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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zorachus:
Watching that awesome video The Verge did at Google's campus, with top developers of the Nexus line, is really cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-4uMQqerA&feature=plcp

But that got me to thinking, as cool as the Nexus line is, and I LOVE it, and the guys like Duarte Matias, put all their passion and hard work into it, but Google is not making much money off Nexus. To Google, the Nexus may even be loss, as far as investment goes ? They make their big bucks off selling ads #1, or from OEM partners like Samsung and their Galaxy line of phones etc...

I wonder if the big bosses at Google, look at Nexus like a cool little pet project, but nothing super serious, something they allow just a few % of their profits to work on, and the Nexus line just helps market Android to the tech nerds, but not really a money maker ?

Sorry if I am not making sense here, this thought is hard to explain.

I really wish or dream of the Nexus line being like the iPhone for Apple, but I understand that's not the point Google is trying to make with the Nexus. In my mind, Google should put every ounce of blood and sweat into Nexus, and market it left, right, and center everywhere, and have on every carrier worldwide, and really push it hard. It could easily be on par with the iPhone, but then they would be pissing off their partners like Samsung and HTC, and compete with them, which is not good for Google to do that.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qpinto:
what google is doing is selling android worldwide. google makes its money off advertising. for $350 bucks, thats cheap for an unlocked phone that you can take to any country and its supported. People that use their brains will buy a nexus device for $350 off contract and experience a true google phone and have smaller monthly phone bills. its worked extremely well with the nexus 7, and was implemented late for the galaxy nexus.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
I hope you realize Google doesn't manufacturer the device, they are not going to try to make profit from selling the hardware. They will be making money from selling apps and contents you buy.

I don't think its just their pet project if they are willing to put this much effort and spend that much money on r&d and advertisements.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kevindd992002:
After about 1 month of this screen protector installed in my s3, I noticed an air bubble on the upper left edge of my screen. The air bubble is in the edge itself and is not so big but can this be fixed? It seems that it doesn't want to stick in that part that is why the air bubble doesn't want to go away. Do we need to heat it up or something?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kevindd992002:
Anyone? :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Wond3r:
Email the company directly

www.spigen.com
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ReggieTee:
I've noticed one on every Nano i've installed. It goes on without any air bubbles but after a few weeks, they start to appear.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kevindd992002:
Will they replace my protector then?

Really? What part of the phone are the bubbles appearing? I thought these are supposedly one of the best?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] 123qwesz:
I'm currently using the Crystal clear by Spigen. Great clarity and no air bubbles, But it scratches too easily :crying:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Wond3r:
Why don't you just contact them and ask?...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kevindd992002:
Because...
[Nexus 10 General] arrtoodeetoo:
Since the launch of this device is still a couple of weeks away, I assume it's ok to be posting this here (Mods, please move if necessary.) since it will obviously be a hot topic in every custom ROM thread that will appear in this forum after Nov. 11th.

There are obviously three opinions on the matter. Some people like the UI, some people don't care otherwise, and then there's those of us who have been using Android tablets since they first came out (like me. Have had a XOOM from day one) and HATE the change from what we consider a perfect tablet UI for efficient navigation on a 10in landscape orientated tablet.

But, I'm not here to kvetch about the loss of the tablet UI in Android. I'm here to discuss what the options are as far as restoring it to the Nexus 10 (and other tablets going forward) from a development standpoint. Will custom ROM developers have to jump through hoops to bring back all (or even some) of the efficiency (and some of that space wasted by the top bar) back to our 10 inch slates? Of course, this all depends on weather the tablet UI may or may not be hidden in the code giving us the ability to turn it on or off with a little bit of hackery. Unfortunately, it looks like they've phased it out completely, which probably rules out that idea.

I've watched all of the videos and looked at the photos trying to think of ways it could be done. So far, the only idea I can come up with for bringing back a little bit of the magic is forcing the softkeys from the middle of the navigation bar to the left side of the navigation bar (that's something even I could do with a simple edit to an XML file.) This might actually be enough to make things make sense again, and moving the clock could probably be done fairly easily with a few tweaks here and there (I love how big and easy to read the clock is on the current tablet UI). But what about notifications? The way the new setup is, you have notifications on the top left and on the top right you have quick settings (which I don't consider very quick since they buttons just take you to the settings screens. Lame, Google. Lame.) This is where it obviously gets tricky and is beyond my very limited knowledge of Android code.

