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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
Hi there,

i just got my new Nexus and i'm a little upset about how it behaves.

before i had the galaxy note, testing it for about 1 week. i was very happy with the notes connectivity (GSM / HSPA+ / WiFi) and its really great screen.

however, it was just to big to operate it with one hand and didn't do it for me so i switched to the nexus. Now to the problems i'm faceing:

- GSM / HSPA+ seems to keep switching all the time for no reason? Didn't have that problem with the note tought.

- With the Galaxy Note i had a H+ inducator telling me i'm on HSPA+ and i had like HSPA+ nearly all the time. now i only (at best) get a H indicator. I checked if i'm owning the GSM & HSPA+ version and since the device name is "yakju" i'm quite sure i got it. Is the indicator missing because there simply is no indicator for HSPA+ on the nexus or is it missing because i'm not getting a HSPA+ connection? What could cause this?

- The connection quality of the nexsus seems very poor compared to the galaxy note. can anybody verify that or is it only me haveing troubles? Example: i allways had bad connection within my kitchen (Desire HD previously). I even replaced my SIM with no luck. With the Note ALL MY CONNECTION PROBLEMS were just gone! Cristal-clear calls, no interruptions (even thought the signal indicator was showing only 1-2 bars out of 4)

- The AMOLED Display of the nexsus is not nearly as sharp as the notes one. Also, when pulling the brightness level down to about 20% i get "smudge" on the screen

- when i use the ICS Live wallpaper my desktop starts lagging when i rotate between the views. is that normal? i had the official ICS live wallpaper on the desire HD, which had only one core, and it didn't lag at all (even with particles turned up to lot higher values then the default)

- Yesterday my Nexus just turned off (I'm not talking about the reboot bug, which i also haved faced like 5 times allready) and for like 1 hour i was unable to turn it on. I tried to remove the battery for like 5 minutes, putting it back in, plugging the charger in and trying to boot the device: no reaction, just nothing! After like 30 tries it suddenly just booted again, DOH!

- even thought as far as i know ICS 4.0.4 has been rolled out allready, i still got no update pushed to my phone (still on 4.0.1 ITL41D). is that normal?

Could anybody please help me to find out if that's normal? I still could replace my Nexus if its broken.

P.s.: I'm on the T-mobile net, germany.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RTContent:
Upgrade to 4.0.4, this will solve your issues. If you don't want to wait for it to be pushed to your phone search on the forum for a 'how to'.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ray3andrei:
Its just you.... I don't have these problems.. my nexus just shut it self down twice...everything else is perfect... the connextiom issue is odd... because I seem to get full signal everywhere except in the bathroom :P

Sent from my Samsung GNexus <3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
first off, thanks for the answers so far.

manual update to 4.0.4 would need rooting, which voilates waranty.

so i have to wait till it comes over the air. (thought, i'm on 4.0.2 since about 2 hours now. no noticeable improovements.)

what i found out so far is that i'm currently on HSPA at best (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7893188&postcount=10 HSPA:11 indicator) which is shown by a H indicator at the notification bar.

however, i didn't see H+ indicator.

so: looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus the Nexus does have HSPA+. Looking at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus is sais it dosn't have!

Whats right? Is there a version without HSPA+?

What about the other problems i'm faceing:

- low GSM / HSDPA connectivity, continious switching between modes

- low performance when using the official ICS wallpaper (even thought benchmarks say everything's fine with the device itself, the wallpaper has a visible lag compared to "static" wallpapers)

would be great you guys could provide me bit more feedback if its just me so i can decide if i want to replace my nexus with a new one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanprudent:
Hey,

Before carrying on I am fully rooted which may be why I don't have your Issues.

Signal wise I have noticed that the galaxy nexus' signal is slightly weaker compared to some of the other phones I have owned more noticeably poor and voice call quality is good. Perhaps a signal check in your area or call your service provider to see if they can run a signal diagnostic on your handset to see if anything faulty.

As for h+ I did a little Google of this and found another xda forum post. From what I can see there is no + symbol on the nexus and everyone gets just the H symbol.

As for your lag I agree certain ones will create slower scrolling however that's only crazy cpu intensive wallpapers. The ones he phone came with and nexus revamped etc create no Lagg for me.

