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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShogunAssassin7:
It might just be my imagination, but for whatever reason 4.2.1 seems to have improved my battery life from the power-sucking vampire beyatch that was 4.2? No random reboots as of yet, either. Touch wood...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Castro27:
Funny, never had any battery problems or reboots on 4.2. But ever since 4.2.1 my is rebooting like crazy. Damn it google. I'm probably going back to 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
4.2.1 is an improvement for me so far. Swiftkey is far more responsive. I have my old great Nexus 7 back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaspirr:
4.2.1 has been good to me in every way except for one small issue: Gmail won't auto-sync. I have to manually sync it every time I want to check my mail. I'm trying everything possible to fix it and no help yet. Might have to downgrade to 4.1 again..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Egotist:
For the first time ever my device completely froze on me and I needed to pull the battery. The only difference in the phone is the 4.2.1 update I did yesterday.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Did the 4.2.1 update, no discernable differences in performance or battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lh901121:
4.2.1 still cant recognize my bluetooh headset
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
Flash many 4.2 stock/custom roms..... dunno why i'm still coming back to 4.1.2 stock

Anyone can point me where can i download a working "Photosphere" ported to 4.1 ?

the one at the forum got problems with FC
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] M0D3RNAFR0:
Just got 4.2.1, 30secs ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Haha I had 1.5 on my Eris when I first got it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chazzdjr:
I'm using mmuzzys 4.2.1 ROM on my Verizon Galaxy nexus. It has been smooth as silk. :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LibertyMonger:
Having NONE of these issues everyone is posting, I swear the issues people are having are from using wrong Gapps and certain mods and apps and Nova Launcher is causing them. Try straight Xylon with Apex Launcher and no mods, or if you do use a theme or something and you have issues, retry without. Something other than the ROM is causing the issues. At least with Xylon.

PS... If you do try Xylon, try it with these animations! Freakin bad ass
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hp13:
i cant belive i was getting random SOD while i would use my phone. 4.2.1 stock rom and stock kernel. no root or no cwm. everything stock... i hate it.

back on to 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chelseaeuro:
Does anyone else have problems with the battery life ? I seem to be running out in 4-5 hours with minimal usage. I'm on 4.2 and build is JOP40C :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isinisterx:
Did you clean flash your ROM? That's probably the reason behind that bad battery life
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Well 4.2.1 has ruined my GPS. Aren't able to get a GPS lock... This is on a fresh installed takju 4.2 and OTA'd 4.2.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Artemon9:
So, I'm on Bixie's 4.2.1.

My bt headset doesn't work.

Connect and disconnect continously...:(

So,bt bug still in 4.2.1 :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
Many people having problems are on pure stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tikkalamt:
Does installing 4.2.1 ota remove root?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blahblahyoutoo:
What's everyone's problem with BT?

Mine is that the BT tethering always disables itself after a certain time. It used to stay on persistently.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hipwell:
4.2.1 yakju here, bluetooth working perfectly with my pioneer headunit and transferring files between phones.

my only issue is the **** lockscreen widgets that keep unlocking my phone and starting the stop watch
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Clancy_s:
Yes, assuming you're installing over stock. If not the OTA may try to run but will fail.

If you want to keep root on a stock rom try OTA rootkeeper from the app store (I've been custom for a few months, it should still work though).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BItzikXD:
I am using Paranoid based 4.2 version and I am very satisfied!

The quick toggle menu is huge, so as the new panoramic photos.

I also notice there are few visual effects so as when you click the recent bottom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chelseaeuro:
ontyouc not

I haven't done anything to my ROM. I just got an update notification for 4.2 and that's about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sparx639:
Seems to be smoother than 4.2 and the battery is just as good (small increase from 4.1.2) the only lag I see is swiping an app away from recents

Sent from my suxeN yxalaG
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] f1ip:
yeah google location is broke on mine as well, just tried to use Google maps today. I can get a GPS lock with GPStest and gps works on Osmand.

seems to not work on google maps and Navigation since that's what I use at the moment.