Any developers care to weigh in? Do any of you already miss the tablet UI and wish to bring it back even for your own use? What are your thoughts on the difficulty of implementing such changes (probably not even a valid question since the source hasn't even dropped yet, but, meh) and is it worth spending time on?
[Nexus 10 General] con247:
The Nexus 10 should obviously have AOSP support. This should make it pretty simple to add to CM10. Then, Paranoid Android should be pretty easy to compile for this device which brings many tablet mode features so you can have as much or as little tablet mode as you want.
[Nexus 10 General] arrtoodeetoo:
That's what I'm getting at. Is the tablet UI code still even going to be in AOSP from 4.2 forward? It looks as if it's not. That's going to mean extra work for the devs, right?
[Nexus 10 General] wtgserpant:
I am guessing Google is among for an unified code and even the code is not removed for tablet ui in 4.2, its only a matter of time; the tablet ui presents a learning curve for most android users ( who are mostly smartphone users) thus like the iPad, unified ui would mostly make android tablets more accessible to general public; the reality is most people are not tech savvy like us ( otherwise everyone would been xda) thus casting to their needs would make androids expansion in the tablet market easier ( an endeavor which have been daunting for android and with w8, competition is more fierce than ever)
[Nexus 10 General] molesarecoming:
i just wrote the same in another topic of that nature ...

1. the codebase was really, really old. dominated by honeycomb. it got tiny touch-ups with ics but thats it. the whole thing is a complete mess, though.

2. they hid tabUI from sight for the nexus7, lifting the layouts from 600dp (where the UI was situated traditionally) to 720dp, just enough for the nex7 to ignore it.

3. nexus10 will be 720dp or higher. the screenshots make it a fact that they have done something to these layout. either putting them higher still or killing them for good. i believe the second case is more likely, judging from the code.

i believe this is a transition. KLP will probably introduce a new systemUI. the old one is the worst part of the entire android framework. a messy spaghetticode something, breaking their own sdk.
[Nexus 10 General] Magnesus:
Almost 400k pixels is used by... three buttons on Nexus 10. And you can't even hide them. This is ridiculous. Also I feel offended by what they said about microSD causing confusion - they treat as like idiots.
[Nexus 10 General] doumer:
yeah, the tablet ui like it was has been perfect for tablets!

paranoidandroid for the nexus 10 would be awesome ... love it so much on my HOX. On my xoom I hide the navbar and use gestures to navigate, which is in my opinion the best way to fully use the screen's full potential. The new UI wasts precious space with a navbar AND a statusbar...
[Nexus 10 General] light_n_roses:
Personally I have never like the basic android User interface, it's thin and empty to say the least, it's has not a the beautiful view or a friendly user interface. Indeed I have never understood people running in search of Cyanogen ROM which are basically android base rom ported on other devices. The point of those nexus devices is having a very light ROM so you can have massive use of the play store and install 1000 apps including a better launcher for the home. Actually there is no match in beautiful and usability between android base interface and HTC sense 4.x for exemple ( which in my opinion is the best one out there and now it's also anymore that weight to run for the system ).
[Nexus 10 General] Bataga:
I hope you're getting one! Big fanboy here:D
[Nexus 10 General] gabsporto:
It's just me or anybody else feels like they should get rid of the design of on screen buttons? It think it's a waste of space and has a very bad design, wich is not the case of holo theme that was clearly well concepted.
[Nexus 10 General] arrtoodeetoo:
Any devs been able to poke through AOSP today? How's it looking for options on modifying the UI?
[Nexus 10 General] UCSB:
I like the current tablet UI, but will give the new layout an open minded evaluation. The navigation area doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me, but maybe I am just unaware of some settings to customize it.
[Nexus 10 General] StupidIdea:
If you have rooted device you can now hide soft keys (and keep notification bar) without modifications and reboots. Just try my new app:

GMD Hide Soft Keys

It also adds Quick NavBar - soft keys that can be opened with simple swipe from bottom and then autohide when not needed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rayoubi:
I don't understand why people will sell there galaxy S III for the nexus 4. Galaxy S III comes with a with micro sd slot, bigger display, better front facing camera, and LTE.

I understand that the LG nexus is a nexus phone and always get update faster, wireless charging, and quad core. But I don't think it still outweighs the SIII. I think the SIII is still superior.

For those people that don't have either phone yes it be more difficult to choose mainly because the Nexus 4 Price is amazing for what it offers. but for those people with SIII how is this even debatable.

Is there something im missing?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iceman4357:
much better processor. hspa+ 42meg compatible. no bloatware. possibly a better screen. wireless charging. I think you pretty much answered your own question. lol. not having lte isnt a huge deal breaker for me since I am near wifi almost always. Tradeoff is the 4 will probably have outstanding battery life. 16 gig is enough storage for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yamahakid:
The fact that the nexus 4 doesn't have lte is a deal breaker for me. I didn't think lte was a huge thing until it finally came to me are, and now there is no way I would ever consider a phone without it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rayoubi:
CPU is a quad core which is nice I agree but most the stuff on android don't utilize it, so its pretty pointless until later. No bloatware, we can already use custom roms or titanium to get rid of it. Not sure what to say about the screen I never seen it personally not going to judge it either. Wireless charging is cool I guess, but I doubt it charges faster then a direct connection. We can toggle off LTE and get pretty amazing battery life with the SIII both devices are both the same size battery. I agree16 gb is enough for me, but I like the fact that the SIII allows us to add more storage if we ever choose to. Maybe its because its new and its over hyped, i must admit at first I was like I want it. But I really thought about it and I realize its not worth it.

