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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
From OP:

'Samsung cut quite a few corners, the pentile amoled display being the most regrettable for me.'

Yeah Samsung really cut corners by giving us a 4.65" 720p HD Super Amoled pentile screen. They could have always given us a 3.5" 960x640 Retina Display. Then we would all be happy. lol

If Samsung was really brave that would have thrown a 3.2" screen on the GN to really scare Apple. They could have then used a catch phrase in there commercials like below:

At Samsung, we like to take chances...Now introducing the GN with a 3" 960x640 Retina Display. Apple, how small are you willing to go?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
Nice comment . Just one part about beats that only reason I mention it was because I been using on my iPhone since I got them back in December. And they sound really good and the volume is really good too. On my Gnex they sound low and the idk what it is but they sound like my stock apple headphones. I don't like that. But good comment tho :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
That sucks. I wouldn't want my crazy-a$$ good headphones to sound like crap either. What music app did you use? I'm just asking since Android has so many and they all process audio differently.

I like poweramp, but it def increases the bass and does a few other things to the audio. your music app might be doing somethjing too

---------- Post added at 01:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:37 PM ----------

I used to think iOS was more stable, but i dunno, running 5.01 on my iPhone 4 was crap. I'd have a force-close at least 2-3 times a day. Crazy! It was always a browser or other stock app. Of course when an iPhone force closes theres no message that pops up, it just closes, so it's not quite as nerve-racking as on an android. Then there's the messages app on the iPhone which always says a message wasn't sent, so I click re-send, and I spam the receiver with successfully sent messages. And then Siri that works only half the time. Oh, and my freakin' 58min podcast would always reset to minute 0, thus forcing me to seek my old position again and again. ANyways I think the iPhone was more stable back in the day when Steve Jobs was more anal retentive about it. Now its kind of back on the level of any other product.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
Force close on stock apps and including browser ? I never had that happened in any iPhone I have own. I had apps force closing but mainly third party apps that weren't coded right. Which most are like words with friends and some crazy intensive one like infinity blade Also podcast don't restart on the stock music app. Maybe you were using a third party app?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
I completely forgot about power amp I just to have it in my OK android phones. I ma try it out to see how it does. Also does it work with Google music in the cloud ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
Why do people always make the claim that iOS is more stable? My GN and my SGS2 before it have been stable as can be. What stability issues are people even talking about...

I even remember reading an article that said more iOS app force close on people then with Android. Also, a lot of us here run custom Roms so it has a lot of features that might not work 100% at first as the devs work through them but that has nothing to do with stability.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mgymnop:
I have a Gnex for a couple of days now. I had before an AT&T SGII, an Atrix, MyTouch4G, Nexus S, a Nexus One and first a MyTouch 3G. The best screen so far was on the Mytouch regarding sharpness (Super LCD) brilliance (SGS2) . The Gnex is a compromise out of both. I love the higher resolution but the price I paid is pentile vs. RGB Amoled on the SGSII. No problem for me, I rather have a larger screen with a high resolution than low resolution and vibrant colors.

The SGSII is a tad snappier and more fluid than the Gnex. Not sure which tweaks Samsung used or if it is all hardware related. I ran a ICS leak on the GSII and it was smooth but it was laggy from time to time. So it could be that ICS still needs to be polished in general.

Nevertheless I would choose the GNex again as my primary phone. I like the snappy camera, higher resolution, good battery life, notification light and stock ICS. I got bored by TW and even if the SGSII gets ICS on AT&T it feels like Gingerbread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
What kind of battery life you guys getting?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droidsrus:
I think the comparison between the iPhone and the gnex screens would be fair if they were at least close in size. I believe if this screen would be at least like 4" not that I don't like the screen size as is but I think it'd be much more crisp. For example the T-Mobile gs2 screen looked bad compared to the others gs2s and that's mainly because of the extra inches it added to the screen. Even the nexus s screen looked crisper than the tmo gs2. I think size plays a major part. I have no complaints on my screen tho. Way better than any phone I owned. I put it side by side with my gs2 and it makes the gs2 look horrible. As fair as the whites not being white I'm cool with that. My eyes don't like anything too bright anyways. But from what I experienced with the voodoo display app it makes the screen 10x better IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
this was my second cycle after updating to 4.0.4 (everything stock,no additional tweaks) , on 4.0.2 i used to get 4 hrs of screen on too, that's why i included the "Tune InRadio Pro" pic which shows i forgot to close it (just paused it) and it actually kept my phone awake for additional 1h 17min (screen was off of course). so my bet is that i could've got over 4h 30min at least, which is a big improvement since 4.0.2. oh and yes, i'm using the stock 1750mAh battery.