Also Weather dont work since it's based on location as well.

fixt!!.

ahh figured out how to fix it. Go to Google Now settings, Privacy & Accounts, Google Location settings, Let Google apps access your location, set it to On. It apparently got turned off. Wifi and Mobile network location got turned off in Location Access as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LibertyMonger:
well I don't come to XDA for stock ROMs. apparently Google flubbed up the stock kernel or something. Xylon v009 is running like a dream with the thyrusDarkHolo theme and vicino's custom animations. Best android ROM yet!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
Well, had BT hang on "turning off" once.

Still, seems/feels the same as 4.2. Going back to bone AOSP now. Master, master!! ;)

Sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spinz78:
This is the most helpful tip I got on xda-developers. I use google maps a lot and somehow I wasn't able to get a GPS lock in google maps whereas in other maps applications it was fine. Now thanks to your help its working fine again. Thanks a lot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AgentSmith:
Thank you very much for this fix! Finally Maps is working fine again. I actually had to enable Google Search again before I was able to reach the location access settings. After enabling GPS access I disabled Google Search again and after a reboot Maps is still working fine. Very strange these settings can only be changed with Google Search and not Maps itself or any other Google app. But good to know. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yizhaq79:
after the 4.2.1 update the browser fc constantly!!!

even with the original nexus image file.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abhishek93:
gallery force closed more than 2 times today.. :/ and same with the browser..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tigajr:
I can not believe this phone!

This is the best phone I've ever had!

Every single update it gets better, IMO (except this December thing :P)

Google transformed it in a butter smooth machine with 4.2.1. Camera features are awesome. My gallery is very smooth now. Finally.

I was thinking about a Galaxy Note 2, but after 4.2.1 I don't know anymore. Let's see, I dont have 4G in my country yet, only in march, 2013.

I have been experiencing always good things with this phone.:D

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Actually no. I'm not seeing it on my gsm GN 4.2.1. What's your config?

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EDIT: sorry, its there. I picked up the wrong phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrm43:
I am on Xenonhd 4.2.1 rc2 with trinity 1344 alpha 4 and my stock browser does not force close. I did a full wipe before flashing.

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Gallery is okay too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Siso93:
Stock 4.2.1 here and browser fcs every 2 pages

Fixed at the moment with chrome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] makiadi61:
very fluent
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zba78:
The 4.2 OTA update was OK generally but a slight amount of lag could be felt compared to 4.1.2

4.2.1 really seems to have sorted that lag and everything feels great again.

Oh and I'm really getting used to and liking this new swipe-enabled default keyboard

Galaxy Nexus, yakju

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yalouf:
I have exactly the same problem.

Stock 4.2.1 Rom and browser

And Stock and even boat or dolphin force closes every 2 pages....

Anyone else ???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] n2rjt:
The OTA for 4.2 was bad for me. BT was broken, several FC's, laggy, weird battery performance, generally bad. I reinstalled the complete factory image, and 4.2 was okay, but still laggy.

The 4.2.1 OTA was very good. Butter is back. Some things like camera rotation are as slow as before but in general smooth and usably responsive. I have gnex gsm takju. My son has a yakju running 4.2, we are comparing head to head so no placebo effect.

I have had two apparent SODs. Both times battery reported low 20's before. Phone wouldn't start until I pulled battery, reinserted, and connected charger. On restart battery was 0%. So I think something is less accurate in the battery level. My son has not seen that so maybe my battery is starting to die.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CrashV5:
hi everyone, i start reading just latest two pages and i already find confirmation to my problem, so, yes i got problem with browser too!!!

i'm on stock 4.2.1 except root, browser simply quit in many sites....it's a bug of this version because in 4.2 all work fine to me!

no other bugs found by now

google maybe it's too busy with crome develop but make step backward with our stock browser is not acceptable!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aur3L:
Well, I got to say that with Xylon Rom, which allows me permanent full screen, no navigation bars, replaced by Lmt 1.5, 4.2.1 is running great with my nexus. Way smoother than my other phone, Exynos 4 S3... Software optimisation seems to be the key when comparing the two devices. Although I must admit that 4.1.2 is a little better than 4.2.1 on the Nexus, but I have no bug on chrome and stock browser, I factory reset the phone, and wipe system before flashing the new rom. I did apply the PimpMyRom app, which helped with the image compression from the camera.

