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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike1986.:
If 4.0.3 should be the main base, then why GSM gnex have still 4.0.2? :rolleyes:

In short words: THERE IS A MESS! Huge mess, and it seems that even Google don't have any schedule of updates. They have issues with providers about licenses, with components owners and it seems with themselves as well. They own this OS but they let providers/components distributors to make the rules, and now in many aspects they are dependent on what 3rd part company will do. And it's we who suffers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fahrenheit:
I wouldn't pay attention to bars. They don't mean the same thing on different carriers or different phones.

Look at your signal strength under Settings > About phone > Status.

My signal got better too. I'm in a 4G town though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stretlow:
If anyones interested (apologies if been mentioned) Paul@ Modaco has released a dev version of 4.0.4 for both LTE and GSM via his dev kitchen.

I've just flashed it and in process of setting it up...

Stret
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dc iz 2 legit:
Were can u get this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stretlow:
You have to be an adfree or premium member of Modaco but the thread is here

http://android.modaco.com/topic/351...rom-for-the-galaxy-nexus-development-kitchen/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boardrx182:
I'm having the same issue with data & Wi-Fi shutting off when the phone sleeps. I've toggled all the settings and I lose connectivity every time the screen is off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gatortuba:
I'm not seeing much of an improvement in 4g reception.

My xoom and Samsung hotspot lock into 4g from home but my Nexus does not.

Also my 4g speeds are slow. only getting 7 mbs max where my xoom gets 26.

Is there something throttling the speeds in the os?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fahrenheit:
So much for better battery life!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jkc120:
What's your screen on time?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fahrenheit:
Interesting, I get 7Mbps up and down on my Nexus. Denver 4G. Don't have another 4G device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krys83c:
My keyboard lags and stays on the screen a bit after i close out of an app in both landscape and portrait mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sanibar1:
Weather widget

The change log says that theres new UI changes to the 4.0.4 update. Can you take I picture of the app and tell me what's new?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
So it did in 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, and now 4.0.4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fahrenheit:
Screen on time: 2 hours 30 minutes now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qnet:
Consider yourself lucky (although you may not think so) If your getting 7 mbs, you can do just about anything you want. I've never had good reception or 4G in my home with this phone but, phone calls always worked. I did the update and my 4G is a little more consistent but, I'm only getting anywhere from 600kps to 1 mbs. Before I couldn't even do a speed test, it was so slow LOL!!

My Xoom and Mifi get around 6-9 mbs in my home. I can't wait to get out in the city and try it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Katecca:
Anyone tried the new 4.0.4 with Screen Off and Lock? :confused:

Someone told me it doesn't switch off the screen properly. The screen will become off and on immediately.

Mine is GSM version so I can't test it at this moment....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qnet:
I haven't noticed that. What I noticed is when you turn the screen on using the power button it has a slight flow to it, kinda cool small change. it does this when you unlock it also.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Katecca:
That means the app Screen Off and Lock can switch off your screen properly, with and without screen off animation enabled?

Since the code for internal screen off API is changed according to this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22056437&postcount=14

Thank you very much for your testing!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bullhonkie:
I've been having great battery life with 4.0.4, possibly a bit better than 4.0.2.

This is from today, with pretty heavy usage compared to how I normally use my phone. Lots of reading in Pulse, Facebook, Twitter, and a lot of playing around with the new Chrome Beta. This was all on wifi and included 2 voice calls totaling 18m of talk time. VZW GN with extended battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mkarps:
So after thinking I had a huge 4G signal improvement I noticed I'm still -105 inside my house. However it is 3 bars on 4.0.4 and was only 1 bar on 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mkarps:
However....battery life has been great. Its always seemed great for me though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bluemoon1221:
Has anyone noticed improvement in camera quality?

The photos I take with my phone look much better than before.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LocoTSX:
Wow, that's pretty legit. Especially the screen on time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Yes, that's because Verizon wanted Google to "fix" the "reception issue". Now the GNEX displays the same improper signal strength just like every other Verizon phone. It's no different than the "fixed" non-existent battery bug. Now that a few core android apps are no longer displayed under "Android OS" people can enjoy the exact same battery life as before while viewing "proper" Android OS percentages.

Perception is the new reality.

:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chingwongfu:
Baseband

Did your phone come with that baseband?