p.s. wifi always ON, i also use livewallpaper and autobrightness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
Is this without any battery savers?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatttire:
Well, it does for me on stock. When was the last time you used iOS? My point was I also had no issues in the past, but I'm having them now. I dunno maybe I had lemon hardware. I feel like iOS isn't as stable as it used to be though. Just a subjective comment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
yup without any of those apps.

p.s. Wifi was ON all the time, even when i wasn't at home (i'm too lazy to switch it OFF when i don't use it although i have a power control widget :D) , nways, mobile data kicked in as soon as i was away from my rooter.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
Nice... so way better than razr

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Can somebody point me to the webos vs symbian ***** sessions. There are way better arguments there. :rolleyes:

teach a man to fish, you feed him for life. teach a man to fastboot, and you create competency. and less threads on xda.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
i couldn't say coz i've never come close to a razr, but i can confirm that on 4.0.4 battery life has definitely improved (at least for me) , on 4.0.2 i would get around 12-13 hrs, 15-16 at most.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zdravke:
I too am trying to.switch from iphone 4 and IOS5 to gnex, but battery life is driving me nuts. I have ics4.0.4 and I can barely make it through the day with light use. With iphone 4, I run for two days easily.

I am also missing notification center - blinking diode was the thing back in 1998. I would like to see notifications on the lock screen and to respond to them right there too, and not unlock my phone with pin every 30 seconds just to see what I got.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
get rid of the lock screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
I think android notifications are way better... that's just me

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coolqf:
Very good review. Both OSes have their strengths. The less tech savvy you are the more you are to like the iPhone. Nexus does have some short comings out of the box that would annoy some users at first. No notepad.... really? The nexus is great because it receives updates first and more stable, but non nexus androids are more user friendly but more susceptible to apps not working on them upon or buggy... Overall, as you attach more to Google services the more you grow to love android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
Well that thing is you get used to it. I know the apple team stole notifications from android but they made it look cleaner also that notification in lock screen is great you see a SMS you swipe and text back. I don't miss it as much cause I hate it some of them like Facebook will become annoying sometimes and I didn't feel like turning off and on. I do like the screen in this phone is great I wish it had better speaker I downloaded an app make it sound louder but not much better
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
I'll catch up on other posts in the thread later. Just wanted to give a little update for now.

So my original post was with a docomo version built in korea. I received my google play unit yesterday and played with it a bit. China built with imm30d like most others are getting from google. All the same screen issues with two extra to boot: overall dimmer and purple hues on low brightness. Called support and they are going to overnight me a new unit on Monday.

Unfortunately after reading up on amoled displays, most these issues being repeatedly stated are inherent with this technology. And looking at the "whats normal whats not" thread and comparing my gnex units to that thread, my docomo would actually be considered a good unit and not a defect by most.

I should disclose that I am picky with everything I own and when it comes to displays you won't find a TN monitor in my house or a TV set laying around set to vivid, dynamic or any of that nonsense.

Samsung QC is spotty so severity ranges, but all gnexs will have these screen issues and a discerning eye will notice them. I've lowered my standards for the gnex screen and am just hoping to get a unit I deem acceptable from google now and deal with it.

We always want the best of everything, but I must remind myself that there is not yet a perfect phone that excels in all areas. A golden rule is that form follows function and the gnex trumps the ip4 in function, especially in my case. The perks of the ip4 screen are nice, but will be useless most of the time in real world application using a phone.

Other than the screen issues, everything is fine on both units and I've been enjoying the gnex. The extra real estate makes a world of a difference for browsing.

Got my microsim adapter. Popped in my sim and right away got hspa on my Tzones plan. No need to enter apn or anything.

I will start tweaking one out once I get a better gnex unit from Google. I will probably keep the ip4 as well for backup and to use as a pretty ipod.

Was going to take comparison pictures, but I'll wait till the 3rd unit arrives to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
make sure ur Gnexi/Gnexuses are running 4.0.4 before performing any tests
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
Yes I currently am holding onto two units and will be returning them both and have a 3rd unit on the way.

They all have these issues. Its inherent with the technology.

Great and awesome are subjective. Whats objective is that amoled viewing angles are not up to par with other display tech ie. ips.

I am glad you and your friend are happy though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
Thanks for the info. Does your phone say "docomo" on the battery cover? My docomo is looking to be one of the better units out there and I'm wondering if all docomos are better in general. I know in many industries the Japanese have stricter standards and are more selective with batches of whatever comes into their country.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
Thanks. That thread was useful.

I'm not an apple fanboy nor an android fanboy. I like to stay open and go wherever its good so its easy to stay unbiased.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
Does anyone have that huge ugly battery cover on it

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
I'm liking the notification led a lot I actually. Little things like that make me happy haha.

