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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NukaCola:
True. Don't get me wrong, I'm using it because I still think it is fun. However if you are into security, face unlock isn't there yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daleski75:
I used it all of 30 seconds and then went back to a password lock screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] niuguy:
True. Sometimes I'm good and sometimes I get lazy about it. My phone is on order but I'm HOPING that face-unlock is effective. I get tired of pins and patterns, but I guess we'll see! My hope that a combination of face unlock and Lookout Security will do the trick.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
It is pretty accurate even in poor light conditions if you use the improve feature.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dwallersv:
good point. I should say that I'm not looking to this really for security -- I've never locked my phone. for me it'sa replacement for the slide unlock, which in this case makes faster, easier, and more convenient in most situations die me.

YMMV.

I agree about the camera issue... that's a nice feature on the slider. The fix is to add an option to use the facial recognition as an unsecured "unlock" same as the slider, then put the slider on the bottom of the face unlock screen. In other words combine them.

I suspect they were so focused on this as a security mechanism that they didn't think to offer the feature as a simple screen unlock mechanism alternate to the slider.

Trivial to add. I'll submit a feature request to Google. Maybe a Dev cab implement this.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The 4th Derivative:
Just a side question, has anyone tested the effects on battery life from using face unlock? Id assume it eats a little more juice constsntly turning the camera on/off

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mushy_eyes:
I'd like to know this too!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TooLegit7:
Gimmick but useful I use it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] polakatl:
How do you change your alternative unlock pattern? I don't want to redo face unlock just to change pattern.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cletus8:
Hello everyone!

I currently have my phone with CM7 Ba2TF and Faux's 0.2.2 1GHZ kernel.

I noticed that a good number of new Rom just appeared this week: evogp's rom, Dorian's Redpill, and of course Weekly #4 of CM7

So, my question is: Should I stay with Ba2TF, or one of the mentioned before (or other, tell me) is better than Ba2TF?

(When I say better, im strictly talking about Speed, battery life, and stability. I dont care about FP reader or HDMI).

Please, advice me! :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phalanx7621:
XDA doesn't really like threads like this. Try them and see what you think. They all have different things to offer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
so, the elder brother of GN got their 4.0.3 yesterday

and the first cool thing we noticed was it has Mount USB automatically loaded if it detects a data cable connection

if the i9020 got that feature, our Dev can surely port that feature over to the i9250 right?

full size http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/20111217181955.jpg/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
The big difference is that the Nexus S has a dedicated partition for the sdcard/external storage. When the device is externally mounted it is not available to the OS (unmounted).

On the GN there are no separate partitions. All storage is one partition. The external storage is just a fuse filesystem. As a result it can't be unmounted on the OS side and mounted for usb storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Surely if it was 2 partitions it could be done?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
We already know that ICS has USB Mass Storage support, just the GN does not because it is all one partition, and has no external storage.

If you were to partition the GN into separate system and apps/media partitions, you would be able to set it up to mount the apps/media partition just fine. I think that doing this is really just a step back. The reason why the GN is all one partition is to remove limitations of having multiple partitions (like not allowing data to span across the entire storage) and to stop dealing with the issues of UMS (not being able to access while mounted, long mount/unmount times, etc.).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lukesky:
let's say if someone really wanted to partition the GN because MTP sucks big time, how would he go about doing it? Is there a step by step guide?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
If the Galaxy Nexus is anything like the Nexus One, the partition sizes are stored in the bootloader. It should be easily seen if someone disassembles one of the bootloader images from the stock shipped image. It shouldn't be that difficult to set up another partition. The trick will be how to flash the modified bootloader, as it is likely that we cannot flash unsigned bootloader images.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
Theoretically, since this is Linux and all, you could make a loopback filesystem of sorts to be your /sdcard.

It comes with the tradeoff that you have to allocate all the space you want your "sdcard" to have now, and not being able to expand it later.

