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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceman860:
They do push updates for some galaxy nexus. Google only pushes updates for yakju and takju

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
I bet if this was labeled a Samsung galaxy nexus 5 and colored black with a textured back plate, everyone would cream themselves. I remember when the galaxy nexus first came out it was crazy expensive but people had to have it. Google just spoiled us with the nexus 4 pricing.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Not really. I will never buy a Samsung again. Nexus or not.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ballin5:
I don't really understand this decision. I feel like most of the people who want a stock experience already have their phone rooted and are running a rom that's basically stock.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
I have a feeling it is to build brand loyalty before they switch over to Tizen.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Firekostas:
I would consider buying one if it was significantly cheaper though.but the fact that the sg4 has a full hd 5"display plus the sd card slot and the removable battery make me think that again :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4_SUXEN:
It is not a Nexus device. Cool concept but not a Google designed Nexus device. So please do not call it a Nexus S4, its a Galaxy S4 without TouchWiz installed.

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And "prompt updates" make the GS4 a good upgrade from a Nexus 4. But it is not Nexus. I will wait until November and if no new Nexus arrive, I will buy the Google GS4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
So what if the next nexus has the same specs as the S4 but made by LG again and priced at the same price as the Google S4?

I'm pretty sure most of you would upgrade.. So don't say that its not worth double the price.. Cause I bet the next nexus costs $500+.

Also another thing.. If the N4 cost 500+ I'm pretty sure you would of all bought it.

I know US carriers **** all of you over... Here in the UK its normal to buy a £500+ phone then spend £10 a month on it... There is one deal I've seen that's £6.90/month.

If there is no new nexus or its specs are a little bit of a let down like the N4 then I will probably buy the Google S4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -A-P-M-:
GS4 Google edition got Snapdragon 600 CPU, so it should be easy to port on i9505 due to same hardware.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
I wouldn't pay double for it. I bought the nexus 4 because it's a sweet deal and what your talking about isn't.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
If it was £300-ish I'd probably buy it, but would prefer a stock HTC One personally
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CMNein:
I didn't used to have a problem paying that much for a phone before the N4 came out. Presently anything more than $350 might as well be 23 million.

Looking back at my previous phones, I struggle to justify their price tags.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] md1008:
Give me note 2 or 3 with s pen functionality and I would be sold. Allow me to install snote apk than I am really sold.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sec6:
Maybe this has something to do with Apple again going after the S4 for iOS patent infringements? This move would seem to be like a sort of hedge to mitigate any damage this could cause. A way of Google showing appreciation for their past collaboration and a gesture to say "we've got your back?" Just a theory.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Samsung is more important to Samsung than Android. They are now trying to get Apples`s suppliers to produce for them instead of Apple because Samsung is at its production limits. But to be honest Samsung has a great part of making Android what it is today with its Galaxy line. And lets face it, the N4 is purpously kept at a low price, the phone itself should be more expensive as it is now.

BTW the N4 16GB price in the Netherlands is 469 euro`s (no Play Store) and in Germany where they sell it in Google Play 369 euro`s,
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1lenz:
This isnt going to happen to the Google Edition S4. Its being sold on the play store, unlocked. You might not even be able to purchase it from a carrier. Its not the same thing as going to pick up a Galaxy Nexus Sprint variant, or Verizon or whatever.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
The nexus 4 is Googles way of thanking Developers and phone enthusiasts. They are the only ones that really go after the phone aside from the guy that wants to save a buck.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
I'm sick of seeing this, so I have to comment. The Nexus 4 IS NOT SUBSIDIZED. The definition of subsidized is selling the device at below the cost of production with plans to recoup the loss plus profits in the future. The Nexus 4 is sold above the cost of production, but just barely.

And I love the Google GS4, but, maybe I am in the minority here...I tried with the Note 2 and I just can't go back to hardware buttons.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1lenz:
It's simple.

Samsung is a hardware manufacturer, they sell hardware. It doesn't cost them anything to make an AOSP S4. Google is an information aggregation company. The S4 hardware doesnt match up with their philosophy as was pretty evident in their keynote. They don't believe in SD cards, they believe in the cloud. They don't believe in capacitive buttons, they believe in software keys. But the demand for a high end device with hardware keys, removable batteries and a sd card is there so instead of Google having to design their own and branch it out as another nexus, they just asked their biggest partner Samsung to manufacture one. Google said again and again in their keynote, "NEXUS EXPERIENCE". It was pretty clear what they meant.

it's not really win-win, its more like meh-meh for both companies. Why not, neither company is really "losing" anything and they satisfy the people that want this combination of device. It also helps squash the rumors that Samsung and Google aren't seeing eye-to-eye, and are having internal issues over who controls Android.

