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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gnexdude:
I deleted the clock apk (placed it somewhere else in the SD card in case) and rebooted. The fat clock magically appeared there!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Invicta:
guys, i want to go back to 4.1.2 . How can we do it? using the toolkit?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Pros:

- Photosphere and gallery app

- Screen color

- Quick settings

- Gmail fits to content

- WiFi signal improved a little

- Keyboard and swipe

- Stopwatch and timer

Cons:

- Ugly clock app with red and bold/upper font

- 100Mb ram more than 4.1.2

- Lag in camera (a lot)

- Lag in gallery app (with less than 10 pics)

- Lag swiping in recent list (a bit)

- Lag when you exit from app menu

- useless lock screen widgets and camera swipe (prefer the old method of left central button swipe). Solved installing Lockscreen Policy.

- Play store new useless page after installing a new app

OTA update. I'll try a full flash, otherwise I'll return to 4.1.2. Please Google at least fix the lag and camera rotation. I can live with widgets in lockscreen but with lag no way.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WalkmanX:
This is probably my favorite feature in 4.2!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
I did ota too and i dont have any of the issues you mentioned, even ram is about the same

Also i seem to be the only one who likes that clock

I agree in the extra screen in the playstore

Many people said battery is improved but i found it to be around the same as before, the colors look the same too except for the whites that actually look white(first time seeing it in an amoled screen for me)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Don't know yet about battery life because today just a few hours before the update I received the new 2000mah battery lol :)

Anyways I'll go for full flash tomorrow or revert back to 4.1.2.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sparx639:
It ran like crap when I flashed a factory image to my device, but the ota seems to run better for some reason. Maybe it just turned out like it was supposed to
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
I hope a fresh start solves your issues
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Thegodfather156:
Thanks I'll give it a go

Edit: no clock apk under system app. I sense a touch of sarcasm from your post lol. Damn lock screen clock pissing me off
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
i flashed both and both were working great for me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
yeah dont have any of those issues that you mentioned
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yogi167:
MMuzzy running great so far. Better battery shows I'm using about 4% an hour with light internet use and some reading on xda.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheScarecrow:
If you don't like the new lock screen clock and widgets, well there's an app for that. 'No Lock' gets rid of the whole lock screen and its a little gem I have used for ages.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] furkan_844:
cwm

hi thanx for ota updates. :) but i can't flash the cwm. gived me error 7.can help me plz :) i have 4.1.2 yakju.(error status 7 )
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Weapondrift:
Error 7 means there was an error downloading. Best way to avoid this that I have found is don't let the display time out and make sure your on wifi downloading. For some reason when my display goes black when downloading a rom I always get Error 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kaushikd:
Ok, this is strange. It seems my phone is always in sleep. Even when the display is on. How can it be? Is that a bug?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Soldier 2.0:
That is what we call a sleep of death. I get it when I run a custom kernel, but not on stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
I assume you're referring to the battery history page?

Looks like a Google derp, so we can't use that as any indication of sleep vs wake time. I've always been a CPUSpy and BBS user so I have other means to determine if I've got wakelocks.

I'll agree that was a nice, quick, way to see potential wakelocks. Wait for 4.2.1 :highfive:

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Many people getting SOD's on stock 4.2 + stock kernel. I've yet to experience it on stock, or not however (yet).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pfmiller:
What's wrong with just setting "Screen lock" to none? Seems excessive to install an app to disable that setting.

Also seem counterproductive disabling the lock screen just because you don't like how it looks. Ugly or not, the lock screen serves a useful purpose.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
I find that 4.2 to be considerably more laggy, in menu etc. Also, sometimes the screen just turns off randomly. They better fix this, since I didn't have it with 4.1.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
i dont have that on 4.2 but like i have said before some ppl are having issues and others arent
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Perhaps those people don't notice it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
yeah SOD.. i have heard of ppl getting them on stock.. but i have personally only gotten it on trinity a4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
like i said i dont have lag either... if i did i would notice it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Then again you're not running full stock?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RobBull69:
I've read of lot of people's complaints here, on G+ and Twitter about the new lockscreen. Personally, I did not like it at first and the camera swipe was difficult until I got used to it, much like the volume down + power was to take screenshots at first. It has grown on me and I've replaced the ugly clock on the lockscreen with HD Widgets, which is pretty sweet. Also, I don't think that the new lockscreen was as much a design decision as a reaction to the swipe to unlock patent that Apple was ridiculously granted. Also, I believe that crapple has filed for patents for notifications on the lockscreen as well as swipe to camera. The new lockscreen is a way to circumvent swipe to unlock, as the unlock method does not require a user to swipe a specific distance and direction, as it's not direction specific. Instead of putting notifications themselves on the lockscreen, Google chose to use widgets for email and mms instead, since the fruit company doesn't use widgets. Maybe I put entirely too much thought into this and it has nothing to do with patents :p Anywho, my my GNex, I've experienced lag from time to time with the camera and gesture keyboard, especially when using Google Now. With my N7, I don't have any lag and the only problem is being constantly logged out of the Amazon App Store. I like the features that were added, but the speed of the build has taken a step back for the GNex. Hopefully, Google pushes out a timely update to fix the speed bugs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rrohanjs:
i'm shocked google launched 4.2, its a disgrace .. how can you have a rom with so many bugs .. dint people in google test it on their gnex phones ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheScarecrow:
Hey, thanks for that I didn't know because "settings no lock screen" doesn't work on my Gingerbread phone and I never bothered to try on my Nexus 7.

