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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrPutuLips:
It's a beautiful device, but it's definitely not the best. I absolutely love the unobtrusive design of the front -- just plain black. The phone is the exact right size for me, and the volume and power buttons are in exactly the right place; however the bezels are quite large in comparison to newer phones. This makes the structural integrity of the phone better, but it isn't really nice to me. The back of the phone has a comfortable plastic "grippy" feeling that makes it easy to hold, especially with the curved extrusion at the bottom by the speaker grill.

The speaker is awful, as with all Samsung devices. It's a back-facing speaker that's tiny and easy to cover up. Not much of a problem if you use earphones like I do.

It easily lasts me through a school day, though it only lasts about 4 hours streaming video. Its dual core processor is definitely outdated and consumes far more power:performance than any modern phone.

The screen is on-par with the Galaxy S3 screen, which isn't a compliment. It's low-resolution in comparison to new phones (1280x720), it's hot (as in it actually feels hot) and consumes a heck of a lot of battery very quickly. The colour is amazing, vibrant and simply gorgeous... but, within a few months, you get screen burn-in which is especially noticeable in low light -- speaking of which, the screen in low light is far worse than any IPS with a slightly grainy image, though it does retain a good contrast. Its slightly curved display prevents it from scratching anything facing down and, in my opinion, makes it easier to touch things at the top of the screen.

The phone's radio is only GSM (unless you're going for Sprint or Verizon), so if you're wanting LTE, tough luck. It also doesn't have FM or AM radio if you're into that.

The camera's not the best, but it does the job. The flash is often over-bright, and lacks HDR, motion stabilisation and is only 5 Megapixels. Front camera is 720p.

So why buy this phone? If you can get it really cheap, go for it. If not, go for something newer like the Moto X, Moto G, Nexus 5 or the upcoming Nexus 6 for a similar, updated experience.

Just remember, it's truly an Android modder's dream. It's extremely mod-able with a decent sized community. In my opinion, it is still the best phone I have ever used. I find that just the pure feeling and look of the phone is enough to keep me with it. Also, with recent additions to the phone like F2FS, graphics drivers, new kernels, new ROMs etc., the phone is still very usable for just about everything -- even most gaming.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgnex:
For $100 i would buy it. The moto g is comparable and faster but almost $100 more. But I think your question is already answered :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grandfirestorm:
bought mine for 70 dollars one month ago, definetily worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlvlawrence:
I would much rather use an s4 with touchwiz than use a galaxy nexus. The gnex is the second worst android phone that I've ever owned.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maximinus I:
You really can't compare a three year old phone to a phone that is just over a year old. Of course the s4 will be better but touchwizz yuck it would probably be just as slow as a galaxy nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rrrrrrredbelly:
Appreciate everyone's response, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JanvenConnect:
It's a good phone when it was released but the battery life is quite short even though I don't have a lot of apps on it. When the battery life is in the red, it usually last around 5 minutes then it shuts down. I think it was better than than iPhone 4 at its time since it was one of the first phone with a larger screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stormdizzle92:
I agree with the other posts.

Honestly, I think CM10 runs amazing on the phone and the signal is actually quite good with that version. 4.4.4 doesn't do well on it for the signal...at least for me. I have been trying many ROMs / Kernels and I have the same luck with them all. I only have mine because I bought it for like $80 on ebay and still have the unlimited plan with Verizon so I don't want to upgrade to a new phone unless I pay the big dollars.

Battery life...is crap like everyone else states. I bought three batteries for this phone for that reason and always have it plugged in, which is why I actually have burn in from my apps. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kobik77:
I own GNex for almost 3 years now and here are few things coming into my mind right now:

Terrible camera

Terrible speaker (Very low volume)

Slow as hell

Worn screen

Incredibly short battery life

Also, with such limited memory multitasking is pretty much not existent if you like installing many apps

Honestly, there is not a single day that I don't want to throw my unit against the wall.

Do yourself a favor and stay away from this peace of junk.