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I know what you mean, I just returned the HTC One because I couldn't deal with the capacitive buttons. Everybody that complains about onscreen buttons taking up real estate well... that's what PIE is for :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zorachus:
I see zero attraction to this S4-Nexus for $650. Yes the S4 has better hardware and screen technology over the Nexus 4, but not night and day radically better. Nope. I mean the Nexus 4 is no slouch, especially with a nice ROM and good kernel the N4 is a great phone, and for $349 a steal.

For $550, a hundred bucks less than this S4 "Google Edition" you can get a brand new Nexus 4 phone, plus a new Nexus 7 tablet, and save $100.

Or wait till Fall, for the Nexus-Five, which will have better hardware and specs than the S4, and most likely sell in the $400 range.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
I totally agree with you.

Nexus 4 is a phone...(unlike S4) without 2600Mah, without extSD, FM, LTE and without a GREAT QUALITY CAMERA.

FOR ME:

- That justifies the cost of N4.

- But doesn't justifies the costs of S4...S4 should cost....500 USD maximum. (And all related phones).

P.S: Well actually it has.....FM (because of Qualcomm chipset) and some kind of LTE...But not officially.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raqball:
I honestly think the vanilla S4 should have been price at $499.

The 1080p screen and camera are 'maybe' worth an extra $150 over the price of the N4..

Anything more than $500 pricing is simply paying a higher premium to feed the Samsung marketing machine..

My .02 off the $649 pricetag.

IMHO the vanilla S4 is WAY overpriced!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
Nexus 4 is gonna take your grandpa's style, pop in tags on dah cheap phone son
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tylog:
After the sudden death problem ( S3 ) and the no go information politic in this point from Samsung I am ready with Samsung.

I have the S1/S2/S3 but I will never buy a Samsung again after this drama.

I will stay on nexus phone

Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
The 1080p is pure ****!!!! You won't notice any difference between 318 PPI (Nexus 4) and 441 PPI (S4)

But your phone will requiere more resources to process games at 1080p, more battery to process more pixels, etc.

You also will need 1080p images, icons (with high dpi), to match the android HiDPI resolution.

It's a total DOWNGRADE for me.

Should cost $150 less. Just because of that "terrible marketing-powered choice". :P
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raqball:
What does this mean in English?

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I had the AT&T S4 and gave it to my son.

The screen is better, but not by much..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
But not because of 1080p...there must be another attribute.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
It is lyrics to a song. Called Thrift shop by Macklemore, A real dumb ref but hey:cool:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crisisx1:
I am really tempted ...I was gonna buy the original s4 but now there is a pure vanilla version ???? Say whattt Lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas82:
what i don't understand is: i had the s3 and we all know that samsung never released sources for their drivers. on cm the camera was limited at 5mpx and video recording was very crappy compared to the stock toucwiz.

is the release of this gs4ge means that samsung opened up the sources? and if it's like that what is the difference in buying one or the other?

if samsung is not releasing sources,how the phone is managed by google? we'll have different and trimmed spec? likr different camera?

I'm a bit confused :P
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
What it means is that Google is going to cash in a little off this and Samsung is getting a little exposer at Google IO
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptWildBillKelso:
Yeah, but if they did that they'd be selling *more* through Google than they would be through all their other channels/stores/whatever.

They want too much for the S4, and it doesn't matter because they know they can get it. It's nuts.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thos25:
While I enjoy pure android over TW any day of the week... Some of the appeal of a GS4 is due to some of the S-apps that come on it. I would wonder if you could still install some of those S-apps or if they won't work. My assumption is that you won't be able to. So I just assume get a stock GS4 and be able to run stock with S-apps when I want them or root and throw on CM or other AOSP when I want that. best of both worlds and cheaper.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zorachus:
I just went to an ATT store near me. With my Nexus 4 in hand to check out the HTC One and Galaxy S4.

The One is a beautiful device, but damn I still hate Sense. Going through apps, Sense still has this old Gingerbread theme somewhat still. Major turn off. The One running stock Android could be an amazing phone, but with Sense 5, no thanks, no way.