Thats how I feel.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] evodon84:
LTE is great. Those that say its "not ready for prime time yet" must not have it in their area or haven't tried it yet. I'd love to get the N4 but 21mbps HSPA on ATT in San Diego nets me all of 1mbps down and that's a no go. If its 42 mbps then maybe.

sent from my Dark PA Nexus
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rob1216:
+1 no Lte no way,16gb no where near enough space for me, shoot my 32gb sd card is almost full, no bloat not even an issue can be easily removed with titanium backup, my s3 dual core/2gb ram loads everything just fine, in my opinion I have yet to see another android manufactures phone screen that looks better than the s3, I have a nexus 7 and screen looks washed out compared to my s3, only other phone worth considering selling s3 for right now is the note 2 if you can deal with the size.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] IUH1991:
The nexus 4 is nice and all, but it doesn't really do anything the s3 can't . And with the dev support we have here, we really don't need to wait for updates.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cashyftw:
If I wasn't getting the note 2 tomorrow, I'd be on the nexus 4, such a good price

Sent from my JellyBean Galaxys3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thirsty1258:
The fact that it is an lg phone should be plenty enough to keep me and it gets away. No thx
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bagbug:
3 main reasons I wont switch to a Nexus 4

1- I need 32g minimum

2- Its made by LG

3- Glass on the the back ? WTF ! I hate scratches.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
Well it's a quad core.

Nexus line means direct support. First to get updates. Maybe I don't have to flash roms to get better battery life. Stock Android look.

Beautiful design. Cheap price. Don't use lte that much.

Better screen than s3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SeanHacker:
Lol. First to get updates always makes me laugh. Hours after source is released which is when the nexus line gets their updates I have ROMs released for whatever device I own. So I guess in a way I'm first to get updates too.

1.) Its made by LG. That says enough I would think. I can most here all the complaints a month or two after releases about this not working, this is broken, etc..

2.) Better screen? Not sure how you can state this unless youve personally held the phone in your hand. Spec sheets arent always as they seem . Just remember which company is known for producing the best screens out there.

3.) It really all boils down to personal preference either way. But I'm sure we've all learned that newer isn't always better. ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dmbrown81:
The only reason I'm considering it is because of the price. I would love the freedom of being eligible for an upgrade because att will bend over backwards to keep you. Before I upgraded to the gs3 I was considering moving to Verizon and att pretty much gave me $50 off my bill for the next 6 months and sold me the gs3 for $99.

But without a micro SD card I don't see no need to switch
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yamahakid:
This...

I'm sure it is a great device, I don't think Google would sully the nexus name with a bad piece of hardware, but the reputation that lg has is not the best in the game.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luckychef28:
I'd have to agree with the few that have noted LG - enough said. They have never been the brand I look to for phone tech - Samsung, HTC and Motorola are the only ones to consider.. The few LGs I've used/played with have been less than impressive.

Addition: Google has stated that they are releasing multiple Nexus devices, so if I were to give up my S3, I'd wait for the next Motorola or Samsung device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Death&co:
I find it silly that people would sell their GS3 for this Nexus 4. No extra storage, no removable battery, no lte, no thanks.

It's great for anyone that doesn't live under LTE coverage and can't get out of their contract/don't want to upgrade and sign another contract.

I also find it funny that these same people who are praising the Nexus 4 are the same ones that knock the iphone (remember when the 4s came out?) Heavy on the fact that it doesn't have a removable battery, no expandable storage and no LTE. All of a sudden it's cool now? Get out of here...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SevenSe7enSeven:
Lg has crappy software support but with this being a nexus that's no longer an issue. Samsung is taking forever just to release 4.1.1 do y'all realistically see Samsung pushing out 4.2 this year? Even then we would wait for att also. There's not doubt that the phone will get this update eventually with cyanogen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mis3:
+1 on no chance of getting it because it doesn't have micro sd or removable battery. I could probably handle the battery, but not the lack of micro sd.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kennonk:
I would be willing to go out on a limb and give LG a try for a Nexus device but...no removable SD is a complete deal breaker for me. Cloud storage is not a good substitute for local storage yet. And 8GB or 16GB just isn't cutting it anymore. I hope the SGS4 has a 32 & 64 GB version with removable storage. I love my 50GB dropbox (thank you Samsung) but it just isn't the same as direct attached storage.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sir_Brizz:
Technologically, it is pretty much undeniable that the screen is better. It can't produce as much vibrancy, but it is so much better on color preciseness. I don't notice it that much on my S3, but when I stick it next to a relative's One X it's pretty obvious that the whites aren't white and some other colors are slightly off as well. In day to day use, I don't care. But, seriously... dat screen...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sdb9002:
hi guys. im very new to this. sorry if this has been asked or addressed else where..

