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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fillyo:
By the way, when I got approval from Tech to exchange my device, she said there was an update coming in March in regards to the signal display issues, seems odd they would wait til March for an update. Just repeating what she said, nothing more.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fillyo:
Here is a speedtest with my signal strength, speeds are fine, and I am reading 101 dbm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gall0wz:
The fix might not be simply falsifying any data but perhaps correcting an issue where the software is improperly calculating it. Which of course could lead to a lot of other issues such as excessive power drain because the phone thinks it needs to increase the power to the antenna instead of leaving it alone or reducing it.

For anyone having an issue with their signal, just keep a close eye on the radio threads. As soon as a new one gets leaked, they'll post it up and you can try it out.

And it can take a while, for example, my thunderbolt didn't have a good radio until on that was leaked Fall of this year. There is no rhyme or reason to it. some radios work better for some and not so good for others.

Obviously, if the phone isn't usable for his area, march is a long time to wait for an official update for verizon. But typically this stuff gets leaked out before an official push anyway.

Anywho, JC. Thanks for the links.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bertoch:
No major problems here

I've been running my phone for 2 days here without any significant battery issues; at least none more that I expected based on battery size and playing time. I've ordered the extended battery for insurance, but I fully expect that to do what I need. My only complaint at this point is signal strength vs. other VZ phones I've seen sitting right next to me. I have being disappointed here, am I alone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Feel free to take a swing, but I don't think it'll fix your GN. I'll be awaiting the screen shot. :D

The AnandTech article is completely correct. I experienced a similar thing with my iPhone back in the day. This is a GOOGLE phone with as little Verizon interference as possible. Carriers want their users to think that they have GREAT reception everywhere they go. Those numbers are typically fudged, it's nothing new, I promise. As far as 4G drop off to 3G goes, most LTE phones suffer from this. Your T-Bolt is an older device. I'm sure you can't possibly have forgotten the number of LTE-related issues that device was plagued with early on. I remember a buddy of mine returning his because as cool as 4G was, 10% battery drain an hour on LTE while sleeping was just plain unacceptable. The Bionic has had issues. Most likely ALL VZW LTE phones are going to initially have issues the way that LTE and CDMA are basically taped together with very non-sticky painters tape. :D

I've seen connectivity issues with my MiFi related to specific locations that I'm in (I'm a heavy traveler with work). Any "fix" will be purely for display purposes. The day that release hits will be the day I'll be on XDA trying to research how block the update notification. The GN is currently displaying true and accurate reception strength and I'm sure it's driving Verizon up the friggin wall.

Ok, I'll stop giving everyone a hard time. But really, if the device sucks in your area, I'd return it and wait for a fix. In all seriousness, as you now confirmed from flashing modems, no modem is gonna make THAT big of a difference overall. Constructively, I'd wipe the device, log in with my Google Account, install zero apps, and see what it does. If my battery life sucked, I'd take it to the Verizon store and ask for a new battery. If that battery sucked (like draining dead 3 hours in sleep mode) I'd take the device back and exchange it.

It's not that I'm calling you a liar, it's that typically that kind of behavior is faulty hardware. Having it twice in a row is abnormal. In all fairness, my first iPhone had a bad battery and died in 2 hours (permanently). My second iPhone would overheat and lock up. My third iPhone was "fine" other than the fact that it was an iPhone. ;)

Did it leave a bad taste in my mouth? Yeah, sure, but I still accept the fact that it was a weird chain of events and that the vast majority are perfectly fine. What I'm saying, nicely, is that both your first and your second device are not normal. It's not Google's, Verizon's or Samsung's fault...well, Samsung's for putting together a few bad units, but you know what I mean.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fillyo:
Haven't said 2nd device has bad battery life, just 4g drops. Hoping battery life will be better on this one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] konflikt1911:
I definitely think something is wrong with battery life. I bought the extended battery and my phone is at 20% in 4 hours with screen brightness at zero and light texting and a lil fb. I feel like the regular battery lasted longer than the extended one I might test that next.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pstevep:
thread cleaned. please refrain from flaming and trolling. thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
FWIW, this is a great example of why to use caution when restoring Apps and App Data to your new device from your old device. App data severely screwed with this poster's GPS.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20623123&postcount=64

Just a word of caution on why it's always a better option to start fresh instead of risking "ghost" issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Are you aware of how many months it took, and how many updates it took for your wife's thunderbolt to hold 4G in your house all day long?

