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[Sprint LG Optimus G] javskies:
has the exposed method worked for anyone that get the secure element error?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dozyaustin:
Dear All,

TL&DR: How well has the Galaxy Nexus held up? Would you recommend one as a used purchase (now at $250 level) or should I look elsewhere?

I have been on Samsung Captivate since it came out. Now however, the phone is stating to have hardware issues and I am thinking of upgrading. The money is tight, and so I think I will need to pass on the Nexus4 (plus, I am hesitant about the glass back; I drop my phones).

So I have been looking around for a phone with a good enough following on XDA to have decent support and development. The Galaxy Nexus, of course being a Nexus should have great support from both XDA and Google.So as the GNex is inching down to $200 on the used market and at that price it is a very attractive option.

I guess I am not too worried about buying a year-old hardware, but I am worried about buying into new problems. So the major question is - how has the Galaxy Nexus held up? Would you buy one used? Should I look out for anything specific?

Next, how are the stock roms? Will I still be running to CM or other developments for more stable, better rounded ROMs? Part of the attractiveness of the Nexus line is that I could potentially no need to do that - but am I expecting too much from Google?

If not Gnex, what else in the 15 months old / last-year's mid-level generation would you recommend? ( i have considered the One S)

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Put $100 with that $250 and get a Nexus4?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eqjunkie829:
I would recommend it to anyone who likes rooting and flashing roms. It's plenty fast and great support.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Culex316:
If you are really interested in buying the Gnex then I would highly recommend it if you're in the market for a great phone at $200, I bought mine in March of last month and so far it has held up fine, I've overclocked it like mad, used it until it got hot as a stove and its still running like a champ. As for anything specific, well make sure everything works like the buttons, volume rocker, speaker etc.

Since it's a Nexus, it will definitely get the next version of Android (Key Lime Pie) and POSSIBLY the one after that (unless Google just gives it two updates like they did with the Nexus S Gingerbread -> ICS -> Jelly Bean)...but even then you can probably count on CM and other ROM makers to port whatever OS comes out after Key Lime Pie so you should be good...in any case it's a much better buy than say some non-Nexus phone from HTC or Samsung where they gotta do a lot of hackery to make the latest ROMs run on there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Grarak:
AW: Would you buy a used GNex now?

He you already said that he don't want to buy a nexus 4.

I would recommend you to buy a Galaxy s2. It has great development support and one of the biggest community.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dozyaustin:
Thanks ... Strangely one of the things I am hoping I can do with a Nexus is _not_ having to flash custom roms, but just run stock. I know it is the opposite of the purpose of nexus, but the Nexus is the best manufacturer-supported Android. And sometimes, I do not want to scan through 30 pages of XDA to figure out whether to update. It is one of the reasons I have recently stuck with CM-stable releases ... I know they will work.

I guess that is one of my questions: are the stock roms still lacking? Will I likely be back to flashing something like CM just to get stability and basic functions to work right? (I _am_ coming from AT&T + Samsung clusterf**k - so my expectations of stock roms are colored by that experience).

Thanks!

Thanks - Will look into SGSII - There seem to be so many version and the T-mobile version has a different CPU.. I eventually gave up trying to figure it all out. One of the bigger reasons I am thinking of retiring my Captivate is that it is a tri-band phone - it does not work well with half of T-Mobile's 3G spectrum, so I am on Edge a good deal of time - the pentaband GNex is certainly attractive.

I will give the SGSII a closer look, tho.

decisions - decisions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haidoz:
Get the Galaxy Nexus. You won't be sorry.

You'll be fine with the latest stock ROM. I did.

The only reason i'm currently using customs is because my curiosity tells me to seek for more features like extra settings and UI enhancement.