Also, does updating the image change the baseband as well? Mine came with I515.10 V.EK05 as well, and all the screenshot of 4.0.4 I've seen have the I515.09 version.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dwoid:
Is anyone else having keyboard and soft keys responsiveness issues on 4.0.4? For the most part it's ok, but sometimes when I'm typing it's missing certain letters even though I touched them. Never had this issue on 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mkarps:
I was just complaining that my back key seemed a bit touchy....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] littleasian:
some gsm galaxy nexus are now being updated to 4.0.4 via OTA update. im rooted/unlocked on AOKP M3 but my buddy who is running stock says he just installed the update and it is much faster.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] itch808:
So 4.0.4 is now really official and not some leak?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GunnerMC:
Fake

Envoyé depuis mon Galaxy Nexus avec Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] littleasian:
not fake, but i can certainly understand your disbelief. ill try and secure a screenshot from my buddy. fyi he works at google so it is quite possible they're testing it internally before sending it out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fregor:
Forget the screenshot, get a rom dump ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chriscardinal:
Just a quick note that it looks like 4.0.4 made it so that the camera now obeys silent mode; no focus beep, no shutter beep.

MUCH slicker reaction on home screen and elsewhere. Good stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Forget rom dump, get ota off of /cache.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phonatrep:
Android 4.0.5 will be available in March (OTA), according to the official web site of SFR (one of the biggest phone company in France)

In English :

http://androidcommunity.com/android-4-0-5-for-galaxy-nexus-gets-teased-by-sfr-20120206/

The original French source (SFR) :

http://android.sfr.fr/maj-optimisez-votre-mobile-android-mettez-le-a-jour-previsions-7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kr.puneet:
nope it came with I515.10 V.EK05 base band and yes it does change the last 4 letters of the baseband. right now on 4.0.4 the baseband is I515.10 V.FA02
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bplewis24:
Thank goodness. I found that annoying.

Brandon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Raloc:
I don't know if anyone mentioned this but there was some jankiness in 4.0.2 with video out over mhl that seems to have been resolved with 4.0.4. It used to intermittently cut out seemingly at random in netflix and I just managed to watch 30min just now without seeing any hiccups.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Many thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zacisblack:
Is scrolling through the app/widget drawer less laggy when scrolling fast?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yungboss22:
Do U have better battery life with this update ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mrbigshot:
Can you please test the browser performance? For example how is scrolling/pinch zoom on theverge.com, nfl.com, sports.yahoo.com desktop sites? In 4.0.2 its laggy and sometime pictures do not load for me.

Thanks A Bunch!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
Browser performance noticeably improved.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strongergravity:
Do the radios improve signal strength?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
I'm in an area with good 4G signal so it's hard to say.

I've never really had any signal issues so that's a tough call for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stephen289:
How's the volume? apparently I heard someone say there's an improvement in volume after flashing 4.0.4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
My phone is always on vibrate so I'm not a good judge of improved sound volume.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meeporox:
do you think the camera quality is improved with the new update?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sblantipodi:
Where did you get this rom? Is this official? ota?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lrs421:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1480779
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fulgente:
Thanks for the info! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _hyperdude:
Another difference I've noticed (could be wrong) is that now when I have my phone hooked up to my computer over USB, there's only one permanent notification ("Connected as a media device - Touch for other USB options"), where before there were always two notifications.

Edit: I'm stupid. I didn't re-enable USB debugging when I reverted to stock 4.0.1 (ota -> 4.0.2). Carry on!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dark lord me:
What I want to know is is there any improvement in battery life. Hopefully there are more updates for the GSM version coming soon.

Also Google so should have included a error message or something with this update :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Battery life is awesome, I just got 26 hours from this update that I just installed 2 hours ago. /sarcasm. sigh. really?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] QuickDraw23:
Can you sync contacts with Facebook now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] open1your1eyes0:
Unfortunately not, the Facebook app will need to update to account for this in ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
That's not a Google issue, that's a Facebook issue.

Facebook needs to fix on their end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
One French carrier announcing an ota version for a carrier unlocked device. Nobody else, just one French carrier.

Yeah that sounds super reliable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DLCPhoto:
I imagine not, but does 4.0.4 now allow the Home Screen to rotate to Landscape orientation in the default launcher?

If not, is there some logical reason why this is the case, forcing us to use 3rd party launchers for a pretty basic function? It just seems crazy to me.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] y2kcamaross:
Nope, home screen still doesn't rotate
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
What you see a pretty basic function, I see a pain in the ass feature. Not to mention the extra battery drain from needless switching on the home screen if/when you don't turn off your screen after using. I really doubt the masses want to micromanage turning their screen off when not in use so that their accelerometer isn't putting in extra time to rotate the screen when carrying the phone or in the pocket. I have had one stock device do this to me: the Omnia. I hated it so much I mapped auto rotate on/off to a hardware key to turn it on when I had to use messaging, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phonatrep:
Well, every announcement has to come from some country, why don't you trust this country ?

Also, for an announcement to have several sources, it has to start by a first one, maybe this is the one.

And it's not only for only one device, it's for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S.

Obviously, you have no clue on whether it's reliable or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] firehazard:
Really? People put their phones in their pockets without first locking it (or I guess as you say, "micromanaging")?