The Galaxy S4, nice thin device, great screen, but again, Touchwiz sucks. It felt a little laggy, and the Touchwiz look and style is a hodgepodge of different sh!t mixed together, very ugly. Now, an S4 running stock Android, that could be pretty cool I'll admit. But enough for me to leave my Nexus 4 ? No. I'd just wait the 4 months for the Nexus-Five. But if you are on an old phone, looking for a new phone this summer, the S4-Nexus is not a bad choice, just pricey, but a Nexus S4 would be pretty darn cool.

I guess my point is, these high end new phones running Sense and Touchwiz, seem outdated and ugly, but shouldn't be if running the clean, smooth pure Android OS instead. Sense seems pointless today, vs. Jellybean 4.2. the same with Touchwiz. These UI's are not needed anymore.

Again, the HTC One running pure Android would be the most amazing best smartphone available. But Sense just ruins the whole thing for me.

Oh well, just proves, Nexus devices rock. Its all about the OS software today, not hardware as much, all new phones have pretty sweet hardware now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BassBlaster:
Holy **** look at your thanks meter x_x
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Damn! I knew it was coming lol. Hopefully t'll change soon hahahah.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
It sucks that the phone is brand new and you will have to wait, even with the price and the power someone will be dumb enough to give it away for 350.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speed96:
thats not a nexus device..just simply google gs4 version
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arpit85:
But N4 is sold by LG at the price of $550 where it is not available through Google play store.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red Wolf:
I want it but not sure since its a plastic sammy phone. Other space are good don't know I might ended buy it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
I'm staying with the Nexus line! That's what works best for me on XDA!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manlisten:
It still has an AMOLED screen, so no, probably
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jayrod1980:
Here is what I don't understand about all the complaining. Unless the phone is physically different than the tmo/att s4, this is great news to every current and future s4 owner. This means pure aosp ROM right out of the box. Even if you are on a CDMA carrier, the ROM can be adapted fairly easily. This means CM and others aren't a hacked up version, but will be as smooth potentially as any nexus type device. What is to stop anyone from going into their tmo or att store and getting the carrier version and simply flashing over to the Google build?

I read someone complaining about regional variation galaxy nexus phones and samsung updates... Simple fix was to flash to yakju or takju and boom, you now get fast Google direct updates. I'd imagine the same for this phone. Plus, myself and others have complained heavily about a complete and utter lack of high end stock Google devices. They just took the fastest selling phone of all time and made it into a nexus, software wise that is.

If you are poor or cheap, just go get your carrier subbed version for 199-249 or whatever and flash the build. There are other avenues to buying the s4 than the play store. If gsm carrier versions already come with an unlocked boot loader, then you are an unlock code away from having the same phone Google is offering up.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drawde40599:
I agree! I have the s4, its extremely cheap feeling (probably cheapest feeling phone i own) i would never waist 650.00 for this phone.

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i was thinking same thing, hopefully internals r the same!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jayrod1980:
It is supposedly the exact same as the T-Mobile version.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s10shane:
i would buy it, if i had the money to do it. stock android with a sd card slot (i hate the cloud) and a 5 inch 1080p screen is a win win for me. i could careless if its plastic or not. i put a case on my phone the day i get it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
It will be interesting to see how stock Android handles the SD card as all that code for mass storage was removed from AOSP. That's the reason it takes so long for CM to get it to work.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naan-consensual:
Amen. This is exactly why I returned my HTC One. Couldn't deal with it. Stock Android is just such a blank canvas for the user.

I really don't get why there's so much hate that Google's about to throw stock Android on the GS4. The "that's what makes a Nexus a Nexus" argument is such elitism. There are a ton of people who hate TW but love the hardware. This is a dream for a lot of people.

I love my Nexus 4 and one of the reasons it'll still do well is its price point. I would love to see a world of hardware running stock Android with the options to skin it from here to eternity...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
I think what makes a nexus a nexus is the user, it's someone who's smarter than getting duped into buying or stuck in a contract with a phone that's hardly better hardware wise, pretty much a over priced Samsung nexus 4 clone, "the aosp version" with a button. I love the fact that not everyone has figured out about the diamond in the ruff I have in my pocket. When ever I see a phone with a button I comment on how cute it is.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raqball:
Why are people so ANGRY on XDA???

Here is what I posted earlier to a similar response..

You can pay full price for a phone if you want (I do) but your plan will be NO less here in the USA. Unless you are on T-Mobile then you save like $20 a month..

