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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KGrinols:
Just updated to 4.2.1 all the way from 4.0.0 as I was way behind the times. But thus far I haven't encountered any issues with Jelly Bean vs ICS. I enjoy the lock screen better, the new swype keyboard is far more useful than I thought it would be and I don't personally use daydreaming but I'm sure others are enjoying the feature.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noshet:
I think 4.2.1 is really bad in terms of real usage...at least that's what I have been facing anyway. Due to several SODs each day, this is driving me nuts!!! I have constantly been trying all the available 4.2.1 roms and kernels...but so far, I'm still facing with SODs.

Though I am now on Xylon V11 and I like its features, which 4.1.2 roms are you guys recommending I should go back to? Stability wise and it would be nice to have add-on features....

I think I'm in a serious need to go back to 4.1.2...as I will be away on business trips and I can't afford having multiple SODs each day.

thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Well, there we go again, use my phone to make a quick call and later go to check time literally 4 minutes later and its not responding. Battery Pull and its back to normal, I have warranty until Dec.24, should I use it. My phone is 100% stock takju with unlocked boot loader was originally a yakjuux, would that cause any issues with a warranty claim?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
Why would you waste your time sending your phone away when it's a software issue introduced with 4.2 that you could fix yourself by flashing back to 4.1? Swapping hardware wouldn't help since it's a software issue. All they would do probably is wipe your phone, and tell you there's nothing wrong with it.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I've only had one sod since 4.2.1. I would either try a reset or 4.2.1 reflash first before going back to 4.1. I agree its probably not hardware and you may have to flash back the original to return it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Is Google aware of the all the huge problems with 4.2.1?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Riekr:
Sod had been confirmed (can't link source article now) and Google said it will be fixed soon.

I suggest trying to freeze magazines and movies with titanium backup (root required) to check if the issue of lag and or sod is there. You can easily reenable them as you wish (don't uninstall them).

I didn't face any sod but I have those apps frozen as per country restrictions.

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus con Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
Still sitting on 4.1.2, no rush.

-Brought to you by Marino's Nexus 7-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Big ZD:
Still sitting on 4.1.1, truly no rush. Haha.

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
yes they are working on the issues...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
running 4.2.1 without issues :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Try turning it on. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MoosDiagramm:
I don't have any problems either (because I never use Bluetooth:p)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Artemon9:
+1!

LOOOL :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Hope k786 realizes that I was just joking. He is an awesome contributor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NickS_:
Flashed CM10 stable (4.1.2) and not lookin' back. Can't wait sitting around for Google to fix A2DP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarcoMontreal1:
i am running 4.2.1 , im unlocked and stock. Is it just me that has worse battery life ? I think i nailed down the culprit , its the keyboard that is draining my battery. When i used one of my apps that says how much battery percentage is used by your apps , the keyboard was at over 18 % . Plus the keyboard runs at close to 27 mb of ram.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ncvikingx97:
My battery life sucks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I'm using the swiftkey3 beta keyboard and my battery life is horrible. It seems to be mostly screen on time that kills it so fast. Far more than 4.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KGrinols:
Quite a few people appear to be having issues with battery life on the new 4.2.x, despite of what Kernel/Rom combo they use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Fair statement
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
Try this

Guys... try above method.

Just test it for a day, i can confirm it's improve the performance, smoothness and so far no SOD yet

for #2 "Currents App" i did frozen the app... and probably i will un-installed it for good.

Hopefully it solve some of the bugs and the lags..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
How about disabling google currents?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ncvikingx97:
I'll try that, but are there any downsides to forcing gpu rendering? I know that some apps will be affected, but does it affect the longevity of the phone? Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AgentSmith:
I disabled Google Currents and Google Search and forced GPU rendering already in 4.1 when I bought the phone. It's always been buttery smooth and with 4.2.1 it still is. Without Currents, Google Now etc. it just works fine. Also have the same battery lifetime as before. I still use the stock ROM because I like it so much.

I still think Google made a mistake changing the lock screen. At least some customization options would be nice to have. I also really don't appreciate the screen off delay after pressing the power button which got introduced with 4.2. And I hate the CRT off animation. I have an amoled screen not a big tube from the nineties. Please google allow your users to choose all these things. The less Apple-like you are the better!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
Go to Settings > Apps > All > Currents (DISABLE)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
it's sound scary to enabled GPU Render but so far.. all my app still working properly, and i don't see any changes in battery life...

I read at the other thread, also while googling.... it said that it splits up the processing duty.

Graphic duty to the GPU and other processing duty to CPU.

A developer should able to confirm that statement... whether is correct or not.

But after 2 days i still got SOD and i revert back to 4.1.2 ..it just feel much much smoother
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericstephani:
so far so good. I wish i could get widgets on the lock screen when its protected with a pin.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neovdr:
For me disabling the Currents app showed the biggest improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KGrinols:
All the customization you could possibly want are available through ROMS, Kernels, Themes, etc etc.