How lazy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ATnTdude:
I515.09 is your model and hardware revision. It will not change unless you replace your phone, or at least your mainboard (which is basically replacing the phone). There does not appear to be substantial differences between hardware revision 9 and revision 10.

V.%%## is the baseband version. It is the only thing that will ever change when flashing radios.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DLCPhoto:
To each their own, I guess. I'm often browsing in Landscape, and want to switch to something else, and the change to Portrait in the Homescreen is counter-productive. And I guess it's just second nature to me to hit the power-button when I'm done with the phone and putting it in my pocket, or elsewhere.

With different users having different needs, there should at least be an Option to control this behavior - that way everybody's happy! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Fine. Remove the word French.

Message remains. You obviously have no clue if its reliable or not as well. I will doubt anything a carrier says (and not Google) on a carrier unlocked device. If you choose to live life with blind faith, more power to you. I am a believe it when I see it sort.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
To each their own. A good developer looks at many angles, not one short-sighted angle. I know if I tell my wife she has to shut her screen off each time she uses the phone to not cause undue strain on the battery from excessive accelerometer work, she would say "screw this", sell her Gnex, and get an iPhone or Blackberry.

Obviously there is a reason Google isn't adding it. The OS supports it fine, and needs to for hardware sliders.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ATnTdude:
Your argument of "undue strain on the battery from excessive accelerometer work" is weak to begin with. There isn't much work in reading the accelerometer to begin with, and if you're running live wallpaper (or even swiping through your apps), your phone is constantly redrawing the screen anyway. It's not a total redraw of all elements like a rotation, but you're not rotating the screen 60 times a second either. That's besides the point as well, since the biggest battery killer is turning the screen on at all. Anything you do with that screen is marginal.

You don't like launcher rotation or find value in it. Great. Seems like Google agrees with you. That doesn't mean you, or they, should be making the decision for all of us. The point of Android is that you, not anyone else, should make that choice (unlike certain other companies which regularly dictate how users should use the device they paid for). Most custom launchers have a check box to enable screen rotation. It would not break the OS or result in you getting 3 minutes of use on a full charge for them to do that.

If they aren't going to do that for us, the least they could do is give 3rd party apps the full abilities of the stock launcher without having to root or flash to /system/. The current situation is flat-out annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Your opinion blows as much as you think mine does. So...I guess they stand up to the definition of an opinion. Personally, I think your arguments are equally weak.

Nor you.

If you want Android to be like Burger King and have it your own way, then build AOSP and make the changes. Whether you think Google should make the call or not, is not up to you. It is their OS, and they are in control ultimately (which could include closing most of the source if they deemed it fit to do so). They can and will make decisions on the direction it takes. AOSP is for those who wish to take it another direction.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Devs are in control of 3rd party apps, not Google. If they deem it fit not to include features, well once again, it is their choice. If they do not have the knowledge to add in features you want, it is their shortcoming.

As it stands, there are 3rd party options right now that allow you autorotation. I am not seeing where you are coming from in this argument.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] govindadas:
Not to derail the thread anymore, but... I use Nova personally, and do like the rotate homescreen feature, but rarely find it extremely useful. I also think it just doesn't look that great --- but I'm a little more function over form person. Just wanted to throw that in... depending on the number/size/type of widgets rotating homescreens don't look all that great... maybe that's why they leave it up to the dev community. --- at least after I realized that, it made sense to me that they leave it out... rotating > 1x1 homescreen items is non-trivial.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] G0belet:
Not just one french carrier, the second largest carrier in France with over 21M mobile subscribers (this is a bit smaller than T-Mobile USA, but for a much smaller country), wholly owned by Vivendi (who owns Universal Music Group and Activision Blizzard, among other huge companies). They were also the exclusive carrier of the Galaxy Nexus when it came out in France. You wouldn't diss T-Mobile for giving you a release date for software for a phone they carried, would you?

They're not just a bunch of dimwits taking random guesses at release schedules. They carry the phone, and Google gave them that timeframe. All OEMs give timeframes, what would make Samsung/Google so special? They also sold the Nexus One fully unlocked, without any kind of customization. They're the only carrier fully backing Android here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ATnTdude:
I never said your opinions "blow". Only your suggestion that screen rotation would kill the battery. Even then, it didn't use the word "blow" but asserted the known facts didn't support your reasoning, hence "weak". My apologies if I did not separate out objective fact from the subjective portion of my post. I thought the paragraph break was enough.

As for Android being "Google's" or whether I should cook my own ROM, that's entirely besides the point. Good software design should enable as many uses as possible without causing undue harm or confusion. Let the user decide which method is most productive. You can go overboard, and some Launchers probably cross that line. However, a single "rotate home screen" check box would not cause undue burden on them, nor would it confuse end users. Ignoring it is a poor choice. As you pointed out, they obviously have the right to make that choice. It doesn't make it a good one.