N4 would be a much better option http://swappa.com/buy/nexus-4-unlocked/us
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DonDizzurp:
I'm keeping it because I don't have much money on a new phone and there isn't much on the market that really makes me want to spend anything.

The Galaxy Nexus is a really ****ty phone. If it wasn't a Nexus it would get zero respect from me.

I mean for an old and cheap phone, it's probably the best you can buy at this moment but I'd suggest saving a few more dollars and getting something better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rrrrrrredbelly:
Thanks but on verizon, looks like that gsm only.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ImTheDroid:
I'm very satisfied with my Gnex. I has gorgeous design and look.

And best of them I'm still getting latest android update :)

Now preparing to test Lollipop !!! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ygor Cortes:
Do yourself a favour and save some money to buy a Moto G (2014 edition if you can). The GNext was an AWESOME phone when it was released, I was a huge fan of it and when I bought it it was like paradise Beautiful, awesome screen, so fast, the best phone I had ever seen. But it's a really old device and not intended to be used anymore. Like was said, for nowadays standards it has ****ty battery life, ****ty speakers and a regular screen (better then the Moto G's one in my opinion, I love AMOLED) with a strange calibration in shadows and that burns in pretty fast, and the camera it's preeeetty average (awful in low light). The performance it's too inconsistent: sometimes it flyes like if it was just released, sometimes (most of the time if you use it a lot) it seems like a Galaxy Y. The design is great, but that's it. The Moto G is better in every way (apart the screen and design in my opinion).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Airlibik:
Well I have bought my galaxy nexus in the 2012 and since then I never regret it I rly love it and I couldn't find a better phone but dunno if I would bought it now.

nowdays it's an old phone 3 generations of nexus passed it I think I'll use it for another year and then I'll sell it for something new.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rapydax:
To the guys hating on the battery: just buy a $13 dollar battery of 3800 mAh and the primal source your headaches will be gone. And if you have low RAM, freeze some useless apps (titanium backup) and disable a lot of useless apps that start automatically (use autostarts app, it has an icon of a red cartoon car)

Camera is low quality, but the photosphere option is nice.

I think, for that price you mentioned it's quite nice, although you seriously need to replace the battery with a 3800 mAh one. --> phone becomes ugly and bulky

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] idrather:
Screen Burnin

I experience screen burnin after one year of usage so couldn't get a warranty replacement. Other than that, it's a pretty good phone considering there are still a lot of rom development going on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rrrrrrredbelly:
Thanks for keeping the replies coming, that's one big thing that scares me about buying a used phone, is getting it and finding out it has the screen burn
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JST99:
Based on the information that you have provided on your usage patterns, I would say that this device suits you to a certain extent. If you're into ROMs, Kernels and testing things out, this is a great device. Some drawbacks though are:

1. Old hardware: This is a 2011 device, so a dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM may not be suitable for some apps. If you enjoy multi-tasking and running some heavy backgrounds apps (i.e. Facebook) you should expect some lagging and battery drains.

2. Heat: Maybe this is only my device, but I found the Gnex to get hotter considerably more than other devices. It's even more annoying since the main board that contains the CPU and GPU are located in the top right side of the phone, and that's the area that gets heated up. So whenever you answer a phone call or anything, you can feel the irritable heat on your ears.

3. Limitations due to Specs: Now, the biggest issue in my opinion is that this device is not future proof. Although it is able to "comfortably" run Android L at this moment, my guessing is that it will not be able to run Android 6.0 or even releases like 5.3. Lags, battery drains and heat will be a persistent problem unless some huge breakthrough is made in software or drivers.

