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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cloney:
After trying stock Odexed, Deodexed, AOSP, FNV/xylon, and Paranormal android roms I gave up. All tested with clean flashes (clear data, cache, dalvik). Issues with performance and stability.

Gmail - Biggest peeve, changing accounts will lag 1-2 seconds per animation ( select account, changing account), opening new emails took longer. Just wasn't smooth at all.

Google Talk will always vibrate when receiving a message even though all the no-vibrate options are selected. Really sucks when it vibrates 5-10 times in a minute from messages while working in a quiet cube setting.

Lockscreen widgets would get a force close with Deodexed version even after 3 clean flashes

AOSP gave me play market update errors on multiple apps that I need. I tried the user tricks and return to stock play app version, no dice.

Xylon had the same GMail issue

Paranormal gave me boot loop, flashed 2x clean.

Switching to camera from lockscreen takes a good 5 second lag.

Also the multi user /0/0 took me a while to figure but fixed it with the new CWM, but created a /0/ backup folder which i had no access via USB only visible in ES file manager via rooted file view.

Spent a good week of time trying to figure out my bugs. Didn't get much help for much of my issues other than "working as intended" via CWM backup file problem. I guess I'll stay away until a good rom is out that will solve my problems.

Even returning to 4.1.2 it still haunts me. The update notification pops up every 2 minutes and cannot find a build.prop file to replace it and turn off the notification. Oh and going back to 4.1.2 solved my CWM backup folder issue.

/rant off
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
For my use, 4.2 is excellent. I get as good battery life on stock kernel that I got with Franco kernel before on other roms. Using Xylon now and no issues for my use. I don't use Gmail nor Google Talk though. Runs nice and smooth for the most part. Only the recent apps list has some lag sometimes but I can live with that.

The good battery life surprised me, as well as the spot on color. No more need for color calibration. In fact I'll stay with stock kernel this time around.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sirius b:
For those experiencing lag, take a look at this, http://www.androidauthority.com/xda...ed-nexus-7-lag-issue-after-4-2-update-134281/

See if this helps at all for any of you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AArmin88:
How to add those options to lockscreen? I only have the lock...and how many lockscreen widgets do you have? I have 4, but also have read that the phones should have 5...the music widget
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SupaDupaFly24:
Um this seemed to work. Although it might be placebo, it does feel really smooth now!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] InfDaMarvel:
Placebo, some of you are crazy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SupaDupaFly24:
Didn't I say it was placebo? I didn't need you to repeat it, thanks tho!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sirius b:
It helped me as well. I also had .95GB of cache stored for currents so I cleared cache on it as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sparx639:
The gray means that it is not connected to Google services. It is definitely not hardware but you should try flashing a factory image and if it persists then downgrade
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theme Ishere:
My Nexus 10 just got the 4.2.1 update. But it seems they just fixed the calender issue. Hopefully it will include a few more improvements for the Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hirs:
Hi,

OTA stock feels slower than 4.1, but there is something strange, once in a while, the screen turns itself on without apparent reason since the update. I have tried 3 ROMs, OTA and those two:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1995801

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1821673

This happens with all the ROMs, and its bugging me because sometimes happens in my pocket and I start to accidentally press things.

I have to say that the last ROM (second link) is freaking fast! jus like 4.1 was, I guess it's because the linaro patches...

Is any one else suffering from this issue? sometimes happens twice in 10 minutes and sometimes 1 in 2 hours...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Howdy folks,

Just updated via OTA to 4.2, confirmation of the following "felt" values:

- New stock keyboard is just laggy as hell

- replacement keyboard (swiftkey3) was removed for no apparent reason

- waking up phone from sleep mode appears to take longer than in the previous version

- phone appears to become *warm*

- auto brightness control appears to be working as it should

- Yep, decembre is missing (thats only for entering a date though, calendar will still display as usual)

- can't say much about battery drainage yet

- can't confirm the "screen turns itself on" bugs, yet.