Xylon ROM allows you to put 4(5w/unlock) different apps on the lock 'circle' plus the ability to swipe left and right, to access widgets of your choice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
lol yeah i dont use bluetooth much either

lol point taken.. i dont use bluetooth much so didnt consider it before saying no issues

:good:

agreed.. 4.2 is a hit or miss, some ppl are getting good results while others have nothing but issues
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] savagehax:
I'm living xylon. Rocking it with ak kernel and smooth as butter. (Get it) I played around for awhile before coming to xylon. not looked back. Although I did enjoy paranoid Android very much as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] max4wdc:
4.1.2 is the best and is default for galaxy nexus(4.2 is default for nexus 4) , so I going back to 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
By that logic 4.0 is default for Nexus.

4.2 runs as good on my Nexus as 4.1 did. Not everyone had problems.

Tapatalked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
technically the "default" for gnex is 4.0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
my 2 favourite roms.. i try other roms but keeping coming back to either PA or Xylon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
I used to favor PA but now I'm a Xylon guy. It's awesome. Smooth and stable.

Tapatalked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AgentSmith:
That's the thing. I don't want all those customizations. I like the stock ROM except for the few things I mentioned. All I need is a simple lock screen with pattern lock thus without widgets and camera. And before setting all 3 animation options to 0.5x effectively disabled the CRT animation. I just hope Google reverts some of the changes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
i prefer Xylon for all its customization and PA for hybrid mode.. for me they are both stable but sometime i need options and sometime tab ui so thats what decides my "rom of the day" lol

i doubt google will revert the changes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zba78:
I use currents daily so didn't want to disable it however, after last night Google updates of its various apps, including currents, my phone feels much more snappier today.

I was quite happy with 4.2.1 before but now it's even better.

Oh And the only bluetooth 'device' I have is my car and it still works with that perfectly fine (although now it's paired as Galaxy Nexus 2 rather then galaxy nexus)

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Galaxy Nexus :: Yakju :: 4.2.1 (stock)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
The only major thing I want them do revert is the vibrating on notifications in "Vibrate" mode, even if you've set app specific Vibrate to never. It's just retarded.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
galaxy nexus 2? you mean the nexus 4?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] retskrad:
With each update, Android feels like more and more glitchy. Can't be the hardware in Galaxy Nexus, its 1gb ram and dualcore.

Scrolling in lists in the only thing that is mooth. Animations and transitions are very glitchy. Google Now has very smooth animation and transitions, but I think it's because it's amde for Android 4.0+ from the beginning, Google Music and Gallery etc. I think has the same base as the old versions for Gingerbread, thats why the performance isnt like Google Now.

Also, the stock music player is so glitchy, I wonder how it got past quality control at Google. The animations are very laggy, I saw the same problems on my Nexus 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zba78:
No I mean Galaxy Nexus 2. As if its the second galaxy nexus I've connected to the car (on 4.1.2 it just said Galaxy Nexus)

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Galaxy Nexus :: Yakju :: 4.2.1 (stock)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sui785:
I'm running stock rom 4.2.1 but it's so laggy. Memory management doesn't seem to work or something coz multitasking is more laggier now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isinisterx:
Yup, back on 4.1.2 now and I can say this is much faster (especially the app switching).

Anyone recommend me a good rom? Apex was my favorite but hasn't been updated in a while.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] savagehax:
Yes I love them both. But I feel xylon is just as smooth as it gets for a 4.2.1 rom .I have had zero issues.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
Good on you !

at Google+ Xylon Community some users spotted some bugs on latest 011 & 012 release

There always be bugs in Customs Roms, this is why after tried so many diff custom ROMs, i always return to Stable Stock ROM such as 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haryobimo96:
Just flashed it for 2 days, and i'm satisfied with the battery life, no SoD yet

And, like many other people said, disabling currents revives the buttery smooth. :)

However, i still find some lag when swiping apps in landscape mode and rotating the camera :(

Haven't tried bluetooth yet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
New glitch that happens to me, when I update apps from the play store my phones begins downloading the update and then reboots itself, when it turns back on its still updating the apps and then it successfully updates. Any idea what's causing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Mine does it only on certain apps like beautiful widgets. In my case I think it's the apps which are still not completely compatible with 4.2. Actually for me beautiful widgets may be the only app doing it now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Caused by apps with widgets on the lock screen. Think it's probably a glitch in how android is dealing with them, it'll be fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kanagadeepan:
Hate the LockScreen...

Gesture typing is OK, but NOT as good as Swype; but still usable...

Camera became BAD..

Not so noticeable Performance change...

Stability is reduced a bit comparing 4.1...

Network/Radio signal became a little bit weak...

