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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
The ones with data drops are the most vocal...

I, for one, find my GNex's signal to be COMPLETELY comparable to my Droid X.

I still get the same slightly-spotty service at work (center of a hospital...surrounded by lead to protect from the X-Ray Machines' radiation). Excellent service literally everywhere else I've been.

I'm also not experiencing ANY 4.0.4 deep-sleep related drops as many are.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mellis8:
Bad Batch

So, is there just a bad batch of phones out there? Because this seems that this has to be a hardware issue.With a certain amount of phones that went out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowboarda42:
Mine is working great, I had to have it warrantied twice before I got one that didn't drop signal randomly.

Seems like the ones made in Korea are your best bet for better signal. My China ones were horrible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TurbineTester:
I think my wife and i may both be having this issue with random signal drops while on 4G. 3G is solid as a rock. 4G drops and reconnects about every 3 minutes. Does that sound like hardware?

How do you tell where the phone is made?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bill12690:
i really think verizon hates this phone and doesnt really want to sell a nexus to people...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mellis8:
Talked to Verizon

So we are trying this one more time...

I talked to Verizon today, and the Tech person had the same phone and lived in my area and said she was not having any issues, which led her to believe it was Hardware and Software. She also said some razors are having the same issue, and if I switch phones I could have the same issue again. So, I am going to swap it out again and see what happens?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siberslug:
I have had 5 of these phones and they all have this problems.

Vzn just sucks!!! I can't wait until I can afford to break the contract!!!! and I thought sprint was bad!!! T-Mobile was heaven compared to this garbage service!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Did you just blame Verizon for a phone it sells?

They didn't touch the hardware or software of the device....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DontJoinTheDarkSide:
Lol so Verizon apps magically appeared?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ZeroBarrier:
Just because they are included in the CDMA/LTE version for Verizon, doesn't mean they touched anything on the OS side.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
I believe that the radios, and maybe a few other driver packages, are developed by verizon and only distributed by google when they package their releases. That's what the tiff a few months back was with the CDMA phones being "dropped" by AOSP, a licensing conflict with anything that interacts with the CDMA tech being tied down and not open source. The actual Android code is google's game, true, but it's not the only thing the phones run on.

So there's room for Verizon to screw up the way the phones run in the OTA packages.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zetsumeikuro:
Just cause you're having issues with Verizon doesn't mean it's the same for everyone. Have fun being throttled on T-Moible's "4G" after you hit 2GB :).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shadowstewie:
I've had nothing but exceeding standard service from Verizon reps. Only thing I hate is that it took Verizon forever to come out with this phone. And the updates take longer than GSM ones, but still, its faster than any other phone.

I actually don't mind the 2 apps they pre installed. I actually use My Verizon and I used to use Backup Assistant, a lot of people still use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mellis8:
I got one that works

On my 3rd try i got a phone that works, at least I think it works. The agents said that it can't be a lot number on the phones, because the same lots give out good and bad phones. They also said the Razor is having the same issues. They just told me to keep this one on 3G only until the update Samsung is supposed to be sending comes out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
Glad to hear it worked out for you and you can finally enjoy the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ashclepdia:
Even when I was getting my Sim and activating it, the rep didn't seem to happy about it lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paperhurts:
VZW customer service is amazing

I have never had an issue where VZW customer service DIDN'T immediately suggest "let me send you a new phone" when I called with an issue. The only phone I've ever had with VZW where I didn't warranty replace a phone (in Droid X's case, FIVE TIMES before they finally sent me an X2) was my old Blackberry 8703e. I'm on my 2nd GNEX (after a bad screen/battery life/overheating issue with my first) and I can't imagine every having someone other than VZW. I mean, I get 20Mb/s D/L on 4G LTE and 10-15 upload...and no matter how much bandwidth I use (with my husband and I playing MMOs via my GNEX) we do not get throttled. It really isn't VZW's fault if there is some widespread hardware issue in some of the phones that shipped.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Nah. Even if every verizon file and app was bad, it would only have the effect of broken verizon apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Let me say it again.

Verizon did not touch the software or hardware in this device.

Did they supply Google with some apks and libs? Sure they did. Do they affect ANY PART of operation?

Heck no.

Verizon outsources their app development, by the way. If Verizon had modified anything built by Google, it would have broken signatures. Guess what? Google signs our otas and they stay signed (otherwise we couldn't install them).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpenaOG:
i have a Evo on Verizon prepaid , stock rom ... but lets face it . Stock roms are kinda boring :/ so im wondering if ill lose my flash by putting a custom rom on my evo . If someone already asked this , sorry .. i couldnt find a relevant post to my question . some one HELP ME OUT !