So all in all, it is running pretty good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MisterCub:
So far I'm quite happy with 4.2.1. Everything is smooth and works well. The only slight lag I've noticed is when I swipe apps away. The phone charges a bit slower than before (in my opinion) but it's nothing I'd really complain about. A very good release if you ask me! :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
The look of the lockscreen and how it actually looks like a modern UI is the only thing tempting me to install 4.2.1 but there's so many posts about how its not worth using that I stay away from it. The sad thing is that we probably won't get an bugfix release until well after Christmas.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ronaldo_9:
OTA 4.2/4.2.1 is very laggy to the point browsing using chrome took forever to load a page. FB also was also so was the sms app so last night i unlocked BL and flashed a custom rom 4.2.1 and its smooth again, reinstalled 85% of the apps I had before.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozint:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ranguvar:
I've had good speed with 4.2 so far (takju maguro).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thatdude90210:
Yeah, same here no issue with that.

My 4.1.2 was a recent clean install via the toolkit. Don't have any real issues with 4.2 so far.

Updated by flashing CWM (temporary) via toolkit plus renaming the update file to update.zip. Didn't wipe cache or dalvik cache.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dhi29:
I'm not quite sure what you're asking. But the home screens are locked in portrait. They're supposed to be. But the apps would go to landscape like normal. I would say your flash got messed up somehow. Or you have some weird setting checked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ih8sense:
Well, eventually the official 4.2 build for the Nexus will release and most of these issues will be resolved. It's not that the OS isn't capable of running well on the GN, it's just that this build is for an entirely different phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lazol:
Life's just a matter of points of view...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
ive been telling everyone the time today by yelling the HOUR and the quietly saying the minutes. i cant help it, its caused by the overly bold hour font lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maroon Mushroom:
Very happy with it so far.

Would love a new kernel on it though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] retskrad:
Could someone explain to me my every version of Android, there has been lag in when opening the App drawer and navigating it? Any technical explanation? Can't be hard to make it smooth on a 2gb RAM and quad core processor on the nexus 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
App drawer works smooth here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
just waiting to troll in every thread eh lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] useronur:
hdr

is hdr mode included with camera in 4.2??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
Not on the Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maciek82:
Very cool so far.

On the new camera app, the link to go directly to galary is gone now right or am I doing something wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
Just swipe, like you did in 4.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Loureiro:
This camera rotation is silly. it should only rotate the icons...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maciek82:
Well I never knew that.... is there a place I kind find these types of hints?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
If you watch some overviews of the new stuff in 4.2, they will most of the time also point out these more secret-ish things.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmarmstr:
Yes, I see this too. This better get fixed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GldRush98:
Anyone else see an issue in Messaging after the update?

I lost a **** load of messages, including nearly all my saved (locked) MMS messages.

Luckily Titanium Backup backed them up Sunday night and I was able to restore them back... certainly odd that they got deleted in the update though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
Seems like a minor update to me.

The lock screen is the most noticeable change and it's not very exciting (could be a lot better).

MX player not working is annoying. I installed Mobo, which seems fine

Gmail is beeping on receipt, rather than vibrating. Google voice text messages beep and vibrate, until I turned vibrate off.

I updated stock Takju using adb sideload
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MersauX:
Is anyone having issues with the storage calculation in the Settings>Storage section. It takes ages to calculate and it doesn't populate the bar at the top?

I am using a GSM GNex with stock 4.2.1 yakju, rooted, cwm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ncvikingx97:
Glad I am not the only one. Happens to me too, but I think it might have had that on 4.1 as well

Sent from an AOSP , Rasbean'd Nexus 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dandemonic:
Having fc browser issues on stock rooted jb 4.2 as well as other bugs:rolleyes:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tallyforeman:
3.1 Build 1 of Eclipse is running like a top! Everything works great and is buttery smooth. It makes my 4.2 experience very nice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skadebo:
Lol this is worse than iOS 6 Maps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tallyforeman:
Maybe you should go join the herd. Enjoy your extra row of icons :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skadebo:
I'm ambivalent, honestly. I don't see myself giving up android at the moment due to the Note 10.1 (pen input FTW) and customizability.

