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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
This is why I might be swaying away from nexus devices. Other devices prioritize CPU and camera and even battery life. I mean stock android is a beauty but it only does so much if the hardware is lacking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
Yeah, its a lackluster phone overall but it wouldn't matter to a developer because it's supposed to a be a low-cost device that can be used as a test-bed for their apps.

However, it's really annoying when people say the Nexus line is crap just because they were too cheap to buy a consumer-level phone. I personally can see all the shortcomings with the Gnex and the Nexus 4, but I paid $350 for it and I knew exactly what I was getting into.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] okanb3:
Get a life bro :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neovdr:
I would suggest enhancing your news reading with Currents and Flipboard. For games download Hill Climb Racing (free) Subway Surfers(free) and Splice from play. Enhance your camera experience with the following editing apps: Snapseed & Pixlr Express. My final suggestion is to install the Kindle app and start reading(Night mode on a SAMOLED screen is awesome)!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] twizzler703:
Coming up on using the gnex for a year gotta say I agree. Unfortunately nothing seems worth dropping my carrier or using my upgrade ATM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
The nexus one was advertised as a developer phone. The galaxy nexus was advertised on TV and basically shown as a consumer phone. I paid full price back in December for my nexus because I was pleased with how the nexus one worked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roadrunnerx7:
"I want to be using my phone all the time"

Why?

You have every right to use your freedom however you want, so im not trying to tell you what to do, but im just wondering, why would you want that? of all the possible things you could use your time "all the time", why your phone?

what i did after i customized to my exact preference, is i started using it LESS on purpose. the only reason i increased the use was to make it the exact TOOL i wanted it for. then afterwards just use it as a tool when i need it. i mean isnt that the whole point of getting it to your exact preference? so that then it can assist you in the OTHER things you were already doing in your life?

"What are people doing these days?"

a LOT of things, including but not LIMITED to using their phones (all the time sadly)

maybe its BECAUSE you wanna use it all the time that your getting bored of it. do other things, be balanced, be patient and gradually do things, so you dont get bored and always got something to look forward to. enjoy the stuff and have fun, you can do that without doing it all at once or using it all the time.

and heres a suggestion:

in case you havent seen gloveandboots videos on youtube, theres one thing you can do. theyre hilarious(least i think so). but again, dont go doing it all at once, enjoy it.

and if your open to other things besides your phone, heres another:

learn to use a motorcycle. it can open up a whole new level of possibilities, it did for me :) and theyre fun as hell! just dont get yourself killed

btw, your already getting incredible use from your phone... not sure why you would want even more. dont get addicted

you know the phones are now largely designed for the whole facebook/twitter/google+ crap, so unless you start using those things, you may NEVER feel like your getting the "full potential" of the phone. not saying you should start using those things, personally i hate them. ive heard of people who didnt use them, didnt like them, but because they felt their devices potential was getting wasted by not using them, they started using them. same thing as some people who buy fast cars. unless they go super fast(like idiots on the streets) they feel theyre not using the full potential. shouldve thought about whether they really need it before they get it. but you can still get great use out of the phone as you already are. be content. otherwise youll be just like those facebook/twitter people, except your "facebook" will be your phone and youll be following your phones life instead of living your own.

no offense, you asked for tips and im giving IMO. hope it helps :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Valinx7:
Seems to me like that is your problem. Mine never gets that boring cause i can never get enough of all the work that goes on here at xda. Its almost frustrating sometimes but it keeps it interesting that I can never seem to get everything just the way i want it. There's always something new to play with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bananagranola:
Sounds like you're a tinkerer. Have you considered trying out Linux on the PC? I know it's not quite what you're asking, but since it sounds like you're all tinkered out (at least for now) on your phone, you could give tinkering on your computer a shot!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
My condolences.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
I don't regret it. It still does everything I need it do. Its the price you pay when you want the latest. I wanted the 720p screen and ICS, couple that with the Engadget review that referred to the galaxy nexus as the best phone in the world at the time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
I'm just glad I got this and not the glassy Nexus 4. Hopefully the next Nexus will have a more solid material for the back or I'm going to have the quit the Nexus line despite the price.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariojp:
Still power using mines daily. I don't want the nexus 4. My next purchase will be the galaxy S4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] voyager_s:
Wow...I thought I was the only one. Haha. I don't do none of the social media things either. No Facebook and twitter and all that.

Anyway. I use my gnex for a lot of things.

A lot of sky go and YouTube. Sometimes Netflix.

I play a lot of games. Virtua tennis challenge. Subway surfers. Temple run 2. Dead trigger. Need for speed: most wanted.

