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[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
I saw and held a galaxy nexus at a party. Was about to buy an unlocked model but a day later the Nexus 4 was announced. Glad I waited.

I've had my N4 since early December and I'm still impressed by the screen everytime I turn it on. Simply beautiful.
[Nexus 4 General] senthilrameshjv:
Hi

I am a Xperia Neo V-ian who is gonna be owner of a N4 in a couple of days. But the reading above quote, it left me thinking, if any ROM of any device can be flashed over Nexus? Since we can't kernels of other devices since it'll brick ur device.
[Nexus 4 General] anirudh412:
I didn't realize the true value of a nexus until the GNex. That moment when my GNex with 'sub standard hardware' effortlessly glided through the UI, while the then 'superphone' GS3 was stuttering was what made it all magical :P
[Nexus 4 General] tonyt3rry:
mine was with my very first android phone the Google nexus S I was gutted when my power button broke and I tried to fix it by dropping it stupid I know but it worked then I killed the display by accidentally cracking the screen. then went to the s3 forced into a contract as I needed a new phone
[Nexus 4 General] nikhilsatram:
Boot up the phone for the first time... And BAM upgrade available! Best feeling in the whole world!
[Nexus 4 General] tonyt3rry:
I agree it is nice having a update and not going onto xda every hour and min looking for a leak or rom
[Nexus 4 General] daern:
You can argue about whether or not this is a good thing or bad thing, but...

Android 4.2.2 has known issues with Bluetooth on certain car vendors, specifically in my case, BMW. Noted that the fix had been found, but not released by Google and installed the latest CM 10.1 nightly - job done, all working nicely :)

Of course, had it been a non-Nexus phone, the Bluetooth would have probably worked properly in the first place, but that's another question :)
[Nexus 4 General] trillo69:
No, if you flash something from another device that isn't a Nexus 4 you may brick your device. The quote means that, unlike other devices, all n4 kernels work on all n4 roms without bugs, you don't need to use certain kernels with certain roms, all combinations (should) work flawlessly.
[Nexus 4 General] yabbandroid:
For me it was when I had the Galaxy S Plus and I was flashing different Roms, and I realized that the Nexus devices had much more Rom Options and of course already a good vanilla android stock experience.. Came directly to the N4 then :) Don't regret it, best phone I ever owned. Just hoping for a new version of Android now !!!!
[Nexus 4 General] Yuvin:
When I first flashed a Cyanogenmod ROM on my HTC Hero, I just knew Nexus was the only way to go.. too bad it took me this long to finally own a Nexus.
[Nexus 4 General] ac009:
My first moment was when I was playing with my friend's Nexus 4...I loaded like 20 apps and all the screen transitions and buttons were still so snappy fluid. I was amazed and I knew I had to get one. :)
[Nexus 4 General] maurocds:
n4 is my 1th android coming from symbian

my moment was how stupid smooth everything was, also installing apps from the web app store via pc was amazing

about the phone, lol, i played with a s3 and s3 mini and wow, they were a lagfest, even a sony xperia S, lol, that thing was slowmo compared to my n4
[Nexus 4 General] projectzro:
Traded my iPhone Gen 1 for a G1 and never looked back. went from that to a Moto Droid and then to an LG G2x (HATED THIS PHONE), honestly the Droid felt like a nexus to me but i could tell it wasnt the same. wanted to get the Nexus One but didnt have the $$$$ to drop on it. So my first true Nexus (Phone) moment was with the Nexus 4 and what a world of difference it is. The first moment was rotting and unlocking.

TL;DR

Rooted and Unlocked Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] sigma392:
Easy root + flashing. Plus AOSP rocks!
[Nexus 4 General] bustem:
when i bought the phone lol

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] hutzdani:
The day my Nexus S landed on the door step :laugh:$

Stock Android FTW good bye SENSE :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] smanthrav:
Mine when I installed CM on my desire HD and noticed how simple and beautiful stock android was compared to HTCs ugly and bloaty sense interface. They're my least favorite phone company...the way they ditched the desire HD for ICS after promising it to customers. I see they're struggling now....quite satisfying I must say.:thumbup:
[Nexus 4 General] sasa_gm:
The moment when I flashed cm7 on my Htc Wildfire.
[Nexus 4 General] machoman1337:
My first "nexus moment" was on a HTC Desire Z (also my first smartphone - previously I carried a dumbphone and an iPod Touch). After 5 months of frustration with HTC Sense, and being amazed at how much better my dad's Nexus One was, I finally crawled out from under a rock and installed the android SDK and got CyanogenMod 7.1 on the DZ.

