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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jackattack:
I love the look of both these cases. Does anybody have any suggestions for a belt clip holster that will fit either of these cases? I've always used the Seidio combos but the Surface case is thicker than these options.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pacifik:
It is the dual cover case, the hard plastic locks the silicon in place. Need extra protection from all the big machines I work with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
Haven't had a chance to try out the Case-Mate case, but the Feather case is good if you want the LEAST amount of protection, while still having a case on. It is a very nice case in terms of material, because it feels very soft almost like a hardened suede type feel. As with all snap ons though be careful that you don't get sand in the back or that could really scratch up the backside.

Feather case though doesn't protect the top and bottom corners of the phone as well though. I've dropped my nexus s a few times that had a feather case and the corners were always the ones it landed on.. Must've been my bad luck, but in any case, my corners are a bit dented up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrdziuban:
Thanks, that helps a lot. I always managed to drop my OG Droid on the corners too. Maybe I'd be better suited with a full body case.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
Yeah, in which case there is that full-body Incipio case called the Silicyrlic

http://www.myincipio.com/Samsung-Ga...CRYLIC-Hard-Shell-Case-with-Silicone-Core.asp

That's the one that Pacifik is talking about. I have it as well, and it works great. But as Pacifik said, it is a lint magnet haha.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrdziuban:
How thick does that make the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
Well the case is 138.6 x 72.6 x 2.3 mm

The Galaxy nexus is 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm

So about 3-5 mm larger on the width and length, and the thickness would be about 2mm thicker.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SS2006:
isnt the case mate one loose on GSM phones?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] allen2oo3:
Has anyone seen these cases in a store? Would love to see one in person. I thought I read somewhere here that bestbuy has the case mate but I didn't see it at mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sabesh:
I have the Incipio case. It's good, but not a perfect fit. There's a bit of a gap between the phone and the case at the top of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DJTaurus:
Which one of two?

http://www.myincipio.com/Samsung-Ga...es/Samsung-Galaxy-Nexus-Cases-Accessories.asp
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] winwiz:
for the LTE or GSM version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] youngpettyboi:
I have the Incipio Feather Hard Shell case from Verizon. It was between this and the glossy body case they had. I asked the rep if i could try on different cases to i could get a feel for the one i want. This one was hands down the best looking and best fitting. Its a 2 piece case yea. It does attract lint. But its really an awesome case. I got a Zagg screen protector also, and with this and the case, it gives my phone a really premium look. The added thickness isn't really noticeable if ur just using the phone as u normally would IMO. I would honestly choose this over any case out there. Great for, nice stylish look and great protection.

Sent from my G-Nexxxy... BRO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] allen2oo3:
Just to clarify, I'm pretty sure you have the silicrylic case not the feather.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lynseyw:
I have the CaseMate white barely there case. It is an ok fit (a little loose), but it does actually fit better with the extended battery on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s004kcg:
do you have the gsm or lte model?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
He mentions having the extended battery and the GSM doesn't accept the extended battery at least from what I know. If the case mate case is loose on the LTE model, it'd be even looser on the GSM model. That's what she said.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PossumK11:
The Case Mate Barely There case fits my LTE Galaxy Nexus with the stock battery perfectly. It's just disappointing that this case doesn't offer as much protection around the corners as the Barely There cases for my previous phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spielnicht:
I bought 3 Feather cases for my previous phones and my final conclusion is that Incipio products are CRAP. EVERY SINGLE one of the cases, for all 3 different phones, would crack within a month from 100% normal use (never dropped) and the paint would peal at all the places you grip the phone.

I had originally bought the Case-Mate Tough case, but I just got the Barely There as well and I must say it's 10000x better quality than Incipio's case.