You might wanna google about it's known problems such as:

- AMOLED's purple tint

- eMMC chip problem (August 2013 and up production) ~ causing slow write speed when memory low

And be sure to check this parts :

- Power button (as this parts is the most used button of all time)

- USB port (tend to be irresponsive over the time of usage)

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Culex316:
I can confirm the eMMC chip having a slow write speed when memory is low (and it's annoying frankly), as for the power button, well I recommend installing PGM from the play store, which lets you wake up your phone by swiping the screen or double-tapping it...I got it primarily to save the power button some major wear and year.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3devious:
I would only pay $100 for this phone because I kind of hate it. This VZW version has bad reception compared to the Motorola devices I've used on this network. For the use cases you've mentioned, I would NOT buy a nexus device. They are always behind in power and build quality. The only thing they have going for them is that they are reference devices.

The first Android phone I got was the Motorola Droid. I was spoiled by its reliability and lack of bloatware. My next device was the R2DR D2 and I was happy to get the Galaxy Nexus almost a year later. I will not buy another Nexus but I doubt that Google will make another VZW Nexus anyway. The only good things about this phone are its lack of bloatware and its ease of rooting and ROMing.

I really love my coworker's Galaxy S II but AT&T's OTA makes it freeze. She had to root it and put a new kernel on it.

I am all for being able to root, but HAVING to root really sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haidoz:
CMIIW, but i think they found the cure for that anyway. So wouldn't be worrying about it i guess (i don't have the disease on my Gnex though).

Yap, PGM is the most important app for me.

Wouldn't flash a custom kernel without the compatibility with it.

Even if the power button is super rugged, i would install it anyway as swiping / double tapping the screen to wake up is comfier than reaching for the power button.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
Stock ROM is perfectly good on a Nexus, and it will be your best bet for stability, as it is updated by Google directly. Your experience with "stock" AOSP-based ROMs for non-Nexus devices is not the same at all, since Google doesn't support those. There have been reports of random rebooting and Bluetooth issues on 4.2, but it's not that common. 4.1 is rock solid.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plznote:
I see them super cheap nowadays in my local classifieds. $150-$200
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dozyaustin:
I see the VZW and Sprint variants go for $150 - the GSM variant is still about $250- $350.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] savagehax:
I sold a nexus 4 and kept my galaxy.. The non removable battery and glass back was a no go for me.. Also got really hot. And in every day use I didn't see much improvement.. I don't game on my phone really. So I'd say the galaxy is great.. I'll rock it until the next nexus is available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bodh:
I'd still buy a galaxy nexus again. Mostly because I enjoy learning though. Definitely look for a lightly used one, as the power button and usb port use has been mentioned above. I would NOT even consider an sii, mostly because I've seen bad firmware OTA updates to them, as well as the chip vulnerability and lost imeis.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plznote:
I live in Canada, and theres only the GSM model. I dont even know why people sell it so cheap.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sebby d:
This phone is great but I think used ones are too expensive. Get the nexus 4 if you can.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CADude:
No because I own one now and if I broke my Gnex I would want the newest Nexus or the best consumer phone.

Don't get me wrong, this is a fine phone, but in the age of $300 Nexus phones, I would always buy the latest no matter what.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigblue4life:
Coming from the SII, I just bought the G Nex a month ago and I couldn't be more happy. The SII was great but I found I can do much more on this device and if you have LTE as I do then this is a great device to get fairly cheap. I paid 180 on eBay and it is mint with case and screen protector.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyco2008:
Yeah ^ for $300 I would get the Nexus 4... May even leave Verizon since it has that rogue LTE chip (the N4) and T-Mo with its unlimited data is rolling out LTE.

Between the micro USB port breaking, the lousy battery life, lack of accessories actually available, no inductive charging, and *only* a 5MP shooter, I'd hop on the Nexus 4 wagon any day.

Though if the Nexus 4 didn't exist, I'd buy this phone again if only for all the development, Ubuntu, WebOS, always the latest Android available...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kb8no:
Love my gnex. Easy to root. Great screen that has great pixel density and is plenty big (don't even care for bigger screens). Great custom ROMs. Lots and lots of dev attention will make this device functional much longer than others. Absolutely no interest or desire to upgrade. Single core processor does all I need and doesn't flinch.