My personal verdict is that this device is great if you're simply going to play with it occasionally, to test ROMs and Kernels. However, if you want a more usable, future-proof device, I would go for the more recent Nexuses, like 4 or 5. (6 is not released yet and seems like an unrealistic option considering your budget.) Hope this helps your decision-making.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Calabrhouse:
I own this phone for the past three long years! And now he is doing his course, but I keep it because now we are fond of! xD However if you want something cheap and powerful a beautiful S3 Neo would be the right answer! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zieruchan:
this phone is great! really !

but battery life seems terrible mehh

screen on time only 2 hours

but overall battery

8 hours on 3g

12 hours on 2g

this is stock 4.3 / no mod / no tweak / no gain
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rippedwarrior69:
Battery life is awful on this phone. Other then that its been a good phone a bit sluggish at time. Android 5.0.2 is awesome on this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mdki1996:
Yes it is! [emoji1] 5.0.2 Roms are really smooth with animation effects thanks to the new GPU drivers. But there are some issues so I decided to come back at kitkat. For example the camera is not completely fixed...same as YouTube....but the big bug of lollipop (on all devices) is memory management! There is absolutely not multitasking. Now I am on unofficial liquid and seems very good also battery life. [emoji1]

GN-LiquidKat
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zieruchan:
The latest cm12 (lolipop) build, fix memory hog, and camera works even torch (without 3rd party apps) works !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mdki1996:
I was on 11/01 build of cm12 in which camera and YouTube were already fixed, but the problems are when you open these 2 application more time without a reboot. I was using Google camera and after a daily usage of camera, in the evening I wasn't more able to take photos (app didn't open). The same issues with YouTube. I an secure that all this problems will go away thanks to our fantastics developers, but for now I need a more stable release so I went back on kitkat. P.s. the multitasking inexistent of lollipop I think that is a buh inside lollipop in every devices and we are seeing it more because we have only 1gb ram. :)

GN-LiquidKat
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chris@xda:
That's a good hint. Thx!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stead2120:
[MENTION=5852287]valkata1212[/MENTION]

OMG Dude! You hit it right on the head, I'm currently running Vanir 4.3.1 and whenever it slows up, I just do a reset and it seems to fly again for a day or two.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] valkata1212:
thats Gnex for you .. :D if the phone had quad core it will still be one of the best imo.. and atleast 1gb ram not 700 only :/ but yea its rly odd sometimes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stead2120:
It's still my daily driver at this point. I"m currently on a Vanir 4.3.1. rom, but I'm going to go back to a 4.2. rom at this point.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] valkata1212:
Try Cataclysm 4.3 rom its very well polished and not customized, if you want your gnex to run like crazy. I personally cant go without my kitkat custom stuff :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stead2120:
I was running shiny when that first came out, but stopped messing with kitkat roms because i would get pauses during Google Music when i would turn on and off the screen. I will look into the Cataclysm 4.3 rom. Can you recommend a good KitKat rom? I'm sure that issue has went away.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] valkata1212:
im currently using CarbonRom with Fancy kernel, rly good combination.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AvidPhisherman:
[MENTION=2850780]rrrrrrredbelly[/MENTION] while the Gnex was a great phone when it was released, I definitely wouldn't buy one now.

Mine is now 2.5 years old, bought it summer of 2012. I was running CM11 Snapshots on it until a month ago, when I picked up a secondhand Nexus 4 for free. Towards the end I noticed it getting really slow and laggy, certain apps crashing, slow multitasking and app switching, etc. That being said, these issues could have been caused by the phone just not being able to handle CM very well, or anything higher than 4.3 (last official Google stock release).

If you're on a budget, my advice would be to get the current gen 2014 Moto G, it's around $200 on sale, so I would definitely recommend that you just save up a bit more cash and buy that instead. Moto G sticks close to Stock, is definitely getting 5.0 upgrade if it hasn't already, and in all likelihood a 6.0+ upgrade, etc etc.