The moment CM7.1 finished booting up, I was like "Holy ****, it's a Nexus now!!!". From that point on, I've always rooted and installed CM on my phones to maintain that "Nexus feel", even when I got a real Nexus like the N4 I have right now!
[Nexus 4 General] Cuzz1369:
Thats not a nexus moment at all.

Carbonized and francofied N4
[Nexus 4 General] CMNein:
Running AOSP and CM on a I9100 convinced me to jump to the Nexus line.
[Nexus 4 General] machoman1337:
It counts as a Nexus moment for me, because I had really wanted a Nexus, but didn't have one, and suddenly my phone was looking and behaving like a Nexus.
[Nexus 4 General] Cuzz1369:
Well the op asked about the first thing that smacked you in the face while using a nexus compared to OTHER android phones. So not a "nexus moment" Sorry about your luck.

Carbonized and francofied N4
[Nexus 4 General] sidnoit22:
My nexus moment was when i got it my father gifted it to me on my birthday and i wasn't expecting it at all. And when i was rooting it i was feeling like a hacker dealing with a nuclear bomb. Awesome moment! :) I am moving on N4 now and will keep my Nexus S with me.
[Nexus 4 General] Logomotph:
My nexus moment was when I got my nexus s almost 2 years ago. Didn't have an android before that, but I did try a few. It looked so gorgeous. I honestly miss the curved screen. I could rest it on its display without scratching it.

I got it, powered it up, saw it was working and instantly rooted it. Never looked back. Nexus is the way android is supposed to be.

From a Nexus 4 bathing in Jelly Beans
[Nexus 4 General] Tom540:
The exact same haha, and then trying out the 4.2 ROMs and they were buggy as hell. Then when I moved to a nexus I was so happy to be able to look down the thread for a ROM and seeing no bugs at all :D

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] aaronrw:
When I got on xda and was overwhelmed by all the ROM choices!
[Nexus 4 General] GazaIan:
For me, it was the moment I finished setting it up and began using it. I realized, "I don't need to root, I don't need to flash... I can sit back and enjoy the phone".

It was the longest I've ever used an Android device without rooting or flashing it. I just flashed Cyanogenmod today, but only because I wanted LTE since it's finally rolling out in the NYC area. I figured I might as well just flash a ROM, since one way or another I'm going to have to wipe my data anyway.
[Nexus 4 General] jordanishere:
Had an sgs2, and then bought a gnex for someone when they dropped to 350 on the play store.

Played with it a bit and was like wow... The sgs2 sucks balls compared to this. Ended up buying one for myself soon after.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] bust1337:
When I got it yesterday and turned it on :)

It's so smooth and fast

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
Sortova double question, which requires a double-answer. :P

Actual 'Nexus' moment was obviously the Nexus One, booting for the first time was a huge thrill (esp. compared to the G1). But the first 'this is how an OS should be' belongs to Andy Rubin's earlier Danger products (pre-Android)..when he successfully married a highly functional hard keyboard on a phone with defined 'app'-like functions. Gaining a touch interface was just icing on the cake after that, embodied on the Nexus One. While sometimes a bit turbulent, it's been quite a ride!
[Nexus 4 General] nowster:
Mine was a few days ago, running through a few app updates on my sister's HTC One X and noticing how much slower it was than doing the same on my N4. That extra gigabyte of RAM really helps things along.
[Nexus 4 General] ulfh:
From HTC Desire to LG Nexus 4 ... BIG difference in usability.
[Nexus 4 General] meyert11:
Miss HTC

Just got my phone 2 days ago, and to be honest, I wish I had gotten an HTC One. Don't get me wrong, coming from my HTC Sensation, the nexus screen is awesome, speed, and battery life too. But the software on the nexus is just so plain and boring; thought there would be wifi calling, and I underestimated how 8 GB goes fast. I wish the One wasn't $600, but I"m keeping my baby. Just gonna learn to work around the rough edges.
[Nexus 4 General] Tom540:
Being a nexus device, remember how easy it is to install a custom ROM e.g. CyanogenMod and theme it with an HTC sense theme :)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] blaze0303:
Oh man, I'll never forget turning on my N1 and seeing that awesome boot animation. I loved that phone.
[Nexus 4 General] thephantom:
Nexus moment came with Nexus S. Had Nexus One but transferred to a different unit after. Realization came when I went back to my old Nexus S. From then on it was pure nexus for me
[Nexus 4 General] dunneldeen:
My first Nexus moment was actually with my Nexus 7 (and a big reason I bought the Nexus 4). There were little ones here and there, but the big one was when they released the first update. I'd gotten so used to being resigned to "probably not get" the update on other devices, but I got the "new stuff" so quick that I was able to participate in (instead of seethe about not getting) the new features.
[Nexus 4 General] IRX120:
When I saw Google was offering an unlocked 4 core smartphone for 300$ and I had a crappy 200$ 1 core Samsung s*** phone