I would never be satisfied with stock ROMs any more. It flashes like a champ. TWRP recovery on gnex works great. It really is a developers phone.

AOKP jb 4.2.2 rocks. Battery life is an issue but not terrible and new AOKP ROMs are noticeably improved so they fixed something.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1337:
Single core gnex eh?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] puldag:
for 150-200$ its good. Be aware of power button stiffnes, in-good-shape 3,5 mm audio jack.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infinit22:
Just picked one up for $100. Good to be back from the Note 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eksasol:
Must be Verizon version, hard to find a $200 GSM in good condition. I'll go as far as saying the cheaper ones might have worse pentile issues.

Sent from XDA app
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Leximini:
Hallo,

I tryed 4 or 5 times to root my Galaxy y with the " DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit " but it´s not working. :confused:

Got some Fails: Read only, Superuser app can´t install,

Galaxy Y

Gingerbread 2.3.6

PDA: S5360XXLK3

Phone: S5360XXLK3

CSC: S5360DBTLL1
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] raj.parekh07:
u can use other rooting method its pretty easy http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1591195
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] pustinjak:
Originally Posted by narasimhan

Here is a short tutorial(how to root) to save your time

1. Download the zip files to your SD Card (not in any folder).

2. Switch off your phone.

3. Boot into recovery mode(Press Vol Up + Power Key + Home button together at the same time to boot in recovery mode).

4. Touch screen is disabled in recovery. Use Volume keys(UP/DOWN) for scrolling and home button to select the highlighted option.

5. Select Apply update for sdcard

6. Select update.zip (which you have downloaded).

7. Wait for it to show complete and then select reboot system.

http://d-h.st/qxn
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] raj.parekh07:
This is easiest method ^^

ROM EVOLUTION X3

KERNEL HELL FUSION

ALINS JB THEME + EVOLUTION S3 STATUS BAR.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Leximini:
Ah okay ....

Will try it soon when i have time for it.... THX
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4r0ld:
For some reason the i cant see the phone connected to the computer, i tried everything i saw in forums, am almost sure that is a hardware issue but i already unlocked the bootloader and void the warranty.

when i connect the phone to the computer the phone charges, in the computer nothing happends, when i connect the phone to wall charges slow like it was connected in usb port, i tried in several OS (XP,7,8). in all forums they mention utilities that works with the computer to relock, but thats not an option for me...

(sorry if i made mistakes, english is not my main language,)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddy3927:
[Toolkit] Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.3 [Updated 02/24/13]: Nexus 4 Thread. Read this thread posted in Nexus 4 Original Android Development. Should be on the 2nd page of the thread. Very easy to use and will download necessary drivers.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4r0ld:
The program does not recognize the phone either.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodian:
Did you follow the guide within the toolkit to download and install the drivers?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
do you have usb debugging turned on in developer options?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i dont see how that can be a hardware problem. i bet you its something on your end, like the right drivers not being installed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CMNein:
In windows it can show up under various device groups depending on how your cpu feels, check them all. On Linux (at least in Ubuntu) you can only access it via fastboot and adb unless you modify some files in addition to the usb rules for your phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdcream123:
The one and only time I've had my N4 connected to my computer was to root it. I did notice I had to wiggle the USB cable while plugged in to get a connection. Try that. It worked for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ismethajametovic:
Use a high quality USB cord.

Plug it into a good USB port.

Try a different computer.

Uninstall drivers and install drivers and then restart phone and computer.

Put phone into debugging mode.

Viola.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4r0ld:
meanwhile... cant do anything yer
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4r0ld:
I think ill sell the phone, nothing works!!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Version_3:
I just had my phone repaired under warranty by LG due to a bad USB daughterboard. The phone would charge no problem off of any USB port and with any cable, but it wouldn't sense data at all.