Maybe your having a little more issues with your handset than I am, I know there has been a lot of issues but as people have said they are solved with the updates. Maybe look at rooting? Generally speaking it gets rid of all issues and you can always flash back to stock if needs be?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanprudent:
Ow I'm using gsm nexus on vodafone in the UK
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
did that already. about 20KM around me i got 100% GSM, UMTS, HSDPA and even LTE coverage. Also like i said before: the galaxy note was like 100% better in terms of signal strenght and voice quallity.

any infos about the signal switching issue i got or does anyone know how the nexus switching algorithm works? i read that it only turns on HSPA+ when loading much data and switchs back down to UMTS / HSDPA later on, to save energy.

does it behave like this for GSM / HSDPA / UMTS transitions as well?

in generell i got like -100dB signal with my nexus here at my place. with the note i had like -70 up to like -80dB (so yeah, its really like 100-150% worse in terms of signal strength)

but does it show HSPA:11 or HSPA:13 within the settings --> info --> signal info? HSPA:11 (what i get) is not HSPA+ as far as i can tell.

well "lag" might be miss leading. the scrolling is a lot "SLOWER". when i scroll with a static wall in the back i get nearly instand feedback. using the ICS wallpaper there is a feedback gap of about 2,5 - 5 ms AND the transitions are not that smooth (looks like way less FPS, but to realize that it would meen that the FPS drop down to below 24FPS or atleast down to 30FPS)

hmm is it possible to flash back to stock? the only way i found to flash roms manually is always using the CWM bootloader, but how to get rid of the CWM if i want to go back to stock later on?

maybe i just didn't find it and there is a way to load the 4.0.4 rom using the official bootloader (which i would perfer)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dakota0206:
Honestly the only way for you to attempt to solve any of these issues is to root. If you are not willing then there is not a whole lot of advice anyone can give.

You can easily flash back to 100% stock if you needed to. People do all the time for warranty replacement. Some unethically, but that's a different conversation. The point is you can.

You have to decide whether or not to unlock the bootloader and root. If not, your only option is to replace it. If your willing then its already been said what you should try.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24190820

Hope you can get it worked out.

Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
yeh thats not the problem. i would root for sure if i know the problems i got are solved.

i'm just trying to figure out if its a hardware bug / manufacturing error and if it makes sense to replace it.

repleaceing means like waiting 1 week till the new one arrives + it dosn't mean that the new one will not have other bugs which i've seen here in the forums (AMOLED display bugs for example)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
updated to 4.0.4.

poor connectivity remains. doh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SynFox:
Do you use a cellphone case?

Because with the case I use, I don't get any signal here at all ... without the case I get better signal than I ever had before in my flat.

Also you could try flashing another radio.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kichard:
Maybe its a tower issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
just one small insight for the op: rooting violates warranty? LOL. You don't know what you're talking about. Nope, even with locked bootloaders it's possible to root some ics versions (up to 4.0.3). Hell, you can unlock and relock the bootloader (which allows for custom roms) by using fastboot, which doesn't phone home in any way. You don't loose your warranty on a nexus phone, unless you manage to **** up the only way available to fully recover it (usb, volume rocker, power button) which is through fastboot.

change radios. your NOTE was not running ICS, and it's a SAMSUNG phone, which surely has tweaked UI/interface/radio etc. It could even be showing full strenght when it's not at full strenght, for all we know.. -70dBm NOTE, -100dBm Nexus - and you say it's 100%/150% difference? are you sure?

return the phone if you feel it's not working for you and your area of residence.

Sent from my TF201
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
yeah i found out about the fastboot method and used it. i was not aware of that option.

thats right, but the nexus is also manufactured by samsung so they provide the drivers, don't they?

about the dB: i forgot, we're talking about dBm here so 3dB should be like 100% drop / gain.

so no, i'm not sure anymore. but as far as i remember when i check the note it had about 80dB while the nexus is around 95-105dB.

anyway, are there any better radios for the nexus t-mobile germany ATM?

i would love to try them out.

i dont have any cellphone case except a display protection. i never dropped a phone in the past 5 years so i see no point in cases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masiminder:
well, searching the web for the last 4 hours i decided to send my nexus back and buy another phone.

it seems there are alot of people out there haveing poor signal. updateing to other roms or radios didnt fix their problems.

one guy even sais he had 3 galaxy nexus and very poor signal (-107dBm) compared to his razzor maxx (-80dBm) with all of the nexus'.

seems to be a hardware problem. since my desire HD sucked in terms of radio too and i really dont need a phone that's unable to call i'll send it back.

after all i know its not me (galaxy note worked like a charm - so no provider and location issue) and its not the rom / radio. after searching the web i'm very sure its not "only my device".

maybe the guys saying they got no problems got a (rare?) working manufacturing batch or are on LTE (which i'm not).

the nexus signal just seems to be poor. and i think no update's gonna change that.

so i send it back and will grap the galaxy SIII when it's released within the next weeks. till then i'll use my nokia e65, which is like 100 years old but atleast has signal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SynFox:
I am on T-Mobile Germany and as said, better signal than any other phone I ever had. (iPhone, Nokia, Motorola)

UGLA4 gave me the best result so far
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wheelerruss:
Hi all,

Having looked around I don't see anyone with the same issue as mine with regards to SMS.