Whatsapp. EBay. Eurosport. Imdb. Dropbox. Engadget Gmail. Maps. Navigation/GPS. All through their respective apps. Xda also!

I take a bit of photos here and there as well. And videos. Mostly of my woman! Lol

Also I do a lot of browsing where ever I am.

And some adult contents usually on a daily also! :D

I do not flash ROMs or kernels anymore, because of sky go mainly. Same for my nexus 7 also. I hope someday sky let's go of this grudge they have with rooted devices and custom ROMs. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Load porn on your gnex.

Beamed from my Maguro.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
He doesnt even have to load it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
sometimes I turn on the vibrate function and......

LOL j/k
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
Fb, whatsapp, snapchat, google talk, tapatalk and the incognito mode in the browser :D ( adult stuff done there ). Also flash roms and different themes. Try the tersus iconpack for nova launcher. I also watch movies, listen music.

Its my little baby!

AWESOME **** HERE :D

Sent from my Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mikelee616:
You're just getting bored of being on your phone all the time. There is only so much you can do on them. I remember how much I used to be on the computer when they first started coming out. Now it's something that is just there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chyrio:
I'm getting a optimus g tomorrow because I love the screen and the design its a perfect fit for me. Plus with all the **** loaded on it its still so damn quick. I'm keeping my nexus so I can test out new android releases when they happen. But I have faced the facts already. The gnex is good for one reason, its a Google phone. But honestly if it wasn't for that the phone would be crap. The screen is meh, the battery sucks, gaming sucks, the modem is crap, the screen scratches easy, the camera is less than adequate. I mean I truly believe Samsung and Google made a cheap ass phone using cheap parts and sold a whole lot of them because they knew people like you and me would buy it for the "Google" logo.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
OP: I'm thinking of starting a Galaxy Nexus barbershop quartet, would you and your device be interested in trying out?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lemonspeakers:
Lol! How so? PM me... :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iulian89:
Is sad to see people that want to use their phone but they don't know what to do with it.

You see, the smartphones are made to make things YOU WANT TO DO easier, not to make you do things that you don't even know you want to do.

You shouldn't use your phone as an entertaining object, it isn't made for that and I'm sorry for those who in middle of a conversation they just pull it out and scroll the homescreen like they are looking for something but they don't even know what they are looking for hoping and waiting you to say "Hey, what a nice phone, you must have paid a lot of money for it"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Langduscher:
Put your device in airplane mode, toss it out the window and report back whether airplane mode worked :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Lol. You know.. Just an idea I've been kicking around. I think we should cover only Rick Astley songs, what do you think?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FightingPixel:
Play video games!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
Dude if your bored with your gnex I'm happy to take it off your hands free of charge, I'm just that kind of guy very considerate to peoples needs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donnyp1:
Hell, id give him $10 for it. And pay for shipping!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I just bought a Razr Maxx for the battery life on days when I can't have my phone dying but yet I need to be on killing time as much as possible :D

Also gave me a hell of a different experience considering how easy these Nexus devices are to root, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gastonw:
You need to read a thread just like this, so you can ask yourself "now what the hell am I doing here? this isn't even my device's forum".

Sent from the little guy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swazey:
Never gonna give you up,

Never gonna let you down,

Never gonna turn around,

And desert you...

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] helpme364:
Just trying out a number of different ROMs, trying to find out what I like the best still. CarbonRom has been really amazing thus far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AGoogleUser:
I just got my galaxy nexus today. I'll say its great but the battery is not so good. Ext. Batteries are about 20$ so its a good investment. Still figuring things out but i usually play games n watch movies I download. I like the screen its really clear. Switched from an Evo 3d.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] albsat:
I am considering moving to note 2. But I need to sell nexus first to fund the note. Reason? I need mire battery timewith my usage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Demanufacturer:
This..

Yep.

Tim Ferris said something that stuck with me. Gadgets are entertainment, not the focus. Im the same, don't get me wrong. Tweaking my phone occupies my mind for a week or so after a flash. It's fun. But its also a tool and it has to remain functional, entertain you when someone is running late, enable you to live the life you want more efficiently.

Full disclosure, I'm a guy whos easily thrown $300 at games on google play that i never.. play. I even bought a nexus 7 to install those games, and i still never played them!

I'm also interested in responses on this.. but I think its good to keep in mind, the phone is a tool. A small entertainment device. Not yet ready to be a full productivity device.. but yeah. Think about the life you want to lead and then enjoy the challenge of making the phone work for you to maintain it.