Gladly appreciated -jpenaOG
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
What do you mean will you lose your flash? I've never heard that

sent from my evol supersonic
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
His evo 4g is flashed to Verizon. He is asking if he flashes a rom if he will have to reflash it to Verizon or not.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evol4g:
Damn I misread that.. I'M an idiot

sent from my evol supersonic
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mito8485:
My evo is flashed to cricket, and I flash a new rom almost every other day:eek:. I don't think it messes with your phones epst settings like call, text, data.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetdaddy:
It should only effect your MMS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eduncan911:
So, I just received my brand new spanking Sprint Galaxy Nexus (pre-order, due out to the mass public this Sunday - muhahaha).

First, I am very impressed that there isn't 1 "Sprint App" on this thing. No junk, clean! And no HTC sense crap either obviously (thank god).

So now the only reason to root the phone is for free Wifi Mobile hotspot.

But, uh, I can already enable it? I am not paying for "Tethering" through my Sprint account.

Thoughts?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thos25:
Tethering is built in to the G-Nex. I don't think Google allows any carriers to block the tethering app.

Wait..take that back. DoCoMo blocks it on their version...the SC-04D.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
So does Verizon, in the form of requiring you to pay, unless you go around it.

Sprint is likely the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bwcorvus:
When to evo came out, it came with a free month of tethering...maybe this is the same?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eduncan911:
Damn, you're right. I enabled it and connected my laptop to it - can't browse.

Ok, looking to unlock this or a custom ROM. Prefer an unlock now (saw an app in the Marketplace) because everything else seems nice and stable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
If the rom I posted in the other Sprint thread works...it should have tethering unblocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thos25:
Didn't realize Verizon blocked it as well. My buddy has a Verizon Nexus, not rooted, uses tether, doesn't pay for it.

After reading some say that Verizon blocked it, asked him to see if I was missing something.

He said that the switch pro widgets turn his tether on and off even though he doesn't pay Verizon for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Yeah there is a way around the provisioning.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BinkXDA:
I always find these threads humorous. The non-subsidized GN I bought does tethering out-of-the-box and it Just Worked, and worked flawlessly (I tethered my Wi-Fi-only tablet to the GN), the first time I tried it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Not really relevant if it is not a Sprint device, yeah?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eduncan911:
+1 Exactly. Those on GSM that can order direct from Google are lucky.

This thread is specific to Sprint's GN for tethering.

Will look for those widges/apps in the Marketplace, err I mean Google Play (awful name).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lordstylz:
Ditto

I am also looking for an answer for this. I can turn the hotspot on, my tablet finds it and connects. But I can't access the internet through the hotspot connection.

Weird thing is my wife has the Nexus S on Sprint and she can use the wifi hotspot no problem and we've never paid extra for hotspot.

I miss it b/c I used it all the time on my rooted Evo.

Is the solution to root only? I mean I'll probably still root but like another user said I like my set up with everything else so not in a rush.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well considering that we can't order direct from Google (they don't sell the phone), have to use an importer and pay a premium price and not have a warranty, I wouldn't say we're "lucky" in all respects.

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Yes, the solution will more than likely be root related.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lordstylz:
Well I rooted like I said before, but the only answer to the hotspot thing seems to use another app for that.

See this thread..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1614922
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eduncan911:
Thanks Lord. I've already decided to ROM-it anyways to get rid of the Carrier IQ crap, among other things.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
When the nexus s 4g came out tethering was left in for free by accident, a later update what seemed to me was just made the phone stop it's mobile data connection.

Likely the same on Google part
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ATnTdude:
1 Word: MoreQuicklyPanel (it's a proper name, so yeah, it's one word), which you should have on your phone anyway. No root required. No hack. You could do it on bone stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malibu_23:
cant we use wifi tether from market?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LordLugard:
Have you tried an app called FoxFi? It's not available in the market anymore (for Sprint devices), but Google it. Enables tethering without needing to root.

I'm on my mobile now, but might post it when I get to a PC.