I just got a new Nexus 2 days ago, and got the 4.0.4 update by doing the clear cache thing. All good.

I installed SMSBackup+ and started to restore all my text messages. Now I have about 21,000. Honestly I have no idea how I have that many, its possible some are dupes or something, I really don't know. But basically I left it to restore them overnight and woke up this morning with all my messages restored. Lovely.

But now, I tried to send a text to someone and it just froze. I quit to the home screen, went to go back to the message app but it just sits with a black screen doing nothing.

I presume its got something to do with it trying to load all the messages for the first time or something like that but I'm a bit gutted that it can't handle it. My old Galaxy S could handle them all with ease.

Is this a known issue on the GNex or am I asking too much with the volume of SMSs??

I'm a bit gutted if I've bought this brand new state of the art phone and it can't handle what my two year old SGS could!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RTContent:
It might have been the case that a couple of messages were corrupt. Try clearing the sms data and restoring again but only blocks at a time. If that doesn't work the messaging app might have an issue since your now running ics.

This could be an issue that hasn't been explored as your not the average user. I for 1 limit my messages at 200 a contact.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wheelerruss:
Thanks RT, but its so slow/congested it won't let me delete them either! I tried by going into the message app and choosing delete threads.

It loads every time I reboot the phone but if I do anything on it at all, it just shows me a black screen.

On first load I can see all the messages, but if I go into one of them, even one that is only 2 threads long, it just freezes on me.

Any idea how I can delete the SMS data without going through the message app?

Or am I staring down the barrel at a factory reset? (this isn't the end of the world as I only got the phone yesterday and haven't really installed anything yet)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wheelerruss:
Right then,

So instead of trying to do something with the stock message app to delete the sms messages, I downloaded delete old messages app and ran that before loading up the stock message software.

I think the next time I restore them I will try and put the 200 cap on them like my SGS did (I thought this was a limitation of the phone not an actual setting that I could adjust! I presume I'll find it in the stock SMS settings somewhere?)

Thanks for the help RT.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
I've had that issue since froyo. anytime I restore thousands of texts, the messaging app just hangs. On the rare occasion it'll come to life but for the most part unusable. only solution seems to be to restore a small portion of your texts or have a blank slate
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Quit being so popular. Too many SMS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hEaTLoE:
I made a second label in my GMail I call SMS Backup and every few weeks I'll change my backed-up messages from SMS to the Backup label so when/if I wipe and restore, it doesn't pull in all my messages. If I need anything, I can easily search for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RTContent:
To delete your messages / settings go into the sms app under Settings-Apps and clear all your data.

Yes you find the sms limit setting in the general setting within the sms app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phatboyj420:
Is busyBox built into CWM recovery kernals? is this common practice?

if so, and "I believe it is" How can I update my busyBox Version?

The experience Im having is on stock 2.3.4 when I check with root checker pro .apk it shows BusyBox Version 1.19.2cm71 installed in /sbin/ So I try to update to BusyBox version 1.19.4stericson via his BusyBox installer .apk Then check with Root checker Pro .apk and all is well Untill I reboot My phone Imediatly after reboot Root cheker shows the old Busy Box version again.

So I geuse what Im asking for is verification basicly.

Is there not a tool to incorporate CWM into existing stock recovery like the one used for the OG transformer Tab?

By the way to all comers who would like to bash my noobness Bring it!

I say this because I can learn more from the bashing than from no response/answer at all.

That being said Thanks to the Devs that do chime in with direct, and helpful responses. Its much appreciated by me as this is my main source of refferance for android learning. My post count is so low because I read !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
busybox is a binary located in either /system/bin or /system/xbin

its not something included in a kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rdannar:
If you newwest busybox then search and find a cwm zip for root and flash it... Easiest way..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phatboyj420:
Thanks for your response, but I Know what busybox is and where its supposed to be but if you have CWM recovery do me a favor and check your "/sbin" folder on "root of phone" not in the "/system" folder there you will see "busybox" in "/sbin". Also there is an app called "root checker" by Joey something or other if you run this app and swipe to the left you'll see the screen verify busybox click it and it will tell you where its installed and what version is installed.

I originaly thought same as your reply and its true as long as you install busybox While using stock recovery. Meaning if I install busybox to "/system/xbin" with CWM recovery installed my newer busybox version won't stick. (Only good until reboot)

I've completely reverted to stock 2.3.4 GB and checked the /sbin folder before and after installing codeworkx 5.0.2.3 CWM revovery and These were my findings.

However on the skyRocket I do not seem to have this problem I believe this is why.