A. The lip sticks out a little, so there is "some" protection if the phone falls on its face.

B. The edges are rounded and smooooooooth. I remember Incipio's were always sharp and just not finished.

C. I can't yet judge durability of the case and the paint, but I'll see if it at lasts longer than the month I was getting with Incipio's.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HoOnZ:
Are you using the Case-Mate Tough Case? Is it for th LTE or GSM model? My past two smartphones had Tough cases which I loved. How is the quality of the Tough Case for the GN?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sabesh:
Feather for GSM. Today I got the Casemate Barely There. It's a MUCH better fit than my Incipio Feather.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SS2006:
really? its my understanding that the casemate barley is designed for the verizon, and mine is a loose fit on my gsm nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spielnicht:
I initially got the Tough Case for use on my GSM GNex, and the fit was good...even too good for me not to like it. Reason, the volume and power buttons would activate by me just gripping the phone. I ended up using my Dremel to increase the cutouts, which worked. But after going through all that work, I really thought the Tough Case was an overkill for me considering I pamper my phone as it is, the case just made it wider to grip comfortably and harder to get it in and out of my pocket, and so that's why I got the Barely There, which I LOVE!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrWicket:
I'm torn between these 2 cases as well.. I think I'm gonna wait another week though cause there seems to be a lot of gsm vs lte confusion going on with the cases for this phone.. as in people advertising it for either the phone name in general or for the wrong version resulting in a not perfect fit. seems to me those who have the case and it fits loosely have a lte case with the gsm phone. just don't want to get one and it not fit right. :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s004kcg:
Please no one else be misled by the above quote, I just received my casemate barely there case. Slipped in the extended battery and it fits like S%*t. Total crap. Do not waste the $25. In fact it fits poorly with the normal battery, probably one of th worst fitting cases i have ever used. Hardly any protection, and seems like it would slip right off the phone. Just my 2 cents, hoping to save others $25.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcoddinc83:
I ended up getting the "Hard Shell" case from VZW store. I only got this because I had the Livingsocial $25 for $50 deal and there wasn't a large selection of other things to choose from. I was partial to the hard shell since it is what I had on my DINC. I like how it does not add a bunch of bulk and it has a built in kick stand which is a nice feature. As far as protection, I do have to admit this case is best ment for cautious belt clip users because it does leave the top and bottom exposed. I do like it though for its slim-ness and the texture it adds to the back of the phone and the kick stand is very nice feature.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...ryDetails&archetypeId=12928&accessoryId=49886
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LiquidHonesty:
Initial Impressions of the two (I now have both):

Case-Mate: Most minimal amount of coverage you can get to still have a case on, it feels and looks ok, but IMO it's not usable with the extended battery, the power button is too hard to hit as it's against the edge of the cut-out area (pics later...don't have them with me at work).

Incipio: If I had to pick one, it'd pick the Incipio case over the Case-Mate every time. To me it feels more "solid" and I like the texture more. It's "useable" with the extended battery, but still pushing the limits. IMO

Bottom Line: Both cases are great for being minimal, though I prefer the Incipio case due to texture and shape. I didn't feel comfortable using EITHER with the extended battery....but they DO FIT.... I'll try to get pics ASAP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
Yea please do. I'd like to get something on this phone just for the feel. It's too slippery as it is now. I'm looking for something like the Ringke Slim, Incipio, or Barely-There.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] allen2oo3:
thanks for your impressions. been waiting on you before ordering :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LiquidHonesty:
So here are my pics....first we have them together (Incipio on the Left, Case-Mate on the right)

Both from Bottom:

Left then Right:

(Note that the Incipio is missing a cutout)

NOW, Both cases fit fine with the standard battery, but I took pictures of them with the extended battery to show my complaint. The biggest is the location of the main power button with the cases on, so here they both are

Incipio:

Case-Mate:

Other pics

Incipio on left side:

Case-Mate from Top and Bottom:

And lastly, the power button location, also with the extended battery, but in one of the silicone cases sold at Verizon on launch day

So, what I chose to do. I'll use the Incipio for when I can use the regular battery, but for days I need the extended battery, I'll have to use another type of case, it's just too close to the edge of the cutout to be easily pressed IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordo_99:
This and the pictures are very helpful. Thanks a lot and I hope you don't mind me linking to this in my "cases roundup" thread that I'm trying to get made into a sticky.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrWicket:
Wow, those really dont fit well with the extended battery in there. Thanks for posting pics of both of these.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infinite_loop:
Can someone repost the pics of the case-mate with extended?