I'm kinda doing that but I'm at the point where my battery lasts .6 of a day (and i have the extended battery) so I'm back into flashing tonight. Back to stock. So I'll have some fun for a week =)

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
I think those are the valid points why the Android community also flourished. Many people are in for the tweaking and the feeling of accomplishment gets them more and more immersed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shockerz1z:
Just started putting some new Roms on it and so far it is awesome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skrazz:
Full time Ingress machine. Boy my battery hates me...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lemonspeakers:
Thanks to whoever told me about ingress in a few post back!

I finally have my eye's glued back on my GNex!

Should I call to have this thread closed? I've found my answer! :cowboy: ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kickthefreak:
Same story like me, im so bored with my phone

Its like i can use a cheap phone for what i need, but i still need my gnex absolutely.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haidoz:
Rarely got bored. Lately been keen on trying to mimic on other phones user experience. Xperia Z UI that is.. Managed to find Xpert ROM with Xperia Z launcher.. Pretty good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gastonw:
BB people get bored, we don't.

Sent from the little guy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GalaxyNexus1st:
sorry 4 the wait

Go get a iphone see how that will go for ya !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robogoflow:
I'm back to complete stock 4.2.1 Sprint and trying to see how long before I give in to flash a new ROM. The Ubuntu touch preview was tempting but what's really hurting is the official aokp that released.

I must say. Running stock with extended battery is actually really good. Google definitely made a good OS with 4.2.

What's scary is that even though I'm on team Google. When it does(and it will) surpass Apple, as long as they don't screw the community (locking up root) then I may have to go against it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
When I get bored of one device, I switch to my other one :)

Pretty soon there will be an awesome new ROM for the GNex... And I'll switch back.

/Waits for miui v5
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [bman123]:
It's a phone and it sounds like you need to pick up a hobby or two.

I'm bored with my GNex, it's a phone and it does what it's supposed to do. If your bored with yours sell it off and buy something different. I like the fact that my GNex is boring. I don't have to flash custom roms on it at all because 4.2.2 works perfectly fine for me. The only time I have really flashed roms before was to fix something that wasn't working correctly, or the phone I had just sucked and putting CM on it was the best thing to do for performance reasons.

Try out some games like ruzzle, words with friends, draw something, or you could just go outside and do something productive.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brantzlee:
twicca...GMD control...and one Japanese app called 阅读空气...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrm43:
Lately I've been using it as a navigation device. Works wonderful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jpildave:
WHAT? SHOCKERRR!!! :cyclops:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I'm just waiting for key lime pie bro.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tjrocks91:
Here's a list of all my favorite apps!

Messaging

Clock

Wunderlist

Chrome

Google Reader

Gmail

Facebook

Falcon Pro

Instagram

Chadwick

My Boy! Free to play Pokemon Ash Gray whenever I have time.

PGM2

Rom Manager

UberSync for Facebook

Wells Fargo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
how do you guys know this is coming for the good ol Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
Google promised 18 months of support for nexus devices. 18 months will be around Google I/o so its safe to assume we will receive the update. If we don't receive it officially we will still receive it unofficially.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaggyjags:
Well.. Nexus S received updates for 22 months and Google said they did not continue supporting due to lack of hardware (phone started to slow down after latest upgrades). But both nexus s and Motorola xoom are officially supported by cm team with 10.1 nightly updates frequently and were not so popular as the Gnex.

I just bought a Gnex comming from an S+ and I think it is still capable to support upgrades with ease in the future so I am not worried at all. Would be good to know what you guys think..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lex_Michdeandroid:
About this Ingress thing; can I use an alternative email, or does it really have to be the account I only use for my phone?

Would like to try it, but it only let's me use that one gmail account I never use actively...

Verstuurd vanaf een Galaxy Nexus met CM10
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shahrukhraza:
Well there is a possibility that they might have a minor update in Google I/O and then the main at the end of the year. So we might get a minor update but not get the bigger update.

Possibly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] booge_man:
Installed XBMC and watch movies occasionaly with my headphones plugged in.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kord:
Hi!

Sometimes statusbar on my SIII freeze and I can't swipe it down. To fix this I must reboot my Galaxy. Anyone experienced this once, and have any ideas?

I have original Samsung firmware: Android 4.1.2 with root from ExynosAbuse
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xSpeced:
Probably some issues with rom. just update to the lastest whatever it is for your region and root manually :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kord:
Thanks for respond!