When the phone first came out it couldn't hold 4G signal if you were next to a tower.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aimetti:
This thread is quite funny, same with all the other reception issue posts.

Ive had a variation of an iphone for the last 3 years so I have been quite used to working with fanboys. Clearly its the same on the android platform, which is fine, there will always be people to defend their beloved product to the death.

That being said , I love my galaxy nexus. Its leaps and bounds better (I believe) than the ios counterparts. However , those saying there are no issues with signal/reception are completely and utterly wrong.

I dont care about signal bars / dbm or any other indicators. I care about speed of data and dropped calls. The simplest of tests proves that there is a problem.

I am on ATT (I know most of you are on Verizon) and I can sit my phone down next to my wifes iphone 4s and her phone is at -83 DBM right now and my galaxy nexus is -104 dbm. Fine thats great, its reading it wrong, dont worry they are reworking the bars to show better like the IOS update last year.

But there is one big difference. Her download speed is around 4.5 mbs down 1.1 up and my galaxy nexus is 1.5 down and .45 up give or take a bit each test.

I have highlighted my issues on this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1365389&page=2

I also have a ticket up on the android google page which has many posts just like mine.

I just cant stand when people say there are no issues and there clearly is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blestsol:
Definitely right about arrogance here.

Sent from a Rezound, crappie camera included.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
Ugh. The issue is that your device is defective. No amount of complaining on a forum is going to solve that. Just exchange it. I'm getting excellent reception and download speeds. Maybe people who AREN'T having issues are the outlier, that still doesn't mean something isn't wrong with your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dlaciv12:
So many A-holes I almost didn't read to the end but glad I did.

I am also on my second GNexus and saw no change in my signal issue. Mine is the drop to 3G when I am in a strong 4G area. Tech support on the phone, twitter and the folks in store all agree I should have strong 4G and high speeds. I have neither, I am stock. Worse is I lose the Google connection a LOT. I already have a weak and slow connection and now the bars are grey and the phone is basically useless for a few minutes while it... I don't know what but eventually they turn blue again.

After a reboot I see 4G for a few minutes then it is gone and I get an equally weak 3G connection and worse speeds. As I drive away I can see my signal get stronger so I am hoping I have a bad tower or something like that. I am keeping the phone but am pretty pissed that right now I live in a Verizon black hole.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
To prove I'm not blowing smoke up anyone's butt:

Just exchange the device. There ARE good ones out there. It's not everyone's problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gwtx2:
It has nothing to do with 4G. I have my 4G turned off and the battery, if I used the phone much, drops quickly. This may be normal; I don't know. The CPU and larger screen may eat through a battery quicker. Plus, some apps may not be 100% compatible with ICS and could be looping.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hijackerjack:
What I did to get my battery better is charge up to full ans keep booting up and do battery pulls like 3 or 4 times then charge back to full and wipe battery stats. Idk if it'll work for you but its worth a shot. It was the same stuff as the droid x problem for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fillyo:
So here is my old Thunderbolt network reading from a few minutes ago , at the same time, my Nexus was at -104. Only one noticeable drop out today. Actually, I was quite surprised I maintained 4g the whole hour I was in Costco last night. Also, I had pretty good luck from day one with my thunderbolt in regards to signal, Chicago is covered pretty damn good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcoddinc83:
NP Gall0wz, and I wasn't trying to imply they will be falsifying the signal display just wasn't ruling it out lol.

