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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cbutters:
I agree with most of what you are saying... nothing makes me angrier than trying to use google search on android's mobile browser, and not being able to add additional words onto the end of my search string because I can't Freaking scroll the text over to enter it in. (I do think this is a webpage issue possible though, because it happens on iphone as well)

I think they should have gotten rid of the flip button (task switcher button) and have that be the settings button, then just have the HOME button be a long press for task switching.... simple, effective, makes sense.. consistent. I guess having settings in the app allows developers to have more control, but I think consistency would be better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tsoflyyup:
yawns, i respect your opinion. But i can list 15 things wrong with IOS5 as well. Overall ICS and android has matured over the few years android has existed. No product software/hardware is perfect. Most of the issues can be corrected with customization. Like i said i respect your complaints and opinions, but i just feel they are picky...Comparing the OS from my G1 to what android is now, i LOVE IT
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mstyle88:
Thanks for typing this up. While I still plan on buying it, I like to get a well-rounded opinion about the device and software. I have to agree with #12. Launching this device exclusively on one carrier and then delaying it is very embarrasing. I know, the better developers will have a Verizon account or buy the phone unlocked from an international dealer, but still not good. It makes it more difficult for app developers to work their apps for ICS.

I had to laugh at Eric Schmidt's thought that ICS will be #1 for development in 6 months. ICS wont be off exclusivity or on any other devices for at least 3 months.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _hyperdude:
First of all, the theme Android has used for Honeycomb and ICS - holographic, blue themes, etc. - is awesome. Everybody has their own opinion but for me it's no turn off.

As far as action button placement, Google's central idea on that is leave it to the developer to say where it goes - in the top bar? Bottom ribbon action bar? Wherever is more appropriate for the app design. Matias himself said he's pushing Android to a more unified UI style without straight-jacketing it (ala iOS).

As for apps being compatible with new releases, it's up to the developers to keep that up. Google is not responsible for if Swype or Facebook doesn't update their app before a new release.

And for saying Google should help Facebook, why should they? You realize Google has their own social network, don't you? It sounds like you do know that in the past Google has let Facebook basically hack their way into your contacts list separate from the Contacts API, but later blacklisted that because it didn't conform to their data exportability policy and API. "the majority of their users will require his [sic] service." Since the 2.3 update that cut out Facebook's hackish ways, customers who want Facebook integration in their Android phones should get something non-Nexus. That's why Google is advertising the deep integration with G+, not social media in general.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sim-1:
Couldn't agree more. This could easily become the best Android phone I've bought (and I had them all), but at the same time it's the first one (and only one) I cannot stand because of the too many hiccups and bugs it has. Can you believe that I haven't put my main SIMcard in it yet? I keep playing with it at home, trying new roms and kernels, but when it comes to using it as my main phone... we're a long way from it!

- The Stock browser is not that good (have you tried to write something in a forum and then move the cursor back in the text to change a word? Good luck with that!!) and Dolphin Browser is not yet supported.

- As we know, Flash doesn't work yet (this is just hilarious).

- The stock Keyboard in the browser doesn't correct your mispelled words, and Smart Keyboard Pro doesn't work all the times.

- speakers are too quite, I have found a workaround using Volume + (but beware! The version available in the market is not working).

- if you try any animated wallpaper, UI will slow down painfully.

In the end as much as I love its gorgeous screen and huge potential, as things are now, I find it one of the most detestable phones out there.

Great job, Samsung/Google!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Danny80y:
Nice write up....but so many of your complaints are just because you don't like them. Really your complaining about the color.... I'm sorry so much bothers you because honestly ICS makes Android and the Galaxy Nexus a great phone! Windows phone is a far cry from being compared to Android and IOS.

I'm all for putting out there the faults of devices but if you say I like Android -cut- I hate everything about it bla bla bla....um... how can you like it if you think another brand or device works better?? Wouldn't that mean you like _____ << insert favorite OS here?? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sim-1:
But on my Lumia 800 I can write effortlessly on this and every other forum, and things just work well!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
I agree, colour is generally subjective. But what they've gone for is almost universally accepted as a poor choice by designers.

And to the dude above: I know very well that I can patch around a lot of these issues. I mentioned that in the article. However, most users buy this phone, don't root and don't change much.

ICS is good. IT could have been great.

And saying Google shouldn't be concerned that third party apps don't work is incredibly ignorant.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jrl022:
I was just using Whatapp two days ago and it was working fine. Is there something specific you were having problems with?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AntonyStark:
Three words. Point Zero one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
Mine FCs on startup. I think having group chats may kill it. I've read this in a few places.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
All I see is waaah waah wahhh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enumBoss:
I have to respectfully disagree with most of your observations.