Data speeds also comparatively slow and NOT steady as before...

Thanks and eagerly waiting for update (4.2.2) to fix these...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
That's good to know what was going on there and that makes sense. Thanks for that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark2410:
anyone else thinking that 4.2 is there to grind the GN into crap so we all feel the need to buy an N4?

4.2 is a bloaty piece of poo that is slow as hell and viciously eating storage at horrifying rate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
I think that Android has to continually move forward because it faces very real competition from the iphone. Eventually it will require better hardware but that's the story of technology. I wouldn't want Google to hold back for the benefit of older phones. Two years from a phone is more than I expect.

If you like the way your phone runs on older software that's the beauty of a nexus. It couldn't be easier to flash an older rom or a custom rom of which there are plenty.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kizakiyuria:
hi all

noob question

my wifi connection off when sleep,,,i set keep wifi on during sleep,set wifi high peformance in trickstermod,i tried custom kernel and this problem still happen,what should i do?i'm on stock 4.2.1 now :confused:

thanks in advance

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] l_deadeye_l:
I sure hope not, but now that you say it I can't help but wonder if this is the case since the GN docks were also wiped from the earth around the same time.

I had great support with Nexus One for two years it kept getting better, never got worse. 4.1.2 was amazing for UI performance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aur3L:
Well, I feel sorry for you and that you are that disappointed, mine is satisfying me, but I use Xylon Rom, and franco Kernel, and it is on par with 4.1.2 in terms of battery life and smoothness. Maybe, you want to try that, hope your experience will make you change your mind.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
Minco 4.1.2 is the best rom I've ever used.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheQuarterMile:
Xylon or RasbeanJelly? Which is smoother of the two?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WILLI120:
I'm on Xylon and it's the best 4.2.1 ROM imo but still not as near good as any 4.1.2 ROM. Performance and esp battery life is terrible. I hope, this gets better with 4.2.2...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neovdr:
Definitely will get better with 4.2.2. A lot of ugly bugs (some present for a long time) have been identified in the Google support pages and it seems we won't get another fast update like 4.2.1. Remember that 4.2.1 came to fix the small but highly public December bug.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WILLI120:
Yeah, I know about 4.2.1. It was a super small but yet super necessary update:D They can take their time with 4.2.2, I just hope it will clear all the bugs and make everything fast and snappy again. And esp a better battery life or at least like it was in 4.1.2. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
My battery life is better on 4.2.1 than on 4.1.2. About the same battery life with stock kernel on 4.2 that I had with Franco on 4.1.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Agreed. But nothing 4.1 was ever as good on battery for me as 4.0.4 no matter what settings I tried.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WILLI120:
That's weird. I tried every possible way with 4.2 from complete stock to whatever-ROM and battery life is still almost half as good as it was on 4.1.2...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] retskrad:
Sometimes when you open settings the background changes quality or something.

I took a screenshot of this. Anyone else who had this" bug"? Below is the bug that causes the background in Settings to downgrade in quality. http://i.imgur.com/RZv4x.png

This below is the normal settings background http://i.imgur.com/9YE2x.png

I'm running Android 4.2.1.

EDIT: when I look closely, I think the brightness in the gradiend background increases. very strange.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
It's probably the content adaptive color, you can disable it in some custom kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] retskrad:
I'm running 100 % stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
Yes, it cannot be disabled on the stock kernel, only with custom one, like the other color settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] evil_penguin:
It is a bug.

Same things happens for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Roby72:
All I know is that I can't almost use Bluetooth anymore.. and I'm pretty angry for that!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
That must be device specific. I haven't had any real issues with it other than problems with the volume being reduced to zero when I switch between apps on my headset.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Seriously, my Gnex is so terribly laggy since the last update. Horrible, just horrible. I sincerely hope this isn't the last update, otherwise I may have to conclude Google intentionally effed up the Gnex so we can buy something else. / paranoid rant
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Try doing a fresh install.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cyprox:
Skickat från min Galaxy Nexus via Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Clyzm:
I'm having an issue with my screen lighting up at random. It seems that every 5 minutes or so, it will simply light up and show my lock screen until it reaches its shut off timer again. No incoming notifications, nothing happening, just my screen lighting.

Anyone else experiencing anything similar?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] j3r3myp:
Got a problem now with those sdcard changes. It is using the both 0 and sdcard0 folder, everything messed up when I copied my data back. Don't know which foler I have to use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmarmstr:
OK, just a hunch, and this seems to work for me (I don't like having a notification in Gmail ever, so I don't mind having the sounds set to silent) but if you choose silent for your ringtone/notification sound for gmail then you don't get the vibrate when it's in vibrate mode. Not sure if you wanted a sound notification when not in vibrate mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1337:
lol, uumm no
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ieatnoobs:
Working fine here. Installed the OTA file from XDA last night and haven't seem anything breaking other than Google Voice. I will install the stock image from Google when I get home. I always have a bad feeling when I update rather than use the full stock image.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
We need to get out of our heads right now that 4.2 is optimized for another device. That simply isnt true.