But now I am believing that the delay in the GNex coming out may have been actually valid and not VZW fighting to add bloatware or build up anticipation and press for the GNex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fillyo:
So, the roller coaster ride continues, except this time it is shockingly good. I just don't get it. This is the stock battery, not my extended, and I am running Zygote 1.8. Also, was at my inlaws for Christmas, and they get a ****ty signal. I am really happy about this. It's just shocking how night and day my experiences have been. Merry Christmas to all!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mild7intl:
Fyi auto brightness is a drain on battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PaulG1488:
OP

have you tried travelling to another city near you with 4g or so because i have that same issue in mine but when i go somewhere else with 4g it is sooo smokin fast its amazing it may just be tower issues in your area as it is with mine
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fillyo:
Paul, I am all of the Chicago area with my job, so yes, there are some areas that are blazing fast. My city actually has good 4g coverage.

Sent from from my Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dario3040:
I had some sick battery drops in Recovery mode, like 20% to 1% or so.

Otherwise the battery is great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
V1.2 Out

Just got a ticket back from Rockstar this is fixed and now at least on Web Android Market it let me push the install to my Galaxy Nexus: (WAS NOT SHOWING UP IN ANDROID MARKET ON DEVICE)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rockstar.gta3

THIS WILL now (in the US at least) allow install, in other countries you may need to search for GTA 3 as there are a few other country specific listings.

Installing/Downloading additional files now!

Those asking why I posted this? up until an hour ago GSM Galaxy Nexus was NOT showing as a supported device even though the Verizon Galaxy Nexus was. I sent a proper support ticket to Rockstar - and they answered vs. flaming the market reviews most do
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Was this really necessary? there's a existing thread with 7 pages of discussion and I've posted this in that thread, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1401960&page=7

Edit: You even double posted a thread + post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
It referenced 1.1..

If a mod wants to delete the thread FINE, but tell me looking at the OP thread on that post does it say 1.2 is out and that it works on GSM GN?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ranova:
how did you contact rockstar? I want to email them asking them to put in bindings for shoot and run/accelerate so I can use my ps3 controller
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
Support link was on android web market page for gta3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] combatmedic870:
i cant even get it to open. it says it supports the g nex now....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
Make sure you are on 1.2...

If you had a partial WiFi download of the dataset then to be honest nuke the data on the USB memory directory and clear data from the APP *OR* uninstall and reinstall.

Had to do that the first time I got it running tonight; kept starting then exiting right away when I didn't finish the wifi download of the rest of the game once market installed it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thatg:
Does anyone know why this game doesn't work if you have chainfire3d installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwakshot:
Can confirm that this game works without error on my GNex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andreigherghe:
I'm now using an HTC Desire, and fastboot is my best friend. I was 99% sure i want the GSII, till i saw there's NO FASTBOOT But instead that "Odin" thingy, which is windows only...

I'm happy to see that the nexus series have fastboot, but WHY would you need the "download mode" ?

Also i have a question:

In what partition is the download mode located? I know that in HTC devices (like the Desire or the Nexus One) the boot process is Radio - HBOOT - Boot (kernel aka zimage + ramdisk) - System (Android). If HBOOT or Radio is wrong you're bricked.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] white lie:
My understanding is that ODIN is more of a last resort/lower level.

I bricked my Nexus within the first 3 days of having it, couldn't use fastboot but managed to flash it back with ODIN.

If you brick it with ODIN then you're really stuffed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidstyle:
odin is the best thing since sliced bread...it will save your ass when no other method will. Long as you can get into download mode odin will fix your device. Im still suprised more development is not geared towards odin, especially since chainfire released mobile odin.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andreigherghe:
No one knows where odin is located? If it's "below" HBOOT/Fastboot, then it's super-Awesome.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mini2215:
Hi all. i'm having trouble finding a specific thread to help me solve my problem. (I'm not too good with rooting, and should have not messed with it in the first place!)