Still, I have to laugh at this bungling of Jelly Bean.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AgentSmith:
Everyone with lag problems should just restore to factory defaults. I think that would solve most users' problems here. My GN on stock 4.2.1 yakju runs great and is very smooth. Love it!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] junkfish:
I don't have lag issues. However battery life when idle is worse than 4.1.2. Anyone knows how to fix that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] svitak:
Powered by Xylon 4.2.1, butter smooth and highly customizable :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slattery69:
running fine for me on rasbeanjelly, a few hiccups that others have mentioned but seems as quick as 4.1.2 and battery life seems on par, though running stock kernel as most of the custom kernels seem to be having hiccups
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CrashV5:
Hi guys! i came back for the problem with stock browser and closes/crashes... i try to disable javascript in settings/advance of browser and seems that all work fine, no crashes after .. so if you want to test, try disable javascript

sorry if someone already post this, i've read a few page ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alexcinci:
I would like very much that my BT stops bugging, its so anoying. Will we have to wait ´till 4.2.2? or more? or never?

I have strong feelings that our GN have been outdated by jelly bean, its not fair.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
Running OTA 4.2.1 on stock Gnex. I cant believe how buttery it is! Im very happy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ncvikingx97:
Never cent the butter here, mine has always been smooth, but soon after I got it, it lost its butter. Although so did my nexus 7, so whatever

Sent from an AOSP , Rasbean'd Nexus 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MersauX:
The gmail update seems to have fixed the lag issue when changing accounts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sparx639:
I thought we had pinch to zoom on gmail now, I am on 4.2.1 and still don't have it yet. Everything is updated

Sparx639
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zmydust:
Received 4.2.1 today, battery back to 4.1 life, sigh. I am consistent and check my battery life every day. 4.1 netted me 11 hours with 3.0 hours on screen time. 4.2 netted 12 hours and up to 3.5 hours on screen time. Now, with 4.2.1 , lost the upgrade in on screen time. What is Google doing?!?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isinisterx:
Mine is way better. 36 hours unplugged. 3.5 hours screen time.

Get on a custom ROM and kernel u should notice a very big difference
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Saturn1217:
updated to 4.2.1 via the official OTA (not rooted or romed)

I'm still wishing for 4.1.1 back...

I like the additional features. Although I agree that the lockscreen widgets are questionably implemented. But feature wise everything else is cool.

But performance of my phone just isn't as good.

Battery life is really bad. I'm getting like 2hrs of screen on time now compared to ~3 hours before 4.2.

I get the random reboots and I'm also getting a strange issue where data will just stop working and only a complete reboot fixes the problem (this is NOT a carrier/signal issue). I will say that animations are a bit smoother on 4.2.1 compared to 4.2.

The saving grace is that since I got my nexus 7 (which is running much better on 4.2.1) I don't use my galaxy nexus as much so 2hrs of screen on time on my phone is actually still perfectly adequate.

Long time nexus users, is this how things are going to be? Will the galaxy nexus get buggier and buggier with each update until google forces me to get a new phone?

Sorry to be dramatic but up until 4.2 my Gnex was so perfect...

I will consider a factory reset. I kind of want to keep my phone stock and save my rooting/experiments for the nexus 7. Still haven't gotten around to it...(to be fair i use a mac and I don't think a working one click toolkit has been made for the mac which actually works)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aur3L:
Well, once factory reset, and having flashed google stock image, my nexus is flying. So I guess that's the way to go, otherwise the phone gets laggy from multiple rom flashing. The one and only bug I have is the rotation lag inside the camera app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Artemon9:
Please try out bluetooth!

My bt headset is disconnecting, when screen is off!

Do you have this bug? Or the flashing of the stock image solve this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozint:
So here's my take on the 4.2/4.2.1 after some 10 days of using it. I waited and received the 4.2 update OTA. After reading many comments about 4.2 I thought I was gonna hate it and postponed the OTA for a couple of days but eventually updated. I have to say that beside the lockscreen widgets, I am perfectly fine with it.