If you're looking for a device that is very mod- and ROM-friendly, you'd be well-served by a Nexus 4 or 5. The 5 in particular is pretty affordable, and it still possesses probably the best hardware-value-for-money ratio of all the Nexus devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mdki1996:
Rather than other kk ROMs like pa, cm... with liquidsmooth 3.2 unofficial there isn't the issue with music playback [emoji6]

GN-LiquidKat
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daytonahemi08:
I just picked up a galaxy nexus for 125 off eBay with 2 extended battery's 2 cases and a extra mid frame phone is flawless and it shipped unlocked and rooted running shiny ROM I just loaded cm12 ddk 1.8 its its running great! Slight lag every now and them but this is unofficial so its expected love the phone keep in mind I have a iPhone 6+ and and a droid turbo just love the GNex !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 95Z28:
I know I'm a little late to the party, I just wanted to weigh in about battery life. I bought a GSM GNex summer of 12 and regularly got more than 5 hours SOT over 2 days use, mobile data the whole time. I used it until the N5 came out, at which point I upgraded to that. I loved my 1st Nexus, great phone when it was new, but I upgraded due to hardware showing it's age. The N5 obviously was a much better phone in every regard, except battery life, never got more than 4 hours use over the course of a day. Sadly I recently shattered my N5 screen, so I'm now using a 2014 Moto X I ordered new 3 weeks ago. So far I really do like the moto x (N5 might still be my favorite), and the battery is slightly better than the N5, but still can't compare to when my Gnex was new.

My point being, I wouldn't recommend a Gnex at this point simply due to age of hardware, but of all my phones it had the best battery life by far when it was new. And if you just needed a cheap phone to get by, there are a lot worse older phone options out there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nexusanphans:
I'm about to buy this phone too with the price of 70 dollars. I don't really care about outdated graphics hardware, battery, or lack of LTE. I only use it for chrome browsing, some gapps, LINE chatting, and maybe fb+twitter, no games. My only doubt is the amount of ram (is 700 MB enough?). And I also want a snappy (not smooth) experience with decent app switching. Is it worth it?

Also, how many years ahead do you think this device will still being supported by developers? The lollipop in gnex, is it smooth?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] saprer:
im using my phone too for surfing the internet and some FB and whatsapp and some Gmail's and have to say it is actually very good.

This phone is sometimes very fast, really fast, and sometimes slow as ****. I do not know why and i have to say i dont care much because it does what it should.

I'm using Kitkat and i think even jelly bean 4.3 is much better at multitasking and smoothness.

I end up buying this phone because my Galaxy S3 died and have to say that its still a good phone.

I would rather you to buy Nexus 4 but its up to you and your budget
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nexusanphans:
Well, if it isn't very good, then I will use the gnex for learning android development. Kinda right place becoming a guinea pig, huh? This phone is three years old and I see developers still have much enthusiasm on it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dorian1326:
I wouldn't recommend it to buy it now for more than $50. Sometimes it works without any lag as fast as an S4 or an HTC One, but other times it gets really behind. Thanks to Zyan and others, CM 12 runs as good as 4.1 was running (VERY smooth). The other Android versions were very laggy in my experience. To sum it up, I see my Nexus as a classic car. It got to the point where I see history in it and you can't just discard that. Fun fact: My Nexus flew from the top of a roller coaster. Two days later they found it half in the ground and half out, with nothing more than just a tiny scratch next to the speaker and some scratches on the bezel around it. Maybe it's luck or maybe it's build quality, but either way I love my Nexus dearly! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bryanho29:
For me, I'd rather get a new one. Why? Because new one has warranty, also, after using for some time, you can still sell it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phlyer:
This afternoon I was trying to get the new version of gmail to work. I was following steps I found on here and couldn't get it to run. I finally saw that I needed to change r.build.type=user to r.build.type=userdebug, reboot and it would work. I made the change in rom manager, rebooted and got caught in a loop. It'll sit on the AT&T screen for a couple minutes, load the homescreen and show an error message that says "the process com.android.systemui has stopped". If I hit ok, it reboots. If I let it sit, it reboots.

I've tried going into download mode and it will only sit saying that it's update firmware. I let it sit like that for about 30 minutes and it sat at 0% the entire time.