however, i have rooted my sgh-t999 for tmobile. and i have applied BlackJelly v0.7 ROM. i have noticed a few issues with it. or is there a better rom out there

1. i seem to have lost 4g

2. not able to send and or receive pix as before

everything else thus far seems to be working like a champ. i really like the interface. is there an update that i may need or is there another issues list somewhere?

any help would be great appreciated. thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
Check your IMEI.. Make sure it isn't 0
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] capcanuck:
If your talking about the 3g icon only showing and not 4g, that's just because it's a sprint base. You're actually getting 4g.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sdb9002:
yes it is the icon it says 3g. but then i kept getting the anonymous sender and cant receive the pix and it is take 5-10 minutes to send a pic, where as before it was not the case.

@ Chrisram88 Check your IMEI.. Make sure it isn't 0 what is this and what should it be set to?

thanks again
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
Menu=settings =about phone =status... Check for imei number and that it isn't 0.it should be a long number. Don't post what it is just let us know it isn't 0
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sdb9002:
it is a long number
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisram88:
You good then. Are you familiar with radios and flashing those as well? Hold up ill link you to the thread. There is a map that a member made which shows which radio works best for your location

Edit http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1880987
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sdb9002:
Thanks for your help

what will this resolve? the no picture mail is beginning to get frustrating.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mjrfitz:
Got a question here. My buddy wants to use the HTCdev to unlock his bootloader. All he wants to do is freeze a few bloat apps from big red. My question is, if he does this and unlocks the bootloader, can he just flash the superuser root files afterwords, to allow him to freeze his apps? Is it that simple or do you need to do more for root? Personally, I am (and love) being fully rooted with s-off, but he would rather go this route. Forgive my ignorance on this, as I don't know anything about this HTCdev stuff (and really don't care as ill probably never go this route), so I figured I would ask you guys. I did Google this but couldn't find much, and what I did confused me or was just so damn ambiguous that I gave up. Thanks guys
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
honestly from my experience, ive done both htcdev and tacoroot to s-off, and tacoroot was faster and easier. should just talk him into that because htcdev is guarenteed voided warrenty
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mjrfitz:
Yeah, I hear ya. Ill have to have a chat with him again, see if I can talk some sense into him. I think his only reason is that he wants to keep his original gb rom that is on the phone now and just clean up the bloatware. He said he has no interest in flashing roms. But I bet if he got a taste of it he'd change his mind.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
Well give him a stock ruu, and flash it after root then flash supersu and hell be on stock 2.3.4 GB with root

sent from my paranoid android
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] andybones:
Personally I would keep away from htcdev unlock...

it will void warranty, which at this point i guess doesn't matter as it's past the one year warranty for most people.

but still, if u tacoroot then S-OFF, he can set his phone back to S-ON without anyone the wiser that the phone was ever rooted.

HTCDev unlock guarantee others will know :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mjrfitz:
I talked him into tacoroot and s-off. Game on. Thanks guys :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
Good job man!

sent from my paranoid android
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jo_blow421:
I keep getting an annoying pop-up that says "unfortunately, NFC has stopped". It vibrates once, then my phone freezes, Goss to a black screen, then the box pops up. Once I hit ok everything starts running like normal again. I don't know how to replicate it but sometimes it happens when switching between apps or clicking links. I think it has something to do with flashing Google wallet but I can't find anybody else with the same problem. Is anybody experiencing this or know a fix?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Legato Bluesummers:
When you flash Google wallet it adds Google wallet to /system/app/ and replaces NFC.apk and another NFC file. Did you happen to flash back to an older rom but only restore the wallet APK but not the new modified NFC ones? Try re flashing Google wallet maybe. Wipe your secure element in wallet first just to be safe.

Sent from a GlaDos Baked Potato
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jo_blow421:
I haven't changed roms since I have flashed it and installed it and did all the setup on the Rom I'm using now. I'll try a reflash though and see if it works
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
So far there is no working Google Wallet hack for any Jellybean touchwhiz roms. This is why it does not work for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbow32:
I'm having the same issue now. I tried putting my original build.prop file up and rebooting. It still gives me the message. If it doesn't work with Jellywhiz or any other jellybean rom then I'd like to remove the wallet changes. Can someone explain in a little more detail?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dovigoldberger:
Just flash these libs after flashing wallet

http://db.tt/Jpdd3zpa
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbow32:
You just flash that .zip file... reboot and it works?