Sent from my Nexus 4 @1.72 GHz on Stock 4.2.2
[Nexus 4 General] xasthe:
When after I flashed Cyanogenmod on my Nexus S for the first time. 20 minutes after buying it.
[Nexus 4 General] progosu:
Just received my Nexus 4 and I'm a little disappointed. I liked my arc s better...
[Nexus 4 General] zephiK:
Nexus S when the phone was sleek and clean with the beautiful all black design without carrier logos blurring all over it
[Nexus 4 General] Gaurav.Stallion:
First Nexus moment would be when I got my Nexus S, my first android phone. I was **** scared to root my phone. When it took longer than usual to boot after installing the Ice & Fire rom I thought it was bricked :P I kept showing off the clockwork recovery to my friends, it looked like a big deal :P
[Nexus 4 General] keinam.ty:
My N4 just arrived today – the first thought is this: My company is using GOOD so don’t think I will be rooting it , perhaps there is no need. But what the what the heck is the problem with the washed out screen and the LED. The screen is just ugly, somewhat colors are off. Can it be calibrated without root?

The LED also is barely visible and blinks not often enough, so that I am having hard time noticing it. What the heck?
[Nexus 4 General] Johmama:
The screen colors and the LED properties can both be edited/calibrated with a custom kernel. I am using Franco Kernel right now and I'm pretty happy with it. His app is pretty useful. Yes, it requires root, an unlocked boot-loader, and a custom recovery.
[Nexus 4 General] keinam.ty:
Hi, thanks for the tip! Though I was hoping someone would say no root required.

I am using my company’s enterprise email client called “good”, so I don’t believe I can root (this app will stop working I think), otherwise I would root already.
[Nexus 4 General] trillo69:
You can use lightflow app for the led control, it doesn't require root.
[Nexus 4 General] keinam.ty:
Awesome! anything like that for the screen calibration?
[Nexus 4 General] baolongn:
When I bought an s4 and immediately regretted the decision.
[Nexus 4 General] uansari1:
Same here... I've gone from T-mo G1 to Nexus One to Nexus S to GNex to N4. I've played with many an Android phone (Sense, Touchwiz, etc.) and experimented with Sense ROMs as far back as my N1 and G1, but nothing beats stock and buttonless pure Android.
[Nexus 4 General] namurt:
here's a little transcript of sorts that details my first "nexus moment." :D

my friend has an iphone 5. i just recently upgraded from a thunderbolt to a nexus 4.

friend> dude... what phone is that?!

friend> holy **** is that sleek!

friend> it doesn't have any front buttons at all? looks like a ****in' stealth bomber or something!

*friend turns on screen*

friend> @#%%*! how'd you pimp your homescreen like that?

friend> is this some high end custom phone that cost a **** ton of money? did you have to hack it a lot to get it looking so sweet?

me> it's a nexus. :cool:
[Nexus 4 General] resynx:
When I first held the Nexus One ;)
[Nexus 4 General] jtwlbz:
When a lot of peeps asking me what kinda phone that is and asking me what nexus is.
[Nexus 4 General] FeintDoxx:
I came from G1 to N4. I loved the G1 and I'm amazed by the N4. My mom has the S3 but I'm like :cool: nah mom I like the N4 more.
[Nexus 4 General] bpdev:
Oem unlock was also big for me. The biggest thing that convinced me was how much I couldn't stand Touchwiz. I came from a galaxy s3.
[Nexus 4 General] Stiban:
My first Nexus moment was the first time I flashed everything back to stock and it only took me under 5 mins hell I think that 3 mins.