I tried stock, modified, manually set fastcharge off, and I did it on a computer that was originally working with the N4 as I rooted it from there.

Call them, they know of the issue. :) It was free for me, even though they said because I bought it used, it would cost $40-$100 to repair.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Honst3r:
Official JB update for SGII wil be 03.03.2013, and I wanted to ask a question.I have a rooted phone with Siyah v5.0.1 kernel, with orginal ROM. Can I update my phone to official 4.1.2 with a rooted phone with Siyah kernel ? Or I must unroot my phone and get my stock kernel.

I now it may sound like a noob question but I'm new here so better I ask someone.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
the easiest way is to simply flash the Rom with odin,

worst case scenario is that you have to wipe data/Factory reset after flashing,

so make a nandroid and a backup with titanium backup or something similar.

just so you have a cliff to lean back on.

unless you flash with mobile odin you will lose root though,

but then youll only have to flash a new rooted kernel and you should be good to go! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxy16:
no you cant, i tried update with speedmod kernel it doesnt allow you to.. unroot first then download the update
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Honst3r:
Thanks for the guide, So only to be sure.

I donwload the official ROM, then I flash it with odin and then if I want to root my phone again I must flash a rooted rom.

And the official update contains the stock kernel ? Because I got alredy a backup done with CWM and when I flash the official ROM and it will replace Syiah kernel with CWM and if somenting goes wrong then I can't restore it .
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kt-Froggy:
?!?!

The topic title says 4.2.1. On 03-Mar-2013??? Where is this coming from? Did I miss something? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Honst3r:
Um sorry it should be 4.1.2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubAholic:
4.1.2 is already out for some regions

Sent from my gt-9100 powered by dorimanx

You can thank me if i helped you ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Well, I erased the wrong nandroid and wiped out my stock ROM. So I can't revert to stock and unroot ready for the official ota without using Odin (which I have NO intentions of doing lol) but then, I'm currently running 4.2.2 anyway...so I'm not sure I would....even if I could.....

And tbh.....I like not having all that bloatware......

Sent from my CM10.1 powered Galaxy S2 with tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 10:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 PM ----------

Will you be reverting back to 4.0.4?

......Beware the emmc BrickBug... :(

Sent from my CM10.1 powered Galaxy S2 with tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huberheinz:
I would not unroot the phone. Just use Odin for flashing the new firmware and after that you can root it again. For me it's much saver than using buggy Kies...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Honst3r:
I've got a nandroid backup from my stock ROM in PC and on USB so if somenting goes wrong I just copy it to phone.

But my question is when I flash the official rom 4.1.2 it will unroot my phone and CWM recovery mode will be deleted because of new kernel, and if there somenting goes wrong how should I backup it when there will be no CWM recovery mode .
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetBLswami:
If there will be no cwm you could flash a different kernel from Odin :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kt-Froggy:
Or just use a temporary CWM - flash it from stock recovery, do a backup, reboot. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sv2hqx:
hello

since installation from jellyblast 3.5.0 no swith to headphones

any help?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Firstly

Search before posting

This is the problem discussed more than cm!!!!!!!!

Use soundabout app on playstore

Or flash stock modules + kernel

Or rafael kernel + modulus
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sv2hqx:
headphones

sorry i didnt see any title with this problem

so i postet

i will try this

thank you
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
:thumbup:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProGTXjay:
ive already experience this problem. after flashing rafael baugis kernel and modules problem solved :good:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sv2hqx:
headphones

have i flash all from the begginig or only modules.zip
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Are you on rafael then only modules otherwise both
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sv2hqx:
Headphones