**

http://foxfi.com/

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BeerChameleon:
I posted this in the general sprint galaxy nexus thread and someone said it didnt work for non rooted although it worked on my buddys non rooted phton
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ndroid916:
just dwnld, installed and tried... worked like a charm ... GN (Sprint) to Evo View and Motorola Xoom

.... non rooted! stock ROM

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BeerChameleon:
Non rooted?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maximiano:
I installed the .apk on my non-rooted (completely stock) Sprint Gn and it worked like a breeze.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnythan:
The Sprint and Verizon versions disable the data connection when you enable tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaredstein21:
Foxfi worked for me on my unrooted GN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jten9:
This works on my Sprint Gn :cool: (stock and unrooted for the moment)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rakeesh_j:
Has any headway been made into allowing data while tether is on? I like the stock tether since it works with the power control widget.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skypony:
It would make sense that they would update the faulty hardware when they found the problem. I'd still like a TP 201 but GPS is a necessity for aviation navigation. If the problem was fixed in later batches, I would buy one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] craigacgomez:
Well, if GPS is a necessity... don't go for the TP... it's a fantastic device, but not intended to be used as a GPS device... it's a design fault more than a hardware fault... perhaps if the TP Infinity has GPS it would be better...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
prime will work fine for navigating now that asus is giving away free external gps dongles..read my gps dongle test thread for more details

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1602789
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skypony:
Is the dongle only for people who bought a TP before the GPS was removed from the specifications?

Would a person who bought a TP today get a dongle?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
yes..dependent on where you live though. most places can get them
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CeeJayII:
I bought a Prime 1.5 weeks ago. After rooting and apply the aGPS fix, my GPS works great. I haven't waited longer than 10 seconds for a lock. Maybe they did improve it.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phree1:
I would not trust a non dedicated GPS system for aviation. That is just asking for trouble.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jlabrat:
I have a later TFP (C1 series) and my GPS is functional but not great.

The Asus TFP aluminum case (product design - good for appearance and sturdiness) imepeeds GPS and Wi-Fi in some cases.

I ordered the GPS dongle and anticipate this will bring GPS reception up to the level of my smartphone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
recent testings, including mines and other members, show prime gps dongle performing better than smartphone gps ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr Zulu:
Pilot here. Bought my prime to be an EFB. All the pilots I personally know that use a tablet for an EFB are apple freaks so they were my only point of reference before buying. I was told not to expect a tablet GPS to be that useful in the confines of a small aluminum cockpit. The GPS antenna really needs to be up on the dash which obviously would make the tablet a bit useless. The suggestion was to use a bluetooth GPS and set it up on the dash if I wanted georeference on the charts. However, none of these pilots bothered with that. Of course it did occur to me that these pilots were full of **** and trying to justify why they bought the cheaper ipad without 3g (and no GPS either) but I was not expecting any tablet gps to be great in the cockpit so I wasn't making my purchase decision based on that.

I'm of the mindset of not bothering with it. I have three panel mounted GPS units in the airplane. I really don't need another. It's easy enough to just swipe chart to the right location when I need the chart and I don't need to actually look at a chart very often at that.

So, I was dissapointed when I saw the the GPS in the prime is a no-go, but it wasn't a deal breaker for me. That said, I put in for that new dongle... it's free afterall, may as well give it a try.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
please post back after you receive the dongle and test it on your flights. i bet you will be surprised as to how well and accurate the dongle performs.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ElCamino:
Yes the free GPS Extension Kit; this is what Asus calls in the packaging ;) it does help the GPS. What the Kit does is it disables the built in GPS and uses the dongle GPS. Works good, I tested to see indoors. I have the C3OK serial TP and the GPS kind of works outside, but with the dongle, it finds your location within 30 seconds after the first time. I prefer not to have the dongle, but at least I can use it if I ever wanted to really use the GPS. I have my TP rooted, so I might try the GPS hack that has been really working. Here is a quick view of the dongle.

[youtube]WHnMzlPMC1I[/youtube]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr Zulu:
It came in today and while I haven't flight tested it yet I think I have to say color me not impressed.

When I first got the tablet with Honeycomb still on it, I could get and lock onto GPS with it sitting on my dining room table near a window with an accuracy of 90 something feet. Outside was a little better... maybe 40 feet or so but I have no doubt that if I was diving (or flying) that the lock would be lost but I never tested it.

When the tablet updated to ICS, I lost ALL GPS function. Never could see a satellite inside or outside even when left for hours under an open sky.

Well, with the dongle, my GPS now see satellites again... but not as good as I had with the native GPS and Honecome operating system. Sitting here on the same dinning room table near the same window, I mostly do not have lock. Occasionally it will grab a lock but the best I've seen is accruacy o 143'. The last lock I had was to 757'. Currently as I type, no lock. Outside after setting for a long time, I got a lock to 70 or so feet. As I walked around the yard, accuracy fluctuated between that 70' and 125' but was mostly between 90' and 125'.

I'll have a chance to test it in a small aluminum cockpit going 200mph tomorrow and see how it does... not expecting much.