I don't see them in the few posts above...

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordo_99:
They're on the same page as your post. Compares pics of the Insipio Feather and Case-Mate Barely There with extended batteries. Both will fit, but I wouldn't really recommend using them as cases don't cover the hardware keys when the case gets stretched that extra 1mm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infinite_loop:
Yeah..I see the post with the captions, but no pictures show up.

Must be work blocking it..LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordo_99:
Well to hold you over until you can see them properly...the cases fit on the phone...but with difficulty for the hardware buttons like power and volume.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aimfire72:
My casemate BT just came in today and I like it a lot! Fits my GSM nexus just fine. As others have said, doesn't offer a ton of protection, but that is kind of the nature of these types of cases. I find that it makes the phone less slippery to hold and doesn't add any noticeable bulk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
The CaseMate looks a little uneven in the picture.

Have you tried using the extended battery with standard door and the Incipio case? Does it help the button placement.

I also like the fact that the Incipio hides the 3-pin connector. You couldn't use it with a case anyway, so why leave them exposed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] le0.br4zuc4:
I like this on here, looks very nice, very thin
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donovanc.williams:
So did we ever figure out if the case mate BT case works well with the GSM version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nick.Unltd:
Not sure if this thread is dead or not but here's my experience.

I bought the incipio feather case for my gsm nexus because it looked fairly similar to the case-mate but comes with a cheap screen protector for the same price and I didn't have time to look for one.

The case fits snugly in the sense that the phone doesn't move around in it, the sides of the case fit well. The bottom of the case fits snugly to the phone (where the chin is located). However, because the case was meant to accept the lte version as well, there is space between the case and the back of the phone. The phone DOES NOT move around in the case (side to side or depth wise). Rather, the back of the case can be pushed slightly inward because of the gap. There are very slight gaps between the corners of the case, but they don't bother me very much, as long as the phone stays put.

Side notes: the texture is nice, and from my limited memory of trying the case-mate on at the store, appears slightly thicker. That being said, the phone with the case on fits very comfortable in the hand and in my opinion, adds some satisfying heft (weight) while still keeping the phone lightweight. Also the screen protector does not cover the entirety of the glass, so keep in mind when putting it on to leave about a millimeter of room on all sides (I learned this the hard way).

Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mobster21:
so, which are the options for those who have the extended battery on?...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lxbert:
Hi

I encountered a strange login screen after my xoom crashed after an successfull update without no reason. I searched the web and forums but couldn't find any reference.

Short story:

- Xoom bootlooped for no reason one day after recovery

- bootet into recovery, did da fullwipe

at the moment there is no os on the android as i wasn't able to flash one yet

if i now let the xoom boot, it first shows a boot animation with an android with a gear-ish badge around his belly and then it shows a login menu where i can enter a password (no username). I tried every password the xoom could possibly know, but no luck so far.

has anyone seen this screen before? What is the password?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
What kind of a wipe did you do...for there to be no OS? Am I misunderstanding you?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lxbert:
i did a full wipe from the stock recovery menu? from my understanding it deletes everything on the device hence no os? or am i not getting this right? if not, the login screen is even more wired
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
Factory reset wipes your data.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
Anybody care to hazard a go at getting Honeycombed HTC Sense to the touchpad? now that the source code's been released
[TouchPad General] Bear gri11z:
What port would they bring? The honeycomb Version from the evo view 4g?