i can at least recommend to NOT update until google has fixed those issues completely, phone ran fine, new features are at most neat and everything but required. (panorama feature of the camera seems to be a bad joke, just tested indoors, it's a total clutter, appears to be useable only outside currently)

Cheers

--

Build: JOP40C, Kernel: 3.0.31-gd5a18e0, size of update was 68.9mb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] geemaan:
swiftkey3 dissapeard too from my phone when I updated and brightness seems to also decrease in intensity. Previously it only increased.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
OK guys, 4.2.1 already pushed to Nexus 4,7,10

Hopefully soon we got it as well... before xmast!

also hopefully it will fix the other annoying bugs..

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nexu....2.1-update-Google-fixes-December-bug_id37051

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] funkyblue04:
4.2 an update that has slowed my phone and nor offered anything of benefit.

Bring on v5.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] InfDaMarvel:
U used the word might so technicaly no you didn't. Sorry for reiterating.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
You can get OK results inside if you use it properly. So don't bash it because of user error. This was my first indoor panorama try. Could be better.

Tapatalked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
..

i mean to say the 360° panorama feature, of course i meant the feature which is newly introduced, not the old known panorama feature, which you obviously used, d'oh!

cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gokturk_1976:
Hi

I flashed 4.2 yakju factory image via toolkit.Using since yesterday without issues and like it really.Everything is ok.Phone is fast and smooth.There are any problems when i'm using my apps.

But i have only one problem.

The vibration level of phone is so good for me in 4.1.2

In 4.2 , phone vibrates very strong and this is so annoying for me.

Can i fix this via any application,or editing some tweaks in system folder?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
I used the new photosphere 360 panorama feature to take that inside panorama.

Tapatalked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
rather odd, my example(s) in a room appear to have 4 walls, yours just doesn't.

however, im not going to discuss this now. (i'm all out of cookies)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
You don't have to complete a full 360 ° photo when using it, smartass.

Tapatalked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pfmiller:
Yes, it is quite difficult to get a good panorama in close quarters. That's not Google's fault though, it's simply due to the physical laws of parallax. It is possible to get a good indoor panorama, but you need to be careful to move the lens as little as possible during the entire process. The closer things are the harder it is to accomplish this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nexusaurus:
What ROM are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kaisan1:
Stock rom buddy. Just played with the magic of widgetlocker. And some widgets like power control
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AgentSmith:
Don't bother. Some people think bad pictures are always a shortcoming of their camera. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cooldaddysa:
Running great for me. Snappier than 4.1 for me so far and battery drain while idle has been better, but will monitor as have only a few days of work to see. Had one issue after I flashed, the stock gallery didn't see my previously taken pictures. I installed a image gallery app from the market and found my pictures on first open and then when I checked stock gallery it had them back too.Then just uninstalled the market app for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nex_big_thing:
I love the photosphere but its just not as simple-to-do as the panoramic cam.. Why can't they just allow us to take video around us and then render it to 360° street view like image..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AgentSmith:
I spoke too early. The GPS problem with Google Maps has just returned. No idea what is going on here. Maybe it's just a bug in Maps because GPS Status is working just fine. Android also reports a successful GPS fix. Even Facebook shows my correct location on the map. I hope a Maps update solves this one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MersauX:
I was postponing the OTA as long as I could, but I installed it last night and I used it for a couple of hours. I haven't noticed any bigger issues, the camera lag is there, no haptic feedback when unlocking the screen, but the rest seems to be running quite smoothly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariosraptor:
As a firmware is fine except the battery drain which is horrible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spinz78:
I've downgraded to 4.1 but how do I stop my phone from auto downloading the OTA update?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheScarecrow:
Don't you think it would add considerable value to your post if you identified at least the device your talking about. Perhaps in your signature.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] l_deadeye_l:
I had this issue as well for 3 days after update. The issue is if you clear the Google framework services to force OTA then you will need to goto "settings/location" and re-enable location for Google services. This setting only affects Google apps, where as other 3rd party apps will still have GPS lock with this disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MersauX:
Sorry about that, I am using a GSM version of Galaxy Nexus, Yakju 4.2, rooted, CWM installed. :)