I doubt I'll be able to do that on any other phone. :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] jimbohurt:
Did you unlock the bootloader and then root or are you just rooted?
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
Waiting

I'm hoping my big Nexus moment comes tomorrow. That's when my N4 should arrive. I've always bought my phones through AT&T and they have all been HTC.

I've been happy as a clam with my HTC Vivid running a superb custom ROM. In fact, I was planning to keep it until this fall. Then a few days ago, it was laying next to me and it rebooted. It NEVER does that. It did not finish the boot and all efforts to resurrect it have failed. I knew I wanted a carrier unlocked phone. I knew I wanted to buy it off contract. The Nexus just seemed like the perfect choice. And hacked LTE? That's nice!

Since my Vivid died, I have been using a backup LG Phoenix I bought off Craigslist for use as an IP camera. It's running CM10 of all things. :)

I have not missed sense in the slightest.
[Nexus 4 General] MrToastedAndroid:
I was amazed at the smoothness and the beauty of Android. And then the smoothness and the performance of this device! And the unlocking process for the boot loader was the easiest thing I have ever done when I try to unlock a phone. And the screen is simply amazing, I'm still amazed by the PPI of the screen!

This phone is amazing.
[Nexus 4 General] 3dupunk:
My first android phone was the HTC hero, I actually had a blackberry tour at the time which honestly I thought I would never get rid of....seriously I hearted my tour! I bought my hero on craigslist, and honestly i really bought it just to test out Android as an OS...I instantaneously fell for android, I then decided that I would put both phones up for sale on CL....My tour sold first and for more as BB was still in all its glory and I stood with my HTC hero. Haven't looked back.

As for my nexus, the ease in which it handled everything I threw at it got me. The speed.....best bang for your buck phone period!
[Nexus 4 General] netodroid:
My first Nexus moment came a few months ago when I made an IPhone user look dumb.
[Nexus 4 General] GottaProblemBro:
When I realized that pure vanilla android was for me and all of the other skins that Samsung and HTC have are bad.
[Nexus 4 General] tekanina:
I had a gs2 epic 4g touch the day I got it I flashed cm9. I fell in love with aosp. Phone was a pos, had to Odin to stock just about every time I flashed a rom. I had that for like 6 months went through 5 of them. Ran out of insurance claims said f*** it and paid out of pocket for a gnex, which I absolutely love. My N4 arrives today and I can't wait.
[Nexus 4 General] cteneyck:
Everytime i get an update before any other android.
[Nexus 4 General] TimeWillTell:
Inspire 4G -> Nexus4

I just am amazed.
[Nexus 4 General] Lt.Win:
My nexus moment was when I powered it on. :D
[Nexus 4 General] kevinarjun:
mine was the multitasking & fastness of the device..came from s3..
[Nexus 4 General] steadly2004:
I thought that was a greater than symbol at first, LOL
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
"Nexus Moment" - First moment out of the box

This phone has a serious case of smooth. Both form and function!

Like many have said, WOW, it was so easy to unlock, root, and install custom recovery.

Going to leave it stock for a couple weeks so I'll have experience to judge custom roms against.
[Nexus 4 General] DonDizzurp:
when i had my nexus one, i loved the multi-coloured notification (i CANNOT live without this now.. any phone i get must have this)

nexus s - the power button on the side

when i had my galaxy nexus i loved the full black glass slab in the front with no buttons or logos

nexus 4? the premium design and feel

keep it going, google!
[Nexus 4 General] gilbertbold:
My nexus moment was went i play with my old nexus one. And i saw the ota to 2.3 and i tell to my self this phone is the best phone ever.
[Nexus 4 General] Zoketeishon:
Using NFC Terminal

Great moment, when i paid for three coffees in the MCDonalds on the NFC Terminal in front of iPhones guys, their faces looks like: :confused: :eek: is that the new iPhone? haha. Great moment each time i use my Nexus 4 :cool:
[Nexus 4 General] Sher The Love:
I started off with android with an Evo 4g. A few months later I learned about rooting and Roms. I eventually flashed cyanogenmod and stuck with it for almost a year. ICS came out and 4G didn't work due to sources. I sold the Evo and got a nexus S. Fed up with sprint, I changed carriers 5 months later and got a galaxy S3 and my wife stayed on sprint and wanted my nexus.

So my nexus moment? Once the newness of the galaxy S3 wore off and AOSP Roms had too many bugs, I found myself missing AOSP every time I picked up my wife's phone (which already had JB flashed).