Sense is to incorporated. Into the OS it would be more work than worth.. let along sense is a RAM hog.... it wouldn't be very fast
[TouchPad General] danknee:
Sense is bad enough on the phones. Thank the phone Gods for CM7 sent to fix them.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
Evo view 4g or the Jetstream one too since the jetstream has the same SoC as the touchpad
[TouchPad General] phonetec:
I asked about doing this before....people thought

I was crazy
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
well the ROM is there....the source is there....Honeycomb source is there aswell

we all know what htc are like when it comes to updates so i'm not expecting ICS till about february
[TouchPad General] quarlow:
I would pass on anything that is running sense.

However, honeycomb with TouchWiz UX from the Galaxy Tab would get me excited.

Honeycomb was finally open sourced when ICS was also released, but you still need to start from scratch. So, I doubt we will ever see honeycomb on the TouchPad, when an equal amount of work will give us ICS.

Plus, Sense was not open sourced. Sense is proprietary software owned by HTC, so any ports of Sense (and for the same reason TouchWiz from Samsung) would be borderline illegal at best. So, if it is done, I don't think it will be distributed or supported on XDA.

For the TouchPad we will have to rely on CyanogenMod, MIUI, or other cross platform builds (don't know of any).

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[TouchPad General] Bear gri11z:
Sense is open now... its sdk is open source lol

And touch wiz. Is bust as useless... its a ui that looks like a kids toy phone... and useless features
[TouchPad General] abu_noah:
I would also like to see this. I love the way sense looks on tablets. I Thought that Leoisright was going to try and do it, but he is doing a Xron version of CM7 right now, so i don't know if he gave it up, but he would be your best bet to ask to do this. Send him a PM and tell him that people do want this. Good luck.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
ok before a fist fight breaks out lets just get things down to ground level lol....people prefer cm7 thats fine, doesn't mean bash the fact that it'd be nice to see sense on the touchpad lol

back to the point. if we can get enough people who'd like sense (i'll make a vote thing) then perhaps leo wouldn't mind having a look at this too
[TouchPad General] quarlow:
I thought that was more of a publicity stunt. I thought the arrangement was that people could alter and or enhance Sense, not freely take it to install on other devices. Sense is the only thing HTC has to differentiate itself.

Regardless, while sense is not for me, I agree more variety would be better for everyone. If it is possible, then I'm all for it, I just thought this was akin to the Windows 8 talk.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[TouchPad General] Bear gri11z:
A "port" of a is not valid for copy right laws as its just a port... now taking a rom. And slapping sense on it and selling is..
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
i've put a poll in now.....yay or nay would do
[TouchPad General] muyoso:
I'm conflicted. Would I like to see it, sure why not. Would I like talented developers messing around with Honeycomb anything before ICS is fully ported, uh hell no.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
in my mind...the only way we'll ever get ICS fully is through CM9 ..soooo, that kinda leaves talented developers with not much to do
[TouchPad General] Leoisright:
Wrong,... preludedrew has it booting.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
Yh but little else isnt it..... Thats the last i read... Feel free to correct me
[TouchPad General] a40dayflud818:
Heh. I thoroughly enjoy Sense. With BinDroid on my Inspire 4G, it doesn't seem that Sense affects it too much.
[TouchPad General] abu_noah:
Agreed. Plus 1

Sent from My 3D.
[TouchPad General] abu_noah:
Yo, Leo hook us up with some Sense. I know you were talking about it. Do what everybody else won't. Thanks. I will def donate to you if you do this.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
I did message him.....he said that the ROM is too big and it has to be less than 225mb for us to have a go at it
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
although just out of curiosity i'd want to try a ROM size bigger than that and see what the effect is....cuz as we all know sense takes up a good 70% space on the handsets....wonder how it'll fare on tablets
[TouchPad General] Leoisright:
the effect will be it won't boot. It won't install all the way. Can't troubleshoot it without all the files loading.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
Ahh kk....i guess we wait then
[TouchPad General] Solidus_n313:
sense is definately my weapon of choice, but the feasability of getting it on the TP is far and few between, ive tried for a while with pucinni (jetstream) which is the closest in terms of relative hardware, and got similar results as leoisright, but the big problem is rescaling the sizes for EVERYTHING (homescreen, keyboard, apps, widgets etc.)