So I guess I am not so incompetent... :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgulliver:
I think the point is that Google is adopting other flagship devices into the AOSP experience and delivering via G-Play. Larry basically stated that getting the cost as low as possible is the goal. This is a long term strategy that will unfold over time.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
I will wait for a few weeks after this gets released. If we can flash the non google SGS4 with this firmware, im all good!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raqball:
I understand that.

Paying full price for a phone, in the USA at least, does NOT lower anyone's bill by a single cent! (except T-Mobile of course)

Buying an off-contract phone simply gives you the ability to tell your carrier to pound sand anytime you want.

I always buy off-contract phones because I want that freedom but anyone who thinks their AT&T bill will be any cheaper is wrong.

If you don't want the freedom of telling your carrier to beat it, then buying on-contract and getting the subsidized pricing is the best option.

My .02
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
I believe being off contract let's you take advantage of all the cheap pre paid plans that range from 45 and below. Its weird but some people don't want to pay for data because they are always around wireless so they can take that feature off their plan. You can't do that when you are under contract.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raqball:
I am the exact opposite.. I don't want voice minutes or SMS, I only want data.

I have used Google Voice as my cell # for 2-years now and recently, thanks to XDA, came across a thread where you can use a AT&T data only plan on the N4.

I jumped all over this as it is perfect for me!

If all goes well, I will cancel my AT&T cellular plan and use the data only.

I currently pay about $90 a month for minutes that I never use, texts that I never use, and 3GB of data.

With the data only plan, it's $30 a month.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
I have the t mobile 30 dollar plan so I am data intensive as well. This plan is something you couldn't have if you were on contract. The gist of it is, that being off contract gives you a lot of cost saving options. Who in the world pays 150 a month for phone service?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raqball:
70% of the US population....
[HTC Sensation] blitz100:
i modified the build prop and rebooted my htc and it is now showing nothing

i have made a back up of it but how can a access the root files of the phone????

Please help?!?!?!?
[HTC Sensation] PopaStefanx:
you must have nandroid..
[HTC Sensation] blitz100:
whats that.ima noob
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
fml.:banghead: you should always make a

nandroid backup

using your custom recovery before messing with system files.

do you know what recovery you have?

what version is your hboot?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
when you say nothing what do you mean?

completely empty homescreens not even the app drawer?
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
Could he push the backup of the build prop via adb?
[HTC Sensation] padre629:
Yeah, original build.prop file from the original ROM
[HTC Sensation] topgeardave:
Download your rom zip, extract the build.prop. Put it on the root of your sd card. Download aroma file manager and put it on your sd card. Go in recovery, install aroma file manager, find your build.prop in system and delete it. Navigate to the sd card and find your build.prop you downloaded, and paste it where the build.prop file was deleted. Usually it's in the system directory

Kind Regards

Dave
[HTC Sensation] MidnightDevil:
Not my issue but I had to thank you anyway.

Explained like a Sir! :good:
[HTC Sensation] detabo:
Every day i learn something new.Thanks man!
[HTC Sensation] blitz100:
dw ive sorted it ...i flashed the rom again n it is there
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Dominicusx:
Couple weeks ago bionic did a voicemail update, the could no longer gain service. Factory reset, then problem was that I would power on then as soon as any service was acquired it would restart itself and not stop this until battery pull. Anyone know anything?? Please help I cannot afford to replace. Thank you for your time
[Motorola Droid Bionic] matriX1218:
Same problem with my HW C bionic... :confused:

Waiting for solutions...

sent from my DROID BIONIC via Reliance Wireless
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Dominicusx:
Yah dang it, Verizon sucks at customer service...
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] xndabox:
Hola! I am having a problem with installing apps from play store. When i attempt to install it, it downloads just fine but the error "unable to install to sd card or internal storage" pops up. I have installed faux kernel and even tried the kernel which allows our htc logo to be a button.

Any ideas?:confused:

Edit: OK I feel so stupid, turns out twrp wasn't flashing the kernels I wanted correctly. I finally went to clockworkmod and volia! It worked. Just in case someone was wondering.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] dhampire:
please clear google play app data. and login again.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] xndabox:
I tried that also, even uninstalled updates. Still no go.:crying:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackfire74:
I wonder if sychronizing (when ON) drain the battery when WiFi and Mobile Data is off? Actually all networks are off so it shouldn't work. I just want if I have to switch synchronizing to OFF too or turnig WiFi off deals with it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srt99:
if wifi and mobile data is off, synchronizing on/off doesn't matter..it wont drain battery..

if mobile data is on, it will use internet, so in turn it will use battery...
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00438:
Actually it sucks of my battery...
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