After some more testing it is laggy here and there, but in general nothing that would drive me crazy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arsenal_fan:
On 4.1, I used to go like 12 hours without battery drain. With 4.2, I go about 2 hours if Exchange Services is turned on. That is surely an issue just introduced in 4.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Absolutely not, I've had that issue sporadically on every android phone I've owned since I was on 1.5 with the Eris. Try deleting your exchange account and re-adding it. It's one of the only complaints I've ever had about Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BinkXDA:
Not really. This is the GN forum and it's assumed one is referring to one of these. Other devices have their own forums.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArchCN:
No connection

My gnex always loses its connection since getting 4.2 (stock) while everything was perfect in 4.1.2. If I leave my phone alone for 5min the connection drops. I have to toggle airplane mode a few times or reboot to get the connection back. I am missing phone calls because of that. I used to have that problem in 4.0.1 and not it's back worse than ever in 4.2. At least in 4.0.1 I could go for a day without dropping connection if I was luck but now it seems it is systematic after 5min on 4.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AArmin88:
I just received 4.2.1 OTA, I manually installed 4.2 two days ago.

---Differences---

Once I had the manually installed 4.2

-lagging

-smoothness gone

-"butter" effect gone

---OTA---

smoothness is restored :D

I can feel the butter effect, although I hope for an improvement soon :)

no lagging etc...

STILL dont have the music widget for the lockscreen, downloaded package enabler but nothing

Device: yakju
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
Placebo effect or random fluctuations in the force, since nothing in 4.2.1 relates to smoothness or lag.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AArmin88:
no placebo really, on 4.2 after taping to display apps, I had to wait for 2 sec maybe even if I felt the vibration after the tap, and now it shows up just like that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gideonMorrison:
Not sure if anything changed at all in 4.2.1, apart from the calendar. I do know that I liked 4.1.2 more, performance wise
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ronaldo_9:
4.2 is so slow. my chrome is especially lower, chopsms opens slow and some times freezes.

i hope 4.2.1 has some magical impact
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MersauX:
I am really happy with the battery life. As you can see I have over 2 hours and still going strong, I also installed the 4.2.1 OTA during this battery cycle. Honestly, I was never able to achieve this on 4.1.2.

I am on the GSM GNex i9250, with stock JB 4.2.1, rooted, with CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] predation:
my battery is massively draining fast.

tried dumping exchange, turning off google location services to no avail. :(

gonna try factory reset tonight. FCUK
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozint:
SwiftKey3 was not affected on my phone, remembered all local words and everything as before.

Not warm here, December is missing as well, and I must say that the battery seems to be improved. Haven't gotten an issue with screen on as well.

I notice some lags here and there, minor ones, but I feel they were not there before. I definitely don't like the lock screen widgets and that bold digital clock. I would have loved 4.1.2, plus PhotoSphere, the notification shortcuts and the previous lock screen with 3 options.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sliders7:
go to /cache/ and see if there is 69mb file with long names....

delete it, u must be rooted

then click the ota notification "install & restart"

it won't bother you nomore...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ECBomb:
Is anyone's auto-sync screwed up? I can't seem to get any of my accounts to enable auto-sync...or am I just not looking at the right setting?

Edit: Nvm, found the setting under "Data Usage" by clicking menu on the top right.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nicasoft:
so far some cons and pros:

cons:

- I liked the old lock screen better... I dont the little circle at the bottom to access to google now.... also sometimes it show the back softkey at the side of the circle.

- a little bit laggy than 4.1.2... but not that much difference...

- battery drain a little bit faster

- I hate the new interface for clock... is confusing... it look like an old microwave how you setup the alarms...

- as everybody mention... toggles on status bar are not really toggles....

pros:

- camera app looks great... also notice an improvement on photos

- keyboard is excellent, swipe rocks

- widgets on lockscreen look good, but very limited right now... just a few...