Anyways let's get to my problems:

So I needed to take my phone to the Verizon Store, and without thinking went straight to the Factory Reset thing. Now everytime I try booting up my phone it gets stuck on the custom bootup screen and freezes during part of the animation and just stays there.

I have read things that say try going into hboot and doing recovery, but all's it asks me to do is update, then has me reboot. It doesn't update anything as it still does the same exact thing.

My question is, can someone please help guide me through the process of returning my Thunderbolt back to STOCK. I really am unsure of what I need to download, and where I need to put things, and what I need to name them etc: Clearly I need to think twice before rooting my phone again.

Also when I go to plug my Thunderbolt into my computer via USB my computer cannot recognize the device, any suggestions why?

Thanks so much! Really really need help!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bpyazel:
First off all it sounds like you have a pg05img.zip file on the root of the sdcard. Only way to remove it now is pulling the sdcard out and putting it in a conputer and deleting that file. Then you should be able to boot and/or get into recovery.

If that's not the case then i don't know what's preventing you from getting into recovery. Although, just a factory reset should not have caused this anyway.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stratejaket:
How did you initially Root your device? I assume revo since so many have now. Like mentioned above make sure you check your sdcard and ensure there is no PG05IMG.zip on it. After you have checked your sdcard for that file and deleted it, or maybe it is not there try to get into recovery.

Pull your battery out and then hold Volume down + power. Where does that get you? Hopefully you made a nandroid of your device after you rooted. If you followed a guide that was most definitely recommended. If this takes you to recovery just do a restore.

If you get restored there are some very good guides that Google will lead you to on how to unroot and return to stock.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mini2215:
1Sorry for the super late response, I'm going to try everyone's advice now, thanks so much for the help!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jrocker23:
a factory reset will not unroot the phone. If your going back to stock, you have to unroot it. If you bring it to verizon rooted, they may deny you service...

as stated above, just search google or here for instructions how to return to full stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andreigherghe:
I need some info. Can someone with a Galaxy Nexus do those two commands in fastboot please? They'll just print text.

1. fastboot oem h fastboot oem ?

2. fastboot oem listpartition

Thanks!

Edit:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gilbot:
fastboot oem h:

FAILED (remote: Invalid Argument)

finished. total time: 0.005s

fastboot oem listpartition:

FAILED (remote: Invalid Argument)

finished. total time: 0.006s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andreigherghe:
Strange...

then?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstegeman:
C:\p8\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot oem

finished. total time: 1324643783.452s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andreigherghe:
I meant to try "fastboot oem ?" ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TooLegit7:
anyone try this app on there gnex? im running 4.0.2 lte rooted and this app only work 25%. by that i mean the app opens and is shrunk down to fill the lower left 25% of the screen. its free in the market if anyone wants to try it out to see what im talking about
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] everymosquito:
Turn off the force GPU rendering setting and it should work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TooLegit7:
Bingo thanks
[HTC Sensation] Sigg1996:
Atm, I am using Insertcoin 3.4.6, which uses beats audio, but DSP Manager is much better. Is DSP just an Apk, or do I need to flash it? And where can I download it?

Thanks :D
[HTC Sensation] Sigg1996:
Bumb. Anyone knows?!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rabaker07:
So, I'm an avid fan of SwiftKey. I think it even trumps Swype (although a combination of the two that allowed swipes and key taps would be roxorz!). But my question is:

Do you think ICS keyboard (with supposed blindtype infrastructure) is better than SwiftKey?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
i used the stock keys for 3 days. .

i switch back to swiftkey x.

i dont like the stock keys. they respond to slow if you type fast.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kgeissler:
I loved swiftkey on my Inspire 4g, but I think the ics keyboard is better. I can type faster and the auto correct is more accurate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [GO]Bobster:
i got Swiftkey during the 10 days of 10p apps - i think its an improvement on the stock keyboard..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nomisunrider:
I like swiftkey but cannot stand the auto space after punctuation. I cannot count the number of times it has messed me up when entering form data.

http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/...n-to-disable-auto-space-after-punctuation-and
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] inline6power:
love swift key. only thing I really like about stock is the dedicated..com key
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
i installed swiftkey X right away. the only problem is that no prediction on 90% of the web site I go to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
I love SwiftKey. Has anyone else had problems getting it to learn from Facebook/Gmail/Twitter on ICS?

