfied, except sometimes reboot accidently :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] terralthra:
I am extremely satisfied with my Nexus thus far. Running GummyNex with a custom boot animation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alex2792:
I used the Gnex for a couple of weeks,but went back to the iPhone. Battery life was horrible even with 4G turned off and reception was also noticeably worse. The screen was nice,but pentile ruined it for me especially when scrolling websites. It also wasn't very smooth especially the transition from the app drawer to home screen had noticeable lag on every rom I've tried.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] musashihatred:
What nexus have u bought?

Im getting this one by the end of yhe month and i thnk its pretty nce :)

Sent from my GT-S5360
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alex2792:
I had the LTE Verizon version. I'm not sure why they even added LTE though since the phone would have to remain tethered to the charger in order for it to be useful. I got around 2.5hrs of use with LTE turned on before giving up on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cd78:
Really satisfied. Running a great custom rom and the phone does everything I need it to, but quicker and prettier. And that screen is awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Takhiarel:
Satisfied for the time being.

Though; I have a question : I did not receive the 4.0.3 update for the Galaxy Nexus, I'm stuck to 4.0.2 (which is problematic, I want to install custom kernels & they all require 4.0.3).

I have the GSM version (I live in France).

Is it normal ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shinobi007:
Not really satisfied at the moment. Actually i have some trouble to get my Nexus determinate my location in weahter Apps or something like that.

It is absolutly not possible to find my position. But it is not really an issue with my GPS, because in maps it finds my location immediately....

And at the moment i absolutly do not know how to fix it

so, a little update: i unrooted my Nexus, falshed the original Google image and everything worked fine. Acutally i do not know where the problem is with the Custom Roms, but for the moment i am just happy that there is not really a problem with my Nexus, besides it does not like Custom Roms...

If any one could help me with my "problem" i would be very happy. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dnmo:
Hi,

i tried to hide folders from stock gallery with .nomedia, after deleting the contents of com.google.android.gallery3d and rebooting the folders are still present in gallery?!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dr Tone:
Doesn't work for me either. Is there an alternative?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plisk3n:
I am also having this issue. Anyone want to chime in?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] widdle:
I had this problem too. However this seems to work. I used ES File Explorer for this

1. Create the .nomedia file in the folder.

2. Rename the folder.

3. Open the Gallery app. It should start to rescan. Depending on how many files are there it will slowly reduce the file count as its scanning and then the folder will disappear once its gets to zero.

4. Rename the folder back to original name if you want.

Hope that works for everyone else. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plisk3n:
Works! thx!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fadi33:
great, this worked for me. was tired of seeing all the cover albums show up on my gallery app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
Add a dot before the folder name

.folder for example

And it shouldn't be scanned
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lutyz:
that's the cache under some special folder.
[Android Apps and Games] ferinferin:
anyone have uptodate for android?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
I read in the manual under the tethering chapter that USB tethering works out of the box on Windows, Mac OS X, or latest Linux distros.

Spend all day yesterday trying to get it to work on my 15" MBP running Lion 10.7.2 with no luck.

Is there anyone that can point me to the right direction to get this to work. I do not want to use third party tethering apps.

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
Not going to work ; where did you read it works on Lion?

ICS is still using NDIS based USB tether and Mac OS X (Snow Leopard thru to Lion) does not support this.

I just tested this - plugged GN to my Mac while USB tethering is on, if it was a non NDIS Mac compatible network adapter via USB it would have showed up in System Preferences, Network - it didn't

If I redirect the USB to my Windows VM on Fusion right away an NDIS adapter showed up and the Windows VM worked with tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
It's in the manual under the tethering. Clearly states Mac as one of the options.

"Share your phone's data connection via USB

If your computer is running Windows 7, Mac OS X, or a recent distribution of some flavors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you can follow these instructions without any special preparation.

If you're running a version of Windows that precedes Windows 7, or some other operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB.

1 Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable.

A USB icon appears at the top of the screen, and the notification Connected as a media device or Connected as a camera appears briefly at the top of the screen. For the purposes of tethering, the type of connection doesn't matter.

2 Go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3 Check USB tethering.

Your computer is now sharing your device's data connection.

4 To stop sharing your data connection, uncheck USB tethering or disconnect the USB cable."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oilfighter:
Have you tried something like PdaNet?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
I'd like to get it to work natively without the third party apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AdamHart612:
Getting USB tethering working seemed like a huge hassle on my MBP, just use Bluetooth tether or hotspot is your best option
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Its a big hassle to set up USB tether on OSX. It requires creating a new network config in system preferences and setting it up properly. Super annoying I ended up just WiFi tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
So have you seen an NDIS 10.7 driver stack - I haven't.. I don't think it's at all possible with a standard AOSP ICS device
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oilfighter:
There are a few benefits though.

- I'm on T-Mobile, so for me, I don't have to fork over another payment just for tethering.

- They've already bundled all the software you need in one neat package, so it takes most of the guess work out, especially on mac
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
That new config settings config is what I need. Do you mind sharing the parameters? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
Wait so nobody knows? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
Just use wifi. You can still keep the phone charged over USB while doing that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
That's given and its not the point. I wanna know how to USB tether since the tutorial states that is possible on a mac os x...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
The earlier poster is in error.. USB Tethering is RNDIS only = NO SUPPORT ON MAC OS X.

Unless you are planning on writing an RNDIS driver you are out of luck with the built in ICS tethering. You will need to use a 3rd party app like EasyTether or just use WiFi tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] milan03:
I just don't understand why did Google talk about USB tethering support out of the box in International GN manual as well as in Verizon's manual. WTF?! :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ElmarK:
I have the same question.

I am not on Verizon (living in Germany), and have a GSM native GN. In the (online) manual it is clearly stated that it works with Mac and cable. But as the others have written and as I experienced, it simply does not work :-(

Please do not tell me that I should use Wifi ;-) Yes, this works, but it consumes much more battery compared to cable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcliveiii:
i got it easy by using HTC sensation XL it has two options windows or MAC OS tethering ,, but i cant do it here on GN there is an app can do that .ClockworkMod Tether ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skuzz:
Oddly enough, if you plug a Nexus S into a Mac and do USB tethering, it works fine using RNDIS or some other witchcraft.