- the animations looks cooler... when you switch between apps...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] serj69:
Same here. Any fix?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pmbabu:
Upgrade to 4.2.1 - the bluetooth issue is reported by several folks on 4.2

You can refer to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
I get this battery time on 4.2, stock kernel of course. Samsung extended battery though.

Tapatalked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] indradha:
wow that's great... only 1:30 screen on though..

i just recently use it and still don't find something new except the December (my bluetooth was okay from 4.2).

The camera app is still buggy when it rotates.. it pisses me off :crying: hoping it's fixed on 4.2.2.

The battery? well i don't notice problems on 4.2 (average 12 hours lifetime with 1.5 hours on screen time) but let's see if i can get better battery in 4.2.1, gonna post after 1-2 days use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dannejanne:
My phone had been on for 10h30m and screen on for 1h9m and I still had 75% juice left in the battery. It would give me like 5h screen on time total in 40h uptime. It's like this most of the days for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alexcinci:
BT still bugged

Applied OTA yesterday afternoon. Going home BT worked fine on " Ford My connection".

Today morning, the phone paired normally. After some kilometers it cancelled pairing and then nor I could turn on or off.

Conclusion, BT still bugged.

Batterywise, I think is the same. The fluidity its the same...

Didn´t try camera though...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rlb81:
Is the official OTA available for VZW phones?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cerodw:
Agreed - my phone was the envy of my friends with it's pairing speed - now sadly it connects tothe Audi Car Kit and a few seconds later disconnects. Sure hope the fix this - as this was my one main gripe over Windows Phone ages ago.

Also noticed phone screen still randomly lights up - no alerts, no incoming texts/sms, no emails - just sort of "woosh full brightness" then fades to black. I realise this was a 4.2 introduced bug - but ti sure seems 4.2.1 is JUST the December fix
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eksasol:
Mean while I'm using AOKP 4.2 and it's the smoothest Android version I've ever used, with working led notification. Same experience with stock 4.2 from fresh installation, not ota update.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Big ZD:
Delete - posted in error.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusDro:
If Google fixed only the December bug in 4.2.1, I wonder why they think this bug has a higher priority than any other bugs out there. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatfingered:
gps in maps broken

Moved
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dullknives:
FWIW i did some testing and figured out what was/is causing my horrible battery life since 4.2 : WIFI & mobile network location.

i shut it off, charged to 100% and my battery life is back to where it was previously. only difference is previously i had that setting turned on. IMO this is a bug introduced with 4.2.

edit* also, my gps lock takes approx 4-5x longer to get a fix with this turned off and the accuracy is roughly 3-4x further. not something i'd like to live with when i need it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcagara08:
Super slow charging!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] earldroid:
I found a bug on TAKJU 4.2. I tried to edit any of the photos that I have in my Gallery that are posted in Google+ and it forced close. Does anybody experience the same thing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KrewCial:
Initially I also experienced a lot of lag. But after deciding to just stick with it as well as performing a couple restarts, everything was fine again in both 4.2 and 4.2.1 versions.

The only (big) downside is batterylife, as mentioned before by other users. Probably because of googlw now. Hopefully google will come with a shortterm solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
Because it's very clear, easy to understand by everyone and easy to make fun of. Other bugs are not as clear cut and appropriate for TV news.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariosraptor:
Is anybody having really insensitive touchscreen in 4.2.1? Since the time I updated it needs to be pressed more firmly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abcorp:
4.2.1 BT still with problems

Same here. Updated to 4.2.1 and still having some BT problems in my car... Come on Google.. you can do better than this. Release an OTA to only fix the December bug? The BT problem is also important....

In 4.1 I never had any issue at all......

:crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pheno.menon:
4.2 was what finally pushed me to ditch stock and flash a ROM due to phone being somewhat laggy and not enjoyable to use.