Edit: N/M, it finally went through
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rabaker07:
Yeah, they say some nonsense about not wanting to interfere with predictions inherent on other sites, but 1. Other site predictions suck, and 2. They often aren't even there!

Let me have SwiftKey predictions always that are based on my history and I'll be just fine...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
SwiftKey for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bmorton18:
I've been using swiftkey since I got my nexus and I like it a lot. I used swype on my previous phone and I can't decide if I want to go back to swype or not now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
Stock Keyboard. The ICS keyboard has much better prediction. Plus, the stock Switftkey themes just don't cut it for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Joebroni:
Yeah I've been using stock since I got the phone. I heard so many brags about it, but I think it's time to reload Swiftkey X. Been using that since it came out of beta, I bought it the first day. My only beef are the skins as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neederishelp:
Used only swift key on my droid Eris, and I haven't even loaded it onto my nexus .the thing I miss the most is the swipe to delete a word ...I do that frequently lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I used swift key on my transformer for the split keyboard... and it worked awesome EXCEPT I hated the fact that once it auto corrects, its done.

With stock android and thumb keyboard, if auto correct changes a word, you can hit backspace and it'll return to its unaltered form. This is great when I use an abbreviation and it tries to guess my word and screw me up, I just hit back and boom.

Swift key wouldn't do that. I also love the prediction of the ICS keyboard. I love how it underlines misspelled words in red (which may just be ICS).

I only own the tablet version, which makes me mad. 2 different versions which means I have to buy it twice? Lame. Thumb Keyboard replaced it. It feels like stock but had tablet split keyboard options... and themes.

-Galaxy Nexus

-Asus Transformer
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tj6225:
Stock, I managed to type faster when I use the stock key. better correction, better prediction, better UI...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hot_Hands:
Stock is great in all regards for me. Accuracy, speed, prediction, corrections. Not to mention voice typing and aesthetics.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Stock with autocorrection turned up to very aggressive is awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tct08:
The voice diction on stock is awesome (how did this not get more publicity with 4.0???) but I miss having quick access to long press symbols and the gestures, mostly swipe to delete word. I also like that I can just restore the app in between ROM flashes and have my dictionary remain intact.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] glennv17:
Stock here. I bought SwiftKey when it was 10c just so that if I ever changed my mind it was there, but I haven't even installed it on my Nexus yet!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aindow:
I couldn't get on with swift key or swipe so I'm sticking to the stock keyboard. I found I can type faster on stock personally.

Rik.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrickl:
Stock for me most of the time. I never liked SwiftKey. The autocorrect of it is really dreadful in Dutch.

I'm learning Bulgarian and the stock keyboard doesn't come with that. So for that I use SlideIT.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phantom1275:
I'll go with SwiftKey.

The prediction in portuguese is so good that sometimes I don't even need to type a phrase, it always guesses the next word.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luv2ride:
The stock keyboard is much faster and more accurate. I used to be an avid swiftkey user on my thunderbolt. Not anymore
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] idan_mo:
first time i used swiftkey was on my galaxy nexus and i see now why i love it more than a stock.

it doesn't mean the stock should be perfect but glad we've the option to change.

too bad there isn't swype for ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
Got swiftkey on the offer.. hated the layout, and its corrections were way worse than stock, so I went back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mfdemicco:
I love Swiftkey, but it seems a little buggy under ICS. I keep getting notifications to configure it, even though it is. It flaked out when I tried typing a username/password dialog in Opera Mobile too.