1. Create a dummy file which will be your SD card. The dd command is good for this.

2. Mount it somewhere not /sdcard, since you want to be able to transfer the original content to it.

3. Copy from /sdcard to your new pseudo sdcard.

4. Update /etc/fstab or /etc/init.d/ to ensure that you new pseudo SD-card gets used on boot.

5. Additional hacks from Nexus S port to allow sharing.

That's it. Roughly. It's a bit simplified though, so while it can be done, it wont be done in 5 minutes ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
very interesting, surely it is possible

and technically you could still re-size or shrink/enlarge the pseudo disk (or disk in a file) as that can be done in Linux as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
For Linux users, a good solution might be to mount the whole storage from recovery (since linux can read/write to ext4). This way you do not lose the benefit of having a single merged partition and still get the speed of UMS. On Windows, It's not much of a problem anyway, since Windows has good MTP support already. On Mac, I have no idea how well Android File Transfer works, but I'm guessing it's not much slower than UMS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
just read the other threads people complaining about the MTP, it's nothing but headaches

if it did deliver what MTP claim it does, then people wouldn't be looking for a better solution ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bophead:
I would pay for a program that emulated a USB file mount. I use my phone for work and carry a lot of files. I don't care for the new system.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Although not ideal, for the the time being this seems like a reasonable work-around. Copy the files to a USB drive and connect that to the Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
that is indeed the most "friendly" workaround until the can fix the issue (by design flaw)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jameslepable:
I haven't had any problems, just plug into windows xp/vista/7 and off you go, I imagine the is a program in fact am sure there is for OSX and Linux that can have file transfer for GN, similar to how you need godam itunes for an ipod.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lukesky:
I thought I read somewhere that if you had CWM installed in the SGN, you could mount the internal storage via usb and treat it like a usb drive.. not sure if that's really true or was I imagining things...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
That certainly does not work for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
It's a CWM feature on lots of other CWM builds, but currently the SGN CWM does not support this.

Checking the CWM thread you will see that this is indeed being requested fixed there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
apparently that doesn't work only for the GN, but works for most other devices running ICS that does not have "Mount USB"

but since the official ICS 4.0.3 came out for Nexus S every one has been porting that feature to the ICS that did not have it before

but on the GN it's a design issue, even if you do enable it or port it over, it will not work due the nature of the design... flaw per say, so that they can use the full storage space
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lukesky:
Ok.. so we're still screwed then.. hope some genius comes up with an easy plug and play way to get around this stupid MTP crap
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
totally agree
[HD7 General] jelliottz:
Pretty simple: someone wants to trade a Dell Venue Pro running Mango 7740 for my HD7. Would you do it?

Here's the differences I have noticed:

no WiFi tether (although you can via USB)

no compass (not a deal breaker to me)

no interop unlock (can still chevron unlock)

.2" smaller screen

Amoled vs LCD

hardware is beautiful in my opinion

slightly less ram : 512 vs 576

no custom ROMs

Anything else you guys can think of? I've had my HD7 since month 1. I always like to try new phones. Would you make the trade? Looking for some advice. I have until Thursday, 12.22. Thanks!
[HD7 General] theoriginal15:
If you want to try something new, I'd make the trade. Honestly, they are both good phones with minor flaws.

Other things to consider:

- Reports have shown it receives updates slower than other phones

- No kickstand like the HD7

- DVP has that special glass screen for better scratch resistance

- Physical keyboard on DVP
[HD7 General] argentocruz:
HD7 just got update that enables internet sharing...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Can anyone explain this to me ? All I hear is LTE kills battery, so whats the point of LTE when T-mobile HSPA+ 42Mbps has pretty much the same speed as LTE without causing any battery drain. And why would you need 30Mbps anyway on a limited data plan ? My current Tmobile 3G (not 4G or HSPA+) pulls anywhere from 2.5-5.0 Mbps right now....on older HD2 and Nexus One
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
GSM version of Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile does not go up to 41Mbps speeds. It can only go up to 21Mb (this is the reasoning why Galaxy S2 on T-Mobile went with Qualcomm's CPU instead of Samsung's Exynos to hit 41Mbps speeds), this is all speaking theoretically as well. Realistically, I haven't gotten to those speeds.