With rafael solved thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bounty hunter14:
I am using the soundabout app.....click to 'wired headset with mic 'and it works....
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sv2hqx:
s5830i headset

so after a long time and many diferent installs here is the solution that work for me

flash with odin stock rom

flash with stock recovery jelly blast

rebot normal

reboot to recovery and flash cwm 5.0.26

flash rafaels modules

reboot

all sound every where are ok

thanks alot of help of my friend sotiris sv2cbm
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxies51:
I have a samsung m110s,firmware 2.3.6,kernel version-2.6.35.7

I'm having problem with play store,i can log in using internet browser,but not with the play store...

please help.:(:(
[HTC One S] a_person:
If you're in the UK, and haven't bought this phone yet, tmobile-ukdirect on Ebay has recently sold 130 One S phones at £134.99 each. Sold out now, but might be worth keeping an eye out for another batch put up for sale.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HTC-One-S-android-smartphone-on-T-Mobile-pay-as-you-go-inc-5-credit-/330879324733

I bought a second hand One S a couple of days ago, for around £140. Dammit!

Or am I missing something obvious here?!?!
[HTC One S] Spastic909:
Nm
[HTC One S] donverse:
Maybe s3 variant which sucks?
[HTC One S] supertwisted:
I ordered one, arrived today.

Box is marked Z520e so suggests it's the S4. It's branded and locked to T-Mobile.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rusomen:
hi i have mytouch 4g slide and i had cyanogenmod 9 on it it was somewhat ok full battery drain in like 8-9 hours , just switched to cyan 10 and its gone wild on me full drain in four hours, brightness of screen is like 20% no wigi no gps no bluetooth nothing is on, i got couple screenshots maybe you guys can help , and by that time i logged in and wrote that post my battery went down to 22% wtf :(
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bangincrazy:
I had the same issue, I got a new battery and it works great. It now holds a charger for a day and a half
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rusomen:
yea i was thinking that, phone is almost a year old , thanks ill try and get a new battery, did you got yours from tmobile or online?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bangincrazy:
I got mine online
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coupetastic-droid:
I see you have a big part where you don't have service for a couple of hours. The device trying to find services is one of the main battery killers. Might want to try juice defender from the market as well. It disables your data while your device is as sleep. When you unlock it, it turns data back on automatically. You can also set it to enable your data every 15, 30, 1 or every 2 hours for data to sync when the device is as sleep.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndianKarmas:
thats a pretty good battery life...extended?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kapov:
Hi everybody like it's write in the title I want to know is its possible tu enable the flashing light when the camera is in video mod ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi,

Yes it's possible. Don't remember if it's possible on stock (I did not stay long enough to test :D) , but with the custom rom I currently use it works (Vanilla Rootbox) based on AOKP / CM 10.1.

After reflection :D,in any caseI think that it's possible (stock or custom rom).

:)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kapov:
ok thanks

I can't see the option in the revolt rom, but I had the idea to flashed the vanilla rootbox i will see this :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Re,

In video mode, long press on the screen and select the flash icon (the one without the cross), have you try this?

:)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kapov:
it don"t work with the revolt ^^'

but I just flash the rootbox and it work :)

thanks
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] husky69:
Hi,

got a bit of an emergency here. Maybe someone got a useful hint for me?

I've been running X-Power 3.0 ROM with Perseus kernel 32.1 so far and just finished undervolting the kernel via SetCPU - ROM booted up fine afterwards.

But today I decided to give Perseus 33 a try, and after flashing the TAR with ODIN mobile my phone won't boot again - it shows the "Galaxy S III" screen, blanks the screen again and then restarts again - I can't get the phone into recovery or download mode

Any hints on how to solve this one?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Glebun:
try pulling the battery out and trying to get into download again. I'd that doesn't work, you have to get a usb jig, that has a small chance of working.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] husky69:
Thanks for helping. I somehow got into recovery in between, but I can't tell why - AFAIK I did it all the same way times and again before, but now I was able to restore a CWM backup :good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Pheoxy:
Try using TWRP recovery:

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery

Find you Model number...

I find its easiest.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Glebun:
wouldn't have made a difference