Of course everytime something new comes out, I'm tempted to buy... And I have. Specifically the Note 2. And where am I again? Back on my nexus :)
[Nexus 4 General] DesertHawk:
Nexus moment... Umm. When I flashed basically all the Roms and they were all AOSP and I think AOSP is terrible lol.
[Nexus 4 General] Chrisj7:
As I sit here waiting on mine to ship :D
[Nexus 4 General] Ddot196:
When I was able to legitimately multitask for the first time. I've always had HTC or Samsung carrier phones and I swear they could not truly multitask. I use this phone and can actually go to my recent apps list, open an app, and it actually works! Lol. That and the utter smoothness of the ui.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] treycomer:
So while trying to install CWM, my phone shut off, will only boot to galaxy screen if i puurns ll out battery put it and put it back in then it immediately turns off. I literally just got this phone today..

Been looking around and found links for stock firmware but none for USA...

Can you please help me with this issue, thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kreateablaze:
What steps did you take? Have you tried holding volume up, power and home at the same time to get into recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] treycomer:
Cwm did not install properly, I have no backup and it goes to Samsung logo then shuts off however I can get into download mode if I pull the battery out and put it.back in
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eternalty:
Flash back to stock using Odin

Sent from my CLEAN Note ll
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] treycomer:
Where can I find the stock firmware to flash or do I not need it? Sorry for being a noob
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eternalty:
Stock rooted package is in the stickies. Check there

Sent from my CLEAN Note ll
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] treycomer:
Thanks for your help, eveything is working fine!

I should have just looked more in depth on here or on google I was just in a panic earlier.

Lesson learned: Don't try to mod your phone without researching!!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
Hi everyone, I'm new for this forum. I never used android devices before, now i wanna try this so i'm gonna buy a galaxy tab 8.9 i957 att from Ebay.

I'm currently using iphone 5 att, so is there any way to switch a simcard from an iphone and put it on galaxy tab and make phone calls, text and receive sms/mms? I plan to buy it online but unable to find anywhere to get a new one, so i tried on ebay and found one with moderate used for 160$, is it a good deal for this one? Before open this topic, i've done a lot of research but my question is still unclear, so anyone can help me out with it?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jd1639:
I've never used an iPhone, but a SIM card is a SIM card and should work in the tab. Not sure on the price I haven't looked at prices.

Edit, make sure the SIM card is the right size
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
It's a nano sim, slightly smaller than tab simcard, but i will take an adapter from ebay to convert the iphone simcard to fit with the tab, no problem, but my main question is will the tab will be working like the phone instead? Making call, send/receive sms/mms???
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jd1639:
The i957 won't make our take calls
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
oops, really? :(:(:(, i've searched through google and found a website that said this can make a call, so i'm confused now.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jd1639:
Not out of the box. And I've tried to figure out how with no success. And if it can work it would be thru Bluetooth, not the speaker.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
ok, i understand. So i'm really want to have a combination device between tablet and cellphone, i sometimes use to make a phone call but not much, so do you have any recommendation? I'm quite impressed of samsung devices but it could be any brand, i don't mind.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jd1639:
Look at the note 2
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
the screen is quiet small, is there any tablet has at least 7" screen and has ability to make a gsm call? i prefer a bigger screen than!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
i've seen the rom for p7300 to make call, so can i use it for i957?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jd1639:
No, you risk bricking your tab.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hunbemylover:
I've seen that they said it could be calling but at least need a bluetooth or headset to talk normally, is it right? There are so many models of galaxy tab in us and i have no luck to find out which one will be a best tablet+phone. I don't want a galaxy note 2, is there any recommendation?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jd1639:
Not that I know of.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AlarmSearcher:
Hello,

I am looking for an alarm app that will allow my to play an ordered playlist. I have found that numerous apps including Alarm Clock Plus, Alarm Clock Extreme, the default alarm clock, as well as many others are unable to pull this off. The ones that offer to play from a playlist automatically shuffle the songs.

My wake up playlist is:

1)Edvard Grieg's "Morning Mood.

2)Radiohead – “No Surprises”

3)Flight of the Valkyries

If you are familiar with these songs then you will know that it is basically a slow build up from a serene atmosphere to onw with lots of energy. The best idea I can come up with is setting 3 different alarms, however, this is time consuming and too complex logistically (I prefer steamlined utilities).

I look forward to your suggestions. :D

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Texus915:
I like this idea. If you need that many wake up calls, maybe you should try n get more sleep.