And people "need 30Mbps" on their phones simply because.... they can.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
HSPA+ in its current implementation is definitely not as fast as Verizon's LTE, but as you said it surely is fast and it is more than enough for most people. You can definitely expect upwards of 10mbps down, which is great.

Its really a personal call. Some people are on Verizon because its the only carrier available consistently in their area, or they've been a long-time customer, or they're part of a family plan with others on Verizon.

If you're on T-mobile and happy with your service, you're definitely saving money staying with them. If you can buy it unlocked it is definitely a good choice. You're not missing out on anything by staying with T-Mo and the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stopswitch:
Cause we like to stream stuff?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Whats your speed in NYC ?

My buddy has been testing his Nexus and Droid X on Verizon....Nexus got up to 27mbps and DroidX on 3G pulled only 500kbps. I mean I would rather get constant 2-3mbps then switchs between LTE 27m and CDMA 500k. I want to switch to Verizon because it will be the same price as Tmobile, but I am affraid that LTE will kill battery and CDMA is dirt slow. I am in Boston area by the way.

also some reviews say that LTE kills battery while car charging....this just scares me.....i can stream music + use Google navigation at the same time and have brightness at auto and i still dont charge my phone in car....my 1250 battery in HD2 lasts 12-14 hours on that heavy use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Both of these things are very true.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chbennett:
I have the LTE nexus, and yes, LTE does do a number on the battery, and yes, it is ever so slightly thicker. however, I'm pulling 10 mb/s down in a very poor coverage area, and a reliable 40+ mb/s down when I get closer to the city. (I live on an away facing side of a hill a few miles outside of a town). Also, without 4g, atleast in my area, I can pull 1-2 mb/s down, but thats not as reliable. I like that speed, and I am willing to charge my phone twice in a day.

In all reality, you wont notice too much of a difference between 10-20 mb/s (HSPA+) and 30-50 mb/s (LTE in my area) on a phone. What you will notice is the difference between coverage and no coverage. Which again favors the Verizon model.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] melterx12:
These are THEORETICAL max speeds you are talking about.

In reality the speeds you get will be no where close to the theoretical max speeds the technology can handle. Those speeds might be attainable if you are the only one on the network and are standing under a cell tower.

T-Mobile HSPA+ speeds in NYC are 5.4mbps down, and 1.6mbps up (tested on my friend's International Galaxy Nexus)

LTE max theoretical speed is 299.6 mbps. In reality the speeds I tested in NYC on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus are 26.79mbps down and 7.20mbps up.

http://www.speedtest.net/android/114425608.png
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] michaelkahl:
Results will vary but I pull 1-1.5Mbps on 3g so I can live with that. Verizon is the only carrier at my house. T-Mobile doest have coverage in the rural area where I live. If I went with them I'd only have service at work and while running errands downtown.

I get 3g at home and LTE just a few miles away. Part of me wishes that I could use T-Mobile but its not practical where I live and do business.

One last thing, LTE reception is great in the basement of my workplace!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] okplaya:
I'm curious to see Verizon LTE speeds once people start buying LTE phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nuggahund:
It is almost important to note that LTE is not only faster, but also capable of keeping the signal while you are moving rather fast. Like in cars and trains

Sent from Galaxy Nexus hspa+ 16gb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rexdog1888:
I get 40-50 mb/s down and 10-20 up, thats why:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
I think you are answering your own question. TMo and AT&T will be slower but use less battery. In the end I'd just decide if you want to be on Verizon or want a GSM phone. Your call.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
LTE does kill the battery, but there is an extended battery (Still, I'm not sure how well the battery life improves with the extended battery)

The speed is all about how you feel and what you need. I'd say if you get great LTE coverage in your area and where you're going to be and you'd be fine with the smaller battery life and such, go for the LTE model. HSPA+ speeds are proven to be slower than the LTE speeds (i've seen some users get up to 15-16 down and 12-13 UP while HSPA+ get's us 8-10 DOWN 5-9 UP) But what are you going to do with the 15 mb/s speed?