Its not that I don't like the 4.2 lock screen, I don't like any lock screen on my devices.

Thanks for your reply.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RobBull69:
I'm guessing that the testers were also testing the Nexus 4, which is quad core with twice the RAM our phone has, so the lag may not have been noticeable on that hardware. Also, some of the bugs are difficult to catch, like the Amazon App Store issues. I don't imagine very many people that were testers were using a third party app store on their devices during the testing process. I think calling 4.2 a disgrace may be a bit harsh. TBH, the 4.1.1 Jelly Bean launch was the smoothest launch since Donut. They've had to release bug fixes for other versions almost immediately after launching and I'm confident we're be seeing a cleaned up 4.2.1 sooner rather than later. What Google really did drop the ball on was not releasing the SDK ahead of the push to AOSP. There is a lot of app compatibility issues and developers are left scrambling to catch up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
Im i the only one who thinks the lockscreen looks awesome(maybe its my bad taste i guess) im considering ditching widgetlocker for it but compatibility is still low
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nikos_s3:
Even in this one, something changed. Now, you cannot wake the device using the volume buttons. So, even if you choose ''none'' in ''screen lock'' setting, you have only the power button to wake the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I installed the Takju image the day it was out, then went back to 4.1.2. Now that Google started pushing out the Yakju update, I tried to go ahead and give 4.2 another chance.

My issues remain, however. The GNex still lags, just like the time when I installed it the first time. I was hoping that the lag is because of me, but no, I've remained totally stock this time around, and it's still lagging. I just wonder how Google pushed this thing out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skyrocket727:
i have no lags. Maybe for your type of usage you need a faster phone.. or switch to IOS :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Actually, 4.1.2 was really smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Frank_9.5:
I agree with those who notice lag. But soon after the installation the system is very smooth, IMO some apps need to be updated to be 100% compatible with the new OS version and avoid all this lag.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Not sure what the culprit is, but 4.2 DOES lag, with a LOT of people
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rrohanjs:
i know a bit harsh but then its really sad, 4.1.2 is still better than 4.2 .. hopefully 4.2.1 corrects all this. for me im really disappointed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pfmiller:
Yes, and I'm very, very happy about that. I hit the volume buttons so many times accidentally when putting my phone in my pocket. If I wanted to turn the screen back on I would use the power button for that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nikos_s3:
believe it or not, back in the days of nexus one, this used to be a necessity, due to ''sensitive'' power button. Even with the GN, it is always good to have more options, so the chance of a broken power button is as small as it can be!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hellraizerN7:
I can't believe that the new camera interface rotates completely instead of just the icons like before not only because of lag but because it is stupid...

Who had that genius idea of rotating a camera display?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
On my Nexus 7. 2 is laggy.

But on my GNex, 4.2 is fast and smooth.

So Im happy with it on my Gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sparx639:
I managed to solve lag problems on my n7 by flashing factory 4.1.2 and re-updating ota

Sparx639
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theme Ishere:
After reading all those comments about 4.2 i actually came to terms with my decision not to update yet. I just wish Nexi would stop prompting me to update it. Poor Bugger. But I still love how amazingly well 4.1.2 runs on it and just do not want to give that up. Hopefully 4.2.1 will address loads of the issues lots of people are experiencing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aradfan:
All my facebook messages and whatsapp messages get delyed. This problem was also present in 4.1.2.

Usually I recieve the messages when i turn my screen on or when I enter the app.

Anyone else?.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cmoore0965:
I've solved my personal battery issues, by disabling location services. My battery life is holding up admirably today, since deciding to test it out last night. I know everyone has different needs of their phone, and I'm sure some rely on gps, and such, but if it's just an afterthought for you, as it was for me, it's a big improvement. Completely stock, here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
According to the Google devs:

Unfortunately this is working correctly. The new app has to let the system rotate so that when you swipe over to view recently taken pictures the status bar, action bar, and navigation bar are in the correct orientation. Otherwise you have the bad transition into/out of camera that was in 4.1. We will try to make it faster and more responsive, certainly, but currently this is a "lesser of two evils" sort of thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
One thing you can do to avoid that transition is disabling auto rotation of screen from settings. I have, and that camera transition doesn't happen :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] QuiniXXL:
Panorama Camera

I have an issue with the orientation within the camera, whenever I want to make a 360 Panorama.