Transmission sent from my Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tjotte:
Got it last night, performance feels exactly the same for me, a little less fluid then 4.1.2 with the occational lagg in keyboard. So i guess this (slightly less then 1MB) update only added december in "peoples" app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dandemonic:
solved flickering screen in 4.2 on my gnex by changing auto brightness to fixd setting. The ota to 4.2.1 wiped out my service, no service no provider recognised. After much panic as i am a noob ( tried full reset didnt work) i used gnex toolkit to flash back to stock 4.2 rom. 4.2 far from perfect but lovin sphere photos, hoping for real bugfix without bugs:) can anyone tell me how to stop ota updates as ota 4.2.1 wants to install again?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dandemonic:
update blocked now thanks to xda advice, am rooted so downloaded root explorer and an app called FOTA, put app in /system/apps and installed, granted root permission then using root explorer cleared update 4.2.1 from cache, rebooted and so far no notifications re update and system updates says up to date:) thanks heaps to all xda devs and contributors for getting me through a lot of anxiety:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] franciscojunior:
Had any of you any app which simply vanished after doing the update?

I had two: fpse and swiftkey3. I say vanished because when I reinstalled them, all the configuration was intact. So there was no uninstall.

I think this is very bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Clyzm:
Yep, this right here.

For whatever additions 4.2 brings, it takes away from the user experience in general. The drop down settings is arguably less convenient than just having the settings button there, the lockscreen widgets are clearly half baked, app glitches etc. The list goes on.

I flashed CM10, am getting 60 hours of battery life with 2 hours of screen on time, and I'm never looking back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarcoMontreal1:
When i look under running apps , i see two google services running , usually its one running . I have to reboot and then it goes back to the way its supposed to be . Anyone experience this ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Yuhfhrh:
This 4.2 crap just makes me want to bash my phone against the wall. The most laggy and unstable version of android yet. I hold very high expectations for the android team and this is a joke.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johninsf:
Just got GNex update to 4.2.1. The butter is back.

No more lag in screen transition, lock screen/widgets or Google Now from lock screen. Bluetooth works again.

All good again. Thanks Google.

BTW, I did the whole Google Framework Service trick anbd worked on first Try for GNex and N7

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
Never used eclair i guess
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Or Froyo, or GB and I guess not even ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Falzar:
4.2.1 is buttery now thank you Google :).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rookie_One:
For the gmail vibration issue, someone seems to have made a fix :

http://code.google.com/p/android/is...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=39592

Comment #93

I'm a bit wary of trying it right now thought....anyone want to give it a try ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isinisterx:
Hows battery life compared to 4.1.2?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] finbaar:
Hey, I tried Donut on my SE X10 to see if it helped with reboots (it didn’t the mother board was shagged) and boy was that a pieces of work. We don’t know how lucky we are these days. Anyone care to lower my 1.6?

I have just forced 4.2.1 and it seems good to me. Mind you I liked 4.2, so what do I know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Puck24:
The stock browser "omnibox" issue is still present in 4.2.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
Mine is definitely smoother, but I still get random reboots on it, and the Nexus 7.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
Some say better some say worse some say no change
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] channaq4:
So far update is good no random reboots no lags better than 4.2 :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nesx87:
im thinking of resetting the phone in attempt to recover my phone's smoothness.. will that have any benefit ? currently running latest update 4.2.1 yakju . i searched through the forum and i got mixed results..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eksasol:
Nothing to lose as long as you back up your data.

Sent from my Nexus (AOKP 4.2.1)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isinisterx:
I didn't i was too lazy but in liking the new settings and tweaks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MotoHead305:
Well after this disappointment I am going back to stable and none issue 4.1.2.

Does anyone know at way to revert back to 4.1.2 without having to do full wipe or without having to re-install all apps back?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I've been ranting a bit about how 4.2 lagged for me. Went back to CM10, tried Vanir, Rasbean, Xylon and back to CM10. But installed 4.2.1 today, clean install. It's running pretty smooth now, no lags etc. Not sure about battery backup yet, though, hopefully it settles in a couple of days.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] burner07:
4.2.1 is way faster than 4.2 :D im using xenon hd rc2