Since you are T-Mobile, I don't know if you're going to have to switch data plans to access the HSPA+ speeds as some people who are on AT&T (including me) had to do this as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
And what can you do with that, that you can't do with 10 mb/s down on HSPA+?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
lol...not that easy. I am on Tmo with contract (200 to break now and 100 in a month) I very much prefer GSM over Verizon, but my wife doesn't get any service at work. I am somewhat happy with Tmo, I get service everywhere but when I go places like skiing there is usually just 2g with GPRS or EDGE at best.....I have no idea about Verizon. My battery is just amazing.... I never use any chargers other then at night. Price for service will be the same at both, but I will have to make new 2 year contract at Verizon, I will also get Nexus for myself at $150 and Incredible for wife for free....so new phones is nice to get... my wife not really happy with current Nexus One and I would love to have GN. If I stay with Tmo.... paying 650+ for NS is pricy....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
Well, lets weigh out the pros and cons.

VERIZON

Pros:

1) You only spend about 400 going with Verizon.

2) Your wife may get signal at work.

Cons:

1) Battery life using LTE (But you can always turn off LTE)

2) Your wife may

not

get signal at work. (You never know..)

TMO

Pros:

1) You stay with a company that you've known and have been with for a while.

2) You get to have the flexibility of staying on a GSM provider. Meaning you get the freedom of switching world phones whenever you need to and not having to get it activated and what not.

Cons:

1) You spend more money. (About 250 more just for the GN, and maybe more for your wife's new phone.

2) Your wife will still not get any signal at work.

I guess its really what makes your wife happy. ;D Kidding. I'd bet on Verizon, but only if having a weak battery and not having places to charge your phone aren't complete deal breakers.

Speed won't really be a BIG BIG factor because while LTE and HSPA realtime speeds do differ, the coverage area for both aren't super complete. In both cases, you'll be constrained to 3G/HSPA. But then again this has to do with your coverage area that we know nothing about.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
:-) going to Verizon with 2 new phones, Google Voice porting, and paying Tmobile cancelation fee should all be pretty much covered by selling my tmo phones. My wife doesnt really care if she gets service at work :-) she is not picky. In reallity i guess its all about me wanting Nexus and better coverage, but cdma and lte is a big compromise for me.

i'll figure this out soon..... :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sstang2006:
Think of it this way,

You can get 2 Ferraris:

One with the original Ferrari engine.

And one with 4 cylinder engine in it.

You will do 30 mpg on your 4 cylinder engine Ferrari and will get to the same place as the other Ferrari goes, but just a "little bit" slower.

I made the switch to Verizon and not planing on swapping to a 4 cylinder engine any time soon. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] melterx12:
Anything you can do on a home internet service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
Do you know for a fact they don't function on the VZW model?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qnet:
I hadn't heard that. If that's true, that's another thing that will push me closer to switching permanently to my GSM Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I personally prefer Verizon. Why? Though I understand that Verizon may not always get the best 3g data speeds, I have NEVER , and I seriously mean NEVER dropped a call on Verizon. Here in Houston, T-mobile drops a decent amount of calls, and other posters are right about having these EDGE areas that are not consistent.

Also, my family owns a lake house in Gun Barell City Texas (yeah, it's a hick town with a lake) and while T-mobile works fine for voice, it absolutely gets no 3G/HSPA. AT&T doesn't get 3g there either.