While Great for My "I727" that doesnt help me on my "I777"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phatboyj420:
Thanks but not at all what I was talking about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rdannar:
if it doesn't stick you probably have two versions... One in bin and one in xbin. delete old one. flash in cwm so it corrects symlink to newwest busybox. your syymlink are probably not correct. The install script changes the symlink of the file.. That is why you use cwm to flash
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phatboyj420:
Thanks again but your still off please re-read O.P.

Ive done all that you suggest. in doing so I,ve learned that when I manualy delete busybox from "/sbin" it gets re-written upon reboot.

The only Rom with CWM recocery That I've found this not to be true in is "task650's" latest ICS release UCPLC5, It does initialy install busybox but not to

"/sbin" and it does'nt get re-written on every reboot. Thus allowing the users busybox update to stick. Thanks for that Task.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hakaz:
I experience the same troubles with GB SpeedMod Kernel v2.21 which includes CWM 5.0.2.3, so I searched around and found this thread.

Running StockROM (GB 2.3.6) the updates of BusyBox (have it in /system/xbin) work perfectly, no second version anywhere (/system/bin or /sbin).

Flashing SpeedMod Kernel with CWM delivers a second copy of BusyBox into /sbin, where busybox itself is a symlink to recovery in the same directory. Bad enough that an update to the latest BusyBox version seems to be fine but doesn't stick after reboot (as mentioned by Phatboyj420, for clarification: the update in /system/xbin sticks but the update or deletion of BusyBox in /sbin is reverted as part of kernel during reboot), so e.g. Ghost Commander shows some errors (owner and file permissions) which are related to this mixed version status and disappear after updating BusyBox (till the next reboot).

To confirm that CWM delivers BusyBox to /sbin I looked into the source of SpeedMod v2.21 (find it here!). Just unpack it and have a look into /initramfs/out/sbin.
[Desire General] yusuo:
I know this is a common problem and from what i've read theres a fix for it somewhere on this forum but i've looked and looked and for the life of me I can't find the solution anywhere, can anyone help me out on this and let me know how I can go about resolving this..

Thanks in advance
[Desire General] 777ace:
How hard did you look?
[Desire General] cixpa:
You can try to recalibrate your battery, but it seems it's a normal behaviour when the battery is getting older.

The shutoff percentage should raise with the time.
[Desire General] erklat:
y00 sure?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kudoboi:
i cannot unlock my phone because its says unknown device, when i try to update it's drivers, it says its already up to date. my phone is also hanged at the bootloader right nw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lordmirg:
I had this issue (W7 64bit) although after trying several things to get it working, all of a sudden a Windows update occurred and Samsung drivers were downloaded.

Try doing a Windows Update?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kudoboi:
fixed it idk how
[Xperia Play General] ispongoo:
Hi everyone

I installed cm7 on my xperia Play and ever since videos seem to play twice as fast at a stupid speed.is there anyway this can be fixed, any suggestions will be helpful :)
[Xperia Play General] ridder215215:
Haven't heard of that issue. The easiest way would be to use another video player like MoboPlayer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jbG92NHIuYW5kcm9pZC5uaWwiXQ..) or MX Player (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImNvbS5teHRlY2gudmlkZW9wbGF5ZXIuYWQiXQ..). Or you could try to re-install Cyanogenmod (perhaps the nightly?).
[Xperia Play General] ispongoo:
Thanks but I think ill try flash stock rom because the player doesn't change anything (still too fast) I reckon its a software glitch so ill update once I get home
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungGalaxySII.:
just a quick question
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Depends on what the phone is doing. Stock can go to 1200mhz if required. By the same token, if the phone only needs 200mhz for a given task, then that's what it will use.

In what context are you asking the question ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungGalaxySII.:
No basically i was checking antutu benchmark and the maximum it said was 800mhz.

was i just looking at the wrong info or is it the max its clocked at? cpu it says is 200 - 800
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wezi:
Default Clock speed for the Galaxy S2 is 200mhz to 1200mhz (1.2Ghz)

In Antutu, if you click on the 'i' on the bottom of the screen and scroll to System Info, it should show CPU Frequency as 200.00 - 1200.00 MHz, unless you have it underclocked.

Also, from what i understand, Antutu aswel as other apps always show the S2 cpu as ARM Cortex-A7 processor, when in actual fact its an ARM Cortex-A9 processor
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Have you set a profile in an app that can set the CPU min/max (Voltage Control, Set CPU, etc, etc) ? I use 200-800 as a default profile.

So far as benchmarks/info they provide are concerned, I wouldn't know given I personally think benchmarks are a complete waste of time (and have never run one on my phone).

Essentially, on stock, your CPU should have a 200-1200mhz range, and the CPU speed at a given point in time will vary depending on what the phone is doing as I said in my previous post.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungGalaxySII.:
Oh I see thanks to both of you