I love almost everything about the redesign. I don't miss the search button at all. I love the color scheme, and don't really care about app incompatibilities because well, it's a Nexus device. It's a brand new OS version and really made for early adopters. Developers will work out the kinks and you'll see more ICS support for common apps in the next week or two, I'd guess.

I do agree with you about the inconsistent action bar. Google should put it in one place for all their core apps. 3rd party apps, you can't dictate, though. I don't mind the slight difference in look in some apps, though. I love the new People app and the way it's set up. But I don't think it fits in everywhere, so I'm glad they didn't force it in all over the place and try to look like WP7.

I can't comment on the UK speech settings, as I'm in the US and not using it. Really lame if it doesn't work, though. I also don't really mind the new text box look. It was a little confusing when I first saw it, but they're not that hard to recognize after you get used to it. I have mixed feelings about the permanent search box. I like it because it doesn't take a ton of space - especially with the 720p display. But I wish there was more customization.

All that said, I think the positives hugely outweigh the negatives. Most of what you posted is a little nitpicking. I don't blame you complaining about things not working as they should, but beyond that, I think the OS has come a very long way and looks amazing all around. Google has already said this is just the beginning of Android's design changes to make it more accessible and fun to use.

I can't wait to see Cyanogenmod's finished launcher. I know they made the search box removable, but we'll see. I do still love the stock launcher, too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CanaganD:
The ultimate question is:

Would you use another OS? I sure as hell would not! ICS is the best thing out there right now by far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rock7632:
agreed. i can't go back to either iOS or GB after using ics for the last 2

weeks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
To add the injuries, here are some things that are bad in ICS:

1. Contact photo is still low resolution after synced with GMAIL Contacts. This issue has not yet been solved for years already! Why? Do you run out of storage space to hold high resolution images?

2. The app drawer icon position in the button bar cannot be changed. I hate that thing, because I can't put Phone app there.

Why? If the argument is to never loose the app drawer, at least give ability to change the position.

3. Request Desktop version on the web browser doesn't stick!

Grrrt...!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
lol. Grrrtt.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] $ahil:
To sum up your entire post: Nothing's perfect.

We know. But Google has done a superb job fixing many things, and hey will continue to improve in new updates to 4.0.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MattSkeet:
1. Don't care .the only thing that is weird is white background in people app. I'd prefer it to be black like in missed call section.

2. Really? Icons brother you that much when you can change them?

3. The whole google isn't working properly in Android browser. Try searching for images in desktop view and tell my chow do you change to larger images ... this is issue that needs to be addressed directly to Google its not a browser issue

4. I presume you're an American. Here on the old continent we don't use gtalk. Well at least none of my friends is using this. We have things like Skype which is far more popular in EU

5. I'm guessing you're from Texas then :-). Well my accent isn't really British and everything I date 9 out of 10 times is spelt correctly. Ha I can even say that I use dictation more than actual keyboard. Its easier for me to say the text message then type it especially with my second language which Android keyboard does not have dictionary. So I can speak in either one of the two of my languages and its veeeeeeery accurate

6. Blame the developers not Google. They should be ready for new os

7. I love the search box its easy and accessible.

8. I love tron design. However I have to agree its a bit of hit and miss when it comes to design but colours can be changed in custom roms I bet that CM team will do it .

9. Wtf are you taking about. I'm typing this msg and didn't press home bar even once. Anyway try taping between space bar and home button .... it won't even work. Have you got arthritis?

10. Don't see problem here either.

11. Anything with action bar that you don't know what it does just press and hold on the icon there will be pop up window.

12. Again blame developers. Look at rovio. They could update their games at the same time for all devices and os but they choose not to. If the developer can be bothered to update his app in timely manner than who's fault is that?

13. agree with that.

14. Huh?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
Hold up, are you in the UK? And you speech to text works? I know it's not my accent because it'll get the first few words fine and I could use Gingerbread perfectly.

And yeah I use GTalk in the UK. It's free video calls to all my Android buddies :)

I really don't get why people don't think it's in Google's interest to get Third Party apps on here. Samsung sent out their S2 to devs (including Cyanogen) prior to release. It's a sensible business move to include your stakeholders if you're changing something that they can easily work around. Even competitors. You know Google work closely with Apple on their iOS apps, right?

Also, no I wouldn't change it for the world. As mentioned I love Android, and I can work around it just fine (pending Cyanogen). I wrote this from a designer/consumer point of view. I think OS should be like wallpaper. If an OS is designed well, you shouldn't notice it's there. The ICS blue is like Marmite: you either love it or hate it. It's really not neutral and goes against so many UX design principles. Brave for trying, but I don't want whacky; I want easy to use, neutral and easy on the eye.

Also, it'd be nice if the advertised features worked out of the box.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noobdeagle:
Tbh the blue on black looks really nice to me. I get the whole taboo of it but it still looks nice probably why they went with a more neon blue

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drouse:
Boot issue?