I can read my screen at almost 90 degrees off. Its not the visibility, its the color. I'm just being picky.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
The light is simple.. can't believe apple hasn't spent the extra little money and put one in

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
Yea I am swapping them out. Third unit should be at my door on Tuesday. I hope mine are just faulty, but the more I read the more it seems the unit I wrote about falls in line with what is decent and I am just extremely nit picky, which I am known to be. And yea when i was inspecting I was putting my nose to the screen, had the ip4's ips display right next to it etc.. I've since tried to talk myself into being more lax and think of real world application.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
So alot of.troubles huh?

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
If its within your means get extra batteries and leave them laying around in your car or whatever may be. They are pretty cheap on amazon. The beauty of a removable battery!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
I agree with the battery thing... that's one good thing about removable batteries

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
Um, SMS Popup, Go SMS Pro or pull down your notification bar in the lock screen. Three ways to see your notification without unlocking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matesims23:
Go SMS is nice

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
Oh yeah pulling notification I always forget about it ha ha.... mm SMS pop up is a third party app and it gets annoying after a while I had crazy battery drains with some SMS apps in my past Android phones so I kind of don't use them go launcher I believe it has a nice SMS app too
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Its been known that the nexus has pretty damn good audio quality and audio chip. Especially the technical analysis gsmarena did compared to other high end phones. The only potential problem is total volume which can easily be fixed using equalizer app to increase volume since the system audio API is exposed for anyone to raise in android 4. The nexus definitely seems to have great audio from all the posts and feedback out there. I personally think it has excellent music sound.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brianjec:
In response to the comments about the viewing angle of the screen. What exactly do you need to look at the screen from anything other than straight on anyway. Its not like a TV where you have multiple people viewing it from different angles. If anything, I would prefer it to only be viewable from straight on for privacy reasons. With that said, I can still easily read on my screen from 65 degrees plus, but I don't see the reason for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgalan14:
Is for games when you got to move the screen side to side(racing games ) and when you showing someone a video picture . Specially with the big display
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brianjec:
Good points, not really a gamer so I didn't think of that. As for showing somebody something, I'm not that protective of my phone so I just let them hold it lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] number3pencil:
I will NEVER understand these screen complaints.

I have 20/20 vision and I have YET to experience ANY of the complaints of the OP and other threads.

Screen is BEAUTIFUL, regardless of viewing angle, brightness, etc. I just don't get it.

Some people by nature always find flaws in everything, regardless of how insignificant they are. I LOVE the 'feels/looks cheap' argument. What does that even mean?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prinzhernan:
I totally agree. What's up with the plastic feels cheap and metal doesn't. Metal can be cheap too. And based on my friend who works with plastics there are ones as expensive as metal because of composition and properties. I could never get why people complain about the plastic on the back cover of the gnex and sgs 2. I've seen videos of people bending them like bread on a sandwich and they never snapped.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ra990:
You don't seem to get that just because you are one of the lucky ones, doesn't mean that everyone else is so fortunate. They aren't "finding flaws in everything," they have legitimate issues with the screen being crappy. I have seen crappy screens and perfect ones on this phone, they're both out there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JUSMEJOSE:
I have to say.. I unlock and flash phones all day at work ... and I have seen that iOS is not stable I have to re-flashed at least 20-30 iPhones and androids like 5-10.... personally I don't like the phone .... one of my co-worker has the iPhone 4s he always tells me let me see your phone to watch YouTube HD ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
Every person is different and ultimately so will be their standards. Don't get too caught up on one person's opinion.

We all spread information because those like minded will find it useful and some others will just appreciate the perspective.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vv13:
Its not diffucult.

Metals are generally accepted as more valuable than plastics.

Would you buy your lady or future lady jewelry made of metals or plastics?

I doubt the gnex cover is one of these expensive plastics your friend works with.

Form also exists besides function. Some people prefer to have both.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
I actually prefer the light weight of plastic and I think it looks more modern over the brick like feeling metal phones ala HTC...I also find the cheap plastic phones that everyone says is Samsung to be more durable and better built then HTC phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prinzhernan:
I agree. I've gone through 3 HTC phones and they all creaked after a few months. While the plastic bases ones, Sammy and SE were pretty solid.
[LG Optimus 2x] redprince:
Just wanted to share something.

Recently I've contacted with LG about ics for our optimus 2x ....i got this

Anyway, what did he said Idk. Can anyone explain?
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Lol, like everything else they come out with because they are so useless is that they have no idea, they wont know untill it is released so when we know they know if we don't know then neither do they.

Conclusion....useless company. Worthless customer service.
[LG Optimus 2x] ghadap:
[me like!!!!! :thumbup:]
[LG Optimus 2x] godofice:
They are reviewing? :eek:

The sources are public more than 5 months now...

Is the next step that they actually decide whether to hire a programmer?
[LG Optimus 2x] body150165:
Remember the disaster of the rollout for Gingerbread?