* Gmail messages work great (though I think I had to go to Settings and make them fit to screen).

* Most of the apps worked as usual on 4.2 apart from MX Player which I updated and now its ok.

* I use USB OTG and rooted the phone mainly for the OTG and AdAway. Used Chainfire's StickMount along with the ntfs-3g file, since my 32Gb USB3.0 NTFS drive was not recognized, now it works like a charm.

* I don't notice any lag apart from closing an app in Recent apps. They added some animation when you open Recent Apps (for the last app you came from), and it lags for a milisec only the first time.

* PhotoSphere is very nice actually, and the Camera does lag when rotating which sucks but not a deal breaker. I don't know why it doesn't rotate as before (only the icons). Bad Google!

* Did I mention lockscreen widgets? Pointless IMO, and I vote to have them removed, or have an option to.

* I don't get FCs. I have around 70-80 apps according to my Play account. It's all smooth IMO, unless you are extremely picky and notice some small lag here and there (rarely).

* Just tested Bluetooth. Works both ways, sent and received files successfully.

* Dropdown notifications or w/e they are called is a nice touch, would have prefered toggels. It's better than before I think.

* Lockscreen clock. Hate would be a strong word, but I don't like it definitely. Loved the previous clock. I like the Alarm settings though. They look prominent with the red font and large font. Stopwatch is nice as well.

* The best thing I like about the 4.2.1 is the battery hands down. The life time after 4.2.1 is really better in my experience.

I have been busy for the past couple of days and mostly used phone calls and email, browsing. But I really like the time on the screenshots. I am very hopeful that Google has optimized the OS more, and it is the reason for the improved battery life. Battery by itself will not improve, but OS optimization will do it good, so kudos if this is the case.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozint:
Would like to also add that I don't have random reboots.

Screen doesn't come on by itself (or I haven't noticed).

Chrome is a little laggy, but I use the Other devices feature every time I open it, and I'm perfectly fine with Chrome. I use Pocket for longer reads.

I tried several games (I don't game often), Wind-Up Knight, Guerilla Bob, Angry Birds SW, Temple Run, Royal Revolution. Worked great, no lag and no fc's.

Just for reference or an information someone might find useful. I updated to 4.2 OTA, and flashed 4.2.1 via fastboot by temporary booting CWM (efrant guide, method 2). I did a complete wipe about a month ago 'cos my GNex was yakjuxw, and have since flashed yakju.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zba78:
It needs to be enabled in the settings.

Settings -> General settings -> Auto-fit messages
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vndkmr97:
Iphone Lockscreen Clone ?

Slide to Camera via lockscreen resembles like iphone lockscreen (slide to camera ) very much disappointed :crying: .

Battery charging Very slow :crying:

Camera Sucks (dunno how to zoom it and swiping to gallery sometimes makes me to click by mistake on camera settings) :crying:

Once again no improvements on volume :crying:

Swipe , New Transition , Notification(toggle setting missing :crying: ) are cool :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Artemon9:
Could you please try out BT with a headset?

I have problems with it, when screen is off.

The headset disconnects after 40 seconds.

Thank's in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] j_mullet:
I was on xylon 4.2.1 and I've never had so many random issues. I went from using a team sorcery ROM with no issues, decided to try out 4.2.1. Did a full factory image first, then flashed xylon. Had random shut downs, lots of lag. Then I figured I would give miui a go. It was OK, but once I tried to revert to xylon, my backups were gone or moved, twrp, titanium all of it. And things just got worse and worse. I have yet to have so many issues going from ROM to ROM. Whatever is being done to the sdcard storage I wish would stop. I have since gone back to 4.1 on sorcery. Its so nice. All I have to do is flash the keyboard/ camera add on and I get the features out of 4.2.1 that I want. I for one am very disappointed and will not be going back to 4.2.1 until absolutely necessary.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozint:
I don't have a BT headset at the moment, but if I get my hands on one I'll try it out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NickS_:
We need an A2DP bitpool fix!