The first picture requires to be horizontal, however, my phone is apparently wrong calibrated.

The point to where I have to point is way too low in the portrait mode and way too high in the landscape mode.

The result is that the first picture does not fit into the rest of the panorama.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gautam_nexus:
I did a factory install of the 4.2 and now i am not able to configure my email app with outlook.com email id.

its stuck at waiting for sync:crying:

this is very annoying...tried clearing the data on the app and setting it up again...still no go
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tarun95:
Google services is ****ing my battery. Any idea what's wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Had that issue on my N7. Clear data and reboot, worked for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andreadec:
The only issue I'm having on 4.2 Yakju is with GPS. The icon on the notification bar says it is "connected" but it doesn't work in Google Maps and Navigation. It always says that it's looking for my position... Is anyone else having the same problem? I can't use navigation at all!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bodger122:
My GNEX is complelely stock, never been rooted or modded in anyway.

after getting the OTA update to 4.2 im now getting lots of random reboots - every 6 hours or so.

no doubt its been mentioned elsewhere!

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
You should have ignored the OTA update until you read about what we said is going on with it. I'm sticking with 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nosit1:
Well, I went to 4.2 and was disappointed I couldn't remove the nav bar and had FC on some apps. I went back for a while.

Gave it another try and so far I'm liking what I see. I'll see how real world does going for a week.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] moe6:
I had this problem often (from 4.0.1 onwards) but I figured it out.

1) whatsapp servers are kinda overloaded

2) It was always my previous WiFi router that did it the most often. No other router would do it, and no amount of futzing around in DD-WRT helped (it was a little better). Changes routers and problem solved.

This is also particularly noticeable to me as it very rarely happens when I'm on mobile data. Just toggling wifi off and going to mobile data would solve this every time too.

So if you're seeing this a lot and notice that it's on a specific access point... then you know what it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
I can speak as to Whatsapp. Are you using Wifi? If so, you need to turn off a setting on the Wifi options called "ignore poor reception" and you need to make sure the Wifi is always on during sleep. I noticed this problem on 4.1.1 when I installed a clean AOSP rom and I used my home Wifi. You just need to make sure both those settings are gone and then reboot your phone to make sure its all gone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aradfan:
Poor signal is turned off on wi-fi, and also the restrict background data is disabled and still nothing. I think it's my provider (Orange) because recently 3 network bought orange in Austria.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
No, that wouldn't make sense because if you were having signal problems from the provider you would have moments where you sometimes wouldn't get anything even when you open Whatsapp or turn on your screen but they seem to always make it through when you do those things. Your phone is likely having some kind of bottleneck. Are you running a custom rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theme Ishere:
Is there actually a way stopping the Nexus to prompt me to update to 4.2? It is well annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
Unless you're rooted, no, you can't stop it. If you are rooted, there's FOTAKill and installing a custom rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aradfan:
No stock ROM 4.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ken Esq:
Ugh

Installing 4.2 on my GNex was the worst mistake I've made regarding phones in quite some time. This literally went from the best phone I've ever owned to a major annoyance.

Here's the issues I've had

1. Battery life is about 75% of what it was (I have the extended Samsung battery)

2. It has become very hard to activate icons near the sides of my home screen...it now scrolls pages even if I'm very careful not to move my finger.

3. Bluetooth has gone from rock solid connects every time and plays perfectly to very iffy at best.

4. Several apps just broke. The worst being Amazon's App Store - Although to Amazon's credit they send me a link to a new apk that corrected the problem.

5. Time has been wrong and the connection between widgets that show time and the phone has been off by as much as an hour.

6. Phone went to incredibly smooth and fast to long lags and occasional black screens while launching apps.

7. Camera rotation problem

8. December missing in contacts dates.

9. Screen just turns on every so often on it's own (may be reason for battery drain)

10. While this may be T-Mobile I have noticed when the battery life gets under 30% voice calls become horrendously "warbled". Both days this occurred the problem was fixed the next morning when the phone recharged.

I've had similar problems with my Nexus 7..but that's a story for another forum.

It's disappointing to me that Google finally had a great mobile OS version out there 4.1.x and then didn't bother to enough QA and released a buggy mess. I guess they figure so few people (comparatively) were running GNex and Nexus 7 that it just wouldn't get them a lot of bad press. While there has been some...apparently they were correct.