I have no idea what to do at this point and this is my daily phone please help!!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jammol:
Do you have recovery mode? Did you make a backup? Do you have another rom on the phone you can flash in recovery?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phlyer:
I can't get it to boot into recovery and i don't have a backup or another rom. Big no no...I know.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -JFK-:
Hello,

Check there : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Bad Bimr:
Just got my M7 back form HTC for warranty repair. Phone was sent with to HTC with S-off but arrived with S-on and Hboot 1.57

I am a bit confused on what I need to do as things have changed since I first S-off using rumrunner and weaksauce.

Other then sunshine, Is there a way to root the phone in it's present state? Can I unlock the bootloader with HTdev?

Thanks

BB
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] michaelbsheldon:
With hBoot 1.57, Sunshine is your only option. Works easy.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Bad Bimr:
So we can't even root the M7 on hBoot 1.57 unless we use sunshine first?

I assume we can't flash and older version as well.

Thanks

BB
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] michaelbsheldon:
Yes to both: it can be rooted and rommed just after you finish Sunshine.

And you're correct about you can't go back.

Once you've got S-0ff, you can go backwards and forwards with radios and hboots.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
Anybody else getting battery drain from wifi calling being enabled?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DTam406:
My wifi calling is on but when i go into power saving settings the WFC Setting is not there to show if it is draining battery.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solarenemy68:
It should be draining your battery. You are constantly broadcasting a wifi signal looking for other wifi signals. I turn off wifi period unless I am at a location I want it to be used at. The Wifi is the strongest RF generator on your phone and the one that creates the most drain next to the display.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blipstein:
It should definitely NOT drain your battery like that. Not even close. I use it all the time. You need to clear out the cache and clear data if possible. Force stop the app and reboot. Should be good to go.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yoshi1221:
I turn on the wifi calling at work, lowest I have seen my phone go to is about 50% at a 9 hour work day. Have no issues with battery life on wifi calling.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbone22:
I upgraded to kitkat through OTA update and it screwed my tablet up. It kept freezing and restarting by itself all the time to the point it was useless. I did a factory reset and couldn't get it past the boot screen and if it did it froze seconds after getting to the home screen. I called Customer service and told them I was having issues because of the update and they said I could send it in for $99 and they would repair it....... yeah right. So I decided to root it, I used Odin 3.7 and twrp then flashed it with nolekat I thought I had it fixed but it started doing the same thing again I am feed up with 4.4.2 and want to go back to 4.2.2 where I had no issues I cant find a clean stock rom for the 210R and was wanting to know if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmatney:
Check out sammobile. You have to make an account, but it's free.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/21826/T210RUEAMK1_T210RXARAMK1_XAR.zip/

Here's the latest firmware before the KitKat update.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbone22:
Thanks Downloading now I hope this fixes my issues.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbone22:
I keeps giving me an error so gonna try to download it again.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] wakke:
I alway accidentally press the button to rotate the screen when I want to check my battery status. Is there a way to remove the icon from the today screen? I want to keep the other icons.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teegale:
Anyone else having this issue? No one can hear me but I can hear them clear as day.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pospower:
do you have a case on your s?

I had an issue using google search. Kept giving me an error. I spoke directly into the bottom of the phone and it worked. Im thinking its the case. If not this one is going back.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S0UTHPAWK1LLA:
Some cases don't have both holes for both mics on the bottom of the phone in the right spot. It causes problems. "Fixed" mine with heated paper clip
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwong98:
Ok so today was my first time trying to root and put a rom on my phone, rooting worked out great. but I tried using flashify to load a rom (slimbean) on my i337 S4 now whenever it boots it sometimes shows a grey bar with 2 shades of grey and/or the samsun galaxy s4 logo with "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" on the top left and then the screen cuts straight to black and it appears that my phone is turned off. Happens every time, how can i fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
That's because you probably can't flash that rom.

You need to look up information about safestrap in the section for you phone, the i337.

If you want to get your phone working again, just flash a stock rom.