And yes, that's my opinion, in case you felt like making more patently obvious statements that don't address the issue at hand.

3rd Party apps cannot use the app drawer widget preview without root. Period. While that's probably a security issue, another API for widgets alone would probably do the trick.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
And you don't find it odd that no other carrier has received/mentioned this time frame? You don't find it odd there is one single mention of it anywhere, and its just them, or people referring to them in their blogs?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aostrom:
4.0.4 LTE slower than 4.0.2?

Yesterday I took the plunge -- unlocked my bootloader, rooted, installed CWM (thanks to the Nexus Toolkit!), and then loaded Craig Gomez' "Rooted,De-odexed,Zip-aligned ROM With Stock Insecure Boot Image And New Radios & Bootloader" update.

Everything seems good, but I am seeing much SLOWER download speeds on LTE than I saw before. Sitting in my office I'm getting 4.2Mbps down and 1.24Mbps up. On 2/2/2012 sitting in the same location I got 24.23Mbps/12.23Mbps.

Anyone else seeing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tbrouwer:
assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/app/SystemUI.apk", "randomnumbersletters","randomnumbersletters")

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

That's what I get from CWM when trying to flash this ??

I am rooted/unlocked. I had flashed 4.0.3 radios awhile back and also changed my soft buttons. Any idea?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] G0belet:
Not really, no, seeing how they also were the source of several announcements such as the Desire HD Gingerbread release and some other phone from LG. They're legitimate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] compnird:
Debates should be taken outside... but I think the majority of folks would stand on the side of Adrynalyne for the sole fact that he's one of the most talented and respected individuals on here and likely has forgotten more than you will ever know.

AutoRotate puts the accelerometers in a constantly 'on; state, not just an on-demand (as in when a menu or app that can be rotated comes up it calls/enables them into action) this does in fact cause a draw of power. - Enable it in CM and note that even the unlock screen will rotate... Acelerometers are on at all times.

Draw of a typical acelerometer is in the range of 200-300 µA but there are a few (not sure what's exactly in the GNex) that go as low as 30 µA but that's still in a draw across a supply voltage of 1.8V to 3.6V DC.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
All closed source devices mentioned.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] G0belet:
Not relevant, Samsung most likely announced these release dates, and Google didn't build the hardware. It's Samsung's device in the end. Besides, the ROM on your Galaxy Nexus is technically not vanilla AOSP either. Do you have the source to the gapps? To the Google Transport? To the binary blobs? The OTAs are not open source. AOSP is. I agree that the two are not wildly different, but as mentioned before, the two branches are not exactly the same.

Google AND Samsung both work hand-in-hand in making those ROM working on the device, so they can announce dates all they want.

I know the OTAs come straight from Google, but Samsung work on them too for the hardware/drivers part.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ZeroBarrier:
Really?... You modded your soft buttons; hence SystemUI.apk is NOT stock. It's been beaten to death that you have to be COMPLETELY STOCK.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Eh...Samsung has its own build branch. This is kind of my point if Samsung is giving them this info. If Samsung sends out a 4.0.5 build...yakju devices won't be getting it as Google sends those out. So then announcing 4.0.5 is not indicative to everyone getting 4.0.5.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EvanVanVan:
This leaked rom has to include the latest "4.0.4 gapps" obviously, right?

and this might not be known yet, but is this basically the final version that VZW will release?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Yes, 4.0.4 gapps.

From someone I talked to yesterday...possibly. It fits in with their internal target timeframe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] G0belet:
Well, on the other hand, I'm pretty sure they loosely keep them in sync. Google is in charge of the yakju builds indeed, but if the past is any indication, we'll get them before the Samsung builds. Besides, Google never announced any release date for builds, but I'm pretty sure they announce it to OEMs; that info then goes to carriers, who decide to disclose them or not to the public. SFR usually has a public update roadmap. Also, see the CDMA situation where Verizon announced updates in advance to various problems. I think I heard Google sends them updates and they validate it, but still, they receive a schedule.

EDIT: I documented myself, and SFR phones all have yakju builds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tbrouwer:
I went and reflashed the old radios via

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22184351&postcount=133

and confirmed I am running on old radios, however, I get the exact same issue trying to flash

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oops sorry just saw this. thanks

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lol ok sooo how do i undo this metamorph **** so my systemui.apk is back to stock?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Side note:

Verizon is not forthcoming with future builds at all. Their definition of update info, is "it will be fixed in a future update."

As for SFR: I am still skeptical, but we will see. Who knows, maybe its 4.0.4 and there was a typo in the versioning. It happened with 4.0.3 when Google labeled it as 4.1 in source on accident.