---------- Post added at 03:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:47 AM ----------

Woops, sorry. Nevermind. It didn't occur to me that it might perform better after restarting the prime (since it's hardware and the software has been restarted several times since the last update).

In any case, it's actually impressive now. Inside it's a solid 40 or so on the accuracy. Outside walking around the back yard, it holds a solid 12' or so. Best I've seen.

I'm feeling better about it's chances tomorrow. We'll see.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mr Zulu:
Finally got a chance to post back here. It worked flawlessly in the airplane. 17' to 20' accuracy when the Prime was sitting on the seat next to me. Would go to less than 10' accuracy when I held the Prime in front of me where it would normally be when I'm working on it and that's going at about 200mph. Nice feature added to the charting software.

I still regard it as just a 'nice feature' though. It really is easy enough to just swipe the chart to your location without GPS. Most airplanes have GPS in the panel now (mine has three) so you already know your location and most GPS units built in the last 12 years or so contain most of the information you'd need on a typical flight in the database so we don't even have to look at these charts during the actual flight that often anymore... and some of the more recent ones have the charts actually loaded into them (mine does not and is what I use the Prime for). When we douse a chart in flight, it's not to see where we are (since we already know that), it's to look up some detailed information that's not in our GPS databases, or perhaps the most common reason... to look up the spelling of an assigned intersection (spellings are typically very odd) so that we can access that intersection in the panel GPS.

Now, there are SOME older planes where the owners may not of updated their panels to have a GPS in them. For those, I'd want to buy a tablet with a good working GPS. In that case, a GPS would be a HUGE benefit.
[HTC Sensation] dssturk:
my sensation is rooted with revolutionary and another file caled su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip. I'm S-off. Can I return to factory? I have a nandroid BK but not sure if it is right> Don't want to brick it.
[Nook Color General] androidifyme:
can someone please send me the following:

sdcard triple boot files only for the second partition, the files I am asking for are the ones you choose for as sdcard Alt-img to boot to ics9 on triple boot. I believe they are these files but proably named alturecram, alturecimg.

urecram, urecimg, uramdisk, uimage

this would be for dualboot between linux ubuntu "nookbuntu.3" and then ics9
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
You might have better luck asking on Rack's thread in developers.

See here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21458075

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
[Desire HD Android Development] inspiredbyhtc:
Noob Friendly Installation Guide

First make sure you are rooted and have already installed recovery.

If you haven't check this guide by glevitan on how to get up and running.

Okay, from now on I will assume you are rooted and installed recovery, if you encountered problems while rooting or installing recovery head over to the Ace Think Tank thread to get support from the team, I will probably be there to.

1. First Step is to download a rom, you may choose one from the list in the first post. I plan on making either a color or letter based system to identify them by stock or custom feel later, but till then you will have to pick one on your own.

2. Now you have to transfer the rom from your computer to your phone's sdcard, For the purpose of this guide I recommend to the download folder in your sdcard. If you downloaded the rom from your phone you can skip this step.

3. Step 3 is booting into recovery.

Turn off your phone.

Press the power and volume down button till you boot to a white screen.

This white screen is called the bootloader, use your volume buttons to

navigate to where it says "recovery" and press power to select it.

4. Step 4 is making a backup of your current rom.

Since you are already in recovery you should see a screen with this options, don't worry if It looks different, it has the same functions and you can still follow this guide.

To navigate you must use your volume keys, if it doesn't work then use touch.

Now navigate to backup and restore and select with power key.

From there select backup and confirm.

Wait till its done and you can continue to the next step.

5. You now have a backup and its safe to start the flashing process, first navigate and select wipe data/factory reset. If the option is not available skip to step 5.2 Warning: this will delete all your application data, however contacts are backup on your google account and pictures and other media are on the sdcard and stay safe.

5.2. If you could complete step 5 skip to step 6, If the wipe data/factory reset option is not available, select wipe / format instead. From there select format all partition (except sd card) and confirm. Warning: the warning from step 5 still applies here.

6. Now we can do the actual install. Still from recovery select either, apply update from sd card or install from sd card (depends on recovery edition both do the same). Now select choose zip from sd card ( if available, if not just skip that part), now you should be seeing the directory of folders on your sd card.

7. Browse to the directory where you placed the rom, (if you followed the first step go into the download folder). Now select "insert rom name here".zip and wait for the flashing process to finish.

8. Select the reboot now option and you should be setting up your new rom in a few minutes :)
[Desire HD Android Development] inspiredbyhtc:
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