I hope the spend the time to fix this...especially on the GNex which is discontinued.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
You may want to go back to factory settings and flash 4.1.2 again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hellraizerN7:
Bummer. Can't believe there was no other way.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
Another comment by a Google Dev on this issue:

Since this issue is getting a lot of comments let me just clarify some things.

In 4.1, if you launch camera in portrait and then rotate to landscape you have the following problems:

1) Navigation buttons are in the wrong orientation, or more importantly in the completely wrong place. For things like the Nexus 10, the navigation bar changes what physical side of the screen it is on so that it's always on the bottom of the current orientation. With 4.1's behavior the home, back, and recents button were not where the user expects.

2) System UI is in the wrong orientation - tap on recents and everything is sideways.

3) "random" rotations would happen. Tap on the last taken picture (or swipe over and tap on the picture) and either the action bar would be in the wrong orientation, or suddenly the fullscreen rotation would play. Switching apps or returning home if you have a launcher that supports landscape would also result in a "random" rotation animation happening.

Thus, it was decided that playing the standard framework rotation animation (which is consistent with other apps) was an acceptable tradeoff to avoid all those other janky problems.

And to clarify "WorkingAsIntended" doesn't mean "won't ever change or get better". Of course we want to make this better, faster, and more responsive. We are continuing to work on this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kaisan1:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34490899&postcount=80
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cidefix:
Despite that I can't reproduce any of your issues. On my Galaxy Nexus 4.2 (OTA update) works like a charm. And I really like all the new features, esp. the new lock screen, the keyboard and the camera app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pecata:
I can also say that I like 4.2 on my GN. I would have to agree however that there are things that need to be improved. Camera rotation is one of them and I will agree with the above post that my phone has become a little sluggish after the latest release. I am pretty sure Google with correct that with the next release.

I do like the new features and I can say that I am glad I updated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pheno.menon:
4.2 itself is nice, but Gnex hardware is beginning to show its age.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Your delusional, the gnex hardware is perfectly capable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
I wouldn't go so far as to say delusional, but I honestly believe, as far as UI navigation goes, that 4.2 is actually smoother.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
I don't have any lag either, smoother then 4.1.2. Only lag is camera rotation lag.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RoadHazard:
Opening the Recents list with a lot of apps in it is definitely slower in 4.2 than it was in 4.1.2. And not just because there's a new animation (the current app shrinking down into the list), but there's also more lag before anything happens at all. It's not too bad, it's just a shame that the list, having previously gone from laggy to fast and smooth, has now gone back to being a bit laggy again.

Other than that, I'd say 4.2 is about as smooth as 4.1.2, neither better nor worse. I flashed 4.2 from the factory image though, seems like some people who updated OTA are having more lag issues (and more issues in general).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
I think its the other way around, ota people have no lag( at least most of them imo) while clean installers have all sorts of bugs, i could be wrong but thats what think

I Ota'ed and mine is perfect, only the camera orientation delay(not slow enough to be called lag) and the december stuff
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
I actually find it to be a smoother opening of the recents, albeit a longer one because of the new functionality. The only lag I've found at all is the camera and I understand what Google was doing but they should have at least made it a smoother transition.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RoadHazard:
Well, that's not what I've heard. Guess it's both. It's a buggy release, simple as that (doesn't matter that it's supposedly flawless for some people - if it's buggy for many, then it's buggy).

I personally haven't experienced many actual bugs, and I did a clean flash. The only serious one is poor BT performance I guess, and that's something affecting loads of people (but not everyone, for some reason). Noticeable lag I'm only really getting with the Recents list and when pressing the lock key (takes about half a second before the screen-off animation starts playing).

For me, when pressing Recents with a lot of apps in the list and while having an app open, it takes half a second or so before the app minimizing animation starts. Once it has started, it is very smooth. Also, before that happens, the "key glow" animation is quite choppy. I guess that's when the list is actually loading, but again, I feel that this is more laggy than it was in 4.1.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusDro:
I don't think my phone is monitoring the awake time properly. It gives me blank whenever I try to view the battery status.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wuodland:
So after rigorous testing the battery life has been little better. See the pic. He steady part in the center is the time when I was sleeping. No its nothing to be proud of sadly :(

Mines is the normal battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
All things considered, 4.2 is running pretty fantastic on my phone. I haven't really noticed any issues at all except for having deep sleep issues on early, early builds. Everything seems to be resolved now though, and kevdliu's notification toggles mod has me questioning whether I'll ever choose another non-pure-AOSP ROM like CM/AOKP again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Thats strange, mine is pretty instant. Are you on a 100% stock build?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RoadHazard:
Yes, I cleanly flashed the factory image, nothing left of anything else on my phone.

I don't know, I wonder if there's really a difference or if it's just a matter of perception. I'm very sensitive to lags, while some people are less so.