Last night I flashed clockwork mod on my phone and downloaded miui thru clock work. When it finished I did the back up and let it install . Once it rebooted it would not get past white htc screen. I then tried to go into recovery and could not. Finally I got it to recovery. Wiped everything and flashed my previous rom RCMix3d Runny. It still would not work. Thought what the hell and reflash miui. *****now this where I get lost ...Sense rom will not boot just loops. Miui gets booted up then able to unlock screen then reboots. I just would like to go back to RCMix3d Runny and get my phone back. Any help would be great. I can get into recovery so I hope its not Dead.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Your first mistake is using Clockwork Mod.

Use Amon Ra.

Wipe everything except SD Card; and Battery Stats, unless you're fully charged, then flash the ROM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drouse:
Thats what I am using now. The weird thing is I am able to get into recovery and flash a rom. Flashed all new radios and a couple of roms. with runny gets stuck at white screen. I can flash Miui and i get to the unlock screen. I just flash a a old rom of myns and able to get lock screen on that on then it reboots????? So confussed.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drouse:
I was just able to get myns 2.2 to boot and log in to acounts andthen it just started to reoot :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
click the link in my sig and give that procedure a shot
[Captivate General] ryry2000ad:
I have currently turned on the DND, reject all, silence phone/notifications, & verified the DND is on with the DND notification. It is still allowing emails to sound with a notification during the specified time period.

How do I properly turn on this function?
[Captivate General] roast:
dump miui, last time i used it my gmail account was hacked............
[Captivate General] fatalpuls3:
How was this proven?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
With the closing of RaverX3X's thread {rom}cwm-audiophileX-All your Roms Belong to Us :P (MIUI build), It leaves me and probably a few others out there, is the idea of having a fully working MIUI for our SGS4G still possible? Raver seemed to be the only Dev out there working on this for us but he has now closed his thread after weeks of promising that he would rebuild the MIUI ROM from the ground up and have it fully working for us. Are there any other Devs out there that are secretly working on this for us? Or, has it become a lost cause? Has Raver left us completely, or just got tired of the trolls attacking his thread? With all that said, Raver and many other Devs have brought us some really awesome ROMs and tools for our phones. So, if you guys are listening, we really appreciate what you have done for us thus far, and if there are any plans for the greats like Raver, Krylon360, Dsexton, and DrHonk to name a few, we would be more than overjoyed and appreciative! And to the Devs out there that are secretly working on new ROMs for us, my hat goes off to you and we can't wait to see what you have to offer...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] tehgyb:
Its just the trolls unless I missed something lol but hey what do I know? i'm not raver lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mike-y:
well it's a lot of work, and he's probably tired of working on it, lol. I don't blame him at all, especially after he made some great roms (even a miui themed one).

sometimes people need to take a break, and quit working on things for a while. Then maybe later down the road, someone will pick it back up.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
finals week 16 page final finally done :P
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Exodian:
I feel ya there. I had four of them due this week.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] untalented893:
Take your time Raver, we just like to know that you're still working on it when you can :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
ya it sucks but when it counts for most your grade for the class and if u fail it u fundamentally fail lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Exodian:
Oh believe me I know.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
I apologize Raver. I forgot you was in school. I've been there myself, many many moons ago... Had me a little worried there though...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
removed miss inputed
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] wee22s:
Can somebody please tell me where is the "samsung galaxy ace" section on the main page? I can't find it if im on a pc.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shubhamjain001:
http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/where-did-my-forum-go-3/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] substancer:
Hello,

i think many Galaxy Note users have noticed the lags after usage of some applications.

What is that? Maybe a memory leak ? the memory usage is also very high...

but what exactly causes these lags?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Bugs that will get fixed.
[TG01 General] 0dino:
i dont know what else to do to flash my tg01 with wp7. i tried every guide that i found in this forum but looks like notthing work for me. also jonnyhall1bmx1 helped me to fix it but there is no way. so i made a video maybe someone can help me to find what is wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/user/odino10?feature=guide
[TG01 General] qinwengui:
Invalid CheckSum!

Nand have bad blocks！！No way!!!
[TG01 General] 0dino:
what u mean?
[TG01 General] (InsertNameHere):
Nand, the flash memory on which you write your rom is corrupt, possibly permanently damaged.

Bad blocks cannot be written to.

My suggestion, try and get back to windows mobile, if thats not possible, and that wouldn't surpise me, i dunno what you should do, do you have a riff box handy?
[TG01 General] qinwengui:
The physical bad blocks can not erase used riff jtag box .