memory would not be an issue, as the TP has something like 846mb of RAM, and PLENTY of storage, pending the removal of CM7 :/

im just happy that i have a ballin 10" sub-$200 android tablet with a "simulated" sense experience with widgets such as colorize and fancy/beautiful widgets, ill leave sense to my fone :P
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
I thought honeycomb 3.2 would make it easier for resizing not difficult....and to be fair it's not just the widgets I'm after lol (which sense for tablets has done if the best ones like email, notes, gallery) it's the whole package....simple stuff like wps login which i can't seem to do on cm 7...the funky lock screen, and i was hoping to do a mod for the scribe function
[TouchPad General] agent00f:
Why is that? Does the touchpad have very small internal storage?
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
Because Web OS is already there and a tablet sense ROM is about 450mb....tie that in with the touchpad internal memory and you do start to run out of space pretty quick, not saying it's small...but it's not catered to running dual boot
[TouchPad General] fifi5987:
I love Sense and I'd be really happy to have it on my Touchpad :)

But I think better to wait for an ICS+Sense Rom from Jetstream !?
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
Knowing what HTC are like with their update schedule.... That could be a while, which is why I brought this up

Edit: not to mention at&t will take their sweet time patching it up for themselves
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
well i have been proven wrong, the ICS ROM for the HTC sensation has just been leaked and developed by RCMix over at the sensation forum, and tigerdavid said he wouldn't mind looking at it
[TouchPad General] Bear gri11z:
Leak doesn't help people are still working on porting it to the EVO 3d

And they leaked it a week ago.. kinda old news (no offence intended)

But judging by the file size of the leaked ROM and how much Leo said the max could be its not going to happen... (but development community has proven many wrong)

I just wish we could get a TABLET based android ROM rather than sticking to ports from phone based ROMs but hey I'm just a flasher I might try work on some fixes on my own since development in this forum consists of working on less important thing like CPU tweaks when the gpu is struggling...meh sorry I'm not in a good mood knowing I can't play a single ****ing movie on my only tablet I brought half across the US but hey I can boot a useless phone based cm7!
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
I know it leaked a week ago lol rcmix updates his facebook page for it.

The real question is Google say it's 1 system for all devices yet the way you say it.... Seems like it isn't? Please clarify because I was under the impression that if the resizing tools help in the source code surely with ics it won't make any difference where them rom came from? Phone or tablet becomes irrelevant? Apart from the phone and text message interface which can easily be removed
[TouchPad General] Bear gri11z:
It's not ics that is too big.. its sense.. and from the reviews I've seen on the alpha releases based of the leaked ROM its not much "cleaner' than sense 3.0

Sense is bloatware all UI are its excess stuff the manufacturer wants to show the market they make it look and operate differently than Samsung which draws in people to try the new experience...

Don't get your hopes up on sense being incorporated into a touchpad ROM...

As its more work than worth..

And as for phone based Roms. There is a big difference in a lot of things... Not

just apks for phone and text messages

Which can be deleted...

Which also in sense leaves and has footprints in everything making the overall ROM to large to dual boot on this tablet... Understand its not the ICS OS its the bloated UI

Again I and a lot of people could be proven wrong and we get a port with sense...

And have you seen reviews of the "new" sense they are putting on ICS? Looks ****ing ugly... Green and light blue do not mix...

Let alone they have had the same icons and widgets from sense 1.0 maybe minor visual tweaks

I just hope we get a good cm9 port that can utilize the dual core and hardware acceleration this tablet needs and with the multistrand apps we need to run and gpu rendering needs improvements from ics... Not a phone only based ROM like cm7