So, why are you surprised that other companies are running ICS already and providing ICS-updates while the promised timeline of LG (2nd quarter 2012 = April,May, June) is running out of time.

Honestly: Are you surprised?
[LG Optimus 2x] redprince:
Why they can't set a fixed date for the update?

Really shame LG!
[LG Optimus 2x] grognaz:
as i mentioned in other posts, they (LG) "might" start working (or in this case reviewing) on ICS and not as so many interpreted releasing the rom.

thats how big corporations handle such mathers, with sentences that can put any way "they" want to satisfy the customers and if need be (like most of the time) put them as they want it to be and tell the customer to shut up because they at no point mentioned what "YOU" expected.
[LG Optimus 2x] Supupa:
They're not going to release ics on any lg device, before the official release of the 4X

They don't want their UI out, not like its good anyway...

Its like the Galaxy nexus and nexus dilemma (:
[LG Optimus 2x] ensboarder:
When is the 4X relesase ?
[LG Optimus 2x] -Sleipnir-:
Nah, that ain´t true. LG has at least one device available with ICS. It´s the LG L7 P700. It run´s with Android 4.0.3.
[HTC Titan] slick69:
I have a SIM-unlocked AT&T Titan, and I was looking forward to using it to the max.

However, I've run into a problem. When I click Internet Sharing, it tells me to contact AT&T. My carrier allows tethering, and I don't think AT&T will do anything for me.

What is my recourse?
[HTC Titan] alyn99:
Throw the Titan in the ocean. Seriously though, not much you can do. I am using an AT&T "unlocked" Titan on Tmobile that I bought from Microsoft and I can't tether even though Tmobile doesn't care. Until someone manages to unlock this phone it is really a worthless investment. Don't get me wrong, I love the promise of the Titan it's just that the corporate scumbags at AT&T have severely disabled it.
[HTC Titan] slick69:
I wish AT&T, being the "premier partner" of WP7, wasn't allowed to hobble it so severely.
[HTC Titan] foxbat121:
AT&T Charges a premium for tethering. So why do you expect AT&T ever give you a phone with free tethering? It locked down iPhones and Android phones. Wp7 will not be any different.
[HTC Titan] alyn99:
Tethering is possible if you follow the "permanent unlock" post further up on the topics list. This permanent unlock has the added advantage of enabling internet sharing on OTHER NON-ATT sims. Be careful NOT TO RUN HTC Connection Setup after you do this as somehow this little HTC apop reenables the ATT internet sharing lock. I am posting this with an ATT Titan with Permannent unlock and a TMOBILE sim with Internet sharing enabled. Unfortunately all I can manage is edge with Tmobile in this phone but I assume in Europe I can have full 3g. This hack does not enable Internet sharing with an ATT sim unless you have the tethering plan. And for what it's worth, ATT are cretan ass*****s when it comes to tethering. I bought their PAYGO 1 gig data plan and it will not allow me to tether. Please explain to my why the f*** I shouldn't be able to tether when I PAY for a specific amount of data??!! Obviously I can't HOG bandwidth as I PAID for this data. When I go over my 1 gig I am charged more. Seriously, ATT have their heads up their a** and I am looking forward to seeing them go out of business. They are simply the worst provider on the planet and should be boycotted at all costs.
[HTC Titan] vikingsunil:
Fixed

Hi,

I think I have found the solution to this issue (a lill time consuming though).. It wasn't working for me and after doing the following I am able to do the internet sharing on my unlocked AT&T HTC Titan...

First you need to reset your phone to factory settings by doing the following (beware that all your personal data, applications and settings will be gone so better sync your phone with your PC first.. ):

Go into settings->about->reset your phone (you might need to scroll to the bottom). It confirms twice.. do that to reset your phone

After the phone is back on, try setting it up as your would do to a new device.

*** HTC Connection Wizard or Setup(whatever is that app called) seems to be the culprit so DO NOT install that app ever if you want the tethering to work.. It seems it resets some registereis as soon as it is switched on which blocks the tethering there after**

You might want to use 'reinstaller' app from the market place which will help you get all your previously installed apps by connecting to the Windows Live account and going through the list of apps you ever installed using that Windows live account. This process is the most tedious one but still better then nothing..

Once all this is done, connect your phone back to your PC and sync back in all the content that you lost from your cell while resetting.

Hope this helps.
[HTC Titan] vatsal1212:
not working

Not working at all..it is not giving option for not installing HTC apps..by default it is taking it and not allowing to back or doing something else..
[HTC Titan] habnzrot:
@vatsal1212 - I did the same prior to Dft HSPL and it didn't work for me too. If you want the IS to work with your AT&T phone you will need to flash custom (fully unlocked) rom. However, it is not a straight forward process especially with AT&T branded Titan. I suggest for you to read these related threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684912

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1713109

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1693334

Goodluck