The Nexus 4 isn't even supported by AOSP yet, with no code, trees, or proprietaries available. That is per JBQ himself. The code on AOSP is the same as what you guys have retail, except that closed-source parts have been stripped.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] odysseus84:
I don't like the new lockscreen. It's very annoing to swipe over from one to anothe widget. Also the camera lockscreen widget is not removable... too bad.

On my gnex the new settings tap on the notification bar is okey, but I need real togles... not this damn shortcuts to the settings.

On my nexus7 is it much more crappy. A splittet notification/settings page makes no sens for me!

Google my friend, the ideas behind were good but overall: that was a large step back in usability

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nyijedi:
Thank you very much for this. It works for now. I do indeed want sound for my emails, but I'd prefer this to the alternative of always vibrating. I hope Google fixes this soon. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bioyuki:
Only issue I've encountered is the lock screen freezing up. Won't let me enter in my pattern. Agree with all of the feedback re: lockscreen widgets and quick toggle buttons.

Haven't run into slowness/lag issues that others have reported though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Any improvements in battery life?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hooman64:
Huge let down!

I'm very disappointed in this new update. well it has some features that are interesting but it didn't really add much to my Nexus. first of all the HDR feature is not available on GNEX, I myself don't like taking pictures with my phone but generally speaking, it is pretty disappointing that Google introduces features and they don't add it to the previous devices. GNEX is not that old! now you have to swipe right to get to Camera as well. which I believed launching camera (or any other apps) from the unlock circle was a better idea. like many users said before it kinda feels laggy, well I restarted the GNEX few times after I updated, it's better now but I don't think it's as smooth as 4.1.2. after few minutes of using data on my GNEX it gets very hot on the back which is weird bc I didn't have this issue before. and my WIFI keeps disconnecting when the phone is in sleep mode, although I changed the setting that it'd be always connected to WIFI (even when it's in sleep mode). quick setting is nice but I hoped they would make it look like CM or Touchwiz.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
HDR isn't supported by the Gnex hardware and Android's implementation of it. Nothing Google could do about that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1337:
plenty of apps do hdr why is everyone crying?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
HDR requires taking pictures at different exposures and blending those pictures in software. How can that not be supported by Gnex hardware?

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We might have a better handle on that once it's out for at least a full day
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PigpenUK:
It's an okay update so far there is some micro lag here and there though.

I'll be happier when Apex launcher and Franco's kernel have caught up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
I'm personally doubting any change, we didn't get the updated 3.4 kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MoosDiagramm:
This is the one thing I'm curious about. There must have been a lot of performance optimizations and bugfixes in the kernel from both, Google's and Linux's side, in the past six months but the Galaxy Nexus doesn't get any of it?

I'd take a better kernel over Photosphere, lockscreen widgets and a new clock any day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Loureiro:
anyone noticed a new checkbox under wifi advanced settings? "Wi-Fi optimization" I wonder what kind of magic is behind this :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zackster:
Personally I'm mixed over 4.2:

Pros:

They fixed the Recent Apps touchscreen issue FINALLY.

Gesture typing is AMAZING.

New clock app is awesome.

The new camera app seems good, just haven't had a chance to test it out.

Cons:

Lock screen widgets are terribly implemented and cannot be disabled (to my knowledge).

They removed the ability to disable vibrate-on-unlock for a pattern (without disabling other haptic feedback).

Quick settings buttons are not toggles.

Phone lags a bit when turning the screen off, though this may just be my old device.

(Nitpick) The bold hours on the clock face look bad.

Undecided:

Battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wlemammoth:
I'm loving 4.2.1 so far, it really increased my battery life, at least compared to the last couple weeks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinkdrain:
Agreed, I'm very upset about the lag, sq of Bluetooth, and the broken car mode. I never complain about updates and have always been happy till now... Horrible!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Any idea why this is draining my battery? Got a feeling its related to 4.2.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Google currents?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
I have that disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mrbigshot:
Working good after I turned of sync in Currents
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prostang:
Liquid Smoothness

I flashed Liquid 4.2 (the third Beta1) and loving 4.2.1! It is really buttery and they have bluetooth working!! One hang up, but there is a work-around. When you first flash it, there is no data connection. You have to turn off Data, reboot phone and turn it back on. I have one question about 4.2: what are the side bars on the lock screen? I cannot swipe to other screens and the side bars disappear after a short bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cilraaz:
They are there to show the other screens available to lockscreen widgets. You can swipe to them, but you must grab the edge of the screen to do so.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
They bars really give the lock screen a rather 'unpolished' look. Personally I'm surprised they let that one out the door.