Verizon on the other hand does, and since there's not many people who live there, I always get about 2.9 mbps, which is pretty functional for me, and great for tethering out on the lake. (Nothing like sippin margaritas on a boat, and still being able to stream sports games lol )

Get what works best in your area, it's as simple as that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] k.electron:
lte doesnt kill battery if you use it as a phone.

t-mobile network is crap compared to verizon.

verizon version is heavily subsidized through retailers.

verizon version has 32gb memory.

if you are in the USA, there is almost no reason to go gsm if you are going to get a data plan anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qnet:
32GB of storage is the one advantage that the Verizon version has that I agree about.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dbdynsty25:
The only reason I've found is the monthly plans from T-Mobile are significantly cheaper than anything Verizon offers, and the speed of 3G (or 3.5G HSPA+) is significantly faster than Verizon's 3G (for those of us that don't live in an LTE area). So if phone calls aren't the #1 priority, there are instances where there are a few good reasons to go GSM.

I guess battery life would be another reason. So there are some. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tidbits:
Then why grab an LTE phone? You know LTE is GSM right? At some point I see GSM completely being in the US while CDMA being phased out. If you look at Sprint they are going to push all their services into LTE. Verizon is planning the same as well.

Also the pins do function... They do not line up with the GSM version pins so the GSM pogo accessories will not work with the LTE version...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Battery life alone is why I would pick GSM over the lte. Verizon service and coverage is unmatched but the GSM gives more flexibility. Because of the pentaband GSM, you can pop in any carriers GSM sim including prepaid. With the Korean 2000mah battery you also can get 5 hours screen time with heavy usage. Lte is great, but until battery tech catches up its pretty bad for smart phones. I can get up to 11mbps on this thing for GSM but I'd honestly be happy with 2 or 3. Its a phone... I'm not replacing my home internet with it!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spimonkey34:
I can drive around many places with Spotify streaming over Verizon's 3G and 4G with no skips and minimal delay between songs.

With T-Mob, I could never do that. Even on their HSPA+ network audio streaming was still full of skips and long delays.

Verizon's CDMA may be slower but it can still stream high quality music with no problem. With LTE, even better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
That doesn't make any sense. LTE is purely data. If you use the Gnex purely as a phone, as you say, then you should disable LTE altogether. Seems kinda pointless, especially since if you disable LTE your max speeds drop from 50mbps down to 2.5mbps down. Pretty significant drop.

That depends on your location. Regardless, if you don't like T-Mobile you can just as easily take the GSM version to ATT - precisely as a previous poster in this thread did.

Yeah, for a 2 year contract. You don't get the subsidy for free. You get it in exchange for significantly higher fees than TMO, and in some cases ATT.

This is the only actual benefit to the Verizon version. That said, there are 32GB GSM models for sale out of Romania right now I believe.

Unless you want better battery life, a thinner phone, are fine with the speeds you see in my sig for TMO or ATT, and want to pay less.

You know... so there's that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qnet:
I'm going back-n-forth. I think I may stay with the LTE version. I've gotten used to the nice call quality on Verizon and, I have a Mytouch 4G I can use overseas if I choose to. I use my phone for business and having nice call quality and coverage is important.

I love the freedom and pure Google experience of the GSM model but, the only difference between the LTE model is the thickness, Verizon's stupid logo on the back and, a few VZW apps (one which I've disabled). Having 32Gb of storage is nice also.

I don't understand why Google just didn't release both versions of this phone on every U.S. carrier - with both 16 & 32GB storages - to give everyone better choices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tidbits:
Money, and how much consumers are willing to pay.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
And relying on carriers to subsidize phones is akin to getting your teeth pulled. You just have to sit there and take it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tidbits:
Honestly you don't, but you choose to. Think about it... Are you willing to spend $499 with contract or $850 without vs $299 with and $650 without? That may be the difference between the bells and whistles to work everywhere vs. the way it is now. Most people will not pay those prices since they also would complain about $30 for a data plan.