NO way！ You understand?
[TG01 General] (InsertNameHere):
Yes i understand, but what if? Has the OP tried? I know what bad blocks are
[TG01 General] 0dino:
wait wait, u guys r confusing me.

i saw in the guides that when u get "invalid checksum" at 99% its a regular error when u flash the wp7boot.bin. why should be different for me?

i can flash back to wm6.5 but it wont start. the phone after i flash back just run a green led for like 3 sec then go off. no i dont have riff box handy.
[TG01 General] mirolg:
NO, is not regular error at 99%- you have to wait 100 % or to flash agai- but you go to next step, to flash wp7 rom ...
[TG01 General] 0dino:
ok then, how to fix it? i tried to flash the wp7.bin again and again... but always the same error.
[TG01 General] (InsertNameHere):
Yes, i think you have a bricked TG01 i am afraid

Unfortunately that is the risk of playing with putting WP7 on your TG01, i should imagine tens of phones have been bricked trying to do this. Its not a safe procedure, and anybody who says otherwise is not telling the truth.
[TG01 General] jonnyhall1bmx1:
its funny how i have said plenty of times not to try and flash wp7 if you are an unexperienced flasher. but yet people choose to ignore my message then i get pm messages from people telling me to fix there tg01 as they have broke it. ive helped a few people out but i do not have the time to help everyone !! so if you try to flash wp7 and you are not 100% on what you are doing and you are unexperienced etc and you brick your device and come running to me asking to fix your tg01 i will just laugh at you
[TG01 General] 0dino:
im wondering how u become so pro without testing....
[TG01 General] jonnyhall1bmx1:
im no pro sometimes some one has to take a leap of faith i think i was the second or 3rd to flash. i bricked my tg01 several times flashing wp7 because i didnt know any 1 that flashed it that could give me tips. because I risked my tg01 flashing wp7 i can now report back to unexperienced people that, wp7 is too buggy and is not worth the risk ;)
[TG01 General] lovexiexin1314:
The same experience......

I have the same ERROR!

I guess the NAND is bad.

I tried to use RIFF BOX,but cannot be restored...

I'll find a new method...

That's really a tragedy!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] outcircuit:
Using the blazerrom.

For some reason, I can't download any apps today. Never had this problem before.

I called sprint and they said I probably need to accept the firmware update. I rather not lose root to do this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] redram38:
If you are talking about paid apps it is a google problem. I had the same issue earlier but finally got it to take.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] brunogdb:
Recently I've installed the BatteryCalibration 'cause my phone doesn't turn on for a long time after installed CyanogenMod. After the installation of this app, I saw the mV level on this app, and my maximum always appears 3 or 4 mV.

Looking at the Google, various cellphones with Android, be they Android 2.2 or Android 2.3, have the 1000+ mV, and my aparell doesn't have this, have 3 mV.

It's normal? My battery lasts only four or five hours totaly, it's not use, it's use more sleep time.

PS: If I change the battery, my mV grows?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dragonnn:
This is an bug in Ace, it doesn't shows right mV for the battery, you can find the right value in /sys/bus/platform/devices/msm-battery/power_supply/battery/voltage_now and it isn't an effect of battery calibration.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mastermid:
You can see the real voltage typing *#0228#
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] brunogdb:
Err... Doesn't demostre the real voltage...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ap6709:
type *#*#0228#*#* and you will get all important values...check it out now!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
Real battery voltages should appear as 4200mv charged. Ace is screwed up at that by showing 4.

Also the Ace can't display accurate battery percentage, hence the big percentage jumps.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] brunogdb:
It can't display, but, sometimes this percentages are real. :/
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skitzoid:
I'm having an issue managing files with both root explorer and windows 7 explorer.

When I create or copy files/folders in root explorer, windows explorer will not see the new or moved files. However, I can copy files and folders from my Windows drives to the xoom, and they'll show up from root explorer fine.

I checked the permissons of files created in root explorer vs files created in windows, and they're both the same. I also made sure I have the latest motorola usb drivers and whatnot.

It seems that MTP mode makes windows see the folders differently and not read the entire file structure.. or something. I had created files and folders from root explorer on my droid x a while back and never had this problem with usb mass storage mode.

Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
At this time USB Mass Storage Mode is not possible on the Xoom (Honeycomb file structure issue IIRC).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skitzoid:
yeah, I know mass storage mode is not possible.. I'm wondering why MTP doesn't allow windows to see changes made from within the xoom and if there's a way around it.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kr0nos:
I have the same problem.

I use my Xoom to annotade PDF skripts from university, when I want to copy them back to the PC, i see an old version of the files, that shouldn't be there anymore.

The "last edited date" is the day I copied the files onto the Xoom, and the file size is some kb smaller than that the file manager on the xoom shows

It's like a time machine ... but not in a good way
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burden010:
I sometimes see the same issue. I don't know why it happens or how to fix it but as a workaround, rebooting the Xoom seems to let Explorer pickup the proper files.