Okay, can I reinstall firmware via KIES? I wrote reinstall, not update, because I have up to date version of system :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhariamine:
Cheock if you installed any mod that is corrupt your status bar or wipe cache and dalvik cache
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kord:
I don't have any mods the installed on my S3, only root, 3rd apps installed and some uninstalled bloatware from Samsung like ChatOn, AllShare Play, Paper Artist etc.
[General Questions and Answers] philsmusic2000:
hi guys, sorry for the newb question, but i am wondering if it possible to get any windows os on a nexus 7 or is there any cheap tablet out there that will install windows? i put xp tablet edition on a o2 joggler for a friend of mine who uses it in his garage, but he wants to now run some of his diagnostic gear on a tablet if there is one that can run windows? sorry again in advance. .

kindest regards

phil
[General Questions and Answers] spunker88:
No most tablets use an ARM processor which is incompatible with Windows which requires an Intel type x86 or x64 processor. While there is a version of Windows 8 for ARM devices its very closed source so it cannot be ported to other devices. Plus the ARM version of Windows 8 won't run any existing Windows programs.

You'll probably need a tablet with an Intel x86 processor, something with an Intel Atom should suffice unless you need a lot of power.
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Yes

Pick up tablet

Break open through middle

insert window

Insert another window

Voila. Windows in tablet
[HD2 General] oG1Demon:
Hello !

My device HTC HD2 "[Dec. 9, 2012][ROM][720p] NexusHD2-JellyBean-4.1.2-CM10 V1.3a [NativeSD]"

I want to remove a Navigation Bar ! It is possible ??In Settings i have a part with Navigation bar but i can not change nothing,only assignet anyone button :confused: :confused: :confused:
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
Hello,

Please post a descriptive title, and please search before posting. Don't even search, just look at the first page of that rom's thread. You will find flashable zips to disable/enable the nav bar!

Hint: The flashable zips are located under "Extra Downloads".
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Oh come on, marvl,, youcan't expect people to actually READ before posting,,,that'd be far too easy!
[HD2 General] AssFIT:
not all people are smart. some are them just want to do it like 1. 2. 3. easy go.
[HD2 General] Nigeldg:
I'm not sure if you're trying to defend or insult the OP, but either way it doesn't take a genius to tell you to read the first few posts of a ROM before flashing it or if you want any addons ;)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgc2012:
Hello If i download the latest version rom from asus and install it will I have everything installed the way it came from the factory?

I cant use factory restore now because I did not make a backup before I deleted some programs. will I then be able to do a factory restore from settings then backup and reset menu. and also will I still have root?

thanks
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgc2012:
I went ahead and did it and it did reinstall every thing to stock. and you do lose root but I just rerooted.
[LG Optimus Black] theseventensplit:
So just tried izs and had to flash the Europe open baseband. After a while though the kiosk network will randomly reject my phone and I have to restart if I want to connect. Anyone know why this is happening. After rebooting I always get back on the kiosk network for a bit. Why does it wait to reject me?
[LG Optimus Black] jdayscokn:
Flash v20j Fls , I'm still on that I think and all is working good. Might have to enter koodo apn yourself.
[LG Optimus Black] theseventensplit:
Yeah that's what I've done though it appears that the battery dropped faster after.
[LG Optimus Black] jdayscokn:
Well as long as functionality is back I'd say it's worth the drain though I'm not sure if it's relative to baseband or not
[LG Optimus Black] theseventensplit:
Still having issues, Only once, but at one point today, I pulled my phone out and had no connection to my network, and had to reboot the phone, at which point I had full bars... Is this just something I'll have to put up with?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesc760:
now the Note won't even turn on or go into download mode or do anything at all. I made a total noobie mistake and now the Note is bricked. I guess there's a first time for everything, never bricked a phone before in my life. I did some search and I hear there's a thingamajiggie called "Samsung debrick jig?" I guess I need to try it, got nothing to lose at this point. Any suggestions?:crying::crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MasterDecker:
If your under warranty you could get ahold of Samsung and see about sending it in for repair. Turn around time is roughly 3 weeks. I doubt that a "jig" is going to work (from my previous experience.) You could send it out to get it JTAG repaired. Which is more probably what your thinking of. Either way your looking at between a couple days to a couple weeks to get it fixed.

If your sending it in to Samsung, you could tell them that you were installing an app, and then the phone turned off and wouldn't turn on or anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
You need to pay up for the mistake and get jtag. It's going to cost you about 50 bucks. Sending it to Samsung is considered fraud since this is not a warranty issue but user error
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Agreed. And returning it for warranty should not even be suggested here on xda. Once rooted the warranty is void.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
www.mobiletechvideos.com website will be your solution. And fifty dollars.

I guess you ignored my advice to educate yourself. You're getting off cheap. Slow down.